CASTRO GETS THE GIFT

I hope nobody minds to much, but tonight I may sound a 
little opinionated. I do not mean any disrespect to anyone. Tonights
racing started out with all the makings of a great night. The air was cool, 
a slight breeze blowing from the south, Sudden Sam Ermolenko was
back in town. This looked like it was going to be great. Then the first race started.
On the first lap of the first race, Rookie rider Jason Daniels went down.
No big thing. He got back up, Brushed the dirt and...was DQed for causing 
the red flag.It seems to me that the ref should have considered the fact that 
this was a rookie, the first race of the night and we want the riders to be happy also.
On the re-start, first turn lap one Eddie Casrto goes down causing a red flag. No big
deal he gets up and brushes the dirt and... is allowed to re-start. I do not understand 
what the difference was. Now I realize the ref has a tuff job and I mean no disrespect.
Really I don't. Well it got worse. Event 12 was Andy Northrup, Eddie castro, Steve Lucero 
and Charlie Cooley. Lucero got the gate while Casrto and Northrup battled hard for second
spot and the transfer to the semi's. At the finish it was Lucero,
Northrup, Castro and Cooley. Northrup beast Castro by at least 3/4 of a bike length. It 
was not even close. So Getting the tranfer to the semi's was Lucero and...Castro. 
What about the guy that finished second? I remember a time about 3 or 4 years ago this same
thing to Brad Oxley and another rider. Oxley was givin the gift by the ref. The only 
difference was that Oxley was enough of a sport to come back on the track and tell the ref 
that he did not win. That was probably the best show of sportsmanship I have ever seen at 
speedway. Maybe castro should have done the same thing. Nope I'm not done yet. Later in the 
night, John Aden was DQed for touching the tapes. He touched them with his visor on his helmet.
Sounds like a gate malfunction to me.  Ok enough of the ref bashing. It was great to see the 
1993 National and 1993 WORLD champion back. He aint lost a thing. It took him a while to get 
dialed in, but once he did he was awsome. Most of the racing was great tonight. I sat next to 
the children of support rider Stan Galvez, They were two of the best behaived children I have 
seen in a long time. And talk about supporting the dad. Only wish he had won.
OK it's late here are the results.

Handicap semi #1                Handicap semi #2

first 4 in each transfer to the main event

1st    Castro                   `1st      Pfetzing
2nd    Ermolenko                 2nd      Lucero
3rd    McConnell                 3rd      DiFransesco
4th    Aden                      4th      Oxley

5th    Schwartz                  5th      Pappalardo
6th    Chism                     6th      Fox



Handicap Main event

1st Castro
2nd Oxley
3rd Aden
4th Pfetzing
5th DiFransesco
6th Lucero
7th McConnell
8th Ermolenko



Scratch semi #1                  Scratch semi #2
1st two to main event 2nd two to last chance.

1st Schwartz                     1st Ermolenko
2nd Pfetzing                     2nd Castro
3rd Black                        3rd Aden 
4th Lucero                       4th Ackroyd



Last chance main
winner only to main

1st Lucero 
2nd ackroyd
3rd black
4th Aden (DQed)


Scratch main event

1st Ermolenko
2nd Lucero
3rd Castro
4th Pfetzing
5th Schwartz



Support main event

1st  Johnnie Walker (red)



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