Victorville Speedway
San Bernardino County Fairgrounds
Victorville, California
Castro and Green take the Pairs Title at Victorville
August 6, 2011
Results By: Steve Evans
Eddie Castro and Russell Green edged home by just one point to win an epic battle in the annual Best Pairs race at Victorville, whilst Gino Manzares won the Rider of the Night Main event on August 6th.
The Pairs contest pitted 6 teams in a championship format, each team racing the other teams once only and the top team on points being the winner. The heats started with a stunning 5-1 from father and son team Rick Valdez and Gabe Price who led after round 1, but it was the Castro /Green team that dominated the middle rounds with three straight 5-1's. Coming into the final round they held a slender 1 point lead over the unbeaten Austin Novratil who was teamed with Jason Ramirez, who therefore needed a 4-2 or greater in heat 15 to win. Novratil had the early lead and Ramirez was third behind Castro when Green slid off at the end of lap one. Green did the sporting thing and remounted even though a stoppage would have aided his team mate Castro. It turned out Castro did not need such help as he got around Novratil for the win on lap two. The resulting 3-3 gave the Castro / Green team a narrow one point. Michael Raines and Rocco Scopellite were the third placed pairing.
The top four riders on points were put in a traditional Main Event at the end of the night. Castro led Novratil and Manzares when Raines, trying a brave move to get third, hit the turn two wall and caused a stoppage. In the re-run Manzares got an incredible gate from Castro. Novratil made his way by Castro for second and chased Manzares hard. The two teenagers put on a quality race with Manzares taking the flag and his first ever Main Event.
The Support Class had 4 teams with three per heat and the top three teams on points going to the Main Event where points were doubled. With the winner in every heat they entered, Brad Russell and Tony DeAlmeida were clear winners.
The Junior heats were both won by Dalton Leedy with ease but a fall coming out of turn 4 on the final lap gifted the win to Gino Scopellite. Northern California's Stirling Martin won all three Pee Wee events.
Races continue at Victorville next week, August 13th, with the Old Guys Vs Young Guys Team Rematch, plus Sidecars, Support, Juniors and Pee Wees.
Best Pairs points;
Eddie Castro (15) & Russell Green (7+3) 22, Austin Novratil (13+1) & Jason Ramirez (8+2) 21, Michael Raines (12) & Rocco Scopellite (4+1) 16, Gino Manzares (12) & Brandon Leedy (1) 13, Gabe Price (6) and Rick Valdez (4+1) 10, Dylan Black (3) & Rick Fehrman (3) 6.
Rider of the Night Main
24 Gino Manzares
27 Austin Novratil
14 Eddie Castro
63 Michael Raines
Support Class Pairs
Tony DeAlmeida (22) & Brad Russell (16) 38,
Kevin Fife (19) & Joey St. Louis (3+1) 22,
Robert Fiesler (14) & Rob Fiesler (7+2) 21, Dan Eddy (2+1) and Rider Replacement (7) 9.
Junior Main
7 Gino Scopellite
222 Dalton Leedy (fell)
18 Sebastian Palmese (non starter)
Pee Wees
31 Stirling Martin
34 Dakota Shockley
14 Sara Cords
30 Alex Martin
8 Summer Fehrman
Just 2 points scoring races to go!
1 (Top 10 Seeded into year ending Speedway Masters Race Nov 12)
1. Eddie Castro 180
2. Gino Manzares 101
3. Michael Raines 94
4. Jimmy Fishback 86
5. Billy Hamill 72
6. Buck Blair 72
7. Austin Novratil 70
8. Jason Ramirez 62
9. Joey Holt 56
=. Aaron Fox 56
11. Rocco Scopellite 53
12. Dylan Black 51
13. Robbie Sauer 46
14. Shawn McConnell 37
15. Josh Larsen 36
16. Rick Fehrman 35
17. Marvin Sonnier 32
18. Drew Coats 24
19. Russell Green 21
20. Tyson Talkington 20
21. Brandon Leedy 19
22. Doug Nicol 17
23. Josh Abbott 16
24. John Marquez 14
25. Gabe Price 13
26. Rick Valdez 12
=. Steve Russell 12
28. Robert Mellor 10
29. Jon Stasiefski 6
Division Two
1. Rick Fehrman 59
2. Marvin Sonnier 34
3. Max Ruml 30
4. Rocco Scopellite 22
5. Tony DeAlmeida 18
6. Harold Hartke 15
7. Bander Alexander 14
8. Tim McGrath 13
9. Vince Bertolucci 7
10. Bobby Richards 5
Division Three
1. Tony DeAlmeida 136
2. Brad Russell 81
3. Joey St. Louis 75
4. Wade Whitcomb 39
5. Kevin Fife 38
6. Steve Brown 30
7. Carl Shockley 29
8. Rick Huspek 23
9. Robert Fiesler 19
10. Kip McClain 16
11. Alfonso Marroquin 15
12 Rob Fiesler Jnr 14
= Michelle Fehrman 14
14. Corey McDonald 13
15. Dan Eddy 12
16. Paul Thornton 11
17. Mitch Pierson 4
18. Kevin Johnson 2
Junior 250cc
1. Dillon Ruml 68
2. Nicholas Varner 64
3. Max Ruml 44
4. Kurtis Hamill 24
5. Dominic Manzares 8
6. Jake Hanson 4
Junior 200cc
1. Sebastian Palmese 100
2. Nicholas Varner 87
3. Gino Scopellite 74
4. Dillon Ruml 70
5. Dalton Leedy 61
6. Kurtis Hamill 28
7. Michael Wells 18
8. Broc Nicol 16
9. Hayley Perrault 4
= Dylan Blum 4
Pee Wee / Powder Puff
1. Dakota Shockley 108
2. Summer Fehrman 86
3. Luke Whitcomb 44<
4. Sara Cords 32
5. Brandon Rhea 24
= Stirling Martin 24
7. Jaycee Jones 22
8. Hailey Hill 20
9. Hunter Hill 10
=. Mikey Ortega 10
11. Alex Martin 8
Sidecar Points
1. Team 1 - 76
2. Team 5150 - 73
3. Team 2 - 70
4. Team 23 - 68
5. Team 13 - 57
6. Team 22 - 35
7. Team 25 - 9
8. Team 44 - 5
9. Team 16 - 3
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