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.. On This Sunday... Mention the name Bruce Brow n, and immediately visions o f On AnySunday pop into one 's head. Brown was the guest of honor at the Cachuma Ral ly and he kindly granted Cyete News an interview. , How did making t he movie On Any Sunday change your life? Wel l, I was no t into moto rcycles when I was a kid . Th en I got into it, and how much fun it was , met some of the racers and stuff, how they were so different than I imagined . So I tho ught, God. it wou ld be fun to try and make a mo vie about this subject . you know, and show the peo ple like they we re . I'm glad I did . Wha t a nice group o f people - which I've said a million times . You know, almost everybody th at was in the movie are still frie nds. and I see them frequently. Your favorite racetrack? O h, I think probably Ascot ! In the '60s, we 'd go there every Friday night , to the races. O ur biggest thr ill was w hen we went dow n to the pits, and Sammy Tanner was the hero of Asco t . We said we 're having a party in San Clemente and did he wa nt to come? He said, '~e the re girls?" T he n he said , "I'm on it!" So we went back - oh, guess who's coming to the party? Sammy Tan ner! It was like Elizabeth Taylor was showing up o r something. In your opinion, who's the best rider of a ll time? [After a long pause for thought] Boy, I gotta say Kenny [Ro bert s]! I think. all aro und, Kenny's gona be the king. I mean , I've cow-trailed with him and seen him do all his stu ff. We we re up north one t ime , going dow n a dirt' ro ad as fast as any human cou ld poss ibly go, an d I fee l something on my shoulder; I look it's Kenny and his front wheel. You know, he did a w hee lie and just sat it on my shou lder and then took it off and blazed by. You we re th e firs t t o ca pt ure h im on film ; he opened your movie. What are your thoughts on Jeff Ward ? Oh yeah, yeah, his d ad was a trials g uy, an d no w, Go d, what a career he 's had - you know, fro m mo toc ross to Ind y cars, bac k to supe rmotard. Where you'd th ink he ai n't gonna win it , a nd he 's been do ing it . He 's amazing! 5uperstock Expert event, post ing a I: I5.066 . In the B Supe rstock Expert race, a race that fe ature d o ne o f t he H o w ard/J ens e n sho wdowns , Suzuki pilot Phillip Law lis got the holeshot and led the field fo r three- fourt hs of a lap befor e giving way to an aggress ive Shanno n Ball, also o n a Suzuk i, in the fast right-hande r known as "Wago n Wheel." How ard ran th ird, w ith Suzuki jock eys Ben Thompson and Logan Young in fo urt h and fifth. Rob ert Jense n, on yet an o t he r Suzuk i, w as mo ving up throu gh t he pack from his last-place grid pos ition and was in sixth by the end of lap one. On lap t wo , Ba ll kne w tha t Ho w a rd o r Jen sen w o uld soon be knock ing o n the do o r, and he upped his pace , but he cased it hard in " Buzza rd' s Nec k," t he first left -hande r afte r th e s ta r t , a nd jus t ab o u t t h r e w it away. Ho w ard took t he le ad ; Ball re co vere d fo r se con d . Young move d past T ho m pso n fo r th ird o n the same lap . By the halfway point of the e ight-lap race . Young had latched on to Ball's tail section, w hile How ard enjoyed a relat ively so lo ru n o ut fro nt . Je nse n had moved into fourth but cou ldn't find t he speed to cut the d istance betw een himself and the battle betw ee n Young and Ball. At th e finish , it w as Ho ward w ith a tw o second margin over Ball, w it h Young in t hird and Je nsen and Law lis rounding ou t the to p five . "I drug my case cove r and almost ate it on the seco nd lap," Ball said. "I kind of gathe red it back up and tried to reel Howard back in, but I almost wa shed t he fro nt in Wagon Wheel on two laps in a row, so o nce I saw the halfway flags, I decided to just finish it ." "Ball had an o utside line at the start and got a sweet run arou nd me on the start," Howard said, "but by t he seco nd lap, I was gaining o n him pretty go od , a nd he nai led a c ur b and almo st wadde d it , and I got by him. After that. I just put my head