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The Grand Industry Hills Expo Center
City of Industry, California

Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorney’s Night
June 22, 2016 - Industry Racing
Thanks to Ryan Evans and Tim Kennedy

Results from Industry Racing and are Continued Below...

	Dorcey Wingo Photos

1st Division Event 2	3rd Division action Marteney and Donaldson	Pee Wee action

150cc D1 winner Luke Whitcomb	2nd Division action	3rd Division Main Event action Fife

1st Division Austin Novratil	1st Division action Broc Nicol	Pee Wee Main Event

Pee Wee Main Event winner Kristian Daniels, Jr.	150cc 1st Division winner Luke Whitcomb	150cc 2nd Division winner Travis Horn

150cc 2nd Division Main Event	150cc 1st Division Main Event action	250cc Main Event action Cords and Palmese

250cc Main Event, Sebastian and Jake on the penalty line	3rd Division Main Event	3rd Division winner Kevin Rip Fife

2nd Division winner Davey Shaw	1st Division Consi	1st Division Scratch Main Event, 3rd start

1st Division Scratch Main Event action Broc takes 2nd over Dillon	1st Division winner Max Ruml	Sidecar action Glass and Straw

Sidecar action Rowe chasing Glass	Sidecar Consi action Medberry vs Duckett	Sidecar Main Event

	Sidecars Motis and Brant

Industry Racing - June 22 - Ryan Evans

One week after watching a competitor win his first Industry Racing Scratch Main Event, “Mad” Max Ruml finally broke through and scored his maiden victory at the venue.

Getting the Scratch Main completed proved to be a chore as two restarts were required. On the third attempt Max Ruml jumped in to the lead from gate four with last week’s winner Broc Nicol determined to make it two wins in a row. Max Ruml was a man on a mission though and comfortably led all four laps to earn the victory. Nicol was second, Dillon Ruml finished third, and Austin Novratil was fourth.

Luke “Little Missile” Becker kicked off the heats with a win over former Under 21 National Champion Neil Facchini. Max Ruml defeated Tyson Talkington in the second heat. Dillon Ruml completed round one by beating Novratil.

Dillon Ruml started round two by holding off his brother Max for his second straight win. Nicol defeated Bobby “Boogaloo” Schwartz for his first victory. Novratil beat Shawn “Mad Dog” McConnell to end the second round with a win.

Dillon Ruml began the final round by beating McConnell to remain perfect. Novratil beat Becker for his second straight win. Nicol finished the heats with a win over Max Ruml for his second consecutive win.

Broc Nicol handed Dillon Ruml his first loss in the first semi but the ladder would join Nicol in the main. Max Ruml and Austin Novratil finished one-two in the second semi and both transferred to the main.

Davey Shaw won both of his heats and completed his perfect evening by winning the Second Division Main Event. David Lynch was second, Bruce Marteney finished third, and Ron Davis was fourth.

Kevin “Rip” Fife led all four laps and was victorious in the Third Division Main Event. George Yates finished second, Brent Smith was third, and Steve “Beach Ball” Brown finished fourth.

The Junior 250 Main Event required three attempts to complete. Skylar Schnakenberg was the leader of the third start but Sebastian “Big Daddy” Palmese stormed through the traffic and took the lead in just a lap and a half. He romped to a convincing victory from there. Sara Cords finished second, Skylar Schnakenberg was third, and Jake Isaac finished fourth.

Luke Whitcomb led from start to finish and captured the Mini 150 First Division Main Event. Slater Lightcap finished second, Sterling Martin was third, Alex Martin finished fourth, and Dakota Shockley was fifth.

Kristian Daniel Jr. continued his dominance by winning his third Pee Wee Main Event in a row. Levi Leutz was second, Owen Williams finished third, Conner Salazar was fourth, and Ken Matsudaira finished fifth.

Bryan Motis and Cody Brant put together four smooth laps and were victorious in the Sidecar Main Event. Joe Jones and Tom Summers had to settle for second, Stuart Glass and Jack Straw were third, and Jeff Rowe and Heather Gledhill finished fourth.

