PINE GROVE, CALIFORNIA (September 14, 2010) – 18 year-old Matt Scott spent no time resting on his laurels as the newly crowned champion of the Late Model division at All American Speedway, by winning the first of the twin 44 lap features on Saturday night.
Scott clinched the division title on September 4th with a main event win in the 75 lap feature.
On Saturday night, the youngest All American Speedway Late Model champion ever set a new track record qualifying time of 13.650 seconds. The time was nearly one-tenth quicker than the second place car and sent a strong statement to the 16 car field on hand.
After pulling an invert of eight, Scott rolled off eighth on the grid for the first 44 lap feature. Scott moved into the top-five within the first eight laps, and passed Gary Glenn for second on lap 28.
With Scott’s car coming in to him during the long green flag run, he began to reel in the leader Juan Pitta.
The first caution of the race flew on lap 37 which put Scott alongside Pitta for the double-file restart. Scott had a great restart on the outside and took off to lead the final seven laps for the win.
The victory is Scott’s eighth of the 2010 season and 12th in his career.
A four car invert placed Scott fourth on the grid for the second feature. By lap four, Scott was up into second and challenging race leader Zane Lovelace, Jr. On lap nine, Scott and Lovelace raced side-by-side with Scott taking the lead on lap 10.
The yellow flag came out on lap 16, which set the stage for a thrilling back-and-forth battle between Scott and Lovelace. Lovelace took over the lead but not after several side-by-side battles.
On lap 31, Scott came back at Lovelace for another side-by-side duel. The duel ended on lap 37 when they made contact and Scott spun.
“I squeezed him just a little bit and it was just a racing incident,” Scott said. “You come out here knowing stuff can happen.”
In a wild final seven laps, Scott managed to pick off cars one-by-one to make his way from the back of the field to finish fifth.
“(Coming back to fifth) really shows you how good that car was,” Scott said. “I can’t thank my crew enough.”
Matt Scott Racing will be announcing their next races soon via Facebook and www.mattscottracing.com
Late 2010 and early 2011 plans are being formulated now for the talented Amador High School graduate. Sponsorship and media inquiries can be forwarded to Steven Blakesley at steven@norcalmedia.com
Matt Scott Racing is online at www.mattscottracing.com or on Facebook keywords “Matt Scott Racing”.
Matt Scott Racing is sponsored by: Catchyoureye.com, Pardee Lake Recreation, Halm Metal Fab, Clondair Vineyards, Hobbs Construction, Sutter Hill Plumbing, Christian Builders Construction, Bickford Precision Machine, Red Corral Auto Body, Howard’s Body Shop, TAS Construction, DJ Safety, Tracy Embroidery, Fantastical Prints, and Blakesley Sports Media.
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