DEREK COPELAND UNSTOPPABLE WITH SHASTA SPEEDWAY SUPER LATE MODEL WIN

ANDERSON, Calif. (April 5, 2026) – 2025 Shasta Speedway Super Late Model champion Derek Copeland of Anderson continued his reign at the .375-mile oval on Saturday night, winning the 125-lap opening round of the season. Copeland’s victory was part of a Five Star Saturday Night with five main events of action at the Shasta District Fairgrounds in Anderson. Photo by Twisted Road Photography

Copeland also led qualifying before chasing Trey Daniels of Fort Bragg in the early stages of the event. Daniels spun from second in the second turn with 30 laps remaining, but staged a furious comeback to finish on the rear bumper of Copeland at the finish of 125-laps of excitement. Stockton’s JoJo Stearns had a steady race in the third position followed by Eric Gannon and Rich Cobb. Tracy’s Ryan Philpott, Canadian visitor Kyle Cottom, and Lakeport’s Ian Elliott all spun in turn three in fluid on lap nine, ending each driver’s event. They were all uninjured but the incident required an extended clean up.

The other significant incident of the race was a three car skirmish with Luke Hall spinning, then collecting both Brandon Barnwell and Dennis DelBiaggio on lap 47. The race was a fast-paced affair over the final 80 circuits that followed.

An outstanding 34 INEX NorCal Legend Series cars took on the Shasta Speedway with ARCA Menards Series, West race winner Tanner Reif enjoying victory after a 35-lap feature. Cody Winchel of Sebastopol finished second followed by former series champion Brandon White of Eureka, Trey Daniels, and his older brother Aidan Daniels. Steven Gannon won the 20-lap B-Main.

Modifieds returned to Anderson with Tracy’s Scott Winters continuing his tradition of victories across most asphalt facilities in the golden state. Winters won the 35-lap feature against Windsor’s Sammy Nuno and Potter Valley’s Simi Tour. Brian Collins and Calvin Hegje rounded out the top-five.

Raymond Taylor, Jr. of Laytonville traveled over to Anderson to win the 30-lap Street Stock season opener. Brian King of Redding finished second followed by Scott MacLeod, Kevin Owens of Sacramento, and Tim MacLeod.

Mark Felch drove from 14th to win the 25-lap Hornets main event. Peter Smith III, Colton Stankley, Brian Mollath and Chris Cushing were the top-five finishers.

Shasta Speedway hosts a huge weekend of action on May 1st and 2nd for the Bill Schmitt Memorial, headlined by two nights of Super Modified action along with the 177-lap ARCA Menards Series, West race on Saturday May 2. Tickets and info coming soon to www.ShastaSpeedway.com  

Rules and procedures are available at www.ShastaSpeedway.com. For more information on the 2026 season, contact Shasta Speedway at info@shastaspeedway.com or call (530) 524-6283

SHASTA SPEEDWAY APRIL 4, 2026 RESULTS

Super Late Models A Feature 1 (125 Laps): A Feature 1 (125 Laps): 1. 24-Derek Copeland[4]; 2. 3X-Trey Daniels[3]; 3. 6-JoJo Stearns[2]; 4. 02-Eric Gannon[11]; 5. 16-Rich Cobb[12]; 6. 28-Myles Anderson[8]; 7. 47-Swasey Goss[16]; 8. 90-Christopher Heim[15]; 9. 12W-Ryan Walters[13]; 10. 5-Scott Baker[14]; 11. 56-Brandon Barnwell[7]; 12. 19-Dennis DelBiaggio[10]; 13. 36-Luke Hall[6]; 14. 52-Ryan Philpott[1]; 15. 4C-Kyle Cottom[9]; 16. 27-Ian Elliot[5]

Modifieds A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 24A-Scott Winters[6]; 2. 15X-Sammy Nuno[4]; 3. 64-Simi Tour[5]; 4. 02-Brian Collins[7]; 5. 48-Calvin Hegje[1]; 6. 114-Jordan Smith[2]; 7. 2-Pete Tyree[8]; 8. 8-Mark Pothoff[3]

Street Stocks A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 2-Raymond Taylor Jr[6]; 2. 9-Brian King[1]; 3. 7S-Scott Macleod[4]; 4. 21-Kevin Owens[8]; 5. 7T-Tim Macleod[3]; 6. 25-Orville Owens[2]; 7. 43-David Dillinger Sr[5]; 8. 61-Greg Liddell[7]

Hornets A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 6-Mark Felch[14]; 2. 88-Peter Smith III[13]; 3. 01C-Colton Stankey[11]; 4. 29-Brian Mollath[9]; 5. 95-Chris Cushing[5]; 6. 22-Darryl Mathis[7]; 7. 8-Brayden Smith[1]; 8. 530-Anthony Garcia[12]; 9. 01F-Fawna Stankey[3]; 10. 44-Noah Smith[15]; 11. 2-Evan Felch[2]; 12. 70-Steve Hills[8]; 13. 67-Carryn MacLeod[10]; 14. 21F-Emory Fryberger[4]; 15. 71-Titan Hills[6]

INEX NorCal Legend Series A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 44-Tanner Reif[7]; 2. 75-Cody Winchel[4]; 3. 19-Brandon White[1]; 4. 3-Trey Daniels[2]; 5. 8X-Aiden Daniels[6]; 6. 24C-Cole Dasenbrock[3]; 7. 71-Colton Ray[16]; 8. 18-Gavin Ray[9]; 9. 7H-Nick Halen[19]; 10. 11-Chris Justice[13]; 11. 8J-Jarrett Dickson[5]; 12. 15X-Kai Lovell[11]; 13. 1-Kade Godbehere[18]; 14. 56-Braden Judge[15]; 15. 7-Kylie Daniels[8]; 16. 31-Steven Gannon[17]; 17. 4-Shane Sawin[12]; 18. 10C-Carlee Austin[20]; 19. 5P-Ryan Phipps[10]; 20. (DNS) 5J-Jhett Phipps

B Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 31-Steven Gannon[1]; 2. 1-Kade Godbehere[2]; 3. 7H-Nick Halen[5]; 4. 10C-Carlee Austin[3]; 5. 08-Deakon Kamisky[6]; 6. 8T-Scott Taylor[10]; 7. 64-Evan Barnhart[11]; 8. 18X-JoJo Owens[16]; 9. 87-Eric Boehringer[12]; 10. 58-Richie Potts[9]; 11. 38D-Danny Potts[13]; 12. 3X-Buddy Cox[8]; 13. (DNS) 80-Brian Kamisky; 14. (DNS) 8C-Nico Caldeira; 15. (DNS) 78-Joe Brattoli; 16. (DNS) 18K-JK Kinney; 17. (DNS) 54-Levi Johnson; 18. (DNS) 3H-Parker Heffel