Mira Loma, CA—Scott Dodd in his Chevy Monte Carlo made quite an impression last Saturday finishing 7th in his first super late model race. Dodd who made the move from ASA Speed Trucks to a Jackson Super Late Model qualified 11th after running 4th or better throughout the practice sessions on Friday and Saturday. “The car was great during practice, but when we changed tires for qualifying it made the car terribly loose, I just tried to hang on to it and get the best lap that I could” said Dodd.

Dodd who started the race in the 11th position fell back to 13th having to run the first 15 laps in the lower groove before he could find a space to move to the more desirable upper groove. Once Scott was in the upper groove he let his tires cool for a few laps and then started passing cars for positions and lapping other cars. Dodd was up to 7th by lap forty and was closing in quickly on the sixth place car and the other leaders, unfortunately the closing laps came to soon to gain any other positions, and Scott finished 6 seconds behind the winner in a very close finish. At age 19, Dodd was the youngest driver to finish in the top ten.

The fans were treated to a very competitive and clean event with 29 Super Late Models and only one yellow in the race when a competitor spun on lap one. This years Irwindale Super Late Model field includes some of the biggest racing names on the west coast, including past Super Late champions: Van Knill, Rip Michels, Rod Johnson, Andrew Phipps, and other top drivers such as: Dan Moore, Mike Price, David Beat, Russell White and others.

This year’s sponsors for Dodd are So. Cal Pipe Trades, Lucas Oil Products, UA Plumber’s local 78, Luke’s Auto Body, Stuck Up Designs, K & N Filters and Air Gas Supply. If you would like to become a sponsor for Dodd’s race team please visit www.scottdodd.com or call 951-685-4223

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