What looked to be the biggest crowd of the season was on hand to see lots of race action with the flat-track class taking the spotlight for the night. With no other racing action on tap for the riders this weekend there were 22 starters split between the Open and Amateur classes far more than in any previous meeting. Add in good turnouts for the ATV and P50 classes and the result was the longest race program yet at 57 heats and a scramble to get all the finals in before hitting the curfew deadline.
Although these flat-trackers are accustomed to riding quarter and half-mile tracks it hasn’t taken them long to get used to the much shorter Paris circuit and find the fastest way around it. With three of the top four in the CMA Expert standings on hand, Doug Beattie, Doug Lawrence, Tim Seguin, CMA Intermediate class leader, Tyler Seguin, and Paris Series points leader Ryan Rainville, all signed in for the Open class the action promised to be fast and furious and it was.
Jeff Seguin showed he was going to be the man to beat by winning all three of his qualifying heats while Rainville, Beattie and Seguin snared a win apiece. However in the final it was Doug Beattie who grabbed the early lead from Rainville and Lawrence. Jeff Seguin spent the first half of the race working his way up from fourth but Beattie made no mistakes and held him off for the final four laps to take the checkered flag. Behind the leaders there was plenty of action with Tyler Seguin particularly impressive. He overcame a second row start in the eight-man final to catch both Lawrence and Rainville for a third place finish with an impressive late surge.
In the Amateur class Matt Ward showed he is one to watch for the future. For the second week in a row he showed his ability by going unbeaten on the night. Joey Martin was his closest challenger winning all three of his qualifying heats. But in the final Ward led from start to finish while Martin had to get past another Seguin, Jeremy, for second place with Braden Vallee doing the same a lap later to finish third.
In the speedway class Gary Hesmer put an end to his cousin Aaron Hesmer’s season long string of Main event wins. Gary has been in good form in recent weeks and took the win with something to spare when Aaron was slow off the line and took a couple of laps to pass the rest of the field. Katalin Davis showed well to take third ahead of Mike Hammond.
That result left Braden Vallee as the only rider who was won the Main event in his class each week so far this year. Having come close to losing last week he made no mistakes this time and had an easy win when his main rival Nate Hammond was penalized twice and had to start from the double penalty line.
The ATV action was as competitive as usual and produced another first time winner in the form of Regan Woodards who took over the lead when Jason Stys spun out half way through the race. Regular Brett Noble was second while Stys recovered to finish in third place.
We almost had a new winner in the Baja bikes class with regular Shane Dube being edged out by Jeremy Weasmer right on the line. The finish was so close that it took a split decision of the three judges at the finish line to decide the winner not an easy task with all the riders clothing, their bikes and the background of the track blending into one dark color.
RESULTS:
SPEEDWAY – 1) GARY HESMER, 2) Aaron Hesmer, 3) Katalin Davis, 4) Mike Hammond.
ATV – 1) REGAN WOODARDS, 2) Brett Noble, 3) Shawn Stys, 4) Matthew Van Ginkel.
FLAT –TRACK – 1) DOUG BEATTIE, 2} Jeff Seguin, 3) Tyler Seguin, 4) Ryan Rainville.
FLAT TRACK AMATEUR 1) MATT WARD, 2) Joey Martin, 3) Braden Vallee, 4) Jeremy Seguin.
Aug.13th Race Results
FLAT – TRACK FRIDAY
By: Duncan Luke
What looked to be the biggest crowd of the season was on hand to see lots of race action with the flat-track class taking the spotlight for the night. With no other racing action on tap for the riders this weekend there were 22 starters split between the Open and Amateur classes far more than in any previous meeting. Add in good turnouts for the ATV and P50 classes and the result was the longest race program yet at 57 heats and a scramble to get all the finals in before hitting the curfew deadline.
Although these flat-trackers are accustomed to riding quarter and half-mile tracks it hasn’t taken them long to get used to the much shorter Paris circuit and find the fastest way around it. With three of the top four in the CMA Expert standings on hand, Doug Beattie, Doug Lawrence, Tim Seguin, CMA Intermediate class leader, Tyler Seguin, and Paris Series points leader Ryan Rainville, all signed in for the Open class the action promised to be fast and furious and it was.
Jeff Seguin showed he was going to be the man to beat by winning all three of his qualifying heats while Rainville, Beattie and Seguin snared a win apiece. However in the final it was Doug Beattie who grabbed the early lead from Rainville and Lawrence. Jeff Seguin spent the first half of the race working his way up from fourth but Beattie made no mistakes and held him off for the final four laps to take the checkered flag. Behind the leaders there was plenty of action with Tyler Seguin particularly impressive. He overcame a second row start in the eight-man final to catch both Lawrence and Rainville for a third place finish with an impressive late surge.
In the Amateur class Matt Ward showed he is one to watch for the future. For the second week in a row he showed his ability by going unbeaten on the night. Joey Martin was his closest challenger winning all three of his qualifying heats. But in the final Ward led from start to finish while Martin had to get past another Seguin, Jeremy, for second place with Braden Vallee doing the same a lap later to finish third.
In the speedway class Gary Hesmer put an end to his cousin Aaron Hesmer’s season long string of Main event wins. Gary has been in good form in recent weeks and took the win with something to spare when Aaron was slow off the line and took a couple of laps to pass the rest of the field. Katalin Davis showed well to take third ahead of Mike Hammond.
That result left Braden Vallee as the only rider who was won the Main event in his class each week so far this year. Having come close to losing last week he made no mistakes this time and had an easy win when his main rival Nate Hammond was penalized twice and had to start from the double penalty line.
The ATV action was as competitive as usual and produced another first time winner in the form of Regan Woodards who took over the lead when Jason Stys spun out half way through the race. Regular Brett Noble was second while Stys recovered to finish in third place.
We almost had a new winner in the Baja bikes class with regular Shane Dube being edged out by Jeremy Weasmer right on the line. The finish was so close that it took a split decision of the three judges at the finish line to decide the winner not an easy task with all the riders clothing, their bikes and the background of the track blending into one dark color.
RESULTS:
SPEEDWAY – 1) GARY HESMER, 2) Aaron Hesmer, 3) Katalin Davis, 4) Mike Hammond.
ATV – 1) REGAN WOODARDS, 2) Brett Noble, 3) Shawn Stys, 4) Matthew Van Ginkel.
FLAT –TRACK – 1) DOUG BEATTIE, 2} Jeff Seguin, 3) Tyler Seguin, 4) Ryan Rainville.
FLAT TRACK AMATEUR 1) MATT WARD, 2) Joey Martin, 3) Braden Vallee, 4) Jeremy Seguin.
FLAT TRACK YOUTH – 1) BRADEN VALLEE, 2) Nathan Hammond, 3) Tyler Brown, 4) Robert Fischer.
BAJA BIKES – 1) JEREMY WEASMER, 2) Shane Dube, 3) Mike Hurlburt, 4) Jay Weasmer.
FLAT TRACK 50CC – 1) DUSTIN BROWN, 2) Justin Hutchison, 3) Dakota Laking, 4) Aston Newell.
ATV YOUTH – 1) TAMARA NOBLE, 2) Braden Kelloway, 3) Jaylin O’Gorman, 4) Javonte Griffith.
BAJA WOMEN – 1) HOLLY SCHIRTZING, 2) Jenny Totten, 3) Tanya Rogerson, 4) Mary Weasmer.
GO-KARTS – 1) FERN BOURQUE, 2) Tim Seguin, 3) Tom Weasmer.