(Left to right) Mike Faria edged out Jimmy
Sisemore In the Scratch main during
Speedway act ion In AUburn , California.
Eng la nd fi nis hed fo u r th , his be st ride of
1999. Bra ndon For res te r finished fifth . Bor ts,
who won the A class for the first time this year,
clai med sixt h ove ra ll, while 125 B-class winner
Jaso n Dill kept his Kawasaki bu zzing to do mina te the class and finis h seven th ove ra ll. Dill
was the only rider in the class to comp lete more
than one lap, turning in five laps in 2:27:26.
Results
0 / A: I. Chri:; Th iell' (Kawl; 2. Chri8 Nesbitt (Ya.m); 3. S ll'VC
Lt.·ivan (Yam); 4. Tan ner Englan d (Yam); 5. Brandon FOTT~ler
(Yam ); b. Kl'Vin Bort.<; (Suz); 7. Jaso n Dill ()(aw); 8. Ga ry Mittd be rg
()(.aw ); 9. B(lbby Duncan (Yam) ; 10. David Dillingham (KTM) .
AA: 1. Chri!> Nesbi~t (Ya m); 2. Stt-ve I.£iva n (Yam) ; 3. Tanner
En~land (Yam); 4. Brandon Forrester (Yam ); 5 . Kevi n Boyle (Hon).
A: 1. Kevin Bom (Suz) ; 2. Gary Mitt elre rg (}(aw); 3. Bobby
Du nQ n (Yam).
125 8 : 1. Jol on D ill (I<.lw ); 2. James Sloan (Ya m): 3. Mdt! Jarnt"s
!lm (K"fM).
200 B: 1. Pal Declue (KTMI.
250 B: l. Bryan Roy ()(aw); 2. M\ tt Wt.>is (Yam ); 3. Dav id Von
Holt""Jl (Suz ); 4. Keit h Jacb.m (Yam ); 5. Bill Webs ter (Ya m ).
250 C : I. Mi ch a el H amilto n (Ya m ): 2. A.aron H igh to w e r
(Y.,m); 3. Jun io r Swearingin (YlIm); 4. Jdf Thorp ( Kaw) ; 5. ,., ke
John.·lun (Yam ).
OPEN 8: 1. Duane R.Jmbo (Hu n); 2. Chri.'1Sloo (Yam) .
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4-S TRK B: 1. Cary Pi la nt (H on); 2. John Acto n (H o n); 3.
JO:'ot-ph Ammn {Ho n}; 4. St.ln Creg(lr (Ho n); 5. JU(' Rodgel'll (Yam) .
VET: 1. Ca r l Dobson (KT M); 2. To m Eid.l m (Suz); 3. Don
H.m ey (Kaw); 4. Sco tt Lap pe (Hon).
SR: 1. Dolvid Di lli n~ha m (KTM); 2. Brad B.lmt>tt (Ya m ); 3.
Keith Kibl.lrt (Yam); 4. BillCold (Yam); 5. An dy Long (Suz ).
S/ SR; 1. Gtora ld Frmcks' (KTM); 2. Fra nk Leiva n (Yam) ; 3. L.'t'
CIt-'1\n(Ho n).
JR: 1. SIn-e A Io:.t'ni ( Ka w); 2. Pa tricio:. Mye rs (Kaw ); 3. Sam
Law!lOn (H o n ); 4. Ca Tnl. n Mil le lbt'- g (Kaw).
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TR: 1. Mike SC
haef..... (Hon).
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Faria finishes first at
Fast Fridays
By M. Sober
Photo by Gen Moor e
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AUBUR,'l, CA,JULY9
Multi -time Ca lifornia State Spee dway Cha m pion Mike Faria took home the trop hy for win ning
Fas t Frid.:tys' Scra tch ma in. After the race, the
ilmiable Spee dway star from Reno presented his
first-place ploque to one of his biggest fons.
" I o\'crslid the groove sligh tly in turn one
af ter the start," sa id Faria. "I thou ght I might
. lose the lead righ t there, but nobod y got by me,
and so here I am giving my win ning trophy to
Terri. "
Faria's win was made a little easier by Charlie Venegas, who go t himself excludl.od from the
race when he lunged prematurely and broke the
starting tapes.
"I think Faria sucked me into the tapes there
a little bit, but it's my ow n fau lt," said Vent.-gas.
