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Orange S h o w S p e e d w ay Janniro Doubles at San Berdo o S peed way ,.--- -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -- - - ---,z ~ a: w ~ ill a: o BY Eu.'N E J O NES >- Com petition Pa rk Spencer Successful in San Jacinto BY D ENNIS SuTER III ~ SAN BERNARDINO. CA . MAY 3 0 Billy Janniro made th e long tr ip from Northern Ca lifornia via England , but at Orange Show Speedway he showed no app arent signs of je t lag . as he won both the Scratch and Handicap 0. ma in ev e nts . In the first Scratch semi , the pole went to Jim Estes. with " Rock in ' Richard" Jone s in two and Ed Castro and Ryan Fish er in three and four. Fisher too k the lead before the fir st tu rn . Ca st ro went t o work o n the outsi de . Estes and J one s battl ed fo r third . Cast ro couldn't find th e chi nk in Fi sher' s armor and he had to sett le fo r second. whi ch was good enough for a ti cket to th e m a in . along w ith Fisher. Est es and J ones m oved to th e Cc nsi. In the second Sc rat ch sem i, the pole went to Bobby Schwa rtz. w ith Shawn McConnell in tw o . Gary Hick s and Janniro were in three and four, Sch wartz outgated the fie ld and was off on top . with Janni ro in two and McCon nell in three. Janniro finall y passed Schwa rtz on the wh it e-fl ag la p. Sch wartz 's second earne d him a tr i p to the main with Ja n niro, w h ile McC on nell and Hicks moved to the Co nsi. Hicks d re w the pole for the Co nsi , w ith Es tes in tw o and Jones in th ree . Mc Co nnell wa s unab le to make the call. Hic k s owned th e qu ick four-Iapper. Jones held off Estes for o ne lap before Estes too k ove r, and they fini shed in th at orde r. J ann ir o was o n the po le fo r th e Scr at c h m a in , wi th Sc hwartz in t wo and Cas tro and Fisher in three and fo ur. Th e gate went to .Je nn iro , but he and Fisher battled all the wa y to th e c heckers , w ith Jan ni ro tak ing the wi n. Castr o was th ird and Schw artz fourth . In th e fi rst Handicap sem i, Hicks passed Shawn Harm ati uk with two lap s to go . Th e win went to Hicks, but seco nd was good eno ug h for Harm atiuk to ma ke th e main. Jones and Paul Col ston took the fi nal two spo ts, J anniro went wi re to wi re in the second Hand icap semi, with Schwartz. McConnell an d Bill y Lyon s also tr an sferri ng to t he main. The li neup for the Handicap main had Har m atiuk all alone on th e 10 . Co lston and J ones were on the 20. Fi sher had the 4 0 to hi mself, and the 50 wa s crowd ed with Hicks, J anniro, Schw artz and Mc Con nell . In the fi rst try • Fi sher and Ja nni ro went at it pretty hard . O n the th ird la p . F isher ca m e o ut hig h and tan gled w ith J anniro , ca using a chain react ion . Fisher , J anniro , Hi ck s and McConne ll all went down hard . Ja nn iro a n d F i sh er w ere up qu ic k l y , b u t McConn ell and Hic k s had som e m ajo r inven to ry to ta ke. McC on nell was the wor st off, with a po ssibly brok en ank le or foot. Th e red wa s cha rge d to Fisher , and th ey lin ed up in single fi le with Fisher