Industry Racing

The Grand Industry Hills Expo Center
City of Industry, California

2016 Gumball Rally - Big Kids
February 20, 2016 - Industry Racing
Thanks to Ryan Evans
Photos by Dorcey Wingo Photos and RC Jones

Kid's Gumball Rally

Results from Industry Racing and are Continued Below...

	Dorcey Wingo Photos
Dan Faria, Tyson Talkington, Neil Facchini	Max Ruml, Tyson Talkington	Billy Janniro, Austin Novratil, Gage Geist
Bob Hicks	Tommy Hedden leads Adam Roynon and Tyler Warren	Pam Pinky Bennett leads
Bryce Starks Tyson Talkington	Max Ruml leads Tyler Warren, among others	Steve Lucero's Appreciation Trophy
3rd Division Thomas Rishton, Chet Kohler, Tom Bryant	British Leagues rider Adam Roynon	Billy Janniro
Tyson Talkington, Tyler Warren, Dillon Ruml	British Leagues rider Adam Roynon (right) leads Mike Faria in turn one.	Mike Faria Adam Roynon and Max Ruml.
Dillon Ruml	Tommy Hedden	Gage Geist Aaron Fox
Tyler Warren	Billy Janniro, pelting everyone on Earth.	Chet Kohler wins the 3rd Division Main.
1st Division Semi Final	Bob Hicks, Tommy Hedden	Janniro leads Luke Becker and Gage Geist in turn three.
Janniro leads Luke Becker and Gage Geist in turn three.	Eddie Marsalla wins the 2nd Division Main.	1st Division Semi Final
Scratch Main Event action, Janniro and Fox.	2nd Division Main Event	2nd Division Main Event action
Eddie Marsalla in the winning stretch	Tommy Hedden came in 4th	Billy Janniro with the flag

Six-time AMA National Champion Billy “The Kid” Janniro won all six of his races including the main event to claim the 2016 Big Kids Gumball Rally.

Janniro entered the main event with a perfect score, had first choice of starting position, and he took gate one. Aaron Fox then chose gate two, Tommy Hedden selected gate four, which left “Mad” Max Ruml with gate three.

Janniro exploded off the starting line when the tapes went up and led the field into turn one. Fox immediately chased after the leader on the back straight to set up a battle of national champions. Fox remained on Janniro’s rear fender and hoped for a mistake. Janniro rarely makes mistakes, though, and this race would follow that pattern as he held off the persistent challenge and crossed the finish line first. Fox had to settle for second, Max Ruml was third, and Hedden finished fourth.

The Big Kids Gumball Rally is held the night before the prestigious Gumball Rally, which is an event for American youth speedway racers. Despite serving as the “undercard” of the weekend, the Big Kids Gumball Rally attracts most of the top American speedway racers. This year the field included British Speedway racers Adam Roynon and James Sergeant. A special format was used for the expanded field. Three rounds of heats, then four quarterfinals, two semifinals, and the Final.

Under 21 National Champion “Mad” Max Ruml kicked off the evening with a win over Tyson Talkington. Janniro used the outside to pass fast-starting Gage Geist to win event two. Dillon Ruml made a brilliant cutback move to pass former National Champion “Flyin” Mike Faria and won event three. Kurtis Hamill defeated Bob Hicks in event four. Hedden beat Roynon in event five. Fox finished the first round by defeating former Under 21 National Champion Bryce Starks.

Janniro opened the second round with a win over Starks. Max Ruml won his second straight race ahead of Tyler Warren. Former Under 21 National Champion Austin Novratil beat Dillon Ruml in the next event. Luke Becker held off Geist for his first win. Hedden made it two for two by beating Hamill. Fox beat Hicks to end round two.

Becker started the final round by earning his second straight win. Roynon showed that he could adapt to the small tracks by beating Max Ruml. Janniro remained perfect with a win over Hicks. Warren scored a win over Dillon Ruml. Hedden matched Janniro’s perfect score by defeating Neil Facchini. Geist completed the heats with an impressive victory over Fox.
Fox won the first quarterfinal with Novratil earning second. The Ruml Brothers scored a one-two finish in the second quarterfinal with Max leading Dillon home. Hedden remained perfect with Hicks getting second place in the next quarterfinal. Janniro led Becker into the semifinal round with his fourth consecutive win.

Fox and Max Ruml were first and second in their semi and moved on to the Final. Janniro defeated Hedden in the second semifinal to enter the Final with a perfect score.

