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6fl fall Series North Round 4: Hollister Hills GP Track A Clear Win for Stormin' Norman By 60 INT: 1. Dustin Enochs (KTM) ; 2. Justi n Enos (KTM) . 60 OP EN: 1. Du st in Enoch s (KTM) ; 2. Justin sec ond lap, the red flag came out fo r two rid ers who were down in the m id dl e of th e tra ck on a fast downhill sec ti on . On the restart, Haro ld once again went down , yet McCrummen and Nye were sitting third and fourth early on. As both rid ers m ad e their way to th e fr ont, N ye soon too k over the lead, En o s ( KTM) ; 3. Za ck Dupu is ( KTM) ; 4. Cry s ta l Layton (Kaw ); 5. Grayson Swift (KTM) . 80 F{T: 1. Tyler Boeddeke r (Yam ) . 80 BEG 0 · 1: 1. An thony Manig lia (Y am) : 2 . Cary Ti ed e (Hon) ; 3. Lee Ho lmes ( Ytl m) ; 4 . C.J . Maria (Kaw) ; S. ~rcus Bradshaw (Suz). 80 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Kevin Hert (Yam); 2. Matthew William s (Yam); 3 . Brad Mo rr ow (Yam); 4 . Cody Woods (Kaw); 5 . Delano Carter (Hon) . 80 N OV: I. Bry er Perry (Ho n) ; 2 . Kyle Kent ( Ka w); 3. Jared Morr ison (Ya m); 4 . Zech Russell rn ~ J IM AND VALERI E E N O S w _..-:-, ~ HOlliSTER, CA, OCT. 1 iD andy " Sto rm in" Norman, aboard an NCY / Axo/ FMF/ Motofly- backed Yam aha , set h i s si ghts on ju st one thing: w inn ing an overall. And that's exact ly what h e d id, post in g a 1- 2 sco re in the 125cc Pro class at round fo ur of th e 2000 GF! Fall Series North. No rma n, who just tu rn ed Pro at th e start of th e serie s, made it clear early on that he would be a force to be reck oned with by taking his first ov erall win at round two. On th is day , am ong a t alented 10 -rider field , he came th rough once again. edgi ng out longti me Interm ediate-class rival Dav id Boo the , who a lso rec en t l y tu rn ed Pro . C l aw so n Motorsport s/Renthal/Wiseco-backed Booth e too k second with a 5 - 1 score. Th e m o rn ing sta r t ed o ff with a freakish , chilly fog bank that sudden ly engu lfed th e track at the start of practice. Goggles wer e be ing thrown left and right as r id ers strugg led to see through the m ist . By the end of practice, the fog lifted just as quickly as it had appeared , and the da y's 23 motos were run under blue skies. In moto one , Norman started off in fourth afte r Auggie Rodriguez put on a surprising charge to the front earl y on. Rodrigu ez was quickly j oined by Danny Palad ino, and after seve ral bar-banging cha llenges , Paladino too k over the lead. Boothe sat in third, and seemed to be the fastest rider on the track until he went down in a turn . Meanwhile , Norman steadily made hi s way toward the fro nt and overtook Paladino with a surprise m o ve on the inside of a b ig right-hand sweeper. Norman took th e win , while Paladino held off Rodriguez fo r second. Evan L a u g h r i d g e and Boothe rounded out the top five . "My start was horrible, but I ne ver gave up ,' said Norman. "After I got by A uggie, I