MIRA LOMA, California -- Scott Dodd, 18 in his #9 Go Fast ASA Speed Truck had an almost perfect night Saturday at Irwindale Speedway. The first practice session had Dodd and Lee Hatch as the fastest trucks with a time of 20.052 each. For the second session the crew tightened the truck up which turned to be a bad move as Dodd was the fourth fastest truck with a time of 20.151. For qualifying the trucks are divided into three groups according to practice times. Being one of the fastest in practice placed Dodd in the third group of trucks for the group qualifying. During qualifying Dodd went to the top of score board and remained there for the entire session with a time of 19.979 the only truck with a19 second lap out of the 23 trucks.
The fastest qualifier in the trucks rolls two dice for the main event inversion at ½ mile tracks. Dodd rolled a three which put previous Speed Truck Champion Lee Hatch on the pole for the main event. The top six qualifiers run the six lap trophy dash lined straight up from qualifying. Dodd won the dash leading from green to checker flag.
Dodd who started third in the main was quick to take the lead on the first lap and had showed he had the truck to beat. Dodd turned the fastest lap of the race with a lap time of 19.832. “The truck started out a little loose and just kept getting worse, by lap 30 I was just trying to keep the truck from spinning out and keep the lead as long as possible” commented Dodd. By lap 34 Andrew Allen in the #22 truck had caught Dodd and was able to pass him. Dodd crossed the finish line second behind the #22 truck for a career best finish at Irwindale. “It’s great to have such a great run for the So. Cal Pipe Trades night, they are great sponsors and I was excited to give them a good showing.” stated Dodd.
The ASA Speed Trucks are a fully fabricated chassis running a 350 Chevy engine direct drive tranny and a quick change rear-end that tours the Southwest at the following tracks: Irwindale Speedway, Orange Show Speedway, The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway, Madera Speedway, Tucson Raceway Park, and Road courses at Firebird International Raceway and Saint John’s Grand Prix.
I want to thank all of my sponsors for their support; So. Cal Pipe Trades, Luke’s Auto Body, Lucas Oil Products, Luke’s Transmissions, K & N Filters and Air Gas Supply. If you are interested in sponsorship information please call 951-685-4223 or go to www.scottdodd.com.
