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Bonannoblasts·toCRC Motocross win
J .J. Bonanno wo n the 125c c Nov ice
class at the fi nal roun d of the CRC
Tro phy Series, hel d at Los Angeles
County Raceway In Palmda le,
Californ ia.
By Greg Robe rtson
PALMDAI.E.CA,JAN.18
The third a nd final round of the California Racing C lub's annua l Tro phy Series, he ld at Los
Angeles County Raceway, saw Yamaha-mounted .l-l- Bona nno sweep the 125cc Novice clas s
with a perfect 1· 1 score.
First-moto action had Eric Willis grabb ing
t he ea rl y lead , followed by Bonan n o, Mike
Meadows a nd Do nn ie Durrer . Bona nno overtook Willis for th e lead on the opening lap, wi th
Durrer trad in g pla ces w ith Meadows for third.
Bonanno was putting in a flaw less moto, pulling
away from th e pack by a couple of seco nds per
lap to easily collect th e first-mo te win on his
Th ou sand
Oaks
Yamaha /Na tionwide
Cycle/O'Neal-backe YZI25 . Willis greeted the
d
checkers in seco nd, but not without a fight. Durrer hou nded Willis for most of the moto u ntil
Mead ows g o t a ro u nd Durrer in a sweepe r .
Mea d ow s wa s all over Willis on the fina l two
laps but ended up a couple of bike lengths short
at the finish. Durrer finis hed a close fourth over
Deuce Rutledge and Dusty Nabor.
When the gat e slamm ed the sand for the second- moto start, it was Bon ann o ho ldin g the
advantageous insid e line into the first tum.
"I went into the first comer really fast and I
just started slid ing and kind of we nt off the track
a littl e bit a nd let a cou ple of gu ys past," sa id
Bonanno.
Nabor emerged with the lead over Rutl ed ge,
Colin Morrison a nd Bonanno. Morrison passed
Ru tled ge an d then ou tbraked Nabor at the bottom of the over-and -under jump on lap two to
move into the top spot. Bonanno zapped Nabor
in the wh oops and closed in on Morrison. A lap
later, Bonanno made his move for the lead.
"We we re co mi ng d own off th e bridg e,"
Bonanno sai d, "an d he (Morrison) just started
sliding a little bit because they just wa tered the
track, and I took the inside and we jumped side
by side a nd I had the inside for the next com er."
From th a t point on , th e ra ce belonged to
Bonan no as he aga in walked away with the win .
"I was just cruising a t the en d , making sure I
didn't cras h," added Bona nno, wh o wa nted to
give a special tha nks to his d ad for a ll of hi s
he lp .
Morrison ran seco nd until pu ttin g his fro nt
wheel over a berm and d rop pin g to the back of
the pack. Mead ows came from out of the field to
hold off Willis at the fin ish and take ho me the
secon d- place trophy with 3-2 rides.
Results
r / W BEG: I. Do up;l. Allen (Cob ); 2. Alexis Abla n (Ho n),
u
r /w YAM (oH) : 1. Tommy Aquino (Yam }; 2. Jacob Lee Bu el(Ya m); 3. C hri, Bell (y am): 4. Shawn Rhineha rt (Ya m); 5. Dyla n
Pem berton (Ya m).
P /W YAM (1-4): I. Mikcy Garcia (ya m) .
S/STK (4·6): 1. Eva n G.a m bc tt a U..
iM I; 2. Jacob Morro w
( KTM); 3 . Chris P1uulft"(KTM).
S/STK (7 09): 1. Ken Slatl"f (Cob); 2. Da niel [,)("Itoro (Cob) : 3.
Preston Lundin (.... ); ol. Bryce Tcrzian (KTM I; 5. Shawn Butler .
'TM
S/P/W: I. Bry~ Tt"Tz
ian (KTM ): 2. Shawn Butler (Cob ): 3.
Ken Slah.T (Cob) .
60 BEG: 1. BL1J,;e ~ (lea w) ; 2. Timmy Ritzkor (K.1w); 3.
David Medin.. (Kaw); 4. M:ilr.evGarcia (Kaw).
60 14-81: 1. Ty e H amn (K.l w ); 2. Jona th.Jn Arana (Kaw); 3.
Ju o n G riffin (Ka w) ; 4. A nd rew Ro5ta ( Ka w ); 5. Kyle JenkiR8
M
(!<.aw) .
60 (9-11); 1. Edw ard Ht.-"rring (Kaw); 2. Ryan RoyNI (K,aw); 3.
Gam1t NotT (Ho n); 4. Cody Sa nd t.ofer (K.l w); 5. IJerreck Murphy
(Kaw).
