Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events GFI Racing Fall SeriesN orthSouth Showdown (Left) Donald Upton (76) leads Danny Carlson (135), eve ntual winner J eff Emig (11), and the rest of the pack at the start of the 250cc Pro race in the NorthSouth Showdown of the GFI Fall Racing Series , held at Glen Helen Raceway Park in San Bernardino, California. (Below) Turbo Reif traveled s outh from Northern California to win the 250cc Intermediate contest. By Greg Robertso n SAN BERNARDINO, CA, OCT. 24 u lti- tim e National C hampio n Jeff Emig claimed the 250cc Proclass wi n d uring th e GF I Racing / Goa t Eyewea r/ Pro Ci rc u it / Fox / No Fea r /CTI / PJ1- sponso red Win te r Series North-South Showdown. A goo d ride r tu rn out made for a full d ay of raci ng o n the Na tional track of Glen Helen Racew av . The series fina le pitted the visiting Northe rn-region rid ers aga ins t the ho m e-field Sou thern region reg ulars. Wh en the dust fina lly se ttle d , it was th e Sout he rn boy s, with 17 class tit les over th e seven tit les of t h eir No rt her n co un terpa rts , who ea rned th e braggin g righ ts u ntil next yea r's se ries. When the ga te d roppe d fo r th e 20minu te o ne-sho t 250cc Pro moto, it was Don al d Upto n a n d h is IMS Pro Se r ie s / M a xx is / T or c o / F MF / Ra c e Tech /John Burr Cycles / All Pro Fitness spo nsored Hond a with the holeshot ove r Dan ny Carlson, Emig , Northern California's Jeff Northrop and Ty Kady . Upto n lo o ked ri ght at hom e o n th e fr es h ly wa tered track as he pu t a few seconds on Carlson d ur ing the opening laps. By lap thr ee, Em ig was pushing Carl son, and he was ha nded second pla ce when Carlson 's fro nt end wa s hed out o n a downhill. Emi g reeled in Up to n, but Up to n did a co m me nda ble job of keepi ng Em ig' s Yam ah a at bay for a few laps before Em ig was fin all y a ble to m ak e the pass d own the front stra ight near the halfway po int of the race. W it h a clea r tr ack a h e a d of him , Emig easi ly motored away to earn a little spending cas h wit h the wi n. "They wa tered the trac k a bunch, and it was rea lly slo ppy an d you co u ld n' t pu sh m an y o f th e ins ide lin es , so it forced it into a one- line situation, and I went thro ugh tear-offs real qu ick," said Ernig . w ho was ge tting suppor t from White Bro thers, NCY, FM F, The Edge and Bridgestone on the da y. "U pto n and Carlson were setting a good pace. Up ton goes fast; he com es to these local events and he really hooks it up. The track was slippery and it would have been easy to M . m m m ,..: ~ CI> .J:> E ~ z 18 go down, so I just rode a nice, comfortab le pace." Ev en with a flat rea r tire, U pto n was qu ick eno ug h to ea rn the seco ndplace mo ney . "I ha d th e lead," Upton said after the race. "Then I go t a flat tire about ha lfw ay th rough th e ra ce. I sta r ted noticing my back end was slidi ng out an d I did n't know wh at it was for a little w hile. Then Emig go t by me and I d idn't ha ve any th ing for him after the flat . I was just trying to save second place then." Th e ba ttle fo r third p lace was a go od o ne betw een Carlson and Co ncord Kawasak i's No rthrop, and it lasted for the seco nd half of the race, with Carlson eventua lly pr evailing. "I g o t a g oo d s ta r t a nd ca me u p behi nd Upton, an d I knew Emig was ou t there, and I knew he was cool and wasn' t going to be a dick, bu t I started wo rry ing abou t him a little bit, and Upton started pulling away," explained the F&5 Suzuki / Sinisalo /Shoei /CTI / RG E/ Arnettebacked Carlso n. "T hen I lost th e fron t end. I got