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Photos below by Dorcey Wingo
Billy "The Kid" Janniro ended his evening on the ground but he also ended it by claiming his second consecutive Bruvado California State Championship at Industry Speedway. Janniro and former World Champion Billy "The Bullet" Hamill both entered the main event with perfect scores. Joining them was Tommy Hedden who suffered his only defeat at the hands of Janniro and Jimmy "Little Animal" Fishback who made the main via the Last Chance. Janniro was the only rider who would approach the tapes with a State Championship to his name. Janniro won the coin toss to determine who had gate choice and he chose gate one. Hamill picked gate two, Hedden selected gate three, and that left Fishback with gate four. Janniro exploded into the lead when the tapes went up and led the field through the first turn. The current National Champion held his lead through lap one but his wide line was allowing Hamill to close in on him. Janniro maintained his lead throughout the second lap but Hamill was within striking distance as they entered turn one the third time. Janniro went wide on the back straight and Hamill blasted underneath and into the lead. Janniro already sensing his lead was gone cut hard to the inside as he entered turn three and sliced under Hamill and had the lead in turn four and as they took the white flag. Janniro carried a lot of speed through turns one and two and struggled to hold a firm inside line on the back straight. Hamill, who found more grip exiting turn two had more momentum and the two racers made contact with Hamill going over backward and Janniro sliding off in turn three. The red flag came out and the referee was left with a critical decision. He ruled that Hamill had caused the stoppage and Janniro was awarded the victory and the championship. Fishback was credited with second and Hedden was third. Four rounds of heats began with Hamill defeating Dukie Ermolenko for his first win. "Battling" Buck Blair led event two until Hedden went by for the lead and his first win. Three-time State Champion Charlie "The Edge" Venegas suffered a tape exclusion in event three. Janniro beat Jason Ramirez when the tapes finally went up. Four-time State Champion "Flyin" Mike Faria beat Russell Green in event four. Fishback ended the first round by beating "Fast" Eddie Castro. Fishback defeated Ramirez to begin the second round. Hamill beat Castro for his second straight win. Ermolenko beat Michael Raines in event 17. Janniro earned his second straight win by beating Hedden. Venegas used the outside to pass Faria and finish round two with his first win. Hedden beat Faria to open round three with his second victory. Venegas defeated Fishback for his second consecutive win. Hamill beat Blair for his third win in a row. Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell beat Ramirez in event 32. Janniro ended the third round by beating Ermolenko for his third straight win. Faria beat Fishback to start the final round of heats. Hamill booked his place in the main by beating McConnell for his fourth victory. Janniro matched Hamill's perfect score and joined him in the main by defeating Castro. Hedden beat Ermolenko in the penultimate heat to place himself in the main event. Venegas ended the heats by beating Josh Abbott for his third straight win. Venegas's evening ended just as it began when he was excluded for touching the tapes in the Last Chance. Faria jumped into the lead when the tapes went up but went wide in turn four and Fishback pounced on the opening to take the lead. The former Youth National Champion didn't look back from there and went on to victory and booked the final spot in the main event field. Ermolenko finished second, Faria was third, and Venegas was credited with fourth. Eloy Medellin was the initial leader in the Second Division State Championship Final, but had sixteen year old Gabe Price chasing him down. Medellin held the lead for two laps, but Price's persistence paid off when he took the lead in turn three. Price, who has dominated Second Division in the latter part of 2011, led the last lap for the victory. Medellin held on to second, Troy McConnell finished third, and Carl Gazafy was fourth. Craig Sprecher and Kevin Fife battled side-by-side the first two laps in the Third Division State Championship Final. Sprecher's inside line proved to be better when he surged ahead on the third time down the back straight. Sprecher held on from there and was victorious. Kip McClain was second, Alfonso Marroquin finished third, and Fife fell and was fourth. Max Ruml won all three of his races to claim the Youth 250cc California State Championship. Dillon Ruml was second overall, Kurtis Hamill was third overall, and Broc Nicol was fourth overall. Nicol won two of his three heats to win the Youth 200cc First Division California State Championship. Shea Bendykowski was second overall, Braydan Galvin was third overall, and Gino Scopellite was fourth overall. Michael Wells was victorious in the Youth 200cc Second Division California State Championship. Dalton Leedy was second overall, Sebastain Palmese was third overall, and Chase Sanborn was fourth overall. Alyssa Smith led all four laps en route to victory in the California State Pee Wee Championship. Jake Isaac finished second, Dylan Smith was third, Tristan Britt finished fourth, Walker Calvo was fifth, and Brandon Spinella finished sixth. Dylan Beard and Crystal Laurie scored the biggest victory in their careers by winning the California State Sidecar Final. Joe Jones and Olsen finished second, Dan Jones and Brandi McElroy were third, and Dave Alexander and Trevor Desherlia were fourth. The Bruvado California State Championship brought the curtain down on Industry Speedway's eighth season and the fourth promoted by Jeff and Madison Immediato. RESULTS Sidecar State Championship Final (restarted) Pee Wee State Championship Final Youth 200cc Second Division State Championship Overall Results Youth 200cc First Division State Championship Overall Results Youth 250cc State Championship Overall Results Third Division State Championship Final Second Division State Championship Final California State Heat Results 1234T State Championship Heat Results First Division Last Chance California State Championship Final (awarded) Past California State Champions |
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