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Over The Hill Gang National Series Round 4: Hollister Hills MX as she pro p e lle d he r VZ to a very impressive 1- 2-1- 2 t ally for the ove ra ll. Giving her fits all weekend an d tak ing ru n n e r - u p honors was Ph ilip Hol mes, who ha d a poo r th ird m o to (fi n ishing 12th), wh ich m a de th e di ff e r en c e , as Wo s ic k a nd Ho lm e s fi ni s hed firs t or s e c o n d in every other m oto . Wos ick opened a lot of eyes as she blitzed th rough the gnarly whoop section , passing riders two at a time . "My brother us ed to race pr o , and he gave me a fe w pointers ," sa id a very happy Wosi ck a fte r ta king the ov era ll. "I ha ve b e en rid in g a long time , but I to o k s ome time off. It is fun to be riding a gain ." Many of th e m en in th e p its we re s t u nne d whe n they fou n d out th e number 2 6 1 was a woma n. Rounding ou t the p od iu m in thir d was Ro n 1Ab0ve) William Carlson conquered the Over 38 Expert class at round four of the Over The Hill Gang National Series. HOlliSTER, CA, SEPT. 9-10 'li" he beautiful ro lling hills of Ho llis U ter were the site of round four of first turn m idpack, but by moto's end he had worked his way past Tiag o and into third - good en ough for the ove rall hon or s . F in ishi ng u p in th ird was Reno' s Bud He ishm an . who had th e lowes t score on Sunda y with a 2- 1. In th e high ly c omp eti tiv e E xpert class , th ere wa s a th ree -way battl e b e t w e en Mich a el Re nner , C hris the WPS / F ly /Mutant Motor Sportssponsored Over The Hill G ang National Series. As always , GFI/AMP Racing p rovided the mo re than 600 Vet rac ers with one of the b e st prepped and -d es iq ned tra cks in the nation . Th e high -speed, natural-te rrain lay o ut e n co m p a s sed sw e ep ing off-cambers turns , a te c hnic a l whoop sectio n, and a plethora of tabletops , bring ing grins to th e fa ces of ra c ers of a ll ab ilitie s . All four chapters of th e Ov er Th e Hill Gang gathered to settle the q ues t ion of who is the fas test in his class , as each cha pter gets the opportunity to host a Nat iona l on their home turf. The format featu res two days of ra cing , with all four moto s goi ng toward (Above) Scott CUlly was t he Beginner w inner at Ho llister Hills MX. (Above) Scott Cully (9115) 9rabs the Beginner-class holeshot, ahead of Richard Adams (3 3 B), Brad Powell (14) and the rest of the field. (Left) The overall Over 38 Intermediate winner, Lynette Wosick, gives a thumbs-up, happy at having "found her rhythm," going 1-2-1-2 on the weekend. the ove ra ll s core , with th e lowest tot a l winning . In the O v er 38 E xp ert c lass, William Car lson wa s on t he g as, charging through the field an d putting tog ethe r s o me cons istent fin is hes to n arrowly edg e o u t runne r -up Rich T iago . Carlson h ad to com e from behind in all four motos after gating poorly. Going into the final moto, th e overall was still up for grabs, as Carl son and Tiago were tied on p oints. Once aga in, Carlson came out of the 56 O C TO B ER 2 5 , 200 0 ' cue S anch irico a nd Jeff Be c ker , eac h of w h om p o st e d a moto w in on th e weekend . Go ing into t he fina l moto , Wh it e Br o th ers /FMF/ T o rc o/ S c o tt ba cked Sanch irico held a o ne- poi nt a dva nta ge ov er Renn er. How ev er, Re nn er h ad th e g a t e wired , a nd he put h is Hond a of Mil ip ita s /Zo om Cy cles -ba ck ed CR ah e ad of the field . Sanchiric o lo o ked g ood go in g into t urn one beh ind Renne r, bu t he wa s hit from behind , losing va luable positions. Sanch irico was abl e to catch up • e n e vv 51; to the leaders , but Bruce Crisw ell was pla ying the s po iler, putti ng hi s KX between Renner and Sanc hirico . In the e nd, Re nner withstood the re lentless pressure from Criswe ll and San chirico to secure the ove ra ll victory. "T h a t wa s a great b att le , · sai d Renner. "We we re a ll over e a ch oth er , go ing back and forth a ll weekend. · Fi n is hi ng seco nd ov er a ll was Sanch irico . "I ha d a g reat time," sa id th e runner-up . "My FMF KX was re a lly rip p ing this we eke nd ." Co mi ng in a strong third was J eff Be ck er , who wa s runn ing w ith th e lea ders a ll weekend. "I just bought a new bik e , and I am sti ll co m in g to g rip s w ith it , " h e a dm itt ed. Mot oh eads /S hift -back ed Lynette Wosi c k showed the Ov er 38 Intermed iates th e fast way around the track Knarr , who went 4 -3 -4 -6 t ry in g to keep Wosick and Holmes in s ight. Sierra chapter member Scott Cully dominated th e Beginner class. Cully found th e rev e rsed tra c k direction to his liking, as he improved his 2-2 on Saturday to a 1- 1 o n S unday, to pping 33 othe r Beginner s . Coming in a strong second was P. Ba rkows ky with a 1-1 -3 -2 tally . Cu lly and Barkowsky t raded p lastic wit h so m e c los e racing, bu t in the end Cully p ul led off th e all- impor tant holeshot a nd led the final moto from sta rt to finis h . Barkowsky took the sil ve r , with So uth c ha p ter's Ste ve eN Mangione ta king the bro nze . Hollister Hills MX Hollister, Calilomia Results: September 9-10, 2000 (Round 4 of 51 BEG: 1. Scott Cully; 2. P. Barkowsky; 3. Steve Mangione; 4 . Roger Gibson; 5 . Steve Schneider. NOV: 1. Mike LaGrone; 2. Johnny Chave z; 3 . Rich Da ndolo ; 4 . Dav id Du nham; 5 . Ma rio Fortino. INT: 1. Charlie Gilmore; 2. Ted Pippin; 3. Rick Barkow ski; 4 . Geo rge Pritchett : 5. Chris Stille. EX: 1. Michael Renner; 2. Chris Sanchlrtcc : 3 . Jeff Becker ; 4 . Joe T hom as: 5. Bruce Criswell. PRO: 1. Je ff Wall s; 2 . Johnny So uza ; 3. M ike Johnson; 4. Sven Stillm ock; 5. J im Henn. 38 + BEG: 1. M ark Green ; 2. Richard Kroske; 3. Gino Scolari ; 4. T om Linck ; 5. Bob Kosovilka. 38 + NOV 0 - 1: 1. Dal e Ma ther s; 2 . M a r k Andrews; 3. Clayton Willi son; 4. Ku rt Ma rriner; 5. Jev Velez. 38 + NOV 0 -2 : 1. Scott Riddle; 2. Mik e Parrish; 3. Aaron Garfinkel; 4 . Ba rry Wilcox ; 5. Peter Ma yforth. 38 . INT: 1. Lynette Wosick ; 2 . Philip Holmes; 3. Ron Kna rr; 4 . Randy Green; 5 . T .J . King. 38 + EX: 1. William Ca rlson; 2 . Rich Ti ago; 3 . Bud Heishman ; 4 . Bob Warren ; 5 . Craig Ranells. . 38+ PRO: 1. Brad Holcom b: 2. Clayton Blood; .3. Ma rc Johnson ; 4 . Paul Need les; 5 . Ma rk Sirota.