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GFI Racing Fall National Series South Round 4: Perris Race way (L eft) M a rk Samuels (30). J o ey Bitto (1 0 21. M ike Lopez (4 1 9). Jared Pa rtri d ge (45) and Ryan Whitegon (2 13) l e ave the line in the sec o n d 1 25cc Nov ice moto at round four of the GF I Racing Fa ll Natio nal Se ries South. B itto w e nt 1 -1 f o r the overa ll win. (Bel ow) Ca meron Ro d r iguez came from the back of the pack i n both m otos to t o p the aocc Novice c lass at Perris Raceway . sho t. 20 -m inute 125cc Pro m ot o go t und e r way . O 'Conno r's lead la ste d about a l a p be fore Ca l e Walla c e dropped him back to second pla ce. A short time later, Sean Collier also got around O 'Connor, and he was quickly reeling in Wa ll ace. For the next seven laps, Coll i e r sh adowe d Wallace 's eve ry m ov e, unt il a bobble sen t Co l lier to the ground . Wa lla ce suddenly had a I O-second cu shion , bu t Colli er w as d esp eratel y try ing t o w h i ttl e it away befo re th e chec ke rs fell. Wal lac e to ok the win ; Coll ier c losed t o within j ust a c oup le of sec on ds at th e li ne. Ky le Mace never ga ve up afte r a l as t- p lace sta rt a nd was rew ard ed with a third-place fin ish , ove r O 'C o n nor and J on ath an Sh im p . Chris Pan ek co nt ro lled th e p ac e ou t fro nt d uring the first couple of circu its of the si ngle 2 0 -m in ut e 250c c Pro race . Lap three saw Mic hael Sandoval move int o the lead for g ood . Sand ova l in creased his l ead with each passing lap f o r a convin cing win. O'Connor cli m bed up into sec ond place wi th m ore than ha lf th e race remai ning, but he couldn 't catch the fleet S an d o v al. Jon Simmo ns crossed the li ne in third, followed by Cod y Kna uss and Panek . Cam eron Rod rigu ez co ul dn't buy a g o od start i n ei t h e r 8 0 c c Novice m ot o , but it did n't seem t o m atter , as he pas sed most of the field in m ot o one an d half that many again in m ot o two en rou te to a well -d eserved 1- 1 wi n. Dr ew Weav er , on the oth er hand , g o t e xce lle n t st a r t s an d pa rl ay ed th em into a respectabl e 2 -2 sho wing. lac Cla rk m ad e hi s way up th ro ug h traffic fo r 5 -3 rid es and th ird overall , a h ead of A l ex Ma ttes on (6 -4 ) an d Steven Tok ar sk i (8- 6) . Paul La rocque and Broc A mbruster arg ued ove r th e 125cc Beginner first - S T O RY A N D P HOTO S B Y G RE G R O B ER T SO N PERRIS, CA, SEPT. 28 9 j a m aha -m ou n t ed J o e y B i tt o c:Y pro v ed to be too much for the c om pet iti on to h andl e, as he swept th e 125 cc Nov ic e class at rou nd fou r of th e GFI Ra c ing /G oat E y ew ear/ Fant as y Muffl er /Race T ec h / T h o r / A lp in estars -sponsored Fall National Series So uth, held at Perris Rac ewa y . B itto got th ings sta rted off in h is favor by abscond ing w ith the o pening -moto holeshot, ahead of