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Lakeside, CA — December 7, 2025 — Nine months after opening what turned out to be a very busy season, Sexton Gatlin Racing wrapped up its 2025 campaign with a flurry of races in late November. Dodging raindrops throughout, the team’s season finale featured three team drivers competing at four different tracks across three distinct racing disciplines.

The final stretch was scheduled to begin on November 14 with night one of the Hangtown 100 at Placerville Speedway. Three-time lightning sprint car champion Brent Sexton made the 540-mile trip to the iconic Northern California venue to represent SGR in the Bay Cities Racing Association sanctioned event. That opening night was ultimately rained out. Fortunately, track officials were able to beat Mother Nature the following evening, and Brent delivered a strong performance, charging from 14th to finish fourth in the main event on a rough-and-tumble “cowboy-up” racing surface.

Next up on the schedule was a November 21 event at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California. However, after conceding defeat at Placerville the previous Friday, Mother Nature answered back decisively, washing out the event and handing racing a knockout blow.

The night following the Tulare rainout, attention shifted to Merced Speedway, where Brent’s son Grant took center stage. The race marked a major milestone for the 21-year-old, as it was his first-ever start in a winged 360 sprint car, competing in the prestigious Chase Johnson Classic. The 2021 POWRi Southwest Series champion looked right at home from the start. He qualified 21st in the loaded 30-car field, then started sixth and finished seventh in his eight-lap heat race. That result sent the energetic young racer to the B main with one final shot at transferring into his first 360 winged sprint car main event.

Despite the odds stacked against him, Grant rose to the challenge in the 12-lap B main, capturing the fourth and final transfer spot into the A main. Starting dead last in his first-ever 360 winged sprint car feature, he kept his composure, avoided trouble, and advanced four positions to finish 20th.

The next stop on SGR’s California tour brought the team to the Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. This event marked the 9th Annual California Lightning Sprints Western Lightning Sprints Championship and featured Brent and Grant Sexton, along with El Cajon rookie teammate Braydin Collie. Unfortunately, Grant’s night came to a premature end moments after he set the 13th-fastest qualifying time among the 22-car field, when an engine failure caused his car to erupt into flames.

Collie and Brent enjoyed better fortunes in qualifying. Fresh off his run in the grueling BAJA 1000, Collie timed in fifth fastest, while Brent was close behind with the seventh-quickest lap of the session. Collie, who entered the night fifth in the CLS championship standings, finished second in his heat race, while Brent secured a third-place result in his qualifier.

The spotlight shined brightly on Collie during the main event, and the teenager delivered. Starting fifth, he stayed in contention for a top-five finish throughout the race. When the checkered flag waved on both the feature and the 2025 season, Collie crossed the line in fifth. The result moved him up one position to fifth in the Motor City Buick/GMC Championship standings, just 48 points shy of third place. Additionally, he wrapped up the season as the runner-up in the Rookie of the Year standings.

Brent started from the pole in the same lightning sprint car race. Early on, the savvy veteran ran with the lead pack on an extremely rough track surface that was ravaged by heavy rain just days before. Near the end, he slipped back and ultimately finished ninth.

SGR’s final appearance of the season came at the historic 84th Running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway. Spread over two nights, Brent and Grant both competed in the Ultimate Sprint Car Series portion of the program. On opening night, Grant laid down a blistering lap of 12.378 seconds, third fastest in his group and fourth fastest overall among the 56 entries. Brent followed with a lap of 12.840, placing him 32nd in qualifying.

Grant earned an automatic transfer to the A main by finishing third in his heat race. Brent’s evening proved more challenging. After finishing seventh in his heat, he was forced into the B main, where he started eighth. Disaster struck on lap two when a car ahead abruptly moved to the bottom, leaving Brent with nowhere to go. Contact destroyed the front end of his car, and with no steering, he slammed violently into the front-stretch wall, narrowly avoiding a nasty flip.

Brent emerged physically unscathed aside from a frustrated mindset, but the car sustained extensive damage and was finished for the night.

Grant started the A main in 11th position and raced his way up to seventh by the midpoint of the event before a fuel line came loose, ending his night early and relegating him to a disappointing 23rd-place finish.

Saturday’s finale saw Brent advance as far as 14th in the Last Chance Qualifier, falling short of transferring to the main event. Grant stole the show in his Last Chance Qualifier. Starting seventh, he rim-rode the high side of the beach side track and came away with a fifth-place finish, securing his entry into the A main.

During a lengthy red-flag delay for fence repairs during the race, Flo Racing placed a microphone in front of Grant as he waited patiently in his car. As usual, he delivered memorable commentary.

“I just need to keep it underneath me and don’t overdrive it, but also I have to drive the piss out of the thing and kind of let my nuts hang a bit,” he told infield announcer Drake York when asked what it was going to take to get one of the transfers. “It is always sketchy being on the bubble, not knowing who is coming up on you and not knowing what line to run. I don’t want to just follow the leader and let someone blow by me on the outside. Braden Chiaramonte has me pretty dialed in, and all my boys are working on the car this weekend. They are telling me where I can hammer it, and where I can’t hammer it. That part is nice. I don’t know, but they are telling me that you can never go wrong on the bottom. I am just going to have to sack up and make some moves so we are not so worried on the bubble.“

For the main Grant lined up for SGR’s final race of 2025, the Turkey Night Grand Prix sprint car feature. Starting 18th, he avoided the chaos that plagued much of the race and took the final checkered flag of the season in 13th place.

