Venegas used a good start in the first semi to
ea rn t he win and t ransfe r to the main, w hile
Harm atiuk's seco nd-place finish put him in the
main as we ll. Hamill trapped from the outs ide and
ran away with the second semi, and Scope llite
finished second to complete the main event field.
Ermolenko defeated Galvin and Schwartz for the
victory in the Scratch Consolation .
The Division Tw o main fe at ure d a great
battle between Mark Baldwin and T im Gomez
for nearly two laps, but Dale Facchini fo und too
much traction on the back straight and took o ut
himself and Gom ez in turn three. Th e red flag
came o ut , and Facchin i was penalized o n t he
re st art . On t he se cond atte m pt, Go me z
ou tdistanced the field fro m the o utside and ran
awa y with th e w in. Ed Mart inez was second ,
Facchini finished third , and Baldwin was fourth.
Ste ve Dziadu s Jr. was leading the Division
Th ree main w hen he we nt dow n on the third
lap and brought out the red flag. The re feree
declared that enough laps had bee n com pleted
and awa rded the victory to Rohn Zellner. Steve
Dziadus Sr. was second, Phil Harmatiuk finished
thir d. Kim Steve ns was fou rth , and Dziadus Jr.
was credited with fifth .
R ESULTS
PIW: I. Rocco Scopellne: 2. Braydan Galvin; J. Dakota.
Workman; 4. Hank Duncan. YTH: I. Ricky Wells; 2. Dylan
Black; J. Joey Holt; 4. Gino Manzares. 0-3: I. Rohn Zellne r;
2. Steve Dziad us Sr.; 3. Phil Harmatiuk: 4. Kim Stevens ; 5.
Steve Daiadus Jr. 0 -2 : I. Tim Gomez ; 2. Ed Mart inez ; 3.
Dale Facchini; 4. MCD
By SHAN
MOORE
HENDERSON, TX, SEPT. 25
an
36 Mini
5 D espite the threatsoflinedall-day rain, start of
Endurance team
up for the
I
a.
Manuel Jimenez came out on top of
a competitive multiclass main event
aboard his purpose-built Yamaha
at the California Motorcycle
Association TT held at the
Hanford Fairgrounds.
roots w hile squari ng orr corners and tak ing the
inside lines. Jimen ez , o n t he other hand, was
the o pposite e xt re me; decked o ut in custom
leathers and riding a purpose-built Yamaha, he
looked every bit the hard-co re flat-t racker. The
two opposite s see med to attract: They stuck
together ou t fro nt and pu t on a great show.
Jimenez edged Medl ey for the heat-race w in
but se t them up for a grea t main.
It's ref re shing to see a race live up to the
hype , and th at 's e xact ly wha t the main eve nt
did. It was the same story as the heat race , but
with an extra lap of excitement. Again, the two
ride rs e mployed o pposl te sty les to achieve
simila r re sults . Once again , tho ugh , Jime ne z
utilized his expe rience, along with a little extra
horsepower, to win the race - and the bragging
rights in the pits.
RESULT
S
50 STK: I. Hunte r Strickland (Yam 65 NO V: I. Bobby
).
Bolin (Suz). 65 IN T: I. Christo pher Torres (Suz). 65 X: I.
Christophe r Tor res (Suz); 2. Bo bby Bolin (Suz). 85 NO V: I.
Christopher Torres (Suz); 2. Zachary Thompson (Hon). 85
tNT: I. Justin Dege r (Yam); 2. Danielle Diaz (Hon). 85 X:
I. Just in Deger (Yam); 2. Chase l enn e man (Hon). 4· 5TRK
0-90 YTH : I. [arre t Jone s (Ha n); 2. Chase l enneman (Hon).
4-ST RK 91 -1 25 YTH: I. Danelle Dial (Ha n); 2. Jesse Silva
:
(Yam 3. Nyssa Jones (He n). 4-STRK 91 ·125 ADULT I.
);
m). 1251NT:
Brian Jones (Ya
m). 125 NO V: I. Jesse Silva. (Ya
I. Ryan England (Han) . 125 EX: I. Jess Medley (Hon). 250
NO V: I. John Walker (Yam). 250 INT: I. Ryan England
(Ha n). 250 EX: I. Manuel Jime ne z (Yam) MORN OPE N
.
NO V: , . John Walke r (Y . MORN OP EN EX: I. Jess
am)
Medley (Hon). VET EX: I. Manuel Jimenez (Yam). O fT
lNT: I. Brian Jones (Y
am).
rou nd five of the K& N Moto rcycle Fo r mula
Mini Endura nce Series , hosted by the Cen tral
Moto rcycle Roadraci ng Association at O ak Hill
Race way ne ar He nde rso n, Te xas . The ra ce ,
w hich featu red a $50 0 purse posted by K& N
Mot o rcycles. wou ld run for four hours over the
twisty and undulating Oak Hill circuit.
