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Events f Hometown boy Scott Mainess took the Over 30 win at the 14th stop on the Rollercoaster Racing Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina. 250 EXHIB: t. WitHam Wilso n (Ya m); 2. Matthew Davis IKa w ): 3. Jim Ruess (Yam). 250 C: 1. Jes se Bak e r (Su z l: 2. Sha n no n Log an (Yam ); 3. Duan e Ord way Jr. IKa w) : 4. C hr is Norris (Hon); 5. Eri c Kinley (Hen }. 250 0 : 1. Joh n R. Jones (Kaw): 2. Matt Meadow s (He n), 3. Chris Sha nk (Suz ); 4. Jeff Yow (Ho n): 5. Steve Abernathv (Hon}. 25 + 6 1. Duan e Ordway Jr. (K.1w ); 2. Geoff Nosa l IHo n), 3. ~ke Baucom (Kaw): 4. Chris Norri s (Hon): 5. Michael Purvis (Hon) . 30+: 1. Scott Maincss (He n): 2. Geoff N()Sd1 (He n): 3. C hi p Mo rrow (Kaw); 4. Freddy Pa tt e rson (Kaw): 5. Steve Ad di ngton (Hen). 35+: 1. Scott Camp bell (Kaw); 2. Tra v is 8t.'11 ISuz), 3. Chip Murro w (Kaw ): 4. Michael Graham (Suz); 5. Glen Lott(Kaw). UIL AM: L Nathan Lekson (Yam). U/ L C/ O : 1. Jess e Ba ker (Suz); 2. Jos h Jo hns to n (Kaw): 3. AI('x Harrill (Kaw): 4. Kevin Helm s (Hen): 5. jacob Baertlein (Yam). Cal-Expo S peedw yChampionship a Bast best By M. Sobe r Rolle rcoaster Racing TourS upercross Series Round14 Mainess Metrolina's • main man By Ba rbara Williams Ph oto by Loren William s CHARLOlTE, Nc. AUG. 7 co tt Main es s o f Charl otte, North Carolina, cruised his Performance Hond a CR250 to a well-d eserved win in the Ov er 30 class at round 14 of th e Roll ercoas ter Racing Tour Supercross Series. A brief rain shower that was just enoug h to dampen the track provided perfect tackiness for Mainess to abscond with the ho lesh ot and lead e ve ry lap o f the qu alifi er a n d ma in event. In s p i te of b ein g d re nc he d t w o weeks previ ously he re a t Met rolina , nearly 200 rid ers came ou t to ha ve fu n on th e expertly pre pared JMX Raci ng circuit. The Carolina s are in a d rought situation this su m mer, and Me trolina has been on both ends of the spectrum. T his r a ce b e g an wi t h a sl ig h t du st problem . After practice and every few qualifiers , the riders waited pa tien tly fo r th e JMX crew to wa ter the track. Then , a few races in to th e mains, th e fi rst spa tte rs of rain hit the scoring sheets. As the spa tters turned into showers , and rid ers ran for their cano pies or vehicles, Mainess wo rried that his car might g e t s tuck in th e parking lot , but h e wasn 't concerned about riding in any mud. "It's an equalizer," he smiled . Mainess has been observed to be very good in the mud . At the s ta r t, Scott jumped out in fro nt, with only Nathan Lekson, leader of Unlimited Am , ah ead of him. Scot t Moore of Hick ory, North Carolina, got off the line well and ran second to Mainess for a couple of lap s until an un expected slick spo t sp u n his YZ around and d em ot ed Moor e to the end of the line . Geoff Nosal of Charlo tte, tryi ng ou t a new rid e to see if it suit ed him, stepped S '" '" '" ai ~ CLI .c E CLI Q.. CLI en 54 up to take ove r the seco nd spo t, but by then Mainess had hooked up wi th Lekso n and th e pa ir were lea vin g the zip cod e. At th e checke red flag, Leks