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(Left) Travis Preston
rode his Suzuki to
the win In the
combined singlemoto Pro race at the
second round of the
GA Fall Motocross
Series, held at the
Los Ange les County
Raceway In
Palmdale, California.
Presto n said. " Eve ry thi ng was go in g
pre tty good until I got a flat. I saw him
(Upton ) on the last lap, so I had to gas it
up a little bit. He probabl y wo uld have
got me in ano ther lap ."
"I sa w him (P res ton) slowing d o wn
and tha t was when I was ho ping the re
was a w ho le b u n ch of m ore la p s,"
Upton comme nted. " I was rea lly close to
him at the end, but if I wou ld ha ve had
an other lap...?"
Sulek closed to within a few second s
of U pton in th e final la p s a boa rd his
Block Alte rna tives / Race Sh op / Riders
Choice-backed KX250 to claim the thirdplace mo ney , ove r Parso ns an d Yama ha
rider Tak eshi Koikedu.
"I started rid ing my own race afte r a
couple of laps , then started getting arm
fatigue," Su lek said. "I d idn't get to train
mu ch th is month. My fro nt brake line
has a bu bb le in it or something. It wasn't
wo rk ing at all . I ha d to u se m ore
s treng th th an I wanted to in the co rners."
250cc Novice riders An d y Rod rigu ez
a nd Brandon Mil s tea d c h ased each
other u p throu g h the pa ck a nd into a
battle for the lead tha t lasted the ent ire
first mot o. Rod riguez go t ou t of shape
off a ju mp on the fina l lap, cu tti ng the
course slig htly, but managed to hold off
Milstead for the win. Ton i Su lli inherit e d th i r d a ft e r Ry an Do ty a n d Ga ry
Helm ' s heated ba ttle for third resu lted
in them flying off the track an d in to a
cha in-link fence toge ther.
Jason Sim mo ns se t the pa ce early in
the second mo to before Mils tead ov ertook him on lap two . Rodriguez tossed
his goggles a fte r being roost ed on the
fres hly watered track, making his ques t
to catch the fleet Mils tead even harder.
Milstead ended up taking the win, wit h
a hard-charg ing Rod r ig u ez clo sing to
wi thi n two bike lengths at the checkers.
'Su lli, Sim moos and Jon Davidso n
round ed ou t the top five.
Chris Conahan looked like he ha d
the first 250cc Beginner mota wi n in the
ba g u ntil he slid out in a corner. Za ch
.C a m za les we n t o n for t he w i n, wi th
Co nahan quickly res tarting to finish second , ahead of Brian Bakk en.
Bakken had the second- mote holesh ot
until he slid out between turns two and
three, collecting Co nahan - amongst others - in the process. Ca mzales avo id ed
the pileup and used that ad vantage to go
1-1 for the overa ll wi n . Conahan recovered for a ru nner -u p fin ish , over Ty ke
Blanchard and An d rew Carr.
, Cons istency paid off for Jim my Eberle in the 125cc Beg inner wars, bu t And y
Evans was untou chable in the opening
ro u nd a s h e rod e to the wi n . Eb erle
s lowly pi cked off rid er s o ne a t a time
from his seventh-pla ce start to earn seco n d, ahead o f Na tha n Wes t an d Jay
[ahuson.
After a fall in the w hoo ps d ropped
him to an eighth-place finish in the first
mo ta, Kevin Jennings came out smoking
in the second rou nd and easily wa lked
away wi th the win. Eberle go t a better
start this time and kep t his FMF-back ed
YZl 25 in secon d place the entire mota to
collect the overall victory. Evans wen t 1-3
for second in th e st andings, wi th Je nning's secon d-mo te win being eno ugh to
top the 4-5 of Jahuson for third overall. , ~
Los Angeles Co unty Raceway
Palm dale, Californ ia
Results : September 21, 1997
50 Frr: 1. Sh,l WIl Rhine ha rt (Yam ).
50 STK: 1. Tylor Hem me (Cub); 2. Andrew Co uto
( KTM ); 3. Jimmy Bennett (KTM); 4 . Cary Thompso n
(laM) .
50 O PJ:;N 1. Cha d Gores tLem). 2. jona than Arana
:
(I.em); 3. [u snn Mulford (Lc m) ; 4. Jake Ju lelt (Lem).
eo FfT: I. Den nis Brown ()(awl.
bO BEG : I. Chad Cores ( )(a w l; 2. jona than A rana
(Ka w ); 3. Tro1" 5 Ch ris tense n (Kaw): 4. Kyle je nk ins
(K.1w); 5. Matt Lord ( Kaw).
60 NO V: I. Philli p Bru sccllc (Kaw): 2. Bra ndon
H inl,."I' O<.awl.
bO!N T: 1. [ustm Wor kman (K.:tw).
80 FfT: I. Du stin Ma tta l (Han ).
80 BEG: 1. Donnie Gritto n (Kaw); 2. Kevin Ho lmes
(Yam); 3. Bria n Ml'1tlht·i mc r (Ya m) ; 4, Bryan Ehrman
O<. W); 5. Rvon Ries s (Ho n).
l
80 NOV : 1. Z ac Wra y (Ya m ); 2. Th oma s
Clasbrenner (Ka w ): 3. David Su llim' (Yam); -I. [a rred
Browne (SUL); 5. Richard Alba (Ya m).
ch
80 INT: 1. Dylan Lord (K.1W) 2. Scott Howe (Yam);
;
3. Sea n O'Con nor (Ya m ); 4. Je rt.>my Keiper (Suz); 5.
Da te n &-a v t'~ (Ka w) .
80 EX: 1. [o..h Mor aine (Kdw) .
B!W: 1. Michat· 1Yvu ng (Hl m) .
S / M I NI : 1. [o s h Mo ra ine (Kaw): 2. Bra n do n
Staddan (Yil m) ; 3. Ric hard Albach (Yam); 4 . Mikt'
Sch u ne man O-Jl1n).
125 BEG: 1. Jimmy F'bt-rll" (Yam); 2. An dy Evans
(Hon) : 3. Kevin Jt>nning.. (5111:); -I David Sullins (Yam) ;
.
5. Jay [ah uson (Ifun).
125 NOV: 1. J~h ua W~t (Suz); 2. Brent G illiam
(5oz); 3. Darn Sondergaard (T\I); 4, J"...:)O Ebe l (Suz) ;
el
5. ~.lthan Jon n (Yam) .
125 I NT : 1. Bryan McG.1Vra n (Ya m) ; 2. a:.. ca r
Va ldez (Suzl; 3. Mark Tilley (5 u z); 4. Tyson Ta ylo r
(Ho n): 5. Jason Du bin (Suz),
2SO BEG : J , Zilch Catn7...I("'5 (Stu); 2. Ch ri Conahan
(Ha n); 3. Tyke BL
mcM rd (Yam); 4. A ndrew Carr (Han);
5. Brian BaIdu.T\(K.1w).
'
2 50 NOV: 1. Bra ndo n Milstead (Su z ); 2. Rud y
Rodriguez (K.aw) ; 3. Tony Sulh (Suz); 4. Jason Simmons