Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

GFI Racing Fall Ser ies South Round 1 : Perris Raceway - (Left) Bryan M a cGavran was untouchable at Perris Raceway lhis h om e t r a ck) in both the 12 5cc and 250c c Pro races at t he opening rou nd of the GFI Racing Fall Se ries (So uth). (Below) Tim Weigand w o n both the 125cc and 250cc Intermedia te cl a sses in Perris, Ca lif o m ia. S T O RY A ND P HO T O S BY GREG R O B E RT S O N PERRIS, CA, SEPT. 3 B rya n McG a vra n us ed his famili ari ty wi th Perr is Ra cewa y t o h is adva ntag e a s h e totall y d o mina ted both the 12 5c c and 250 cc Pro class es during t he o p e ni ng round of t he GFI Raci ng /Goat E ye we a r/FMF/ 7 6 / Circle K/ Te mecula Motor sport-spo nso re d Fa ll S eries . T im Weig and e a rned top Int e rm e d ia t e ho no rs .o n the da y , winn ing both th e 125c c a nd 250cc classes with a th ird - a nd firstp lac e finish in e ach class . McG av r an ' s d omin an c e of t h e 25 0cc Pr o ran k s was ev ident rig ht fro m the dr op of the ga te in the ones hot 20 m inute m oto, as h e ex ited the tig h t r ig h t -h an d first t u rn on hi s YZ250 a head of S e a n O 'Con nor, Tim Be atty , Michael Sl e ete r a nd th e re st of the fie ld. McGav ra n q uick ly put a couple of seconds o n O'Conn o r, who was m a k in g his GF I Racing Pro debut. Be att y wa s qu icker down a whoo pe d-o ut straigh t to overtake O'Con no r fo r seco nd place o n lap two . O ' Co n nor qu ickly came under fire fro m S le ete r a nd Billy La ninovic h , who was a lso givi ng the GFI Pro class his first tr y. By halfwa y , McG a vran ha d a com forta ble 10 -second le a d over Be att y , who was ju st a he ad of a good ba tt le fo r t h ird betwe e n O 'C on n or an d Sleete r. Lan inovich lost h is fron t e nd in a tu rn , mov ing Do na ld Upton up into fifth. McGa vra n co uld do no wro ng a nd sa w t he c hecke rs first with ne a rly 2 0 second s to s pa re . " I c o u ld pr o b a b ly ride th is t rac k w it h my eyes close d ," s ai d McG a vra n. "I o nly live a bo ut 10 o r 15 mi nutes away , wh ic h is an a dvantage on m y part. I usua lly come out her e whe never ther e 's a pra ctice day. I fe lt good ou t the re ." S le e te r broke free fro m O 'C onnor and reeled in Beatt y, a nd on the fina l fe w la p s b ot h r id ers use d every b lo ck-pas s, bump -an d - run , b rake c heck and an y other tric k imag ina ble to ho ld o n t o se co n d pl a c e , wit h Bea tt y eve n t u a lly pr e va iling in the e nd when Sleete r hit a br ea king bump a little wr o n g on th e last lap a n d e nde d up overs hooting a berm . "We ha d a good ba tt le going on , " s a id t he Moto Pro /Thor/Motu l/ Sm ith /FMF / C e e t - b a c k e d Beatt y afte rwa rd . "I got som e arm pump, so I was riding tight. Mike [Sle eter] m ade a few p asses o n m e , but luc kily I wa s a ble to get him back ." S le ete r was qu ic k ly ba ck o n t he tra c k to cla im the th ird -p la c e m oney a few seconds behind Beatty . cl ai me d th e overall . Second ove rall we nt to Mac o m be r, follo wed by Josh Ba gg e (6- 4) , Anth on y Bru s cella (8 -7) a n d Dav id Sullins (7-8) . Weig and led m os t of t he fi r s t 2 50cc Inte rm ediate m ot o un til a bob bi e on th e last la p dro ppe d h im to third , be h in d Ra nd