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Ryan Fisher capped an exciting evening of racing with a
sensational performance en route to victory in the main
event at Industry Hills Speedway.
Charlie Venegas, the previous week's winner, led the
main event at the outset, but Fisher immediately went to
work on the outside. Fisher was alongside the leader as
they exited turn four and edged ahead at the completion of
lap one. As the pair raced down the back straight the
second time Fisher was able to drop down to the inside to
better protect his lead. The former Youth National Champion
didn't make a mistake and led all the way to the finish.
Venegas finished second, Shawn McConnell was third, and
Tommy Hedden finished fourth.
Venegas began the first of three rounds of heats by
trapping from the outside and leading McConnell all the way
to the finish. Shaun Harmatiuk was the initial leader in
the next race, but was passed on the outside first by Eddie
Castro and then by Fisher with Castro taking the win. Gary
Hicks held off Dukie Ermolenko in the next race. Bryan
Yarrow beat Bobby Krips in race 11. Buck Blair brought the
curtain down on round one with a win over Hedden.
Round two began on a sour note with Ermolenko finding
traction before hitting the turn four fence and leaving
Bobby Krips no escape route. Krips laid his machine down as
quickly as possible, but still collected the prone rider.
Ermolenko was carried off by a stretcher, but was later
gingerly walking around.
On the restart, Castro had bike problems at the line
and Brad Sauer defeated Krips in what amounted to a match
race. Venegas scored his second win by beating Buck Blair.
McConnell won an excellent side-by-side battle with Fisher
in race 20. Despite Harmatiuk's best effort on the outside,
Hedden emerged as the victor of the next race. Hicks led
the final race of the second round for two laps before being
overtaken and defeated by an excellent outside pass by
Yarrow.
Yarrow began the final round with his third straight
victory.
Venegas matched Yarrow's perfect score with a win over
Krips. McConnell and Hedden waged a classic inside-outside
battle for four laps in race 26 with Hedden inching ahead
just before the checkered flag. Castro scored his second
victory by beating Blair in the next race. The heats drew
to a close with Fisher scoring his first win.
It was Venegas jumping in front of the first semi, but
Hedden used the grippy outside line to his advantage and
passed Venegas on lap two and pulled away for the victory.
The second semi saw Fisher leading from start to finish
while McConnell had to fight off the outside challenge of
Yarrow to secure his spot in the main.
Eloy Medellin used gate one to grab the lead in the
Second Division Main. Rudy Laurer immediately went to the
outside in an effort to prevent Medellin's second straight
main event win. The two veteran riders battled
wheel-to-wheel before Laurer finally was able to secure the
lead on the third lap. Once in the lead, Laurer never
bobbled and was first to the checkered flag. Medellin
finished second, Michael Hernandez was third, and Bryan
Buffington finished fourth.
Tim Cochren led the Third Division Main before Steve
Bowen took the lead in turn three. Bowen held the lead
until the final lap when Cochren's pressure forced him wide
and also relinquish the lead. Cochren, a former youth
rider, back in speedway after more than a decade away, held
on for the victory. Bowen recovered in time to finish
second, Sam Stavros finished third, and Mike Lane was
fourth.
Krystal Cramer won the Youth Main Event for the second
straight week ahead of Phillip Harmatiuk, Russell Green, and
Joey Holt. Braydan Galvin beat Elijah Hicks in the Pee Wee
Main Event.
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