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Vallejo Speedway: Kenny Carlotta (7M) leads Jimmy Lewis (32H) en route to finishing first in the Open A class at the opening round of District 36 action In Vallejo, California. MIchael Crump. XR100 SPTSMN MOD C: 1. Mlchlle! SlInchez; 2. Kerry "de: 3. Martin Lawrence. RICHMOND RAMBLERS 100: 1. WO Ferrara: 2. Jeff Page: 3. Eddie Dlat; 4. Ron Meton. 250 A: I. Vance Felicia. 250 8; 1. Joe Hernandez: 2. Craig Howell: 3. Chris BorjllS. 250 C I. Kevin Fereira; 2. James Davidson. V1NT 250 A: I. Chris GJlfuss; 2. Mark LeglllTll. V1NT 250 B: I. Carter Fisher. VINT 250 C: L Tony Sigala; 2. Randy Kremillcek; 3. Steven Isley. WiT SGl A: I. Donnie DllrTllh; 2. Mike Riddell; 3. John Frank. VINT SGL B: I. Dewey Quinn: 2. ~niel Fishman. VlriT SGl C: I. Don Arenz!: 2. Jim Monaco: 3. Mike Monterosso. VET A: I. Mike Besemer; 2. Robert 8acase; 3. Robert Mc- DonnelL VET B: I. Nick Conti: 2. Brock McAllister; 3. John Guglielmetti. VET C: 1. (hllrles FabblllnJ: 2. Kevin Ferelrll; 3. Randy Kremlacek. 40+ A: 1. Robert McDonnell; 2. Donnie DeITllh; 3. MlJrk Biscerdl. 40+ B: l. Reymond Dilll; 2. Tlmothy Burkhola. 50+ 1\: I. Bud RIddle; 2. MIll Heimlich. 50+ B: I. Carter Fi,her. OPEN 1\: I. Kenny Carlotte: 2. Matt ProIO; 3. Mark Corsettl. OPEN B: I. Mike Perillo; 2. Daniel Fi,hman: 3. Dewey Quinn. OPEN C: I. Doneld Firenzi: 2. Toby Tnmg: 3. Jemes Willis. PRO-I\M: I. Michelle DiSalvo: 2. Casey Yarrow: 3. Nick Moore; 4. Kenny Cerlotte. Sunset Tavern & Marina Schwarzenbacher. Nafzger. Hahn Top Koshkonong Finale By DAN SCHMm FORT ATKINSON, WI, MAR. I The sixth and final Lake Koshkonong Saturday Night Under The Lights race of the 2003 season took place at the Sunset Tavern £, Marina with warming temperatures and deteriorating ice. The normal cast of characters came to battle for cash purses and championship points. Brock Schwarzenbacher jumped off the line in the 125cc/200cc class. Jake Kaiser held second for a few laps. Then Ben Rader came up to challenge Kaiser. Jake Marx then joined the fray and moved to second. At the end, it was Schwarzenbacher first, Marx second and Rader third. Schwarzenbacher won the championship in this class. In the Over 40 final, Ken Hall parked his Rotax fiat-tracker and proceeded to teach the rest of these old dogs the fast way around this one-sixth-mile track. Using his SOOcc Honda, Halt went on to victory. Jack Kaine and Lanny Thompson were second and third. Dan Luchon, on his faithful Triumph twin, tied with Hall for this championship. In the Over 40 Pro class. Terry Hahn beat Rick Holder for first place. Riding Frankie Kaiser's new 4S0cc Honda, John Flesher led all 10 laps of the Over 50 final. Mike Dugan ran a solid second. Coming out of the last turn, Jeff Wehrli went by Dan Schmitt to take third. However, in the championship points, Schmitt held the high hand. Dugan came right back in the Vintage (pre·1980) class to win on his 500cc Honda four·stroke. Wehrli, on the 250cc Can-Am. finished second, with Luchon third. Luchon gained his second championship