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immediately opened a gap. By lap three, he was 20 bikelengths ahead. Martinez had an even bigger gap on third-placed Darren Luck, who had moved up from midpack. Prieto stepped up the pace and doubled his distance over second place. but Martinez was determined to catch him. By the white-flag lap, he was closing the gap. In the final run for the checkers, Martinez was right on Prieto's tail, but coming on to the front straight, he lost traction and spun the rear tire. It was a dramatic finish that had the crowd cheering, as Prieto beat him across the line. Luck, Michael Rouleau and Scott Ritchey rounded out the top five. '" looked as we were coming out of seven," said the Custom Glass Company/Prieto Racing/GMD Computrack/Penske/Nutec-sponsored Prieto, • and I saw Marco right on my butt, so I just tried braking really hard going into the bus stop and tried to get a decent drive out of there. But it was just so slippery going into 10, so I was just trying to keep it safe and not crash." Martinez finished all five of his races in the top three. He won Heavyweight Superbike, finished second in GTO and Heavyweight Supersport, and placed third in Unlimited Supersport. Luck was also on the podium for all seven of his events. He won Mjddleweight Superbike, finished second in Unlimited Supers port and Middleweight Supersport, placed third in Heavyweight Supersport and Heavyweight Superbike, and placed fourth inGTO. OSB Racing/Suzuki/Pirelli/Vortex/EBCbacked John Linder was the only other Expert to win multiple events, GT Lights and Lightweight Supersport. Linder dominated the GT Lights event. After nabbing the holeshot, he led from start to finish. He led the start of the Lightweight Supersport race after another holeshot. On lap one, Erick Maillard was right on his tail and George Reavis was not far behind. By lap two, Reavis had passed Under to take over the lead. Maillard also moved ahead, pushing Linder back to third, but on lap three Under maneuvered around Maillard into second and set his sights on the lead - Presentedby~~~~., Nevada Motocross Development FRIDAY NIGHT RACE - AUGUST 2 SAT. NIGHT RACE - AUGUST 3 Gates Open: 10:a.m. Pradice @ 3:00 Sign-up @ 11 :00 Racing @ 5:00 Entry Fee: $25· Second Class: $15 - Gate Fee: $10 Ir..;t" JM by 1M hIIoI Collftllliol nd Tn AIIMrity -----------------------------------------If,A fI12iEJJJ RliI.1I For event information call: 775.677.7540 Nevada Motocross Deyelopment TRA VEL CEIVTER which he reclaimed near the end of the race. The Lightweight Sportsman race provided a fresh twist, with a whopping four Motard entries that filled up half the field. Veteran Motarder Tony Caparros, on his CR500, welcomed the competition from newly converted racers Pat Weekley, Rick Narup and Mike Emery. P3 Racing/Ad One Advertising/Latin American Grill-backed Caparros nailed the early lead and ran ahead of the field, hotly pursued by Weekley. On the last lap, the two slid through the infield turns, swapping the lead. Caparros held the advantage in the final run to take the victory. Emery finished third. Chuck Easterling sneaked his RZ350 into the Motard field to finish fourth, and Narup completed the top five. Riva Yamaha/MotuI/Sharkskinz/Ferodo/GP Tech-sponsored Weekley returned to dominate the Supersingles field. Only three Motards competed in this event, which Caparros does not enter. Weekley led from start to finish and walked away from the competition. Pierre Lacasse finished second, followed by Neville Hall-Reace, Bill Annetts and Emery. In the Amateur ranks, Ralph Fernandez swept the field clean, winning all four of his races - GTO, Unlimited Supersport, Heavyweight Supersport and Heavyweight Superbike - without challenge. In the combined events, he worked his way through Expert traffic and ran right behind the leaders. Fernandez has maintained an impressively flawless record this season, taking home firstplace trophies for every race he's run. Also impressive was Amateur rider Chris Hunt, who took home three first-place trophies, for GTU, Middleweight Supersport and Middleweight Superbike. Terry Walker and Alex Ferreira battled through four events, with two wins each. Ferreira beat Walker in Lightweight Superbike and Lightweight Supersport, and Walker beat Ferreira in GT Lights and Lightweight Grand Prix. Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida Results: June 23. 2002 AM GTO: 1. RDlph Fernandez (Suz): 2. Emesto Menendez (Suz): 3. Jose MedD (Suz); 4. James Dtlvidson (SuI): 5. Scott to\. Cunningham (YDm). EX OTO: 1. Shtlne Prieto (Suz); 2. Mtlrco Mtlrtincz (Suz): 3. Scott RItchey (Suz): 4. Otlrren Luck (Suz); 5. Jim Plhokken (Suz). AM GT UQHTS: 1. Terry Wtllker (Suz); 2. Alex Ferrellll (SUI): 3. Andrew Hamblin (Sue); 4. Raymel Perez (Suz): 5. Jake Proesch (SuI). EX GT UGHTS: I. John Under (Sm): 2. TIm Hall (Suz); 3. Alfonso Rodriguez (Suz); 4. Eduardo Cenzano (Hon): 5. Gregory Lynch ("",). AM GTU: t. Chris Hunl (Yam); 2. Luis Noriega (Sut); 3. Mark Roberts (Suz); 4. Ronald Whi~ (Kaw): 5. Steven SIdman (Yam). EX GTa: 1. Shane PrIeto (Suz); 2. Andre Bibeau (Yam): 3. ChrIstopher Cummings (Yam): 4. &mtlago Sieml (Yam): 5. Thomas PIune< ("",). OP SOL: 1. Shane Ernst (Hon); 2. Steve Wenner (Hon): 3. Scott Coc:coll (Hen): 4. Mike Hidalgo (Han); 5. Douglas Gregory (Yam). cue I e n e vv s JULY 31,2002 81