Brandes, Beatty romp at
Competition Park
Motocross Opener
By Jimmy Z8badah
SAN JAONlO.CA. DEC. 13-14
Michael Brandes and Tim Beatty took home
wins in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes. respectively, at the grand opening of Competition
Pa rk. The loamy track offered excellen t conditions and riders were very pleased with the
track, which has been holding open p rac tice
for aboutthe last year.
Dustin Nelson blasted to an ' early lead in
the 250cc Pro class, followed by Beatty and
Steve Drew. Nelson held on to the lead unlil
lap four , when he cras hed, handing the lead to
Beatty. Ne lson remounted in fifth, wh ile Drew
motored by to take over second place. Beatty
rode we ll to ta ke the checkered flag at the end
of the IO-Iap mot o, foll o wed by Dr ew. Jo hn
Sereika moved up to th ird at th e finis h, a n d
Ne lson sett led for fou rt h place.
lt was Drew bias lin g out to an early lead in
the secon d 2S0ce Pro moto and coming aro u nd
with the lead on the firs t lap, with Bea tt y,
Sereika, and Ronald Faisst givi ng chase. Beatty mad e his move around Drew on the fourth
lap and never loo ked back as he motored to
the wi n . Se reika h e ld on to third u n t il h e
crashed on lap six and fell back in the pack.
Faisst, w ho did n o t finish the firs t m ot o,
moved up to th ird d urin g the incide n t, while
Nelson followed in fourth unt il he dro p ped
out of the race on lap seven. Beatty too k th e
W in. fo llo we d by Drew an d Faisst in th ird.
Beatty took the overall win w ith a com ma nding I-I , Drew finished seco nd with a 2-2, and
Fa isst took the fin al podi u m position. qu ite
surprisingly, with his DNF-3.
Th e 125cc Pro class ran a one-mota format
and Brandes led the race from the first lap all
the way to the checkers, a nd Mike Me tzger
he ld second place throug ho ut. Donovan
Mitchell held off Nelson to claim third place, '
w hile [iri Dosta l rounded oul the top live .
The SOcc (~) win went to John Jelderd a; he
was followed by Richard Sterling, Scott Gilbert,
Xavier Stokes-Arrey and Alan Jiron.
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Res ults
so (s-<;t 1. John J.ldmLo (lml); 2. Rivi (Bun).
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2SOBEG: 1. Carl Aqull.era (Y.m); 2. Da~ Ebbn1s; 3. Anfho..
y Thom.u (Yam) .
2SOPRO: J. Ton i SuJli.
VET BEG: J. Robm Barnum (Suz); 2. PJ,ul Plingwn; J. 8.arry
mob (Hon) ; 4. o.miton Ada ms (H IX\).
VETNOV: 1. Knin Berm (KAw); 2. Na.: ~1Ia (Hon).
VET EX: 1. Gord on W.ard (TM).
SR EX: 1. Drnru. Boul w.a~ (TM); 2. W. ynr Cummins (Hon);
· .... V'-no {lM); ' . GrogM