80 BEG : 1. C hri s Ep per (Ya m ); 2. Ryan HolpPy ( Ka w ); 3.
Ada m Gragg (Yam) ; 4. TI m my M: Dan iel (Y am ); 5. ' a.'lOn HuliNnd
c
(Hon ).
SO (1· 11): 1. Ryan Roybal (Hon); 2. Andrew Petrie.!Kaw); 3.
Man Gomez:( ~w); 4. Kyle Foltz (Kaw).
!KI(12·13 ): 1. Chri s NOCT CSuz) 2. Wyan Va nd ..-rg
;
il"e!lt (Yam).
80 (14- 16): 1. D.1
vid Su llin5 (Ya m) ; 2. ' Med W iUia ll\.!l C w) ; 3.
K.l
Miles Buck (Suz).
.
B/ W: I. Kurt u St.-l1i (K.lw) ; 2. BobbySteffa n (I<.lw ); 3. louie
Santiago (Ho n).
WMN : 1. TI na Handelin (Yam).
125 BEG: 1. 50 WiUiall\.!l (Suz); 2. A .' . StOKJ't"T (Y am) ; 3. [ason
OKkin.O()fl (Kaw); 4. Jeff Yerepul (Ya m).
'
125 NOV: 1. J.J. Bonaonno IYam); 2. Mike Mead ow l (Yam) ; 3.
Eric Will~ (Suz ): 4. Donnie Ourrer (Ya m); 5. Dusty Na bo r (Yam>.
t25 1NT : 1. Brenl Gilliarn (S uz); 2. Jclf Eide (Hon) .
2SO BEG: I . Mike Mc:Cee (Kaw ).
2SONO V: 1. Scott Mins ter (Suz); 2. Tyler Bud (Su z); 3. Ch ris
Reed( Ka w ).
250 INT: 1. Robbie Du n ha m (Yam ); 2. Scott McCo llo u gh
(Ya m).
500 BEG: 1. je n nie Litt le (Kaw ).
500 NOV: 1. No rm Schiel (Hon ).
, R VET BEG : 1. Brit Lyons ( Ka w ]: 2. Shy Moe;he ()-lnn); 3 .
Roee Yarkoni (Hon ).
JRVET NOV : 1. Gabi Abaycu (Hon); 2. JW>tin Leeds Ulo nl ; 3.
Brian McEvoy Ulon); 4. Larry Pege (y am) : 5. Cy Prado U(aw).
'R VET lNT : 1. Kevin [ac kso n (Hon) .
VET BEG: I. Sca n Ireland (Hon); 2. Richard Marshall (Hon);
3. Gary Gut."I'cio (Ho nl.
VETNOV ; 1. Larry Harri.s C
Hon); 2. Joe Ctsag ra nde (Yam ); 3 .
Darrell Sandt."", (Y am): 4. Tony Schult"T (y a m); 5. C "-"8 Robert , on
IHon ).
VET Il\o : 1. Karl Allen (Han); 2. Randy Wilkin, (5oz) ; 3.
"
Mike Uciua (Hon); 4. Tony Bienert (Kaw l.
VETEX-PRO:1. Frank CO!>tanzo (Hon); 2.l..eoSaul (Yam ).
SR BEC-NOV: 1. John V.anderg l"'e'5t ( Ha n) ; 2. F~ Will is
lKaw); 3. Bob Dunham (Ya m) .
SR INT EX: 1. K.art Alkn (Hon.l; 2. Edwardo Trippo (Han); 3.
Randy Andenon (Y..m); 4. Nonn Sch iel (H on ); 5. Seeve Cla r k
(Yam ).
Humphrey hotat
Village Creek MX
By Kat Spann
FORT WORTH. IX, JAN. 24
It was Mini bike Mad ness on Super Sa tu rday,
hos ted by Village Cree k MX Par k, a~ 2rrl racers
entered· incl udi ng Colt Humphrey, who ventured across the Red River from Okla homa to
race to the wins in both the 80cc Open and 80cc
• (14· 16) classes . The yo ungster took four mo to
wins for both first-place spo ts amo ng a field of
Texans. The specia lly plann ed event gave those
d ie-hard motohead s a cha nce to get their weekend MX race fix on Saturday without hav ing to
sacri fice p laying couch pota to for the followin g
day's Su pe r Bowl.
The 80cc Open hosted 20 riders on the gate.
H u mp h re y g ra bbe d th e ho les ho t a nd nev er
looked back. Sta rti ng in secon d was San Ant onio's Way Ion McC ulloch, followed by Brian
Starn es, Jona than Kerr and Bran don Fu lton . Kerr
passed Sta rnes on lap two for third as th e lap s
counlc>d d own, with Hu mp hrey lead ing to the
chec kered flag.
