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(Above) Bobby Bonds (r ight) dodged a bu llet or two en route to winning t he 125cc
Intermediate class in MX action at Lancaster's Ant elope Valley Fairg rounds, .
(Left) Steve Eugen io earned the wi n in Starwest MX's 125cc Beginn er c lass, despite
making a b ig mista ke: He acc identall y pulled off the track on the w h it e-fl ag lap in th e
second m ot e,
Owens rich at Starwest MX
By Ton y Ales si
M
ORENOVALLEY, CA, NOV. 7
Richie Owe ns cashed in tonight after he posted
the ov erall wi n in the ever-exciting 125ce Novice
clas s and laid claim to the $100 co n tingency
prize duri ng th e second round of the Starwest
Night Contingency Series.
Owens had the qui ckest clutch hand and
pulled the holcsho t during the start of the first
125ee Novice race and tried to pu ll awa y ear ly,
but he came und er attack from the Yamahas of
Ryan McGee, John Ho p k in s a nd Co rey
Macomber. Just when it looked like McGee was
ready to take the lead from Owens, he fell and
d ropped out of the top five.
Owens wen t on for the mot o win, followed
closely by Hop kins and Macom ber.
McGee ca me ba ck w ith a vengea nce in the
all-im po rta nt second motu and blew past th e
leade r, Owen s, early in th e ra ce, th en blast ed
away for the eventua l wi n. Owens kep t his cool
and record ed the runner -up finish in the motu,
w hich tu rn ed o ut to be a ll he needed fo r th e
overall win . A har d-char ging Macomber ran as
high as second, but crashes and gene ral bad luck
held him back to fourth overall, behind Hop kins.
Steve Eugenio ca me o ut on to p of the 125ce
Begi n ne r class, d espite making a big mistake
o n the final lap of the second m ot o. Eugenio
had n o problems w inning the firs t mo to, bu t
o n the fina l Jap o f the seco nd mo to, Euge nio
acci denta lly pulled off o n the white-flag lap
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and ga ve u p th e lead to Haupt Racin g-spon·
so re d T o n y La C art e . In t h e e n d, Euge n io
charged back for a second- place finish, behi nd
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LaCarte, wh ich w as s till good eno ug h for the
overall victo ry .
Ale x Zapata and DUJne Benner engaged in
morta l com bat and ba ttlt...-d all night long in the
Vet classes. When all was sa id and don e, Zapata
u sed the raw horsepowe r of his YZ4 00 four·
s tro ke to t.lke the measure of Benn er and Team
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Nagga's Chris Ladely.
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Mike Wietzi el, whil e Kenny Clark go t the job
done in the 80cc Beginner (7-11) class, defeating
Beginn er 0 2- 161 cla ss and smok ed away to a
C had Gores a nd Brand on "The A n i ma l"
Spencer .
Results
Sm.llil T ric k
50 STK STRTR (4-61: 1. JamL Prize (laM); 2. Da vid Fal con
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(KTM); 3. Zarhary Pillo w (Yam ).
50 ST K ST RTR (7--8): 1. Rebert G ut ierrez (KTM) ; 2. Art hur
Morino (KTht); 3 . Mike Burba (Yam); 4. Cole M('Kin le v (Yam ); 5. J.
Wall~ (Ya m ) .
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50 STK BEG (4.fl): 1. Jordan Go 1l'ski (Cob); 2. Zachary Fu-..l1
(KT M); .3. David Ml.",luJ e (Cob); • . Mu La d ieu (KTM ); 5. Ja ke
ML-ndt'nha ll ( Kn.-t) .
50 srx BEG (7-8): 1. Cody Jdfril':'o (KIM); 2. [essica G ule1ta
{K
ThIl; 3. Walt n Gucntht.-!" (1( MI ; 4. Tanner Krahe..'1\oohl (KT~() ;
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5. EVo1.n Du ll'au (K1"M).
50 ST K A : 1. Jo hnny Jcl dl·rd.1 (u rn); 2. Richard Stc.·rli ng
("'''M); 3 . Wt.-bb Md ~'V (J...7M).
50 srK B: 1.
Ti thof (Clm); 2. Da "ota Garner (C ob); J.
Cooper Ha ll tCobl; 4. Xavi e r Seokcs-A rrcy ocr ~f) ; 5. Richard
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