Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

w ere li ned up at th e ba ck , " McCrummen recounted. "I saw Gassin and Finn ey hook up and just went for it... I just rod e smooth, and it wa s great to finally get a win ." Los Banos Fairgrounds Blair, McCrummen Top Top G u n Finale By JIM AND J USTIN R es u lt s TOP GUN SHOOTOOT: I. M"n McCrummm (Sut) ; 2. Ro~rt H" roId ( Y" m): 3. o"vid Ciassln (Y" m) ; 4, Robby Baptist " (Hon): 5. o"n~ Blair (y " m ). 50 P/W JR: I . J"JT1eS C" rothrrs (KTM): 2. Mkh,,~ Silva (Y. m) ; 3. G. brid Campbel l (Y. m): 4 . Justin Byl!' (Y.m ); 5. Adam Gonz.les (Yam) 50 (4 ·6); I. Cody Fendley ( KTM): 2. Deric k Silv. (Pol); 3. Travis Nl!'alon (KTM ): 4. Brial'Wll!' .k lln es (Pol); 5. DustmH.mmond (KTM). 50 (7-8) ; I. Mark BrBdm (Pol) ; 2. Gunnar Sigler (KTM) : 3. C. I ...IohNon (Pol) ; 4. Tfll vis Bur'TOllgh (KTM); 5. R.J. Mendez (KTM) . 50 OPEN: 1. Mark Braden (Pol) : 2. Cal John!lOf'l (Pol) : 3. Travis Burrough (KTM): 4. R.J. ~ (KTM): 5. GU"Inar S6g1l!'f (KTM ). 60 BEG: I. Bri.r McCork le (K.w ): 2. Mark Braden (KTM): 3. Paul D·~lt. (KTM); 4, Devan C. roth en (KTM) : 5. Austin Laurod ENos LOS BANOS, CA, A UG. 23 The eig hth and fi nal round o f th e AMP Top Gu n Summer -X Series c oncl u ded with a pair of rid er s each achieving a personal accorn plishment. For Da niel Bla ir, a series of consistent rides earned h im th e Top Gu n Sh o otoul Champion ship and, alo ng w ith it. th e lion's sha re o f th e $2500 se ries-end p oi nts fu nd . Th e Po we rhouse/ MXH / Ace rbis/Ra c e Tec h / J im Rich back ed -rider earne d top· five fin ishes at all but o ne ro und and wa s th e on ly r ider to earn a pa ir o f win s th ro ugh o ut th e series . A fi fth on th e evening sea led the deal for Bl air; although Yam aha of Mod esto 's Rob ert Harold finished secon d in the evening's event. he still came up short in th e po ints t all y , whi c h took th e best six out of eig ht sco res for th e series , so B lair too k the c ha m p io ns h ip w it h an 1 t , point c ushion o ve r Harold . Bill y Jurev ich , who domina ted th e Pro -cl ass ra ces thr ou gh out th e ser ies , rounded o ut th e to p three. ..A pai r of firsts , a pair o f seconds and a p air of thirds is what did it fo r m e, an d I prett y m uc h h ad it cl inc hed c oming in," noted Blair . " Haro ld, Jurev ich and all the o the r guys ro de really go od throughout th e series , and I had a pretty rocky sta rt . I c rashed at th e firs t ro und, too k a t hi r d at th e seco n d round an d t h en m issed round three. but th en I won at ro und fi ve and six and knew I had a shot at th e overall. I j ust put dow n so lid rides after th at, and it pa id o ff ." Fo r Matt McCrummen. wh o only m ad e it to three prior ro unds, a midp ack spot in th e sin g e -row sta rt was all th e Oak ley Sp ort fTCR/ Po se y Rac in g /IR S r ider n eeded t o t ak e h is o nly w in of t he se ries in t he eveni n g's T op Gun Shoo tou t. A