{"id":93772,"date":"2019-09-23T07:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T14:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/?p=93772"},"modified":"2019-09-23T07:01:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T14:01:23","slug":"oreta-a-double-winner-in-chet-thomson-memorial-at-antioch-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/oreta-a-double-winner-in-chet-thomson-memorial-at-antioch-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Oreta a Double Winner In Chet Thomson Memorial at Antioch Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"
Antioch, CA — Kimo Oreta won the 17th Annual Chet Thomson Memorial Hardtop race Saturday night at Antioch Speedway.<\/p>\n
The race had to be restarted after front row starters Joel Hannagan and Tommy Thomson bumped wheels racing to the green flag.\u00a0 Hannagan was eliminated as Thomson spun into one of the big infield tires.\u00a0 Terry DeCarlo led the restart.\u00a0 An outside pass on the backstretch on the third lap gained Oreta the lead.\u00a0 Oreta pulled away to a big lead as DeCarlo and Ken Retzloff battled fiercely for second.\u00a0 A yellow flag for debries bunched the field on lap 15 and erased Oreta’s lead.\u00a0 However, Oreta resumed command on the restart and brought it home to an impressive victory.\u00a0 DeCarlo held off Retzloff for second as Thomson and Matt Dragoon completed the Top 5.<\/p>\n
Oreta returned later to win the 20 lap Limited Late Model Main Event.\u00a0 This was the sixth win of the season for Oreta as he clinched his second championship in the last three seasons.\u00a0 Michael Burch led the first five laps before Oreta charged by in Turn 4 to take over.\u00a0 Mike Gustafson made a low pass in Turn 4 of the ninth lap to take second, and Jon Haney spun in Turn 4 for the only yellow flag on lap 11.\u00a0 Oreta continued to lead on the restart as Ryan Cherzian took second from Gustafson.\u00a0 Oreta ran smoothly down the stretch and held off Cherezian for the win.\u00a0 Gustafson settled for third ahead of Mike Walko and Haney.<\/p>\n