SCCT Speedweek 2025 now hits Placerville Speedway for second leg
AUBURN – Reigning SCCT Speedweek champion Andy Forsberg of Auburn endured a wild 35-lap feature in front of a large and vocal crowd on Friday night, becoming the first three-time winner of the Tyler Wolf Memorial at Silver Dollar Speedway.
The victory marked Forsberg’s seventh career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour triumph and came aboard his familiar Pacific Highway Rentals/ Oroville Tax No. 92 mount. It was also the Auburn veteran’s first win at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico since 2021.
“Racing on these types of tracks isn’t exactly my cup of a tea, but I just focused on being smooth, hitting my marks and hoped the guys in front of me wore out their tires,” Forsberg said afterwards. “I can’t say enough for about my team for working their tails off and giving me a great car. Thank you to all the fans for packing this place tonight and we hope to see you back at the Gold Cup next month.”
Sacramento youngster Austin Wood was the story for much of the night after setting the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time, before claiming the Tiner-Hirst Ent. Heat Race and the High Sierra Industries Dash.
Wood jumped out front at the waving of the green flag and distanced himself from the rest of the field. After about 15-laps however, track conditions began to change as rubber came down, and made tire wear a prevalent factor in the outcome.
Drivers continued to race hard throughout the field however and kept fans on the edge of their seats. Modesto’s Tony Gomes moved into the second spot and began to reel in the leader after several circuts.
Following a caution with nine laps to go the ensuing restart brough drama as Gomes grabbed the lead by slicing the inside of Wood, who slowed that same lap as his right rear tire went down. Wood’s bid at a clean sweep ended in heartbreak with him driving back to the pit area.
With Gomes up front now it brought Auburn’s Andy Forsberg into the second spot and Northwest drver Kinzer Cox in third. As more tire issues continued for several cars the final caution of the feature waved with six circuits remaining.
During the last restart Forsberg stayed tucked to Gomes’ tail tank and then shot to his inside, making it a side-by-side battle for the top spot. Coming to the line to click off lap 32 it was Forsberg now up front. Seconds after that Gomes slowed with a flat right rear tire, as did a few other drivers.
With Forsberg up front he had Cox right there with him down to the wire. As the leaders rounded turn four the final time, another car lost the right rear tire just ahead of their path. Both the front runners did a great job to take evasive action, moving down and crossing the stripe with Forsberg claiming the win just ahead of Cox.
Cox, hailing from Cottage Grove, Oregon was making just his fourth career Silver Dollar Speedway start and did an exceptional job to record a stellar runner up finish. He will be a certain favorite over the remainder of Speedweek.
Sacramento’s DJ Freitas also did an impressive job saving his tires and weaving through traffic to claim his first career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour podium in third. Freitas won the B-main and carved his way from 20th to take home the Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Award.
Yuba City’s Steele Powell must also be commended for an excellent drive, as he moved forward late to tally his best ever finish with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour in fourth. Braden Chiaramonte rebounded beautifully after suffering a flat tire with six laps left. The El Cajon driver went to the work area and charged all the way back to round out the top five.
Completing the top 10 at the Tyler Wolf Memorial were Jennifer Osborne, Aydan Saunders, Max Mittry, Levi Klatt and Adrianna Demartini. A total of 34 cars competed on night one of Speedweek.
SCCT Western Sprint Tour Speedweek continues tonight at nearby Placerville Speedway for the $5,000-to-win Gold Pan Rampage. Placerville Speedway is located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, just 20 minutes east of Folsom off Highway 50 and the Placerville Drive exit.
