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GFI Racing South Winter Series Round 4: Glen Helen Racellliay Park while, but then again, so do I,' joked Griffin afterward. "I finally got around Ross and just held on to the lead until the finish. The track was kind of beat and the wind bothered me on a couple of the jumps, but it was still pretty good. I had a real bad crash in the first moto but won the second one, so that's not too bad.' Garcia's consistent 2-2 rides edged out the 1-3 of Jeff Eide for the overall win. Third went to Haugel· stine (4-4), followed by Bagge (3-6) and Revelle Harrison (5-5). Billy Laninovich and Doug Dubach continued their battle for supremacy of the 125cc and 250cc Pro classes. Laninovich took the win in the 20minute, one-shot 250cc Pro moto after a moto{BeIowt At Glen Helen ~ , 125cc STORY AND PHOTOS BY long battle with Dubach. Intermedlate-c:la.. winner ...... GREG ROBERTSON "The first race is always CasIllas (75) grabs the second-.-to muddy, and we were the SAN BERI'IARDINO, CA, FEB. 4 holeshot, ahead of Stnen Haugelstine first race of the day, and it esse Casillas and Ross Garcia (715),.Ieft Elde (961) and Corey MIIJ"Phy (7281. was pretty bad for the first emerged victorious in the 125cc (Bottom rightt Cale Wallace was four or five laps,' and 250cc Intermediate classes, untouchable in the 80cc Open and explained the NCY/Banks respectively, at Glen Helen Rac:ee:w:a~y~~~Su:pe:nn:l:n~1cl:a:::.~_ _:.: .... J~~~~~~~~;;;~~~±i~~~~~ Racing/ FMFjTMRfVamerduring round four of the GFI rbacked Laninovich. "I fmalRacing/GoatEyewear/Pro CirIy got by Doug when he got cuit/Klotz/ Fox-sponsored cross-rutted over by the finish line and Winter Series. almost went off the track. Doug was Casillas was dominant right right on my butt the whole race up out of the gate in both motos until the last lap, when we were in for a sweep of the 125s, while some lappers, and a lapper messed Garcia, who may not have him up and I got a couple of seconds been the fastest rider in each of on him." the 250cc Intermediate bouts, Ty Kady, Yoshi Atsuta and was certainly the most consisNozomu Naya argued over third tent, and that's what it took to place for most of the race, with Atsuclaim the overall honors. ta prevailing in the end. Sean O'ConCasillas began his runaway nor finished sixth, ahead of Kris Papvictory in the first 125cc Interworth and Travis Smith. mediate moto with a holeshot over Richard Albach, Chad Gaumer, Jeff Eide and the rest • of the field. By lap three, Casillas had five seconds on Eide, who had passed both the finish for a sweep of the class. third, behind Garcia, with HaughGaumer and Albach. Casillas put in a Eide was pressured by both Haughelelstine a close fourth. flawless moto, pulling clear of Eide stine and Nye during the final laps Justin Eide won the drag race by 15 seconds and passing half the but hung tough for a 2-2 day. Haughto the first tum in moto two and Pro class that was in the previous elstine went 3-3 for third, over Nye ran out front for a couple of laps gate by time the checkers came out (4-4) and Josh Bagge (7-6). before Dalton Enterprises/Skechafter 11 laps. Ten seconds behind Bagge nailed the first 250cc InterersjTemecula Motorsports-backed Eide was Eric Nye in third, followed mediate moto holeshot on his Honda, Mickey Griffm and Garcia passed by Steven Haughelstine, Donnie Gritahead of Gritton, Albach and Haugh· him at the" bottom of a downhill. ton and Albach. elstine. Gritton quickly got around Jeff Eide passed Justin and then Casillas rounded the first turn in Bagge and pulled away until a fall reeled in Griffin and Garcia to moto two with another holeshot on dropped him back to seventh. On lap make it a three-rider battle for the his NCY/Pro Circuit-backed YZ125, three, Bagge found himself in the lead. Griffin proved to be the with Eide, Haughelstine, Corey Mur· lead again, with Garcia and Eide on fastest rider this time out, as he phy and Nick Cali giving chase. his back fender. Garcia made his way put five seconds on Garcia and Pulling away from Eide at the rate of into the lead, where he would stay greeted the checkers first. almost two seconds per lap, Casillas until Eide passed him with two laps "That was a good battle with was all by himself when he crossed remaining for the win. Bagge finished Ross - Ross gets tired after a (Left) Justin Eicle (128) leads Mickey Griffin (59) and eventual overall winner Ross Garcia (140) In the second 250CC Intennedlate moto at round four of the OF! Racing South Winter Series in San Bernardino, California. (Belowl Billy Laninovlch (32) and Doug Dubach (4) were this close throughout both 125cc and 250CC Pro races. J 50 FEBRUARY 28, 2001 • cue I _ n __ s