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the seco nd lap, as di d Justin Lara, w hile
De v o n Heck man a n d Ji m W inte r
showed they we re players by notching
nine- p oi nt seco nd laps after posting
double-digit first-lap scores.
The contest on ly go t closer on th e
third lap, as DeBru in , Heckm an , Lara
and Freiling all tied for the bes t score on
the th ird go- aro u nd wi th eight point s
each. William s and Win ter slipped back
in the score tally with 11 and 18 points,
respectively.
It was a virtua l d ead heat through
the sections for DeBru in an d Freiling.
Freiling knew it wo ul d take a major
blunder by the leade r in ord er for him to
steal the ~n from DeBruin - and none
w as forthcom in g . Wh en th e fun w a s
over, DeBruin had taken the win with a
four-p oi n t final-la p effo rt an d a tot a l
score of 23 poin ts. Freiling footed on ly
one more tim e than DeBruin on the final
lap, bu t Freiling s till had to settle for
second pl ace, w it h a final ta lly of 26 .
poin ts. Third place wen t to Lara, ..vith 36
points. William s and Heckman tied at 37
points eac h; fou rth place was awarded
to Williams based on cleans .
Four com pe titors tried their hand a t
th e ve ry d ifficult Exhib iti on "0" line,
w he re the club's mor e-ad van ced rid ers
can get a wa rmu p for Sund ay's Class A
competition. On the first loop, PITS club
presiden t Ted Gan sberger cleaned all six
traps to tak e th e ea rly lead, ahead o f
Howard Galbrea th (w ith fou r poin ts);
Pa m DeBruin (wi t h 13 ); a n d Bob
Caswell (with 17).
The dab bug must have bit Gansberger on lap two. He accu mula ted the hig hes t score of any of the class riders with a
seve n-point ride and dropped to second,
behind Galbreath, who had a one-point
lap. Caswell improved wi th a four-point
lap, with DeBruin card ing a six.
Galbreath rod e to a class wi n with a
single-point ride on bot h of his fina l two
loo ps for seven points total in the trial.
Everyone card ed a two-point thi rd lap,
excep t for Galbreath with a one-p oint
e.ffo rt. Gansberger ce me n ted se co nd
Rlace with a one-point ride on the final
lap. The fou rth loop saw everyone score
Ii one, excep t for Debruin, w ho posted a
five, thereby d ro pp ing to fourth in th e
day' s fina l standi ngs, beh ind Caswell.c N
Results
M O R N BK M STR : 1. Ro n De b ru in ( Men) : 2.
Shaw n Frei ling (Bet) ; 3. Justin La ra (Yam) ; 4. Bob
Willia ms Jr. (G-G); 5. Devon Hec kma n (Bet).
l M O RN UK ADV: 1. Jason Plank (Ya m); 2. Vern
Browning (G~).
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MO RN UK INT : 1. Brian Pa rker (Yam); 2. Iarrod
Harvey (Bet) ; 3. La rr y Me t te a u r (G·G) ; 4. Lames
fleetwood (Fan); 5. Lee Bailey (Mon).
r MDR."l 8K NOV: 1. Petra Lattmann (Bed .
MORN ctsc MSTR: 1. Jim Porta (Yam) ; 2. Rick
Wolff (Yam) .
r MO RN eLS e ADV: 1. Bill Laudner (Yam); 2. Glen
Pettigrew (Ho nl.
MO RN ctsc INT : 1. Ted Ha rvev (BuD; 2. John
Silva (Yam); 3. Fred Eldred IBul).
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JR AD V: 1. Kris Weber (G-G) .
- JR NOV: 1. 8t:nji He kman (Brl); 2. Cha d Joh n...on
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(Yam); 3. Ma tt Silva (Yam) .
EXHIB : 1. Ho wa rd Ga lb reath (Bet); 2. Te d
Gansberge r (Mo n): 3 . Bob Cas well (G-G); 4 . Pa m
De Bruin (Mo n).