had about two laps to go, and I figured I'd go for it . I caught Paladi no off gua rd when I passed him, because he to ld me he th ou ght A ug g ie was still behind him and he didn 't think Auggie could make that m ove." Norman rebo un ded wit h a solid ho leshot in moto two , ahea d of Cr aig Tru g li o , Paladino a nd L a u g h r id g e . While Norman tried t o o pen up a little gap , Boothe was gain ing ground fa st : by th e th ird la p, Booth e had m ad e his way up to N orman and was loo k in g for a pla ce t o pa ss. He chose a short t abl et op a n d m ad e a sp ec ta cul a r pass for th e lea d. He landed way out in th e fla t and did an amazing job of c o ntro lling h is bottomed -out Su zu k i to hold th e po sit ion . Howev er , soon R 34 N OVEM BER 8 . 2000' c u e ~ O 5: Hollist er Hills GP Tra ck: Randy Norman (167), stormin'to the 125cc Pro-class vict ory at the fourth round of the GFI Fall Series North in Hollis ter, Califo rnia. a ft er t a k ing th e l e ad , B o o th e launched over another short ta bletop and ag ain l and ed in the flat, nearl y going over th e ensuing berm . " T h at f a r l anding wh en I p a ssed N o rm an was inte nti o nal , b ut on th e second one , my throttle stu ck : Booth e said . "I almost landed over th e berm , and I stalled the bike wh en I landed . Luckily , I bump-started it before anyone passed me. Th e whole rest of th e moto, I was afraid to pin it, because I was worried it wou ld stick again , but I managed to hold the lead to the end. ' Norman had to settl e for second . followed by Laughridge , Truglio and Palad ino . In the 250cc Pro class , Daniel Blair turned a th ird -place sc ore in moto o ne into an ov erall on th e day by wi n ning the all - important second m oto over Laughridge, who went 2 -2. Bla ir broke a three -wa y tie after Trug li o , who sc o red a w ire-to-w ire mote -one victory . fin ished third in moto two. Laughridge, who mirrored Trugl io th e entire first moto, nearly had the overall after making a late pass on Bla ir in moto two, but B l a i r countered qu ickl y and regained the l ea d two turns later. Then Bla ir turned it up a notch, taking the eventual win . Th e 125 Interm ediat e class featured a bizarre second moto, courtesy of a red-flag restart. While Ma tt McCrum m en b a re l y h e l d off Er i c Nye and Robert Harold for the win in m oto on e. McC rum m en had all ki nds of problems in m ot o tw o. A ft er getting a second p l a c e s tart b eh ind C h r i s Loredo, McC rummen looked poised to take an overall on the day, as Nye and Haro ld had gone down in the first tum . Bu t as the ri ders came around to start the I e n e vv s with McCrummen right beh ind. But on lap th ree, McCrummen went down and N ye continued on , eventuall y taking th e w in and the overall. To make matt ers worse , McCrummen went down ag ain on the white-flag lap, eventually finishi ng 10th and fifth on the day. eN Hollisler Hills GP Track Hollister, California Results : Dctnber I , 2000 [Round 41 Pee Wee Track 50 FfT: I. Eric Alv arez (KTM ): 2. Travi s Holder (Hus) : 3 . Du stin Boedd ek er (K TM ) : 4. Paul Ar tau (KTM ); 5. Brandon O rr (Lem ). 