Nicol Tops Industry Hills Speedway
B
roc Nicol won his second
Industry Hills Scratch main
event of the season, as the venue
celebrated Bruce Flanders Ugly
Hawaiian Shirt Night, July 12.
Austin "All Throttle" Novratil
was undefeated entering the
main and had first choice of
starting position. After winning
two heats and his semi from
gate four, Novratil quickly chose
that slot as his starting position.
Nicol, who also won his semi
from gate four, quickly turned to
gate one as his choice. "Mad"
Max Ruml picked gate two, which
left Slater Lightcap in gate three.
Every racer lining up at the tapes
for the main event was a former
Under 21 National Champion.
Ruml was first off the line, but
Nicol was first out of turn two with
Ruml, Lightcap and Novratil three-
wide behind him. Nicol led through
the next two bends, while Novratil
went extremely wide, which al
-
lowed Ruml to take second.
Ruml moved to the high line,
while Novratil dived down to the
inside entering turn one.
Nicol was comfortably in
front when Novratil went over
backward exiting turn four and
brought out the red flag. Novratil
was on his feet before his bike
stopped tumbling, but he was
excluded from the restart.
The second time the tapes
went up, Ruml led through the first
two corners and on to the back
straight, with Nicol planted on his
rear wheel. Ruml was slightly off
the inside line entering turn three
and the gap was wide enough for
Nicol to take the lead. Ruml went
wide into turn one and Lightcap
slid past him for second.
Lightcap made the same
mistake Ruml had the previous
lap and the 2021 AMA National
Champion took second back.
Meanwhile, Nicol was stretching
his lead and he cruised to the fin
-
ish to claim the victory. Ruml was
second, Lightcap finished third and
Novratil was credited with fourth.
The evening honored legend-
ary announcer Bruce Flanders,
who announced speedway races
for 50 years and was the official
voice of Industry Racing from its
inception in 2004 through 2018.
Flanders announced many forms
of motor sports in addition to
speedway, including the Long
Beach Grand Prix. The evening
also included the ever-popular
Ugly Hawaiian Shirt Contest dur-
ing intermission.
Ryan Evans
Scratch Main
1. Broc Nicol
2. Max Ruml
3. Slater Lightcap
4. Austin Novratil
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