With the season officially concluded, the hard work now begins. The team will tear down cars, refresh equipment, and search for marketing partners ahead of the 2026 season. Anyone interested in aligning with one of the most competitive and fun teams in American short-track racing is encouraged to contact Brent Sexton using the information provided in this release.

For those interested in lightning sprint car racing, Brent also has a Henchcraft chassis with numerous spares available. As he says, he is “motivated to sell fast.”

Yucca Valley, CA — December 3, 2025 — California Highway Patrol Officer and open-wheel veteran Jeff Dyer wrapped up his 2025 campaign in style, powering from deep in the pack to finish sixth in the 9th Annual Western States Lightning Sprint Championship at Bakersfield Speedway, located at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. The strong run secured him third place in the final Motor City Buick/GMC California Lightning Sprint Car Series Championship standings.

The friendly Yucca Valley racer opened the season finale by qualifying a stout fifth out of a tough 22-car field loaded with talent from the CLS, the Bay Cities Racing Association, and the SoCal Lightning Sprint Car Series. With three CLS wins already in the bank for 2025, Dyer put himself in prime position for a front-row start—he just needed to finish top four in his heat. But brutal track conditions bit hard, shuffling him back to fifth and dropping him to the inside of row seven for the 20-lap main.

Those same rough conditions gave plenty of drivers fits, but Dyer dug in, adapted to the “Cowboy Up” surface, and stormed past seven competitors to claim sixth, earning the Hard Charger award for his efforts.

Dyer actually ended the season tied for third in points, but his three feature wins served as the tiebreaker. He closed the year with a sharp 3.41 average finish across 12 CLS main events.

Finishing just ahead of Dyer in the standings was his teammate, Riverside’s Drake Cardey. The son of 2023 CLS champion “Dynamite” David Cardey stunned the paddock all season with breakout performances that not only delivered a runner-up spot in the standings but also netted him the club’s Rookie of the Year award.

Cardey went all-in at the finale. Entering the night with a legitimate shot at the title, the effervescent young driver qualified second quickest, ran second in his heat, and backed it up with a strong third-place finish in the main. When the dust settled, he came up just 54 points short of the championship.

Cardey’s impressive rookie résumé included perfect attendance and a solid 6.26 average finish. Even more impressive, over the last six races of 2025, he posted a sharp 4.00 main event average—proof that the rising star is only getting stronger.

Cardey’s California Lightning Sprint Car is sponsored by Eibach Springs, Cardey Construction, Inland Rigging, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Last Lap Insider, and Dylan Godeniz Motorsports.

In 2025, the following marketing partners will help keep Dyer on track. Straight Time Stirrups, Haircuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, Justice Brothers, Fonseca Racing, Specialty Fasteners, and Blud Racing Lubricants. If you would like to be a part of Dyer Motorsports in 2024, call (760) 550-7237 or send an email to mailto:dyermotorsports4@gmail.com.

Jeff is racing in memory of his grandparents, Glenn, and Beverly Sels, throughout the 2025 season.

Dover Highlights Season by Extending Winning Streak and Capturing Championship

Inside Line Promotions – SPRINGFIELD, Neb. (Dec. 1, 2025) – Jack Dover powered to a pair of feature victories to extend his streak of winning seasons to 21 in a row.

“Overall, I would call it an above-average season,” the Tim Estenson Motorsports driver said. “Everybody always wishes it was better, but considering 410 racing is the best it’s ever been and we won two races, I’m pleased with that. Two wins doesn’t sound like a lot, but there’s hundreds of racers out there who wish they had one win. It’s getting harder each year.

“It was one of the more fun years I’ve had in racing. We got to race with some of the best racers out there and at the top level in 410s. Nowadays you have to be on top of your game as far as setup, tires, wings. It’s a challenge every night. You can’t just go out there, throw something together and get a top five. The most fun thing is probably the challenge.”

Dover’s two victories were during Cressman Sanitation Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars competition. That ranked second best in the series, which he also led with 11 top fives and 12 top 10s en route to winning the championship. Dover became the first driver in MSTS history to capture both the 410 and 360 championships.

“I think it’s pretty cool,” he said. “I think I won a couple of 360 championships so to be able to get the 410 championship is cool. Also, I haven’t done much 410 racing in my career and the last two years I ran a total of like 25 races as I was helping Timmy (Estenson). It’s pretty awesome to come out with a championship this year.”

Additionally, Dover garnered the MSTS King of the Wings title and he finished fifth in the championship standings at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D.

Another astounding statistic from the season is that Dover officially gained 161 positions during A Mains this season. In fact, he passed seven or more cars a whopping 13 times, moved forward double-digit positions four times and charged a season-best 14 spots during two different races.

“Something that really stands out for the season is all of the Hard Charger Awards we earned as well as finishing the season with more than 160 cars passed in the A Mains,” he said. “We weren’t as good in qualifying, but we were very good in the features. For us to pass that many cars and get that many Hard Chargers is pretty respectable.”

Also of note, Dover ended the season with seven top-10 finishes in a row and he recorded his career-best Short Track Nationals result; his best Knoxville Nationals result since 2021; his best 360 Knoxville Nationals result since 2018; his best 410 result at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, since 2014; and his best World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series result since 2014.

“I want to thank Tim Estenson and everyone who backed the team for their support this year,” Dover said. “I think with what we learned throughout the year, specifically toward the end of the season after we made some changes, if we started the season right now we’d win a lot more races and take even a bigger step forward.”

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