BLOOMFIELD AND MITTRY OPEN SHOOTOUT IN VICTORY LANE

Oakley’s Dylan Bloomfield and Redding’s Max Mittry shared victory lane at Placerville Speedway on Friday, each picking up exhilarating late race wins on opening night of the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout/ Legends Weekend presented by Berco Building Materials.

Both drivers were competing aboard unfamiliar cars, as Bloomfield piloted the C&M Motorsports No. 7c Winged Sprinter, while Mittry brought the Chase Johnson Racing No. 24 back to victory lane with the Ultimate Sprint Car Series.

The 30-lap Winged Sprint Car feature began with 2023 SCCT champion Justyn Cox rocketing into the lead. An inordinate amount of caution flags came out in the main event, which forced Cox to deal with numerous restarts. He did a tremendous job every time while keeping the field at bay for much of the contest.

Bloomfield had settled into second and closed the gap a few times as lapped traffic came into play, but each moment that would occur, yellow flag fever appeared. A final five lap shootout then came into play and during it, things began to heat up.

With drivers continuing to fly around the high side Bloomfield closed in quickly with the white flag soon approaching. Heading into the final set of corners Bloomfield charged to the bottom in turn three and drove up in front of Cox.

The pair battled tooth and nail, side by side down to the checkered flag with Bloomfield coming out on top by the narrowest of margins. The thrilling conclusion was his third career Placerville Speedway triumph and the second of 2026.

Cox continued his early season speed by claiming the ADCO Driveline Fast Time Award to begin the evening and coming home second in the feature. It marked his second runner up effort of the Placerville campaign. Reigning track champion Tony Gomes gave it a nice run in the main event, carving his way from 10th to third while Max Mittry and Nick Parker completed the top five.

Rounding out the top 10 were Tanner Carrick, Shane Golobic, Luke Hayes, Michael Sellers and Jake Haulot. It was a nice recovery for Golobic, who brought out a caution while running third on lap five.

In the 30 lap Ultimate Sprint Car Series finale it was Max Mittry who took command early on and had his way with things for most of the race. Much like the Winged 360 main event, yellow flags slowed the flow of things at times during the contest.

Once some green flag racing was put in the books though the action became fast and furious on the quarter mile bullring. Drivers raced high, low and in the middle with close battles taking place throughout the pack.

As the race wound down El Cajon’s Braden Chiaramonte closed on Mittry and the pair proceeded to put on an epic show for the lead. The incredible clash saw Chiaramonte officially lead lap 28, before Mittry sliced his way back by, leading the white flag lap.

Mittry would go on to cross under the Ed Entz checkered flag for a very special victory aboard the Chase Johnson Racing No. 24 mount. Friday night marked the first time CJR has been back in competition since Johnson’s accident at Silver Dollar Speedway in 2024.

For Mittry it was his second career Sprint Car victory after getting his initial triumph one week prior at Watsonville Speedway. Chiaramonte, Cole Wakim, Ryan Timmons and Jacob Tuttle rounded out the top five. Both Wakim and Tuttle were fun to watch while they drove the ragged edge of Placerville Speedway.

Completing the top 10 were Shane Hopkins, Tanner Carrick, Nate Schank, Austin Cato and Alex Peck. A strong field of 30 cars competed on opening night with USCS. Blake Bower started the evening by setting new Non-Winged Sprint Car track record with a lap of 11.502.

The Nor*Cal Posse Shootout concludes tonight with an $8,000-to-win Winged Sprint Car feature, along with the Ultimate Sprint Car Series back in action as well.

Results

Placerville Speedway

Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Building Materials Opener

May 1, 2026

Winged 360 Sprint Cars:

A-main:

1. 7C-Dylan Bloomfield[4]; 2. 42X-Justyn Cox[1]; 3. 75-Tony Gomes[10]; 4. 2XM-Max Mittry[8]; 5. 15-Nick Parker[2]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[7]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 8. 9L-Luke Hayes[14]; 9. 15X-Michael Sellers[16]; 10. 7H-Jake Haulot[11]; 11. 00-Steel Powell[17]; 12. 3G-Brent Sexton[19]; 13. 25-Cody Johnson[22]; 14. 21-Shane Hopkins[12]; 15. 1W-Trey Walters[15]; 16. 56-Taylor Hall[21]; 17. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[13]; 18. 7-Seth Standley[5]; 19. 29-Cole Croft[9]; 20. 92-Andy Forsberg[6]; 21. 20-Justin Bradway[18]; 22. 28K-Bryant Bell[20]

Dash 6 Laps

1. 42X-Justyn Cox[1]; 2. 15-Nick Parker[2]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 4. 7C-Dylan Bloomfield[5]; 5. 7-Seth Standley[6]; 6. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 15-Nick Parker[2]; 2. 42X-Justyn Cox[4]; 3. 29-Cole Croft[1]; 4. 75-Tony Gomes[5]; 5. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[3]; 6. 15X-Michael Sellers[6]; 7. 3G-Brent Sexton[8]; 8. 25-Cody Johnson[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 7C-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]; 4. 7H-Jake Haulot[3]; 5. 9L-Luke Hayes[5]; 6. 00-Steel Powell[6]; 7. 28K-Bryant Bell[7]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 2. 2XM-Max Mittry[1]; 3. 7-Seth Standley[4]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 5. 1W-Trey Walters[7]; 6. 20-Justin Bradway[6]; 7. 56-Taylor Hall[3]

