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CMC SunstarSpro etsT
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off Ch ris Gosselaar and Ho lland for a
well-earned moto and overall victory.
Spea ki ng o f C h ris Gos se la ar, t he
n ewl y s ig n ed FMF I H o nd a pil ot ran
close to the point position in every Pro
m ot o with th e exce p ti o n of the fina l
250cc Pro race, w hich saw him fly ov er
th e bars and into the trees.
The b ragging ri ghts for th e w eek end's top Int ermed iat e ra cer we re split
between R.J. Thom pso n in the 125c c
d ivision and 250cc cha m p Mike Corder
fro m the Pacific Nor thw es t r eg ion .
Tho mpson , w ho hails from the infamous
"M oorparkMafia," raced his Tho u sand
O ak s Kawasaki-sponsored KX125 to a
se t of moto wi ns and a third in the final
to cap tu re th e cha m p io ns h ip, w hil e
Co rder won the first two 250cc Intermediate races and finished a solid seco nd in
the fina l to wrap u p the cha mpions hip in
the 250cc Intermediate d ivision.
Team Gree n mi ni a ce Mike A lessi
was the on ly mi ni pil ot to score tw o se parate Tra ns-Cal titles, posting a perfect
three ou t of three mo to wi ns in the 60cc
(9-11) divis io n a nd taking a " we llthou gh t-out" w in in th e 80cc (7-11) d ivision by scor ing 1-2-3 showings .
O regon' s Jus ti n Ke en e y wo n the
o ther two 80cc (7-11) class motos bu t
forg ot to turn hi s gas on in th e fi rs t
rnoto, which resu lted in a d isappointing
10th-place finish .
In the 60cc (0-8) di vision , Cole Seely
used st ra tegic finishes '10 ea rn the ove rall win over h is N orth ern Ca li foj nia
cou nterpart, Du stin Enochs, and Sou thern Ca lifornia rival (and wi nner of the
final moto) Cha d Go res .
In cur ren t Pee Wee events, " little
guy" Cody' Fa rrar recorded a perfect
report card by win ning all his motos in
the 50cc (4-6) class. Farrar was flaw less,
riding like a seasoned ve teran en route
to bi g lead s in each race . Farrar was
later surprised d uring th e tro ph y prese n ta tio n whe n h e was awarded a
brand-new Yamaha PW50 that was ra ffled off between himself and the 50cc (78) class winner, Jake Canada.
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Riverfront Park
Marysville. Californ ia
Res ults: October 24-25, 1998 (Final roun d)
By Tony Alessi
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I overa ll seri es w in ne r in bot h th e
'-..J 125 and 250cc Pro clas ses during
th e CMC Su nstar Sprock e t Tra ns -Cal
Series finale held at Mary svill e's Riverfront Park.
Northrup joined nearl y 500 other race rs, w h o tra v el ed fr o m · th e Pa ci fi c
N o rthwes t, No r t hern Cali fo rnia or
Sou thern Ca lifornia reg ions, all in the
ho p e of bei ng cro w ne d the Trans-Cal
Champion.
The two- day sh owdown was run on
a mod ified sched u le after a d aylon g deluge on Satu rd ay po stpon ed racing until
the next day . CMC officials op ted to run
a three- moto fo rmat o n Sund ay, w it h
the first m o to o n Sunday being ru n in
place of the two Saturday motos.
"We mad e the firs t moto lon ger , with
more laps, and awarded d ouble poin ts,"
sa id CMC race di rect or Stu Pe ters.
Th e final two motos on Sunday w ere
ru n und er the regular CMC gui delines
and forma tt ed as tw o s horter rno tos ,
payin g regular points.
Alt ho ug h Northrup w as the ove rall
Pro-class cha mpion of the CMC Tra nsCal Series, th e bi g st ar of the weekend
w as , witho u t a d oubt, Cla wson Mot or
Sports rider Rusty Holla nd , who won
three out of four classes en ro ute to wins
in the 250cc Pro class during bo th eve nts
an d the 125cc Pro class d uring the first
even t. The only class Holland d id n't win
•w as th e fina l 125cc Pro class on Sunday,
w hich wa s w on by Northru p, w ho held
Saturday
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50 (4-6): 1. Cody Farrar (KTM); 2. Landon Curri er
(KTM); 3. Austin Ho well (KTM); 4. Scott Cra wcr (Lem ):
5. loshua Grt.'CCO (KT M) .
