1~24; I. Ad"""n O n tn'O IHon); 2. Edd~ by (Kiow ); 3. For·
rest Bullet' (Han); 4 Loo.o T.t~ (I(.aw ); 5. J.0. HoI.~ (Yun).
Cunio: ()(.ow); 2. Anthony PncunJl,b;, (5uz); 3.
125 A; I .
Ja rrctt nP9in~ (Su%); 4_ Ml ral.3 PN rno CXiz ); 5. J-Jn Thom.u
(lU w) .
125 B: 1. Ty.on H.ldwll (Y..rnl; 2. Anclm BoIoni lSuz ); 3.
Budd y Duffy (y.. m); 4 Oint ~Iy N.m); 5. LukO!' Mon~
r.u!
......
1:!5C; I . M.l1I1ohr- UIon); 2. TOQ\ P.notaa (K.lw );3. ,........
Smith (Su.z); 4 . C~ BmNII'l (Hon);5. Stt-ft Rhoitdr$(Yun).
2SO A : 1. Anthony pClCUf'\lbbllSu.J:); 2. JobOfI ~ .It.
lHonl.
500 NOV: I. Tv-- Titl~ (tbIl; 2. D;ofTftl St.lfft'or(Han);
3, Nann Sd1io>I ttb,.).
JR VFr BfG. I. St~ Willi.om.oo.
VET EX-rRO; 1. ti m T..lfu nJ (Hun); 2. J<.. b hn cx...wl ; 3
Tod Sci.acqu.o (J(a wl.
SR AM : 1. Fred Wilh. ( Ka wl ; 2 . Bob DI.InhOlm (Y. m ); 3.
Miduoel &urn"S fina le hel d a t
Castaic M ot~<; .
'1 shatten.. my arm a yea r ago," Casas said .
>d
" I am p reparing fo r the SSC Th ousand Oaks
Kawasa ki Se ries th a t sta rts in th ree weeks . 1
bo ught a ne w bike, and I am going to practice
and race every week u ntil th e series starts in
mid -Nove mber."
Th ings d idn 't st art off 0 w ell for Casas,
though, aftl.T he nearly fou led a spar k plug just
after the s tart. "My bi lt! blubbert."d for almost
two laps," Ca sas e xp laine d . "T he-n it ~d a r t ed
dearing ou t.'"
While Ca.!'a:" struggled near the back of the
pack with an ill cycle. Nm,;ce rider "'Bad" Brad
Thorn led the troops up front, but only briefly.
'1 looked. backed. a nd did n't sec an yone ,'" Tho rn
said. "1 said to myseU, 'You 've got this won : so I
was ju st going to cruise it home. Abou t t hat
moment, my fron t end washed out in thu. tum
a nd I wa s d own."
Ta kin g the lead was Cuto lima, here in the
United StatE'S from Min as Gerais, Brazil . " We
have no budget for this," Lima sai d . "'We have
been sl~ing in our van for the last four days to
race all th e Californ ia local races a nd then the
Vrl cha mpio nships ."
Lima, who is the CUTTent Juis De Fora State
Champion in Brazil, took his Kaiser Beer· backt..>J
Suzuki aU the way to the checkeral flag for the
125 BEG: I. Ow- tt.tchrlt (Sud; 2. Th under Wt'lW"ls(Y.;a m);3.
T.). El<..'TlinO (Ka w); 4. K... lTlt'th ilrymc r (Ya m ); S. Jushn BOI~e
T
CHon).
125 NO V: 1. Br.. L! Tt'"rry (Y" m ); 2. Lu i.. V."'I ut'" (Kaw l; 3.
1:
Brian Tt'fT)' (Y. m ).
12S INT : 1. TyllOn T.ylor (Ho Tl); 2. Damon illyt'n5 \Suz l; J.
Mike Gl bloon (lUw) ; 4 , M lk ", Wt'<'d (Yol ) ; 5. Milo! Millo.., (Honl .
m
250 !'lF 1. o.."il1ltovu{ll«Cud . On lap thnoe, Springer qu ickly dis~
of Rigdon a nd Pike, a nd set his sig h ts on th e.
