Costa Mesa Speedway

Orange County Fairgrounds
Costa Mesa, California

Speedway
September 9, 2017 - Costa Mesa
Report by Ryan Evans

RSD Super Hooligan Night - Costa Mesa, CA, USA - September 9, 2017

Former Under 21 National Champion Austin “All Throttle” Novratil was victorious in the Scratch Main Event in front of a packed house on RSD Super Hooligan Night at the world famous Costa Mesa Speedway.

Novratil started in gate two was able to get across previously unbeaten Gino Manzares to take the lead as they entered turn one. Novratil held a tight line through turn two, led the pack down the back straight and through the first lap. “Mad” Max Ruml emerged from the trio behind the leader to head the chase. Novratil didn’t turn a wheel wrong, though, and led all the way to the finish. Max Ruml held on to second, Manzares finished third, and Tyson Burmeister was fourth.

Max Ruml opened the heats with a victory ahead of Broc Nicol. Manzares defeats Fox in the second heat. Novratil started his evening his as he ended it, with a victory, this one in front of Dillon Ruml.

Round two began with Manzares defeating Novratil for his second straight win. Max Ruml made it two for two by beating Burmeister. Gage Geist ended the second round with a win over Bobby “Boogaloo” Schwartz.

Burmeister started the third round by beating Nicol. Novratil scored his second win in a row by beating Fox. Manzares concluded the heats by remaining perfect with a win over Max Ruml.

Fox led all the way to score the victory in the Scratch Consolation. Dillon Ruml finished second, Nicol was third, and Geist finished fourth.

“Spiderman” Mike Bloom led from start to finish and claimed victory in the Support Main Event. Michael “Scooter” Wells was second, Rohn Zellner finished third, Ron Davis was fourth, and Chet Kohler finished fifth.

The event was run in conjunction with Round Eight of the RSD Super Hooligan National Championship Series. The 21 hooligan races meant a scaled back speedway program with just the two divisions competing on this evening. Shawn “Mad Dog” McConnell pulled double-duty by racing speedway and a hooligan. The Super Hooligan Main Event was won by 2000 AMA Grand National Champion Joe Kopp.

RESULTS

Scratch Consolation
1 - Aaron Fox
3 - Dillon Ruml
4 - Broc Nicol
10 - Gage Geist

Scratch Main Event
7 - Austin Novratil
5 - Max Ruml
24 - Gino Manzares
26 - Tyson Burmeister

Support Main Event
22 - Mike Bloom
214 - Michael Wells
118 - Rohn Zellner
163 - Ron Davis
202 - Chet Kohler

Support Consolation
290 - Harold Hartke
131 - David Lynch
37 - Joey Donaldson
153 - Brad Moreau
220 - Tom Bryant

First Division Heat Scoring 1 2 3 T
1 – Aaron Fox 2 1 2 5
3 – Dillon Ruml 2 0 1 3
4 – Broc Nicol 2 1 2 5
5 – Max Ruml 3 3 2 8
6 – Shawn McConnell 0 1 1 2
7 – Austin Novratil 3 2 3 8
10 – Gage Geist 1 3 1 5
11 – Bobby Schwartz 0 2 0 2
24 – Gino Manzares 3 3 3 9
26 – Tyson Burmeister 1 2 3 6
48 – Tyson Talkington 0 0 0 0
199 – Sammy Ramirez 1 0 0 1

First Division Race Results
10A: M. Ruml, Nicol, Geist, Talkington
11A: Manzares, Fox, Ramirez, McConnell
12A: Novratil, D. Ruml, Burmeister, Schwartz
7: Manzares, Novratil, Nicol, Talkington
8: M. Ruml, Burmeister, Fox, Ramirez
9: Geist, Schwartz, McConnell, D. Ruml (fell, remounted)
16: Burmeister, Nicol, McConnell, Talkington
17: Novratil, Fox, Geist, Ramirez
18: Manzares, M. Ruml, D. Ruml, Schwartz

Ryan Evans