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CMC Sunstar Sprockets Trans-Cal Nationals, Round 4 By To ny Aless i PALMDALE, CA, OCT. 4 hris Gosselaar raced like a modern -day Gu y Cooper en route to wins in both the 125 and 250cc Pro cla ss es during round four of the CMC Sunstar Sp rockets Trans-Cal Na tiona ls, held at Los Angeles County Raceway. The 125cc Pro race had all the ingredients of a pa y-per-vi ew even t, as the rooki es took on the seasoned veterans. Honda of Troy's Casey Lytle led for a .good part of th e race but wa s passed la te in th e moto by local Pr o Jerem y Chaussee: Team Green rid er Billy Payne and newly signed Honda /FMF ra cer Gosselaar both fell earl y in the race, and to geth er th ey battled th eir way back ins ide the top three. The two futu re sta rs started banging on one another. First Gosselaar took a line from Payne; then Payne retaliated by shoving Gosselaar off the course. Gosselaar finall y ended by putting Payne on the ground just before the bridge jump. "Yeah, we were getting into one another pretty good out th ere" Payne said. "He's actually a pretty fast rider, but he swa ps a lot when he's in front of you. Fortunately, most of the time I am in front." Go s sel a ar w e n t on to fi n is h th ird beh ind Lytle and Chaussee, while Payne returned to the pits with a badly damaged motorcycle. The s eco n d m oto s a w Pa yne a nd Gosselaar battle for the lead for most of th e race. Pa yn e kept a cool d emean or and shrugged off all pa ss attempts by Gosselaar to seal the moto win. Gosselaar became a littl e crazed on the final lap in an att empt to pass Payne and went off the cou rse. "I kind of blew it," he said . "I knew I had the overall, but I wanted to win:' In t h e end , G o s s el aar' s mistake dropped him to third , behind Tim Lan gdon, but it was still eno ug h for the ov erall win . When the dust settled, Gosse laa r was given the victory with a 3-3 tally, toppi ng Lytl e' s 2-4, Langdon' s 7-2, Do ug Parson's 6-5 and KTM rider Mark Tilley. Gosselaar and Payn e returned in the 250cc Pro race , and it was the clash of the glad iators all over. Payne led mo st of the first moto bu t bobbled on the final lap and was passed by C osselaar, who went on to win the mot o. The seco nd moto saw Mike Young in h is 250cc Pro ra ce d ebu t pull th e holeshot and lead fo r a while before Gossela a r s hot in to t h e lead and promptly disappeared . C Payne s ta rted bad ly and spen t th e w hole race working bac k u p to fourth, behind You ng, who was passed on the last lap by Cha ussee and tod ay' s top gun in the Pro ranks - Gosselaar. R.J. Th om pson, w ho is a Billy Payne prod igy, was unstoppable in the 125cc Int ermed ia tes tod a v as he d omin at ed both m ot o s of co m pe ti t io n o n hi s Thousand Oa ks Ka wasa ki-sp onsored KX. Brazilian racer Norberto Debernard i recovered from poo r starts to collect second, while Gerrad Ordelm an su rv ive d an int ense second mot o to round out the top thr ee. T eam Green /R&D Racin g-ba ck ed Mike Alessi was today's most successful mini racer, as he scored two class wins. Alessi w on three out of four motos en route to vic to ry in the 80cc (7-11) and 60cc (9-11) class es . Alessi topped hardch a r g in g Edward H e r ring and "Je t" Brown in the SOcc (7-11) contest, and his brother Jeff and Mark Proscell e in th e 6Occ(9-11) class . 1:'\ Los Ange les County Raceway Palmda le, Californ ia Results : October 4, 1998 so (4-6): 1. Cody Farra r (KTM); 2. Dylan Pembe rton (Cob); 3. Tommy Aquino (KTM ); 4 . Jak e Lace y (KTM) ; 5. Chase Lippie (JaM). 