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Events
Toby Jorgensen Memorial Short Track &IT
for a showdown between Northern California's top steeplechase rid ers. Although
generally regarded as one of the district's
top shor t-trackers, Tony Souza scored one
of his patented holeshots and then basically got out in front and checked out for
the day. Considerably farther back down
the track, Allen Yarrow had assumed the
runner-up position , u nawa re tha t
Michelle DiSalvo was right on his coattails and read y to sneak by . When the
hal fway flags flashed , DiSalvo cra nked
u p the throttle and passed Yarrow, and
then pursued the flying Souza . With the
lead er s comfor tably ou t ahea d, HarleyDavidson rider Rober t McDonnell closed
on fourth-place contende r Arbogast. In a
dra ma tic move, McDonnell passed Arbogast on the white-flag lap and then sprinted after Yarrow, nipping him by inches at
By Mike Law
Photos by Stewart Barber
LaD!, CA, ocr. 23-24
enny oyes of Con cord po wer ed
his Lineaweaver Hu saberg to the
wi n n er's circle in the cra s hmarred and shortened main-event tribut e
to Toby Jorgensen at the Lod i Cycle Bowl.
An im pressive field of Expert riders lined
up to awai t the startin g light, only to have
Tony Meiring, Rob Damron, Shawn Raggio, Tony Souza and Hisat eru Tanagu chi
banished to the penalty line for being too
an xious. Brandon Carnahan, in an ou tstanding debut as an Expert, jumped into
th e lead fro m the front row when the
starting light flashed, followed closely by
Noye s and Jeff Gabhart. Sev era l laps
later, No yes made his move around Carnahan, who was then dropped back even
furt her when Gabhart and Kevin Bricker
moved into second and third , respectively. On approxima tely the eighth lap, Gabhart tan gled wi th another rid er, and he
hit the gro und hard. More riders fell in a
domino effect, wi th Mark Corsetti taking
the brunt of the punishment. Co rse tti 's
bike was literally ripped in half, and the
race was stopped . Since much of the track
was covered with fuel and oil, race officials called the race complete, in the interest of safety. Sou rces later reported that
Corsetti had suffered several brok en ribs
and had also reinjured an an kle.
"We had t h e b ik e runnin g pre t ty
mu ch perfectl y for the last race of the
season," Noyes sai d with mixed emotions. "It was kind of a ...vild race, with
so mu ch goi ng on. I'm glad that no one
was h urt seriously . This w as my first
win in th e O pen A class, and since it
was Tob y' s mem orial race, it was real
speci al to me. I just w ish that it could
have gone the full 20 laps."
Armando Rodriguez made fast wo rk
of the com petition in the Open B main
event and scored a wire- to-wire win . The
Yamaha rid er got the perfe ct holeshot,
ahead of Jerem y Hannah and Ton y Rose.
Whil e Rod rigu ez continued to open up
his lead , third-placed Rose picked up the
pa ce and bega n challeng ing for seco nd ,
making attempts to go undern eath Han nah , and then finally made the successful maneu ver near the ha lfw ay poin t
throug h the north turn. Rose was clearl y
on the move, but there we re sim ply too
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(Abo ve) Jason Grewe fl ew
to th e 100cc (Under 16)
vi ctory at th e Toby
Jorgensen Memorial Short
Tra ck and TT in Lodi.
Cali fornia.
(Righ t) Stewart Barb er Jr.
took the aGee A win bot h
days at th e Lodi Cycle
Bowl.
few la ps rem a in in g for him to reel in
Rodriguez, who took the checkered flag
by a margin of well over 12 bike lengths.
Oren C rid er Scott Marqu is ga ve new
meaning to the w ord " persis tence" in
the main event by coming from third off
th e li n e, b eh ind Franko H annah and
Ga ry Ki n g . H annah r od e fast a n d
s m oo t h ly, and he a p pea re d to ha ve
thing s sewn up, but he was u naware of
the chase behind him. On lap thr ee, Marqu is passed King and then set his sights
on the leader . Hannah clea rl y had th e
horsepower down the straightaways, but
Marqu is' determination to try d iffer ent
and faster lines through the turns finally
prevailed on the last turn of the last lap,
when he mad e a n insid e pass that car ried him to victory by inches.
