California Championships #2 Results
Sunday, May 19, 2002, West LA College

Race 2 of the 2002 California Championship gravity racing series had a another small field overall, and started off with drizzle and wet pavement. But eventually the sun came out, and the racers had some tight racing on the new course, which has 3 turns and is slightly longer than the layout used previously. Once again Jason Johnson showed that it was his race to collect the hardware.

The inline downhill was held as a 3 run points race, 3 racers at a time. In the first run Warren pulled a great line in turn 2 to pass and take the win. In the second run Scott took the win. Then in the deciding final run, Warren went too straight into turn 3, and Scott took the title with Rob getting second place for the run. Once again the racing had tight packs and lots of passing.

Jason Johnson held off Art Gonzalez in the fairing bike race final for one of his many wins.

Classic luge (buttboard) produced one of the more bizarre races in memory. The format was a 3 run points race. In the first run, Jason took the lead start to finish, but after dropping some speed in turn 3 threw in a couple paddles to try to up his speed, which is against the rules, and so he was DQ's. Run 2 was similar to run 1, but Jason kept his hands on the board for the win. In run 3, the deciding run, Jason had the lead into turn 3, but pinched the line and skidded off most of his speed. As the finish line approached, he cut across the track, and Scott's line, at which point Scott hooked up with him, and Jason's feet crossed the line in front. But the officials ruled that Jason had blocked, and so Scott ended up winning the race without ever crossing the line first!

At the end of the day the racers had had a fun day, but we really could use more company! All you racers, please come out and join us!

Inline Downhill
1- Scott Peer
2- Warren Focke
3- Rob Wurgaft

Stock Bike
1- Jason Johnson

Street Luge
1- Jason Johnson

Classic Luge
1- Scott Peer
2- Jason Johnson

3/4 Fairing Bike
1- Jason Johnson
2- Art Gonzalez
3- Fermin Rodriguez
4- Matthew McLemore
5- Hugo Nieto

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