ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Racing in honor of Alan Kulwicki and the famous No. 7 NASCAR Cup Series car, Dylan Zampa scored his seventh consecutive win to open the Berco Redwood Late Model season at All American Speedway.
The sweep of the twin 35-lap features boosts Zampa’s local championship hopes while also accumulating critical state, regional, and national points for the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series.
After winning the first feature, Zampa lined up in the eighth position for the second feature per NASCAR procedures. Brody Armtrout made a strong return to Roseville, going around the outside of Henk Gaalswyk, Jr. to lead lap one. Aidan Daniels slammed the backstretch wall to bring out a caution on lap three. Thomas Martin reeled in Armtrout after starting fifth, taking over the lead on lap 17. Zampa worked his way up to third as well. Zampa then passed Armtrout for second on lap 26.
The lead for Martin appeared insurmountable for Zampa until Fort Bragg’s Lane Anderson spun in turn four, setting up a restart with six laps remaining. Martin picked the inside and the pair ran side-by-side. Zampa executed a cross over exiting turn four, diving inside to lead lap 33. Zampa earned the victory over Martin, Kenna Mitchell and Gaalswyk.
Saturday’s opening 35-lap salvo saw Michael Mitchell take the initial lead around the outside of Daniels. Anderson spun across the backstretch with Armtrout making minor contact with the spinning car to require a caution. Zampa edged to the inside of Mitchell on the restart and grabbed possession of the lead by lap 10.
Martin and Mitchell had a furious battle for second that boiled over with contact in turn four, allowing Price to drive around the outside of them for the position on lap 23. Kenna Mitchell surged past Price in the late laps to finish second. Zampa, Kenna Mitchell, Price, Martin, and Daniels were the top five.
Brandon White found his way back to Velocity Solar Victory Lane in the Foothills Tow Modifieds. Josh Whitfield led all 30-laps for the Riebes Auto Parts Super Stocks victory. The action was stopped with a red flag on lap seven for former champion Andrew Peeler hitting the turn three wall after an apparent stuck throttle. He was uninjured. Modified winner White drove past Roseville’s Phil Wilkins at the start. A caution on lap 15 brought the field back together briefly but Whitfield drove ahead for his fourth win of the year over White, Wilkins, Larry Thornhill and Terry Thomas Jr.
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