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Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds - Auburn, CA
Auburn Results - July 7, 2000
Fast Fridays
July 7, 2000
From Ryan Evans
1997 World Champion Greg Hancock made a triumphant return to the Gold Country
Fairgrounds in Auburn by winning the Scratch Main to complete a sweep of the
scratch side of the program.
Hancock took the lead from his pole position and as the field exited turn two
Mike Faria was close behind. Hancock led at the close of lap one, but Faria
was no entrenched in battle for second with Charlie Venegas and Billy
Janniro. Janniro was able to squeeze by Faria and assume control of second
place. The battle for second allowed Hancock to stretch his lead to a
comfortable four bikelengths. Janniro was never able to mount a challenge as
Hancock cruised to the victory. Janniro was second, Venegas was third, and
Faria was fourth.
Hancock also qualified for the Handicap Main but was unable to duplicate the
success that he achieved on the scratch side of the program. This is not to
say that it didn't go without a valiant effort.
The six qualifiers for the Handicap Main started from either the 30 yard line
or the 50 yard line. This provided two distinct battles going into turn one.
Southern California native Dukie Ermolenko, Ian Ferris, and Robert Curry
lined up on the 30, while Hancock, Venegas, and Janniro were in the back.
Ermolenko was first into turn one and immediately began to open up ground on
the field. Janniro beat fellow backmarkers Venegas and Hancock to turn one.
Hancock went extremely wide and was dead last on the first lap. Ermolenko
was making the race a runaway as Janniro moved into third and began to
challenge for second. Meanwhile, Hancock was making up lost ground from the
back. On lap four Janniro went very wide in attempt to pass Ferris for
second allowing Hancock to get by and mount his own challenge on Ferris.
Ermolenko took an easy victory while Hancock passed Ferris on the final
corner to take second. Janniro finished fourth, Venegas was fifth, and Curry
was last.
Chris Kerr was lined up by himself at the tapes but had a strong field behind
him in the Second Division Main. Current Junior National Champion Eric
Carillo led the charge behind Kerr into turn one and immediately set his
sights on the lead. Kerr rode a very smooth race as Carillo slowly began to
close ground. At the white flag Carillo was within striking distance but was
unable to pressure Kerr into making a mistake. 16 year old Kerr took the
victory ahead of Carillo, Matt King finished third, and Mark Adams finished
fourth.
Billy Hiles recovered from a fall to win his heat race and then came from the
back of the field to take the Third Division Main ahead of Greg Hooten and
Ron Woodsford.The Juniors provided a lot of exciting racing with Bryan Yarrow
coming from the 40 yard line to take the lead and then held off J.T. Martynse
to win the First Division Junior Main. Josh Newby was victorious in the Second
Division Junior Main with a wire-to-wire win. Tom Fehrman led the Third Division
Junior Main for three laps before falling allowing Paul Johnson to take the victory
ahead of Amanda English.
RESULTS
Third Division Junior Main
14 - Paul Johnson 10
10 - Amanda English 0
11 - Jeff Butler 0
31 - Chris Smith 10
29 - Jay Ricketts 0
130 - Pete King 0 (fell)
34 - Tom Fehrman 0 (fell)
8 - Mitchell Johnson 0 (fell)
Second Division Junior Main (restart)
172 - Josh Newby 0
25 - T.J. Fowler 20
16 - Alex Marcucci 0
111 - Brenton Bast 0
218 - Chris Olney 20
24 - Mark Carillo 10
23 - Danny Easley 0
First Division Junior Main
17 - Bryan Yarrow 40
15 - J.T. Martynse 20
12 - Greg Hooten Jr. 10
93 - J.T. Mabry 0
Third Division Consolation
443 - Geno Bellino 0
171 - Dave Baker 10
369 - John Knapp 0
231 - Dino Blankenmiller 10
328 - Chuck Bagwell 0
197 - Bill Dixon 10
383 - Gary Hubbert 0
112 - Devin DeFreece 20
Third Division Main
244 - Billy HIles 20
334 - Greg Hooten 10
327 - Ron Woodsford 20
311 - Michael Hooten 10
385 - Eric Ryan 0
143 - Kevin Fereira 20
389 - Kelly McBain 0
183 - Richard Doster 10
Second Division Consolation
502 - Dave Booth 30
999 - Tom Adams 30
170 - George Snodgrass 30
236 - Robert Mellor 0
123 - Mark Thomas 10
155 - Vince Bertolucci 0
Second Division Main
127 - Chris Kerr 0
175 - Eric Carillo 20
91 - Matt King 30
223s - Mark Adams 20
152 - Marvin Sonnier 30
387 - Ivan Sevart 30
Handicap Consolation
63 - Bobby Hedden 50
125 - Steve Martynse 0
6 - Ryan Fisher 40
87 - Bart Bast 50
9 - Mike Faria 50
22 - Bob Hicks 40
Handicap Main
15s - Dukie Ermolenko 30
45 - Greg Hancock 50
36 - Ian Ferris 30
14 - Billy Janniro 50
43 - Charlie Venegas 50
3 - Robert Curry 30
Scratch Consolation
63 - Bobby Hedden
15s - Dukie Ermolenko
87 - Bart Bast
12s - Randy DiFrancesco
Scratch Main
45 - Greg Hancock
14 - Billy Janniro
43 - Charlie Venegas
9 - Mike Faria
Ryan Evans - sideways31@aol.com
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