y C la rk a n d Ma c omber. How ev e r, We iga nd a nd h is TRE/Sp lit /Sm ith- ba c k e d YZ2 5 0 we re u nto uc ha b le in ro u nd two . He we nt wire to wire for th e win a nd the overa ll ho no rs . Ma comber we nt 2 -2 for second , fo llowe d by Ba g ge (4 -3) and Cla rk ( 1-6) . eN "Tha t was a g oo d ra c e ," sai d the NCY / T MR/ A x o /Ma x im a / Arnet te ba cked Sleeter wh ile cool ing down in the pits. "Me a nd T im [Be atty] rid e to gether e very day , a nd I know p re tty mu c h his s ty le of ridi ng . I th ink we wo uld ha ve be en abl e to get up close r to McG a vran if we wou ld h a ve ha d better sta rts . I couldn 't ma ke th e pass stic k o n Tim; he 's a lot m ore aggres si ve a n d he o utwei g h s m e b y, lik e , about 50 pounds ." O ' C o n n or c ros s e d t he lin e in fo urt h , a h ea d o f Up t on an d Jo sh Tupa . He s eemed pl e a s e d with his pe rform a nc e . "I' v e bee n traini ng a lot , " sa id O ' Co n n or, " b u t w h en y o u ' r e out the re , it 's a c om pl e te ly di ffere n t stor y . I gue ss I've go t to tra in a little harde r. I wish I could ha ve hun g with Bea tty a nd Sleeter, but they've been Pros longe r than I have , s o I don't feel bad at all ." Whe n the gate dro p ped fo r the sing le 2 0 - mi n ute 12 5 c c Pr o moto , McGav ra n, O 'Co nnor , Sl eete r, Lani no vi c h a nd Mic h a e l Youn g all ra n t o wa r d t he fr o n t o f t he p a c k . Mc Gav ran pu lled o ut a m odest le a d du ring th e first c o u p le of circ uits o f th e jump -laden Pe rris tra c k wh ile two s e pa ra te battle s sta rte d to s ha pe u p beh ind hi m . Lani novic h a nd S leeter we re goi ng a t it over second p la c e, wh ile O 'C onn or h a d h is h an d s fu ll with Yo ung jus t a fe w s e con ds ba c k . Mc G avra n al m o s t m ad e it look effortless as he in c re a s e d h is lead with eac h p ass ing lap to e a rn th e win o n his NC Y/Fox/O a k le y/ FMF/ Dunlop /DC Sh o e s/ Enz o Ra c in g- sp on sored YZ125 . S le et er a nd Lan inov ic h tra ded second p lace ba c k a nd fo rth , with S le ete r co mi ng ou t on top in the e nd . O'Connor kept Young at ba y the e nti re dista nc e to cla im fourt h place . Jere my C ha ussee fini s h e d six t h , ahead of Tu pa a nd Ch ris Barrett . J e s s e Casill a s led the firs t 125c c Int e rm e diate m oto for a co u p le of laps befor e a fa ll d ropped him ba c k t o a n e ve nt u a l 18 t h - pl a ce fin ish. Rich ie O wens inh er ited th e lea d and ra n with it unt il We igand ev en tua lly outjumped him to ta ke the win. Mick e y Griffin fou ght his wa y up to third , ove r C or ey Ma c omb e r and Sha n e Kelle y. Ma c omb e r a b scon de d wi t h th e ho leshot in round two. Casillas m ade his way to th e fro nt a fte r a c ouple of la ps. Casillas held off Macomb er at t he c h e c k e rs fo r t he wi n, bu t We iga nd 's cl ose t hird -pl a c e fi ni s h cue . D Perri s Raceway Perris, California Results: Septe mber 3, 2000 (Round 11 50 ( 4 ~ 6 ): I . Da n ie l O ve rto n (C o b ); 2 . J a k e Pi schk e (Co b) ; 3 . Ca r lo s Don (Co b ); 4 . B lake Cam pos (Cob) ; 5. Steven Morgan (KTM ). 50 (7 -8) : 1. N ig el J oh nson ( KTM ): 2 . Ka leb Palm bach (KTM ); 3. Christian Havlicheck (HM ). 