(Le ft) Start ing o ff CRC Nlght'MX
on the right foot, J a red Williams
s we pt b oth moto s o f the 125cc
Nov ice c la s s at Los Angeles
County Ra ceway in Pa lmd a le ,
Califo rnia .
(Right) Charlie Venegas (right)
gains too much traction, while
Mike Fa ria (left) fo cuses on the
outside line to take the le ad In
the Scra tc h ma in. Faria went o n
to take the win and Venegas
fin ished second.
2.'"'0 A: 1. Nkk St-IIt"D (Hon) ; 2. Kyle R.1~le (1(aw); 3. Jeff
RWtor(Yam).
250DTX: 1. Nick St'l lt'1'tI(Han); 2. Ky lt" R.igsdale (K.1wl; 3. Jeff
m
Rish-r (Yol ).
O rEN A: 1. Kun Ha w" (Rb): 2. Troy R...nfro (W· I(): 3. Ma n
SchWt"ituor (ATK).
40+: 1. Vince Ho ll (Rtx); 2. Jim Mo na gl"ll (Rtx ); 3. Allen Murinv ille (lUll).
VL"lT 500: 1. Brett weston (Hon); 2. Klt-ve Hodson (Hu n); 3.
Plott' Bnlnt"tt.
VlNT 1W: I. Steve Kmdig (Tri).
fJOO PRo-SrT: I. Kurt Ha wk (W· R); 2. Tn)y Renfro (W·R) : 3.
Bri an McGo n igal ( Rtx); 4. Be au Z. Brow n (Rtx) : 5 . G f'Org ...
Pnndivi lh. (Rtx ).
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bOO EX: t. Rt'll Fisher (Rtd ; 2. J.P. Simonsen (R tll); 3. Je ff
A nnen (W·R ); 4. Chm Fitz hugh (Rtx); 5. Ryan Ander.;on (W· R).
600 PRO-SIT D FC: I. Kurt Hawk (W·R ).
600 EX O F<:: 1. Rn Fisher (Rtx).
Teel and Diehl for real at
Action Sports Stadium MX
By Rupert X. Pellett
.
NEI.'iONVILLE, OH. JUNE
s
Spo rt Cycles Racing-sponsored Kyle Teel flew
into battl e wit h fellow Buckeye Mark Dieh l of
Chilli coth e during two heat ed classes of racing
a t thi s spec tac u la r race facilit y. With tem peratures still in the 80sat race time , the very techn ica l and well-wat ered su percross-s tyle ci rcu it
hos ted more than 200 racers in the firs t part of a
two-day event.
In moto one of the Sch oolboy cla ss , Teel
to ok a nic e hol es hot a nd ran awa y from th e
pack. with Dieh l riding a fast pa ce but unable
to get past Kawasaki-mounted Derek Sturgell.
The second moto was won by upstart Dillion
Rhodes on his Skat-Cycles Suzuki, but TeeI' s
thi rd p la ce ne tted h i m the overall. wh i le
Diehl's hard -r u n second-place finish nctted
him seco n d ove ra ll. Stu rgell' s 2- 4 finishes
gai ned him thi rd fo r the clas s. with Rhodes'
erratic 7-1 finis hes garnering him a respectable
four th overall for the day.
The two motos of the 125cc B class would
see a domi na nt performance by Teel and his
b lu e Yamaha a s he easi ly notch ed two win s
o ver rival Diehl's 2-2 performances. Sturgell
ran we ll ag a in , must ering up 4-4 fini sh es for
th ird overall.
Mark Burkhart was the big-mon ey win ner at
the eve nt. The Pickeri ng ton , Ohio, native swe pt
bot h the I2Sce and 250cc Pro classes aboard his
Sport Cycles Racing /Wimer's Cyclcs / Pro-C ircuit Yamaha.
Results
Devan Wel ch (KTM); 2. Ky lt" S m it h ( K.aw); 3. RYoln
r"'e B (K.lw ); 4. Axl Moler (l(a w l; 5. Rvan Brumfirid (K.tw).
