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1996 Paris Speedway Race Results
September 1, 1996 - Paris Division One Championships
by Kim Gregory
At Paris Speedway The Muszynski brothers were very strong tonight, and as a repeat of
other events here, took the win. Gary Hesmer, who is at his best on
a rough track, took third, leaving fourth spot for his young cousin
Chris Hesmer.
The second biggest event of the Canadian Speedway year began at 6PM,
with a crowd of about three hundred spectators. The celebrity of the
night was Ron Hoare (Secretary - Treasurer of the Veterans Speedway Racing
Association ). The program ran very
smoothly, ( the twenty heats were finished in an hour and 40 minutes)
and the final was over by 8PM. The track was well watered before the
racing, making it safer than the previous days race, but still
developed some tricky spots in turn four that caused some surprises.
The biggest surprise of the night was that the winner of the last two
Canadian National Championships, our number one rider, John Kehoe
failed to make the final. He won the event last year, but this was
his first event of the season on the Paris track. He was beat by Sobec
and Chris in his semi final, so only made the consolation race. Jeff
Orosz also missed making the final by only 50 feet when he tumbled in
the last corner of the last lap of his semi final. He had been holding
second place before the fall, and had to push his bike over the finish
line. Francois Grenier from Quebec had engine failure in his second
heat, and Len Dillon withdrew from racing after his third heat,
allowing reserves Darren Altmayer and Kim to Gregory fill in. My first
encounter with the bumps in turn four sent me into the fence in heat 16,
but I managed to stay on the bike as it crossed into the infield, missed
the starting gate post, the referee and the flag marshals!
The points were awarded 4 for first, 3 for second, 2 for third and 1 for
fourth. The points after 20 heats determined the top 8 riders for the
two semi finals. The top two riders from each semi final moved up to the
final, the last two moved to the consolation race. Riders were awarded
$5 for each point in the heats, and bonus money for the final and
consolation race.
Rider # Heat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
Bogdan Muszynski #18 4 4 8
Sobec Muszynski #25 4 4 8
Gary Hesmer #37 3 4 7
John Kehoe # 1 3 4 7
Andy Harris #19 4 3 7
Len Dillon #83 3 3 6
Chris Hesmer #11 3 3 6
Jeff Orosz #31 4 1 5
Fred Legault #68 2 2 4
Gene Bonsignore #64 2 2 4
Greg Comstock #75 2 2 4
Nicolas Fafard # 6 2 2 4
Ghetan Carigan #51 1 3 4
Guy Fafard #23 1 1 2
Francois Grenier #28 1 1 2
Joanne Edwards #62 1 1 2
Reserves
Darren Altmayer # 7 0
Kim Gregory #97 0
Pt Rider # Heat 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
8 Sobec Muszynski #25 4 4 16
8 Bogdan Muszynski #18 4 4 16
7 John Kehoe # 1 4 4 15
7 Gary Hesmer #37 3 2 12
5 Jeff Orosz #31 3 4 12
7 Andy Harris #19 2 3 12
4 Gene Bonsignore #64 3 3 10
6 Len Dillon #83 4 R 10
6 Chris Hesmer #11 1 3 10
2 Guy Fafard #23 3 3 8
4 Nicolas Fafard # 6 2 2 8
5 Fred Legault #68 1 2 7
4 Ghetan Carigan #51 2 1 7
4 Greg Comstock #75 2 1 7
2 Joanne Edwards #62 1 2 5
2 Francois Grenier #28 R R 1
Reserves
0 Darren Altmayer # 7 1 1 2
0 Kim Gregory #97 Dis 0
Pt Rider # Heat 17 18 19 20 Totals Semi Semi Consi Final
16 Sobec Muszynski #25 4 20 1st 2nd
16 Bogdan Muszynski #18 3 19 1st 1st
15 John Kehoe # 1 2 17 3rd 1st
12 Jeff Orosz #31 4 16 (F)4th 2nd
12 Andy Harris #19 2 14 3rd 3rd
10 Len Dillon #83 4 14
10 Chris Hesmer #11 3 13 2nd 4th
12 Gary Hesmer #37 1 13 2nd 3rd
10 Gene Bonsignore #64 (F)1 11
8 Guy Fafard #23 3 11
7 Fred Legault #68 4 11 4th 4th
8 Nicolas Fafard # 6 2 10
7 Ghetan Carigan #51 1 8
7 Greg Comstock #75 1 8
5 Joanne Edwards #62 2 7
1 Francois Grenier #28 R 1
Reserves
2 Darren Altmayer # 7 2
0 Kim Gregory #97 3 3
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