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NOV : 1. Curtis SchwrYKor (Hon); 2. Dotvkl: Peru (K..w) ; 3.
Crq W i1li.uN (Suz); " . Wnr Bryan; 5. Rick Pirrce (yam ).
SPTSMN: 1. Turk Dum u! (Ka w) ; 2. AlAn Kim (JCTM); 3. Tom
~ (Han); 4. Rn Young: 5. Jt'mny Andenon.
BEG: 1. Jc.h 5ch n wpel: 2. lUck Adair (Hon);
(XAw); " Nile Heinz; 5. rat P"tdw1t.
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Casno COpS Castaic MX
By Scott Hofman
Brlan Dorsey (132), Peter C8sano (131) and Jason Stockton (141) battled for pos itIon on the
jump-fIllacl Lake Castaic Motocross Park track. C8sano won the 250cc Beginner class. (Below)
John Plndard (26) and Rich Hargrove (8) rubbed elbows at Los Angeles County Raceway .
CASTAIC. CA. APR. 16
Peter Casno an d Jason Stockton swapped mo to
wins, with Casno finally top ing the 250cc Beginner class at Shane Trittler Pro mo tions Saturday
motocross a t Castaic's MX track.
A newly d esigned natu ral terrain sec tio n
was added to the trac k to ma ke the racin g more
intense. In the first mota, it was Jason Stockton
wi th the lead in the comb ined Beginner INovice
sta rt, with Nov ice ride r Brett Fox. Peter Casano
and Brian Dorsey trailing. Stockon would hold
th e lead th e entire moto until the novice. Fox,
mad e his wa y by on the last lap. Dorsey would
ev entu ally fall back, while Shane Somers and
Tony Gambe ru tti would battl e for the third spo t.
Somers kep t Gamberu tti at bay until the fina l
lap when he made the pas s and held the third
spo t to the finish. At the finish it was Stockton,
Casno and Somers.
In the second moto the tabl es turned, a nd
th is time Cas no had the lead with first -moto
w inn er Stock ton in seco nd. Stock ton tried hard
to m a ke it b ac k-to-beck w ins, b u t co u ld n 't
seem to ge t it toge ther. Dorse y cam e throu gh
in the second race, top ping Somers to ta ke the
thi rd spot, bu t still h ad to settl e for fourt h
overall.
80 BEG: 1. Brandy umbeort (Yam); 2. Hrathfo Mathfow.
r
(K.1w ); 3. Jo-h UrWeI (IUIw) ; 4. PAtrick Brown (Yam).
u.a
80 INT: 1. J..... Ahrm (Yam).
ADULT MINI; 1. G.uy 1Cempvin
Best (lC.Iw ); 4. John Waller (1CI'M);5.I.uon Maffey(Hon).
C\IT: 1. ~ C.abbrn (X,I w ); 2. Ha rold OliN (Hon) ; 3. ~
o.lecowUd.; 4. Vic Encinas (Han); 5. Pde MollicIt (Han).
P/W 8-2: 1. J.u ed TriJo ty arn); 2. Aron Tomoc. (Yam); 3. T"te
Misiasz.e k (yam): 4. ~I rum (VoIm); 5. Brian Me lnnnry
("I'" m).
P/W B-1: 1. Troy Tittlernin' (Y.am ); 2. Brett Mount.in (Yam);
3. Eric H\U\1Irr (Yam); 4. Trnis B.rdft'l (YAm); S. OIoIrles ~
(yam).
P/W ~ 1 . Kyle &nkn (Yam ); 2. Andoly ~(Y&m).
60 BEG: 1. joh.,.than NIFWtIWl (K.lw); 2. RicNrd Enbulb
(Kaw); J. An thon y B.arb.lcovi (lU w ); 4. TnmiN tm'
(H an );
S. Nathan Pa min tu.m OC-w).
60 (9-11): I.BLa Mitchril (lC.&w); 2. 5tYne Smith (K.lw); 3. lOt
k
Kwwth (K,Iw).
80 BEG; 1. SMrw Smith (Suz); 2. 8Lak Mikhrll (lU w): 1.
Cody b nd.U ( K.I""'); 4. Jnmine Reid (Viilm); 5. Ch.u Smi th
wn:ta
Results
VETINT:
four laps saw num erous lead changes between
the two riders. as neither was conte nt wi th second place. .
