Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

~I G e n e R o m e r o ' s e -moola. com W est C o a s t F la t Track S e r ie s R ou n d 6 : S ilv e r Dolla r Spe edvvay pa ign er Billy Marti n go t loo s e in the m idd le of the p a c k a nd fell in t u rn one . Befor e it was ove r, Ma rt in wo uld c o lle ct Sh a wn Ragg io , with Martin 's bike gi ving Ra gg io a good kno c k in th e fa c e . Both rid ers wa lk e d a wa y from the cra s h a nd m ade the re sta rt. Aft er starte r Sc o tt Zimm e rm an ban ish ed a ll but J .P S im ons en from the front row , th e gr een light fla s hed with Co rs etti ta k ing th e lead on his Bob Gra nt -tu ned Cors ett i famil y/Ron Woo d Ra ci n g -b a ck e d Woo d- Rotax . He wa s followed by Ra nd y Ber e m an , J ohn Hlebo III , Ryan And e rson a nd S im onsen , with a s hort g ap ba c k to sixth -placed Robert Cunnington. Things ja m med up qu ic k ly in the o pe ni n g. s tag es o f t he feat ure . Hlebo qu ick ly wo rked his wa y int o seco nd, with Simons en wo rk in g into th ird after th e pa ir d ic ed it o ut wi t h Bereman and And e rs o n in a fo ur- rid e r pa ck. Just b eh ind th em , S T ORY BY S COTT R OUSSEAU P HOT O S BY D EN NI S v ou, CHICO, CA, AGG. 5 y the time th at Gene Rome ro's e m o o la .c o m Wes t C oa st F la t T ra c k Se ries is d on e fo r th e y ear , Ma rk Cor s etti ma y be wishi ng that he had s hown up for th e e a rlie r rounds , becaus e whe n Cors ett i does s ho w up , he wins . At lea st that has be en th e c ase so far thi s sea son . Cor s etti ca me out to ride th e Per ris Auto Speedway round in Southern C aliforn ia on e m onth ago, and he won it with a heart-stoppin g la st-lap pa ss. Thi s tim e , at Silver Dolla r Spe edway in Chico , Corsetti's performa n c e was even more dom inant, the winning pas s coming in the first turn of the re started 16 -lap O pen Pro A ma in event , The first start wa s a bort e d wh en fo rme r AMA G rand Nat ion al c am - B 38 AUGUST 23 , 2000' c u e I e n e vv s We s t C oa st Fl at Tra c k Se r ies Cham pion Ron n ie Bro wn was fac ing o ff ag a inst Ro b Damron fo r the s ix t h s pot as th e f ie ld b e g an to s tr in g o u t o n t h e f a s t , g ro oved q ua rter mi le Ch ic o c lay . With the re st of the field fighting it o u t , Co rs ett i s im p ly bega n to sl ip away , bu ilding a lea d th at was a lmost up to a half s tra ightawa y by th e s ixth la p . Tw o la p s la t e r , it wou ld b e almost a full stra ig hta way . In th e m e a n t im e , it wa s on lap six th at Simonsen a nd Hlebo made conta ct in tu rn one, with Hlebo s lipping off the g roove and s u rre ndering the s econd s p o t to Si mo n se n . Bro wn h ad a ls o gotten the bett e r of Damron a nd wa s moving toward th e front , despite the fa ct that he was a lso battling a serious ca s e of the flu. With th e ra ce jus t pa st th e ha lfway point, Cor s etti wa s on c ruise control. Simonsen refused to give up , howev- Mark Cors etti now has two w ins in two attempts at Gene Romero's e-m oola. com West Coast Flat T ra ck Se rie s rounds. Corsetti ba gged his se cond victory in the Open Pro A mai n event at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California. e r, an d for a ti me it d id a p pe a r a s tho ugh he wa s ha c k ing into Corse tti's ma rg in. Th ere s imply we ren 't e no ugh la ps , howe ver , a nd Corsetti ja m med across th e fin ish line with nearly th e same a dva ntage th at he had built up by the halfwa y poi nt. It was another ha p py win fo r the excita ble North e m Cal iforn ian . "We 're m aki ng it happen ," Co rsetti sa id . "It h a s a lo t t o d o with t his motorcycl e , wh ich Ron Wood is help ing m e out o n. It ha s a lot to with m y tuner Bob Gra nt , and m y dad . It' s just b e en a co m bi na t ion of th ings . We work ha rd a ll week lon g , a nd it paid off. You just don 't co me out her e a nd

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