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(Above) Charlie Ven e g a s (ce nte r) lead s
J immy S isemo re (right), Mike Fa ria (left)
and Bobby Hedde n in Scra tc h ma in
speedway action in Auburn, Ca liforn ia .
(Left) Harlen Ba s t Jr. lea ds the way en
ro ute to win ning the Handicap main event
at the Cal-Ex po S pe e d wa y in Sacramento,
California.
pu ttin g some time on the second-place ride of
Holliday. Before the end of the first lap, Ursie
had moved in to third place and was making up
time on the leaders. It was in the big righ t-han d
swee per that Ursie took ove r second place and
se t his sig hts on the leader. Hollid ay , mean while, dr opped back to fou rth d ue to a pas s
made in the woods by Macan. By the third lap,
Ursie had mad e his move on Shank and had the
lead. Sha nk then had to contend with Ma cari,
leaving the leader to ride on without ' challenge.
At the white flag, Ursie had a 13-second lead on
the second -place ride of Shank, but Macan was
still pres su ri ng Shank and he made the pass in
th e turn coming ou t o f the wo oded sec tio n.
Macari then started to pull away from Shan k but
was still 20 second s beh ind Ursie at the checkered flag.
In mota two, Chris Pan ucci looked as though
he was the man with the holesbot, but his front
end wa shed ou t in a corner and a small pileup
ensued. As a resu lt, the lead was taken over by
Jason Londo n, who was followed by Shank and
Jason Pahanish . On the first lap, Pahanish took
over second while Ursic cam e from mid pack to
challenge Shank once again. Ursie foun d himself
in second place after nailing the inside corners
and powering past Shan k and then Paha nish. In
the sixth spot, Hollid ay tried to block-pass Nesbitt, but Nesbitt squared the corner and cut Holliday off to save the position. At the front, Ursie
mad e his move for the lead on Lond on in the
.corner before the finish line. Ursie was the only
one in the dass who could do all three doubles
that enco mpasse d that line a nd corner. Afte r
mak ing the pass, Ursic pulled a big lead that
ended up being 18 second s by the time he took
the checkered flag.
Results
S /MI N I: 1. Gen e Stu ll (Su z); 2. jimmy Cha ppell (5 uz); 3.
Ada m Muegrove (Kaw); .... Bra ndo n Bredlcy (Kaw); 5. Ja!tOnCrisp
(Yam) .
51 CL- 1: I. Shan ", Du rha m (Cobl; 2. Tv ler McGo ff (KTM); 3.
Dyla n Slu,!\('( (Cob); 4. He ry Spreng III (Ki M); 5. Tyler Yaokey.
n
51 CL-2: 1. Ada m Bun ting tKa w); 2. Dou glas Re (Act); 3.
es
C h rte to p b er Cu te r (KTM ); 4. Keoith Mo rga n (Co b ); 5. Ryan
Williams (KTM).
51 C L·): 1. Ryan Aug u!ltine (Ya m); 2. Jimm y Knisley (Yam);
3. Chilt Williams (Yam); 4. Wra y Schultz; 5. Michild Dra ntho over
(Ya m) .
05: 1. Andrew Kro me! (Kaw); 2. Joe Rice ( Ka w ); 3. Adam
Bun ting (Cob); 4 . Levi Tay lo r (Kaw l; 5. Bryan Emery (Kaw ).
80 tl2 - 13): 1. Ji m my C ha p pe ll (Suz ); 2. Ada m Musgr ove
(K.1W) ; 3. Ryan Co lem a n (5uz); 4. Chris M.,nning (Suz); 5. Jason
Crisp (Ya m).
80 0 4-- 5): 1. Brandon Bradley uCaw ); 2. Bla ke Kelley ()(a w);
1
3. Ch."tr Sisler ()(aw); 4. Brian Holbert (Ho n); 5. Angelo Picrioni
ln
(Hoi'll.
tID (7· 1l) : 1. Levi Tay lor (K.W) ; 2. Robert Rl'C."$ (Suz) ; 3. C hris
,
St uckey (Suz ); 4. C hr istophe r Rees (Su z); 5. And re w Krom e!
