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EVENTS
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(Left) Ch ris Resn ic k
won t he 1 25cc
Begin ner c lass
d u ring CRC S a t u rd a y
Night MX a ctio n at
Los Ange les County
Raceway in Palmdale,
Ca lifo rn ia.
(Rig ht) To m Welch
fle w to th e o vera ll
w ins in t he 125, 250cc
and Over 25 A
c la s s e s at Do u b lin
Gap MX Park in
Pen nsy lva n ia .
this rough 4· m ilc sectio n, b ut he admitted to
bu rning check num ber one.
Ride rs the n cruised through approximately
40 miles of mixed trail and roads until the gas '
stop at the completion of the first loop. Anderson had the bes t score at the halfway ma rk, with
w beels ports KTM rider Brad Sells close behind
him in second place .
After a hefty reset, the field continued on for
loop twcca trail consisting of 38.5 miles. This
loop incl uded the famous hill, which brought
grief to many riders, including several who
houred w hile try ing in vain to conquer it.
Anderson, t ho ugh , managed we ll and
ended up smoking in to the finis h check wi th
only fou r point s dropped , giving hi m the clea rcu t victory.
Re s ults
0 / A: J Andceson (Suz) .
eff
AA : 1. Brad St-Il, ; 2. Jami e Thom ps on ; 3. D. Bryan; 4. K.
Fil ril h ingt'"
OP EN A: I. W. P<'I'dUl.' 2. Bill Kottyan ; 3. D. Buttrick; 4. J.
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Znna tto.
OPEN B: 1. A. Fraz ier ; 2. K. Kangas .
VETA: 1. D. So-nb 2. D. Aoyd ; 3. J. Wri ght .
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dm.in; 2. I. ' '' rvis; 3. V. Kab.1y; 4. R. Rctdll. IT
VET B; 1. S. 801
b.tlb; 5. D. Kot-nil;.
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4-STRK A: 1. T. Hardt.'!\; 2. U.R. Brown; 3. K Wilson .
~ -STRK B: 1. O. lyon; 2. B. Gn-t-n; 3. J. Salt to w ; 4. W. lknsley.
125 B: I. D. o("ibt.nnt.1; 2. K ' .Iy; 3. L. BLick; 4. Mik Slopko.
200 A: 1. Sco tt KI.lm fo rt h; 2. B. Smith ; 3. T. Ass he r: 4. C.
Rogt.1'SOn .
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200 B: I. V. Picke tt; 2. H. Yo ung: 3. Gary Hellen.
250 A; I. R. Cherry: 2. J. jolrvi 5; 3. C. jarvil;; 4. J. Reed ; 5. S.
Vollma r,
250 B: 1. Kei th Vt'nnillinn; 2. R. M.lcAtee; 3. J. llill; 4. B. Doc KI.ls; 5. K. Nc ar .
SR A: 1. j . Kirk wo
od: 2. T. C ha nne l, 3. Elwood P.lrfitl ; 4. D
S co w.
uo
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SR B: 1. Bill M.lthc ws; 2. R. Hilrd.~r; 3. Richard Go ld smith .
S/SR: 1. T . Mor rison : 2. t, Men efee , 3. J. Vandeberg; ~ . H.
(}na il.
Resnick claims LACR
night Motocross win
By Greg Ro bertson
PALMDALE, CA,JUI.Y25
Without scoring a win ' in either moto, Honda mounted Chris Resni ck w alked away the 125cc
Beginner-class ov erall w inner during the Vic·
torvill e Su zuki/Kawasaki-sponsored ro und of
C a li fo r n ia Ra cing C l u b ' s Saturda y nig ht
motocro ss, hel d at Los Angeles Coun ty Raceway ,
.
Wh en the ga te sla mm ed to the dirt for th e
first-moto start, it was U,e YZI25 of Jeff Verseput
who got the jump on Resnick, Jonat han Gilliam
and Sh aun Trab er t. Trabert was o n the move,
making his way into the lead by la p tw o and
stayin g there right up until the finish . Rl.Snick
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w ould ge t around Vcrsc pu t before the halfway
point to finis h in seco nd pla ce, ahea d of Andrew
Co rd~, Ryan Evan s and Versc put.
