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Mutant M
otorsports/M
ission Motorcycles F Series
all
Round 5: Sandhill R
anch
3 0 .. B EG; J. Br andon Capdepan (Ka w) : 2. Doug Sc h ram m
(Han); 3. Jere my Nune s (Han); 4. John Sauter (Kaw),
3 0 .. NO V: I. Jeremy Fortin (Yam ); 2. Doug Eisenbei!l (Yam) ; 3 ,
Duane Bon ini (Yam ); 4. Todd Frar u
ene (Yam) .
3 0 .. PRO : I . Dennis Kritzer (Han).
40 .. BEG: I . Bill J ohn son (Han); 2. Kazi Marchewka (Han ); 3.
De Jesus
In De House!
BRENTW OOD, CA , OCT. 26
Sand hill Ranc h in Brentw ood was the site of
round fiv e of the Mu tant Motorspor ts /Mission
M oto rcycl es Fa ll Series . The M utant tra c k
crew had the historic tra ck in race -ready co ndition on Sun day for the m o re th an 4 00 riders
wh o c am e t o wage war on th e m ot ocr oss bat tl efield .
Ron De Je sus from Ma nt eca got his groo ve
on at Sandh ill and 'won both the 12Scc and
250c c Int erm ediat e classe s, aboa rd Yam ahas.
De J esus wo n three out of four m ot os in th e
Int ermedi ate r an ks and th en rac ed on to win
two more m otos in th e O pen clas s.
T re vor Do nl ak from Watson vi ll e wo n the
first m oto in the 250c( cla s s on his Ya m a ha ,
with De J esu s sco ring his on ly sec ond-place
finish fo r th e day, JN Inn ovati on s' Jon " I hav e
th e c oo lest g lasses" Nico laus took th ird .
In m ot o two , De J esu s held th e thrott le
wide open and rode to victory and sec ured th e
o ve r all w in . Do n ia k pl ay ed runn er -up t his
time, ta king second , and he fini shed seco nd
fo r the da y . Ni co lau s again ro de the big Hond a
450 to a third -plac e finish and went hom e in
third plac e for th e week end ,
De J esus ke p t his m om en tum up go in g
into the 125cc m otos, and he won bo th going
away. Rory Rad ovi ch wa s the closest to D e
J esus , f i n is h i n g sec o n d eac h t ime , whi ch
sec ured th e Hond a rid er second plac e overall.
T hird fo r the week end aft er fi nishing th ird in
bo t h m o t o s w as Ya mah a -m ounted W esl ey
Norri s from nearby Gilroy .
In t he Pro classes, Nick D avi s and J eff
North ro p w er e t he overa ll w inn er s. Suzuki
rider Davis wo n both m ot os in th e 125cc cla ss
to t ak e th e money . Sec ond for th e day was
N ort hro p. T ho ug h N o rthr op isn ' t u sed t o
co m ing in sec ond, tha t was actua lly im pres sive , cons ideri ng how poo rly th e bi k e he' d
bo rr ow ed w as running . Co ry M cD ani el rode
co ns istently and went 3 -3 for thi rd overall on
his RM .
Wh en the dust settled in th e 2S0cc cla ss,
No rth ro p emerged th e w inne r after banging
ba rs w i th Ru s ty H oll and in both m o t o s ,
Bot h rid er s rac ed to win , but thi s day wa s
Nort hro p 's, as he rod e hi s Kawasak i to dou ble-rnoto wins, while Holl and fin ished seco nd
eac h time out o n his Hon da 4 50. Davi s was in
Sandhill Ranch
Brentwood. Califom ia
Results: October 26, 2003 (Round
5)
50 BEG: I. Heerher Johnson (lem); 2. Kyle Muller (KTM); 3
Andrew Fag an (Cob ); 4 . Sa mm y Bell (Co b); 5 . Thom as J ord an (Cob ).
50 NOV ; I. Weldey Caspillo (KTM); 2. J.T. Ble ttma n (KTM); 3.
Tyler Burgess (Cob); 4. Scott Crane (Pol); 5. Austin Cowdery (Lem).
