CCS Florida Region
Homestead·Miami Speedway
May Sets New Record
at Homestead
By LISA
THEOBALD
HOMESTEAD, FL, FEB. 8
eo ff May set a new lap record at Homestead-Miami Speedway during the Unlimit·
ed Grand Prix race at the CCS Florida seasonopening event. May ran his fastest lap during
the white-flag lap. His time of I:26.56 was the
fast est to date aro und the rec onfigured track.
He only raced tw ice, but he spectacularly started and ended the day with victories. In bot h the
GTO and Unlimited Grand Prix classes, he was
gridded midpack and had to maneuver through
traffic to take the lead - and once he go t to the
front , he continued to pick up the pace and
open up a gap on the rest of the field.
Marco Martinez nabbed the holeshot in the
Unlimited Grand Prix race and led the first few
laps, but Rick Narup took over the lead after
G
Mart inez erred and d rove int o tu rn two way
too deep. On the ne xt lap, May sw ung aro und
the o utside of Narup in tum on e and claimed
th e le ad , After that, he never loo ke d back.
Behind him, the battle (or second place was in
full force. as Darren Luck maneuvered through
traffic and into the front of the field. In the final
run for the checkered flag, May pulled a
maneuver remin iscent of his teammate Michael
Barnes: He rode his GSX-RI 000 across t he
start/finish line in a stand-up wheelie with a nod
to the spectators.
"I had to show everybody that I know how
to do a wheelie," he e xplained later; on the
podium. May commented on breaking the track
record, stating . " I think I could have gone faster,
actually. I got kind of tired silting around all day
[in between his two events]. I didn't feel as
great as I did this morning. so I'm impressed
that I was able to do that."
In th e Exp e rt fie ld, Marti nez swe pt t he
podium wit h t h ree first -pl ace f in ish es, In
Heavywe ight Superspo rt , Mid d leweight
Sup erbike and Middlew eight Gra nd Prix. He
also fin ished sec on d in GT O . Unlimited
Supe rsport , Middlewe igh t Supers port and
Heavyweig ht Superbike .
Amateur J.B. Layman was the w inningest
racer o f the weeke nd event. w ith fo ur firstplace finishes . He w on t he Amateur GTU .
Middleweight Sup e rs po r t , H e avyw e ight
Supe rsport and Middleweight Gra nd Prix races .
He a lso fin is hed secon d in Middl e w e igh t
Supe rb ike.
Bo ros (Ho n) ; 5 . Proky Dold jsi (Hon) . EX M/W GP : I.
Mar co Haninet (Yam) ; 2. Ch r is Hu nt (Suz); 3. Thomas
Pfune r (Suz) ; of. Gabreal Palmer (Y ; 5 . Maurido Roque
am)
(Sey (Suz) ; • . Jim Pihokken (50,); S. Jo (Su,) ; • . Cnig Wh Ru;, (Hon) ; • .
):
Robert Enriquez (Suz); S. Rupert Greer (Yam). EX F"'O : I.
Edward Us (Suz); 2. laz Dial (Y
am): 3. Eric Kunuk (Suz); of.
David Mo s co so (Su t) ; 5. Joseph Pla na (Yam) . AM
THNDR/BI<: I. Rudolf Schad>.."... (Lav); 2. Donny Wright
(Kaw) ; 3. Mark Te nn (Yam) : 4. Anton io Pinon (Due) ; 5 . Jan
jam ine (Hoo) . EX THNDR/B I<: I. ClvUtop/>e< Boy (Bim);
2. MiChael Mills (Suz); 3. Ft-ancisc Gomez (Suz ): of Jose ph
o
.
Bruce (Han); S. RDben Kenler (Suz).
78
Over The Hill Gang Race
Los Angeles County Raceway
King Conquers LACR
By CHRIS
CUMBO
PALMDALE, CA, FEB. 14
n the third Over The HillGang meeting of
the season, held at Los Angeles County
Raceway, C hris King won the overall in the
Over 38 Novice class.
Michael Pen ta led the 19-rider pack around
the trac k. The man on t he cha rge was Craig
McCarley, who got from a poo r start but was
on his game unt il he came up on Penta, who
w en t d ow n befo r e t he d oub le s sec ti o n .
McCarley, wh o had been tripling a later section
of the co urse, the n stalled, along with Penta, on
the white-flag lap, and King got around them
both (or the lead and held it to the finish. Penta
followed McCarley to the finish line, both way
beh ind King. Bob Blake finished a strong fourth .
Syd Wood was fifth.
O n t he se co nd go-aro und , G re g Traver
showed the class the fast way aro und the track,
closely followed by King. After a poor showing
in his first moto, Rodney Jenson was running in
third. Blake con te mplated do ing the tri ple jump,
but bef ore he could a ttempt it , his goggl es
mudded up and his fron t end washed out in the
whoops. Wood ma de the pass on Blake just
before he fell, and then he pressured Jenson.
McCarley had gotten another poor start, but he
moved all the way up to fifth. Traver held on for
the mote win, but King carried the overall flag
for Honda with a 1-2 punch.
O
In th e O ver 30 Begin ner clas s, Todd
Mohrhase r blast ed out of the gate first, but the n
C urtis Trave r took the lead with a turn-two
pass . Trave r a nd Shawn Sum mers dou b led
through the whoop section together; Summe rs
tripled the next section and took over the lead.
Then Summers and Mohrhase r went down , and
Trave r inhe r ite d the lead aga in, followed by
Sean Ridder, who rode strongly.
Ridd er was out to take t he overall in the
second moto, and he got a great start, but he
was heavily pr essur ed by Traver, who sailed
ove r all the table tops . O n the third lap, Trave r
made his move in the whoop section, which he
was doub ling. Mohrhaser was not out of it yet ;
he closed in on Ridder, but he ran out of time .
