Sunday Oct 23rd, 2005
Round 8
Willow
Extra Stuff -
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- Oct 22nd page
Senior
Senior
1. 31m Jim Monegan
2. 88y Bob Graves
3. 75z Joe Pape
4. 49g Chuck Ruiz
5. 50 Ruben Malaguarnero
6. 290m Rick Harrington
7. 40 Rob Weisberg
Vet “A” Main
Vet “A” Main
1. 48y Mike Vital
2. 6j Joe Steffen
3. 45e John Lundgren
4. 86x Jim Rosa
5. 42 Bill Kolkman
6. 36 Marshall Lapp
7. 63y Ken Thiebaud
8. 571 Mike O’Neil
9. 112 Dave Ehrhart
10. 24c Craig Estrada
11. 25d Steve Craft
12. 58 Robert Bacosa
Vet “B” Main
Vet “B” Main
1. 20h John Eichelbaugh
2. 42 Craig Johnson
3. 19 Robert Hansen
4. 206 Randy Kremlacek
5. 6 Mark Stuckert
6. 96a Jack Alexander
7. 53h Rob Lanoy
8. 45 Drummond Evans
9. 45 John McArthur
10. 9l Victor McBee
Vet “C” Main
Vet “C” Main
1. 7 Ron Sleeper
2. 12 Jim Duffner
3. 20 Charles Fabiani
4. 44v Al Webber
5. 39y Randy Arrington
6. 9 Monte DuBose
7. 40 Rob Weisberg
Sr Novice/Super Sr
Sr Novice/Super Sr
1. 49x Mickey Alzola
2. 68 Ken Barrow
3. 64v Roy Burris
4. 311t Rich Dominguez
5. 15 Mark Stuckert
6. 80x Bob Harris
Dinosaur
Dinosaur
1. 3 Mike O’Neil
Classic 250
Classic 250
1. 28z Bruce Reynolds
2. 11 Julian Arthur
3. 661a Ivan Thelin
Classic 500
Classic 500
1. 12e Jeff Lessley
2. 87y Chris Rudy
3. 1 George Wills
4. 51z David Brown
5. 75z Joe Pape
6. 4r Lenny Rodriguez
7. 661a Ivan Thelin
Youth 50
Youth 50
1. 18 Kevin Alcorn
2. 33 Pascal Roberts
3. 169 Kole Hansen
4. 88 Tyler Shelter
5. 5 Kody Kesler
6. 9 Tyler Villalobos
7. 44 Tyler Kolkman
Youth 60
Youth 60
1. 4r Andre Ochs
2. 1 Larry Smith III
3. 18 Kevin Alcorn
4. 27 Joe Roberts
5. 33g Geoff Shelter
6. 46 Josh Malaguarnero
Youth 80
Youth 80
1. 1 Larry Smith III
2. 4r Andre Ochs
3. 11c Geoff Shelter
4. 82 Ross Stuckert
5. 27 Joe Robert
Modern 250
Modern 250
1. 32y Mike Gonzales
2. 28z Bruce Reynolds
3. 45e John Lundgren
4. 42 Craig Johnson
5. 20 Marc Lyons
6. 180 Malcolm Roe
7. 114a Jim Hoogerhyde
Modern 500
Modern 500
1. 98 Rod Lake
2. 17g Shaun Larkin
3. 63y Ken Thiebaud
4. 31m Jim Monegan
5. 19r Brad Rudy
6. 57 Keith Speir
Modern 750
Modern 750
1. 85w Joe Hoogerhyde
2. 58y Jim Ottele
3. 24 Robert Hansen
4. 57x Frank Hardman
5. 57g Jerry Gates
6. 92 Randy Douglas
7. 65 Kenny Malaguarnero
8. 15g Dan Rowland
9. 290m Rick Harrington
10. 48 Joe DiSalvo
11. 76 Mike Wayne
250 Open
250 Open
1. 45 Kayl Kolkman
2. 1nw Chad Cose
3. 33e Michael Avila
4. 71 James Rispoli
5. 87 Lindsey King
6. 25e Kyle Anselmi
7. 64w Lauren Wallace
8. 386 Danielle Diaz
9. 49 Andy Wood
10. 11c Cody Wood
11. 20a Michael Martin
12. 82 Ross Stuckert
13. 56 Bill DeFina
14. 40 Rob Weisberg
500 Support “A” Main
500 Support “A” Main
1. 68 Paul Herman
2. 6j Joe Steffen
3. 21y Tommy Carriger
4. 84j Jeff Gonzales
5. 57g Jerry Gates
6. 34 Ron Hinton
7. 206 Randy Kremlacek
8. 86x Art Guilfoil
9. 32 Mike Gonzales
10. 15g Dan Rowland
11. 57x Frank Hardman
