Costa Mesa Speedway
Orange County Fairgrounds
Costa Mesa, California
Knobby Night
June 10, 2017 - Costa Mesa
Report by Ryan Evans
Photos Dorcey Wingo
Costa Mesa, CA, USA - June 10, 2017
Gino Manzares won the Scratch Main Event for the second time this season on Knobby Night at the world famous Costa Mesa Speedway.
Manzares started the Scratch Main in gate one and took command of the race entering turn one. Max Ruml, who started in gate two followed the leader on the back straight with defending National Champion Aaron Fox and Austin Novratil right behind him. Manzares controlled the lead through lap one but Ruml was right behind him. Ruml tried to force a mistake from the leader but no such error would happen. Manzares crossed the finish line first, Ruml had to settle for second, Fox finished third, and Novratil was fourth.
The evening commenced with Ruml defeating Gage Geist. Fox won event two ahead of former two-time World Pairs Champion Bobby “Boogaloo” Schwartz. Manzares defeated Novratil in the next event. Round one ended with Shawn “Mad Dog” McConnell getting the victory.
Round two opened with Geist beating Brad Sauer. Fox defeated Manzares for his second straight win. Novratil beat Ruml in the next heat. Tyson Talkington beat Schwartz to end the second round.
Max Ruml started the third round with his second win. Fox remained perfect with a win over McConnell in the next heat. Novratil made it two wins in a row by defeating Sauer. Manzares beat Talkington to bring the heats to a close.
Schwartz beat Sauer in a closely contested runoff to fill the eighth and final spot in the semis.
Novratil and Ruml finished one-two in the first semi and transferred to the main event. Manzares ruined Fox’s unbeaten run by winning the second semi, but Fox still finished second and main the main.
Rohn Zellner put together four smooth laps and claimed the victory in the Support Main Event. Bruce Marteney was second, Mike Miller finished third, and Tom Bryant was fourth.
Jose “Nitro” Navarrete led from start to finish and was victorious in the Mini 150 Second Division Main Event. Andrew Russell finished second and Justin Almon was third.
Slater Lightcap cruised to victory in the Mini 150 First Division Main Event. “Lightning” Luke Whitcomb was second and Colton Nelson finished third.
Sebastian “Big Daddy” Palmese defeated Michael “Scooter” Wells to win the Junior 250 Main Event.
RESULTS
Scratch Main Event
24 - Gino Manzares
5 - Max Ruml
1 - Aaron Fox
7 - Austin Novratil
Scratch Consolation
10 - Gage Geist
6 - Shawn McConnell
11 - Bobby Schwartz
48 - Tyson Talkington
Support Main Event
118 - Rohn Zellner
242 - Bruce Marteney
323 - Mike Miller
220 - Tom Bryant
Junior 250 Main Event
1 - Sebastian Palmese
214 - Michael Wells
Mini 150 First Division Main Event
2 - Slater Lightcap
27 - Luke Whitcomb
45n - Colton Nelson
Mini 150 Second Division Main Event
48 - Jose Navarrete
96 - Andrew Russell
7 - Justin Almon
First Division Heat Scoring 1 2 3 T
1 – Aaron Fox 3 3 3 9
5 – Max Ruml 3 2 3 8
6 – Shawn McConnell 3 1 2 6
7 – Austin Novratil 2 3 3 8
10 – Gage Geist 2 3 F 5
11 – Bobby Schwartz 2 2 1 5
21 – Brad Sauer 1 2 2 5
22 – Mike Bloom 0 1 0 1
24 – Gino Manzares 3 2 3 8
37 – Joey Donaldson 0 0 1 1
48 – Tyson Talkington 0 3 2 5
170 – Hayley Perrault 2 1 0 3
178 – Eloy Medellin 0 0 2 2
182 – Rudy Laurer 1 0 1 2
293 – Rick Valdez 1 0 F 1
345 – Ricky Richards 1 1 1 3
Heat Results
1: Ruml, Geist,Richards, Bloom
2: Fox, Schwartz, Valdez, Donaldson
3: Manzares, Novratil, Sauer, Medellin
4: McConnell, Perrault, Laurer, Talkington (fell, remounted)
9: Geist, Sauer, McConnell (fell, remounted), Valdez
10: Fox, Manzares (tape penalty), Richards, Laurer
11: Novratil, Ruml, Perrault, Donaldson
12: Talkington, Schwartz, Bloom, Medellin
13: (awarded) Ruml, Medellin, Laurer, Geist (fell)
14: Fox, McConnell, Schwartz, Perrault
15: Novratil, Sauer, Richards, Bloom
16: Manzares, Talkington, Donaldson, Valdez (fell)
Runoff: Schwartz, Sauer
Semi #1: Novratil, Ruml, Geist, Talkington
Semi #2: Manzares, Fox, McConnell, Schwartz
Ryan Evans
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Dorcey Wingo Photos |
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1st Division 2nd place finisher Max Ruml |
1st Division Event 1 - Max Ruml and Gage Geist |
1st Division McConnell and Geist |
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1st Division Main Event action, Gino leads Max to the finish line. |
1st Division Main Event winner Gino Manzares |
1st Division Main Event |
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1st Division Gino Manzares |
1st Division Hayley Perrault and Rudy Lauer |
1st Division Ricky Richards |
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1st Division Brad Sauer |
1st Division Bobby Schwartz |
150cc 2nd Division Main Event |
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150cc Slater Lightcap and Luke Whitcomb. |
150cc Andrew Russell |
150cc Luke Whitcomb |
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150cc 1st Division Main Event |
150cc Slater Lightcap |
250cc Main Event action, Michael Wells placed 2nd. |
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250cc Sebastian Palmese |
250cc Palmese and Wells |
250cc Main Event |
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Support Division Rohn Zellner |
Support rider Kevin Fife |
Support rider Mike Miller #323 |
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Support rider Brad Moreau |
Support riders Brad Moreau (in blue) and Mike Miller |
Support riders Bryant and Marteney |
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Support action, Marteney, Zellner and Hartke |
Support Division Rohn Zellner |
Support Event 5 - Brent Smith and Kevin Fife |
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Rohn Zellner and Roxanne Faria |
Slater Lightcap and Roxanne Faria |
Jose Navarrete and Roxanne Faria |
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Sebastian Palmese and Roxanne Faria |
Knobby night |
Brad's crew |
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