Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

GFI Racing Fall Series South Round 2 : Competition Park IRightl Jesse Casilla s (75 ) gets a jum p on the field in the first 125ee Intennedlate mota en route to his class win. He also scored the Schoolboy victory at Com petition Park In San Jacinto, california. (Left) Billy Lan'novich emerged from round two of the GR Racing Fa ll Series with the 125cc Pro-class win In only his second attempt. ST ORY A N D PH OT O S BY G RE G R O B ER T SO N SAN JACINT CA, SEPT. 10 O, that l o n g ag o , Br y a n M cGavran and B illy Lan inovich we re battling it out in GF I's Intermedi ate ranks . McG avran turn ed Pro and was off to the AM A Superc ross and o ut doo r se ries , while La ni novic h became domin ant in the Intermed iate class . Lan inovi ch made h is GFI Pro debut last week at the openi ng rou nd of the GFI Rac in g/G oat Ey ewear/Tem ecu la M o t orsp orts/7 6 /C irc le K /Fox /FMFsp ons ored F all Series, wh ere he fi n ished th ird ; McGavran go t th e holesh ot and ran awa y wi th the win . A week later at Competition Park , sit e of round two , Lan inovic h proved to be a quick learner. He gated wi th McGavran and then outbattl ed his old rival to capture his fi rst -ever GFI Pro class victo ry . When t he gate d rop ped f o r t h e one-shot, 20-minute 125cc Pro moto, M cG a v r a n ' s YZI25 l e d t he p ack th ro ugh th e lBO-deg ree first and seco nd turn s , w ith Lan inov ic h in hi s sh ad ow . D a v e Ram se y , M i ch a el Sl eet er and R.J . T ho m p so n we re in the lead pack as the riders sta rte d to str etch o ut. ~ ot h: McGavran put a co uple of seconds on Lan inovich , while Sleeter settled in to third , ahead of Tho mpson and St eve Mertens , who was m ak ing up for a bad start. B y the en d of lap thre e , Lanin ovi ch had ree led M cGavran bac k in and squ ared o ff underneath him t o run out front fo r th e first t ime. McGa vran wa s amused , an d he wen t un der Lan inovich half a lap later to regain the lead. The nex t five laps provided the best racing of the day . Mc Gavra n and Lan i n ovi c h swa p ped t he lead ba ck and forth numerous times eac h lap , slowly pull in g aw a y f r om S l e et e r i n th e proce ss. Lani novic h fin all y m ad e a pass that wou ld st ick on lap nine of what would eventually be a 13-la p co ntest. Laninovich put his NCY/Troy Lee Designs/Banks / FMF-sponsored Yamaha into overdrive and pull ed away from McGavran to the tune of a second per lap to earn the fir st -pl ace m oney on the day. Sleeter held down third p l ace u p unti l lap ni ne , when Mertens tracked him down and overtook hi m for t he pos i tion . Th en Th omp son an d Sl eet er arg ue d over fourth , with Sleeter co mi ng out on top o n th e l a st la p . Josh T upa pa ssed Sean O 'C onn or for six th with t ime run n ing o ut. Jake E lk in s, J on Ol er an d David Hughes ro unded ou t the top 10. Mc Gavran redeemed him self with a runa way vic to ry in the 250 cc Pro cla ss after getting around YZ426F-mounted Ti m Sh