Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds
Auburn, CA
July 4, 1997 - Fast Fridays, Auburn
From: RC Jones
(Unofficial results, please excuse any errors)
An interesting night the Fourth of July was. Celebration of our
country and all that. Lots of Fireworks, large crowd and interesting
crashes.
Unfortunately Pat Linn injured his ankle in the scratch semi and was
unable to continue. All three of the Bast's had their turn with the
dirt with Papa Bast scaring us the most. Fortunately he was able to
recover and continue racing.
Harlan Bast Jr's touchdown provided the most excitement. Harlan was
in second place in the handicap main event and was working very hard
to track down the leader Travis MacDonald. I do not think Harlan has
won a main event in a while and had a great opportunity to do so.
With 2 laps to go Harlan got a little squirrly coming out of turn 4
and by the time he arrive at the start/finish line was doing a great
tank slapper. Finally he went over the handle bars and bounced down
the track on his good sized butt. Harlan was ok and waved to the
cheering crown while leaving the track.
In the scratch main Bart Bast and Louis Kossuth went tooth and nail
with Kossuth running on the out side for 3 laps before the traction
went away slipping to fourth by the end.
(Also note that RC Jones proposed to his girlfriend Nancy right after she sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' to a rousing ovation.)
Handicap Heats
Heat 1 Heat 2
1 Louis Kossuth 50 yards Jim Sisemore 50 yards
2 Harlan Bast Jr 30 yards David Faria 30 yards
3 Steve Martynse 10 yards Robert Curry 30 yards
4 Jimmy Martinez 20 yards Kelly Bennett 30 yards
5 Ian Ferris 20 yards Frank Crane 0 yards
6 Vance Felicio 20 yards
Heat 3 Heat 4
1 Bobby Hedden 50 yards Bart Bast 50 yards
2 Matt Becker 30 yards Travis MacDonald 20 yards
3 Pat Linn 40 yards Bob Hicks 50 yards
4 Rich Marcucci 20 yards Ken Wagner 0 yards
5 John Grant 20 yards Billy Janniro 30 yards
6 Rick Shafer 0 yards
Handicap Semifinals
Semi 1 Semi 2
1 David Faria 30 yards Travis MacDonald 20 yards
2 Harlan Bast Jr 30 yards Matt Becker 30 yards
3 Louis Kossuth 50 yards Pat Linn 40 yards
4 Steve Martynse 10 yards Bobby Hedden 50 yards
5 Jim Sisemore 50 yards Bart Bast 50 yards
6 Robert Curry 30 yards Bob Hicks 50 yards
Handicap Consolation Handicap Main Event
1 Bart Bast 50 yards Travis MacDonald 20 yards
2 Jim Sisemore 50 yards Louis Kossuth 50 yards
3 Bob Hicks 50 yards Matt Becker 30 yards
4 Bobby Hedden 50 yards David Faria 30 yards
5 Steve Martynse 10 yards Harlan Bast Jr 30 yards
6 Robert Curry 30 yards (Pat Linn out injury)
Scratch Races
Heat 1 Heat 2
1 Louis Kossuth Jim Sisemore
2 Matt Becker Billy Janniro
3 Kelly Bennett Harlan Bast Jr.
4 Dave Faria Rich Marcucci
Heat 3 Heat 4
1 Bart Bast Bob Hicks
2 Pat Linn Bobby Hedden
3 Travis MacDonald Jimmy Martinez
4 Robert Curry Vance Felicio
Scratch Semi Finals
Semi 1 Semi 2
1 Jim Sisemore Bart Bast
2 Louis Kossuth Bob Hicks
3 Bobby Hedden Billy Janniro
4 Matt Becker
Scratch Consolation Scratch Main
1 Bobby Hedden Bart Bast
2 Billy Janniro Bob Hicks
3 Matt Becker Jim Sisemore
4 Louis Kossuth
Division II Consolation Division II Main Event
1 Chris Heyman Shawn MacDonald
2 Josh West 135
3 Chuck Lane Matt King
4 Jeremy Martinez Harlan Bast Sr
5 Dave Booth Scott Olney
6 Eric Veal
Division III Consolation Division III Main Event
1 Derek Silva Steve Belluzzi
2 Joe Whiting Mike Gildersleeve
3 Bob Peters Bobby Chipman
4 Bill Dixon Dennis Cassidy
5 Rich Mignano
Northern California Championship Points
(Prior to tonight)
Bobby Hedden 1020
Bart Bast 941
Louis Kossuth 666
Pat Linn 592
Chad Felicio 565
Dave Faria 543
Bob Hicks 517
Kelly Bennett 425
Billy Janniro 425
Robert Curry 367
Vance Felicio 335
Jim Sisemore 323
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