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Paris Speedway
Paris Fairgrounds
Paris Ontario, Canada
Division One Championship
August 31, 1997 Paris Speedway
From: Duncan Luke and Kim (Do it sideways!) Gregory
Great track, fast program. Started at 6 PM and finished at 8 PM.
The track was not great for passing, the inside line being the fastest,
but with such a close level of skill in the riders, it was never sure who would
win each heat. The first lap always saw the lead change two or three times between
the start and turn three! A good crowd of 400, due to the Paris Fair, got a good evening's entertainment.
The only
injury of the night was Jeff Orosz in heat 14. He was going around Chris
Hesmer on the outside in turn three, but Chris also liked the outside
on that corner, and they both picked the same point to start the turn.
Jeff only tore off Chris's right number plate, but it was enough to
mess up Jeff's line through the corner, and he lost some distance on Chris.
He charged hard the second lap, and overcooked it when going into turn three
again, and layed it down. Patrick Ahlund followed by Gary Hesmer layed it down to
avoid Jeff, and Jeff's ankle got a little twisted in the tumbling bikes.
He had a cast on it and was on crutches for the following six weeks.
We were all glad to see Phil Pedersen back for the first time this year, but
his freshly rebuilt GM siezed again in heat 20.
# Rider Heats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pt 9 10 11 12 pt 13 14 15 16 pt 17 18 19 20 total
51 Gaetan Carigan 1 2 3 1 4 1 5 1 6
37 Gary Hesmer 2 0 2 1 3 4 7 1 8
18 Bogden Muszynski 4 4 8 3 11 3 14 3 17
19 Andy Harris 3 2 5 4 9 3 12 4 16
23 Guy Fafard 2 3 5 2 7 2 9 3 12
83 Len Dillon 4 4 8 3 11 4 15 4 19
12 Pat Reynolds 3 1 4 1 5 4 9 3 12
66 Patrick Ahlund 1 3 4 4 8 1 9 4 13
6 Nick Fafard 0 1 1 2 3 1 4 2 6
68 Fred Legault 3 3 6 2 8 1 9 2 11
31 Jeff Orosz 4 3 7 2 9 R 9 R 9
Nick Ciardi 2 1 3 4 7 3 10 1 11
11 Chris Hesmer 3 4 7 3 10 3 13 2 15
27 Phil Pedersen 1 2 3 1 4 2 6 1 7
15 Sobec Muszynski 4 2 6 3 9 2 11 3 14
3 Chris Slabon 2 4 6 4 10 4 14 4 18
14 John Cooper ( Reserve ) 2 2
97 Kim Gregory ( Reserve ) 2 2
The top eight riders continued to two semi finals, TOTAL
the top two from each made the final. CHAMPIONSHIP
# Rider Heat Points Semi 1 Semi 2 Final POINTS
1st 83 Len Dillon 19 3 4 26
2nd 18 Bogden Muszynski 17 2 6 25
3rd 3 Chris Slabon 18 3 0 21
4th 15 Sobec Muszynski 14 2 2 18
5th 19 Andy Harris 16 0 16
6th 11 Chris Hesmer 15 0 15
7th 66 Patrick Ahlund 13 1 14
8th 12 Pat Reynolds 12 1 13
9th 23 Guy Fafard 12
10 68 Fred Legault 11
11 Nick Ciardi 11
12 31 Jeff Orosz 9
13 37 Gary Hesmer 8
14 27 Phil Pedersen 7
15 51 Gaetan Carigan 6
16 6 Nick Fafard 6
17 14 John Cooper 2
18 97 Kim Gregory 2
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