RESULTS
]0 + BEG: I. C u n is Trave r, 2. Se an Ridder; 3. To d d
Mohrha ser . JO + NOV: l. Micha e l Rasch ke : 2. Aar o n
Luns fo rd; 3. Dav id Zamora. ]0 + IN T: I. Eric Brust: 2.
Bernard Daily; 3. Mike 5chulhof; 1. Pete Pete rson: S. Kenard
Upscomb. 30 + EX : I. Mark Stuen ; 2. Sco tt McCol lough; 3.
Kon Blur. 30 + PRO : I. Jason Larson: 2. Mike Hort on ; 3.
Mike Geim . ]8 + BEG : I. Steve Todd ; 2. Man Morgan; 3.
Kim 1Gns1ow. l8 + NOV: I. Ch ris King; 2. Craig McCarley;
3. Syd Woods; of Erik Hecsta, ]8 + INT: I. Dan La'Nhom; 2.
.
John Fan-; 3. Eric Barr, of. David V...kJve. ]8 + EX: I. Tom
Pulliam: 2. OavKI Fajardo; 3. Chuck Bennett. 38 + PRO: l.
C r aig Hofmeister. 4S + BEG: I. Steve Mizrah i; 2. Ken
Atelian ; 3. SteYe l.andsberg. ofS+ NOV: I. Mark Martin ; 1.
Joe See rn ; 3. Carl Po we ll; of . John Adams; S. Ried Fran ke .
45 + INT: I. Chris Cu mbo ; 2. Le e Evan s; 3 . Vince nt
Gonzales. 45 + EX: I. Jeff Blilt; 2. Jose Root. 45 + PRO: r.
Rick Johnson : 2. Mike A1tenhofel: l . Dana Nelson .
CMA Motocross Mania
Part 2 : LiHle Okie Raceway
RESULTS
AM GTO, I. c.rl Cohen (Suz): 2. Kerth Mcf'ha;l (50,):
1. Jo se Mo re au (SUI ): -4 Patri ck Eric kso n (Suz); S. Jam es
.
Mo lina (Suz) . EX GTO : I. Geoff May (Suz): 2. Mar co
Martinez (Suz); 3. Dar ren luck (Suz); of . Michae l Barn e s
(Yom): S. J
ohno Bowmon (Yom) . AM GT UGHTS, I. S,""
Leck ie (Sen 2. 1
);
9ort Del Haya (Suz); 3. Bruce AlOoka(Suz);
4. Anto nio Co ma (Ho n); 5. Raymel Per ez (Suz). EX GT
LIGHTS: I. Christopher Boy (Bim); 2. Stephen Servis (Sut) ;
3. John Costa (Bue ): of . Michae l Mills (5u z); 5 . Francisco
Go mez (SU
t). AM GTU: I. J.B. layman (Yam); 2. vtc ecr
C h iri no s (Hon); 3. Carlos Ruit (Ho n); 4 . Rebert Gr igno n
(Yam) ; S. Sco tt McNamar a (Yam ). EX GTU : I. Mich ae l
8ame> (Yom); 2. Johno Bowmon (Yom); 3. OUTen Luck (Su');
4. Brad Graham (Hon ); 5 . Ch ris Hunt (Sut ). 115 GP: I.
Scott Coccoli (Hon ); 2. Stew Wervter (Hon) ; 3. Joshua Day
(Hon ); 4. Federico Cortes (Yam); S. Adam Loeffler (Hon) .
AM l/W G'" I. Chane. Mow> (Suz) ; 2. Bruce AIOoka (Suz);
3. Raymel Peret (Suz ); 4. Joshua Oay (Hon) ; 5. Adam Loeffler
(Hon ). EX L/WGP: I. Stephe n Servis (Sut ); 2. Michael Mills
(SU 3. Ste phe n Bolden (Sut ); of. Steve Wenner (Hon ); S.
t);
Joh n Long (Yom). AM HIW G'" I. J.B. Layman (Yom): 2.
Victo r Chirinos (Hon): 3. Ant on io Co ma (SUt) : 4. Zoltan
Chris King (25) topped the Over 38 Novice closs during Over The Hill Gang
racing at Los Angeles County Raceway.
Take Twol
By EDDIE
GRAVELINE
MADERA, CA, FEB. 15
Geoff May performs a stond·up
wheelie as he tokes the Unlimited
Grand Prix victory at the season
opener at Homestead·Miami
Speedway.
MARCH 17, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS
A fte r having raced a full sched ule at the
/""'\M ade ra Fairgrou nds tra ck in th e morning,
the participants of the California Motorcycle
Association' s Motocross Mania event - t ired ,
hungry, sweaty, dirty, and Joving every minute of
it - arrived at Uttle Okie Raceway, one of the
oldest motocross tracks in the Golden State , for
part two. The afternoon motos were reeled off
unde r mostly sunny skies.
There was an upset in the s Occ Beginner
results. Le m pilot Tommy Steve ns had been
40th Anniver s ary
fairly dom inant for the past few races, and he
ran away with the first mote, but a mechanical
proble m gave him a DNF in mot o two . Chance
Souza, who was running in second place Oust as
he had in t he ope ning ra ce) , ke pt his lit t le
orange KTM on two wheels to take the finalmoto and overall class victor ies.
The 6Scc (9.1 I) Beginne rs injecte d some
drama into the afternoon by swapp ing positions
throughout their tw o motos. Kody Maldonado
loo ked solid in the first moto, winning in front
o f Mike Waybright and Riley Fa rnswor th .
Maldonad o got out fro nt again in the seco nd
race but crash ed on the face of a large tab letop .
