Another scorcer at Paris

Friday nights in Paris get better and better every week! The weather was absolutely awesome, rider turnout was great and the crowd was brilliant. The racing, witnessed ,was a mixed bag of everything, no spectacular accidents this week and, luckily, no injuries to report. Only 3 riders fell all night with no injuries to report on, which is great! A special note though has to be made regarding Shawn Morrison, riding in D1. His effort was outstanding and his sportsmanship was even better. During one heat he fell twice due to a very slick track, and both times, very sportingly reacted quickly and effectively to remove himself out of the racing line to allow the race to be completed. Great job!There was some very close racing, especially in D2, between Corinne Franic, Mark Engel and Doug Beaumont. Doug was unable to do the double tonight over Corinne and she made certain of a very good D2 final win on the night. A local lad from Paris who came to try out the sport ended the night winning the D3 final, congratulations to him and our apologies for not having his correct name available at the time of this report, but he did a spectacular job in keeping "Tiger" Tom behind him for most of the night! Keep your eyes peeled for this as I am sure that he will be a regular fixture at Paris every Friday. Division 1 was superb also, Jeff Orosz, Gary and Aaron Hesmer, Joe Heye, Nick Fafard, and others put on an amazing display of controlled speedway. The close racing and pure talent these guys have is a pure delight to watch week in and week out. The final was not going to disappoint anyone! Nick Fafard took the bull by the horns and whipped out the magic and cruised to a win, with Aaron Hesmer, Jeff Orosz and Joe Heye battling it out behind him, he made his return to Paris look very good! Our commiseration's go out to Joe Heye who on a magnificent run to gain a place had his chain break mid turn and he went down hard. He was OK but a little p*@#ed off!Once again we offer our sincere thank you to all our US riders who take the long journey to Paris on Friday night's and we can't tell them enough how much we really appreciate them for this! Great job guys!Thanks is also offered to everyone who once again came and volunteered their time and efforts to keep the show running, and also to the crowd for cheering on their favorite riders and making the night, a one to remember! Story by Dave Hensby.