Fast Fridays Speedway Gold Country Fairgrounds Auburn, California
Elimination Challenge Series Championship
August 22, 2003 - Fast Fridays, Auburn
By Gary Roberts
I managed to catch most of the event, arriving late, after a long business trip.
Apparently there was heavy rain on Thursday and Friday morning, but the track looked fine, although a bit shy of dirt and rather dry towards the end.
As usual, the racing was great. The change in weather diminished the size of the crowd.
Unofficial results:
Scratch Main
1. Mike Faria
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Bryan Yarrow
4. Charlie Venegas
Scratch Consolation
1. Bart Bast
2. Chad Felicio
3. Richard Christian
4. Tommy Hedden
Handicap Main
1. Chris Kerr (30)
2. Bryan Yarrow (40)
3. Bobby Hedden (50)
4. Mike Faria (50)
5. Bart Bast (50)
6. Charlie Venegas (40)
Handicap Consolation
1. Matt Browne (10)
2. Mark Carrillo (0)
3. Tommy Hedden (40)
4. Greg Hooten (0)
5. Devin DeFreece (0)
6. Ivan Sevart (0)
Division 2 Main
1. Mike Achilles
2. Vince Bertolucci
3. Bill Warnock
Mike Browne, Harlan Bast, Randy Martins were the other competitors, I missed
the finishing order.
Division 2 Consolation
1. Shawn Eldridge
2. Mark Thomas
3. Bill Hermant
4. Dean Blankenbiller
5. Ron Woodsford
Division 3 Main
1. Kell Kerrigan
2. Kelly McBain
3. Rick Gutzke
4. Bruce Bast
5. John Deathrage
6. Treggan Mullinex
7. Matt Pangburn
8. Dave Quick
Division 3 Consolation
1. Steve Rowett
2. Guy Jessup
3. Greg Chacon
4. Dennis Chandler
5. Danny Poli
6. Clark Caravella
7. Kjell Lovlien
8. Rich Mignano
Youths Division 1
1. Alex Marcucci
2. JT Mabry
3. Ricky Wells
4. Paul Johnson
5. TJ Fowler
Youths Division 2
1. Ricky Felicio
2. Tom Fehrman
3. Mitchell Johnson
4. Jay Ricketts
5. Ronny Woodsford
Youths Division 3
1. Ben Essary
2. Tori Hubbert
3. Mike Bray
4. Matt Petersen
5. Cody Ciciarelli
6. Bryce Olney
7. Shilo Quick
Next week is the Track Championship and Youth National Championship. This will be a marathon event, with somewhere over 50 races in 3 hours.
Fast Fridays must be congratulated for the organization involved, getting one race out as the previous one comes in, with zero time in between, plus
keeping the track maintained. I find it a challenge to record results in the program. The British league could learn a lesson here!
Gary Roberts - gary_rob@ix.netcom.com
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