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three rode hard and distanced themselves from
the rest of the class. Portue kept his
BVH/Fox/Pjl/Smith-sponsored Honda in the
lead for the first four laps until a momentary
lack of concentration allowed both Weichers and
Dawson to get by on lap five. Weichers held off
Dawson's attempts at a pass and ultimately took
the checkers ahead of Dawson's Kawasakj.
Portue regained his composure and crossed the
finish line in third on his Bass Racing-sponsored
SuzukL
Moto one of the 250cc Novice race started
off better for Dawson. He was able to catch a
better gate which produced a much higher second place position at the end of the first lap
behind the Wright Motors-sponsored Honda of
Waylon Hall. Hall's lead would be short lived,
however, as Dawson advanced to the lead on
the third lap. Hall battled for the rest of the
moto for second with Bob Hicks on a Honda
XR. The Rancho M/C Dismantling-sponsored
rider showed that a four-stroke can indeed run
with the two-strokes. At the checkers, Dawson
had a clear victory with Hall holding off Hicks
for second.
Moto two in the 125cc Novice class looked
promising for Portue as he grabbed another
holeshot. Behind him there were new faces up
front as the Honda's of Brandon jones, Weichers and Steve Thinger foUowed. Dawson again
was mired with a rnidpack start and completed
the first lap in fifth. On lap two Weichers bailed
and Thinger fell off the torrid pace, allowing
Dawson to move up to third behind Merced
Poser Sports/Guts Racing-sponsored jones.
Dawson began a charge on lap four displacing
jones for second and finally pushed his
Kawasaki into the lead on lap five. There were
no changes at the finish and Dawson's 2-1 moto
scores were good for the overall. Portues' 3-2
netted him second overall and jones took third
via his 4-3 tally.
The final moto of the 250cc Novice class
saw the Kawasaki of Roseville Cycle-sponsored
john Moore in the lead. He was followed by
Tom Fields out of Healdsburg and Dawson in
third. Dawson had youth on his side during his
fourth moto of the evening and on the fourth
lap began his charge to the front. He zapped
Fields for second and began setting up Moore
for a pass. Dawson made his was around a tiring Moore on the fifth lap. When the checkered
flag fell it was Dawson aU alone and Moore
maintaining second. Hall recovered from a lastplace start and made an amazing recovery for
third.
Dawson's 1-1 domination left no doubt who
was the fastest 250cc Novice rider of the
evening. Hall's 2-3 were good for second overall
and Moore eamed third with 6-2 finishes. On a
side note, Shane Esposito and jeff Brownlee,
both on Suzuki's in the 12Scc Pro class, put on
an ariel exhibition. They cleared not only the finish line table top jump, but also the following
jump another 40 feet down track. Lap after lap
they wowed the spectators with their mega
leaps.
Results
50 BEG: I. J.D. Moore (Lem); 2. Beau Weigand (Lem); 3.
jimmy Brentisen (Lern); 4. Scotty Craven (KTM); 5. joshua Grft:o
(Yam~
50 NOV, I. Manhew Spm<..- (KTM); 2. Kyle Plunkett (KTM~
3.""'" Womack (KTM~
60 BEG: I. Kyle Panno (Kaw); 2. Ryan Watkiru (Kaw); 3.
Aaron Makinen (Kaw); 4.. Matthew Spencer (Kaw); 5. Brent lund
(Kaw).
80 BEG: L Ca5ey
Aaron Dosh (Kaw);
(lim).
80 NOV: 1. Kyle:
Perez. (Suz); 4. Matt
Ahrens (Hon); 2. Cole: Bridenbaker (K.aw); 34. Jeff Kovach (Yam); 5 Shawn Watkins
MarAlla (Yam); 2. Scon SteUer (Su%); 3. A.J.
McCrummen (Yam); S. Eric McCrummen
(Yam~
(Right) Jeff Hillis (12) grabs the
hoIeshot In the senior I
division In the at the Malvern
MX Park In Ohio.
didn'l seem to have the energy level
thaI Tarantino had and watched as
Tarantino took over midway in the
eight-lap race. At the checkered
flag. Tarantino crossed the line with
a couple of seconds to spare over
lngrande.
In the second moto, Tarantino
took off first but this time lngrande
showed new vigor and dogged
Tarantino's every move. Ingrande
made a pass on lap three with the
hard-charging Tarantino right on
his tail. Tarantino came back on the
sixth lap to again take control, but
Ingrande flew past on the following
lap. The two traded positions a couple of times during the next lap but
at the end of th.e race, it was
Ingrande who took the win and
prize money.
In the Old Pharts A division,
Cory Falter took the first moto win
with Don Connelly having to settle
for second. Connelly dropped his
Suzuki in race one, but next time
out took control from the gate. Falter managed second in tJ:le moto,
taking second overall and Connelly
snared first with a 2-1.
Everything went wrong in Ihe
Old Pharts B first moto with four
separate crashes occurring on the
first lap. Pat Ireland, an Over 40
rider, came out the worst with a
shattered knee and broken ankle.
jeremy Stenberg took the win in the 12Sec
12- to 15-year-old Open class with a first moto
win and a second moto nmner-up finish to john
Hopkins. Hopkins earned second after placing
third in moto one behind David Fox..
Cory MaComber won the 125ee Novice division with a 2-1 effort. MaComber followed
David Fox across the line in the first moto but
came back strong in the second for the win.
joey Navarro won the 80cc Beginner class
without winning a single moto. Navarro finished second in round one to Kyle de Quil1ettes,
then followed Kevin Kane across the finish line
in the second mota.
Christopher Lounsbury won the Pee Wee
First Timer class after finishing second in moto
one to Cory Branch. Lounsbury came back to
dominate the second moto over Branch, who
snagged second overall.
Results
INTRO TO MX: J. Justin Herrmann (Kaw); 2. Christine
Thelund (Kaw); 3. Corey Dawson (Yam); 4. Note Andreo2:zi
(Yam); 5. Kyle Adams (f