50 ( 4· 6 ) P/W J R: I. Just in Mu s<:ull (Yam) ; 2. Alexand ra Moor e (Yam ); 3 . Aly sia Nel son (Han ). 50 ( 4 · 6) STK ; I. Zack Martinez (Cob); 2. Colto n Fredri ckson (Cob ). 50 (4 · 6 ) MO D: I. Landon Cohen (HM) .50 (7· 8) STK : I. Dylan Lane (Cob) ; 2. J ared Thlnger (Cob ); 3. Zachary And rade (KTM); 4 . Zac Cyr (Pol ): 5 . Drew Thome s (Cob ). 50 (0 -8) O PEN: I. Keith Knigh. (Cob): 2. Z.k Fredric k son (Co b); 3. Charlie Moor e (Cob) . Main Track 50 ( 4-6 ) STK : I. A1y. ia Nelson (Hon) ; 2. Zeck Martinez (Cob). 50 (7 · 8 ) STK: I. .Jered Thing", (Cob) ; 2. Zak Fred ric kson (Cob ); 3 . Zach ary A nd rad e ( KTM); 4 . lac Cyr (Pol); 5. Chris A ragon (Cob) . 50 OPEN: I. Keith Kn;ght (Cob): 2. Chariie Moore (Cob ); 3. Dylan Lane (Cob) ; 4. Landon Cohen (HM). 60 BEG: I . Keith Knight (KTM): 2. Gray son Swift ( KTM ) ; 3 . Cr ysta l Layton ( K aw ) : 4 . Jarred Holt (Kaw); 5. Scotty Craven (KlIw ). 60 NOV : 1. Brandon Reyna (KTM ); 2. Eric Path (KTM); 3. Ruben Hernandez (KTM); 4 . Tophe r Ingalls (Kaw ): 5. Zackery Dup uis (KTM ). (Hon ): 5. Garrett Henderson (Kaw). 80 INT: I . Ju .tin Wood . (Yam); 2. A .J . Perez (Suz); 3. Casey Hinson (Suz); 4 . Adam Kowalczyk (SUl) ; 5. Brad Kelly (Han). 80 EX: 1. Er ic McCrummen ( Ya m) ; 2 . N ick Davi s (Sul). 80 S/MINI: 1. Eric McCrummen (Yam) ; 2. Nick Davis (Suz); 3 . A .J . Perez (SUl): 4 . Kyle Kent (Kaw); 5. Bryar Perry (Han) . 80 B!W : 1. Charlte Hartell (Han ). 125 SCHB Y ( 12· 15) : I. Eri c Ny e (Hon) ; 2. R. Jarid Ble vin s (Hon); 3. Zac Baxter (Han) ; 4 . Cory McDaniel (Yam) ; 5. Ryan Powell (Yam) . 125 BEG 0 -1 : 1. Mi chael Fe rgh er ( Han) ; 2 . Allen Lor scheider (Han); 3 . Chris Stewart (Yam ); 4. Cameron Bowman (Kaw) ; 5. Trevor Doniak (Hon). 125 BEG 0-2: 1. Saul Gonzalez (Yam ): 2. Brad Kyle (Hon ); 3 . Gary Whitm ire Jr. (S uz) ; 4 . Ji m my Corapinha (Kaw) ; 5. Tyler French (Han) . 12 5 NOV : 1. Cory McD l.Iniel (Yam ); 2. Richard Ferr en (Han) ; 3. Tyson Enzweil er (Hon); 4 . Robe rt Haun (Yam) : 5. Zac Baxt er (Hon ). 125 INT : 1. Eric Ny e (Hon); 2. Kurt Long (Hon) ; 3. Chri s Loredo (Yam) ; 4. Ji mm y Stewart (Yam ); 5 . Matt McCrummen (Yam). 125 PRO : 1. Ran dy No rm an (Yam ) ; 2. David Boo the (Suz); 3. E van Laugh ridg e (Suz): 4 . Danny Paladi no (Yam ); 5. Craig Truglio (Kew}, 250 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Chris Stewart (Yam) ; 2. Aaro n Athares (Han); 3 . Michael Ferqher (Han ); 4 . Danny Grant (Yam) ; 5. Robert Pierce (Yam ). 250 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Matt Soa res ( Kaw) ; 2 . Kris Sant ana ( Han ); 3 . Kenn y Gol die (Y am ): 4 . Chr is Lamb (Hon): 5. Ward Alexa nd ra (Hon ). 250 NOV : t . Dw ayne Tr ip lett ( Yam); 2 . Cae Br id enbak er ( Kaw) ; 3. Don Bailey Jr. ( Ha n ) ; 4. Robert Heun (Yam ); 5. Brian Oee (Kaw) . 