Cycleland Speedway Chico, California
Chico Opening Night
Cycleland Speedway
May 8, 1999
Northern California's second event of the 1999 season was a cold windy affair on the banked
quarter mile oval at Chico. Chico's first ever
Speedway meeting on this track was one of the last events of last season. Chico is about 80
miles north of Sacramento, basically in the middle of
nowhere, but a sizeable crowd showed up from somewhere and enjoyed some good fast racing.
Many of us were expecting to see more riders, particularly after the mega turnout at Auburn the
night before. The track developed a few
grooves, and the uncovered Armco barrier on the corners didn't look too inviting, nevertheless
no complaints about the quality of racing.
Division 1 Scratch Main
1. Bobby Hedden
2. Pat Linn
3. Bart Bast
4. Matt Becker
Division 1 Scratch Consolation
1. Dave Faria
2. Robert Curry
3. Ian Ferris
4. Rick Shafer
5. Matt King
Division 1 Handicap Main
1. Bobby Hedden
2. Robert Curry
3. Dave Faria
4. Matt Becker
Ian Ferris and Bart Bast qualified but fell
Division 1 Handicap Consolation
1. Matt King
2. Rick Shafer
3. Pat Linn
Division 2 Main
1. Richard Powell
2. Donny Powell
The Division 2 main was a family affair. Father Richard and Son Donny. In an earlier qualifying heat Gary Moranville fell and despite trying to take
avoiding action, Shawn Eldridge hit first the fallen rider, then the Armco. Neither raced again
and left early.
Division 3 Main
1. Don Webster
2. Mike Douglas
3. Kevin Fereira
This race was stopped after a couple of riders fell. Unlucky for
(Tom Odekirk?)
Mike Odekirk, who had moved
from 4th up to 2nd, but the results were backed up a
lap.
Juniors
1. Jon Curry
2. Bryan Yarrow
3. Ray Linn
Chico is running events in between Cal Expo's events. I will get details to Kim Gregory to update
the SpeedwayBikes.Com web page.
Next Friday, as usual is Auburn and Saturday is Cal Expo.
Gary Roberts - gary_rob@ix.netcom.com
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