SAN BERNARDINO, CA

Jimmy "Li'l Animal" Fishback was victorious on Bobby Schwartz Night for the second consecutive year at Inland Motorcycle Speedway in San Bernardino, California.

Fishback was only beaten once in the heats, and he used his first choice of starting position to select gate one. It proved to be the wise choice, as he launched into the lead when the tapes went up. "Flyin' Mike" Faria, who had successfully used the outside line all night, stuck to the same plan, and the two were side by side on the back straight. Fishback took a slight lead in turn three, and Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell joined the battle by attacking from the inside, with "Battlin' Buck" Blair not far behind. Fishback maintained the lead but couldn't afford a mistake with the trio behind him all within striking distance. The former Youth National Champion led at the white flag, while McConnell secured second, in front of Faria, and tried in vain to catch the leader. Fishback was first to the checkered flag, McConnell finished second, Faria was third, Blair finished fourth, and Neil Facchini was fifth.

Neil Facchini opened the heats with a win, while Blair tumbled behind him at the finish line. Faria beat "Fast Eddie" Castro in the second heat. Fishback defeated McConnell in the third heat. Schwartz trapped from gate four and then rode the outside line to end round one with a victory.

Blair started round two with a win over Fishback and Faria. Tyson Talkington defeated Michael Raines for his first win. McConnell defeated Neil Facchini in the next heat. Josh Abbott ended the second round by holding off Joey Holt for a win.

McConnell began the third round of heats by defeating Blair for his second straight win. Faria used the outside line to beat Dale Facchini for his second win. Fishback held off Neil Facchini and Castro for his second win. Talkington beat former Youth National Champion Brad Pappalardo to finish out round three with his second straight win.

Blair started the final round of heats by beating Abbott for his second win. McConnell beat Castro for his third straight win in event 32. Faria used the outside line again to beat Talkington for his third win. Fishback concluded the heats with a win over Dale Facchini, his third victory of the night.

Neil Facchini trapped from gate five to take the lead and the win in the last-chance qualifier. Blair finished second and also transferred into the main event.

The first attempt to run the Second Division main event ended in a heap when Chris Jones and Jim Robinson locked horns in turn one and went down. On the restart, Brandon Leedy made the best start and never looked back en route to victory. Eloy Medellin finished second, Robinson was third, and Chris Jones finished fourth.

Jake Myers led from start to finish and won the Third Division main event for the second week in a row. Jim Gardner finished second, Kip McClain was third, and C.J. Sanborn finished fourth.

Results

SDCR MAIN: 1. Joe Jones/Jimmy Olsen; 2. Kevin Brown/Dave German; 3. Dylan Beard/Edwin Soto; 4. Bryan Motis/Brandi McElroy.

P/W MAIN: 1. Luke Whitcomb (Suzuki).

YTH MAIN: 1. Gabe Price (JAWA/CZ); 2. Chase Sanborn (Honda).

D-3 MAIN: 1. Jake Myers (JAWA/CZ); 2. Jim Gardner (Wes); 3. Kip McClain (JAWA/CZ); 4. C.J. Sanborn (JAWA/CZ).

D-2 MAIN: 1. Brandon Leedy (JAWA/CZ); 2. Eloy Medellin (JAWA/CZ); 3. Jim Robinson (JAWA/CZ); 4. Chris Jones (JAWA/CZ).

D-1 LCQ: 1. Neil Facchini (GM); 2. Buck Blair (JRM); 3. Dale Facchini (GM); 4. Tyson Talkington (JRM); 5. Michael Raines (JRM).

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