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Shane Trittler (10). Jimmy Gaddis (6). Brian Sweaney (747) and winner Paul Vlach (27) at the start of the 125cc Intermediate division four moto. CMC/Dodge Truck Golden Sta·te Amateur Nationals: flound 1 - Reep, Hughes, Simmet score at Sunrise By Nate Rauba ADELANTO, CA, JAN. 3 Dean Reep, Ryan Hughes and Rick Simmet were just a few of the many winners at the first round of the 11 th Annual Dodge Truck/ Suzuki-sponsored CMC Golden State Nationals held at Sunrise Cycle -I P ar. Approxlma~e y 1000 r~ d k ers crammed the pItS at Sunnse and created so many classes that the program was split between two separate tracks. In the 250cc junior division one class Reep took advantage of a collision on the final lap of the second moto to take the victory away from Daren Briggs. Briggs, who placed second in moto one, was fighting to hold first over a rider who wasn't even in contention for the overall when the twocol1idedand went down. Hughes worked his way past several tough competitors in both motos to win the fir t division of 125ccjuniors. In moto one he fell just after taking the lead early in the race, then charged back to win iton the last lap. Hughes took the lead early in the second round and stayed upright to take the win. Simmet didn't win a moto in the I25ccIntermediatedivision three race, but his consistent scores earned the overall victory. TaUon Vohland dominated the first moto, but a bad start in round two kept him out of the top five and left him second behind Simmet. Suzuki-mounted Zapata Espinoza grabbed the holes hot at the start of the first 250cc junior division one moto, followed by jeb Brock, also aboard a Suzuki, Kelly Pichel, Briggs and Mike Mennig. By lap two Brock had taken the lead while Espinoza led a freight-train of Pichel, Briggs, Mennig and Kawasaki rider Brian Peoples. Pichel crashed on the next lap, and by lap four of the five-lap moto Brock had control of the race. Briggs passed Espinoza heading into the final lap while Reep was closing rapidly on Mennig who held fourth. Espinoza was fading fast, but man- aged to hold onto third. for most of the last lap. But Menmg and Reep kept the pressure up, and just a few yards from the finish line Mennig squeezed into third through a series of six jumps just before the finish. Mennig created a ho.le large enough for R;eep tGl fo!l~w ~lm by Espmoza, m~mg the fimshmg order Brock, BrIggs, Menmg, Reep and Espmoza. Briggs grabbed the lead at the start of the second moto with Reep, Dave Rogers, jeffery 6ublau and Peoples in tow. Briggs, Reep and Rogers stayed very close as they began to pull away from Bublau, and at the end of lap two Rogers passed Reep in the jumps before the finish line but fell in the following turn. Rogers got up quickly and repassed Reep, then hounded Briggs for most of the next lap and made his move through the jumps again. After briefly taking the lead Rogers stalled in the rum this time, allowing Briggs back into first. Rogers charged back though, and once again overtook Briggs in the same jump section. This time Rogers went wide as the white flag came out, and Briggs snuck back into the lead. Several yards down the track Rogers tried getting by Briggs again, and they both went down. Reep inherited the lead, and Peoples moved to second as Briggs got going in