50 (1-8): 1. Dann y Gonzalez (Cob); 2 Bill B.. llc tero a s (Hen): 3. Chapman Fiene (KTM) ; 4. Tylor Hemme ( Kl"M); 5 . Ja ke Ca nada (KTM). 60 (O~8): 1. Cole Seel y (KTM); 2. Tr ent Pu gm ir e (Kaw ); 3. Jonathan Arana (Kaw): 4. Chad Gores ( Ka w): 5. Ta nner Langham {Kawl. 60 (9-11): 1. Mike Alessi (Kaw); 2 Jeff Alessi (}(awl; 3. Ma rk Pros celle (Kaw) : 4. Shane Pat ao (Ka w ): 5. Dougl as Ca rter IKaw ). 80 BEG : 1. Ryan Happy ( Ka w): 2 . Sea n Borkenha gen (Kaw): 3 . Je ff Vau ghn (Ya m) ; 4. Eri k Fauscette (Ha n); 5. Chri s Nishimura (Han). 80 (7-11): 1. Mike Alessi (Kaw ): 2. Edward Herring (Kaw): 3 . Jarred Brown (Yam); 4. Je ff Aless i O(aw); 5. Jeff Loop (Yam). 80 (12-13): 1. Scan Collier (Ka w): 2. Robby Wood s selaa r (Han); 4. Dane PaLlO (Ka w); 5. (Hon) ; 3. Caleb Gos Bren t Line (Yam). 80 (14-16): 1. Ross Carcia (Ya m) ; 2. Erik Meyer (Yam); 3. Todd Ccsselaar (Han); 4. Kyle Mace (Yam); 5. 1.R.Terry (Yam). S/M INI: 1. Jonath a n Shimp (Yam); 2. Ros s Garcia (Ya m); 3. Sca n Collier (Kaw) : 4. J.R. Terry (Yam) ; 5. Michae l Parker (Hon) . . 125 BEG : I . Woody 5ta h l (Kaw ): 2. Joe Felts (5u2); 3. Andrew Cordes (Yam); 4. Ch ris Ep per (Yam); 5. Rooky Pin ney (Yam). 125 JR.: 1. Scott Howe (Yam); 2. Chad Frank (Yam); 3. Dan iel Bagw ill (Suz) : 4. Dan ny Coo pe r (Yam) ; 5. Edd ie Lare t (Yam). 125 INT: 1. R.j . Th omp so n (Kaw): 2. Norberto Debe rna rd i (Kaw) : 3. Ce rrad Orde lma n (Yam); 4. Rafael Mea n (Yam); 5 . Michael Coll ier (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Chris Gosselaar (Han); 2. Casey Lytle (Ha n); 3. Tim Langdon (Ka w ): 4. Doug Parsons (Yam); 5. Marc Tilley (KTM). 250 INT : 1. je rem iah Moo re (Ha n); 2. Joh n Za hr t (Kaw); 3. Michael Collier (Kaw); 4. Nick Mairose (Suz); 5. Chris Bar rett (K'TM). 2SO PR O: I. Chris tophe r Gosselaa r (Ha n); 2. Jeremy Cha ussee (Kaw); 3. Billy Payne (Kaw ): 4. Michael Young (Yam); 5. Tim Sha rp (Kaw). SOO AM : 1. Co le Townsend (Yam) ; 2. D .J. Humphries (Yam). 25+ PRO: 1. Billy Mer cier (Kaw); 2. Tim Sh arp (l(aw); 3. Bryan Nelson (Yam); 4. Mat Bateman (Suz); 5. Joe Hopkins (Kaw). . 25+ AM : 1. C hu ck Kober (Suz); 2. Ed G uaja rd o (Abov e) Red-ho t Chris Gosselaar won bo th t he 125 and 250cc Pro classes during the fourth round of the Trans-Cal Series at the Los Angeles County Raceway . (Left) Jonathan Shimp (3) leads'the pack as they leave the gate in the Super Min i class during the Trans-Cal Series. Shimp won the class. (Suz); 3. Tom Bell (Suz); 4. Cecil Avery (H a n); 5. Lance Whi te (Suz). 25+ MSTR : 1. Jon Zahrt (Kaw); 2. N ick Mel rose (5uz ); 3. Dan Berg (5uz); 4. Joe Root (Suz). 30+ JR: 1. Rick Smith (Yam); 2. Paul Berton IHo n): 3. Bob Ban g (Kaw): 4. Dari n Ni s hi m ur.l (Ya m ); 5. Vic Walker (Yam). 30+ MST R: .1 .J on Zahrt (Ka w). 40+ AM: 1. Robert Leonard (Yam); 2. Rand y Rogers (Yam) . 40 + M STR: 1. T ra cy Os we ll (Ya m) ; 2. Mark GambeUa (Ya m); 3. Joe Root (Suz); 4. [ef Harriott (Kawl; 5. jim Diyorio (Ya m). VET BEG : 1. Stewa rt Fieh ler (Yam); 2. Donnie Bait'S (Hen) : 3. Ga ry Gamer (Yam). VET !NT: 1. Robbie Jam es (Ya m); 2. Ed Cuarjardo (Suz ); 3. John Posea (Suz) ; 4. Cha d Ne lso n (Yam); 5. Greg Pierce (Yam ). VET PRO: 1. Bryan Nelson (Yam); 2. Joe Hopkins (Kaw). WMN: 1. Jamie Pami n tuan (Suz); 2. jennifer Ca puto (Yam); 3. Dawn Rogers (Yam). , ..... C"l M Q) ..0 o .... u o 39

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