(Left) Kev in Townsend soared to victory in
t he 125cc Int erme diate class at t he
ope ning round of Cal ifornia Racing Club's
10th annual Sponsorship Series In
Palmdale, Calnomia.
(Above) Eric Casas ret urne d t o racing
after breaking his arm a year ago, and
rolled away with the Vet Intermediateclass win at t he sse Pit Pro Factory
Con tingency Motocross Series , held at
Castaic Motocross In Callto m la.
lead er, Bebeck, who had a comforta ble lead. The
top four ra cers left the pack and came u p on
lapped tr affic. Sprin ger c hop p ed a w ay at
Bobeck's lead a nd seiz the oppo rtunity to utied
lize his 125's n imble nes s, slicin g through the
leppers - and Bebeck - to take o ve r th e lead .
Springer never looked back, using lappers as
block ers to keep Bebeck at bay aU the- way to the
finish line. As the top two were d ueling. Pike
quietly wor ked his wa y up to Bebec k' s rea r
wh eel. On the final l"1p, Pike wa s all over Bebeck
bu t was unable to gt't by.
Moto-two action !\3W Rigdon again pu t hi ~
C R up front off the sta rt. In hot pursuit were
Robert Espar7.a, Springer, Jim Pierce a nd Steve
Gilmore, who looped out over a dou ble jum p in
moto one. Springe r was in the zone an d looked
ve ry com fo rta ble on t he tec hn ical track, an d
w:as ted littl e ti me in takin g second fr o m
Espa rz a. The n , o n lap tw o, Sp r inger m ad e a
d ean, aggr~sive pass on the ins ide of a tu rn to
blow by Rigd on for the lead . Springer then pu t
his YZ on cruise control and check ed out to tak e
the-win a nd the overall victory.
Mronwhile, th ere wa s a battle raging for the
second th ro ugh fifth spots, wit h YZ pilots
Scheck and Pierce con tes ting the fourth position .
Th~ tw o picked up the pa ce an d worked their
way around Rigdon to claim th ird a nd fourth,
_
relega ting Rigdon to fifth . Bebeck found so me
late-moto energy, distan cing himseU from Pierce
an d cha rging to the rear wheel of Esparza in sec·
ond . On the last lap , Bebeck paSSt'd Esparza over
the tabletop jump, but then bobb led out of th e
tu rn , all owing Esparza to reclaim second .
Bebt'ck reco u ped quickl y and put inteno;e pTe5sure on Esparza through the whoop secti on. In
the v~ la~t tu~ Bebt-ck pulled out all the stops
to steal second from Espana at the checkers by a
wheel.
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Results
BF.G I. Slt'"Vt' Lolham;2.}..if M<:'En_ ; 3.J<1It')' Mr.-iob; 4. Tun
Farlq;.S.1Grby Smi th .
38+ BEG: 1. ~ Ev~2. De.1.n T0WIIllCIId; 3. Bill Bi.Ilinp.
NOV: 1_ Rodr.y Haah,; 2. Doug I.oYt'tt; 3. Dan l.aht'y; 4. Sun
Rodrigun; S. Gary TA)lky .
38+ NOV : 1. Lou.~; 2. Robrrt &i»~ 3. Jim ~;
4. Mike Rigdon; S.5Na. t ~
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L'lT : I. Chna Stlndunco; 2. rtnI Mt'ltrw; 3. o.~ Rodnguez: 4.
Tim McErll....; 5.o.vid PIotfl"l'.
:vI-o JI'o,," : 1. Dill x-hultt; 2. Kirk Lukrnil.o; 3. 1<'" lu~ 4
OlluCumoo; 5. UInt"<'(Jll Moon:'
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EX: 1. Ch ud ; Iknncl; 2. Scott RooMbo:rger; 3. Tom Pdk; 4.
8Tuar CftBwfil; 5. ~ HaY'" .
38+ EX: 1, Paul Ne..'dIt'5> 2. J"-"""'to CoppOOge: 3. RIdi Winkler;
4_C ry 5d ...I....,.; S. Rub Tnwnky.
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rR Q I. Jun H~'IUI; 2. Ton y Rod ri ~a; 3. Mark Sirota.
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