WIND
IN THE
P50
Oscar Garcia and Ricardo Velez
took the win. They finished the
race in approximately 12 and a
half hours.
Ethan Wheeler, Casey Thomas,
Ryan Stephens, Dustin Ashe-
Everest and Jason Mount, riding
a KTM 500 EXC-F won Pro Moto
30 in just under 15 hours.
"We had a good day overall,"
Thomas said right after the fin
-
ish. "We had some mechanical
issues and lost our front brakes
after the first 150 miles. But
everybody managed to make it
through their sections, and we'll
see how it plays out. My section
was very clean. I did the best I
could without the front brakes."
Francisco Septien, Shane
Esposito, Rene Magana and Jim
O'Neal had room to spare in win
-
ning the Pro Moto 40 class on a
Kawasaki KX450X.
Daniel Mastrude, of Boise,
Idaho, rode a KTM 500 EXC-F to
victory in the Pro Moto Ironman
division. He soloed the race in
13:41:53, which was just a few
minutes better than class runner-
up Patricio Cabrera of Chile,
riding a Husqvarna FE450. And
Brian Roberts of Hemet, Califor
-
nia, was right there, too. He took
the checkers just a few minutes
back in third.
CN
OVERALL
1. Arturo Salas, Carter Klein, Ciaran
Naran (Hon) 10:36:03
Ruml Runs
Away
L
ike Jett Lawrence, winning has
become a habit for Max "Mad
Max" Ruml. Now a multi-time
U.S. and California Speedway
Champion, it doesn't appear that
there are too many candidates
ready to unseat him.
Saturday was the opening
night of the Southern California
Speedway season at the Indus
-
try Hills Expo Center. And it was
no different, as Max roared to
the maximum scores, taking
three point victories over "Fast
Eddie" Castro, Russell Green,
Austin "On The Throttle" Novratil
and the ageless Bobby Schwartz
in the process.
Much to the chagrin of his
opponents, Ruml makes it look
easy. His main opponent this
evening was Broc Nicol, who also
came to the final with all three-
point scores from his heats. Both
of them transferred to the semi-
mains and both came away with
wins, with Ruml defeating Castro,
Wells and Green, while Nicol took
the win over Justin Almon, Wilbur
Hancock (son of four-time World
Champion Greg Hancock) and
Mark Fillebrown.
In the Division 2 Heats, Eloy
Medellin took a second-place fin
-
ish in his first heat, but then "ran
the table" in all the rest of his
races, taking a spectacular run-
away win in the main, beating
Rudy Laurer, and Rayson Nor-
mandin to the checkered flag.
At the end of the night, it all
came down to the Scratch Main
and Ruml faced off against Broc
Nicol, Wilbur Hancock and Rus-
sell Green, all of them capable
of winning on the right evening.
Getting a good start is critical,
with just four laps, and when
the gates flew up, both Broc and
Ruml leapt off of the line. Broc
chose the high line, but it was
not enough to catch Ruml.
On the last lap, as Broc tried to
swing around the outside, Green
swooped in to take second.
Richard T. Haight
Max Ruml leads Broc Nicol,
Russell Green and Wilbur
Hancock.
PHOTOS – RICHARD T.
HAIGHT & CHUCK NULL
