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GFI Racing Fall Series South Round I: Lake Elsinore Motocross Park PHOTOS BY GREG ROBERT SON Ewing Opens With a Win By GREG ROBERTSON LAKE ELSINORE, CA, AUG. 28 scondida Cycle Cen te r's De nnis Ewing split mo ta w ins wit h rookie Pro Andrew Guzman t o ca ptu re th e 125cc Pro-class wi n at Lake Elsinore Motocross Park during the opening roun d of the GFI Raci ng Fall Series South. Guzman and Ewing we nt at it right off the bat in the ope ning mete. with Guzman holding a slight advantage on lap one. Kevin Frisbie, who w as ma king his G FI Racing Pro debu t , controlled third, ahead of Tyson Burme iste r, Brad Alarid and Micky Griffin . Guzman slowly inche d away from Ew ing to th e tune of five secon ds by the midway point. EWing put on a charge late in the race but couldn't quite reel in Guzman . Frisbie finished a respecta ble t hird, over Burmeister and Griffin. The se co nd-mo t o holeshot we nt to Pat McMillian , w ho wa s quickly po unced o n by Burme ister an d G uz m a n . Then , Guz man e sta blishe d a modest lead as Burmei ster, Frisbie and Ewing argued over second place . Ewing too k con trol of the second spot after a couple of laps on the hard-packed course and th e n set ou t after Guzman. Ew ing dosed to Guzman's back fe nder and slipped past t he Kawasaki ride r on the penu ltimate lap to sew up the first -place payback o n his 2 -1 performa nce . Frisb ie held off Burm e iste r to claim the third-place mo ney. with Griffin (5-S) rounding out the top five . Brian Be be ck ab scon ded w it h t he 125cc E Novice first-mo to holeshot and ran out fro nt for a couple of laps before Blake Harber dived unde rne at h him in a corner to dr op him to second . At the checkers, it was Harber by five se co nds o ve r Bebeck, wit h Casey Hunt ley co ming fro m the back of the pack for a har dfought third. Mota two was all Bebeck 's. as he tumed his secon d ho leshot of the day into a convincing victory. Harber gated just inside the top 10 and closed to the back wheel of third -place finisher Hu n t le y to earn t he second- place trophy. Bubba McQuinn finishe d second in the mo to, but a 15th-place showing in mote one he ld him to seven th overall. Trent Pugmire go t around a fast -start ing Anth ony Cicalese to absolutely dom inate 80ce Op en/Expe rt first-mote act ion. Mota two was a dup licate of the first, as Pugmire checke d out on his Ho nda for a seeminglyeasy win. Everett Holcom b and Cicalese went at it ove r second place in both motes, with Holcomb pre vailing both times. Pugmire returned to pick up the Supermini o pen ing-mota win after battlin g w ith Tye Hames for much of th e race. Travis Baker put a move o n Ham es with just a co uple of turns remain ing to finish in second place. Pugmire was quickest ou t of the gate in mota two, but Hames stu ffed his way into the le ad an lap t w o . Ham e s proved to be untouchable, gett ing to the checkers first, but Pugmire 's 1-2 rides ea rned him his sec ond overall win of the day. Baker we nt 2-4 for third. over Tyler Sjoberg (4-3) and Cicalese (7-S). eN LAKE ELSINORE MOTOCROSS PARK LAKE ELSINORE, CAUFORNIA RESULTS: AUGUST 28, 2004 (ROUND 1) Brion Bebeck (245) turned this second-mota ho leshot into a runaway win of the 12 5cc Novice class. o ld is no stranger to the SERA circuit, and he plans to join the Hatt iesburg Cycles Team next year and r ac e t he e nt ire SERA circui t of end uros and hare scrambles. Finishing almost a po int down from Monroe was SERI>:s Nolan Knight. who has given Reed some major co mpetition