eEVENTS
"" INT, l. - , . H.-... (!y
(!mb (lion).
+30: 1 . .Jon Ortner (lion); 2. limbo Hays (lion); 3. Mok'h
_
(Kow);" Scott Ta""" (!ulted in a big pileup.
Jason Pearce and Steve Peterson came out on
the short end of the stide and the bottom of the
pile. Marc Burnett took advantage of the mayhem to grab the holeshot aboard his Kawasaki
KX25O.
Neary was hot on his heels along with
Yamaha pilot Tony Rodriquez, Neary dove
inside of Burnett in the Dunlop Rockers to grab
the lead with Rodriquez following suit soon
after.
Jeremy Tooker and Todd Gravitt moved in
on the lead pade while dicing for fourth. Gravitt
got the jump on Tooker then took Burnett in the
whoops on the same lap.
Rodriquez kept the pressure on and at the
straightaway stulfed his way past Gravitt and
back into second. Up front Neary took the
checkered a safe distan'" in front of Rodriguez
Tyler King smoked to the win in the
12Scc Intermediate class at Barona Oaks.
with Gravitt, Burnett and Tooker rounded out
the top five.
The second moto saw yet another first tum
pileup involving Gravitt, but this time, it was
Matt Hatcher who shared a dirt sandwich in
tum one. Neary took the point position with
Burnett riding his shirttails.
Burnett was running a strong third with
Pearce, Rodriguez and Tooker dicing at midpack. Pearce soared high over Animal Leap to
fly past Rodriquez but then carried too much
speed into the following comer allowing the
Yamaha rider to make a repass.
Rodriquez kept the "Rs" up and closed in on
Burnett,. while Gravitt pushed Pier'" high up in
the tum to make a pass on the Kawasaki rider
and move into third. They weren't through yet.
u there was still a quarter of the trade between
the lead pack and the checkered flag.
Gravitt jammed up behind Neary and actually pulled alongside the Suzuld rider who
immediately picked up the pa'" to cruise to the
checkered flag with his second moto win.
Burnett took second in the moto, but it was only
good enough to take third overall behind
Rodriquez. Fourth and fifth overall went to
Gravitt (3-4) and Peterson, who c:ha1ked up a
pair of sixths.
Reaulla
50 STIC: L Joe Hamiltoft (Yam); 2. Sean CoUk, evam): 3.
llanRl Ta/I(Yam); "JayCiarldta Q1j);5. Tyaon Ta""- (Y...~
50 MOO: t. Daton Beaven (Yam); 2. Andrew Renshaw
(Yam).
60 (6-1): 1. Juon Oar'etta (lCaw),; 2. Auetift joneI, (leaw); 3.
Ryan e-.. (!ben p _ (Y...~
1 Todd Cnvitt ()Caw).
125 INT, I. G! after seeing Hernandez dose in and
pulled away for the win. By the time the chedcered flag came out, Borchard had increased his
advantage to approximately 20 seconds over
Hemandez.
The second moto went much like the first
with Borchard grabbing the hoIeshot and easily
pulling away for an uncontested win. Shawn
Mietze powered his Suzuki to consistent moto
finishes to secure second overall ahead of Hawk
White and Hernandez. Paul LaIa1a rounded out
the top five.
Tim Reeder tallied a 1-3 score to daim the
overall win in the 250cc Novice class. Reeder
scored a seemingly easy victory in the first moto,
leading from start to finish. 1be second moto
was a different story for Reeder, however. He
crashed early in the moto and had to work his
way back up. He got up to third when the
checkered flag came out but it was high enough
to earn the overa11 win. Second overall went to
Joe Vella and third to Mike Renner. Rounding
out the top five were Bob Zakes and Casey
Musick.
Resulta
P/W 50: 1. kmuln Hemandet (Yam); 2. Shreddft' Navarro
(Yam); 3. eu.tin Shrophiftl: (Yam); t. )aeon AlIwanh (Suz); 5. JJ.
A_""(5o<).
P /W llC>. I. Cfts e..n.. (Suz).
.., l. Duatin SIuopohI.. (Kow).
10 BEG: 1. Jell Borchard (Yam); 2. Shawn Mictz (Sw:); 3.
Hawk Whille (Hon); 4. Mike Hetl'Iandcc (Kaw); 5. Paul LaW.
(JO); 5."',,* _
(Hon).
125 IlEQ l. Scott Kog (Iion~ 2. DooNo Slap"- (50<~ 3.
BiJIy Dript (K-w);4. Dan ~blone (Hoft); 5. Leo TKlwdJ {Hon).
