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250 OTX: 1. itJIy l:NFord (Hon); 2. Chase C ilbert (Hon); 3. Ed
Taylor (Yam) .
VC\IT TW : 1. ~ ry 8l-ach erri ); 2. Terry Fowler (No r); 3. Rod
E5~ (BSA); 4. Da n Dickin!l( m er ri).
vt\.,.SGL: 1. Jami e Farrow; 2. Tom Sheard; 3. Ed Taylor .
PRE-UNIT : 1. Rim Pred more (BSA ); 2. G reg Sheard (Ma tt 3.
Dana Johru;on (AJS).
30+ O PEN : I. Jeff Holford (y a m ); 2. Dan Kim be l (H on ); 3.
Cary Moo ", (Hon); 4. Nick McBride (Han): 5. Robert Met.em c ee
(Yam ).
Casas takes cash at CRC MX
By Greg Robertson
Zahrt as the race wo un d down. Casas cut un derneath Zahrt en tering a series of whoops a nd beat
h im to th e o ther end to grab th e lead. Za hrt
stayed close, bu t it was a determined Thousand
Oaks /Tru Tec /Stiffie IO'Neal-b ack ed Ca sa s
who took the win. Zahrt still w en t hom e wi th
second-place money ove r the Morrison's 2-3 finishes .
Results
P /W (~): 1. T.A. Wa lk" (Yam ); 2. Sha WTl Butl" (Yam); 3.
Bryan Hatchitt (Yam); " . Billy Ballesterc (Yam) ; S. ~brina F1t'ming
(Yam ).
P/ W (7·9 ): 1. Am- JOflt$ (y am).
5 /ST'K(0-6):1. Douglas Carter IKTM).
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Eric "Little Guy " Casas came out on top of both
Vet Expert-Pro molos to take ho me first- place
mo ney during roun d two of the Californ ia Racing Clu b's annual Tri- Race Series, held at Los
Angeles County Raceway.
Rodney Morrison bolted into the first-moto
lead an d qu ickly pull ed away from Mark Horton,') on Zah rt and Cas.1S. Zahrt 'went down and
d ropped to the back of the pa ck on the opening
lap as Casas tried to find a waya round Horton.
Casas ho un ded Hort on for the first half of the
race before being able to make a pass into second place, an d then set out to reel in Morrison,
w ho e n joyed a 6-se co n d lead. Two laps later
Casas outj u m pe d Morri son to lea d the field.
Casas took the win w ith Morrison keep ing him
honest. Zahrt had worked back u p to third and
was catching the two front-runners be fore ta ngli ng wi th a la pper an d goi ng d own aga in .
Zahrt recovered to hold off Hort on at the checkers for third .
Morrison had the start wired and gra bbed
his second holesh ot of the day over Zahrt and
Ho rton. Casas' bike bogged off the lin e, but
within a lap h e ca me fro m las t place to run
fourth. Zahrt made qu ick work of Morrison and
look ed like he was going to run away with the
se co n d -m o te win. Ca sas w as flyi ng' o n h is
YZI25, ge tting aro und both Hort on and Morri son halfway throu gh the race.
Lapped traffic allow ed Casas to close in on
5 /STK (7.9): 1. Ty Ham " ; 2. Robert M£>moli (KTM); 3. Bran d ·
I)' Ha tchitt (KTM) .
&0 (o-8}: 1. Edward Hl"rring (Kaw); 2. Dav it" c. r1It"r (Ka w).
60 (9-t 1}: 1. N icho las Burson (Kaw) ; 2. Tro y Tittlemit- r (Kaw );
3. [aeed TI"bo (Kawl .
80 BEC: 1. Ja so n Bea uchesne (Ya m) ; 2. John Simano vic h
(Suz); 3. [ared Tl"bo (Kaw); 4. Donn y Wiggins (yam) .
80 (7- 11): 1. Shane Smith (Hon); 2. Ch ris N iha n (Yam); 3. Scott
t
How e (Ynm ); 4. Vinct"l'l Rhoad 5 (Ya m); 5. N icho las Burson (Suz) .
flO (12· 13): 1. Brad Robins un (Hon); 2. Tvson Tirtlem ier (Hon ).
flO (14·16): 1. Levi Reid (Y.am).
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125 BEG: 1. Jo1!1(l0 Ebd (Ho n); 2. Jerem y Heil (Suz); 3. Lee Sa ul
(Suz) ; 4. Lars Undstrom (Hon ); 5. Vito Valenti (Ho n ).
125 NO V: 1. J('rt'my Cha ussee (Ka w); 2. Scott Priputen (Yam);
3. Trevls Smith (Kaw) ; 4. N ick Butterworth (Su z ); 5. N ick Scott
(Suz~
125 INT; 1. Ch ris Ne itze l (Kaw ); 2. Mike Gibson (Ho n).
125 PRO: 1. L x Malan (Suz) ; 2. Erik lind strom (l-Ion) .
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250 BEG: 1. Ch uck St. Roma in (Ya m ); 2. Mike Embry (Y.l m);
3. Todd Heegsredt (Yam); 4. Mark Jones (Yam); S. Scott Piccini nno
(Hon) .
250 NO V: 1. Tyler Buck (Suz); 2. Tra vis Smith (Kaw) ; 3. Scott
McCollouJ;h (Y.m); 4. Gra ham Howell (Kaw ).
250 INT: 1. Pa ul Gilmartin (Hon ).
.500 BEG: 1. Cha rles Ga lles (Kaw) ; 2. Martin Firestone (Hon);
SR BE : 1, Ste ve Du n ha m (Suz ); 2. Larry Kirsch (l-!