{"id":103299,"date":"2026-03-30T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/photo-gallery-rizzoli-doubles-up-as-summit-series-doubleheader-ignites-famoso\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:44:06","slug":"photo-gallery-rizzoli-doubles-up-as-summit-series-doubleheader-ignites-famoso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/photo-gallery-rizzoli-doubles-up-as-summit-series-doubleheader-ignites-famoso\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO GALLERY: Rizzoli Doubles Up as Summit Series Doubleheader Ignites Famoso"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series didn\u2019t just show up at Famoso Dragstrip \u2013 it put on a two-day war.<\/p>\n

With a doubleheader weekend on March 28\u201329, the famed Bakersfield quarter-mile became a proving ground for some of the West Coast\u2019s toughest bracket racers, where consistency ruled and mistakes were punished fast.<\/p>\n

By the time the smoke cleared Sunday night, one name stood above the rest.<\/p>\n

San Luis Obispo\u2019s Kyle Rizzoli \u2013 a past NHRA national champion \u2013 delivered the kind of performance racers talk about for years, driving two different cars to victory in two different categories on the same day. Rizzoli doubled up in Summit Pro and Summit Super Pro, navigating deep fields and relentless competition to park both cars in the winner\u2019s circle.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not luck. That\u2019s elite.<\/p>\n

While Rizzoli\u2019s double-up headlined Sunday, the entire weekend was loaded with standout performances.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s opener saw Frank Malone take control of Summit Sportsman, while Bakersfield\u2019s Matt Fritts gave the hometown crowd something to cheer about with the Summit Pro win. Joseph Ghyselinck added another local score in Summit Super Pro, and Mark Avila powered his Hayabusa to victory in Summit Motorcycle competition.<\/p>\n

Mark Simoniann grabbed the Super Street win, Kyle Conrad topped So-Cal Pro Gas, and David Wolf sealed the deal in Foggit Super Comp. In Junior Street, Alex Rees closed out the day with a win that would turn into something bigger by weekend\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

Sunday also delivered a strong family storyline in Junior Street.<\/p>\n

Travis Rees stormed to victory, joining his brother Alex as winners on back-to-back days \u2013 sweeping the class across the entire doubleheader and putting both names in the winner\u2019s column for the weekend.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on Sunday, Pam Hulse captured the Summit Sportsman win, while Bakersfield\u2019s Paul Silva took control of Summit Motorcycle. Jordan Yeager added a Super Street victory, Austin Frey delivered in So-Cal Pro Gas, and Steve Hendrix flew the Bakersfield flag with a win in Foggit Super Comp.<\/p>\n

Two days. Two races. One track that kept delivering.<\/p>\n

From seasoned champions to rising young talent, the Summit Series doubleheader at Famoso Dragstrip proved once again why sportsman racing remains one of the most competitive \u2013 and most unforgiving \u2013 arenas in drag racing.<\/p>\n

And if this weekend was any indication, the road to a championship at Famoso is going to be anything but easy.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published on March 30, 2026. \"Drag<\/p>\n

The post PHOTO GALLERY: Rizzoli Doubles Up as Summit Series Doubleheader Ignites Famoso<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series didn\u2019t just show up at Famoso Dragstrip \u2013 it put on a two-day war. With a doubleheader weekend on March 28\u201329, the famed Bakersfield quarter-mile became a proving ground for some of the West Coast\u2019s toughest bracket racers, where consistency ruled and mistakes were punished fast. By the time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}