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back wheel. The two stayed slightly ahead of Chris Manchester, who only managed a runof-the-mill start from lane four. As the three former U.S. National Speedway Champions battled down the back straight, lane two was still occupied by a shocked and unmoving Chad Feficio. The former flat-tracker's sparkplug wire had worked loose during the night and chose the beginning of the Scratch main to finally pop off, stranding the disappointed veteran at the start/finish line. While FeJicio pushed his bike into the infield, Faria had, by the end of one revolution, gained control of the night's biggest race aboard his Kassman-sponsored Jawa. During KB Motocross: Shawn Alaway won the 125cc Novice class in Sacramento, California. that they swapped places twice over a doubledouble obstacle. Finally, Orosco bobbled and fell back slighUy. Behind Sullivan, Billy Klith, Orosco and Michael Harrison were all airborne together over every jump. Orosco crept up on Klith, but Klith slammed the door on Orosco. Further back, Victor and Ryan Orosco were running side by side, but Ryan eventually spun out. In the lead, Mustin was beginning to feel the heat as Stiefel applied serious pressure. Hook, still third, was being reeled in slowly by Sullivan and Klith. Stiefel took over the lead for the final lap. Sullivan and Klith were hounding Hoak. Stiefel nearly gave the lead back to Mustin as he almost took a soil sam· pie. Meanwhile, Sullivan put a spectacular pass on Hoak over the double-double and roosted off after Mustin, leaving Hoak and Klith to fight for third. Klith showed Hoak a wheel in every comer, but Hoak managed to fend him off. As the two approached the final corner, Klith dived to the inside and pinned the throttle. The pair were side by side through the whoops, but Klith had the edge, taking third by a bike length. In moto two, Michael Harrison snared the holeshot, followed by Stiefel, Klith, Sullivan and Mustin. Stiefel quickly passed Harrison for the lead, but Harrison returned the favor in midair over a double jump. Mustin and Matt Orosco waged a great battle for fifth; Orosco finally motored away from Mustin. Up front, Stiefel was pressuring Harrison, who finally made a slight mistake, but that WZiS all Stiefel needed; he maneuvered his Race- Tech backed YZ into the lead. Several turns later, Harrison repassed Stiefel. but he couldn't make it stick, and Stiefel retook the lead. Several seconds back, Sullivan was all over Klith for third. Sullivan showed Klith a wheel several Urnes and nearly made the pass when Klith committed a minute error, but Klith managed to hang on. In the lead, Harrison was keeping it on the pipe and not letting Stiefel run away with the win. The two were running at such a blistering pace, they caught up to the Novice class, which had started earlier on a split gate. A rider at the tail end of the Novices got in Harrison's way just as he was about to cut to the inside of Stiefel. In the end, Stiefel hung on to the lead to take the moto and overall wins. Results: 50 VA.MjSfJZ. I. Trevor Thomas (Yam): 2. Jordan Hausman (Yam): 3. Cha.e Floyd (Vam); 4 Jesse Janco (Vam); 5. Keith CI4rlt (Yam). 50 XR/L 1. Jesse Broadley (Hon): 2. Jordan Miller (Hon): 3. Dustin Lovelace (Hon): 4. Blake Dombrowski (Hon); 5. Hannah Sigler (Hon). 50 (4-6) BEG: I. Aaron WHlloms (KTM); 2. Elrick flOf)' (Pol): 3. Ryan Alexander (KTM); 4. Taylor Blackford (Pol); 5. Keith Clark (Vam). 50 (7·S): I. Jacob Loc:ks (Pol): 2. Zachary VIS/l Meter (KTM); 3. Kyle Freitas (Cob); 4. Chris Arroyo (Cob); 5. freddie Bates (Pol). 50 NOV: I. Joshua Greco (Pol); 2. Kyle TIgert (Cob); 3. Drew Thomas (Cob); 4. Brian Vorton (KTM); 5. Robert. Wilson (KTM). 65 BEG D·I: I. Robert Duggan (Kew); 2. Josh~ McPherson (Kaw); 3. Jacob I.ocks (KTM): 4. Kyle Freitas (Kaw); 5. loch fl\cFar· land (Kaw), 65 BEG 0·2: 1. Blake Ballard (KTM): 2. Kyle Tigert (Cob); 3. ~ O'Meera (Kaw); 4. D)1an Cain (Kew); 5. StuarH..upe- (KTM). 60 JULY 4, 2001 • eye • e 65 NOV: I. &ian FOSler (KT.fIt't); 2. .Joel Fittro (Kaw); 3. Jared Long (IITM), 4. Tayb """"""" (KTM). 