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Reigning Civil War & Ocean Sprints champion Shane Golobic puts together a hot start to the 2015 season in Northern California
By Gary Thomas
Fremont, CA – May 20, 2015…Coming off a strong weekend that saw a pair of 2nd place finishes Fremont, California’s Shane Golobic will look to continue his ultra consistent start to the campaign this Saturday & Sunday in Marysville & Chico.
So far in this early season out west few have tallied better results than the 23-year-old San Jose State graduate, who has competed in a number of races across multiple different series throughout California.
In 19 total Sprint Car starts this season he’s racked up:
Wins- 1
Top 5 finishes- 11
Top 10 finishes- 14
9 podium efforts
“We’ve had a really nice start to the season and have been up front pretty much every time we have hit the track,” said Golobic, who is driving the Keith Day Trucking 22 Sprinter on a more full-time basis this year. “I really want to thank Keith Day for giving me the opportunity to drive this car and everyone that helps out on it. Hopefully we can keep this momentum rolling as the season goes on. I feel like we are getting better & better as a team and that gives me a lot of confidence.”
Golobic’s major focus in Northern California has been events with the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series, the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo & the Civil War Series. Six of his starts earlier this year also came with the World of Outlaws, highlighted by runs from 18th to 8th in Placerville & 17th to 9th at the Mini Gold Cup in Chico. Golobic is also the only driver to have finished among the top-five in all four of the full-point events with the KWS 410’s so far this season.
“I’ve been fortunate to run quite a bit of races so far this year and half of them have come with the 410 in the car,” commented Golobic, who ranks fourth in the KWS standings, just 23-markers out of the point lead. “It’s been a really consistent start to the King of the West season and we’re right there within striking distance, even though we didn’t run Calistoga in April. Sitting where we are though, it shows just how strong we have been. There’s a lot of really good competition running with KWS, but hopefully we can get a win here coming up in June.”
The attention for Golobic & the Keith Day Racing team this weekend shifts back to the Civil War 360 Sprint Car Series presented by Flowmaster, a title he captured last year with unmatched consistency. So far this season he’s made two starts in the three races, earning a victory on opening night in Marysville, the site of this Saturday’s event. He also led a number of laps in Calistoga on April 11, before finishing 2nd to multiple-time series titlist Sean Becker. With the new one-race throwaway factored in, Golobic’s two starts have accumulated the most points with the series.
Sunday’s Civil War event at the Silver Dollar Speedway is the annual Fair Race, which Golobic captured last season after a spirited duel with Jonathan Allard.
If you are interested in becoming a potential partner with the team please contact Shane at [email protected] or 510-364-3656.
Shane Golobic & Keith Day Racing would like to thank the following companies for their support this season: Keith Day Trucking, Gabilan Ag Services, Riley Collins Body Shop, RKR Properties, El Camino Machine Shop, MAAS Brothers Powder Coating, Cardinal Coatings, Z Best Composting, Sturdy Oil Company, FK Rod Ends, Keizer Wheels, DMI, LRB Manufacturing & Gaerte Engines
Upcoming events over the next month for Shane Golobic & Keith Day Racing
Saturday May 23: Marysville Raceway Mel Hall Memorial Civil War
Sunday May 24: Silver Dollar Speedway Civil War
Friday May 29: Ocean Sprints
Saturday May 30: Placerville Speedway Civil War
Saturday June 6: Silver Dollar Speedway David Tarter Memorial KWS 410
Friday June 12: Ocean Sprints
Saturday June 13: Stockton Dirt Track KWS 410
To learn more about Fremont, CA’s Shane Golobic log onto http://shanegolobic.com/Default.aspx
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