Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

U ,Junior Nation SpeedwayC m ,S al ha pionship Fisher hooks another title By M. Sober Pho to by Gen Moo re AUBURN, CA, AUG. 29 ou thern Ca liforn ia's "Flyin'" Ryan Fisher won his second consecutive U.S . Junio r Natio nal Speedway C hampio nshi p in fro nt of a p a ck ed h o u se a t A ub u rn Ca lifornia 's Go ld Country Fairgroun ds. Bryan Yarrow took second place in a run off with th ird-place finisher Eric Ca rrillo . Jonathan Curry won the Second Division title, while Josh Newby was the winne r in the Third Division . In the o pening heat , No rthern Cali fornia 's mos t im proved First Divi sion rid er, Eric Ca rrillo, mad e a nice s ta r t and took the wi n over fellow Northern riders Chri s Kerr and J.J. Martvnse. In heat two, 1996 Ju nior Speedway cha mp ion Fisher show ed why he was a hea vy fa vorite to repeat in '97, a. he took a three-qu art er-la p victory ahead of Robinson, Luk e Bennett and Kerr, who lo oped o u t at the s ta rti ng g a te and w at ch ed the race from the infield . Northern Ca lifornia number-one Ju nior ride r Yarrow made his ma rk in the third heat, taking the victory over Kerr, Luke Bennett and Martyn se, who had bik e trouble and d idn't make the start. In the fourth heat, Yarrow and Fisher met for the first time. Fisher got away first althe start, and Yarrow could only watch as the dimi nutive crowd favorite fro m Southern California rod e to a qua rterlap lead and the victory. Rob inson was third , an d Martynse survived a sp ill to take fou rth. In the fifth heat of the night, Eric Carrillo got his firs t sho t a t Fisher and gave the crowd something to buzz abou t w hen he outgated Fish er a nd led th e ra ce for tw o laps befor e Fi s he r worked his wa y around a nd w on his th ird co nsecu ti ve ra ce . Ca rrillo ma intained second place, whi le Bennett took third and Martynse fourth. Yarrow also had troub le wi th Carrillo in heat six , fina lly sha king off th e yo unger ride r in the fina l lap . Ca rrillo had hi> second consecutive second place and Bennett his fourth third -place finis h of the meeting. The seventh a nd fin al heat of the event pitted Fisher, with his perfect score, against Yarrow, w ho had d ropped but a single p oi n t. Ca rrillo, who was down only two points overall i and was . till mathematically alive, was , also in the heat . Fisher proved to be too much to handle, as he left Carrillo an d • Yar row to fig ht ov er seco n d p la ce , which is jus l what they d id, wit h Carrilp 10 o u td ueli ng la s t yea r's No r thern cha m pio n to force a runoff for second . pl a ce. In the runoff, Ca rrillo go t the gate, but cou ldn' t keep the rubber side down and fell, givi ng Yarrow sole pos,. sessio n of second place for 1997. In the Second Division Junior pro gra m, Curry ma tched Ryan Fisher's per fee t sco re with one of his ow n as he sw ep t throug h the field unbeaten. Jay Heidt and Sou the rn Ca liforn ia's Justin I I I t ! S (Abo ve) Ryan Fisher (left) su ccessf ully d efend ed his U.S. Junior National Speedw ay Cham pion ship at the Go ld Co untry Fair g ro und s in Auburn . California. Bryan Yarrow (center) fini shed second and Eri c carrillo third In the event. (Right) Gerry Tenret (42) lead s Eddie Dix on (1 9) en ro ute to the Pro-Am Short Trac k vi ct ory at the Ladi Cyc le Bowl in California . Boyle were forced in to a runoff w hen they finished their four heat> tied a l 10 poin ts a piece. In the runoff, Boyle go t out first and held off Heid t to claim the seco nd-place trophy. Ne wby loo k the overall victory in the Thir d Division program after only drop-pi ng one point a ll night, ou tpo in ting second- place finisher Alex Marcucci 15 points to 12. Scott Hawley and Brad Worthen tied, sh aring third place one point behind Marcu cci. Ray Linn was fifth. '" Gold Country Fairgrounds Auburn, ca lifornia Results: August 29, 1997 0·1: 1. Ryan Fisher; 2. Bryan Ya rrow; 3 . Eric Ca rri llo; • . (TIE) l uke Bcnn d t /CI\r'b Kerr. b. Donnie Robtn .5 ; 7. Ll -M.trtynse. on D-2: 1. Jonathan