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Sexton/Gatlin Racing
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(619) 454-6945
For Immediate Release
GRANT SEXTON GETS A WIN AND A 2ND PLACE FINISH AT LIGHTNING SPRINT NATIONALS!
(Lakeside, CA, October 9, 2019) Someone let the bear get out of the cage and that bear, 15-year-old Grant Sexton, has mauled the competition for three straight races including last week when he won and placed second in the main events in the POWRi Lightning Sprint Car Nationals at Missouri’s Lake Ozark Speedway.
Grant, his father Brent and the Lakeside, California based Sexton/Gatlin Racing crew made their first trip to the “Show Me State” with high expectations. However, Grant far exceeded those hopes or anything the team could have come up with in its wildest dreams. Fresh off a win at the Barona wingless race two weeks earlier, the high school student shocked everyone when he bested a stellar field of 43-cars from 11 different states and Canada for his second win in a row in the Friday portion of the Nationals.
In the Friday main event, Grant started third with Brent coming from ninth. Grant ran second before moving into the lead with three laps to go. He kept his eye-catching number three up front for the victory on the 1/3 of a mile semi-banked clay oval. Proud father Brent finished three spots behind his youngest offspring in fourth.
Saturday’s finale saw the competitors not only having to battle with each other but also Mother Nature. Showers interrupted the show and caused a delay, but they did little to faze young Grant Sexton. The teen sensation proved the previous night’s victory was no fluke by being the top scorer in Saturday’s preliminaries and earning the coveted pole position for the 25-lap main event.
While things were once again working well for Grant, the same could not be said for Brent. The veteran driver was leading his qualifier and headed for an outside front row starting spot with his son when disaster struck in the form of a blown engine. That not only put Brent out for that qualifier, but also for the main event.
When the green flew to start the 25-lapper, Grant burst into the lead. He proceeded to fight off the persistent challenge of his pursuers for the first 22-laps of the race before slipping back to second. He stayed in the second-place spot for the remainder of the race. Overall, he had the best finishing percentage (1.50) of any of the drivers in the two main events for the weekend.
S.G.R. and red-hot Grant Sexton get the next two weekends off before returning to action on October 26th at the Ventura Raceway.
To keep up with all the exploits of the Sexton/Gatlin Racing Team, be sure to visit it’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Sexton-Gatlin-Racing-1173560279445564/
Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2018 season possible. Scotty and Jimmy Keys, Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil and Infiniti Shocks. If you or your company would like to be a part of the Sexton/Gatlin team for the 2019 campaign, please call (619) 454-6945 or E-mail [email protected]
2019 Sexton/Gatlin Racing Schedule
March 16 Bakersfield Speedway – Brent 12th B – Dalton 10th A – Grant 19th A
March 23 Ventura Raceway – Brent DNS – Dalton 11th A – Grant 7th A
April 6 Barona Speedway – Dalton 18th – Grant 20th – Sheldon 3rd – Brent DNR
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – Brent 16th – Dalton 5th – Grant 18th
May 4 Ventura Raceway – Brent 8th – Dalton 6th – Grant – 17th
May 18 Barona Speedway – Brent 3rd – David 11th – Dalton 12th – Grant 14th
June 1 Ventura Raceway – Brent 4th – Dalton 6th – Grant 16th
June 29 Barona (Open Comp) – Bezio 1st – Brent 2nd – Dalton 6th – Grant 8th
July 13 Barona (Open Comp) – Bezio DNS – Brent 4th – Dalton 3rd – Grant DNS
July 18 Deming Speedway (Clay Cup) – Rained out
July 19 Deming Speedway (Clay Cup) – Brent 14th – Dalton 9th in B Main – Grant 16th
July 20 Deming Speedway (Clay Cup) – Brent 11th – Dalton 14th – Grant 7th
July 27th Santa Maria Raceway – Brent 8th – Dalton DNR – Grant 2nd
August 10 Barona Speedway – Brent 2nd – Dalton – 7th – Grant 16th
August 24 Ventura Raceway – Brent – DNR – Dalton 18th – Grant 7th
September 21 Barona (Open Comp) – Brent 5th – Dalton – 11th – David 8th – Grant 1st
October 4 Lake of the Ozarks Speedway (POWRi Nationals) – Brent 4th – Grant 1st
October 5 Lake of the Ozarks Speedway (POWRi Nationals) – Brent DNS – Grant 2nd
October 26 Ventura Raceway
November 16 & 17 Barona Speedway (Thunder Out West)
November 23 Bakersfield Speedway
Photo courtesy of Pit Princess Photography
This release produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:[email protected]
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