KEY, BARNES, MAULDIN, DAVIS, AND FENN CLAIM OPENING NIGHT DELTA SPEEDWAY WINS

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (April 6, 2025) – Stockton’s Delta Speedway fired off its 2025 season on Saturday night with 80 racers ready to tame the 1/7th mile dirt track at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. Colton Key of Fresno earned his first Super 600 victory at Delta in over a year and a half while 2024 Turkey Bowl winner Jett Barnes of Visalia continued to reign supreme in Non-Wing competition. Photo by Bob Messer

Nate Matherly lined up alongside Key for the 30-lap Super 600 feature over a 19-car field. Action stopped on the second lap in turn two with a four-car skirmish, including Isabel Barnes of Brentwood flipping onto her side. Key led the field back to green while Matherly battled Jeffrey Pahule of Brentwood for the second position. Pahule and Matherly banged wheels in lapped traffic which allowed fast-time qualifier Jett Barnes to snooker them both to go up into second position.

Key slowed suddenly on the backstretch and lost the lead to Barnes, but it was nullified as Raio Salmon of Fresno slowed to a stop for a caution flag. Key drove ahead to a nearly half-second advantage over the final five laps for the victory followed by Barnes, Stockton’s Nikko Panella, Fresno’s Mattix Salmon, and Pahule. Panella and Andrew Smith won the heat races.

Jett Barnes led wire-to-wire for the 30-lap Non-Wing feature victory. An outstanding 25 wingless Micro Sprints led all divisions for car count.

Original polesitter Tommy Carroll was called for a jumped start and moved back to the second row, thrusting Barnes into the top position. Barnes took full advantage, driving to a quick straightaway advantage while Lucas Mauldin of Rancho Murieta battled with fast-time qualifier Jeffrey Pahule, Jr. for second. Pahule used a lap 14 restart to nab the second position. Pahule tracked down Barnes as the leaders approached lapped traffic, showing his nose on several occasions before going up in smoke in a fiery engine failure on lap 23.

Despite multiple subsequent restarts for spins and flips, Barnes led the final seven laps for the opening night victory. Mauldin, Panella, Austin Stone, and TK O’Brien rounded out the top-five. Pahule, Jarrett Heimlich, and Barnes won the heat races while Justin Johnson won the B-Main.

15 young drivers participated in the 25-lap Restricted feature. Bryson Sozinho of Hanford and Kourtney Baker of La Crescenta were the front row starters. Third starting Briggs Davis of Manteca, a former Jr. Sprints champion at Delta Speedway, drove into the lead by lap three. Brodie Copeland of Los Banos finished second while Visalia’s Aubri Huckleberry was the highest finisher of the numerous female contenders in third. Sozinho and Baker rounded out the top-five. Fast-time qualifier Maya Mauldin finished seventh. Davis and Baker won the heat races.

Kaiden Gowen of Watsonville led the inaugural points paying lap for the Stock A-Class to kick off their 25-lap feature. Gowen then tagged the backstretch wall and spun into turn three, surrendering the lead on lap eight. Former Restricted track champion Lucas Mauldin assumed the lead and never relinquished it for the inaugural victory. Fast-time qualifier Landon Henry charged to second place at the line followed by Jackson Tardiff of Vacaville, Kyle Fernandez of Tracy, and Cole Frerichs of Wheatland. Clay Mibach of Placerville and Fernandez won the heat races.

Delta Speedway’s youngest drivers raced in the Jr. Sprints in a 20-lap feature. Lucas Fenn of Oakley won his first career Jr. Sprints main event after starting on the outside of the front row. Samantha Dozier of Vacaville finished second followed by Edward Olvera of Hollister, Logan Fenn, and Blake Silacci of Petaluma. Fenn, Easton Wright, and Dozier won the heat races.

Points race number two for Delta Speedway in Stockton will be on April 19th!

Delta Speedway Stockton thanks: Stockton Ports, Valley Strong Credit Union, Cal-Waste Recovery Systems, Clean Brothers Site Services, Hoosier Racing Tire, Interstate Truck Center, Scully’s Air, Baker Roofing, East Bay Tire, Chase Chevrolet, Genova Bakery, Van De Pol Petroleum, Belkorp Ag, and J Milano Co. for their support of the 2025 season!