12. 45 Drummond Evans
500 Support “B” Main
500 Support “B” Main
1. 19r Brad Rudy
2. 12e Jim Steet
3. 29 Dan Shaw
4. 7 Ron Sleeper
5. 57 Keith Speir
6. 49g Chuck Ruiz
7. 90 Dave Koppang
Open Amateur “A” Main
Open Amateur “A” Main
1. 17y Brandan Bergen
2. 23 Joe Hernandez, Jr
3. 42 Bill Kolkman
4. 192h Tony Davila
5. 45 Kayl Kolkman
6. 9z Kevin Knudsen
7. 38t Chris Canepa
8. 7 Jesse Sleeper
9. 20h Jon Eichelbaugh
10. 20z Ray Hensley
Open Amateur “B” Main
Open Amateur “B” Main
1. 36 Marshall Lapp
2. 112 Dave Ehrhart
3. 88 Dillon Allen
4. 64w Lauren Wallace
5. 49 Andy Wood
6. 11c Cody Wood
7. 9 Danielle Diaz
8. 20a Michael Martin
9. 45f Tom Sahli
10. 53h Rob Lanoy
11. 64v Roy Burris
12. 222 Margo King
Open Amateur “C” Main
Open Amateur “C” Main
1. 71 James Rispoli
2. 1nw Scott Baker
3. 883 Eric Pinson
4. 39y Randy Arrington
5. 44v Al Webber
6. 26e Cody Anselmi
7. 40 Rob Weisberg
Digger Pro 600
Digger Pro 600
1. 89 Kevin Varnes
2. 21 Jared Mees
3. 69 Jethro Halbert
4. 1n Stevie Bonsey
5. 59 Willie McCoy
6. 28 Shaun Russell
7. 18 Sam Halbert
8. 20 Johnny Murphree
9. 66e Jimmy Wood
10. 31y Mike Rush
11. 17 Henry Wiles
12. 34 David Brown
13. 17y Brandan Bergen
14. 112 Jim Rosa
15. 9 Donnie Howard
Photos by VFT
Eddie Mulder's West Coast Vintage Dirt
Track Series
Round 8
Willow Springs (Walt James Stadium) Rosmond,
Calif.
Article by Jamey Blunt
The entry tally
showed two hundred fifty seven throttle
jockey's returning to Walt James Stadium for round eight of the West
Coast
Vintage Dirt Track Series. This the final race of the 2005 season
paying
awarding points.
The "Dash for
Cash" came just after the heat races
concluded, pitting the six heat race winners in a five lap sprint.
Girded were
Kevin Varnes, Jimmy Wood, Jared Mees, Jethro Halbert, Stevie Bonsey,
and
Brown's Cycles David Brown. Only the top three finishers would share in
the
$1,500 purse. Wood led into turn one followed by Halbert, Bonsey,
Varnes, Mees
and Brown. Mees got a sling shot drive out of turn two and rocketed
past Wood
into the lead. Wood seemed stunned and took a brief moment to recover,
and
Varnes looking superb put the Suzuki into third. Lap three Halbert made
a
mistake and went to the back of the class. Mees at the front had three
bike
lengths on Wood who was holding his own. Mees cruised on to the victory
with
Wood second, Varnes third, Bonsey fourth almost caught by Brown at the
stripe
and Halbert.
Bob Graves jumped
out front off the line in the "Flat
Track Ill." senior main
event. From the outside of the front row Jim Monegan dropped in behind
followed
by Ruben Malaguarnero and Joe Pape. By lap two Monegan had pulled a gap
over Graves,
who now had to worry about Malaguarnero, Pape and an on the move Chuck
Ruiz.
Entering turn one for the third time Pape snatched the third spot from
Malaguarnero while Monegan turned his fastest lap of 23.70/100 seconds.
