17-Year-Old Justin Grant Wins Three-Way Battle
Kings Speedway, Hanford, Calif.
SWEET 17: Justin Grant came out on top of a three-way BCRA battle Saturday night at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. (Bryan Ratzlaff Photo)
HANFORD, Calif. — Seventeen-year-old Justin Grant emerged from a three-car battle for the lead to win Saturday night’s Bay Cities Racing Ass’n midget feature at Kings Speedway.
Grant diced with Chris Rahe and pole-sitter Dallen McKenney through the first 21 laps before taking the lead on lap 22 and paced the final four tours of the three-eighths-mile dirt track for his second-career BCRA triumph.
Rahe, who was the fast qualifier, finished second, with McKenney taking third.
Randi Pankratz and Bobby Boone rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Justin Grant, Chris Rahe, Dallen McKenney, Randi Pankratz, Bobby Boone, Kevin Morris, Matt Streeter, Scott Nail, Cole Peard, Nick Foster, Jr., Dave Stoltz, Mike Gehringer, Steve Roza.