SAN BERNARDINO, CA

Jimmy "Li'l Animal" Fishback helped raise the curtain on Inland Motorcycle Speedway's 2010 season by winning the main event at the 2010 Orange Show Opening Night Fair Derby in San Bernardino, California.

When the tapes went up for the main event, Tim Gomez left the line first, but Fishback beat him to turn one. Fishback hugged the inside line while Gomez sought traction on the outside. Fishback held the advantage on the back straight and into turn three. Gomez made a desperate charge at the end of the first lap, but his effort ended in turn one, where he slid off. That mistake left Buck Blair in second but well behind the leader. Fishback, son of original IMS legend Jim "The Animal" Fishback, cruised the rest of the way for the victory. Blair finished second, Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell was third, "Flyin' Mike" Faria finished fourth, and Gomez was fifth.

"Fast Eddie" Castro kicked off the heats with a blistering victory, ahead of Fishback. Faria led the second heat for two laps before Blair went past him for the lead and the win. McConnell led heat three before going wide in turn four, which allowed Gomez to get by for his first victory.

Round two started with Gomez leading before Fishback made a thrilling outside pass for the lead and went on to his first win. McConnell defeated Steve Russell in the next heat, but the highlight was Castro pushing his bike the final 40 yards to pick up a point. Blair defeated Bobby "Boogaloo" Schwartz to end the second round.

The final round opened with Gomez holding off Blair for an impressive win. Faria beat Russell in event 24. Fishback ended the heats by beating McConnell for his second win.

Faria and McConnell finished one-two in the last-chance qualifier to book the final two spots in the main.

Tyson Talkington led the Division Two main event before finding too much traction and going over backward in turn four. He was fit enough for the restart, but would start on the penalty line. Rick "The Rage" Valdez made the most of the second opportunity and led from start to finish and captured the win. Mike Wiley was second, John Pavia finished third, and Talkington was fourth.

Aaron Fox made a very auspicious debut by winning his heat, his semi, and leading all four laps en route to victory in the Third Division main event. Kevin Wybenga finished second, Mike Salyer was third, and Mike Fuson finished fourth.

Gabe Price came from behind to pass and defeat Nick Varner in the Youth main event.

Chase Sanborn held off Jimmy Fishback IV to win the Pee Wee main event.

This event began the second season for the current promotion at the Orange Show Fairgrounds. Jason Bonsignore, who has promoted speedway in New York for more than a decade, and Southern California veteran racer McConnell are the co-promoters. The track was completely rebuilt from last year and is bigger and faster than last year's.

Results

SDCR MAIN: 1. Joe Jones/Jimmy Olsen; 2. Joe Petraglovic/Mike Moreno; 3. Gerard Jackson/Dave German; 4. Brian Motis/Brandi McElroy.

P/W MAIN: 1. Chase Sanborn (Honda); 2. Jimmy Fishback IV (Yamaha).

YTH MAIN: 1. Gabe Price; 2. Nick Varner.

D-3 MAIN: 1. Aaron Fox (JAWA/CZ); 2. Kevin Wybenga (JAWA/CZ); 3. Mike Salyer (JAWA/CZ); 4. Mike Fuson (JAWA/CZ).

D-2 MAIN: 1. Rick Valdez (GM); 2. Mike Wiley (JAWA/CZ); 3. John Pavia (JAWA/CZ); 4. Tyson Talkington (JAWA/CZ).

D-1 LCQ: 1. Mike Faria (JAWA/CZ); 2. Shawn McConnell (JAWA/CZ); 3. Steve Russell (JAWA/CZ); 4. Bobby Schwartz (GM); 5. Eddie Castro (JAWA/CZ).

D-1 MAIN: 1. Jimmy Fishback (GM); 2. Buck Blair (JAWA/CZ); 3. Shawn McConnell (JAWA/CZ); 4. Mike Faria (JAWA/CZ); 5. Tim Gomez (GM).