Ridgecrest Speedway
Desert Empire Fairgrounds
Ridgecrest, California

2009 High Desert Spring Festival Championship
October 24, 2009 - Ridgecrest
By: Steve Evans

A small but dedicated group of riders thrilled the appreciative crowd at the final 2009 race for Ridgecrest. The main feature was a team event between the Ridgecrest Aces and Victorville Vikings. Each team had six riders with three first division riders each who rode amongst each other and three from Divisions two and three.

The Vikings prevailed as 39-33 winners with Buck Blair and Gary Hicks providiing passing in all three races they had against each other.

Blair outgated Hicks in the Division One Main Event and held off his close fought challenge. Joey Holt inherited third and kept it when Neil Facchini got wide at the end of lap one. Justin Weekes prevailed in a very exciting Support Class Main. He passed early leader Rohn Zellner after two laps. Auburn's Rick Fehrman made a very brave made at the beginning of lap four, passing Zellner and trying to dive under Weekes, but he went into turn one too fast and his race ended with a fall.

Local youth Flat Tracker Alison Stacey won in Powder Puffs, she was beaten by Speedway Sprint driver Jimmy McDonald in Pee Wees.

Results

Powder Puff Main
07 Alison Stacey
11 Julie Shockley
8 Summer Fehrman
 
Pee Wee Main
00 Jimmy McDonald
07 Alison Stacey
6 Christian Witwer
64 Austin King
11 Kyle Witwer
34 Dakota Shockley
8 Sumer Fehrman
 
Team Racing

Ridgcrest Aces (33)
1. Gary Hicks 3 2 2 2  9
2. Joey Holt  1 2 0 2   5
3. Jon Stasiefski 1' 0 1' 0  2+2
4. Rick Fehrman 3 2 1' 3  9+1
5. Tyson Talkington F 2 2 2  6
6. Kevin Johnson 1' 1' 0 0   2+2
 
Victorville Vikings
1. Buck Blair 2 3 3 3 3  14
2. Neil Facchini 0 3 1 1 1 6
3. Brad Pappalardo Rider Replacement
4. Rohn Zellner 2 0 3 1' 3  9+1
5. Justin Weekes 1" 3 3 0 2 9+1
6. Tony DeAlmeida F 0 0 1  1
 
Ht 1: Hicks, Blair, Holt, Facchini  4-2
Ht 2: Fehrman, Zellner, Weekes, Talkington fell. 7-5
Ht 3: Facchini, Holt, Stasiefski, Zellner 10-8
Ht 4: Weekes, Talkington, Johnson, DeAlmeida fell 13-11
Ht 5: Blair, Hicks, Facchini, Stasifski 15-15
Ht 6: Zellner, Fehrman, Johnson, DeAlmeida 18-18
Ht 7: Weekes, Talkington, Fehrman, DeAlmeida 21-21
Ht 8: Blair, Hicks, Facchini, Holt     23 - 25
Ht 9: Fehrman, Weekes, Zellner, Johnson 26-28
Ht 10: Blair, Holt, Stasiefksi, Weekes 29-31
Ht 11: Zellner, Talkington, DeAlmeida, Johnson 31-35
Ht 12: Blair, Hicks, Facchini, Stasiefski 33-39
 
Support Main (Top 3 heats from gate, rest 20 yard line
257 Justin Weekes (0)
163 Rohn Zellner (0)
220 Tyson Talkington (20)
122 Kevin Johnson (20)
157 Tony DeAlmeida (20)
240 Rick Fehrman (0) fell
 
Last Chance
86 Neil Facchini
244 Joey Holt
110 Jon Stasiefski
 
Main Event
39 Buck Blair
3 Gary Hicks
244 Joey Holt
86 Neil Facchini