Emerging talent Garrett Carter, 16, won both the 125cc and 250cc Grand Prix races at the USGPRU event, held in conjunction with a Formula USA National, Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Alabama.
Carter was in a class of his own on his Team Stargel Aprilias, winning by 19 seconds in the 14-lap 125cc GP race and by nine seconds in the 14-lap 250cc event.
Bruce Lind Racing’s Nobi Iso took second in the 125cc GP on an Aprilia, just ahead of two more young guns, Josh Day, third, and Carter’s 16-year-old teammate Ryan Clay, fourth.
Day, 15, finished runner-up in the 250cc Grand Prix on his 1991 Yamaha TZ250, well clear of third-place Barrett Long and fourth-place Bill Himmelsbach, both former regulars of the AMA 250cc GP series.
USGPRU Race Results:
250cc GP:
1. Garrett Carter (Apr RSV250), 14 laps 2. Josh Day (Yam TZ250) 3. Barrett Long (Yam TZ250) 4. Bill Himmelsbach (Yam TZ250) 5. Nobi Iso (Yam TZ250) 6. Bruce Lind (Yam TZ250) 7. Zachry Lee (Hon RS250) 8. Kory Gill (Yam TZ250) 9. Mark Stiles (Yam TZ250) 10. John Long (Yam TZ250) 11. John Ulrich (Yam TZ250) 12. Jim Bonner (Yam TZ250) 13. Mike Wright (Yam TZ250) 14. Meghan Stiles (Yam TZ250), -1 lap 15. Brian McLaughlin (Yam TZ250), – lap 16. Jamie Hall (Yam TZ250), -1 lap 17. Federico Cortes (Hon RS250), -2 laps.
125cc GP:
1. Garrett Carter (Apr RSV125), 14 laps 2. Nobi Iso (Apr RSV125) 3. Josh Day (Hon RS125) 4. Ryan Clay (Apr RSV125) 5. David Celento (Hon RS125) 6. Scott Smallwood (Hon RS125) 7. John Hjelm (Hon RS125) 8. Matthew Cooper 9. Tom Swager (Hon RS125) 10. James Boudreau (Hon RS125) 11. John Klaras (Hon RS125) 12. Joanne Sawyer (Hon RS125), -1 lap 13. Richie Kjar (Hon RS125), -1 lap 14. Bruce Lind (Yam TZ125), -1 lap 15. Federico Cortes (Yam TZ125), -1 lap 16. Travis Huffman (Hon RS125), -1 lap 17. Barry Gilsenan (Hon RS125), -1 lap 18. James Bergey (Hon RS125), -1 lap 19. Bill Doran (Hon RS125), -1 lap 20. Lee Hollimon (Hon RS125), -1 lap 21. Marc Whitney (Hon RS125), -1 lap 22. Jeffery Permanian (Hon RS125), -1 lap 23. Steven Belknap (Hon RS125), -2 laps 24. Marcus Matthews (Hon RS125), -2 laps 25. Rebecca Henn (Hon RS125), -8 laps, DNF