Gomez Ready for Double Duty at All American

April 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Jonathon Gomez, driver of the Heritage Cattle Co./Century Boatland Chevrolet, enters Saturday's NASCAR's K&N Pro Series event at All American Speedway on a roll delivering a third place finish at the annual NASCAR All-Star Showdown and a runner-up finish at Phoenix in round one last month. Returning to the one-third mile Roseville, CA fairgrounds track has been on his mind since last March after a second place finish was erased due to a post-race inspection penalty.

Gomez has a lot of momentum propelling him heading into the 150-lap NAPA Auto Care sponsored event. First, he has been hot so far this season. Second, he has completed 99.6% of all laps contested since the beginning of last season (leading all competitors). Third, he has been running at the conclusion of all 21 career starts demonstrating he knows how to save his car and make a charge at the end of the race.

"I have been looking forward to Roseville for a long time," Gomez said. "We are so much more prepared, focused, and ready this season then we were last year. Craig Raudman and the entire crew have worked hard preparing our short track cars and we feel we have a great shot this weekend."

Qualifying is always key in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series but especially on a short track like All American where passing is at a premium and usually at the expense of someone else. "We just need to qualify in the top five and keep our nose clean."

Gomez has made three series starts at All American Speedway scoring one top ten finish and completing 455 of 460 laps contested.

Gomez will be pulling double duty this weekend by also completing in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Series event. Gomez is the defending SRL champion and looking to rebound after a mechanical issue sidelined his effort in round one two weeks ago. Gomez has two career SRL starts at All American Speedway with one top five and two top ten performances.

"Just like last season, we plan on getting as much seat time as possible and the SRL series is a great series to compete in," Gomez offered. "All the drivers are really good and guys like M.K. Kanke and Jim Pettit race you really hard and give you no slack. It has really made me a better driver. I am looking forward to the race."

Gomez currently sits second in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series championship standings after his second place finish at Phoenix, just 15-points behind point leader Greg Pursley.

Jonathon Gomez is supported by Heritage Cattle Company, Century Boatland, J&C Custom Harvesting, United Oil, Modern Machinery, DJ Safety, and Gomez Farms. Jonathon Gomez is the 2010 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Champion. Gomez is also a winner on the CarbonX Rocky Mountain Challenge Series and in the Mustang Challenge Series at Miller Motorsports Park. For more information on Jonathon Gomez, please log onto his website at http://jonathongomez.com or http://Hometracks.nascar.com. You can also follow all of the best in West coast racing action by visiting http://www.racingwest.com.

Marketing partnerships and sponsorship opportunities for the 2011 racing season are still available with Heritage Motor Sports and rising star Jonathon Gomez. For a custom proposal and additional information please contact John Gomez at 208/731-1288.

Fast Facts
Race: This event is the second of 14 events on the 2011 schedule for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. It is the first of two series visits to Roseville this year, with the circuit returning in October.

Procedure: The starting field is 24 cars, including provisionals. The first 20 cars will qualify through two-lap time trials. The remaining four spots will be awarded through the provisional process. The race will be 150 laps (50 miles).

Track: All American Speedway is a .333-mile paved oval with eight degrees banking in Turns 1 and 2. Turns 3 and 4 have progressive banking, beginning at 10 degrees and graduating to 14 degrees. The track hosted five NASCAR K&N Pro Series West events between 1977 and 1982, when it was a quarter-mile oval, and six races since it was renovated prior to the 2008 season.

Records: Qualifying: Jason Bowles, April 4, 2009, 88.218 mph, 13.589 sec.; Race: Eric Holmes, April 4, 2009, 67.576 mph, 44 minutes 21 seconds.

Last Year’s Event
Paulie Harraka edged Jonathon Gomez in a two-lap dash to the finish to win last year’s spring race at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif.

The two young drivers went wheel-to-wheel on several occasions during the race, before Harraka eventually prevailed.

Harraka started from the pole, while Gomez started on the outside of the front row. They swapped the lead of the race four times, with Harraka leading 125 of the 160 laps. He won by a margin of .569 seconds. Gomez crossed the finish line in second, but was later penalized to last place due to a faulty shock.

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