Costa Mesa Speedway

Orange County Fairgrounds
Costa Mesa, California

Harley Night
June 2, 2018 - Costa Mesa
By Ryan Evans

Results from Costa Mesa are Continued Below...

Paul Flanders Photo
Billy Janniro chats with Max Ruml. Max was back home from Scotland for a few days but did not race this night.	Jimmy Fishback placed 2nd in the main	Broc Nicol got up from a crash with Tyson Burmeister to make the restart and take 3rd place money in the main.
Rohn Zellner captured the plaque for winning the Second Division main.	Four times world speedway champion Barry Briggs was in attendance.	The grandstands were packed!
It was Harley Night, with several races for Harleys.	Joe Jones and Tom Summers took the win in the sidecar main.	Tyson Burmeister took a nasty tumble from a collision with Broc Nicol in the first start of the main event. Tyson fractured his hip and ended up needing an operation on it the next morning.
Billy Janniro wins the main event, Billy's 3rd scratch main win this week!	Re-Start of Scratch Main.	Jason Ramirez and Samuel Ramirez were both riding in first division in their new riding suits.

Billy “The Kid” Janniro raced through the evening undefeated and won the main event in front of a full house on Harley Night at the world famous Costa Mesa Speedway.

Janniro had first choice of gate position for the main event and shocked the crowd by picking gate four. National Champion Broc Nicol then chose gate one. Tyson Burmeister selected gate two and that left Jimmy “Little Animal” Fishback with gate three.
The first time the tapes went up there was a tight battle in to turn one. Nicol and Burmeister got into each other with Nicol going over the high side and Burmeister going down as well. Both racers remained down and the initial feelings were that Nicol probably got the worst of it but that was far from correct. Despite having some soreness in his leg, he was able to get up and eventually restart but Burmeister was down with a very serious injury. He was eventually taken off the track via stretcher and transported to a local hospital. Later reports diagnosed him with a broken hip.

The restart was anticlimactic as Janniro made a great start and swept around the outside for the lead. Nicol gave chase but the leader was steadily pulling away. The effects of the crash were obviously impacting Nicol as he began to slow and Fishback snatched second from him. Janniro won his first main event victory at Costa Mesa in five years, Fishback finished second, and Nicol was third.

Janniro gave an indication of how his evening would go by winning the opening heat ahead of Burmeister. Fishback led event two for three laps but Nicol passed him on the final lap to snatch the win. Opening Night main event winner Austin Novratil beat former National Champion Chris Manchester in the next heat. Dillon Ruml ended round one with a win over Aaron Fox.

Round two began with Ruml leading Janniro for two laps before the multi-time National Champion swept around the outside to take the lead and his second straight win. Burmeister defeated Nicol for his first victory. Fishback beat former National Champion Charlie “The Edge” Venegas in event 11. Fox finished the second round with a win ahead of Jason Ramirez.

Janniro started the final round by roaring to a victory over Shawn “Mad Dog” McConnell. Nicol beat Venegas to score his second win. Burmeister held off Manchester for his second straight win. Fox made it two in a row with a win over Fishback to conclude the heats.

Nicol was victorious in the first semi with Burmeister getting second to join him in the main. Janniro won the second semi with Fishback finishing second.

Rohn Zellner led from start to finish and captured the Second Division Main Event. Rudy Laurer was second, Charlie Pearson finished third, and Lawrence McNutt was fourth.

National Champions Joe Jones and Tom Summers were victorious in the Sidecar Main Event. Dillon Osborne and Ashley Gibbons finished second, Bryan Motis and Johnny Bach were third, and Kevin Holman and Blake Cronkrite were credited with fourth.

Harley Night once again proved to be a success at the turnstiles as a large crowd was on hand to watch speedway, sidecars, and the ever-popular street-legal Harley and Hooligan races.

RESULTS

Scratch Main Event (restarted)
14n - Billy Janniro
25 - Jimmy Fishback
1 - Broc Nicol
26 - Tyson Burmeister (non-starter, restart)

First Division Semi 1
1 - Broc Nicol
26 - Tyson Burmeister
3 - Dillon Ruml
130 - Chris Manchester

First Division Semi 2
14n - Billy Janniro
25 - Jimmy Fishback
46 - Aaron Fox
43 - Charlie Venegas

Second Division Main Event
118 - Rohn Zellner
182 -Rudy Laurer
189 - Charles Pearson
275n - Lawrence McNutt

Second Division Consolation
290 - Harold Hartke
131 - David Lynch
170 - Hayley Perrault
323 - Mike Miller (engine failure)

Sidecar Main Event
1 - Joe Jones/Tom Summers
64 - Dillon Osborne/Ashley Gibbons
2 - Bryan Motis/Johnny Bach
11 - Kevin Holman/Blake Cronkrite

Sidecar Last Chance
64 - Dillon Osborne/Ashley Gibbons
21 - Aaron Silvy/Heather Flammia
33 - Adam Duckett/Matt Fishman

Note: #21 Aaron Silvy is visiting from Australia and he is on his honeymoon!

First Division Heat Scoring 1 2 3 T
1 - Broc Nicol 3 2 3 8
3 – Dillon Ruml 3 2 1 6
6 – Shawn McConnell 1 1 2 4
7 – Austin Novratil 3 F E 3
11 – Bobby Schwartz 0 1 0 1
14n – Billy Janniro 3 3 3 9
25 – Jimmy Fishback 2 3 2 7
26 – Tyson Burmeister 2 3 3 8
43 – Charlie Venegas 1 2 2 5
46 – Aaron Fox 2 3 3 8
66 – Jason Ramirez 1 2 0 3
130 – Chris Manchester 2 1 2 5
178 – Eloy Medellin F 0 1 1
199 – Samuel Ramirez 1 1 1 3
202 – Chet Kohler 0 0 0 0
214 – Michael Wells 0 0 1 1

Race Results
1: (awarded) Janniro, Burmeister, S. Ramirez, Medellin (fell)
2: Nicol, Fishback, J. Ramirez, Wells
3: Novratil, Manchester, McConnell, Kohler
4: Ruml, Fox, Venegas, Schwartz
9: Janniro, Ruml, Manchester, Wells
10: Burmeister, Nicol, Schwartz, Kohler
11: (restarted) (awarded) Fishback, Venegas, S. Ramirez, Novratil (fell)
12: Fox, J. Ramirez, McConnell, Medellin
17: Janniro, McConnell, S. Ramirez, Kohler
18: Nicol, Venegas, Ruml, J. Ramirez
19: Burmeister, Manchester, Medellin, Novratil (engine failure)
20: Fox, Fishback, Wells, Schwartz