Chance Grasty makes late move to record 2nd career Placerville win

Chance Grasty made a bold move during a lap 17 restart to grab the lead and go on to record his second career Placerville Speedway victory on Saturday night.

Fellow winners at Red Hawk Resort + Casino Night included Rod Oliver with the Kings Meats Ltd. Late Models, Nick Baldwin with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks and Michael Tobiason with the Nor-Cal Dwarf Cars.

The 30-lap Thompson’s Family of Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Car feature began with Justyn Cox jumping out to the lead and having his way with things for much of the contest.

Numerous slowdowns were seen during the main event, but Cox was perfect on each and every restart for a majority of the contest.

Chance Grasty had methodically worked his way forward though and was determined to pounce as the race wound down. Grasty charged into second on lap 16 and would make the race changing move on a restart to blast around Cox for the top spot.

Once taking over the lead on lap 18 Grasty walked away to claim the Ed Entz checkered flag over Cox, Jake Morgan, Tanner Carrick and Kenny Wanderstadt. A strong field of 29 Sprint Cars competed on Saturday night.

Yuba City’s Rod Oliver claimed the Ltd. Late Model feature for his second win of the year over Tyler Lightfoot and Clark Gougliomani.

Kevin Jinkerson led early in the Pure Stock main event until encountering issues right when Nick Baldwin made the move by on lap 14. Baldwin went on to claim his 47^th career Placerville Speedway win over Lightfoot and Ray Trimble.

The Nor-Cal Dwarf Car feature provided excitement with multiple drivers from Southern California battling up front.

Robert Peters led early until Michael Tobiason charged past to grab the lead. He then had to withstand the challenges of Darren Brown but hung tough and claimed the checkered flag for his first career Placerville Speedway.

Brown, Mike Reeder, Dan Geil and Toby Brown completed top five.

Placerville Speedway returns to action with Kings Meats Burger Night on Saturday August 15^th.

Results

Placerville Speedway

Red Hawk Resort + Casino Night 

August 8th, 2026

Thompson’s Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Cars:

1. X1-Chance Grasty[5]; 2. 42X-Justyn Cox[2]; 3. 45-Jake Morgan[3]; 4. 83T-Tanner Carrick[11]; 5. 5-Kenny Wanderstadt[8]; 6. 93-Landon Henry[7]; 7. 55D-Dawson Hammes[18]; 8. 4-Jett Yantis[14]; 9. 00-Steel Powell[9]; 10. 29-Cole Croft[6]; 11. 61-Travis Labat[15]; 12. 56C-Carson Hammes[19]; 13. 15-Michael Sellers[17]; 14. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 15. 14W-Jodie Robinson[16]; 16. 12J-John Clark[10]; 17. 321-Parker Mockridge[12]; 18. 21-Shane Hopkins[4]; 19. 85-AJ Alderman[13]; 20. 7P-Jake Andreotti[20]

Kings Meats Ltd. Late Models:

1. 57-Rod Oliver[4]; 2. 23-Tyler Lightfoot[5]; 3. 28G-Clark Gougliomani[3]; 4. 11-Adam Starkey[7]; 5. 54-Matt Davis[6]; 6. 22-Chris Mcginnis[1]; 7. 37-Ray Trimble[2]

Red Hawk Resort + Casino Pure Stocks:

1. 17-Nick Baldwin[3]; 2. 23-Tyler Lightfoot[5]; 3. 86-Ray Trimble[4]; 4. 12J-Jason Ramos[6]; 5. 79-Maurice Merrill[1]; 6. 30-Kevin Jinkerson[2]

Dwarf Cars:

1. 88F-Michael Tobiason[7]; 2. 57-Darren Brown[10]; 3. 72N-Mike Reeder[9]; 4. 32N-Dan Geil[2]; 5. 75B-Toby Brown[6]; 6. 410-Chris Durden[13]; 7. 99N-Gage Meyers[3]; 8. 508N-Steve Costello[12]; 9. 41N-Brandon Aylesworth[5]; 10. 29N-Corey Eaton[16]; 11. 05N-Tim Dodson[14]; 12. 13-Elijah Shrum[15]; 13. 44N-Anthony Estrada[20]; 14. 20N-Michael Durden[17]; 15. 5F-Robert Peters[1]; 16. 88N-Phil Merritt[21]; 17. 12N-Mike Grenert[8]; 18. 9JR-David Hays[4]; 19. 74J-John Durden[18]; 20. 15N-Shawn Whitney[11]; 21. 616N-Tyler Quilty[19]

Images courtesy of Positive Times Photography