By: Gary Gomez
Eddie Castro captured his second Scratch Main in a row with an action packed evening at Wild West Speedway in Winchester, California.
Round one started out with 16 year old Dario Galvin setting the pace of the night with a win over Bobby Krips, George Fox, and Doug Benjamin in heat one. Buck Blair took heat two followed by Justin Boyle and Neil Facchini. Eddie Castro came out to take heat three with Shaun Harmatiuk taking second followed by Steve Murray. Denny Scopellite finished round one of Division One with a win over Jeff Blaydes, Eloy Medellin and 16 year old Dale Facchini.
Round two started out with Castro taking the win over Blair, Krips and Galvin. Krips got some unwanted drive coming out of turn two and looped it as he was making his way round the outside. Harmatiuk showed his speed by capturing the win in event 15 followed by Boyle, Blaydes, and Fox. Neil Facchini won the third heat in Round two followed by Benjamin, Murray, and Medellin. Scopellite won the final race of the round and Dale Facchini got second.
Round three started with Krips regaining his form and taking the win over Blair and Scopellite. In event 28, Harmatiuk took the win over Fox, followed by Medellin. Castro took heat 29 followed by Benjamin. The final heat of First Division was won by Boyle over Facchini and Galvin.
First Division Main was action-packed as Castro and Blair traded places a couple of times leaving the rest of the field to see the show ahead of them. At the end of the battle it was Castro who crossed the finish line first.
15 year old Tim Gomez won his second Second Division Main Event of the season by beating Billy Braden, Sam Soltz, and Mark Baldwin. Gomez, Braden, and Soltz were all tied on six points going into the main but it was Gomez who was left with the perfect score in the end. Braden took second, followed by Baldwin, then rounding out the Second Division Main was Soltz.
Kerry Conner won his first-ever Third Division Main Event. Following Conner to the checkered flag was Mike Boyle, Tom Hamilton and Mike Nutting.
In the Youth Division One Main Krystal Cramer used a great holeshot to win an impressive win over the hard-charging Ricky Wells and Jason Ramirez. Cramer and Wells were side-by-side on the first lap but Cramer took advantage of the inside line and pulled away from Wells and Ramirez
In the Youth Division Two Main Gino Manzares continued his winning steak with another main event win. Following hard on his rear wheel was the fastly-improving Nathan Galvin and then Eddie Conner.
RESULTS Third Division Main Event 135 - Kerry Conner 198 - Mike Boyle 144 - Tom Hamilton 218 - Mike Nutting Second Division Consolation 176 - Carl Gazafy 163 - Rohn Zellner 228 - Shane Kump 185 - Keith Mullally (non starter) Second Division Main Event 136 - Tim Gomez 117 - Billy Braden 115 - Mark Baldwin 222 - Sam Soltz Youth Second Division Main Event 21 - Gino Manzares 134 - Nathan Galvin 135 - Eddie Conner 24 - Tamara Krips (non starter) 5 - Ricky Valdez (non starter) Youth First Division Main Event 13 - Krystal Cramer 142 - Ricky Wells 66 - Jason Ramirez Last Chance 18 - Justin Boyle 39 - Buck Blair 24 - Bobby Krips 37 - Denny Scopellite Scratch Main Event 14 - Eddie Castro 39 - Buck Blair 18 - Justin Boyle 139 - Shaun Harmatiuk
