Paris Speedway Paris Fairgrounds Paris Ontario, Canada
Nick Fafard Wins the MAIN and ties the HANDICAP with Joe Heye
Results July 28, 2000
By Duncan Luke luke99@idirect.com
The day long threat of rain made track preparations difficult, and when
none materialized, it resulted in late watering and an
unusually bumpy track for the night's racing.
For the fourth meeting in a row a different rider was involved in a
scratch and handicap double. This time however Nick Fafard dominated the scratch program and went through it unbeaten but
had to settle for a tie in the handicap main event.
On the first try front runner Michel Lemay came down on the second lap
and was excluded. On the restart Fafard moved
up to third place by the end of the first lap and second one lap later.
However Joe Heye had the bit between his teeth and
kept Fafard at bay until the end of the race. A dash around the outside
of the final two turns saw Fafard come off the turn
with more speed than his rival and he caught him as they crossed the
line. An extra yard would have given the win to Nick
but at the line the verdict as a tie.
Fafard won the scratch final easily from John Mercier but all the action
was at the rear of the field. After getting badly out
of shape at turn three in lap one, pretty much coming to a halt and
dropping from second to last Joe Heye charged back
and had a ding dong battle over the last two laps with Gary Hesmer.
They were bumping coming out of the final turn and
Heye came out of this the better of the two and finished third. The
cool down lap was anything but with both riders
gesticulating at one another. Probably just as well it was their final
race of the night!
D2 provided some interesting racing with each rider having his moments
during the night. Heat 9 in particular provided
excellent action with two separate four lap battles. Michel Lemay just
beat Byron Ambo across the line by less than a
wheel while behind them Jeremy Musson edged out Frank Dittmer for third.
Later in the night Dittmer came off hard
when he came across the line on Tom Marriott's bike, got a little more
drive than he expected, and wheelied on down the
straight. He fought to bring the bike under control as long as possible
before having to bail out at the end of the straight.
Fortunately both Frank and bike escaped with only bruising.
The first heat in D3 saw Rob Dixson jump out in front of Kyle Dixson and
open up a useful lead only to hit the wall at the
end of the second lap. So Legault's record of being unbeaten in every
race he has finished is still intact and his latest
winning streak has now reached fifteen races. Rob Dixson recovered to
take second place ahead of Paul Martin in the
main.
Heat |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
DIVISION 1 |
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Qualifying Pts |
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4 |
6 |
8 |
46 |
64 |
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* |
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6 |
Nick Fafard |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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12 |
5 |
37 |
23 |
75 |
- |
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** |
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46 |
Joe Heye |
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1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
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9 |
10 |
46 |
37 |
64 |
23 |
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37 |
Gary Hesmer |
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3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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8 |
11 |
6 |
75 |
8 |
68 |
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8 |
John Mercier |
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2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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7 |
15 |
8 |
46 |
37 |
75 |
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23 |
Guy Fafard |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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4 |
16 |
6 |
23 |
64 |
- |
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*** |
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75 |
Greg Comstock |
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1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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4 |
20 |
46 |
68 |
75 |
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**** |
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68 |
Fred Legault |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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2 |
21 |
6 |
37 |
8 |
23 |
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64 |
Jason Bonsignore |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
24 FINAL |
6 |
8 |
46 |
37 |
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* 46 fell 10yds. on restart.
** 75 fell rem'd. 68 DNF e/t
*** 64 tapes 10yds. 68 DNF e/t
**** 64 DNS. 75 fell rem'd. |
DIVISION 2 |
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Results |
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3 |
10 |
41 |
25 |
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* |
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25 |
Michel Lemay |
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1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
25 |
7 |
41 |
10 |
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7 |
Byron Ambo |
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2 |
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2 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
25 |
10 |
41 |
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7 DNS |
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10 |
Frank Dittmer |
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3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
19 |
25 |
7 |
10 |
41 |
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41 |
Jeremy Musson |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
23 |
7 |
25 |
41 |
10 |
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** |
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* 25 fell rem'd. 7 DNS
** 10 10yds. on restart |
DIVISION 3 |
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Qualifying Pts |
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1 |
30 |
86 |
39 |
159 |
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* |
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11 |
Kyle Legault |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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12 |
2 |
11 |
13 |
78 |
- |
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157 DNF fell |
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30 |
Aaron De Veau |
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3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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9 |
6 |
157 |
86 |
13 |
159 |
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86 |
Paul Martin |
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2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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9 |
7 |
11 |
30 |
39 |
78 |
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157 |
Rob Dixson |
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0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
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7 |
12 |
86 |
13 |
78 |
- |
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** |
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13 |
Tom Marriott |
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2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
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5 |
13 |
11 |
30 |
157 |
159 |
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39 |
Todd Musson |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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3 |
17 |
11 |
86 |
159 |
78 |
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78 |
M.Martin Evans |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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2 |
18 |
157 |
30 |
39 |
- |
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13 DNF fell |
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159 |
Frank Dixson |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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1 |
22 FINAL |
11 |
157 |
86 |
- |
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30 DNF fell |
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* 39 fell 10 yds on restart.
** 39 fell DNS restart. |
HANDICAP |
8 FINAL
1 tie - Nick Fafard (50) & Joe Heye (30)
3 Jeremy Musson (20)
4 Fred Legault (30)
DNF J Bonsignore (30)
M. Lemay (0) fell excl. |
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