" I gotta do a better job of reading the starter' s
timin g. I'll be bock to get them next week ."
j imm y Sise more dr e w t h e po le fo r t he
Scr.1tch main but did not get off the starting line
in time to beat Faria to the first tum. Faria wen t
into tum one and slid off the groove. Sisemore
went wide into the loose dirt. Bobby Hed den
started the nigh t's fina l race from lane two and
began purs uing Fario on the low line but d rifted
out wide, eventually falling to third place in the
late go ing whe n Sisemore recovered and moved
un de rnea th him on the blue groove. Once Faria
righted his first-tu m bobble, he was all bu t gone
to the checkered. Sisemo re main tained seco nd
place, and th ird went to Bobby Hedd en. Venegas was crooited with a fourt h-place finis h.
In the Ha ndica p main, former Junior ride r
Ian Essary started a t the front of the pack on the
10-yard lin e. Station ed at the 20-y ar d stripe
w ere Robert C u r ry and Ian Ferris . Former
jun ior icon Ry an Fis he r a n d th e recently
returned Tommy Hedden we re at the 30, and
Cha rlie Venegas sa t alone back on the SO. Cu rry
outgated Ferris to move into second and Fish er
took over fourth ahead of Hedd en as the pack
slid through the first set of turns. The only other
change in the ru nning order came late in the race
w hen Venegas took fifth place away from the tiring Hedden . None of the riders were ab le to
move up on the fast, slick groove, a nd Essa ry
piloted the freight train hom e to the checkered
flog. Curry held S<.'COnd, Ferris was third , Fisher
fourth, Venegas fifth ond Hedd en rolled hom e in
sixth place.
Results
SCR: 1. Mike Fari.1 (GM) ; 2. Jimm y Si.'ll."more (C M); 3. Bobby
Hl.'ddtm Oaw); 4. Charlie Ven eg as (JdW).
HOCP: 1. Ian Es.o;,ary Oaw) ; 2. Robrrt Cu rry Oa w); 3. Ian Fl'T1U
(Jaw); 4. Ryan Fbht>r (Jaw ); 5. Charlie Venegat; (Jaw); Tommy
Hedden (jaw).
0-2: 1. Ivan Se va rt (W es ); 2. Richard Po w ell Oa w ); 3. Mar k
Thoma!! (jaw).
0-3 : 1. Harry BradweU (Wes ); 2. Ivan 5t>v (Wes ); 3. Mar lo:.
art
Thu mas (jaw).
0-1 JR: 1. Jo n C uny (Jaw); 2. Eri c C a rri llu (ja w); 3. Brya n
Yarrow (Jaw ).
0-2 ' R: 1. G reg Hoofon (weB ); 2. Aiel( Marcucd (Wes); 3.
BI'l"rl ton Basi (D$A).
~3 JR: 1. Chris Ol ney (Wt.'I» ; 2. Dan ny Easley (Wes) ; 3. M.uk
Ca rri llo (Wes).
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Holland tracks down
"Bounty Hunter MX win
By Brandon Gilles
LOS BANOS, CA,jULY 3,1999
Rusty Hollan d , on his number-62 Honda, wo n
the California Mot ocross Association /Clawson
Motorsp orts Boun ty Hunter Series race, going
up aga ins t the tou ghest compe tition of the day.
It all sta rted with th e rid ers lined up one
after another, the fast in the front and the fastest
. in the back. And who bette r to start in the lastp loce positi on thon Holland ? Sure enou gh , by
t he completi on o f th e fir st lap, Holl and had
plowed thro ugh the rest of the pac k and made a
cozy hom e for himself in seven th place. But it
was obv ious ly not cozy eno ug h: With only six
men sta nding in his way, Hollan d quic kly an d
olmos t effor tlessly c1imbt.'h u a Duppong (KTM) ; 01. Daniel Pedersen (Ka w) ; 5. Richa rd
Rinauro.
60 NOV (o-tI): I. Ni roLlS B.lker (KTM ); 2. Prest on Mull (Ka w) .
no INT (0-8): 1. ~tin PiJ""5 (K.-!w).
60 BEG ('H 1) : 1. Mo~an Slylao (Kaw) ; 2. Ethan AOfI.'!I (K. W);
1
3. Matthew Wil Ham" (KTM) ; 01. Kyl e Batsdon (Kewl: 5. Dendi
Seu u nd (Kawl.
60 NOV (9- t1) : 1. B.. Wil-ga nd (Ka w l; 2. Joey Harris (Ka w );
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3 . Na t ha n Hullis_ r (Kaw) ; 4. Kraml'r Patterson (Ka w); 5. JOt'y
Ifk-rI (Ka w ).