8>(8-12) BEG 0-1 I. J_Unsi(....p ....... """(Yom), 3. Derric L..ene (Yam); 4. Jerod Wl1Iicms ISm); 5, Taylor Doms<:hot ("TM). 85 (8.12) BEG 0·2; I. ~ Sullivan (Hon); 2. Justin ~rtIn (....); 3. Ry~ .... (Vom), 4_ AI<>< P _ (_); 5 _ IOn (Han). 8> (13-16) BEG, I. Jooh ...... (Yom), 2. DonIolP.enoo (_), 3. Kemy tnga11.I (Kew); 4. Cody Eldred (Kew) 5. ..IoIh HartWIg (Kewl. 85 Nov; I. J.D. fo\oore (Hon); 2. Kent Snyder (Yam); 3. Erit B~ (Kew); 4. Randy Fteldl (Yam); 5. Brian Whitley (Yam). 85 M: 1. Kyte Pamo (Yam). SCHBY BEC: I. Shane Stiefl!l (Yam); 2. Jered li1k (Hon); 3. Joco Logan (Hon); 4. John Van Dyke (Yam); 5. Logan Heimeyer (Hon). wu· SCHBY NOV: I. Kenny Unk (Hon); 2. Kyle F~r (Yam); 3. Cameron Foster (Yam). 125 BEG 0·1: I. KlWt IOou (Yam): 2. Stewn ButKhy (Hon): 3. Jarrell Martin (HO'lI; 4. Brian Guthrie (Yam): 5. Matthew Lozada (Hon). IlS BEG 0·2: 1. Shane Stiefel (Yam); 2. Billy KIIth (Yam): 3. Matt Sullivan (Hon): 4. Keith Mustin (Yam): 5. Michael Harrison (Hon). IlS NOV: I. Shawn A1away (Hon): 2. Jeff Kim (Yam); 3. Donny Stcmmel (Yam); 4. cory Rader (Suz); 5. James Stewart (Yam). IlS INT: I. Rob Zimmerman (Yam): 2. Dan OeNuzzo (Yam): 3. Greg Center (Hen): 4. Shawn A1away (Hon): 5. Lonny Fritch (Hon). 250 BEG: I. Jeff Kovach (Kaw); 2. Quinn Bern (Hon): 3. Eric Honig (Yllm): 4. Ronny Valensln (Yaml: 5. Robert Frederick (Hon). 250 NOV: I. Dwayne Triplett (Yam); 2. Patrick Naredo (Vam); 3. Kl!Ony link (Hon), 4. Aoron Hansel (Vam); 5. rUT! Broolu (Yam). 250 INT: I. ErIk Kohler (Yam); 2. John Moore (Yam). PRO·AM: I. Kelly Andris (Honl; 2. Mike MennIng (Yam): 3. Eric DucrllY (Yam); 4. Vincent Blair (Hon); 5. Jeff Brownlee (Yam). 25. BEG: I. Rick Chapman (Hon); 2. Steve Hlnue (Hon); 3, ~ Fisher (Yam): 4. Bucky Gerolamy (Yam): 5. Dylan Glnelll ("aw). 25. NOV: 1. Pete Hamel (Hon); 2. Dwayne Triplett (Yam); 3. Stuart Nelson (Yam). 25. EX: 1. Eric Ducrey (Yam); 2. BeaN Judge (Kew); 3. Jeff Brownlee (Yam): 4. JaM foI.oc:lfe (Yam). VET BEG: 1. Gary Till (Yam): 2. Mike l..ambeCh (Hon): 3. Jon OeRoco (Hon); 4. A1bert Ramirez (Kaw); 5. Joe Belmore (Yam). VET NOV: 1. Todd Souza (Hon); 2. Brian ChAkedls (Yam); 3. Dan O·Keefe (Yam): 4. St~llIrt Nd.on (Yam): 5. Paul McGourtney (Yom). VET EX: 1. John Moen (Yam); 2. Den DeNuzzo (Yam). OfT BEG: I. Matt I..oudn (Hon): 2. Nea Desmet (Hon): 3. Cedi Wal$On (Suz); 4. Davkt Web (Yarn): 5. Robert Cima (Ka.). I'IOV: I. Sluan. Nebon (Yam); 2. Chet Rem (Yam); 3. Paul McGounney (Vom). INT: I. Greg Douglas (Hon); 2. Jim Brenelsen (Suz); 3. Richard ZaluztwMl (Yam); 4. Knot Iiobn (Yam). the ensuing laps, Manchester continually looked for a way around Bast, but the stubborn veteran was having none of it, staying close to Faria the entire four laps to claim the second-place money. Manchester held third, and fourth went to Felicia. In the Handicap main, two former Junior racers - Eric Carrillo and last week's Handicap main winner, Chris Kerr - lined up on the 10yard line. On the 20 sat Rich Marcucci, while the 30-, 40- and 50-yard lines held Felicio, Manchester and Bast, respectively. As the tapes went up, Carrillo was the first away, and he set the pace, ahead of Kerr, through the first turns. Meanwhile, the field behind fell in line as per their starting lines. It was not until after lap three and starter Mark Joiner had the white flag in his hand that Marcucci decided to put some significant pressure on Kerr. moving him off the inside line and taking over second. The rest of the field followed suit, dropping Kerr to the rear of the pack. However, there was no catching Carrillo, who had his ERC Fuels/Arai/Rose Racing/Ali Lola Jawa comfortably in the lead. Marcucci held on to second place. third went to Felicia, and Manchester, Bast and Kerr filled out the finishing order. Greg Hooton outlasted Vince Bertolucci to take the Division Two main, while the Division Three finale went to David Fonts. In the Junior ranks, the main-event wins went to Greg Hooton Jr. over Mark Carrillo in Division One. Jeff Butler held off Paul Johnson in Division Two, and Larry Azuvedo beat R.J. Becerra and Mitchell Johnson in the Division Three climax. Results SCR: I. Mike Faria (Jaw); 2. Bart Best (Jaw); 3. Chris MDn<:hes. tel" (Jaw); 4. Chad Fellc:lo (Jaw). HOCP; I. Eric: Carrino (Jaw); 2. Rich Marcucd (Jaw); 3. Chad FI!lIc:Io (Jaw); 4. Chris f't\anchester (Jaw); 5. Bart Bast (Jow). 