HEIMLICH AND RANUIO EARN FIRST CAREER DELTA SPEEDWAY WINS
STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (August 16, 2026) – Oakley’s Jarrett Heimlich and Stockton’s Alex Ranuio led the action on Saturday night on the dirt at Delta Speedway, with both earning their first career Delta wins in their Micro Sprints. The seventh round of racing on the 1/7th mile dirt track featured five divisions competing. Photo by Denise Dell Photography
The Non-Wing competition led the pits with 24 entries and recent California “hot-hand” TK O’Brien leading time trials. Ty Carlson, Isabel Barnes, and Keith Bloom, Jr. won the heat races. Bloom and Heimlich shared the front row for the 30-lap night cap but Heimlich immediately took control. Heimlich rolled the top side consistently well, driving through lapped traffic in the non-stop affair. Heimlich prevailed for the coveted breakout win followed by Bloom, Austin Stone, points leader Nikko Panella, and Brody Rubio of Manteca.
“I don’t have much experience being up front and lapping people so I was definitely a little nervous getting by them,” Heimlich said. “It’s been a long time coming. Hoping this day would come. I can’t do it without everyone behind us!”
Stockton’s Alex Ranuio had a career performance in Restricted, earning his first career victory as well. The wire-to-wire win was also Ranuio’s lone top-five or top-ten finish of the year in ten starts in California. The standout performance saw Ranuio drive away from Idaho’s Bryce Tomassi over several restart attempts. Cash Brooks scored his second consecutive podium finish in third followed by July winner Maya Maulin and Hanford’s Bryson Sozinho.
A rejuvenated Restricted class in 2026 had 23 entries. Connor Penix topped time trials before also winning the first heat race. Blake Bookout and Maycie Brooks won the other heats.
Wheatland’s Cole Frerichs won his second A-Class race of the season, prevailing in the 25-lap feature. Sacramento’s Jackson Kohler held off Super 600 and Non-Wing points leader Nikko Panella through the first eight circuits. Frerichs then took it to the top side, passing both Panella and Kohler in successive laps to take the lead. Frerichs led Panella over the final 15 circuits with Kohler falling back to third. Points leader Levi Osborne and round six winner Lucas Mauldin of Rancho Murieta rounded out the top-five.
Alex Panella dominated the winged Super 600 action with his second victory of the season in the 20-lap feature. Panella accumulated a lead of over two seconds above his younger brother Nikko with Raio Salmon of Fresno finishing third. Logan Trevino and Jeffrey Rosas finished fourth and fifth.
Lucas Fenn of Oakley won from the pole to extend his Jr. Sprints points lead. Santino Gonella finished second and Joseph Wattenbarger ran third. Dylan Smith and Fenn snared the heat races.
Delta Speedway hosts the exciting Dual at Delta on September 5 and 6 during Labor Day Weekend. Both Saturday and Sunday are complete points races as the championship battles near their crescendo in Stockton.
Delta Speedway Stockton thanks: Valley Strong Credit Union, Cal-Waste Recovery Systems, Interstate Truck Center, Clean Brothers Site Services, Hoosier Tire, J Milano Company, Chase Chevrolet, Baker Roofing, East Bay Tire, WillScot, Genova Bakery, A&M Livestock, Van De Pol Petroleum, Belkorp Ag, Dentoni’s (Welding Works, Valley Truck Accessories and Pickup Outfitters), and Stockton Ports for their support in 2026!
