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Perris Raceway, California, March 14, 2015 Winter League Round 3 Perris Raceway, 14 March. 51 races and 4 test runs from the World Champion wrapped up the 2014-15 Winter League season at Perris Raceway. The 2014-15 Winter League title went to the Aces after their top end power proved too much for the gallant Rebels in the latter stages of the match. As expected, the USA 'turbo twins' of Max Ruml and Broc Nicol went undefeated, aside from Nicol's opening ride mechanical breakdown, and their 31 points set the stage for their team to win. That said, it was far from a two rider effort. On this particular occasion, Hayley Perrault and Damon Barry, who both contributed a solid 6 points, made the difference when all was said and done. For the Rebels, the top two duo of Russell Green and Luke Becker worked hard for their points but could not shut down Ruml and Nicol. Sean McDougall and an inspired Mike Dalbey ruled the middle order roost, whilst Rohn Zellner's two wins at reserve kept the scores close and tied after 12 races. Best race of the match was heat 12 when Damon Barry and Steve Brown traded second place close to half a dozen times. The Aces riders and team manager Peter Davenport celebrated with champagne and trophies after the expected Ruml Nicol 5-1 in heat 15. Rebels - 41: Aces - 49: 1. Ruml, McDougall, Green, Perrault (fell) 3:3 After 10 closely fought heats the Vikings assured themselves of third place with three 5-1s in the last 5 races. Former World Champion Billy Hamill went through the card with 15 points and he recorded three 5-1s with son Kurtis. Braydan Galvin who returned to the team after missing the second event, was a revelation with 9+1 and his best 500cc performance to date. Dryden Gayle recorded two race wins and one each from Harold Hartke and Dillon Ruml was enough to secure the win. Austin Novratil led the Eagles well, including three fine victories. A scary crash in heat 13 where he got unexpected drive and launched into Billy Hamill's body, taking them both down, ended his night. Nathan Siegel was the only other Eagles heat winner on the night. Vikings - 53: Eagles - 39:
Aside from the team racing, there were another 21 races for 7 Divisions, as well as four full race simulated test runs for World Champion Greg Hancock, who attended the event to finalize preparations for his 2015 season. The 150cc Mini class had three winners in division two. Skylar Schnakenberg won heat 1, heat 2 went to Dakota Shockley. The main had to be restarted twice and was won by Luke Whitcomb who came from the back to beat Andrew Russell. The victory was remarkable, as Whitcomb had crashed heavily in the first staging and initially did not look fit to continue. Jake Issac won both 150cc Division 1 heats but a hard fought battle in the Main saw him relegated to 2nd behind Sara Cords. Both Pee Wee classes had clean sweeps, Rachel Schnakenberg won all Division 2 races, whilst Travis Horn swept Division 1 from 80 yards back. Sebastian Palmese was the only 250cc rider be he swept support class riders in his match races. 150cc Mini Div 2 – 27 Luke Whitcomb, 96 Andrew Russell, 8 Skylar Schnakenberg, 117 Wilbur Hancock (fell), 419 Dakota Shockley (exc) 150cc Mini Div 1 – 14 Sara Cords, 16 Jake Isaac, 28 Slater Lightcap, 26 Cameron Krezman fell Pee Wee Div 2 – 5 Rachel Schnakenberg, 148 Bill Hancock, 89R Isabella Mitchell, 3H Dylan Hogerhuis, 3 Levi Leutz Pee Wee Div 1 – 25 Travis Horn, 16 Cole Ayers, 48 Jose Navarrete, 706 Richard Stephens. Division 3 – 220 Tom Bryant, 227 Wade Whitcomb, 215 Greg Willis, 351 Pam Bennett Division 2 – 246 Bentley Barrett, 213 Mike Reed, 163 Ron Davis, 181 Mike Novratil, 177 Steve Bowen fell 250cc – 18 Sebastian Palmese The event concluded a very successful and well supported team racing league season. The track has announced 3 more dates for events in the upcoming months. |
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