Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Chris Gallt, the 1998 and '99 State Cham pi- o n, finished the day in second overall . The r---------------------.--------~ z ~ Axo/Bridg esto ne /IMS/EVS/Motion Pro-backed :l: Gallt's consistency has him on track for his third o cha m pionship in th ree ye ars . Fi nishing third ov eral l was Am s o il/ Moo s e {FMF -s po n so re d -,......... Corey Calkins. Th e top Vet rider. Leonard Keen . pushed his Lan sing Cycle/Enduro Engineering KTM 200 to a career- best fourth overall. Honda mounted Bradley Benja min finished fifth overall . The Ught Team class wa s led to the fir st come r by KTM -mounted Shawn Lu ca , fol lowed cl osely by Bry an Du nlap and the rest of , the pac k. Dunlap passed Luca within a few class. By the e nd of the ra ce . their le a d was mor e tha n 13 m inute s. Thi s was their first race o n th e ir Hon da , a nd it pr o ved to be a good deci sion . "We have had a roug h ye ar, bu t it is get ting be tte r," M C Suppl y/O ' Ne al/ F actory FX spo nsored Dun lap said. This was the team 's second vict ory of th e seaso n. Oln ey th an k ed Sp y, No Fear , Coll ege Bike. and Tr icks b y Hicks. Th e sec o nd -placed team of Shawn Luca bell and Nick T ra v is t eamed up tog eth er t o finish th e day third in th e cla ss. Result s 0 /1\; I . Blair Bersa nc ; 2. Chris Gallt ; 3 . Corey Ca lkins ; 4 . Leonard K~; ~ . Br6d ~lamJn; 6. Tra vis Tudethoul; 7. Aaron Barth ; 8 . Mike Stapula ; 9 . Clint Harnrner1e; 10 . Syd Gll ilt . OPEN.: I. Will Root : 2 . Kart Tebeeu; 3 . Scott Rohr; 4 . Jakob Std · hoy 5. JllfMt Smi th . ; 250 : 1. BI.,r Btonano; 2. Corey c"lkinl; 3. Bred Bm ;"mn: 4. Sy d GoUt; 5. M.w1I. SrTvth. 200: I . Aaron Ba rth; 2. Mik e Stapula; 3 . Brian Howes ; 4. Mef'lin Go..... 125: I. 0Jris GalIl; 2. Travis T~ J . am.Sumrw!or, 4. Dan BuD: , . Robm Cribb&. 4-ST'RK: I . Rd Km. ; 2. Mike 1ianc:tMert: J . Shannon Jevis; 4. Rid K"'9: 5. OtIyton Abfaher. SR: I . ~ McCoy 2. Ken Johnton; J . Mike 1"\ann; 4. Byron ; Kibby; 5. Thomu~. S/SR I . DerYIis Gale ; 2. IArTyHdunan: J. Sam Boullion. : VET: I. Leonard K~; 2. Oint HarTrnerle: 3. Paul Guy: 4 . Sln'1! W~ 5. Scott Curtiss. HJ\lI TEM: 1. Scott Barclay/ScoU Lucll ; 2. Ron Ba!z:erlEd Kftn; J . VIC Flegd/Brion M"n . lJW TEAM: I. &yllfl DU'Illp/J4SOfI Olney ; 2. Shawn loca/Roger l Stevens; 3. Nick Trovis!Kotlt' CllmpbdL 200 JR: (13- 17): 1. Thomas EtMde; 2. Tyler Schoibh!; 3. Jared Wright; 4. Michael Hugo; 5. 2 -HR OPEN : B~ Bersano. I. Ron Scharphom; 2. Eric Dudek : J. J ason R~ 4. David V~ll r: 5. Brion Southworth. 85 (7-11): 1. Jake!'~; 2. lack .hI1TIeSOC'l; 3. Shannon fHogel; 4 . Tm 8oJdwin; 5 . Donovlln latImOre . 