Industry Racing
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City of Industry, California
Speedway Racing
July 20, 2016 - Industry Racing
Thanks to Ryan Evans
Results from Industry Racing and are Continued Below...
Industry Racing - July 20 - Ryan Evans
Under 21 National Champion “Mad” Max Ruml won all five of his races and was victorious in the Industry Racing Scratch Main Event for the second time in 2016.
Max Ruml’s perfect evening earned him the right to first choice of starting position and he selected gate four. His decision paid off as he was first off the line and used the outside dirt to sweep around his competitors in turns one and two. Former National Champion Charlie “The Edge” Venegas chased after the leader with Dillon Ruml and Broc Nicol in tow. Their efforts would prove to be fruitless, though, as Max Ruml cruised through the four laps for the win and to complete his perfect evening. Charlie Venegas held on to second, Dillon Ruml was third, and Broc Nicol finished fourth.
Charlie Venegas was leading the opening heat but went wide and allowed Northern California’s Bob Hicks to take the lead and the win. Former Under 21 National Champion Austin Novratil started his evening with a win over Nicol. Aaron Fox defeated Gage Geist in event three. Dillon Ruml was leading event four before Max Ruml used the ample supply of outside dirt to overtake his brother for the win.
Dillon Ruml started the second round by defeating Fox. Nicol beat Bob Hicks to win event 14. Novratil defeated Geist for his second win. Max Ruml closed round two with a win over former National Champion “Flyin” Mike Faria.
Novratil kept his score perfect by defeating Dillon Ruml to open round three. Fox used the outside to pass Bob Hicks and he went on to his second victory. Charlie Venegas scored a pivotal victory in event 26 that would put him in a runoff for a semi place. Max Ruml completed the heats by beating Nicol to match Novratil’s perfect score.
Charlie Venegas defeated Faria and Geist in a runoff to fill the final place in the semis.
Max Ruml won the first semi with Nicol following him in to the main in second. Charlie Venegas and Dillon Ruml finished one-two in the second semi and transferred to the main.
Rudy Laurer was leading the Second Division Main Event when Kenny “Handful” Hansen found too much traction and went down. Hayley Perrault made the best start on the restart and led every lap en route to victory. Rick “The Rage” Valdez finished second, Laurer was third, and Hansen was credited with fourth.
George Yates led from start to finish and claimed the victory in the Third Division Main Event. Steve Brown was second, Brent Smith finished third, Kevin Fife was fourth, and Tom Bryant finished fifth.
Skylar Schnakenberg led the Junior 250 Main Event for a half lap before Michael Wells went by on the back straight. Wells stretched his lead until Colton Hicks reached second place. The National Champion quickly cut into Wells’s lead and was on his back tire. Colton Hicks patiently waited for a mistake and Wells made it when he drifted wide exiting turn two the final time. Colton Hicks charged up the inside but there was contact when Wells tried to block the move. Colton Hicks snatched the lead and led to the finish. Wells had to settle for second, Jake Isaac finished third, and Skylar Schnakenberg was fourth.
Luke Whitcomb passed Keelan Venegas for the lead at the end of the first lap of the Mini 150 First Division Main Event and cruised to the victory. Slater Lightcap also passed Keelan Venegas to get second.
Travis Horn proved that a 20-yard handicap would not deter him from victory. He deftly weaved through the traffic and won the Mini 150 Second Division Main Event. Andrew Russell finished second, Rachel Schnakenberg was third, and Cole Ayers finished fourth.
Owen Williams led from start to finish and won his first Pee Wee Main Event. Levi Leutz was second, Kristian Daniel Jr. finished third, Gavin Dryfka was fourth, Ken Matsudaira finished fifth, Conner Salazar was sixth, and Dakota Black finished seventh.
National Champion pilot Joe Jones partnered with his brother Chris Jones to win the Sidecar Main Event. Dylan Osborne and Ashley Gibbons were second, Adam Duckett and Kimberly Bailey finished third, and Bryan Motis and Cody Brant were fourth.