One lap
later the finishing order was Monegan, Graves,
Pape, and
Ruiz up to fourth.
The top twelve
riders over 35 years of age on any mount of
their choosing made up the "San Diego
off Road" Vet "A" main event. Kawasaki of Simi Valley's John
Lundgren nailed the start followed by Mr. Ed's Joe Steffen. On the
first trip
through turn four Jim Rosa and Steffen made contact with Steffen almost
kissing
it goodbye. Up front Lundgren put in a 22.44/100 second lap trying to
get away,
Steffen was solid in second and from deep in mid pack Mike Vital was on
the
fast track to the front. On the third go round Lundgren had company as
Steffen
and Vital (who got around Rosa) were all over
him
applying pressure. With one lap remaining Lundgren cracked and went
wide out of
turn two allowing Vital and Steffen past. At the finish Vital prevailed
over
Steffen, Lundgren, and Rosa.
Anyone who thinks
the over sixty year old class can't be
that competitive should have seen this "Coventry Spares" Super Senior
main. Mickey Alzola and Ken Barrow had twin lap times in their heat
race at
23.87/100 seconds. This could be either one's race for the taking.
Barrow shot
to the front while Alzola looking down at his Triumph was back in
sixth. Down
the back straight for the first time Alzola was up to fourth, but
Barrow was
getting away. Mark Stuckert on a B.S.A. out of Arizona
ran second with Roy Burris on the big Yamaha twin third. Between one
and two on
lap two Alzola went past Burris for third and was on a tear. Entering
turn
three Alzola made a move and got under Stuckert for second, but Barrow
had a
nine bike length gap for Alzola to close. Barrow must have felt the
pressure
from way behind as he made several mistakes allowing Alzola to close
the gap.
Upon receiving the white flag Alzola went past Barrow for the lead. In
the end
Alzola came from sixth to win over Barrow, Burris, Rich Dominguez (who
got past
Stuckert on the last lap) and Stuckert.
The "Megacycle
Cams" Classic 500/750sv main had
Chris Rudy regroup from his heat race get off to lead the field into
turn one
from the outside of the front row. George Wills ran second followed by
David
Brown and Jeff Lessley. Between three and four on the second lap
Lessley pushed
his Bultaco past Brown's BSA for third. Rudy at the front put in a
23.42/100
second lap trying to get away while Lessley went past Wills into
second. By the
white flag Lessley the fastest bike on the track had caught Rudy and
passed him
on the final trip down the back shoot for the lead and the win. Rudy
came home
second, Wills was third and Brown fourth.
"Saddlemen"
sponsored the highly contested 250
Open class where Michael Avila led Kayl Kolkman, Chad Cose, and James
Rispoli
up to forth from a third row start. Two laps in had Kolkman take over
at the
front and turn a 22.87/100 second lap. But the single fastest lap of
the race
would go to Cose at 22.62/100 seconds, as he got by Avila
for the second spot. Avila
would
finish third with Rispoli fourth and Lindsey King the lady in the field
putting
in one of her finest rides to date to come home a strong fifth.
The "Browns
Cycles" 500 support "A" main
is one of the toughest classes one could race in, with almost every
machine being
a Yamaha 500 four stroke single. Joe Steffen launched into the lead
followed by
the only rider to turn under a 23 second lap time in the heats, Paul
Herman.
Tommy Carriger ran third with Mike O'Neil fourth and Jeff Gonzales
fifth. At
the end of one lap Herman hounding Steffen made the pass exiting turn
two for
the lead. Steffen held tough and broke the 23 second barrier at
22.54/100, but
Herman put in a 22.39/100 second lap and inched away. By lap three
O'Neil had
faded to sixth while Jerry Gates and Ron Hinton had found their rhythm
and were
moving forward, when the checkered fell Herman and Steffen had a 2.2
second gap
over Carriger Gonzales, Gates, and Hinton.
