Orosz waves the checkered flag again at Welland!!

Another cool night at Welland gave the riders an excellent racing surface for the 800 strong crowd. "Hotdog" Freddie legault continued his awesome start to the '06 season by, again, winning races and making a strong showing in the main. This main, however, was all Jeff Orosz. "Jumping" Jeff powered away from the line in the final and was chased hard for all four laps by John Kehoe and Freddie who moved through from third place to pressure Orosz until the finish line, when all three riders crossed the line with less than two bike lengths between them. Orosz, Legault, Kehoe, Dixon, Hesmer was the final result. Division 2 was dominated by the newly inspired Bart Moskala who won all his races with ease.

Heye takes his first 2006 main!!

Wow! What a night of racing at Paris! - (A quick overview!!!)A night mixed of the tapes being hit, torn and ripped. Crashes and wicked racing!Congratulations has to be offered to Joe Heye, who spectacularly won his first main event of the year. Having had a bike failure in the heats, Joe rode his heart out and thanks to some work from Jeff Orosz, his tuned bike powered away, ironically from Jeff, in the main Division 1 final.Aaron Hesmer lost a chain in one heat and also had some under powered heats, which unexpectedly left him with the Consi-final win.Gary Hesmer, Rob Dixon and the other Divison 1 riders, had a great night and all proved that they are getting into their grooves for 2006.Poor Doug Beaumont was out of luck in the consi-final and crashed hard which left him dazed on the track with a badly broken helmet, and a big bump on his head. He was ok, but looked a little shaken up!Mike Buman had a horrendous crash, in which he seemed to have a chain come off and lock his back wheel coming out of turn 4, his back wheel grabbed and he lifted up and drove straight at the fence, luckily for him, but unluckily for Jeff Orosz, he hit Jeff in the side and they both went down really hard. The ambulance was needed to work on a dazed, beaten and bruised Mike Buman. Miraculously, Jeff got straight up and ran back to the pits with his bike to have a check over. Mike was taken to hospital as a precaution and we will update you further soon.The tapes had a bad time and were hit by alot of riders! Many false starts caused the evenings program to run longer than usual though, and thanks to everyone for their patience. Dave Hensby.

Orosz brings the heat!!

A hot night made for some super fast, super smooth racing from a 15 rider showing at Welland county motorcycle clubs', Niagara motorcycle raceway. The second event in the 2006 calender began with a dusty track that needed the attention of Len Dillon who turned things around and gave the riders a very raceable surface. Throwing off the cobwebs and mothballs, the 700 plus crowd was treated to a return to the track by local veteran "Hotdog" Freddie Legault. Fresh back from his most recent trip to the U.K to see his son Kyle race,Freddie powered his way to race wins in both his heat and his semi which gave him gate choice for the final. On his way to the line, however, he shed his primary chain and on borowed equipment was never going to reproduce the same performance in the main. Arron Hesmer, Mikey Buman, John Kehoe and Jeff Orosz joined him in the high-lite race of the night. Orosz lead from the gate with Hesmer in hot pursuit and Kehoe third. For four laps jeff could hear the Hesmer machine behind him but made no mistakes. Kehoe on the other hand was under even more presure from Mikey Buman and succumbed on lap 3 as Buman went under him . Orosz,Hesmer,Buman,Kehoe and Legault was the final result.
An ever improving Deanna Holden dominated the d 2 heats by winning both in comfort, but Bart Moskala found new determination and picked the d 2 final to find his Welland mojo and really got it on!! Moskalla from Holden, Murray, Bennett and Chisholm was the result.

Paris win for Arron Hesmer

The Division 1 riders faced a last minute re-organization, with the very late arrival of Aaron DeVeau. Aaron had some good heats before his chain unfortunately snapped and caused him to sit out the rest of the night!
Jeff Orosz, Joe Heye, Gary Hesmer, Aaron Hesmer all had some tight and bumpy rides. Jeff's attitude of never die, is always great to watch and his Paris track knowledge is getting him really into a good groove!
Gary Hesmer was really pumped this night and he had a really bad heat that caused his bike to cut out on his 2nd lap, to get his points he pushed the bike for 2 laps, but these were unfortunately taken away after another rider assisted his efforts! Gary did however make up for his error,and won the consi final in style.His lap of honor was one of the best laps that he has done around Paris, Well done Gary!
The final heat of the night saw Aaron Hesmer once again victorious, but only after Joe Heye kept him behind him for 2 laps, Aaron powered past Joe and was pulling away when Joe locked up on the 3/4 bend and did a vertical 360 degree circle running with the bike before falling down. Joe kept the engine going and he got onboard to Finish his race. But the night belonged to Aaron Hesmer who ceremoniously celebrated with a tradition champagne spray!
Our thanks go out to all our volunteers who did a great job tonight, and to Chris Howes who returned to the microphone again after his well earned vacation. Congratulations to everyone for a night to remember and we look forward to next weeks event!

