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Perris Raceway1205 Burton Road Team Racing Round 2 Aces in the driving seat as Max Ruml tops the points at Perris. Round 2 of the 2019 League race campaign was held at Perris Raceway on March 30th with team victories going to the Santa Maria Aces and Perris Eagles in League 1 matches. Max Ruml was the top in points on the night with 16 points from 6 completed rides. Match 1 – Santa Maria Aces 48 – Ventura Vikings 34. The league favorite Santa Maria Aces took a 14opoint win over the depleted yet valiant Ventura Vikings. Vikings, reeling from their top two draft riders deciding to take the 2019 season off, kept the strong Aces honest before succumbing to the expected defeat. After two tied heats the Aces, with 5-1s in heats 3 and 5 took command, though a superb double point joker win from Blake Borello in event 10 brought the points gap back to 4. In the end the scores widened back to a 14-point Aces win. The Aces were led by Russell Green (12+2), Tommy Hedden (12+1) and Charles Pearson (13). Heat 4 had a freak incident with both Aces Damon Barry and Joey Donaldson looping at the gate, both withdrawing from the program. Borello (10), Sebastian Palmese, who showed superb pace with 7 points and Mike Miller (7) provided the main charge for the Vikings. Aces 48: Austin Novratil 9 (3,R,3,3), Hayley Perrault 2 (R,2,0,0), Tommy Hedden 12+1 (3,2’,3,3,1), Russell Green 12+2 (3,2’,2,2’,2), Damon Barry 0 (X,T), Joey Donaldson 0 (R), Charles Pearson 13 (3,3,3,2,2) 13 Vikings 34: Neil Facchini 3+2 (1’,1,0,1’), Blake Borello 10 (2,0 3+3,1,1), Kevin Fiore 1 (0,1,0,0), Sebastian Palmese 7 (1,3,1,2,0), Mike Miller 7 (2,2,F,3), Sammy Tetrault 4+2 (1’,2,1’,1), Brad Moreau 1+1 (1’0. Match 2 – Perris Eagles 42 – Huntington Beach Heathens 39. A closely fought and tense match saw the defending champion Eagles record their first win of the campaign against a Heathens team that lost two of its top three in a heat 5 first turn incident. After a tied first heat the Heathens recorded a heat 2 5-1 to move ahead. Heat three saw both Heathens (Dave Hancock and Rich Richards) fail to finish, putting Eagles one ahead, but they regained the lead with a 4-2 in heat 4, led by an impressive win from newly graduated former junior Jake Isaac. Heat 5 spelled disaster for the Heathens with David Hancock and Rick Richards, Heathens 3 and 4, tangling in turn 1 and both taking no further part in the event. The Heathens, now four points and two men down, fought back to take the lead back after heat 8 and again after heat 13. However a heat 14 5-1 from Dillon Ruml and Will McCloskey put the Eagles ahead to eventually narrowly win by 3. Dillon Ruml led the Eagles with 12 points with good back up from Eddie Castro on 11. Max Ruml scored 14 big points for the Heathens with best support from Jake Isaac (9) and Rohn Zellner (8+1). Eagles 42: Dillon Ruml 12 (2,3,2,3,2), Charles Ermolenko 5+2 (1’2’2), Eddie Castro 11 (3,2,2,2,2), Will McCloskey 6+4 (2’1’,0,2’,1’), Rudy Laurer 2 (1,X,1), Jim Gibson 0 (0,0,0), Richard Perkins 6 (2,2,2). Huntington Beach Heathens 39: Max Ruml 16 (3,3,3,1,3,3), Robbie Sauer 2 (0,0,1,1,0), David Hancock 0 (R,X), Rick Richards 0 (X,X), Jake Isaac 9 (3,3,3), Lawrence McNutt 4+1 (1,1,1,1’), Rohn Zellner 8+1 (2’,3,3,0). League 2: Heathens 40, Eagles 29, Aces 25, Vikings 23. The League 2 match, featuring Support, 250 Junior and 150 Mini riders ended with a big win for the Heathens. On the Support side of the program, Rich Perkins on the Eagles scored a perfect 12. Other race wins went to Sammy Tetrault (2) and Lawrence McNutt. The 250 side of the races saw Kyle Cunningham (Heathens) top the points with 10 (two wins). Other race wins went to Landon Norton and Wilbur Hancock. Top 150 rider was Levi Leutz on 8 (two wins), Owen Williams winning the other heat. Heathens 40: Brent Smith 9, Dennis Osmer 3, David Newsham 2, Kyle Cunningham 10, Greg Moore 8, Levi Leutz 8. Eagles 29: Richard Perkins 12, Steve Brown 7, George Yates 2, Andrew Russell 3, Aidan McNutt 1, Jose Navarrete 4. Aces 25: Lawrence McNutt (guest) 10, Landon Norton 9, Owen Williams 6. Vikings 23: Sammy Tetrault 10, Don Nemarnik 5, Wilbur Hancock 8. League Tables: League 1 (Win-Loss) (Race points difference +/-) 1. Aces (2-0) +31 race points 2. Heathens (1-1) +4 race points 3. Eagles (1-1) -14 race points 4. Vikings (0-2) -21 race points
League 2 (8 points for first in event, 6 second, 4 third and 2 fourth) 1. Eagles (1-1-0-0) 14 points 2. Heathens (1-0-.5,0.5) 9 points 3. Vikings (0-1-0-1) 8 points 4. Aces (0-0,1.5, 0.5) 7 points Other Divisions Ryder Schultz won the Pee Division 1 Main and took the second heat too, with Madden Smith winning heat 1. Division two saw Dylan Medina winning both Heat and Main. Shawn Chamlee won the Hooligan Main with Ace Kale and Josh Flammia winning the Sidecar Class. The third qualifier for the Last of Mohican's ‘Last Man Out’ Challenge saw Austin Novratil as the winner, joining Max and Dillon Ruml in the final on May 18th. Next race at Perris is the team racing finals on April 27th which will also feature the final Last of the Mohican's Qualifiers. Though the Aces are firmly in the League 1 driving seat, the Heathens and the Eagles are still in the championship running whilst the Vikings will be racing for pride to avoid last place. Additional Results: Division 1 Main: Max Ruml, Dillon Ruml, Tommy Hedden, Sebastian Palmese. Last of the Mohican's Round 3: Austin Novratil, Neil Facchini, Eddie Castro, Tommy Hedden. Pee Wee Division 1: 6 Ryder Schultz, 113 Madden Smith, 701 Noah Luke, 411 Reed Sanchez, 401 Maverick Del Arocha. Pee Wee Division 2: 2 Dylan Medina, 78 Liam Arreaza, 34 Zachary Dunbar, 11 Billy Cano, 55 Solomon Stern. Sidecar: 357 Ace Kale / Josh Flammia, 07 Kevin Kale / Mike North.
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