19-year-old Scelzi fell back to as far as fourth before rallying to take the lead away on the final restart with four laps left at Lakeside Speedway.
“This is a huge relief,” Scelzi said. “I think the monkey is off our back. No matter how low the lows get, this team never gives up. I was hoping a caution would come out and sure enough we got it. I knew that was my only chance to get Kerry and it worked perfect. It was fast, but the track widened out well.”
“I fell back early when Aaron Reutzel tried to crash me on the frontstretch,” Scelzi added. “It bent the tie rod, drag link, the steering was almost sideways, but it just gave me some extra motivation to race that much harder.”
Donny Schatz also capitalized on the final restart and moved up to finish in second-place while Kerry Madsen settled for a third-place after leading the opening 26 laps.
Feature Results:
1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi [1][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [5][$6,000]; 3. 14-Kerry Madsen [2][$3,500]; 4. 8-Aaron Reutzel [4][$2,800]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$2,500]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [3][$2,300]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [8][$2,200]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo [10][$2,100]; 9. 2-David Gravel [7][$2,050]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [12][$2,000]; 11. 9-James McFadden [23][$1,600]; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [15][$1,400]; 13. 5-Spencer Bayston [21][$1,200]; 14. 7-Justin Henderson [14][$1,100]; 15. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [13][$1,050]; 16. 11-Parker Price-Miller [19][$1,000]; 17. 83-Kasey Kahne [18][$1,000]; 18. 20G-Noah Gass [16][$1,000]; 19. 22-Riley Goodno [22][$1,000]; 20. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [9][$1,000]; 21. 21-Brian Brown [6][$1,000]; 22. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [24][$1,000]; 23. 2C-Wayne Johnson [17][$1,000]; 24. 25-Marcus Dumesny [20][$1,000].
Point Standing After 76 Of 80 Events:
1. Brad Sweet (10,048); 2. David Gravel (-98); 3. Donny Schatz (-158); 4. Carson Macedo (-166); 5. Logan Schuchart (-300); 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (-316); 7. James McFadden (-732); 8. Kraig Kinser (-1130); 9. Brock Zearfoss (-1410); 10. Jacob Allen (-1688).
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