No place like home! Granite Bay's Cole Moore scores first ARCA Series win at All American Speedway

Granite Bay's Cole Moore won the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 - his first ARCA Menards Series West checkered flag - before a packed crowd at All American Speedway in Roseville on Saturday night. It also commemorated a major milestone for Roseville-based Bill McAnally Racing (BMR). Moore's victory marked BMR's record 100th win in the series. Those victories have come at 28 tracks dating to 1998. Saturday's win was emotional for Moore, a 25-year-old from Granite Bay, who honed his racing skills competing in late models at the historic third-mile oval and won a track championship there two years ago. Moore used the outside lane on the tight track to put his No. 99 JM Environmental/Berco Redwood Chevrolet into the lead on a late-race restart and then pulled away on a subsequent restart to become the fourth consecutive first-time winner in the annual ARCA West event. "Those top restarts were risky," Moore said of starting on the outside of the second-place car. "I knew he could send it in and hit me, but he drove me clean. We had a great Chevy." Moore was one of four drivers competing in the event for BMR, which is based not far from the track. His father, John Moore in the No. 27 JM Environmental/Berco Redwood Chevrolet, finished eighth. Sean Hingorani, in BMR's No. 19 Fidelity Capital Chevrolet, finished 15th; and Landen Lewis finished 17th in the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet after getting caught up in an incident late in the race. Cole Moore was asked in Victory Lane about scoring his first series win at his hometown track. "It means everything," he said. "I've got my whole family out here. My dad was in the race. That makes it even more special. This whole week we've been traveling around town, promoting the race and seeing the kids in high school. My favorite thing to do when I was a kid was come watch the ARCA West race at Roseville, with Eric Holmes and all those guys. To be standing where I am is unbelievable." It was Moore's 26th series start dating to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series in 2015. His best previous series finish was second, which he registered twice this year. His best finish in four previous series starts at Roseville was fifth in last year's event. Moore, last year's series rookie of the year, became the 24th driver to win with BMR. His victory marked BMR's 10th at All American Speedway. He led the way among the four BMR drivers – starting third on the grid, with Lewis starting fifth, Hingorani seventh and John Moore 13th. Hingorani dropped off the lead lap when he cut a tire early in the race. Lewis and John Moore battled among the top 10, while Cole Moore was making his way to the front – charging into second on Lap 36 and initially taking the lead on Lap 67. He lost the lead on Lap 120 but regained it about 14 laps later. He pulled way after a restart for the final of 10 cautions. Cole Moore moved back to second in the championship standings with two races remaining. In the local divisions Saturday, Brandon White of Eureka and his substitute driver Kris Price overcame an adventurous Modified feature to win the 2022 championship. Roseville's Tyler Wentworth paced the field through numerous cautions and incidents for his first win of the year. After qualifying and heat races, Rick Andersen of North Highlands was within four points of the championship. But collisions relegated him to a fifth-place finish in the main event and third in the standings. Wentworth topped Sammy Nuno, Price, Cody Bailey and Andersen at the finish. Foresthill's Jon Yourd bounced into the front-stretch wall to end the race prematurely after contact with Auburn's Derrick Doering. Tracy's Brendan Ruzbarsky prevailed in the return of the Legends Tour Series to Roseville for its first appearance since 2019. The 35-lap win paid $2,000. Former track Jr. Late Model champions Aidan Daniels of Fort Bragg and Kenna Mitchell of Loomis battled up front, with Daniels leading lap one. Ruzbarsky then drove past Daniels on the outside to lead lap four. Mitchell's race ended early when she was knocked into the front stretch wall on lap four. North Carolina teenager Josh Dickens made a spirited dash through the pack to eventually take over second on lap 17. Ruzbarsky topped Dickens, Daniels, North Carolina visitor Carson Brown and Reno's Nick Halen at the checkered flag. Roseville's Josh Whitfield completed a perfect 8-for-8 campaign to take the Super Stock championship. Roseville's Jeremy Fritts brought the race to a lengthy red flag when he slammed the turn three wall head-on. Whitfield sprinted past Roseville's Phil Wilkins for the win after the restart. Antelope's Terry Thomas, Rocklin's Eric Bocksberger and Galt's Larry Thornhill rounded out the top five. Ray Molina of Roseville earned another F4 championship while Rocklin's John Sproule won his second main event of the year. The main event started 17 four-cylinder cars. Multiple cars went underneath the 16.5-second breakout rule, shuffling the order. Matthew Fuhs of Roseville, the 2021 champion, ran down Sproule to take the lead on lap 12, but Sproule drove back to the lead on lap 13. Fuhs drove underneath Sproule again and Sproule crossed him over. Sproule narrowly held the lead on lap 20. Mario Novelli and Vic Theberge collided for a caution flag, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. Sproule hung on for the win over Fuhs, Molina, Dan Cherry of Citrus Heights and Rich Innis of Sun Valley, Nevada. The youngest drivers of the night battled in the Mini Cup/Bando division, where Stockton sixth-grader Lucas Burton won his fifth main event of the year. Meadow Vista's Cash Page finished second. Granite Bay High School student Dayton Broyles of Roseville finished third and wrapped up the division title. All American Speedway concludes its season Oct. 22 with the Malicious Monster Truck Tour. A matinee show at 3 p.m. and a night show at 7 p.m. will be offered.