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Sexton/Gatlin Racing
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(619) 454-6945
For Immediate Release
GRANT SEXTON SCORES CAREER BEST 2nd PLACE FINISH!
(Lakeside, CA, August 2, 2019) Grant Sexton backed up his impressive seventh-place finish at the Clay Cup in Washington with a career-best second place in the California Lightning Sprint Car main event last Saturday night at the Santa Maria Raceway.
A week after their long trek to Washington, 15-year-old Grant and his father Brent made the 248-mile journey to represent Sexton/Gatlin Racing on the Santa Barbara County 1/3 of a mile clay oval. Sixteen other CLS cars showed up for a night of action and Grant qualified eighth overall with a lap of 14.235. Brent timed in 12th at 14.606.
With 18 cars on hand, there were two eight-lap heat races on the night. As luck would have it, father and son were both matched in the second heat. Like in qualifying, Grant got the best of his “Old Man” placing second while Brent finished two spots behind in fourth.
With all the preliminaries out of the way, Grant lined up on the inside of the second row for the 25-lap A Main. Brent was starting quite a way behind on the outside of the fifth row.
Once the main event began, Grant locked his beautiful #3 into the third-place spot. He hit his marks every lap and stayed in that position for the first portion of the race before briefly slipping back to fourth. When the race hit the 20-lap mark, he was back up to third and it seemed as though the teen was destined to finish there. However, a yellow flag flew on the last lap. The car that was in second at that point dropped out with clutch issues. That elevated Grant up to the runner-up position for the restart with a lap to go.
When the green and white came out for the final restart, the third-place car lunged to the inside of Grant in turn one. As they came off turn two, Grant got a tremendous drive on the wide line and pulled away from his challenger and seconds later, he had the best finish of his career.
Brent’s start in the middle of the pack saw him confront a dilemma most of the other drivers in the field faced. It was hard to pass. He advanced two spots from his original starting position to finish eighth. He was one of only two drivers to go forward more than one spot in the race.
After two straight weekends of long hauls, Sexton/Gatlin racing will enjoy a race at its home track, the Barona Speedway, on August 10th.
To keep up with all the exploits of the Sexton/Gatlin Racing Team, be sure to visit it’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Sexton-Gatlin-Racing-1173560279445564/
Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2018 season possible. Scotty and Jimmy Keys, Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil and Infiniti Shocks. If you or your company would like to be a part of the Sexton/Gatlin team for the 2019 campaign, please call (619) 454-6945 or E-mail [email protected]
2019 Sexton/Gatlin Racing Schedule
March 16 Bakersfield Speedway – Brent 12th B – Dalton 10th A – Grant 19th A
March 23 Ventura Raceway – Brent DNS – Dalton 11th A – Grant 7th A
April 6 Barona Speedway – Dalton 18th – Grant 20th – Sheldon 3rd – Brent DNR
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – Brent 16th – Dalton 5th – Grant 18th
May 4 Ventura Raceway – Brent 8th – Dalton 6th – Grant – 17th
May 18 Barona Speedway – Brent 3rd – David 11th – Dalton 12th – Grant 14th
June 1 Ventura Raceway – Brent 4th – Dalton 6th – Grant 16th
June 29 Barona (Open Comp) – Bezio 1st – Brent 2nd – Dalton 6th – Grant 8th
July 13 Barona (Open Comp) – Bezio DNS – Brent 4th – Dalton 3rd – Grant DNS
July 18 Deming Speedway (Clay Cup) – Rained out
July 19 Deming Speedway (Clay Cup) – Brent 14th – Dalton 9th in B Main – Grant 16th
July 20 Deming Speedway (Clay Cup) – Brent 11th – Dalton 14th – Grant 7th
July 27th Santa Maria Raceway – Brent 8th – Dalton DNR – Grant 2nd
August 10 Barona Speedway
August 24 Ventura Raceway
September 7 Ventura Raceway
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
September 21 Barona (Open Comp)
October 5 Ventura Raceway
October 26 Ventura Raceway
November 17 Bakersfield Speedway
Photo courtesy of Pit Princess Photography
This release produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:[email protected]
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