Riverside FANatic 6-2--07
by Alan Plummer

The Riverside FANatic

By Alan Plummer

Mother Nature just couldn’t hold off long enough to complete this week’s races at Riverside Speedway a PASS sanctioned speedway.  They got everything in except the Outlaw Sportsman feature event.   

First up for the evening was the Daredevil Rookie division.  The 93 of Cameron Brown started on the pole with the 29 of Brendan Hunt on the outside.  Hunt took the initial lead, but the 62 of Dilyn Switser jumped out to take the lead.  On lap 7 Hunt got the top spot back.  On lap 8 the 07 of Manville Powers III moves into 3^rd place.  Brown spins in turn 1 bringing out the caution.  Switser takes the restart, and the win, followed by Hunt and Powers.

 The Daredevil Veterans were next to take the field.  The 75 of Andrew Fecteau was on the pole.  Outside his door was the 27 of Dickie Stanley.  Stanley immediately falls back, with sputtering car.  Fecteau takes the lead, as the 73 of Riley Hartshorn moves to 2^nd and the 72 of Cody Hodge moves to 3^rd.  Hodge then makes the move on Hartshorn and take the 2^nd spot and half a lap later takes the lead.  The 5 of Jesse Switser stayed right with Hodge taking the 2^nd spot.  On lap 4 the 3 of Kristopher Russell takes the 3^rd spot. The 77 of Brandon Lambert moves into the 3^rd spot on lap 9.  On lap 11, Hartshorn spins in turn 1, bringing out the caution.  Switser takes the restart as Hodge misses a shift.  Russell overtakes the 3^rd spot.  Lambert retakes 3^rd on lap 13.  With 2 to go, Hodge makes his move outside of Switser, and takes the lead and the win.  Switser takes the 2^nd spot and Lambert 3^rd.  Switser was later dq'd for having too many shaved tires, moving Kristopher Russell up to the 3rd spot.

 The Angels were up next.  The 6 of Miranda Gervais was on the pole, with the 83 of Lindsay Rexford outside.  Gervais took the lead and Kate Demar in the 7 moved into 2^nd.  On lap 2 the 00 of Ciara McCoy takes the 3^rd spot.  By lap 12 McCoy is closing in on Gervais.  On lap 14 Gervais slows a little and McCoy runs into, damaging the front end, and is forced to take it to the pits.  The 41 of Vanessa Brown inherits 3^rd.  On lap Demar and the lapped car of Kristen Wheeler in the 11 get together, and both are sent to the rear.  Gervais takes the restart.  In only one lap Demar is back to the 2^nd spot.  On lap 23 the 04 of Michelle Tierney spins in turn 2.  Brown retakes the 3^rd spot on lap 29.  On lap 33 Demar and Gervais get together bringing out a caution.  On the restart Demar again gets together with Gervais, sending Gervais over turn one, rolling the car.  Demar, is told to load the car on the trailer.  The 5 of Traci Nelson takes the restart, but Brown soon retakes the lead.  Brown is 1^st across the stripe followed by Nelson and Rexford.

 Michael Moore in the 06 started on the pole for the Street Stocks with the 41 of Holly Brown on the outside.  Moore took the lead.  The 47 of Willy Hennequin and the 38 of Ryan Heuser got together sending Hennequin around.  The 12 of Tyler Therrien and Brown get together on the backstretch.  Moore again takes the restart, but the 22 of Michael Smith is right with him.  Smith takes the lead on lap 4.  On lap 16 the 76 of Tori Delabruere spins in turn 3. On the restart, Smith and the 27 of Troy Randall are neck and neck, with Smith eventually taking the lead and the win.  Randall is 2^nd and Moore 3^rd. 

 Adam Hurd in the 10 had the pole for the Super Stocks, with the 31 of Brian Middleton outside his door.  Middleton took the lead, as the 04 of Nathan Swallow moved into 2^nd.  Ron Watson in the 18, and Luke Shannon in the 13 are both moving up through the field fast.  On lap 9 Shannon takes the 3^rd spot, two laps later Watson takes 3^rd away from him.  On lap 15 the 76 of Shawn Hood and the 1 of Jeremy Lacoss get together, sending Lacoss around.  Middleton takes the restart and the win followed by Swallow and Watson.  After post race tech inspection, both Middleton and Watson are found to be to light and are disqualified, giving Swallow the win.  Dave Ofsuryk gets the 2^nd spot and Shannon gets 3^rd.

 The rained out Outlaw Sportsman division will be made up on the 23 of June.  Come join the fun next week. On the card are the Late Models, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Dwarf Cars and Cyclones.  Post time 6 p.m., hope to see you there.  Pictures and archived FANatic articles can be seen at http://racing.apcomptech.com   If you have any questions or comments email me at riversidefanatic@apcomptech.com