RESULTS
Sidecar Main Event (restarted)
1 - Joe Jones/Chris Jones
64 - Dillon Osborne/Ashley Gibbons
33 - Adam Duckett/Kimberly Bailey
2 - Bryan Motis/Cody Brant
Pee Wee Main Event
523 - Owen Williams 0
3 - Levi Leutz 0
46 - Kristian Daniel Jr. 20
6 - Gavin Dryfka 0
74 - Ken Matsudaira 0
5 - Conner Salazar 0
503 - Dakota Black 0
Mini 150 Second Division Main Event
25 - Travis Horn 20
96 - Andrew Russell 0
5 - Rachel Schnakenberg 10
116 - Cole Ayers 0
Mini 150 First Division Main Event
27 - Luke Whitcomb 10
3 - Slater Lightcap 40
43 - Keelan Venegas 0
Junior 250 Main Event
1 - Colton Hicks 40
214 - Michael Wells 10
16 - Jake Isaac 10
8 - Rachel Schnakenberg 0
14 - Sara Cords 0 (non starter)
115n - Landon Norton 0 (non starter)
Third Division Main Event
136 - George Yates 0
211 - Steve Brown 10
103 - Brent Smith 20
311 - Kevin Fife 10
220 - Tom Bryant 10 (penalty line)
Second Division Main Event (restarted)
170 - Hayley Perrault
293 - Rick Valdez (fell, remounted)
182 - Rudy Laurer (fell)
171 - Kenny Hansen (fell, excluded)
First Division Heat Scoring 1 2 3 T
4 – Broc Nicol 2 3 2 7
5 – Max Ruml 3 3 3 9
6 – Shawn McConnell 1 0 2 3
7 – Austin Novratil 3 3 3 9
9 – Mike Faria 1 2 1 4
10 – Gage Geist 2 2 E 4
11 – Bobby Schwartz 1 F 1 2
21 – Brad Sauer 0 0 F 0
22 – Dalton Leedy 0 0 0 0
41 – Kurtis Hamill 1 1 0 2
43 – Charlie Venegas E 1 3 4
46 – Aaron Fox 3 2 3 8
60 – Dave Clark 0 1 1 2
111 – Dillon Ruml 2 3 2 7
345 – Ricky Richards 2 1 1 4
808n – Bob Hicks 3 2 2 7
Heat Scoring
1: Hicks, Richards, Faria, Venegas (engine failure)
2: Novratil, Nicol, Schwartz, Clark
3: Fox, Geist, McConnell, Leedy
4: M.Ruml, D.Ruml, Hamill, Sauer
13: D.Ruml, Fox, Richards, Schwartz (fell)
14: Nicol, Hicks, Hamill, Leedy (fell, remounted)
15: Novratil, Geist, Venegas, Sauer
16: M.Ruml, Faria, Clark, McConnell
24: Novratil, D.Ruml, Faria, Leedy
25: Fox, Hicks, Clark, Sauer
26: Venegas, McConnell, Hamill, Schwartz
27: M.Ruml, Nicol, Richards, Geist (engine failure)
Runoff: Venegas, Geist, Faria
Semi #1: M.Ruml, Nicol, Hicks, Richards
Semi #2: Venegas, D.Ruml, Novratil, Fox
Scratch Consolation
7 - Austin Novratil
808n - Bob Hicks
345 - Ricky Richards
46 - Aaron Fox (non starter)
Scratch Main Event
5 - Max Ruml
43 - Charlie Venegas
111 - Dillon Ruml
4 - Broc Nicol
MAX RUML WINS @ INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY – By Tim Kennedy
Industry, CA., Jul. 20 – Max Ruml, 19, continued his winning ways Wednesday at Industry Speedway by leading every lap in all three of his heat races, a semi-final and the four-lap 500cc Division 1 main event. He rode his No. 5 Jawa speedway bike prepped by mechanic Claudio Marquez. The Huntington Beach teen duplicated his perfection from the Orange County Fair Derby at Costa Mesa Speedway four nights earlier when he also led every lap he raced. More than 800 spectators watched his encore at Industry on the annual Bert's Mega Mall Night.
Ruml started the feature Wednesday from gate four at the crash-wall. He charged to the outside when the starting gate lifted and had the lead over pole starter Charlie Venegas when they exited the second turn. He won by two lengths over the Jawa of Venegas, 49. Dillon Ruml, 17, started from gate two and ran third all the way. His Jawa finished a mere length in back of the runner-up. Broc Nicol, 18, came from the third gate and placed fourth, four lengths in back of the younger Ruml brother.
