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bec aus e onc e he got go ing ag ain , he start ed p ic k in g o ff riders li k e it w as 1996 all o ver again. A fte r a few riders had sho rt turns o ut fron t, Hagseth too k the point . and it looked as if he j ust migh t hold o n . His im med iate co ncern wa s th e charging Eva ns, who had m oved into seco nd . Im ag ine Hag seth ' s su rp ris e wh en, with j u s t a c o u p l e o f la p s to g o , it w a s McGrath wh o wa s com ing up on his rear fend er: McGrath had co m e all the way from last to sec o nd and was k nock ing o n th e door. No t man y riders have suc ce ssfully answe re d that cha lle nge , and Hags et h became another not ch on Jerem y ' s bel t. When "Showtlrne" too k the lead . the large cro wd went nu ts , and th ey stayed on the ir feet until McGrath res pond ed with a nac -n ac at the checkered flag . In a po stra c e interview, McGrath ex pressed relie f at ge tt ing th e win, especially afte r losin g the earlier 250cc m ai n. He com plim ent ed th e other riders and stated that thin gs wo uld probably be eve n to ugher when actio n resumed on Sunday . Th at st ate ment wou ld pr ove t o be ee rily proph etic. Grizzlies Stadium Fresno. Califomia Results, November 1 , 2003 (Day n 12.5 HEA T I : I. Eric:: Sorb)' (Kalil ); 2 . Michael Youn g (Sw); 3 . Vince nt Blair (Yam ); 4 . Scott Davis (Kalil ): 5. Cory McDaniel (Suz). 125 HEAT 2 : I. T im We ig and (H an) : 2 . Je r emy Ch<'l u5sr' e (Yam); 3. Eri c Nye (Yam): 4. Josh Cox (YlI m); 5. Nick Dav is (Suz). 125 MAIN ; 1. Eric Sorby (Kaw ); 2. Jeremy Chaussee (Yam) : 3. Mich ael Young (Suz): 4. Tim Weigalld (Hon): 5. Vincent BllI ir (YlIm) ; 6 . Cory McDlln iel (Suz]: 7 . Nick Davis (Suz); 6 . Er ic Nye (Y/lm); 9 Scott Davis (Kaw ); 10 . J osh Cox (Yam) . 250 HEA T 1: 1. Je remy M<::Grllt h (Han ); 2. Rusty Holland (Han) ; 3. David Pingree ISuz]: 4. Billy J urevlch (Hon) ; 5. Mi cha el Young (SUl ). 250 HEAT 2 ; I. Tyler Evans (Suz]: 2. Br ad HlIgseth (Hon); 3 And rew Lebredcr ( Yam ); 4 . Nic k Da vis (Suz ); 5. Denn is Stapleton (Hon ). 250 SEMI I ; I. Cory McDaniel (Sw. ); 2. Buffa lo Sa ito (Hon) ; 3. Paul Temm erma n (5 uz); 4 . Jess Medley (Hon); 5 . Auggle RocInguez (Hon) m 2 50 SEMI 2 ; I. Jeremy Chaus~ (Sw); 2. Jos h COli ( Y.Il ); 3 Ton y Wolf ( Yam ): 4, Jeremy tsreet (Hon): 5. Matt Gaines (Hon). 25 0 LeC : I. Jeremy lstlld (Hon); 2. Robby Baptis ta (Hon): 3. Auggie Rodrigue z ( Hon): 4 . Mati Ga ine s (Hon) : 5. SCOli Roeg ner (Hon). 250 MAI N; I. Tyle r Evans (Suz); 2. Jere my McGrdth (Hon) ; 3 Rusty Holland (Hon) ; 4 Jeremy Chaussee (Suz) : 5. Eric: Nye (Yam ); 6. Dav id Pingree (Suz): 7. Brad Hag!>t'tn (Hon ); B. Josh Co_ (Yam ): 9 Jeremy Israel (Hon); 10. Nic k Davis (Suz). G BNTY HNTR : I. Jeremy Mc: rlltn (Hon ): 2 . Brad Hag!lt't h (Hon): 3 . T yler Evans (Suz); 4. Rusty Holland (Han); 5. David Pingree [ Sue]: 6 . Michael Youn g [S uz]: 7. Eric Sorty (Kaw); 6 . Eric Nye (Yam): 9 Vincen t Blair (Yam ): 10. Jerem y Israel (Hen), Clawson MolorsportsiCMA California Supercross Day 2: Grizzlies Stadium Fantastic Finish! B y ED DIE G RAVEU NE FRESNO. CA . NOV. 2 After the fir st day of the Clawson Mot orsport s Ca li fornia Superc ross provided t he ty p e o f ra cing that makes for li felo ng mem o rie s, it was no surp rise to see another large crowd file into Grizzlies Sta diu m in downtown Fre sno for the sec ond and final day of action . The early