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PHO BY DREW RUIZ TOS GFI Racing Fa ll Series South Round 3 : Cahui lla Creek Motocross Park Nothing but Victory for Villopoto By GREG ROBERTSON ANZA, CA, SEPT. 26 D yan Villopoto unleashed his national -caliber I'.peed and walked away with the Four-Stroke Open, 125cc and 250cc Intermediate-<:Iass victories at Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park during rou nd three of the GFI Racing Fall Series South . In the firs t Four-Stroke Open mot a, Villopoto qu ickly made his wa y to the front of the pack on his Team GreenfThousand Oaks Kawasaki-bac ked KX2S0 F, and he st ayed th ere until the finish. Not only did Villopoto run away fro m his fello w competi tors, he ca ught and passed ali bu t one o f the 125cc Pros. w ho had gat ed before the Four-Stroke Open co n ti nge nt . Second p lace we n t t o jo s h La Fountaine, wh o ended up a safe distance ahead of Ryan Penhall and Broc k Wh iteh e ad. La Fountaine and Penhall go t the jump on Villopoto ea rly in moto two , an d La Fountaine ke pt Villopoto at bay for th e first three laps . Neve rtheless , Villopoto saw the chec ke rs firs t, w ith La Fountain e , Penh all an d Whitehead finishing second throu gh fourth , res pec t ively, again. T he first 12Scc Intermed iate co ntest was a cakewalk for Villopoto , as he led eve ry lap for the w in, w it h Anthony C harette holdi ng down Mike Sle e te r w a s p e rfect in t he 1 2 5cc Pro clas s, gomg 1- I fo r th e win at Cah u illa Creek Motocross Pa rk . Ha mill in two, Sc hwa r tz in t h r e e , a nd Manchester and Yarrow o n the o utsid e . O n the first try at a go, Manchester go t into th e tapes; he was sent to th e 20-yard line . They load ed in again, and th is time it was a clean start. Hamill was o ut by himse lf and going away. Erm olen ko tried to make a race of it but just did n't have t he ho rse power; he would have to settle for sec on d . Yarrow an d Schwa rtz were th ird and fourt h. Manchest er just did n't have e no ugh time to make up [he distance from th e 20. The Hand icap main had Nat e Pe rki ns and Den ny Scope llite o n the la -yard line , Bo yle and Buck Blair sha ring th e 20, DiFra ncesco all alone o n th e 30 , Shawn " Mad Dog" McC on nell and Andy "Th e Enforce r " No rt hru p on the 40 , and Hamill ready to go on the 50. Perkins loo ked ve ry good holdi ng the re st of th e field at bay; he was still running st ro ng when Blair cause d the red nag to com e out with six laps do w n. Th ey lined up Single-file . wi th Blair go ing to the back second , over Brett Klein, fo r the du rat io n. Villopoto had his work cut out for himself in moto two, as he completed lap one back in I Ith wh ile Charette streaked awa y with the early lead. Villopoto knifed through the pack and put a lastlap pass on Charette for the win. Curtis Malins went 5-3 for third overal l, beh ind Cha rette. Villopoto had to work his way up through the field in both 250c( Intermediate outings, but the results were the same: a pair of firsts. Josh Brown came (rom w ay back (or a hard fought thi rd in moto on e , and th en backed tha t up w ith a strong second-place finish in mota two after leading th e first half of the moto. Tyler Kalisiak's 2-4 score edged out the 4-3 efforts of Austin Eitel for th ird in the final sta ndings. Firs t-place payback in the 125cc Pro class went to Honda -mounted Mike Sleeter, via a p erfect I -I s ho w ing . Co r y McD aniel and M ichael Young each took turns leading at one point. but neither could quite match Sleete r's pace on th is day. Young was run ner-up in both motos, ahead of McDaniel, Dennis Ewing and Micky Gr iffin. Tra vis Ba ker and his Pro Tee/Troy Lee Designs /S mith -sponsore d Yam ah a p ut o n a riding clinic for the rest o f the 80ee riders as he w ent an im p r e ss ive si x for