Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

GFI Racing Fall Series South Round 3: Glen Helen Raceway Park lead a Yamaha swee p of th e top fi ve positions that in cl uded Haughel st in e ( 2 -4 ) , Ma comb er ( 8 - 3) and Da v i d Sullins (9 -5 ) . Micha el Young w as impressiv e in the 250c c Pr o cl a s s , in wh ic h he nai l ed t h e holes hot a bo ar d h i s IMS/FMF-ba cked Honda and stea dily pulled away from th e pa ck during th e one -sho t 20 -minute m ota for a c on v in cing w in . Tim B eatty a nd Tu rbo Reif, who was making his GFI Racing Pro debut, argued over seco nd pl ac e fo r m ost of th e race. Both Beatty and Reif had minor falls during th e m ota , wit h Reif ev entua lly p reva iling fo r th e sec on d -pla ce m oney over Beatty . T y Kad y fi ni she d fo u r t h , followed by Kevin Town send and J ak e Elki ns. Young 's chan ces o f wa lki n g o ff w ith both th e 250cc and 125 c c Pro cl ass win s were das hed wh en he c ame into the fir st turn of t he 125 c c Pro rac e a little too h ot and t ang l ed with a few ri ders and end ed up with a severely tweaked bik e and a last -p lac e st art. Up front, Yam ah a of T r o y ' s J u s ti n B u c k el e w a n d ro o k i e Pro B i ll y La ni novich were battling ove r th e lead, ahead of Reif, Brand on M orga n and C hri s B a r r e t t. Lanin o v i ch found his way around Bu ck elew on la p l Oaf wh at would eve ntuall y be a 12 -l ap rac e t o ea rn t he wi n o n his FM F / K P K yrog eni c s/B an k s Ra c in g - s p on sored YZ 12 5 . Reif fini shed all alone for the th ird -p lac e money, ahead of Morgan , who was alm ost c aught at th e lin e by a hard -ch arqin g Young . S T OR Y A N D P HO T O S By G RE G R O B E RT SO N SAN BERNARDINO, CA, OCT. 8 P il oting a pa ir of Hin son/Wisec o/ Drago n(froy Lee Designs-backed Yamahas , Richie Ow ens was on a tear, ac ing a ll four motos entered to win bo th the 125cc and 250cc Interm ediate classes du ring ro und three of th e GF I Raci ng /Goat Eyewear / Temecula Moto r sports/C ircl e K/76 / FMF-sp o nso red F all Se ries, held at Gl en Helen Raceway Park . Ow ens st a r te d things off w ith a re so u n d in g win in th e f i r st 250 cc Int erm ed iate mota , seeing th e ch eck er s som e 2 5 seconds ahead of h i s n ear est c o m pe t it o r. Tim We i gan d overc am e an off-track excursion and a fall t o put a last-la p pass on Corey M acomber to finish in second pla ce . Josh Bagg e c a m e o ut on top o f a heat ed battle w ith Nick Ma irose and D onnie Weber fo r fourth . Ma iro se wa s on fi re in ro und t wo after getting the holesh ot , holding off Owens for a little ove r half the m ota b e f o r e Owe ns m ad e th e pa ss and continu ed o n fo r th e w in. Ma ir ose 's runner -up per formance th is ti me o ut earned hi m third ove rall, behind the 2 -4 sco re of Weigand. A last -lap fa ll whil e runni ng in third place dropped Macomber to fifth overall , ju st below th e 6 -3 tall y of Weber. In t h e f irst 12 5cc Interm ed iate m ot a , Ow ens d ropped a fast -starting Steven Heughelstine to seco nd pla c e by iap tw o and then in ched away