50 1NT: 1. Troy Graffunder (KTM.).
50 (0-6) : L Scott c rene (pol) ; 2. Austin Cowdery (Lem ]: 3.
Sammy Bell (Cob) ; 4 . Hunter Wilbors (Cob) ; 5. Andre w Fag on (Co b) .
50 (7-8): 1. Troy Graffunder (KTM) ; 2. J .T. Bleuma n (KTM); 3.
Tyle r Burgess (Co b); 4. Kyle .Iorde n (Cob ); 5. Hea the r J ohnson
(Lem },
50 P/W SHAfT: I. Kyle Murphy (Yam ); 2. Jake Fletcher (KTM);
3. Jo Jo Kelly (Yam).
XR50: I. Vincent liar (Hon) : 2. Sonya Ortega (Hen): 3. Kyle
Solari (Hon ); 4. Chris Hine (Han): 5. Eric Nessen (Hon) .
60 BEG: l . Ryan Fu lton (Kaw); 2. Sleven William s (KTM) ; 3.
T roy Graffunder (KTM); 4. J ustin Del Campo (Kaw); 5. Anthony Neve
(Kaw).
60 NOV: I. Bnen A lquist (KTM); 2. We! Brook! (KTM) ; J. Mark
Braden (KTM); 4 . lack Knudson (KTM) ; 5. Sean A rgyl e (KTM).
60 1
NT: I. J oshua Greco ( KTM) .
60 (0- 8): 1. Mark Braden (KTM ); 2. Troy Graff under (KTM ); J.
Mall Crane (KTM); 4. Gunna r Bie rsdorf (KTM ); 5. Robert Nalezny
(KTM).
60 (9. 1 1): 1. lack Knud son (KTM); 2. Dam on IlIIanaga (KTM);
J. Anlh ony Park s (S uz); 4. Mic hael Fontana (KTM) ; 5. Anth ony Rutter
B Y ED DIE G RA VELINE
SAN JOSE, CA, OCT, 26
It wo uld have been n ice had th e weath er been
m ore co o per ative , bu t the fi nal rou nd of th e
inaug ural Californ ia Motorcycle A ssociatio n
Bay Area IT Cha llenge series was still a great
di sp lay of thrill s, speed , cama raderi e, and fun
in gene ra l. Aft er so me ea r ly clo u d co ve r
burned off , temperatures soared int o th e 90 s,
which is unusua l for th e San Jose area an y
ti m e, let alo ne lat e Oc to ber.
Ju st as in it s siste r Supe rcross series , IT
racers were co m peting for 5 -foot -tall cha m pions hip trophies , as well as tickets to th e 2004
San Fran ci sco Supe rc ross . T ho ug h the nu m ber of ra cers an d spe ctators had gro wn wi th
eac h of the fiv e ro und s, th e IT crow d ca me
tog ethe r lik e a fa mily . Th at po int wou ld be
illu strat ed in great detail at th e series awards
cere mony lat er in th e aft ern oon. But fi rst there
was som e racing that needed to be don e.
Kid s are always a lot of fun to wat ch. Th ey
wear thei r hearts on th eir sleeves and somet imes take co m pe titio n so serio us ly. It' s not
un c om m on t o see a Mi ni rid er c ry aft er
cras hing out of th e lead o r sta lli ng his bike off
th e sta rt. Conver sely , whe n success co m es ,
th eir reacti on to tha t is j ust as, if not more,
remarka ble .
O ne o f the larges t classes was the 6Scc
Novice division . So many riders en tered that
th ey had t o be split into two divisions. Th e to p
riders in th e fir st heat races woul d be reseeded
into the fi rst -di v isio n ma in eve n t , whil e the
slo wer k ids wou ld go to the second div ision .
T he sys te m had been w orki n g we ll in th e
Supercross series , gi vi ng m ost of the rac ers a
chanc e to race aga ins t other riders with sim ilar sk ill levels.
