Canadian Speedway Racing Association

Friday June 5th 2009
A good size crowd was privy to a night of great racing and different classes of entertainment. We welcomed Jeremy Zelaska and Travis Lyle-Carpenter's Quad racing into the program, sadly though 3 quads were stuck on the side of the road after their truck broke down and they were unable to get to the track in time! The Sehl/Vallee P85 flat track show was entertaining to the last lap of their final race, Braden Vallee pushed past a hard chasing Matt Sehl to take a good win on the night! Tommy Hensby the new 13-year rider, continued to show his improving skills upon his 500cc bike throughout the night under direction of Aaron DeVeau. Scott Collier had to withdraw from the night and subsequently, a changed program was implemented to facilitate some equal racing. The racing from both the Division 1 and Division 2 was outstanding. The night began with Joe Heye sliding out in both the warm-up lap and in the first race. The track which was probably the best we have seen for many a race, due to the work of Mike Zelaska and Dave Havill had put into it over the past week, caught Joe out! He did however, gain more confidence throughout the night and proved his reputation of being Paris Speedway's No 1 rider! Terry Rideout, Gary Hesmer and Jeff Orosz joined Joe Heye in producing some superb duels with some clashing of bikes and very close racing. It was a treat for all there! With the final event poised, Joe Heye took gate 2 along side Jeff Orosz in gate 1 and it was won from there, Joe pulled a flyer and took to the front while Jeff Orosz and Terry Rideout battled for second place, Gary Hesmer who was recovering from some technical problems pulled up the rear. Jeff Orosz pulled away from Terry Rideout and set about hunting down Joe Heye. The last corner near collision, was a breath-taking corner which left Joe Heye to take the checkered flag by a bike length! Great racing! We look forward to our next event. which is the SANDVIK sponsored night on June 19th.

Friday July 3rd 2009
An overcast night with a mix of light drizzle welcomed the SANDVIK sponsored night at Paris Speedway on Friday July 3 rd . A smaller rider turnout and crowd still enjoyed a superb night of racing. The night began with four quads taking to the track, which had been superbly race prepared by Michael Zelaska following a week of rain. Jeremy Zelaska, Travis Lyle Carpenter, Jason Law and Clarke Voil all put on a great display of racing throughout the night, with Clarke Voil taking the chequered flag in the final event! Mike Hammond, Scott Collier and John Bennett, represented our Divisions 2 class, in this work and illness reduced class. They did however put on quite a show. Mike Hammond was finding the damp tacky surface difficult for a few laps, as was John Bennett with them both performing 360-degree slides mid turn! One of the highlights of the night was the perfect lay-down by Mike Hammond as John Bennett fell in front of him in turn 1, great job by Mike! The racing was very competitive with all three riders winning a heat each, but with only one winner of the night, fittingly, it was down to Sandvik's very own, Mike Hammond who greeted the chequered flag from “Tiger” Tom Marriott for a well-deserved lap of honour! Braden Vallee was due to have his debut on a junior speedway bike this night, but due to mechanical problems, he was unable to get the junior bike running. This allowed him to have some fun on the track with junior speedway rider Tommy Hensby. A staggered start allowed both Vallee and Hensby to show the different styles of the P85 flat track bike and the 500cc speedway bike. Tommy Hensby was suffering from some ignition problems, and had to pull out of one heat as his bike quit on lap 3, but the enjoyment of watching Vallee pushing Hensby was great fun to see on the night! Our reduced class of Division 1 riders, put on a classic night of thrills and spills that we expect from these top-flite riders. Joe Heye, Aaron Hesmer, Jeff Orosz and Terry Rideout thrashed out some amazing close racing on every lap raced. The first two heats saw Aaron Hesmer and Jeff Orosz going toe to toe, both taking the win, superb racing! Terry Rideout was a bit off the pace this night after he crashed out twice, while sliding out on the wet surface. He re-injured his buttock from a Welland Speedway crash two weeks ago, and rode on valiantly to help the show along! Joe Heye was never far fro the action and did all he could to spoil to Hesmer/Orosz show, with a heat win and by splitting the pair in a breathtaking move on lap 2 of heat 3 coming out of turn 2. His over-zealous push did cause him to slide out in heat four and cause a restart, but his best race was left till last. A superb final race where he kept the hard-charging Aaron Hesmer behind him to grab the well deserved win. Jeff Orosz and Terry Rideout finished in this order behind them, to complete a superb SANDVIK night of racing.

