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Dylan Shrum claims Joe Brechel Memorial

Dylan Shrum fends off Joey Lingron for Joe Brechel Memorial victory

Watsonville, CA…Making the drive down from Lincoln, California Dwarf Car ace Dylan Shrum made it pay off by scoring a big $1,000 triumph during the inaugural Joe Brechel Memorial at Ocean Speedway on Friday.

Shrum had to hold off the advancements of a very fast Joey Lingron but was able to hang tough and drive away to accept the Ed Entz checkered flag.

“It feels great to get a win at Ocean Speedway in one of the biggest races we will run this year,” said the Nor-Cal Dwarf Car regular. “I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but I just drove as hard as I could. We hope to make it back down for a couple more shows this year.”

The 30 lap South Bay Dwarf Car finale saw David Hays Jr. and Mark Biscardi battle up front early. Shrum showed his muscle however and made the move past Biscardi to grab the lead on lap six.

Lingron made his way into third after a few laps and then blasted into second on lap 12. The remaining distance saw Lingron hound the rear of Shrum in a fantastic two car race up front. Shrum never faltered though and brought home the win ahead of Lingron, Ellie Wagner, Toby Brown and Steve Costello.

The 25 lap IMCA Modified main event provided some thrills with multiple different leaders as well. Salinas driver Robert Marsh set a torrid pace during the opening stages and pulled away to a healthy lead. Like most main events on this night though, multiple restarts were needed.

With seven circuits complete Prunedale’s Jonathan Hagio charged his way into the lead and held command until 10 laps were left. Salinas legend Bobby Hogge had methodically worked towards the front and found himself in second with 13 laps down.

Hogge then went to work on the leader and claimed the top spot on lap 16. The closing laps weren’t easy for him though, as Marsh found new life, moving into the runner-up position. He then closed rapidly on the leader and made it a race to the end.

At the finish it was Hogge taking the win narrowly over Marsh. Cody Burke, Hagio and Jeff Browne filled the top five.

The IMCA Sport Mod finale was a wild affair with several slowdowns throughout the feature. Max Baggett led the initial circuit before Cody Bryan got by on lap two.

Brentwood driver Trevor Clymens then took command on lap three and never looked back en route to the victory. DJ Keldsen, Matthew Frazier, KC Keller and Steven Allee completed the top five. Danny Wagner led the points going into the night but suffered a DNF in the main event.

The 20 lap Hobby Stock feature had some thrilling moments during it and at the end it was point leader Ryan Hart standing in victory lane. Veteran Terry Campion, Lilly Mead and reigning track champ Joe Gallaher all spent time towards the front of the field over the first 10 laps.

All three had issues at times, however, that took away their chances at victory. Ryan Hart then assumed the point on lap nine and never looked back on way to picking up the win. Cody Keldsen, a rebounding Terry Campion, Nic Teixeira and Wayne Reeder comprised the top five.

Anthony Flores had originally picked up the win in the Four Banger finale but was a DQ in post-race tech. This moved Travis VanGilder up to P1 over Steve Roach, Jonathan Welborn, Joshua Silva and Cameron Squatritto.

Ocean Speedway returns to action this coming Friday June 13th with the first Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo event in over a month.

Results
Ocean Speedway
Joe Brechel Memorial
June 6, 2025

IMCA Mods:

1. 2-Bobby Hogge[7]; 2. 22-Robert Marsh[4]; 3. 20-Cody Burke[6]; 4. 46N-Jonathan Hagio[1]; 5. 228-Jeff Browne[9]; 6. M22-Paul Miller[12]; 7. 7-Katelyn Robertson[5]; 8. 15F-Markus Frazier[3]; 9. 74S-Chris Sieweke[10]; 10. 6-Jim Pettit II[8]; 11. (DNS) 46-Kyle Bryan; 12. (DNS) 55H-Mickey Hill

IMCA Sport Mods:

1. 2C-Trevor Clymens[4]; 2. 01-DJ Keldsen[13]; 3. 15F-Matthew Frazier[5]; 4. 38-KC Keller[9]; 5. 39-Steven Allee[10]; 6. 168-Bo Crebs[6]; 7. 75X-Jim DiGiovanni[3]; 8. 3-Connor Solis[11]; 9. 89-Duane Bieser[15]; 10. 15-David Crocker[12]; 11. 42B-Max Baggett[1]; 12. 22W-Charlie Hunter[17]; 13. 14H-Kaden Perez[14]; 14. 55F-Shane Freeman[16]; 15. 34-Cody Bryan[2]; 16. 11D-Danny Wagner[7]; 17. 117-Jeff Mead[8]

Hobby Stocks:

1. 38-Ryan Hart[12]; 2. 03-Cody Keldsen[9]; 3. 83-Terry Campion[2]; 4. 7X-Nic Teixeira[5]; 5. 8-Wayne Reeder[8]; 6. X1-Bobby Gallaher[7]; 7. 28E-TJ Etchinson III[10]; 8. 28D-Dalton Morris[11]; 9. 83C-Lawerence Castillo[4]; 10. 1-Joe Gallaher[3]; 11. 117-Lilly Mead[1]; 12. 51-Norm Ayers[6]; 13. (DNS) 511-James Geary

Four Bangers:

1. 112-Travis VanGilder[7]; 2. 519-Steve Roach[5]; 3. 33-Jonathan Welborn[3]; 4. 28J-Joshua Silva[1]; 5. 12-Cameron Squatritto[12]; 6. 5-Bill Beardsley[8]; 7. 52-Brady Muller[6]; 8. 2-Nicole Beardsley[11]; 9. 43-Kate Beardsley[9]; 10. 7-Charlie McElroy[4]; 11. (DNS) 23X-Lisa Rhodes; 12. (DQ) 117-Anthony Flores[2]

Dwarf Cars:

1. 31N-Dylan Shrum[5]; 2. 1R-Joey Lingron[6]; 3. 11D-Ellie Wagner[2]; 4. 75B-Toby Brown[17]; 5. 508N-Steve Costello[12]; 6. 43-Sean Catucci[4]; 7. 12-Justin Bingman[8]; 8. 69-Eddy Claessen[16]; 9. 0-Jason Lazzerini[14]; 10. 410-Chris Durden[13]; 11. 66B-Mark Biscardi[3]; 12. 9JR-David Hays Jr[1]; 13. 64B-Eric Weisler[7]; 14. 50N-Brenden Shrum[11]; 15. 80-Ryan Ameln[10]; 16. 174-John Durden[9]; 17. 24B-Tony Carmignani[15]; 18. (DNS) 96-Pete Piantanida; 19. (DNS) 26-Gilbert Toste

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