Moto two started out muc h the sam e - w ith
H um phre y out front - bu t this time around, Kerr
ga ted second, wi th McCulloch in third; Starnes
a nd Fu lto n fo llowed. McCulloch cha rged on
Kerr to ta ke seco nd from him in th e last tum
before the seco nd lap, but his inside-line atte mpt
resul ted in a soil sample when Kerr held his line
and McCulloch mad e contact wi th Ker r' s KX.
Kerr stayed in second all th e way and Fu lton
moved u p a spo t du e to McCulloch 's demi se.
Kerr gra bbed the holesh ot in the 80cc (12·13)
class in a tight sta rt wi th Fulto n and McCulloch
off the start of the 12· rider gate. McCulloch took
the lead by the end of the firs t Iap and led into
lap three until he cras hed . McCulloch was quick
to rem ount, bu t not before Kerr passed him for
the lead. McCulloch did all he could to reel in
Kerr during the next thr ee laps, finis hi ng two
bike lengths behind the winner for seco nd .
The seco nd m oto once aga in saw Kerr take
the ho lesho t, but McCulloch was in the lead by
the e nd of the fir st la p . This tim e McCulloc h
kept it on two wheels as he rod e a flaw less mo ta
to take the moto win and the overall by way of a
2-1 fini sh to Kerr's 1-2 for seco nd. Fulton finished third wi th a cons istent 3-3, while Cha nce
Staggs rallied to a fourt h ove rall by way of a &-5
tally .
Results
50 (4-6); I. I:>nTk B.trath (Cob); 2. Ch u Holladay (Cob ); 3.
Trevor Mocg.m (l.em) ; 4. lorw tha n Ta wney (Ya m) .
50 (7-8): 1. Richard Whi te (Cob); 2. Ryan Senan o (Cob); 3 .
Ca ~ Ma y (KTM); 4. Jarod Goit. (Lnn); 5. Clay Lin,J,.y (KTMI.
d
60 (7 --9): 1. Dus ti n Shu," O(a w); 2. Michad Pritchett (Kaw ); 3.
Richolrd Whit e (Kaw): 4. Kerry Kems ( Ka w ); 5. West on Mullen
(Kawl.
60 00-1 1): 1. Riley Ku rosky ( Ka w ); 2. Tad Mon lgom er y
(~ w): 3. Brandon Seidler (Kaw); 4. Scot ty weneerstrorn {Kawl ; 5.
Cooper Brown (Kaw) .
80 BEG: 1. justin Jones (Kaw ): 2. G reg Chapman (Kaw); 3.
Mike Flowt."T!O (K aw); 4. Milto n Hig hfill (Suzl ; 5. Britt Davis (Y am) .
80JR (7- 1I): 1. La nce Hollister (Ka w ); 2. Mar eha ll Smith
(}(a w ): 3. Da niel Bucher (Kaw); 4. Riley Kurosky (K.. w ); 5. Tad
,
Mont gom ery (Kaw ).
80 112·13): 1. Way lon Mu lloc h (Yam); 2. Jona than Kl"fT(Kolw) ;
3. Branden Fu lto n (K.1w ); 4. Ch a nce Sta p;p;s (Kaw l; S. An d rew
Cla r k (K.\ w ).
80 (14-16): 1. Ca ll Humphrey (Ho nl; 2. Brian Stamell (HIJR); 3.
Micha el Su the rland (Yam); 4. Kyle WiII.,rd (Yam); 5. JUlO lin Gt. rilr.:
·
(Ho n).
80 OrEN : 1. Colt Humphrey (f -lon) ; 2. Jona tha n Kerr (Ka w );
3. Brian Stemes (Hon); 4. Brandon Fulton (Kaw ); 5. lanre Hollilttcr
(Kaw).
125 SCH BY; 1. Derek Kemp (Suz); 2. Wayl on Mull och ( K.1w);
3 . Brian Rig Soln"(S uz ); 4. Ma rk Ary (Yam) ; 5. Rocky A t.m i ng
·
(Ya m).
125 BEG: 1. Derick Sumnlin (Suz); 2. Jeff Pennin~ ( Hon);
3. Chd d Mc."lellie (Kaw); 4. Jeff Stewolrt (Kaw); 5. Tro y Wa ldrop
(l<.1w).
125 NOV : I. I..evi Humphrey (Hon); 2. Mull. Ary (Yam ): 3.
Scott Gray (Hmt>; 4. Chris Brazil (Yam); 5. Todd ~olt (Suz).
125 Or EN: 1. Ryan W.. Uace l Kaw); 2. leYi Humphrey IHord ;
3. Brian Walir.eT(Kaw ); 4. Brent Miller (Hord; 5. DlTeIr. K..
:mp (.t;uz ).
250 BEG:.1. Ch ris Hopwood