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Fast F
ridays Speedway
Felicio fleeces Fast Fridays
By M. Sobe r
Photo by Gen Moo re
AUB
URN, CA AUG.8
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Chad Fel icio won his first main even t of th e sea son when he led th e Handi cap main from sta rt
to finieh.
Rvan "Fis he r, Felicio a n d Tommv Hed d en
s tarted th e race o n the 30-va rd ma rier . C h ris
Manches ter was o n th e 40," an d Bart Bast a n d
Charlie Venegas \,\ ' CfC .11 the rea r, on the SO. Th e
firs t sta rt was d e layed w he n Fel icio blata n tly
roll ed forwa rd before the st ar t, but a ppa re n tly
d ue to mal fun ction ing track ligh ts, he W~ onl y
w a rned by referee Joh n G ra n t a nd a llowed to
restage on th e 30. \Vhen the ra ce go t u nde r way.
Hed d en g rab bed the lead . Fish er aggressively
sw ep t aro un d th e firs t turns and loo ked to be o n
his way to the fro n t when he parked an d col lectcd th e en tir e field in an ug ly tu rn -four pileup.
After .1 slight d elay, the race wa s n..
estagcd wit h
Fis her ordered back 20 mor e ya rd s to th e 50.
Wit h Fisher o u t of h is hair, Feli cio ma d e a
clea n gat e to the firs t turns o n the restart. Hod d en was off the pac e m idway through an d Manches te r moved in to secon d , try ing to work th e
outsid e d irt. O nce Ma nches ter fo und tha t then..
wasn't as m uch traction ou t there as he tho ugh t.
it wa s too la te ~ the cra fty Bas t had tak en the
ru nnt>r-u p s po t away on the ins ide line . By th e
tim e Bast a nd Man chest er had so rted o ut seco nd
p lace, Fclicio was well on his w ay to h is firs t
1999 win a board h is Good Times Kawasa ki /
Mor gan Gra p h ics-sponso red Jawa.
It was su gg e
sted that Felicio 's win was over due.
"Tha t' s w ha t m y m echanic jus t tol d m e a
minut e < : ' It' s abou t tim e y o u w on : " said
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Felicio . "He 's right about that."
On the Scra tch side of th e program. Venegas
e xte nded hi s w innin g s trea k to three w hen he
topped ou t the n ight' s fina l race . In th e m ai n,
Ven egas d rew the insid e po le starting position for
the third stra igh t week. Next to 'The Edge" in lane
tw o was Bobb y Hedde n . Bas t and Mike Faria
occu pied grids three an d four. Venegas pulled off
a picture-perfect start, with his fro nt tire slightly
off the turf and lead ing the wa y into the first tu rns.
Hedden W~lS also ou t fast and drove hard on the
insid e line as Faria tried to play catch- u p n the
outsid e cushion . Bast sfuck to the inside line, right
behind Hed d en . As the four-la p race unfold ed ,
Ven egas main tained his fron t-ru n n ing position
despite co nsta nt pressure from Faria on the outside and Hedden on the inside. At the fina l set of
turns, Venegas had to d ecid e wh ich line to protect,
and he op ted to d rift wide in the att empt to shu t
out Faria . Hed d en too k advan tage and drove Flaw les sly o n the poll' and ap pea red to steal the wi n
away (rom the fron t-run ner at the line. However,
the rcfeTL'e sa w it diffe rentl y, and d L
~pitc severJ I
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anima ted sU&;l.'Stio ns from the p rt.Ss box and the
crowd that HL'CIdl.n should receive the ehL-'C kcrl.od
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flag for his victory IJp, the banner instead Went to
Venega s . It was Ven egas' third stra igh t Scra tch
m"in ",'in and his sixth of the St:'ason.
Results
SCR: I. C h,lr h l' \'t·nt.';;.1 ~ (1,1"' ); 2. R<"b Hl,td lTl (j.m ·); 3.
