Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

San Jo se Fairgrounds Carriger Carries the Checkersl By KAREN GOULD SAN JOSE, CA, MAR. 6 t 's been a long time since there has been f lattrack racing in San Jose, California, but it happen ed on this night. On Wednesday, the area that was going to be the track was under a huge puddle of wat er. After cutting down abo ut five feet to get to th e dry dirt, construction of this oval tra ck started . Inte nded to be a cushion, the track was banked and bumpy for the Moto west opener. Pinit Motors ports!Tom my's Glass/ No Fear/ Mike 's Signs o f Saltnas-spo nscre d Th omas Carr ige r too k the Op en A event, leading from start to finish. Sco tt Corsetti a nd Za no tt i Raci ng's Mikie Rush gave Carriger a run for his money . Rush came alongside Carriger on more than one lap. When Rush bobbled, Corsetti got by t o finish sec ond . Stevie Bonse y wa s no slouch, finishing fourth , behind Rush. Bot h Bonse y an d Rush are too young t o compe t e in the Ope n A d ivis io n in AMA co mp etitio n. Carriger start e d riding at age ] and rod e regu larly unt il, at 18, he was a Pro rider riding at the front of the pack wit h Rod Spence r, Dana Perri and the other fast boys. He joined the Navy and put away his motorcycles for the next 16 years . In 200 2, Carriger got a bike and start ed riding again. Getti ng his feet we t, he rode some of the CMA open-traction events that year, and in 2003 he showed up at the Motowest Vallejo races, as we ll as some of the WCVDTS even ts. Making the front row at several 2003 races, Carriger was beginning to be recogn ized again. Tonight he prou dly carried t he checkere d flag around the track after his O pe n A victory. It was a mo ving mo ment ; Car rig er la ter me ntioned that in all the time he rode earlier in his life, winning re gularly, it was his first t ime carrying the flag. The re were also lots of new faces on hand . Many ride rs showe d up t o ride t his t rack in preparation for WCFTS races that will be held here . Th e Vet O ve r 40 line up inc luded Ric k Hoc king, Mar k Biscard i, Ro be rt McDo nnell , Brad Spencer Sr., Rod Lake and Robert Scally. Going into the first tu m , Biscardi was in front, but it didn't take Hoc king lo ng t o take the lead whe n Biscardi moved over for him. At the back I Athena Stefanou (100) and Christina Basna (613) battle it out in the brandnew Women's class at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. New England Amateur Arenacrass Series Round 5: Wachovia Are na a t Case y Plaza Walker, Basna Prevail at Wilkes-Barre Amateur AX By MATT WOZNEY WILKES-BARRE, PA, FEB. 29 i h e Clear C han ne l-pro moted Arenacross I Se ries made its last stop of the New England Amateu r Arenacross Se ries portion of its tour at Wachovia Arena, in the heart of WilkesBarre, Pennsytvania. The region's top Amateur ride rs - from as young as ... to as old as 40 -. fough t for valua ble po int s on t he ir quest to make their dream a reality. That dr eam was to finish in the top three in the ir class and get that spec ial ticket to the Amate ur Arenacross World Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada, just after the U.S. O pe n. From large point leads to the smallest, th e r ide rs nee ded eve ry po int t hey could must er in Wilkes-Barre. Two riders who made a do minant