Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds
Auburn, California

Extreme Free Style Motocross
August 15, 2003 - Fast Fridays, Auburn
By Gary Roberts

Again the weather was kinder to us, a pleasant 80 + degrees which made for comfortable viewing and easier track preparation. Although a little heavy to start with, the track soon enabled some great racing, viewed by a good sized crowd.
It was not a good night for a number of riders. There were a lot of crashes and some injuries.

Unofficial results:

Scratch Main
1. Bobby Hedden
2. Mike Faria
3. Charlie Venegas
4. Bart Bast
Bart was injured, unable to take part. Bobby Hedden got a great gate, Charlie fell in the first corner and Mike fell in turn three. An unhappy Bobby Hedden had to do it all again. This time Charlie made it easier by touching the tapes and reduced the field to two. Bobby got the gate, and that was the main event.

Scratch Consolation
1. Bryan Yarrow
2. Eric Carrillo
3. Tommy Hedden
4. Greg Hooten

Handicap Main
1. Billy Hiles (10)
2. Tommy Hedden (40)
3. Bobby Hedden (50)
I did not get the results for the other 3 places. Bart Bast (50), Matt Browne and Greg Hooten were the other competitors. After the finish of the race Billy Hiles fell in turn one. Bobby Hedden laid it down, but Bart Bast had nowhere to go and ended up in the wall. He left the track vertically, but with a suspected broken leg. This will end Bart’s season. This must be the most pointless injury ever collected, after the race was over.

Handicap Consolation
1. Richard Christian (10)
2. Eric Carrillo (40)
3. Bryan Yarrow (40)
4. JJ Martynse (20)
5. Chad Felicio
Mike Faria qualified, but was a non-starter.

Division 2 Main
1. Ron Woodsford
2. Mike Browne
3. Vince Bertolucci
4. Harlan Bast
5. Greg Searle
6. Mike Achilles

Division 2 Consolation
1. Mark Thomas
2. Shawn Eldridge
3. Bill Hermant
4. Dean Blankenbiller
5. Randy Martins
Bill Warnock qualified for the race, however broke a finger in his heat, so did not ride.

Division 3 Main
1. Danny Poli
2. Kell Kerrigan
3. Steve Rowett Matt Pangburn
4. John Deathrage
5. Rick Gutzke
6. Greg Chacon.
7. Treggan Mullinex
8. Kelly McBain

Division 3 Consolation
1. Dennis Chandler
2. Greg Howell
3. Clark Caravella
4. Rich Mignano
5. Les Veale
6. Brian Deland
7. Michelle Searle
8. Derek Sheppard

Youths Division 1
1. JT Mabry
2. Paul Johnson
3. Alex Marcucci
4. TJ Fowler

Youths Division 2
1. Ricky Felicio
2. Jay Ricketts
3. Mitchell Johnson
4. Ronny Woodsford

Youths Division 3
1. Tori Hubbert
2. Cody Ciciarelli
3. Bryce Olney
4. Matt Petersen
5. Shilo Quick

Next week is the penultimate event of the regular weekly season. The following week is the Track Championship and Youth National Championship. Four weeks later is the final round of the AMA National. Where did the summer go?

Gary Roberts - gary_rob@ix.netcom.com