Industry Speedway
The Grand Industry Hills Expo Center
City of Industry, California

California Speedway
September 3, 2008 - Industry Speedway
By: Ryan Evans

Season point leader Shawn “Mad Dog” McConnell finally broke through and won his first Scratch Main Event of the season at Industry Speedway.

Ricky Wells, Charlie Venegas, and Jimmy Fishback leaned on each other entering turn one, but McConnell trapped from the outside and led the field down the back straight. When the other three sorted themselves out it was Fishback who emerged second. McConnell made it a no-contest, though, and stretched his lead all the way to the finish line for a very popular victory. Wells was able to steal second from Fishback, who finished third. Mike Faria, in his first 2008 Industry Speedway appearance, finished fourth and Venegas was fifth.

The heats kicked off with Bobby Schwartz holding off Wells for the win. Venegas beat Faria f or his first victory. Fishback ended round one with a win over Jason Ramirez.

Round two started with Fishback coming from the back to get his second straight win. McConnell beat Tim Gomez in the next heat. Wells used the outside to pass Russell Green for win to finish the second round.

The final round began with Ramirez cruising to the victory. Faria kept Schwartz at bay to win event 28. Venegas ran away with the victory in the final heat.

Faria dominated the first semi and was followed into the main by McConnell. Ramirez led the second semi before Venegas swept around the boards for the lead and the win and Fishback pushed past Ramirez for second. Wells won the Last Chance to take the final spot in the main.

The Last of the Mohicans Last Man Out Challenge saw Faria, then Gomez get eliminated which left McConnell and Wells. Wells handily defeated McConnell in the final challenge.

Rudy Laurer led every lap to collect his fourth Industry Speedway Second Division Main Event victory of the season. Bryan Buffington finished second, Kim Stevens was third, Jonni Jade finished fourth, and Brad Moreau was credited with fifth.

Danny Baker led the Third Division Main Event through the first corner, but Bruce Marteney went by on the inside and never looked back en route to his third main event victory. Baker held on for second, Tim McGrath finished third, Paul Thornton was fourth, Tony DeAlmeida finished fifth, and Chris Thomas was sixth.

Austin Novratil led from start to finish for the victory in the Youth First Division Main Event. Brad Pappalardo finished second, Joey Holt was third, and Gino Manzares finished fourth.

Jacob Wondolowski beat Matthew Duffy to win the Pee Wee Main Event.

The next event at Industry Speedway will be the always entertaining Harley Night.

RESULTS 

Pee Wee Main Event 
251 - Jacob Wondolowski 
116 - Matthew Duffy 

Youth Second Division Main Event 
22 - Samuel Ramirez 

Youth First Division Main Event 
8 - Austin Novratil 
1 - Brad Pappalardo 
4 - Joey Holt 
21 - Gino Manzares (fell, remounted) 

Third Division Main Event 242 - Bruce Marteney 			0 
126 - Danny Baker 0 
186 - Tim McGrath                  	10 
124 - Paul Thornton                 	0 
157 - Tony DeAlmeida 10 
189 - Chris Thomas                  	10	(fell) 

Second Division Main Event (restarted) 
182 - Rudy Laurer
 77 - Bryan Buffington 
136 - Kim Stevens 
266 - Jonni Jade 
153 - Brad Moreau (non starter) 

Last of the Mohicans Last Man Out Challenge 
142 - Ricky Wells
6 - Shawn McConnell 
30 - Tim Gomez 
9 - Mike Faria 

First Division Scoring 1          2          3          T 
6 - Shawn McConnell 1          3          1          5 
  9 - Mike Faria 2          1          3          6 
 11 - Bobby Schwartz 3          1          2          6 
 14 - Eddie Castro 1          0          R          1 
 25 - Jimmy Fishback 3          3          2          8 
 30 - Tim Gomez 1          2          2          5 
 43 - Charlie Venegas 3          0          3          6 
 52 - Marvin Sonnier 0          2          0          2 
 66 - Jason Ramirez 2          1          3          6 
142 - Ricky Wells 2          3          1          6 
149 - Phillip Harmatiuk   0          0          0          0 
321 - Russell Green 0          2          1          3 

Race Results 8: Schwartz, Wells, McConnell, Green 
 9: Venegas, Faria, Gomez, Harmatiuk 
10: Fishback, Ramirez, Castro, Sonnier 
19: Fishback [30], Sonnier [0], Schwartz [30], Castro [10] 
20: McConnell [10], Gomez [10], Ramirez [20], Harmatiuk [0] 
21: Wells [20], Green [0], Faria [20], Venegas[30] 
27: Ramirez [10], Fishback [30], Wells [30], Harmatiuk [0] 
28: Faria [10], Schwartz [10], Green [20], Sonnier [20] 
29: Venegas [0], Gomez [20], McConnell [30], Castro [0] (retired) 

Semi #1: Faria, McConnell, Wells, Schwartz
Semi #2: (restarted) Venegas, Fishback, Gomez, Ramirez 

Last Chance 
142 - Ricky Wells 
11 - Bobby Schwartz 
30 - Tim Gomez 
66 - Jason Ramirez 

Scratch Main Event 
6 - Shawn McConnell 
142 - Ricky Wells 
25 - Jimmy Fishback 
9 - Mike Faria 
43 - Charlie Venegas