NETTO SCORES HUGE WIN AT ANTIOCH AND PADS NARC POINT LEAD
ANTIOCH, Calif.—D.J. Netto had a big night in his quest for his second NARC sprint car championship when he took Saturday’s feature at Antioch Speedway and added to his points lead, and also ended an extended winless streak in the process.
Netto led all 30 laps for his ninth career NARC victory and was rarely challenged throughout. At one point Netto did get passed by Dominic Scelzi for the lead on an early restart that was called back for another car stopping. Netto took advantage of that break and mastered his remaining restarts, and there were several of them as there were four red flags for cars going upside down on a challenging night.
Scelzi continued trying to go after Netto, but eventually suffered a mishap on another restart and flipped his car upside down. That handed the second position over to Dominic Gorden. Netto entered traffic in the closing laps as Gorden tried to close in along with Jesse Schlotfeldt but they eventually ran out of time before they could take any shot at Netto for the win.
The win was Netto’s third on the season aboard the Penny Newman Grain-sponsored Netto Ag No. 88n Rider-powered KPC, and it came five months after Netto’s second win, which also came at Antioch Speedway in May. Happy to end the drought, Netto popped a wheelie on the front stretch and then climbed atop his car to celebrate with the fans. Netto increased his narrow lead to 12 points over Sean Becker, who finished fourth.
Gorden, who set fast time in qualifying earlier in the evening, settled for second aboard the Silva’s All Natural Beef-sponsored Fortitude Driver Development No. 10 Rider-powered Maxim. Schlotfeldt, visiting from Washington, earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 13th to get on the podium in his first visit to Antioch Speedway aboard the Grinder’s Automotive & Marine-sponsored JRS Motorsports No. 21 Shark-powered Triple X.
Becker maintained his second place points standing with his fourth place finish aboard the D&J Construction Rental Equipment-sponsored Bjork Construction No. 7b Shaver-powered Maxim. Max Mittry recovered from a mishap of his own on the initial start and came back to finish fifth aboard the Shasta Realty Group-sponsored Mittry Construction No. 19 Shark-powered KPC. Mittry changed the car number to 19 for the night to honor Chuck Wolf, who had recently passed away. Cannon McIntosh, Tim Kaeding, Dylan Bloomfield, Jake Andreotti and Billy Aton rounded out the Top 10.
Heat races earlier in the evening were won by Mittry, Netto and Scelzi. Netto topped Scelzi in the Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash to secure the pole position for the main event.
Gorden paced the 18-car field in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying with a time of 12.142 seconds around the 3/8-mile clay oval.
RESULTS
Hooser Racing Tires Feature (30 laps): 1. 88N-DJ Netto[1]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]; 3. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[13]; 4. 7B-Sean Becker[8]; 5. 19-Max Mittry[4]; 6. 83-Cannon McIntosh[5]; 7. 0-Tim Kaeding[9]; 8. 33-Dylan Bloomfield[11]; 9. 7P-Jake Andreotti[12]; 10. 26-Billy Aton[14]; 11. 12J-John Clark[15]; 12. 41-Dominic Scelzi[2]; 13. 17W-Shane Golobic[10]; 14. 17-Kalib Henry[16]; 15. 12-Jarrett Soares[17]; 16. 14-Mariah Ede[6]; 17. 29-Bud Kaeding[7]; 18. 88A-Joey Ancona[18].
METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: 88n D.J. Netto 1-30
Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 13th to 3rd (+10)
Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Max Mittry[1]; 2. 7B-Sean Becker[2]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[4]; 5. 26-Billy Aton[5]; 6. 17-Kalib Henry[6].
Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88N-DJ Netto[1]; 2. 0-Tim Kaeding[2]; 3. 33-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 4. 83-Cannon McIntosh[4]; 5. 12J-John Clark[5]; 6. 12-Jarrett Soares[6].
WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Dominic Scelzi[2]; 2. 29-Bud Kaeding[1]; 3. 7P-Jake Andreotti[5]; 4. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[6]; 5. 14-Mariah Ede[4]; 6. (DNS) 88A-Joey Ancona.
Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 88N-DJ Netto[2]; 2. 41-Dominic Scelzi[1]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 4. 19-Max Mittry[3]; 5. 83-Cannon McIntosh[5]; 6. 14-Mariah Ede.
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CHIARAMONTE CHALKS UP FIRST WIN AT ANTIOCH, SARALE CLINCHES USAC WS MIDGET TITLE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Braden Chiaramonte raced to his first career USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Western States Midget victory on Saturday night at California’s Antioch Speedway.
Starting fifth on the grid, Chiaramonte (El Cajon, California) took over the lead with six laps remaining in the 30-lap feature to notch his first series win aboard the Rusty Carlile-owned No. 51.
In doing so, Chiaramonte became the second first-time feature winner of the 2025 USAC Western States Midget season after Dane Culver was victorious in August at California’s Santa Maria Speedway.
It was Culver who led the first lap at Antioch after starting from the outside of the front row. However, his lead was short lived as Jake Andreotti took over on lap two and proceeded to lead a race high 23 laps after starting on the pole.
Chiaramonte made the winning move on lap 26, which put him in victory lane in the event which was co-sanctioned by the Bay Cities Racing Association. Chiaramonte was also the night’s fastest qualifier, timing in with a lap of 13.883 seconds.
Andreotti finished as the runner-up followed by series point leader Caden Sarale who came home third to clinch the 2025 USAC Western States Midget championship. Culver and Kaleb Montgomery rounded out the top-five.
Heat race victories were captured by Culver and Ryan Bernal.
USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 11, 2025 – Antioch Speedway – Antioch, California – Co-Sanctioned by BCRA
QUALIFYING: 1. Braden Chiaramonte, 51, Carlile-13.883; 2. Ben Covich, 65NZ, Covich-14.254; 3. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-14.279; 4. Broedy Graham, 66, BGR-14.294; 5. Dane Culver, 73, Ford-14.326; 6. Ryan Bernal, 31B, Beilman-14.388; 7. Drake Cardey, 17A, Dunkel-14.619; 8. Logan Mitchell, 96x, Mitchell-14.639; 9. Connor Speir, 14JR, Speir-14.657; 10. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-14.698; 11. Kaleb Montgomery, 68, Six8-14.855; 12. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-14.914; 13. Cody Gray, 32c, Gray-14.928; 14. Dale Johnston, 20J, Johnston-15.083; 15. Nathan Moore, 25JR, Moore-15.550; 16. Floyd Alvis, 18, Champion-16.047; 17. Hailey Lambert, 55, Lambert-17.326.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Dane Culver (2), 2. Caden Sarale (3), 3. Drake Cardey (1), 4. Braden Chiaramonte (4), 5. Kaleb Montgomery (6), 6. Connor Speir (5), 7. Nathan Moore (8), 8. Hailey Lambert (9), 9. Cody Gray (7). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Ryan Bernal (2), 2. Jake Andreotti (6), 3. Logan Mitchell (1), 4. Broedy Graham (3), 5. Preston Norbury (5), 6. Ben Covich (4), 7. Dale Johnston (7), 8. Floyd Alvis (8). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Braden Chiaramonte (5), 2. Jake Andreotti (1), 3. Caden Sarale (4), 4. Dane Culver (2), 5. Kaleb Montgomery (9), 6. Ryan Bernal (3), 7. Broedy Graham (8), 8. Dale Johnston (14), 9. Ben Covich (11), 10. Floyd Alvis (16), 11. Preston Norbury (10), 12. Connor Speir (12), 13. Hailey Lambert (15), 14. Logan Mitchell (7), 15. Drake Cardey (6), 16. Nathan Moore (13). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Dane Culver, Laps 2-24 Jake Andreotti, Laps 25-30 Braden Chiaramonte.
USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Caden Sarale-694, 2-Dane Culver-581, 3-T.J. Smith-561, 4-Connor Speir-419, 5-Todd Hawse-391, 6-Jett Yantis-376, 7-Kyle Hawse-338, 8-Broedy Graham-330, 9-Hailey Lambert-302, 10-Ben Covich-249.
NEXT USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: October 25, 2025 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California
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