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be. But, hey , I' ll tak e it . In ra ci ng , yo u go tta have luck ." T he Ha lbert br oth ers ca me hom e o ne -two, wi t h Ha rr ell o n th e bo x i n thi rd . Moore and Rod Spence r round ing out the top fiv e. "Well . I j ust got th e ho lesh ot, put m y he ad d ow n and he ld the inside lin e: J et hro sa id. "T he track started t o g e t littl e r uts in it, b ut it h el d t og eth er p retty good . It was a fun race. " By wi nn in g all but one of the Saddleme n Open Vi ntage m ain events this yea r, defendi ng cha m p ion Rick Hock in g already wrapped up his seco nd c o nsec u t i v e nu mbe r -o ne p la te, and the ma in eve nt was all Hoc king , as he won hi s seventh O pen Vin tage m ain o f the seaso n, w ith M earle Barnett a cl os e seco nd. Brad Spenc er , Steve Hall and J eff " Speedy " Go nzales rounded out the top five . T he Ho nd a Top Gu n 4 50c c c las s had Ventura winner Mik e Rus h o n t he pol e . W ith t he fl ash of g r ee n , Rush fl ew int o tu rn o ne and hit t he d irt . A s everyo ne safel y got by Rush , J us t i n F ilice (son o f fo rm er GNC superstar dirt-track er and ro ad ra cer Jimbo F il ice) led th em down th e bac k straight, w it h Ian F ould s in seco nd, fo llowe d b y Bradl ey Sp en c er Jr. . Rodn e y Sp en c er J r. a nd Ri ck y H oll en bek . Fou ld s then we nt to work o n Justin , slowly reeling hi m in . With two laps to go, F o u ld s t r ied t o p ut a m o v e o n Just in , but t he re just w asn 't en ough r o om. J ust i n l ed th em h om e , w it h Fo u l d s clos e b ehind hi m . Br ad l e y Spe ncer J r. , Rod ney Spencer Jr. an d Holl enbek ro unded out th e top fiv e. It was a dou ble v ic to ry for, the Pro Beauty / M oto M. D . Racin g T eam , as Open Pro c ha m p io n Brick er' s tea m ma t e Ri c h ard Arno ld c losed o ut the season w it h the Honda Top Gu n 450cc Ch amp ion ship plate. eN Grizzlie s Stadium Fresna. Califamia Results: Navember 15, 2003 [Raund 8 aI 81 OPEN P RO : 1. J eth ro Ha lber t (Ho n) ; 2. S a m Ha lbe rt ( Ro t) ; 3 . Do nni e Har rell ( W- R); 4 . Nic k y Moore (Hon ); 5 . Rod Spen cer (Yam) ; 6. John Hlebo III ( Ho n); 7 . Bea u B ro wn (W . R) : 8 . Jim my Woo d ( Ha n ) ; 9. Tho m as Car riger ( Hen ) : 10. Ke nny Car lotta ( Han ): 11. Je remy Hann ah (Hon) ; 12. Kevin Br icker ( Ho n) ; 13 . C h ris Canepa (Hon ) ; 14 . Mikey Ru sh (Han ); 15 . J esse Sanchez (W· R) . SADDlEMEN OPEN V I NT: I . Ri c k Hoc k i n g (Ya m) ; 2 . Mearl Barnett (Yam ); 3 . Brad Spence r (Yam ); 4 . Steve Hall (Yam) ; 5 . Jeff Gonza lez (Yam ) ; 6 . Robert Scally (T ri); 7. Larry Hanna h (Hon ); B. Dan Phillips (Yam ) ; 9 . Jerry Kenn edy (T ri ); 10 . Richard Comer (Yam ) ; 11. Wa yn e Warring ton ( T ri) ; 12 . Marsh Runyon (H . D ) : 13. Ja y Go svenor (Yam ) . . HONDA TOP GUN 450: 1. Justi n Fili ce (Ya m) : 2 . Ian Fou ld s (Hon ) ; 3 . Bradley Sp en c er ( Hon ) : 4 . Rodney Spen cer J r. (Yam) ; 5 . Rick Hollenbek (Ya m): 6 . Dan iel Br own (Yam) : 7. Gar y Geo rges ( Yam): 8 . John Rand olph ( He n) : 9 . A ar on Ran dolph (Yam ): 10 . Br andan Bergen ( Ho n) : 11. Richard Arnold ( Ho n) : 12. Danny Gi gu ere ( Hon): 13. Mike Rush (Han); 14 . Paul Warne (KTM) ; 15 . M ike Pou lsen ( Ho n) . GENE ROM ERO 'S WEST COA ST FlAT TRACK SER I ES POI NTS S T ANDING S ( Af t er B of B rounds) : OPEN PRO : I. K e vin B ri cker (115 /1 w in ) : 2 . Jesse Sa nchez (101); 3 . Ke nn y Ca r lo tta (91) ; 4 . John Hle bo III (8 0/1 w in) : 5 . J immy Wood ( 69 / 2 w ins) ; 6 . To ny So uza (67): 7 . Beau B rown ( 6 4/1 win ): 8. Ke n Ne tto (56 ) : 9 . Mike Besemer (53) ; 10. Rick Hock ing (49) ; II. Sha w n Ragg io (46); 12. Chris Ca nepa ( 45) ; 13 . D a vi d B rown (4 4) ; 14 . Jeth ro Ha lbert (42 /1 w in ) ; 15. Jer emy Han n ah (33) . SADD lEMEN OP EN VI NT : 1. Ric k Hocking (172/7 wi ns) ; 2. Steve Ha ll ( 129) ; 3 . Paul Ru sin (95 ) : 4 . Bra d Spe ncer (59): 5 . Rod Spe nce r (47 /1 w in) ; 6 . Robert Han sen (46); 7 . Joe Car rera (43) ; 8 . Rob ert Sc all y (4 1); 9. Davi d Nan c e (39) ; 10. Denn is Pinhe ir o (3 6) : I I. (T IE) Wayne Warring ton / Dan Philli p s (3 1): 13 . John Proto (29) ; 14. Ear l Wat son (2 8); 15. B;ll Kolkman (27). HO NDA TO P GUN 45 0 ; 1. Rich ard A rno ld (9 8); 2 . Da niel Brow n (7 5 ); 3 . Rod ney Spenc er J r. (69/1 w in) : 4 . J ohn Rando lp h (65): 5. Paul Wa m e (60 ); 6 . Ja m ie Ni c ely (5 1): 7. Brandan Berge n (44 ); 8 . Dann y G ig u e r e ( 4 3); 9 . ( T I E) Ch ri s Ca n e p a ( 42 /1 w in) /Just in Herm esk y (42 ) : 11. Ian Foul ds (3 9): 12 . Justi n Filice (36/1 win ); 13. Rick HoJlenbek (33): 14 . Brad Rudy (31 ) ; 15. (T IE ) M ik e Per tllo/Cberle Potts (30). Seeyour localdealero rcontact F Racing MF 180 . S Fe Ae R 33S anta v .. anchDDDminguez. 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