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(Above, left to right) Yarrow, Hancack and Hamill on The Grand podium.
Hancock leads Hamill in the series standings, 42-26, with ane round of the
series remaining.
three, continued his wide line and was in
front of his younger competitor on the
front straight. Hancock led from there and
took his fourth straight win.
Hedden was first off the line in race 1S,
but Fisher went by him and went on to victory. Hamill trapped the field from gate
four in race 16 and scored an easy win to
end the final race of round four and set up
the giant showdown in round fIVe.
The final round of heats began with the
showdown of the unbeatens. Both riders
had secured places in the A Final. At stake
were pride and the right to first choice of
position in that race. Hancock was away
first when the tapes went up. while Hamill
was left to battle Fishback. Hancock ended
the drama with a comfortable win. while
Hamill maintained second.
Blair earned his second win of the
evening in race 18 by holding off Fisher.
Yarrow won his second race of the evening
by defeating Hedden in race 19.
Three National Champions came to the
tapes in race 20, and all three had a chance
to make the A Final. The three combatants
were Venegas, Schwartz and Faria. The
three riders waged an epic battle in tight
formation the entire four laps. Venegas was
victorious, with Schwartz getting second
and Faria finishing third. The victory forced
a three-rider runoff between Venegas,
Yarrow and Fisher to see who would join
Hancock and Hamill in the A Final.
The runoff was anticlimactic as Fisher
suffered an engine failure on the first lap,
leaVing Yarrow and Venegas to cruise
around at half-speed knowing their spots in
the final race were secure.
Shawn Harmatiuk, who missed his first
two races because he was stuck in the same
traffic jam as Boyle, led the D Final on the
first lap. He lifted slightly in turn two and left
room for Perkins to pass on the back
straight. Harmatiuk's luck went from bad to
worse when he slid off in turn three.
Perkins took the victory. with Eddie Castro
finishing second, and Hiles coming in third.
The C Final was led by Bast until
Fishback lifted and hit the back-straight
fence in spectacular fashion, bringing out
the red flag. Fishback would walk away. but
he was excluded from the restart. Hedden
took advantage of the second chance by getting the gate and holding on to the victory.
Bast was second, and Kerr finished third.
Faria got the best start in the B Final and
was victorious in that race for the second
evening in a row. Blair finished second,
Fisher was third, and Schwartz was fourth
after blowing off the back of his muffler at
the line.
The AMA National Championship Series
wili conclude at the Gold Country
Fairgrounds in Auburn on Saturday,
October 8.
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THE GRAND
INDUSTRY HILlS, CAUFORNIA
RESULTS: SEPTEMBER 3, 2005
(ROUND 2 OF 3)
A FINAl: I. Greg Hancock (GM); 2. Billy Hamill (GM);
3. Bryan Yarrow (GM); 4. Charlie Venegas (law).
B FINAL: I. Mike Faria (Jaw); 2. Buck Blair (Jaw); 3.
Ryan Fisher (Jaw); 4. Bobby Schwam (GM).
C FINAL: I. Tommy Hedden (Jaw); 2. Bart Bast (Jaw);
3. Chris Kerr (Jaw); 4. Jimmy Fishback (Jaw).
o FINAL: I. Nate Perkins (law); 2. Eddie Castro (Jaw);
3. Billy Hiles (Jaw); 4. Shawn Harmatiuk (Jaw).
AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SPEEDWAY
SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (After 2 of] rounds): I.
Greg Hancock (~212 wk>s): 2. Billy Hamill (l6): l. Chart..
Venegos (lO): ~. (T1E) M;ke Faria (2~Y Ryan """" (2~): 6.
Bryan Yurow (20): 7. Bud< _
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