Earlier IMS Pictures

These were take from six earlier dates. My body isn't ready for action yet so I am a stay at home.

Ken Maely Hot Shoe Championship

Friday night at Inland Motorsport Speedway or as I often type Inland Motorcycle Speedway was honoring Ken Maely. Just as I leave the house to go to the races my son wishes me good luck.

This afternoon he was on his computer as I went out the door and before I got to the truck I turned around and asked where is my good luck goodbye and his reply was "Win one for Ken", you see Maely was one of my son's two big heroes, the other is Don Vesco. Both of these men always went out of their way to help young riders.

I was looking through my large roll around tool chest the other day and I found a green repair tag from Maely which said, "For the Mayor of Santa Monica" on it. I grew up there and Ken did also and he taught welding once at Santa Monica City College when it was across the street from Samohi (Santa Monica High School) . For those who never had the pleasure to ride at Maely's track you have missed something. My son stopped riding speedway after Ken passed away but if Ken asked him to ride again I know he would.

Shaun (Snowball) Harmatiuk was in very good form tonight as he seems to excel when the track is not smooth. Jason Ramirez should have been in the main but a crazy last second drive to go into first place set in too wide and Neal Facchini got by him. I not sure how many people Rick Valdez brings to cheer for him but it must have helped him tonight. Butch Waymire continues to follow my riding tips I gave him earlier in the week (dam it).

Long Track at Perris Auto Speedway

Rider list as of 7/5/09

1 Billy Janniro

40 Tommy Hedden

212 Kenny Ingalls

30 Tim Gomez

18 Justin Boyle

142 Ricky Wells

39 Buck Blair

139 Shaun Harmatiuk

99 Greg Ayers

66 Jason Ramirez

93 JT Mabry

3 Gary Hicks

11 Bobby Schwartz

25 Jimmy Fishback

11n John Houston

321 Russell Green

17 Robbie Sauer

9 Mike Faria

6 Shawn McConnell

14 Eddie Castro

184 Tyson Burmeister

41 John Marquez

21 Brad Sauer

110 Jon Stasiefski

101 Mike Wiley

124 Paul Thornton

131 Rod Requejo

186 Tim McGrath

198 Mike Boyle

226 Rick Huspek

231 Gene Stone

240 Rick Fehrman

252 Jeff Remington

268 DeWayne Stark

16 John DeFries1

49 Philip Harmatiuk

322n David Fonts

153 Brad Moreau2

34 Frank Pecce

00 Victoria Hubbert

145 Brad Pappalardo

201 Dylan Black

163 Rohn Zellner

212 Mike Reed

195 Drew Coates

Sidecars as of 7/5/09

22 Dave Alexander / Matt Davis

23 Sean & Missy Driggers

25 Jimmy Fishback / Jimmy Olsen

31 Tommy Thornton / Gene Stone

66 Gerard Jackson / Dave GermanMark Williams

Edited from the Speedway Group on Yahoo)

XtremeSpeedwayAction.com) and Howie Zechner, RAZ Video havejoined forces to produce a video of the upcoming 2009 AMA/USA SpeedwayCalifornia State Speedway Longtrack Championship that will be held this Saturdayat the PAS. Williams will post heat races on the internet the following day and Zechner willproduce a edited production of the event for DVD sales.

"Last year I had the opertunity to work with Mark all season on theSpeedwayAmercaonline show and I really enjoyed myself". Mark felt the same sohere we are. Rumors are Williams and Zechner will team up again for a full blown multi camera production of the United States Speedway National Championship at Costa Mesa later this year.

XtremeSpeedwayAction also supplied the video clips you see on the big outdoorelectronic sign next to the Lake Perris Fairgrounds. Thanks Mark and fairgrounds manager Vince Agnifile for putting it out on the big screen. Steve Evans and Jean Fink did a masterful job putting the format and layout together.

31 races

21, 1st division races, 6 riders per heat, 4 laps

6, 2nd division races, 6 riders per heat, 4 laps

6, 3rd division races, 5 riders per heat, 4 laps

3, Sidecar races, 5 sidecars, 10 riders per heat, 4 laps.