Aarron Hesmer takes the champagne!!

This day bought a large $2500.00 purse from the Paris Fair board to entice many a Division 1 rider to leave not only heavier with their trophy, but with a full wallet! Current Canadian High points holder Aaron Hesmer was poised to win no matter what! He came with a vision and a goal to be the first one over the line and lift that coveted Division 1 Championship prize. The rider turnout was a perfect blend of the top riders from both Ontario, Quebec and Michigan, US. The largest crowd ever to see an event at Paris was not disappointed whatsoever! From heat 1 through to the final race, non-stop action was presented and enjoyed by everyone! One of the best races of the day and the fastest (17), was between two of our top riders, Nick Fafard and Aaron Hesmer went 4 laps in 52 seconds, battling it out side by side, squeezing each other out of position and jumping back in. Nick amazingly holding on when his bike lifted on the back straight to make his final move to pass Aaron. Brilliant stuff! The old battle between Phil Small and "Big" John Perry was evident this day, "Big" John taking the total heat points away from Phil, but not without some close battling and a sliding off by John. These 2 always provide a great show and it was very evident in the roar of delight from the crowd after each heat! Chris Houtby, Doug Beaumont and Bart Moskala moved up to Division 1 racing for this day and all did a great job of keeping up with the pace and provided their own shows for the crowd. They all did an exceptional job and fully deserved the actuation, they got from the crowd. Following the Saturday's events, Bart was received with a huge cheer from the crowd, when Color man Andy "Iceman" Harris introduced him followed by an in-the pits interview. Also in the pits assisting this new Polish sensation was another Polish great, the one and only Bogden Muszynski, great to see these two working closely together! Jeff Orosz, Gary Hesmer and Joe Heye all rode hard and fast this day. They ran their machines hard as well as, themselves. All produced close hard battles showing what great respect they have for each other! One of the best moves that even the recipient would say that he had taught his son , would have been the move by Joe Heye on Kyle Legault's father "Hot-Dog" Freddy. In a points run-off for a final 4th place, Joe Heye pulled the classic Freddy taught move on Freddy himself!!!! Visions of Kyle last year performing this underneath diving move were very evident when Joe made one last effort to get passed Freddy, superb to see Joe complete this so well and a thumbs up from Freddy when they left the track. Fred Legault showed the crowd today what a great rider and sportsman he is! This brings us to the last race of the day, the 'BIG" one! Lining up for the final at the tapes were, Aaron Hesmer, Joe Heye, Nick Fafard and "Jumping" Jeff Orosz. From the tapes Aaron flew in front and unfortunately for Nick, his momentum was cut down when Jeff slightly hooked in front of him, Joe Heye flew around the outside , but the aggressive Jeff immediately passed him. Nick having no part of being last flew past both Joe and Jeff to chase the hard pushing Hesmer! Nick on the last bend was literally driving into the bend to gain as much momentum as he could, but a smart and controlled Hesmer blocked his path and came over the line a winner! An absolutely and superb end to a fantastic day of racing and a well deserved and solid performance from Aaron Hesmer