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Matt Scott wins All American Open Showdown at Roseville

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Matt Scott wins All American Open
Showdown at Roseville

 

Steven
Blakesley / Matt Scott Racing

 

Pine Grove, Calif. – 17 year-old Matt Scott earned
his fourth and arguably biggest Western Late Model win of his career Sunday,
winning the 100 lap “All American Open Showdown No. 2�?? at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif.

 

Scott,
driving the #35 Go Girl Chevrolet, hauled in the $3000 first place prize after
assuming the lead for good on lap 94 and holding off Jason Fensler to the finish.

 

Scott
also rose over $300 for cancer research in honor breast cancer awareness month.

 

“This
weekend we didn’t have a really good car, maybe a top-five car,�?? Scott said.
“My Dad, Rich, and the team did a great job and we accomplished a win. This is
probably the best win of my career.�??

 

The
weekend started off Friday with Scott running solid 14.1 second laps around the
one-third mile asphalt oval in practice.

 

On
Saturday, Scott timed in with a fifth fastest effort of 14.050 seconds to give
him a fifth starting position in the 25 lap qualifying race. 

 

After
passing for fifth on lap 11, he was passed by Bobby Butler on lap 14. The sixth
place finish put Scott second on the grid for the 100 lap feature on Sunday.

 

A busy
start saw Scott shuffled back to sixth place by lap seven. Scott moved into
fourth on a lap 32 restart, but fell back into fifth a few laps later.

 

Running a
conservative race, Scott held back until around lap 65 before making his
charge. Scott passed Chad Holman for third on lap 70 putting him in position to
challenge for the win.

 

Scott
passed Fensler for second on lap 80 to setup a run at race leader Eric Schmidt.


 

On the
lap 83 restart, Scott charged to the outside in turn two and took the lead down
the backstretch. A restart just two laps later saw Scott loose the lead to
Bobby Butler.

 

With the
laps winding down, Scott stayed glued to the back of Butler. Going into turn one on lap 93,
Scott took the lead from Butler.

 

A
fast-moving Fensler came up on the back bumper of Scott for the shootout to the
finish. Coming into turn three on the final lap, Fensler and Scott made
contact. With the fans on their feet, Scott gathered the car up to beat Fensler
to the finish by a nose.

 

“That was
a really tough battle,�?? Scott said. “He gave me a little rub and it was a great
race.�??

 

Matt
Scott Racing is online at www.mattscottracing.com

 

Sponsorship
inquiries can be forwarded to Steven Blakesley at steven@norcalmedia.com
or Mike Scott at mike@mattscottracing.com


 

Matt
Scott Racing is sponsored by: Catchyoureye.com, Pardee Lake Recreation, Hobbs
Construction, Sutter Hill Plumbing, Go Girl Energy Drink, Christian Builders Construction, Clondair Vineyards,
Tracy Embroidery, Bickford Precision Machine, Halm
Metal Fab, DJ Safety, and Blakesley Sports Media.