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2006 Northern Nevada Flat Track TT Championship
Series
Round 3: Rattlesnake Raceway
By Brian Starbuck
Flat Track Racing Returns to Fallon
FALLON, NV, MAY 20
 On May 20th the Lahontan Auto Racing
Association (LARA) welcomed motorcycle and quad
ATV racers back to the Rattlesnake Raceway in
Fallon, NV for round three of the 2006 Northern
Nevada Flat Track TT Championship Series. And
boy was it a happy reunion! Since the rainout of
the April 22 flat track opener at Rattlesnake,
riders young and old from all over N. NV had
been very antsy to try out the newly renovated
race track.
In process since the end of the ’05 stock car
season, the LARA, with track builder Harold
Lease, has expanded the stock car oval to 1/3 of
a mile and raised the banking to 15 degrees.
Riders walking the track before practice seemed
dwarfed by corners rising to almost 40 feet
above the infield. “There’s enough room here at
Rattlesnake to have it all,” said Harold, as he
pointed out the main features of a newly cut TT
course. “Since I race myself, I wanted a course
layout that would be fun for skilled riders not
just fast bikes. Watch, with all those corners
and chicanes down in the infield I think you’ll
see a lot more opportunities for the best kind
of racing – back and forth passing!”
 The LARA also used their experience with
local dirt to build a great flat track which
held up very well for being created from brand
new materials. It was probably the first time
most riders got a good taste of what it means to
race on a truly tacky surface. And you could see
the differences in results from the heat races
to the main events. Between the huge banked
corners, the technical infield and the
blue-grooving, the pits were constantly buzzing
with bench racing recommendations. From novices
to Pros, everybody was having fun doing
something to adjust their advantages.
Look for updates to the race schedule, and
complete series standings at
www.nevadaracing.com/thunderbowl. Next race -
June 3 at Centennial Speedway in Hawthorne, NV.
Results
50cc Youth MC Novice: 1. Calvin Greenwell; 2.
Thomas Redican; 3. Cody Estes; 4. Brittnay
Miller; 5. Levi Thompson; 6. Chelsea Gardner.
80cc MC Novice: 1. JP Gardner; 2. Corben
Williams; 3. Katelyn Flores.
80cc MC Expert: 1. Cody Rogers; 2. Clay
Amezquita; 3. Keith Multhern.
125cc 2-Stroke & 250cc 4-Stroke MC Novice: 1.
James Estes; 2. Tyler Shaw; 3. Justin Gardner;
4. Tyler Gardner; 5. Cody Kapphahn; 6. Jeff
Greenwell; 7. Corben Williams; 8. Clay Amezquita.
250cc 2-Stroke & 450cc 4-Stroke MC Novice: 1.
James Estes JR; 2. James Estes; 3. Kevin
Porteous; 4. David Gardner; 5. Brandon Thompson;
6. Jon Porteous; 7. William Lampson.
25+yrs MC Novice: 1. Brandon Thompson.
35+yrs MC Novice: 1. James Estes; 2. William
Lampson; 3. Kevin Porteous; 4. Gary Lambert.
50+yrs MC Expert: 1. Bill Lambert.
Class "C" MC Novice: 1. Gary Lambert.
Class "C" MC Expert: 1. Bill Lambert.
50cc Quad Novice: 1. Rian Greenwell; 2. Logan
Mullen; 3. Logan Smith; 4. Shelby Casavas.
80-90cc Quad Novice: 1. Keenyn Batastini; 2.
Cole Carmichael; 3. Hope Carmichael; 4. Chad
Martyn.
80-90cc Quad Expert: 1. Skylar Mattison; 2. Cole
Plummer; 3. Blane Plummer; 4. Mitchell Menzer.
200cc 2-Stroke & 91cc+ 4-Stroke Quad Novice: 1.
Megan Likens; 2. Maverick Boney; 3. Kayla
Batastini; 4. Skylar Mattison; 5. Rikki Mora; 6.
Shaun Obrien.
200cc 2-Stroke & 91cc+ 4-Stroke Quad Expert: 1.
Cody Lance; 2. Robert Minniear; 3. M Sigwond.
250cc 2-Stroke & 400cc 4-Stroke Quad Novice: 1.
Darrel Fink; 2. Jesse Porteous; 3. Mark Claus;
4. Harold Lease; 5. Brian Starbuck; 6. Gerald
Burt.
250cc 2-Stroke & 400cc 4-Stroke Quad Expert: 1.
Brian Manning.
266cc+ 2-Stroke & 450cc+ 4-Stroke Quad Novice:
1. Rob Menzer; 2. Russell Case; 3. Pete Murphy;
4. Russell Adkins; 5. Harold Lease; 6. Jimmy
Woolsey; 7. Collin Mullins; 8. Brian Starbuck.
266cc+ 2-Stroke & 450cc+ 4-Stroke Quad Expert:
1. Randy Greenwell; 2. Shawn Carmichael; 3.
Louis Lazenby; 4. Garet Giovanetti; 5. James
Boney; 6. Brian Manning; 7. Robert Conrad.
16+yrs Quad Novice: 1. Walter Ball; 2. Jason
Irwin; 3. Josh Bradley.
25+yrs Quad Novice: 1. Russell Adkins.
25+yrs Quad Expert: 1. Rob Menzer.
35+yrs Quad Novice: 1. Mark Claus; 2. Pete
Murphy; 3. Brian Starbuck; 4. Harold Lease; 5.
Russell Case.
50+yrs Quad Novice: 1. Darrell Fink; 2. Bob
Conrad.
Pro Quad: 1. Shawn Carmichael; 2. Louis Lazenby;
3. Garret Gianetti; 4. Randy Greenwell; 5.
Robert Conrad; 6. James Boney.
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