. 50 (7-8); 1. Jake Ca nada (KTM); 2. Bill Ballestero: 3.
Chapman Fiene (KTM); 4. Michael Cu rci (Lem): 5. Larry
Azevedo (Lem).
60 (0-8): I. Cole Seely (KTM); 2. Du sti n Enoc hs
(KTM); 3. Dustin PiJX (Kaw) : 4. Kur tis Baley (KTM); 5.
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Child Gore s (Kaw) .
60 (9-111: 1. Mike Alessi (Ka w): 2. Jeff Ales s i (Kaw ),
3. Jus tin Keeney (K,lW); 4. Ma thew Spe ncer (Ka w): 5.
CilSCY H inso n (Kaw) .
80 BEG: 1. Sea n Bo r ke n hagen (Ka w) : 2. Rory
Radovi ch (H e n): 3. Dann y H a rris (Kaw) : 4. Carso n
Meyer (Yam): 5. Erik Fauscet te (He n).
80 17-11): 1. Mike Aless i (Kaw): 2. A.J. Perez (Suz); 3.
jarred Browne (Yam) ; 4. Er ic McC rummen (Ya m) ; 5.
Adam Metzl er (Suz) .
80 (12-13): 1. Jimmy Ne lso n (Ya m) ; 2. Nic k [arret
(Hen ): 3. Tri stan Kallas (Yam); 4. Cory McDan iel (Yam );
5. Eric Nye (Yam).
80 (14-16) : 1. Ryan Mora is (Ya m); 2. Ma tt
McCrum mcn (Yam); 3. Ja son Sta ley (S uz ); 4. Shaw n
Staley (Suz): 5. Bla ke Kelly (Yam ).
S/MIN I: 1. David Boothe (H e n): 2. Cory McDilnid
(Ya m); 3. Matt McCrummen (Ya m ); 4. Adam Met zler
(5uz); 5. Brent Line (Yam ).
125 BEG: 1. John Cood by (Yam) ; 2. Matt Womble
(Ya m); 3. Nick H ine s (Yam ); 4. Do n Baile y (Yam ); 5.
Dallas Hinds (Suz).
125 j R: 1. Kevin McGovern (Yam); 2. Sam Sawdey
(Yam); 3. Chad Frank (Yam); 4. Da.nny Bagwill (Suz): 5.
Sea n Reath (Su z).
. 125 INT: 1. R.J. Thompso n (Kaw) : 2. Mike Corder
(Ka w ); 3. Jesse Ketchu m (Suz ); 4. No rberto Debernard i
(}(.;aw); 5. Freddy Wiechers (H em ).
125 PRO : 1. Rusty Ho lla nd (Hon). 2. Jeff No rt hrup
(Kaw ); 3. Chris Gosselaa r (H on); 4. Ma rk TUll.)' (KTM);
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5. Tim Langdon (Kaw) .
SC HB Y: 1. Je sse Olson (Yam ); 2. Rory Sulliva n
(KTM ); 3. MIke Anderson (Yam); 4. Freddy Wiec hers
(Hon); 5. Bobby Meyer (Yam) .
250 BEG: 1. Steve Slaney (Kaw) ; 2. Frank Chavez
(Ho n); 3. Nick Ba inbrid ge (Ka w ); 4. De nnis Wagon er
(Yam); 5. Ad a m Harsel (Ho n).
250 JR : 1. Sa m Sa w d ey (Ya m); 2. Aa ro n Yo use
(Yam); 3. Steve Miller (Suz) ; 4. Rvan Peterso n (Suz); 5.
Steve Thinger (Ho n).
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250 tNT: 1. Mik e Co rder (Kaw); 2. Jerem y Isra e l
(Yam); 3. Cory Morai s (Yam); 4. Brian Shaleen (Ya m); 5.
O.J. Umphril."S (Ya m).
250 r RO: 1. Rusty Holla nd (Hun); 2. Jeff No rt hru p
(Kaw ): 3. Chris Cosselaar (Hon ): 4. Cliff Coo k (Ya m); 5.
Da ve Lode rmeier (Ya m) .
25+ MSTR: 1. Mik e Ho d ge s (Suz ): 2. Ed He aco x
(Kaw): 3. John Z ahrt (Suz); 4. Bob Shim p (Yam ).
30+ BEG : 1. Donn ie Ba les ( H on ): 2. Ch ris Bush
(Ya m); 3. John Hod ges (Kaw) .