birds were treated t o an au t ograph se ss io n th at fea tured Je remy McGr ath . M ik e A less i. Casey Hin son , Michael Youn g and Eri c Sor by , alon g with som e of the c rosso ver racers suc h as skateboarding legend Salman Agah . Th e ce lebrity crossover race added som e m ore en t ert ainm en t to th e alr ea dy full ra ce schedu le . Sim il ar in co nce pt to wha t is now an a n nual A MA Super c r o ss trad it io n , athletes fro m other spo rts were br ought in to c om pete ag a ins t eac h ot her o n identically p r epa red Suzuk i RM m oto rc ycles. Th e outcome ended up bein g very similar to wha t usually happ ens in A nah eim, as well : Victo r Sheldon - who is the J er emy McGr ath of th e J et Sk i wo rld won on both days. N o bil e Tru c k A c c ess or y S ho p dona t ed S 1000 eac h day to relief funds for fam il ies G r izzlies Stadium : For the second day in a ro w , J er emy McGrath (2) and Tyler Ev ans (64) went ba ck and f orth at th e Clawson MotorsportslCMA California Supercross in Fresno. This time, Ev ans took the upset w in over McGrath in the Bounty Hunter ma in event. devasta ted by th e So u thern Ca lifornia wi ld fires. On ce again , th e Pro acti on kicked off with the 125cc heat races . Sorby pic ked up where he left off the ni ght before . st reakin g awa y w ith the first-mote win . The cl osest man to hi m thi s tim e wa s Ma ch 1 Yam aha rid er Eric Nye . David Ping ree switched fr om the 250 he rode on th e ope ning night bac k to the m o re fami liar RM125. He loo ked more comfortable but only serv ed up a fourth -pla ce fini sh in th e sec o nd heat ra ce . J eremy Chaussee to ppe d that on e. follo wed by Tim Weigand and Vin cent Bla ir. M cGrath a nd T y le r Evans set t he pa c e fro m th e st art in 250cc racin g . McG rath co nti nued his w in n ing way s fr om n ig ht o ne b y edging out Evans in the ir heat race . Cha ussee set the pace in the sec ond heat rac e, establishing himself as an al l -aro und rider. Th e 12 5 cc m ain ende d up bein g so mething of a yawne r for those looking for a good rac e for th e win. So rb y was j ust too st rong on his Pro Circuit KX I 25. T he " Fly ing Squirrel" got out front ear ly and chec ke d out . Beh ind him . th ere was a pretty goo d battl e for t he rem ain ing pod ium spo ts . Ping ree , W eigan d and Young we re all in co ntentio n fo r the run ner -up hon ors, but it was th e vet eran Pingr ee who ca m e out on top of the pile. Ru st y H oll an d c o n t in u ed h i s holeshot grab bi ng habi ts in the 250cc main event. The C lawson Motorsports rider was qu ick ou t of the ga te all weekend on his Mota O ne -t uned CRF450R. It didn 't take long for McGrath and Evans to move up to the front. McGrath went on to tak e th e win , over Eva ns, whil e Ho llan d held on to the th ird -place spot. Eva ns a nd M c Gr ath we re placed a t th e rea r fo r t he si ngle-file st art in the B oun t y Hunter ma in eve n t. Loc a l Pro B u ffa lo Sa ito was at the poi nt , but several rid ers cro w ded him in the firs t tu rn once th e green flag waved. Th e f irst rider rea ll y to get o n the gas wa s Eva ns; he started pi cking riders off in g roups. T he Sali nas native was on fire: On the first lap , he passed n o les s than th re e ri d er s in o ne whoop sect ion . McG rath wa s rid ing well , but he ran in to a traffic jam named So rby. It took several lap s fo r M cGra th t o f ind hi s way ar o und . Wh