MATTIX SALMON MEMORIAL HONORS DELTA SPEEDWAY RACER WITH LARGEST NON WING PURSE IN TRACK HISTORY

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (May 20, 2026) – Stockton’s Delta Speedway honors a young racer lost too soon on Friday May 29 and Saturday May 30 in the inaugural Mattix Salmon Memorial. The race pays tribute to one of Delta Speedway’s most dedicated racing families over the last decade, offering a sizeable $10,555 to win Non-Wing feature purse on Saturday night. Teams from all over the West Coast are expected for the coveted inaugural event. They will be joined by Non-Wing Restricted and Non-Wing Jr. Sprints races in the non-points event. Photo by Denise Dell Photography

Pre-registration covers two full days of racing and includes the two-day driver pit pass. Pit passes for additional crew are $30 per day. Registration is open on MyRacePass and is $250 for Non-Wing and $150 for the Restricted and Jr. Sprints.

Both nights are a two-heat race and main event format. Drivers will be seeded into the heat races via pill draw and earn passing points. The second heat race will be a complete inversion of the first. There will be a C-Main and a B-Main if necessary. The top-five finishers in Friday’s mains lock into the inside of the first five rows of Saturday’s finale. The top-five in points after Saturday’s heat races lock in for the outside of the first five rows.

Friday’s Non-Wing winner will earn a $500 bonus. Saturday’s A-Features will be lucrative with $150 paid to start in Jr. Sprints and Restricted and $250 to start the Non-Wing feature. The race leader on lap five on Saturday in Non-Wing earns a $500 bonus. The fastest driver on lap five earns $555. The Non-Wing Hard Charger pays $1100 while Jr. Sprints and Restricted each pay $400 to the Hard Charger.

Each class will have a free race suit given away on Saturday night. The first five non-transfers from the Non-Wing and Restricted B-Mains will earn cash as well, along with a hard luck award in each class on Saturday night.

Total awards will be over $50,000 for the two-nights of action at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. Event merchandise will also be available at the event.

Over 30 Non-Wing drivers had already pre-registered at press time including Delta Speedway track champions Alex and Nikko Panella, Xtreme Outlaw Midgets champion Jade Avedisian, California Speedweek champion Austin Torgerson, 2017 Delta Super 600 champion Jake Andreotti, current Delta Super 600 points leader Raio Salmon, and many more.

Delta Speedway and the Salmon Family thank generous partners Westlake Farms, Reyes and Hall, A&M Livestock, G Baby, Panella Trucking, Guhl Motors, Roth Motorsports, Sun Valley Raisins, Central California Ag Repair, Seros Racing, Shop Corey Day, Hoosier Tire West, Sally Self (Grammy) & Tony Reyes, NorCal Builders, NH3 Plus, Justin Sanders, Shield Racing Suits, and Elk Grove Ford for their help with this inaugural event.

Additional partners include The Shirt Works, Jon Williams/Niabell Farms, Interstate Oil, Hyper Racing, Red Rose Transportation, Warmerdam Walnut Company, Brendan Warmerdam, Carbon Copies, German Racing 3D, Caeden Steele Racing, Lemoore Racing Enterprises, Kyle Reitz, Bubba Van Noort, Driven Performance, Dell’s Heating and Air, Microsprint Mart, Robert and Amber Bordenave, Logan Trevino, KPR, Shawn Laeber, Cameron Paul and The Sign Depot.

Pit gates open at noon with the driver’s meeting at 4:30pm. Hot laps will follow. Spectator gates open at 5pm. General Admission tickets are just $10 for adults while juniors ages 6-12, seniors, and military are $5, and kids 5 & under are FREE!

Fans who cannot attend the action in person can view flag-to-flag coverage on Fast Four Media, the speedway’s 2026 Pay-Per-View partner.

Delta Speedway Stockton thanks: Valley Strong Credit Union, Cal-Waste Recovery Systems, Interstate Truck Center, Clean Brothers Site Services, Hoosier Tire, J Milano Company, Chase Chevrolet, Baker Roofing, East Bay Tire, WillScot, Genova Bakery, A&M Livestock, Van De Pol Petroleum, Belkorp Ag, Dentoni’s Welding Works, Valley Truck Accessories and Pickup Outfitters), and Stockton Ports for their support in 2026!

2026 Delta Speedway Schedule (Subject to Change)

April 4 Opening Day

April 18 Race #2

May 16 Race #3

May 29 & 30 Mattix Salmon Memorial**

June 19 & 20 Race #4 & #5 (Sizzler)

July 25 Race #6

August 15 Race #7

Sept 5 & 6 Race #8 & #9 (Dual)  

October 3 Race #10

October 23 & 24 Turkey Bowl XXVII**

**Non-points races