(Kaw) .
125 A: 1. Tony Wa ugam an (Suz ); 2. Jo hnn y Onisko (K.1 3.
w);
Da niel Pas tor (Suz); ... Michael Barto (KTMI.
.
125 B: 1. Willi.,rn Ursie (Suz); 2. Iaso n London (Suz ); 3. Russell Sha nk (Kaw ); 4. Ryan Ho llida y (Suz) ; 5. Ma tt Mcca n (Su z ).
125 C : 1. Bran don Rhod es (Yam) ; 2. N ick Hepak (5 uz ); 3.
Michael Cleis (Suzl; 4. Albert 5l-b«k (Suz); 5. Robt·rt P. Ammtrong
(Ha n).
250 A: 1. Steve C re we (Suz); 2. Ton y wac gaewn (Suz).
250 8: 1. Kenn e th Kl'.l rn.. (Suz); 2. Joh n Deck er (Hon); 3. Tim
Nelso n (Su z); 4. Jack E. Ho well (Suz); 5. Mid1.1 Bowersox (Suz ).
el
2SO C: 1. Ieesc Ca lv ~t (Ka w l; 2. Jaso n Ma ra ugh..l (Suz) ; 3.
David Fuller (Ho n); 4. Ma tt Na!llonck (Suzl ; 5. ja l;()n McCo nnell
(Suz l.
SCHBY 02-15): 1. ~'nt' Stull (Suzl ; 2. Ryan HoIlid" y (Suz ); 3.
Ch ri, Smith (HOi'll; 4. M"ll Macan (Suz ); 5. Ja me'!! Singer (Suzl .
C LGBY: 1. Mid "'l'l Bart o (KTM ); 2. [ason London (Suz) ; 3.
JaMln Pa hanish (Sud; .... Mi ch ael Cle i, (Suz); 5. To m R"ddiff
(K.1 wl.
25+: I. Fn-ddy Bashor (Suzl ; 2. RobertHafer (Suz); 3. Bub EIli·
!IOt\ (Su z); • . Jeffrey BeUmer (Ya m); 5. Edw a rd Kub ic (Ho n).
40+: 1, Jeffre y I'mvan ce (Kaw); 2. ja ck Mills (Ya m); 3. Robin
Preston (Kaw) ; 4. John McCo nnell (Yam l; 5. Bdh Watt!!(Hoo t
OPEN B/ C: I. Chri , Sokol (Ya m); 2. Eddi e Mi.hoccs (Ya m); 3.
D..vid 8eval15(Suz); • . JlTald Kindzid (K1'M ); 5. Dav id Fox(K,a
w).
VET A: I. jamt"l' Kni5lt")' (Kaw); 2. Jeffrey Provana: (Kaw); 3.
'ph
-lImer
Ch rir> Durham (Ya m); .4. JOM Old ha m (Ho n); 5. Jdfrey Bt.
(Yam) .
VET B: 1. Fn -dJ y B,,~hor {5 uz l; 2. David Bevans (5 uz ); 3.
Eddie Mi~ (Yam) ; 4. He nry Spreng (Y,l m ); 5. jdck Mill,. (Yaml.
VET C: 1. David f' ap i (KTM); 2. Wa yne Hartle (Suz ); 3. Ralph
An tho ny (H on ); 4. Kei th Mar au g ha (Suz) ; 5. JOM'ph DiStl"f no
a
(Ya m),
VINT : 1. lamoni Hu nter CSuzI 2. W.'ynt.' Hartle {Suzl ; 3. Joh n
;
5cla rrt'tti (Hun); 4. JoeKuhn (H un); 5. Mar k lynch (Kaw l.