s ix t o ca ptu re victories in the Supermini, BOcc Intermediate Honda-mounted Billy Laninovich took home the first-place money in the 250 cc Pro class. o f the pa ck . Hamill had bee n m oving th ro ugh the field; on th e restart he was in third, and that was all he needed. It took him one lap to run down Perkins, and the rest is history. Hamill had a do uble win o n th e night, and th e fans go t to see one of the bes t riders around. Perkins was sec on d , w ith Northru p thi rd . john St u nka rd t ook t o p honor s in t he Su ppo rt ma in, to pping H idea ki O ta an d Billy Bra d e n. The you ng lad y fro m Ne w Zea land. Kim St e ve ns , bes te d t he bo ys t o wi n t he Suppo r t B m a in . Ma r k Sinc av ag e a n d D an We nsloff were sec ond and third. RE SULTS SCR: I. Billy Hamill (GM); 2. Dukie Ennolenko (Jaw); 3. Bryan Yar row (Jaw) ; 4. Bobby Sch wa rtz (jaw ); S. C hr is y Manche st er (GM). HOCP: I. Bill Hamill (GM): 2. Nate Perkins (Jaw); 3. Andy North rup (Jaw); 4. Buck Blair (Jaw); S. Randy DiFrancesco (Jaw). SU P: I. John Stunkard (Jaw); 2. Hideaki Ot a (Jaw); 3. Billy Braden (Jaw); 1. Eloy Mede llin (Jaw); S. Rudy Laurer (Jaw). S UP B: I. Kim Stevens (Jaw); 2. Mark Sincavage Uaw); 3. Dan Wensloff (Jaw); 1. Jim Lavender (Jaw): S. Damon Barry (Jaw). Ryan Villopoto co llected w ins in the Oren Fou r-Stroke, 125cc ond 250cc Intermediate classes a t round three 0 the GFI Ra cing Fa ll Se rie s South. and Open classes . Tyler Bereman had t he most success against Bake r, finishing second overall in both th e BOcc Inte r med iate a nd Open events. Bryce Stewart used co nsistent 3-3 rides for the seco nd-place Supe rmini trophy. Tyler Ruiz has been domi nat ing the 125cc Beginner class througho ut this series, and this wee k w as no e xc eption , as he fle w h is Simpson/Machine Dynamics Honda to ano the r perfect I-I tally. Anthony Adamik (3 -2 ) and Ad am Malcol m (4 -3) made it a Honda sweep of the top three posi tio ns. eN CAHUILlA CREEK MOT OCROSS PAR K ANZA, CAUF ORNIA RESUL SE TS: PTEMBER 26, 2 0 0 4 (ROUND 3 ) 50 STK (4·6): I. Blake Gree n (Co b); 2. Ayrton Ward (Co b). SO STK (7.S): I. Nathan Hamlin (Co b); 2. Jaco b Brumby (Cob) . 50 OPEN: I. Br.ildy Kiesel (KTM); 2. Blake Gre en (Cob ); 3. Ayrt on Ward (Co b). 60 FIT: I. Ca nney Roewe r (Suz); 2. Dominic Parrillo (Kaw); 3. Tristan Bawk (Kaw) . 60 BEG: I. Asht on McMillan (Kaw) ; 2 . Jessie Huntley (Kaw); 3. Ra ymond Eckenral (Suz); 4. Austin Harney (Kaw): S. OJ Lombard o (Kaw). 60 NO V: I. Colby Raha (Suz); 2. Michael Rucker (KTM); 3. Brady Kiesel (KTM); 4. Cod y Roe we r (Suz); S. Tristan Post (Kaw). 60 IN T: I. Austin Politelli (Kaw); 2. Joe y Savatgy (KTM); 3. Jake Gagne (KTM); 4. Blake Lilly (Kaw); S. Nitro Johnson (KTM). 60 OPEN: I. Joey S""'tg)' (KTM): 2. Colby Raha (Suz): J. Btake Ully (Kaw); 4. Nitro Johnson (KTM); S. Cody Roewer (Suz). 80 FIT: I. Jake Marler (Yam 80 BEG: I. Adam Zilla (Han); ). 2. Kyle Rodriguez (KTM); 3. Dustin Watts (Yam) 4. Shaine ; Sta ab (Yam); S. Adam Sm ith (Suz). SO N OV: I. David Meade (Suz); 2. Craig Tomlinson (Suz); 3. Dre w Wea.v er (Kaw); 4. Matt Fox (Yam);S. Dylan Bre hm (Suz). 80 INT: I. Tra vis Bake r (Yam) ; 2 . Bre nnan Towle (Kaw ); 3. Tyler Bere man (Ya.m); 4. Eve rett Holco mb (Ha n); S. St ev e n Tokarski (Kaw). 80 O P EN/EX: I. Travis Baker (Y am); 2. Perris Hot Su m mer Nig hts Se ries Round 10: Perris Raceway The Boys of Summer BY MIKE RYER PERRIS, CA, SEPT. 25 arlo s Rio s an d Travis Miller battl ed it out d ur ing all 10 r ou nds of the 50cc (7 -8) Sto ck and Mod ifi d classes. Rios picked up just e one win in th e Modified class and two wins in the Sto ck class but took the title in both classes, and Miller finished t he series w ithout a single win to take th e runn er-up spot in bo th classe s. In eac h class there were le ss th an 20 po ints se parati ng the two riders. Steven Caranza also ran each of the 10 races to take th ird in both classes and finish just eigh t points shy o f se co nd place in th e Modified class. Sean McGrew and Micha e l Don Bass misse d a few races in both C www.cyclenews .com Tyler Bereman (Ya m); 3. Eve rett Holcomb (Hon); 4. David Meade (Suz); S. Jake Gagne (KTM). SlM IN I: I. "fra Baker vis (Yam 2. Bryce Stewart (KTM); 3. Dre w Weaver (Kaw); 4. ); Connor Pe nhajl (Kaw); S. Brennan Towle (Kaw). 