on the penalt y li ne. Ja nniro was runn ing fir st, and th ere was no stopping him with only four laps to go. Fis her bl ew t hr o ug h tra ffic to end up w ith second , Harmatiu k was th ird , Co lsto n. Schwartz and Jon es ro und ed ou t the fie ld. Results SCR c ONS!: 1. Gary Hicks (J ow); 2. J m Este, (GM); J . Ridwd Jones (J ow); 4. She ",,"McConrwoB ( Qo\) . SCR MAIN: I. 8 dly Janruro (J aw) ; 2. Ryon FISher (Jaw); J _ Ed Castro (Jaw); 4. Bobby Schwaru (GfI\). HDCP: I . 8l1J J",nniro (Jft w); 2. G.ary Hicks ( Jftw ); 3. Ryon Fish · y er (~w); 4. Shaun H"'TmlItluk (J ftw) ; 5. Paul Colston (J aw) . 0 · 2; I. .kff BIIIydcs (Ja w) ; 2. John Skunkard (J aw); 3. Bobby Kt;ps (Jaw) ; 4. Rudy 1Aum- (Wes ); 5. Mike lupo (~w). 0 -2 8 : I . Chad N ~ (J aw): 2. Scott i ldwcil (Jaw ); 3. Robert FlCSier (J aw); 4 Billy ~ (J ow ); 5. Shane Krump (Jaw). J R SPD\VY: I. RiCky Well ' (J aw); 2. Kryst4 1Crame r (J aw) . P e rris Ra c e w ay Griffin Claws to GFI Gold By G REG R O BERTSON PERRIS. CA , MAY 28 Piloti ng hi s T em ecu la Motorsports /No leen / Koltz/Sk echers·back ed YZ250. Micky Griffin sp li t m oto wins with Rand y Clark to emerge wi th the 250cc Interm ediate-cl ass overall win at Perris Raceway du ring GFI Rad ng's annual FMF -spon so red Memorial Da y MX Extrava · ga nza . When the gate d ropp ed fo r m oto on e , Hon da -m ounted Mik e Camp took th e ea rly lea d over Ulysses Pollard. Griffin . Cla rk and the rest of t he fi eld . Th e top fo u r po sitio ns Perris Raceway: Micky Griffin w o n t he 250Cc In t e rmediate conte st at the Memorial Day MX Extra v ag a nza in Perris, Californ ia. sta yed th e same up unti l lap four. when bo th Gr iffin and Clark found a way around Poll ard. Gr iffin slo w ly reeled in Ca m p . a nd w ith th e w hite fla g wavin g he made th e pa ss for th e w in . C la rk fin ished a cl ose th ir d , a head o f Brand en Milstead . Polla rd and J ,J . Hall. C a m p ree led off a not h e r g o od st a rt in m oto tw o , ahead of Cla rk and Poll ard , whil e Gri ffi n was back in eig hth. Clark disposed of Camp for the lead o n lap tw o and m ot o red away fo r a co nvi nci ng win . Griffin was b usy pick ing off a rid er per lap to get aro und Camp on th e final circuit to sew up the overa ll on a come- from- be hind 1-2 perfor ma nc e. Cl ar k's 3- 1 topped Camp' s 2 -3 fo r sec o nd o ve rall . with Mi lstead (4 ·4) and Pollard (6-5) rou ndin g out th e to p five. . Ty ler Duncan and Sha ne Kell ey went at it over the lea d in the fir st 125cc Int ermed iate m o to and, after nu m erous le ad chan g es, it was Kell ey on to p at th e chec kers . Kyle Partridge hel d down third p lace throu ghout th e entire moto, ahead of Griffin an d Sp en ce r Meinek e. Th e second moto was a wire -to -wire romp for Ke lley. Duncan had his wo rk cut out for him self after com pleting the opening lap in 10th place. Duncan charged all the way up into a third-place finis h, behin d Zac Wray, fo r second overall. Partridge also spent the moto working his way up after a poo r opening lap to finish in fifth place. behi nd Chris Ncrr. 