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Il ocr: I. C1MJ rd."" (J.1W) 2. ll.. t 1 ,.. 1; 3. a m .. M.mdll'·'·
kr (G M); -4. C h.u lil· Vt'l1I~.h ; 5. Ry.1n Fi-.ht'f (J.1" ·).
D-2; 1. M.lrk Th"m.l.. (I.1W); 2. R'Il:i ll' lIt' Kl' rr (j .IW ); J. I\',m
·oul (Wt"">l.
1).:\: 1. Kn.ln I ......'l·nll 'n (J.1W 2. I.,mi l· Hu ~h .... (W''!oI; :1.Vint·l·
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a..·r!IIIU,TlIj.\wl.
1).1 IR: 1. EriC C lm ll.. (J.lwl; 2. Brv",n Y.lrww (I,' w); 3. IIln
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'D-2 JR· I , A ll" '-l. n c\l c(j (Wt.
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D-:1 IR: I , Ch n!>Olnt"V(Wt'!o 2. 1).l n n y E. ..k... l Wt. ..I; J, l\t.uk
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buh l made a pa ss for the lea d a s the 125cc
ma chine of Dan DeFalco wa s carving through the
field 01\ its way to second place. O pe n Expert Sean
Steele roa re up behi nd Mon tagu e in to four th as
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po sitions were shu ffled rap idly o n lap one. Krahenbuhl and DeFalco were puttin g on a g re a t
show: It was pass and repass for the two lead ers
for the first few laps. Steele and Mon tague were
passin g spo ts three and fou r back a nd for th as
we ll. Kra henbuhl was lett ing it all l-ang out and
was ma int a ini n g a slim lead wh en mechani cal
g rem li ns too k him ou t 25 minu tes int o th e 45min ut e-plus race. Defalco was now in command ,
bu t Mon tague, having emerged from the dogfigh t
with Steele, was creeping closer to the leader with
every lap . With th e fatigue factor ge tti ng worse
wi th every lap, Montague claimed the lead at the
th ree-quarter mark and never looked back. Mon tague went on to finish first overall and first 12Scc
Expert, a hea d o f Dan Defa lco, who took seco nd
overall and seco nd 125cc Expert. Cha rley Renni e
capped a gritty come- from-be hind rid e to w h istle
P. St the checkers in third and capture first 250cc
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Expert. Robert Marshall Was next acro ss the line
to claim th ird 125cc Expert, ah ead of the firs tplace Open bike of Ma lt Gos nell and Jo rdan Dula,
the second 250cc Expert.
Kevin Roberts showcased h is all-aro u nd ver sa tility a nd exce llen t cond itioning as he w on the
co m bi ne d Amateur classes on h is Su pe r m in i.
Alt ho ug h 250cc Amateur Pau l Frieze and 125cc
Ama teur Clark Abecassis got off the line first, it
was Roberts w ho forged into the lead before lap
o ne wa s in th e bo o ks. 25.0 cc Am a teu r Jerem y
Nel son fough t h is wa y in to second, and the top
tw o set the pace for the rest of the race. Ty Me rrow , on another Su per m in i, held do wn third
plJ CC for m uch o f the race until giv ing wa y to th e
hard -cha rgin g Naco m a McC ormick . Rob l.'rts
en dl'd u p the o verall w in ne r and fi rs t 125cc
AmatL r, ahea d of St'Cond ·placed (an d firs t 250('('u
A mate u r) Ne lso n, th ird o ve ra ll (a n d ~econ d
250cc Amateur) McCor m ick, fourth overall (an d
seco nd 125cc Amateu r) Morrow, a nd fifth overa ll
(and U rd 250cc Amateu r) Chris Champlin .
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Results
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I. JUl.-'·
\.1.1rt lll~Z;
2. Gn,. Tu d .l·r ; 3. Br"mi"n Oww n ;
Gio rd.l no.
