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Panella started on the pole, and showed that speed on his way to victory lane. (Maxwell Patrick Imagery)
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Panella Earns First Non-Wing Victory At Delta Speedway

May 1, 2022

STOCKTON, Calif. – 2018 winged Super 600 Micro Sprint track champion Nikko Panella made it happen without the lid on Saturday night, earning his first career Delta Speedway presented by Valley Strong Credit Union Non-Wing feature win at Delta Speedway.

94 Micro Sprints were in action across the four divisions at the one-seventh-mile dirt oval at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.
 
Qualifying for the 32 non-wing entrants was led by Clovis’ Dominic Gorden with a 10.852 second lap. The four heat races were won by Robbie Lewis, James Edens, Jade Avedisian, and 2018 non-wing champion Tj Smith.  

Panella started on the pole position for the 30-lap affair. A big flip on lap nine stopped the action when Dalton Hill of Fresno went over in turn two. A couple of multi-car get togethers in turn two slowed the action, including on lap 18 which ended the evenings for Adam Elbert, Tucker Lacaze, Carsen Perkins, and Izaak Sharp.
 
Panella led the final 12-laps for the $500 win while Smith had a crossover filled battle with Dan Mognaga. 
 
In Super 600 competition, Ashton Torgerson grabbed victory for his ninth Micro Sprint win of the 2022 season across the West Coast.
 
Lucas Mauldin won his second Restricted main event of the year on Saturday night by taking the 25-lap contest. 
   
Braxon Vasconcellos won the $200, 20-lap feature for the youngest drivers at Delta Speedway in the Jr. Sprints. 
 
The Finish:

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 73-Nikko Panella[1]; 2. 8G-TJ Smith[3]; 3. 22-Dan Mognaga[2]; 4. 55B-Jett Barnes[6]; 5. 1J-James Edens[4]; 6. 85-Robbie Lewis[10]; 7. 5-Mattix Salmon[5]; 8. 55-Brandon Carey[16]; 9. 14-Jade Avedisian[9]; 10. 88-Austin Torgerson[17]; 11. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[18]; 12. 10-Dominic Gorden[8]; 13. 83V-Tim Vaught[15]; 14. 02-Ashton Torgerson[20]; 15. 21-Danny Carroll[22]; 16. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[21]; 17. 2-Austin Wood[14]; 18. 74-Adam Elbert[12]; 19. 19-Tucker LaCaze[11]; 20. 35-Carsen Perkins[13]; 21. 24S-Izaak Sharp[19]; 22. 20-Dalton Hill[7]