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(L eft) L o w - s id e ' crashe s were a
co mmo n slghlln the first tum.
(Right ) Carlsbad U.S. GP
winner Marty Moates
competed In the Legends
race and fi ni shed fou rth .
(Far right) Ty Davis w as
an other mu lU-c:lass winner.
as he cha rged t o vi ct ory In
the 125 and 250c c Expe rt
classes.
But perhaps the happiest racer wa s
Drew in third place on a '98 KlM 380. Following him across the finish in fourth was
Mike Baker. Kl'M's Russell Pearson, on a
250 M/XC , rounded out the top five after
an off-course excu rsio n wh en a tapper
knocked him off the fire road , dropping
him from an unofficial third at the time.
Wi th the weekend fin ished , DeSoto
voiced what was und oubted ly the feeling ofmany.
'" had a ball," DeSoto sa id. "Even if'
didn't win, [ still had a gr eat tim e seein g all the people I ha v en 't se e n in
years . And they're so supportive; eve rybody's just so super. It was nice. I'll be
back next yea r for that, for sure. Next
time, my brother' s going tn ride , tOO."IC\
Els inore Grand Prix
Lake Els inore, californ ia
Results: November 8-9, 1997
Ule: I. Destry Abbolt (KIM) ; 2. La nce Smail
(KI M); 3. Cole Ma nhall (CCM I; • . Russell Pea rson
(KTM): 5. Rand y Norman (Ho n).
SO BEC : I. Ma rk Johnso n Jr.; 2. Tr avis Baker; 3.
David MI..""de.
SO NOV: 1. Ma.tt Rkh.udson.
SOINT: r. Blake &Kgl>tt; 2. 8ble Harber.
50 EX: 1. Brandon Larg~.
60 BEG: 1. Cody CUrrko; 2. Rick y J"rr-; 3. Ricl<..te
Fow ler .
.
60 N O V; 1. B olli!!. t us k; 2. Phill ip Bru scella, J .
Charles Pee rson,
60 lNT: 1. B.J. Bober.
60 EX: 1. Mik(' AIE'l'l'li.
80 BEG: 1. jason Dormnn; 2. Jes s Rcmp; 3. Bria n
Mclshcimcr; 4. Jeff Vaughn: 5. Tra vis Bucki n gham .
SO NOV: I. Noltha n Jo n es ; 2. Brent Harden; 3.
Jeremy M,d ott; 4. Chdd Ga u m..-r; 5. b e W ra y.
80 INT: 1. Anthony Bruscella ; 2. J,,"",my Keiper; 3.
Micky Griffin .
80 EX: 1. John Ha tdey (Kaw) .
WMN BEG: 1. tkni!it.' Lant;>; 2. Lind!ot."Y Higgins; 3.
Anndtt" Ru~it>f't"l1o; 4. Pam Skinn....; 5. Amht.·r Pickt.'l:t.
... WMN NOV: 1. Amht.· r Tinl .;m..ln 2. Kim Mik-w<;ky;
;
3. Lyd ia I I11cpp nt"T.
WMN INT : 1. Ca nd y Hateley.
WMN EX: 1. Bonnie Wan::h; 2. Kelly Yancy (!CAw);
3. r ..m l Rice .
125 REG : 1. C ht' Sm ith ( Hon ); 2 . D..v id Du nham
(5u 7.); 3. Todd Bart ho lomew (5 U7); 4. Ryan Beau champ
(Ho n); 5. Eric Chi ld (H on),
125 NOV: 1. Chri~ Soott Kelly (Su7.) ; 2. John Rogers
(Suz ); 3. Richard woodso n (Yam) ; 4. Sam Barton (Kaw);
5. Travis Anw..y (Yam) .
125 INT: 1. Cery Trach y ( Ya m~; 2. Cole Gn-'S/> (Suz );
3. BUllfrog Newcomer (Ya n,,; 4. JOM' Polasek (Han): 5.
Kenny Millt·r.
.
125 EX: t. Ty Da vis (Kaw) ; 2. Lance Smail (KTM); 3.
David Ret'S (KTM); 4. Mike Baker (Hen): 5. Do n Upton .
VlNT: 1. John lA'Suto (CZ); 2. Da vis Fishe r (Hus):
3. John L!.Ft>Vl't" (Hu<;); 4, No rm Bigdow (Tri ); 5. Kri th
Lynes (Ck'lo .
))
SD HCK: 1. Pete W hitney / Scott Whit ney (Ha n); 2.
Vict or Pa lf rey ma n ll'err y M elillo (Ha n); 3 . Mike
Bums / Bob Mor gan (EML--t