At age 24, Giovanni Scelzi has been racing dash automobiles for practically a decade.
Nonetheless, the Fresno, Calif., native, who calls Des Moines, Iowa, house is about to embark on a big change in his racing profession.
Scelzi will drive for the brand new Spire Motorsports dash automobile group and can race for the Excessive Restrict Racing championship. Scelzi spent a number of seasons on the World of Outlaws Dash Automotive Sequence tour earlier than hitting the Excessive Restrict path as a fill-in for injured driver Tyler Courtney with Clauson Marshall Racing through the second half of final season.
Underneath the route of veteran dash racing crew chief Eric Prutzman, Scelzi will drive the No. 77 entry, which may have an affiliation with Clauson Marshall.
“I’m very excited. From the group possession to my crew chief and my crew guys I’m wanting very ahead to what subsequent 12 months holds,” Scelzi stated following the announcement throughout final week’s PRI Commerce Present. “Anytime a driver can discover stability and fear much less about what automobile you might be driving and extra in regards to the automobile you might be really competing in — anytime you are able to do that and concentrate on attempting to win races and being aggressive, it all the time helps.”
However making a group from scratch generally is a problem.
“It’s one thing so simple as ordering all of the components and ensuring you are ready. Getting components in time is a problem. Volusia is correct across the nook,” Scelzi defined. “Our offseasons aren’t very lengthy and having everybody ready and the blokes in place is vital. It’s all the time new.
“You’ve a brand new crew chief and a brand new driver, seeing if that relationship will work. I really feel like with the expertise that Eric has and with so long as he has been round and so long as I’ve identified him, we’ll be high-quality.”
Scelzi believes that chemistry amongst group members “simply occurs.”
“From my expertise, I simply form of really feel prefer it simply occurs. You both form of gel otherwise you don’t,” stated the son of NHRA drag racing champion Gary Scelzi. “If you’re attempting to make it work, usually it’s not going to work. I really feel prefer it’s a relationship. I’ll spend extra time with Eric than I most likely will my girlfriend.
“I’ve identified Eric since I used to be most likely 10 years outdated going to my dad’s store in Fresno with TSR. He’s somebody I respect loads and really a lot look as much as.”
Scelzi, who’s a 12-time nationwide collection winner, appears to be like ahead to seeing some completely different tracks as he embarks on his first Excessive Restrict Racing marketing campaign.
“I like going to new locations. Working the Outlaws the final couple of years, I really feel just like the schedule may be very related,” Scelzi stated. “Excessive Restrict has form of modified it up a bit and goes to new tracks. Going to Texas Motor Speedway was a cool one, and Davenport Speedway was cool as a result of it’s near dwelling in Des Moines.
“Anytime you’ll be able to see new locations and expertise new issues is all the time enjoyable.”
