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doing some passing of his ow n to grab
the top spot on lap three,
With a cl ea r track a hea d o f him,
Sulek motored awav to collect the firstplace cash.
"It w a s kind o fcra z y ," th e Bock
Alternativesr'Malot t Upholstery I Riders
C hoice-backed Sul ek sa id . "T h ey
wa ter ed the track too much in some
spo ts. It was kind of bunched up fo r the
first coup le of laps. I borrowed a bike
for the first mo to that I had never ridden. I did n't make any adjustments to it,
a nd it d id n' t feel so good . (I) went ou t
th e next tim e with all the ad ju s tments
made, and it felt real good."
"Four motos ou t here in the heat just
kind of winded me tod ay: ' Eva ns said
afte r crossing the fin ish line in second
place . "G uess I' ve go t to go back a nd
train a little hard er ."
The race for third went down to the
wire, with Easley holding off Lind strom
by a bike lengt h at the checkers .
Cory Red enius co u ld n't be tou ch ed
in either 80ee Beginne r mot o. Redenius
tu rn ed a co u pl e of ho lesh o ts o n hi s
RMBO i nto ru na w a y v ict o r ies over a
lar ge field of competitors. Sam Scanlon
worked thro ug h the pack for a pa ir of
runner -up finis hes to to p ]amie Klein ,
Andrew Petri e and Kyle Foltz.
Scot t Simo n was lon g go ne in both
80cc (7-11 ) rn ot o s aboard h is
IM S/ M o t u l 1 FMF-backed Suzuki .
Antho ny Ba rb aco vi fini shed a lonely
second i n both ra ces, ahead of Blake
Marg heim , Da ve Ca rter and Troy TittIemier.
It took Scott Howe most of the race to
work up from a bad firs t-moto start in
the 80ec 0 2-13) class, but he led when it
counted most - o n the final lap. Howe
hol esh ot hi s class in th e second moto
and spa nked the field with a convincing
win. Brandon Stad dan went 2-3 over the
4-2 of Chris Norr for second place,
PAX-b ack ed [oh n er Faulkner spli t
moto wi ns w ith [ared Willia ms to capture th e 80cc 0 4- I 6) class overall hon ors . Mik e Schunem an clai med thi rd in
on e of his firs t rides si nce moving up
ou t of the Beginner ranks.
Chris Tocco eas ily sty led his wa y to a
two-mota sweep of the Big Wheel class
on his Honda . Kurt Caselli , who recently wr apped up a couple of number-one
pla tes in th e desert, finished second
both times out to defeat Caleb Gosselaar
an d Michael Westl ing.
Rich Bartl et t got aro und fast star ter
Cecil Avery for the 250cc Beginner-class
first-mota win , [ ason Allen kep t Bartlett
in s ight to ta ke s econd o ver An gel
Rodriguez and Avery .
Arturo Ga leazzi and Bart lett tan gled
in the first tum of mota two and ended
up o n th e g ro u nd whil e Allen d isappeared with th e lead . An ou tsta ndi ng
effort by Bartlett saw him slice through
the pa ck a nd catch Allen , o nly to go
down hard while hammering throu gh a
series of wh oops. Allen cooti nued on for
the ove rall wi n. Suprisi ngly, Bartlett
came back to pass Avery 0 0 the last lap
to se w up second overall with 1-2 finishes.
The first Vet Ex-P ro mo ta we nt to
Hooda -m ouoted Tim Telford , but not
w itho u t a fight from Jo n Za hrt, who
overcame the slight lead Telford held at
the midway point to dog him on the last
lap. Zahrt tried eve ry trick in the book,
but th~ supersmooth Telford held a li for
the win.
Za hrt got th e all-important start in
the second m o ta a nd sl o w ly inch ed
away fro m Telfo rd to collect the to p
money. Jim my Ro~rls cros sed the line
for th ird in b oth m oto s o n h is n e w
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Los Angeles County Raceway
Palmdale. California
Res ults: Octobe r 5. 1997
PIW YAM : 1. Ch ris Plou ffe (Yam); 2. C hri s Bell
(Ya m) ; 3. Kameron Robin son (Ya m); 4. M icha e l
Al!ol..lbruuk (Yam); 5. Micky Garri.l (Yam ).
SISTI( IoWa: 1. JdCUb But>lna (u-m); 2. Brandon Doll
(KT M); 3. Stev e Du n lap (Hon); .. . Sco tt McDunnall
(Hon); 5. Kir" Fn"t'miln (Hon) .
On- MSTR A: 1. Edwardo Trippo (Hen): 2. Ste w
Clark (5u.L); 3. Scott Freema n (He n).
OIT MST R B: 1. Mi ke C hes b ro (H o n); 2. G a ry
Will io;,on (l<.1w); 3. Ernie Kcpez (Yam); 4. Tommy Pearl
(Ho n); 5. Dan Bernard ino (5uz ).
Joh n Knight (151) gra bs the holes hot In
the Vet Novice class. J oe Villegas
(partially hidden ) took the lead and won
the mot a. Villegas repeated in the second
mot a for the overa ll win .
(KTh1 ).
SlSTK {7.1f): 1. Ken Slat l!!" (Cob) ; 2. Preseon Lundin
( Kl'M); 3. Kod y Ru....~ 11 (J(T\f); 4. D,mid Lundin ILem) .
SlPIW: 1. Trent Pcgmire C
lem).
8rr: 1. Trent Pugmee (l.com); 2. Ken SlatPl"(Cob); 3.
