OXLEY, UNDISPUTED KING

On Saturday night a king was crowned. "Rad" Brad Oxley was crowned
the king of the classic. He pulled off the three-peat.  Nobody other 
than Cris Manchester has ever won a race of 20 laps or more, more than once.
After 12 rounds of scratch qualifing Oxley was well seeded into the main event.
Starting from the 60 yard line with a host of others next to him,
he worked his way to the front. Jessie Finch took the early lead
and held it for most of the race. As riders started falling out
Oxley and a few others worked their way to the front.
By about the 20th lap, Finch still had the lead followed by Oxley 
Mcconnell and Bobby Schwartz. It was ironic to see a young gun leading 
followed by the "older riders, while still younger riders were on the infield 
doing all they could just to get air in their lungs.
On about lap 21 or 22 the "older guys"as they were called high in the turn two bleachers,
moved in for the kill. They all managed to pass Finch. From that 
point on, there was no cathing Oxley. It was quite a sight seeing all these guys going for 25 
laps. I think now, when it comes to the 25 lapper, Rad Brad should change his name for one
night. Maybe to IRONMAN.
Here's the rundown.

all heats are scratch racing
points are
1st 4pts
2nd 3pts
3rd 2pts
4th 1pt
5th 0pts


heat 1               heat 2              heat 3          heat 4

Faria      4         Lucero       4      Oxley  3        Mcconnell  3       
Northrup   2         Aden         1      Pearce 2        Schwartz   4
Castro     3         Black        2      Finch  4        Ackroyd    1
Pappalardo 1         Chism        3      Cooley 0        Hedden     2
Donovan    0         DiFrancesco  0      Colston1        Furman     0



Heat 5               heat 6              Heat 7          heat 8
Lucero    4          Oxley       4       Mcconell   4    Faria    3
Northrup  3          Aden        3       Pearce     1    Schwartz 4
Ackroyd   2          Castro      0       Black      2    Finch    2
Cooley    0          Hedden      2       Pappalardo 3    Chism    0
Difarncesco 1        Colston     1       Furman     0    Donovan  1


Heat 9               heat 10             Heat 11              heat 12
              
Oxley     4          Lucero        3      Mcconnell   4       Faria     3
Pearce    2          Schwartz      4      Northrup    3       Aden      4
Castro    3          Black         0      Finch       0       Ackroyd   2
Cooley    0          Hedden        2      Pappalardo  2       Chism     1
Donovan   1          DiFrancesco   1      Colston     1       Furman    0


Final point totals towards main event

Schwartz    12
Mcconnell   11
Lucero      11
Oxley       11
Faria       10
Aden        8
Northrup    8
Castro      6
Finch       6
Pappalardo  6
Hedden      6
Ackroyd     5t
Pearce      5t

Ackroyd and pearce tied for the last transfer. Ackroyd won
a four lap runoff.

25 lap main event

1st  Oxley
2nd  Schwartz
3rd  McConnell
4th  Finch
5th  Castro
6th  Aden
7th  Northrup
8th  Ackroyd
9th  Lucero
10th Hedden
11th Faria
12th Pappalardo

I came up with slightly different results, But this is how it was 
announced at the end of the night so this is how I'll show it.

Sidecar main event

Brayton & Weaver for the third week in a row.



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