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Costa Mesa, CA, USA - September 17 Former National Champion Charlie "The Edge" Venegas was a flawless five for five and won the main event at the world famous Costa Mesa Speedway. Venegas entered the main event with a perfect score and with first choice of starting position he wisely selected gate one. Starting next to him in gate two was Michael Raines who had only been defeated once and had three straight wins. Raines left the starting line with a slight advantage but not enough to get across Venegas to the inside. Venegas was able to push Raines off the inside line and surged ahead of Raines on the back straight and secured the lead entering turn three. Raines tried to make the outside work but the rest of the field began to file past him. Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell assumed second and hoped to find an opportunity at the lead. That chance would never come as Venegas cruised the rest of the way for the victory. McConnell settled for second, Jimmy "Little Animal" Fishback was third, Dukie Ermolenko finished fourth, and Raines was fifth. Newly-crowned Under 21 National Champion Austin Novratil kicked off the heats with a win over Fishback. Buck Blair led event two for a lap before McConnell slipped by for the lead and the win. Venegas began his evening with a win over Russell Green. "Flyin" Mike Faria beat Raines in event four. Ermolenko ended round one by defeating Bobby "Boogaloo" Schwartz. Ermolenko started round two with a win over Fishback. McConnell beat Steve Russell for his second straight win. Venegas defeated Novratil for his second win in a row. Tyson Burmeister scored his first victory since returning from a stint with Wolverhampton in the British Elite League. Raines beat Schwartz to finish the second round. Raines began the second round by beating Fishback for his second consecutive win. Ermolenko remained perfect by beating McConnell. Venegas matched Ermolenko's perfect score with a win over "Fast" Eddie Castro. Blair used a fantastic outside move to pass Faria for the win in event 20. Schwartz beat Robbie Sauer to close out the heats. Venegas and McConnell finished one-two in the first semi and both transferred to the main. Raines made a great start and won the second semi with Ermolenko getting second to also transfer to the main. Blair led the Last Chance for a lap but left room on the inside that Fishback exploited to take the lead, the win, and the final transfer to the main event. Brandon Leedy won his heat, his semi, and easily won the Support Main Event. Eloy Medellin finished second, Rudy Laurer was third, and Mike Salyer finished fourth. Bruce Marteney led the Support B Main Event for two laps before Brad Moreau found a way past and took over the lead. Moreau never looked back from there and went on to victory. Marteney held on to second, Kevin Fife finished third, and Robert Fiesler Jr. was fourth. The next event at Costa Mesa is the rescheduled John Matherson Cup which was postponed from its original September 10 date. The event honors the former sidecar competitor who was also the owner of Mission Motorsports, a longtime sponsor of Costa Mesa Speedway. The event will feature the 2011 season's largest field of sidecar because the event is particularly prestigious to those competitors because Matherson was a sidecar competitor and former champion. RESULTS Support B Last Chance Support Last Chance Support Main Event First Division Heat Scoring123T First Division Last Chance First Division Main Event |
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