s th e 15 -lap race got under way , Honda m ount ed Sta n Fi nn ey led th e pa ck , bu t behi n d him, Da vid Gassin wa s on th e m o ve, and he m ad e hi s way up to ch alle nge for th e lead by th e fi fth lap . A s th e tw o came arou nd a tig ht ri g ht -ha n de r t o c o m ple t e anoth er lap , th ey made co nt act. an d Gassin hit th e gro und while Finney wen t off th e tr ack . Benefiti ng from th e mish ap , Mc Crummen just edg ed out Finn ey , wh o r e-ent er ed th e trac k r ight n e x t t o him go ing o v er the fi ni sh-line ju mp. McCrum m en o utj umped hi m and set out to put so me d is· tan c e on th e field , but Harold had othe r plan s and by th e midway p oint h ad ste adily made gro und on M cC ru m men , co m in g w ithin fiv e sec on ds o f him. Ho wev er, Mc Crumm en wa s d et ermin ed , and h e b eg an t o in c r ease hi s c ushion, eve ntua lly ta k ing the win . Harold fo llow ed , with Gassin , Robby Bap ti st a and Blair roundi ng ou t th e to p fi ve. " I kn ew if I co uld get ar ound th e four guys in fr ont o f m e qu ick en ough. I would ha ve a cha nce a t th e win , becau se Bla ir and J urevic h (KTM,. 60 NOV: I. Bnen Alquist (KTM) . 60 INT: I. Ty Keeoom (KTM); 2. GIJ~ Adame (KTM) : 3. J~Ud G~o(KTM) . 60 OPEN : I. Ty xeenom (KTM ): 2. Briar McCork le (KlI w): 3. Paul D'Eredlte (KTM ): 4 . Mar k Brad l!'n (KTM ); 5. Austin Lauzon (Kaw). 80 Frf; I. Timoth y Von Urff (Han) . 80 BEG D- l: I. WlI McDonough (Yam); 2. Jared Mf'l!'k (Suz); 3. x escn Gonzales (Hon l: 4. Briar McCorkll!' (Kaw): 5. Eric Taylor (Hon). 80 BEG 0 -2; I. Ian Latron ica (Yam ); 2. Chris Downey (Hon); 3. Bro c Speckens ( Yam ); 4 . ChllZ Avdlar (Yam ); 5. Brandi Greene (Hon). el 80 NOV; 1. Dem R~ (Yam); 2. Dyl.n Lane (Y. m); 3. renner Sisson (K. w); 4. Kyll!' Tuck er (YlIm ). 80 INT : I. Jol!'y HlIrrl s (K. III): 2. M.rcu s Br.dsh.w (Y.m) ; 3 . Ricky Rinlluro (Yam ); 4. Jared Holt (Han ); 5. Matthe... Spencer (Koll "'), 80 S/M1 NI: I . Marcus Bradshaw (Yam): 2. Ja~ Holt (Hon ); 3. Mutthew Spencer (Kaw): 4 . Daniel R~ (Yam ): 5. Dylan Lane (Yam) . 80 BfW : I . Ian AndeMJOn (Hon); 2. Jacob Karr (Hon); 3. .Jol!' Hernandez (Hon): 4. Mick Pemsteiner (Yam ); 5. Lucas Armstrong (Hon). 100: I. Jonollth. n Rich (lion); 2. Jimm y l..afro\am:k ( Suz); 3. Buu Bk khem (Hon) . 125 BEG 0 -1 : I. Deric Lane (Yam ); 2. JlI ml!'!l Welsh (Yam ): 3. Cyll!' Tl!'. 1(K. ...); 4. Ch.d Bl.kl!' (Yam ); 5. Mikl!' Wilson (Y. m ). 125 BEG 0 ·2 : I. Petl!' Scha bel" (Yam ); 2. A.J . Avl!'llllr (Han) ; 3. Richard ",,",clas (Yam) : 4. Andrew Tava~ (Hon); 5. Stev~ Hauger (Y.m). 125 BEG 0 ·3 ; 1. Timothy Burkett ( Hon); 2. Johnny Cri Vl!'lIo (Yam ); 3. Mondo O'Connof (y . m ); 4. Chris WeaVl!'f (Han); 5. OlIvid R.~ (Yam ) . 125 NOV; 1. GI'l!'g Fouts (Y" m ); 2. Curtis ROl!' (Yam); 3. Nathan Brock (Yam ); 4 . Lea Soito(Hon ); 5. Max Scolari (KTM) . 