back up in thir d, but my levers were a little bent. I tried to pu t it together toward s the end of the race and close back in on Upton. It was a good race." Kady cro sse d the finis h line in fifth, behin d Northrop. Zeb Armstrong took s ixt h, a h ead of Carter Gurn e e and Michael Sleeter, who both went down in the first turn off the st art. Rookie Pro Kevin Townsend was ninth, with Tra vis Mar ks round ing out the top 10. Carlson returned to lead the first four laps of th e single 20-m in ut e 125cc Pro ra ce before bein g caugh t by Don o van Mitch ell, wh o ju st recentl y signe d o n wi th KTM. Mitchell look ed impressive as he led the remaining eight laps to collect th e win . Northrop p u t in a n aweso me rid e, com ing from the middle of the field to ea rn the second-place cash, ahead of Tim Beatty, Carlson and Sleeter. Hond a-m ounted Tu rbo Reif upheld the ho nor of the No rthe rn region wi th a two-m oto sweep of the 250cc Intermed iate class. Kevin Gahan su ffered a couple of bad starts, but he wa s fast enoug h to slice a ll the wa y up into a pa ir of runn er-up finis h e s b eh ind Re if. Brad Glen Helen Raceway Park San Bernard ino, California Result s : Octobe r 24, 1999 SO FIT (7-8 ); 1. Mi ck e y C a rr ( KT M) ; 2 . Tommy Madd en (Cob ), 50 ST K (7-8): 1. To m my Aq u ino (Co b ); 2. Michae l Tregli a (Cob ); 3 . Casey Mdlo (HM). 50 O PEN: 1. Micha el Trug lia (Cob); 2. Tommy Aquino (Cob); 3. Casey Mello (H.\1); 4. Co lton Manwill (KTMJ. 60 FfT: 1. J.D. Myersc ou gb (Kaw): 2. Ryan Pow ell (H on) . 60 BEG: 1. Cody Iacksou (K.1W); 2. C u rtis ML "'CIt'lIan (Kaw) ; 3. Da na Breier (KJ w ); 4. J.D. Myersco ugh (Ka w ): 5. And y Delarge (Ka w ). 60 NOV : 1. Chapma n Fie ne (Ka v..); 2. Do n n ie Kearney (KTM); 3. B1<1ke Harbe r (Kaw): 4. Cody Tlth of (KTM); 5. Fran k Ag uirre (.K.a w). 60 IN T: 1. Du sti n Enoc hs (KTM); 2. Tren t Pu gmir e (Kaw ); 3. Tyle r Free ma n (K,l W); 4. B.j. Bohre r (KTM); 5. Justin Eno.. (KTM) . 60 O I'EN: 1. Dus tin E n o ch s ( KT M ); 2 . T re nt Pu gmire (Kaw) : 3. C hap ma n Fiene (Ka w): 4. Donnie Kearne y (KTM); 5. Justin Enos (KTM ). 80 Frr: 1. Travis Morrison (Hen). B/W : 1. Jim m v Ho uston (Ho n). 80 BEG : 1. Darryl Seville (K.l\....); 2. Jerem y Kneisl y (Ya m); 3. Wes ley Norris (Suz): 4. No lan Shu ltz (Yam ); 5. Joey Dobso n ( Kaw). 80 NO V: 1. C .J. Ma ho n (Ya m) ; 2. Aa ron Brcid ~Yam) ; 3. Bobby Rom er o (Yam ); 4. Davi d Darsey (Ya m): c . be Ba xter (Yam). 80 INT : 1. Cha rl ie Morrison (Yam); 2. Kevin Breid (Ya m) ; 3. Cory McDan ie l (Ya m) ; 4. Za ch Va n Camp (Yam) ; 5. Aa ron DiCia no (Yam) . 80 EXlOPEN : Lfcs sc C asillas (Yam) ; 2. Daryl Ecklund (Yam); 3. Ca le Walla ce (Yarn): 4. Z ac Wray (Yam). S/M IN 1: 1. Jes se Casilla s (Ya m); 2. Da ry l Ecklund (Ya m ); 3.. Ca le Walla ce (Yam ); 4. C ha r lie Morrison (Yam); 5. Zae Wray (Yam ). 125 BEG : 1. C J. Mahon (Su z); 2. jesse Hall (Suz): 3. Bru ce Prochna vy (Hen ): 4. Chris Avery (Ya m ); 5. M,ltt Fernand e (Suz ). s Schu ltz (3-5) and Jon Schu ltz (6-3) we re th ird a nd fo u r th , res p e ctive ly, with South Series wi nner David Fox (8-4) filling ou t th e top five. Reif wal ked away with the firs t 125cc Intermed iate mo to win on his IMS/ R&R Spo rt Center /Noleen CR125. Billy Lanino vich came all the way from 25th place after a n ea rly fa ll to fi nis h in th ird , behin d a de termi ned Jeremia h Moore. Things were switched in round two, as Lan inov ich la id was te to th e hu ge class to go 3-1 for the ove rall , w hile Reif cras hed out of con ten tio n. Moo re got a goo d start a nd eventually worked his way around Sean O'Conn~r to go 2-2 on