60 INT (9-1I ): 1. Jus tin EnO!l(KTM).
KO BEC 0- 1: 1. Ca meron Bowman (Hun); 2. Beau wtega nd
(Su z ); 3. Megan Elliot ( Ka w ); 4. Rya n Ref fn er (Ya m ); 5. J('r l'my
Kne i!ily (Ya m).
80 BEG 0 -2: 1. Kram er Pederson (Suz); 2. Ni ck Ba lsdon
(V.l m); 3. Ke
vin Stark w l·.lth l·t (Su z ); 4. Nic k Knd...ly (Yam ); 5.
Grorg e Dougl.ts (Y.1m).
80 NO V: l , JU!ilin Wun d, (Yam ); 2. Rubb y Bapnsta (Hon) ; J .
Casey Hinson (Suz ); 4. Travis Perry ma n (Yam ); 5. Johnn y M,1S(JIl
ID (Yam ).
tlOI!\I'T: t . Eric McC rummt-'1\ (Y.. m ) .
125 RF.G 0.1 : I . Mi k(' Sta rkwea thl"f (Ya m); 2. JOtoh ua Fuul'!'h..
;
(Suz); 3. Jeff Faria r Jr. (Y"ml; 4. Jt'ft.'fTIy Wl"lIlht.'Tly (Su z ); 5. JO!Ih
We.llheTly (Suz ).
125 BEG 0.2: I. Kevin f'a lrnt!r (Suz); 2. James HOO\k (Honl; 3.
Chri!i Van !l. .... "f (Ya m); 4. Bren t Dixon (Hon); 5. Rya n Cecil (Suz) .
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125 NOV: 1. Sco u ter McC omloick (Su z ); 2. Br ad 8l"bc hart
(Y.1m ); 3. O., n., Dr a k... (Su z ); 01 . Rob e rt H aun· (Yam); 5. Ric k
8t' rno rsl (Hu nl .
125 INT: L Rvan Mora is (Yolm ); 2. Nick McBride (Ya m ); 3.
Rob ert Ha rol d ('Yol m); 4. Ri ll y Iu eevi ch (K TM ); 5. M athe w
McCntmnwn (Yam ).
125 PRO : l , RU!!ly Htl lland (HI,n); 2. Na tha n w ood s (Yam ); 3.
Mike N e-wnham (Y.l m ).
250 BEG 0.1: 1: Mike Sta rkweatht·r (Ya m ); 2. Stew Sla ney
(J1I (H o n); 3.
Anthon y Leima s (Yam ); 4. Matt Silva (Ka w ); 5. Ja!iOn Vas ilalas
(Hon).
25--29 INT : I. Joh n Moore (H o n); 2. Mik e Hodg": 3. Bria n
Cardm.,. (Suz ).
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VET BEG: 1. Robert C rIligo (Suz ); 2. Joh nn y C ha vez (H on ); 3.
Chip Jon l"5 (Ya m ); 4. Aaro n G a rfi nk t'l (Yam) ; 5. Bob D ittmer
(Yam ).
VETNOV : 1. Olive Ht"I1d
l'r,oon (Suz); 2. Mar k Lopez (Hon); 3.
Bob Mit ch ell (Ho n); 4. J a~n Vas ilalr.a! (Hon); 5. Da v id Cononi
(H on) .
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VET EX I. Joh n Moon" (Hun).
VET PRO: 1. Willie Su rratt (Ya m ); 2. H.m k Armendariz (Suz) ;
3. Ra ndy A lvarad o ( Ho n ); 4. J..'Ss ie Ho lgu in (Ya m) ; 5. Jo h nny
Souza (H on) .
OIT NOV : 1. Kt>Vin Wilkintion (Ya m); 2. Mitc h We...the rl y
(Ho n ); 3. Grqr; Douglas (Hun) ; 4. Nick Mc:Kinnl.ln(Yam ).
WMN: 1. Lynt'tt t' Wosick (Yam); 2. Brt"Tlda Burson (}(aw ).
Holland captures
Bounty Hunter MX win
By Brandon Gilles
L B
OS ANOS, CA,JULY10, 1999
The grandstands were full as hundred s of excited fans ga thered at the Los Banos Fairgrou nds
to w itness the top 12 ride rs of the day battl e 10
th e e n d . Th e ma in e\'e n t of t h e Ca li fo r nia
Motocross Associa tio n /Clawson Mot or sp orts
Bounty Hun ter Series brou ght together man y
fam iliar faces, inclu d ing the winner of the pr evio us week's Boun ty H unter, Rusty Hollan d ,
wh o rode h is n u m ber-62 s up reme ra cin g
mach ine to another ove ra ll victory .
