Margheim masters minis
at LACR Motocross
By Greg Robertson
PAlMDALE, CA. AUG. 5
Blake Margheim and Gregory Freier split-8Occ
Beginner mota wins with Margheim coming out
on top in the all-important second mota to capture the overall win during the California Racing Club's Saturday night motocross at Los
Angeles County Raceway.
Freier was untouchable in the first moto,
leading from the drop of the gale to the checkered flag. Andrew Turner ran second for a cou-.
pie of laps before Margheim dived underneath
him in a corner to take over the position.
Margheim easily pulled away from Turner, but
ended up a few seconds off the pace of Freier at
the finish. Turner took third ahead of a good
battle for fourth between Meshay Garcia and
Donny Wiggins.
Turner holes hot moto two with Margheim
and Freier already breathing down his neck with
only half a lap completed. The next six laps saw
some intense racing as the three front-runners
pulled clear of the field. The lead trio was about
as evenly matched as it could be, sometimes
three-abreast through the turns.
With the white flag out, Margheirn made his
move at the bottom of the over-and-under jump
by holding a tighter inside line and grabbing the
lead from Turner. Margheim took the welldeserved mota win. Tumer held off Freier by a
couple of bike lengths to finish second. Wiggins
was a distant fourth with joel Hanson rounding
out the top five.
• John Chapman spent the entire first Vet
Beginner mota working up from his last-place
star! to out-jump fast starter Carl Legaspi on the
final lap to grab the win. Mark jones almost also
caught Legaspi on the final lap, but ended up a
few feet short for third.
Chapman got a decent star! in mota two, but
within a lap was passed by Eric Farmer and
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jones. By the halfway point Chapman had made
his way back into the lead where he would stay
for the duration. Farmer held off the challenges
of jones to finish second in the mota and second
overall.
Results
PfW 8-2: I. DougCArttr (KTM); z.. Wesky Pa.rriJh (KTM).
P/W 8-1: I. Dave Carter (Yam): 2. Timmy DeVestern
(Yam).
P/W A: 1.}.I. Noone (KTM>.
60 BEG: I. Jam" Hanson (Kaw); 2. Mitchell Alsobrook
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