Gene Romero's E-moola,com West Coast Flat Track Series
Round 1: Kings Speedway
- STORY By SCOTT ROUSSEAU
AND FRED WIN DUM
PHOTOS By DENNIS VOll AND WINDUM
HANFORD,CA,MAR.31
PM/Clawson Motorsports CCM
rider Dan Hart proved that might
makes right and vice versa when
Gene Romero's E-moola.com West
Coast Flat Track Series opened up
with a much-anticipated TT at Dave
Swindell's Kings Speedway to start its
fourth season of flat track racing.
It didn't look as though a Hart win
would be possible early on, though.
He had defied wisdom by sticking
with convention on the tight, dry TT
circuit, choosing to go into battle with
a typical, dirt-track-style TT machine
while many riders, including reigning
West Coast Flat Track Series Champion Ronnie Brown, had begged off
their standard equipment in favor of
motocross-based machinery. As the
night played out - in front of an
unusually light crowd - it seemed as
though the tight right- and left-hand
turns that were laid out over a dry
and dusty infield would play right into
the hands of the riders who chose
motocross bikes/setups. With the.
stage set in the IS-lap Open Pro
class, most in attendance were
expecting Brown to walk away with
an easy victory.
The thing is, somebody forgot to
tell Hart that he wasn't supposed to
win, because win he did, earning his
second career WCFTS victory in a
most dominant fashion. After Wash-
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!Above) Dan Hart buried the
competition en route to victory at the
Hanford TT, round one of Gene
Romero's E·moola.com West Coast
Flat Track Series, at Kings Speedway.
Hart won by over a straightaway.
(Left) Washington rider J.P. Simonsen (37) grabbed the earty lead before yielding to
Hart (25ZI. Simonsen _uld finish second, behind series champ Ronnie Brown
(hIdden).
!Above) Robert Cunnington (14) scored the first A main win the Open Vintage
division, repeating his effort at the se_on opener held a year ago. This one
marked Cunnington's first career TT victory.
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