'lor third overall. KTM-mounted Michael Leib had a perfect da y . leading eve ry lap of all four m otos he en tered t o dominate the 60cc Intermed iate and 60 cc O pe n classes. Geo rge Jeff ers wen t 3-2·2·2 fo r a pair of runner-up ove ralls behind Leib , Craig Decker co llected fir st-pl ace pay back in the 250cc Pro class afte r lead ing every lap of the single-moto affair. Sea n O 'Connor got one of his usual good starts but couldn' t qu ite ho ld back Jiri Dos ta l and Br and en Morg an, wh o fi nishe d in second and thi rd, respective ly . Re s u lts 50 ST K (4 -6 ): I . A nd rt w Silv ro ein (C ob ): 2. NIcky V~ ga fst Nefrony (Pol): 3 . NikoJalll..l ll le; 4 . Edd ason Andru , (KTM). 50 ST K (7. 8): l. Brando n Sc harer (Co b ); 2. Nitr o Joh nll on (KT M): 3, Co lt Hub bs (Co b ): 4. Rick ey Ha rtm an ( Lem) : 5. Cody Roewer (KTM.). 50 OPEN: I . Brandon Scha r('f (Cob): 2. Poul Nd!loOrl (Cob); 3 . Col t Hubbs (Cob); 4. Blake Novdich (Pol) ; 5. MJch&e'lLindny (Pol). 60 F{T I. Coden Probst (Kaw); 2. Bra diH PlIppa lardo (Kew) ; 3 ; GaTT et! Yeckl ey ( KTM); 4. BreMon Schattner (K aw); 5. J0n4than $a llor (Kaw ). 60 BEG: l. Shll lWnGrinen (KTM); 2. Mau Tou w (Kllw ); 3. Billy Bnn ker (Kaw ); 4. Tyle r UWe (Kaw ): 5 . Taylor Hin" (Kaw). 60 NOV : I. Col ton fo'utnw lll (K TM) ; 2. Dr_ Weaver (Kaw ): 3. Mll chell A lcom (Kaw ); 4. Me50n Sw~ (KTM) . 60 1NT J. Micha el Leib (KTM) ; 2. George J efl er,i (Kow) : 3. Mer· : eus Cll rri1lo (Kaw) . 60 OPEN : I. Michael Letb (KTM) : 2. George Je ffers (Kaw); 3. Men Oowell (KTM) : 4. Marc us u.rrillo (Kftw): 5. She",," Gntten (KTM) . 80 FfT : 1. JU5lin Jeffl'B (Kaw ): 2. Ella Harrison ( Yam) : 3. Danid Valek: (Kaw); 4. Ryan Byrd (Kaw) ; 5. Kurt DuPUI' (Sul) . 80 BEG: 1. Ryan Penhe tl (Kaw); 2. Devon Heuser (Yam ); 3. Denid Barta (Kaw): 4. lac Clari!. (Suz); 5. Ryan Clary (Kaw) . 60 NOV; 1. Phillip 8rusct'lla ( Yam ); 2. Bryce Tl'mMI (Suz ); 3. Dena Dreier (Yam ); 4. Ja~ Pa~ (Suz ); 5. Brandon HInCf (Yftm) . 80 INT: I. Ky le Folu (Kaw ): 2. Josh IAFOU"Ilaine (Suz ); 3. A.aron Bresd (Yam ); 4. Jusnn Mulford (Hon); 5. Bart ManwiIJ (5w. ). 80 EX: 1. Kelly T~ (Kaw ). S/MINI: I. Kdly Tedder (Kew); 2. JusIJn Noble (K_ ); J . ...IoVl IAFountaine (Suz) ; 4. Aaron Bmc:I (Yam) ; 5. Dane Jackson (Yam ). B/W: I. Me"" 50mutls (Yam); 2. Bryan Broughton (Yam) . I ~ BEG: 1. Geoff RobinKIn (Yam ); 2. Patnalt41 (Kaw); 3. KIf'YWl Fava ( Yam) : 4 . Jeff Heuser (Yam); 5. Chris Bond (Han) . I~ NOV I. Chase ~e ( Yam) ; 2. Ricky J w-odo Jr . (Yam ): : J . Kewl Hlrlter (Yom) ; 4. No HCf'l'\ollMdcz (Han) ; 5 . Gam'tt Taylor (YIIm ). 125 1NT 1. Shane Kelley (Ymn) ; 2. Ty\cf Duncan (Yam ); J. Kyle : Partrldgto (Su:); 4. ChrIs Norr (Hon); 5. David SuUm. (Yern). 125 PRO: I . Brandon JI\argIIn (Yam) ; 2. VaIde: (Hon): 3 Christopher Tocco (Yam) ; 4 . Seano 'Connor (Yam ); 5. .bhua West Ma"" o.car (Yam ). SCH8 Y: I. lee Wray (Yam ); 2. Ricky J urado Jr . (Yam ); 3. Rob· bie Gaton (Hon); 4. Justrt 1'ioble (Kaw ); 5 . KeWI Huntltl" ( Yam) 250 BEG : I. OtegoEscami ha (Kaw) : 2. DevK180yllC (Hon) . 