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GFI Racing Fall National Series North/South Showdown Racetown 395 J u stin Keeney made h is GFI Racing Pro debut a successful one, as he ra n away with the 125cc Pro-elass w in at the GFI Racing Fall National Series North/South Showdown at Racelown 395 in Adelanto, California . S T O RY A ND P HO T O S B Y G RE G R O B E RT SO N ADELANTO,CA,OCT.19 ft er wha t was onl y h is first race as a Pro with GFI Racing, Justin Ke en ey w ent hom e with the fir st place m on ey in th e 125c c Pro class during th e GFI Ra cing /G oat E y ewea r / Fantasy Muffler/Motul /B oy e sen /S c ott -sponsored Fall Nati onal Series North/South Showdown , held at Racetown 395 in Adelanto . Keeney made his intenti ons clear when he imm ediatel y put h is new KX250F int o th e lead as th e singl e 20 -m inute 125 cc Pro m oto got under wa y . Northern rider Er ic McCrummen g ated in sec ond p lac e, ahead of Kyle Ma ce, Sean Colli er and Leo T idwell. It may have been his ina ugura l Pro ra ce w it h GFI, but Ke en ey looked li ke a sea so n ed Pro as h e re e le d o ff o ne consiste nt lap aft e r an other to tak e the win virtua lly un c on t est ed . " I reall y wan t ed to stay Int ermedi ate f o r anoth er ye a r, b ut I w o n at Pon ca , and th e NMA an d AMA m ade m e m o v e up , " said the Kawa sa k i Te am Gr een /Thousa nd Oaks K aw a saki/RG 3/ FM F/ Dun lop- bac k ed Keeney as he relaxed after his v ictory . "I wa s getting a little tired at th e end, 'ca use I was gett ing nervo us because I d idn 't wa nt to crash. Th e tr ack was fun tod ay ; it's a lo t more loo ser th an I usu all y rid e on, so it was a littl e d if fe rent , but I lik ed it." M c Cr u m m e n h e l d down seco nd p la c e u p un t il t h e pen ultimate l a p , when Col lier w as able to ma k e t he pass. Mac e di ced wi th Coll ie r for the fir st half of th e rac e and eve ntually A 38 NOVEMBER 19, 2003' EO U EO fin i sh e d a close f o u r t h , a h ea d o f Da ryl Ecklund and Matt McCrummen. Garret Ordelman escaped wi th th e early lead in the one-shot 2 0- m inute 250cc Pro mote , ahead of Brandon Mil st ead, Ch ris B a r rett , Matt, a n d Ryan Cow ell. Ordelman built a slight advantag e as M ilstead , Barrett an d M ac e a ll t o o k th e ir turn s h old ing do wn se c o nd pl ac e at o ne ti m e o r ano the r durin g th e race. With j us t a co up le of lap s rema ining, Matt pu t o n a cha rge that saw him ru nn in g ou t fron t as the white flag flew . Ordelman e n ded up w ith t h e se c ond-pl a ce m on ey , ahead of Ma ce , with Cowell fini sh ing a resp ect ab le fourth in h is GF I Racing Pro -cla ss debu t. Ec klund ro un de d o ut the t o p fi ve , ahead of Barrett and Milst ead . M ik e A l essi wa s hi s usu a l d om i nant sel f aboard his st