Industry Speedway
The Grand Industry Hills Expo Center
City of Industry, California

Joker Machine Harley Night
May 16, 2007 - Industry Speedway
By: Ryan Evans

Buck Blair won the main event at Industry for the fourth time in the young 2007 season in front of the largest crowd of the season on Joker Machine Harley Night.

Blair got the best start from gate one while Charlie Venegas was second going into turn one. Blair led down the back straight. Blair hugged the inside line and instead of settling into second Venegas went for broke with a desperate attempt for the lead on the outside. He couldn't find sufficient traction and drifted far back into third behind Shaun Harmatiuk. Blair pulled away for the victory, Harmatiuk finished second, Venegas was third, and Gary Hicks finished fourth.

The Olympique format began with Jimmy Fishback trapping from the outside and defeating Bobby Schwartz. Harmatiuk defeated Hicks in the next event. Blair used the outside to defeat Shawn McConnell by inches for his first win. Dale Facchini returned from England and was victorious in this first race. Venegas closed out the opening round with a win over Ricky Wells.

Bobby Krips began the second round by beating McConnell. Greg Ayers rode a solid four laps to beat Schwartz and Venegas. Fishback came from the back to beat Canadian visitor Aaron Hesmer for his second win. Eddie Castro beat Wells in race 23. Neil Facchini held off Blair to finish round two.

Wells began the final round by beating Ayers and Fishback. Brad Sauer held off McConnell for a victory. Harmatiuk started in the front and beat Blair in race 29. Justin Boyle led Venegas for all four laps to win the next race. Hicks ended the heat races with an easy win from the front. Hicks won a four-rider runoff to gain entry into the semis.

Blair led into turn one in the first semi with McConnell and Castro battling for second. Castro got into the back of McConnell and took him down in turn two. McConnell looked for the red flag, but never got one. The contact slowed Castro and handed second to Harmatiuk. Venegas used the cushion to get the lead on lap one and take the win followed by Hicks. Fishback led all four laps of the Consolation for the victory.

Eloy Medellin got the best start and ran away with his second Industry Second Division Main Event victory of the season. Rick Valdez was second, Allen Doss finished third, and Kenny Hansen was fourth.

Lance Remington led the Third Division Main Event for all four laps and was first to the checkered flag. Jim Painter was second, Yoshi Sato finished third, Hugh Randolph was fourth, Hector Quevedo finished fifth, and Danny Baker was sixth.

Jason Ramirez scored an impressive victory in the Youth First Division Main Event. Gino Manzares finished second and Russell Green was third.

Braydan Galvin won the Youth Second Division Main Event. Brad Pappalardo overcame a 50 yard handicap to finish a close second and newcomer Richard Crocker was third.

Samuel Ramirez matched his brother's youth victory with a victory of his own in the Pee Wee Main Event. Bryson Galvin was second, Elijah Harrison Hicks finished third, Emalee Pappalardo was fourth, and Nathan Remington finished fifth.

In addition to his two heat victories in First Division, Jimmy Fishback was an easy winner in the popular Harley race in which people compete on street-legal Harleys on the speedway track.

RESULTS 

Pee Wee Main Event (awarded)
  1 - Samuel Ramirez 50
  3 - Bryson Galvin                   	0
  3h - Elijah Harrison-Hicks         	30
DQ1 - Emalee Pappalardo            	0
 12 - Nathan Remington              	0
 00 - Alexis Harrison-Hicks           	0
 39 - Jack Giamformaggio            	0
724 - Chandler LaRocque           	10	(excluded) 

Youth Second Division Main Event 
2 - Braydan Galvin 0
611 - Brad Pappalardo 50
 91 - Richard Crocker                 	0 
 
Youth First Division Main Event 
66 - Jason Ramirez 
21 - Gino Manzares 
18 - Russell Green 

Third Division Consolation 
362 - Ralph Chudy 10
288 - Rick Fritch 10
157 - Tony DeAlmeida 0 

