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[Main Man]

VICTORVILLE 'SCHLAMANS SERVICE' VIKINGS

 

1. Neil Facchini

2. Ricky Wells

3. Dale Facchini

4. Tim Gomez (captain)

5. Billy Hiles

6. Billy Lyons

7. Rohn Zellner

 

 

 

ORANGE COUNTY 'BBB SEAMLESS RAINGUTTERS' EAGLES

1. Nate Perkins (capt)

2. Rich Brock

3. Skyler Greyson

4. Rick Valdez

5. Brian Starr

6. Brian Buffington

7. Greg Vandemore

 

Rules: 15 heats, team racing, points score 3 1st, 2 nd, 1 3rd 0 last

or non finish per race.

 

4 laps. All races per program, no substitutions except for injury,

bike trouble with a #8 reserve rider. Gate positions pre-determined,

heat 15 by coin toss.

 

Heat 15 Team Manager can nominate 2 of top 3 scorers (inc

bonus points) on team.

 

A rider who finishes in 2nd or 3rd, with his team mate one position

above is awarded a bonus point. This does not add to team score, but

encourages team riding and is used to determine prize money.

 

Rider who touches the tapes gets 20 yard penalty. Rider who

excluded for not making to track on time replaced by #8. Rider

deemed to cause any stoppage excluded from re-run. If crash in

turn one of lap one had no direct cause, all 4 riders back to restart.

 

Team who wins match awarded 2 league points, loser 0, tie 1 each.

Top 2 teams after 3 matches Play off for league title.

Edited October 1, 2005 by Main Man

[Main Man]

Courtesy of TMG Racing :

 

The Victorville Schlaman's Services Vikings rolled to a 58-32 victory over the Orange County BBB Seamless Raingutters Eagles in each team's first match in the West Coast Speedway League at Wheel2Wheel Raceway in Victorville, California.

The Vikings were led by Neil Facchini's paid 14 points and 13 more from Billy Hiles. Dale Facchini, Ricky Wells, and Tim Gomez each pitched in with three paid wins apiece.

Neil Facchini and Wells got things started with a 4-2 over Nate Perkins and Rich Brock in heat one. Billy Lyons and Rohn Zellner kept the ball rolling in race two with another 4-2. After a restart, race three saw the opening of the floodgates as Gomez and Dale Facchini scored a 5-1 to push the score to 13-5 in favor of the Vikings. Hiles and Zellner combined for a 4-2 score over Brian Starr and Greg Vandemore to open up a ten point lead.

Perkins and Brock were able to temporarily stop the bleeding when they were awarded a 4-2 heat win after Gomez went down hard and brought out the red flag. The Vikings quickly turned the tables with another 5-1, this time it was Wells following teammate Neil Facchini across the line. After a 3-3 drawn heat in race seven, the avalanche of Viking points began again as Wells, the 14 year old Youth Naitonal Champion, led a 4-2 result in race eight. That was followed by consecutive 5-1's by Dale Facchini and Gomez in race nine and Neil Facchini and Wells in race 10 after Wells made an awesome outside pass to get into second. The score at this point was 41-19 in favor of the Vikings.

Perkins and Brock combined for another 4-2 before Victorville earned another 4-2 themselves followed by Hiles and Neil Facchini scoring a 5-1 in heat thirteen to bring the score to 52-26. Gomez won race fourteen, the final race before the nominated heat fifteen.

For the final race, Vikings manager Shawn McConnell sent out Neil Facchini and Hiles. Eagles manager Charlie Venegas nominated Perkins and Rick Valdez. Perkins was away first and won easily while Hiles and Facchini were able to keep Valdez at the back.

The next WCSL event will again be at Wheel2Wheel Raceway and is scheduled for Saturday, October 22.

