Another great night at Welland!!

June 28th 2009
Another beautiful still and warm evening at the Niagara motorcycle raceway saw a crowd of around 800 kept on the edge of their seats. 8 D1 and 4 D2 riders had a trouble free evening which culminated with a standing ovation for the D 1 final winer!
The night began with D2 riders, John Bennett, Mike Hammond, Allan Chisholm and Gary Moody. The race was won from the tapes with John Bennett holding off Hammond, Moody and Chisholm.
D1 Heat 1 saw Joe Heye, Fred Legault, Gary Hesmer and Terry Rideout line up. From the gate Fred Legault took a good lead ahead of Gary Hesmer but Joe Heye started to push Gary Hesmer and on lap 2 went past him on the back straight. Then Joe set about Fred Legault. He caught and passed him on the finish line! Terry Rideout looked off the pace until the last lap, where his last ditch effort to pass Gary Hesmer was unsuccessful.
The second D 1 race brought Aaron Hesmer, Chris Hesmer, Rob Dixon and Jeff Orosz to the tapes. Jeff Orosz, Chris Hesmer, Aaron Hesmer and Rob Dixon finished in this order.
John Bennett claimed his second win of the night in his D2 second heat, with Mike Hammond, Gary Moody and Allan Chisholm finishing behind him.
Division 1 round 2 was a heat of two races in one. Jeff Orosz spent the race holding off Aaron Hesmer to gain the win, while Terry Rideout pushed Fred Legault all race to unsuccessfully finish in 4th place.
Joe Heye took a commanding lead in his second race, ahead of Chris Hesmer. Rob Dixon took 3 laps to get past Gary Hesmer and took 3rd place. The Division 2 final was all John Bennett until Mike Hammond passed him on lap 3, down the back straight. Gary Moody and Allan Chisholm, taking 3rd and 4th places.
A three-man ‘B' Main saw Rob Dixon, Gary Hesmer and Terry Rideout go to the line. Rob Dixon lead away with Gary Hesmer and Terry Rideout chasing. On lap 3 Hesmer charged past Rob Dixon to grab a well-deserved lead, leaving Dixon to fend off Terry Rideout for second place, he did everything in his power to hold him back, but on corner 3 of the last lap, Rideout passed Dixon to grab second place. The main event was drawn with Jeff Orosz and Joe Heye both tied on points and wins on the night. A toss of the coin decided the first gate pick and Orosz was successful. Aaron Hesmer, Chris Hesmer and Fred Legault completed the line up. From the tapes, Jeff Orosz took the lead with Aaron Hesmer breathing hard on his right shoulder, Joe Heye was off the pace from the front runners, but had his own battle holding Chris Hesmer and Fred Legault back! The tension was building as Aaron Hesmer closed on Jeff Orosz and on the final bend, Hesmer proved too much and pulled out of corner 4 ahead of Orosz to take a superb win! Great racing and worthy of the standing ovation received from the crowd!

Pictured above in tight 1st bend action is (L to R) C Hesmer, G Hesmer, Rob Dixon and Joe Heye.