Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

GFI Racing Fall Seri~s South, Round 4 • on Ire By Greg Robertson SAN JACINTO, CA. OCT. 25 aryl Ecklund proved to be kin g of the 80cc ma chines, topping both the 80cc Open /Expert and Supermini cla sses, whil e Bry an McGavran continued hi s domination of la te by winning the 125cc and 250cc Pro classes during the Pj l-sponsored four th and final roun d of GFI Racing's annual Fall Series at Co mpetitio n Park. Eck lund s tarted off his day with a w ire -to-wire wi n in th e firs t 80cc Open /Ex pert class on his Cha parra l/ Goat /Noleen-sponsored YZSO. Mat th ew Prochnavy kept Ecklu nd in sig ht en route to his second-place finis h, well ahea d of An thony Bruscella and Nick Alvarez. A lvarez go t a mu ch bette r sta rt in the se co nd mo to and ran out fron t for the fir s t ha If of th e m ot o un t il Eck lun d tracked him d own and mad e th e pass for th e lead a t the halfw ay point. Ecklu nd co nti n ued uncontes ted to sweep the class. Prochna vy ra n ou t of time in his atte mpt to catch Alvarez but st ill finish ed second overa ll w ith a 2-3 score . D co 0\ 0\ ,..... 00 ,l-< ill ..0 E ill > o z 34 Ecklund got a killer sta rt in the first Supermini moto and led fellow Yam ah a rid ers Donnie Gritton, Kevin Pa yn e and Scott Simon . Gritton dogged Ecklund throughout the race and used a last -lap pass for th e first-mo te win . Simon go t around Pa yne, on ly to go down and have to fig ht h is way b ack up to a n eighth-place finis h. Brandon Schlensig o verca me a mid pack st art to ho ld off Payne and Jason Jeffrey for thi rd . In second-ro und action, Gritton had the quickest reflexes out of the ga te to lead Simo n an d Schlens ig. Ecklun d was stu ck in traffic for a lap before finding his pace and ree lin g in Gri tto n. By lap three the race belon ged to Ecklund. Gritton would go 1-2 for second overall. Th ir d in the fina l standings w e n t to Schlens ig w ith a 3-4 score. . The 20-m in u te, one-sho t 125cc Pro m ot o was a M cGa v ran ben efit. Th e Fox/NCY/ VP-backed 16-year -old rookie Pro grabbed the lead on th e opening lap a nd never look ed ba ck . jerry A leman was buried in the field off the start bu t meth od icall y pic ked off riders, th e last bei ng Tyson Taylor on the 14th lap of the 16-lap race, to collec t the seco nd- Bryan McGavran blasted the competition into the weeds ' at the fina l round of the GFI Fall Series at Competition Park, The 16-year-old rookie Pro tagged the overa ll wins in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes, place mon ey. A tro ublesom e o pe ning lap for Jerem y Cha ussee saw him runnin g a t th e back of the pack, but he, too, spent his 20 mi n u tes pa ssing riders to ea rn fourth, a h ea d of j a s on Dubi n and Do nova n Mitchell. McG av ra n wa s eq u a lly im p ress ive i n the 250 cc Pro class, lead in g all 14 laps o n h is YZ4 00 F for the w in . Suzu kimounted Don Up ton m ad e hi s w ay a ro u n d T y Kad y ea rly in th e m ote , where he would stay to ea rn second-p lace Pro payb ack. Dubin and Ch au s see rounded o u t th e top five. Ke vin Geyer came from out of the depth s to chase d own ea r ly lead er Bomber H ernand ez fo r th e 250cc