HESMER PROVES TOO MUCH FOR OROSZ
The weather gods were on the racing side with a beautiful sunny warm night at Welland Speedway. A 12-man schedule was in place, to once again produce a world-class night of speedway racing.
The night began with the Division 2 riders, John Bennett, Mike Hammond, Allan Chisholm and Gary Moody, back after a complete bike rebuilt following his bad crash in the previous event! The race was won from the tapes in a processional race with John Bennett holding off Mike Hammond, Gary Moody and Allan Chisholm.
Division 1 had 8 riders on the schedule and they were split into two 4 man heats. Heat 1 saw Joe Heye, Fred Legault, Gary Hesmer and Terry Rideout take to the tapes. From the gate Fred Legault took a good lead out of turn 2 ahead of Gary Hesmer, Joe Heye started to pushed Gary Hesmer and on lap 2 went past Hesmer on the back straight and reeled a fast paced Fred Legault to beat him on the line! Terry Rideout looked off the pace until the last lap, where his last ditch effort to pass Gary Hesmer was unsuccessful.
The second Division 1 race saw Aaron Hesmer, C.J. Hesmer, Rob Dixon and Jeff Orosz start another heat. This race was from the tapes as Jeff Orosz, C.J. Hesmer, Aaron Hesmer and Rob Dixon finished in this order.
Round 2 began with the Division 2 guys racing to another from the tapes race with John Bennett claiming his second win of the night, with Mike Hammond, Gary Moody and Allan Chisholm finishing behind him.
Division 1 round 2 was a heat of two races in one. Jeff Orosz spent the race holding off Aaron Hesmer to gain the win, while Terry Rideout pushed Fred Legault all race to unsuccessfully finish in 4th place.
Joe Heye took a commanding lead in his second round heat, ahead of C.J. Hesmer. Rob Dixon took 3 laps to get past Gary Hesmer to grab 3rd place. Excellent racing from all the guys!
The final races produced the best of the night!
The Division 2 final was all John Bennett until Mike Hammond passed John Bennett on lap 3, turn 3. John Bennett went slightly of line and a hard charging Mike Hammond went under Bennett to take a good win. Gary Moody and Allan Chisholm followed up the rear.
The crowd was excited for the Division 1 finals, but little did they know of the class they would see!
A three-man ‘B' Main saw Rob Dixon, Gary Hesmer and Terry Rideout take to the tapes. Rob Dixon got a flyer into turn 1 ahead of Gary Hesmer and Terry Rideout. On lap 3 Gary Hesmer charged past Rob Dixon to grab a well-deserved lead, leaving Dixon to fend off Terry Rideout for second place, he did everything in his power to hold him back, but on corner 3 of the last lap, Rideout passed Dixon to grab second place. A race worthy of any audience appreciation, superb!
The main event was drawn with Jeff Orosz and Joe Heye both tied on points and wins on the night. A toss of the coin decided the first gate pick and Orosz was successful. Aaron Hesmer, C.J. Hesmer and Fred Legault joined the party! From the tapes, Jeff Orosz took the lead with Aaron Hesmer breathing hard on his right shoulder, Joe Heye was off the pace from the front runners, but had his own battle holding C.J. Hesmer and Fred Legault behind him! The tension was building as Aaron Hesmer closed closer and closer to Jeff Orosz and on the final bend, Hesmer proved too much and pulled out of corner 4 ahead of Orosz to take a superb win! Superb racing and worthy of the standing ovation received from the crowd!