Freddy Poli and Jason Grewe dueled
in a classic 250cc battle that looked more
like David vs. Goliat h, on ly with a different outcome. The sub-l oa-po und Grew e
was sent to the pen alty line, alo ng with
se ve ra l o ther rid ers, incl u ding Corey
Eaton and Casey Yarrow . With his main
co m petit io n now tw o rows ba ck, the
equally talent ed and fullba ck-sized Poli
now had a clear advantage w hen the
s ta r ti ng light fl a shed . Poli q uickly
zi p ped into the lead . Th e d im inu tive
Gr ewe's philosophy was basica lly that
anythi ng less than first was sim ply no t
an option, a nd he work ed his way up
a nd in to sec ond p lace by the halfw a y
flags. G rewe co ntinu ed to ad vance on
Poli at a rapid pace, bu t the grou nd lost
in the penal ty-line banishmen t was simply too mu ch for the flyin g teena ger to
retake. Wh en the checkered flag flew,
Poli co mf ortably won by a m argin of
about 10 bike lengths .
On Sunda y, Billy Arbogast proved to
be a Ii ttle too anxious for the starter in the
Open A ma in event and was sent back to
the penalty line, there by setti ng the stage
wit h Arbogas t and David DeCamp in hot
• pursuit. The aggressive Arbogast moved
within striking distance several laps later
and attempted a pass, bu t both rid ers
blew the corner, and the quick-th inki ng
and hard-riding DeCamp seized th e
moment and passed them both for the
lead. While DeCamp pulled away from
the dicing d u o, mid pack rider Barber
high-sid ed in the hairp in, which broug ht
out the red flag. Barber go t up quickly
a n d was ab le to make the si ngle-file
restart, but this time it was DeCamp with
the hol esho t, followed by In golia and
Arbog as t. DeCamp ma in tained the lead
over Ingo lia and Arbogast before Arbogast sneaked into second for good . At the
checke re d flag, th e s moo th -rid in g
DeCa mp cruised home in front by a lead
of abo ut seven bike lengths.
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Lod i Cycle Bowl
Lodl , Californ ia
Results: October 23-24. 1999
Sho rt Tra ck
PfW STK A: 1. Kyle Ans elmi (Yam); 2. Danielle
Caldei ra (Yam ); 3. Chad C~ (Yam ); 4. Bobby Caldeira
(Yam) . .,
PIW STK D/ C : 1. Jeff H odges (Suz) ; 2. Coleton
Gal inski (Ya m) ; 3. Jamie Pahcl (Ya m); 4. Shane Jones
(Yam ); 5. Angela Fragoso (Yam) .
PIW M O O, 1. D.J. Sharkey (Yam); 2 Danielle Caldeira
(Yam ); 3. Chad
(HM); 4. Garrett Adams (KTM).
60 A: 1. Sean Jones (K.aw ); 2. Joe Hernandez (Ka w ),
3. Lauren Wallace (K.1w).
80 A: 1. Stewart Barber (H on); 2. ~ick Moore (Yam);
3. Fra n kie Lane (S uz); 4. Bobby Fa ng (Kaw ): 5. Joe
Hernandez (Yam) .
80 SI C: 1. Chris Borjas (H e n ): 2. William Rider
(Yam); 3. A l vssa Brioeez (Yam) .
250: I. Freddv Poll (Hon); 2. Jason Grewe (Suz) ; 3.
Casey Yarro w (Yam).
VET A: 1. Bob Baccsa (Rtx); 2. William Rider (H a n);
3. Allen Yarrow (Yam) .
VET D: 1. J.1.'Oon Pao li Oion); 2. Armando Rod rigu ez
(Yam); 3. Jam es Mah e r (R tx).
VET C: 1. Scott Jacq u e IHo n); 2. Bert Bern ad es (Rtx):
3. Tim Adams (Suz); 4. Cliff Hel ms (He n): 5. Cha rles
Fabiani (Kaw).
vrvr LM : 1. Ste ve Ha ll (Yam) ; 2. Robert Mo rri s
(Yam); 3. Chris Ceilfus (Yam).
VI NT 4 0/SO+: 1. Jon Eiche lba ug h (Ya m); 2. Roger
Ha m ilton (Ya m) ; 3. Tom Booth (Yam); 4. Eric Turner
(CCM); 5. Ralph Lee .
