Costa Mesa Speedway
Orange County Fairgrounds
Costa Mesa, California
Knobby Night
May 18, 2024 - Costa Mesa Speedway
by Howie Zechner
#14 Fast Eddie Castro with Trailblazer Ernie Aragon
National Champion & Knobby Night Main Event winner Max Ruml with author Howie Zechner
The racing at Costa Mesa is always a great show. Not sure if it’s the people, racers or the fact that Speedway at the fairgrounds has 54 years of history and hero’s. Probably all those factors and more are what makes this venue so special, exciting and enjoyable.
Those reasons and a host of others made the 2nd May 18 event of this short 2024 six race dates schedule a thrill to see and be seen.
Complementing the Speedway Division 1, 2, 3, PW-50 and Juniors program were the Knobby racers. Always wild as they race their motocross style machines on the small 1/8 mile track its organized madness at its best.
Unfortunately Costa Mesa will be dark for the next two weeks. Fortunately all is not lost as its sister track in the City of Industry starts their 2024 season this coming Saturday night June 1 with a full program of Speedway under the lights of the famous Thunderdome. A chip off the Costa Mesa block it features Terry Clanton on the microphone along with the same exciting Speedway racers and officials.
The following week June 8, Industry will feature the Connor Penhall Memorial Cup. Americas richest speedway race the 8th running of this annual event will feature the same insane speedway racing plus those crazy New Zealand sidecars, Junior Speedway and special Knobby exhibition race. More information here.
Then we return to Costa Mesa on June 15 with their popular Harley Night 2 event that will include Speedway and Sidecars. More information here.
Hope we see you there, or there or everywhere. Cause in the end it’s you the fans and spectators that keep the doors open. You know Speedway and how great this sport is and how dedicated those that compete and promote are. So tell/bring a friend or loved one.
All 230 pictures from May 18 Costa Mesa on Facebook
Video from May 18 on the RAZ Video Production page.
Below is the complete May 18 Knobby Night score complements of RC Jones.
Thanks for listening, see you where the wheels go round
Howie Zechner
RESULTS
Scratch Main Event
1 - Max Ruml
7 -Austin Novratil
28 - Slater Lightcap
30n - Alex Martin
First Division Semi Final
1 - Max Ruml
28 - Slater Lightcap
98 - Broc Nicol
69 - Sebastian Palmese
First Division Semi Final
7 - Austin Novratil
30n - Alex Martin
321 - Russell Green
137 - Justin Almon
Second Division Main Event (restarted)
290 - Harold Hartke
111 - David Newsham
34 - Archie Perez (tape penalty)
49 - John Wilder (fell, remounted)
Second Division Consolation
178 - Eloy Medellin
163 - Ron Davis
113 - Tony Rutledge
Third Division Main Event
138 - Jim Sanders
116 - Jeff Semmig
101 - Jake Scarborough
313 - Paige Newsham
Mini 150 Main Event
175 - Morgan Myers
169 - Kayd Fiore
15 - Hudson Jones (non starter)
5 - Brandon Soto (non starter)
Pee Wee Main Event
716 - Davie Reece
55 - Bjorn Udall
204 - Daxton Reece
89 - Koa Noopheng
Division One Points
1- Max Ruml 7
6- Shawn McConnell 4
7- Austin Novratil 9
11- Bobby Schwartz 1
14- Eddie Castro 4
28- Slater Lightcap 5
30- Alex Martin 7
37- Joe Donaldson 2
68- Mark Fillebrown 0
69- Sebastian Palmese 6
98- Broc Nicol 9
123- Jordan Vanderham 1
137- Justin Almon 5
182- Rudy Laurer 2
214 - Michael Wells 3
321- Russell Green 7
Division Two Points
34- Archie Perez 6
49- John Wilder 6
111- David Newsham 5
113- Tony Rutledge 4
159- Kevin Fiore 1
163- Ron Davis 4
178- Eloy Medellin 3
227- Luke Whitcomb 3
250- Jacob Wondolowski 3
290- Harold Hartke 5
327- Tyler Moszer 4
197- Ryan Bacarella 2
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