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§ Z ~ Presented By ~ ~ DUNLDP ~~!!!~~~~~~~~!~ July 16, 2000 r RA 0/A RO C K I.IGBT LT R UVE R r'lrl' Pro National Racing Sunday 1 pm July 16 Fast Fridays Speedway: Hand icap main winner Booby " The Blaze " Hedden drags his foo t through the final t urn while looking ahead to the checkered f lag, in Auburn, Californ ia. Ra in or S h ine .Pro Qualifying Saturday July 15 "I believe this is actually m y seventh Scra tch main win in a row he re. dating back to last sea so n - if you co unt the one that was taken away from - robbed fro m m e, really," said Venega s. referring to last year' s final point night, when he wa s ex cl uded fo r a pparen tl y elbowing Rya n Fisher in the opening seconds of tha t evening 's finale. A ctuall y , had Venegas been allowed to race and th en won , his consecutive Scrat ch m ain win streak would be six victories over two years. As it stands. Venegas will have to be happy with five out of six. and two in a row. Bart Bast - the only participa nt t o w in both Ama t e ur Racing Friday & Saturday July 14-15 his heat and semi races to get into the ma in · was on the pol e. Chris Manchester lin ed up in tw o, Venegas was in th ree and Hedden on the outside . ve neqes got off the line cleanly and quick ly and he ld o ff t he c harges o f Bo b b y "T he Bl aze" Hedd en. Ma nc hester had a woeful sta rt and ran at th e bac k. Bast had som e tr ou bl e in the fi rst turns , which allowe d Venegas a nd Hedd en so m e b r e athin g roo m . On c e Ven eg a s sec u r ed t he l ead , his o nly worr y seemed to be holding off a very determin ed and focu sed Hedd en . "Man, I really felt go od o ut there ton ight: Hedden said after the race. "I tho ugh t I cou ld go aro und Charli e, bu t he kept eyeballi ng m e, and as I went wid e, I knew he'd j ust go wider, and so I decided to drop down to the pole . By then it was too late and I lost m y shot. I'm back , th ough , and I'm go nna win som e of these this year!" Hedd en 's last -di t ch effort to pas s Veneg as ca m e up sho rt as he overslid co m ing ou t of turn fou r j ust shy of th e wh ite fla g. and Venega s t o ok t he w i n a b o ard his A ffordab le RV/B o r g e/M oti o n Pr o /A ra i J awa. H ed d en maintained sec ond place, third went to Bas t, and Manchester ro lled hom e fou rt h. Ian Essary took th e earl y lead in the Handica p m ain but crashed wh en he wa s pas sed by Tommy Hedd en, c ausi ng th e race to be red flagg ed and restarted. At th e sing le -fi le res ta rt , T ommy Hedden was stationed in front at th e tapes . foll owed by Robert Cu rr y , Bobby Hedd en , "Fl yin '" M ik e Faria, Billy Janniro and Es sa ry. To m m y Hedden led one la p before surre ndering th e lead to Bobby. Faria moved around Cu rry , and Janniro was abo ut to do th e same when the tw o went down in tum four on the fourth lap for anoth er red flag . Cuny was deemed th e cause and relegate d to th e back of the pack. Due to the fact that most of th e parti ci pant s were alrea dy on th e final lap, th e race was c alled co mplete by refe ree Joh n Grant, and Bobby Hedden had his fi rs t m ain -event win of th e ye ar , aboard his Sierra View/ Nor -Cal Des igns /Peterich / Roseville Cycle Jawa. T ommy Hedden fin ished seco nd , follo wed by Faria, Essary and J anni ro. TICKETS: $40 Fri-Sun $35 Sat-Sun $25 Sun Kids 6-12$10 Flat Fee FOR MORE INFORMATION UNADILLA VALLEY SPORT~ut~ENTERI~ RESTRICTIONS: NO • DOGS/PETS ON GROUND STRICny ENFORCED NO - Alcohol, glass, bicycles, scaffolding, pop-ups trackside. New Berlin, NY fl lP G r------------------ -------------- ~ o o Name o Ad dress City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ State Order Phone Re sults Zip o _ Da te o o I~ O . 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