ab le of Varn e r /Alloy- back ed H on d a s . Al es si e a s i ly w e nt si x fo r si x to top t h e Sc ho o lb oy, 12 5 c c and 250cc In te r m ediate fields . Ty ler Ke efe p il oted o ne of the new Honda CRF 25 0R s t o a 3- 2 t a ll y in t he 125c c Int erm ed i at e cl ass for seco nd overall, ove r th e 4 -3 Northern rider Kyle Kent (2 9 9 ) and Mike Alessi (800) share the holeshot in the fi rst 125cc Intennediate mete, Alessi went on to w in this class, as well as the Schoolboy and 250cc Intennediate contests. I e n e vv s score of Andrew Guzm an and the 5 -4 finishes of Robert Memoli. Corey Murphy and J ared Minor each picked up a second -place mo t o fin ish in t h e 250cc Int erm ed iat es, wi th Mu rphy 's com i ng in the all -im portant , t ie break ing second outing . Yamaha- mou nte d T oph er Ingalls finish ed off th e F all Na tional Se ries w ith w ins in both th e ao c c Interm ed i ate a nd Sup ermini c lasses . Ing all s ace d both Inte rmedia te ra c es , with Ty e Ham es k eep in g him ho n est in round one. Ham es was unable to fin i sh m oto t w o , w hich l eft t he door op en fo r A ustin Eit el to go 4 -2 for the second -p la ce trop hy , ov er t h e 3 -3 tally of Nort hern rid er Dust in Eno chs. Ingalls and Ham es went at it again in the first Supermin i mot o, bu t a lastlap fa ll on the part of Ingall s dropp ed him fro m first to th ird , behind Hames and Eitel. Moto t wo wa s all In galls' , as he l ed eve ry in ch of t he way to earn h is secon d overa ll of t he d ay . Eitel w ent 2- 2 fo r sec ond , ahea d of the 1-4 score of Hames and th e 6 -5 effort s of Mich ael Leib . As u sual , Jeremy M cCo ol a n d Ste ven Tokarski argued o ver the lead in b oth t he 60cc N ov i c e a n d 60 c c Open events, with McCool pr eva iling th is week. McCool and Tokarski split m oto wins in the Novice ranks , with Mason McBride crossing the line with a pair of thirds . Tokarski won th e first Open race , but a crash earl y in moto t wo set the sta ge for McCool to go 2 - I for th e overall honors . Se cond pla ce went to th e 3 -3 rid es of Garrett E ckman , wh o w a s f oll ow ed by T okarski ( 1-5) . eN Raceto wn 395 Adelanto , California Re.ulb: October 19. Z003 IFinal Round) 50 ST K P/W (4 -6) : I. Kyl e Greener (KTM) : 2. Jor dan Rosa (KTM). 50 STK ( 4 · 6) : I. Jose Cejo (Pol); 2 . Ky l e Greener (KTM) ; 3. Jor dan Rosa (KTM) . 50 STK ( 7· 8): I. Brady Ki esel (Pol) : 2. Bryce Lords ( KTM) ; 3. Co le Gardner (KTM); 4 . la ne Gardner ( KTM); 5 . Ky le G reener (Po l). 50 OPEN: 1. Brady Kiesel (Pol) ; 2. Bryce Lords ( KTM) ; 3. La ne Gardn er ( KTM) ; 4 . Ry an Matt ers (KTM ); 5. Nich ola s Jones (lem) . 60 Frr: I. Matthe w Callender (KTM). 60 BEG : 1. Kyle Wolack ( Kaw) ; 2. Brady Kiesel (K aw ); 3. Bry an Bur ch ( Ka w) . 