NASCAR regional series roars into region this Saturday

The thrill of NASCAR is roaring into Placer County this week. It's the NASCAR ARCA Menards Series West series coming to Roseville this Saturday, Oct. 1, for the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 at All American Speedway in Roseville. The 24th nationally televised appearance of the West Series will be joined by four local championship races and the return of the Legends Tour Series. More than 300 laps of racing are scheduled on the one-third mile speedway located @the Grounds in Roseville for one of the largest single-day sporting events in Placer County. The speedway will honor first responders who were part of the local firefighting efforts. They helped reopen the fairgrounds for this annual NASCAR tradition in Roseville. Grandstands open at 4 p.m., followed by heat races at 4:30. Five preliminary main events will get underway at 5:05 p.m. They precede the NAPA 150, which goes green at 7:45. Tickets for the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 are available online at www.AllAmericanSpeedway.com. Adult general admission tickets are $35 while juniors ages 6-12 are $25. Children 5 and under are free. Race fans can also purchase a VIP ticket for $65, which includes a Randy Peters Catering barbecue dinner with two drinks, live music, special gift, VIP pit tours, a meet and greet with drivers and special reserved seating in turns 1 and 4. Fans can enjoy the vendor midway, a driver autograph session, fireworks, live music, a classic car display and more. Each ticket sold raises money for the Placer Breast Cancer Foundation, with more than $250,000 raised since the event's inception. The ARCA Menards Series West race will serve as the ninth round of the 11-race series. Southern California driver Jake Drew of Fullerton leads the championship on the strength of four wins in the last five races. His rookie teammate, Tanner Reif of Las Vegas, has also scored two wins this season. The series utilizes 625-horsepower stock cars, which have competed at All American Speedway since 1977, including the upcoming 24th appearance. Bill McAnally Racing leads all teams with nine victories at its home track along with back-to-back series championships in 2020 and 2021. Cole Moore of Granite Bay, the 2020 All American Speedway Late Model track champion, and series rookie Landen Lewis of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. will drive BMR Chevrolets in the race. The Legends Tour Series will race for $2,000 to win in its first start at the track since 2019. Legends machines are 5/8ths-scale versions of NASCAR Modifieds from the past. These unique cars bring large fields. Drivers will race for Legends Tour Series points and state and national points. The 35-lap main event will also serve as a regional championship. A $750-to-win, 15-lap B Main is also planned. Sebastopol's Cody Winchel leads the series standings heading into the penultimate round. Four divisions of NASCAR Weekly Series action are scheduled with double points being awarded in each division's championship finales. The tightest battle has been in the Modified division. Eureka's Brandon White leads North Highlands' Rick Andersen by eight points, with each driver earning three wins. Roseville's Tyler Wentworth is winless but has used consistency to stay within 20 points of the championship. Windsor's Sammy Nuno and Colfax's Cody Bailey round out the top five heading into the 30-lap main event. Roseville's Josh Whitfield has had a perfect season in Super Stock with seven wins in his 2021 championship defense. Whitfield leads Roseville's Phil Wilkins, Antelope's Terry Thomas, Galt's Larry Thornhill and Loomis' Harry Lambert into a 30-lap main event. Ray Molina of Roseville has increased his points lead in the F4 division to a 25 over Citrus Heights' Vic Theberge. Rocklin's John Sproule is well within striking distance, 29 points out of the lead. Matthew Fuhs, the 2021 champion, and Rich Innis of Sun Valley, Nevada, make up the rest of the top five. The division with the largest car counts this year in Roseville will race in a 25-lap feature. There is $1,000 in bonus money up for grabs in the season finale. All American Speedway's youngest drivers compete in the Mini Cup/Bando division with a 15-lap main event planned. Roseville's Dayton Broyles looks to close out the championship with a 50-point lead over Stockton sixth-grader Lucas Burton, who has the edge in main-event wins with four to Broyles' two. Meadow Vista's Cash Page runs third in the standings during his rookie campaign. Action gets underway Friday with practice for the NASCAR Weekly Series and ride-alongs for VIPs in the NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet SS. On Saturday, practice begins at 12:05 p.m. for the NASCAR Weekly Series and Legends Tour Series. The ARCA Menards Series West will have a combined practice and qualifying session from 3:15-4:30 p.m.