Steve (or is it Stevie now?) Bonsey doesn't compete every race of the championship, so to turn up at the tail end of a hard season and win is classy. He won his first National at Calistoga in 2010. Bonsey did a season or two of 125 GP, on a KTM, where he was mentored and kept an eye on by Kenny Roberts Sr. Before he got his national number, Bonsey ran the same 80Y regional plate the young KR ran.
Retaining the number 1 plate is, I think, mathematically still possible for Jake Johnson, but unlikely. Sammy clawed back a few points on Jared Mees. It's going down to the last round at Pomona next weekend. Get there, if you can. It'll be memorable.
Brad 'Bullet' Baker, fifth in the main and looking very stylish.
Pro Singles rider Jason Issenock styling.
Wearing sail-like leathers didn't stop Duke Erickson making the main.
Kevin Anderson made the main too.
Shayna is becoming a half-mile specialist, after winning a pair of Knoxvilles.
When it comes to motorcycle plus rider power-to-weight ratios, Texter has them beat. Look at the size of second and third placed Rodney Spencer Jr and Wyatt Maguire in comparision.
Matt Weidman in Evel leathers, complete with peace sign medallion and collars, on the Scott Powersports Kawasaki we featured in
Sideburn 9.
The long trip from Florida to Arizona was worth it for the Bonneville Performance team. Their rider, Mikey Martin, made another main on the only Triumph out there and came 13th.
Dash for Cash for the six quickest heat qualifiers. Weidman, Mees, Baker, Johnson, Halbert, Bonsey.
Bonsey won the Dash for Cash too.
Robert Pearson (27), Mikey Martin (91), Henry Wiles (17), Doug Lawrence (73)
Bonsey won by 1.2s from Smith. Sammy was three-hundreths back from Smith. Series leader, Jared Mees, was fourth.
Remember to get to Pomona this weekend if you can.
All photos courtesy of AMA Pro Racing.
Matt Weidman (#20) won night two at Daytona, from Jared Mees and 2011 Rookie of the Year, Brad Baker; Henry Wiles, below, looked like Darth in practice.
I found these AMA Pro Racing shots lurking on my lap top. They're from July's Hagerstown Half-mile. I thought they were worth sharing. Kenny Coolbeth - shot by Adam Wright for Sideburn 8 - won from Johnny Lewis and Jared Mees.
Matt Weidman battles with Kawasaki's Shaun Russell.
Bryan Smith.
10 Johnny Lewis continued his great season with a second.
Jake Johnson was fourth.
Jethro Halbert beat his brother Sammy for the first time this season. Fifth in the main.
Jimmy Wood, another rider to choose Kawasaki.
Chris Carr, 4, out in front in a heat. There are only a few races left of his Farewell Season.
Sammy had an uncharacteristically bad weekend 14th in the main. He leads the GNC race as we write this.
Brad Baker's Lloyd Brothers Ducati didn't make the main this time. Five Kawasakis and Shawn Baer's Bonneville Performance Triumph did though.
With Sammy Halbert banned for one weekend's racing (more about that later), his rivals had the opportunity to gain some ground on him. Kenny Coolbeth won the Mile from reigning champion Jared Mees (on the cover of SB3) and Jake Johnson (on the cover of SB5).
Coolbeth styling.
The Dash for cash. Weidman, Coolbeth, Johnson, Pearson, Carr, Mees.
Three from three. Chris Carr continued his great Dash for Cash run, by winning from Jersey Jake.
Making cash. Kicking ass. Class act.
Johnson, Kopp, Mees, Lewis, Cose in qualifying.
Pro Singles action. Kurtis Lee (22J), Chaz Springsteen (29J - Jay's nephew), William Cato (35c).
Bryan Smith came sixth in the Main (after two back to back wins) and was part of the the most diverse Main for years. The nights's final was made up of 11 x XR750, 2 x Kawasaki, 2 x Suzuki, 1 x Triumph, 1 x KTM, 1 x Ducati.
Aussie Luke Gough (62) and Johnny Lewis (on a Kawasaki, I think)
Jared Mees.
Pro Singles Main winner Jeffrey Carver Jr.
Kopp main the main but came an uncharacteristic 16th.
Weidman seem to be one of the few riders who runs traditional bar clamps. Look at the bikes guys in the photo above.
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