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By Beth and Bo b LaRock
SAN B
ERNARDINO, CA, OCT. 1&-17
o th e r Natu r e offered multipl e
cha llenges for the California State
Ch ampionsh ip co m pe titors a t
Glen Helen Raceway. The earl y morning
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7.0 earthquake, followed by high wi nds,
d id no t deter the more than 250 rid ers
who attended the two-d ay eve nt. Keeping the dust down whil e the dry, wa rm
Santa Ana winds blew provid ed a special challenge for the track-ma int enance
staff. The cha mpionships bring togeth er
some of the best riders from across the
state, resu lting in man y hotly contested
races.
Th e a u tcome of th e Se nior Novice
class came d own to the fourth moto for
'rid e rs Glenn Sh ea rer and Don Bizzy .
Shea rer too k the nu mber-one plate with
2-1-2-1 finishes . Bizzy was a close second with his 1-2-1-2 finishes .
Bizzy claimed the holeshot in the first
m ot a , foll owed by Jeff Newma n a n d
Shea rer, w ho qui ckly ju mpe d into second and then took the lead awa y fro m
Biz z y for t he se co nd a n d th ird laps .
Bizzy reclaimed the lead on the lap four
an d held it to the finis h . She arer and
Newman followed close behi nd .
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Followi ng hi s first -mo to w in , the
Bill' s Weld ing Service / Stefco Precision
Pro Taper-sp onsored Bizzy said, "With
the course being so d ry, then they have
to go out there and wa ter it, you hav e to
cha nge you r who le riding style to figure
ou t ho w not to fa ll. You hit s lip pe ry
mud and then dust y spo ts . And a t 40
years old, you gotta be on top ."
Befo re moto two, Shea rer sai d , "As
long as the wind doesn't knock us over
and we st ay healthy - that's the ma in
thing ."
.
Newman captured the second-moto
holesh ot , followed by Bizzy and Kipp
Fletcher. Altho ug h Shea re r came
thr o ugh the first turn in fifth , he had
ta ken ove r the lead by the end of th e
first lap, an d he main ta ined it for th e
rest of the mo to, hounded by Bizzy, for
the wi n.
" You we re r e len t less! " Shearer
exclaimed to Bizzy at the finish . "Every
t ime I looked b ack , y ou w ere right
there! "
.
"I th ink thes e things [YZ400Fs] a re
in timida ting," Bizzy smiled. "On ce you
ge t behind somebody, the y're so irri table."
N ewma n cla imed th e th ird -mot a
ho lesho t on Sunday. Bizzy and Shearer
wer e close beh ind . Bizzy took the lead
on th e first lap, leaving Newman and
Sh ea re r to ba ttl e for second . Shearer
pa ssed Newman on the third la p com ing off An ima l Leap but was unable to
catch up to Bizzy, who too k the win .
Shea rer took the holeshot honors in
the fourth mot o. Women's Expert Bonnie Warch and Bizzy foll ow ed . Bizzy
passed Warch on the second lap, while
Shea rer developed a comfortable lead .
By the white-flag lap, Bizzy had closed
the distance on Shea re r, but tim e ran
out. Shea rer captured the lead and the
overa ll. Bizzv finished in second , followed by Wa~ch.
Another group battling the gus ty
winds was the 125cc Novice class . As 33
race rs th u ndered off the s ta rt, Corey
Murp hy took the lea d . Patrick Te rry,
Bra n don Norton, Mi ke Ho rva th and
Blake Tirman were in hot pursuit. Du ring the first lap, Ter ry charged in to first,
a nd Tirm an took fo ur th. Terry ma intained the lead to the finish , wi th Murph y on his back tire . Tirma n sque aked
by Norton during the white-flag lap to
claim third .
Before the secondmoto, Murphy predict ed, "I'm going to stay on two w heels
and d o my best."
His two w heels took him through the
holeshot turn in first. No rton and Horvath slid into seco nd an d third, wit h Tirm an ba ck in six th. Ti rma n propell ed
himself past three rid ers on the first lap
to take third. His m omentum ca rried
him pas t Norton on the second lap, and
he set hi s sig h ts on Murphy. Murphy
slid ou t in a turn during the fou rth lap ,
and Tirm an took the lead to the finish.
Norton held on to second. Horvat h was
third .