on st ill headed the co m bi ned fiel d , with Ma ine ss breathing d own hi s neck . Nosa l came across the line ahea d of Chi p Morrow and Fred dy Patterson to gai n two points in their heated series battle. Ma in e s s le ad s th e O v er 30 class p oints ra ce by al mos t 60 p oints a n d seems set to take home th e y ea r-e nd championship hon ors. Ky le Pulley rode hi s Hond a to his very first win eve r in the 80cc Beginner class, ahea d of 10 other riders who were jus t as determined. Kyle followed qualifi er w in ne r Jo shua McLau ghlin of Motocross World for the three-lap da sh, ge tting comfortable with the Metrol ina track. Then Pull ey pushed his red rid e out in front on the 80cc D main-ev ent start, and led every lap to tak e an exhilarating win. McLau gh lin overcam e a mid p ack start to fini sh runner-up, ah ead of his MX Wo rl d te a m m a te , th e p acka ge o f TN T tha t is Ca me ro n Row e . In turn , Ca me ron held off M&H Suzuki's Alec Reinhardt of Newton, Nort h Caroli na , and Ha ger Mot orsports' Du stin Bice of Rock Hill, Sou th Ca ro li na , fo r th ir d CIfI place. . Metroli na SX Charlo tt e, Nort h Caro li na Results: Aug ust 7, 1999 (Round 14) SO (-1-6 ): 1. C helsea McSwa in (Yam); 2 . Ju st in Steven s (Yam); 3. Justin Slawter (KTM); 4. DvL:m ash (KTM); 5. Cha ndler Lovett (Yam). . SO (7-8): 1. Jos h Ha rr is ILem): 2. Patrick Johnson (KTM); 3. Bran do n White ( K"Thi) ; 4. Brand on Ne wma n IKTMl; 5. be Miller IKThl). 50 SHAFT : 1. Chelsea McSw ain (Yam); 2. Ju stin Stevens (Ya m); 3. Spencer Pig ot (Yam) ; 4. Jo sh Dyar (Yam) ; 5. Chandle r Lovett (Yam) . 65 (7·9) : 1. Josh Ha rri s (Lem): 2. Aryto n Du nke l {Kaw): 3. Bra ndon Wh ite (K T M ); 4. Pa tr ick-Johnson (KT M); 5. Iosh Trivette { Ka w). 65 (l O-l l) : 1. Tiel e r Dodge (Ka w) : 2. Tim Hoyle (Kaw). 3. Shawn Wyatt (Kaw): 4. Cha rlie Smith (Yam); S. Bill McKown IKTM). 80 D: 1. Kyle Pull ey (Hon); 2. jos hua Mcl.augh lin (Hen ): 3. Ca me ron Ro we ( K aw ): 4. Ale c Reinhardt (Suz) ; 5 . Dustin Blce (Kaw). JR M INI : J. Chris Os bo rn e (Suz ): 2. Da vi n Price (Su z ); 3. Z ack Mitchell (Su z ); 4. Tieler Dod ge (Ka w): 5. Aryton Dunkel (Ka w ). 85 (12-13): 1. Jorda n Ha rrill (Kaw ): 2. N ick F lowers (Ya m) ; 3. T. . Knigh t (Ya m ); 4. Che vis Kin g (Su z): 5. J Mich ael Martin (Yam) . 85 (14·15): 1. Jeffrey Arno ld (Bon ); 2. Jim Brown Jr. (Kaw ): 3. Jeremy Allison (Suz ). S/M IN I: 1. Chris Os borne (Su a): 2. Todd Ni xon (Kaw ); 3. Jorda n Ha rrill (Ka w): 4. Jeff rey Arnold (He n): 5. Nick Flowers (Yam ). 125 EXH IB: 1. Willi am Wil son (Ya m); 2. Na than Lekson (Ya m); 3. Ma tth ew Davis (Ka w ). 12 5 C: 1. Jos h Jo hn st on (Ka w ): 2. Kevi n Helm s (He n): 3. Scott Knight (Ya m); 4. Alex Harrill (Ka w ): 5. Jacob Baertlci n (Yam). 