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, Mark Easley (3 3 E) leads Jack Lawrence (7l) and Duane Benner (1 5 5 ) at the start of the 250cc Intermediate division three class . Eas!ey won both motos for the overall ahead of Ron Gi lbert and Kurt Kuhn . A n thony , Tra cy Monteron e and Mark Easley battled for th e top five positions. Carlisle soo n turned hi s lead into an easy win whi le Meagher held off Anthon y, Mon teron e a nd Eas ley for seco nd. At th e sta rt o f ro u nd two Na tvig ca me o u t of n owhere to h ol esh ot Ca rl is le , Anthony, Mea gh er a n d Monterone. Natvig soon lost hi s lead as Carlis le powered by a nd m oved into first. How ever , Na tvig kept up h is end o f th e pressure a nd pushed Ca rlisle for the next few laps. As the . while flag came ou t Natvig quicke ned h is p a ce o nce m o re a n d appeared to be doin g everything to ta ke over th e lead. Short ly before th e fin ish Na tvig fou nd what h e had been loo kin g for a nd passed Ca rl isle before the chec kers. Anthony took th ird a hea d of Meagher , Monterone a nd An dy Atki ns . Carlisle ca p tured th e overall wi n with his 2-1 score. Anthony came in seco nd with hi s co nsis ten t pair o f th irds , to p p ing Meagher , Natvig and Monterone, In divisio n tw o o f the 125cc Int erm edi at e class But ch Sm ith put in. two perfect rid es for th e overa ll W in. John Meng (221 I, Zachary Rund (87) and Greg Yearsley battled for second in the 9 -11 60cc class. Jason Partridge was the winner. Carlisle.captures Sandhill GS win By Ken Faught BRENTWOOD, CA , JAN. 14 Kawasaki-mounted Ryan Carlisle used a 12 score to win division three of the 125cc Intermediate class in round two of the CMC/Dodge Truck Golden State Nationals at Sandhill Ranch. Carlisle easily wa lked away with th e first rnoto win but ha d a dif. . .' Iicu lt n me 10 round two and had t? settle for second behind Derek In th e first 'mo to Carlisle ga ted seco nd. behind Merc~des G~mzalez , but quickl y forced his way InIO th e lead as Gonzalez dropped back to se ven t h . Once in first, Carli sl e im media tely opened up a small lead First .rno to ac tio n saw Sm ith pull an enormous holesh ot 10 lead Erik P ucel ik, Bubb a Erickson , J imm y Clay, Mike Chamberl a in a nd Sha ne Tri ttl er arou nd on th e fir st lap. Sm ith quickl y ope ned up a threeseco nd lead as J imm y Button tri ed to ma ke up for h is poor seventhp lace start . Halfway through th e race Chamberl ain dropped o u t of th e top five, a llowing Trittle 10 mov e into fifth . H owever a ll of th is changed during the last few laps as Bu tton fo rced hi s way past Trittle to resume his final position. At th e fini sh Smi th p icked u p th e win ahead of Pucelik, Erickson, Cl ay a nd Button. MOIO two again saw Sm ith pull a clea n holesh ot followed by Chamberl ain, Button, Erickson and J oe Bru ce. Button managed to d isplace Chamberl ain to seco nd during th e early stages of th e race a nd tri ed 10 reel in Smith . U p front Smith had a co mforta ble margin separa ting him from Button. , Button kept u p hi s ch arge a ll th e wa y 10 th e chec kers wh ere he had to sett le for seco nd behind Smith. Chamberlain co llec ted third a hea d of Er ickso n a nd Bru ce. Ja son P art irdg e made a cl ean sweep in th e 9- 11 year-o ld 60cc class. In th e first m oto Partridge blasted o u t front ea rly and progressively ope n ed up a huge lead over Zachary Rund, Greg Yearsley, John Meng an d Jay Theys. Yearsley,con tin ua ll y position, b ut R und ma naged to hold Yea rsley off unti l the checkered flag. Partri dge took the win unchalle nged . with Meng fini shi ng fourth and Theys fifth . Partr idge sh ot into the lead at th e sta rt of ro u nd two an d again proved to be th e domin ant rider. Partridge led th e race from sta rt to fin ish with Yearsley, Men g , ~und and Theys co mp leting th e top five. To add 10 Partridge's list o f wins, he also scored the overa ll victory in th e 9- 11 year-old 80cc O pen class. Partridge beat Chris Wh eeler , R u nd , Yearsley and Men g in mot o o ne a nd th en came back 10 repeat h is win in th e final ro u nd by p laci ng fir st a head o f Wh eel er , Meng , Yea rsl ey a n d R u nd . The I-I score ea rne d him th e overa ll win with Wh eeler , Meng, Years ley an d Rund fillin g in the top five. Yamaha -m ounted J erry Alema n was th e big winner in th e 50cc class. . Alem an showed Corey H oeft, Daniel Bla ir, Perry Richmond an d Brian Husley the wa y 10 th e fin ish in moto one, a nd then came back .to do it again in round two. Aleman took the overa ll win with his I-I score ahead of H oeft's 2-2, Bla ir 's 3-3 a nd R ich mond's 4-4. Brian Hu lsey .wa s fifth with a 5-6 ta lly. . Yamaha-mounted Robert Dr ew managed to bounce back from a . losin g fir st m ot o to win division two of the 250cc Junior class . Wh en the ga te dropped a t the sta rt of th e first moto Da vid Zarht sho t ou t o f th e gate and led Drew , Chris Ridgway, Ti m Ri ggs an d Phillip Wu rster o n th e first lap. Ridgway a nd Drew soon pi cked up th e pace an d cha lle nged Zahrt for th e lead. Zahrt retaliat ed an d managed to put a little brea thing room between himself an d th e pack. Shortly before th e finish Drew made o ne last stab a t Zahrt's posi tio n but it wa s n o good. Zahrt p ulled off th e win with Drew , Ridgwa y, Ri ggs and Wurster close behind. Second m ot o ac tio n saw Drew ta ke th e ea rly adva n tage from the start a nd spee d away with the lead. Zahrt gave ch arge in seco nd but co u ld n' t seem to find th e co m bi na tio n that led h im to a first -moto win. Back in th e pack Ridgwa y and Ri ggs battled for third as Wurster 'aga in held down fifth . While Drew co llec ted the chec kers a hea d of Zahrt, R iggs ma naged to push a hea d o f Ridgway for th ird. Wurster was fifth . In th e first 500cc Interm ed ia te m ot o Kenny Maddux ga ted perfectl y a nd pulled th e hol esh ot on ly to see Randy La w motor by during the ea rly part of the m o to . Maddux pursu ed Law th e en tire distance, but co u ldn' t mak e a p ass. Glenn Commans was thi rd a t th e chec kers ahead of G ilbert a nd Robert Shafer. .Ro u nd two saw Maddux a ga in grab the ea rly lead , but this time for good. Ma dd u x led Ron G ilbert, Sha fer, La w a nd J oel Christensen from start to fin ish before scorin g a n easy win. Maddux 's 2- 1 tally n etted h im th e overa ll win wh ich als o gives h im a two-point lead in the series over Gilbert. Law wa s seco nd with 1-4 finish es, topping Gilbert's 4-2 a nd Sh afer 's 5-3. Co m ma ns was fifth • with 3-7. Results 50 : 1. Jerry A leman (Vaml; 2. Corey Hoeft (Vam); 3. Daniel Blair (Yam); 4. Perry Richmo nd (Yam); 5. Br ian Hul sey (Vam). . 60 (0 -8): 1. David Keen ey IKaw); 2. Jerry Al eman (Kawl; 3 . Travis Ma cDon ald (Kaw); 4 . Cor ey Hoeft IKaw); 5. Monte Mon tugu e IKaw l. 60 (9-111: 1. Jason Panridge (Kaw); 2. Greg ' Vears ley (Kaw); 3. Zachary Rund (Kaw); 4 . Jo hn Meng (Kaw); 5.Jay Thevs (Kawl. 80 BEG (12-16 ) 0 -1: 1. Phil Rich mond (Kaw); 2. Scan Jo hnso n ISuz); 3. Ja mes Lavora (Vam); 4 . Justin Halterman (Yam); 5. M ike Denn is (Kaw) . 80 BEG (12-1 6) 0 -2: 1. Brad Schultz (!ta w); 2. Todd Br ickelban (Yam); 3. Daniel.Wu nr ank (Hont