Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA

Sideways Saturdays Speedway
Cal Expo - Sacramento, CA
Saturday July 1, 2000

Charlie Venegas wins the Main Event!

From Gary Roberts

More good races at Cal Expo. The track was a little difficult for the first couple of races, but quickly settled down to enable some good races.

Scratch Main
1. Charlie Venegas
2. Bart Bast
3. Billy Janniro
4. Bobby Hedden

Scratch Consi
1. Bob Hicks
2. Robert Curry
3. Steve Martynse
4. Chad Felicio

Handicap Main
1. Ryan Fisher
2. Bart Bast
3. Charlie Venegas
4. Billy Janniro
5. Steve Martynse
6. Robert Curry

Handicap Consi
1. Bobby Hedden
2. Chad Felicio
3. Bob Hicks
4. Ian Ferris
5. Marvin Sonnier
6. Scott McNeil

Division 2 Main
1. Chris Kerr
2. Eric Carrillo
3. Ivan Sevart
4. Jon Curry
5. Matt King
6. Tom Adams
7. Greg Hooten Snr.
8. Kevin Fereira

Division 2 Consi
1. Vince Bertolucci
2. Robert Mellor
3. Craig Boone
4. Matt Browne
5. Shawn Eldridge
6. Harlan Bast Snr.
7. Dave Booth
8. Mark Thomas

Division 3 Main
1. Geno Bellino

Other riders in this event were Kelly McBain, Howard Larson, Gary Hubbert, Billy Hiles, and Eric Ryan.

The race came to rather a peculiar end. From the end of the first lap, Billy Hiles took the lead, which he extended each lap. On the penultimate lap Eric Ryan fell on turn three and four, in the middle of the racing line and did not get up. On his way to what should have been an easy win, Billy Hiles was given a yellow flag before the corner, avoided Eric and his bike in the corner, but in changing direction from his racing line lost control and ended up in the wall. The race continued with the rest of the pack somehow missing Eric, and Billy giving Geno Bellino the win. I missed the rest of the finishing order.

Division 3 Consi
1. Bill Warnock
2. Dino Blankenbiller
3. Bruce Baker
4. Brian Leventon
5. Kimi Valentine
6. David Quick
6. Tom Castagnola
8. Jason Cummings

Junior Division 1
1. Bryan Yarrow
2. Greg Hooten Jnr.
3. JJ Martynse
4. JT Mabry

Junior Division 2.

1. Mark Carrillo
2. TJ Fowler
3. Danny Easley
4. Chris Olney

Junior Division 3
1. Jeff Butler
2. Tom Fehrman
3. Jay Ricketts
4. Bruce Bast

Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org