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EVENTS
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Chris Honnold (623) took control of the
125cc Nov ice class on the last lap and
came away with the wIn during the CRC
Grand PrIx at Los Angeles County
Racewa y.
his broth er an d las t week's Open Novic e win ne r
Troy Engbe rg. The younger sib ling led the l Q.rider charge for th e first th ree laps before cras hing un injured in tu m one of the Tim Hen richspr epa red "s cra mbles-s tyle" race track. Harold
Eng be rg (w ho wa s running in se cond at the
time) immediately too k ad vantage of his brother's mi sfortune an d transformed it into his second win of the da y. Todd Lind ove rcame a laterace cha rge fro m Mi ck Durham to se cure a
hard-e arne d second place.
Verdeen Langl and proved that last week's
Vet A win was not jus t a flash in the pan by wi nn in g the ma in event once aga in . La n g land
topped the Open B final as well. During th e two
events, Mark Deal a nd Scott Stenle trad ed second- a nd th ird -p la ce fin is hes respe ct i vel y .
Seven-year-old Cody Swen son followed su it by
w innin g his sec o nd co nsecu tive Mini Ju n io r
class just ahea d of Curt Atkins.
Ten-year-old Shawn Burr picked u p his first
big win of the season in the Mini Senior class via
a wire-to-wire victory with Josh Koch. Lee Mies
Jr. an d Jacob Mataya " hot pu rsu it.
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Result s
VET A; I. v erdeeo Langland (Hon ); 2. Scon Stenle (Hon ); 3.
Mdrd [)P.. I (Hon ); + Mkk Durham (H u§); 5. Todd lind (Hon ).
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OPEN B: I. v erdeen Langland (Hem); 2. Mark Deat (Hon); 3.
Srott Stenle (Hon) ; + M ike Tehro (KTM) ; 5. K~an Iverson (Hon).
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OrEN C: 1. Harold Engbt'1"g (Hon) , 2. Todd lind (Hon); 3.
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Mick Durham (H us); + Qut.'nhn 8lom~ (Hon ); 5. DouK [A't'rin~
(KTM).
OP EN NOV: 1. Ho1 rol d En.-bt.-rp; (Hem); 2. Ck>uK Bohn (H un );
3. 'ade. Paren tea u (H on); 4. Bruce Somp*m (Hn n); 5. Troy Jnhnson
(Yam) .
250 NO Y: 1. Bruce Sampson (Ho n); 2. Tim McBride (C-A); 3.
Llo yd Turner (Yam ); 4. Kevin Lind (Hon ); 5. Troy Buffint;ton
(Hun ).
MIN"i5R: 1. Shawn Burr (Kaw) ; 2. JOlih Kuch (KTM ); 3. lee
Min Jr. (Cob ); 4. Jarob Matay.. (KTM).
MINI JR; 1. Cody Swen'lOn (Yam ): 2. Curt Atkin s (Yam) .
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PAL\lDALE,CA.JAN. 14
Chris Honnold claimed the 125cc No vice -class
wi n du ring Ca lifo rn ia Ra cin g Clu b's Happy
New Year Gra nd Pr ix at Los An geles Coun ty
Racew ay.
Hon nold grabbed th e ea rly lea d ah ea d of
Shawn Mci ntosh, Joel Ne lso n an d Matt Gold sm ith. By the se cond lap, Mci nt osh ha d mad e
his way past Honnold an d enjoy ed a five-second
lead. Ne lson continue d to hold down thir d over
Golds mith an d Garit Wallace as the tw o frontrunners sta rted to pu ll away,
Mcintosh 's lead lasted a lap before Honn old
closed back in an d retook the top spot. Mcintosh
stayed close to Honn old a nd a cou p le of la ps
later was once again ab le to make the pass in the
tig hter mot ocross sec tion of the course to run
out front. The next trip throu gh the high-speed
d esert porti on of th e track sa w Honnold once
a gai n in th e le a d p o si ti on w he n McI n t o sh
slowed slightly with a temporary han d problem .
Mci n tosh w as qu ickly up to speed and a sh ort
time later was running out front in ye t another
lead chan ge.
The last lap saw Honnold give it everything
he had left after 40 minutes. He pu t one las t pass
on Mcintosh an d kept the th rottle p inned to
slowly pull away on the final circuit for th e well d ese rved victory. Nelson en de d up th ird wi th
Go ldsmith an d Wallace rou n d in g ou t the top
five.
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Results
P /W (D-6~ 1. Shawn Bu tlt!l"(Yam ); 2. KI!Vin O'Donnell (Yam );
3. AdamMomijo{Yam~
P/W (1-9): 1. A.C.loILey(Yaml; 2. W~Hidr.s(Yam ).
SPRSTK (0-6): 1. rye Han- (KTM.); 2. Ja~ Endo (KTM ); 1
Brand on M ilhun (LEM) ; +. Duog CMter (KTM).
