Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA
Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA
Saturday June 10, 2000
Billy Janniro wins the Main Event!
From Gary Roberts
Sideways Saturdays Season Opener pulled in a reasonably good crowd, for
this facility. In comparison with Auburn, the crowd was very small, and
despite being in the middle of a large city has a history of poor levels
of crowd size. The racing was interesting. Half an hour before the first
race the track was deep in water. It was dragged several times so the
water was not as visible, but the first half dozen races were very
slushy. As the evening went on the track got grippy, but bumpy. At one
stage it looked so bad, I told the person standing next to me that it
looked bad enough for Billy Janniro to be able to win there. Billy seems
to have no fear of rough tracks and goes just as well airborne as he
does on a smooth track. Sure enough, he won both the scratch and
handicap events. It is doubtful whether even Mike Faria would have been
up to competing with him, had he been there.
Thankfully the accidents were in the main part injury free. Ryan Fisher injured his hand in his Scratch Semi Final and took no further part in
the event. It was not a good weekend for Ryan, who was riding with a
separated shoulder from the previous night.
Unofficial Results
Scratch Main
1. Billy Janniro
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Robert Curry
4. Chad Felicio
Robert Curry and Bobby Hedden gated best, but were not prepared to
compete at the speed Billy Janniro wanted to travel, so they settled for
following him, at a same distance.
Scratch Consi
Qualifiers for this race were Bob Hicks, Tommy Hedden, Ryan Fisher and Paul Orlandi. Ryan was not up to competing after his fall, Paul Orlandi fell in his semifinal and retired. So the Scratch Consi was a match race
between Bob Hicks and Tommy Hedden. They took the opportunity to make
the race entertaining rather than competitive.
Handicap Main
1. Billy Janniro
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Tommy Hedden
4. Chad Felicio
5. Bart Bast
6. Bob Hicks
Tommy Hedden from the 30 yard line was the early leader and Bobby Hedden tried to keep Janniro back as long as possible, but there was no
stopping him.
Handicap Consi
1. Robert Curry
2. Marvin Sonnier
3. Scott Olney
4. Rick Shafer
5. Steve Martynse
Ryan Fisher qualified for this race, but did not compete.
The event was somewhat light in Division 1, so this heat included a
couple of riders who normally ride Division 2.
Division 2 Main
1. Jon Curry
2. Vince Bertolucci
3. Richard Powell
4. George Snodgrass
5. Shawn Eldridge
6. Richard Mellor
7. Ivan Sevart
8. Donny Powell
Once again Jon Curry made easy work of his Division 2 heat, then the
main. Jon is riding fast and building up quite a lead. Even in his
latter years as a junior Jon was always a front yardage rider so it will
be interesting to see if he is able to fight his way through from a
higher handicap. It also will be interesting to see how Eric Carrillo gets
on when he starts riding a 500, later this month, since his
abilities of moving up from a high handicap have been tested
extensively.
Division 2 Consi
1. Greg Hooten Snr.
2. Tom Adams
3. Harlan Bast Snr.
4. Dave Booth
5. Ron Woodsford
6. Matt Browne
7. Bill Thomas
8. Derek Silva
Division 3 Main
1. Mike Achilles
2. Dave Baker
3. David Quick
4. Les Veale
5. Gary Hubbert
6. Geno Bellino
Division 3 Consi
1. Dennis Chandler
2. Mike Hooten
3. Scott McGane
4. Rich Mignano
5. Brian Leventon
6. Bill Warnock
Junior Division 1
1. Eric Carrillo
2. Chris Kerr
3. Bryan Yarrow
4. Greg Hooten Jnr.
5. JJ Martynse
6. JT Mabry
Junior Division 2
1. Mark Carrillo
2. Chris Olney
3. Josh Newby
4. Brenton Bast
5. Danny Easley
Junior Division 3
1. TJ Fowler
2. Jeff Butler
3. Tom Fehrman
4. Mitchell Johnson
It was encouraging that a larger than normal crowd showed up. Let's hope
that Y2K will be a year where Speedway at Cal Expo can break even
financially, rather than depend on the philanthropic promoter.
Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org
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