At the start , Bryan West put the Sum Of All
Parts Hon da RS25 0 F into t he le ad , bu t a
me chanical pro blem on lap one left him using
"peo ple powe r" instead of horse power to get
back to the pits. Chuck Ergle took advantage of
West's misfortune and moved the Mystery Dance
Honda CR80 into the lead and, by the end of one
hour of racing, he had built up an impressive twolap lead. AFI Racing, on an ApriliaRS50, occupied
the se cond-ove rall positio n and was the to p
Formu la Five bike, with Dirty Dee ds Done Dirt
Cheap ano ther lap bac k in th ird . Defe nd ing
e ndurance champion Te am K&N Racing, on a
Yamaha 1285, was way down in ninth, four laps
off the pace, after arriving late to the grid and
having to start the race on cold slicks.
With a steady rain now falling, Team K&N
Racing, now runnin g with rain t ire s, began to
cut several seconds per lap off of the leaders'
times and by the two-hour mark had moved on
to the lead lap with Mystery Dance , w hich was
r unning o n slicks . How e ver, just as q uickly,
Team K&N's bike suck ed water into its carb,
w hich cost the team seve ral laps.
During t he t hird hou r, Te am Je su s, o n a
Yamaha TZ85 , and Indenile Racing, o n a Muzzy
SM 125, had be gu n to show the be nefits of
co nsiste nt lap t imes and efficie nt pit sto ps, as
they now occupied the seco nd and third spots ,
respectively. Team Jesus, with Zac Chapman and
Mike Hum phries at the he lm, had bee n as far
back as 10th at the e nd of the first hou r but had
stea dily forged up thro ugh the ranks w hile ot her
teams were having prob lems or crashing out .
After co mpleti ng I 15 la ps , Ergle and
Mystery Dance teammates Derek Delper o and
Steve Guynes took the checkered flag w ith four
laps to spare over second- place finishers Team
Jesus. Inde nile Racing's Dusti n Dom ingue z and
Le s Ban ta finishe d t h ird ove rall a nd fir st
Form ula Six bike , e ight laps off the le ad . In
fo urth were Team K& N's Tyler McDo nald and
Will Gruy, with ST D Racing in fifth overall and
second in Fo rm ula Six. First overall in the
Fo rmula Seven class was Team Lean.
"I want to thank Tom Hoover for letting us
race his bike," Delpero said. "I also want to thank
my teammates Chuck Ergle and Steve Guynes for
riding smooth and consis te ntly. We stayed on
slicks the whole time , so we saved time by not
making t he change , but the key was tha t we
didn't crash and we didn't have any bad luck."
R ESUL
TS
a lA : I. Mystery Dance (Hon); 2. Tea m Jesus (Yam); 3.
Inde nile Racing (Muz); 4. Team K&N (Ya
m); 5. STD Racing
(He n): 6. Team Sling (Apr); 7. Sabrinfck Racing (Apr); 8. Team
Sidewinder (Apr); 9. Ho ust on Kawasak i (Kaw); 10 . J&R
Racing (Mor); I I. Team Lean (Hen ): 12. Spott ed Dog Racing
(Hon); 13. GMAN Racing (Hon); 14. No Hope Racing (Apr);
15. RPG Racing (Apr); 16. Spee d De mon z (Y ; 17. 3D
am)
Racing (Yam) 18. Red Spade Racing (Oer ): 19.90 Nutsracing
;
(Yam); 20 . Tea m C ros s Ro ads Hond a (YSR); 2 1.
2Wheelz .com (Hon); 22. Cycle I (Muz); 23. Hunke red Down
Racing (Hon); 24. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Hon); 25.
Tea m OZ Racing (Ho n); 26. Sum Of All Pans (He n): 27.
Hype r Cycle (Yam); 28. AFI Racing (Apr); 29. Poe try On
W heels (Kew}; 3D. Army Of White ness (Ho n); 31. TDC
Racing (Yam 32. O ff Track Excursion (Mor); 33. Mini K&N
);
(Yam): 34. Keene Broth ers Racing (Ha n); 35. Mr. Co rder
Racing (Han ); 36. Shrew s (Apr ).
Lodi Cycle Bowl Short Track
Souza Marches Them Homel
o ne . Jo e He rna ndez got the hole shot at the
BY DONNA HALL
restart and held the lead for a lap or two. Tony
LODI, CA, SEPT. 25
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he O pe n A main even t go t off to a ragged
start, with Scott Corsetti getting off in turn
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