NIKKO PANELLA SWEEPS WING AND NON-WING AT DELTA SPEEDWAY

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (April 20, 2025) – One day short of the one-year anniversary of his last Delta Speedway win in Stockton, Nikko Panella returned to victory lane with an exciting sweep of both the Super 600 and Non-Wing Micro Sprint divisions on Saturday night at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. The 2022 dual champion had a strong performance in round two of the 2025 championship. Panella was joined by Evan Dixon, Maya Mauldin, and Easton Wright in claiming the Easter Weekend wins. Photo by Bob Messer

Stockton’s Vito Celli was the polesitter for the 30-lap Non-Wing feature while Panella had to work from seventh on the grid after an eight-car invert was spun.

Celli swung wide on the second attempt at the start, allowing Lucas Mauldin of Rancho Murieta to take the lead. Panella worked the highline to quickly take over the lead by the second lap. Brentwood’s Jeffrey Pahule grabbed second from Mauldin on lap 13 as well.

A caution with eight laps to go erased a 1.8 second advantage for Panella. Panella built up his advantage again over the final eight laps while fast-time qualifier Mattix Salmon of Fresno challenged for second. Salmon and Pahule raced side-by-side with Salmon taking the second spot on the final circuit. Panella topped Salmon, Pahule, Celli, and Mauldin at the finish. Caden Sarale, Mauldin, and Pahule won the heat races.

The Super 600 triumph for Panella was more straightforward, after he nabbed quick time in time trials then pulled the pole for the feature. Stockton’s Alex Panella, Nikko’s older brother, finished second after 30-laps of action for a memorable moment for the family. Multi-time champion Caden Sarale of Stockton retired from the race from the second position with mechanical issues on lap 22, handing second to Alex Panella. Fresno’s Raio Salmon finished third followed by Colton Huelsmann in fourth. Andrew Smith topped Mattix Salmon in a duel for fifth as well.

The new Stock A-Class presented 14 entries for their second points race with a 25-lap feature. Outside pole sitter Evan Dixon of Visalia sliced underneath Ceil Howe of Stratford to take the lead. Fourth starting fast-time qualifier Landon Henry followed Dixon on the bottom to take second on lap four.

Evan Dixon stormed to a comfortable 2.4 second lead at the checkered flag, followed by Henry, Howe, Lucas Mauldin, and Tracy’s Kyle Fernandez. Mauldin and Wheatland’s Cole Frerichs won the heat races.

Maya Mauldin of Rancho Murieta claimed a coveted win in the 25-lap Restricted feature from the pole position after earning fast-time in qualifying as well. Opening night winner Briggs Davis of Manteca hounded the rear of Mauldin’s machine. A caution flew on lap 19, and the battling resumed.

Mauldin and Davis raced glued together as if there was a magnet between them. Mauldin ran a mistake-free race to take the narrow victory. Davis settled for a clean and sportsmanlike second place. Brodie Copeland finished third followed by Nathan Fernandez and Connor Penix. Mauldin and Davis also split the evening’s heat races.

Easton Wright of Martinez won his first career Delta Speedway Jr. Sprints feature, topping the speedway’s youngest racers in a 20-lap contest. Samantha Dozier of Vacaville earned her second runner-up performance of the season. Opening Night winner Lucas Fenn, Santino Gonella, and Logan Fenn rounded out the top-five. Fenn, Wright, and Dozier had their share of the four heat race wins.

Delta Speedway in Stockton returns for points race No. 3 on May 17th!

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 19, 2025 Points Race No. 2

SUPER 600 Feature (30 Laps): 1. 73-Nikko Panella[1]; 2. 12-Alex Panella[4]; 3. 21-Raio Salmon[8]; 4. 32A-Colton Huelsmann[3]; 5. 33-Andrew Smith[7]; 6. 5-Mattix Salmon[6]; 7. 30-Isabel Barnes[11]; 8. 29V-Vito Celli `[14]; 9. 75-Josiah Vega[15]; 10. (DNF) 24-Caden Sarale[2]; 11. (DNF) 10P-Peyton Whitehouse[9]; 12. (DNF) 63-Colton Key[5]; 13. (DNF) 10R-Rylee Whitehouse[10]; 14. (DNF) 55J-Jayden Huppert[13]; 15. (DNF) 88J-Jeffrey Rosas[12]

NON-WING Feature (30 Laps): 1. 73-Nikko Panella[7]; 2. 5-Mattix Salmon[8]; 3. 44X-Jeffrey Pahule[6]; 4. 29V-Vito Celli `[1]; 5. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[4]; 6. 25R-Brody Rubio[2]; 7. 4Q-JJ Ringo[10]; 8. 36-Jarrett Heimlich[9]; 9. 32J-Justin Johnson[11]; 10. 32JR-Nicholas Leonard Jr[14]; 11. 52-Joe Silva[21]; 12. V5-Vito Cancilla[12]; 13. 14R-Ralph Sheehy[17]; 14. 11A-Austin Lee[19]; 15. (DNF) 76-TK OBrien[20]; 16. (DNF) 67R-Ryan Dotson[18]; 17. (DNF) 21J-Julian Prine[16]; 18. (DNF) 87-Ty Carlson[13]; 19. (DNF) B51-Devin Osanna[15]; 20. (DNF) 24-Caden Sarale[5]; 21. (DNF) 30-Isabel Barnes[3]

A CLASS Feature (25 Laps): 1. 22E-Evan Dixon[2]; 2. 93-Landon Henry[4]; 3. 77-Ceil Howe[1]; 4. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[5]; 5. 77K-Kyle Fernandez[9]; 6. 58C-Clay Mibach[3]; 7. 38J-Jackson Tardiff[6]; 8. 75-Cole Frerichs[8]; 9. 59K-Kaiden Gowen[10]; 10. 54A-Aniyah Scott[13]; 11. 73J-Jackson Kohler[7]; 12. 16S-Bryson Sozinho[14]; 13. (DNF) 9J-Levi Osborne[11]; 14. (DNF) 32A-Bree Arnold[12]

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

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

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