Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

GFI Racing Fall Series South North-South Showdown : Glen Helen Raceway Park S T O RY A N D P HO T O S By G REG R O B E RT SO N SAN BERNARDINO, CA, OCT. 29 " Do cto r- Dou g Duba ch p iloted his Yam aha YZ4 2 6 F to the O ver 30 Pro - a n d 250c c Pro -class w in s dur ing th e GFI Rac in g / Goat E y e w ear / Pro Circ uit/Wiseco -spo nsored N o rth -Sou th Sh owdow n. Gl en Helen Raceway hosted the event , whic h pit ted GFI Rac ing 's No rthe rn Californ ia rid er s against their Southern Califo r ni a c o unterpa rt s, with class winn er s ea rn ing b r ag g in g r i gh t s u ntil n ex t year's showdown. W h en th e g at e dropped f o r t he one-sh ot , 20 -m inute 250cc Pro m ot o, YZ42 6 F pi l ot s Duba c h an d T e r r y Fowl er l ed th e fie l d down the lo ng start straight. R.J . Thompson settled into third , ahead of M icha e l Yo ung, Bill y L an in o v i ch , E r i c K eh oe a n d Ni ck W ey . You ng worked on Fo w ler fo r a la p before m oving up into sec o n d . Th om p son p ass ed F ow l er fo r th ird a sho rt time lat er but we nt d own in a turn and ou t of co nte ntion . Young cl o sed t o D ubac h ' s bac k fender by la p four . We y got a round Keh o e , Fowler and Lan in ovich for th ird . Dubach upped th e pace d ur in g the next fe w la ps a n d put a coup l e of seconds on Yo ung. W ey went under neath Young and set o ut after Dubach wi th three laps re m ain in g. W ey had closed t o Dubach 's bac k wh eel by the whit e flag , be he slowly coa sted to a stop , the victim o f a blown low er end . Du bach took th e win ov er Lan inovich , who passed Youn g with ti me run n ing out. Both Fowler and Cr aig D avis go t arou nd K eh o e o n th e f inal l a p fo r fourth and fi fth. Dubach returned to to tally dom i nate both O ver 30 Pro moto s, win n in g b ot h ra c es by a com fo rtabl e ma rg in o ve r K eh o e, D av is an d K en Goldie. Th e o ne-sho t , 2 0 -m in t it e 12 5 c c Pro m o t o b e l o n g e d to roo kie Pro Lan inovich right fro m the drop of the gate. Lan in ov ich slow ly inched away from the fiel d to dom inat e all 12 laps. Second p l ac e we nt t o Yo un g afte r battling wi th Th ompson fo r m o st o f the race . W ey ran near the fr on t o f the pa c k for th e first co u pl e of laps before go ing down hard and c alli ng it a da y . Leigh LaReserv ee was fourth , foll owed by Chris Barrett and Bran don Stad dan. T he fir st 250cc Inte rmediate moto was a ll Richi e Owen 's. He st ay ed a fe w sec on ds ah ea d of W a r ren T it t1emi er for th e wi n . T it tl em ier pressured Ow ens for the lead throughout round two, but Owens used lappers to his advantag e o n the last lap to take 28 N OVEM BER 29 , 2000' c ue (Above) Riehle Owens won the 125cc and 250cc Intermediate c lasses at Gle n Hel en Racew ay Park. (Above) Double-class winner Doug Dubach (4) l ea d s Craig Davis (7 11) and the rest of the Over 30 Pro and Over 30 Expert classes at the NorthSouth Showdown of the GR Racing Fall MX Series. (Right) Nick Da vis (8 9). Ch ris Nihan (32) and eventual double-moto w inner Kelly Tedder (93) leave the gate i n the second Supermini moto in San Bernardino , Ca lifomla. the seco nd -mot o win . Mi ck ey Gri ff in ( 4 - 3) o verca m e a c o u p l e of po or sta rts fo r third. Du an e B enn er fin ish ed third in round o ne , but a firstlap fall in moto two held h im to fourth on a 3-6 day. Dylan Lord and O wen s we nt at it ov er th e lead in th e first 125cc Int erm ed i at e m ot o , wi th Lo rd preva iling by a cou p le of bik e lengths. In ro und two , O