on his Triumph 750cc twin. Mark Schmidt became the King of the Ice. picking up his sixth straight win in the 250cc Amateur class. Randy Livingston ran a good second, with Chris Foskett in third, but nobody could match Schmidt's speed, and he took the championship. The action heated up in the 250cc Pro final. Rick Holder went wheel to wheel with Roy Nafzger and Terry Hahn, but this treacherous track gave Holder problems, and Nafzger took the win and the championship. Hahn finished second. Schwarzenbacher borrowed Lance Wollin's 450cc Yamaha to win the Open Amateur class. Scott Johnson and John Cooper shad· owed Schwarzenbacher in the 10-lap contest. Cooper fell and gave third to Rotax rider Hall. The youngster from Beaver Dam was not to be denied, and he won this race and the championship. The battle of the year was in the Open Pro race. Wollin, Hahn and Nafzger went at it for 10 laps. Frankie Kajser was right there to strike. but on the last lap, Hahn stayed on the pole and grabbed the victory. Nafzger was second. and Wollin tweaked out the championship points lead with his third·place finish. In the Dash·4-Cash finale, Cooper took full advantage of starting from the standard start line to lead this 10·lap shootout. The Pros started in tum four, and it took them eight laps to finally catch Cooper. On the lap that counted. Nafzger grabbed the lead and the win. Nafzger is the Dash-4-Cash champion for the season. Results 125(200: 1. Brock Schwe~enbacher: 2 Jeke Merx: 3. Ben Reder. 250 NIl: I. Merk Schmidt: 2. Randy Uvingston: 3. Chris Foskett. 250 PRO: I. Roy Neflger: 2. Terry Hehn; 3. Rick Holder. OPEN I\M: I. Brock Schwerzenbecher; 2. Scott Johnson; 3. Ken Halt. OPEN PRO: I. Terry Hehn: 2. Roy Nahger: 3. lance Wollin. 40+ AM: I. Ken Hell: 2. Jeek Kaine; 3. lanny Thompson. 40+ PRO: I. Terry Hehn: 2. Rick Holder; 3. Roy Naftger. 50-+: I. John F16her: 2. Mike Dugan: 3. JeffW~hrll. VlNT: I. Mike Dugan: 2. JelfWehrll: 3. Dan Luchon. DFC: I. Roy Nehger: 2. Lance Wollin; 3. John Cooper. Perris Raceway A Noble Effort By MIKE "SIR SMILEY" RVER PERRIS, CA, MAR. 2 Chris Noble swept the 125cc Beginner class and left everyone else to take a number at the second round of the 2003 Perris Spring Series. Round one's third overall winner, Kyle Reiter, claimed second overall with his 4-2 score, giving him his second top-three score in two rounds. Pro Action's Shawn Tomosade improved on his first-moto fifth-place finish with a mota-two third for third overall, bumping Scott Martin (2·6) to fourth overall. Jared Christianson slipped to eighth in moto two after placing sixth in mota one and took fifth overall. It seemed as though Reiter just needed a little extra oomph to pick up a moto win, as he Perris Raceway: A.J. Steinbach (380) leads Brandon Ellingsen (254) early on in the first 125cc Intermediate moto at the second round of the Perris Spring Series in California. 