In th e opening heat s, M atthew Sanchez,
Cody Silva, M ichael Pimi k and Wes ley D aor o
set themselves apart from the rest. Silv a and
Da oro both record ed narrow victories in the
o pening ra ces- bu t San chez and Silva stayed
close t o the le aders in their re sp ec tive di vi-
(KTM).
80 BEG 0 - 1: I. Larry QuinlllOil (Han) ; 2. Mi chae l Ascerrunz
(S uz) ; 3 . Ma rk Br own e (Ha n ); 4. J on athan Cha ppa ro ( Yam ); 5.
Cameron Camera (Ha n)
60 BEG 0 -2 ; I . Ky le Goodrich (Han); 2. Amend e Ascerru nz
(Yam ); 3 . Ro bert Va rgas -Rhine (Yam ); 4 . Sean Argy le (Yam); 5.
Jason Kanady (Stu) .
80 NO V; 1. Zach Andrade (KTM ); 2. Jam es Velasco (Hon); ,J .
Tanner Sisson (Kaw); 4. Drew Doran (Suz) ; 5. Micha el Parks (Suz).
601 NT : 1. Preston Mull (Yam ); 2. Josh Duppo ng ( Yam ); 3. Ricky
A kers (Han ); 4. M/ttl Spencer (KTM ); 5. Gered Sink (Kaw).
SIMINI: 1. Kyle Smith (Yam): 2. Mati Spence r (Yam); 3. Josh
Duppo ng (Yam); 4. Presion Mull (Yam ); 5. Jame s Velasco (Han).
60 (8- 11): I. Zach An drade (KTM): 2. Michael Pereuc (K alil ): J.
Christo p her Sp ires ( Yam); 4. Ch ri s Arroy o ( Yam ); 5. Madi s Saue
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12 5 NOV ; I. Matthe w Wi lliam s (Yam ): 2. Ross Threet [Suz]: J.
Dona ld Er te l (Yam); 4. Kyle Smith (Yam ); 5. Anthon y Go nzale z
(Vam).
12 5 INT : J. Ron De Je sus (Yam); 2. Ro ry Radovich (Han) ; 3.
Wesley Norri s (Yam ); 4, Mic hael Carnes (Yam ); 5. Sheena Panerson
(Suz).
125 PRO: 1. Nick Dav is (Suz): 2. Jeff Northrop (K aw ); 3. Cory
McDaniel (Suz); 4. Mike Newnhem (Yam) : 5. Brandon Jones (Kalil).
2 50 BEQ: I. Ry an O'S ulliv an (Yam); 2. Ron Len Jr . (Yam ): 3.
Kevin Wilson ( Yam ): 4. Josh Stebenher (Y ll m) ; 5. Kyle Thorn to n
(Suz).
2 50 NOV : 1. Chri s Redm ond (Yam ): 2. .Jescn Voss (Han); 3 .
Casey Kiernan (Yam): 4. Joel Rich (Han) ; 5 . Jerem y John son (Yam) .
250 INT: I. Ron De J esus (Yam ): 2. Trevor Donia k (Yam) ; 3.
Jon Nicolaus (Han); 4. Micho el Carnes (Han ); 5 . Aaro n Youse (Han).
250 PRO; I. J eff Northrop (Ka w); 2. Rusty Holla nd (Han) : 3 .
Nick Davis (S uz); 4. Cory McDanie l (Suz); 5. Mike Newntt am (Yam).
4 ·STR K 9 0 - 150: 1. Robe rt Alqui st (Han); 2. Donn y Pacin i
(Yam); 3 . Cody Masonek (Han) ; 4. A .J . Jon es (Suz): 5. Brett Hein
(Han) .
OPEN: 1. Ron De J esus (Yam): 2. Jon Nico laus (Han); 3. Aaron
Youse (Han) : 4. Matth ew Lozada (Han) : 5. Casey Klerne n (Yam).
WMN: 1. Sbeene Patterson (Sue]: 2. Stephanie Canci lla (Han): 3.
Amanda Kutchera (Yam) ; 4. Am anda As cerre nz (Yam) : 5. J ollie Nav a
(Han) .
