Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Club Mot o Festival Raggio Runs 'em Ragged z w c > B Y W.H . S PENCER III .~ U VERMO RE. CA. JUNE 24 Shawn Rag gi o and Casey Yarro w battl ed in the Club Moto bullring for Pro -Am honors in the ongoing AMA District 36 wars . The young sters - both sons of vetera n racers · had good starts and dis played talents th at thei r dads displayed back in the early 1970s. • B r a n d on Carnaha n w a s the obvious favo rit e for both the A ma in and th e Pro -A m co ntest, but the track proved tricky and cras h- Res u lt s PfW 5'TK (4 ·6); I . Tamer KnthenbuhI (Cob ); 2. Levil H.5!1 (Cob); 3 . Bronden Brown(Cob): 4. Mict'wtt!I ~ (Pol) ; 5. Dalton00 ..... (Pol). Pf'N STK (7 ·8) : I. Zachary Fus5e U (Cob); 2. Joshua Byington (Cob) ; 3. .... """"" (KT>I ; 4. ...... Holt (ATl<); S. DyIM> Pool (Cob) . ) P/W OPEN (4. 8) ; I. la<;hMy F..... (Cobl ; 2. T"""" 1VWnbuhf (Cob ); 3 . Levu Ha ll (Cob ): 4. Brett Proctor (KTM): 5 . Joshua """""", (Cob )_ 60 STK (6-8) : I. J~a ghll!t laFountain e (KTM): 2. Ja na Ellis (tITM): 3 . Dylan Henderson (tITM): 4 . fo\icMei Behling (KTM). 60 STK (9- 11) : I. Kurt IS Grerer (Ka w); 2. Joseph Martin e1 es left him wonde ring what was going on . "l haven 't had th is m uch trou ble all year ," lamen ted the Reno racer. Ton y S ouza wo rked th e o uts ide starting spot in both heats and mains to finish th ird in th e Pro -Am and fourth in the A m ain . behind Ca ma han. Yarro w rode his YZ250 to th at win over Matt Proto aft er a good squabble. In Pee Wee action, J ord an Flores was top s in the Pee W ee ( 4 - 6) St o ck C clas s. o v e r James W ill iams and Vau ghn McCaffe rty . A nthony Fon g Jr. was on hi s way ·to the Modi· fied A victory when he high -sided on th e fron t straight . Crider D.J . Sha rk ey was all ov er him and look the ove rall on his Diaz Racin g Cobra . Sharkey had hi s own falling probl em s in the 60cc class . Dan ielle Caldeira took the win , over Ton y Davila, with Sean Jones the A winner and Feng coming back to win the B divis ion . Al Yarrow. th e 1974 District 36 cham pion and father of SuperlT cha m p Casey Yarro w. topped th e Old -Ti mer A cl ass. o ver Mark Biscardi and AI Lu dwig sen . J ason Paol i topped th e Vet B cl ass , and Eri c Turner was th e w inner in the C di vi sion. Frankie Garcia J r. had a good nigh t. winning the 80 cc Expert clas s afte r a good battl e with runner - up Joey Hern and ez, w ith Bob by Fong th ird o ver Sean Jone s. Kenny Ca rlotta too k th e 80 cc C-c1ass win . over Sammy Clar k and Al ys sa Brionea. Th e Formula 100 Modified (0- 16) contest was a crashfest , but Cla yt on Patterson persevered after his brother bailed big time in the heat Clark and Ju stin Filice got togethe r in the main. eliminating themselves. Canotta placed second . Chris Can epa was th e man to beat in the XR 100 (O ve r 16 ) clas s. tak ing a great win ov er Antonia Nunez, with bi g Rick Patter son third over Mike Dey. The Vet A vict ory went to Robert Bacos a in a good com eback affair. over B o b Casey . Dana Perri wa s the wild winner in the Vinta ge A d ivision , ov er Steve Hall and Ricky Cre m on a. after Han and John Proto got their bars hooked up an d nea rly went