125 INT; I. Anthony Mamglla (Y. m ); 2. Stl!'Vft\ Hernandez ($w); 3. Doug SchrrUd (Hon): 4. Nick Mark~ (Han); 5. Gino ScoIIIn (Yam) . I ~ PRO: I. Daniel BI.ir (Y. m); 2. Vinc:l!'nt Bl.ir (Ya m ): 3. Robert H.rold (Y.m) : 4 . Matt i'kCrummen (Suz: : 5. o"vid Gassin ) (Y.m) . 250 BEG: 1. Ritchie MagaIlan (Y. m ); 2. Yobie Jacobson (Han); 3. Kns Strouse(Hon) ; 4, Ron Lem (YIIm ): 5. R. y Padilla (Kaw). 250 NOV: I . GI'l!'g Fouts (Yam); 2. Eric Stokl!' (Hon): 3. C.sey Kf' lm" n (Yam ); 4. Abl!' Johnson (Yam ); 5. Micha~ GUf!'I'R'f"O (Hon) . n 250 INT: I . Stan Fan~y (Hon ); 2. Stl!'vl!' Hernandez (Sut ); 3. Scot ty Alves (Hon) : 4. Doug Schmid (Hon) ; 5. Michael F.rghl!'f (Hon) . 250 PRO: L Bllty Ju revich (Hon); 2. Jeff Pest.n. (Hon) : 3. BMn Roth (Yam ): 4. Robby Baptista (Han); 5. Robert H.rold (Y" m ). U/l.: 1. J acob San~ (Suz:):2. Doug Schmid (Hon): 3. Micha~ T.v.res (Y. m); 4 . o"vid Verber" (Y. m ); 5. Anthon y Manigli. (Y" m) . 4·STRK: I. Scotty Arves (Han); 2. Mikl!' F.rgtler (Hon): 3. Scotty Guthrie (Hon): 4. J"me!l Leon ( Hon) ;~ . JOl!'IRk:h (Y" m) . WMN: I. Jerm. EJlis (Y. m ): 2. s"v"m . h CI"",, (Hon); 3. Br"ndi ley s G.-ne (lion ): 4. ROMMe Fields (Yam) : 5. A.sh Ff'l!'ita (Y" m ). SCHBY: 1. Les $ollo (Han ); 2. Curti s ROl!' (Yam ): 3. Max Scol. ri (KTM); 4. MlItt Cr. wford (Sw.): 5. [)eric Lanl!' (Y. m) . 25 + BEG: 1. Jason Ferre (Suz); 2. Timoth y Burkett (Hon) ; 3. Mikl!' Wilson (Y. m); 4. Pete $chll.ber (Y. m ): 5. Wesley GrM'n (Hon) . 25+ NOV: 1. Chad Blak e (Y. m ); 2. Shll wn Moody (Hon). 25+ INT ; 1. Scotty Guthr il!' (Hon): 2. Chris PI.t~ro (Hon ): 3. Stl!' ~ e SI. nl!'y (Yam) . 30+ BEG: I. Wl!'sll!'y G~ (Hon): 2. KlIZl MlIrchl!'wka (Hen): 3. Petl!' Schaber (Yam); 4. SIeve D '~ illl (Hon) : 5. John $lI uter (K.... ). 30 + NOV: I. Donny O'Kl!'Ml!' (Hon) ; 2. David Ht"lton (Yllm): 3 J"son Ravelll (Hon ): 4. Tony Jaime (Yam ); 5. Doll Vid Hou!le (Sotl. 30 + INT: 1. Craig King ( Y"m ). JO. PRO: I . Curt Wilcox (Suz). 35. NOV: I . Chris B1.ufus ($w); 2. o"vid HOUSl!' (Su: ): 3. Mark Mansfield (Hon): 4, P. ul Karr (Hon). 40. NOV: I . Chris BllIufus (Sw: ); 2. D.vid Helton (Yam ): 3. Mllrk Mansftekt (Hon): 4. Mik~ Wilson (Y. m) ; 5. ROIttl!'y Huntl!'f (K. ...). 40 . INT: 1. Craig Ham ilton (Sw:): 2. Pat SaUQl!'f (KTM) . C osta M esa Speedway Flyin' Mike Th re e -P e a t s ! B y WINE J ONES COSTA MESA, CA . AUG. 23 " Fly in' M ik e" Faria makes th e trip down from Ren o , Nevada. every Saturday night to ra c e Speedway in Costa Mesa, Cal iforn ia , and for the last three weeks he has won th e r ichest rac e of the night, th e Scratch main event. The f i r s t Scratch se mi was all Bobby " Boog aloo" Sch wartz's, as he o utgated th e field and led fro m start to fin ish in th e qu ick four -Iapper. Ma king the di rect t ransfer to th e main with h im was Randy " T h e Ro cke t " DiFrancesco, who appea rs to have ov erco me his slump o f th e last few week s. Headed fo r the last-cha nce qu ali fi er were p o in t s lea de r Scotty "The Dom inat or " Bra nt and Far ia. In th e secon d Sc rat ch se