Friday August 1st 2009
A warm sunny and humid night welcomed a good field of riders and fans to Paris Speedway, on the last day of July for 2009. The riders were split into two groups and the additional P85 flat track bikes and the Quads added to the excitement for the night. Division 2 riding saw Tommy Hensby make his debut with other riders following his weeks of demonstration laps, joining Graham Wale and Gary Moody, who himself welcomed his return to the Paris track for the second time. Division 1 was spilt into two 3-man heats with a four man final. Aaron Hesmer, Gary Hesmer, Joe Heye and Terry Rideout were joined by Mike Hammond and Katalin Davis to complete the class. The night's racing in the P85 class also welcomed Nathan Hammond into the racing world, joining the fast racers, Matt Sehl and Braden Vallee. The night was a duel of these two guys passing and pressing each other right to the flag in every race. The final event was completed with Matt Sehl beating out Braden Vallee and Nathan Hammond to take the well-deserved checkered flag win! Division 2 riders were all equally paced with some great dueling between Moody and Wale as Hensby watched closely from the rear in heat 1. Their second heat saw Moody go out with mechanical problems on lap 2 leaving Graham Wale to defend the lead from Tommy Hensby, Hensby saw an opportunity on lap 3 when Wale went wide in turn 2 and swooped underneath to gain and hold the lead for his first win of the night! The next heat sadly was the last as Wale and Hensby clashed on lap 1 and were forced to retire, leaving Moody to be the only Division 2 rider running, which gave him the opportunity to join the other class for the remainder of the night. The Division 1 racing was dominated with the riders showing their status of the countries top riders, as they battled each and every lap to gain that all important point! Aaron Hesmer pushed all night as well as cousin Gary, to both finish on the same total points, a toss of a coin for the final gate position was won by Aaron! Mike Hammond enjoyed his first encounter in Division 1 despite feeling the side of Gary Hesmer in turn 2 and sliding out. He held his own for the night and did very well. Katalin Davis joined the fun in her first 2 heats, but sadly mechanical problems caused her to retire from the night to allow Gary Moody to fill her spot in the program. Terry Rideout had some serious clutch problems during his first race and was able to complete the heat with a badly troubled machine. The pits became a frenzy, as many other riders and pit crews all jumped on Terry's bike to strip and rebuild the bike to allow him to continue onward in the night, Joe Heye was a man on mission this night, but despite his heroic efforts, the ever changing rack caught him out as the humid air drew out a lot of moisture in the track and caught him off guard as he slid out a few times. Heye kept the push on Aaron Hesmer all night, continuing the battle of the titans for the great enjoyment of the crowd! Also for the first time this year, Heye jumped the start in heat 5 and broke the tapes from gate 1. The final event of the night was probably the longest race in time, that we have ever seen at Paris! It began with Aaron Hesmer in gate 1, Gary Hesmer, gate 2, Joe Heye gate 3 and Terry Rideout in gate 4. The tapes flew and all four riders attacked turn 1 with Aaron Hesmer pulling out front, Gary Hesmer in second was challenged hard by Joe Heye in turn 3 and he slid out. The first restart was duplicated exactly in the same corner and we went to restart number 3. This restart saw Heye starting from the penalty line and he blasted outside Gary Hesmer in turn 3 on lap 2, but they clashed hard and Heye fell awkwardly leaving Hesmer to go nowhere but straight. Gary Hesmer's bike took off and smashed into the fence with Gary sliding through it with his bike. After a quick look by the ambulance, Gary was up and back in the pits, but in need of some rest! Track workers quickly replaced the safety fence and we went into restart number four with only three riders. The start also with Heye back on the penalty line proved not to be the last! Again same place on the track caused the hard pushing Heye to slide out again! This caused the fifth and final restart with Heye back on a 30-yard penalty line. Aaron Hesmer refueled and pulled out a classic display of speedway. as Heye passed Rideout on the last turn to grab second place.

Friday August 28th 2009
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!

