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Northern Cup otoc ss S eries Round 1: Pine R idge Raceway Modjewski Hot at Northern Cup Opener and su percross to determi ne t rue overall champ io ns in more than 2 0 ATHELSTANE, WI, AP 21 R. regular Distr ict 16 classes. he neve r -e ndi ng w inter in north Th e ser ies w ill all ow rid er s to tes t east Wis c onsin ha s ke pt the pi c th eir skills o n th e nat ural -t errain Pin e Rid ge c ou rse, w hi ch spo rt s so me of turesq ue Pin e Rid g e Race way closed th e best dark sand around , and also for much of th e sp ring - until a week o n the h arde r te rra in o f D enma rk , b e f o r e t he o p e ni n g r o u n d o f t he w ith it s rollin g hill s an d long ob st aNorthern Cup Mot ocros s Series. The cles . Sev er al ra c es w ill in volve th e L aC ount f a m i ly , own e r s o f Pin e m an-mad e technic al aspects of st adiRid ge, ha ve joine d D enm ark Sp orts um-style racing pr o vided by Fan tasy and Competition and. F ant asy Moto to Moto . T h o se who mis sed the f ir st create a new series, wi th well o ver round of th e ser ies sti ll have a chance $50,000 in cash and c onti ngency is to make th e rest of th e se rie s an d availab le , includ ing product provided cash in. District 16's best -k ept secret , by K en 's Sports Kawasak i -Suzuk i , Pin e Ridge Rac ew ay , just got o ut o f American Honda , Sc ott USA , Thor, the bag. D unlo p , Smith Sport , F M F , Parts Bra d Modjew sk i won the fa st est Unlimited, Cycle City , Axo, Amso il , cl ass of the day , th e 125cc A co nt est. Central Kaw a sa k i , B o y esen , Sp y , Th e yo ung Suzuk i rider had to battle Maxima , Cometic , VP Racing Fuels, with trac k favorite Dustin Keuntj es, No Fear, B rid gesto n e, RK , Spectre . on a YZ250F fo u r -stroke. Keuntj es Su nstar , Sidewinder , Wi seco, Moose, q uick ly got out of the gate ahead of T win A ir , O ' Neal, Gaerne, Port Ye me- : Modjewsk i a nd 14 other screa m ing h a , Zambons , N orth Honda Motor eig hth -lite r machi nes. Keun tj es' fourspor ts , On th e Pip e Ra c in g , an d stroke pull ed eve ry one t o the fi r st F ab co Rents. Every rider who ra ce s co rner : Mo dj ewski st u ck a w heel just six of th e I I races in th e seri es in s ide , w i t h n o su c c es s . K eun tjes w ill e a rn a c h a n c e to wi n a 2 0 02 hammered ou t th e first rh y th m sec Su zuki RM 125. T he series w ill co m tion w ith ease and too k a three-bikeb in e both d isc iplin e s of motocross length lea d. Modj ew sk i stay ed on his t ail a n d m ad e so me p r o gr e s s t hrough t he bowl turns. Another fourstr ok e r id er , Bernie Plum m e r , s taye d close behind th e front-runners for m uch of the m ot o but never really challenged the to p two. " I jump ed out o f the gate ok ay , I gu ess , bu t tha t f ou r-s t rok e rea lly pulled to the first turn ," an ex h a u st e d Keuntje s expla in ed a fterward. " B rad tried to sneak in, but I held it on as long as I could to sta y out front. I seemed to jump ou t to a pretty good lead at fir st, but I started to get a littl e t ired towa rd t h e en d of the moto and al most lost it , but I managed to ~eep it ou t fr ont." Keun tj es gave up a lit tle ground to Modj ewski PIne RIdge Racewa y: Brad Modjewsk i (458) dominated toward th e end , b u t the 125cc A and 250cc A classes, winning three oul of four Keuntjes held on .for the motos at round one of the Northern Cup Motocross Series win. Modjewski was rig ht In Athelstane, Wisconsin. the re at the end, putting B v P ET E E MM E T Willow Springs International Raceway: In a "photo finish " in the Premier race, Mark CernIcky (3) holds off Rick Pearce (1) for the win at