A big track, big turnout, and the stands packed with over 700 spectators in attendance. The flat track race was a big attraction for fair goers in Quincy, CA. The track was fast with a nice wide groove that set the stage for some great main event racing. The first race was the Pee-Wee class. The combined Classes 1,2, and 4 together with 125e James Weltzin wining the 50cc Pee-Wee Class 1 for the second week in a row, 156e Ryder Meiring winning the 50cc Pee-Wee Class 2, and 279y Eloise Hedrick winning the 50cc Pee-Wee Class 4(XR/PW50s).
The 50cc Pee-Wee Class 3(Fast 50s), always an exciting race to watch didn’t
disappoint with 156e Ryder Meiring claiming the win over hard charger 125e James Weltzin.
The framer shootout class was led by 28w Kage Tadman for about ¾ of the race when it looked like the bike sputtered a bit during the final laps. 301g Brandon
Weller was able to take the lead with only a few laps to go. Austin Scaggs would round out the top 3 on his Ron Wood Honda 450. It’s great to see the traditional framer motorcycles competing again.
With lap times overlapping some of the fastest laps on the track, the 85cc class was flowing at a blistering pace. 114d Oliver Cox starting from the back row took the lead coming off of turn 2 on lap 1, with 116v Jackson Brown and 142e Brody Davis in second and 3rd . Brody took over the 2 nd place position on lap three entering turn one. Cox the leader rode a mistake free race and gave little opportunity for Davis to make up any time. The Open A class better keep an eye these kids as they will for sure be real contenders on the big bikes.
One of the most exciting races of the night was the Open Singles class. This class has some of the fastest up and coming riders in our sport and did not disappoint. 17k Jett Katarzy making his 450 debuts worked his way from 4th to first by turn three and got a little squirrelly off turn 4 on lap one. Jett rained it in and rode a solid race while 132m Mason Smith and 108g Jeffry Wells battled for 2nd and 3rd with Smith taking the second place finish.
Celebrating 26 years where it all started. The Running of the buls had 32p Dan Cahoon lead from start to finish with a gap for most of the race. However, on the last lap 25w Curtis Peebles and 519v Michael Inderbitzen closed about a 5 bike link gap and the result was a photo finish for the top three spots with Cahoon 1st , Peebles 2nd , and Inderbitzen 3rd . That got a standing ovation from the crowd.
In the Fast Times Money race 519v Michael Inderbitzen got the hole shot and led wire to wire. 28w Kage Tadman worked his way through the pack and caught up to the hind wheel of Inderbitzen. 301g Brandon Weller kept a fast pace to secure a 3rd place finish. Inderbitzen won the Dash for cash and the Open A with Meiring chasing in second and Tadman finishing 3rd .
