INDUSTRY HILLS, CA

Former National Champion Bobby "Boogaloo" Schwartz celebrated his 54th birthday in grand style by winning the main event on Trench Shoring Night at Industry Speedway in California.

Schwartz, who the previous week also became a grandfather for the first time, launched ahead of his competitors at the starting line and led into turn one. Schwartz, the oldest racer in Division One, was chased by Austin Novratil, the division's youngest competitor. Novratil tried forcing a mistake from the former National Champion but couldn't pry one out of the wily veteran. Schwartz held off his teenage challenger and claimed the victory. Novratil settled for second, "Battlin' Buck" Blair was third, "Flyin' Mike" Faria finished fourth, and "Fast Eddie" Castro was fifth.

Tyson Burmeister kicked off the heats by passing Blair on the second lap for the lead and the win. Shawn McConnell made a last-turn pass on Faria to win the next heat. Novratil beat Schwartz to end round one with his first victory of the night.

McConnell defeated Schwartz to start round two with his second straight win. Novratil beat Burmeister in the next heat for his second victory. Castro ended the second round by beating Michael Raines.

McConnell passed Castro on the second lap to open the final round with his third straight win. Schwartz beat Raines in the next heat for his first win. Novratil ended the heats with a win to match McConnell's perfect score.

Castro was victorious in the first semi, with Novratil following him into the main event. Blair won the second semi and Faria finished second to also transfer to the main.

Schwartz trapped from the outside and won the last-chance qualifier to book the final place in the main.

Rick Howard led the Support main event, but a crash involving Jake Myers and Chris Jones brought out the red flag. Howard led the restart until Jones used the outside to go around him on the back straight. Jones never looked back from there and went on to victory. Tony De Almeida finished second, DeWayne Stark was third, Myers finished fourth, and Howard was fifth.

Rocco Scopellite led all four laps en route to victory in the Youth First Division main event. Max Ruml finished second and Nicky Reimer was third.

Dillon Ruml led the Youth Second Division main event for a lap, but Broc Nicol charged up the inside on the back straight to take over the lead. Nicol pulled away from there to take the win. Dillon Ruml settled for second and Kurtis Hamill was third.

Logan Scanlon held off Matthew Duffy to win the Pee Wee First Division main event.

Sebastian Palmese passed Clayton Ruston on the second lap and raced away with the victory in the Pee Wee Second Division main event. Alyssa Smith was second, Scanlon finished third, Dominic Laney was fourth, Ruston finished fifth, and Walker Calvo was sixth.

Dylan Beard & Crystal Laurie led from start to finish and won the Sidecar main event. Bryan Motis & Brandi McElroy were second, and Kevin Brown & Matt Davis finished third.

Results

SDCR MAIN: 1. Dylan Beard/Crystal Laurie; 2. Bryan Motis/Brandi McElroy; 3. Kevin Brown/Matt Davis.

P/W D-2 MAIN: 1. Sebastian Palmese; 2. Alyssa Smith; 3. Logan Scanlon; 4. Dominic Laney; 5. Clayton Ruston.

P/W D-1 MAIN: 1. Logan Scanlon; 2. Matthew Duffy.

YTH D-2 MAIN: 1. Broc Nicol (STM); 2. Dillon Ruml (Honda); 3. Kurtis Hamill (STM).

YTH D-1 MAIN: 1. Rocco Scopellite (JAWA/CZ); 2. Max Ruml (JAWA/CZ); 3. Nicky Reimer (JAWA/CZ).

SUP MAIN: 1. Chris Jones (JAWA/CZ); 2. Tony De Almeida (JAWA/CZ); 3. DeWayne Stark (JAWA/CZ); 4. Jake Myers (JAWA/CZ); 5. Rick Howard (JAWA/CZ).

D-1 LCQ: 1. Bobby Schwartz (GM); 2. Shawn McConnell (JAWA/CZ); 3. Tyson Burmeister (GM); 4. Michael Raines (JRM).

D-1 MAIN: 1. Bobby Schwartz (GM); 2. Austin Novratil (GM); 3. Buck Blair (JRM); 4. Mike Faria (JAWA/CZ); 5. Eddie Castro (JAWA/CZ).