First Female in the West, D4D Driver Katie Hagar Breaks Track Record at Stockton

June 13, Stockton, CA, by: Frank Jordan; Team Owner of Golden State Racing

We had a typical night of short track racing with all the bumping & banging you can expect. The bright side is that Katie Hagar now owns the track record in qualifying at Stockton 99 Speedway. She is the first woman ever to hold a track record at the famed speedway .She broke the  record with a blistering 13.57 hanging two tenths on the rest of the field. She started 9^th with the invert and quickly moved to 6^th but got turned around by the 5^th place car. Re-starting from the back, Katie began passing cars on the outside (very difficult at Stockton) and inside as well quickly getting back in contention. Halfway through the main event the same car that caused the earlier issue got into the 6^th place car turning him around and up into Katie’s path. The contact wasn’t bad until the 8^th place car slid under our bumper. Too much cosmetic damage to get her back out in time… we had to call it a night. Katie was extremely disappointed as she clearly had the fastest race car on the track. As they say “that’s racing”.

It has been amazing to watch Katie's fan base explode here at Stockton. Their announcer makes a big deal to the crowd about Katie and our team’s participation with the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program. Katie is definitely a crowd favorite!

Contact information:

Robert Villegas

317-881-3826