w e n s a bsc o n de d w ith th e h o leshot w hi l e Lo rd was forced t o wo rk h is wa y up throu gh th e t o ugh fie ld. Lord fin all y m ade it up into sec ond but co uld n't qu ite reel in Ow ens, who we nt 2 - 1 for the overa ll . Stev en Hau g helst ine went 3 -3 fo r third , -fo tlowed by Gr iffin (5 -4 ) and No rt hern ride r Matt McCrummen (6 -5) . Lord returned to absolutel y dom ina te bo t h Sc ho o lb o y mot os o n t he lone Suzuki in the fie ld . Haug hel sti ne ( 2 - 2 ) p i c k ed up second . An tho ny Br u sc e ll a ( 5 - 3) w as t h i r d , w ith Matthew Proc hnavy (6-4) ed gi ng out Sha ne Kelley (4 -6 ) fo r fo urth. Kell y Tedder cou ld do no wrong o n h is PYK -ba c k ed Ka w a sa k i as h e swept both m otos over a hu ge Super mini fie ld. The battle fo r second pl ace in the first m oto we nt d own t o th e wire, with Justin K eeney gettin g the nod ov er Chris Nih an . In m ot o tw o , Nihan fo llowed T edder across th e line to sew u p se c ond o ve r a ll , w h ile Keeney fin ish ed fourth behind North ern rider Da n iel Sani for th ird o verall . Ke en ey and San i w en t at it o ver the lea d in th e o pe ni ng 80 c c I e ne""s O pen/ Ex pert race , with Keen ey com ing out on to p . The sec ond moto was a three - r ider b att l e f or t he l e ad between Keene y , Northern ride r E ric McCrummen and Nihan . McCrummen got around Keeney on the last la p for th e wi n . N ih an w a s runn er -up , bu t Keeney (1- 3) cl aim ed the o vera ll. Northern rid er Justin Wood s to ok th e first 80cc Interm ediate m ot o win , bu t not without a m aj or fight fro m th e Kawasaki -mo u nte d du o o f A ndr ew Pet ri e and J ustin No b le . Casey Hin so n was a cl o se fourth , followed by Jo e D e w il l a n d Anthon y Cha re tte. ·The sec ond moto was all Petr ie 's ; he le d every la p fo r a most conv incing win . Wood s (1- 5) topped Dew itt (5- 2) fo r second overall. Suzu ki-mo u nted J o n Zahrt w a s un toucha ble in the O ver 25 and O ver 30 E xp e r t cl a sses , w in ni ng f o ur st raig ht m otos . Hi s bro th e r D a v id Zahrt fi n ish ed sec on d ove ra ll in the Over 25 cl ass; Kevin Mo ntgomery d id the sam e in the O ver 30 fi eld . c.J . Mahon led eve ry lap of both 12 5 cc N ovi c e m otos f or a cl e a n swee p of t he cl a ss. Rory Radov ich k ept Mahon in hi s' sights en rou te to a 2 -2 showing. J o hn Wea r (5 -3) , Zac Baxter (4 -5) and Robert Hav n (6 -4 ) eN ro unded out the top five. Glen Helen Raceway Park San Bernardino, California Res ults: October29, 20UU P/W Frr: 1. William Harr it y (Han). P/W BEG (4-6 ): 1. J ustin Muscatt (Ytlm) . P/W STK (7· 8) : I . Ja red Thinger ( Hon). 50 STK ( 4-6): I. Carlos Don (Cob ); 2. Michael A rana (Co b) ; 3 . Blake Ca mpos (Co b). 50 STK (7- 8) ; I. J ared Thin ger (Cob) ; 2. Nigel John son (KTM) ; 3. Dakota Tedder {Lern}. 50 OPEN : 1. Bry ce Stewart (Cob ); 2. Carlos Don (Co b) ; 3 . Bla k e Campos (Cob ): 4 . Nigel J ohn son (KTM ); 5. Michael Ar ana (Cob) . 60 FIT: I. Tyler Oakes (Kaw) . 60 BEG: I. J ake Mendenhall ( KTM); 2. Kenny Delozier (KTM) ; 3. Crystal Layton (Ki!lw ); 4 . Ja red Th inger (Kaw ); 5. Brook e Cam pos (Kaw). 60 NOV : I. Mi ch ael Leib (KTM ); 2. Jos hua Huert a ( Ka w ) ; 3. Rub en Hernande z ( KTM) ; 4 . Bryce Stewart (Kaw); 5. Ryen Kirk (KTM). 60 (NT: 1. Du st in En oc h s ( KT M) ; 2 . Ju st in Enos (KTM) . 60 EX: 1. Trent Pugm ire (Ktlw). 60 O PEN: 1. Dust in Enoch s (KTM); 2. Trent Pugm ire (Kaw ); 3. Mich ael Leib (KTM) ; 4. Ju stin Enos (KTM ): 5. Ruben Hemandez (KTM). 80 BEG: I. Lee Holmes (Ya m ) ; 2. Cha ppy Fiene (Suz ): 3 . Anthon y Rondon (Ktl w); 4. Cary Tiede (Hon); 5. Ja cob Sanchez ( Yam ). 