By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…A green, white, checkered restart set up a classic finish at the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout on Saturday, where Joel Myers Jr. blasted around race long leader Ryan Bernal off the final corner to claim the $8,000 top prize.
Myers Jr. finished runner up in the Placerville Speedway standings back in 2021 and had been oh-so-close to a victory at the track before. The Sebastopol driver made his initial win on the red clay pay off in dramatic fashion aboard the All About Fire Protection/ Dirt Dude’s Excavating No. 46jr.
“This is really a testament to my team who have worked their tails off,” Myers Jr. said in victory lane. “Ivan Warden and my guys gave me a great car. I could get the middle going and pace off Ryan’s right rear to stay close. I thought I may have something if I ripped the top and luckily it worked out for us.”
The initial 27-laps in the feature clicked off caution free and provided some intense racing up front. Hollister’s Ryan Bernal jumped out to the lead and led a very fast Chance Grasty from Suisun City, who stayed glued to his tail tank.
The duo kept fans on the edge of their seats and when lapped traffic came into play things got hectic. With Bernal and Grasty fighting for the top spot, Myers Jr. then inched in on them and made it a three-car battle for the lead.
The long green flag run came to a halt however, when Grasty hopped over the cushion in three and four. As he came back down onto the track, he unfortunately met with Austin Wood at just the wrong moment, which sent him down into the K-rail for a caution.
When going back green Bernal fended off Myers Jr. until a red flag appeared with just two circuits remaining. During the final dash to the finish, it was Bernal, Myers Jr. and Shane Golobic who pleased the fans with an exhilarating tussle to the end.
Heading down the backstretch for the final time and entering turn three, Bernal went low, while Myers Jr. rocketed to the top. Bernal didn’t get off turn four as smoothly as he wanted, while Myers hit it perfectly to shoot past and score the thrilling triumph.
Bernal crossed the stripe in second to cap a strong weekend that saw him sweep both nights with USCS and earn a third-place result in the Winged Sprint Car opener. Golobic, Wood and Clarksburg’s Justyn Cox completed the top five.
Rounding out the top 10 were Dominic Gorden, Andy Forsberg, Tanner Carrick, Justin Sanders and Dominic Scelzi. A total 36 competitors were on hand to finish the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout/ Legends Weekend presented by Berco Redwood. Chance Grasty set Fast Time to begin the program with a lap of 10.750.
The Ultimate Sprint Car Series, as noted, saw Ryan Bernal claim a clean sweep of the weekend after he tallied another win on Saturday. The feature was plagued by several hard crashes, but fortunately all drivers walked away unscathed.
Early on it was Braden Chiaramonte and Jacob Tuttle racing up front for the lead. Chiaramonte eventually edged ahead and led the field until Tanner Carrick had a monster run off turn two with 12 laps complete.
Just as Carrick was looking to shoot underneath, Chiaramonte had issues on the cushion that sent him sideways. The pair met up, resulting in Carrick suffering a wicked flip down the back stretch.
Both drivers were done for the program, and it gave Bernal the top spot that he would never relinquish. Due to time, the main event was checkered flagged at lap 20 and Bernal brought home the win over Carson Short, Josh Young, Tuttle and Austin Wood.
Placerville Speedway returns to action with Anrak Night at the Races on Saturday May 10th.
Results
Placerville Speedway
Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood Finale
May 3, 2025
Winged 360 Sprint Cars
A Main (35 Laps): 1. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[4]; 2. 73-Ryan Bernal[2]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[13]; 4. 2A-Austin Wood[6]; 5. 42X-Justyn Cox[3]; 6. 10-Dominic Gorden[8]; 7. 92-Andy Forsberg[5]; 8. 83T-Tanner Carrick[10]; 9. 4SA-Justin Sanders[9]; 10. 41-Dominic Scelzi[14]; 11. 7C-Tony Gomes[20]; 12. 25-Seth Standley[11]; 13. 2XM-Max Mittry[22]; 14. 21L-Landon Brooks[7]; 15. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[16]; 16. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[17]; 17. 9L-Luke Hayes[15]; 18. 14W-Jodie Robinson[12]; 19. 7P-Jake Andreotti[21]; 20. 21-Shane Hopkins[18]; 21. 28-Gauge Garcia[19]; 22. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[23]; 23. X1-Chance Grasty[1]; 24. 3-Cole Schroeder[24]
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 7P-Jake Andreotti[2]; 2. 2XM-Max Mittry[1]; 3. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[7]; 4. 3-Cole Schroeder[6]; 5. 17-Anthony Snow[3]; 6. 61-Travis Labat[5]; 7. 9-Dustin Freitas[12]; 8. 88-Austin Torgerson[9]; 9. 21C-Cody Meyer[13]; 10. 7X-Trey Walters[15]; 11. 31-Kyle Beilman[10]; 12. 12J-John Clark[14]; 13. 56-Taylor Hall[11]; 14. 94-Greg Decaires V[4]; 15. 85-AJ Alderman[16]; 16. 7-Carson Short[8]