80 (1· 11): I. T.mner Rn.-'d (t-h1n); J.
M ik Mu~ n tSuz);4 . Mike Iw n. (Suz ); 5. Doug Ai nn l'l' (Yam l.
b"Z;: 1.
125 B: I. Kyl t' Tel"! (Volm); 2. M.ark Dil·hl (Suz ); 3. Derek
Sturgell lK.tw) ; 4. Nick. !'l uttko (Yam); 5. Larry Cobb (Su z).
2..'"'0 r RO: 1. Mol k Bu ri..tw rt (Ya m ); 2. Mlkt' Moq;an (Suzl; 3.
r
Erik L..-onm i (Yam ); 4. Brad Snyder.
.:
m
SCH BY: 1. Kyle Te.-l (yol ); 2. M.uk o.ehl tSu z); J. Den-k
Sturgt'll l K.Jw ); -I. Dill ion Rhodt'!' (Suz); 5. DaVId Herb (Kaw).
30+ : 1. Mik e Blair (Sud; 2. M a tt Powt'r!> (Suz); 3 .. Mart y
Bt-rbt-rkh ; 4. Jimmy Soliz (Yam); S. Zach Brown
(K.i w).
80 (1· t)): I. IWbm: MmlOli (Yam); 2. T)'t" J-Iameos ; (Yam ).
125 1l\.'T: 1. Bren t Gilliam (Yam ); 2. Tod d eos......Lklr (Hu n); 3.
Rya n Du ddl. (Yam); -I. Swgio Pm)('\"Dt-l.eon (Yam).
125 PRO: 1. Jerem y Chau.'io>et" ()(awl; 2. Levi Reid (Yaml .
250 BEG : 1. Jot••un Sht.·. r..-r (Y;lIm 2. Dale McCo y (!CTM): 3.
.
);
BrydonWard (Yam) ; 4. Bria n Eng.lt'5 (Hon).
250 NOV : 1. Shaun Trabert (Ht>n); 2. Idfrey fffro (I'Io n ); 3.
Neil Chl!oholm (Hon).
2.'iO INT : 1. Ju Min P..-Ifil-r (Ya m ); 2. Mich.wl Co llil"r (Ka w).
JR VET NO \'; 1. G.lbi Aba vou Ul an ); 2. Robert Wood (Kol );
w
3 . Pas ha Akha r (Yam ); 4. Shy MU!lho, (Suz) .
JR VET L'\IT 1. N ick M.lIroM"(Suz); 2. Sha neSt. n ley (Ya m).
;
l
VET BEG: 1. Ron Hickm a n (Y.1m); 2. Kt'nt Tarvt-r (Ya m); 3.
·
Jo n Hall (Hu nl; o4. JUt HickR\dn (Ya m); 5. Alo wl ilY Ami (!(a w) .
VET NOV: 1. Jack MilI l'T (K.:.."!); 2. C ..bi A b" y n u (H u n); 3.
.
Ray Ritz lt'J' l Kilw l; 4. Sh y MOl'ht" (Suz); 5. Pa!Oha Ahihar (Yam ).
VET lNT : 1. Jo h n L, ngh., mm l-r (}(aw) ; 2. It.''O Sa ul (Yam ); 3.
John o.lVit'!l ( K., W) .
VET EX-P RO : 1. Steve C la r k (Ka w); 2. Edwardo Flipp o
(H on ); 3. Nonn Sch il"l (Ho n).
SR NOV: 1. Kenny Kopecky (Kaw); 2. Mike Borger (Kaw).
SR INT ; 1. Bo b Du n ha m (Yam); 2. Joh n &umg.lmt"l'(H un); 3.
Michilel Gro\'l!' O1an ); 4. Ken Sla ter Sr. (Yam ).
SR EX; 1. SkYe Wm iilms (Hun); 2. Edwardo R ippo (H on); 3.
Norm Schiel (Hon).
