From: Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org
A larger crowd at Livermore saw some good racing on a somewhat "not as good as normal" track. The track looked overwatered at the begining of the evening, and in the first half dozen races, a number of riders fell down. Later it became bumpy.
Since Billy Janniro's outstanding race a couple of months ago with Bart Bast and Mike Faria and others on another less then perfect track at Cal Expo, his talents can be used as a guideline. Even he had troubles with this track! After falling down in the early races he seemed more comfortable. In one race, he found a bump in turn two which launched his BACK wheel 3 feet in the air.
A rather unhappy aspect of this event was the shortage of riders. This resulted in Division 1 and 2 getting combined.
Scratch Main
1. Matt Becker
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Billy Janniro
4. Ryan Fisher
Scratch Consolation
1. Bob Hicks
2. Tommy Hedden
3. Bill Hermant
4. Scott McNeil
Handicap Main
1. Bobby Hedden
2. Matt Becker
3. Billy Janniro
4. Bob Hicks
5. Scott McNeil
6. Tommy Hedden
Handicap Consolation
1. Ryan Fisher
2. Bill Hermant
3. Mike Boyle
Ryan Fisher rode in the Division 1 and 2 program on his 250, up against
the full sized riders on full sized bikes. He did well, and looked
smooth, even on a difficult track. Ryan will have to wait until the year
2000 before he can enter this level of competition on a regular basis.
Div 3 Main
1. Ivan Sevart
2. Geno Bellino
3. Bill Warnock
4. Richard Powell
5. Gary Hubbert
Div 3 Consolation
1. Craig Boone
2. Brian Leventon
3. Kimi Valentine
4. Jeff Smith
Junior Div 1
1. Eric Carrillo
2. Bryan Yarrow
3. Donnie Robinson
Junior Div 2
1. Matt Browne
2. Jon Curry
3. Justin Boyle
I got out of being flagman this week and was able to take a few photographs instead. My place was taken by Auburn Division 2 Track Champion, Dave Booth. Long suffering Dave got bruised up in his conquest for the track championship the night before so was unable to ride.
So the crowd was up, this is good news. But if this track is to take off, as we all hope it will, and become The San Francisco Bay Speedway track, it needs more riders.
See the photo page for more shots of the first race night at the track!
