VICTORVILLE, CA

Buck Blair & Russell Green used their skills and pounced on opportunity to collect the Battery Mart Best Pairs Championship at Wheel2Wheel Raceway in Victorville, California.

The duo wasn't originally paired together, but when Blair was left without a partner prior to the semifinal round, Green was drafted to fill the position. In the final, they would face the formidable pairing of Josh Larsen & Jimmy Fishback.

Larsen and Blair gated together, but Larsen's bike began to slow entering turn one and coasted to a stop on the back straight. The obvious fourth place took some of the tension out of what was a fantastic battle at the front between Blair and Fishback. The two riders fought tooth and nail for four laps before Blair surged ahead to cross the line first. The result meant that Blair & Green were crowned champions, while Fishback & Larsen had to leave the track frustrated and wondering about what could have been.

Larsen & Fishback opened the heats by roaring to victory over Robbie Sauer & Brad Sauer. Blair and his original partner Austin Novratil scored a 4-2 in the next heat. The Sauer brothers then scored a very impressive 5-1 over Eddie Castro & Adam Mittl. Then Larsen & Fishback cruised to another 5-1 over Green. Blair was victorious in the next heat, but Novratil suffered an engine failure that ended his evening.

Fishback & Larsen made it three 5-1s in a row in race 19. Blair, forced to compete alone, was victorious in the next heat. Green, also competing alone, defeated the Sauer brothers for his only personal victory of the evening.

In the final round, Mittl and Castro scored a 5-1 over Green before Blair ended the perfect run of Larsen & Fishback by winning the final heat.

Blair and his newly appointed partner Green beat the Sauer brothers in the last-chance qualifier despite the impressive outside riding by Robbie Sauer to collect second place.

Tyson Talkington won all three heats to spearhead his partnership with Dylan Black to victory in the Support Pairs Championship. Rick Fehrman & Tony De Almeida were second overall, and Bubba Vazzana & Rick Huspek were third overall.

Nicky Reimer defeated Major Davis to win the Youth main event. Reimer also collected the victory in the Super Pee Wee main event, in which Jimmy McDonald finished second, Brandon Rhea was third, Erika Lyons was fourth, and Victoria Matthews finished fifth. Summer Fehrman was victorious over Dakota Shockley in the Pee Wee main event.

Lyons led all four laps to win the Powderpuff main event. Cassi Novratil finished second, Victoria Matthews was third, Ally McGrath finished fourth, Summer Fehrman was fifth, Julie Shockley finished sixth, and Lexie Davis was seventh.

The next speedway event at Wheel2Wheel Raceway will be the season finale on November 14. The racing will start at 3 p.m.

Results

YTH SDCR: 1. Nicky Reimer/Ally McGrath; 2. Major Davis/Lexie Davis.

POWDERPUFF: 1. Erika Lyons; 2. Cassi Novratil; 3. Victoria Matthews; 4 Ally McGrath; 5. Summer Fehrman.

P/W: 1. Summer Fehrman (Suz); 2. Dakota Shockley (Hon).

S/P/W: 1. Nicky Reimer; 2. Jimmy McDonald; 3. Brandon Rhea; 4. Erika Lyons; 5. Victoria Matthews.

YTH: 1. Nicky Reimer (SDR); 2. Major Davis (Hon).

SUP PAIRS O/A: 1. Tyson Talkington/Dylan Black; 2. Rick Fehrman/Tony De Almeida; 3. Rick Huspek/Bubba Vazzana.

D-1 PAIRS O/A: 1. Buck Blair/Russell Green; 2. Josh Larsen/Jimmy Fishback; 3. Robbie Sauer/Brad Sauer; 4. Eddie Castro/Adam Mittl.