down and tried to chec k ou t ." RESUL TS S/ST K A EX: I. Ro bert Jens en (Ya m); 2. Ty Howard (Suz); l . Shannon Ball (Suz); 4. Logan Y oung (Suz); 5. Shane Stoyko (Suz). S/ST K B EX: 1. Ty Howard (Suz); 2. Shannon Ball (Suz); l . Logan Young (Suz); 4. Robe rt Jensen (Suz); 5. Phill p Lawlis (Suz). S/ST K C EX: I. Ty Howard (Yam 2. i ); Robert Jense n (Yam l . Logan Young (Suz); 4. John O rchard ); {Yam); 5. Craig Montgomery (Kaw). S/5TK 0 EX: I. Craig Montgomery (Suz); 2. Eric Fait (Suz); l . Dustin Dom inguez {Yam 4. Mic hael Ham ric (Suz); S. John Lamp e rt (Hon) . ); S/ BK A EX: I. Robert Jensen {Yam); 2. Phillip Lawlis (Suz); l. Bryan West (Suz); 4. Danny Dominguez (Suz); 5. Leo nard Grem illio n (Suz). S/BK B EX: I. Bryan West (Suz); 2. John O rc hard {Y am); l . Danny Dominguez (Suz); 4. Jeff Grant (Kaw); S. Michae l Ne llis (Hon ). S/BK C EX : I. Robe rt Jense n {Yam); 2. Craig Montgome ry (Kaw): 3. John Orc hard (Yam 4. Jeff Grant (Kaw); S. Mark Delano (Suz). S/BK D ); EX: I. Jason Pirtle (Suz); 2. Mike Petitpas (Yam l . Michael ); Lawlis (Suz); 4. Michael Hamric (Suz). I./W TW EX: I. Jason Pirtle (Suz); 2. Bill Erzal (Apr); l . Dustin Dom inguez (Yam 4. ); A.C. Freeman (Suz); 5. Michael Humphries (Apr). H/W TW EX: I. Ronnie Lunsfor d (Duc); 2. Eric FaIt (Suz); 3. Jason Pirtle (Suz); 4_Will Gruy (Hon); 5. Eric Kancir (Hon). 125 GP EX: I. Daniel Browning (Hon); 2. Tad Murley (He n): L Jonathan Gidde ns (Hon); 4. David Pet it pas (Hon); 5. Frank Pate (Hon). F· I EX: I. Ty Howard (Suz); 2. Logan Young (Suz); l . John O rchard (Yam) 4. Andy Galindo (Suz); 5. Bryan ; West (Suz). F·2 EX: I. Jason Pirtle (Suz); 2. Eric Kancir (Hon); l . Mike Wright (Yam) 4. Jonathan Giddens (Hon); 5. ; Tyle r McDona ld (Ha n). F-C MRA l/W EX: I. Will Gruy (Yam 2. Daniel Browning (Hon); 3. Anthony Smith (Ha n); 4. ); Zac Chapman (Yam 5. Thomas Gaspard (Kaw ). F-C MRA ); MIW EX: I. Jon Francis (Apr); 2. Bill Erzal (Apr); 3. Robert Bradlaw (Yam); 4. Ronnie Hay (Suz); 5. John Lampert (Hon). F-C MR A H /W EX: I. C hr is Vinson (H an ); 2 . D ust in Dominguez (Ya 3. Robert Bradlaw (Yam 4. Lenny Coker m); ); (Hen ): 5. He athe r Asbury (Hon). F-40 l/W EX: I. Bill Err al (Apr ); 2. Dann y Mosley (Suz); 3. A.c. Free man (Suz); 4. Michael Lawlis (Suz); 5. Robert Bradlaw (Yam F·40 H/W ). EX: I. Eric Fait (Suz); 2. Ronnie Lunsford (Duc); 3. Michael Rochester (Yam); 4. Michael Nellis [Hon]: 5. Mar k Niemi (Suz). U/L MOTARD EX: I. Robert Bradlaw (Han ); 2. Eric Palt (Suz); 3. Dave Alsobrook (Hon); 4. Lor e n Swor (Yam); 5. Wade Hoak (Hon) . S/MOTARD EX: I. WillGruy (Yam 2. ); Robert Bradlaw (Hon); l . Eric Fait [Suz]: 4. Loren Swo r (Yam) S. John Lampert (Ha n). ; What wou ld you like from motorcycl ing in the future? A few frien ds have the BMW single-cy linde r bike s; they look like fun, and I think I'd like to get o ne of t hose. Jim Pihokken runs out front en route to ta k ing the Shootout v ictory at Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach, Florida . CCS Flor ida Region Moroso Motorsports Park Pihokken Wins Shootout, Martinez Wins Most By LISA THEOBALD WEST PALM BEACH, FL, AUG. 29 Ty How a rd (35) leads Shan non Ball (6 6 7 ), Loga n Young (hidden ) a nd Ph illip Lawlis (19) out of the Mo torspo rt Ra nch 's Wagon Wheel turn a t ro und eight of t he Central Motorcycle Roadracing Associatio n Championship Series in Cresson, Te x a s. im Pihokk en won t he Unlimite d Gr and Prix after nailing the holeshot and lead ing eac h lap of the race . His main challenger was Marco Mar t inez , w ho got a off to a bad start but quickly wo rke d his way up to second place by the mid- J www.cyclenews.com dle of lap two. Michael Barnes was expected to be a major competitor, but he didn't eve n make it to the grid. After cras hing his "A" bike during t he Midd le w ei gh t Su pe rsp o r t race , Ba rne s dec ided to pack it up and not risk any damage to his "B" bike in preparat ion fo r the AMA race at Road Atlanta the following weekend. Fro m the drop of the green flag, Piho kke n CYCLE N EW S • OaOBER 20, 2004 67

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