By: Ryan Evans
Scott Brant and Bryan Yarrow were the main event winners at Arrowhead Motor Speedway in San Bernardino Wednesday night.
Brant and "Fast" Eddie Castro were side by side entering turn one, but when they exited turn two Brant found more traction and surged into the lead on the back straight. Castro challenged as they entered turn three, but Brant held him at bay. Castro tried to pass Brant on the inside and the outside the rest of the race, but couldn't find any success as Brant was first to the checkered flag. Bryan Yarrow was third, and Shaun Harmatiuk was fourth.
The Handicap Main had a new face starting at the front of the field. Rick Valdez qualified for a First Division Main Event for the first time and he led the field at the start of the race. Yarrow caught Valdez as they entered turn one the second time and took the lead. A pileup in turn four left several riders on the ground and brought out the red flag. The race was restarted with one lap complete and the riders lining up in running order. Since Valdez was the leader at the end of lap one, he would start at the front again. On the restart Yarrow passed Valdez the first time the came around and quickly extended his lead. Brant was making the outside line work and was moving around the field. Yarrow maintained a quick pace and when Brant took over second the 2000 Junior National Champion was gone. Yarrow took the win, Brant was second, Harmatiuk finished third, Castro was fourth, Valdez finished fifth, and "Cowboy" Bobby Krips was sixth.
Rohn Zellner beat fellow zero yard rider Hector Quevedo to turn one to take the lead in the Second Division Main Event. Zellner had comfortable lead, but Jonathan Curry and Rudy Laurer were storming through the field. On the final lap, it looked like Zellner would take an easy win while Curry and Laurer had a fierce battle for second going on. In the final corner, Zellner went extremely wide. Curry and Laurer both saw the mistake and tried to exploit it. The two riders made contact with each other with Laurer going down. Zellner and Curry had a drag race to the finish with Zellner getting to the line first. Curry had to settle for second, Quevedo was third, Billy Braden finished fourth, Laurer was fifth, and Neil Facchini was sixth.
The Second Division B Main Event required two restarts. On the third start Rusty Hall took the lead. Hall held the lead for a lap before Geoff Herkner took the lead. Herkner never looked back from there and went on to capture his third main event victory of the year. Hall held on to second, Steve Dziadus finished third, Mitch Melott was fourth, and David Moore finished fifth.
In the Junior Main Event, third generation rider Dario Galvin took the lead at the start and ran away with the victory. Krystal Cramer finished second, Jason Ramirez was third, Jay Ricketts was fourth, and Tim Gomez was fifth.
RESULTS Second Division B Main Event 208 - Geoff Herkner 10 164 - Rusty Hall 0 212 - Steve Dziadus 0 (penalty line) 124 - Mitch Melott 0 132 - David Moore 10 (penalty line) 197 - Kim Stevens 10 202 - Steve Nelson 10 (fell, remounted) Second Division Consolation 214 - Steve Murray 10 123 - Chad Newlee 30 336 - Bill Green 20 118 - Scott Tidwell 10 126 - Doug Lupo 0 178 - Eloy Medellin 10 (non starter) Second Division Main Event 163 - Rohn Zellner 0 31n - Jonathan Curry 30 161 - Hector Quevedo 0 117 - Billy Braden 20 182 - Rudy Laurer 30 (fell) 201 - Neil Facchini 10 (fell) Junior Speedway Main Event 5 - Dario Galvin 0 27 - Krystal Cramer 0 99 - Jason Ramirez 0 29n - Jay Ricketts 10 36 - Tim Gomez 70 (fell, remounted) Total Image Challenge Race 14 - Eddie Castro 10 - Scott Brant 8n - Bryan Yarrow 24 - Bobby Krips Handicap Main Event 8n - Bryan Yarrow 20 10 - Scott Brant 50 139 - Shaun Harmatiuk 20 14 - Eddie Castro 50 293 - Rick Valdez 0 (engine failure) 24 - Bobby Krips 30 (fell) Scratch Consolation 24 - Bobby Krips 31n - Jonathan Curry 19 - Richard Jones 293 - Rick Valdez (non starter) Scratch Main Event 10 - Scott Brant 14 - Eddie Castro 8n - Bryan Yarrow 139 - Shaun Harmatiuk
