Five track champions crowned at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

 

Connor Cantrell of Santa Clarita won his first NASCAR Super Trucks championship at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale before an estimated 3,500 on Saturday night.

Cantrell came into the season finale at the track with a 40-point lead over Ryan Partridge of Rancho Cucamonga and a four-race winning streak.

Partridge won the final race of the season with Cantrell in second place.

Tracks champions were crowned in the S2 stock cars, Legends Cars, Bandoleros and Super Stocks.

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-- Tim Haddock

Tony Hunt wins USAC Western Sprint Car Series race at Irwindale

Tony Hunt from Lincoln won the USAC Western Sprint Car Series race on Open Wheel night at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale before an estimated crowd of 5,500 on Saturday.

Hunt won his third race in the USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series and his first since June at Madera Speedway.

Audra Sasselli from Visalia was second and Tim Skoglund from Fresno was third.

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-- Tim Haddock

Rookie Dylan Lupton wins NASCAR Late Model race at Irwindale

Dylan Lupton won Saturday night's NASCAR Late Model race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, taking the lead from RJ Johnson on lap 19. Johnson, a driver from Canyon Country, blew a tire that nearly destroyed his car. He scraped the turn 3 wall and his driver's side panel was ripped off the car. He did not finish the race.

Lupton, a rookie from Wilton, won his fourth Late Model race of the season at Irwindale.

Brandon Davis from Huntington Beach, the leader in the Late Model standings at Irwindale, was second.

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-- Tim Haddock

Austin Barnes, 16, wins Lucas Oil Modified Series race at Irwindale

 

 

Austin Barnes, who will be a junior at Escondido High School starting Monday, won the Lucas Oil Modified Series race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.

It was his second win of the season in the modified series. His other win came at Irwindale on June 4.

It was a good night for the Johnson clan at Irwindale. Rod Johnson of Canyon Country was sixth in the modified series race. His son, RJ Johnson, won the NASCAR Super Late Models race, his fourth in a row at the track.

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-- Tim Haddock