the d ay . O ' Connor wen t 4-3 for third over the 9-4 of Na tha n Craig and th e lOS of Jeff Eide. No rthe rn rid e r Du stin En ochs showed the locals a th ing or two as he took h o m e overa ll wi ns in t he 60cc Intermediate and 60cc Ope n classes o n his KTM. Tre nt Pug m ire was ru nner-up in bo th di vi sions, wit h Ty ler Free ma n th ird in the Intermediates and Chapma n Fien e doing the same in the O pen class. NCY / Pro Circui t/ Troy Lee Design sba ck ed Jesse Cas illas sp li t mot o wi ns w i t h Daryl Ec klund fo r th e 80cc O pe n /Expe rt wi n and then returned to to p Ec k lu nd both t imes out fo r th e Supermi ni win as wel l. Cale Wallace finished third in both classes for a Yamaha eN sweep. 125 NO V: 1. Bla ke Titman (Yam ); 2. Patrick Te rry (Yam); 3. Brent Harden (KTM); -t. Chad Gau me r (Ho n); 5. Matthew Prochna vy (Honj. 125 I NT: 1. Bill y La n inovie h (Ya m ); 2. Jer emiah Moore (Ho n): 3. Scan O'Connor (Yam ); 4. Na tha n Crai g (Yam); 5. Jeff Eide (Ya m). 125 PR O : 1. Don o van Mi tchell (KT M ); 2. Jeff No rth ro p (Kaw ), 3. Tim Bea tty (H us): 4. Danny Carlso n (Suz); 5. Micha el Sleeter (Yam ). 250 BEG: 1. Dan As h brook (Suz): 2. JeH Shuman (Yam); 3. Pa u l Robinsen (Yam ); 4. Ray Prom er (Suz ): 5. Da vid Boyse. 250 N O V: 1. Donn ie Fuller (Yam); 2. Kirk Vasquez (Yam); 3 . Rock y Au d enried (Suz) ; 4. Mik e Embry (Ya m); 5 . Manuel De l Campo (Su z). 25 0 IN T : 1. Tu rb u Re if (He n): 2. Kevin Ga han (Ya m); 3. Brad Schu lt z (Suz ): 4. Jo n Schultz (Ya m); 5. Da vid Fox (Yam ). 250 PR O : 1. Jeff Emi g (Ya m); 2. Do nald Up ton (H en ): 3. Danny Ca rlso n (Suz ): 4. Jeff N orthro p (K,l W); S. Ty Kad y (Yarn ). 25+ BEG: 1. Jo hn Brown Lee (Yam ). 25+ N O V: 1. Tim Kon j."ol (Yarn): 2. Er ic Reasner (Ka wl. 25+ INT: 1. David Bag well (Su z) : 2. Phi l Segund o (Yam); 3. Todd Flaming (Yam); 4. Bret Milan (Yam ); 5. Duane Benner (Kaw). 25+ EX: 1. Tim Doy lc (Suz) . 3 0 + BEG : 1. C h r is Cabra l (Kaw ): 2. Mik e Ca rr C Hon); 3. Pa u l Kinsela (Yarn): 4. Tim Morgan (K.,W). 30+ N OV: 1. Milt on Mize (Kaw) : 2. Man uel Del C a mpo (S uz) : 3. T im Konkol (Ya m) ; 4 . Chu ck St. Romai n (K,lW); 5. Bill Lansford (Hon ). 30+ I ~T: 1: Da vid Bagwe ll (Suz); 2. Ed Gua jardo (Suz) : 3. Ti m Filg (Yam ): 4. Stephan Wa tson (Ka w): 5. Tony Stra ngi o (Ka w ). 35+ NO V: 1. j eff Ca rd o ne (Hen). 35+ INT: I . Ed G uaja rdo (Suz ): 2. Alan De largc (Hon): 3. [eff Baxter (Yam) . 40+ N O V: 1. Greg Dou glas (Hon) : 2. Henry Kalisiak (Y.l m) ; 3. Robert Pinn ell (Su z ): 4. Den nis Burn s tKaw ). 40+ I~: 1. Jeff Baxter (Yam); 2. Doug Hdl (Ka w ): 3. Da n Au stin (Ya m); 4.0,10 Ml"Clintoc k (K, W). l 40+ EX: I. Brent waltingsford (K.1W); 2. Rick Anava: 3. David Fon tes (Su z ); 4. Sco t Ha rden (KTM); 5. Aian Delar ge (Hon ). North vs. South Series w inners 50 STK (7·8): Mike Trug li" (Sout h). 50 OPEN: Mi ke Tru gli , (South). hO BEG : Cody Jackso n (North). 60 NOV: C ha p ma n Fiene (South). 60 t NT: Tre nt Pu gmi re (Sou th). 60 O PEN: Dusti n Enoc hs (North) . 80 BEG: Dar rvl Seville (North) . 80 NOV: CJ . - ho n (So ut hl. Ma 80 INT: Ch.. rtie Morrison (North ). a 80 OPEN: Cal e Wall,l ce (Sou th ). S/MIN1: Colle wallace (So u th ). 125 BEC : C J. Mah on (Sou th). 125 NOV : Blake Firman (Sou th). 125 t NT: Billv Laninovich (So u th). 125 PRO: Jeff Northrop (N o rt h) . 250 NOV; Kirk V,'!'qUl'Z (Sou th). 250 lNT: T urbo Rci f (N o rth). 250 PRO : Mi ke Sleeter (So u th). 25+ NOV: Tim Konkol (Sou th). 25+ INT: Da vid Bagwe ll (Sou th). 30+ NOV: Milt on Mize (Sou th). 40+ NOV: Greg Douglas (No rth) .

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