Saturday September 5th 2009 - Paris Fair
A very hot and sticky afternoon welcomed a large crowd to the Paris Fair race. A 2:00pm start enabled Mike Zelaska to prepare the track with loads of water, as the effect of the dust was a concern for the Fair and the afternoon managed to hold it back to a reasonable level for all! Sadly though, the level of racing was reduced due to the excess water needed to retract the dust, but all the riders produced the best show possible! The day began with our quad riders taking to the track, Jeremy Zelaska, Travis Carpenter, Jason Law and Clark Viol all produced some close side by side racing, and Jeremy Zelaska did a super job in holding back the 450cc units behind his 350cc machine! Travis produced some close racing with Jason, thus producing a well-deserved round of applause from the large audience every race! They all produced a high level of skill and did a great job! Our P85 flat track riders returned to also put on a superb selection of races! Matt Sehl joined Braden Vallee and Nathan Hammond and raced hard every race. Nathan Hammond suffered some mechanical gremlins but managed to rejoin some races! Matt Sehl again showed the crowd why he is the current Canadian points leader, he rode hard and fast to win the day's final event well! Our Division 2 riders, Mike Hammond and Tommy Hensby were joined by Katalin Davis to round the class. All the races produced some very close and contact riding between Hammond and Davis with Hensby sensibly staying behind them. Mike Hammond slid out in round 2 and Katalin Davis laid the bike down superbly to avoid any further problems. The restart was dominated by Katalin to take a good win. Round 4 saw two crashes, Hammond and Davis again were side by side in turn 4 when they clashed and Hammond went down tumbling into the boards. Up and on, the restart saw the trailing Hensby hit the dirt with his foot peg on the last lap coming into turn 3, his bike twisted beneath him awkwardly and he high sided with his foot becoming entangled in his front wheel. After some assistance he was up and ok and his bike needed some TLC, which Jeff Orosz jumped in to get it straight for Tommy to continue. The final race of the day for them all, saw Katalin Davis produced a fine display ahead of Mike Hammond and Tommy Hensby. The Division 1 riders, Aaron Hesmer, Rob Dixon, Jeff Orosz, Terry Rideout and Joe Heye all produced some good riding. Terry Rideout was having an off day with a few slide-outs on the wet surface as he battled hard to gain position from the tapes in turn 2. Jeff Orosz spent the afternoon trying to gain momentum of the ever-changing track surface and lost a really good lead to Aaron Hesmer in their second round race. Joe Heye and Rob Dixon also pushed hard and gave the other a run for their money! Aaron Hesmer put his best foot forward and kept a firm hold on all the heat races. He was very smooth and composed which really paid off as he took a very well deserved checkered flag every race! The final race was an absolute cracker! Aaron Hesmer took gate one and Joe Heye took gate 3, Heye pushed himself hard under Hesmer to take the lead out of turn 2, they then spent the next two laps ducking and diving under and around each other until, Heye slid out on turn 3 and Hesmer took off the grab the win! Jeff Orosz and Rob Dixon battled behind and finished in second and third respectively as Heye remounted and competed the race!

Friday June 5th 2009

A good size crowd was privy to a night of great racing and different classes of entertainment. We welcomed Jeremy Zelaska and Travis Lyle-Carpenter's Quad racing into the program, sadly though 3 quads were stuck on the side of the road after their truck broke down and they were unable to get to the track in time!

The Sehl/Vallee P85 flat track show was entertaining to the last lap of their final race, Braden Vallee pushed past a hard chasing Matt Sehl to take a good win on the night!

Tommy Hensby the new 13-year rider, continued to show his improving skills upon his 500cc bike throughout the night under direction of Aaron DeVeau.

Scott Collier had to withdraw from the night and subsequently, a changed program was implemented to facilitate some equal racing. The racing from both the Division 1 and Division 2 was outstanding. The night began with Joe Heye sliding out in both the warm-up lap and in the first race. The track which was probably the best we have seen for many a race, due to the work of Mike Zelaska and Dave Havill had put into it over the past week, caught Joe out! He did however, gain more confidence throughout the night and proved his reputation of being Paris Speedway's No 1 rider!

Terry Rideout, Gary Hesmer and Jeff Orosz joined Joe Heye in producing some superb duels with some clashing of bikes and very close racing. It was a treat for all there!

With the final event poised, Joe Heye took gate 2 along side Jeff Orosz in gate 1 and it was won from there, Joe pulled a flyer and took to the front while Jeff Orosz and Terry Rideout battled for second place, Gary Hesmer who was recovering from some technical problems pulled up the rear. Jeff Orosz pulled away from Terry Rideout and set about hunting down Joe Heye. The last corner near collision, was a breath-taking corner which left Joe Heye to take the checkered flag by a bike length! Great racing!

We look forward to our next event. which is the SANDVIK sponsored night on June 19th.

Friday July 3rd 2009

An overcast night with a mix of light drizzle welcomed the SANDVIK sponsored night at Paris Speedway on Friday July 3 rd . A smaller rider turnout and crowd still enjoyed a superb night of racing.

The night began with four quads taking to the track, which had been superbly race prepared by Michael Zelaska following a week of rain. Jeremy Zelaska, Travis Lyle Carpenter, Jason Law and Clarke Voil all put on a great display of racing throughout the night, with Clarke Voil taking the chequered flag in the final event!