K ar so n K a van agh , lack Fu llm er an d Ryan Wh it egon. B itto p ut a co uple of seconds on Kavanag h , wh o was an equ al di st ance ah ead of Wh it ego n , who had fo und a way past Full er. Bitto we nt d own j ust before t he h alfw ay point , and Kav ana gh took over th e top spot, ahea d of Broc k Whitehead , who was in th e process of m ak ing up fo r a bad start. Kava nagh 's lea d last ed a cou_pIe of laps bef ore Bitto reg ained the p o int p o si t i on o n th e f in a l circuit. Ch ad Gores fought his way up from out of the t op 10 off th e start to pass both Mik e Lopez and Wh ite gon on the white-nag lap for thi rd . Gores got a much be tter sta rt in m oto two to lead Kavanagh, Bitto and Pat r ic k Bl eckert. By the end of l ap one , Bitto was ca m ped out on Gores' bac k fend er, j ust loo k ing for a pl ace to pass. It didn 't ta k e long fo r Bitto to make h is m ove and then st art to in ch aw a y fro m Go res . K a v an a g h con troll ed th ird , a h andf ul of seco n ds behind Gores, while Lopez and Mark Samuel s were a close fo urth and fifth , resp ectively. Bi tto got to t he checke rs first for a sw eep of th e cla ss. Gores went 3 -2 to edge o ut th e 2 -3 tally of Kavanagh for sec ond. S ean O 'Connor put hi s KX250F into an im m ediate le ad when the o ne - 48 O CTO BER 22 ,2003 ' cu e I e neVIl's m oto lead until Larocque w ent do w n . Ambruster c ontinued on to win the moto, and Kyle Behli ng held off Larocque at the checkers for second. Laro c qu e return ed t o do min ate the seco n d m oto aboard his Yl 125, but it was the 1-2 efforts on th e part of Ambrust er th at ea rned the ove ra ll. K y l e B e i l m a n ( 4 -3 ), Beh li ng (2- 5) and J essie Lewi s (5- 4) rou nded out the top five . A dam Lane m ad e h is wa y to th e fr ont of the pa ck early in both 250c c Novi ce outings , leavin g everyone else to fight it o ut ove r second plac e. In th e end, it was D ave Fr eeman (4 -3) who came out o n top of a three-way poi nts t ie with B l ec k e r t (3 -4) and Kurtis K aelin (2 -5) fo r the second place plaque . eN Perris Racewa y Perris, California Results: September 28, 2003 IRound 4J 5 0 FIT: I . Je remy Mairose (KTM) . 5 0 ST K (4 · 6 ): I. Gil Sa balze (KTM); 2 . J ose Ceje (Pol) ; 3 . Cody Gores (Cob) ; 4 . Jon A mes (Co b ) . 5 0 STK (7 · 8): I. Bryce Cords (Lem ); 2. Lucas Serrecchia (KTM); 3. Cole Gard ner (KTM); 4 . Dav id Fullmer (KTM); 5. Ryan Malter (K TM ). 50 O PEN: 1. Eric Yorba (Lem ); 2. David Fullm er ( KTM) ; 3 . Brad en Keeler (KTM); 4 . Lan e Gard ner (KTM ); 5 . Bryce Cords (Lem ). 60 FfT : 1. J am e s Hen (Suz); 2. Corter Chadw ick (KTM ): 3. Kol e Chadw ick (KTM) . 6 0 BEG: 1. Kyle Wolack (K aw) ; 2. Connor Green ( K aw ); 3 . Brandon Ward ( Ke w} : 4 . Br y an Burch (Kaw ). 6 0 NO V: I. Steven Tok e rsk ! (K aw ): 2 . Jeremy McCoo l (Ke w): 3. Jordan Bums (Kaw) ; 4 . J onah Hill (Suz); 5. Andrew Frankos (KTM). 