50 O PEN : 1. Dak ot a Garn er (C ob ); 2 . Bryc e St ewart ( Co b) ; 3 . Mi chael A ra na ( Co b ); 4 . D av id Cabrer a (KTM ); 5. Carlos Don (Cob) . 6 0 FIT : 1. Justin Fi schk e ( KT M) ; 2 . J osh ua Bloodworth (KTM) ; 3. Dyla n Crower (Kaw ); 4. Sara Larunovlc h (KTM) . 60 BEG : I. J ak e Mende nh all (KTM ); 2. Casey Harries (Kaw); 3. Brook e Campos (Kaw ); 4 . J oshua Massey (Kew}. 60 NOV: I. Michael Leib (KTM ); 2. Brett Dow ney (Kaw); 3. Patr ick Carr illo (Kaw) ; 4. Dak ota Garner (Kaw ); 5. Bryce Stewart (Kaw). 6 0 I NT: 1. Ch ap py Fie n e ( KT M) : 2 . Webb Massey (KTM) . 60 O PEN : 1. Shawn Hayes (KTM) ; 2. M ic hael Leib (KTM); 3 . Webb Massey (KTM); 4. Brett Downey (Kaw ); 5. Patri ck Carrillo (Kaw). 8 0 FIT : 1. J o shua Bou rgeo is (Yam ) ; 2. Ryan Stu ke y (K aw ) ; 3 . J eremy Stin ett ( K a w ) ; 4 . Christopher Bourgeois (Suz); 5. Richie Cullen (Yam ). 80 BEG: 1. Anthony Rond on (Kaw); 2. Michael Herrera (Kaw); 3. Cameron Reidel (Suz); 4. Chappy Fie ne (Suz); 5. Matt Vanderwater (Yam ). 80 NOV : 1. Cole Seely (5 uz); 2. Derrek Murphy (Yam); 3 . J oshua laFountaine (5uz); 4. Cody Tith of (Suz) ; 5. Matth ew Adam s (Yam) . 80 INT: 1. Larry Reese Jr. (Ka w); 2. Ty Morrow (Suz) ; 3. Nathan Salgado ( Yam ) : 4 . J usti n Nobl e (Kaw); 5 . Ju stin Mulfo rd (Han). 80 EX /O PEN : 1. Mike A lessi (Ya m ) ; 2. Cale Wallace (Yam ); 3. Paul Pearcy (Yam); 4. Chris Nihan (Suz); 5 . Jarren Brown e (Yam). S/M I NI: 1. Cale Wallace (Yam) ; 2. Mik e A lessi (Yam) ; 3 . Chris Nihan (Suz); 4. Paul Pearcy (Yam) ; 5. Justin Nobl e (Ka w). SCHB Y: 1. J esse Casillas (Yam) : 2. Mike Alessi (Yam ); 3 . Shan e Kelley (Yam ); 4. Antho ny Bruscella (Hon); 5. Erik Meyer (Yam ). 12 5 BEG : 1. Ch ri s Sam pson ( Ka w) ; 2 . Nate A rbo gast (Yam ): 3 . Da vid Ku nk el (Yam) ; 4. Dan iel Shaw (Yam ): 5 . Jake A rball o (Yam). 12 5 NO V : 1. Cha se Mein ek e (Yam) ; 2. Corey Murphy ( Han); 3. Mike Davis (Yam ); 4. David Meyers (Kaw) ; 5. Cli nton Pierce (Suz). 12 5 I NT: I . Tim We ig an d ( Yam ) ; 2 . Co rey Macombe r (Yam) ; 3. J osh Bagge (Hon) ; 4. A nthony Bruscella (Han); 5. David Sulli ns (Yam ) . 12 5 PRO: 1. Bryan McGavran (Yam); 2. Michael Sleete r (Ya m) ; 3 . Billy Leni no vich (Yam ); 4 . Sean O' Connor (Yam ) ; 5. Mic hael Youn g (Han). 250 B EG : 1. Chuck Park er ( Ya m ) ; 2 . N ea l Degarmo (Han) ; 3. Je remy Mason (Yam) ; 4. Bruce Roberts (Yam): 5. Justin Kaelan (Yam) . 2 5 0 N OV : 1. Jon Hor stma n ( Ho n ) ; 2 . Bill y Clifton (Ka w ); 3. Mik e Pineda (Yam) ; 4 . Scott Mar low ( Yam ); 5. Ju stin Miller (Hon) . 2 5 0 I NT : 1. T i m Weigan d (Y am) ; 2 . Co rey Macomber (Yam ) ; 3 . J osh Bag ge ( Hon) ; 4. Randy Cla rk (Han ); 5. Brya n A llan (Sua) . 2 50 PRO : 1. Bry an McGav ran ( Yam) ; 2. Ti m Be atty (Yam) ; 3 . M icha el Sleete r ( Yam ); 4 . Sea n O 'Connor (Yam ); 5. Donald Upton (Kaw). 2 5 + BEG: 1. Mike Ryer (Suz}: 2. Devon Brown (Hon). 2 5 . NOV: 1. J ohn Sim m s (Suz). 25 . I NT: 1. Du ane Benn er ( Suz) ; 2 . D av id Bagwell (Suz); 3. Kevin Montgome ry (Hon); 4. Ja son Larson (Suz); 5. Tod d Flam ing (Yam) . 30 . NO V: 1. Dean Herree (Suz): 2. Ron Adams ; 3. Joh n Simms (Suz). 40. NOV: 1. Daniel Sm ith (Han); 2. Brad Sloan (Hen) : 3. Matt Nelson (Yam ); 4 . J eff Cardone. 40. EX : 1. Joel Harri ott (Yam); 2 . Bob Shim p (Yam) . n D _:s . O CTO BER 4 , 2000 37

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