third. Reep motored on to the win and the overall with his 4-1 score edging out Briggs' 2-3 tally. Peoples ended the day in third overall with a 6-2 score. The start of the first I25cc junior division one moto was led by Yamahamounted Mark Easley. Kawasakimounted Paul Donnelly followed in second, but Hughes, aboard a Yamaha. quickly passed him. Hughes moved into first on the second lap, but fell a shon time later. Donnelly moved into first at midmoto as Easley fell back, and Mike Chamberlain moved up to second ahead of Luke Arcidiacono_ Hughes was on the gas after his crash and quickly moved by several riders on his way back to the front. With a little over a lap to go Hughes was in second and moving in on Donnelly. On the last lap Donnelly made Hughes' trip back to first an easy one when he fell, dropping to third behind Chamberlain. They finished in that order, with Arcidiacono and Sloan Cooper rounding out the top five. Donnelly dashed into the lead at the start of moto two ahead of Easley, Mike Brewer and Hughes. Easley quickly passed Donnelly and Hughes did the same to Brewer. By the end of lap two Hughes was up to second while Donnelly dropped back to fourth, and on the next lap Hughes snatched the lead from Easley. Hughes quickly moved away from Easley and from then on the order was set. Hughes took his second win and the overall while Easley crossed the line second. Easley's sixth in the first moto cost him in the overalls since Donnelly, who stayed close to Brewer for most of the race but could never get by, ended up second overall via a 3-4 score. That narrowly beat Chamberlain's 2-5 finishes and left Easley with fourth overall. In I25ccIntermediate division three action, Honda-mounted Steve Wiseman got the holeshot at the start of moLO one as Vohland, Yamahamounted Sean Blanchard and Simmet trailed from behind. Vohland took the lead on the first lap while Simmet moved to third on lap two when Blanchard fell to the back of the pack. As Vohland began to pull away Simmet worked by Wiseman, who stayed close for a lap until he was passed by Mike Ourbin. Wiseman continued to slip back until he was sixth behind Ken Arnold and Robbie Hanson, yet just in front of Chad Pederson. On the final lap these four riders batoed for fourth with the top three positions already claimed by Vohland, Simmet and Durbin. Arnold held back the attacks of Hanson to get fourth, while Wiseman was passed in the jumps before the finish line by both Pederson and Nicky Pounds. The start of moto two belonged to Pounds as he got away first ahead of Durbin, Blanchard and Simmet. Vohland got off to a terrible start and was towards the back of the field. Pounds lowly stretched hi lead and was a few seconds ahead of Durbin, who was beginnirig to feel the heat from Blanchard, at the halfway point. Blanchard kept the pressure on until Durbin fell back to ninth on lap four. Pounds took the checkers first ahead of Durbin, but with Vohland only able to salvage a sixth in the moLO Simmet's third place finish assured him of the overall. Vohland ended up second in the overall column while Pounds' 7-1 score was good for third overall. Arnold and Pederson finished fourth and fifth respectively in the second moto and the arne overall. _ Results 600-8: I.Jeson Penridge(Kew); 2. Chris Wheeler (Kaw); 3. Travis Preston (Kaw). 