Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Lodi Cycle Bowl TT and Short hell season Opener Lodi Cycle Bowl Creamer Lead the Crop By More exciting moments occurred in the Open A event. Matt Proto and John Hlebo worked hard turn after turn around the track, with Hlebo right on Proto's tail from start to finish. The Pro-Am was another match of courage and skill. Jimmy Sanchez and Tony Souza came into the tree turn in that order, but they switched positions around two or three times en route to the finish. Souza ended up in front. In Sunday's short track, the aocc A race was an edge-of-your-seat event. Bobby Fang got the holeshot, followed by Stevie Bonsey and Bobby's brother Anthony Fang. Bobby held the lead for six laps, while Bonsey waited patiently for the opportunity of an error on the leader's part while working hard all the while to get around him. A singleme restart after a crash gave Bonsey the chance he was looking for, and he got past Fang. The race finished with Bonsey in front of the Fang brothers. A fun race to watch was the Women's 100cc C class, with three very competitive women ready to battle. Dawn Webber was last to the first corner and after getting a slow start, she came from behind, crouching over the tank to finish first, side by side with Pamela Case. This victory was the closest of the day. One of the day's best races was the Vet A contest. Going into turn one were Mark Biscardi, Bob Grant and the Rab Racing Products/Mota West R a c i ng / Meg a tec h/C ra c k a way KAREN GOULD LODI, CA, APR. 6-7 he famous Lodi Cycle Bowl in California opened its racing season in District 36 with a Saturday night TT and a short track on Sunday. Some of the riders at this weekend's event included a handful of AMA National numbers such as Lonnie Pauli, Aaron Creamer, Tony Souza and John Hlebo. Saturday's TT racing started with the Pee Wee riders on the track, and little Michael Martin took first in the Pee Wee Stock A, Pee Wee Senior A and 65cc C classes. Chad Cose and D.J. Sharkey worked the track hard, taking first in the 65cc A and B classes, respectively. Michael Snedden took home two tall trophies after winning both the 100cc Stock and 1OOcc Modified B classes. CD. Howell was first in the 100cc Modified C class, and Stephen Sikorski crossed the line first in the 100cc Mini Stock class. Norman Cose (Chad's dad) was first in the Vet C class, in front of Michael Thrash of Portland, Oregon, while Colin MacDonald was the winner in the Vet B class. John Proto took home the top brass in the Vintage Twin A class, in front of Lodi's own Eric Weisler. Mark Biscardi had a good ride, winning the Vet Senior class, and he held the lead in the Vet A race, in front of Robert McDonnell, Bob Bacosa and four other riders, until the last lap, when he hit a neutral and McDonnell got by him for the win. T China/O'Neal-backed Robert Bacosa. Coming around again, it was Grant, Biscardi and Robert McDonnell. By the next lap, McDonnell had captured second and Bacosa was working his way up from fifth, using both the high and low lines. Mc Donnell and Grant battled for first, while Bacosa captured third and was gaining ground. On the last lap, Bacosa, using the high line, went around both McDonnell and Grant to take the lead. Biscardi got by Gran" and the race finished as Bacosa, McDonnell and Biscardi. The Open A event was also exciting from start to finish. Lonnie Pauli was first to the corner, with Mark Corsetti, Bobby Casey and Stewart Barber riding three across behind him. Coming around the second time, Pauli was leading, with Corsetti and Casey in fierce competition for the second spot. Corsetti took second and caught Pauli, and tum after turn they battled for first, with Corsetti on the outside and Pauli on the inside. The final order was Pauli, Corsetti and Casey. The Pro-Am event finished with the first three riders aboard CCM bikes. Motorcyclist Post's Aaron Creamer of Massachusetts was first, followed by Tony Souza. Matt Proto of Performance Cycles took third place, and Malott's Yamaha Honda/Sierra Water/Union 76-backed, 15-year-old Nick Moore, in his second season as a Pro racer and riding for A&A Racing, finished fourth aboard the new Honda 450 in this field of seven riders. I:N STEVE AND PEGGY COR LEE record crowd was on hand as Alabama's premier outdoor national motocross facility, Monster Mountain in Tallassee, Alabama, hosted a Loretta Lynn's Amateur Championship Area Qualifier. This event was one of the earliest qualifiers in the Southeast, and riders from all over the region came out to get an early start on the long and difficult road to Hurricane Mills this fall. Many of the classes had full gates, and qualifying motos were necessary in more than one class. Threatening weather was moving through the area all weekend, but despite a few showers, the program almost went all the way through the weekend without problems; however, several second-mota races had to be A cue I • n _ wv s Cassandra Cabrera. P/W MOD SR: I. Michoel Mortin. 65 A: I. Chod Cos<. 655: I. O.J. Shorl

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