Mike Hammond, Scott Collier and John Bennett, represented our Divisions 2 class, in this work and illness reduced class. They did however put on quite a show. Mike Hammond was finding the damp tacky surface difficult for a few laps, as was John Bennett with them both performing 360-degree slides mid turn! One of the highlights of the night was the perfect lay-down by Mike Hammond as John Bennett fell in front of him in turn 1, great job by Mike! The racing was very competitive with all three riders winning a heat each, but with only one winner of the night, fittingly, it was down to Sandvik's very own, Mike Hammond who greeted the chequered flag from “Tiger” Tom Marriott for a well-deserved lap of honour!

Braden Vallee was due to have his debut on a junior speedway bike this night, but due to mechanical problems, he was unable to get the junior bike running. This allowed him to have some fun on the track with junior speedway rider Tommy Hensby. A staggered start allowed both Vallee and Hensby to show the different styles of the P85 flat track bike and the 500cc speedway bike. Tommy Hensby was suffering from some ignition problems, and had to pull out of one heat as his bike quit on lap 3, but the enjoyment of watching Vallee pushing Hensby was great fun to see on the night!

Our reduced class of Division 1 riders, put on a classic night of thrills and spills that we expect from these top-flite riders. Joe Heye, Aaron Hesmer, Jeff Orosz and Terry Rideout thrashed out some amazing close racing on every lap raced. The first two heats saw Aaron Hesmer and Jeff Orosz going toe to toe, both taking the win, superb racing! Terry Rideout was a bit off the pace this night after he crashed out twice, while sliding out on the wet surface. He re-injured his buttock from a Welland Speedway crash two weeks ago, and rode on valiantly to help the show along! Joe Heye was never far fro the action and did all he could to spoil to Hesmer/Orosz show, with a heat win and by splitting the pair in a breathtaking move on lap 2 of heat 3 coming out of turn 2. His over-zealous push did cause him to slide out in heat four and cause a restart, but his best race was left till last. A superb final race where he kept the hard-charging Aaron Hesmer behind him to grab the well deserved win. Jeff Orosz and Terry Rideout finished in this order behind them, to complete a superb SANDVIK night of racing.

Friday August 1st 2009

A warm sunny and humid night welcomed a good field of riders and fans to Paris Speedway, on the last day of July for 2009.

The riders were split into two groups and the additional P85 flat track bikes and the Quads added to the excitement for the night.

Division 2 riding saw Tommy Hensby make his debut with other riders following his weeks of demonstration laps, joining Graham Wale and Gary Moody, who himself welcomed his return to the Paris track for the second time.

Division 1 was spilt into two 3-man heats with a four man final. Aaron Hesmer, Gary Hesmer, Joe Heye and Terry Rideout were joined by Mike Hammond and Katalin Davis to complete the class.

The night's racing in the P85 class also welcomed Nathan Hammond into the racing world, joining the fast racers, Matt Sehl and Braden Vallee. The night was a duel of these two guys passing and pressing each other right to the flag in every race. The final event was completed with Matt Sehl beating out Braden Vallee and Nathan Hammond to take the well-deserved checkered flag win!

Division 2 riders were all equally paced with some great dueling between Moody and Wale as Hensby watched closely from the rear in heat 1. Their second heat saw Moody go out with mechanical problems on lap 2 leaving Graham Wale to defend the lead from Tommy Hensby, Hensby saw an opportunity on lap 3 when Wale went wide in turn 2 and swooped underneath to gain and hold the lead for his first win of the night! The next heat sadly was the last as Wale and Hensby clashed on lap 1 and were forced to retire, leaving Moody to be the only Division 2 rider running, which gave him the opportunity to join the other class for the remainder of the night.

The Division 1 racing was dominated with the riders showing their status of the countries top riders, as they battled each and every lap to gain that all important point! Aaron Hesmer pushed all night as well as cousin Gary, to both finish on the same total points, a toss of a coin for the final gate position was won by Aaron!

Mike Hammond enjoyed his first encounter in Division 1 despite feeling the side of Gary Hesmer in turn 2 and sliding out. He held his own for the night and did very well. Katalin Davis joined the fun in her first 2 heats, but sadly mechanical problems caused her to retire from the night to allow Gary Moody to fill her spot in the program. Terry Rideout had some serious clutch problems during his first race and was able to complete the heat with a badly troubled machine. The pits became a frenzy, as many other riders and pit crews all jumped on Terry's bike to strip and rebuild the bike to allow him to continue onward in the night,

Joe Heye was a man on mission this night, but despite his heroic efforts, the ever changing rack caught him out as the humid air drew out a lot of moisture in the track and caught him off guard as he slid out a few times. Heye kept the push on Aaron Hesmer all night, continuing the battle of the titans for the great enjoyment of the crowd! Also for the first time this year, Heye jumped the start in heat 5 and broke the tapes from gate 1.