O IT NOV; 1. A rt Ju ng (Kaw); 2. Dav e Rut led ge (Ho n); 3.
John Silvie-(Suz); 4. Hal Grady (Kaw ); 5. John Wt'bb (Hu n ).
O IT AM: I. Bri.ln Farner (}(aw); 2. Ch..lrJes Howe ll (ya m); 3.
Ha nk Owen (Kaw); 4. Richard 8t"ak -r (Ya m).
OfT EX; 1. I..lrry Willia ms (Y.am); 2. Kirk Freeman (Yam); 3.
Bob Du nham (Yam ); 4, Rick Par u (H an) ; 5. layman Gattis (Yolm ).
O IT MSTRB: 1. Nonn Schiel (Hon) .
OfT MSTRA: 1. Stevt" C1a. k (Kaw).
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Faria flawless at Fast Fridays
By M. Sober
Photo By Gen Moore
AUBURN.CA.JUNE 4
Nort he rn Ca li for nia Speed way po in ts lead er
Mike Faria won t.~ery race in wh ich he parti cipated on his way to a clean sweep of the Hand icap a n d Scra tch main events at Fa st Frida ys
Speedway oval in Auburn. California.
"This was a grea t way for me to finish here
before my trip to the overseas final next week ."
said Fa ria. " My confidence is sky-hig h. a nd
that's what it ta kes to win over there, alo ng wi th
a good motor."
Glenn Scott wo n the di vision-two ma in, and
Vince Bertclucci collected the top prize in division three ,
In the Handicap main, Fa ria bega n on the 4~
yard lin e, with th ree rid ers sta tio ned between
him and the starting tapes . Rich Marcucci sat on
the 10, Robert Curry occupied the 20 and Chad
Felicia was alon e o n the 30. Bobby Hedden and
Bart Bast were 10 yards behind Faria on the SO.
Marcu cci, by virtue of his front starting pos ition.
took the early lead. with Curry moving up close
behind as th e ra ce made its wa y throu gh th e
first turn s.
Felici a wa s sluggish a t the o nset and wa s
pa ssed by the quick-starting Faria just after the
first lap was comp leted. After moving in front of
Felici o, Faria wen t immediately to the o u tside
line a nd at th e o u ts e t of lap three he moved
arpund Curry. On ce around Curry. Faria set his
sig hts on the lead er, Marcucci. With the roar of
the cro wd rising with every position he gaine
d,
Fa ria mad e short work of the overmatched leader
and swooped to the lead just as sta rter Mark Joiners white flag was unleas hed from its stall.
Once Faria bad secured the lead . it was clear
sailin g to the checkered fla g aboard his BZ
Honda /jRM / STP/ Roxann e GM. Bobby Hed den
had a good run of his own going, with Bart Bast
on his tail. Bast wo rked ins ide of Marcucci and
fini shed in th e runner-up spot. Bast fin ishe
d
third , Marcucci held o n to fo u rth, Curry wa s
fifth and Felicio "Tapped it up in sixth.
In the Scratch main. Charlie Venegas got the
quickes t ga te out of lane three and led the race
into the first turns, running the low inside line.
Faria started on the outside in lane fo ur and wa s
S<.'COnd behind Venegas off the start. Meanwhile,
pole sitter Bobby Hedden bea t B.lrt Bast off the
line and was ru nni ng in third a co uple of lengths
be h ind the fleeing leaders . Fa ria fla w le ss ly
worked his o utside magic, gaining on Vene ga s
slowly but surely until he pullL-d dea d even at
the two-ia p. hal fwa y mark. As Faria worked
wid e. attempting to make the pass for the lead
in the first turns of lap thJ"E"e, Venegas inexplicably caugh t too much traction exiting turn two
and almost tlXlk them both o u t.
" I knew Mi k e (Fa ri a) was there , co mi ng
around me , and I had though ts about t..l king a
bit o f a wide r lin e to cu t him off, but th e n I
grabtx.->d way too mu ch tract ion and it was all I
could do to kC<.'p the bike out of the wall ." Venegas admitted .
