Great night at Paris!

Friday night has once again come and gone at Paris Speedway. But this one was a cracker of a night. With a great rider turnout especially thanks to our American friends, we had a superb night of racing with some great highlights, but sadly with some personal lows for a few.The evening started off with a BANG!!!! A Division 3 race started with Paul Martin, Graham Wale and Michael Small all tussling for the front spot at the first corner, with Michael on the inside and Paul on the outside, poor Graham had nowhere to go but down, thus causing Paul Martin to lift violently and he careered through the boards narrowly missing an upright pole. After a visit from the St. John's Ambulance, he was very shaken and bruised but not badly hurt. Then on the restart Graham Wale ended the night with another bad fall which left him badly bruised and battered. On the 3rd restart Michael Small looped in the corner and fell leaving a lone Krys Chudyk to win the heat.Some close racing was seen by all on a wet and bumpy track, turn 4 became a problem with a big rut appearing which proved to be a tricky obstacle for many riders to beat.Phil Small pulled a beauty out of the bag as well as Mark Priebe, with them both doing an excellent job of racing through the pack to finish well. Phil winning his heat and Mark pulling a great second place after starting from the 15 yard penalty line for breaking the tapes.Aaron Hesmer was flying like the wind tonight in his early heats, finishing nearly 1/2 a lap ahead in one heat! Unfortunately for him though, this week was not a #3 final win for him. Joe Heye was finding the pace just off this week and only managed a personally disappointing consi final place which he won comfortably.The finals of the night were won in Division 3 by Bart Moskala, he had some good tussles with Michael Small throughout the night and did very well, and he deserved to raise his winning flag. Nice job!Division 2 final was a cracker, all night Corrine Franic had the boys banging into her and were chasing her down. The final was no different. Doug Beaumont tussled and passed Corinne, as she worked to keep Mark Priebe behind her. Doug did a great job in his win tonight and rode the track perfectly in its condition.Nick Fafard won the Division 1 final in amazing style. He was not the best off the line but wow! He took the bull by the horns and powered by both Aaron Hesmer and Jeff Orosz to take a superb win! The best save and probably taking the 'Highlight of the night' award, was Jeff Orosz. The rut on turn 4 which was previously mentioned, caught Jeff off guard and his front wheel lifted high into the night and Jeff powered the bike straight toward the fence which had the whole place taking a deep breath, he somehow, god knows how, threw himself at the fence and bounced off as if nothing had happened! Absolutely brilliant stuff to see.Despite the night being cool, the large crowd who included many from the Vintage Bike Rally, witnessed some good tussles and enjoyed a good night. It was very nice to hear two guys leaving say "What a great night of racing!" Glad to hear this and we hope they will come back again to see more!Remember, "Same time - Same place - Next week."Don't miss it!Well done everyone for a great show tonight!