SCHBY : 1. Ro ss Th reet (Suz) : 2. A ntony Gcm alez (Yam): 3 .
Mat th elll Williams ( Yam ); 4. J ustin Mo rgan (Yam ); 5 . Kyle Sm ith
(Yam ).
Sandhill Ranch: Ron De Jesus was
on the gas in Brentwood, California,
winning the 125cc and 250cc Intermediate
classes at round five of the Mutant
MotorsportslMisslon Motorcycles Fall
Ser ies, De Jesus also won the Open c lass.
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OFC: 1. Nick Dav is (Suz).
Going Out in Style
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DECEMBER 3 , 2003'
5. Anth on y Neve M an) .
XR OUTL4r.W UIL; 1. Robert Alqui st (Han) .
CMA Bay Area IT Challenge
Round 5: Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
60 ( 12 . 16) : 1. Preston Mull (Yam); 2. J ames velesco (Han): J.
c. J . A kers (Hon ); 4. LarryQuinlang (Han): 5. Ray Kurti Jia (Han).
12 5 BEG 0 ·1 ; I. Chase My ers (Yam) : 2. Tadd Whitmore (Yam ):
3. Derek Cappi ello ( Yam) : 4. Brandon Stebenber [Yarn]: 5. J erem y
Bayes (Kalil ).
12 5 BEG 0 -2 : I . Hark in Sheedy (Yam); 2. Shelby Pagel (Yam) ;
3. Ni ck Ei den (Suz); 4. Stephan ie Canc illa (Han); 5. Lack J ohnson
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(Han ).
XR OUTLAW MOO ( 5 0 · 90c c ): 1. Steve Lcv aazen o (Han); 2.
Tyson Tiago (Han) ; 3. Derek Bee (Han); 4. Twi sty McPhearson (Han);
T roy Mey ers (Han); 4. Ron Stoneham (Han ): 5. Steve Dover (Han).
40 .. NOV ; I . Carme n Ogine (Yll m ).
40 .. INT 1. Gary Arno ld (Yam).
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th e hu nt aga in, and he went 4 -3 for third overall on his Suzuki.
Spe ak ing o f D avi s, the Suzuki rid er wa s
in vol ved in o ne of the best Da sh For Cas h
ev ents in a l o n g t ime . Aft e r H oll an d an d
Nort hrop took each other out on the fir st lap ,
Davis had th e best chanc e to wi n the featured
even t. It cam e down to the last few feet of the
final turn , where Dav is j ust sim p ly went for it .
Dav is manage d t o edge out race -lo ng leader
De J esu s b y go ing in side o n t he final turn
befo re the checke red fi ag . It could not hav e
been much cl oser, and th e tw o really had th e
crowd go ing.
Here' s a qu ick rund own of who was on to p
of the game this weekend in the 50 cc clas ses.
In th e 50 cc Begin ner cl ass, Heath er John son
wh ipp ed up on the guys by taking th e overall
on her Lem . KTM rider Wes ley Cas pillo went
2- 1 t o ta k e th e o ve ra ll in th e 50c c Nov ic e
cl ass, ove r J .T. Blattma n and Ty ler Burgess .
Tr oy Graffunder won th e 50c c Int erm ed iat e
c l a ss , as w e ll as t h e SOc c ( 7- 8 ) c lass;
B latt m an wa s sec on d in the age -g ro up c ont est , whil e B u rges s w as again third . K T M m o unted Scott Cr ane fr om Bel m on t was the
w inner i n th e SOc c (0, 6 ) cla ss . Le m p il ot
A usti n Cowdery fini shed seco nd , and Sammy
Bell took third on a Cobra.
By R AND Y HElM
XR OUTLAW ( 9-1 2); 1. Brian Alquist (Han).
