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WERA Cycle Jam Mega-Regional Race
Virginia International Raceway
Smith Forges Three Victories
BY DAN SCHMITT
DANVILLE, VA, MAY 22
he annual WERA Cycle jam brings together
all of the riders from the seve n nationwide
regions to race for points and thousands in contingency money.
Michael Garofalo charged into the lead in
the A Supers toc k final, with Mark Junge hot on
his heels and Mike Smith charging through the
field . j u nge took t he le a d on la p two . At
hallway, Smit h passed Junge , and jo hn jacobi
moved into third . Junge rega ined the lead at the
white flag, but at the Corkscrew, Smith nudged
his way through and he ld on to the final flag.
With a three -wave start, the C Superstock
Expert final blasted into the first comer. Smith
quickly took the lea d , with Garolalo , C hr is
Nor mand and PitBul!,s james Stroud battling
tightly lor second . At hallway, Junge began his
rac e to the front , first passing Stroud , then
Normand . At the white flag, Smith he ld a sixsec ond le ad , and Junge passed Garofalo for
second. Smith too k his second win of the day.
Brian Kcraget, on his two -stroke , led the
wave of Suzuki SVs in the Formula Two Expert
and Novice final. Mo Morgan and David Yaakov
went to the wire for second. Novice race r Ross
Ryals ran I Ith overall and took his class w in,
with William Baragona second.
Russell Masecar and Roger Bell too k th e
early Heavyw eight Twins Superbike lead , with
Bill St. john third . On lap three, Masecar and
Bell collided and we nt dow n at the top 01 the
Corkscrew , and St. John lollowed them into the
grass. Frank Shockley took th e lead. Charg ing
to th e e nd , St. John put his Ducati ahead 01
Shockley's Aprilialor the win.
It was a Vesra h Suzu ki swe ep in th e B
Superstock Expert final. Tray Batey took the
lead, jacob i ran second, young Matt Furtek held
on to third, and team captain Junge was fourth .
On the thir d lap, Junge moved by Furtek and
set out after the two yellow bikes up front. At
the white nag, Junge slipped by Jacobi as Batey
took the Victory.
T
Mandeville, Louisiana's Stuart McAvay swept both Se nia r Over 30 matas at
the NMA Dix ie Region Panca City Natianal Champianship Qualifier at
Wild wood Motocross Pa rk .
skies and a warm breeze. The second half of
this two-race se ries and Ponca qualifier is
scheduled to conclude on Memor ial Day Wee kend at Gravity Alley MX in Breaux Bridge.
Rodolfo Fernandez from Crosby, Texas ,
p icked off Port Vincent , Louisiana's Mitch
Gaurney be fore the seco nd turn in the 85cc
( 12- 16) class . Pearl, Mississ ipp i's Josh Eure
to ssed his hat into the ring before the first lap
was over, taking second on the new downhill
section that leads to a sandy creek bo ttom. The
thr ee Kawasaki riders had the ir own little race
as they lel t the pack behind, with Fernandez
holding the keys. At the che ckered flag, it was
Ferna ndez by a cou p le o f bike le ngth s over
Eure , and Gaurney taking th ird. Gaurney put
tog ether a great start and a flawless race to win
the second moto. It was the first time he has
beaten Eu re , who finished a few seconds
behind him.
Fernandez wasted no time taking ove r th e
lead in the first Supermini O pe n moto. Eure
moved into seco nd, followed by Dustin Doucet,
Ethan De lcambre and Goumey. The next time
they emerged from the woods , it was Eure,
Douce t, Ga urney and Delcambre. Fernandez
expe rienced some kind 01 problem and lell back
to e ighth place. Eure extended his lead to the
checkered flag, lollowed by Do ucet, Go urney
and Fernand e z. Eure came back to wi n th e
seco nd moto, in front of Doucet and Goumey.
Slaughter, Lou isiana's Coy Hobgo od won
both 250cc Expert m otos on
his
ProServe/N2Gear/Racca Gr eat Rive r Ho nda
4S0F. Tyler Hancoc k too k his Champion Cycle
KTM to second, in Iront 01jam ie Ellis and Adam
Hancock , who crashed out hard in the whoops.
Ellis, from Breaux Bridge , took his Honda of
Lafayette 450 F into secon d in the second mota .
Te xas ride r Jose Fe r nan dez sho t his
Kawasaki arou nd tum one and into t he lead in
the lirst 12Scc Expert mota . Tyler Shandy
grab bed second, with Bre tt Delcambre third .
Hobgood tripled into the giant whoop section
60
into third when th ey cam e out of th e woo ds,
and soon Hobgood had second , but he couldn't
catch Jose, who won the race .
Jose again jumped out early in the second
mota, while Hobgood recovered lrom a poor start
by again passing riders in the whoo ps. However,
Jose managed to stay ahead 01 Hobgood and win
the second mo ta and the overall.
RESUL
TS
50 OIL·INJ : I. C ameron Bre land (KTM ) ; 2. Jo hn
Hu.-phy (KTM); 3. N Kk We"'" (KTH) ; 4. Alex SeAton (Cob );
S. Casey Eure (Co b). 50 (4- 6): I. r-oe« Le nue (Po l); 2.
Casey Eur e (Co b); l . Blake Lagarde (KTM); 1 . Ca me ro n
Breland (KTH): 5. John Hucp hy (KTM). 50 (7- 9) ; J. Austin
Driver (Pol); 2. Hunter Breland (Co b); l . Kye Broom (KTM);
4. B.....ton Kerry (Pol); 5. J. y H k hon (KTH) . so OPEN; J.
Jo n-Mur ry Barr (Pol); 2. Hunte r Bre land (Cob); l . Austin
Dnv.. (Pol); 4. T·Don Len lle (Pol); 5. B.....ton Kerry (Pol).
65 BEG: I. Tanne r Fost er (Kaw) ; 2. A J. Wales (KTM); l .
Jacob Ho lland (KTM); .. . Gord on Waguespad< (Kaw) ; S. TDon LeriUe(Pol). 65 (6..f1) I. Austin Driver (KTM) 2. Kye
:
;
Broom (Suz); l . Dylan McOendon (KTM); 1. Shaw Guillotte
(Lem). 65 (9 -11 ) ; J. Jon -H urry 1lvT (KTH); 2. Alex Lejeune
(Kaw); l . Bea ux Martin (Kaw ); 4. Sam Land ry (KTM); S.
Markyvius McSwain (Kaw). 65 OPEN : I. Jon -Murry Barr
(KTM); 2. Alex l e jeune (Kaw): l . Austin Driver (KTM); 4.
Beaux Mart in (Kaw); S. Zac hary Boyd (KTM). 85 BEG: I.
Jeffrey Harper (Y
arn); 2. Dom inick Spara d no (Suz); l . A J.
Wales (Y
am); 1. Josh ua Udikay (Hon) . 85 (7- 1 1): I. Brandt
Me dlin (Suz) ; 2. Jon -Mur ry Barr (Pol) ; l . Spence r leger
(Yam); 4. Nathanie l Reeves (Kaw); S. Dustin Foos hee (Han) .
B5 ( 12-16); J. H . d> Goomey (Kow); 2. J"'" Eore (