Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

spec ifically to the Fairgro unds in San Jose . , As w ith all Bo unty Hunter events, riders had the opportunity to qualify int o the main fr o m the 12Scc and 250cc classes. The main eve nt wou ld fea ture a single -file. inve rted start, wit h the fastest riders in the back. Th e 12Scc class hit the track first and ended up being do minated by Je ff No rthrop. T he Team Gr ee n ride r was light ning-q uick aboard a trick-looki ng Kawas aki. Aren across legend Jeff Willo h put in a solid effo rt, finishing second in both motos. Be hind them . th ings got more c o m p lica te d . Jeff Pestana a nd N ick Davis loo k ed very strong in the first mot o , fini shing t hird an d fourth, re spe ctively. Both ran into trou ble in the second stanza, though, and fell way down in t he ove rall re sults. C lawson t-tctc rs pc rt s ri d er Buffalo Sa ito d eserves me nt io n for his so lid 5-5 performance. w hich earned fo urth overall. In 2S0 cc Pro action . No rth ro p w a s fas t again, but not faste st . Vincen t Blair e ngaged him and the rest of the class in a classic ru mb le (or reg ional bragging rights. Scott Davis was also o n t he pace most o f th e time , finish ing t hird in moto o ne , but he fe ll out of co nte ntion in mo to two. Blair had the newly designed , expanded, very te ch nica l t rac k w ired; he was th e onl y r ider able to trip le out of the t o ugh rh yt hm sectio n right in fro nt of the stands. He see med to gain a fe w bikel e ngth s every lap in th at section alone . For all that hard work, Blair got to go to the back for the start of the main event. Northrop was right in fro nt of him, and when the green nag new, those tw o moved to ward the front of the pack w ith reckless aba ndon . As a resu lt of his bad luck duri ng the qualifiers, Scott Davis got a be tt e r starti ng pos ltlon, and he led fo r several laps early in the race . N ort hro p was the first of the two favo rite s to d rop anchor right be hind him, w ith Blair showi ng up mo me nts late r. Davis was rid ing the w he e ls off his RM. but N o rt hro p and Blair w ere setting the pace. Northrop got around first, taking over the lead , while it too k Blair a little longer to make a pass stick. That ended up being the difference in the race: W hile Bla ir wa s t r yin g t o move into sec on d place . No rth ro p was building a lead . By the time Blair moved into the ru nner-up spot , it was too late to do anything abo ut Northrop. : Wh ile second wasn't exactly what Blair was loo king for in San Jose , he st ill had to leav e fee ling pretty good. After kee ping his podium streak alive, he is now in the d rive r 's se at heading into the seco nd half of the season. RESUL TS 50 Frr: I. Courtney Theisen (YilIl1); 2. Jordan Wisnoski . 50 BEG: I. l ogan Baker (Pol); 2. Jo rdan Kanad y (Po l); 3. Tyler Am o s ( KT M); 4. Tristan Mars e ille s (KTM); S. l e vi Wal ker (Co b) . 50 NOV: I. Tyler Hjo rt la nd (KT M); 2 . Tommy Ste vens (Po l); 3 . l uke Gruetz mach er (KT M); 4 . Callion McHaney (Cob); 5. Milciah Morgan (KTM). XRSO ; I . Carly McCall (Hon ); 2. Bran do n O suna (Hon) . 5 0 (5-6) OPEN : I. Tyle r Amos (KTM); 2. Mikiah Morg an (KTM); 3. Calhon McHaney (Cob) . 50 (7-8) OPEN; I. Tyte Hjortland , (KTM) ; 2. Tommy Ste ve ns (Po l); 3 . Luke G ruetzmacher (KTM); 4. jordan Kanady (Pol); S. Tristan Marse illes (KTM). OUTLAW ( 9 - 12 ): I. Joaq uin Gonzalez (Ha n); 2. Maso n Garc ia.(Ha n). OUTLAW MOD: I. josh Siebenhaur (Hon) ; 2. Anthony Mace ra (Han ). 65 (5 -8) BEG: I. Jame s Sacher (KTM); 2. Tommy Stevens (Kaw); 3. Trent Nicholson (KTM); 4. William McHaney (Suz); 5. Logan Baker (Suz). 6 5 (9 -1 1) BEG : I. Dalton Spjut (KTM); 2. Justin jones (Kaw); 3. Joaquin Gonzalez (Suz) . 65 NOV: I. Ant hony Amos (KTM); 2. Michael Fon tana (KTM); 3. Paul D'Er ed ita (KTM); 4. Tyler Nicholson (KTM); 5. Justin Brown (Kaw). 6 5 IN T: I. Joseph Reynold . (KTM); 2. Ryan M

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