Sprint Car Challenge Tour Results
Tyler Wolf Memorial
Silver Dollar Speedway
July 18, 2025A Main 35 Laps
1. 92-Andy Forsberg[2]; 2. 40-Kinzer Cox[4]; 3. 9-DJ Freitas[20]; 4. 00-Steel Powell[16]; 5. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[10]; 6. 76-Jennifer Osborne[9]; 7. 8A-Aydan Saunders[3]; 8. 19-Max Mittry[11]; 9. 77-Levi Klatt[21]; 10. 9X-Adrianna DeMartini[15]; 11. 7-Jett Barnes[18]; 12. 75-Tony Gomes[6]; 13. X1-Chance Grasty[7]; 14. 56C-Carson Hammes[13]; 15. 61-Travis Labat[5]; 16. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 17. 25-Seth Standley[8]; 18. 94-Greg Decaires V[23]; 19. 55D-Dawson Hammes[12]; 20. 44T-Austin Taborski[17]; 21. 57B-Bobby Butler[14]; 22. 3-Cole Schroeder[22]; 23. 8-Casey Schmitz[19]; 24. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[24]
B Main 12 Laps
1. 9-DJ Freitas[1]; 2. 77-Levi Klatt[3]; 3. 3-Cole Schroeder[4]; 4. 94-Greg Decaires V[5]; 5. 2JR-Kelly Miller[7]; 6. 54-Carson Hall[10]; 7. 94X-Rowdy Gramps[13]; 8. 24M-Ian Myers[9]; 9. 38-Tyler Cato[8]; 10. 56-Taylor Hall[12]; 11. 49-Peter Paulson[6]; 12. 17-Anthony Snow[2]; 13. (DNS) 7W-Dennis Scherer; 14. (DNS) 2S-Jayce Steinberg
Dash 6 Laps
1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[2]; 3. 8A-Aydan Saunders[7]; 4. 40-Kinzer Cox[3]; 5. 61-Travis Labat[8]; 6. 75-Tony Gomes[6]; 7. X1-Chance Grasty[4]; 8. 25-Seth Standley[5]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 2A-Austin Wood[4]; 2. X1-Chance Grasty[1]; 3. 19-Max Mittry[2]; 4. 57B-Bobby Butler[5]; 5. 00-Steel Powell[6]; 6. 77-Levi Klatt[7]; 7. 2JR-Kelly Miller[9]; 8. 7W-Dennis Scherer[8]; 9. 9-DJ Freitas[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 40-Kinzer Cox[1]; 2. 76-Jennifer Osborne[3]; 3. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[2]; 4. 75-Tony Gomes[4]; 5. 7-Jett Barnes[5]; 6. 94-Greg Decaires V[7]; 7. 24M-Ian Myers[8]; 8. 94X-Rowdy Gramps[6]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]; 2. 8A-Aydan Saunders[2]; 3. 55D-Dawson Hammes[1]; 4. 56C-Carson Hammes[7]; 5. 44T-Austin Taborski[8]; 6. 3-Cole Schroeder[6]; 7. 38-Tyler Cato[9]; 8. 17-Anthony Snow[3]; 9. (DNS) 2S-Jayce Steinberg
Heat 4 8 Laps
1. 61-Travis Labat[1]; 2. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[2]; 3. 25-Seth Standley[4]; 4. 9X-Adrianna DeMartini[3]; 5. 8-Casey Schmitz[5]; 6. 49-Peter Paulson[7]; 7. 54-Carson Hall[6]; 8. 56-Taylor Hall[8]
Qualifying A
1. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:11.895[16]; 2. 75-Tony Gomes, 00:12.216[13]; 3. X1-Chance Grasty, 00:12.279[10]; 4. 40-Kinzer Cox, 00:12.291[1]; 5. 19-Max Mittry, 00:12.333[4]; 6. 11VS-John Michael Bunch, 00:12.378[14]; 7. 9-DJ Freitas, 00:12.407[7]; 8. 76-Jennifer Osborne, 00:12.499[9]; 9. 57B-Bobby Butler, 00:12.514[8]; 10. 7-Jett Barnes, 00:12.527[12]; 11. 00-Steel Powell, 00:12.533[5]; 12. 94X-Rowdy Gramps, 00:12.545[2]; 13. 77-Levi Klatt, 00:12.586[17]; 14. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:12.720[15]; 15. 7W-Dennis Scherer, 00:12.743[11]; 16. 24M-Ian Myers, 00:12.753[3]; 17. 2JR-Kelly Miller, 00:12.760[6]
Qualifying B
1. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:12.101[8]; 2. 25-Seth Standley, 00:12.461[4]; 3. 55D-Dawson Hammes, 00:12.496[3]; 4. 61-Travis Labat, 00:12.528[1]; 5. 8A-Aydan Saunders, 00:12.576[9]; 6. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:12.662[15]; 7. 17-Anthony Snow, 00:12.667[14]; 8. 9X-Adrianna DeMartini, 00:12.720[17]; 9. 2S-Jayce Steinberg, 00:12.756[5]; 10. 8-Casey Schmitz, 00:12.812[12]; 11. 3-Cole Schroeder, 00:12.841[10]; 12. 54-Carson Hall, 00:12.862[7]; 13. 56C-Carson Hammes, 00:12.875[16]; 14. 49-Peter Paulson, 00:12.905[2]; 15. 44T-Austin Taborski, 00:13.112[11]; 16. 56-Taylor Hall, 00:13.264[6]; 17. 38-Tyler Cato, 00:13.939[13]
