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Big Six Grand Prix Series:Round 6, Prospectors GP 00 Q\ Q\ .- N' l-< (]) ..0 E (]) u (]) c 34 By Matt Freeman GORMAN, CA, OCT. 31-NOV. 1 t does not happen often, especially • in such a co m petitive se ries, but • Eric H a llga th fla t ou t smoked th e competition a t th e Prospect ors' 13th ann ua l Ca lifo rnia G rand Prix a t th e Hungry Valley SVRA. Hallga th and his KTM SXl25 entered five .races thro ughou t th e weekend , and h e won th re e of th em d esp it e being down on horse po w er in all bu t th e 0200cc race. The KTM-backed factory starting gate of the Quai l Canyon motocross track. Once again, the Prospectors laid ou t an 8-mile course that started competitors on the 1.2-mile-long motocross track a nd then ran them through the sand w ashes and ridge lines of Hungry Valle y. Most races, with the exception of the Pee Wee and Kids races, were ru n on an hour-long schedule, giving competitors time enough to complete three to four laps on the course. Out of the 100 racers who sta rted the Uncl assified race, Ha llga th was the first to com p lete th e m ot ocro ss track a nd hea d ou t o nto the back section of th e course. Team G reen's Pa u l Kra use, Dave Ondas an d Oa kley Lehma n w ere in tow, as were Joey Lanza a nd Scot H ard en . By th e midpoi nt o f th e race, Hall gath had ope ned up a com fo rta ble lead . Krause a nd O ndas w ere both stable with second and thi rd, but Lehman and Lan za battled back and forth, vyin g for th e number-four s po t. Lehman turned out to be th e firs t fin isher off the podium, des p ite working his way up from mid pack . "The s tart was crazy beca use they let all t h e li nes go a t th e sa m e tim e ," Lehman said . "I caug ht up to Lanza and I had a hard time ge tting around him for a while because he had a p re tty good pace. By the time I passed him , it w as too late to ca tch Ondas." H a llga th didn 't ha ve mu ch to say abou t his stella r rid e. " I just pinned it the enti re tim e and just held on to th e win," he sa id . "I' rn teaming up w it h Jo ey Lan za for the Team Race lat er today, so hopefully w e ca n win so me mo ney. " Jeff Willoh showed up at Go rman for the second yea r in a row to tea m with Leh ma n, but because he show ed u p late, he missed the Unclassified race and an o p portu n ity to check o u t th e co urse, H owever , Willoh was a ble to bo rro w an XR400, a nd h e n ot o n ly en te red th e Fou r-Stroke race, but he w on th e even t over XR400- mou n te d David G lass ;<::;::=;:::~ a n d YZ400 rid er Rand y Moseley. Wh en th e Tea m Race go t under way, no t everyone made it aroun d t he first turn uns cat hed . A firs t-turn pil eup put several bikes on the g ro u nd . Th e Willoh / Lehman KX250 w as the last to get going ag ain. A brok en clutch p erch a n d fra y ed clutch ca ble put the te am in d ead la st going into th e first lap. W a lt ers put his team ' s . C R250 o u t fro n t, a hea d o f t he SXl 25 of Hall gath and Lan za . Th e Krau s e / Onda s KX50 0 was runnin g a close th ird wh en Krau se cra shed less than tw o miles from the sta rt , su ffering a rider chalked up wins in the ra ce-ending shoulder injury. Unclassified , Vet an d 0-2oocc ra ces, and Wa lters and D ir ks m a inta in e d a scored a third-p lace fi nish in th e steady lead th roughout th e 90-m in u te 250cc/Op,m combine d race. affair, never givi ng up g ro u nd to the Teamed with Joey La nza , Hallga th Hall ga th /Lan za team. A mazing ly, the also finished second in the Team Race to Willoh /Leh 1!lan te am m ad e up p osiCalifo rnia Grand Prix Team Race repeat ti on a f te r po sition, co m ing from the wi nners Drey Dirks and Sp ud Walters . With a combined $800 available for the firs t-place duo, many teams showed u p Despite being outpowered In several to collect part of the purse, which paid classes, Eric Hallgath won three of the down to 10th place. But the popular five classes that he entered, including the Team Race was only event number six in Unclassified race , dur ing the Prospectors a weekend that saw 12 eve n ts lin e the MC's 13th annual California Grand Prix. back of the 30-deep team field to run third by the fifth a n d final