51.1 A \ l ; I Z .lc h .1rY Fu ....dl; 2 . J....hu " 8y in ~l o n ; 3. C " ""-y
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51.1 EX: l. 81••10..· Sd V" F:C; 2. j "'n'nl Y Pur\' int.' ..; 3 . l .ltl·d
W.l.-bw urtl\.
hU 1\;O \' : I. Ku rtiS Gil' H'r; 2. C t'dv C unh'ru; 3. :\ .lIh.1I1
Ambn...... 4, JOl'y \Ii.lrtlltt.'Z,;5. o.lnid Ch., ~",n .
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till ,\ \ 1. I . All'''' K..>rtl?-t..'f
", 1 EX: J. Rnnni.· Gl .......-tw in.
11(1 NOV: 1 j........ riltrick ; 2. Kns lh~Jtln; J. \ 1Kh.14.'1 Cu n 1l'li.
' 2. C("J y Fn""IJ\oJn.
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Montague rocks Roosters'
first Night GP
By Dic k
~oodwi n
LASVEGAS, NV, AUG. 7
62
The Roo sters, one of th e Las Vegas area's most
ac ti ve d ese r t ra cing cl ubs, held its ina ugu ra l
n ig h tt im e Gr a n Pr ix a t th e Las Veg a s Mot or
Speed w., y . Ve g a s Powe r S por ts-s po nsored
Mo n te Mo n tag ue help ed h im s elf to a hea ping
han d fu l of hard w are as he to p p ed the 125<:c
Exper t class on his way to o vera lling the entire
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combinL field of Expe rt s.
O pen Expert Mall Gosne ll ha d h is d ead engi ne, s ta nd- in-fron t-o f-tht."'bike starting lL'Ch ~
niqu e ·d ialt.li and he 1 the I.i r'ge 'fid d ou t on to
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tht:> co u rse . Mo to rcycle Ce n tra l's 250c c Expert
Brock Krah enbuh l. Montag ue and 250cc ace Ca rl
Maasberg were ba ttling just beh ind him . Krahen-
12." :"JOV: .1. Jo n All-in; 2. ~hlch t j bu ll.ll i; 3. G.l rn 11 5.lw ; -I
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12." A M; 1. Kt...in Robl-rb; 2. Ty Morro w ; 3. C1drl Ab.."' ,b :--l'"
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12." EX: 1. \-I, .n t!. Mo n!.l);u t.'; 2. o.ln [ lrt.F.dm; 3. Ru bo.·rl \t.lr·
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2.~ 1 :'\O V: I. J U~lin C"''fI!C 2. RtIbtTt T rd" ,ls; 3 Bri .1n C h jlJ l'N;
4, A.m.n B\'rd ; 5. D.l\'id Cn>C'.
!SU A M: I. !t' n' m y :"J'lso:'n; 2. f'i" m m.l MI'Ctlr m Kk ; J. Ch ri!>
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Ch.\m p hn; 4. Kt-n ny Co u lu nt.'f ; 5. Tn'J"lt S,ln d ,,\'., 1
250 EX: 1. C h.lr lt.v R,·rmit.'; 2. lurd.ln Dub.; 3, I.'mt.... Sumnll"l'l>;
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-I, luhn SI",!t.·; 5. Ron n;, · Cu u tu ri..-r.
orEN NO V: 1. L.mit.' Ciordano; 2. T ~rry \-t.lt.'!ol.l ~
OPE N EX: I . M.llt G \l!>n dl; 2. Kirk Sh'pht.'fN .·n; 3. J"'kt.....
V~" NOV HI-31ll: I. Kt'n V.u nt'V; 2. K"nlw lb FUN ; 3. SIt'''t.·
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r .l nk.h ; 4. Jim Ditto .
VET NOV (O-35 l: 1. ll'l f R<
I);('rs ; 2. [k n 'k L lt n\!; 3. r ,l ltl '" •
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NOV W--40); 1. W" vn \. jo lu \..... n .
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VE T A M (0 -301: I . Br~Jlt.'Y H .l rm i ~ ; 2. T o d Andl' r.... n ; 3.
'......·ph ~kyl'T ; 4. C ur lis Moo n; 5. D"wn Rud d .
V1:.,. AM W-35); I. Bennil.· Bro wn ; 2. Do n TI>!>!Img .