a rp o n th e o pe n i ng l a p . McGavran enjoyed a 15 -sec on d lead at the m idway point of the single 20minute m oto and was never co ntested on his NCY / FMF/ Fox/PPG/SC P/ Maxima - spo nsor ed Y Z250 . S leete r repas sed Merten s on th e final lap to take ho me the sec o nd -plac e m on ey . Elkins claime d fo urth , a head of O 'Connor and Sharp . Team G reen 's D a t o n Beavers passed first-la p leader Ric hie Owens to win the first 125cc Intermediate moto. J essie Ca sillas hounded Owens fo r the second ha lf of the race and e vent u all y sl ipped pa st h im on the white -flag lap. Scott Simon held down fourth until a last-lap endo took himself and Mike A lessi out of con tention. Steven Haughelstine inherited f ou rth an d finished th er e , ah ead o f Corey Ma comber and Shan e K elley. Haughelstine absc o nde d with th e holes ho t in round two and ran o ut fro nt f o r t w o la ps b ef o r e Cas i llas rai le d a rou nd hi m for the l e a d . Beavers dived underneath Ha ug helstine a short t ime lat er for seco nd, and within a few co rne rs he was pressuring Ca silla s. Cas illas and Bea vers were gl ue d together for the rema inder of th e m oto in a g reat battle, wh ich Casill as end ed up winn ing t o c l ai m th e ov e rall. Haugh elstin e we nt 4 -3 fo r thi rd over Owens (3 -4) and Macom ber (5 -6) . Casill as a nd Bea ver s return ed t o go head t o head in th e first School boy m oto until a couple of bobbles o n th e l a st lap dropped Beavers t o a ninth -place finish . Round two saw Beav ers li t erally bang bars w ith Casil las throughout the m oto to go 9 -1 on the da y for fourth overall. Ha ughelstine went 2 -3 for sec ond overall , behin d Casillas. Da niel Nelson smoked everyone else in the first 125cc Novice moto. Mike Dav is char ged from a mi dpack sta rt to fi nish sec on d, ahead of Clin ton Pierce and A .J . St einbach . Chase Mein ek e went down in the fi rst turn in mo to o ne a nd c ould onl y work hi s w ay th rough traffi c to fin ish 10th , bu t he more than made up fo r th at wi th th e sec ond -moto w in , t a k in g fou rth ove rall. Co nsist ent 2- 2 ri des ea rned c ue I ... n Davis the o~erall honors . Nel son ( 1-3) and Pierc; (3- 4) en de d up se c o n d k and third ove rall , res pec tively . Da kota G a rn e r a n d h i s Pr o Cho i ce /S id i/O 'N eal /Uni /R ag e,spon so red Cobra were untouc hable in the 5 0 c c (7 - B) Stock a n d 5 0 c c Op en classes, i n which h e pos ted fo ur straight moto wins . Kaleb Palmbach went 3 - 2 for seco nd ove rall in t he Stock class, whi le Bryc e St ewart wa s runne r-up t o G arn er i n both Open races . CN Competition Parll San Jacinta, Califomia Results: Septe be. 1D, Z DD IR ound Z l 50 STK (4 -6) : 1. Jacob Pischke (Cob); 2. Daniel Ove rton (Cob); 3 . Carlos Don (Cob); 4. Stone Wilson (Cob) ; 5. Bl ake Cam pos (Cob) . 50 STK (7 -8) ; I. Dak ota Gamer (Cob ); 2. Kaleb Palmbach ( Pol) ; 3 . Vicki Golden ( Hon) ; 4 . Nigel Johnson (KTM ); 5 . Kurtis Walden (Lem ). 