Sisemore, Bast survive
Cal-Expo Speedway
By M. Sober
Photo by Gen Moore
SACRAMENTO, CA, JULY 18
Jimm y "The Jammer" Sisemore took the win in
the Scratc h main wh ile Harle n Bas t Jr . w as
awa rded the victory in a bizarre Hand icap main
tha t last ed all of tw o laps. Meanwhile, Joh n
O'Connell won the Second Division ma in eve nt,
and Danny Chipman finishe d ahead of the field
in the Thi rd Div ision fina le at th e Ca l- Expo
Speedwa y.
Due to the less-than -op timum pa ssing cond itions o n the tig ht, one -lane groo ve track all
night, the Hand icap main contained more lowya rd age rid er s tha n usu a l. The lone 50-y ard
part icipant wa s Bar t Bast. Ahead of Bart on the
40 was Billy [anniro and last wee k's Hand icap
main w inner, Tomm y Hedden: Robert Cu rry
sat alone on the 30 and the field was completed w ith Harl en Bast Jr. and Ian Ferri s on the
20.
Harlen wa s first into the first turn , with Ferris, Curry, [ann iro, Hed den and Bart Bast ru nning behind him. The run ning order altered little as the field comp leted two lap s. In turn four
of the third lap, Ferris mysteriously lost control
of his [awa - rud ely tossi ng the bike int o the
cra sh w al l. With Fer r is a nd h is eq uip me n t
sp raw led across the raci ng su rface, [a nn iro,
Curry , Hedd en and Bast had no room to maneuver, and they had to lay down their machines or
straighten up to avoid com pounding the situation. Natu rally, the red flag was waved .
Apparently du e to time restrictions, the final
resu lts of the Hand icap main were backed up to
the conclus ion of lap two, and Harlen Bast Jr.
was declared the winner aboard his Bast Welding / Pe teri ch / Ara i / Terr y's All Cyc le-bac ked
Godde n. Ferri s was deemed to be the cause of
the wreck and was pr esented with sixth place,
while places two through five were awa rded to
Hedd en, Bart Bast, Curry and Jannir o.
In the Scratch ma in, Venegas d rew the pole
and got ou t to the fastest start. Sisemore was stationed in lan e two and natu rally gat ed second,
falling in line beh ind Venegas. Hed den sta rted
fro m lan e fou r and , together wit h ga te-th ree
starter Faria, trailed. the two lead ers as the qu artet negotiat ed the firs t lap . In the second turn of
the second lap, Venegas seemed to lose his concentratio n, drif ting off the pole and going wide .
Sisem or e pounced on th is o p po r tu nit y and
dr ove under Venegas to assu me the lead.
"Th is was o nly my th ird rid e on this laydow n GM," Sisemo re sai d la ter . "We ' re still
workin g on getting the setu p right. This track
was really grippy tonigh t and that fit my ridin g
style a little better than Charlie's."
Venegas recovered eno ug h to hold off Hedden, who finished third . Faria was a little off the
pace and finished fourth .
Results
SCR: 1. Jim my Sillt.-more (GMI; 2. Clw rlie Venq::;as (G MI; 3.
Bobby Hed d i,," (Jaw ); 4. Mike Faria (GM).
H DCP: 1. Hark'" Baltt Jr. ((".dn); 2. To mmy Hed den (Jawl ; 3.
&lrt Balli (Jaw); 4. Robert Cu rry (Jaw ); 5. Billy J.lnn.iro (J., W).
0..2: 1. jo hn O'Conne ll; 2. Mike Browne; 3. Scott Olney.
0-3: 1. Dann y C hipm a n; 2. Kevin Ft"t'l'ir a; 3. Bill Dixon.
0-1 JR: J. Eric C.u illo (Ja w); 2. A .J. jon es rwcs): 3. Bryan
Yarrow (W~).
Faria, Venegas
top Fast Fridays
By M. So be r
Photo by Gen Moo re
AUBURN, CA.JULY 17
On a very humid No rthern Californ ia summe r
evening, Ll.S. National Speedway C hampio n
"Flyin'" Mike Faria wo n th e Hand icap main
event while Charlie "The Edge" Venegas owned
the Scratch main even t du ring Fast Fridays racing at Auburn Speed way.