85 (12 -1'): I. Nick J ubb; 2. Cody Murph y: 3. NICk Um ber; 4. Josh Lawon ; 5. Josh ~U. 65 (7 -11) ; I. Tim Blo we r ; 2. J ara d S alisb ury: 3 . Br uce Height ch-: 4. Brandon Aegd; 5. Arw;jnow Bartoszt'k. 105 B/W : 1. TraviS Toogood: 2. Anthony 4. Stacy Emede; ~ . $foan Tdley. Stn-~ 3. ROMScott; Fast Fridays Speedway Bronco Billy Lassoes Another One By M. SOBER AUBURN. CA . J UNE 16 At the Fast Fridays Speedway on the Gol d Country Fai rgrounds ova l. " Bro nco" Billy Janniro scored a con vincing come-From-behind win in the Scratch main, while m ul ti -time Junior her went wire to Speed way Cha m pion Ryan Fos wire in the five-lap, six -rider Handicap main. Los Angeles County Raceway: Bonnie Kelly (110) take s th e hole sh ot ah ead of the eventual 125cc Beginner winn er, Jimmy Gonzales (354), and th e rest of the f ield In Palmdale, California. Th e Handic ap main lo oked li k e a m aj or ba c k -y ard ag e t raffic jam. wi th four rid er s c ro wde d o n t he 5 0 - y ard lin e : B art B a st , " Flyi n'" M ike Faria. Billy Janniro and Charlie "T he Edge" Veneg as. Ryan Fisher and Robe rt Curry fi lled out th e ro st er on the 30. Fisher w a s th e fi r st away at th e s tart, an d h e ass umed th e front positi on , ahead of Curry. Bast was th e fastest off th e 50 and he quic kly m ov ed up behind Curry as the field made its way through th e first two laps. By lap th ree. Bast had work ed his way past Curry and was m ak ing an extensive effo rt to track down the sm oo th -runn ing Fisher. "I ke pt expecting to hear somebody com ing up be hind me, but on lap four I t oo k a quick loo k back and was surprised to see that I had a bit of a lead to work. with... said Fisher . Faria followed Ba st and t oo k th ird away fro m Curry on lap four. Janniro and Venegas worked the inside and outside lines, to no avail. Fis her had his first Auburn m ain -eve nt wi n of 2000, rid ing his Cody/ A rnette/ Noleen/ Te d J on es/ Arai Jawa. Bast fi nis hed second, Fa ria was th ird . Venegas gra bbed fourth. Ja nni ro was fift h and Curry was six th . Ja nniro drew the po le in th e Scratch m ain. Venegas started from lan e two . Bobby Hedden had lane three. and Faria was in four . A s th e fo ur bik es revved up , th e Speedway starting g remlins decided to ma k e an appea ranc e . Ve negas m isr ead the starte r's cadence and lunged in to th e tapes, whic h in turn induced Hedd en to jum p the sta rt and com pletely ri p out th e fluorescent stri ps . Referee John Grant admonished He dden fo r his overexuberanc e and sen t Venegas to th e pits . On th e three -man rest art. Hedden led th e fie ld th rou gh the first tums. only to have J anniro unexpect edly sli de inside hi m and take ove r th e lead at th e end of lap one. "I was reall y surprised to see Bill y get past me so soon," said the still -amazed Hedd en after the race . " I thought I had a ve ry good start going. but obviously it wasn 't good enoug h." Once Janniro got a finm grip on the lead . he was all but gone aboard his Seco /Sparks Equipment /Off Beat/ Donner /Uzzy Ja wa . Hedden Fas t Fridays Sp eedw ay: " Bronc o" Billy Jann iro runs ahead of ear ly leader Bo bby Hedd en on his way to the win in Aub urn , Cali fo rn ia 74 J ULY 26. 