Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA
Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA
Saturday July 22, 2000
Bart Bast wins the Main Event!
Click HERE to see the video of the Main Event!!!!
From Gary Roberts
Sideways Saturdays put on another good show. The track was in good shape
apart from a dip in the middle of turns 1 and 2, which caught a few
riders off guard, straightening them up, and sending them straight to
the wall. The worst casualty was Chad Felicio, who bailed before hitting
the wall, but collected an ankle injury, that he hoped was a sprain, but
it was feared he might have broken it. His bike was a mess too.
The program is not supported as well as Fast Fridays, by riders. The
division one field looked very thin, even with Southern California Civil
War leftovers, Dukie Ermolenko and Charlie Venegas, plus first time
visitor, Mark Adams.
Missing from the event, but intending to ride was Bob Hicks, who was a
victim of a motocross accident earlier in the day.
The first division was topped up with promising second division rider, Eric Carrillo. Eric moved up from the Junior program a month or so ago
and has been very successful in the second division. Tonight he competed
in both first and second division events and won the main in both. As
far as I recall, this is the first time this has ever been done.
Scratch Main
1. Bart Bast
2. Dukie Ermolenko
3. Charlie Venegas
4. Robert Curry
Bart got yet another Cal Expo scratch win. Early challenger Venegas lost
ground only to lose his second place to Dukie.
Scratch Consi
1. Bobby Hedden
Ryan Fisher was in third place behind Billy Janniro and on the last bend
he ran into the back of him, taking both of them down. Trailing a long
way back was Scott Olney.
Handicap Main
1. Eric Carrillo
2. Charlie Venegas
3. Bart Bast
4. Billy Janniro
5. Ryan Fisher
6. Mark Adams
Eric rode well. But to my mind his greatest achievement of the evening
was in his semifinal. Starting from the zero yard line he made a good
start and established a good lead. But mid way through the race, Steve
Martynse went down and Bobby Hedden laid it down to miss him. The race
was restarted with a staggered start. So Eric's 50 yard lead was reduced
to a bike length and behind him were Billy Janniro, Bart Bast and Bobby
Hedden. Even the announcer commented that Eric Carrillo looked all set
to win it till that happened. But Eric made a great start in the rerun
and held them at bay for three laps. It makes me wonder how long it will
be before he will compete with these top names on equal terms. By
tonight's performance, not long.
Handicap Consi
1. Dukie Ermolenko
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Robert Curry
4. Ian Essary
5. Scott Olney
6. Steve Martynse
Division 2 Main
1. Eric Carrillo
2. Chris Kerr
3. Ivan Sevart
4. Robert Mellor
5. Greg Hooten Snr.
6. Harlan Bast Snr.
This will most likely be Eric Carrillo's last Second Division ride at Cal Expo. I would expect him to quickly move to Divisioni one at Auburn
too.
Division 2 Consi
1. Mark Thomas
2. Dave Booth
3. Vince Bertolucci
4. Terry McCurdy
5. Devon DeFreece
6. Derek Silva
Division 3 Main
1. Eric Ryan
2. Geno Bellino
3. Bruce Baker
4. Gary Hubbert
5. Dave Baker
6. Luke Rogers
Division 3 Consi
1. Dave Quick
2. Mike Hooten
3. Les Veale
4. Brian Leventon
5. Bill Warnock
6. John Frank
Junior Division 1
1. JJ Martynse
2. Bryan Yarrow
3. Greg Hooten Jnr.
4. JT Mabry
Junior Division 2.
1. Danny Easley
2. TJ Fowler
3. Brenton Bast
4. Mark Carrillo
5. Chris Olney
Junior Division 3
1. Tom Fehrman
2. Bruce Bast
3. Chris Smith
4. Jeff Butler
5. Pete King
6. Michael Wade
In case anyone has really been asleep for the last couple of months, Charlie Venegas and Dukie Ermolenko are putting on a Speedway meeting this Thursday at the old San Bernardino downtown Speedway track. Details
on speedwaybikes.com.
Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org
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