Nicol Tops Bishop Speedway
S
peedway racing visited the
remote city of Bishop, Califor-
nia, located a short drive south
of the famous ski resort Mam-
moth Mountain. The get-together
at the Tri-Counties Fairgrounds
was a full one and felt more like
a "Moto-Fest" than a straight-up
speedway race. And you could
measure it's success by the fact
that approximately 20 percent of
the entire city showed up.
In addition to regular speed-
way racing, a variety of other
types of classes provided enter-
tainment for the fans, from pee-
wees to sidecars and a "locals
only" hooligan race.
On the speedway side, some
of the top runners were National
Under-21 Champion Slater Light-
cap, Broc Nicol and Dillon Ruml.
All three National champs over
the last three years in various
classes.
Lightcap, Ruml, Nicol and Mi-
chael Wells made it to the final in
the Premier Speedway class.
Lightcap left the gate in the
lead and looked to be a runaway
winner, but Nicol took a massive
drive to get past Lightcap on the
last lap to take the win and leave
ex-National champ Ruml in a
very uncharacteristic third. Wells
rounded out the field.
In the pee-wees, it was Zayne
Carillo taking the win over Zaidyn
Santana and Bryleigh Hill.
The last race of the night was
the "run what you brung" Hooli-
gan event, and there were more
than 10 bikes going for it on the
eighth-mile oval for the win. At
the end, it was Brad Spencer, Pat
Foster and Michael VanWinkle
taking home the trophies after
going 1-2-3.
Richard Haight
SPEEDWAY FINAL
1. Broc Nicol (GM)
2. Slater Lightcap (GM)
3. Dillon Ruml (GM)
4. Michael Wells
WIND
IN THE
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Slater Lightcap leads
Dillon Ruml and Michael
Wells at the Tri-Counties
Fairgrounds Speedway in
Bishop, California.
PHOTO:
RICHARD HAIGHT