 

RESULTS

 

Victorville Schlaman's Service Vikings 1 2 3 4 5 T (58)

1 - Neil Facchini 3 3 3 2* 1* 12+2

2 - Ricky Wells 1 2* 3 2* 8+2

3 - Dale Facchini 2* 2 2* 3 9+2

4 - Tim Gomez © 3 Fx 3 3 9

5 - Billy Hiles 3 3 2 3 2 13

6 - Billy Lyons 3 0 Fx F 3

7 - Rohn Zellner 1 1 1 1 4

Team Manager: Shawn McConnell

 

O.C. BBB Seamless Raingutters Eagles 1 2 3 4 5 T (32)

1 - Nate Perkins © 2 3 3 1 3 12

2 - Rich Brock F 1 2 1 4

3 - Skyler Greyson Fx 2 0 2 4

4 - Rick Valdez 1 0 1 2 4

5 - Brian Starr 2 1 1 0 4

6 - Bryan Buffington 2 0 0 0 2

7 - Greg Vandemore F 0 0 1 1

Team Manager: Charlie Venegas

 

Race Results

1: N.Facchini, Perkins, Wells, Brock (fell, remounted) 4-2, 4-2

2: Lyons, Buffington, Zellner, Vandemore (fell) 4-2, 8-4

3: (restarted) Gomez, D.Facchini, Valdez, Greyson (fell, remounted) 5-1, 13-5

4: Hiles, Starr, Zellner, Vandemore 4-2, 17-7

5: (restarted) (awarded) Perkins, D.Facchini, Brock, Gomez (fell) 2-4, 19-11

6: N.Facchini, Wells, Starr, Buffington 5-1, 24-12

7: Hiles, Greyson, Valdez, Lyons (tape penalty) 3-3, 27-15

8: Wells, Brock, Zellner, Vandemore 4-2, 31-17

9: Gomez, D.Facchini, Starr, Buffington 5-1, 36-18

10: N.Facchini, Wells, Valdez, Greyson 5-1, 41-19

11: (restarted) Perkins, Hiles, Brock, Lyons (fell, excluded) 2-4, 43-23

12: D.Facchini, Greyson, Zellner, Buffington 4-2, 47-25

13: Hiles, N.Facchini, Perkins, Starr 5-1, 52-26

14: Gomez, Valdez, Vandemore, Lyons (fell) 3-3, 55-29

15: Perkins, Hiles, N.Facchini, Valdez 3-3, 58-32

[rabbit]

Thanks Main Man - good to see some many of the names from the Dream Team tour doing well in this meeting and the other you've posted. Hopefully the team experience will set some of them up for a stint in the UK or European Leagues.

[Main Man]

Thanks Main Man - good to see some many of the names from the Dream Team tour doing well in this meeting and the other you've posted. Hopefully the team experience will set some of them up for a stint in the UK or European Leagues.

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That's the aim Rabbit. Steve Evans and Gary Gomez working on Dream Team tour 2006 which will probably be late May/ early June to co-incide with GP at Cardiff which they want to see.

We are looking at doing some PL and CL meetings with a bigger squad of varied ability .

Naturally some of the lads taking part in the league will come into consideration for the tour with the likes of Buck Blair and Bryan Yarrow (who is very keen to come back to British Speedway in 2006 with his shoulder injury now fully repaired) lined up to tour.

[TMGracing]

Courtesy of TMG Racing :

 

Actually the report was Courtesy of Ryan Evans who wrote this awesome report. I just forwarded the report.

[AndyM]

Were any of those riders on the recent US junior tour of the UK?

[TMGracing]

Were any of those riders on the recent US junior tour of the UK?

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Yes Andy they were. Chris Kerr,Tim Gomez,Bryan Starr,Neil Facchini,DaleFacchini. Shaun Harmatiuck is also going to join the line up to replace John Defries.

All these riders were on the USA DreamTeam.

[AndyM]

Thanks. I remember Kerr, but I'd forgotten the other names.

[TMGracing]

Thanks.  I remember Kerr, but I'd forgotten the other names.

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Well it was Kerr who was no doubt one of the shinning stars from the tour.So thats understandable. I'm sure the fairies remember Tim Gomez asthey have pictures of him.

[Main Man]

Well it was Kerr who was no doubt one of the shinning stars from the tour.So thats understandable. I'm sure the fairies remember Tim Gomez asthey have pictures of him.

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And don't forget Tim's fan club at Stoke --eh Timothy !!