for the vi ctory . D onn ie Gritton f in ish ed th ird afte r di ci ng w it h Josh Sti ce for m ost of the mota. Sean Borken hagen (5-5) and Bart Manwill (7 -6) . In Sch oo lboy ac tion , Gr itton ro se to the front of th e fi eld in bo th ou t ing s . Sh an e K ell ey fo l lowed Gritton up through th e field in ro und one to go 2 -4 fo r second overall , topping the 4 -3 score of Anthon y B rusce lla and th e 6 -2 t all y of T y son Berm eister. Mike D av is ree led off both 125cc N ovlce -c less h o l e sh ots, but b y the tim e th e checkers flew, it was A nd y Bakken with a co uple of soli d w ins . Jeff Vau ghn wasn 't as fo rt u - IAbove) Richie Owens won both the 125cc and 250cc Intennediate classes at the third round of the GFI Racing Fall Series South. (Left) Turbo Reif finished third in the 125cc Pro class and second in the 250cc Pro class In his GFI Racing Pro debut in San Bemardino, Califomia . • nate off the starts , bu t he made up for it with c o ns is t ent 4 -3 ri d es t o ed ge out th e 6-2 score of Sp encer Mein ek e and the 3 -5 sco re of J ustin Herrma nn for second overal l. Andre w Wag ema n was untouch able in the fir st 125cc Beg inn er rac e, lea ding every lap for the w in . Ch ri s Sam p son w as equally im p re ssi ve in round two, going the distanc e to also earn a mota win . But in the end it was the slightly m ore consistent 4 -2 score of Josh St ew ar t th at t o ok ho m e the overall ho nors. Sec o nd ove rall went to D av id K un k el o n a 2-5 da y , fol lowed by Wage man (1 -6 ) and Sampson (7 - 1). eN Glen Helen Raceway Park San Bernardino California . (Above) Off the Glen He len Raceway Park start, Michael Young (782) is on h is way to the 250cc Pro-class holeshot, over Tim Beatty 1378), Turbo Re if (3) and Ty Kady (358). The top Min i rider on th e da y was Chri s Niha n, on his OCS/R &D/ Cycl e C it y - spo nso re d Suzuk i. N ihan was abso lutel y pe rfect th rou gh ou t fo u r motos in the 80 cc Open/ Expert and Su perm in i classes. Zac Wray top ped N ath an Collins fo r sec ond overa ll in T h e second m ota w as an O w en s benefit , as he qu ickly est abli shed the lead and led ev ery la p for his second cla ss swee p of the d ay . Gritton fin ished se c o n d fo r sec on d o vera ll t o 30 NOVEMBER 8 , 2000' eye the Open cla ss . K ev in B re id t rai le d Ni han acro ss the li ne in both Super m in i races , ah ead of Co ll ins ( 3 -3) , • e n e vv s Results: October8, 2000 [Round 31 5 0 STK (4 -6) : I. Daniel Overto n (Co b ) : 2 , Carlos Don (Cob) ; 3. J acob Pisch ke (Co b) ; 4 . Blake Campos (Co b) ; 5 . A ustin Politelli (Cob ). 50 STK (7 -8 ): I . Nigel J ohnson (KTM). 50 OPE N : I. Bla k e Bag gett (Cob): 2 . Bryce Stewart ( Co b); 3. D on Car los (Cob) ; 4 . Nigel J ohnson (KTM); 5. Stone Wilson (Cob ). 6 0 FIT : I . Dan ie l O ve rto n ( Ka w); 2 . St o ne Wilson (Kaw) ; 3. Dy lan Crower (Kaw). 60 BEG : 1. Ga rri c k Noble ( KTM) ; 2 . Jak e Mendenha ll (KTM ); 3 . Kieffer Silv a (KT M ); 4. Mason Sweeden (KTM): 5. Justin Pischke (KTM) . 60 NOV: 1. Joh nny J elderda (KTM) : 2. Michael Leib ( KTM) ; 3 . Brett Downey (Kaw) ; 4 . And rew Jo hnson (KlIw ) ; 5. Blak e Baggett (KTM). 