125 NOV: 1. <:..ey MliMck (K.w); 2. Ryan Brink (ICaw); 3.
Italy CammiU (Kaw);" Mike Iacopi (lion); 5. Keith lAWiIIWI (Yam).
125 INT:1. Owd Burle.on (lion); 2. Turtle Wtkoff(tlon).
125 PRo. 1. Rid< Ryan (Iion~ 2. T..... M ~ ~ 3. Pat
Ccoun(Y...).
2SO 8£C: 1. 8rwI McLennan (Hen); 2. ht Towne (Hn); 3.
Noah Ev... (Iion~ 4...... )dkh (Iion~ 5. _
" - " \So'~
Z50 NOV: 1. Tim ReNa' (Yam); 2. Joe Ven. (Yam); 3. Mike
Ramer (Kaw); 4. Bob Zads (Kaw); 5. c..,. Mu!lick 0'-),
Z50 INT: 1. Tony Alyes (Yam); 2. Bill AsUiu (I-km).
"" PRo. l. Rid< Ryan (Y...~ 2. "" Ccoun (Y...~ 3. Tr""
HUll\lne1 (Suz).
500 BEG: 1. Cart Fam (Yam); 2. Ron Hon'ipn (yam).
500 NOV: 1. Eric en. (Howl); 2. Bill Petldiere (Han); 3. John
Murideth (Han); 4. Bdw.,-d Kdty ~w).
25-29 BEG: 1. John Cunninsham (Saz); 2.. Mario Andmni
(Yam); 3. Mike Focolin (Yam); 4. Noah Evans (Hon); 5. &ria.n
H.u..thal (1C1M).
25-29 NOV: 1. M.rc Tuckr (Hon); 2. Bob Pbnmtd (Knv); 3.
Todd TCJ'lIVMeftd (Hon).
25-29 INT: 1. Mike ,Jotln.cn (Suz); 2. Jeff Woocb (Hon); 3.
Tony AJvts(Yam): 4-]oM £naiF' (VUI).
VET BEG: 1. ()sve ~a.nd (Hon); 2. Mark Avery (Hon); 3.
Ed "pia (Hon); 4. Scott Rea- (y• .,); 5. Jeff HUlan! (H""),
VET NOV: 1. john D.nalne (Yam); 2. Cary raatje (Yam); 3.
Mike ~ (Kaw); 4. 11m McMur1n!e (K-w); 5. Dave Hendenlon
(50<).
VET INT: 1. Dave Rodrkr-ez (Hon); 2. BiU ANu (Hon); 3Dave 6erJ (Hon).
VET PRO: 1. ScoU ICeh (Yam); 2. Brandon &ldwin (Suz).
NOV, I. _
SmUt. (Iion~ 2./.R. ~ (Sw<); 3. Bob
Map"" (H",,).
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lahrt zaps Golden Bear GP
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE. CA. APR. 4
It took everything he had, but Kal-Gard /
. O'NeaI/SVC/ Z Tech-5ponsored Jon Zahrt held
off a last-lap charge from Brad McLeod to take
the overall victory in the Vet Expert dass at
California Racing Club's Golden Bear Grand
Prix held at Los Angeles County RaO!Way.
The opening lap of the 45-minute race
belonged to Ridwd Bunch, followed dosely by
Rod Robertson, Scotty Walker and Zahrt.
Halfway through the second lap Bunch pulled
off the track with bike problems, handing the
lead to Walker. Walker set a blistering pace,
attempting to pull away from Zahrt, who had
gotten put Robertson. Ken Neitzel and McLeod
were up to fourth and fifth places, re>pectively,
after midpade starts.
Walker did a good job of holding Zahrt at
bay unti1 the midway point, when Zahrt slipped
past for the lead. McLeod got around both
Neitzel and Robertson, and set out afle< Walker,
who was 15 seconds ahead of him. Zahrt cruised
out front u McLeod. reeled in Walker in lapped
traffic to overtake him for the runner-up position.
With the white flag out, it became a tworider sprint to the checkered flag. McLeod
closed to Zahrt's rear fender and dogged the
leader in every tum, Both riders were slicing
through lappen, as neither gave an inch. At the
finish line, it wu Zahrt just a few feet ahead of
Mcleod for a well-deserved win. Walker finished a distant third over Neitzel.
North County Yamaha-backed John Keefer
grabbed the early lead in the 2SOcc Intermediate
class, with Erik Lindstrom, Karl Lindstrom and
Owen Didc50n in hot pursuit. Erik Lindstrom
displaced Keefer back to second within a lap,