50 MOD STRTR (7.8): I. Elisa Velenzueh,. XR50 (4·6): I. Mason Scott: 2. Don Moody: 3. Sonny Brown. XR50 I\OV: 1. Celeb Feirclough: 2. Zechery Forsyth; 3. Feusto Valenzuela; 4. O.J. Hert: 5. Colt /\lien. 60 STRTR: I. Sammy Maceluso; 2. Cory Puraynskl; 3. Christopher Mrtler; 4. C.J. Bynum: 5. Tyler Heywerd. S/PfW: I. Bryan Burch; 2. Tristan POSI; 3. Teren Salinas. TRl BK: I. Samantha Kiper: 2. Cody Callahan: 3. Vence Emter: 4. Ryan Bittle: 5. Heather Koller. Main Track 50 STK (4-6): 1. Daytona Anderson. 50 STK (7-8); I. Tyl~rTungate. 50 MOD (7·8): 1. Raymond Houston. S/P/W: I. Joshua Stark. 60 BEG: 1. Everett Holcomb: 2. Chris Cuero; 3. Andrew Frankos: 4. Sare Price: 5. Garret Eckman. 60 (6·8): I. Bredy KIMel. 60 (9-11): 1. Jordan Bums; 2. Max Lbdleu: 3. Jake Gegne; 4. Bleke Weln: 5. Micheel Richerds. 60 OPEN: I. Jake Gagne; 2. Billy Brinker; 3. Mlcheel Richards; 4. Bobby I\brams; 5.l\ndrew Frenkos. 80 BEG: I. Man Cady: 2. MJcheel Woempner: 3. Cemeron Puraynski: 4. Clint Dyerson; 5. Andy WertlaOO\llicl. 80 (0·11): I. Brent Bohanon; 2. Drew Weever: 3. Jordan Bums; 4. Maxx Touw; 5. Cody EsposilO. 80 (12-13): 1. I\ustin Eitel: 2. George Jeffen: 3. Trevl! Bakrr; 4. Nick Bl"O\IIn; 5. Ca~ Rodriguez. 80 (14·16): I. Brad Mester!: 2. AlIron Fox; 3. Cody Rye. 80 OPEN: I. Brlld Masters; 2. D!lne Dreier; 3. I\ustin EItel; 4. Brent Bohanon; 5. Aaron Fox. SfMINI: 1. Dane Drel~r; 2. I\ustln Eitel: 3. Neal Emmer. 125 BEG: I. Chris Noble: 2. Kyle Reiter; 3. Shewn Tomosode: 4. Scolt Mertln: 5. Deen Price. 125 NOV: I. Fr.!lnkie Selvetore: 2. Jimmy Anderson; 3. Chris Nishimure; 4. Christopher See: 5. Tone Mertlnel. 125 lNT: 1. Nick Hemandez; 2. Ryen Campbell; 3. I\.J. Sr.ein· bech; 4. Brendon Ellingsen; S. Steven Cisar. 125 OPEN: I. Jimmy Anderson. 125 SCHBY: I. Randy I\dair: 2. Frenki~ $alvetore: 3. I\.J. Slein· bech. 250 BEG: I. Kyle Reiter: 2. Grant Clabaugh: 3. Micah Clark: 4. Taylor Christianson: 5. Nealll!luzon. 250 NOV: I. Jason lopez; 2. .h!sus Rosales; 3. Hunter EItel; 4. Bryan Lopez.: 5. Ricky Oliver. 250 INT: 1. I\nthony Bruscella; 2. I\.J. Sleinbech: 3. Ryen Campbell. 250 PRO: I. Masaki Hireuuke; 2. Randy Clark: 3. Dan 8e'<::kett. WMN NOV: 1. Vicki Golden. 25.. BEG: I. Rick Ellison. 30+ BEG: I. Robert Holcomb. 30-+ NOV: I. Williem Garcia: 2. Brendon Beever: 3. Joe Novelich. 40+ BEG: I. Robert SherrHl. 40.. NOV: I. Ttm Williams: 2. Peul Ellingsen; 3. Peter Golden. 40+ MSTR: l. Ron Tumer. demonstrated by taking a 1·1 sweep of the 250cc Beginner class. Grant Clabaugh tried to run him down in mota one, and Taylor Chris~ tianson tried in moto two, but to no avail. Clabaugh finished third. behind Christianson, in mota two for second overall, and Micah Clark picked up third with his 3·4 score. Clark's first-mota score bumped Christianson (7 ·2) to fourth overall, ahead of Neal Lauzon (4·5) in fifth. After winning the first 250cc Novice moto, Jason Lopez slipped to second in mota two, behind moto one's third-place finisher, Jesus Rosales. Lopez still picked up the overall, and Rosales picked up second best, bumping Austin Eitel (2·3) to third overall. Brian Lopez (3-4) took fourth place. over AFAM/Thorbacked Ricky Oliver. A.J. Steinbach placed his FMF·backed CR and YZ thumpers out in front