Dash 1 (6 Laps): 1. X1-Chance Grasty[2]; 2. 73-Ryan Bernal[1]; 3. 42X-Justyn Cox[4]; 4. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[5]; 5. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 6. 2A-Austin Wood[3]; 7. 21L-Landon Brooks[7]; 8. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Ryan Bernal[2]; 2. 4SA-Justin Sanders[1]; 3. X1-Chance Grasty[4]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 5. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[5]; 6. 17-Anthony Snow[6]; 7. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[7]; 8. 56-Taylor Hall[9]; 9. 7X-Trey Walters[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[2]; 2. 21L-Landon Brooks[4]; 3. 25-Seth Standley[3]; 4. 9L-Luke Hayes[1]; 5. 28-Gauge Garcia[7]; 6. 61-Travis Labat[6]; 7. 88-Austin Torgerson[8]; 8. 21C-Cody Meyer[9]; 9. 2XM-Max Mittry[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden[4]; 3. 14W-Jodie Robinson[2]; 4. 41-Dominic Scelzi[6]; 5. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 6. 7P-Jake Andreotti[3]; 7. 3-Cole Schroeder[7]; 8. 31-Kyle Beilman[8]; 9. 12J-John Clark[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 42X-Justyn Cox[1]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]; 4. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 5. 7C-Tony Gomes[5]; 6. 94-Greg Decaires V[6]; 7. 7-Carson Short[8]; 8. 9-Dustin Freitas[7]; 9. 85-AJ Alderman[9]
Qualifying A: 1. X1-Chance Grasty, 00:10.750[5]; 2. 21L-Landon Brooks, 00:10.785[3]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:10.797[1]; 4. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:10.824[17]; 5. 73-Ryan Bernal, 00:10.827[7]; 6. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr, 00:10.873[9]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:10.875[14]; 8. 25-Seth Standley, 00:10.913[10]; 9. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:10.914[18]; 10. 2XM-Max Mittry, 00:10.960[8]; 11. 17-Anthony Snow, 00:11.077[16]; 12. 61-Travis Labat, 00:11.151[12]; 13. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:11.157[11]; 14. 28-Gauge Garcia, 00:11.287[15]; 15. 7X-Trey Walters, 00:11.300[13]; 16. 88-Austin Torgerson, 00:11.440[4]; 17. 56-Taylor Hall, 00:11.485[2]; 18. 21C-Cody Meyer, 00:11.495[6]
Qualifying B: 1. 10-Dominic Gorden, 00:10.779[10]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:10.807[4]; 3. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:10.833[18]; 4. 42X-Justyn Cox, 00:10.853[3]; 5. 14W-Jodie Robinson, 00:10.898[17]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:10.929[14]; 7. 7P-Jake Andreotti, 00:10.939[13]; 8. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:10.955[11]; 9. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:10.974[5]; 10. 7C-Tony Gomes, 00:11.042[12]; 11. 41-Dominic Scelzi, 00:11.059[8]; 12. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:11.101[9]; 13. 3-Cole Schroeder, 00:11.167[2]; 14. 9-Dustin Freitas, 00:11.178[1]; 15. 31-Kyle Beilman, 00:11.243[16]; 16. 7-Carson Short, 00:11.353[6]; 17. 12J-John Clark, 00:11.420[15]; 18. 85-AJ Alderman, 00:11.501[7]
20 entries
Non-Winged Sprints
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 17-Ryan Bernal[8]; 2. 7-Carson Short[2]; 3. 17J-Josh Young[5]; 4. 87P-Jacob Tuttle[1]; 5. 21-Austin Wood[15]; 6. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[6]; 7. 12-Adam Christian[12]; 8. 18-Josh Gillis[9]; 9. 29C-Camie Bell[11]; 10. 73-Cole Wakim[7]; 11. 7X-Trey Walters[18]; 12. 72T-Trenten Shelton[20]; 13. 5-Kaden Ramos[14]; 14. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[3]; 15. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 16. 51-Rob Lindsey[19]; 17. 79-Mark Hanson[10]; 18. 15-Michael Sellers[13]; 19. 63D-Jon DeWees[16]; 20. 29T-Ryan Timmons[17]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87P-Jacob Tuttle[3]; 2. 73-Cole Wakim[2]; 3. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[5]; 4. 79-Mark Hanson[4]; 5. 15-Michael Sellers[7]; 6. 63D-Jon DeWees[1]; 7. 51-Rob Lindsey[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Carson Short[5]; 2. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[3]; 3. 18-Josh Gillis[1]; 4. 29C-Camie Bell[6]; 5. 5-Kaden Ramos[4]; 6. 29T-Ryan Timmons[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-Josh Young[2]; 2. 17-Ryan Bernal[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 4. 12-Adam Christian[1]; 5. 21-Austin Wood[7]; 6. 7X-Trey Walters[4]; 7. 72T-Trenten Shelton[6]
Qualifying 1: 1. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:11.838[7]; 2. 73-Cole Wakim, 00:11.927[3]; 3. 87P-Jacob Tuttle, 00:11.978[2]; 4. 79-Mark Hanson, 00:12.050[5]; 5. 63D-Jon DeWees, 00:12.401[4]; 6. 51-Rob Lindsey, 00:12.545[6]; 7. 15-Michael Sellers, 00:12.645[1]
Qualifying 2: 1. 7-Carson Short, 00:11.647[4]; 2. 29T-Ryan Timmons, 00:11.722[6]; 3. 33-Heath Holdsclaw, 00:12.608[5]; 4. 5-Kaden Ramos, 00:12.835[3]; 5. 18-Josh Gillis, 00:12.872[1]; 6. 29C-Camie Bell, 00:13.581[2]
Qualifying 3: 1. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:11.737[3]; 2. 17J-Josh Young, 00:12.112[7]; 3. 17-Ryan Bernal, 00:12.233[2]; 4. 7X-Trey Walters, 00:12.532[5]; 5. 12-Adam Christian, 00:12.680[1]; 6. 72T-Trenten Shelton, 00:12.993[4]; 7. 21-Austin Wood, 02:05.973[6]
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