250 NOV: I . DarvlY 5lryo1f'f (Hon) ; 2. BrWln Anderson (Hen ): 3. Jon Sim mons ( Yam ); 4 . J uan Carlo ' Sel venerre (Ca n ) ; 5. Nee l [kooG."nno (Hon). 250 tNT: 1. M.icky Griffin ( Yftm) : 2. Randy Clart. (Hon): J. /'l\Jke CMlP (Hon) ; 4_Bmndm MdstNd (5w:) ; 5. UlyuH PoII3rd Jr . (Sul). 250 PRO: I. Croig Dtrl" (Kaw ); 2. J ln Dosual (Hon) ; 3. Brandon Morgan ( Yam ); 4. Sean O"ConntIl" (Kaw) ; 5. Chris Tocco (Yam ). 25+ BEG: I. Ton y Cerone ; 2. Rigo IAFonlalne (Ka.... . ) 25+ NOV: I. Scott Marlow ( Yam) ; 2. Emi l' Sanche: ( Yam) : 3. Ian Murphy (Hon) . 25+ EX: I. Revelle HaT1l:KJtl(KTM). 30+ BEG : I . Bill i lTMleTmans (Yom); 2. Pllul Hellin g ( Yll m ); 3. J ell Byrd (Kll W); 4. J ohn Seilor (Suz). 30+ NOV; I. Dowson Leachman (SUl ); 2. Em,e Sanc hez (Yam ); 3. Ian Murphy (Hon ). 30+ rNT: J. Kl' lty Piehel (Kaw); 2. Seli n Finley (Yam) : 3. Robert Brigg ll (Yam ); 4 . Johnn y Jump ( Hon ). 30+ PRO: 1. Phil Dowell (Yam) . 35+ INT: I. Jeff Scott ( Yam ). 40+ NO V: I. Danie l Sm Ith (Ho n) ; 2. Lou Solo (Suz) ; 3. JetTY Robinson (Kaw); 4 . Bart Brimhall . 40+ INT : I. J ri l Clart. (S u.z); 2. Dana Nelson (Yam) : 3. Greg Enckson (KTM); 4 . Mike Nash (Suz). 40+ EX: 1. Don ald I..eib ( Yern) ; 2. Rand y M.inter (KTM) : 3. Brftrt Battl n (Yam) . cu e I e SAN JACINTO. CA. JUNE 2 Co mpetition Park was the site of an A HRMA Nati o nal eve nt , which was the sixth round of the Classic Bik e Magazine·s ponsored series . The first -ever AHRMA flat -track race at th is wel l-pre pa red quarter-mile oval dre w a large field of Support and Pro riders to add to th e Vinta ge cl asses. The local rider who has probably put in the most la ps at Co m petition Park went flag to flag in the '7 0s Sing les race . Joe Steffe n was pushed hard by Brad Spencer, but Spe nce r' s sma lle r Hon da was pulled down the straights by Steff en 's Yama ha . Third- place starter John Lu ndg ren's Honda gave up on the seco nd la p, which allo wed Keith Bradford into thi rd, Th e Vet race wa s all Spe ncer's , as Steffen lost the d rag race to the first co m er. Steffe n go t hi s wheel alo ngsi de a number of tim es but was never able to pull off a pass. Steffen's last effort was on the o uts ide of fo ur on th e last lap. but th e loo se stuff did not affo rd eno ug h t rac t io n . Spe ncer a lso w o n th e Spor ts ma n 600cc race , over Bruce Reynold s. With the dem ise of the O pen Class ic cl ass, lo ngti me co m petitor Ch ris Appl e we nt to a 5 0 0cc Triu mph fo r t he C lassic 50 0 /7 50cc cl ass. D a v i d B row n ' s G old i e pu ll ed the holeshot , but Ap ple led by the thi rd co mer. Je ff Apple. afte r a bad sta rt. worked his way up to th ird on anoth er Tri um ph . J eff Tuli niu s's win was easy , as his was the o nly Dinos au r bik e. Jeff Less ley bested his brother Ro n in th e Clas sic 250cc m ain. Do n Barmakian wo n bot h the 2 50cc and 750cc Novice races , wh i l e Gar y Swa n ' s Ho nda pl aced first in the 600·s. In fa st a n d f u rio us S po r t sma n 250cc action, Steffen wa s sen t to th e seco nd row for t he start. Reyn o ld s led in to th e fir st corner. Cr aig