Delta Speedway Results – Points Race No. 7 August 15, 2026
SUPER 600 Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12-Alex Panella[1]; 2. 73-Nikko Panella[3]; 3. 21-Raio Salmon[2]; 4. 7T-Logan Trevino[4]; 5. 88J-Jeffrey Rosas[5]; 6. 4-Tony Alosi[7]; 7. 15K-Michaela Cravotta[6]
NON-WING Feature (30 Laps): 1. 36-Jarrett Heimlich[2]; 2. 27K-Keith Bloom Jr[1]; 3. 20-Austin Stone[3]; 4. 73-Nikko Panella[4]; 5. 25R-Brody Rubio[5]; 6. 5-TK OBrien[6]; 7. 96-Briggs Davis[13]; 8. 7-Ty Carlson[7]; 9. 27-Conner Bolding[11]; 10. 30-Isabel Barnes[8]; 11. 54A-Aniyah Scott[14]; 12. 75M-Ceil Howe[9]; 13. 52-Joe Silva[18]; 14. 37H-Ryan Holden[19]; 15. 27C-Cam Carraway[16]; 16. 82-Brent Brooks[17]; 17. 31-Payton Gentry[21]; 18. 09N-AJ Neilson[23]; 19. 24T-Trenten Helie[10]; 20. 14R-Ralph Sheehy[12]; 21. 15K-Michaela Cravotta[22]; 22. (DNF) 3L-Matthew Linde[20]; 23. (DNF) 29V-Vito Celli `[15]; 24. (DNF) 8B-Blake Clark[24]
A CLASS Feature (25 Laps): 1. 75-Cole Frerichs[5]; 2. 7-Nikko Panella[4]; 3. 73J-Jackson Kohler[2]; 4. 9J-Levi Osborne[3]; 5. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[11]; 6. 76-TK OBrien[8]; 7. 316X-Cody Jessop[7]; 8. 31-Payton Gentry[15]; 9. 11M-Keaton Martella[6]; 10. 59K-Kaiden Gowen[19]; 11. 77K-Kyle Fernandez[23]; 12. 27J-Jason Maples[13]; 13. 10-Brodie Copeland[14]; 14. 2-Andrew Williams[1]; 15. 8-Cam Carraway[10]; 16. 47-Alex Sapp[16]; 17. 17R-Alex Ranuio[9]; 18. 38J-Jackson Tardiff[22]; 19. 37H-Ryan Holden[21]; 20. 316-Dylan Hatcher[20]; 21. (DNF) 7J-Danika Jo Faccinto[18]; 22. (DNF) 79-Dash Duinkerken[12]; 23. (DNF) 10D-Dean Skrifvars[17]
RESTRICTED Feature (25 Laps): 1. 17R-Alex Ranuio[1]; 2. 29-Bryce Tomassi[3]; 3. 2C-Cash Brooks[5]; 4. 55X-Maya Mauldin[7]; 5. 16S-Bryson Sozinho[9]; 6. 2-Andrew Williams[14]; 7. 7B-Benji Smith[4]; 8. 3P-Connor Penix[8]; 9. 3M-Maycie Brooks[12]; 10. 12K-Kevin Tikkanen[10]; 11. 12M-Charlotte Martella[16]; 12. 61-Blake Bookout[11]; 13. 12-Haven Sherman[6]; 14. 3D-David Anderson[15]; 15. 32-Nate Johns[21]; 16. 01-Camryn Blackshere[17]; 17. 25D-Samantha Dozier[2]; 18. 13-Tatum Kriegel[20]; 19. 49S-Santino Guadamuz[23]; 20. (DNF) 3G-Travis German[13]; 21. (DNF) 11E-Easton Wright[22]; 22. (DNF) 24T-Tatum Talcott[18]; 23. (DNF) 24N-Nathan Fernandez[19]
JR SPRINTS Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7L-Lucas Fenn[1]; 2. 23-Santino Gonella[4]; 3. 77-Joseph Wattenbarger[3]; 4. 12-Dylan Smith[2]; 5. 95L-Logan Fenn[5]
2026 Delta Speedway Schedule (Subject to Change)
April 4 Opening Day
April 18 Race #2
May 16 Race #3
May 29 & 30 Mattix Salmon Memorial**
June 19 & 20 Race #4 & #5 (Sizzler)
July 25 Race #6
August 15 Race #7
Sept 5 & 6 Race #8 & #9 (Dual)
October 3 Race #10
October 23 & 24 Turkey Bowl XXVII**
**Non-points races
