Day Doubles at USGPRU opening round at Jennings GP
ODENTON, MD. — Josh Day was clearly the class of the field at the opening round of the AlwaysOnline.net USGPRU 2005 season. Josh started Saturday by winning pole position in both the 125 and 250 GP races. He followed that up Sunday by leading every lap in both races to clinch the double victory and the early points lead.
The 41 rider 125 GP race was stopped on lap 5 when Loudon regular, Jim Lovejoy, high-sided out of turn 11, breaking his collar bone. On the restart, Josh was able to lead the pack into turn one and started clicking off near perfect laps in the low 1:20 range. There was a great 6-way battle for second place that was ultimately won by Californian, Jon Schendel. He was followed closely by Stewart Aitken-Cade and Steve Wenner. Young guns, Tyler McDonald, Garrett Carter, and Ryan Clay brought up the rear of that pack.
In typical 125GP fashion, there was another pack of seven riders doing battle only 4 seconds behind the first pack.
The 250 GP race had Josh Day starting on pole riding his Yamaha 250, followed by Mark Brown, Steve Wenner, and Sean Wray. Steve Wenner snapped his chain on the first lap, and had to watch the rest of the race.
AMA regular, Barrett Long, made a strong charge through the field to take second place. Sean Wray mounted a last lap charge, but a lapped rider held him up just enough to allow Mark Brown to hold onto the final podium position.
The USGPRU would like to thank CCS Florida for allowing us to race with them during this record attendance weekend. Henry DeGouw and his crew did a spectacular job.
125GP Results
1. Joshua Day
2. Jon Schendel
3. Stewart Aitken-Cade
4. Steve Wenner
5. Tyler McDonald
6. Garrett Carter
7. Ryan Clay
8. Scott Smallwood
9. Todd Puckett
10. John Dempsey
11. Greg Esser
12. Leonard Mellgren
13. Matthew Cooper
14. Ryan Ferris
15. Christian Rose
16. Craig Babcock
17. Michael Santelia
18. John R Klaras
19. Barry Gilsenan
20. Tom Swager
21. David Celento
22. Rich Kjar
23. Alejandro Flallo
24. Jeff Permanian
25. Phillip Krenn
26. Darrell Baker
27. Jim Bergey
28. Rebecca Henn
29. Lee Hollimon
30. Kirk Snell
31. Patrick Kearns
32. Dennis Woods (DNF)
33. Adam Loeffler (DNF)
34. Jim Lovejoy (DNF)
35. Paul Hoyt Nelson (DNF)
36. Will Gruy (DNF)
37. Scott Moxey (DNS)
38. Alejandro Acquisti (DNS)
39. Morten Fredricksen (DNS)
40. Marcus Matthews (DNS)
41. Brian Gordon (DNS)
250GP Results
1. Joshua Day
2. Barrett Long
3. Mark Brown
4. Sean Wray
5. Mark Stiles
6. Stewart Aitken-Cade
7. Tyler McDonald
8. Mike Wright
9. John Long
10. Leonard Mellgren
11. Chris Reynolds
12. Ryan Clay
13. Daniele Lenarduzzi
14. Phillip Krenn
15. Dennis Woods
16. Scott Coccoli
17. Darrell Baker
18. Meghan Stiles
19. John R Klaras
20. Steve Wenner (DNF)
21. Will Gruy (DNF)
22. Des Convoy (DNF)
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