Austin Novratil, 22, returned from a recent absence of two weeks to score a perfect nine points with three victories in his heat races. He was second behind Venegas in the second semi-final for three laps. On the final lap Dillon Ruml made a sensational outside move in the third and fourth turns that netted him the final feature transfer spot by inches over a surprised Novratil at the finish line. Novratil led all four laps in the consolation race.
SIDECARS: With six sidecars present, Joe Jones had his older brother Chris subbing as his sidecar swing-man for recuperating Tom Summers, a June 25 crash victim at Ventura. The Jones brothers led every laps in the feature. Dillon Osborne and sidecar rider Ashley Gibbons enjoyed their best racing night ever. They had a first and second in the two heats and then a second place in the main, ten yards in back of the Jones boys. Adam Duckett/Kimberly Bailey finished third with Bryan Motis/Cody Brant fourth.
Division 2 500cc rider Hayley Perrault, 19, led all four laps on her No. 170 Jawa for her first Industry feature triumph of 2016. Fifteen Division 2 riders (intermediate skill level) competed. Rick Valdez, Rudy Laurer, who fell and remounted, and Kenny Hansen followed.
Division 3 newer 500cc riders had five entered and all raced in a pair of heats and the feature. George Yates was the only rider who started at the gate and led every lap for his first main event win this season at Industry. He defeated Steve Brown, Brent Smith, Kevin Fife and Tom Bryant. Second through fourth finishers had all won Industry mains this season and Smith won two. They started at least 10-yards from the gate with Smith 20 yards behind the gate.
JUNIORS: The six rider field in the 250cc Junior Division had two missing from the feature. Auburn resident Colton Hicks, 14-year old son of Division 1 500cc rider Bob Hicks, was the late race star. He chased the leader for four laps before making a strong inside pass on the fifth and final lap. Michael Wells settled for second, with Jake Isaac and Skylar Schnakenberg trailing. Hicks also won the June 8 Industry feature.
Sara Cords,16, did not start after a nasty-looking heat race crash in turn one after receiving the checkered flag in P. 2. She had led the first four laps in event 23 (of 47) but was barely edged for the victory by Hicks at the finish line. She got to turn one at speed, flipped over the bars and landed hard on the track. She was stunned by the sudden turn of events but rose quickly and walked to the pits. She did not return. Nor Cal visitor Landon Norton also had a nasty-looking flip in one of the heats and DNS the feature.
Junior 150cc Division 1 rider Luke Whitcomb, 10, returned after missing a week with a wrist injury following his crash with Dakota Shockley on July 6. He started at the 10-yard line in a three rider field and split heat victories with Slater Lightcap. 10. “Lightning” Luke passed 0-yard line starter Keelan Venegas, 12, on the initial lap and ran away to almost a straightaway victory. Forty-yard line starter Lightcap was runner-up and Venegas third. It was feature victory two of 2016 at Industry for June 22 winner Whitcomb.
The Juniors 150cc Division 2 main was another last lap pass for the victory. This time Travis Horn, 8, came from the 20-yard line and on lap 5 passed 0-yard line starter and lap 1-4 leader Andrew Russell. It was former pee-wee division star Horn's fourth victory this season. July 13 feature winner Rachel Schnakenberg, almost 11, finished third this week. Cole Ayers was fourth.
PEE-WEES: Speedway bike rookie/off road-racer Owen Williams, 9, led every lap en-route to his first speedway feature victory. Levi Leutz, speedway rookie/five time 2016 main event winner Kristian Daniel, Jr., Gavin Dryfka, Ken Matsudaira, Conner Salazar, and rookie female rider Dakota Black, 5, finished in P. 2-7 respectively. Six riders started at the gate, while Daniel started 20-yards behind the starting gate. Only Black, in her second race ever, was lapped.
PIT NOTES: Missing 500cc Division 1 riders this week were a pair of 2016 Industry feature winners. Four-time winner Billy Janniro and July 13 winner Luke Becker had an early flight Thursday, July 21 out of San Francisco to Europe. They will be racing for two weeks in Sweden and England as part of the five rider Team USA in the Speedway World Team Championship.
Junior Division 250cc star Sebastian “Big Daddy” Palmese, 12, was in the pits this week but not racing. He fractured a wrist Saturday practicing. Injured 150cc rider Dakota Shockley was in the pits as well with a cast on his wrist. Kurtis Hamill and Austin Novratil returned to Industry racing after recent injuries.