6 /W: I. Dean Hawkins (Hon) ; 2. Jared Rodriguez (Suz); 3. Jeff Tot" (Han ). 100 OPEN : I. Brandon Ward (Kaw). 115 BEG: I. Tyler Ruiz (Han); 2. Ant hony Adamik (Ha n); 3. Adam Malcol m (Ha n); 4. Cory Wright (Yam); S. Rick Sedlace k (Yam 125 N OV: I. Dana Dre ier (Yam 2. Brian Bebeck ). ); (Kaw); 3. Bubba McQu inn (Yam); 4. Jeaghe r La Founta ine ( Ha n) ; S. We sle y O st ma n ( Ha n). 12 5 IN T: I. Ryan vntc pc ec (Kaw) ; 2. Anth ony Ch arette (KTM); 3. C urt iS Malins (Yam) 4. Tyler Kalsiak (Hon, ; S. Bre tt Klein (Hon). ; i 125 PRO : I. Mike Sleeter (Hon); 2. Michael Young (Suz); 3 Cory McDaniel (Suz); 4. De nnis Ewing (Suz); S. Micky Griffin (Yam 250 BEG: I. Charles Whittetsey (Yam 2. Andrew ). ); Hamilton (Han ); 3. David Williams (Yam); 4. Matt Nucifot o (Hon) . 2S0 NOV : I. Stake Harber (Yam 2. Casey Huntley ); (Hon); 3. Brandon Fretstae (Y am); 4. Brae Armbrus ter (Yam ): S. Lucas Frye (Yam). 2S0 INT: I. Ryan Vitlopoto (Kaw); 2. Josh Brown (Ha n); 3. Tyler Kallstak (Ha n); 4. Austin Eitel (Han ): S. Bryan Minter (Suz). 250 PRO : I. Billy lanioovich (Ha n); 2. Mike Slee te r (Ha n); 3. De nnis Ew ing (Suz); 4. Scott Simon (Kaw); S. MickyGriffin (Y am). 4·5TRK O PEN: I. Ryan Vltlopoto (Kaw); 2. Josh La Founta ine (Hon); 3. Ryan Pe nha.ll (Kaw); 4. Brock Whitehead (Suz); 5. Freddy Sanchez (Hon). WHN: I. Taylor Masoner (Hen) ; 2. Alycia Holcom b (Hon); 3. Nichole Weisbruch (Kaw); 4. Karthn Bandy (Kaw). SCHBY : I. Mark Samuels (Suz); 2. Austin Eitel (Han ); 3. Joey Butc (Hon); 4. Chris AJ eksieteek (Suz); S. Curtis Malins (Yam). 25 + INT: I. Peter Paig (Hon). 25 + EX: I. Matt e Cleveland (Hen ). 30+ BEG: I. Tom Richards (Hen ). 30+ NOV: I. Mike McGr egor (Ha n); 2. J ude Butterw egge (Hon); 3. Art Tem ple (Kaw); 4. Mitch Farne r (Kaw); 5. Jesse Heers (Kaw). 30 + EX: I. Jon Zahrt (Kaw); 2. Kelly Pichel (Kaw); 3. Chris Turner (Hon). 30 + PRO : I. David Schmidt (Kaw). )§ + N OV: I. David Walker (Yam). )5 + INT: I. Bo b Wexler (Ha n). 4 0 + NOV : I. To bi Taki (Yam); 2. Mike Sanabr ia (Ha n); 3. Rick Polson (Han); 1. William Bandy (Hon); S. Ri k Sanders (Hon). 40+ INT: I. D.J. McGhee c (Hon); 2. Robert WEnChey (Yam) 40+ EX: I. Jon Zahrt . (Kaw); 2. Mark Moscrop (Kaw); 3. David Zahrt (Kaw). clas se s bu t finish e d fourth and fifth o ve rall , re spec tively, in the Stoc k class . In the Modified class, McG re w o nce again finished inside the top five w ith fo urth place overaJl, ove r Bran don jo ne s, w ho w on each of the fou r ro un ds in w hich he participated. There was ano ther close battle in th e BOcc (1 2-1 3) class , b e twe en Dalton Br ow n ( IB8 po ints ) and Ste ve Ab rams ( 18 5 po ints). even th o ugh Bro wn was absent fro m ro und two. Abrams ' points score for rounds on e and three were not th at great , and Br own con sisten tly placed inside the top five ea ch time out, w hich he lped him ea rn the title by just three points. Cody Espud o ( 134 points). Marc us Ca r rillo (9 7 poi nts) and Jo hnny Jeld erda (89 poi nts) Iinished out th e top five w hile playing hit-and -m iss w ith thei r attenda nce during th e se ries . After tak ing th e Supermini title over Dalton Brown, George jeffe rs also took th e title in the BOcc Ope n clas s. Once ag ain . it was after a lo ng-fought b att le wi t h th e KT M-mou nt e d CYCLE NEWS • NOVEMBER 17,2004 35

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