en he did , Evan s had taken th e lead fr om Young and c reated a si zable ga p between himself and sec ond. McGrath mounted a cha rge th at brought the fans to their feet. Unfortunately , th ere j ust were n 't eno ug h laps left: it had taken him too long to get into secand, and Evan s pull ed off the up set vic tory . Sorby did an im pressive job , finishing th ird on hi s 125c c aga ins t a m aj o rit y of bi g b ik es. Evans rec eived a sta nd ing ovat io n from t he cro wd and a giant hu g from his litt le girl. The fans had reason to be pleased. They had just wi tn essed som e of th e best raci ng t h ey co u ld have ho p ed fo r . Th ey saw t h e sport's big gest hero in a rare American Super - 12 5 HEAT 2 : I. J~r~m y Cbe ussee (Yam) ; 2. T im W ~ ig and (Ho n ); 3. Vincent Bla ir (Y am) ; 4. Da vid Pin9r~ (S uz) ; 5. Ro bert Hal'O ld(Yll m) . 125 MAIN : I. Eric: Sorby (Kll W); 2. Dav id Pin9~ (Sw); 3. T im W~igand (Hon ); 4. Mic:har'1 Young (S w); 5. Vin~t Blai r (Yam); 6 Jeremy Chaussee (Yam) ; 7. .Jcsh Cox (Yam); 6 . Robert Haro ld ( Yam); 9 . Scolt OGvis (Suz); 10 . AndraJ labrador ( Yam) . 250 HEA T I; 1. Jerem y McGrath (Han); 2. T yler Evans (S uz): 3. Er ic Nye (Yam): 4. Rusty Helland [ Hon}; 5. Billy Jurevlch (Hon). 250 HEAT 2: 1. Jeremy Chaussee (Suz): 2. Tim Weigand (Han ); 3 . J erem y Israel [Hon]: 4. Jo sh Cox ( Yam): 5 . To ny Wolf (Yam ). 25 0 MA IN: 1. Jere m y McGrath (Han) : 2. T yler Evens (Suz): 3. Rusty Ho lland (Hon) ; 4. .Jeremy Cheussee (Suz); 5. Eric Nye (Yam) ; 6. Tim W~ ig80 d (Hon) ; 7 . Brad H~gseth ; 6 . Josh Cox; 9: Buflllio Soito (Hon ). BNTY HNTR: 1. Tylf"r Evans (Sw ); 2. Jer ffilY McGrath (Hon ); 3 . Eric Sorby (Kaw); 4 . Bred HlIgseth (Ho n); 5. Micha el Young (Suz) : 6. Rusty Holla nd (Hon); 7. Tim Weigand ; B. Eric: Nye (Y<'I m ); 9, Buff<'l lo Sene (Hon); 10 . Jerem y Chaus~ (Suz); II. David Pingree (Suz). cross appea ra nce, as well as a po pul ar un der dog p ulling o ff an up set. T he event wi ll be re m ember ed fore ver by all in attenda nce . It also raised the sta kes and presti ge ov er wh at had been do ne in the past. In a postr ac e int ervi ew, McGr ath said th at he wou ld love to co me ba ck next ye ar, and th at sho uld pr etty much co ver any questi on s abo ut whe ther or no t to co me next y ear . Grizzlies S tadium Fre sno. Ca lifornia Res u lt s: Nov e m ber 2 , 2003 ( Day 2 ) 125 HEAT I : I. Eric Sorby (K..,w): 2. Eric Nye (Yam ): 3. Josh 4. Scou Davis (Kaw); 5. Ja son Ci" rleu " (Yam ). Co ~ ( Yam); Florida Gold Cup Series Round 8: W M aldo olorsports Renner Reigns at Gold Cup Finale t e r r id e r. Izzi, t he r ei gn in g Lo r etta Lynn ' s N at io nal Champion , pu t in c onsi st ently fa st and fla wless la ps o ut fr ont, maint aini ng a five seco nd adva nt age over th e battl e behind him. He took the checke rs for the win. while T iffa ny held off a fur ious last -lap charge by Renner to clai m sec ond . T he res ult set up a fln a l-rno to . sho wdown between th e t wo , with the winner tak ing hom e th e co veted Gold Cup . lu i onc e again prevailed off th e start o n hi s Suzuk i, with Ti ffany and Renner in tow. In a replay of th e first m ota , lui led, w ith th e two title co m bat ants fi ghting it out over second. Tiffa ny set a bli st eri ng pac e bu t was never able to break cl ear of Renner. Jus t befo re th e st art of th e fin al circu it, Renner saw th e o pen in g he was loo k ing fo r and used an