XR OUl1J\W STK (0 .4 9cc): J. C. Budd (Han); 2. Daniel Nava
(Han) ; 3. Doug Freschren (Han); 4. Shane Weiss (Han); S. P.K. Kehoe
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Santa Clara County Fa irgrounds: Brad
Ric hard (382) and Dave Maxwell (371)
swapped wins throu ghout the series in th e
'70s Singles division, Richard came away
with the final-round victory In San Jose,
California, as well as the series title ,
sio ns. They wou ld all sq ua re off in the firstdi v isio n m ain event. Th e afor em ention ed riders set a quic k pace, alo ng w ith Ryan Murphy ,
wh o was ha ving a grea t series c am pa ign as
well. In th e fi nal m om ent s, Sanch ez m ade a
m ove for the lead , disp lacing Silva, and rode it
o ut to t he c heckere d fl ag . M urphy fi nis he d
th ird , beh in d Silva , but ahead of Pirnik an d
Daore.
Robert "J acob" Olmo s deserves m ention
for his 65cc cam pa ign as well . A fter ju st m issing the cut to get int o the fir st -di vi sion fina l, he
went on a mi ssion. He rode wit h con fidence on
the wa y t o w inni ng t he D ivision Tw o m ain ,
which would serve as a warm up for his 85 cc
conq uest.
Speak i ng of 85cc r i d e r s , th er e wa s a
healtlhy group of them assem bled at t1h e final
race as well. On c e agai n , two divisions were
nec essary t o accommodate t he en tries. Th e
name Pirn ik was in th e mix again , only th is
time it wa s the older Steven at the gr ips . He
won his heat ra ce, despite th e efforts of Jacob
Ka rr. Br iar Bauman won th e other heat aft er
battling with J arr od Murray .
Kar r and Stev en proved to be th e top dogs
in the peak aft erno on heat . Steven was ab le to
ho ld off Karr and take the fin al first pla ce of
th e series. Karr settled for second but took a
who le lot of comfo rt in k nowing th at he had
just sec ured the cham p io nsh ip . M ur r ay fin ished th ird in th e m ain, fo llo we d by one of the
fa st est girls ou t there - B rook e Hodges, who
pr o ved she co uld hang w ith th e fellas after
t aki ng th e series c ro w n in the Powd er Puff
div is io n , T err y Sm ith was fi ft h , fo ll owe d b y
O lmos, who k ept hi m self in the elite firs t div ision on his Ka wasaki.
As m en tion ed ea rlier, the day - and the
ser ies . f or that m atter - concl uded w ith an
awards presenta tion . Supercross tickets and
gia nt tr ophies we re acco mpa nie d by smi les
and applause fro m th e frie ndly crowd. Th ere
wa s a ge nui ne sens e o f fam i ly w hen th e
awards we re gi ven out. Competit or s and fam llies all applauded th e w inners. It was a great
way to fin ish a great series and demonst rat ed
the health of m ot o r c y cl e raci ng In th e Bay
A rea . It also sent a strong m essag e to series
organizers that the loca l cro wd wou ld be more
th an happy to have t1hem back .
PP: I. Michell e Silva (Ha n) : 2. Brook e Hodges (Kalil ): 3. Myr iah
Swift (Yam); 4. Renee Dominguez (Han).
50 F(T : 1. Bradley Dacre (KTM); 2. Josie Romin e (KT M): J. Isaiah Castro (KTM) ; 4. William Eversole (KTM); 5. Reece Domingue z
(KTM).
50 (0. 6 ): L Mitchell Oulletle (KTM) .
5 0 (7 -8 ); I. David Gu ardanap o (KTM) ; 2 . T ravi s Atvernez
(K TM); 3. Brandon Duran (KTM ); 4. Ch ris top her Ramos (Han); S.
Domin ic Monterosso (Cob ).
50 MOD : 1. Dominic Col indries (KTM); 2. A u~tin Scaggs (Yam );
3. Brandon Dur an (KTM) .
50 X: I . Dea n Guardanapo (KTM); 2. David Guard a nepo (KTM) .
5 0 ADULT : 1. Joe Sanch ez (Han): 2. David McPherson (Han) .
6 5 NOV 0 ·1 : 1. Matth ew Sanchez (KTM) ; 2. Cody Silva (Kaw);
3. Ryan Mu rph y (K aw); 4. Mi cht'lel Pim ik (KT M); S. W