0·2: I. Greg Hooton (Jaw); 2. Vince BertoIucd (Jew): 3. Mark Thomas (Jew). 0·3: I. David Fona (WeI); 2. Dean Blenkenbliler (Jaw): 3. Kim Reeg (Wes). 0·1 JR: I. Greg Hooton (Jaw): 2. Mark Can-illo (Jaw); 3. Alex Mort'ucd (Wes). 0·2 JR: I. Jeff Butler (Wes); 2. Paul Johnson (Wel); 3. Amanda English (Hon). 0·3 JR: I. Larry Azuvedo (Hon): 2. R.J. Becerra (Hon); 3, Mitchell Johnson (Hon). Competition Pari< Marada a Marauder By JOHN BE1lIEA SAN JACINTO, CA, MAY 25 Having recovered fully from his bad crash three weeks ago, Bruce Marada was the fastest racer on the track at round four of the six-round AC Racing Series at Competition Park. The turnout was down slightly due to the three-day weekend. Marada was contesting the 125cc Junior class when he crashed back on May 4, and he has since switched to the Schoolboy class. However, no matter what class you put him in, he still seems to be unbeatable - as long as he keeps the bike upright. Even Vet Junior rider John Chicollo, running the same event but scored separately, couldn't keep pace with the teenager, who won all three motos. Chicollo did give him a fight, though - especially in the final event, in which they stayed within just 8 few lengths of each other throughout the seven-lap race. Scott Noble, who went home a double winner last Friday night, could not repeat those winning efforts when he ran up against the always tough Michael Leib in the 60cc (9-11) class. It was Leib's first race here since early March, and e\!en though the track is now running in the opposite direction since his last win. his MSM/MSR KTM still found its way home with victories in all three motos. However, it was in the final event that Noble almost upset his foe. Leib, looking for the sweep, suddenly got zapped by Noble on lap three. Nevertheless, three laps later, Leib was able to get back in front of the Magnum Performance Kawasaki jockey to ace out last week's winner. Scott nearly tasted a double dose of defeat when he finished only fourth in the first eocc Beginners moto, after having won the class seven nights earlier. Dustin Roberts, who was third overall last time out, claimed the victory in that first race, forcing Noble to win the final two to barely eke out the trophy race as Roberts floundered in fourth in the last moto. Meanwhile, the older 80cc riders were in a battle up front, and after being the rider to beat in this class for several weeks, Brandon Hiner. contesting the eocc (14-16) class, got his bubble burst by Bart Manwill, racing in the eocc (12-13) field. Manwill, riding the track for the first time, spent much of the first race closing in on Hiner and then passed him just before the white fiag. That incident developed into a race· long battle with runner-up Hiner in the second moto before Manwill pulled away for the comfortable win in the final encounter. orr Orr Fast Fridays Speedway Faria. Carrillo Claim Fridays Wins By M. SoBER AUBURN, CA. MAY 25 Three-time U.S. National Speedway Champion "Flyin" Mike Faria was plucked from the winner's podium and carried back to his pit stall by an exuberant race fan just moments after opening his bottle of victory champagne, a reward for winning his second Scratch main event of the Fast Fridays Speedway season. "That's three scratch wins in a row for Reno," said the high·spirited Faria after the race. "Two for me and one for Manny last week." Faria won the race after a somewhat sur· prising rocket launch out of the usual tractionstarved starting lane three. Polesitter Bart "Simpson" Bast was next out of the box, and he quickly positioned-himself close to Faria'. n."". Fast Fridays Speedway: Eric Carrillo leads Chris Kerr en route to the win in the Handicap main event in AUburn, California.

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