Interm ediate fir st-m ote vi ct ory . Bra nd e n Mil stea d u s ed a goo d sta rt to h is advan ta g e to tak e third, over Chris Barre t t a n d D av id McCown. G ey e r ch e cked o u t in t h e s e co nd m oto to pick up th e ov erall with. a co nvincing win . Af ter a mid pack start, KTMrid er Barrett sli ced his way through 'the field to get around Travis Smith on th e last la p to sew up seco nd overall with a 4-2 performance. M il stead and Hern andez record ed DNFs, which allow ed McCown to jump int o third ove rall w ith 5-5 finis hes. Kane jameson had the track wired on hi s John Burr Cvcles /IMS /Go at / Wiseco / A farn-spons ored YZl25 for the 125cc ovi ce-class first-mote win over Matt Condon and Richard Albach. Condon returned to lead every lap of th e second moto on his Yama ha to claim the overall honors . Ja m es o n and Al bach trad ed the ru nner-u p position during the race, with jameson coming out on top' for the second -place trophy. David Su llins' 6-4 score edged out th e 4-6 of Chad Gaumer for fourth overall. It wasn't even close in the firs t 60cc Open rnoto, as KX60-mounted Cas Swift won by a mi le. Ro berto Jiron held off Casey Huntl ey and Jerem y Johnso n for second . Th e second rnot o wa s a little m ore of a race, even th ou gh' th e outcome was the same, with Swift go ing 1-1 on the day. Iron kept Swift in sight this time out en ro ute to his seco nd- p lace finish , this time over John son. Tyler D un ca n turned a co u pl e of good starts into a 1-1 performan ce in the 80cc In termediate class o n h is p PG /Troy Lee /Silkolene-backed YZSO. Simon and Gritton traded ru nner-up finis hes, wi th Si mon p revailing in the second round to collect the second-place brass. Zac Wray and Schlensig ro un ded out the top five in a class d om inated by th e blue bikes . Spen cer Meineke do mi na ted the first BOec Novice moto. Swift returned on his RM80 to finish a d istant seco nd over Phillip Brus cella a n d Ke vin H u nt e r. Mein ek e would duplicate his fine firstround showing w ith a ga te-to- flag second -mo to romp. Swift stay ed a lot closer th is time ou t, as he again fini sh ed secon d, this tim e o ve r M ich ael La Pag lia and Bruscella. 1':\ Compet ition Park San Jaci nto, Californ ia Results: October 25, 1998 (Roun d 4 of 4) 50 STK ( 4 ~ 6): 1. BIa ke Ba gge tt (Co b); 2. Da ko ta Ga rner (Cob); 3. Brett Downey (Cob) ; 4. Bryce Stewa rt (K IM); 5 . Eric Hu nter (Lern). 50 ST K (7-8): 1. Sco tt Nob le (Co b) ; 2. Ric ha rd Sterl ing (KTM ); 3. Marcus Carri llo (Lc m): 4. Garrett Nob le (Cob); 5. Jonathan Ho rga n (KTM). 50 OP EN: 1. J o hnny j c ld c r d a ( KT M); 2. Blake Baggett (Cob); 3. Dak ota C arner (Cob); 4. Scott oble (Cob); 5. Brett Downey (Co b). 60 FIT: 1. Johnny Ield erd a IKaw): 2. Matt Ara gon ()(aw). 60 BEG : 1. Casey H untl ey IKaw): 2. Zachary Cruz (Ka w). 60 NO V: 1. Roberto Jiron IK aw): 2. Jus tin Ca rm odv (Ka w); 3. Jt. CmYJohnson (Kaw]: 4. B.J. !~uhrer (Kaw); T Brian Hiner (Ka w). 5. 60 t NT: 1. M ich a el L. P a gli a (K T~I) ; 2. Ju stin a Mu lford [Ka w] , 60 OPEN: 1. Cas S wift (Ka w) : 2. Roberto Jiron (Ka w): 3. Jerem y Johnson ( Ka w ): 4. Casey Huntle y (Ka w): S. Justin Ca rmody (Kow). 