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Matt Swenson (352) holds off James
Straub (416) during moto two of 125cc
Beginner action at the Verde Valley
Motorplex in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Swenson went on to win the event.
said the Primal Impulse/Silkolene/
Shift/Bill's Pipes-sponsored Dostal. HHe
got the holeshot and got away real
. quick. I was trying my best to catch him,
but my arms pumped up early and
that's all I had. H
The consistent 4-4 rides of Tilley
earned him the third-place money over
the 6-3 of Narita and the 7-5 of Zaremba.
YZ250-mounted McGavran led the
charge early in the first 250cc Pro moto,
with Metcalf, Dostal and Evans giving
chase. Metcalf pushed McGavran back
to second after a lap, but McGavran was
out front after another circuit of the
recently redesigned track. Metcalf pow-ered his way around McGavran for
good on lap three. McGavran quickly
came under fire from .Dostal and Narita.
Metcalf continued on to greet the
checkers with five seconds to spare.
Dostal knifed under McGavran to finish
in second place. With time runiring out,
Narita outdragged McGavran between
turns to secure third, with Nelson taking
fifth over Magnus Olsson.
Dostal jumped out to the secondmoto lead, just ahead of McGavran and
Narita. First-moto winner Metcalf gated
fifth, but after a lap he could be found
slowly circulating the track in last place.
HI got high-sided in a rut on the first
lap," explained Metcalf afterward. '1 hit
my head pretty good and bent up my
bike."
Up front, McGavran passed Dostal
and built up a small lead. Narita g.ot
around Dostal at the halfway point and
set out after McGavran. The last couple
of laps turned into a tight race for the
lead between McGavran, Narita and
Dostal, with McGavran getting to the
checkers first to take home the overall
with a 4-1 score.
'1 got a good start and started to pull
away and then I kind of almost crashed
in the whoops and hurt my ankle and
wrist, so I kind of backed off and they
started to catch me," McGavran said. HI
started making some mistakes. Then I
started looking for some lines, and by
then there was only a couple of laps to
go. I want to 'thank Bones at Pro Circuit
for getting my suspension dialed in really good."
Narita, who rides for Honda of Japan,
went 3-2 for the second-place payback.
He said he liked the track because of all
the jumps, but he really did not.like ~c
ond overall.
Dostal came out on the wrong end of
a three-way points tie to earn third with
2-3 finishes. Masanori Enomoto ran
fourth the entire second moto to go 7-4
for fourth overall to top the 8-5 of Olsson. Sean Thorton led every inch of the
first 250cc Intermediate moto over Dusty
Walters, Billy Laninovich and John Burr.
After getting the holeshot, Thorton overshot a turn early in the second moto,
which allowed Walters to run out front.
Thorton eventually worked his way
back around Walters to go I-Ion the
day. Walters went 2-2, over the 4-3 of
Laninovich and the 3-5 of Burr.
Jason Wood led much of the opening
125cc Intermediate race before he bobbled a jump and then tagged the rear
wheel of another rider a short time later,
falling back to fifth. Michael Sleeter went
on to take the moto win over Walters
and Chris Sprenkel.
Sprenkel and Laninovich battled
throughout the second moto, with
Sprenkel getting the nod and the overall
for the day. Walters went 2-2 to edge out
the 1-4 of Sleeter for second overall.
Gustau .Riber smoked the other 24
125cc Novices in the first moto, but a
midpack start in round two made things
look dismal for the Honda rider. Riber
charged righ t up un til the end of the
moto and was rewarded with the overall
for his 1-4 effort. David Sullens went wire
to wire for the second-moto win and second overall. Nathan Jones' 3-5, Brandon
Hamlett's 2-7 and Patrick Terry's 10-2
rounded out the top five.
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Perris Raceway
Perris, california
Results: February 28, 1999 (Round 2)
PIW (4-6): 1. David Meade (Cob); 2. Dakota Garner
(Cob); 3. Caseylleratz (KTM) .•
PIW (7·8): 1. Johnny Jelderda (Lem); 2. Trevor Ries
(Cob); 3. Corey Beratz (Han); 4. Marcus Carrillo (Lem).
S/P/W: 1. Johnny }elderda (tern); 2. Trevor Reis
(Cob); 3. Dakota Garner (Cob); 4. Rhett Raha (Lem); 5.
Danny Gonzalez (Cob).
60 BEG: 1. Richard Sterling O