Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds
Auburn, California

Week 5
Friday June 12, 1998 - Fast Fridays Speedway
By: Gary Roberts

Another great night of racing from Fast Fridays. Every week seems to get even better.

Scratch Main
1. Charlie Venegas
2. Mike Faria
3. Bart Bast
4. Jim Sisemore

Scratch Consolation
1. Louis Kossuth
2. Robert Curry
3. Bobby Hedden
4. Billy Janniro

Handicap Main
1. Bart Bast
2. Mike Faria
3. Tommy Hedden
4. Bobby Hedden
5. Robert Curry
6. Matt Becker

Handicap Consolation
1. Pat Linn
2. Jim Sisemore
3. Ian Essary
4. Ian Ferris
5. Louis Kossuth
Charlie Venegas also qualified for this race, but was a non-starter.

Division 2 Main
1. Scott Olney
2. Bill Newby
3. Chuck Lane
4. Danny Miles
5. Tom Adams
6. Bill Thomas

Division 2 Consolation
1. Harlan Bast
2. Dave Booth
3. Rachelle Kerr
Mike Gildersleeve, Eric Veal, and Shawn Eldridge all ended up in a heap and the race was stopped.

Division 3 Main
1. Mike Browne
2. Paul Hart
3. Joe Whiting
4. Derek Silva
5. David Lee
6. Glenn Scott

Division 3 Consolation
1. Bobby Chipman
2. Dick Vargas
3. Paul Moranville
4. Harry Bradwell
5. Les Veal
6. Rich Mignano

Junior Division 1
1. Eric Carillo
2. AJ Jones
3. Bryan Yarrow
4. JJ Martynse

Junior Division 2
1. Mat Browne
2. Josh Newby
3. Jay Heidt
4. Jon Curry

Junior Division 3
1. JT Mabry
2. Ray Linn
3. Alex Marcucci
4. Amanda English

There were so many good races, that I am sure many others present will disagree with me, but for me the best two were the scratch semi-finals. In both cases, the winners, Bart Bast and Mike Faria were safe winners out in front, but the best race was behind that. Jim Sisemore and Louis Kossuth had a race long battle in one, and Charlie Venegas and Billy Janniro went at it in the other. In both cases, positions changed several times throughout the race. The track was in superb shape which enabled plenty of overtaking all evening long. The Handicap Main was especially good, with pretty much each of the 6 riders leading, at some stage.