Sta rting ou t in the very last position , Holland had 0 big cha llenge on his han ds . Within
the firs t la p a na after seven passes, Ho lla nd
fou nd himself in fifth place, but he wosn't about
to stop ther e. Struggli ng to pass Honda rid er
j .R. Arch utowski, Holland fell 10 eighth. Ta king
only a bout half a lap to regain his position, Holland was once agai n co nfident tha t the re was
mo re to co me . He stu mbled int o seco nd tw o
laps lat er. It wos here that Holland had possibly
me t his match.
Kawasak i jockey Cra ig Truglio was filled
with de termination and, like Hollan d , he was
out for victory. Trug lio, who startl. d toward the
mid dle of the pack, was also increasing in the
standi ngs . On the second lap , he was ho lding
o n to a sleady th ir d pl ace. By the third lap,
Truglio had overcome his competition, and he
held the first~place posi tion for the nex t thr ee
la ps. Ho lding back Ho lland throug h the fourth
an d fifth la ps was no t easy, and Tru glio was
d efin itely still pu shin g for th e w in . Th is pu t
Tru glio in seco nd place. He finis hed in thi rd
after falling behind Kawasa ki rid er Scott Davis
on the ninth lap .
From that point it wa s hom e free for Hol lan d. Davis, who was in the top five since the
fo urth lap, fi nis h ed in seco nd , w ith C r aig
Tru glio right behind in third. Following Tru glio
was Turbo Reif, and jess Medl ey rounded off
the top five.
Results
BNTY HNTR: 1. Rust y Hol la nd (H o n); 2. Scllll Davi s (Kaw);
3. C rai); Truglio (Kaw); 4. Turbo Rei f (Hon): 5. [ese, Mt> Cilbl'n (Yam ); 4. Kyle Kt'.'loSingcr (KTM ).
btl BEC «().8): I. Eric r ot h (KTMJ; 2. [oshua Duppu n Jo; (k'Th t);
3. Ruben Hern a nd ez 111 (Ka w ); 4. Daniel Ped erson (Kaw ); 5.
Richie Th o m a " (K.1 W).
M NOV (0- 8): l. Pr c s tnn Mull (Ka w ); 2. N lco tas Baker
(KTM) ,
60 INT (~): 1. Du stin Pipes (K.1W) .
eo BEG (9-t 1): 1. Kyle Balsdon (Knw ); 2. Matthew Williams
(K TM ); 3. Jac o b Ilrem a n ( Ka w ); 4. Bt>ndi Seo u nd ( K .1W); 5.
Michill'l H.1Il'li (Ka w) .
60 NO V (9-11): 1. Natha n Ho llister (K,)w l; 2. Beau wieg cnd
(K,lW); 3. joey Harris <)(,l W); 4. Rya n Mar tin (Ka w ); 5. An d rew
o..'Sil'l gU., (KTM).
60 INT (Q-11 ): 1. Matt he w Spencer ( K.1W); 2. ere'); FOUl!
Ua rge but wos only oble to hold the leod spot for
one circuit, as Howle took ove r on lap two, riding
hard to the checkers. How le al<;Q earned the top
. spot in the 51cc (4-6)even t with 1-1 motos.
In mot o on e of the 60cc Op en co ntest,
Malachi Walk er rod e his Kawasaki to the win,
leadi ng the en tire moto. Behind Walker, Tyler
Laske rod e hard to catch Walker, running a consisten t St.'COnd. In moto two, Laske led the first
lap, wi th Wa lk er in hot pursu it. Wa lker too k
over the lead on la ps m 'O a nd three, with Brandon Pip kin moving into seco nd. On the fourth
la p, an in jury caused Wa lke r to earn a DNF.
Laske moved up from third to take over the lead
on the whi te-flag lap , followed by Cody Ford in
se cond. Pi pkin fi nished t h ird, foll o w ed by
Timmy Ladd in fourth . Laske als o claimed the
ove rall victory in the 65cc (7-9) event.
ju stin Uttl e dominaled the first BOec Beginner moto, going wi re to wire for the win. Litlle
rod e solid ly to protect his line from Max Thorne,
w h ile ThO/n e w as a ls o fe n di ng off C hap in
Lop ez . Lopez, after a fou rth-p lace start, dic ed
his wa y through to claim second in moto one.
Trouble on the wh ile-flag lap dropped Thome
do wn to a se ven th-p lace finis h. In mot o tw o,
Russell Altman chorged out of the gate a nd led
lap one, with Little looking for a chanc e to pass.
Little made his move on lap two and went on to