2 0 0 0 ' cue I e '" " > '" ~ c, comers and never looked back. Dunlap hande d the bik e over to h i s t e a m m a t e Jaso n Olney , and they co ntinued to dominate the and Roger S te ve ns completed nine la ps and surv ived the muddy conditions. Katie Camp- '" s n e vv s stayed with in stri king di stance and even closed to with in a bike length at th e flag. but he had to settle for runner - up . Faria go t a poor ga te, tra iled the leaders throughout and finished th ird. Ja nniro credi ted h is success to a rad ic al gear change. "We dropped four gea rs befor e th e m ain . and it worked to perfecti on ," he said. "So metimes you j ust gotta try something di fferenL .. Re s u lts SCR: I. BiDy JlIf1fIiro (J " w): 2. Bobby Hedden (J aw): 3. Mike FIIriII (OM); 4. CharlieVenegas (J II'WI. HDCP: 1. Ryen F"~ (Jaw); 2. &lIIt &sl: (J aw); 3. Mike Faria (QII): 4. Charlte V~ (Ja wl: ~. Billy JlWV'Iiro (Jaw). 0 ·2 : I, Ivan Sfovart (\\'es ): 2. Tom Ad"ms (Wes l : 3 . Richa rd Powd (Jaw l. [). 3: 1. Billy Hiles (J awl; 2. G~ Hooton (Jawl ; 3. Kn'In F~ (Wes l. 0 ·1 JR : 1. eng Hooton Jr , (Jaw ); 2. Chris Ken (Wes): 3. Bryan Yarrow (J aw). 0 -2 JR ; 1. T.J . Fow4er (Wes); 2. o..my Easley (Jaw); 3. Josh ~by (Jaw) . D·J JR: 1. Chris Srruth (Hon); 2. Paul Johnson (Hon ); J . Bruce Bast (BSA) . Los A ng eles County Raceway Garcia. Gonzalez Speedy at CRC MX By GREG R OBERTSON PALMDALE. CA. JUNE 17 A board a pair of Yam ahas. M ik e Ga rcia and Jimm y Go nza lez swe p t the 80cc and I 2 5cc Beginner classes, respe cti vely , during Ca lifor · nia Racin g Cl ub 's Sat urday nigh t motocro ss at Lo s A nge les County Race way. Ga rcia sta rt ed th in gs off in hi s favo r with th e 80cc Be ginner first · moto ho leshot o ve r Aaron Graham and Casey White. T hese three riders quickly separated themselves fro m the rest of the field in a close battle ov er the lead th at would la st fo r most of the m ota . Oraham tried to get around Gar cia one more time on th e final lap but made c onta ct in a tum and stalled his bike while Garcia skated awa y with th e win ov er Whi te. Preston Lu ndin put a last· lap pass on James Sendlebach for third. and Graham had to settle for fifth . In round two. Ga rcia ex ited the fi rst tum with th e lead over Sen dl ebach. White and Gra ham. By lap two, it looked like th e first moto all ov er again. Garcia wa s being hounded by th e Kawasaki ·mounted duo of White and Graham. Graham applied the m ost pr essur e, but th e Wh it e Broth ers/O 'N eal -b ack ed Garcia held him off up until the ch eckers for a pe rfect 1· 1 pe rfonmanc e on the night. Graham' s runner -up sho wi ng earn ed him t h ird o v erall , beh in d the 2 · 3 of Whit e . Sendleb ach (4- 4) and Lundin (3- 5) rounded out th e top fiv e. Bonni e K ell y sh owe d th e boy s she's no slo uch out o f the gate. as she ree led off th e 125cc Beginner firs t·mot o holeshot. Unfortu nat ely for Kell y . Gonzalez wa s fa ster j ust abo ut eve ry whe re else on the J.B. Mem orial tra ck , and he had estab lished a com fortable lead aft er just one lap. Go nzalez led ev er y lap for an uncont ested win . Wild man Jason Sanc hez wa s all over th e tra ck and m anaged to work his way up into a seco nd- place finish after a crash early i n th e m ot a . T ravi s Mehteri an pa ssed Ch ris Boj orquez for th ird on the white-fla g lap . Meht erian 's second -moto lead last ed abo ut half a lap before Gonza lez flew past. On ce out front. th e LA Cycle/PAX-sponsored YZI25 rider Gonzal ez simpl y ou traced th e c o m pe titio n . Sa nchez , Mehteria n, Rick y Ph y an d J er ell Tryon all argued over second place for much of the race , with Meh terian prevailing in th e end . Re s u lt s P/W YAA BEG; 1. ...IoM n Hdtterman (Ya m ); 2 . Nichola , HId· ltwI lermon (Ya m) : 3. Makmna White (Yam); 4. Sem L.uru (Yam) ; 5. RUe)' While (Yam l, PfW BEG: 1. Ntcholas Franco (KTM); 2. J " mes Alvarez (Cob): 3. Shawn Rhineha rt (KTM): 4 . Hafl e y Bo n ha m ( Le m ) : ~ . Ch a n ce _ IIlTMj. P/WI\DV I . Matthew Popp (Pol ) . : S/P/W (7·9): I. Keith Robrlson (Cob ). 60 BEG: I. Ryan Oary (Ka w); 2. Chadd COW (Kaw): 3. ~ke UnlOCk (Ka w); 4. [)"mien Collins Jr . (Kaw). 60 (9-1 1): 1. TlflYny R4zJer (Kaw); 2. Andrew Couto (K_I: 3. FrankMeWtllte (Kaw). 60 BEG; 1. Mke Garda (Yam l: 2. C" 1e)' While (Kaw) : J . AaIUl Graham (Kaw); 4 . James Sendlri>ach ( Su z ) ; ~ . Preston Lunchn (Yam). 60 (7·1 I) ; 1. Danny Goozale% (Kllwl: 2. Nick Sanchez (Suz) ; 3. TIIf\I"Iel' Langh.vn (Kow) . 80 ( 12- 13); I. Sterling Zepeda (Yam ); 2. Greg ~ (Yam ). 80 ( 14 .1 6) : l. Gil Esqui vel (Yam ); 2. NICk Slmp aon (Hon l; 3. Ricky Kroll (Yam ). B/W: 1. Core y Wolff (Ka .... . ) WMN; I .UIMi a Krytzer (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1. Jimmy Gonzalt'z (Yam) : 2. Travi' Mehte rian (Honl : 3 . Jason Sa nc hez (Yam) ; 4. Rick y Phy (S uz) : ~ . Chri s &Jorquez (Yaml . 125 NOV; 1. Matt ~ (Kaw): 2. Anthony BnrbllCovl (Yam) ; 3. Nicholas Burson (Kaw); 4. Raben Clark (Su z); 5. Dann Chisholm (Hon). 1 2~ INT I. Josh Bagge (Ha n ); 2. J ahner Faulk n er (Yam ); 3. : Sha un Trabert (Kaw ). 250 BEG: I. Jeff Co tton (Suz) ; 2. Ada m Culver (Suz ): J. James Ca lion (Yam ). 250 NOV: I. Shawn ChamberlIn (Yam) : 2. Steve Harbi!lOn (Hon); 3. Aaron Bjork (Yam ): 4. Bryan Wa rd (Hon) : 5. J"son fo\onohcn (Kaw). 250 INT; I. Josh BagQt' (Hon l: 2. Rob bie Dunha m (Yam ). 250 PRO:1. Raymond Smith (Yam l. J R VET BEG: l. Rick Snavely ( Hon) ; 2. Daniel Garb (Yam ): 3. Craig McCormick (Kaw): 4. Ami AzotMay(Kaw). J R VET NO 1. Will HaU (Yam l : 2. Eric ltlth rop (Ka .... : J . Sh y V; l MoW (Hon) ; 4 . John Dean (Hon);~ . Joe Ma," (Hon ). J R VETINT: I. RobtNe Dunham (Yam ); 2. Juon Trube y (Kaw). VET BEG : I. Steve Wilbanb (Ka w); 2. J ay Bagge (Han) ; 3. Steve fMct' ( Hon): 4. Andy Traben (Hon ); 5. Ray De vaUy (Kaw). VET NOV: I. Doug Bt'arden (Yam) ; 2. Shy Moshe (Hon l; 3. Dale Hooker (Yam); 4 . Ste lan Neary (Hon) . VET PRO: I. J immy Robe rti (Hon ); 2. J im Sendleboch (Yam ): 3. Edwa rdo Tnppo ( Hon ); 4 . Dal'ml Stoffer (Han l . SR NOV: 1. Gary ft\cCOMt'U (Kaw); 2. J im Bagge (Hon); J. BJ1l Cotton (Yam) . SR AM:. 1. Joel Sfollb (Han ); 2. 