Division 3 500cc rider Greg Willis (No. 215 Jawa)) was in the Industry pits July 20 with his right arm in a sling. The 52-year old West Covina resident said nothing was broken, but his arm was very sore down to his fingers. He fell on the backstretch during a July 13 heat race and was run over by Steve Brown. Willis said he is right-handed and is an electrician. He added he cannot miss any more work, so speedway racing is out for awhile.
Sidecar driver Russell Mitchell, vacationing from Perth, Australia, had intended to race July 20 at Industry. However, he could not get a flight out of Sacramento to make it on time. His Industry July 13 feature-winning sidecar swinger was not Dana Catone as reported. She tumbled out of the sidecar on the backstretch during a heat race and was still sore at feature time. So Cody Brant, the No. 2 sidecar swinger for Bryan Motis, subbed for her and got the victory with Mitchell. Catone was in the pits spectating this week.
Former Junior Division rider Courtney Crone, 15, and her father Jack were present this week and brought along her No. 35 Formula Mazda race car for display at the front gate. Track announcer Bruce Flanders interviewed Courtney during one of three intermissions for track grooming. She related her experiences in midget and sprint car racing. AMA great Sammy Tanner said Courtney is the subject of a new You Tube video. .... Other open-wheel racing drivers present in the Industry grandstand were: Wally Pankratz, Jerome Rodela and Shane Scully.
Division 1 500cc rider Rick Richards (No. 345) enjoyed his career-best Division 1 performance July 20 with a second and two thirds in heat races for four points. He tied for P. 7 in the 16 rider field and for the first time made a semi-final, where he placed fourth. ... The Sauer brothers from Bakersfield both raced at Industry July 20 for the first time in about two years. Brad (No. 21) raced in Division 1; Robbie (No. 17) raced in Division 2 after returning from a two-year absence caused by the lingering effects of valley fever.
Shawn McConnell, 57, finished second in the July 13 Industry main. On Friday, July 15 he drove north to Auburn for the annual north vs. south challenge race at Auburn's Fast Fridays Speedway. He drove back south on I-5 right after the Auburn race and raced Saturday, July 16 in the annual Orange County Fair Derby at Costa Mesa. Others who made the quick Auburn--Costa Mesa turn-around trip were: Dillon Ruml, Austin Novratil, Aaron Fox, and Broc Nicol. Charlie Venegas raced only at Auburn last week and took his family on a Nor Cal vacation.
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Quick Results from Industry Racing
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RESULTS
Sidecar Main Event (restarted)
1 - Joe Jones/Chris Jones
64 - Dillon Osborne/Ashley Gibbons
33 - Adam Duckett/Kimberly Bailey
2 - Bryan Motis/Cody Brant
Pee Wee Main Event
523 - Owen Williams 0
3 - Levi Leutz 0
46 - Kristian Daniel Jr. 20
6 - Gavin Dryfka 0
74 - Ken Matsudaira 0
5 - Conner Salazar 0
503 - Dakota Black 0
Mini 150 Second Division Main Event
25 - Travis Horn 20
96 - Andrew Russell 0
5 - Rachel Schnakenberg 10
116 - Cole Ayers 0
Mini 150 First Division Main Event
27 - Luke Whitcomb 10
3 - Slater Lightcap 40
43 - Keelan Venegas 0
Junior 250 Main Event
1 - Colton Hicks 40
214 - Michael Wells 10
16 - Jake Isaac 10
8 - Skylar Schnakenberg0
14 - Sara Cords 0 (non starter)
115n - Landon Norton 0 (non starter)
Third Division Main Event
136 - George Yates 0
211 - Steve Brown 10
103 - Brent Smith 20
311 - Kevin Fife 10
220 - Tom Bryant 10 (penalty line)
Second Division Main Event (restarted)
170 - Hayley Perrault
293 - Rick Valdez (fell, remounted)
182 - Rudy Laurer (fell)
171 - Kenny Hansen (fell, excluded)
Scratch Consolation
7 - Austin Novratil
808n - Bob Hicks
345 - Ricky Richards
46 - Aaron Fox (non starter)
Scratch Main Event
5 - Max Ruml
43 - Charlie Venegas
111 - Dillon Ruml
4 - Broc Nicol
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