60 9-11 : 1. Mike MeTzger (Kew); 2. Oemon Huffman (Yem); 3. Jeff Wilon fKew). 60 BEG: 1. Ace Jonuery (Suz); 2. Jeff Kawell (Kew); 3. Shene Sce'!>iello (Yeml. 80 BEG II: 1. Remon Noriege (Yem); 2. Mershell Wilcox (Han); 3. David Russi ISuz). 60 JR 9-11: 1. Mike Metzger (Yem); 2- Jason carroll (Hon); 3. Ben Phalen. 80 JR 12-16: 1. Joshua Dunn (Yaml; 2. Jeremy McGrath (Yam); 3. Kennie MeGreth (Kewl. 60 JR 12-16 II: 1. Louie Romo (Yam); 2. Jason Johnson (Kew); 3. TV Berber (Suz). 60 INT 9-11: 1. Oemon Hoffmen (Yem); 2. J. Morris IKaw); 3. Craig Decker (Yam). eo INT 12-161: 1. Spud Walters (Hon); 2. Grevson Goodman (Hon); 3. Heeth Kirkland (Kaw). 60 INT 12-16 II: 1. Oustin Evens (Suz); 2. Ben Heibel (Kew); 3. Joel Albrecht (Kew). 125 BEG: 1. Joson Yoshide (Suz); 2. Sten Tinnev (Kew); 2. Sem Hewlev (Kew). 125 BEG II: 1. Jeff oeweld (Hon); 2. Jeff Hall (Suz); 3. Brent Pelkovic (Honl. 125 BEG III: 1. Andy Grider (Kew); 2. Oennv Fontevn (Hon); 3. Owevne Newmen (Honl. 125 JR: 1. Rven Hughes (Yem); 2. Peul Donnellv (Kewl; 3. Mike Chemberlein (yem). 125 JR II: 1. Justin Souza (Yam); 2. Brian Peoples (Kewl; 3. Jeff Korhonen fHon). 125 JR III; 1. Jon James (Yam); 2. Christopher Trickle (Hon); 3. Ronnie Reuble {Yaml. 125 JR IV; 1. Rendy Fleischer (Yem); 2. Oennon Burg (Yem); 3. Wryne Martin (Honl. 1251NT 1: 1. TerrySwenson (Yem); 2. Peul Conez (Hon); 3. Mike Bitner (Hon). 1251NT 2; 1. Jeff Emig (Kewl; 2. Eric Hilton (Yem); 3. Devid Noel (Yam). 1251NT 3: 1. Rick Simmat (Yem); 2. Tellon Vohlend (Kew); 3. Nicky Pounds (Suz). 125 INT 4: 1. Poul Vlach (Hon); 2. Shene Triller (Yem); 3. Den Bernett (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Bob Zader (Hon); 2- Jeff Gagnon (Suz); 3. Micheel O'Brien (Suz). 250 BEG 2: 1. Gary Wegner (Yem); 2. Ronnie Holmen Jr. (Hon); 3. MarT< Mitzel (Hon). 250 BEG 3: ,. Anthonv Alessi (Kew); 2. Chris Brown (Kew); 3. Kun Metcalf (Yem). 250 JR 1: 1. oean Reap (Han); 2. Oaren Briggs (Han); 3. Brian Peoples (Kew). 250 JR 2: 1. Brien Finch {Yeml; 2. Stan Ha.. (Hon); 3. Michael Gibson (Yem). 250 JR 3: 1. ShiKO Nishimura {Yaml; 2. Mene Hemmer (Yem); 3. Chuck Merk (Kew). 250 INT: 1. Lance Bernett (KewJ; 2. Devid Foltz (Kew); 3. Mike Hooker (Han). 250 INT II: 1. Tellon Vohlend (Kew); 2. Tonv Bullard (Yam); 3. Tim Nash (Han). 250 INT III: 1. Mike Mclain (Kew); 2. Jimmv lewis (Yem); 3. Jeff Jacobson (Yem). 500 BEG: 1. Jov Speer (Honl; 2. MerT< Poner (Suz); 3. Pet Morgan (Honl. 500 JR I: 1. Ken Wilson (Hon); 2. Jess Ochoa (Hon); 3. Kennv Oeniels (Yem). 500 JR II: 1. Bredlord Townsend (Hon); 2. Harry Boudekiam (Hon); 3. Don Howerd (Kew). 500 INT I: 1. Mike Ounlep (Hon); 2. Steve Smith (Hon); 3. Aeron Ginn (Hon). 500 INT II: 1. Chris Radzinskl (Yem); 2. Jon Miller (Kew); 3. Jeff capt (Hon). VET JR: 1. ScOll Richmond (Honl; 2. Will oecker (Yam);. 3. Oevid Knepik (Suz). VET JR II: 1. Larrv LaceV (Honl; 2. Kent Reed (Hon); 3. Gery Yeerslev fYeml. E VET INT; 1. Ed Wolleson (Yem); 2. Bret Leef. VET INT: 1. Ed Wolieson(Yem); 2. Brat Laef (Hon); 3. Gary Juehne (Kaw). VET MSTR: 1. Mark White (Yam); 2. Jon Miller (Kawl; 3. Roben Tippit (Kaw). OT JR: 1. Butch Smith (Suzl; 2. Jerrv Young (Hon); 3. Terry Prell (yem). OT INT; 1. Raben Fonier (Hon); 2. Bill Oliver (Kaw); 3. Ken Feuler (Hon). OT MSTR: 1. Lars Larsson (Hon); 2. Jim Lamkin (Hon); 3. Bob Kreh.

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