Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds
Auburn, CA

September 5, 1997 U.S. National Speedway Sidecar Championships
Fast Fridays, Auburn
From: RC Jones

Below is the unoffical results from the sidecar championships:

1. Peter Lewis/Jamie Macy - Champions
2. Duane Carmont/Richard Taling
3. Chubby Morrow/Slip Chapman
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Bob Brayton/          2  3  2  0  EF    7
Parke Weaver

Duane Carmont/        3  2  3  2  3    13
Richard Taling

Allen Hall/           1  3  1  2  1     7
Dirk Votaw

Dirk Gardner/         2  0  2  3  2     7
Doug Lynch

Chubby Morrow/        3  1  3  3  2    12
Slip Chapman

Clyde Dennen/         2  2  2  2  EF    8
Scott Cole

Josef Petraglovic/    1  1  1  1  2     6
Brian Seip

Glenn McClellan/      0  0  0  1  3     4
Chris Jones

Peter Lewis/          3  3  3  3  3    15
Jamie Macy

Struan Glass/         1  2  0  1  1     5
Deion Stokes

Jeff Carr/            0  1  0  EF EF    1
Mike Moreno

Event  1 - Lewis/Macy, Gardner/Lynch, Glass/Stokes, McClellan/Jones.
Event  2 - Morrow/Chapman, Lamoureux/Gillmore, Petraglovic/Seip, Carr/Moreno.
Event  3 - Carmont/Taling, Brayton/Weaver, Hall/Votaw.
Event  4 - Brayton/Weaver, Glass/Stokes, Carr/Moreno.
Event  5 - Lewis/Macy, Carmont/Taling, Morrow/Chapman, Gardner/Lynch.
Event  6 - Hall/Votaw, Dennen/Cole, Petraglovic/Seip, McClellan/Jones. 
Event  7 - Morrow/Chapman, Gardner/Lynch, Hall/Votaw, Glass/Stokes. 
Event  8 - Lewis/Macy, Dennen/Cole.
Event  9 - Carmont/Taling, Brayton/Weaver, Petraglovic/Seip, McClellan/Jones.
Event 10 - Morrow/Chapman, Dennen/Cole, Glass/Stokes.
Event 11 - Lewis/Macy, Hall/Votaw, Petraglovic/Seip, Carr/Moreno.
Event 12 - Gardner/Lynch, Carmont/Taling, McClellan/Jones.
Event 13 - Carmont/Taling, Petraglovic/Seip, Glass/Stokes, Dennen/Cole.
Event 14 - Lewis/Macy, Gardner/Lynch, Hall/Votaw.
Event 15 - McClellan/Jones, Morrow/Chapman, Carr/Moreno.

An interesting night. Sidecars only visit Northern California about once a year so it was good to seem them again. The County Fair was also going on so after the races were over most spectators went out to the fair and joined in with the other fair goers. The hypnotist was most interesting...

Overall a good night of racing. The only drawback was a lack of sidecars that made for a shorter program. With 17 hacks on the program it promised to be a great night, then when we noticed that only 11 hacks made it to Auburn there was somewhat of a letdown. The riders that made it did put on a great show and some of the heats were very exciting. The team of Peter Lewis and Jamie Macy were the ones who had the track dialed in, putting on a brilliant display every heat they were in, clearly they were the champions.

I almost did not attend due to the early hour the racing was scheduled to start, however I am glad that I made the trip, the power of the sidecars made it worthwhile. I just wonder how many of the monkey's legs get demolished during the year because they really run in close going into the turns and it sure appeared to be some legs were hanging out very close to the front tire of the hack behind.