Lazorbeam Zaps em at BMS

Summer Season Opener/Batavia Motor Speedway
By Jason Bonsignore
June 2nd, 2006 Batavia, NY

East Coast Speedway Star, George "Lazorbeam" Lazor, is now competing in his 30th season of professional speedway motorcycle racing. Logic says that one would maybe have lost a step at middle age but Lazor seems faster than ever and proved it by taking home the summer season opener at Batavia Motor Speedway.
Spectator numbers were again down due to some cold and cloudy weather conditions but those who did brave the elements were heated up by the Lazorbeam! The multi-time dirt and ice champion rolled through the program suffering his only loss at the hands of hot shot youngster, Casey Donholt.
Binghamtons teenage fast guy, Mikey Buman, and the previous race winner, "Mean" Gene Bonsignore of Rochester were also riders who had early success in the program. By virtue of winning the semis, Donholt and Bonsignore went directly to the final. Lazor and Buman earned spots with second places. Division One rookie, Ryan "Killer" Kaza, was quite impressive throughout the evening and qualified for his first ever Scratch Main event by taking the checkers in the last chance.
Buman had the pole for the Main and was looking at Lazor to the left in two, Donholt in three, Bonsignore in four and Kaza in five. There was some excitement at the line as it appeared both Donholt and Bonsignore touched the tapes. BMS had been suffering some gate malfunctions through the first two weeks and it was determined by the scorers that the outside slider was sticking so all five were brought back for a second try. On the restart Lazor blasted into the lead followed by Buman. Although it was Lazor from pole to pole it wasn't as boring as it sounds. Buman pressured hard and almost caught Lazor at the last corner, Donholt was all over Buman and Bonsignore was hard on Donholt. All five riders were within a couple bikes of each other making for a great feature.
The support program was great culminating in a 7 rider 6 lap Handicap style Main. Deanna Holden did the girls proud from the 20 yard line taking her first win of her season but not without tough competition from rookie, Mark "Battlescar" Bradley. Corey Brookes, Katalin Davis, Andy Crawford and Robin Wilt all rode well making for an exciting race in which there were several passes and near pile ups!
Summer Season Opener
1. George Lazor
2. Mike Buman
3. Casey Donholt
4. Gene Bonsignore
5. Ryan Kaza
Support
1. Deanna Holden
2. Mark Bradley
3. Ryan Kaza
4. Corey Brookes
5. Katalin Davis
6. Andy Crawford
7. Robin Wilt (dnf)

The Arron Hesmer show!!

Arron Hesmer,once again,put on a flawless show for the cold crowd of around 800 people last night at Welland. His first heat was somewhat of a gift as, while just trailing jeff Orosz, Jeff ran out of fuel on turn 3 of his last lap. John Kehoe looked strong in his fist heat but had no reply to an unstoppable Hesmer as Arron passed John around the outside of turn 2 in his second heat to go on to win this also. Fist choice in the final for gate positions Hesmer gave Hesmer the chance for a good start. But it was Orosz that lead the way and made Arron fight all the way to the line to win by a bike length on a dry but fast track.This had the crowd on their feet, not for the first time during the evening. Mr crash Crawford(Andy) all the way from the Binghampton area on New York state crashed heavily while leading the fastest young lady in recent years to ride Welland. He sustained a separated left shoulder and she, Deanna Holden, went on to not only win the heat but the D2 main aswell.

Welland (Rose festival) opener tonight!!

With the local forecast a cool 16c a hot night of racing is forecast at the Welland County motorcycle clubs' Netherby road track tonight. Fresh from the winter break several riders will make their '06 debuts. The club volunteers have been busy during the weeks leading up to the start of the season, trimming shrubs, clearing weed(s) painting and preparing the track for the start of another great season. Practice is set for 5.30pm while the race action begins at 7pm.
http://www.wellandmotorcycleclub.com/

Second event at Paris..

A big rider turnout and a fair size crowd enjoyed some great racing on a very unseasonably cold Friday night! Our regular announcer Chris Howes, had taken a well deserved family break to Florida, which left David Hensby taking over the microphone for the night! The bikes were finding the first few heats a little challenging with the cooler temperatures, but once they warmed up, so did the heats! Division 3 saw some great riding from newcomer George Lavender, he rode solidly throughout the night and was the very pleased and proud to accept his bottle of champagne following his final win over Graham Wale and Peter Fornal. Division 2 had an interesting twist to it, Corrine Franic and her boyfriend Terry Rideout were matched against each other all night. They had one race where Terry cut under Corinne and she came out the winner after Terry was left flat on his back on corner 2! The battled all night even down to the final, where Terry powered past Corrine to take the checkered flag! Notable mention must be made of a smooth looking Tim Murray, he was sliding well and looking very confident. Division 1 was the highlight of the night for the cold and patient fans. Very close racing throughout, gave the crowd some heart-stopping moments especially when Aaron Hesmer shot passed Bobby Muszynski right on the line! Gary Hesmer and Aaron DeVeau both made their 2006 debuts with a solid performance. The final event was a cracker from the spectator point of view! Bobby Muszynski, Aaron Hesmer, Jeff Orosz & Joe Heye lined up to start the final. From the gate Bobby & Aaron flew out and bumped both Joe and Jeff. They tussled and Joe came off corner 2, hit Bobby, he managed to stay on somehow and Joe Heye ended up smacking into the boards really hard and he tumbled down the back straight. The ambulance was out to check on Joe who rarely falls, and after a check of his right leg, he was up and ready to go again! On the restart, Aaron got in front of Bobby on turn one and pulled away by corner 2, little did he know that Bobby's bike had gone bad, Jeff zoomed by Bobby, as did a 15 yard penalty positioned Joe. Bobby retired from the race as Aaron pulled away from the charging Jeff Orosz. Despite his battered body and a 15 penalty, Joe was only a bike length behind Jeff upon the checkered flag being waved!A great, but cold night was enjoyed by all and we all look forward to next Friday for round 2!

Harley carries on Harris tradition!!

Harley carried on the infamous Harris tradition and paid a visit to the St Catharines general Hospital on Wednesday 31st May. After sitting his E.Q.A.O tests, he, and some school friends went to play football at recess. Harley and his friend jumped for the same ball and as Harley landed, his friend landed on his leg, fracturing his left Tibia. An ambulance removed him from the school field a little after 11 am. In a cast for the next few weeks, it will be a while before he plays basketball again. A severe case of boredom is expected to set in very soon and an excitement injection will be required!!