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Los Banos Fairgrounds: Jeff Pestana was the Top Gun Shootout winner in
Los Banos, California.
80 INT: I. Beau Weigand (Vam): 2. Justin Enos (Yam): 3. Buck
Ford (Kaw): 4. Luke layton (Suz): 5. Joey Harris (Kaw).
80 S//l\INI 0·1: 1. Kyle Kent (Kaw); 2. Beau Weigand (Yam): 3.
Buck Ford (!{aw): 4. Ross Pacheco (Yam): S. Luke layton (Sut).
80 5/MIf'l1 0-2: .1. Nathan HoIHs~ (Yam): 2. Michael HII16
(Yam); 3. Justin Posey (yam); 4. Dylan Lane (y1Im): 5. Grayson Swift
(Yam).
80 B/W: I. Ricky Aken (Hon).
100: 1. Manuel Borbe (KllW): 2.. Tyler Holt (Hon).
SCHBY: 1. Nick Thiel (KTM): 2. Derrick Ande~ (SUl): 3.
Cameron Bowmen (51,1:); 4. Brad Morrow (Hon): 5. Lody Woods
(Hon).
125 BEG 0-1: 1.8rlld Morrow (Hon); 2. Curtis Roe (Hon): 3.
Matt Rios (Yam): 4. Bryan Merit (Suz): 5. Adam Dutnt (Hon).
125 BEG 0·2: 1. Josh Rodgers (SUI): 2. Mondo O'Connor
(Yam); 3. Chris Gallichio (Yam): 4. Daniel WIlliams (Yam); 5. Brad-
foul _IHon).
125 NOV 0·1: I. Cameron Bowman (Suz): 2.. Nick Thid (KIM);
3. Donny Stommel (Yam): 4. Nick MarXd. (Yam): 5. Anthony Manlglla
(Yam).
125 NOV 0·2: 1, Jack Ludlum (Han): 2. Ryan C~c:il (Sut): 3.
Mjche~l Fargh~r (Hon): 4. St~v~n Turn~r (Hon); 5. Ryan O'Arrigo
(Yam).
125 INT: 1. Cory McDanl~1 (Yam); 2. Davkl Gessin (Yam): 3.
Buffalo Softo (Sut); 4. Josh Cox (Han): 5. Gary Ludlum (Sut).
125 PRO: t. Scott Davis (Yem): 2. Jeff Pestana (Yam); 3. Billy
Jurevlch (Sut); 4. Jon Replogle (Yam): 5. Kenny Heess (Hon).
250 BEG: I. Frank laM: (YDm); 2. Josh Rodgers (Suz); 3. Josh
Deese (Yam): 4. Jim Jordan (Han); 5. Travis Hurley (Hon).
250 NOV: I. Mrl\aeI Fargher (Han); 2. Aaron Hak5 (Yam); 3.
Anthony Leimas (Yam); 4, Derrick Anderson (Suz): 5. Donny O'Keefe
(Hon).
250 INT: I. Buffalo Soito (Sut): 2, David Gauln (Yam); 3.
DaMy Barber (Suz); 4. Brian Gardner (Han): 5. Matt Gaines (Han).
250 PRO: I. Scott Davis (Yam); 2. Kenny Heess (Hon); 3. Jeff
Pe5blna (Hon): 4. Dan~ Blair (Yam); 5. Billy Ju~ (Suz)
4.STRK: I. David Gassln (Yam); 2. Anthony Maniglill (Yam).
25+ BEG: I. Shawn Moody (Hon): 2. Jim Jordan (Hon).
25. NOV: I. Bruc::e Pany (Hon); 2. Chip Jones (Yam): 3. Bryan
Maffei (Han); 4. Brett Conley (Hon): 5. Jon Waliabe (YDm).
25+ INT: I. St~ Slaney (Kaw).
25+ EX: I. OaMy Berber (Suz).
30+ BEG: I. Paul Hollister (Hon); 2. Shawn Moody (Hon); 3.
John Romano (Hon); 4. Gene Cardena (Yam); 5. 5tl!:phen O'EredlUl
(Hon)
30. NOV: I. Albert Correia (YDm): 2. Anthony Leimas (Yam); 3.
Mike Landgraf (Yam): 4. Brian Christenson (Yam); 5. Donny O'Keefe
(Hon)
30+ EX: I. Danny Barber (Sul).
35+ NOV: I. BNce Pany (Hon); 2. Chip Jones (Yam): 3. Mark
Mansfield (Hon).
40. NOV: 1. Mark Mansfield (Hon): 2. David Henderson (Han)
40+ INT: I. Pat Saugar (Yam).
