Huddleston leads wire to wire for NAPA 150 victory

Trevor Huddleston of Agoura Hills dominated Saturday's NAPA Auto Parts 150 at All American Speedway for the ARCA Menards Series West, leading all 150 laps from the pole for his second consecutive series win. Huddleston was one of five winners during the biggest event of the season in Roseville. Huddleston topped pole qualifying and left zero doubt during a non-stop contest, clicked off in under 37 minutes on the one-third mile speedway. Huddleston's lead fluctuated between two and three seconds over Eric Nascimento Jr. of Manteca throughout the contest. "Epic man, epic," Huddleston said. "It's a crazy couple of days. Got engaged (last weekend in victory lane) and got these wins. I live a blessed life." Second in 2024 points, Tyler Reif of Las Vegas slipped backward on the high line in the early laps. Nascimento won a battle with Jack Wood in the Bill McAnally Racing NAPA Auto Parts No. 16 Chevrolet for second. 2024 points leader and 2023 series champion Sean Hingorani of Newport Beach worked his way past Wood for third on lap 46. Reif battled back through the pack, overhauling Hingorani after an entertaining side-by-side duel for third. Nascimento was mired in traffic for most of the second half of the race, allowing Reif to drive to within a car length of Nascimento for second. Huddleston cruised, lapping up to fifth position. Nascimento's younger brother Ethan unlapped himself to become the sixth lead lap car. Huddleston accepted the checkered flag with a 1.482-second lead, followed by Eric Nascimento Jr., Reif, Hingorani and Wood. Linny White won his first zMAX CARS Tour West race in the series' debut appearance in Roseville. The Pro Late Model 100 also paid points toward the 2024 track championship and involved 20 entrants. Parker Malone of Redlands snagged the pole but was passed by series points leader Jeffrey Peterson of Grand Terrace on the opening lap. Roseville points leader Kenna Mitchell of Loomis passed Malone for second on lap six. Peterson and Mitchell charged to a comfortable lead on the field and led them into lapped traffic by lap 40. Fading brakes sent Jr. Late Model points leader Kylie Glick of Lincoln, 14, into a spin for a caution on lap 41. Mitchell used the outside line to take the lead on lap 42 before Peterson battled back to lead lap 43. Malone then passed Mitchell for second before they collided in turn three, bringing out a caution on lap 50 and relegating both to the rear. Fort Bragg's Aidan Daniels and Napa's Dylan Zampa emerged in a battle for second behind Peterson. Zampa took second, then had a shot at Peterson after an additional caution involving Glick and Nash Youngren on lap 80. Zampa drove to the outside of Peterson, then attempted a signature Roseville crossover in turn two. The move was nullified by a caution for a multi-car skirmish on the frontstretch on lap 88. The incident saw Trey Daniels of Fort Bragg spinning, with second in Roseville points Thomas Martin of Auburn hitting the turn four wall with significant damage. Andrew Chapman and San Jose's Jay Juleson were also eliminated. The battle for the lead resumed on the restart with Peterson sliding in turn one and opening the bottom for Zampa. Zampa and Linny White then collided hard in turn four. After two laps of door banging, Zampa made contact with Peterson into turn one while White and Mitchell tangled for third behind them. Peterson spun and was hit by Christian Bazen of Santa Clarita. When the dust settled, officials placed White and Mitchell on the front row for the restart while Peterson and Zampa restarted at the rear. White and Mitchell raced door to door for the win on the restart. On the final lap, Mitchell worked White up the hill in turn one and Malone attempted to go three wide on the bottom. White successfully defended the three-wide challenge to take the win, followed by Mitchell, Malone, Aidan Daniels and younger brother Trey Daniels. Kenna Mitchell wrapped up a championship-winning season in the Wild West Super Series while Eric Schmidt of Roseville won his second consecutive race in the class. Schmidt and Mitchell traded the lead four times but never ran further than three car lengths apart. A caution for San Francisco's Michelle Nagai spinning on the backstretch set up a four-lap sprint to the finish. Coming to green for the restart, Bakersfield's Scott Sanchez and Nagai came together in a violent impact which launched Nagai nearly over the top of Sanchez' car. Both drivers were uninjured. Schmidt was declared the winner over Mitchell while Loomis' Chris Scribner earned a Super Series career best in third. Bakersfield's David Mayhew, twice a runner-up in the ARCA West competition at Roseville, won the MMI Legends Tour West 35-lap feature. Mayhew persevered over a three-wide challenge involving MMI Legends points leader Tyler Reif and Brenden Ruzbarsky of Tracy on lap 26. Mayhew topped Reif, Ruzbarsky and Roseville points leader Brandon White of Eureka at the finish. Twenty INEX Legends participated. Lincoln's Kylie Glick led all 25 laps in the Jr. Late Model feature and scored her second win of the year. 11-year-old Eli Black of Santa Rosa sneaked past Colton Nelson of Auburn for second at the finish. All American Speedway resumes action Oct. 19 with the Monster Truck Bash, including two shows at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The NAPA Super Stocks and F4s will have circle track racing as well with heat races in the afternoon and features in the night program. Tickets are on sale at www.allamericanspeedway.com.