RESULTS

Sidecar Main Event
2 - Bryan Motis/Cody Brant
1 - Joe Jones/Tom Summers
911 - Stuart Glass/Jack Straw
14 - Jeff Rowe/Heather Gledhill

Pee Wee Main Event (restarted)
46 - Kristian Daniel Jr.
3 - Levi Leutz
523 - Owen Williams
5 - Conner Salazar
74 - Ken Matsudaira

Mini 150 Second Division Main Event
25 - Travis Horn 10
48 - Jose Navarrete 0
96 - Andrew Russell 0
33 - Gavin Geist 0
5 - Rachel Schnakenberg 0

Mini 150 First Division Main Event
27 - Luke Whitcomb 0
3 - Slater Lightcap 20
1 - Sterling Martin 30
2 - Alex Martin 30
419 - Dakota Shockley 0

Junior 250 Main Event (restarted twice)
18 - Sebastian Palmese 30 (penalty line)
14 - Sara Cords 10
8 - Skylar Schnakenberg 0
16 - Jake Isaac 10 (penalty line)

Third Division Main Event
311 - Kevin Fife
136 - George Yates
103 - Brent Smith
211 - Steve Brown

Second Division Main Event
145 - Davey Shaw
131 - David Lynch
242 - Bruce Marteney
163 - Ron Davis

First Division Heat Scoring 1 2 3 T
4 – Broc Nicol 0 3 3 6
5 – Max Ruml 3 2 2 7
6 – Shawn McConnell 1 2 2 5
7 – Austin Novratil 2 3 3 8
10 – Gage Geist Fx 1 - 1
11 – Bobby Schwartz 1 2 0 3
22 – Dalton Leedy 1 0 1 2
22n – Luke Becker 3 1 2 6
48 – Tyson Talkington 2 1 1 4
86 – Neil Facchini 2 0 1 3
111 – Dillon Ruml 3 3 3 9
345 – Ricky Richards T 0 Fx 0

Race Results
1: (restarted) Becker, Facchini, McConnell, Richards (tape exclusion)
2: (restarted) M.Ruml, Talkington, Schwartz, Geist (fell, excluded)
3: D.Ruml, Novratil, Leedy, Nicol
12: D.Ruml, M.Ruml, Becker, Richards
13: Nicol, Schwartz, Geist, Facchini (fell, remounted)
14: Novratil, McConnell, Talkington, Leedy
23: D.Ruml, McConnell, Leedy, Schwartz
24: (restarted) Novratil, Becker, Talkington, Richards (fell, excluded)
25: Nicol, M.Ruml, Facchini
Semi #1: Nicol, D.Ruml, Becker, Schwartz
Semi #2: (restarted) M.Ruml, Novratil, McConnell, Talkington (fell, excluded)

Scratch Consolation
22n - Luke Becker
11 - Bobby Schwartz
6 - Shawn McConnell (fell, remounted)
48 - Tyson Talkington (fell)

Scratch Main Event (restarted twice)
5 - Max Ruml
4 - Broc Nicol
111 - Dillon Ruml
7 - Austin Novratil (fell, remounted)

MAX RUML, 19, WINS INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY MAIN – By Tim Kennedy

Industry, CA., Jun. 22 – The Huntington Beach-based brothers Ruml--Max, 19, and Dillon, 17--topped AMA 500cc Division 1 speedway riders Wednesday night in weekly racing at The Grand presented by Industry Hills Expo Center. More than 1,100 spectators attended in person on a balmy evening. As usual, numerous fans watched the indoor eighth-mile dirt track competition at home via the Internet. All divisions, including sidecars, raced at the covered Grand Arena on Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys Night.

