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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
The last race for August 2009 seemed doomed from the outset, with thick rain clouds and thundershowers forecast, but with some heavenly help, the skies brightened and the riders and crowd arrived to enjoy a superbly prepared track Mike Zelaska.
Rob Dixon made a rare appearance at the Paris track after many years of absence. Being a firm supporter of the larger tracks, it was great to see him riding on the smaller track this night!
The night was divided into ATV racing with Jeremy Zelaska, Travis Carpenter, Jason Law and his buddy Clark, P85 Junior Flat Track racers, Nathan Hammond and Braden Vallee, Division two riders Scott Collier and Tommy Hensby, and Division 1 riders Aaron Hesmer, Terry Rideout, Rob Dixon, Jeff Orosz and Joe Heye rounded the field.
The night began with two ATV riders arriving late, so both Jason and Clark were forced to wait for heat 2 of their rounds to start. All night the guys held their own and produced some great racing. Sadly though due to the rain, they were unable to run their final event!
The P85 class was dominated by the ever popular Braden vallee. He assisted in the show with Nathan right by his side! Good job!
The Division 2 class of Scott Collier and Tommy Hensby produced some good racing with 5 heats being run, but also they suffered a non-running final due to the rain. Scott Collier won the first race of the night with a hard charging Hensby right behind him. Tommy Hensby did suffer some mechanical gremlins during the night, but with the help of Rob Dixon, Tom Marriott and Todd Vallee, they kept him running and assisted in him winning all the next four heats! A good display of intermediate speedway was shown by these two guys!
The Division 1 guys did a fabulous job of producing some high level exciting racing for the crowd. Aaron Hesmer produced some super moves and out maneuvered Jeff Orosz in some great racing. Rob Dixon's return was not marked with any wins, but he did show that the track was too his liking! Terry Rideout looked off the pace and suffered from some bad luck in his attempts to pass his fellow riders! Joe Heye's performance looked set to bring him good fortune with a good heat win, but Hesmer and Orosz were proving too much for him.
Jeff Orosz left the best till last, the rain started to come down heavily, and with the need to get the race going to avoid a cancellation, Rideout, Hesmer, Orosz and Heye lined up to the tapes. Orosz go a flyer from gate 4 and held on to win well in the pouring rain! Aaron Hesmer was struggling to hold on and very sensibly slowed down in the need of self preservation, but Heye and Rideout paid the price for pushing hard in the very wet and wild conditions, and slid off on turn 2, they both remounted, and finished in this order behind Orosz and Hesmer!
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