Cuny; 2 A I. jones; 3. '.:Iy Heid t; 4. ju:mn Boyle; 5. Ramelle Kerr.6. To ny Martinez . ().3: 1. Josh Newby; 2. Alex Marcucci; 3. Scott Hawle y /B rad Wo r then; 5. Ra y Linn; 6. (T IE) Tim Co l)Wz/ Bren ton Bast; 7. J.T. M.abry mE> Froggy flies at Lodi IT and S1 By Mike Law Phot o by Stewart LOIJI. CA, AUG. 16 Approx ima tel y 100 ra cers, rang ing from Pee Wr es to Pro-Ams, pa rad ed a low-speed la p aro und the Lodi Cycle Bowl in m~mory of Andy Tresser, wh o passed away last week as a resul t of injuri es sus tain ed at a race track in the Midwest. Ch ris Marquis pr oceeded with a tribute and s on g in memory of Tresser, who was a Cycle Bowl regular. Derrick Ponton> "Froggy" to the Lodi regulars - was the big winner that nigh t, taking wins on bo th the short trac k and 1T in the tlllcr: class . s Th e lO-year-old ha s been racing a t the Cy cle Bo w l fo r five years now , payi ng his d ues th rou gh the Pee Wee ranks up to the h igh ly competitive 60ce class. Pon ton has done ba tt le with w oodland 's Ryan Kuntz on a weekly basis, scoring several IT wins th is season, but coming up short on the oval. Toni ght, Ponton put everything to get her an d a bsol utely wa lked away from the com peti tion, putting on a heart-stoppin g outside-pass, full-throttle, feet-on-the-pegs, s id ew ays maneuver ar ound Kuntz at the tree tum. " I got up se t because) got o ff the line wrong," reflected Po nt on of his horsepower mov e. .., gave it all I got, an d my dad has been coachin g me about passing, and Its been wo rking for me." Gerry Tenret, anotht"r veteran wi thin stri king d istance over the last several weeks. pulled off a wire-to-wire victory in th e Pro-Am short track ma in ev en t. Tenret aced the ho leshot over Bob Casey, the master of the starti ng line, and then kept his composure and rode a smart race to victory. "fina lly, we pull ed it off ton ight with the right combination of everything. " said a jubilant Tenret. "We' ve been tr ying t"very week, and Dale (Lineaweaver ), my tun er, wor ks his butt off all th e time . Every week we come ou t her e to p u t on a good show, and this week we set up the bi ke so it wouldn ' t hook u p as much coming off tum fou r, and it rea lly paid off," 41 It is worth. noting was that Tenr er's victory carne on a Husa berg - a Lodi first ! Toby Jorgensen brought the cro wd to its feet as he carne from behind to win round nine of the Coors Cu tt er Shooto u t Se ries on the TT track. Modesto's Michelle DiSalvo scored the holeshot, with Matt Gomez Sr., Rob Damron a nd [o rg~ns~n in tow. With three lap" in the books, Damron dropped Gom ez to third, and then joegensen di splaced Go mez to fourth. Three laps later, Jorg ensen executed an ou tsid e pas.. . around . Damro n to take over the second spo t, then gra d ua lly reeled in DiSalvo, By the halfway flags, j o rg e nse n had passed DiSalvo, th e n cruised horne to his fourt h victory in the t o-week se ries. A win nex t week by Jor gensen will clinc h the series, while a win by Mark Key will dead lock the series into a tie. Sho u ld this hap pe n, a tw oman tr ophy da sh to determi ne the winner is ine vitab le. Results TT P/W STK (~5r L Clldy t...mhllU (Y.m). flWSTK (~5) C; 1. K} Amorlmi (Yam). 'k' P/W STK; 1. Dlmny McDaniel (Va rn); 2. AUvw ~ O' a m ); 3. DlVld Rc- O'.II ); 4. Jwotin JorRft-n O'.un). m P/W L'TMA~ I . 8ohtoy Fong {Act ) P/Yo kTM B. 1. Cody An:wlmiocrMl. ' PI'I\' MOO A:. 1. Bobby Fung(Ad ). P/ W MOO B; 1. Cody Umbott (Act). eo COMB: 1. I:Iftnck Ponton; 2. CM~ (""" w ). 110".1 . Br.ndo.Jfl lndnbiLl.Ln n .....ll ; 2. Milt GomuJ r. n·m); J. J-,:.n ~ CHoN . fl<""'" 100: 1. ~y NO)'I/'l' (Hon); 2. Cunoy F...tlwl (Hnn};3. St.. w" .' RarhPr (.'io17 ,). Kl\"BYC; 1. o.nnyCaKy ). m v P/W STK C: I. D /W KTM A~ 1. Bobby Fllng (A rt); 2. c.. ly Lilm hllll (Ad).. r / w K"Tht B, 1. COOy An.....lmi IKTM'J. r /w MOD: 1. Bobby Fong (Act); 2. Cody Lambotl (Act). flO: 1. DPrno:k Pon ton lK.llw);2. Bobby Fong < "",,wl. 80: 1. Brotn dorllndt'l't'li lZln (lion ); 2. M..u C.mn l"J'Jr.

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