60 INT: I. C h app y Fi en e ( KT M): 2 . W ebb Massey (KTM): 3. Micha el Hall (Kaw ). 60 O PEN : 1. T rent Pugm ire (Kaw) ; 2. Shawn Hay es ( KTM) : 3. M ich ael Leib ( KTM ) : 4 . J ohnny Je lderda (KTM): 5. Garrick Nobl e (Kaw) . 80 F(f: 1. Chris Bour grois (SUl) . 80 BEG: 1. Adrian Fuller (Yam ); 2. Chappy Fiene (SUl) ; 3. A nthony Rondon (Kaw); 4 . Mic hael Herrera (Kaw) ; 5. Serrano Dimitry (Kaw) . 8 0 NOV : 1. Aaron Breld (Yam) ; 2. Bart Manwill (SUl ); 3. Drew Co ll ins ( Yam); 4 . Phill ip Bruscelle (Yam ); 5. Shawn Hayes (Yam ). 80 INT: 1. Larry Reese J r. {Kaw) : 2. Ju stin Noble (Kaw) ; 3. A ndrew Petrie (Kaw) ; 4 . Sean Bork enhagen (Kaw): 5. Ju stin Mulford (Hon) , 80 OPEN/ EX: 1. Chris Nihan (SUl ); 2. lac Wray (Yam) ; 3. Nathan Collins (Yam ). S/MI Nl : 1. Chris Nihan (SUl) ; 2 . Kev in Brei d ( Yam) ; 3 . Nat ha n C o llins ( Yam} : 4 . Seli n Borke nhagen (Kaw); 5. Bart Manw ill (5 02). SC HBY: 1. Don ni e Gritton ( Yam ); 2 . Shane Kelley (Yam): 3. Anthony Bru scelle ( Hon) ; 4. Tyson Berme ister (Yam); 5 . Steven Haughelstine (Yam ). 12 5 BEG : 1. Josh St ewart ( Yam ) ; 2 . David Kunkel (Yam) ; 3. Andrew Wageman (Yam); 4. Chris Samp son (Kew ): 5. Stev en Hoyl e (Yam) . 12 5 NO V : I. A n dy Ba kk en (Y am): 2 . J eff Vaughn (Kaw ); 3. Spencer Meineke (Yam) ; 4. Ju stin Herrmann (Yam); 5. Mik e Davis (Yam) . 12 5 INT: 1. Ric hie Ow en s (Yam) ; 2. Donnie Gri tton (Ya m): 3 . Steven Haugh el st in e (Y am) ; 4. Corey Macomber (Yam); 5. David Sullins (Yam ). 125 PRO : I. Bill y Lanino vich (Yam ); 2. J ustin Buckelew (Yam ); 3 . Turbo Reif (Hon); 4 . Brand on Morgan (Yam) ; 5. Mich ael Young (Hon) . 25 0 BE G : 1. Neal DeG arm o ( Ho n ); 2 . Eri c Ekstrand (Ye rn} : 3 . Da vi d Boy se ( Ho n) ; 4. Da vid Norfolk (Yam) ; 5. A aron El wood (Hon) . 2 50 NOV : 1. J ustin M c Co y (Yam) ; 2 . Vit o Tarantino (Hon) ; 3. Richard Newto n (Yam ); 4. Ryan McConne ll (Yam) ; 5. Mic hael Pineda (Yam) . 2 5 0 I NT : 1. Ri ch i e Ow en s (Y am) ; 2 . T im Weigand (Yam ); 3. Nick Ma irose (Yam); 4 . Donnie Weber (Kaw ); 5. Core y Macomber (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Michael Young (Hon.); 2. Turbo Reif { Hen): 3. Ti m Beatt y ( Yam ); 4. Ty Kad y {Sua}; 5. Kevin Tow nsend (Hon) . 25 . BEG: 1. Mike Ryer (Hon). 25 . INT : 1. Eddie Hololob (Hon) ; 2. Bret Milan (Yam ). 30 + B EG: 1. Mic hael Hillion ( Ka w) ; 2. Dav id Geiss (Suz); 3. Jerry Smi th (Yam) . 30 . N OV: 1. B i ll La n sfor d (Ya m) ; 2 . J eff No rdstrom (Hon) ; 3 . Ken Lurcook (Suz) ; 4. Robby Mueller (Kaw); 5. Mik e Agui naldo (Hon) . 3 0+ I NT : 1. Jo n Levey (Ya m ) ; 2. Ga ry Lac y, (Hon) : 3, Kelly Pichel (Kaw ), 30. EX: I. Phil Dowell (Hen} . 3 5+ NOV : 1 . M ark How e ll ( Yam) ; 2 . Ken K i nn uc an (Yam ) ; 3 . L ee Rad de r (Ya m) ; 4 . Karl Krumme (Yam) . 35 + EX: 1. Phil Do well (Hon) . 40 + N O V : 1. Gre g Bebeck ( Yam) ; 2 . Cary McCo nnell (Yam ); 3. Dan Smi th (Hon) ; 4 . Ji m Bagge (Hon) : 5 . Robert Ripley (Yom) , 40+ EX: 1. Brent Bottin (Han); 2. Joe l Harri ott (Yam) .

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