Pahule Sweeps Second Night of Summer Sizzler at Delta Speedway - Speedway Digest

Brentwood’s Jeffery Pahule brought out the brooms on Saturday at Delta Speedway presented by Valley Strong Credit Union, winning both the Super 600 and Non-Wing Micro Sprint features during the final night of the Summer Sizzler. Pahule’s weekend featured three wins and a third-place finish in four main events and paid nearly $2000 in prize money. Hayden Stepps of Oakdale also was a sweeper by winning both Friday and Saturday night in Restricted. Logan Banks of Bakersfield won Saturday’s Jr. Sprints action.

Madera’s Logan Trevino was the quickest winged Super 600 qualifier before Raio Salmon of Fresno, Tucker Lacaze of Rocklin, and Rylee Whitehouse of Pleasanton snared the heat races.

Salmon slotted alongside Visalia’s Jett Barnes for the 30-lap feature with Pahule going to work from the outside of row two. Third starting Lacaze knifed up the inside in turn three to lead lap one. On the second lap, action was halted when Josiah Vega of Antioch flipped on the front stretch. Vega was able to rejoin the race. Mattix Salmon of Fresno crashed in turn three for a caution on lap three as well.

When racing resumed, Raio Salmon held the second position despite several challengers. Pahule nabbed the second spot in lapped traffic on lap 22 then clawed towards Lacaze. Pahule dove underneath Lacaze on the backstretch to seize the lead on lap 25.

Pahule won the $500 feature followed by a charging Raio Salmon, Lacaze, Barnes, and Panella.

Pahule scored a brilliant quick-time in qualifying in Non-Wing over a 31 car field. Four heat races were required with Nikko Panella, Valley Springs’ Dan Mognaga, Cody Gray of Auburn, and Mattix Salmon taking the wins. After a pair of B-mains, 22 drivers were set for a 30-lap contest.

A zero inversion gave Pahule the opportunity to start on the pole position to anchor the strong field. Pahule relished it, driving to a $750 win after a brief challenge from Nikko Panella to complete the sweep. Jett Barnes nabbed second at the finish followed by Panella, Jett Yantis of Bakersfield, and Arizona’s Quinn Thurein.

Hayden Stepps of Oakdale not only swept both the Friday and Saturday main events for Restricted, she also led Saturday’s qualifying session. Brycen Roush of Riverdale and Jackson Tardiff of Vacaville won Saturday heat races.

Stepps started on the pole for the 25-lap event alongside Tracy’s Levi Osborne. Arizona’s Jace Thurein drove into second place at the start. Stepps navigated lapped traffic successfully to take the $500 win followed by Thurein, Roush, Kaiden Gowen of Watsonville, and Osborne.

Jr. Sprints action kicked off with four heat races, won by David Anderson of Clayton, Logan Banks of Bakersfield, Friday runner-up Mackcen Roush of Riverdale, and Samantha Dozier of Vacaville.

The 20-lap feature saw Banks pacing a closely matched top-five pack. Roush used lapped traffic to close on Banks and challenge for the lead before spinning on the inside in turn two for a caution flag. On the restart, Banks maintained a car length separation on Friday winner Haven Sherman and that’s how they would finish in the $500 to win contest. Heston Stepps of Oakdale, Dozier, and Zachary Williams of Sacramento were the top-five finishers.

Up Next: Delta Speedway presented by Valley Strong Credit Union hosts the final two nights of the 2024 Hoosier Tire California Speedweek with an international roster of drivers, competing July 5 and 6 in Stockton.

Delta Speedway Stockton thanks: Valley Strong Credit Union, Interstate Truck Center, Pape Kenworth, Hoosier Racing Tire, Scully’s Air, Genova Bakery, Van De Pol Petroleum, Belkorp Ag, Solari’s Backhoe, Baker Roofing, City Wide Graphics, Jay’s Mobile Welding, Acrisure, East Bay Tire, Hunt and Sons, Cal-Waste Recovery Systems, PMP Chassis, and Clean Brothers Site Services for their support of the 2024 racing season!

