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Industry Speedway
The Grand Industry Hills Expo Center
City of Industry, California
California Speedway
August 27, 2008 - Industry Speedway
By: Ryan Evans
Charlie “The Edge” Venegas ended his main-event drought by winning the Industry Speedway Scratch Main Event for the ninth time this season.
“Fast” Eddie Castro was first out of the gate but missed the corner and Venegas was glued to the inside in turn one and snapped up the lead. Jimmy Fishback and the rest of the field chased Venegas down the back straight. Venegas, without a main event victory in eight weeks after winning eight of the first nine, never made a mistake and cruised to the checkered flag. Fishback finished second, Shawn McConnell was third, Ricky Wells finished fourth, and Castro was fifth.
The heats commenced with Fishback beating Venegas. Wells used the outside to pass Jason Ramirez for the victory. McConnell held off Castro to win the next race. Bobby Schwartz defeated Brad Oxley, competing for the first time in nearly six years, in the final heat of the round.
McConnell began the second round by coming from the back for the win. Shaun Harmatiuk won the next race. Venegas passed Jon Stasiefski for the lead and the win in event 21. Round two ended with Castro getting by Tim Gomez for the victory.
Gomez started the final round by holding off Ramirez for the win. Brad Sauer was victorious over Castro in the next heat. Fishback cruised to victory in event 29. Oxley showed that he wasn’t completely rusty by scoring an impressive win over McConnell in the final heat. Oxley was leading Gomez for two laps in a runoff before the 19 year old cut underneath the two-time National Champion on the back straight to grab the lead and the win.
Venegas took the win in the first semi and was followed into the main by Wells, who passed Ramirez on the outside again for second. Fishback led the second semi before letting McConnell by on the final lap for the win. Fishback recovered to get second and the transfer to the main. Castro won the Last Chance to book the final spot in the main.
New York’s Casey Donholt, in California for the Under 21 National Championship, was dominant all night and won the Second Division Main Event. Rudy Laurer was second, Bryan Buffington finished third, and Justin Hassan was fourth.
Danny Baker led all four laps to win the Third Division Main Event. Bruce Marteney was second, Ron Mongenel finished third, and Chris Thomas was fourth.
A special “Young versus Old” Match Race was staged between nine year old Nicky Reimer and 76 year old Hugh Randolph. The riders entertained the crowd with a side-by-side battle for three laps before Reimer pulled away for the win.
National Champions Chris Jones and Jimmy Olsen led from start to finish and won the Sidecar Main Event. Bob Brayton and John DeFries finished second, Tommy Thornton and Steve Bumpus were third, Dave Alexander and Russell Green finished fourth, and Gerard Jackson and Dave German were fifth.
RESULTS
Sidecar Main Event
1 - Joe Jones/Jimmy Olsen
2 - Bob Brayton/John DeFries
31 - Tommy Thornton/Steve Bumpus
22 - Dave Alexander/Russell Green
66 - Gerard Jackson/Dave German
Pee Wee Main Event 251 - Jacob Wondolowski
41 - Nicky Reimer
116 - Matthew Duffy
Youth Second Division Main Event
41 - Nicky Reimer
3 - Elijah Harrison-Hicks
Youth First Division Main Event
611 - Brad Pappalardo
Young versus Old Match Race
41 - Nicky Reimer
308 - Hugh Randolph
Third Division Consolation
186 - Tim McGrath
308 - Hugh Randolph
371 - Gary Greenwood
124 - Paul Thornton
Third Division Main Event
126 - Danny Baker
242 - Bruce Marteney
158 - Ron Mongenel
189 - Chris Thomas (fell)
Second Division Consolation
153 - Brad Moreau
136 - Kim Stevens
234 - Frank Pecce
266 - Jonni Jade (fell)
Second Division Main Event
97 - Casey Donholt
182 - Rudy Laurer
77 - Bryan Buffington
132 - Justin Hassan (retired)
First Division Scoring 1 2 3 T
5 - Brad Oxley 2 0 3 5
6 - Shawn McConnell 3 3 2 8
11 - Bobby Schwartz 3 2 1 6
14 - Eddie Castro 2 3 2 7
17 - Robbie Sauer 1 2 0 3
21 - Brad Sauer 1 0 3 4
25 - Jimmy Fishback 3 0 3 6
30 - Tim Gomez 1 1 3 5
43 - Charlie Venegas 2 3 1 6
52 - Marvin Sonnier 0 0 0 0
66 - Jason Ramirez 2 2 2 6
110 - Jon Stasiefski 0 1 1 2
139 - Shaun Harmatiuk 0 3 0 3
142 - Ricky Wells 3 2 2 7
149 - Philip Harmatiuk 0 1 0 1
321 - Russell Green 1 1 1 3
Race Results 8: Fishback, Venegas, Gomez (tape penalty), Sonnier
9: Wells, Ramirez, B.Sauer, P.Harmatiuk
10: McConnell, Castro, Green, S.Harmatiuk
11: Schwartz, Oxley, R.Sauer, Stasiefski
19: McConnell[30], R.Sauer[10], Green[10], B.Sauer[10]
20: S.Harmatiuk[0], Schwartz[30], P.Harmatiuk[0], Sonnier[0]
21: Venegas [20], Ramirez [20], Stasiefski[0], Fishback [30] (fell)
22: Castro [20], Wells [30], Gomez [10], Oxley [20]
27: Gomez [10], Ramirez [20], Schwartz [20], .Harmatiuk [30]
28: B.Sauer [0], Castro [30], Venegas [30], P.Harmatiuk [10]
29: Fishback [0], Wells [20], Green [10], R.Sauer [20]
30: Oxley [0], McConnell [30], Stasiefski [10], Sonnier [0]
Runoff: Gomez, Oxley
Semi #1: Venegas, Wells, Ramirez, Castro
Semi #2: McConnell, Fishback, Gomez, Schwartz
Last Chance
14 - Eddie Castro
66 - Jason Ramirez
30 - Tim Gomez
11 - Bobby Schwartz
Scratch Main Event
43 - Charlie Venegas
25 - Jimmy Fishback
6 - Shawn McConnell
142 - Ricky Wells
14 - Eddie Castro
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