Bu walda was me thodically picki ng off rid ers, and had climbed up to the third spot with a
little over half the race complete. Buwa lda was
handed the runner-up position when McConnell
got ou t of shape and ran off the track. A lap
later, Rodriguez sta rt ed feeling pressure from
Buwalda as they engaged in a brief battle for the
lead . Buwa lda had the mom en tu m on his side as
he put the move on Rodriguez and pulled away
to greet the checkers first, with a few secon ds to
sp are . McConnell ca me across th ird ahead of
Phillips and Beach.
Buwalda made life easie r for himself by nailing the seco nd moto sta rt. Rodriguez gated in
third behind Ph illips, but the two rid ers ha d
switched places by the end of lap one. Buwalda
led e v ery la p of t he se co nd mo to , w hile
Rodriguez 'wasn't able to make much of a dent
in th e leader's pa ce and fin ished five seco n ds
behind him. McC onne ll spent th e e n ti re 20·
min ute mot o working up from a 10th-pla ce start
to overtake Phillips for third, only to throw
away his mud dy goggl es with the white flag in
sight and get repassed by Phillip s. Phillips ' 4-3
finishes edged out Me Connell's 3-4 score for
C'i
third overall .
Results
PALMDALE. CA
,APRlL17
Yamaha ¥Z25O-moun ted Vern Buwalda proved
it d id n' t ma tt er if he go t a good sta rt or not
when it came to topp ing both Old Time r MX
Association Expert class motos at Cali fom ia Racing Club 's Sunday motocross at Los Ang ele s
County Raceway .
Jim McConn ell go t things off to a good sta rt
in the first mo to wi th a ho leshot followed by
Jose Rod rigu ez, Keith Phillips and Ken Beach.
Buwalda gated in nin th place. McConnell's lead
lasted slightly more than a lap before Rodriguez
jum ped past him. McConn ell retaliated qui ckly
and shot back past into the top spo t wi th a faster
line thro ugh the whoo ps. Rodriguez fought back
in the very next tum to retake the lead . The next
(lUw).
80 (1·11): I. Todd ee-lowr (Yam ); 2. Tyson nn.lrrnift (Suz);
3. Ben StueIU (X.aw); 4. KykoSct\.wkr-(Yam).
80 (12 ·13) : 1. Lrvi Rc-id (Yam); 2. Chriltop hff Gouela.r
(lC. w ); 3. Oiff JftVling:s (K.w); 4 . J.won Webb (Suz ).
80 (1....16): 1. ScottPriputm (Sw.) .
125 BEQ 1. SNun Mitchell ~w); 2. Graham Howell (Sut);
3. J(f'Vin Towt'l!iCnd (Hon):'04 Tylt.-rBuck (Suz); 5. J~ Ntowm.tn
,
(IC.ow~
125 NO V: 1. Quia Nft Ud (Suz ); 2.
Jeff tull
(Suz); :1. K.rvin
TArwa ter (I(.Iw)•
125 INT: 1. Nick Mairow (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. DonAld n-tb!n Jr. (Han); 2. BryAn s.kn (Suz); 3Wade Oancy (yHl); 4. Robert Vydua (]<.Iw).
~y
250 NOV; t. Andy Pa~ (X.I w); 2. C.T. Watanabr (Hen); 3.
Harp (IC.lw); 4. Kevin T.uw. ~ (ICIM).
2SO INT: 1. Mic'tYcl8«b (Yam) ; 2. Robbie Dunh.J m (Yun).
PRO: 1. Owen Dic: aon (lC&wl; 2. Jim L.oh (Y Jlm); 3. rm-r B.
k
Ware(Suz).
JR VET BEG; I. Edd~ ButteAUX (Suz); 2. Fernando &.'ITOteliU
J. Ericbon (Hon); .a. Mi b Brad y (Su:r:); 5. John Stoh l
(Hon).
JR VET NOV,: 1. C.T. Wd l n.lbe (Ho n ); 2. Darren Gravt'e l
(y.lIm) ; 3 . John Stich (lUw ); 4. H enry KOKDIlt-"Illlkl (Hon) ; 5. tee
(Hon); 3.
Soul (CA
g).
JRYETtNT: 1. Mike Crosby (l(4w); 2. Michel Becke (Yam ).
VET BEG: 1. Muk Freid. (Kaw ); 2. MilLe O'Donnell (Hon); 3.
Mike Ward (Yam); 4. Kurt Kl"Wff (Su.z); 5. Kelly McGuire {ya m) .
VETNOV: 1. Henry Kolo&mski (lion); 2. JohnStich (lapm (IC.ow); ' . john FIon