60 OPE N: I. Je remy McCool (Kaw ): 2. J ordan Burn s (K aw) : 3. An drew Fran kos (KTM ): 4 . Jonah Hill (Suz) : 5 . Nitro J ohnson (KTM). 60 FIT: I. Brando n Porra s (Yam) . 6 0 BEG: I . Ge rardo Ro ldan ( Yam ); 2 . De rek Stephens (He n): 3. Garrett Morrison (Yam ); 4 . Chris Gaumer (Hon ); 5. Scherisse Mood y (tcew} , 60 NOV: 1. Came ron Rodriguez (Yam); 2 . Drew Weave r (Kaw); 3 . Zac Cla rk (Han ): 4. Alex Matt eson (Suz); 5. Steven Toka rsk i (Yam) . 8 0 INT: 1. Prince Kapa hu lehua (Suz); 2 . Cody Jeffries (Su z); 3 . Trav is Bright (Yam) ; 4 . Phi llip Th or stensen (Yam); 5. Bry ce Huffm an (Yam) . 8 0 EX: 1. Nice lu i (Suz); 2. Cole Seely (Suz) . 8 0 OP EN: 1. Je ff A lessi (Han) : 2. Trav is Bright (Yam); 3 . Philli p Th o rsten sen ( Yam ); 4. Cam ero n Rodr iguez (Yam ); 5. Cody Jeffries (Suz). 5 /MINI: f. Jeff Al essi (Han) ; 2. Nico Izzi (Suz); 3. Cole Seely (Suz) ; 4 . Phillip Th o rstensen (Yam) ; 5. Prince Kapahul ehua (Suz). 4·STRK OPEN : 1. Jerem y Ferro (Han) . 12 5 BEG : 1. Bro c Ambru ste r (Suz); 2 . Paul Larocque (Yam ) : 3. K yle Be ilman (Han); 4 . K yle Beh ling (Yam ): 5. Je sse Lewi s (Yam). 125 NOV : 1. Jo ey Bitt o (Yam ); 2. Chad Gores (Suz) ; 3. K ar son K avan agh (KTM ) ; 4 . Mik e Lope z (Han) ; 5 . Mark Sam uels (Suz). 12 5 tNT : 1. M ik e Ale s si ( Ha n ): 2 . Andrew Guzma n (Kaw ): 3. Daniel Sani (Hon); 4. Tyl er Keefe (KTM) : 5. A .J . Stelnbe ch (Yam) . 12 5 PRO: 1. Ca le Walla ce (KTM) ; 2 . Sean Colli er (Hen) : 3 . Ky le Mace (Kaw): 4 . Sean O'C onno r (Kaw); 5. J onath an Shimp (Kaw) . 250 NO V : 1. A da m Lan e (S u z) : 2 . Dav e Freem an (Han): 3 . Patrick Bleck e rt (Yam): 4 . Kurt is Kaelin (Yam) : 5. Brock Whitehead (Suz). 2 50 IN T: I. Mike Al essi (Ha n); 2. Da nie l Sani ( Ha n); 3. Rya n Co well (Ha n); 4 . Nic hol as Burson (Ha n) ; 5. Je remy Ferro ( Han) . 250 PRO : 1. Mi chael Sandoval (Han ); 2. Sean O' Con nor (Ha n); 3. Jo n Simmons ( Hon) ; 4 . Cod y Knaus s (Yam ); 5 . Chris Panek (Yam). 5 00 PRO : 1. J on Simmons (Suz). SC HB Y : 1. Mi k e Al essi (Ha n) ; 2 . J eff Alessi (Han ); 3. J oey Bitt o (Yam) ; 4. Mark Sam uel s (Suz): 5. Ty ler O'Neill (Yam) . 25 + NO V: 1. Wayne Coo k (Han) . 25 + INT: 1. Bret Milan (Yam ). 25 + EX: 1. Craig McCa ll (Han ). 30 + BE G: J. Bl a k e Weaver ( H on ) : 2 . Gene Hector (Yam) . 30 + NO V : 1. .Je rod Scoggin (Ha n ); 2 . Way ne Cook (Ha n); 3. .Jes cn Si m mons (Suz); 4. Chr istian Meyer (Yam) ; 5 . Ross Robi nson (SOl). 30 + INT: I. Cole Gress (Suz): 2. Geoff Walt ers (Yam): 3. Adri an Ciomo (Yam) . 30 + PRO ; I. J eff Ward (Ha n) ; 2 . Cra ig McCaH (Han ); 3. Brent Batt in (Han) . 35+ NOV : 1. A ll en G ran t ( Hon ); 2 . Ro ss Robin son (Suz) . 3 5+ INT : 1. Robert Wexler (KTM ). 40 + NOV: 1. J eff Cardone (Han) ; 2. A llen Graf t (Ho n). 4 0+ INT: 1. Adne n ClomoIvem) : 2. Mik e Nas.1 ' (Suz). 40. EX: 1. Brent Battin (Han) .