From Gary Roberts
The third week of Speedway at Cal Expo this season was, like Auburn the
night before, a bit light on the first division riders. There was no
shortage of good racing, or second or third division riders. Again the
weather was very hot well into the evening, making the track difficult
to set up, but it was significantly better than the previous two weeks.
Not drowning it at half time helped too!
Scratch Main
1. Bart Bast
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Jim Sisemore
4. Mike Faria
Scratch Consolation
1. Bob Hicks
2. Pat Linn
3. Billy Janniro
4. Chad Felicio
Handicap Main
1. Billy Janniro
2. Tommy Hedden
3. Bobby Hedden
4. Bart Bast
5. Chad Felicio
6. Mike Faria
Handicap Consolation
1. Pat Linn
2. Jim Sisemore
3. Bob Hicks
4. Danny Miles
5. Ian Ferris
6. Vance Felicio
Div.2 Main
1. Steve Arena
2. Harlan Bast
3. Dave Booth
4. Mike Gildersleeve
5. Mike Browne
6. Scott Olney
Div.2 Consolation
1. Bill Newby
2. Greg Howell
3. Dick Vargas
4. Tom Adams
5. Dennis Cassidy
6. Scott MacNeil
Div.3 Main
1. Donny Powell
2. David Lee
3. Bob Peters
4. Kevin Fereira
It is probable that these results are incorrect because third man
Troy Burton went down on the last corner causing fourth man
Bill Dixon to
fall down too. As I stated last week, these are not the official
results. I find myself frequently out of hearing range of the announcer,
and this is the finishing order that I see. Its also quite possible that
some of the handicap results are wrong, as its difficult to record a
finishing order in a race of 6 to 9 riders.
Div. 3 Consolation
1. Bobby Chipman
2. Geno Bellino
3. Rich Mignano
4. Les Veal
Junior Div. 1
1. Bryan Yarrow
2. Eric Carillo
3. AJ Jones
Junior Div. 2
1. Jon Curry
2. Mat Browne
Junior Div 3
1. JT Mabry
2. Chris Smith
3. Ray Linn
There were a number of good competitive races, with definitely no
shortage of overtaking. The only disappointment I had was seeing the
size of the crowd. I can only hope that the crowd picks up in the
future, as this track is clearly not generating sufficient revenue to
cover expenses at the moment. Santa Maria closed at the end of last
season because of the crowd size, but the difference there was that we
didn't really have a good enough show to attract a crowd. Sideways
Saturdays has a full program of 3 divisions and is in the middle of a
large city, there is exciting racing and it deserves to succeed.
Next week is July 4, so there is no racing. It resumes on July 11.
Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org
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