" I g o t a bad sta rt , " said th e
Th or/ PP / Wh ite Brothers /Industria l
Skateboards-backed Tirm an . "It' s a little
mu ddy out there - makes it hard to see. I
go t un derneath 91 [Murphy] in a tu rn
an d he slid ou t and fell. I also go t a bad
start in my first mo to; this win makes up
for it."
Terrv claimed the third-mo ta holeshot
on Sunday. Mike Kelley, Brad Daugh erty
and Tirman took chas e . Ti rman got
caught in a third-turn pileup bu t managed to recover quickl y and put pressure
o n Dau gherty in th ird. After pa ssing
Daugh e rt y, Tirma n made a valiant
attempt to catch Terry for first, but Terry
rode a consistent moto to the finish, followed by Tirma n and Daug herty.
Jason Jeffery, Murph y a nd Norton
took the lead in the fina l 125cc Novice
moto . Ti rman came through th e fir st
turn in se ven th bu t wor ked hi s w ay
through the pack and into second place
by the end of the thir d lap . Norton took
the fourth-moto win, wit h Tirman close
beh ind . Tirman captured fir st ov era ll
with his 3-1-2-2 finish es.
"I jus t wanted to sta y cool and calm,"
sa id a jubilant Tirman. "Seco nd wa s
en ough for the overall. I've got blown
for k seals, so my su spension w asn 't
holding up very well. My front brake
was about to go o ut. I'm ju st g lad I
could finish ."
Terry Fowler ca used a co uple of
aftershocks himself in the 125/ 25Occ Pro
mo tos. The 125cc Pr os s ta rted in gate
one . Fowler a nd the 250cc Pros sta rted
in ga te two. Not only did Fow ler seize
the ho leshot in all fou r motos, he also
ca ugh t and passed a ll but two of the
seven 125cc Pros in three o f th e fou r
mot os. Fowler took the 250cc Pro wi n
and also swept the Vet Expert class with
firsts in all four moto s.
Rookie Pro Du sty Wa lt er s' 1-1-2-1
fi n is hes ea rned him th e number-on e
plate in the 125cc Pro class. His only loss .
wa s to Tim Beatty, who claim ed second
ove rall.
Sean O' Co nnor was d ominant in the
125cc Intermediate class, finishing 1-1-12. Th e fi rs t- a n d th ird-moto b attl es
between O'Connor and Turbo Reif had
the crow d on its feet. O' Co nno r's only
loss for th e weeke n d was to Na than
Craig in the fourth moto.
CN
At th e California State Championships at
Glen Helen Raceway, Glenn Shearer (40)
set the pace in the Senio r Novice class,
going 2· 1·2·1 for th e class overall. In th e
fourt h mot e, he led from start to finish,
hounded by seco nd-overall fi nisher Don
Blzzy (15). In the bac kg round, Shearer 's
wife and four daughters run to
con gratulate their hero.
Glen Helen Raceway Park
San Bern ard ino, California
Results: Oct ober 16-17, 1999
P/W YA M : 1. Br ad le y Bu rde n (Ya m); 2. Sean
Rensha w (Ya m).
SO (4-6) STK: 1. Nic Paluzzi (Lcm): 2. Cody Farrar
(KTM); 3. Blake Bagge (Act); 4. Bryce Ste wa rt (KTM);
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5. Zakariah Chase (KT MI .
50 (7~8) STK: 1. Bryce Teezian (KT M) ; 2. Joh n
leld erd a (KTM); 3. Micha el Trugl ia (KT M); 4. Tommy
Aquino (Act); 5. Ja mes Fri~lI (KT~t) .
SO (4- 6 ) MOD : 1. Nic Pa l u z z i ILe m): 2. Bla ke
Baggett (Act); 3. Cody Farra r (laM) ; 4. Z l k..ui.'1 h ChaS4.'
(KTM); 5. Brvce Stewart (KTh.1).
50 (7-8 >" MOD : 1. j,l kt, Canada (KTM) ; 2. Bryce
Te r zta n (KTM); 3. Joh n Iel dc rda (KTMl ; 4. Mich ae l
Tru gtia (KTM); 5. Tommy Aq u ino (KTM ).
60 (0· 8): 1. Bru ce Ru t her ford (KT M) ; 2. T re n t
Pug mire (Kaw): 3. Co le Seely (KTM); 4. C