Delta Speedway Results – June 15, 2024 Summer Sizzler Night No. 2

SUPER 600 (30 LAPS)
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[4]; 2. 21-Raio Salmon[1]; 3. 19-Tucker LaCaze[3]; 4. 55-Jett Barnes[2]; 5. 73-Nikko Panella[5]; 6. 4-Jett Yantis[7]; 7. 10R-Rylee Whitehouse[10]; 8. 63-Colton Key[19]; 9. 32A-Colton Huelsmann[13]; 10. 30-Isabel Barnes[20]; 11. 7T-Logan Trevino[8]; 12. 29V-Vito Celli `[9]; 13. 17L-Anthony Lewis[18]; 14. 75-Josiah Vega[11]; 15. 27-Ron Singh[16]; 16. 23C-Cierra Wullenwaber[14]; 17. (DNF) 10P-Peyton Whitehouse[15]; 18. (DNF) 12-Alex Panella[6]; 19. (DNF) 5-Mattix Salmon[12]; 20. (DNF) 14M-Drake Carter[17]; 21. (DNF) 4K-Khloe Cotton[21]

NON-WING (30 LAPS)
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[1]; 2. 55-Jett Barnes[11]; 3. 73-Nikko Panella[7]; 4. 4-Jett Yantis[4]; 5. 7-Quinn Thurein[8]; 6. 75-Dan Mognaga[12]; 7. 77-Sage Bordenave[16]; 8. 19-Tucker LaCaze[3]; 9. 4K-Khloe Cotton[5]; 10. 52-Joe Silva[17]; 11. 8G-Teddy Bivert[6]; 12. 37H-Ryan Holden[21]; 13. 29V-Vito Celli `[20]; 14. 69-Cody Gray[13]; 15. 25R-Brody Rubio[19]; 16. 81-Dalton Hill[15]; 17. 76-TK OBrien[18]; 18. 83K-Colin Kirby[14]; 19. 32J-Justin Johnson[22]; 20. 1SJ-Ryan Carter[9]; 21. 2B-Eric Botelho[2]; 22. 5-Mattix Salmon[10]

RESTRICTED (25 LAPS)
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 98-Hayden Stepps[1]; 2. 5-Jace Thurein[3]; 3. 17B-Brycen Roush[4]; 4. 59K-Kaiden Gowen[6]; 5. 9J-Levi Osborne[2]; 6. 38J-Jackson Tardiff[7]; 7. 69-Logan Reeves[8]; 8. 27C-Cameron Carraway[15]; 9. 10-Brodie Copeland[9]; 10. 10D-Dean Skrifvars[12]; 11. 84-Johnny Bolanos[13]; 12. 26-Kourtney Baker[11]; 13. 11A-Austin Lee[10]; 14. 94H-Nathan Hammer[14]; 15. 96-Briggs Davis[5]

JR SPRINTS (20 LAPS)
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7-Logan Banks[1]; 2. 12-Haven Sherman[5]; 3. 99-Heston Stepps[6]; 4. 25DD-Samantha Dozier[7]; 5. 1Z-Zachary Williams[3]; 6. 11E-Easton Wright[8]; 7. 17M-Mackcen Roush[2]; 8. 7L-Lucas Fenn[10]; 9. 95L-Logan Fenn[11]; 10. 13G-James Grandrath[13]; 11. 3D-David Anderson[4]; 12. 92-Jett Bacigalupi[9]; 13. 9-Edward Olvera[12]

2024 Delta Speedway Schedule (Subject to Change)

April 6 Opening Day – RAINED OUT
April 20 Race #2
May 11 Race #3
June 14 & 15 Race #4 & 5
July 5 & 6 Speedweek**
July 27 Race #6
August 17 Race #7
August 31 & September 1 Race #8 & 9
October 4 & 5 Race #10 & 11
October 25 & 26 Turkey Bowl XXV**

**Non-points races