Red Rose Transportation Race Team
Racing is a part of our culture at Red Rose Transportation. Owner, Julianne Scelzi, is married to four-time NHRA champion Gary Scelzi, and together they have raised two sons who are now racing throughout the nation as a part of Gary Scelzi Motorsports. Brothers, Dominic and Giovanni, have known racing since the day they were born. They began racing at age six and now both drive 410ci Winged Sprint Cars with series like the World of Outlaws, All- Star Circuit of Champions, and the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC).
Dominic is coming off a career best year collecting 23 wins in 2021, including a 4-race sweep of the Peter Murphy Classic, a Dirt Cup Nationals win and winning the NARC King of the West Sprint Car Championship.
In 2021, Giovanni signed with Iowa-based Sprint Car team, KCP Racing and won the prestigious 360 Nationals at Knoxville Raceway and became the youngest person to start on the pole of the 410 Knoxville Nationals at 19 years old.
Both Dominic and Giovanni are sponsored by many companies including Red Rose Transportation. We would love for you to join us at a racetrack near you. Stay tuned for the schedule of races to see if we will be in a city near you sometime soon.
DOMINIC SCELZI
Hometown: Fresno, California
Age: 27
Class: 410ci Winged Sprint Car
Dominic has known racing since the day he was born. He was taught in the pits at a young age as he followed his father – four-time NHRA champion Gary Scelzi – from race to race across the country.
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Once he turned 6 years old Dominic was allowed to officially compete in go-kart racing and despite missing a race because he was on the road with his family, Dominic claimed the track championship after winning all seven races he competed in that year.
He spent the next three years racing in a Junior Micro Sprint before moving into a Restricted Micro Sprint, which he powered to 18 feature wins and a track championship at Plaza Park Raceway in Visalia, California.
Dominic stepped up to the Super 600 class in 2009 and became the youngest, at 12 years old, to win in that class. After dozens of victories and a track title at Lemoore Raceway in Lemoore, California, he began racing a Sprint Car in 2012.
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Dominic has showcased the same ability to shine in a full-sized race car by winning in both a 360ci sprint car and a 410ci sprint car, including his first-ever victory at 15 years old. Since 2012, Scelzi has collected 50 total Sprint Car wins, including The World Challenge Race of Champions, Dirt Cup Nationals, Peter Murphy Classic, and an All- Star Circuit of Champions win in Chatham, Louisianna. Scelzi garnered King of the West Rookie of the Year Award and the 410 Rookie of the Year in 2013. He went on to claim the Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year in 2017 and claimed his first NARC King of the West Championship in 2021.
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In 2022, Dominic will jump aboard the Scelzi Enterprises, Red Rose Transportation 41 in hopes to defend his NARC Championship, as well as make appearances at prestigious West Coast Events.
GARY SCELZI
Hometown: Fresno, California
Career: Four-Time NHRA Champion
Hometown: Fresno, California / Career: Four-Time NHRA Champion
Gary Scelzi is a four-time National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) World Champion with 43 National event wins during his career spanning from 1997 through 2008.
Gary’s titles consist of three Top Fuel championships in 1997, 1998 and 2000 and one Top Fuel Funny Car Championship in 2005. At the completion of the 2008 season Scelzi retired to shift his focus to his sons’ – Dominic and Giovanni – racing careers as well as Scelzi Enterprises, Inc., which is a truck body manufacturing business he owns with his brother, Mike, in Fresno, California.
GIOVANNI SCELZI
Hometown: Fresno, California
Age: 22
Class: 410ci Winged Sprint Car
Giovanni started traveling to races with his father – four-time NHRA Champion Gary Scelzi – when he was 3 months old, and has been involved in the sport ever since. Giovanni first began racing when he was 6 years old.
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He competed in a Jr. Micro Sprint at Lemoore Raceway in Lemoore, California and at Plaza Park Raceway in Visalia, California for several years. Giovanni had a breakout year in 2010 when he scored a record 24 wins en route to the track championships at Lemoore Raceway and Plaza Park Raceway.
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He stepped into a Restricted Micro Sprint in 2011, when he secured the track title at Lemoore Raceway and finished second in the championship standings at Plaza Park Raceway. Giovanni was also the youngest at 9 years old to win in the Micro Sprint Stock class at Lemoore Raceway.
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Giovanni recorded multiple key victories in the Micro Sprints, including the Budweiser Outlaw Nationals, “A” class winged Tulsa Shootout, and a California Speedweek Championship in 2016.
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In 2016 Giovanni joined big brother, Dominic, racing Winged Sprint Cars. He teamed up with Roth Motorsports to claim the King of Kings title was awarded the 360 Rookie of the Year. Since then, Giovanni has claimed 3 World of Outlaw Victories, is the youngest World of Outlaw winner and the youngest driver to make the famed Knoxville Nationals, won the 360 My Place Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway and he has claimed a Menards ARCA Series win at American Raceway in Roseville, California.
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Giovanni has resigned with the KCP Racing team out of Des Moines, Iowa for 2022. He and his team will tackle many prestigious events throughout the United States.
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2024 Race Schedule
Dominic Scelzi
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