over the fence in the ea rly po rtion. Fili c e was th e 25 0cc C wi nner on one of his dad' s old Hon d a flat -trackers from way ba ck , winning in grand style ov er Canepa , on h i s new YZ2 5 0 . after a close battle. Sc ott Watkins and Jeff Corzo nkoff were th e chasers. Cal-Expo Fairgrounds: " B ro n co" B illy J an n l ro (14) as sumes t he lead after passing Bart B ast (87) in the Scratch main In Sacramento. Ca li for n ia. Bobby Hed d e n , running the outside. ev ent ually p assed B ast f or sec o n d place. Cal-Expo Fa irgro und s P/W MOD: I. D.J . SharlI ey (Cob ); 2. Bobby Caldeira (Yam); 3. AnSl!lmi (Yam). 60 AlB: J. Sron Jones (Kaw) ; 2. Anthony Fang (K_); 3. Clad Cooo(IIaw ). 60 C: 1. ~Ie CaldeIra (Kaw) ; 2. Tony Dayila (Kaw): 3. Jocob l.ohy (Hon) . MSTR 2S+ EX: I. Matt HfflNlM (Hon). SPTSMN: I. Rick Polson (VCR): 2. Oo~ Hal," (yam ): 3 . Glade Hol:Mey (KTM); 4 . Billy Balknger (Yam) : 5. Duncan Campbell (Hus) . Motocross of M a r ion County Boni Blows 'em Away at Reddick B y KYLE M YERS RED DICK , FL. JU LY 9 Rou nd 16 of the Pro Sports 2 0 00 .Sunshine State Series and Motocross of Marion County 's annual Mu sc ul ar Dystrophy Ass ociation ra ce was he ld o n a hot Flo rida day. MD A poster child Cody. fro m O rla ndo , was o n hand to h e lp w ith p r ize drawings and to enj o y t h e rac es . Proce eds fro m th e a uction and t h e silent aucti on all went to MD A . M att Bani won b oth the Su p er m ini and 80cc ( 12 - 15) clas ses. Wh en th e gate dropped to start m oto one of th e Supe rmini contest. Jas on Rosete led the cha rge in to tu m on e, with Dean Dyess, Kyle Meeks. Bo ni and J im my Warren clo se beh ind. Boni qui ckly work ed his way by Meek s, Dyess and Roset e to m ov e into th e lead . With a clea r track in fr on t o f him , Bani , on h is Orlando Ya maha ~Kaw a s a k i /Perfomum c e Engin eer ing / Axo Ka wasaki . outdistanced the fiel d and pu lle d out to a huge lead. Jason DeVa u x broke into the top five on lap three by passing Warr en as th ey en tered th e pit. M eanwhil e, Dyess and Meeks ra ced inches apart fo r the ma jo rit y of the five -lap race until Meeks slid un derneath Dyess on the bowl turn to take third. Bani sailed across the finish line to score the easy wi n over Rosete, Me eks, Dyess and Jon Ca m p . who passed DeVaux on the last lap just before th e finish . Bani rocketed out of the ga te to start mota two. with 19 hu ngry racers behind him . Chris C ates fo llowed Boni around the supercross sty le course until Ba ni t urned up th e pace and pull ed away . Camp j um ped by Dyess and set his sights on Rosete . but he wrapped his gear· shifter aro und his footpeg. ending his charge an d le tting Dyess, Wa rre n and Mike Nicolini m o tor by . M eanwhil e , Bon i p ut hi s K X o n c ruise co ntrol and fi nished o ut th e m ot a for th e un c ont est ed vic tory ahead o f Ro st er , Dyess, Warr en and Cates . who just edged out Nic oli ni at th e finish. Bon i lat er retu m ed to dom inate both 80cc (1 2 - 15 ) m ot os. lead ing all 10 laps on his KX. Budd y Duffy won the 16-24 cl ass and the Open Maney co ntes t. Robby Hu ss won th e Pee Wee (7- 8) and Pee Wee Open cl asses.

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