Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

S u p e rTT A m e r ic a n R acin g Series R o u n d 4 : D e l Mar F airgrou nds ta nos and St ovi n. Yarrow took over th e lead on la p two , pushing his 250 Ya ma ha t o the limit on t h e slick paved turn s an d openi ng up a slight lead ove r Howa rd, H e r e r r a a nd Pearce . A close battle was de ve lo pi ng betw ee n H o w ar d and Pea rce w ith Cernic ky tryi ng to make a m o ve. Her erra we nt down on lap six and t ho ug h he r e m o u n t ed , wa s never in con tention for t h e lead aga in . Yarrow hung it out with spect ac u l a r brake sli des in the paved c orners until going C Out ame down o n lap 12. handing th e lead to Howard. The m ost exciti ng racing of th e day c a me fr om l on gt im e competit ors , Howard and Pearce. A second place or better finish for Howard meant th e series title and Pearc e wo uld have to sett le for sec o nd . But if Pearce wo n and How a rd finish ed th ird o r lower , t he title would go to Pearce . Pearce kept the p ressure o n , hi s only hope th at Howard wo uld make a m istake . T hat mista ke never came, and Pearce cros sed the finish li ne w ith his wh eel eve n wi th Howard 's footpe g . Howard's win a board th e H ow ard Body Sh op /Cl aw son M otor sp orts /W il son M ot orsport s-sponso red Hu sab erg 600 c linc hed th e Sup erlT N at ion al Ch am pi onship t itl e for 200 0. Yarro w sal vaged fo urt h pl ac e beh ind C ernick y , CN fo llowed by Don Canet in fifth . Del Mar Fairgrounds DelMar, California Results: October7-8. ZDOO (Round 4 01 41 S T O RY A N D PH OT O S By D O U G K AR CHER DEL MAR, CA, OCT. 7-8 h e SuperTT Am eri can Ra cing Ser ies (SlTA RS) made th e final sto p of its four-ra c e SlTARS National Ch amp i onship at th e D el Mar F air g ro und s during t he 5 1 st annual D el M ar Con ou rs e D ' elegance and F o r m ul a USA/Wren ch ead ,com Nationa l D irt Track Seri es finale. Racing g ot u nd erw a y Sa turd a y morning with pract ic e and qualify in g rac es, The tra ck , wh ich was set up in th e in fie ld of th e M ile Co urse (ro ughly h a lf d i rt a n d ha lf pave me n t) , was shorte r th an som e SuperlT co urses , but it wa s not lacking in challe nge or exci te me n t. F r o m t he sta rt g r id, a qui ck le ft hand e r o p ened up into a sweepi ng l eft and fro m t here it was left , right. left o n the pavement a nd then th e d irt unt il roundi ng one of the tr ic ki er turns on t he cou r se. A h ard right ar ound a g rassy k noll on some wh at slic k pa vem ent put them on to th e fina l straight whe re it was a dra g rac e to the fin al turn . Passing op po r tunities we re limi t ed o n t h is co u rse and with the che ckers righ t at th e ex it of the final turn , thi s was the p lace to watch . The first event Sunda y was th e Terminator D ash for Cash . T he act io n is fast in t he T erm in at o r , where the T top 10 Pre mier Class riders co m pete in a se ries of two lap r a c es with a " sudd en death " fo rma t. Th e last two riders t o c ross th e fi nish line in eac h ra ce ar e el imin at ed . Th e rid er s q uic kly grid and th e flag is dr opped on th e n ext r ace a n d thi s c o n t in ues un t il there are o nly tw o riders rem ain ing . Th e st artin g grid for t he T erm in ator co n si s t ed o f A . J , H e r err a , D on Canet . C asey Yarr o w, Don Howard , Ric k Pea r c e , B r ad B an n i ste r , C a rl B l a k e , M ark C ern i c k y , Matt h e w H i gn el and Aaron H ow e , Th e flag dropp ed , two l aps lat er, H owe and Hign el we re o ut. Then Bann ister and Ce rn ic ky fo llowe d b y Can et a nd Bla k e. Th e fin al eve nt elim ina te d t wo m ore , leav ing Howard an d Pear c e to sp li t th e prize. Sev enteen rid er s gridde d f or t he Spor tsma n Cl a s s ra c e . Co ming around at the end of lap one , it was Ed St ov in fo ll owed b y Allen Yarrow , L y l es, S ell e r s a nd Ren g g l i. Ya rrow m ov ed into first positio n o n th e next lap and was never really challenged fo r th e rest of th e race. Whe n th e du st had settl ed , it was o nce again the LE Su spen si on, M a ch 1 M otorsp orts , Braking , B enn ett ' s RV s po nso re d All en Yarrow t aking th e t op hon ors, follow ed b y Bru c e Sell ers and Erni e Lyles. Some 21 ra c ers came to th e line for the start of th e Premier Class . Don PREM.: l. Do n How ard ( Hbg); 2. Ri ck Pearce ( Hen ): 3 . Mar k Cernicky ( Ha n ); 4 . Casey Yarro w (Yam): 5. Don Cane t ( Hus ); 6 . A .J . Herrera ( Hus); 7. Matthew Higel (Han) : 8 . Carl Blake ( Hbg); 9 . Aaron Howe (KTM): to . Brad Banister (Yam ). SPTSM N : I . Allen Yarro w (Yam ) ; 2 . Bruce Sellers (Ya m): 3. E rnie Lyles ( Ha n): 4 . Je rry Bail ey (Yam): 5. Balz RenggJi (Hus ); 6 . Ben Walch (Kaw) ; 7. Michael Moser (Hus); 8. Al lan Webster (Hus); 9. Brad Ba nni ster (Yam ); to. Sean Al exander (A T K). STTARS SUPER TT NATIONAL CHAMPIO NS HIP SERIES POINTS S TANDINGS ( Af te r 4 0 1 4 rounds) : PREM: 1. Don Howar d (103 ); 2. Rick Pearce (9 1): 3. Ma rk Cern ic ky (85 ) ; 4 . Don Canet (73); 5. Casey Yarrow (69): 6. Aaro n How e (68) ; 7. Can Blake (47) : 8 . (46 ) ; g . Ma tth ew Hign el (3 6 ) ; 10. Ern ie L yles (34). SPTSMN: 1. A llen Yarrow ( 120 ); 2. Erni e Ly les ( 85 ): 3. Bruce Sellers (69 ): 4. Michael Da y (26 ): 5. Danny D y e ( 2 5 ); Da v i d Ho p fe , ( 2 5 ): 7 . Ch et DuBo is . Livermore (22); 8. Paul Peiroli (20) : Bru ce Tennant (20 ): 10 . Robbie Lee ( 18). The STTARS Super TT c ircu it j oin ed the growing list of attractions at the Del Mar motorcycle weekend. Super TT, aka Supennotard, f eatures rid ers on modified dirt b ikes, competing on a h ybrid course of both asphalt and dirt. How ard too k the holeshot with Cas ey Ya rrow, Her erra and Pear c e in cl o se pursu i t. J o e K o pp w a s slidi n g h i s Husk y 4 10 big time tr y in g t o sta y in fro nt of Hi g n el , C an et , B lake , Cas - All en Yarn>w finis h ed the se ries w ith a w in in the Sportsman c lass at Del Mar. Ya rn>w also c laimed the n u m be r-o n e plate for the d ivision in 2000. eye. e n e _ S • N O V EM BER 1 . 2000 35

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