Antioch Hall Of Fame Night checkers fly for Machado, Ryan

Northern SportMod, Results, Stock Car

Mitch Machado won his career first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature on Hall of Fame Night at Antioch Speedway. (Photo by Katrina Kniss) 

By Candice Martin

ANTIOCH, Calif. (Sept. 14, 2024) – Mitch Machado and Jason Ryan Jr. turned in hall of fame caliber performances Saturday in Hall of Fame Night at Antioch Speedway.

Machado won the 20-lap IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. This was the first win in this division for the highly decorated Petaluma Speedway super stock champion. He had to hold off the efforts of Jason Jennings to get the win.

From the outset, Machado led the way ahead of Jennings and Jason Robles. Nick Caughman Jr. settled into third on the second lap. As Machado and Jennings pulled away, Caughman, Robles and Kenny Shrader had a spirited duel for third.

Shrader headed pit side on lap 13, and Caughman retired from third on the 17th circuit. Jennings made a last-turn effort to get underneath Machado, but Machado beat him to the checkered flag for the victory. Robles ended up third ahead of Scott Foster and Caughman.

Ryan won the 20-lap Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature. The race ran without a yellow flag and had plenty of action in the battle for the lead, but Ryan would grab his second win of the season.

In doing so, Ryan moved to within one point of Kenny Shrader in the championship race with just next week’s race remaining. 

Al Johnson jumped into the early lead ahead of Tommy Clymens Jr. while Ryan made an inside move on the back stretch on the fifth lap to take third from James Graessle and set about reeling in the lead duo.

Johnson and Clymens hit the front stretch side-by-side on the eighth lap, and Clymens used a low pass a lap later to grab the lead.

Ryan found himself in second when Johnson pushed and Tommy Clymens had a similar push on lap 13, surrendering the lead to Ryan ahead of Trevor Clymens. Ryan hit slower traffic in the waning laps, and Trevor Clymens tried to make a final turn move for the lead.

However, Ryan prevailed at the checkered flag ahead of Trevor Clymens, Tommy Clymens Jr., Shrader and Johnson.

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