80 FIT : 1. j oe y Ara gon (Ya m ): 2. Al e xander Catherwood (Kaw ). 80 BEG : 1. Anthon y C ha ret te (Ya rn}, 2. Ste ve n Forsythe {Ya m }; 3. Weston Pei ck (Suz); 4. Michael Serrato (Yam ); 5. Shawn Mohr (H en). 80 NOV: 1. Spencer Meineke (Y.l m) ; 2. Cas Swift (Suz); 3. Phill ip Bru sce lla (Yam); 4. Cruce Prochn a vy (1-100) ; 5. Michael Lal'ag lia (Suz) . 80 tNT: 1. Tyler D u nca n (Ya m ); 2. Sco tt Simon (Ya m); 3. Donnie Gritton (Yam); 4. Z lC Wray (Yam ); 5. Brandon Schlens ig (Yam) . 80 EX-O PEN: 1. Daryl Ecklund (Ya m); 2. Matthew Pro chnavy (H en) : 3. Nick Alvarez (Hon): 4. Anth ony Bruscella (Yam). SlM tNl: 1. Daryl Ecklund (Yam ); 2. Don nie Gritton (Ya m); 3. Brand on Sc hle nsi g (Ya m ); 4. [ason Jeffrey (Yam ); 5. Scott Simon (Yam). 125 BEG : 1. Mil,rk Tar taglia (Yam): 2. To ny LaCorte (Yam ); 3. Eric Reynolds (Suz) : 4. Iason M oore (Kaw ): 5. Kris Bowers (He n). 125 NO V: 1. Matt Co ndo n (Yam ); 2. Kane [a meson (Yam); 3. Richar d Albach (Yam);". Dav id Sullins (Yam); S. Chad Ga u mer (Hon). 125 INT : 1. St- n Hamblin (Ya m) ; 2. Chri s Sprenkel a (5u2); 3. Dusty wa lters (Yam); 4. Chri.. Barrett (KTM); 5. Ross Garcia (Ya m). 125 PRO: 1. Bryan M cGavran (Ya m); 2. [e ery Al ema n (S uz); 3. Tyson T ay lor (5uz); 4 . 'Je re m y Chaussee O<.1w); 5. jason Dubi n (Suz) . 250 BEG : 1. Alvi no C n rci a tYam ): 2. David Law ren ce (Yarn ): 3. J\)St1'h Stanbury: .t. Ma tt Howard (Yam ); 5. Steve Bullock (Y,l m) 250 NOV: I. Wes Burr (Yam); 2. David Nickols (Hon ); 3. Jon Dav idson (5uz); .t. Chad Wohun (Yam ): 5. ja son Myhrcn (511z). 250 INT: 1. Kevin G.-v err 2. Chris Barrett (KTM); 3. Da vid McC o wn (Ya m ); 4 . joel Nelso n ( Ya m); 5. Ant hony Ha dsall (H o n). 250 PRO: 1. Brya n McGa\Tan {Yarn): 2. Don Upton (suz); 3. Ty Kady (Yam); 4. Iason Dubi n (5uz) ; 5. Jeremy l. Chaussee (K.1w 25+ BEG: 1. Stev e Bu llock (Ya m); 2. David Lawre nce (Ya m); 3. David Aceves tSuz ): 4 . Ja ..on Broussard (Y am ); 5. joel Plitt (K.Jw ). 25+ NOV: 1. Ma tt Eag k..ton (K.1W); 2. Ed Niemela (K.1W) ; 3. Jay Pavlovec (Hon); 4. To m &.-1 (5uz ); 5. Iaso n 1 Lowther (Yam ). 25+ INT : 1. Revelle Ha rriso n (KTM); 2. Crai g McCall (Ka w): 3. Ch ri.. Tu rne r (Kaw) ; 4. Robb ie jam es (Yam); 5. Tonv Su lli (5uz) . 25+ EX: John Belisle (Y.1m) ; 2. Ron Gilbert (Kaw). 30+ BEG: 1. Jeff M illar d (Y.1m ); 2. Dou g Covey (He n): 3. Al Glrdl (5 u7.); 4. Kevin Gotto (5uz) ; 5. Shelly J : Danylo (Suz) . 30+ NO V: I. M.l tt Eag leton ( K.1W); 2. Ed Nie mela (Kaw): 3. Tom Bell (Suz) ; 4 . Ph illip Taboada (Yam); 5. [ ay Pavlovec (Hen) . 30+ (NT: 1. Ron Turner; 2. To ny Su lli (Suz) ; 3. Chris Sw ift (Yam): 4. Rand y Danylo IKaw): 5. Craig MI..'C .l1I (K aw ). 30+ EX.: 1. Rob Enge l (Ya m ). 35+ INT: 1. Ed Niemela (K.1W) ; 2. Joe Root (Yam); 3. Pry or Ca m pbell (Suz) : 4. Robbie james (Yarn ): 5. Greg Erickson (Kaw ). 35+ EX: 1. Da vid Johnson (Ka w) : 2. Brent Battin (Kaw ): 3. Mark Hoffm an (Ka w): 4. Rob Enge l (Ya m). 40+ NOV: 1. Dav e Fa va (H en): 2. Dennis Burn s (Kaw): 3. Brad Sloa n (Vam); 4. Kar l Sca n la n (Y.u n) . 40+ EX: 1. Ron Turner (Yam): 2. Tim Ma rsh (He n): 3. Mik e Alt enhofel (Ho n); 4. Pryo r Ca m pbe ll (5uz ); 5. Joe Root (Yam) .

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