stand at the Wacho via Are na were Kaw as ak i jockey D usty Walke r and Yamaha ride r Christina Basna. Wa lker, wh o hails fro m t he Le xingto n, Kentucky, area, put on a dom inating show. The Gat eway Cycles/Link Ink/FenceP ros.com ride r easily won t he 125cc and 250cc Inte rmediate classes aga ins t Ne w Engla nd 's to p riders . Finishing secon d in t he I25cc Inte rmed iate class was Thor/Scott USNGet Real Racing-backed Yamaha rider Brian Mulcahy,who gave Walker a run for his money in the main event. Finishing second in the fast 250cc Intermediate class was 23 Motorsports/ Holes hot Graphics rider Dave Szym an sky, wh o put in an o ut sta nding ride aboard his Y amaha. Szymansky does qualify for t he Amate ur Are nacross World Finals in Las Vegas in O ct ob e r, in the 250cc Inte rmediate a nd College boy ( 16-24) classes. As fo r t he C o llege bo y clas s o n th is day , O n Th e Pipe Racing's Joshua Sterritt too k a dom inating win aboard his Facto ry Effex KTM . A brand -new Wo men 's class de buted in W ilkes -Ba rre , put t oge the r by t he wome n 72 riders, w it h help fro m Clear Chan nel. Taking t he first -e ve r Wome n's -c1as s vic t ory in Arenacross w as th e Kawas ak i-Yamaha Spo rt Center-sponsored Basna. She too k off from the gate like a rocket and we nt on to win with a very large lead . Plac ing a very re spe cta ble secon d was KTM rider Haley Burke, and th ird went to Stro ud Motorsports/ Act ion Phot os' Am and a Da niels , aboa r d her Suz uki. Kim Kle me n took a str o ng fo ur t h a bo ard her Kawasaki, and fifth we nt to Taylor Sharp , also aboard a Kawasak i. Placing sixth was Libby's r-tc row crjd-spcnscred Yamaha ride r Ste phanie Hancock. Two riders had ro ugh going on t he t ight and tec hnical ar en acros s track: Yamaha riders At hen a St efan ou and Alyssa Wald had some bad luck in the whoop section on the first lap. Stefano u, riding a new Y aha YZ2S0F, had am a hard time riding the bike for th e first t ime, and Wald was racing he r Y amalha yz 12S for the first time. of the pack , Spe nce r wa s cr e at ing an outs ide line in the fluff to get past the six riders in front of him. On e at a time , he picked the m off - and the n came Hoc king. Spence r, stillon the outside line, took about three laps to get past Hocking, managing the pass just as the y crossed ove r the finish line . Biscard i w as t hird, followed by McDonnell and Lake. Jo se ph Jaconetti rod e a fanta stic race, in fron t of Ted dy Taylor, in the 100 cc Modifie d class. Chad Cose worked hard to win the 80cc Expe rt class , in fr o nt o f Michael Avila an d Michael "Sparkplug" Martin. Motowest will ope n the District 36 season at Sandhillon March 27. R ESULTS 50 ST K A: I. Scott Ham pton Jr. 50 ST K C: I. Evan DiU; 2. Travis A1vemu; 3. Frankie Corsetti. 50 MOD C: I. Tommy Ca rrillo. 50 S R H O D: I. Jared Slate; 2. Scott Ham pto n Jr.; 3. Dominic Monterosso . 60 B: I. Brand o n Bemard e au; 2. Brian Martinez Jr. 60 C: I. Jared Slate ; 2. Dom inic Cotindres; 3. Cameron Baker. 80 A: I. Chad Case ; 2. Michael Avila; 3. Michael Martin ; 4. D .J. Sharkey. 