the opening round of the SITARS Southwest Series in Rosamond, California, STDRS Southwest Series Round: 1:Willow S prings International Raceway Super Cernicky Slides to Victory By C A RLO S H A T FIE LD ROSAMOND, CA, APR, 21 P T im e' s Mark Cern i cky edged out reig n ing SuperlT Amer ican Racing Seri es cham p ion Ric k Pearce in a ph oto finish at the SlTARS season open er at W ill ow Springs Rac eway. The m argin of victory at the end of th e 15 - l ap m a in ev en t w a s less than tw o feet. Cern icky was able to hold off a very det er m ined late -ra c e c harge from Pe a rce , who i s spon sored by Bill Wr ight T oyota and Fred Co m m ings Honda. The SlTARS sea so n o pener was held as part of th e Sf)( Formula USA roa d race National at Willow Sp rings. T he Sup erTT eve nt o ffered add ed specta tor appea l fo r race fans attend ing the Formu la U SA ro ad races. The close fi nish in th e premier class m ain event left the fans and participants excited about the series. Cern ic k y 's day ended well, as he wo n both th e Premier and Middle Weig ht c.Jasses.back to back , bu t hi s d ay started w it h a st ring of sev eral fall s du ri ng pra cti ce . Hav ing seen the two extremes in on e d ay , do m inan t victo ry an d hard falls, Cemic k y ch ose to qu it wh ile he w as ahead and not pa rt ic ipate in th e IT D ash. I n th e Prem i e r m a in , Cern icky made a goo d sta rt, to ok an ear ly lead and dom in at ed th e first half of the r a ce . A f t e r f i v e l ap s, d e fen d i n g champ Rick Pearce bega n to ree l in Cern icky as his tire wa rm ed. Pearc e press u red Ce rn i c k y during t he la st half of th e ra ce , expecti n g Cernic k y to fall , as he had in practice , It seem s that Cern i ck y had fou n d the limits, U 48 MAY 2 3 , 2 0 0 1 • c g - c I • and he ro d e a fl aw less race to beat . Pearc e by the smallest of m argins. Thi rd in Pr em ie r went t o Kirk F ey erb an d / Ku puna /Yarr ow Rac ing / M ach I Motorsports ' Ca sey Yarro w, wh o had sta rt ed last d ue to a bad fa ll in the heat race . Yarrow had fallen and wa s ru n over by his fath er , Allen Yarro w , and Ernie Ly les. "I felt Ernie h it m e, bu t I d idn 't see h im ," Casey sa id . " T hen ... I looked up and saw m y dad hit m e." Casey did not break any th ing; his father : Allen, had a min or k nee inj ury. Both went on to ra c e in th e mains. Cas ey sa id that th e Premier race was c ha llenging , as he had to come f rom t h e very b a c k . Case y m ade many great passes, including a l a te -race o utside p ass on fourth placed DeWayne Jones. Another great co m eback sto ry was that of B ruce Sellers , who fin ished second in Sportsman competit ion. He had been knocked out earlier in a fall. Sellers led th e Sport sma n main until he was passed on lap three by David Ho pfe, who wen t on to win the race. In th e end . it was a fun and excitCN ing day of Super IT racing . Willow Springs International Raceway Rosamond, California Rasults: April 21, 200 1 [Round 11 PREMo; 1. Mark Cem icky (Hon); 2. Rick Pearce (H on ) ; 3 . Ca sey Yarr ow ( Hb g); 4 . A ar on How e (KTM); 5. Dav id Hcp fe (Vam) . SPTSMN ; I. Da vi d Hcpfe ( Yam) ; 2 . Bru ce Soli. " (Yem): 3. .Jerry Belley (Vom) ; 4. Kyle Lessley (Hon) ; 5. Ernie Lyl• • (Hon) . M/W: t . Merk Cem lcky (Hon) ; 2. Allen Yarrow (Yll m) ; 3. Curti s Pimentel (Hon) ; 4 . Brok McAllister (Hon) ; 5. Deweyne Jones (Hon) . L/W: 1. Brok McAlli ster (Hon ); 2. M.ark Jo nes (Vom) . N O V : 1. Sean Alexander ( Ho n) ; 2 . Andrew Dic kson (Hon); 3. Jerry Bailey (Y2IIm) ; 4. B rad Banister (Yam) : 5. George Att ill (Ya m) . TT D SH : 1. Rick Pearce ( Ho n) ; 2 . Brok McAllister (Hon); 3 . Aaron Howe (KTM) . n a v w s ..