Fourteen D-1 riders raced three rounds of four-lap heats. Dillon Ruml was the only perfect rider with three victories for a perfect score of nine points. Brother Max scored a win and a pair of seconds for seven points. Track officials totaled points and it took three points to make one of two semi-final events. The first two finishers in each semi transferred to the top dollar main event, the 43rd race of the busy racing night from 7:30 to 10:10 pm.

The four Division 1 riders drew numbers for their feature starting positions just after 10 pm. The result had Broc Nicol, D. Ruml, Austin Novratil and M. Ruml starting from lanes one through four respectively. The Ruml brothers did a fist bump for luck prior to the start. On the initial start, D. Ruml tumbled to the ground in turn one after contact. He rode back for the restart. On the second green, brother Max fell near the second turn/backstretch crash-wall. He, too, came back for the third start.

On the third start, the field made it to the third turn where third running Novratil fell and slid up the track, well off the groove. He remounted and continued, half a lap back, so the race remained green. Max led every lap and beat pressing Nicol by one length. He waved an arm in victory as he approached the finish line. Brother Dillon finished third, two lengths behind Nicol. Novratil, 21, trailed by half a lap in fourth.

The top three riders ran several celebratory laps and hiked front wheels to salute applauding fans. It was Max's first Industry feature triumph this season and second ever at Industry on his GM bike. He won his only other 500cc D-1 main at The Grand last year on August 12. Of course the teenage speedway star won numerous 500cc D-1 features since 2014 at other tracks in Costa Mesa, Perris Speedway, Rancho Cordova near Sacramento, and Pirate Speedway in San Bernardino.

The D-1 feature field was possibly the youngest ever at Industry with the average age of 19. Round two of the four-race AMA National Speedway Championship Series is scheduled for Saturday, June 25 at the fifth-mile clay Ventura Raceway, so some veterans were absent. Billy Janniro and Aaron Fox were focused on the Ventura event. Charlie Venegas was entered Wednesday, but did not attend because wife Anna's mother was seriously ill. There have been three winners in four 2016 events at Industry—Janniro (two), Nicol and M. Ruml one each.

SEMI-FINALS: In the first semi, Nicol, the 18-year old upset winner over Janniro at Industry last Wednesday, started at gate four. He led all the way over gate one stater D. Ruml. Luke Becker and Bobby Schwartz followed. The same two starting positions yielded P. 1-2 in the second semi for flag-to-flag leader M. Ruml (from the outside) and Novratil (from the pole). Shawn McConnell and Tyson Talkington followed. Becker, 17, won the D-1 Consi race over Schwartz.

SIDECARS: The sidecar teams in a seven rig field raced a four-lap main in their usual clockwise direction. From the pole, paralyzed from the waist down driver Bryan Motis and his sidecar swinger Cody Brant led all the way. They narrowly edged the Joe Jones/Tom Summers team. Stuart Glass/Jack Straw finished third. The No. 14 rig of Jeff Rowe/Heather Gledhill spun on lap 1 in the second turn and continued. They were lapped on the third lap and placed fourth. The three team consolation race went to the Jeff Medberry/Niki Davis team.

The Division 2 500cc intermediate skill level field had 12 riders compete for points in two rounds of heats. The top four in points ran their main as event 39. Ex-Navy Sea-bee Davey Shaw led every lap in his two heats and the main. He started from lane one and edged pressing David Lynch in the feature. Bruce Marteney took third from stock car racer Ron Davis on lap 3. Ten D-3 500cc entry level pros ran two preliminary heats with five riders in each. Big Kevin Fife started from pole and led all the way over George Yates, Brent Smith and Steve Brown.

JUNIORS: Sebastian Palmese, 12, started 30-yards from the starting line tapes, yet won the five lap 250cc feature. Runner-up Sara Cords, 16, and P. 3 Jake Isaac both remounted after nasty-looking falls and finished.