125 0 : 1. C h ris Cla rkso n (Suz): 2. Ton y Bridges ISuz): 3. Matt Yow (Ha n); 4. Michael Almon d (Kawk 5. Steven Helms (Yam). SACRAMENTO, CA, AUG. 7 urren t Northern California Speedw ay poin ts ch am p io n Bart Bast . pu t togethe r a n a lmost flawl ess n ig ht of racing to take th e 1999 Sideways Saturdays Ca l-Expo tra ck cha m pions hi p . Bas t, w ho so fa r in '99 hasn't wo n a lot of mains , still leads the po ints chase due to h is wee kl y co ns is te ncy, a n d h e s h owed th e ve n u e' s bi g g est crowd of the season that he is still the m a n to beat in Speedwa y' s prem ier eve nts. Mike Faria and Jimmy Sisem ore tied for seco nd place, a sing le notch behind Bast, with 13 points apiece. "I knew coming in here tod ay that I had a real d ecent cha nce of winnin g this th in g, (a nd that) m y first heat against Mik e a nd Jimmy w ou ld decid e a lot ," sai d Bast. "And ha vin g the po le didn't. hurt my chances any." Chad Fe licia open ed up th e s ho w with a clear win ahead of Paul Orlandi and St ev e Mart yn s e. In th e s econd heat, Bast jumped ou t in front of Faria and Sisemore, pu tting Fari a on e point o ff th e pace and Sisemore two ba ck when he finished thi rd . Tommy Hedd en kept pac e with Bast in th e third h e at, lead in g la st yea r's Ca l-Ex po cha mp ion, Bob Hicks , and Ian Ferris to th e che cke red . Ryan Fisher w rapped up th e first of th e five ro u nds w it h a wi n fro m the pole over Da ve Fari a and Sam m y Bast. In th e second round , the bro thers Bast faced each othe r and finished first and secon d: Bart won, and Sammy held on to the ru nn er -u p sp ot, ahea d of Ian Ferris. Faria got into the wi n colum n in heat two w hen he o u tga te d Robert Curry, Felicia and Rick Sha fer. Sisemore a lso recovered quickly fro m h is firstround mista kes, pu ttin g a qu ick end to any th oughts Fish er m ig ht ha ve ha d abou t continui ng his perfect score. Fisher led the first lap and a half before the "Ja m mer" worked h im o n th e ins ide line , ta ki ng hi s thre e p oint s a w ay . Orl andi and Da ve Faria took turns taking them selves out of contention in the round's last rid e, giving the win to Rich Marcucci and se co nd to th e off-pace Tommy Hedden. Mike Faria opened up th e thi rd rourid wit h a win over his olde r bro ther Dave, and Bob Hicks . Bast left everyone at the line in the next heat; Fishe r got no s ta r t to s peak of a n d h a d to work around T omm y Hedd en in the lat e going just to sal vage a sing le po int. In heat three, Ian Ferris got his only win of th e meetin g, au tpa cin g C u rry a fte r a re start that d idn 't in clud e Marcucci, wh o suffered so re ribs in a lap-on e cras h wi th Martynse. Sisem ore collected the C last win o f th e th ird round the hard way: Th e "Ja m me r" had to work his wav to the front after a terrible start left hi~ tra ilin g eve ntu al second- p lace finisher Or land i and Sam my Bast after the initi al lap. Sis em ore ca m e r igh t ba c k and opened u p the fou rth round with a win fro m the pol e. Cu rry held off Hedden for seco nd . In the second start, Sammy Bast apparently tou ched the tapes and wa s thrown ou t by referee Scott Callahan. The seco nd -yea r official, who had th e une n via ble ta sk of tr yi ng to deal with th e mecha ni ca ll y d eterioratin g startin g gate, had trouble wi th inconsistent calls and a severe lack of cred ibility due to rev ersed decisions. After Bast was tossed , Hick s wo n the restart ov er Felicia a n d res erve ri d er Sco tt "Th e Green