Faria had a comm ent concerni ng the incid ent
as well.
"Cha rlie kept pushing me o ut w ider, but
that was right wh ere I wanted to go anyway,"
said Faria. "Except for tba t last move, luckily he
left me cnough room and I still go t th rough . It
reminded me of the old IMS track at San
Bernardino. This tr a ck wa s exactl y lik e tha t
tonight. I loved it:'
O nce Faria SL
"CUred the fro nt-r un ning position, the o utco me of the night was a done deal.
Faria had his double victory . Venega s recovered
and managed to ma intain sec ond place. Th ird
went to the resurgent Bobby Hedden. and Bart
Bast was fourth.
Results
SCR: I. M ik Faria (GM ); 2. Charli t' Venegas (jilW); 3. Hubby
Hedeen Uo1W); 4. Rart Bast (jaw).
HOCr: 1. MiL- Faria (GM.>; 2. Bobby Hed d en Oaw ); 3. Bart
Ba.I1 Ool W); ~ . Rich MamJcci (Jaw) ; 5. Robt.'"I1 C u rry (JdW ).
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0.2: 1. Glt'fln Scott (Jaw ); 2. Sha w n M.tclJlJnald (jaw); 3. Eric
VeilIe O. w).
0.. 3: 1. Vin ce fkortolucri (Jaw); 2. Brun
ve n tun (JolW); 3.
Jo h n Knapp (Wt"S).
0-1 JR: I. CJlri:.l KelT ewes); 2. jo n Cuny (jolwl; 3. Eric C arri llo
(Jaw ).
0-2 JR: I. AI.... Mamacci (Weo); 2. Bn-nton BaM IBSA); 3. Ray
u.
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Linn (Wa).
0-3 JR: 1. Dan ny Ea..'IJt"y (\\'t"'!O) 2. Anu.nd.i Englt!J'l tHun); 3.
;
JUI'h Olney (Wes).
Anderson aces
Chillicothe Enduro
By Jeff Anthony
OiILLlC
arnE,OH. MAY 24
More than 160 riders took on the challenge of
th e C hill icot he Enduro Riders Asso ciat ion ' s
an nual tribute to the late Art Mitchell. Trail boss
Kevin Clayton laid out a phy sically demanding
but ridab le run of approximatel y 85 m iles to
begin the 1999 AMA Distri ct I 1 End uro Series,
Key time was promptly at 10 a.m.• and the
riders began with an easy 1.2- mil e secti on o f
warmup trail that connected to a gravel road. A
rL from 2.4 to 3.0 miles got everybody back on
'SCt
time befor e the fun began. Riders wer e checked
at the beginning of the next part of the rid e, a 15mile woods section. All riders dropped sev eral
poin tsin this secti on, with the best score of four
being claimed by Suz u ki-mounted Jeff And er so n , Te am Green' s Ge ne O' N aH, a n d KTM·
mounted Brad Sells and Marty Kehlmeier . The
section set the ton e for the d ay as the fo ur fou ght
for the cove ted overall win .
For the next 40 miles, rid ers rode a mixture
of established trails and terrain, includi ng the
crossing of Salt Creek. Onl y a ban dful of riders
reported problems, as the depth of water wa s
only hub-deep.
Th e B riders end ed their adventure at 81.2
miles. while the A and AA riders entered the
pri vate p ractice track of local ISDE hero Pete
Diehl, who could not be there that dav, as he
wa s pre running for the upcoming Baja 500. Riders rode a gut·wrenching 4.0 mi les of torture,
with the finish line and a cold beverage with in
sig h t bef ore o ff-ro a d ace Jeff Anderso n wa s
crowned the overall champion.
Results
0 1A : Jt·ff Andt"r.lOn.
AA: 1. Gene O'N.. il; 2. Mdrty Keh lm...ier; 3. Eric Duv is; -I.
Wa y ne Pl"Tduc.
OI'EN A: 1. Chad J.lIVls;: 2. I