Jason Dickinson, Resnick and Ben Stuelke ran
in the lead pack w hen the second mot o got un der
way, wi th Stue lke eventually taking charge and
ru n n ing out fro nt. Eva ns an d Co rey Murphy
came from ou t of the pack to run third and fourth,
respectively, by lap two . Murphy passed Evans
and Resnick for second, and then was handed the
lead when Stuelke dropped out of the race.
The last few laps belonged to Murphy, wh o
end ed up taking the se cond-mote w in. Af ter
being pushed all the wa y back to fifth at one
point, Resnick foug ht his wa y back to finish secon d - an d that was good enough to clai m th e
overa ll honors. Mu rphy' s 6- 1 ef fort top ped the
4-3 of Evan s and the 1-6 o f Tra bert for second
ove ral L
Nic ho las Burson we nt wi re to wire for the
80cc (12 - 13) fi rs t-moto wi n ab o a r d hi s
VSK /O 'Nea l / Wi seco / FMF -backed KX80.
Antho ny Ba rbaco vi ca me from the back of the
field for a ru n ner- up fi ni sh ahead of M ike
Epst ein and Garrett Warren.
Matt Gome z more than mad e up for his firs tmot a DNF by s moking th e co m pe tition in round
tw o: Gomez dominated the race right from the
drop of the gate a nd wou ld see the chec kers first
with a comfortable lead . Burson held off Barbacovi the entire mot a to finish seco nd and wrap
up the overa ll win. Barbacovi took hom e the seco nd -p lac e brass, with Warren goi ng 4-4 for
third .
Results
P / W BEG: 1. Chd i"A' Lipp ie ( KTM); 2. Du ugl "" AIII.."f1 (Cob) ; 3.
Hlake Wei n (KTM); 4, Keith Robinson (KTM); 5. Thom ils Onda
(KTM).
P /W YAM STK: 1. Michad Ste wart (Yilml; 2. Dan iel Den tro .
(Ya m); 3. Ara n Dyer; 4. Jacob Annison (Yam ); 5. Ikn Elk'tt (Yam).
P /W MOD : 1. Chance Ltppie (Yam).
P /W S/SfK (4-6) : 1. C h.1SC Lippie (KTM).
P /W S/STK (7- q) :
Pres ton Lundi n (KT M); 2. C hris Bell
(IAom) 3. Dou~la:. Allen (Cob).
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so BEG: 1. Dav id Ml-dina (Kaw); 2. Kevin Walo':loman (Kaw ); 3.
z...ctw. y Brow n ( K.J,w).
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60 ( ~Kl : I. J'n..!>ton Lundin (Kawl.
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60 (9-11): 1, Duu gla , CartI..I"(Kaw) ; 2. "' Illmy Ritzll'l"(Ka w ).
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KO BEG: 1. DMi n Chishol m (Yam); 2. Stl"Vl'" CQlson ($uz); 3.
Cody Sa ndder (H u n I; 4. Timmy McD,l.nid (Yam) ; 5. M itchell
Alsob roo k (Kaw )
80 0-11): I. Ry.," Royb.tl(Hon); 2. Ddve Ca rtt'f (Kaw ).
RO (12·13) : 1. Nicho las Bur.;on (Kaw); 2. Anthony B.nba rovi
ev..m ); 3. c;.UTCIt Wu "m (Kaw) ; 4. Mike Epl>h (Ho n); 5. M.n t
:in
c.., mez (Kaw ).
B/W; l. BobbySteffan lKaw); 2. Louie Santi..t.gll (Hon).
125 BliG: 1. Chris RI..'5nick (Ho n); 2. Co«.-y Murp h y (Hon); 3.
Ryan Evans (Y:tm); 4. Sholu n Trolbert (Ho n); 5. Bri