insid e lin e in a sweeping right-hand co rn er to fo rce hi s way past Tiffany . Despite his best efforts on the last lap . Tiffany couldn't find a way back around Renn er , and he had t o settl e fo r sec ond in the m oto and the cham p ionship . Their battl e took th em to with in three seconds of Izzi at the fi nish . Renn er too k th e Supermini ti tl e with just th ree po ints to spare over T iffany in the fina l tally. In t he ho tl y co n teste d 2 50cc / 500c c C class , series lead er David Dr ake held a corn fo rt able 31 · point lead co m ing into th e fi nal rou nd . though j ust five poi nt s separate d Bill Sim a and Guy Gelinas in th e battle for sec ond . Brand on Bu c kin gha m too k the fi rst -mote holeshot. with Nat e Franser, Sima . Bill y Nelson and Gelin as m ak in g up th e remaind er of th e to p fi ve at th e end o f th e ope n in g lap. Drak e was outsi de the top 10. Gelinas worked hi s way int o seco nd b y th e end of th e c onte st, w h ile Sim a took fou rt h . pu tt ing hi s seco nd place in th e stan di ngs in jeo pa rdy go ing into the fi nal m ota . Drake enc ount ered p ro blem s and scored a DN F. B y J EFF LAYMAN WALDO . FL. NO V. 1-2 Th e fi na l rou nd of the Flo rida Go ld Cu p Series went off ju st as it had sta rt ed sev en r ounds ea rl ier at th e o pe ner at Gatorbac k : w ith per fect weather and gr eat ra ci ng . Th e com petiti on was fierc e th ro ug ho ut th e 22nd edi tion of th e Unlim ited Sport s series, bu t when th e dus t finally sett led, two riders sto od tall abov e the res t b y tak ing t h r ee class ch am p io ns h i p s: BSY' s Rick y Renner , with w in s in the 85c c ( 12- 13). 8 5cc Junior Mini and Supermini div isio ns : and T eam Gr een ' s t een ag e prod ig y Ky le Chish olm . wh o c la imed titles in th e 125 c c Youth . 125 cc Ba nd 25 0cc / O pen B cl asses. Whil e Chi sh olm c ame int o the final round with his th ree ti tl es all but sec ure d , the Sup ermini cham p ions hip wa s go ing down t o the wir e, as T .J . Tiffan y trail ed Renner by a sing le po int as th ey lin ed up fo r th e final tw o m ot os of th e series. Mich igan 's Dom inic Izzi paid the Gold Cup Seri es another vi sit as part of his prep aration s fo r t he u pcomin g W in t er Oly mpic s, and he joined the fra y in th e Superm ini class t o k eep th in gs interes ti ng for cham p io ns hi p co m ba t ants Renn er and T iffan y . Izzi n ail ed the fir st -mo t a ho lesho t down Waldo 's notoriously long start straight and left Renner and Ti ffany beh ind to sett le th eir fight for the c ro wn in what would bec om e the best ra ce betw een the tw o in th e series . T hro ug ho ut the m ota , th e tw o Yam aha pilo ts we nt at it tooth and nail. each try ing to fin d an adv an t age th at would ca rry them to th e ti tle. T iffan y ran seco nd for most of the co ntes t bu t foun d himself bein g th e pur sued instea d of th e pu r suer, wi th Renne r ne ver more th an a fe w bik elengt hs behind the Turn ing Wheel Sport Cen - ,--- - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - z -c :; S u, u, w , >CD ~ r a. Waldo Motorsports: At t he eighth and f inal ro u n d of the Florida Gold Cup Series in Wa ldo, T .J . Tiffan y (112) captured the 85 cc (14- 15) crown but missed ta k ing h ome the Su pe rm in i title by three points (it went to Ricky Renner). cue I e n e vv s DECEMBER 10. 2 0 0 3 31

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