The final event of the night was probably the longest race in time, that we have ever seen at Paris! It began with Aaron Hesmer in gate 1, Gary Hesmer, gate 2, Joe Heye gate 3 and Terry Rideout in gate 4. The tapes flew and all four riders attacked turn 1 with Aaron Hesmer pulling out front, Gary Hesmer in second was challenged hard by Joe Heye in turn 3 and he slid out. The first restart was duplicated exactly in the same corner and we went to restart number 3. This restart saw Heye starting from the penalty line and he blasted outside Gary Hesmer in turn 3 on lap 2, but they clashed hard and Heye fell awkwardly leaving Hesmer to go nowhere but straight. Gary Hesmer's bike took off and smashed into the fence with Gary sliding through it with his bike. After a quick look by the ambulance, Gary was up and back in the pits, but in need of some rest! Track workers quickly replaced the safety fence and we went into restart number four with only three riders. The start also with Heye back on the penalty line proved not to be the last! Again same place on the track caused the hard pushing Heye to slide out again! This caused the fifth and final restart with Heye back on a 30-yard penalty line. Aaron Hesmer refueled and pulled out a classic display of speedway. as Heye passed Rideout on the last turn to grab second place.

Friday August 28th 2009

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!

Saturday September 5th 2009 - Paris Fair

A very hot and sticky afternoon welcomed a large crowd to the Paris Fair race. A 2:00pm start enabled Mike Zelaska to prepare the track with loads of water, as the effect of the dust was a concern for the Fair and the afternoon managed to hold it back to a reasonable level for all! Sadly though, the level of racing was reduced due to the excess water needed to retract the dust, but all the riders produced the best show possible!

The day began with our quad riders taking to the track, Jeremy Zelaska, Travis Carpenter, Jason Law and Clark Viol all produced some close side by side racing, and Jeremy Zelaska did a super job in holding back the 450cc units behind his 350cc machine! Travis produced some close racing with Jason, thus producing a well-deserved round of applause from the large audience every race! They all produced a high level of skill and did a great job!

Our P85 flat track riders returned to also put on a superb selection of races! Matt Sehl joined Braden Vallee and Nathan Hammond and raced hard every race. Nathan Hammond suffered some mechanical gremlins but managed to rejoin some races! Matt Sehl again showed the crowd why he is the current Canadian points leader, he rode hard and fast to win the day's final event well!

Our Division 2 riders, Mike Hammond and Tommy Hensby were joined by Katalin Davis to round the class. All the races produced some very close and contact riding between Hammond and Davis with Hensby sensibly staying behind them. Mike Hammond slid out in round 2 and Katalin Davis laid the bike down superbly to avoid any further problems. The restart was dominated by Katalin to take a good win. Round 4 saw two crashes, Hammond and Davis again were side by side in turn 4 when they clashed and Hammond went down tumbling into the boards. Up and on, the restart saw the trailing Hensby hit the dirt with his foot peg on the last lap coming into turn 3, his bike twisted beneath him awkwardly and he high sided with his foot becoming entangled in his front wheel. After some assistance he was up and ok and his bike needed some TLC, which Jeff Orosz jumped in to get it straight for Tommy to continue. The final race of the day for them all, saw Katalin Davis produced a fine display ahead of Mike Hammond and Tommy Hensby.

The Division 1 riders, Aaron Hesmer, Rob Dixon, Jeff Orosz, Terry Rideout and Joe Heye all produced some good riding. Terry Rideout was having an off day with a few slide-outs on the wet surface as he battled hard to gain position from the tapes in turn 2. Jeff Orosz spent the afternoon trying to gain momentum of the ever-changing track surface and lost a really good lead to Aaron Hesmer in their second round race. Joe Heye and Rob Dixon also pushed hard and gave the other a run for their money! Aaron Hesmer put his best foot forward and kept a firm hold on all the heat races. He was very smooth and composed which really paid off as he took a very well deserved checkered flag every race! The final race was an absolute cracker! Aaron Hesmer took gate one and Joe Heye took gate 3, Heye pushed himself hard under Hesmer to take the lead out of turn 2, they then spent the next two laps ducking and diving under and around each other until, Heye slid out on turn 3 and Hesmer took off the grab the win! Jeff Orosz and Rob Dixon battled behind and finished in second and third respectively as Heye remounted and competed the race!