30+ j R: 1. Vic Walker (Ya m); 2. Dan Denu zzo (Hun);
3. Jim Carley (Ka w ).
3 0 + t N T : 1. Mik e H od g e s (Suz ): 2 . Rich a r d
Qu inones (Suz ); 3. Ed Heacox (Ka w ).
30 + MSTR: 1. Jo h n Z a h r t (Suz ): 2. Bob S h im p
(Ya m )~
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40+ AM : 1. Dav e Brilla nt (Yam); 2. Dou g Dennis
(Ya m) ; 3. Joe Loderm eier (Yam); 4. Mic ha el Alarcon
IKaw): 5. Kim Darwerzeh (Suz).
40+ M STR: 1. Perry S her ma n (KTM) ; 2. Tim
Su llivan (H us) : 3. Mik e Go rda (Hen ): 4. Bob Shimp
(Yam ); 5. Dennis Smi th (Yam) .
WMN: 1. Da w n Rogers (Yam); 2. Jenn ifer Ca puto
(Yam) . .
Sun day
50 (4-6): 1. Cody Farra r (KTM) ; 2. Scott Craven
ILem ): 3. jo shua Grecco (KTM); 4. G lan ce Seely (KTM);
5. Justin Ho well (KTM).
50 17-8): 1. Ja ke Canada (KTM); 2. Bill Bollestcro. 3.
Mich ael Curd (Lern): 4. Chapman Fiene (KTM) ; S. Larry
A zeved o (Leml .
60 (0-8 ): 1. Co le See ly (KTM); 2. Chad C on'S (Kaw ):
3. Justin Enoch s (KTM); 4. Dustin Pipe s (Kaw) , 5. Lance
Cou ry (Ka w).
60 (9-11): 1. Mike Alessi (Kaw); 2. Justin Keeney
(Kaw): 3. Je ff A less i (K aw); 4. Bryar Perry (K,lW); 5.
[arod Mertens (Ka w) .
80 BEG : 1. Se an Bo rke nha gen (Ka w ): 2. Ro r y
Rad o vich (Hon ): 3. Dann y Harri s (Kaw)r 4. Casey
Hin son (Suz): 5. Ca rso n Meye r (Yam).
80 (7-11): 1. Ju stin Keeney (Kaw): 2. Mike Ales sl
(Kaw): 3. Eric Ml.Crummen (Ya m); 4. A.J. Perez (Suz ): 5.
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Adam Met ler (Suz) .
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80 (1 2-13) : 1. Jimmy N el so n (Ya rn ): 2 . Ch a rlie
Mor rison (Yam); 3. Nick [arre t (Hen): 4. Co ry McDaniel
(Ya m); 5. Eric Nye (Yam).
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80 114-16): 1. Ryan Morais (Yam); 2. David Boothe
(Ho n): 3. Matt McCrummen (Ya m ); 4. Ja so n Sta ley
(Yarn): 5. Shawn Sta ley (Suz ).
S / M IN I: 1. Da vid Booth e (Hon ) : 2. C har lie
Mo rr ison (Ya m); 3. Cory McDaniel (Yam); 4. Ad a m
Met zler (5uz ); 5. Matt McCrummt'n (Yam).
125 BEG : 1. Jo hn Goodby (Yam ); 2. Don B,li1ey
(Yam); 3. Wood y Sta hl (Kaw) : 4. Dallas Hinds tSu z): 5.
N ick Bainbridge (Kaw ).
125 JR: 1. Stew Mer te ns (Suz ): 2. Sean Reath (Sur..);
3. Jesse McDon a ld (Yam); 4. Danny Bagwill (Suz): 5. Jon
Replogle (Kaw ).
125 lNT: 1. Mike Co rd er (Kaw): 2. R.J. Thompson
(Kaw): 3. [esse Ketchum (s uz); 4. Jeremy Israel (Yam ); 5.
Randy Norm a n (Yam ).
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125 PRO: I. Jeff No rthru p (Kaw): 2. Chris Cosselaar
(H on ): 3. Rusty Holland (l-ion): 4. Ty ler Eva ns (Su z): 5.
Tim Lan gd on (K.1W).
SCHBY: 1. Rand y N o r m a n (Ya m); 2. Fre ddy
Wiechers (Hen): 3. Steve Mert en s (Suz ): 4. Jesse O lson
(Yam ); 5. Nathan Tearn ey (Suz ).