WERA Vintage Road Racing
Round 9: Carolina Motorsports Park
Rain Man
By STEVE STASER
KERSHAW, SC, JUNE 22
Mark Nadelkov from the Team Steve·O's sta·
ble brought his powerful 750cc Yamaha to this
South Carolina track, badly needing a win to
keep pace in the points race. Having taken a
few weeks off to get married, he needed to
make up ground. However, his plans disintegrated when his usually dependable big twin
dropped a valve in Friday's practice session.
All seemed lost for Nadelkov, as the only
spare bike the team had was Eric Cook's Vin·
tage One Honda 350cc backup. It was a ride,
but the 40-hp Honda would have to go against
the 75·plus·hp big twins in the Vintage Three
and Vintage Four classes.
Race day dawned overcast, which had
Nadelkov doing a rain dance· as a wet track
is the greatest equalizer for a smaller machine
competing in a bigger class. In Saturday
moming's practice (run in dry conditions), the
little Honda was clearly outmuscled. Mark
Mitchell's big BMW 750 was tuming lap times
two second faster.
The rain dance continued.
As the Vintage Four class pulled to the line
for race two, it not only started to rain ~ the
skies opened up! The little Honda grabbed the
Vintage Four holeshot and was up running
through he downpour with the first· and sec·
ond·placed riders in Formula Two·Stroke
(which started ahead of the twins) by the end
of the first lap. Nadelkov was even holding
down second overall for a while. The Honda
was sticking like glue; Nadelkov stated later,
"It never slipped on me once." Mitchell was
holding down second but couldn't keep the
big twin steady, almost losing it in tum one on
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lap five. Nadelkov came across the finish with
both hands pointing to the sky.
"That was my only chance for a victory,"
said the elated rider. "The rain dance worked!"
The Formula 500, Vintage One and 350
GP classes had started off the day's racing,
and Mother Nature played a part in this race
also. The three grids blasted off the line with a
dry track, but the rain started coming down by
lap two. Number·one plate holder Mark Mor·
row took his MRA Yamaha 400 to the front
and never looked back as he led every lap to
take the Formula 500 and overall win. Gene
Lucas, on his Paul Hidey Yamaha. put up a
valiant fight for the first few laps but couldn't
stay with the champ and settled for second.
Robert Macaulay brought the Team Vintage
Specialties Yamaha home third.
Meanwhile, the undefeated Buff Harsh had
left the Vintage One crowd behind on his Todd
Henning 350 Honda. The two Team Steve·O's
riders, Eric Cook and Mike Schulte, were
involved in a fierce battle for second on the
slippery track. Harsh had built a very comfort·
able lead by halfway and he started to cruise,
not wanting to push it too hard in the rain.
That tactic kind of backfired on him, as John
Rickard. running third in Formula 500 at the
time, was coming like on like gangbusters
after a bad start. As Rickard caught Harsh in
turn 12, the two collided and went off track
and down in a long, soggy slide. Cook and
Schulte's battle came to an end when
Schulte's Honda went off in turn one. Cook
emerged from the spray to take his first win of
the season. Steven Mahanes took his beautiful
Crockett Racing Ducati 350 to the win in the
350 GP, over the Bulldog Cycles Yamaha of
Carl Anderson and Larry Cook's Honda.
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Carolina Motorsports Park: Jon Jarvais (796) got the jump on the Vinlage Five crowd in
Kershaw, South Carolina, and led the race from flag to flag. Sleven Shoul (154) came home
second, with Kith Burkingstock (behind Jarvais) taking third.
"Paybacks are hell," said Mitchell, lining up
for the Vintage Three class in race three. as
the sun came out. The Moto Europa BMW
rider was going to show Nadelkov the fast way
around a dry track, putting all that horsepower
to the tr8ck this time. Mitchell left the Vintage
Three gang in his dust as he took the win by a
big margin.
In the biggest grid of the day, Jon J8rvais
led the entire Vintage Five race on his
Pirelli/Pitbull·sponsored EX500 Kawasaki.
David Shout handled second, with Kith
Burkingstock taking his Lockhart Kawasaki
home third.
After finishing second in Formula 500 to
the fast Morrow, Lucas brought his Yamaha to
the line in the Formula RD contest with win·
ning on his mind. Lucas had been the fastest
RD in the morning practice session. But his
trigger finger was too qUick and he jumped the
start. The meatball flag came out, and Lucas
came in for the stop-and-go penalty on lap
two. Vintage Specialties captain Lynford Gar·
land was racing Lucas hard and was right
beside him as they raced across the line as
starter Chuck Edgeworth was displaying the
penalty fiag. Lucas did a picture·perfect stop·
and-go and worked his way all the way back
to second, but he couldn't catch the fast Gar·
land. Macauley grabbed third.
Carolina Motorsports Park
Kershaw. South Carolina
Results: June 22, 2002