this year. Knight tied w it h Open A racer Steve Nicholas but managed to hold him off in the tie breake r, leaving the KTM ride r in fourt h for the day. Fifth overall was taken by SERA AA racer Carsten Cagle. while sixth wen t to TSCEC AA racer Co ie Kirkpatrick . Seventh through 10th we re SERA racers Gle n Myatt. Taylor Reynolds. Frank Davis and Chad Earl, respectively. The racer who le d the B classes was Dustin Stevens. w ho carded in at 37:1308. followed ciosely by Lee Eve re tt . who had a 37: i 326. The C classe s w e re dominate d by KTM jockey Richard Kirkpatrick , while the A Super Seniorclass overall win we nt to Gary Goff. Th is tu rned out to be a ve ry successful event , with almost no compla ints and only one majo r injury. Arou nd th e Hl-mlle mark, Four- 62 50 STK ( 7- 8): I. lane Gar dn e r (KTM); 2. Nath an Hamlin (Co b); 3. Cole Gard ner (Lem). 50 MOD (7·8): I. lane Gardner (KTM). 60 FIT: I. Maddie Sanchez (KTM); 2. Cortne y Roe w e r (Suz); 3. Hayde n Gr egory (KT M); 4 . Brendan Sepe (Suz). 60 BEG: I. Daniel McBride (KTM); 2. Raymo nd Ecken rod (Suz): 3. Jake Marler (Kaw); 4. Jessie Huntle y (Kaw); 5. Gr ayson Sanche z (Suz). 60 NOV: I. Colby Raha (Suz); 2. Tanner Lovgre n (Kaw): l . Michael Rucke r (KTM); 4. Cody Roe wer (Suz). 60 INT: I. Jake Gagne (KTM): 2. Joey Savatgy (KTM). 60 OPEN: I. Joey Savatgy (KTM) 2. Colby Raha (Suz): l . Cody Rcewer (Suz). ; Stroke A racer Robin DuBase slammed his KTM 450cc into a stubborn pine and earned himse lf a broke n femur, which will take him out for t he re mainder of the SERAseaso n and possibly the beginning of the next season . RESULTS O/A : I. Ste phen Reed (GG): 2. Mike Monroe (Ya m); l . N olan Knight (Kaw); 4. Steve N icholas (KTM): 5. Car sten Cagle (Suz); 6. Cole Kirkpatric k: 7. Glen Myatt (KTM); 8. Taylor Reynolds (KTM): 9. Frank Davis (Suz); 10. Chad Earl (KTM). AA: I. Ste phe n Reed (GG): 2. Nolan Knight (Kaw): l . Cars ten Cag le (Suz): .... . Col e Kirkpatr ick; 5. Gle n Myatt (KTM). A 20 0: I. Taylor Reynolds (KTM): 2. Jason Reine (Suz): 3. Will McConnell (KTM): 4. Jeff Parke (TM): 5. Chris Roberts (KTM). A 250: I. Frank Davis (Suz); 2. Bryan Petty (KTM); l . Lucas Comeaux (KTM): 4. Greg Pete rson (Y am): 5. Girard L.all (GG). A 4·STRK: I. Mike Monroe (Y am): 2. Greg Walker (KTM); 3. Jimmy Bates (KTM); 4. Curtis Smith (Yam) : S. Jimbo Mitchell(KTM). A OPE N: I. Steve Nicholas (KTM ): 2. Scott Sheph e rd (Y m); 3. Ke vin Miller (Hon ): 4. Reese a Com ea ux (KTM); 5. Bruce Comeaux.(Ha n). A VET (] 5 +) : I. Daren Pittman (Y am); 2. Jimmy Ward (KTM); 3. Paul Cox (GG): 4. John Delee (Hon): 5. Parker Evans (KTM). A SR (40+ ): I. Greg Goglen (KTM); 2. Be nnie Waldrop (GG): 3. Dwight Rudder (KTM); 4. Scott Pulsifer (KTM); S. Ma rty Howell (KTM). A S/SR(45+), l. G""( Goff (KTM): 2. )o'm Manning (!<.aw): l . Edwin Petty (KTM): 4. Barry Bell (GG); 5. Johnny Craft (KTM). A MSTR (50 + ): I. Ronald Walters ; 2. Ray Melton (KTM A GLDN MST R (60 + ): I. Johnny Friedli ). (KTM): 2. Robert R. Rocko (GG); 3. Gene Kysan (KTM). B 200: I. John Laird (GG); 2. Michael Johnson (KTM) 3. Shawn ; OCTOBER 13,2004 • C Y CLE NEWS Dennis Ewing flew to the 125cc Pro-class win during GFI Racing's Fall Series South opener at Lake Elsinore Motocross Park. 80 FIT: I. Taylor Muto (Yam); 2. Joe y Kre jci (Yam). 80 BEG : I. Shaine Staab (Yam); 2. Jeff Toth (Ho n); 3. Tyler Mathe rn (Hon); 4. Tanner Lovgren (Kaw): S. Dean Hawkins (Hon). 80 NOV : I. Anthony Cicalese (Yam); 2. Matt Fox (Yam): 3. KevinWeisbruch (!<.aw): 4. Dre w We3ver (!

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