lap. Th e KLX365-mounted team of Jeff Capt and Steve H engeveld put up a hard-fought battle to fend off Willoh and Lehman , but bv the end the stroker team had to settle'for fourth . SXl25-mounted David Reese and Matt Murphy rounded out the top five . On Sunday, Hallgath was at it again in the Vet race, where he fended off KTM team boss Scot Ha rden. HaIlgath continued his winning ways in the 0-200cc race, w here he absconded w it h the hol esh ot a head of the likes of Tea m Green's H engeveld , KXl25- mo un ted Lanza and Reese. It looked like Lanza would hold on to thir d overall when di saster stru ck and his bike seized in the back section of the cou rse; handing th ird to Reese. . The final race of the weekend was the 25Occ/Open race, and even though Hallga th might hav e been on a hot streak, it wa s H en gev eld w ho jumped o u t fron t and s tayed th er e. Th e w in secure d the 25 0cc G P ser ies cha mpions h ip for H en geveld . Beh ind H en geveld a t the fini sh w as teammat e Lehman , followed by Hall gath, once again on his 125. With Krause injured, Ond as easily held the top O pen spo t the en tire hour to cha lk u p ye t another class wi n. 0 Hungry Valley SVRA Go rman, California Results: October 31-November 1,1998 (Round 6) U/C l fO : 1. Eri c Hallga th (KTM); 2. Paul Krause (Ka w); 3. Da ve Ondes CKdw) ; 4. Od klev Lehman (Ka w); s.Joey 1...",,,. . • SO:1. Steven Da vies 0CThf); 2. Kelly Postel 3. Derek Dahl. KIDS: 1. Brett Mountain (Yam); 2. Jami e Lanza (Kaw); 3 . Robbie Coolsby (Ho n) ; 4. Daniel Parks (Ka'o\ ; 1 5. Ma tt hew Zang. 200 BEG : 1. M yan Spaccarel li: 2. Chris Fe rko ; 3. Nick Thompson. 200 NOV: 1. Brent Ha rd en OCTh1); 2. Nathan jones (Ya m) . 2 00 I N T : 1. Bre ndan l u tes (Kaw ): 2. D an ny Ca ver hill. 200 EX: 1. Eric Hal lga th (KTMI; 2. Steve Hen geveld (Kaw): 3. Da vid Ree (KTM). se 250 EX: 1. S teve H en g e v e l d ( Ka w) ; 2. Oa k ley Lehman (!(aw); 3. Eric Ha llgath (KTM). OPEN EX: 1. David D nd as (Ka w) . 4· STRK BEG : 1. A llan La fr ambo ise ; 2. Pe ter Za ng a ra; 3. C had Holzer. 4· STRK NOV: 1. Todd Sn ider; 2. De n n is Michalis. 4· STRK I NT: 1. Dean Nazza ro; 2. Rich Su it or; 3. Will y Galin to . 4-STRK EX: 1. Jeff Will oh (Hon):- 2. David Class {Hen): 3. Ran d y Mosel ey (Yam) . WM N NO V : 1. Sa ra h Sc h il ke (Hen): 2. Bo n nie Kelly. WM N EX, 1. Anna Cody (Kawl. . CLSSC BEG; 1. Jeff Dillo n. CLSSC NOV: I. Vinnie Ma nd zak : 2. Darrell Allen. CLSSC INT: t . Jo e Atkinson ; 2. Steve Dillon; 3. Brent Jackson. CLSSC EX: 1. Rick O'Do nnell; 2. Rud y Abele. VINT N O V: 1. Steve Mclean . VINT EX; 1. John Rudder ITri ). D/SPT NOV: 1. Don Bizzy. D/SPT EX: I. Richard Kastner. SDH CK EX: 1. Mike Burns; 2. Scott Whitney; 3 . Victor Palfreyman. VET 2SO BEG: 1. Lan ce Kremer; 2. Bob Gilbert; 3. Dominick McC ormick. VET 250 NOV: 1. Mil-c Martin, 2. Ste ve Kost a s; 3. Ran d y Daugherty. VET 250 lST: 1. John Lang ha m mer : 2. Alan Li psky; 3. Tom Miller. V ET 250 EX: 1. E ric H a ll g ath ( K T ~1) ; 2 . G a ry Wagner; 3. Paul Sha fer (Yam) . VET OPEN BEC : 1. Ron Hi ggin botham; 2. Mike Byrne; 3. Matt Joh nson. VET OPEN NOV: 1. Todd Sm.ut; 2. Da n Sween; 3. · Brian Mu!o~ib..r. VET OPEN INT: 1. Don Benson. 2. Scott Pangburn: 3. Brett Sauve. VET OI "EN EX: 1. Sc ot Ha rden (KTM); 2. Jerry BLlck; 3. Rick O'Donne ll. SR 250 BEG : 1. [ames Cartland: 2. Tom McGrath. S R 250 NOV : 1. Ter ry Sabad in ; 2. Wi lliam Banuelos ; 3. Bob Gilbe rt. S R 2SOtNT: 1. Du u g Heif 2. Jon W hitco mb ; 3. Brad vande nberg. S R 250 EX: 1. Bob Ma x w ell (Ya m) ; 2. John Fer ro (H on) : 3. C ha rley Barn ey (Ka w) . S R O I"EN BEG: 1. Ra nd Keas t. S R O PEN NOV: 1. Don Bizz y; 2. Robert Johnson; 3. reon. Da ve Ma cl'he S R OPEN INT: 1. Do ug las Haas; 2. Dean Miller ; 3. Wi lliam Stubbs . . S R O P EN EX: I. A'C. Bakke n: 2. Buddy Bosh : 3 . Richard Kastn er . MA G N OV: 1. Ter ry Va n Blariron; 2. Ken Feuln er; 3. Phil Blackburn. M A G IN T: 1. Ph il Bla C'k 2. Wayne Rutled g e; 3. ; Steve Pet ers (KTM). MA G EX: 1. Bill Ma xim ( Kaw) ; 2. Ja mes Co n nolly (Hen). TEAM: 1. Sp u d Wall en/ Drey Dir ks (Han); 2. Joey La nze / Eri c Ha lt ga th ( KT M); 3 . Jeff Witloh / D akley Lehman {Kaw).

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