Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA
Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA
Saturday June 30, 2001
A mixed evening at Cal Expo. The promoters are doing their
best to fit in line with the landlord, Cal Expo, who have imposed a curfew at 10.30. This
week they ran out of time again, causing no time for track maintenance and having to rush
the last few races. This did not prevent many good races to take place throughout the
evening.
Scratch Main: 1 Bob Hicks 2 Chad Felicio 3 Bobby Hedden 4 Bart Bast
For the second week in a row the scratch main winner was Bob
Hicks. Bob made the best gate and rode well for 3 laps, till the red flag came out. The
reason for the red flag was that Chad Felicio and Bobby Hedden going down in turn one,
while debating second place. Bart Bast was in fourth place at the time.
Scratch Consi: 1 Eric Carrillo
2 Tommy Hedden 3 Paul Orlandi 4 Bryan Yarrow
Handicap Main: 1 Bryan Yarrow 2 Bart Bast 3 Chad Felicio 4 Bob Hicks 5 Rick Shafer 6 Bobby Hedden
Bryan Yarrow from the 10 yard line had only Rick Shafer ahead at the start. Once past Rick, Bryan made it look easy.
Handicap Consi: 1 Billy Hiles 2 Chris Kerr 3 Paul Orlandi 4 Dave Booth 5 Tommy Hedden
Division 2 Main: 1 Robert Mellor 2 Ron Woodsford 3 Kevin Fereira 4 Harlan Bast Snr 5 Vince Bertolucci 6 Craig Boone
Division 2 Consi: 1 JJ Martynse 2 Devin DeFreece 3 Mike Browne 4 Les Veale 5 Bill Dixon 6 Bill Thomas
An interesting coincidence in this race. First place
finisher was the youngest rider in the field at 16. Last place finisher was the
oldest, at 77! Yes, Bill Thomas is 77 and races competitively at Auburn and Cal Expo every week.
Division 3 Main: 1 Lee Sharp 2 Bruce Baker 3 Dave Baker 4 Richard Gutzke 5 David Fonts 6 Brenton Bast
Juniors Division 1: Mark Carrillo Danny Easley Greg Hooten TJ Fowler
The Junior National this year, to be renamed the Youth
National, to bring it in line with European naming conventions, will be the most hard
fought one for years. For the last 5 years there has been a favorite, from the beginning
of the season. This year it's not the case. Before the first race of the year, Greg
Hooten and JT Mabry must have looked favorites, since they were in last year's
Division one. The first couple of events this year were won by TJ Fowler. Both Hooten and
Fowler have a high probability of winning or falling down, which they both did in this
race. In recent weeks Mark Carrillo has ridden strongly. Last week Danny Easley won at
both Auburn and Cal Expo. Easley and Carrillo are both consistent finishers. Absent from
this the event, Alex Marcucci has made strong showings this year, but has failed to win a
race. Same for JT Mabry. Overall summary, we have some great junior Speedway riders coming
along, and this year's National on August 31 promises to be an extremely competitive
event!
Juniors Division 2: Jeff Butler Tom Fuhrman Bruce Bast Pete King
Juniors Division 3: Ricky Felicio Adam Butler David Robinson Tori Hubbert
Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org
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