VET AM (tl- IOI: I . D.1Vid C",m p ; 2. Kipp Al"lcht. r ; J . Bn'n l
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M.lrs h.llI; 4 , Tu m Alh.rd
VEl EX ill-JIll: 1. Se,ln St,:d~; 2. Sry.- F,.lb;:1. Tn.,y Filch ; 4
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Tudd Co u ld ; S. C I"'nn TlIvlor.
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VET EX Itl-35): 1. Rt:n Gi~".
VET EX (1l-4l ) I. Billy Starr
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(Above left ) Chad Felic io leads Tommy Hedden an d Chris Mancheste r all the way to the
Hand icap main -event win in Fast Fridays speedway action in Auburn, California.
(Above ri ght) Tim Beatty beat out the other 125/250cc Pros for the ove rall win in
Stadiumcross act ion at round si x of the IMS Pro Series, held at Glen Helen Raceway in San
Bernardino , California.
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ladium
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Beatty warrants another one
By Beth laRock
SAN BERNARDINO, CA AUG. 13
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Man y o f the 10 125/25Occ Pros w ho lined up a t
the ga te at th e Frida y Nigh t Stadiurn cro ss 'eve nt
- th e sixth ro u nd o f the IMS Pro Series a t Gle n
Helen Raceway - were experienci ng their firs t
Pro mot o. It was the mor e experienced Tim Beattv wh o wou ld come awa v with th e overa ll.
• Fresh fro m hi s 125cc' B Stock win a t Loret ta
Lynn ' s, nev . . pro Sean Ha mblin g ra bbed the
first -mot o ho les h ot. His g lo ry was sho rt -lived , as
Andrew Labrador. Jeff Will oh , Beatt y a nd Jos h
Ca va naug h passed him a fter Ha m blin lost his
timi ng co mi ng throug h th e jum ps .
On lap two, WiI1 miscued in the w hoo ps,
0h
all owin g th e Ge n d a r me Colcg ne ZTa g z'
Noleen ZA xo /SMP~ sp ons o red Beatty to move
into sec o nd. Ham blin recovered and mad e th e
pass o n Cava na ug h fo r fou rth.
Labrador led t he pa ck for tw o m ore la ps
u ntil his fro n t tir e slid ou t in it blind tu rn and he
wen t d o wn. As he s tr uggled to rig h t h imse lf,
Bea tty ca me aro u nd the tu rn a nd clip pe d him .
Labrad or then w isely cho se to get o ff the tra ck
a nd o u t of the way of th e o ther eig h t rid ers.
Beatt y led th t' field w ith W illoh , Ha mb li n
an d Cava na ugh close be hi nd . On th t' fifth la p,
Ham blin cha rgl-d too hard in to a tu m , ess ent ia lly T-bo n ing W ill o h a nd ta k ing hi m out.
Cavanaugh passed bo th W illoh an d H am bl in,
mtl\'i ng into seco nd .
Ha m blin was a ble to rt:' o ve r qu ickly and
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re jo in the race in fourth. \Villo h fou nd himself in
sixth after the crash. Hamblin movl-d back into
second after making the pass on Cava naugh.
Time ran out for Willoh, but no t before he
passed th ree riders to re take thi rd .
Beatty took the f.irst-moto w in, followt..--d by
Haml:olin and Willoh .
"You just can' t make ,1 mistake on this track
and expect to win ," Beatty observed . " I mad e
o n t" or two littlt~ mistakes, but I' ve got a fast
bike. I fdt pr etty·good out there."
Llbrador wrote off his fir st moto finish bv
5..1ying,. 'That's w hy we havt' a second moto." •
Th.e.on ly 250cc Pro a mo ng the 12See rid ers,
D.J. Umphres, secured the second- moto holes ho t
and carried the lead for the first three la ps. Both
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Bt'atty d
in first. Hamblin passed Umphres to ta ke third
dnd by lap six appeared to lx· gai ning on Beatty,
bu t Beatty held him off to th e finbh.
