By: Chris Santos
12/15/22… Fast Time Media: This season, Rickey Sanders would compete in his first season of Winged 360 Sprint Car racing. He would spend most of his season running at Ocean Speedway with the Ocean Speedway Sprint Cars Presented by Taco Bravo.
His season would start out on a high note. He would kick his season off with a 15th place finish. After that, Rickey would go on a solid stretch of races where he would finish in the top-5 three out of four races finishing 5th, 4th, & 4th.
Rickey would continue his consistent stretch through the sprint & into the summer as he would only miss one feature, and try to close in on the points leader. Heading into late July, Rickey had only missed one feature all season.
From July 22nd to August 12th, Rickey would go on his best run of the season. He would start the run off with a 4th place finish. Then a week later Rickey would finish in the 6th position. The following week would see Rickey capture another top-10, as he would finish 8th.
The following week, Rickey would have the best weekend of the 2022 season. On August 12th Rickey would be in action for one of the final points races of the season. That night, he would go on to dominate the feature & win his first ever Winged 360 Sprint Car main event.
Next up would be the Ocean Speedway season finale. They would end the season with the Johnny Key Classic. Rickey would make the feature both nights & finish 11th & 13th. Unfortunately he would fall just short of the points championship.
His season would come to an end with a visit to Silver Dollar Speedway where he would finish 17th on Friday & miss the feature on Saturday. Then he would head to Merced where he would miss the feature Friday & finish 23rd on Saturday.
It ended up being an impressive season for Rickey Sanders. He would put together consistent runs at Ocean Speedway, as he was able to capture his first ever win & bring home a second place finish in the points standings.
Rickey’s 2022 stats: 20 features, 1 win, 5 top-5’s, 9 top-10’s
Rickey would like to thank his sponsors; Andy’s Construction, North County Plastering, Fk rod ends, Winning attitude, Sandblast service, and XXX race Co.
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