808: I. Brando n Be m arde au; 2. Brian Martinez Jr. 80 C: I. Joe Auzhne; 2. Dan je lle Dtaz; 3. Step hen Moral es ; 4. Emilio San ch e z. XR I 00 YTH S T K A: I. Don a ld D arrah Jr. XR I00 YTH STK B: I. Brandon Bemard eau ; 2. Ste phen Sikorski; l . RawnlDarrah. XR IOO YTH STK C: I. Danielle Diu; 2. Mason Darrah. XR I00 YTH MOD B: I. Stephen Sikorski; 2. Rusty Ungaro. XR IOO YTH MOD C: I. Daniel Wtedel ; 2. Ric ky Cofindres . XRIOO STK k I. Ted Taylor. XRI OO STK B: I. Jo sep h [acc neen: 2. Jo nat ha n Curry. XRIOO STK C: I. Le ah Far o . XRIOO HOD A: I. D.J. Shan:ey. XR I00 HOD C: I. Joe Auzch ne ; 2. Bob He imlich. XRIOO SPTSH N : I. Michael Sanchez; 2. Jo sep h Jaconetti. XRlOO5PTSHN STK C: I. Karl Keizer; 2. Charles King; 3. David Valentine; 1. Robert King. XRIOO SPTSMN MOD C: I. Martin Lawrence: 2. Just Joc elin; 3. Karl Keizer. 110 ENTRY· LEVEL: I. Lea h Faro; 2. Br and l Monasmit h; 3 . C ha rlene Martinez; 4. Je re my Montes . 115 C: I. Larry Clove r; 2. John Walker ; 3. Robert King; 4. Tro y Milligan Jr. 150 B: I. Joseph Jac:onetti. 150 C: I . Mark Carrillo . 150 MOD C: I. Brady Stephenson; 2. Eric Stender. 150 k I. Stevie Bonse y; 2. Ted Taylor; 3. Austin He lwig. 15 0 B: I. Christopher 8or}as ; 2. Michael Day; 3. Chad Cose; 4. Cody Anselmi. 150 C: I. Mark Carrillo : 2. Bren t TIefTWl: 3. Raul Lerma; -4. Steve Edd ings. OPE N A: I. Thomas Carriger; 2. Scott Co rse tt i; 3. Mikle Rush ; -4 . Ste vie Bo nsey; S. Mike Besemer. OPEN B: I. Ro d ney Spencer Jr.; 2. Jo nathan CulTY 3. Aaron Randolph; 4. Christopher Borjas. O P EN C: ; I. Charles Fabbiani: 2. Robert Gonzales; 3. Danny Knight; -4. William Sharp. PP: I. Dan ielle Diaz; 2. Just Jocelin; 3. Ste phanie Cancilla: -4. Laure n Wallac e . VET A: I. Ronald Knight ; 2. Mark Biscard i; 3. Mich a el Kunshan ; 4. Chuck Monasmith . VET B: I. Michael Day; 2. Tony Sigala. VET C: I. Charles Fabbianl; 2. Mike Krynock. 4 0 + A: I. Brad Spe ncer Sr.; 2. Rick Hoc king; 3. Mark Biscard i; -4. Robert Mc Do nn e ll. 40 + B: I . John G ug liel me tti ; 2. T im o t hy Burkholtz ; 3. Michael Crump. 40+ C: I. Michael Vargas; 2. Frank Baker; 3. Eugene Snow; 4. Gary Ped rick. 50 + A: I. Eric Turne r. 50 + B: I. John Randolph. VlN T 150: I. Joe Hkkenbarrsm. VINT 250 C: I. jose ph Dugish; 2. Frank Corsetti . VINT SG L: I. Prank Bake r; 2. C harles King; 3. Joh nny Costarella; -4. James Davidso n. VINT SGL A: I . Rod l ake ; 2. Jo hn Frank; 3. Mike Ridd e ll; 4. Donnie Darr ah. VIN T SGL B: l. Micha el Crump. V IN T 50 + : I. Bob Scalier; 2. Mike Riddell; 3. Jerry Kennedy . RESULT S 50 (4-6) : I. Just in Cooper (KTM); 2. Jar e d Je nnings (Co b); 3. Je rry Rutledge (KTM). 50 (7-8 ): I. Scott Carpenter (KTM); 2. Damon Fiore (Cob ); 3. Austin Behrens (Co b). 65 (1-9 ): I. Scott Carpente r (KTM) ; 2. Erik Briggs (Kaw) ; 3. Damon Fiore (Suz). 6 5 ( 10. 11): I. lYIer Womey (K'TM); 2. Broc Schmelyun (Kaw) ; 3. Jon athan Daniels (Kaw) . 85 (7.11 ): I. Broc Schmetyu n (Yam); 2. Zac h Butler (Kaw); 3. Jonathan Daniels (Kaw). 85 ( 11- 15): I . Gregg Duffy (Suz); 2. Phil Nicoletti (Hon ); 3. Mark Undsay (Kaw) . 85 SlMINI: I. Gregg Duffy (Suz); 2. Phil Nicoletti (Hon) ; 3. Zach Harrington (Kaw). 125 SCHBY: I. Gregg Duffy (Suz); 2. Phil Nicoletti (Ha n) ; 3. Jame s Wild (Kaw) . 11 5 BEG: I. Danie l Price (Yam) ; 2. Kyle Kachmar (Kaw) ; 3. Jon Strain (Yam) . 115 NOV: I. Dan Leclair (Hon); 2. Brandon Moore (Kaw); 3. Dan Duffy (Han) . 115 IN T: I. Dusty Walker (Kaw) ; 2. Brian Mulcohy (Y ; 3. K;-le H"""" (50, ). 2 50 BEG; I. Sheldon am) Johnson (!

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