2 5 0 tNT : 1. J immy Ste wa rt (Ya m ) ; 2 . Chris Lor ed o (Ya m); 3 . J on Replogl e ( Suz); 4 . Sim on Temmerman (Suz) ; 5 . Stan Finne y (Suz). 250 PRO : 1. D ani el Bf etr ( Ho n ); 2. EV8n Laughridge (Suz); 3. Craig Tru glio (Ka w); 4. Travis Mark s (Yam) ; 5. Simon Temmerman (Yem) . 500 BEG: 1. Kenn y Gadie J r. (Yam ); 2. Tom m y Jo hnson (Yam) . 500 INT: 1. J ohn Moo re (Yam ): 2. Willi am Mau (Yam). 25. BEG : 1. Je rem y Brown (Yam): 2. Rabe n Pierce ( Yam) ; 3. J eremy Trujillo (Ka w ); 4 . Gr eg McKenna (Yam) ; 5. Ronn ie Ama son (Han ). 25. N OV: I. Acne Atha n as ( Ha n) ; 2 . Steve Th in ger ( Ha n) ; 3 . My k e Landi s ( KlI w ) ; 4 . Raben Becva r (Han) : 5. Steve Snyder (Hen) . 25. I NT : 1. Pal Spark. ( Ho n) : 2. Pet e Urfer ( Hen ); 3 . M"rk Bou sq uet (Ha n) ; 4 . Marc Tu c ker (Yam ): 5. John Moor e (Yarn). 2 5. EX : 1. Danny Barber (Hon ): 2. J on Zahrt (SUl) : 3. Johnn y Souza (Han) ; 4. Wayn e Zahrt (SUl): 5. David Zahrt (SUl ). 30. BEG: 1. Paul Holl ister (Suz); 2. Paul Cilluffo (Yam) : 3. Chris Madsen (Han); 4. J esse Holt (Han ); 5. Louis Webb (Hon) . 30 . N O V: 1. G re g B l evin s ( Yem ) ; 2 . Chri s Kephart (Kaw) : 3 . Lynett e Wosi ck (Yam) ; 4. Anthony Lorsc helder (Hon ): 5. David Chick (Kaw} . 30. INT: 1. Brad Halcomb (Hon); 2. J ohn Moore (Yam ): 3. Marc Tuck er (Yam) ; 4. Pat Spark s (Han ); 5. Steve n Stori e (Han). 3 0 . EX : 1. Stan Finney (S ua) : 2. J on Za hrt (Suz): 3 . Jo hn ny Souza (Han): 4 . Hank A rm endez (Han ); 5. David Zahrt (Suz). 30+ PRO: 1. Danny Palad ino (Yam ). 3 5 . NOV: 1. Mi chael Han s (Yam) ; 2. Br uc e T hin ger ( Hon) ; 3 . Stev e Ram ir ez { Kew } : 4 . Ross Robertson (Yam); 5. Frank Sanch ez (Han ). 3 5 . INT : 1. John Moore (Yam ) ; 2. J eff Baxte r (Yam) ; 3. Steven Storie (Hon). 3 5. EX: 1. Neil Nelson (Han). 40 . NO V : 1. Kevi n Petersen ( Yam ); 2 . Chr is Kepha rt ( K" w): 3. Jeri Sale (Yam); 4. Peter Mayforth (Han) ; 5. Nick McKinnon (YlI m) . 40. INT: 1. TIm Alarcon (Kaw); 2. Devid Zahrt (StJZ); 3. Jell Baxter (Hon ); 4. M;ke Newma n (SUl) : 5. Greg Douglas (Hon) . 40. EX: I. Clayt on Blood (Han); 2. Ken Goldie (Yam) ; 3. Jo ndy Cohen (SUl) : 4. Kenny Zahrt (SUl ): 5. Bob Tack ett (Suz). MRANNSeries Round 6: fallon-to-Lovelock Point-to"Point Esposito Dominates Fallon-to-Lovelock By S T E PH E N T IC H E N O R FALLON, NV, OCT. 1 h e re in c arn at ion o f th e fa mo us Fa llon-to-Lovelock point- to-point race was welcome d by a mob of m ore th an 20 0 ride rs eager to tak e o n th e 120 -mile m arathon . Th e Ross Racing T race started just a few miles o utsi de the tow n of Fallon, Nevad a, o n a dusty salt fl at that m ade a good start cri tic al. When th e bann er drop ped for the Expert field , a blan k et of dust hov ered ove r the dry desert . Th is m ade wat ch ing th e d irecti on of th e race easy for th e spectators , but vision w as nearly

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