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(Yam); .of . Jeff McCulloogh (Yam); S. N oah Harpe r (Ho n).
W MN: I. Rachel Shearer (Kaw); 2. Rachel Bozeman (KTM);
3. Kada Ergle (Suz); .of . Kelsey Gilbert (Yam). YTH: I. Dylan
Rios (Kaw); 2. Cody Lee (Hon); 1. Keith Davtdson (Suz); .of.
Justin Barfield (KTM); S. c.J. Pappas (Yam ). 25+ : I. Ark
Gold Cup Se ries
Round 2: Motorcycle Race way
Garner - Alias
the Winner
By CONNIE
JOHNSON
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, JULY 10
A t rou nd two of the Gold Cup Series, held
Mat Motorcycle Raceway, Brian Garner rode
his Yamaha to the front of the pack when the
gate dropped for moto one, and he le d the
race until the chec kers came out for the Over
25 class. Another Yamaha pilot, Dana Fisher,
tried to put the pressu re on Garner but couldn't get close enough . Fisher crossed the finish
line in se co nd , with Kawas aki jockey Lance
Fenton following in third.
Garner had a repeat performance in moto
two, as did Fishe r. Fenton, howe ver, dropped
to fourth , while Kerry Hooley took over third
on his Kawasaki. Garner, who rides for Baker
Boys Yamaha, not only too k the overall win in
the Over 25 class, he also wen t home w ith a
first in the 2S0cc Intermed iate class and a third
in the 125cc Intenn ediate class.
Yamaha pilot Nathan Cox and Kawasaki pilot
And rew jac kso n we nt aro und th e first t urn
together in mota one of the 125cc Intermediate
class. Jackson pulled out in front and held the
lead until his bike stalled in the big sweeper in
the middle of lap thre e, allowing Cox to take
over the front position. Garren Teasley put his
Suzuki in the second-place spot , followed by
Garner. Moto two was all Cox, as he led the
race fro m w ir e to w ire, w ith Teasley and
Garner in tow.
In the 125cc Novice class, Craig Thomas got
out in front o n his Yamaha and neve r loo ked
back in moto one . Corey Cous ins, yet another
Yamaha rider, fo llowed in second, with C hris
Blewett in third on her Suzuki. Thomas didn't
make it to moto tw o, as he was injured in a
pr evious race . That left Cousins to ge t the
holeshot and the win, while Blewett moved into
seco nd and Nick Simon rod e his Yamaha to a
third-place finish.
Chandler Goodman and Tanner Snell beat
the rest of the Pee Wee Oil-Injected class to the
first turn in moto one . Snell quickly took over
th e lead, and his fello w KTM r ider Marcus
McCawley quickly took over the second spot.
Snell hung on to the lead until the white-flag lap,
when McCawley made his move and too k the
w in. Sne ll followed in a clo se sec ond , w ith
Good man's Polini crossing the checkers in third.
McCawley nailed the holeshot in moto two ,
with Goodman on his back fend er. After the
ch ec kers came out and t he dust settled ,
McC awle y had th e wi n, with Goodman in
second and KTM pilot Landon For man in third.
mer, but Kritzer was in a teach ing mood , as he
proceeded to push himself to the higher speeds
Phe e (Ho n); 2. Stan ley Do wd a (Ho n) ; 1. Wayne Maney
and longer leaps with each lap. He had no other
(Ho n); 4 . Steve Stratton (Hon ); 5 . Mark RIehl (Han).
Pro with whom to race, but that didn't prevent
him from challenging himself; he was spectacuz lar in winning over the oth er Intermediates and
~ Experts , who must have learned some lessons
Q by watching him and trying his lines aro und the
w techn ical and demandi ng Club Moto layou t .
Z Kritzer is spons ored by MX Shocks, FBN Racing
and White Brothers.
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The Bay Area chapter of the Over The Hill
Gang came ou t in huge numbers to support this
5: event and by far do minated the scene, with five
motos dev oted to the ir club, wh ich
encompas sed 13 sep arate classes. The mo st
populous moto comprised the Over 30 Novice,
Ove r 38 Novice and Ove r 45 Novice classes ,
with the younger riders having the first wave off
the start gate . In both motos, Chris Roeh ik
po wered his KT M to ho leshots and never
looked back. Finishing in his immediate wake in
t he fir st me te wa s Yamaha r id e r Robert
Callahan, and in the second moto it was Hondamou nted Mike O 'Brien . Unfor t unate ly for
O'Brien , his flrst -moto finish o f fourt h
prevented him from unseating Callahan fo r
Brian Garner took the win in the
seco nd overa ll. Joe Tanner got the first- moto
Over 2S cla ss at round two of the
Gold Cup Series at Motorcycle
holeshot on a Yamaha and held on to win the
Raceway in Ok lahoma City.
overall in sp ite of roc ket man Don Sche iner,
who too k holesho t honors in the second mota
RESULTS
and was the first to the checkers. Scheiner had
P/W OI L~INJ : I. Marcus McCaw1ey (KTM); 2. Chandler
only chalked up a third in the first moto , as his
Goodman (Pol); 1. Landon Forman (KTM); .of . Alec Ze llne r
fellow Honda rider Nobel Barlow beat him to
(Ho n) ; S. Tann e r Sn e ll (KTM). P/W (4 -6) : I . Marcus
McCawley (KTM); 2. Doss Merrell (KTM); 1. Landon Forman
the line. Scheiner 's 3- 1 performance was not as
(KTM); .of . Mitchell Me rr ell (KTM); S. Tanne r Sne lt (KTM).
good as Tanner 's 1-2 evening.
P/W (7 .8) : I. Bre ndan C Iarl< (KTM); 2. Clayton McConville
(KTM); 1. Dillon Be rgta.n (Cob) ; .of . Matth ew la.co po (Hus); S.
The Cancilla name was we ll -kno~n in the
Con ne r Blevins (KTM). P/W OPEN : I. Oayton McConville
San Francisco Bay Area because of Phil! Cancilla
(KTM); 2. C hand ler Go o d man (Pol) ; 1. Conner Ble vins
(KTM). MIN I MIN I (6-8): I. Chandle r Hard zog (Kaw); 2.
and his so n, Ph ill Jr.. but those men raced
Jo nathan Delzer (Kaw); 1. Co nner Blevins (KTM); 4. Andre w
motorcycles in different decades and quite some
Bills (Kaw). MIN I MINI (9-11) : I. Taylor Bassham (KTM);
2. Taylor Hoo ley (Kaw) ; 1, Cody Conner (Kaw); 4. Jake Hill
time ago. Phill Sr. passed away a number of
(Kaw); S. Joel No rris (Kaw). MIN I MIN I OP EN : I. Cody
years ago. There are now some more Cancilla
Co nner (Kaw ); 2. Chand le r Hardzog (Kaw) ; 3 . Conne r
Ble vins (KTM). MINI BEG : I. De re k Ledbetter (Yam); 2.
racers on the scene, and it's certain all in the Bay
Javier Canales (Kaw); 1. Mitche ll Cofer (Yam); .of. Jaco b Hicks
Area will com e to know them. Eldest (but not
(Hon ); 5. Russell Rapp (Kaw). MIN I JR: I. Taylor Bassham
(KT M): 2. Bra nd on N o rd st e dt (Ho n) ; l . Taylor Ho o le y
by muc h) Is Stephanie Cancilla of San Jose,
(Kaw); .. . Stacy Hill (Yam). MIN I SR: I. Jesse Braden (yam);
California ; sh e handily wo n four mot os , in a
2. Skyler Teague (KTM); 1. Cast ell Clark (Yam) ;