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Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds
Auburn, California
USA Nationals Round 2
Fast Fridays, Auburn, California USA - July 25, 2008
by Tom Fox and Steve Graham (from Live Updates)
USA Speedway National Championship Series Round 1
USA Speedway National Championship Series Round 2
USA Nationals - Elimination Round Results
By Tom Fox and Steve Graham
Elimination Race 1
JJ Martynse to event 4
Devin Defreece to event 3
Bryce Starks to event 3
John Stasiefski out
Elimination Race 2
Alex Marcucci to event 4
JT Mabry to event 3
Ben Essary to event 3
Greg Hooten out
Elimination Race 3
Ben Essary to event 4
Bryce Starks to event 4
JT Mabry out
Devin Defreece DNS
Race restarted after a crash involving almost everyone. Defreece was eliminated.
Elimination Race 4
JJ Martynse in as rider Q1
Ben Essary in as Rider Q2
Alex Marcucci is reserve 1
Bryce Starks is reserve 2
Marcucci and Starks went wide into turn 1 on the start and never recovered.
Track preparation then rider parade up next.
USA Nationals Line up
3 Bart Bast
4 Mike Faria
5 Charlie Venegas
6 Tommy Hedden
7 Buck Blair
8 Bryan Yarrow
9 Bobby Schwartz
10 Ricky Wells
11 Nate Perkins
12 Eddie Castro
13 Kenny Ingalls
14 Billy Janniro
15 Jimmy Fishback
19 Tim Gomez
Q1 JJ Martynse
Q2 Ben Essary
R1 Alex Marcucci
R2 Bryce Starks
USA Nationals Round 2
Event 1
Blair 3
Bast 2
Faria 1
Marcucci. 0
Hedden DQ for touching the tapes. Bast passes Faria on lap 2.
Event 2
Yarrow 3
Martynse 2
Schwartz 1
Castro. 0
Yarrow gates from 4 and runs away.
Event 3
Fishback 3
Essary 2
Gomez 1
Wells 0
Fishback gates and kind of parks it in 3 causing wells to slow. Essary passes wells and Gomez to finish 2nd
Event 4
Janniro 3
Ingalls 2
Perkins 1
Venegas 0
Janniro looking great all the way.
Event 5
Venegas 3
Blair 2
Essary 1
Schwartz 0
Charlie didn't like the 0 in the first round, he dominated.
Event 6
Perkins 3
Hedden 2
Gomez 1
Starks 0
Castro DQ for touching the tapes.
Event 7
Bast 3
Fishback 2
Martynse 1
Ingalls 0
Ingalls lead for 3 laps until he went wide in 2 and everyone passes him.
Event 8
Janniro 3
Faria 2
Yarrow 1
Wells 0
Janniro again just running away. Wells is struggling getting out of the gate.
Event.9
Janniro 3
Blair 2
Castro 1
Fishback 0
Fishback crashes in turn 1 on lap 2. Castro chain breaks on lap 3 while in 2nd place in turn 2. He pushed it across the line for 1 point.
Event 10
Wells 3
Ingalls 2
Hedden 1
Schwartz 0
Ricky finally woke up, he looked really good in the win. Ingalls chased him al the way.
Event 11
Yarrow 3
Bast 2
Essary 1
Perkins 0
Event 12
Venegas 3
Faria 2
Gomez 1
Marcucci 0
Faria gates but the race was restarted because Martynse touches the tape. Venegas gets the gate on the restart.
INTERMISSION
Janniro 3, 3, 3,
Blair 3, 2, 2,
Bast 2, 3, 2,
Yarrow 3, 1, 3,
Venegas 0, 3, 3
Fishback 3, 2, 0
Faria 1, 2, 2,
Perkins 1, 3, 0.
Essary 2, 1, 1,
Ingalls 2, 0, 2,
Wells 0, 0, 3,
Hedden DQ, 2, 1,
Martynse 2, 1,
Gomez 1, 1, 1,
Schwartz 1, 0, 0.
Castro 0, DQ, 1,
Marcucci 0, 0,
Starks 0,
Event 13
Wells 3
Perkins 2
Martynse 1
Blair 0
Wells with another big 3. He's going to need another 3 for any chance of making the A main.
Event 14
Venegas 3
Yarrow 2
Hedden 1
Fishback 0
Fishback and Hedden raced hard for 1 point.
Event.15
Janniro 3
Bast 2
Gomez 1
Schwartz 0
Janniro wire to wire. Bast is quietly scoring points to stay in this.
Event 16
Faria 3
Essary 2
Ingalls 1
Castro 0
Essary is looking very impressive tonight.
Final round coming up.
Janniro 3, 3, 3, 3,
Venegas 0, 3, 3, 3,
Bast 2, 3, 2, 2,
Yarrow 3, 1, 3, 2,
Faria 1, 2, 2, 3,
Blair 3, 2, 2, 0,
Wells 0, 0, 3, 3,
Perkins 1, 3, 0. 2,
Essary 2, 1, 1, 2,
Fishback 3, 2, 0, 0,
Ingalls 2, 0, 2, 1,
Hedden DQ, 2, 1, 1,
Martynse 2, 1, 1,
Gomez 1, 1, 1, 1,
Schwartz 1, 0, 0. 0.
Castro 0, DQ, 1, 0,
Marcucci 0, 0,
Event 17
Blair 3
Yarrow 2
Gomez 1
Ingalls 0
Ingalls crashes chasing Blair.
Event 18
Janniro 3
Hedden 2
Martynse 1
Essary 0
Event.19
Bast 3
Venegas 2
Wells.1
Castro 0
Wells barely gets the gate but Bast squeezes below in turn 3. Then Charlie gets by on the next lap.
Event 20
Fishback 3
Schwartz 2
Faria.1
Perkins 0
Faria had the gate but Fishback get underneath and Schwartz follows.
Calculating points but it looks like the A main will be:
Janniro 15
Bast 12
Venegas 11
Yarrow 11
Janniro 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 - 15
Bast 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 - 12
Venegas 0, 3, 3, 3, 2 - 11
Yarrow 3, 1, 3, 2, 2 - 11
Blair 3, 2, 2, 0, 3 - 10
Faria 1, 2, 2, 3, 1 - 9
Fishback 3, 2, 0, 0, 3 - 8
Wells 0, 0, 3, 3, 1 - 7
Perkins 1, 3, 0. 2, 0 - 6
Essary 2, 1, 1, 2, 0 - 6
Hedden DQ, 2, 1, 1, 2 - 6
Ingalls 2, 0, 2, 1, 0 - 5
Martynse 2, 1, 1, 1 - 5
Gomez 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 - 5
Schwartz 1, 0, 0. 0. 2 - 3
Castro 0, DQ, 1, 0, 0 - 1
Marcucci 0, 0,
Starks 0,
D Main
Ingalls
Martynse
Castro
Schwartz
Great ride by Ingalls!
C Main
Hedden
Essary
Perkins
Gomez
B Main
Faria
Fishback
Blair
Wells
Faria with the gate Fishback followed close behind but parked it in 3 letting Blair by. Fishback re-passed in the next turn and held him off for 2nd.
A Main
Janniro
Bast
Yarrow
Venegas DNS
Charlie touched the tape and gets disqualified. He tries to appeal but no go. Billy Janniro again goes perfect on the night. Bast ran hard and Billy went wide on lap 2 making it look close. Yarrow bobbled in turn2 on lap 1 and never really posed a threat to Bart or Billy.
What a great night of racing, Thanks to the Joiner's and everyone else for putting on a great show.
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