Fairgrounds Raceway
Santa Maria, California

May 31, 1997 - Fairgrounds Raceway
From: Gary Roberts

Saturday night was the fourth round of the Spring Fling Points Series, at Santa Maria. The event seemed a bit flat, mostly because the program had to be modified to accomodate only 12 speedway riders, due to 2 last minute cancellations and 2 no-shows.

The program was however supplemented by flat track, midget car and quad racing, which went some way to make up for 4 cancelled heats and a number of 3 man heats. Despite the extremely hot weather during the week the track held up well. It was a little wet to start with, but by the end of the evening was perfect.

Results:
Mark Hitchcock     13
Chris Campos       12
Marvin Sonnier     11
Robbie Sauer       11
Billy Lyons        10
John VanderMuellen  9
Gerry Duttweiller   9 
Mark Maynard        8
Jeff Smith          6
Jason Montgomery    3
Jimmy Collins       3
Jason Chabot        1
Charlie Powell      3 reserve, 1 ride
A final 
Sauer, Lyons, Campos, Sonnier, Hitchcock

B final
Lyons, VanderMuellen, Maynard, Duttweiler, Collins

C final
Collins, Smith, Montgomery, Chabot

We are short of riders. Any local riders who want to get on the program, please EMail me. Now that we have built up a bigger crowd, it would be a shame to see it go away, because of the lack of riders.

Next week the points series continues.

Gary Roberts - gary_rob@ix.netcom.com