Skylar Schnakenberg, 17, stayed upright all night and finished fourth.
The mini 150cc D-1 main had five veteran riders and used handicapped starting lines of 0, 20 and 30 based on riders' past success. Past pee-wee champion “Lightning” Luke Whitcomb, 10, enjoyed his most successful night. He started at the starting gate and led every lap in his two heat races and also in the main event. It was his second D-1 150cc feature victory at Industry. (His first triumph in the top 150 group was on July 23 last year.)

Whitcomb rode his No. 27 to three feature victories in Perris this season. He also scored four 150cc D-1 main event triumphs at Perris and Costa Mesa last year. In 2014 he won numerous 150cc D-2 level mains. The personable youngster with an outstanding smile stated in his bio that his goal is to become a world champion speedway rider. He has shown winning ability at every level so far. He is the son of 500cc D-2 rider (No. 227) Wade Whitcomb, of Anaheim, a Baptist minister, and his wife Gina.

The Junior D-2 for newer 150cc riders had a field of five. Travis Horn, 7, won after starting 10-yards from the starting gate where his four rivals started. Jose Navarrete and Andrew Russell, the two heat winners, ran one-two until Horn's No. 25 caught them and whipped past quickly to lead laps 4 and 5. It was his second consecutive 150cc D-2 victory at Industry.

PEE-WEES: The field of five pee-wee 50cc riders (ages 5 to 9) raced two heats and a 4-lap main with all riders at the starting gate. Kristian Daniel, Jr., 7, continued his domination on a Honda 50 by leading every lap in all three races. The speedway rookie showed flawless control and won his third consecutive Industry main. Levi Leutz, Owen Williams, Conner Salazar, and Ken Matsudaira finished second through fifth. Rookie Matsudaira, 5, fell hard on the first lap, causing a red flag. He showed toughness by climbing back on his bike and joining the restart.
Round five of the 14 week Industry Racing 2016 schedule on June 29 will feature all divisions. It will be the annual “Salute to our Military Night” and American flags will be give to fans. The rider intro parade will begin at 7:15 and the first race at 7:30 pm as usual.

PIT NOTES: Former CRA sprint car owner/driver Tom Patton, his brother and friends attended speedway racing at The Grand this week. He said long-time CRA and WoO sprint car owner Larry Woodward will be undergoing hip replacement surgery in July at the Loma Linda facility near Temecula. Tom said he wants to buy photos of his No. 70 racing at Bakersfield's Mesa Marin track.

The June 22 free pre-printed lineups program was given free to incoming fans and participants at the pit gate. The color cover had an excellent action photo of June 15 feature winner Broc Nicol on his No. 4 Hagon Shocks bike. ... D-1 pro Charlie Venegas and his 12-year old son Keelan, a D-1 150cc veteran, were absent and missed. Their usual pit spot near the pit board was left vacant. ... D-3 500cc rider George Yates had with him in the pits his cute 3-year old toy Pomeranian in an open carrying basket.

With school now out for summer, the Martin twins, Alex and Sterling, were present at Industry for the second time this season. Alex is older by a minute. Dad Steve, a retired 500cc speedway racer, drove the family south on I-5 and arrived about 2:30. The twins will be entering sixth grade in September. They were outgrowing their colorful speedway leathers (Alex No. 30 and Sterling No. 31), so Steve bought his talented twins new colorful leathers from Poland. They should not outgrow them for years. The new attire carries their new AMA Junior Division national numbers with Sterling No. 1 and Alex No. 2.

Slater Lightcap now has his AMA Junior No. 3 on his leathers and 150cc bike. Handicapped starts for their heats and feature were tough for the trio this week. Slater was at the 20-yard line and the Martin twins at the 30-yard line. Luke Whitcomb and Dakota Shockley started at the starting gate. “Lightning” Luke showed his rapidly improving skill level by winning all three races. The best the trio could do was place second, third and fourth. ... Officials make readjustments each week. For example, D-3 rookie 500cc rider Chet Kohler, 28, won the June 8 and 15 Industry D-3 mains. So officials moved him up from D-3 to D-2 this week. He finished second and third in his heats, but missed the D-2 feature.

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