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RISING USAC STAR VISITS SCRA SPRINTS by Dan Fleischer |
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HANFORD, CA --- Michael Faccinto, the 2006 USAC Ford Focus National
Champion will step up in class size when he joins the SCRA 360 wingless Sprint
cars this Saturday night at Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA. The 17-year-old
Faccinto, who drove for former NHRA World Champion driver Gary Scelzi on the
USAC trail last year, will buckle-up in one of Tom Tarlton’s Sprinters as a
teammate to popular Peter Murphy. Included in Faccinto’s Focus championship
last year were five features wins. He was previously the 2004 Plaza Park (CA)
600cc micro-sprint champion.
Faccinto will join a host of exciting “teenyboppers” including
16-year-olds Justyne Hamblin, who has recorded two top-ten SCRA feature finishes
this season, Myles Bishop, who has one “open” 360 Sprint feature win this
year, Jace VanderWeerd and Adam Frith-Smith. Other top contenders expected to compete include 2006 series champion
Jonathan Logan, who got “untracked” last week with a fourth-place finish in
the main, 2006 Rookie Champion Kevin Barnes, Brian Schuler, Dean Alexander, Matt
Day and Albert Pombo, Davey’s cousin, who returned to the SCRA fold last week
for the first time in nine months. San Jose’s Burt Foland Jr. is also
scheduled to make his first local appearance of the year. |
