By Gary Thomas
Marysville, CA…Andy Forsberg may be approaching age 50 in less than a month, but on Sunday night he looked every bit a spry youngster utilizing a brave and bold drive, bringing home his seventh career Mel & Marlyn Hall Memorial triumph at Marysville Raceway.
With his win from the 10th starting spot, the Auburn veteran becomes the all-time leader in wins at the event, breaking a tie that he shared with Marysville Raceway legend Colby Wiesz.
Forsberg and his Pacific Highway Rentals No. 92 team pocketed $5,000 for the SCCT victory, plus an additional $150 cash for Hard Charger thanks to the Rounds Family.
“This is one of those events that really means a lot to me,” Forsberg said to infield reporter Roy Benning. “The Hall Family were such huge supporters of the sport out here and gave a lot of their lives to auto racing. They played a big role in my early years driving, so to win this race seven times is special.”
The 30-lap Shop Kyle Larson feature began with High Sierra Industries Dash winner Colby Copeland jumping out front. The driver of the C&M Motorsports No. 7c set a fast pace early on and kept the field at bay.
Lapped traffic over the opening stages created some hectic and exciting racing as usual on the tight Marysville Raceway bulling. Tanner Carrick and Chance Grasty raced closely behind Copeland as the leaders zigged and zagged through the slower traffic.
Several cautions and a red flag period slowed the flow just before the halfway point of the race. After that, however, business began to pick up. With 14 circuits complete Andy Forsberg found himself in sixth, but he was determined to not stay there.
A restart at the halfway point saw “Mr. Excitement” rocket to the high side in traditional fashion and charge all the way into second. He proceeded to work on leader Copeland and looked to make the pass on a couple of occasions, only to have cautions bring it back.
Forsberg stayed with it though and finally sealed the deal to get past Copeland on lap 18 for the top spot. Copeland didn’t let him off easily and remained glued to his tail tank. The Promoter at Silver Dollar Speedway then had to deal with a fast-moving Grasty, who claimed second on lap 24.
The final laps saw Grasty cut the gap between himself and Forsberg, while making it a battle for the win coming to the checkered flag. Forsberg hit his marks and crossed the stripe just ahead of Grasty to claim his ninth career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour victory.
Grasty and Copeland rounded out the podium on Sunday evening. Grasty captured $300 for Fast Time earlier in the program thanks to Sierra Foothills Wine Services, Brian Sperry and Chowchilla Mike in memory of Leslie Goohue.
He then accepted the BC Bold Choice Bonus to collect $500 prior to the Dash draw. With extra money on the line for second, he and the F&F Racing team took home $3,300 for their efforts.
Sean Becker and Justyn Cox completed the top five. The remainder of the top 10 was filled out by Tanner Carrick, Seth Standley, Luke Hayes, Austin Wood and Brad Bumgarner.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour returns to action this coming Saturday May 30th at Placerville Speedway.
The Davy Thomas Memorial offers $6,000-to-win/ $600-to-start and features several extra incentives thanks to several gracious people.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour Round 2
Marysville Raceway
Mel & Marlyn Hall Memorial
May 24, 2026
A Feature 30 Laps
1. 92-Andy Forsberg[10]; 2. X1-Chance Grasty[6]; 3. 7C-Colby Copeland[1]; 4. 35-Sean Becker[3]; 5. 42X-Justyn Cox[5]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 7. 7-Seth Standley[9]; 8. 9L-Luke Hayes[4]; 9. 21A-Austin Wood[14]; 10. 88-Brad Bumgarner[12]; 11. 55D-Dawson Hammes[19]; 12. 7H-Jake Haulot[15]; 13. 3F-William Fielding[16]; 14. 76-Jennifer Osborne[11]; 15. 56C-Carson Hammes[8]; 16. 87S-David Silveria[22]; 17. 2STX-Corbin Seay[23]; 18. 15-Pat Harvey Jr[21]; 19. 2X-Max Mittry[7]; 20. 51-Jake Morgan[17]; 21. 29-Cole Croft[20]; 22. 7W-Dennis Scherer[13]; 23. 6W-Billy Wallace[18]; 24. 87A-Antionio Silveria[24]; 25. (DNS) 54-Carson Hall
Dash 6 Laps
1. 7C-Colby Copeland[1]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 3. 35-Sean Becker[4]; 4. 9L-Luke Hayes[3]; 5. 42X-Justyn Cox[5]; 6. X1-Chance Grasty[6]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 9L-Luke Hayes[1]; 2. X1-Chance Grasty[4]; 3. 2X-Max Mittry[2]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[5]; 5. 7W-Dennis Scherer[6]; 6. 3F-William Fielding[3]; 7. 55D-Dawson Hammes[8]; 8. 87S-David Silveria[7]; 9. 87A-Antionio Silveria[9]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 35-Sean Becker[1]; 2. 42X-Justyn Cox[2]; 3. 56C-Carson Hammes[6]; 4. 76-Jennifer Osborne[5]; 5. 21A-Austin Wood[7]; 6. 51-Jake Morgan[4]; 7. 29-Cole Croft[3]; 8. 2STX-Corbin Seay[8]; 9. (DNS) 54-Carson Hall
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 7C-Colby Copeland[1]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 3. 7-Seth Standley[2]; 4. 88-Brad Bumgarner[6]; 5. 7H-Jake Haulot[3]; 6. 6W-Billy Wallace[5]; 7. 15-Pat Harvey Jr[7]
Qualifying
1. X1-Chance Grasty, 12.505[21]; 2. 51-Jake Morgan, 12.561[22]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 12.606[23]; 4. 9L-Luke Hayes, 12.644[1]; 5. 35-Sean Becker, 12.650[18]; 6. 7C-Colby Copeland, 12.651[27]; 7. 2X-Max Mittry, 12.682[11]; 8. 42X-Justyn Cox, 12.690[8]; 9. 7-Seth Standley, 12.708[16]; 10. 3F-William Fielding, 12.732[25]; 11. 29-Cole Croft, 12.763[10]; 12. 7H-Jake Haulot, 12.781[6]; 13. 92-Andy Forsberg, 12.802[14]; 14. 76-Jennifer Osborne, 12.987[24]; 15. 6W-Billy Wallace, 12.999[19]; 16. 7W-Dennis Scherer, 13.004[20]; 17. 56C-Carson Hammes, 13.166[7]; 18. 88-Brad Bumgarner, 13.176[12]; 19. 87S-David Silveria, 13.319[26]; 20. 21A-Austin Wood, 13.352[3]; 21. 28K-Bryant Bell, 13.398[2]; 22. 55D-Dawson Hammes, 13.461[15]; 23. 2STX-Corbin Seay, 13.711[5]; 24. 15-Pat Harvey Jr, 14.123[4]; 25. 87A-Antionio Silveria, 14.