The Open Amateur
"A" main event by "Motion
Pro" took fourteen of the best from a field of forty in a "run
whatcha brung" clash of the Titians. Brandon Bergen aced the start to
lead
into one followed by Joe Hernandez, Bill Kolkman, Tony Davila, and
Jesse
Sleeper. Bergen put his
head down
and turned a 21.99/100 second lap, a pace no one could match, though
Hernandez
tried hard which almost cost him the farm on lap two as he kissed the
hay bales
but saved it. Three laps in saw Davila pressuring Bill Kolkman, showing
him a
wheel at times but not able to find a way around. By lap four Kayl
Kolkman and Kevin
Knudsen had found their way to fifth and sixth respectfully. On the
final lap
Bergen keeping in front of a hard charging Hernandez did a 21.87/100
second lap
to go on to victory. Hernandez a few lengths back was second, with Bill
Kolkman
way back third, followed by Davila, Kayl Kolkman, and Knudsen.
A freshly groomed
race track welcomed the best fifteen
riders to the Digger Helm Pro 600 Main event. Varnes set on pole with
the
fastest heat race time along with Jimmy Wood, Mees, Jethro Halbert,
Bonsey, and
David Brown. Mike Rush, Shaun Russell, Don Howard, Willie McCoy, Sam
Halbert,
and Brandan Bergen made up row two with Johnny Murphree, Jim Rosa, and
Henry
Wiles coming through the semis in row three. Varnes nailed the start
and led
into turn one, down the back shoot they were three wide with Jethro
Halbert
pushing Varnes wide into turn three and Mees along side. Young Bonsey
ran
fourth with Sam Halbert fifth and defending champ Wood buried in sixth.
Exiting
turn two for the second time Varnes shot past Jethro Halbert to regain
the lead
with Mees not missing the opportunity to follow through past Halbert as
well
for second. By lap three Varnes had a seven bike length gap over Mees
and McCoy
went past Wood for sixth. On the fourth lap Varnes put in his fastest
lap at
20.65/100 seconds setting a new track record, besting Jimmy Wood's by
15/100
seconds. By lap seven Wood was fading as Russell got by moving him to
eighth.
Meanwhile riding at 100% was Saturday's winner Johnny Murphree from the
third row
now up to tenth. By the half way point the order was pretty much set
with the
biggest battle coming from McCoy and Russell who closed in on Bonsey.
At the
front Varnes inched away lap after lap while Mees gave it his all. At
lap
fifteen Mees found some new life and closed to within ½ second
of Varnes and
McCoy was showing Bonsey a wheel applying pressure. On lap sixteen Mees
made a
mistake between turns one and two giving Varnes an eight bike length
gap. Murphree
dug deep at this point and found a way around Rush and Wood to climb up
to
eighth. At the white flag Mees was within striking distance and upon
exiting
turn four made a run at Varnes hitting his rear wheel. This in turn
stood
Varnes straight up and caused Mees to back out of the throttle to save
it.
Varnes went on to win with Mees second, Jethro Halbert third, Bonsey
hanging
tough for fourth, McCoy fifth, Russell sixth, Sam Halbert seventh,
Murphree
eighth, Wood ninth, Rush tenth, Wiles eleventh, Brown twelfth, Bergen
thirteenth, Rosa fourteenth, and Howard
fifteenth.
Varnes had this to say about his first time at Willow.
"I will be back for sure. We had a ton of riders which is a good thing.
Track got a little bumpy but it was a pretty decent track." About the
last
lap love tap from Mees. "I felt it for sure, I could see his shadow,
the
sun here is great because I could see his shadow. I thought he went
down but luckily
he saved it." As for Mees, "The sun was blinding me a bit and I hit
his back wheel and almost ripped the handle bars out of my hands. Hey
that's
racing, it took everything I had to catch him, but catching him and
passing him
are two different things. Kevin was flying I just couldn't do anything
more." Third place Jethro Halbert remarked, "I've never been to Willow
before, and it's a lot of fun. Jared and Kevin have this track really
dialed,
and I couldn't really keep up with them but I held off all the guys
behind me
so I'm happy with third."
So, back to
the original question, who was the big winner?
Was it Mees with a "Dash for Cash" win and two second's in the mains
or Varnes with a third in the Dash, and a first and third in the mains,
and the
new track record? How about Bonsey, who won the Maxxis Tire Pro Point
Fund with
an eighth and a fourth in the mains? Perhaps Jethro Halbert, who won
the
California Cup and put in fourth and third place performances in the
mains.
Actually the big winner was everyone in attendance, as this was the
closest
thing to a national on the west coast, and the best dirt track racing
this
state has seen in a long time.
Article by Jamey Blunt
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Final Point Standings 2005