m i , "Gorgeo us Gary" Hic k s c ut a g rea t gate and was go ne! Du k ie E rmolenk o ha d a scary mom en t, getting ai rborne o ut o f tu rn tw o o n th e second lap . He was ab le to ge t the fro nt end dow n and went on to finish second and secure him self a pla ce in the m a in. alon g with Hic k s. B ry an Yarrow and A nd y "T he E nfo rc er " N o rt hru p would get one m ore sho t in th e LCQ. Faria m ust li ke th e drama o f h a vin g to get the final tr ansfer spot, as he di d it aga in , c utt ing a perf ect ga t e an d running away. He wo ul d be the final man in th e m ain . The Mai n had Sc hwartz on the po le , wit h Fa ria in t w o . D i Fr a n c e sc o in t h re e. a n d Ermolenko an d Hic k s o n the o u tsi de . Both Schwartz and Far ia c ame o ff th e lin e close , bu t Faria was on top wh en th e y hit th e fi rst tum. Schwartz held on to seco nd for o ne lap before Hicks made an aw eso m e m o ve, ge tting under both Ermo len k o an d Schwartz for sec ond. Schwartz pulled up lame and co ul d only watch as Faria go t his third win in as many w eek s . H ic k s w a s cre dited w it h sec o n d. Ermolenko and D iFranc esc o were thi rd and fou rth . Th e Hand ic a p sid e o f th e prog ra m had D an ny Perk ins al o n e o n th e 10 -ya r d li n e . J us ti n B o y l e h ad t he 20 to him s el f. D iFra nc esc o , Sha un Harmatiuk and Ya rrow loaded in o n th e 3 0 , w hile N o r th rup a nd Ermol enko sha red th e 40. Brant start ed fr om th e 55 Freeway as he li ned up on th e 60 . They wer e four lap s in when Bo yl e p arked it in turn tw o , c aus in g Ha rma ti uk to spi n around int o on coming traffi c, which in tum ca used a maj or pileup . Wh en th e du st had cl ear ed and in ven to ries were ta ke n , Bo yl e wa s c harge d with th e in frac ti o n and sent to th e back o f th e pack . O n the single· fiIe rest art, Harm ati u k got out o n top , with Northrop rid ing his rear fend er. He tr ied to fi n d a way aro und , but H ar m at iu k was riding th e po le, and th e tr ack had developed a blue groove. No rthrup h ad to set tle fo r seco nd. wh ile B ran t c ame home thi rd . The tea m o f J oe Jones and Brand i M cElro y came off the po le to win th e Sid ec ar m ain . Jeff Malloy and Jeff Medberry tumed in the ir best performance of the season , running second until th e white -flag lap , when Mike Fontaine and Sc ott McElroy go t und erneath to nip them at the fin ish . Re sult s SC R; I. Mikl!' Far ia (J aw ); 2. Ga ry Hic k, (J " w); 3. Duk il!' Ermol l!'nko (OMI: 4. R.ndy DiFrancesco (J aw); 5. Bobby Schw.rtz {Jaw}. HOCP: I. Shaun Hanmtiuk (J aw ); 2. Andy Northrop (J. w); 3. SccttBrant (GM); 4. Bryan Yarrow (J .w); 5. Justin BeyII!'