Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Handicap main events, respectively, Saturday night. It was • special night for Jerry King, now in his nnd year as the Costa Mesa Speedway starter. It was • night he wanted to share _ with his famity, the spectators and competitors. In a ceremony in the inneld, he took his radiant fiancee, Brittany. as his wife. The first semi h.d "Fast Ed" Castro on the pole, with Skyler Greyson in two and Faria and Hedden in three and four. Castro took the lead from the get-go and never looked back. Faria was content with second, knowing they would meet again in the main. Hedden and Greyson were headed for the lastchance qualifier. Chris "The Kid" Manchester had the pole in the second .. semi, with Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell in two, and Chris Kerr .nd "Cowboy" Bobby Krips on the outside. It was .11 Manchester, with McConnell running second, and they were on their way to the main. Kerr and Krips headed to the pits to get ~~~a ---Honda Yamaha of Redlands Is'H'15".16" re.dy for the LCQ. Hedden seemed to h.ve the LCQ in his hip pocket. but on the white-fl.g I.p the fickle finger of F.te stepped in, .nd Kerr .. 7:30AM to 7:30PM made a great pass and came away with the win and the last spot in the Scratch main. For the main, it was Kerr on the pole, with McConnell in two, Castro in three, and Faria and Manchester in four and five. It was one heck of a drag race to the first corner, and then Faria exited turn two in the lead, with Manchester running second. They were running close and hard; all five could have exchanged phone numbers without having to raise their voices. One mistake would have changed the running order, but none happened; Faria is a veteran and he seldom makes mistakes. Manchester settled for second. with Kerr third, followed by Castro and McConnell. The lineup for the Handicap main had Brian Starr alone on 1 to 4 man teams 6 teams to make a class 6 MILE COURSE ... 1111111 • 251cc-OPEN Expert • 251cc-OPEN SporlallllJl • 125cc·25Occ Elpert • 125cc-25Occ SportsIlllJl • OYER 30 Expert • OYER 30 Sportsman • OVER 4O Expert • OVER 40 Sportsman • IRON IWI...S1nlllt rldor only • BUSIIESS CLASS • FAlilY CLASS the 10-yard line. Denny Scopellite was .Iso solo. on the 20. ;:, Krips and Hedden shared the 30. Kerr and Castro were on the 40, and Manchester and Faria were on the 50. Faria got anxious on the first try .t • go .nd ended up being sent back to the 60. They lined up .gain .nd got off ok.y, but two I.ps in the red ••• came out when Krips had a get-off. Everything got sorted out, and they lined up single-file. Starr was off on top, and for his first ride with the big boys. he did .n outstanding job holding off the field until the white-fl.g I.p. Th.t was when Hedden made .. his move and got under Starr. moving him off the groove and getting by and taking Kerr, Castro, Manchester and Faria with him. That was the finishing order. Starr held on for sixth, with Scopellite and Krips completing the field. 11 I .., ....,......1 ..: • 2billol per INRt-lln Impound & the oth.r on Ih.trtdl o U.lml1td p11ltops.nd rid. ohi_ o Unldledultd _1ntlI1 • 1 vehicle per Ittm I. pII row • Ttlml 01" begin pit let... p o. Fri., July l • @12f'1l·6PM • No quods or 6Oco .11owed 11 •••, ...., 1111.11'.: • $110. 00 perINm P ntry 0 $200.10 per INm Post..nlry • $10. 00 Iron .... p try • $110.10 Iron .... Post...try "'H • Rtglstrl!loft Eltry HourI: 12:G01'll1o 6:DGPIt. Frtay. July lit 6:HAllIo 7:30"", Sotunll,. July 2nd • Hum.... Islulll ""Ign·up • 0 _ Opon: Frtay. July 1"@ 121'. ·a- Clost: Frida,. July 1" 0 lOP. • Gas Opon: Stturdly. July 2"" Ow 'lIbIrdl, 011. FM: $10.00. $5.00 for kIds ~12 ,'". far kldt under 5 yea," ok! wi' .. RESULTS SCR: I. Mike Faria (Jaw); 2. Chris Manchester (Jaw); 3. Chris Kerr (Jaw); ~. Ed Castro (Jaw); 5. Shawn McConnell (GM). HDCP: I. Tommy Hedden (Jaw); 2. Chris Kerr (Jaw): 3. Ed Castro (Jaw): ". Chris Manchester (Jaw); 5. Mike Faria Oaw). SUP: i. Mark Baldwin (Jaw); 2. Rudy Laurer (Jaw); 3. Chris Metoyer (Jaw); 4. Billy Braden (Jaw), 5. Bryan Buffington (Jaw). SUP B: I. Steve Dzladus Jr. (Jaw); 2. Steve Dziadus Sr. Oaw); 3. Robert Glamuzina (Jaw); 4. Robert Flesler Jr. (Jaw); 5. Bilty Swain (Jaw). JR 0-1: I. Jason Ramirez (Hon); 2. Austin Navratil (Han); 3. Gino Manzares (Han). JR 0-2: I. Dylan Black (Han); 2. Joey Holt (Hon): 3. Cnod Hoyt (She). '\ Wisconsin Observed Trials Association Round I: Rubble Bowl ~ rprm' _GE:!§7~ Smage Crumbles Competition in WOTA Rubble Bowl By CRAIG GERNHARDT ELKHORN, WI, JUNE 12 D istrict 16 Observed Trials' season started late this year, .mid the rubble. Wh.t kind of rubble, you ask? Broken highway concrete, railroad ties, telephone poles, cement drainage tile, and fallen trees from storms long ago. You get the picture, right? A mess of stuff thrown into the rock-filled woods. Ry.n Young Product/Sherco USA pilot P.trick Sm.ge demolished the competition at the Moose Racing Products- Motorcycle news will never be the samel You can access Cycle News Online anytime, day or night, on the World Wide Web at... www.cyclenews.com sponsored "Rubble Bowl:' hosted by trials master Noel Sm.ge on the Smage Farm practice grounds. It was such a full-blown sl.ughter, the 14-year-old Patrick h.d the competition mashed by the first section of the first loop. Not even a slight alteration of one of the stadium-style sections could deter him from accumulating two measly dabs dUring the four-loop, eight-section WlI.f'• •f "'0 '_"',.g oflgo . , ...torcyc" .0••1 Cyde News Onlinel Now you can ace... in,tont race results and the latest breaking stories in the world of rnaIo

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