Guy" Olney. . Bart Bast's perfect score came to an abr u p t end in the next rid e when Dave Faria ou tga ted and th en impressivel y h eld off th e cha m pion, co llecti ng th e three-p oint wi n and d ropping Bart int o a tie with his brother Mike at 11 point s apiece. In th e ro u nd's final ra ce, Mik e Faria ap pea re d to tou ch th e s tar ti ng tapes and was ap pare n tly. d isquali fied fro m th e he at , wh ich tou ched o ff a s how of ma jor disappro val fr om th e cro w d . After ro lling back to th e pits, Faria soon reappeared a nd w as inexp li cabl y a llowed to re star t. O n th e restart, th e three-time U.S. Champion mad e sh ort wor k of Fisher, O rlandi an d Ferris. Goin g in to the final round, Faria a nd Bast led w it h 11 p oints and Sisemor e sa t one point back a t 10. Fish er fin ish ed h is ni ght jus t t he wa y he started it: with a snap py start, four flaw less laps and a three-poin t win . Rick Shafer and Scott McNe il scored their first points of the meeting when they fini shed second and third, respective ly. Sisemore did hi s best to keep the pressure on the leaders in the next heat when he dominated Ferris and Felicia o n his wa y to th e win . Th e referee experience d more problems in the next event when Ma rt ynse fe ll in th e first corner and Mike Faria , who obv iously felt a n unev en star t wa s th e cau s e, s lowed in turn two, bringing ou t the red .clipboard . On th e r estart, Faria, w ho s ta r ted fro m th e o u ts ide lan e , had trouble negotiating th e fir st se t of turns and Sa mmy Ba st a t th e sa me tim e, wh ich allowed qu ick-ga ting lan e-t w o starter Tom m y H edd en to g ra b a lea d th at "F ly in '" Mike co u ld ne ver overta ke . Faria managed to get seco nd place back . in the lat e goings , bu t the hot-and-coldrunnin g Hedden had tak en a va luable point in the process. Faria was now tied wi th Sisemo re at 13 to tal point s. Bart Ba s t h ad 11 p o in ts, w ith o ne r ide rem aining. In th e even ing 's final race, Bast had the pole and took the decisive CIfI wi n ahead of Curry and Hicks. Cal-Expo Speedway Sacramento , Califo rnia Results: (August 7, 1999) O /A : I. Ba rt Bast (Ja w); 2. (T IE) Jim my Sisem ore (GM)/ Mike Faria (C M); 4. Ryan Fisher (jaw); 5. mE) Tommy Hedden (law t/ Chad Felicio (Jaw); 7. m E) Bob H ick s (Jaw )/ Rob cr t C u rr y (Jaw) ; 9. (TIE) Ia n Fer r is (GM) / Da ve Fa ria (GM) ; 11. Paul O rla nd i (GM); 12. Sammy Bast (Cd n); 13. (fIE) Steve Mart yn se (Jaw) / Rich Mar cu cci (Jaw ); 15. Rick Shafer (jaw); lb . (TIE) Scot t McNeil (law f/ Scott Olney (ja w) 1. 0-2 C'S HIP : 1. Shaw n Eld rid ge (Ja w ); 2. Te r ry McCurdy (Ja w); 3. Mike Browne (Jaw ); 4. Harla n Bast (Wes ). . D ·3 C'SHIP: 1. Ke v in Pe rei r a t wes) : 2. Mar k Thomas (la w): 3. Vince Bertolucci (Wes). 0-1 JR C'SHIP: 1. Eric Ca rr illo (jaw); 2. Brya n Ya rro w (law): 3. J.J. Ma rtyn se Iwes) . 0~2 JR C ' S H IP : 1. J .T. M ab r y (Ja w t; 2. A le x Marcu cci (Wes); 3. Greg Hooton ( W ~) ; 4. Brenton Bast IBS A). 0 ·3 JR e S HIP: 1. C h ris Olney (We. ); 2. Dan ny Easl ey (W ,-S); 3. Mark Ca rri llo (Wes ). '

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