WATSONVILLE >> Reigning Johnny Key Classic winner Gauge Garcia of Lemoore raced to his first Ocean Sprints victory of the season on Friday night.

Garcia was a rocket ship right from the start of the night aboard the Valley Wound Healing/ Apex Construction No. 28 mount. He set fast time in Ocean Sprints qualifying to begin the evening and then drove to victory in the Gizdich Ranch Dash.

The former Sprint Car Challenge Tour Rookie of the Year jumped into the lead at the waving of the green flag in the 25-lap finale. The main event ran non-stop, and Garcia had his way with things up front, but Redding’s Max Mittry did keep him honest at times.

The top two pulled away from the rest of the field and ran in that formation over the duration of the contest. Garcia got crossed up on the tricky high side a couple of times, which allowed Mittry to close. Garcia fended him off however, to collect the win.

Mittry, Bud Kaeding, Caleb Debem and Jake Haulot rounded out the top five.

IMCA Modified

The IMCA Modified main event saw Jonathan Hagio set the pace early on, until Jim Pettit II drove by after a restart. Bobby Hogge then climbed into second and began to hound the rear of the leader.

On lap nine, the duo was raced nose to tail and Pettit was turned to bring out a caution. Hogge led the remaining distance to grab the win ahead of Robert Marsh, Cody Burke, Pettit who rebounded nicely, and Josh Combs.

IMCA Sport Mods

A healthy field of IMCA Sport Mods competed with 19 total entries signing in. DJ Keldsen led the opening circuit in the feature, but Trevor Clymens took the point on lap two.

The Sport Mods put on an entertaining main event as cars ran high and low. Around the midway point, Danny Wagner shot to the front and held on for his second checkered flag of the season.

Point leader Bo Crebs, Keldsen, Trevor Clymens and Steven Allee completed the top five.

Western Midget Racing

Logan Mitchell won his second consecutive race at his home speedway when he drove to victory in the Western Midget Racing main event.

Anthony Bruno of San Jose charged around the outside of Teddy Bivert to take the lead at the start the 20-lap main event. Bruno, the opening night Ventura Raceway winner, accumulated a one-second advantage over the battle between Bivert and Mitchell for second.

Bivert and Mitchell then tracked down Bruno and the trio ran in lockstep. Bivert rolled the middle of the track and got into the back of Bruno, sending them both for a spin on lap nine in turn one.

Mitchell acquired the lead as a result and dominated the final 11 laps for his fourth-career Ocean Speedway win. Bivert used the high side to charge back to second, followed by Santa Clarita’s Adam Weisberg, Bruno, and Fremont’s Nathan Moore.

Four Bangers

Joshua Silva led every lap in the Four Bangers finale but was a DQ in post-race tech, which handed the win to TJ Santos.