250 BEG: 1. Nick Ba inbri d ge (Kaw) : 2. Fr an k
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Chavez (He n): 3. Steve Slan ey (K. W); 4. Justi n Madison
(Suz): 5. Sha ne Tolosho (Hon).
250 JR: 1. Billy Iurc vi ch (KTM); 2. Sa m Sawdey
(Yam); 3. Kyle Huebner IYom): 4. Joe Replo gle (K.1W); 5.
Stev e Thin ger (He n).
250 INT: 1. jeremy Israel (Yam ); 2. Mike Co rder
(K.1W); 3. Co ry Mora is (Ya m); 4. Rand y No rman (Yam);
5. Chris Verdley (Suz).
250 PR O: 1. Rusty Holland (He n): 2. Jeff No rth rup
(Kaw): 3. Tyler Eva ns (Sux): 4. Cliff Coo k (Yam); 5. Zcb
A rms tro ng (Yam).
500 AM: 1. D.J. Umphries (Yam).
25+ A M: 1. Scott DeR oco (Suz) : 2. C h uck Kober
(Suz): 3. Richa rd Qu ino ne s (Suz), 4. Ja son VanNote
(He n): 5. Frank Chavez (He n).
25+ M STR : 1. John Za hrt (Suz): 2. Mik e Hod ge s
(5u z); 3. Troy Ca rdier ISuz ): 4. Kelly Hammer (Suz).
25+ PR O: 1. Ken Arnold (Yam).
30+ BEG: 1. John Hod ges ( K.1W); 2. Don nie Bales
(He n): 3. Chris Bush (Yam); 4. Bill Lancas ter (Yam); 5.
Ton y Vigu (Suz ).
30+ J R: 1. Dan Denuzzo (H e n ): 2. Steve Arena
(Yam) ; 3. Vic walker (Yam); 4.Ji m Ca rley (Kaw).
30 + INT: 1. Mike Hodges (Kaw) : 2. Scott Dekcco
(Kaw ): 3. Richard Qu inones (SUI.); 4. Chu c k Kope r
(Su z) .
30+ MSTR: 1. John Za hr t (S uz ): 2. Bob S himp
(Yarn) .
40+ AM: 1. Dave Brillant (Yam); 2. Dou g Den ni s
(Ya m); 3. Joe Meier (Ya m); 4. Kim Darwar zeh (s uz ); 5.
. Michae l Alarcon (Kaw) .
40+ MSTR: 1. Bob Shimp (Yam ); 2. Perry Sherman
(KTM); 3. [A-nnis Sm ith (Yam); 4. Tim Sull ivan (Hus); 5.
Mike Gor da (He n).
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¥'MN: 1. Jennifer Ca pu to (Yam ); 2. Dawn Rog e rs
(Yam).
Series Cham pions
PIW (4-6): 1. Cody Farrar (KTM ).
PIW (7-8): 1. Jak e Ca nada (KTM).
60 (o-B): I. Col e Seely (KTM).
60 (9-11): 1. Mike Alessi (Kaw) .
80 BEG: 1. Sea n Borkenhagen (Kaw l.
80 (1 -11) : 1. Mike Alessi (Kaw) .
80 (12· 13): 1. Nick jar re e (Ho n).
80 (14-16): 1. Ryan Mo ra is (Yam).
SJMIN I: 1. Davie Boothe (Hon).
125 BEG: 1. jo hn Goodby (Yam) .
125 JR: 1. Scan Reilth (Suz) .
1251 NT: 1. R.J. Thom pson (Ka w ).
125 PRO : 1. Jeff No rt hru p (Kaw ).
SC H BY: 1. JcsSt' O lson (Yam) .
250 BEG: 1. Steve Slaney (~w).
250 JR: l ..5.,m Sawdey (Yam).
250 INT: 1. Mike Co rder (Kaw ).
250 rRO: 1. leEf No rthrup (}(.;aw) .
25+ AM: 1. Chuck Kober (Suz ).
25+ MSTR: 1. Mike Hod gt.S (Suz ).
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30+ BEG: 1. Don nie Bales (Hon) .
30+ JR: 1. Vic Walk er (Yam).
30+ INT : 1. Mike Hod ges (Suz) .
30+ MSTR: 1. Jon Z, hrt (Kawl.
40+ AM : 1. Da vid Brill,lnt (Ya m).
40+ MSTR: 1. Perry She rma n (KTM).
500 AM : 1. D.j. Um p hries