Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds
Auburn, California

Elimination Challenge Series Championship
August 22, 2003 - Fast Fridays, Auburn
By Gary Roberts

I managed to catch most of the event, arriving late, after a long business trip.

Apparently there was heavy rain on Thursday and Friday morning, but the track looked fine, although a bit shy of dirt and rather dry towards the end.

As usual, the racing was great. The change in weather diminished the size of the crowd.

Unofficial results:

Scratch Main
1. Mike Faria
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Bryan Yarrow
4. Charlie Venegas

Handicap Main
1. Chris Kerr (30)
2. Bryan Yarrow (40)
3. Bobby Hedden (50)
4. Mike Faria (50)
5. Bart Bast (50)
6. Charlie Venegas (40)

Handicap Consolation
1. Matt Browne (10)
2. Mark Carrillo (0)
3. Tommy Hedden (40)
4. Greg Hooten (0)
5. Devin DeFreece (0)
6. Ivan Sevart (0)

Division 2 Main
1. Mike Achilles
2. Vince Bertolucci
3. Bill Warnock
Mike Browne, Harlan Bast, Randy Martins were the other competitors, I missed the finishing order.

Division 2 Consolation
1. Shawn Eldridge
2. Mark Thomas
3. Bill Hermant
4. Dean Blankenbiller
5. Ron Woodsford

Division 3 Main
1. Kell Kerrigan
2. Kelly McBain
3. Rick Gutzke
4. Bruce Bast
5. John Deathrage
6. Treggan Mullinex
7. Matt Pangburn
8. Dave Quick

Division 3 Consolation
1. Steve Rowett
2. Guy Jessup
3. Greg Chacon
4. Dennis Chandler
5. Danny Poli
6. Clark Caravella
7. Kjell Lovlien
8. Rich Mignano

Youths Division 1
1. Alex Marcucci
2. JT Mabry
3. Ricky Wells
4. Paul Johnson
5. TJ Fowler

Youths Division 2
1. Ricky Felicio
2. Tom Fehrman
3. Mitchell Johnson
4. Jay Ricketts
5. Ronny Woodsford

Youths Division 3
1. Ben Essary
2. Tori Hubbert
3. Mike Bray
4. Matt Petersen
5. Cody Ciciarelli
6. Bryce Olney
7. Shilo Quick

Next week is the Track Championship and Youth National Championship. This will be a marathon event, with somewhere over 50 races in 3 hours.

Fast Fridays must be congratulated for the organization involved, getting one race out as the previous one comes in, with zero time in between, plus keeping the track maintained. I find it a challenge to record results in the program. The British league could learn a lesson here!

Gary Roberts - gary_rob@ix.netcom.com