VINT TW : 1. Jo n Eic helba ug h (Ya m) ; 2. Ch ris
Gei lfus (H -D); 3. Ja co b La ti m e r (Ya m ); 4. W illiam
McDonnell (Yam); 5. Steve Salt (Hen).
KNBY: 1. Joe Cu n nington (Kaw): 2. Tro y Po ol
(Ya m) .
O PEN A: 1. Kenny Noyes (Hbg): 2. Kev in Bricke r
(Han); 3. Ton y Meiri ng (Rtx); 4. Sha w n Raggio (Rtx); 5.
Jesse Sanc hez (Rtx) .
O PEN B: 1. A rma ndo Rodrigue z (Yam ); 2. To ny
s
Rose (Ya m); 3. Jerem y Ha nnah (Hon): 4. [e se Va nkol
(Rtx) ; 5. Richard A!"old (}"'TM ).
O PEN C: 1. Scott Marquis (Hon); 2. Fra nko Han nah
(Hen): 3. Ga ry King IRtx): 4. Sco tt Jacqu es (Hon); 5. Gill
Helms IHon).
P RO SPT: 1. To ny Me ir in g (Rtx); 2. H isate ru
Tan aguchi (Ho n); 3. Brandon Carnahan (He n): 4. Billy
Hiles (W -R); 5. Shawn Raggi o IRtx) .
PRO EX: 1. Michelle O&lvo (W-R); 2 Billy Ma rtin
(Rtx) ; 3. To ny Souza (Rtx); 4. Robert Seay (W- R); 5. Rob
Da mron (Hbg).
IT
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PIW STK k 1. Chad
(Yam); 2 Kyle Anselmi
(Ya m); 3. Bobbv Ca ldeira (Yam) .
PM STK B 1. Frankie Flo res (Yam); 2. Jamie Pahel
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the checkered flag for third, behind Souza
and DiSalvo.
"Tha t was m y fir st IT race," sai d
So u za of his runaway win . "I w as n' t
familia r with the track, but I go t used to
it by the mai n e ve n t. I kn ew tha t th e
gu ys in my class would be fast, so I just
wa nted to ge t a good start so I wo uld n' t
be behind a bu nch of peop le. Aft er I
took the lead, I never looked back."
Stew art Barber had his work cu t ou t
for him in the hotly contested 80cc Expert
main . He nursed h is w a y to v ic to ry
aboa rd his CR Honda and its ba ld tire.
With plen ty of tread on the middle of the
tire, Barber qu ickly jumped into the lead ,
ahead of a very determined Bobby Fong.
Because of the tire tread in the middle,
Barber was able to gain a little bit of precious distan ce on Fong on the straights,
then backed off on the thro ttle th rou gh
the tu rns to save the tire. For the entire
race, Barber protected his lead while saving his tire as Fong waited for an opportu nity to strike. Althou gh the tire basically went away, Barber' s experie nce and
determination prevailed , and he made no
bobbles as he motored to victory.
Barber re tu rned in the l 00cc (Und er
16) class, hop ing for ano ther wi n, but he
had to settle for third, behind Grewe an d
Eaton. Grewe used his power -to-weight
advantage to its fullest potential and took
the holeshot, ahea d of Barber and Eaton,
and neve r looked back. Eaton im mediately became the man on the move, reeling in Barber each lap , and he pounced
into second wh en Barber bobb led slightly. Eaton made the pass stic k and then
se ttle d co mfo r ta b ly into secon d , a s
Grewe was too far out in front to catch.
Gr ewe continued at an awesome pace
and motored home by a wid e margin to
victory, ahea d of Eaton and Barber .
IT ace Dorrey Ingolia flew into the
lead of the 100cc Nat ion al main even t,
a-
(Yam) .
PIW STK C: 1. Shane Jones (Ya m) ; 2. C h ristia n
Hickman (Yam) .
60: 1. Sea n Jon es (Kaw); 2. JCk" Hernandez (Ka w ); 3.
Cody Anselmi (Kaw).
80 A: 1. Ste.....a rt Barber (Ho n); 2. Bobby Fang (Kaw);
3. Nic ho las O hge IHon), 4. Joe Hernandez (Yam) .
80 D: 1. Ch ris Borjas (Ho n).
100 «()..16): 1. Jason Crewe (Ho n): 2. Corey Eato n
(Ho n); 3. Stewart Barber