From Gary Roberts
A hot evening in Auburn, but the track was again in good shape with
plenty of close racing and no shortage of overtaking.
Scratch Main
1. Charlie Venegas
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Jim Sisemore
4. Mike Faria
Scratch Consolation
1. Chris Manchester
2. Bart Bast
3. Tommy Hedden
4. Chad Felicio
Handicap Main
1. Mike Faria
2. Bart Bast
3. Robert Curry
4. Chad Felicio
5. Bobby Hedden
6. Billy Janniro
Handicap Consolation
1. Ian Ferris
2. Tommy Hedden
3. Jim Sisemore
4. Pat Linn
Also qualifying, but not starting in this event were
Bob Hicks,
and
Charlie Venegas.
Div2 Main
1. Ted Taylor
2. Dave Booth
3. George Snodgrass
4. Harlan Bast Snr.
5. Dennis Cassidy
6. Steve Arena
Div2 Consolation
1. Mike Browne
2. Eric Veal
3. Mike Gildersleeve
4. Shawn Eldridge
5. Dick Vargas
6. Bill Newby
Div 3 Main
1. Corey Call
2. Troy Burton
3. Harry Bradwell
4. Ivan Sevart
5. David Lee
6. Joe Whiting
Div 3 Consolation
1. Donny Powell
2. Mike Douglas
3. Derek Silva
4. Bobby Chipman
5. Don Chipman
6. Gary Moranville
Juniors Div 1
1. Bryan Yarrow
2. Eric Carrillo
3. AJ Jones
4. JJ Martynse
Juniors Div 2
1. Jay Heidt
2. Matt Browne
3. JT Mabry
4. Jonathan Curry
Juniors Div 3
1. Ray Linn
2. Brenton Bast
3. Alex Marcucci
4. Amanda English
To maintain the riders information pages, on our
http://speedwaybikes.com web site, the promoters at Auburn and Cal Expo
have helped out by letting me in the pits before and during the races.
Its very encouraging to see the number of new riders that appear every
week. Although new names may not necessarily appear in the results, they
are there, infact its averaging out at half a dozen new riders per week.
Most are brand new, out for their first Speedway race, others have raced
elsewhere. Examples of the latter category include
Shane McAfee
from Idaho,
Fraser Smith
from Scotland and this week,
Brendan Fennessey
from Montana.
Next week Fast Fridays hosts the Civil War, Northern California verses
Southern California. Up until 2 years ago the south used to win, but the
last couple of years its been the north. Since
Steve Lucero
is not
riding for the south and Mike Faria's move from south to north, there is
little to suggest a change this year.
Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org