Harold Hartke made a great start from gate four and led the Second Division Main Event field through lap one. Northern California’s Eddie Marsalla got himself in to second and stalked the leader until they took the white flag. Hartke made a mistake and went wide exited turn two the final time and Marsalla pounced. He roared underneath Hartke and took the lead. Marsalla held on through the final turn and claimed victory. A disappointed Hartke finished second, Mitch Pierson was third and Nick Dion was fourth.

Chet Kohler made his speedway debut a memorable one as he took home the victory in Third Division Main Event. Tom Bryant crossed the line second, Greg Willis finished third, and George Yates was fourth.

RESULTS

Third Division Main Event
202 - Chet Kohler
220 - Tom Bryant
215 - Greg Willis
136 - George Yates (fell, remounted)

Second Division Main Event
394n - Eddie Marsalla
290 - Harold Hartke
192 - Mitch Pierson
233n - Nick Dion

First Division Heat Scoring 1 2 3  T
1 -  Billy Janniro  3 3 3  9
4 - James Sarjeant 1 1 1  3
5 -  Max Ruml 3 3 2  8
7 - Austin Novratil 2 3 2  7
9 -  Mike Faria 2 1 1  4
10 - Gage Geist  1 2 3  6
13 - Adam Roynon 2 0 3  5
22 - Luke Becker F 3 3  6
40 - Tommy Hedden 3 3 3  9
41 - Kurtis Hamill 3 2 T  5
45n - Bryce Starks 2 2 1  5
46 - Aaron Fox 3 3 2  8
48 - Tyson Talkington 2 1 1  4
86 - Neil Facchini E T 2  2
105 - Daniel Faria 1 F 0  1
111 - Dillon Ruml 3 2 2  7
145n - Jamison Dilkey 0 1 1  2
155 - Mike Dalbey Fx 0 1  1
182 - Rudy Laurer 1 0 F  1
225 - Tyler Warren 1 2 3  6
273 - Dryden Gayle 0 1 0  1
345 - Rick Richards 1 1 0  2
808 - Bob Hicks 2 2 2  6

Race Results
1: M. Ruml, Talkington, D. Faria, Facchini (engine failure)
2: Janniro, Novratil, Geist
3: D. Ruml, M. Faria, Richards, Dilkey
4: Hamill, Hicks, Laurer, Becker (fell)
5: (restarted) Hedden, Roynon, Warren, Dalbey (fell, excluded)
6: Fox, Starks, Sarjeant, Gayle
9: Janniro, Starks, Talkington, Dalbey
10: M. Ruml, Warren, Sarjeant, Laurer
11: Novratil, D. Ruml, Gayle, Facchini (tape exclusion)
12: Becker, Geist, Dilkey, D. Faria (fell)
13: Hedden, Hamill, M. Faria
14: Fox, Hicks, Richards, Roynon
20: Becker, Novratil, Starks, Richards
21: Roynon, M. Ruml, M. Faria, Gayle
22: Janniro, Hicks, Sarjeant, D. Faria
23: Warren, D. Ruml, Talkington
24: Hedden, Facchini, Dilkey, Laurer (fell)
25: Geist, Fox, Dalbey, Hamill (tape exclusion)
Quarterfinal #1: Fox, Novratil, Hamill (fell, remounted), Starks (fell)
Quarterfinal #2: M. Ruml, D. Ruml, Roynon, M. Faria
Quarterfinal #3: Hedden, Hicks, Geist, Talkington
Quarterfinal #4: Janniro, Becker, Warren, Sarjeant
Semifinal #1: Fox, M. Ruml, Novratil, D. Ruml
Semifinal #2: Janniro, Hedden, Becker, Hicks (fell, remounted)

Big Kids Gumball Rally Main Event
1 - Billy Janniro
46 - Aaron Fox
5 - Max Ruml
40 - Tommy Hedden

Ryan Evans
Nice and tidy

Quick Results from the Big Kids Gumball Rally.

Ryan Evans

RESULTS

Third Division Main Event
202 - Chet Kohler
220 - Tom Bryant
215 - Greg Willis
136 - George Yates (fell, remounted)

Second Division Main Event
394n -Eddie Marsalla
290 - Harold Hartke
192 - Mitch Pierson
233n - Nick Dion

First Division Semi
46 - Aaron Fox
5 - Max Ruml
7 - Austin Novratil
111 - Dillon Ruml

First Division Semi
1 - Billy Janniro
40 - Tommy Hedden
22 - Luke Becker
808 - Bob Hicks (fell, remounted)

Big Kids Gumball Rally Main Event
1 - Billy Janniro
46 - Aaron Fox
5 - Max Ruml
40 - Tommy Hedden