Third Division Main Event (restarted) 
134 - Lance Remington 0
172 - Jim Painter                    	0
170 - Yoshi Sato 0
308 - Hugh Randolph 0
161 - Hector Quevedo 10  	(fell, remounted)
126 - Danny Baker 10  	(fell) 

Second Division Consolation 
187 - Blake Bowen 
182 - Rudy Laurer 
155 - Scott York 

Second Division Consolation 
210 - Tim Cochren 
147 - Rick Farron 
177 - Steve Bowen 
149 - Philip Harmatiuk (non starter) 

Second Division Consolation 
77 - Bryan Buffington 
241 - John Marquez 
309 - Vince Giamformaggio
132 - Justin Hassan (non starter) 

Second Division Main Event 
178 - Eloy Medellin 
293 - Rick Valdez
232 - Allen Doss (tape penalty) (fell, remounted)
171 - Kenny Hansen (fell) 

First Division Scoring        	1  2  3    T 
3 - Gary Hicks 2  R  3    5
  6 - Shawn McConnell 2  2  2    6
 11 - Bobby Schwartz 2  2  R    4
 12C - Aaron Hesmer                  	1  2  1    4
 14 - Eddie Castro 2  3  2    7
 17 - Robbie Sauer 0  0  1    1
 18 - Justin Boyle 1  0  3    4
 19 - Dale Facchini 3  1  1    5
 21 - Brad Sauer 1  1  3    5
 22 - Mike Bloom 1  -  -    1
 24 - Bobby Krips 1  3  0    4
 25 - Jimmy Fishback 3  3  1    7
 39 - Buck Blair 3  2  2    7
 43 - Charlie Venegas 3  1  2    6
 77 - Bryan Buffington 1  0  -    1
 86 - Neil Facchini R  3  0    3
 93 - J.T. Mabry 0  1  1    2
 99 - Greg Ayers 0  3  2    5
110 - Jon Stasiefski 0  0  0    0
139 - Shaun Harmatiuk 3  0  3    6
142 - Ricky Wells 2  2  3    7 

Race Results 9: Fishback, Schwartz, Boyle, Mabry
10: Harmatiuk, Hicks, Krips, Stasiefski
11: Blair, McConnell, Hesmer, R.Sauer
12: D.Facchini, Castro, B.Sauer, Ayers
13: Venegas, Wells, Bloom, N.Facchini (retired)
20: Krips [10], McConnell [20], D.Facchini [30], Boyle [10]
21: Ayers [0], Schwartz [20], Venegas [30], R.Sauer [0]
22: (restarted) Fishback [30], Hesmer [20], Buffington [10] (penalty line), Hicks [20] (retired)
23: Castro [20], Wells [20], Mabry [0], Harmatiuk [30]
24: N.Facchini [0], Blair [30], B.Sauer [10], Stasiefski [0]
27: Wells [20], Ayers [30], Fishback [30], Krips [30]
28: B.Sauer [10], McConnell [20], Mabry [10], Buffington [0]
29: Harmatiuk [0], Blair [20], D.Facchini [10], Schwartz [20] (retired)
30: Boyle [0], Venegas [10], Hesmer [20], Stasiefski [0]
31: Hicks [0], Castro [30], R.Sauer [0], N.Facchini [30] <

Runoff: Hicks, Ayers, B.Sauer, D.Facchini (fell, remounted) 
Semi #1: Blair, Harmatiuk, Castro, McConnell (fell) 
Semi #2: Venegas, Hicks, Wells, Fishback (fell) 

First Division Consolation 
25 - Jimmy Fishback 
142 - Ricky Wells
14 - Eddie Castro 
6 - Shawn McConnell (fell, remounted) 

First Division Main Event 
39 - Buck Blair 
139 - Shaun Harmatiuk 
43 - Charlie Venegas 
3 - Gary Hicks