80 NOV: 1. J usti n Hil iger (Suz): 2. Jonathan A rana ( Yam ); 3. Aaron Breid (Y8m ); 4 . Derreck M urphy (Yam) ; 5. Darryl Sevillie (Kaw). 80 INT: 1. An dre w Pet rie (Kll W); 2. Ju stin Woods ( Ya m); 3 . J o e D ewitt ( Yam ) : 4 . Casey Hinson (Suz) ; 5. Sean Borkenh agen (Kaw) . 80 OPEN/ EX : I. Ju st in Ke en e y ( Suz) ; 2 . Chris Nih an (Suz); 3. Eric McCrummen (Yam) : 4 . Daniel Seni (Hon ); 5. Cas Swift (Suz). S/ MIN I: 1. Kell y Tedd er (Kll W): 2. Chris Nihlln (SUI): 3. J ustin Keeney (SUI ) : 4. Eric McCrummen (Yam ): 5 . Daniel Sani (Han) . SCH BY : 1. Dyl an L ard (Su z) ; 2. St e v en Haughelstine (v e w.): 3. Anthony Bruscelle (Hon ): 4 . Matthew Prcchnev y (Kaw ); 5 . Shane Kelley (Yam) . 12 5 BEG : 1. J o sh Ste wart ( Yam) : 2 . C hris Sam pson (Kaw ); 3. Michael Fargher (Han ); 4. David Kunk el (Yam) ; 5. Cameron Wall (Han) . 125 NOV : 1. C.J . Mahon (Suz); 2. Rory Radovich (Hon); 3 . J ohn Wear (Han) ; 4. Zec Baxt er (Hon) ; 5. Robert Havn (Yam) . 1251NT: 1. Richie Owens (Yarn }; 2. Dyla n Lord (SUI) ; 3 . Stev en Ha ugh el s t ln e ( Yam) ; 4 . M ic k ey Griffin (Yam) ; 5. Matt McCrummen (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Bill y Lanin ovi ch (Yam ); 2. Michael Young ( Han ); 3 . R.J . T homps on (Suz) ; 4 . Leigh LaReservee (Yam ); 5 . Chris Barrett (Han) . 2 5 0 BEG: 1. Michae l Fargh er (Han) ; 2. Danny Grant (Yam) ; 3. Chuck St. Romain (Kaw ); 4. Phillip Isabel (Kaw ); 5. De vid Bc yse (Han) . 2 5 0 NO V : 1. J ason Myh ren (Ho n ): 2. J usti n McCo y ( Yam) ; 3. C .J . Mah on (Suz) ; 4. Michael Pineda (Yam) ; 5. Steve Thinger (Hen}. 250 INT : 1. Ric hie Ow en s ( Yam) ; 2. Wa rre n Tittlemler (Han) ; 3. Mic key Griffin (YlI: ) ; 4. Duane m Benner (Kaw) : 5. Jas h Bagge (Han). 250 PRO: I . Dou g Dub ach ( Yam ) ; 2 . Bi ll y Laninovich (Yam) ; 3. Michll el Yaun g (Han); 4. Terry Fow ler (Yam) ; 5. Crllig Davis (KTM). 2 5 + BEG : I . Cam eron Wall ( Ho n) ; 2 . Do ug Covey (Yam) . 2 5+ NOV : 1. Stev e Thin ger ( Ha n) ; 2. Jason Lo wther (Yam) ; 3 . Rich ard Newto n (Yll m) ; 4 . Mike Tucker (Yam) : 5. Steve Rapp (Yam) . 25 + INT : 1. Brandon Mil stead (SUI); 2. Steven Sten e (Han) . 25 . EX: I. Jo n Zahrt (Suz); 2. David 20hrt (5uz); 3. Johnny Souza ( Hon ) ; 4 . Mike Emb ry (Suz); 5. Chuc k St. Romai n (Suz). 30. BEG: I. Jo hn Arnold (Hon) ; 2. Lou is Webb (Hon ); 3. Robert Oakes (Kaw) ; 4 . Da rry l Kimberl y (Kaw) ; 5. Chri s Wolff ( Yam) . 30. NO V : I. J eff Ea ry (Suz) : 2. Ken Lur cook ( SUI) ; 3 . Mi ke Aqul nel do ( Ho n) ; 4 . Dawso n Leachma n (Suz). 30 . INT : I. Kelly Pich el (Ka w); 2. Mike Embry (Suz); 3. Steve Piattani (Suz): 4. Steve Stori e (Hon); 5. TIm A larcon (Kaw) . 3 0+ EX : I . Jon Za h r t (S u z); 2 . Ke v in Montgomery (Yam) ; 3. Dav id Zahrt (Suz); 4 . Jo hnny Souza (Hon ); 5. Brad Sloan (Suz). 30+ PRO: I. Doug Dubach (Yam) ; 2. Erik Kehoe (Yam) ; 3. Craig Davis (KTM ); 4 . Ken Goldie (Yam ). 35 + NOV: 1. Br uc e T hin ger ( Ha n): 2. Peter Mayfort h (Hon). 35 + INT: 1. Rob Healy (Yam) ; 2. Steven Storie (Han); 3. Chris Swift (Suz); 4 . Je ff Baxter (Hon) . 40 + N O V : 1 . Da n Sm i th ( Ha n ) ; 2 . Cary McConnell (Yam ); 3. Peter Mayforth (Han); 4 . Brad Sloan (Hon); 5. Jim Bagge (Hen) . 40 + INT: 1. Mike Marion (Han); 2. Steve Plattoni r (5uz); 3 . Rob Healy (Yam ); 4 . J eff Baxter (Hon); 5. ' Greg Douglas (Hon). J 40 ... EX : J . C layt on B l ood ( Ha n ) ; 2 . Bren t Walli ng sford ( Kaw ) ; 3. Brent Batt in (Han) ; 4 . Matt Tedder (Yam) ; 5. Tim Marslt (Yam) .

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