Delta Speedway Results – April 5, 2025 Opening Night

SUPER 600 Feature (30 Laps): 1. 63-Colton Key[2]; 2. 14-Jett Barnes[4]; 3. 73-Nikko Panella[6]; 4. 5-Mattix Salmon[8]; 5. 14X-Jeffrey Pahule[3]; 6. 19-Nate Matherly[1]; 7. 33-Andrew Smith[7]; 8. 29V-Vito Celli `[15]; 9. 32A-Colton Huelsmann[12]; 10. 30-Isabel Barnes[5]; 11. 10P-Peyton Whitehouse[9]; 12. 88J-Jeff Rosas[11]; 13. 10R-Rylee Whitehouse[14]; 14. 17L-Anthony Lewis[13]; 15. 23C-Cierra Wullenwaber[17]; 16. (DNF) 21-Raio Salmon[16]; 17. (DNF) 75-Josiah Vega[10]; 18. (DNS) 73J-Jackson Kohler

NON-WING Feature (30 Laps): 1. 55-Jett Barnes[3]; 2. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[5]; 3. 73-Nikko Panella[7]; 4. 20-Austin Stone[6]; 5. 76-TK OBrien[9]; 6. 66A-Aiden Bailey[17]; 7. 36-Jarrett Heimlich[10]; 8. 32J-Justin Johnson[16]; 9. 14R-Ralph Sheehy[18]; 10. 21-Tommy Carroll[1]; 11. 32JR-Nicholas Leonard Jr[19]; 12. V5-Vito Cancilla[13]; 13. (DNF) 4Q-Nick Ringo[14]; 14. (DNF) 5-Mattix Salmon[15]; 15. (DNF) 12-Cameron Paul[4]; 16. (DNF) 44X-Jeffrey Pahule[8]; 17. (DNF) 25R-Brody Rubio[2]; 18. (DNF) 29V-Vito Celli `[11]; 19. (DNF) 8-Braxton Foster[20]; 20. (DNF) 30-Isabel Barnes[12]

A CLASS Feature (25 Laps): 1. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[3]; 2. 93-Landon Henry[4]; 3. 38J-Jackson Tardiff[2]; 4. 77K-Kyle Fernandez[7]; 5. 75-Cole Frerichs[8]; 6. 61-Eli Bookout[9]; 7. 16S-Bryson Sozinho[10]; 8. 54A-Aniyah Scott[11]; 9. (DNF) 58C-Clay Mibach[6]; 10. (DNF) 9J-Levi Osborne[5]; 11. (DNF) 59K-Kaiden Gowen[1]

RESTRICTED Feature (25 Laps): 1. 96-Briggs Davis[3]; 2. 10-Brodie Copeland[4]; 3. 10J-Aubri Huckleberry[5]; 4. 16S-Bryson Sozinho[1]; 5. 26-Kourtney Baker[2]; 6. 10D-Dean Skrifvars[7]; 7. 55X-Maya Mauldin[9]; 8. 3P-Connor Penix[6]; 9. 32A-Bree Arnold[15]; 10. 94H-Nathan Hammer[11]; 11. 3D-David Anderson[13]; 12. 13-Karsyn Magenheimer[12]; 13. (DNF) 24N-Nathan Fernandez[8]; 14. (DNF) 4S-Joey Silacci[14]; 15. (DNF) 12-Haven Sherman[10]

JR SPRINTS Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7L-Lucas Fenn[2]; 2. 25DD-Samantha Dozier[3]; 3. 40-Edward Olvera[6]; 4. 95L-Logan Fenn[1]; 5. 6S-Blake Silacci[8]; 6. 5S-Cody Silacci[5]; 7. 23-Santino Gonella[7]; 8. 11E-Easton Wright[4]; 9. (DNS) 19-JB Rhyne; 10. (DQ) 39H-Wyatt Holden[9]

2025 Delta Speedway Schedule (Subject to Change)

April 5 Opening Day

April 19 Race #2

May 17 Race #3

June 20 & 21 Race #4 & #5 (Sizzler)*

July 5 Speedweek**

July 26 Race #6

August 16 Race #7

Aug 30 & 31 Race #8 & #9 (Dual)  

October 4 Race #10*

October 24 & 25 Turkey Bowl XXVI**

**Non-points races