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CMC Trans-Cal Series North, Round 1: Silver.S
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Wiechers to claim the second- place position. Bell raced ou t fro n t fo r tw o la ps
w hile Tie arney closed in and began to
apply the pr essure as the rid ers we nt at
it hammer a nd ton gs . By th e hal fw a y
po int, Bell was wrung ou t, and a hardcharging Tiearney flew in to the lead .
Meanw hi le, Nort h ro p was quickl y
head ed tow ard the front, leaping all the
wa y up to fifth place by midmot o. On
the next lap, Northrop overtook Foster,
cha rg ed pa st Wi ech ers, a nd w e n t to
w ork on Bell. Ne xt, No rthrop traded
paint with Bell, who wa sn' t going to
g ive up the p ositi on w it ho u t a figh t.
After half a lap of close racing, Northrop
pushed past and 'h ead ed o ff af te r the
lea de r. Bell tri ed to ke ep p a ce w it h
North rop, but by this poin t N or th ro p
Tiea rney p u t h is head d own and
thr ott led up , s lo w in g N orthr op ' s
progress, but Northro p closed the ga p
nonetheless and wa s w it hi n two seconds of Tiearney whe n the white flag
flew. Th e race was int en se throughout
th e fi n al lap , a n d as the r a cers
app roach ed th e la st turn , N or throp
w as right on Tiearney' s rear tir e. Going
a cross th e finis h lin e , it wa s a cl ose
one, but Tiearney d id p revail to take
the mot o win a nd firs t ov era ll for the
d ay .
"I knew he (Northrop) was fast here,
so I had to really get on it," said Tiea rney. " I' m glad he d id that (push me). It
wa s good for both of us."
The fi na l mom ent s of ra cin g w er e
equ ally close behi nd the lead ers. Stap leton, Fisher and Wiechers finished wit hin
one bike length of one an other to rou nd
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ou t the top five.
(Lett) Nathan TIeamey (36) leaps past
Freddie Wiechers and into the lead of the
125cc Pro race at the first northern round
of the CMC Trans-Cal Series, held at Silver
State Raceway in Carson City, Nevada.
The second-moto win gave him the overall.
(Below) Freddie Wiechers (552) leads
Kenny Bell (354 ) on his way to fourth
overall with consisten t fifth-place finishes
in the 125cc Pro class.
Silver State Raceway
Carson City, Nevada
Results: August 15, 1999 (Round 1)
By J o h n S ilva
CARSON crrv. NV, AUG. 15
J1/ Sp y / Michael's Cycles -s ponso red Na tha n Tieamey outrace d .a
dozen other 125cc Pro contenders
a t th e o pen ing northern round of the
CMC Tran s-Cal Na tiona ls at Silver Sta te
Ra ce w a y , s p litt ing m o to win s with
Team Gree n's Jeff Northrop but coming
out ahead in the second moto to take the
ove ra ll w in . Th e 17-year- o ld Carso n
Ci ty nati ve also finishe d a respectabl e
fourth in the 250cc Pro contest.
The 125cc Pro field featured quite a
few roo kies, bu t the new rid ers trailed
an old pro as the act ion began wit h longtime Nevada Pro racer Jon Nelson taki ng
the earl y lead ahead of Northro p, Tiearnev , Aaron Burns, Bria n Fos ter, Chris
Vend ley. Fredd ie Wiechers, Kenny Bell,
Dennis Stapleton, [arrod Fisher and the
rest. elson 's lead was short-lived, however, as Northrop was on fire, and by the
second lap he had su rged into the lead ,
with Tieamey close behind . Meanwhile,
Bums dispatched Nelson back to fou rth
place, with Foster han ging tou gh in fifth.
As th e top fiv e raced in o rd er and
clicked off the laps, Stapleton was working his way toward the front , and by the
ha lfway point he was brea thing down
Foste r's neck . Staple ton banged bars
with Fos ter befo re m a ki ng the pass.
Then he wen t to work on a fad ing Nelson. A t the w hite flag , Sta p leto n was
firmly in four th. O n the last lap, Wiechers mad e his move and passed Nels on to
race in fifth place u ntil th e chec ke red
flag. At the finish, it was Northro p crossing the line first, followed by Tiea mey.
Burns, Stapleton and Wiechers.
Vendley absconded with the ho leshot
in the seco nd go-a rou nd , with Wiechers,
Bell , Foster and Tiea rney in tow .
Northrop ga te d p oo rl y , and th en he
went do\v n on the ba c k si de of th e
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50 (4-6.: 1. Ty Kcenon (Co b): 2. j('t.hua Gn."'C'O (Cob);
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3. Jake Thompson (KTM); 4. Ca lbin L.,Cu~lIt' (PlIO.
50 (7·8): 1. Richi e-T homas (Co b); 2. Bubba Mason
( KTM) ; 3 . Aus tin l iowel! (Cob ); 4. Keith Adams (Act); 5.
Ma tt Ha7£J (Co b ).
60 (0-8 ): I. Tyl er Yo rk (Kaw): 2. Richie Thomas
(K. W); J . Zack Davi s (KTM); 4. Du stin PiJXT (lyw); 5.
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Keith Ad ams.
&0 (9-11): 1. Ryan Ferris ( K.1\'l:); 2. Math ew Spe ncer
[Kaw) ; 3. Brya r Perry ( K.1W); 4. G reg Fouts ( KT~ ); 5.
Ryan Martin (Ka w)
80 BEG : 1. Jam e s Spar bawk ( Ho n}: 2. Ron y
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Sherma n (Ya r nl: 3. Sco tt Krak e (I<. W); 4. Ryan Rahner
(Ya m); 5. Brandon Freema n O(.l W).
80 (' -ttl: 1. Ryan Ferri.,. (SUI); 2. Ada m Kowalczy k
(Suz ); 3. Aaron Mak inen {Ho n): 4. Brya r Perry (Ka w); :;.
jared Morri son (Yam ).
· SO (12- 13): I. C h a r -lie Morr! ..on (Ya m I: 2. ja red
Ble vin s (Hu n ); 3. , .lcl Van Ca m p (Ya m) ; 4. Ant hony
H ou ser (Yam); 5. Race L.1Ct' (SU1.) .
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SO. (t4 . 1 6 ~: 1. Ro ry Radovich (Hun); 2. Tim Raebcl
(Hon): 3. Trcv or Soro nis h (Ya m) ; 4. Loga n Fo ster (Yarn).
S / I\.H N I: 1. jo ck Va n Cn m p (Ye ru) : 2. C h a rt le •
Morri son (Ya m): J . lam es S pa r h.r wk (Ho n) : 4. Race
L.'CCV(Suz) : 5. Antho ny Hou ""'r (Ya m).
SC H BY: 1. G reg Ce nte r (Ya m) ; 2. Ca rs o n Me yer
(Yam); 3. Carso n Shardin (Suz).
12 5 BEC : 1. To d d wl ederhold (Hu n); 2. Daniel
Fowl e r Il-ton) : 3. Nick Da mato (Y ar n): 4. Jimmy 11.;;'t'1
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(Yam ); 5. Bra nd o n Duntsch (SUI) .
125 JR : 1.. Jo h n Replog le ( Ka w j : 2. C hrt st o pbe r
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Loredo (Yam ); 3. Ja so n Ca rcia (SU7,) 4. D" II