in the first motos of the 125cc and 250cc Intermediate classes, respectively, but it was evident that the broken wrist he suffered in December is not yet 100percent healed; he finished second in the first 125cc moto, behind Brandon Ellingsen. while Three Brothers Racing-backed Nick Hernan· dez stepped up to finish third. In moto two, Ryan Campbell, on his N·Style/Acerbis-backed YZ, stole the show after placing fifth in moto one. Hernandez had Campbell in his sights but couldn't make up the ground. Hernandez still picked up the overall win, while Campbell took home second best. Steinbach finished third overall, ahead of Ellingsen (1·5) and Steven Cisar (4·3). In the 250cc Intermediate class, Escondido Motorsports·backed Anthony Bruscella picked up the win in moto two for the upset over Steinbach, who had won the first moto. Steinbach finished second overall. Campbell (3-3) and Ellingsen (4-4) had their own battle in both motos and filled out the remaining positions. William Garcia and Ron Turner handed upsets to the first-mota winners in their respective classes after both returned to the line refreshed and determined to claim the allimportant second-mota win for the overall. Garcia upset Brandon Beaver (1-2) in the Over 30 Novice class, while Turner gave Doug Frankos (1·2) a run for his money in the Over 40 Master Expert class. Vallejo Speedway A Hollywood Show By KAREN GOOlD VALLEJO. CA, MAR. 8 Round two of the District 36 season was held at Vallejo Speedway in Vallejo, California. Motowest Racing and Steve and Bobbie Hazelton put together another fun event. This Cali· fornia Gold Rush Series will award championship plates; additionally, the top Vet A rider will receive a $1000 bonus; and six BM)( bicycles, a Yamaha TTR 125 and a Honda XR70 will be raffled off to qualified riders· all a part of the more than $17,000 in prizes from the series sponsors. In the Pee Wee classes, Brandon Bernardeau won both the SOcc A classes again. He didn't fare as well in the 60cc B class, fin· ishing third. behind Patrick McNamara and Jess Race Garcia. James Williams Jr. won the Results Pee Wee Track PfW 50 (4-6): I. Ryen Tull; 2. Samuel Dabney: 3. Derek Hey· werd: 4. Blake Baldwin: 5. Derek Roth. 50 STK BEG (4-6): 1. Brenden Keupp; 2. Heyden F1apatrick; 3. Samuel Dabney. 50 STK BEG (7-8): I. Christlen Musgrtlve: 2. Kyle Fry: 3. JOVlln Pulgi5r: 4. Delen Gibbons; 5. Billy Reimer. 50 STK NOV (4-6): I. ulnce Rioux. 50 STK NOV (7·8): I. La~ Rioux; 2. Teren Salinas; 3. Trimn Post; 4. Drew Di Giovanni; 5. .h!ffrey Muzoz. 50 STK STRTR (4-6): I. Btenl Bredy: 2. Brandon Sussman: 3. Skyler Seifert; 4. Don Moody; 5. Brenden Wein. 50 STK STRTR (7·8): I. Tenner Mettson: 2. Billd Solomon: 3. Mex Undberg; 4. Tyler Uber; 5. Brock King. 50 MOD BEG (4-6): I. Brandon Keupp. 50 MOD BEG (7·8): I. Christian Musgrave: 2. Kyland Bishop; 3. Kyle Fry: 4. Billy Reimer: 5. Bl'!lnden Outceuh. 50 MOD NOV (7-8): t. Trlsten Post: 2. Drew Di Giovanni; 3. Bryen Burdi. cue I e n e vv s MARCH 26, 2003 71

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