With his 3~ 1 fin is hes, Will oh took sec o nd
overa ll. Beattv ttltlk the oVt'rall .
"O nce I k new it w as \Villoh ba ck ther e, I
did n't put u p m uch o f a fight , beca us e 1 knew he
w as n 't in co n ten tio n fo r th t:' ove ra ll wi n, "
ex p lained Beatty. "So I ro de s m ar t to ta ke the
win."
Results
r / w 5TK : 1. Br:td Bnrdl ," fY" m) ;2. M l~.l n Anr t. !'(Y:tm ).
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r / W (4~): 1. Bry et." St\!W.lr! (Cob); 2. Nic h..,I,,!> C.UZo'l (Cob); 3.
Cody H" lllc.:,b ); 4. 5.1mu d M.lrt ln l'Z (KT M I; 5. Z lch" ry Pill o w
(KTM I.
r / w (1 -1'1): 1. Sen ti N u bllo (Cob); 2. G " rri ck Noblt' (C ub ); 3.
Qt.1o\d Cha"l. (Cub); 4. J.'fIlt."!> 8i~ho.. p (Lt.-m ).
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no ((}.X): 1. Rkhil rd
Sll'rUn/; (K",w ), 2. Cooper H"lI ll<.lw ).
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1IQ.. I 1): 1. B.J. Bu hrt.·r (KTM ); 2.Xu H Nob ll· (K.1wl .
XU BEG ; l. Kri!> r 'llu zzi (Y.lm ); 2. 8.1. B (Y.lm ); 4 P.11T1Cl Tt'1TV IYa m) ; S. G.. t....· Obeso
IYa m ).
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125 (NT; 1. St".ln O'Ctlfllwr IY" m) ; 2. ~id Alvan-z (H u n ); 3.
Ertk Meyt.>r (Y" m ); 4. Du ..tin J"m......m IY"m}; S. K.-1.nt.> JlIml."'SOf\
(Vitm) .
125/250 PRO 1. Tim Rt..lllv (Y.l nl) ; 2. Jtoff Willuh IH.ml; 3.
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Seen Hamblin (Ya m ); 4. 1h C"~·.l ",, U Kh (Y" m); 5. D.j . Umphre.
(V, m).
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25U ="OV: l. Nik Hl"''''I.."V (Yitm ).
25l. 1 <'T; I. J"
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'zd D"UI'>Ch (Su J:I; 2 Brvan Brunt •.
250 P RO: 1. Kyl l' Shimd. (J(.l W); 2: Ryan R"bt.·rb (K.1W); 3..
Cerren Mattht"Wl>fK,lW); 4. Di'lvid Buv",", (Ya nl) ; 5. Da le Covev
U-Ion).
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VET; l. Rick Gn." !,,;,m.ln (Y,l m ).
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SR: l. M i!u. Wilson (Yam ); 2. C. lll!>O Ul...·id l. !'(}jnn).
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Adams awesome at
California Cross
By John Silv a
RANCHOCORDOVA, CA,AUG. 1
Rick y Ada ms wa s the w in ner o f the 50cc (7-9)
d JSS at ro u nd lviroo f the CJ liforni.1Crnss'Summer
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Series, and the Sacra me nt o youngster d t. dica ted
the victo ry to his sponsor, the la te Tex Co untry·
ma n, who had passed on L'a rlier in the wl'ck .
In the first SOc (7-9) moto, Dy lan Noy boll t>d
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to a n ea rlY lead a hL"<1d of Ma tt Hazel, Albm::. ,
hlshua McPherson , Log a n Cohen, Jared Lang
and Mike Carpenter. By the seco nd lap , Adams
had m oved into Sf..'Cond place, but Ney was long
gone. Af ter thft. c b ps , Ncy took the ,,,o , fol·
in
lowed b v Adams, Hazel and Cohen.
Ad~l~S roosted into the !L at the sta rt of
'ad
the second motn, wi th J.l ke Ham d (w ho di d not
start the first moto ) in se cond , foll owed by
McPherson, N ey, Co hen, C