" It was hot out there tonight ," Faria said. '1
just wa nted to get don e and out of these leathers
- as fast as 1could ."
Northern California Speed way Cha mpio n
Bart Bast also worked up thro ugh the field from
the 50-yard line, eventually taking second place
away from 40-yard starter Robert Curry as the
white flag waved . Chad Felicio, who also started
from the 4D-yard stripe, was the first lead er of
the race, but he qu ickly fell victim to Curry and
then Faria, eventua lly d ropping back to finish
fou rth . Curry ma naged to hold on to third,
wh ile the fi fth a nd sixth spo ts wen t to Bobb y
Hedd en and Billy }anni ro, respectively.
Faria was also in the Scrat ch Mai n, linin g
u p on the ou tsid e in lane fou r . Hedden w as
stationed in three, Venegas sa t in two and Rose
Racing's Jimm y Sisemore had the pole. Despite
having the adva nt age of th e in sid e pos itio n,
Sisemore d id n't get the best of starts, com ing
off the line in third place behind Veneg as and
Hed den. Venega s mad e a "d ream" start, [u mpin g ou t fro n t aboa rd his IMS Racin g /Ma ch
1/ Afford ab le RV-b ack ed G M. Mea nw h ile ,
Hed den was wo rki ng the inside groo ve, and in
the second lap he actua lly dr ew up eve n with
Venega s as th e pa ir exite d t he se cond turn .
Ve ne g a s, ho w e ver, w a s foc used , h ad hi s
wheels' in line an d was hooked up - blasting
clea r ly back in to the lea d , a pos it io n h e
wouldn' t relinquish .
"I thou ght I was farth er ahead in. the main ,
bu t then I saw Bobby's front wheel inside me. I
knew I had to ge t back on it," Vene gas said.
"After last week's fiasco, 1 felt I could really use
a win tonight."
Hedd en co uld n' t man age to get th e lead
away from Veneg as. but he was successfu l in
hold ing off Sisemo re and he d aimed the secondplace mon ey. Sise more finished a close th ird ,
and Faria, who missed the gate from the out sid e,
tra iled in fourth place and , su rp rising ly, was
never a factor.
Bryan Yarrow mad e the best of an all-Scratch
restart in the Division One Juni or main , taking
the win just ahead of Eric Carillo and A.J. Jones.
Th e in itia l runn in g of th e Ju n ior ma in w a s
staged in a Handicap format, with all but j .] .
Mart ynse stationed back on the 50-yard line. In
turn two of lap two, Marty nse pa rked in front of
Carillo and the red flag came out. Odd ly, the
. resta rt was then changed to an all ~Scra tch lineup ; Yarro w led from start to finish .
Cory Call took the win in the Third Division
main . David Booth led the first two laps of the
Division Two main event but eventually fell vic~
tim to the advances of Ted Taylor, w ho won the
Support main for the second consecutive week .
Results
SCR: 1. C hdTlie V\'n'1!:a" (G M ); 2. Bob by Hed d e n (J.1WJ; 3.
Jimmv 5 i.:.cmore (GM J; ... Mik FMia (e M) .
.
HDC P: 1. Mike Faria(G M ); 2. Bart Ba!Ot (jaw) ; 3. Robert CUTTV
(j,lW); 4. Chad Fehcic (jdwl ; 5. Bobbv Hedden (Jaw) .
.
0·2: I .Tcd Ta ylor 0.11'.-); 2. Da"id Ruot h eJ.lwl ; 3. Geo r e
Snodgr'lss (W\os); 4 . Harlen S.lsl (Jawl .
0-3: 1 .Co ry Call (W\'!»; 2. Troy Burton (J. W J. H.my Bred 1 );
we ll (Jaw).
0- 1 JR: 1 . Brya n Y