Saturday was a scorcher at Riverside Speedway a PASS sanction speedway.  The bright sun seemed to leave some hot under the collar, on the track and in the pits. 

The Angels started out the evening.  The 7 of Kate Demar started on the pole, with the 00 of Ciara McCoy outside.  Demar took the lead and the 44 of Jennie Dion moved into 2^nd.  McCoy turns it around into the front stretch wall on lap 3.  Dion takes the restart, then Demar regains.  The 5 of Traci Nelson takes away the 3^rd spot.  On lap 12 the 41 of Vanessa Brown overtake the 3^rd spot.  Brown spins on lap 21.  Demar takes the restart as Nelson moves into the 2^nd spot.  On lap 23 the 36 of Allison Brown spins bringing out the yellow.  Once again Demar takes the lead, and Dion moves to 2^nd.  McCoy tries lap after lap to get by Nelson, and finally on lap 33 she takes 3^rd.  Demar takes the win followed by Dion and McCoy.

The Street Stocks took to the field next.  The 29 of Chris Meunier started on the pole, with the 48 of Tyler Barrows outside.  Meunier took the lead and the 36 of Maynard Bartlett Jr. moves to 2^nd and 76 of Tori Delabruere moves to 3^rd.  On lap 3 Delabruere overtakes the 2^nd spot and one lap later takes the lead.  On lap 8 Bartlett moves to 2^nd and the 06 of Michael Moore takes 3^rd.  On lap 13 the 22 of Michael Smith bolts into 2^nd place.  Bartlett tries valiantly to regain 2^nd, but just can’t do it.  On lap 19 the 27 of Troy Randall moves to 3^rd.  On lap 22 the 04 of Shawn Swallow and Moore get together bringing out the yellow.  Delabruere takes the restart, as Smith drops back quickly.  Delabruere takes the win followed by Randall and Bartlett.

The Super Stocks rolled out next, with the 8 of Denny Degreenia starting on the pole, with the 76 of Shawn Hood outside.  Degreenia took the lead, and the 74 of Dan Sidney moves into 2^nd.  The 55 of Jamie Longley has a tire blow, which sends him hard into the 73 of David Ofsuryk Jr.  Ofsuryk takes a hard hit into the backstretch wall, with some major front end damage he is done for the night.  Degreenia takes a slight lead on the restart, but for 5 laps Sidney hangs right with him in the outside groove.  On lap 16 the 13 of Luke Shannon moves into 2^nd, and 2 laps later takes the lead.  Jeff Fysh in the 33 overtakes 3^rd on lap 23 and 2^nd on lap 27.  Shannon takes the checkers followed by Fysh and Degreenia.

The Late Models put on one whale of a show, despite several cautions.  The 20 of Charlie Rockwell started on the pole with the 22 of Kyle Caron to his outside.  Rockwell takes the lead as Caron goes high and falls back.  The 42 of Brian Greer moves into 2^nd, and the 36 of Howard Switser moves into 3^rd.  Gene Leblanc, in the 7, spins on the back stretch on lap 8.  Rockwell is barely in turn 2 on the restart as Caron, the 2 of Reno Gervais, and the 51 of Dave Simpson get together.  Greer gets the upper hand on the restart as the 37 of Steve Mandigo briefly has 3^rd place.  On lap 20 the 76 of Ryan Delabruere tries to sneak under Switser, but Switser shuts the door.  Delabruere then moves to the outside groove and makes the pass on lap 25.  The yellow flies on lap 28 as the Caron goes around in turn 4.  Greer again takes the restart and Delabruere moves to 2^nd.  Floyd Bennett in the 90 moves into the 3^rd spot, then takes 2^nd from Delabruere.  On lap 31 Greer spins in turn 1.  Bennett gets the upper hand on the restart.  On lap 35 the yellow flies as the 1 of Corey Mason and the 98 of Owen Wimble get together.  Delabruere takes the restart as the 32 of Jeff Marshall moves into second, and Mandigo regains 3^rd.  The caution flies again as the 15 of Bob Ailes Sr. and the 10 of Brian Mason get together.  Marshall takes the restart and the 3 of Mike Kenison moves into 3^rd place.  Marshall takes the win, with Delabruere taking 2^nd and Kenison 3^rd.  Just a side note, this was Kenison’s last race as a single man.  He is getting married next weekend to his longtime girlfriend Kristy Collins.  Good thing there is no Late Model race next weekend, because even though she supports his racing, she wouldn’t let him race on their wedding day.

The Cyclones took to the field next, in the 1^st of 2 Bear Ridge Hornet/ Riverside Cyclone challenge on the asphalt.  As I have written before, an Enduro is hard to follow and write.  The most notable event of the race was on lap 4 as the 02 of Craig Hurley rolled off turn 1.  The car completely rolled back to its wheels, Hurley refired it and continued on.  The 20 of Charlie Rockwell won the event, but was disqualified for shaved tires, giving the win to the 27 of Aric Cole.  Rounding out the top 5 were the 03 of Jason Kenison, the 41 of Jeff Ainsworth, the 33 of Josh Lafleur, and the 3 of Andy Simpson.

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