50 O PEN : I. Dak ota Garner (C ob) ; 2 . Bryce Stewar t (C ob ) ; 3 . Carl o s D on ( Co b); 4. N ige l Johnson (KTM) ; 5 . Stone Wilson (Cob). 60 FIT: 1. Dylan Crower (Kaw) . 6 0 BEG; 1. Jake Men denha ll (K TM ) ; 2 . Ry an McQuin n {Kaw }: 3 . Keiffer Silva (KTM) : 4 . Brooke Campo s (Kaw ); 5 . Casey Harries (Kaw) . 6 0 NO V : J. Mi chael Leib (K TM ) ; 2 . Dak ota Garner ( Kew ) : 3. Bryce Stewart (Kaw) . 60 1 NT: I. Chappy Fiene (KTM ). 60 OPEN : 1. Michael Leib (KTM) . 80 FIT: 1. Christopher Bu rqecis (Suz). 80 BEG: 1. Jimm y Anderson (Yam) ; 2. Chappy Fiene (Suz); 3. Anthony Rondon (Kaw); 4. Cameron Keidel (Suz) ; 5 . Greg Owen (Yam) . 8 0 NO V: 1. Aaron Breid (Yam) : 2. Chad Gores (Kaw ); 3 . Mateo Saffon ( Yem ): 4 , Cody Tlthof (Su,); 5. Matt Adam s (Yam ). 8 01 NT: 1. Bobby Romero (Yam ); 2 . Justin Noble ( Kaw); 3 . Andrew Petrie ( Kaw) ; 4 . Larry Reese Jr . (Kew) : 5 . Justin Mulford (Hon) . 8 0 O PEN / EX : 1. Chris Nihan ( Suz) ; 2. Ja rred Browne (Yam ): 3 . Cale Wallace (Yam ). 8 /M-INI : l . M ike A lessi ( Yam ); 2. Chris Nihan (Suz): 3 . Kevin Breid (Yam) ; 4. Justin Noble (Kaw): 5 . Jared Browne (Yam). SCHB Y: 1. Jesse Casillas (Ya m): 2 . Ste ven Haughelstine (Yam) : 3. Anthony Bruscell e (Hen) : 4. Dat en Beavers ( Kaw) : 5. Shane Kelley (Yam ). 125 BEG : 1. Na te A rbogast ( Yam) ; 2 . Chris Sampson (Kaw); 3. Josh Stewart (Yam): 4 . Sean Co x (Yam ); 5 . David Kunkel ( Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Mike Davis (Yam): 2. Daniel Nelson (Yam ) : 3 . Clinton Pierce ( Suz) : 4 . Chase Meinek e ( Yam ); 5 . A.J. Steinbach (Yam). 125 INT: 1. J esse Ca silla s ( Ya m ) ; 2 . D at on Beavers (Kaw ); 3 . Steven Haughel stine ( Ya m); 4 . Richie Owens (Yam) ; 5. Cory Macomber (Yam) . 125 PRO : 1. Billy Lenlnovi ch (Yam): 2 . Bryan McGa vran (Yam); 3. Steve Mertens (Yam ): 4. Michael Sleeter (Yam) ; 5. R.J. Thompson (Suz). 2 5 0 BEG: 1. Neal DeGarmo (Hon) : 2. Jason Stinett (Kaw ). 250 NOV : I. Jason Myhren (Hon) ; 2. Billy Clifton ( Kaw) ; 3 . Brian MacAfee ( Hon); 4 . Michael Pineda (Yam ); 5. Tom Bell (Hon) . 2 5 0 INT: 1. Corey Macomber (Yam) ; 2. Richie Owe ns (Ya m) ; 3 . Jon Me yers (Kaw ); 4. Josh Bagge (Han) ; 5 . Jason Fields (Kaw). 2 50 PRO : 1. Brya n McGav ran (Yam) ; 2. Mike Slee te r (Ya m) : 3 . Ste ve Mert ens ( Ya m) ; 4 . Jak e Elk ins (Yam); 5. Sean O 'Connor (Yam ). 2 5 + BEG: I. Michael Ryer (Suz). 2 5 + INT: 1. Duane Benner (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Wilson ( Yam ); 3. Todd Flamin g (Ya m ); 4 . David Bagwe ll (Suz); 5 . Brandon Milstead (Suz). 25 + EX : 1. Ke vin F ol e y ( Ya m) ; 2 . Ji m m y Bateson (Kaw). 3 0 + BEG: 1. Peter Golden (Hon) . 3 0 + NOV : 1. Vic Wa lk er ( Yam ) ; 2 . Daw son Leachman (Han) ; 3 . Ken Lurcook (Suz) ; 4 . Dean Herrera (Suz); 5 . Anthony Rose (Han ). 4 0 + NO V : 1. Dan Smith ( Hon): 2. Brad Sloan (Hon) . 4 0 + EX: 1. Brent Battin (Han) ; 2. Joel Herriott ., (Yam ); 3. Greg Meyers (Ka w) ; 4. Bob Shimp (Yom) ; 5 . Jim Latendresse (Yam) . eVIl' s OCTOBER 25 ,2000 57

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