Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds - Auburn, CA
2000 Fast Fridays
Fast Fridays
June 30, 2000
From Gary Roberts
A very large crowd were well entertained at Fast Fridays at Auburn, with
more great racing. I was surprised to see a larger field of first
division riders than last week, on this the July 4 weekend. Josh Larsen, Charlie Venegas and Ryan Fisher made the journey up from LA.
The evening also included sidecar races, peewees and the annual
clockwise Speedway race, won by Robert Curry with a speed slower than
most third division races .
Scratch Main
1. Bart Bast
2. Charlie Venegas
3. Josh Larsen
4. Bobby Hedden
The first scratch semi final was as good as any main event. Josh Larsen and Bobby Hedden took the qualifying places from Mike Faria and Billy
Janniro. Josh made the gate, with Billy Janniro close behind, followed
by Faria and Hedden. Billy tried to get around Josh on the outside,
overslid and went down. The battle then became for the second qualifying
place, which Hedden took from Faria by a wheel length. After a semi
final such as that, the main even could only be an anticlimax.
But the scratch main was another great race. Josh Larsen appeared to
have the gate, then Charlie Venegas came up on the outside, and somehow Bart Bast appeared in front. Top Northern California points scorer so
far this season, Bobby Hedden was left with fourth place. Charlie and
Josh battled it out for four laps, behind Bart, with Charlie eventually
taking the second place.
Scratch Consi
1. Mike Faria
2. Billy Janniro
3. Chad Felicio
4. Bob Hicks
Handicap Main
1. Bobby Hedden
2. Mike Faria
3. Ryan Fisher
4. Josh Larsen
5. Billy Janniro
6. Robert Curry
Early leader Robert Curry lost his place first to Bobby Hedden, then Mike Faria and the rest of the freight train went past him.
Handicap Consi
1. Bart Bast
2. Ivan Sevart
3. Paul Orlandi
4. Matt King
5. Don Webster
Charlie Venegas also qualified, but was a non-starter. Ivan Sevart looked quite at home in his second evening in first division.
Division 2 Main
1. Eric Carrillo
2. Ivan Sevart
3. Tom Adams
4. Vince Bertolucci
5. Jon Curry
6. Mike Browne
This evening marked the transfer from Junior Speedway bikes to 500s, for Eric Carrillo and Chris Kerr. Eric rode junior Speedway for about 5
years, won the US Junior National last year and was second to Ryan Fisher the year before. His first evening on a 500 showed how easy it
was for him, winning the main by half a lap. Chris's first night was not
as easy. He lead his heat until the exit of turn 4, where he did a quick
360 before going into the wall. I will be surprised if Eric is not in
Division one within a month. Chris, like Jon Curry still makes small
mistakes, but has many years of experience from riding Junior Speedway,
more than many of their Division two competitors.
The main message I see from all of this is understanding the importance
of the Junior Speedway program. Fisher, Janniro, Bast, the Heddens,
Larsen, the list goes on. With Eric Carrillo heading the list this year, Bryan Yarrow coming along next year, American Speedway has a lot to look
forward to.
Division 2 Consi
1. Matt Browne
2. Marvin Sonnier
3. Craig Boone
4. George Snodgrass
5. Harlan Bast Snr.
6. Shawn Eldridge
Craig Boone lead this race until hitting the wall 40 yards before the
end.
Division 3 Main
1. Robert Mellor
2. Billy Hiles
3. Kelly McBain
4. Ron Woodsford
5. Greg Hooten
Also in this race were Dave and Bruce Baker and David Quick.
Division 3 Consi
1. Gary Hubbert
2. Chris Orlandi
3. Eric Ryan
4. Geno Bellino
5. Mike Hooten
6. Dino Blankenbiller
7. Devon DeFreece
8. Kevin Fereira
Junior Division 1
1. Bryan Yarrow
2. JJ Martynse
3. Greg Hooten Jnr.
4. JT Mabry
Junior Division 2.
1. Mark Carrillo
2. TJ Fowler
3. Brenton Bast
4. Danny Easley
5. Alex Marcucci
6. Chris Olney
Junior Division 3
1. Bruce Bast
2. Tom Fehrman
3. Jeff Butler
4. Jay Ricketts
5. Pete King
6. Tori Hubbert
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