The
Riverside
FANatic
By Alan Plummer
Saturday the 12th was a very cool night at Riverside
Speedway, a P.A.S.S. sanctioned track, but many of the drivers seemed a little
hot under the collar. Nearly all divisions saw 1 or more accidents caused by
someone not using their heads.
The Daredevil Novice division started the night.
The 41 of Vanessa Brown started on the pole, with the 2 of Curtis
Randall outside her door. Randall
got the early jump, and then Brown started to make the pass, when the 11 of
Brett Gervais and the 22 of Tori Delabruere got together.
On the restart, the 8 of Tyler Leighton cuts down to quickly chopping
the nose of Brown, and sending Leighton around.
With 2 cautions and only 1 lap complete, it is decided to go to a
single file restart, Brown being the leader. The
3x of Jamie Kenison goes around in turn 3, and the 3 of Kristopher Russell and
Delabruere are involved. The 27
of Dickie Stanley clears, and slows only to get rear ended by Gervais.
Gervais car had to be pushed to the pits, and
Stanley
continued. On lap 13 the 48 of
Tyler Barrows shreds a tire, but continues to complete the race.
Brown takes the win, followed by Leighton and Stanley.
Next on tap were the Daredevil Masters.
The 00 of Ciara McCoy started on the pole with the 19 of Walter Bandy
outside. McCoy takes the lead.
On the 2nd lap the 73 of Riley Hartshorn goes around, and is
sent to the rear. The 77 of
Brandon Lambert takes the lead on the restart.
On lap 2 the 04 of Shawn Swallow moves into the 2nd
position. On lap 3, Bandy goes
around in turn 4. The single file
restart is used again, giving Lambert the lead.
Lambert held on as long as he can, but a hard charging Swallow takes
the lead on lap 7. At the stripe
it is Swallow, followed by Lambert and the 72 of Cody Hodge.
The Angels were next on the schedule.
The 55 of Traci Nelson started on the pole, with the 41 of Holly Brown
outside. Holly Brown, Nelson, and
the 36 of Allison Brown get together in turn 2.
Holly comes out of it shaken, but Nelson takes a hard hit from Allison
off turn 2 into pit lane. Nelson
and Allison Brown were both routinely taken to the Hospital for a checkup, for
pains they had, both were treated and released.
The 7 of Kate Demar took the restart, and the win, followed by the 44
of Jennie Dion and the 72 of Heather Hodge.
The Super Stocks were up next. Their
problems actually started in practice when the 8 of Denny Degreenia broke an
axle and rolled the car 7 times on the pavement.
Denny’s car was totaled, but he was able to borrow and old enduro car
to get into the feature. The 6 of
Robin Hood started on the pole with Adam Hurd in the 10 to his outside.
Hood just about immediately spins the car and is sent to the rear.
Hurd then takes the restart. Just
as they really get going, Hurd has something break in the car and cuts down in
front of the field, sending the 48 of Willie Holbrook into the pits leaking
oil everywhere. Brian Middleton in the 31 takes the restart over the 76 of
Shawn Hood. By lap 7 the 04 of
Shawn Swallow had made it to the lead. On
lap 24 Shawn Hood goes around because of a right rear blow out, and a soft
front tire. Swallow again takes
the lead. Middleton and the 1 of
Jeremy Lacoss get together and are sent to the rear.
Single file restart again. Swallow
takes the checkers, followed by the 93 of Reggie Theroux and the 74 of Dan
Sidney.
The Dwarfs took to the field next, and were the cleanest running
division of the night. The 28 of
Ernie Laplant started on the pole with the 2 of Eric Hall outside.
Laplant stayed out front all night, and Hall slipped back only one
position, giving the 68 of Tim Sherman 2nd.
The Street Stocks followed the Dwarfs. The
16 of Daniel Gooden started on the pole with the 1 of Mike McGee outside.
Gooden took the lead and the 66 of Michael Moore moved into 2nd.
McGee got high, and got shuffled back.
On lap 3 the 22 of Michael Smith moved in the 2nd spot, and
1 lap later took the lead. On lap
5 McGee goes around and Gooden’s car sputters into the pits.
On the restart Smith battled the 19 of Jake McDowell for the lead,
after a few laps McDowell came up on top.
On lap 13 the 76 of Ryan Delabruere moves into the 3rd
position, then on lap 21 takes 2nd.
McDowell takes his 2nd win of the season followed by
Delabruere and the 68 of Derrick O’Donnell.
The Cyclone’s closed out the night with a bang.
Wrecker man Scott Lambert was in the 22x, Scott wrestled with the car
until lap 10 when he got together with the 29 of Chris Meunier.
Too bad for Chris, he was sitting 6th in the points, and his
car is totaled. He is not sure if
he’ll be back this year, he needs to find a new car.
The 73 of Roger Hartshorn also had a rather hard hit in the wall in the
backstretch, but was OK. The 12
of Tyler Therrien found himself out of the race early.
Winning the race was the 41 of Jeff Ainsworth.
Rounding out the top 5 were the 62 of
Jeremy Way
, the 95 of Paul Schartner, the 75 of
Stephen Way
, and the 40 of David Couture.
On the card for next week are the Late
Models (back in action after 3 weeks off), Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
Daredevils, and Cyclones. Post
time 6 pm. Pictures and archived
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If you have any questions or comments email me at riversidefanatic@apcomptech.com