SPRS1l\ (7-9): 1. Edw ard H~·rrlng (LEM); 2. Charl t'5 MI!Sst'T
(l. EM).:3. M itm.·11 Milt"1l (KTM ); + Du .. tin Delucia <""1M); 5. Robt>rt
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Memoli (KTh1).
so(0-8): 1. [ared T.-OO (KolW); 2. Edward Herrin~ (Kaw); 3.
Cory Redeniu s (Kaw); 4. Dave Ca rter [Kaw],
60 (9-1 1): 1. A n thon y Barbacovi (Ka w); 2. Troy Ttulemier
(Kaw); 3. Tyler BrowdPT(Ka w); 4. M i ~1 Torres (Kaw).
80 BEG: 1. Robert Bland (Hon); 2. Kurt NeOOo (Yam); 3. J
oel
Hanson (Yam);4. Joison ~aucht>omto (ya m); 5. Christcpber Leiker Jr.
(Hon ).
80 (1-11): 1. Ct-rard Pann (Yam); 2. Jalt- 5tava ra (Su 7.l; 3. David
Oo.·Lucia (Yam); + Jarnt"ll Han.'lOn(Suz); 5. Dam~ Jon~ (Suz).
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80 (12-13); 1. J.'. Bonnanno (Yam ); 2. Shawn Scott (Hon); 3.
Tod d Gos!ot"laa. C
r Hon); 4. Donn ie Durrer (Hon); 5. Iklbby StMfan
(Suz).
80 (l-J-16): 1. Chri stopher ~wl aar (Hon); 2. Ryan Dudek
(Yam); 3. Robby Cou se (Suz) .
B/W; 1. (]iff JI."tlninKS(Ka w) .
vtxr . 1. Oon 8~~ (H on ); 2. J~I Hanson (Hon ); 3. Rick
CYDonr->U(Hon); 4. Kfon Cr-ne (ez)..
DEC: L Gft.g RcQ·Tt nn (Hon ); 2. Rid R-=I (Yam); 3. ToiYO'
s
Kent (Bu l).
125 BEG: 1. Scutt Min !lter (Suz ); 2. JI..'IT)' F~ (H,m);. 3. eNd
Neal (Hon ~ 4. ju ..tin Scott (Hon); 5. Evert Smi th (Suz ~
125 NOV : t. Chris Honnold (Kaw); 2. Shawn Mdn to!lh (Hon);
3 . J<.WI Nt'I!IOfl (Yam); '4. Matt C'.o
ld!lmith (Yam); 5. Carit Wa llace
(Kaw ).
125 tNT : 1. Chris Nt>it7.el (Kaw ); 2. M ike He m s (Suz) .
250 BEG: 1. Bren t GI"l'f'r (5uz); 2. Wa lt Bmnett [Kaw]; 3. Tim
McEntrt>(Suz); ~. Ron Gnogg (Yam); 5. Erik Hu nzi kar (Yam ).
250 NOY: 1, Jason Trubo-y (Kaw ); 2 . Et han Da lly (Yam) ; 1
Eddie l...am (Suz).
500 BEG 1. Mike 0'D0tmt'1I (Hon ~ 2. Rick Bohannan (K.aw~ l
Raymond Lar;on (H(Jn~
JR VET BEG: 1. 5.>an Haworth (Yam~ 2. Greg Wilkin!;. (Su.z ~
JR VET NOV: 1. S tev Hill (Kaw ); 2. Jimmy Robnt!i (Hun); 3.
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Tim ~tcNulty (Han).
\ 'ET BEG: 1. Kyle Reut~ (Yam ); 2. Damon Webb (Him ); 1
Ch ri s Hi ggin .. (Yam); ~ . G il C ro w el l (Yam ); 5. Jam M Bl.ack w tl l
(ATK].
VET ~OV: 1. John Knight (Hon); 2. WilIit.> ~y (Hon ); 3Scott Hurd (}-tnn );~. Tom Miller (Yam); 5. Gn-g Robemon (Hcm~
VET INT: 1. Eric ~ (Yam); 2. Crai~Conaway I Hun);3. Ri&.
O' Don nell (Hon); 4. Harold Sm ith (KTM); S. Frank Co!>tatv...a (H orv.
VET r RO: 1. Dn>y Dircks (Ho n); 2. If'O Saul (Hon); 3. John
Ferro (Hon ); +.J
E'nlffl" G ib!;.tJfl (Hnn );5. Jun W il!llm (SU7.).
SRBEG: 1. Don Mt"inl!'l"(Hus) .
SR NOV : 1. Randy Wessds (Hon ); 2. StI!"Ve Waltman; 3. Rid.
Kanatza r (Hem).
SR INT : 1. Scott Sm ith (Ka w] ,
SR EX: 1. Ran d y And erson (Yam ); 2. Mdr k Ne a l (Ya m); J.
Mun tt> Pri lwtt (KTM); 4. BiI15c hu llZ (Suz ); 5. Bob Dunham {Ya m~
aT NOV : 1. BiJllumbard; 2. Scott Pelkey ; 3. John webb (H