60 NOV: l. Jeremy McCool ( Ka w) ; 2. Stev en Tokarsk i (Ka w); 3 . Ma son McB ride ( Ka w) ; 4 . Jo rdan Bums ( Kaw): 5. Colton Sanders ( KTM) . 60 EX : 1. Michae l Leib (Kaw); 2. Bryce Stewart (KTM). 60 OP EN: I. Jerem y McCool (Kaw) ; 2. Garrett Eck man (KTM) ; 3. Steven Tok arski (Kew ): 4. J ordan Burns (Kew ) : 5. Kyle Wolack (Kaw). 8 0 BEG : 1. Derek Ste phens (Hon); 2 . Garrett M o rri so n ( Yam) ; 3. Na sh A nd er so n ( Su z) ; 4 . Christopher Gaum er (Han); 5. Donny Fish (Kaw ). 80 NOV : 1. T revor A llred (SUl) ; 2 . Devi n Roth (Hon ); 3. Dy la n La ne (Yam ); 4 . A rm ando Ag ui lar (Yam ): 5. Shawn Butl er (Yam) . 80 tNT: 1. Toph er Ingalls (Yam) : 2 . A ustin Eitel (Hon); 3 . Du st in En och s (Yam); 4 . T rav is Bright (Yam) ; 5. Mic hael Leib (Kew} . 80 EX : I. Cole Seely (Suz} . 8 0 OPEN : 1. Cole Seely (SUl): 2. Topher Ingall s (Ya m); 3. Du st in En och s (Ya m) ; 4 . Phill ip Thorstensen (Yam); 5 . Trevo r A llred (Suz) . S/M IN I: I. Tophe r Ingalls (Yam) ; 2. Au stin Eitel (Hon) ; 3. Tye Hames (Ka w) : 4. Michae l Leib (Kaw); 5 . Phillip Thorstensen (Yam ). WMN: 1. J enna EJlis (Yam). SCHBY : 1. Mik e Alessi (Han) ; 2. J ustin Keeney (Kaw); 3. Derreck Murp hy (KTM); 4 . Robert Memoli (Hon); 5 . Ja red Minor (Yam) . 4- ST RK OPEN : I . Cor ey M urph y ( Yam) : 2. Lindsey Wadsworth (Yam) . 12 5 BEG : 1. Paul L aroc qu e ( Yam) ; 2 . Kyle Beh lin g ( Yam) ; 3 . Bobby Hesse ( Yam); 4. T rey Garcia (Kaw) ; 5 . Daniel Shaw (Yam) . 12 5 NOV: 1. Beau Wi egand ( Yam) ; 2 . Ma rk Samuels (Suz); 3. Tanner Langha m (Kaw); 4. Johnny Kerslake (Yam); 5 . Mike Lopez (Han ). 125 INT: 1. Mi ke A lessi ( Hon); 2. Tyler Keefe (Han) ; 3 . And rew Guzman (Kaw) ; 4. Robe rt Memoli (Han) ; 5 . Jar ed Minor (Yam). 125 PRO : 1. Ju sti n Keen ey ( Ka w ) ; 2 . Sean Co ll ier (Han ); 3 . Eric McCrummen (Kaw) ; 4 . Kyl e Mace (Kaw); 5. Dary l Eck lund (Han ). 250 NOV: 1. Ad am Lane (SUl ); 2 . Ju stin McCoy (Yam ); 3. Dust in Will iam s (Han ); 4 . Mik e Cundari (Yam ); 5. Patr ic k Bleck ert (Yam ). 250 tNT: 1. Mik e A lessi (Han ); 2. Corey Murphy (Yam); 3 . Jar ed Minor (Yam); 4 . J osh La Fo untaine (KTM); 5 . Came ron Brown (Yam) . 25 0 PRO : I. Matt McCrum men (Suz) ; 2. Gerri t O rd el m an ( Yam ); 3 . Ky le Mac e ( Ka w); 4 . Rya n Cowell (Han) ; 5 . Daryl Ec k lund (Han ). 500 PRO: 1. Chr is Barrett (Han). 25. BEG: 1. Tim othy Burk olt (Han ). 25. INT: 1. Bret Milan (Yam). 30. BEG: 1. Andrew Shie lds (Ha n) . 30. NOV: 1. J arod Scoggi n (Han) . 30. INT: 1. Geoff Walters (Yam). 30 . PRO : 1. Phil Dowell (Yom) . 35. NOV: 1. Stacey Rowe (Yam) ; 2. A llen Grant (Hon). 35. INT : 1. Eric Casas (Suz). 4 0 . NOV : J . Stacey Row e (Ya m) : 2 . Je ff Car do ne ( Ho n); 3. Rob ert Ri p ley ( Yam) ; 4 . Allen Grant (Han) : 5. Brad Sloan (Han) . 4 0 . tNT : 1. Er ic Casas (S uz); 2 . Milton M ize (Hon).