(Jaw). SD C R: 1. J Ol!' Jo nn/B ran dl M c Elro y ( Ka w ); 2 . Mi k e Fon14inelScott .McEJroy(Yam ): 3 . Jeff Malloy /Jeff Mrdberry (Yaml : 4 DonnyJane.t<:J>m Jane. (Yam) . SUP; 1. Rud y lau~ (Jaw); 2. Sccu Tidw ell (JGw) : 3. R.ndy K~ps (Ja w): 4 , Billy Bradl!'n (J. w); 5. Chris Metoyl!'f (J_). SUP B : I . Joel Kath (J aw) ; 2. Mik e McCarth y (Jaw) : 3. Car1 Gazafy (Jaw): 4 . Monte .McKl!'Ofl (J. w) ; 5. Jim Lavender (J. w). Los Angeles County Rac eway T he Cou nt Favors Couto at County B y G REG R OBERTSON PA LMDA LE , CA ,AUG . 23 It 's not oft en in the worl d o f m o toc ross th at a 2 -4 score would be enou gh to ga rne r th e o ve rall ho n o rs , but for Suzuki -m o un ted And re w Co uto , it proved to be a winn ing co m b in ati on in the 85cc (12 -13) class du rin g th e Tru T ec h spo nsored ro und of C aliforni a Racing Club' s Saturday n igh t m ot ocross, he ld at Los Angeles Cou nty Rac eway. T ay lo r Kellstrom reeled o ff one o f his usual good st arts to r un o ut fr on t in th e o p eni n g rn oto , onl y to go down a fter a lap and fi n d himself at the ba ck of the p ac k . Cha dd Col e i n he r i te d t h e l ead , ah e ad of Ma cka ne Garrabran t , wh o de fi ni tely had his hands full with Cout o , Yos h Vesa and Craig T omlinson. Col e prov ed to be unto uchable this t ime out on hi s 66 1/ Answer -ba c ked RM8 5 . as he too k th e win w ith ou t muc h of a c hallen ge . Co u to prev ail ed in th e h ard -fought ba ttle o ve r sec o nd place, an d Vesa put a la st -lap m ove on bo th T omlinso n arid Garrabra nt fo r third. Vesa ab sc on ded with th e holes ho t in m ot o two , ah ead o f T omlinson , but Kellstrom got around them bo th on th e in iti al c irc uit of the J .B . Mem orial T rac k . Fr om th at po int on , th e m ot o was all Kell str om' s, as he pulled away, lea vi n g ev er y on e els e to fi ght o ve r secon d pl ac e. By th e m idway po int, Garr abrant h ad settled into th e runne r· up position, with Tom li n so n d ogg in g h im a t e ve ry o p p o rt u n it y . Garrabrant ke p t T omlinso n at ba y righ t up until th e c heck ers for a well -d eserv ed second pla c e fin ish . Couto was just a fe w seco nd s b ac k for fo u rt h , w hic h j u st h appen ed t o be good enou gh fo r th e ov era ll. Garrab ran t 's 5 -2 ta lly edg ed o u t th e 4 -3 score o f T omli ns on and th e 1-6 fin ishes o f Cole fo r seco nd overa ll. Being c onsistent pa id di vid en ds for B ran don Gillespi e, as he topped th e 125cc Begi n ner fi eld without wi nni n g eith er m oto . Pat Hart ma de hi s way to th e fro nt o f th e pac k on lap o ne o f m ot o o ne a n d th en fend ed o ff th e re pe at ed ch allenges o f Gillespie t o t ak e the w in . Mi ch ael Bartov sky fin ished a close third, II·••• I--------------------------=:;:;;;:-:---.-.... I~ ~ w '" ~ ~ ~ .. Los Banos Fairgrounds: Daniel Blair was the Top Gun Shootout Champion at the AMP To p Gun Summer -X Series fi nale in Los Banos, Califo rn ia. 72 O C TO B ER 1 , 2003' c ue • e n e vv s Costa Mesa Speedway: " Flyin' Mike " Faria won the Scratch main event in Costa Mesa, California, for t he third week in a row .

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