Qualifying

1. 42X-Justyn Cox, 10.326[13]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg, 10.410[22]; 3. 7-Seth Standley, 10.437[9]; 4. 29-Cole Croft, 10.479[12]; 5. 7C-Dylan Bloomfield, 10.484[4]; 6. 2XM-Max Mittry, 10.494[16]; 7. 15-Nick Parker, 10.517[10]; 8. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 10.530[3]; 9. 17W-Shane Golobic, 10.555[5]; 10. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte, 10.557[18]; 11. 7H-Jake Haulot, 10.562[6]; 12. 56-Taylor Hall, 10.648[8]; 13. 75-Tony Gomes, 10.688[17]; 14. 9L-Luke Hayes, 10.697[11]; 15. 21-Shane Hopkins, 10.702[14]; 16. 15X-Michael Sellers, 10.734[2]; 17. 00-Steel Powell, 10.754[15]; 18. 20-Justin Bradway, 10.898[20]; 19. 25-Cody Johnson, 10.965[19]; 20. 28K-Bryant Bell, 11.029[21]; 21. 1W-Trey Walters, 11.179[1]; 22. 3G-Brent Sexton, 11.387[7]

USCS:

A-main:

1. 24-Max Mittry[2]; 2. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[3]; 3. 73-Cole Wakim[5]; 4. 29T-Ryan Timmons[1]; 5. 87P-Jacob Tuttle[7]; 6. 21-Shane Hopkins[4]; 7. 83T-Tanner Carrick[11]; 8. 1-Nate Schank[13]; 9. 38-Austin Cato[20]; 10. 67X-Alex Peck[10]; 11. 36-Bob Newberry[9]; 12. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[19]; 13. 9C-Connor Wakim[21]; 14. 28-Bryant Bell[17]; 15. 51-Jake Morgan[6]; 16. 18G-David Gasper[16]; 17. 17J-Josh Young[8]; 18. 12-Adam Christian[15]; 19. 58-Mark Henry[14]; 20. 8-Bradley Terrell[18]; 21. 91-Cooper Marchant[12]; 22. (DNS) 3F-Blake Bower

B Feature 12 Laps

1. 18G-David Gasper[1]; 2. 28-Bryant Bell[2]; 3. 8-Bradley Terrell[4]; 4. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[5]; 5. 38-Austin Cato[11]; 6. 9C-Connor Wakim[7]; 7. 44-Brent Sexton[9]; 8. 28K-Kaden Ramos[8]; 9. 29C-Camie Bell[13]; 10. 26R-Ryan Owens[14]; 11. 18-Josh Gillis[10]; 12. 72-Jeff Shelton[12]; 13. 63D-Jon DeWees[6]; 14. (DNS) 2STX-Brent Steck

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[2]; 2. 17J-Josh Young[3]; 3. 67X-Alex Peck[1]; 4. 73-Cole Wakim[5]; 5. 8-Bradley Terrell[4]; 6. 18-Josh Gillis[7]; 7. 26R-Ryan Owens[8]; 8. 63D-Jon DeWees[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 21-Shane Hopkins[1]; 2. 87P-Jacob Tuttle[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 4. 1-Nate Schank[6]; 5. 18G-David Gasper[5]; 6. 44-Brent Sexton[7]; 7. 38-Austin Cato[8]; 8. (DNS) 28-Bryant Bell

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 3F-Blake Bower[5]; 2. 51-Jake Morgan[2]; 3. 91-Cooper Marchant[1]; 4. 58-Mark Henry[3]; 5. 9C-Connor Wakim[4]; 6. 72-Jeff Shelton[6]; 7. 29C-Camie Bell[7]

Heat 4 8 Laps

1. 24-Max Mittry[2]; 2. 36-Bob Newberry[1]; 3. 29T-Ryan Timmons[5]; 4. 12-Adam Christian[3]; 5. 2STX-Brent Steck[4]; 6. 28K-Kaden Ramos[7]; 7. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[6]

Qualifying 1

1. 73-Cole Wakim, 11.602[5]; 2. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte, 11.742[6]; 3. 17J-Josh Young, 11.824[8]; 4. 8-Bradley Terrell, 12.121[7]; 5. 67X-Alex Peck, 12.263[2]; 6. 63D-Jon DeWees, 12.313[3]; 7. 18-Josh Gillis, 12.485[4]; 8. 26R-Ryan Owens, 13.262[1]

Qualifying 2

1. 18G-David Gasper, 11.655[5]; 2. 28-Bryant Bell, 11.733[8]; 3. 87P-Jacob Tuttle, 11.842[2]; 4. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 11.935[7]; 5. 21-Shane Hopkins, 12.015[4]; 6. 1-Nate Schank, 12.135[6]; 7. 44-Brent Sexton, 12.334[1]; 8. 38-Austin Cato, 12.460[3]

Qualifying 3

1. 3F-Blake Bower, 11.502[6]; 2. 51-Jake Morgan, 11.895[7]; 3. 58-Mark Henry, 12.271[3]; 4. 9C-Connor Wakim, 12.347[2]; 5. 91-Cooper Marchant, 12.553[5]; 6. 72-Jeff Shelton, 12.907[1]; 7. 29C-Camie Bell, 13.175[4]

Qualifying 4

1. 29T-Ryan Timmons, 11.650[6]; 2. 24-Max Mittry, 11.777[2]; 3. 12-Adam Christian, 11.977[1]; 4. 2STX-Brent Steck, 12.006[5]; 5. 36-Bob Newberry, 12.182[7]; 6. 33-Heath Holdsclaw, 12.303[4]; 7. 28K-Kaden Ramos, 12.473[3]

Images courtesy of Jason Tucker Photos and Positive Times Photography