1t\lIIrtr. Rena (yam): 3. Bob Dunham (Yam) . SR EX: I. Jock Miller (Kawl. Orr : I. Edwardo Trippo (Honl; 2. Mark Neal ( Hon) ; 3. Scott ft\cDc:na1l(Hon); 4_Bob 0u"Iham (Yam) ; 5. Earl A,d"ms (Kaw) . Barona Race wa y Park Laninovich Takes Inaugural BRP W in By HOMER EUBANKS RAMONA. CA. J UNE 17 A new motocross track has broken g rou nd in th e San Diego area . Barone Race way Park. kno wn for its qu arter -m il e clay ova l tr ack has built a stadi um· styl e m otocross c ourse on the tr ac k i n fie ld . To in t ro d u ce th e new ven ue, tr ac k prom ote rs Yak k ey Raci ng also offered flat -track, quad racin g and go-kart raci ng . In its fir st eve nt, th e new venu e drew 71 riders. To th e delight of the cro wd , 125cc Interm ediate riders Billy Lan inov ich , Jake Elk in s and Michael Sleeter decided to have a game of take out in the seco nd mota rather than head s-up race one anothe r. Th is back·a nd ·forth pushing and shoving fro m th e competitors prov ided the fans with a lot of acti on. Th e thr ee friends did n't hav e any hard feelings, and Elkins was the only rider to act ually drop his m ou nt. Sleeter had got c aught up in a tum ·one inciden t and was a lap down when th e three went after one another. However. the demonstration did show the fans how a rider can set another rider up and blockpass an opponent. The riders would take vari ous li nes to cut on e another off. Strategically placing a rear wheel across someone's front wheel gives th e offens iv e rider control of the track. It was all in fun , and the fans got to see a lot of handlebar-to -handlebar action. When the mayhem was over, Lanin ov ich had won the event with repeat v ic tori es. Elkins managed second overall, with Sleeter tak ing thi rd. Tra vis Bemis went for th e ch eck ers in both th e 125cc No vic e motos, leaving th e battle for seco nd place to Tyl er Roberts and James Mar · ries. Roberts was able to take th e second spot in race one . with Ja me s Miller third. In the fol· low ing moto . M arrie s trail ed B em i s, with Roberts having to settle for third . Rob erts , how ever, earned seco nd ove rall , with Marries thi rd . Re sults 50; I. Tony Pacht' co (KTM); 2. Blake Ca mjXM (KTM); 3. Kyle Hurley (Ka lil). 60 : I. Michad Ha ll (K/lw) ; 2. Eri C FiKht'f (K" w); 3. Cla yton ) Murillo (KTM): 4. Brooke Campos (KTM): ~ . Ta ylor Fischer (K/lIII . 80 BEG ; I. Tom my Deuchor s (Suz); 2. Eva n Call (Ya m ): 3. Austin Lambt'rt (SUl) : 4. J ustin PaJmbach (Hon) : 5. Jodl Bt'mis (Suz ). 125 NOV: 1. Trav is Ikmis (Yam); 2. Ty lf'r Rabens (KTM): 3. James Mames (Yam ): 4. J ames Millt'r (Hon) : ~ . Phil lip Ingra m (Vam ). 125 [NT: I. Billy Lani novi ch (Yam ); 2. Jak ~ Elkins (Ya m): 3. Michat'lS1~er (Varni: 4. GeoffWalt('f (Ya m) :~ . David GaUItQef (Kalil). 250 BEG: 1. Brian Cra in (Yam) : 2. Dalllson L.eltetvnan (Hon ): 3. Mike BIoon (Ya m ): 4 . Michael Moore ( Hon ) ; ~ . John WUli' (Hon l . 250 NOV: 1. Kyle Yost (Yam ): 2. Danny BallIet"(Yam ); 3. Stn-e Zwinger (KTM); 4. Adam OMUeis (!"1m 5. Peter Alesi (Yam ). ); 250 INT: 1. DlIf'I Norman (Hon) ; 2. Kid Matt50n (Hon) ; 3 . Dan Walsh (Suz); 4 . Tra vis Cory ( Hon ); ~. lack Sh IMy (Sw).

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