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(Lett) Ty Kady
(358) took the
125cc Pro win
over Donald Upton
(84) at the opening
round the Tri-Race
series Palmdale,
Calnomla.
(Right) Eventual
250ce C class
winner Lee Jones
(436) leads Owen
Ballew (321) at the
opening round of
the Georgia State
Motocross
Championships at
Paradise In
Macon.
Kady tops CRC Motocross
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE, CA, APR 6
Of nearly 200 riders who turned out for the
opening round of the California Racing Club's
20th annual Tei-Race Series at Los Angeles
County Raceway, Ty Kady swapped moto wins
with Team Chaparral's Travis Preston for the
125cc Pro overall win. Kady might have gained
the 250cc Pro win also if not for a slight timesaving course change his part.
In 12Scc Pro first-mota action Donald Upton
won the drag race to turn one over Dustin
Evans, Honda Troy's Casey Lytle and Kady.
Kady got around both Evans and Lytle on the
first lap only to overshoot a turn and hand second place to Preston, who caught Upton and
pushed him for a few laps before slipping past
the halfway point. Preston put a couple of seconds on Upton en route to the moto win. Lytle
tried everything, including physical contact on
the last lap, but couldn't get around Kady.
Round two saw Upton get the start again
witl, Kady, Preston and Lytle right there. Kady
passed Upton within a lap. Upton kept Preston
bay for the next four laps. Upton and Preston
were side-by-side off the biggest double jump.
Preston had the inside line for the next turn and
stightly cut the track. He was all over Kady for
the remainder the race. Kady took the win by
mere inches. Preston was penalized for cutting
the course, moving Upton into second-place
with 2-2 finishes behind Kady.
13i11 Sauro picked up the first 250cc Pro mota
win aboard his Mid-eities-backed Honda.
Yoshitaka Atsuta finished second ahead of
Kady, Takeshi Kolkeda and Upton.
Upton's second-mota lead lasted for half a
lap before Sauro passed in the whoop section.
Kady moved into second when both Upton and
Kolkeda messed up a double-jump landing and
ran off the track. Kady chased down Sauro, then
changed the track slightly, taking the lead.
Sauro went down in the sand and dropped
to sixth while Upton passed Kady on the final
lap. Kady was docked a few positions for cutting the course, which gave Atsuta the overall
win with 2-3 finishes.
Results
P!W (0-6): 1. Teuanoe Turner (Yam); 2. Shawn Rhinehart
(Yam),
P/W (7-9) I. Ken Slaler (Yam); 2. Nicholas Evans (Yam); 3.
Preston Landin (Yam).
SISTI< (~), I. Cole Pugm;..; 2. Cani< Haoe (J(TM).
S/STK (7·9): t. Timmy Ritzier CLEM); 2. Shana Rhinehart
(LEM); 3. Kn'Ul Thompson (LEM); 4. Trent Pugmire.
MOD (0-9): 1. A Kuschatka (Cob).
60 BEG; 1. Cody Sandefer (Kaw); 2. O\ris 'andch CKaw); 3.
Randall Hall (Kaw); 4. Bradley Hatchitt ()(aw); 5. Bryan Hatchitt
(Kaw).
60 (0-8): 1. Bobby Cobb (Kaw).
60 (9-11) 1. Robert Memoli (Kaw); 2. Timmy McDaniel ()(aw);
3. Billy Bloom (Kaw); 4. Sean Kranyak (Kaw).
80 BEC: 1. TI"Q)' Titdem.ier (Han); 2. Cory Redenius (Suz); 3.
Brian Melsheimer (Yam); 4. Mike Epstein