J ohnson sho t fro m fo urt h pa st Chuc k Cla ydo n into third and then past St effen for second and fina lly pa st Reyno lds for th e po int pos it ion . Ste ffen s followe d Joh n so n p a st Rey no ld s fo r th e seco nd spot. J eff Lessley charged up to fou rth to kee p the top three Johnson . Steffen and Rey nol ds - hon est . Brian Coakley po wered into the Sportsman 7 5 0cc l ea d a n d h eld th e p o siti on until a me c hani cal bug bit Coa k ley's Yama ha on the last lap and all owed Claydon to fini sh fir st. Senior Over 50 ride r Dic k Fox wo n easily over Steve Lacey , and the Supe r Senio r Ov er 60 rac e h ad Sa m G rey a head o f M a r sha ll Jenni ngs . Prog re ssi ve Suspen sion 's Jeff Johns o n ace d th e Open Support class wi th a wire -to w ire rid e . Ri c ha rd Poll o c k an d Rick Reed pa ssed Bradford for seco nd and th ird . Steve Fort une head ed the lar ge Open Pro cl ass to tum on e. J im Rosa fought pa st Fortune on th e secon d lap but dropped his Honda in tw o o n t h e th ird go-a ro und . B y th e n , Sand ers Motorsports rider Do nn ie Harrell had passed Fortune. Pollock wa s ru nni ng thi rd, but Mastercycle-sponsore d Ma rco Morell o was on the m ove. Mor ell o pic k ed off th e to p thr ee riders a nd by m idrace he held a co m fo rt ab le lead. The fin al o rde r wa s Mor ell o , Harr ell . For tune and Poll oc k . Results NOV 250 SPTSMN I, Don Barmaklan (Yam ): 2. Lany Cason (Bul ); 3 . Tom Sahli (BuI); 4 . Bruce Brown ( Yam ) NO V 600 SPTSMN : l. Ga r y Swan ( Hon ); 2. Dave Che ney (Yam ); 3. Broce Brown (Yam ). NOV 750 Sf'TSM.t: I. Don Barmaluan ( Yam ): 2. !'\ark Loc ke ", (T ri) : J . Gft ry Egloff (T ri) ; 4. Dft ve Che ney (T rl ); ~ . Breit Tay lor ( Yam ). 250 SPTSMN: I. Cmig Johmon (Bul); 2 . .Joe Steff en (Yam ); 3. Bruce Reynolds (Bul); 4 Jeff ~cy (Bul l; 5. Chuck CUlydon ( Yam). 600 SP'TSMN: I. Blad Spencer (Hon); 2. Broce Rtynolds (BuI). 750 SPTSMN: I. Chuck Claydon (Yam) : 2. BraIn Coa kley (Yam) . 3 . Craig NOM (Tri); 4. Chns Wak ula (T rl). clSe 250; 1. Jeff Lessley (Bul): 2. Ron l..f'Hkoy (BuI). ClSe 500 (1 50 : 1. Ch nll Apple (Tn ): 2. o." vid Brown (BSA) ; 3 Jl! ff Ap ple (T n ); 4. Clark Edg lnton (Tn) ; 5. Gary Loner (Tn) . DINa: I . Je ff Tuli nlus (T n). 35+ VET: 1. Brad Spenctr (Tn): 2. J ()(, Steffen ( Yam ); 3. Keith Bradfor d (Yam); 4. Craig Nass (Hon) : 5. Bria n Coakley (Yam ). 50 + SR; J. D ick FOll ( Yam) ; 2. Sieve Lacey (Hon ): 3. MIck y AllO lll (Tn); 4. Warren AdtJm:!l(T ri ): 5. Allen Shaw (T ri) . 60+ S/ SR: I . Sttm Grey (Hon) ; 2. MtJDh llU Jennings (Yam ): J . MICky Alzo la (Tn) ; 4 . Allen Girdler (H· D) . '70s SGL l. .Jot> Steffen (Yam ); 2. BrllCi 5pmC" (Hon) ; 3. Keith Bradford (Yam) : 4. Jarmos Strm (YlYTl): 5. Dav id Brown (BSA) . 250 SUP: I. A iel Wood (Hon) ; 2. Ian Foulds ( Yam ): 3. Dennis Vo!l ( Yam ): 4 . Br ad Rud y (Yam) . OPEN SUP: 1. Jdf Jonn!lOf'\ (lion ); 2. Rid\IIrd Pollock (Hen) ; 3. RiCk RCl'CI ( ~ ) ; 4 . Kerth BmdIord ( Yam) ; 5 . Room Nolin ( Yam ) . n e v v s: J ULY 11 . 2001 81

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