Sha na Rh in eh a rt (Vam ); 4. Ja cob Budna (L~ m ) ; 5.
Brandon Dol l ueTht).
DD BEe: 1. Jona tha n Ara na (lCaw); 2. Greg Owen
(lCaw); 3. Dustin De Lu cia (Kolw); 4. Shana Rhin ehart
(K.J, ); S. CafT'lE'l'On Ga dsby ( Kolw ).
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60 (0-8) : 1. Co lt" 5l"el y (K.a,w ); 2. Do uglas Ca rt er
(Ka w ); 3. Timmv Ritzl".,. ( Kaw).
60 (9-11): t. Ga rrett Norr (Han); 2. Ra ndal l Hall
()(Aw ); 3. Mich.tt-l Bt."Ck (l<.1w).
80 BEG : 1. Cory Rt"den iu!l' (Suz); 2. Sam Scanlo n
(Ho n); 3. Ja m~ KInn (}Ion); 4 Andnow Pt"trie (Ka w): 5.
Kyle Foltz (Kawl.
80 (7- 111; 1. Scott S imo n (S u T.) 2. An thony
;
Barbncov! (Va m); 3 . Blak(" Mar gheim (Yam) ; 4. Da ve
Ca rt er (Ka w); 5. Troy Tittlemier (Hon).
8OU 2-lJ); I. Scott Howe (Va m); 2. Brandon St.ldd.ln
(Ya m); 3. Chris Ncrr (Suz); 4. Jeremy Keiper (Suz); 5.
Miles Buck (Suz ).
80 (14 ·16): 1. [oh n e e Faulkner (H o n); 2 . Ja red
WiIIi,lm5 (Kaw); 3. Mike Schun(''I1l.1n (Han).
8M: 1. Chris Tocco (Ho n); 2. Kurt Clsclli (leaw ); 3.
Ca jeb L.os!tt"Lur (Hon); 4. Michad Wt'Stling ( Ka w ) .
OfBK : 1. Tu m Sca nlon (Hod).
125 BEG: 1. Juh n Simanovich CKaw); 2. Jay Le w is
(SUI ); 3. Willi,ml Klein (K.1w); 4. Greg Fishe r (Yam ); S.
;
knnifL'" Ca puto (Ho n).
125 NOV: 1. [eff Eid e Ion); 2. Brent Gillidm (SUL);
3. Je ff Pea vler (Ya m) ; 4. Sco tt Minste r (5 01:); 5. Chaz
Smi th (Yam ).
125 INT: 1. Ch ris toph er Gos-"t'lailr (H u n); 2. Ch ri~
Ne itzel (S uz ); 3. And rew La brado r (Yam ); 4 . N ick
Malroso (Ho n); 5. [erem y San toro (Kaw).
125 PRO: 1. Dustin Evan s (Suz ); 2. Shawn O' Brien
(Suz); 3. To ny 5ul",k (Yam ).
2.50 BEe : l. [a son Allen (Ka w) ; 2. Ric h Bartlett
(SuL); 3. Ct'Ci1 A wry (Hon); 4. An gel Rodriguez (H on);
5. Artum r""l t>a1z i (Suz).
250 NOV: 1. A!'.." f Alu ..h (Ka wl . 2. Bub Go rma n
(Vam ); 3. EricLathrop (Ka w ); 4. Chris Reed (Ka w ).
250 tNT: 1. Tad Sci. cqU (KiI w) ; 2. Ronn~ Densfoed
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(Va m); 3. Paul Gilma rtm (Hen).
250 PR O : 1. To ny Sulek (Ka w); 2. Dustin Eve ns
(ruz); 3. Mark Easley (Suz); 4. -Erik Lindstrom (Honl.
JR VE T BEG : 1. Bnan McE voy (H on); 2. Brya n
Davis; 3. Sh y Moshc (Suz); 4. Steve Witha ms IHon): 5.
Randv Rhinehart (Yam) .
JR VET N OV : 1. Brad Pietro (Suz); 2. Dennis Urba n
(5uz) ; 3. Ga bi Abayou (H a n); 4. John Knight (Hon); 5.
Dina CatuOKOO(Ho n).
JR VET INT: 1. Ke\in J~d!;on tH on ).
JR VET EX: I . &ik Lindstrom (H on ).
VET BEG : 1. G le n Ardain i (Ka w); 2. Brad H erch
(Hon); 3. Rdr Ritzltor ()(Aw); 4. Gary Guercio (Ho n); 5.
Robnt M.lIUntl n (Hon).
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VET N OV : 1. Joe Vilkga, (Hon); 2. Jon Merrifi eld
(Suz); 3. John Knight (Hon); 4. Ch ri. , E\n'g:';trom (Ya m);
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5. Steve Wdoonk.s(Suz).
VET lNT: 1. Frank Cos t3.n zo (Hon); 2. Vim Baioni
(Hon) ; 3. Randy Titt k-m icr (Ha n).
VET EX·PRO: 1. Jon Zah rt (K.1w ); 2. Tim Telford
(Hon); 3. Jimmy ~ (Kaw).
SR AM: 1. uym..:ln Cattis (KTM); 2. Jim We;tling
(Ho n); 3. Bob Dunham (Y.am); " . Micha el Bunx'tt (Suz);
5. Frill'Kbco But!lna (Yam ).
SR EX: 1. Ste vt" Cla r" (Sud; 2. Randy A ndt"f'Son
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