High Desert Pairs Championship - Victorville, CA, USA - April 5, 2008
    Joker Machine teammates Ricky Wells and Greg Ayers teamed up to win the Sunset Signs presents Galaxy
    Moving High Desert Pairs Championship at Wheel2Wheel Raceway in Victorville.

                Wells and Ayers met the duo of Dale Facchini and Michael Hull in the Final.  Wells was away from the line
    first and led the field through turns one and two.  Ayers and Facchini battled in turn two and down the back
    straight.  Facchini held the low line entering turn three, but Ayers stayed on the throttle and surged ahead at the
    end of the first lap.  Facchini was ready to strike back, but lost a chain entering turn one and his race coasted to a
    stop.  Wells and Ayers cruised the final laps to secure the title with Hull finishing a distant third.

                The First Division Pairs portion of the program featured a double-knockout formula.  The Pairs
    competition began with Wells and Ayers scoring a dominant victory over the Russell Green, who was called into
    duty as a reserve, and Billy Lyons.  Facchini and Hull were victorious in the second heat, but only after Robbie
    Sauer fell while challenging Facchini for the lead.  John Marquez and Sauer used perfect team riding technique by
    staying side-by-side all four laps to secure a spot in the semis, but Green proved to be very game with bold
    attempts to split the pair throughout the race.

                Wells ran away with the win in the first semi with Hull finishing second.  Ayers took third to ensure he and
    Wells made the Final, while Hull and Facchini would go to the second semi.  Facchini and Hull used their second
    chance to book their way into the Final by finishing first and third, respectively, to defeat Sauer and Marquez.

                Green, who won the Second Division Main Event at the last meeting in Victorville, started the Handicap
    Main at the front of the five-rider field.  Green led lap one while Sauer made his way into second.  Conventional
    wisdom would’ve predicted Green to be a sitting duck at this point, but the sixteen year old stretched his lead
    through lap four with Sauer remaining in second.  Green went a little wide on the fifth lap, but the field was unable
    to close ground on him.  Green took the white flag and again went wide into turn one, but kept his composure and
    completed what may prove to be his breakout First Division main event victory.  Sauer was second, Hull finished
    third, Wells was fourth, and Marquez finished fifth.

                Green won both of the Second Division Pairs heats and his partner, Bryan Buffington, scored five points
    to give their team fifteen points and the overall victory.  Max Eddy and Rohn Zellner finished second overall with
    eleven points.  Eddy was particularly impressive with a second place in the first heat and was challenging Green
    before falling in the second heat.  Steve Dziadus and Brad Moreau were third overall with four points.

                Jeff Remington used the outside to take the lead on the first lap in the Support Handicap Main, but Eddy
    moved into second on lap two and pressured Remington.  Eddy challenged on the inside the next two laps, but
    Remington thwarted every attempt.  Eddy switched his attack entering the final corner and went for broke around
    the outside.  His strategy worked as he found enough speed to narrowly beat Remington to the checkered flag.  
    Jonni Jade finished third, Tony DeAlmeida was fourth, John Weller finished fifth, and Jeff Shaffer was sixth.

                Dylan Black defeated Joey Holt to win the Youth First Division Main Event and Samuel Ramirez was
    victorious in the Youth Second Division Main Event over Major Davis.

                Erika Lyons was impressive in winning the Pee Wee Main Event.  Nathan Remington finished second,
    Justin Cockrell was third, Zach Adams finished fourth, Kylie Ayers was fifth, and Kylee Evans finished sixth.

                The next speedway event at Wheel2Wheel Raceway is the Spring Classic scheduled for Saturday, April
    19.

                         

    RESULTS

    Pee Wee Main Event

     77 – Erika Lyons

     12 – Nathan Remington

    Justin Cockrell

     15 – Zach Adams

      7 – Kylie Ayers

      8 – Kylee Evans



    Youth Second Division Main Event

     22 – Samuel Ramirez

    999 – Major Davis



    Youth First Division Main Event

      7 – Dylan Black

      4 – Joey Holt



    Third Division Pairs Scoring         1          2          T

    252 – Jeff Remington (30)           5          N          5

    157 – Tony DeAlmeida (20)         4          4          8

                                                                            13



    266 – Jonni Jade (20)                 1          5          6

    310 – John Weller (10)                3          3          6

                                                                            12



    226 – Rick Huspek (10)              N          5          5

    399 – Jeff Shaffer (20)                 2          2          4

                                                                            9



    Second Division Pairs Scoring     1          2          T

     77 – Bryan Buffington                2          3          5

    321 – Russell Green                   5          5          10

                                                                            15



    148 – Max Eddy                        4          F          4

    163 – Rohn Zellner                     3          4          7

                                                                            11



    153 – Brad Moreau                     0          1          1

    212 – Steve Dziadus                  1          2          3

                                                                            4



    Support Handicap Main Event

    148 – Max Eddy                        40

    252 – Jeff Remington                  20

    266 – Jonni Jade                        20

    157 – Tony DeAlmeida               20

    310 – John Weller                      10

    399 – Jeff Shaffer                       20



    Handicap Main Event

    321 – Russell Green                   10

     17 – Robbie Sauer                    30

    320 – Michael Hull                     40

    142 – Ricky Wells                      50

     41 – John Marquez                    20



    D-1 Pairs Heat: Wells, Ayers, Green, Lyons

    D-1 Pairs Heat: Facchini, Hull, Marquez, Sauer (fell)

    D-1 Pairs Last Chance: Marquez, Sauer, Green, Lyons

    D-1 Pairs Semi #1: Wells, Hull, Ayers, Facchini

    D-1 Pairs Semi #2: Facchini, Sauer, Hull, Marquez



    High Desert Pairs Final

    142 – Ricky Wells

     99 – Greg Ayers

    320 – Michael Hull

     19 – Dale Facchini        (retired)

    Ryan Evans