Events
250 BEG 0- 2: 1. M.n k r nc..- (Yam ); 2. Allyn Fitzpatrick fKaw l;
3. Kmny Aptl'k.1l't"\-'( K.1W); -I, aUl !> Geudcr (K.1w); 5. Lou ie Ortiz
Eberle, Bernal best atCRC MX
(Yam ).
250 NOV ; t . Craig H um p hrey Cowell
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Hewson (Yam); 2. Bren t Oawt>(Ka w) ; 3. Randy
BI't."CIr.on (KilIw); 4. !l.hunda Sodt"rStro m .
125: 1. C o ry McDermitt (Ho n); 2. Tra vi s Jolkubi k (Hon); 3.
R.lnd y Sl"t"Ckon (Kaw ).
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250; 1. K.C. Kn odel (Hon); 2.. Cory. M cDerm itt (H u n ); 3.
r.l tric k Tow ler (Ho n); 4. Steve MUml Y; 5. Brian Vinn-nl (Rhd .
400 : I. An dy Sp ri ngstl"Cn ( K'TM ); 2. Si mo n Kell y (Yam) ; 3.
Lynn Sch wa i!t" (I "flm ); 4. Rya n Sl"t"Clwn ( Bu l) .
500: I. M ike B.lb ka (H o n) ; 2 Jol on Storms (H o n ); 3. Andy
s
Spring stt't'n (Ii ·D); 4. L.J. Scha idt (t lo n); 5. Ja son Hen slt>(ATK).
O r EN SG t ; 1. Sieve Murra y; 2. K.C. Kn od d (Rtx); 3. Bob
Knapp (Rtx); 4. Ch ..rk!l Kinc.li d (C- A); 5. Brandon Lau sen (Rt ..l.
TW : I. Bryan Sm ith (Ya m ); 2. Brian Ht"W n (H · D); 3. Ph ill
so
G n>t'ni n j; (I I-D).
VET ) U+: 1. Go rd on Scho p ieray (W· R); 2. Ru b Will iams (H·
D); 3. Bri .ln Ht' w SUIl ( Rtx ); 4. Morg a n Mu rra y (Rtx J; 5. Todd
Per kin s (Rh ).
SR 40+: 1. Jack W.lr n ' n (Rt..); 2. r.l t To w ll"r (l Ion) ; 3. M ike
B.lblt..l(Hu n ); 4. Dan C r.l w fo rd (Ya m) ; 5. C ha rlt.'SKinca id (C -A ).
SR 50+: 1. J.,ek W!lrren (Rb ); 2 Doln Cra wf o rd (Ya m ); 3 . C L
Jim (W-R ); 4. Mi\.. · Carri,·n.· Sr . (l Ion ).
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VINT : 1. Dave Va lilu>t (BSA); 2. Cra ig Bn.'Ckon erri ); 3 . Tt1dd
Pl'r kin !' (Ho n); 4. Ed Va likl1 (DSA); 5. Rya n Bl"('('kon (Su ll.
rRO: 1. J!I!iotln Se n te ll (Rtx); 2 Bub Knapp (H -D) ; 3. Bryan
Sml lh (ATK l; 4 . C h ri" H u~s (Rtx); 5. Go rdon Scht>p il;'l7l y (W · RI.
CO MB: 1. Ja!lOl\ Sen te ll (Rtx); 2. Scott Studt'l1 (Rtx); 3. B"-"nl
Armbru stt'l' (Rn l; 4. b ry.l n Sm ith (ATK); 5. Ch ris Hu.-.s(Rtx).
DFC I. Ja!ltm Se n lel l ( Rb ); 2. Bub Knapp (H- D ); 3 . BI)'!ln
Smi th (ATK); 4 . c.ordon Schop lera y (w-RJ; 5. Ja ~n Stomu. (Hl'n ).
By Greg Robert son
PALMDALE, CA. JULY10
Jimmy Eberle and Ed Bern al overca me so me
stiff competition to walk away with the 125cc
Nov ice and Ve t Novice ove ra ll w in s, respec·
tively, at Los Angeles County Racew a y during
the Nationwide Cycle-sponsored rou nd of California Racing Club's Sat u rday night mot ocross.
After escaping with the first 125cc Novice
mo ta holeshot, Ebe rle ca me und er fire from
Nick Butterworth and Jay Bonanno on lap tw o.
The th ree fro n t-runners e ngaged in a p re tty
good ba ttle ove r the lead for the next few laps ,
until Bonanno lost his back brakes and shot off
th e tr ack, m aki ng it a tw o-rid er da sh to the
checkers that Eberle wo uld win. Bonann o recovered to still finish third, ah ead of Shaun Trabert
and Gerard Patin.
Trab er t p u t the lone Kawasa ki in the field
into the point po sition wh en the ga te dropped in
round two, but it was Butterworth running ou t
fron t wit hin half a lap. Eberle div e under Tra d
bert at th e base of the ove r-and-u nde r sectio n for
second place, and then set out after Butterw orth.
Eberle was slowly reelin g in Butt erw orth whe n
the latter collided with a tapper and was un able
to continue . Eberle went on to take th e win over
Bona nno, who was closing in during the fina l
la ps but ran out of time. Trabert held o n for
third and th ird overall, topp ing the 5-l of Patin.
Joe Casagrande and his YZ250 won the drag
race to the first tum in the opening Vet Nov ice
rnot o, but his lead was short-lived , as Bernal wa s
in control af ter one circuit of the jump-fill ed
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and tra ck. Bernal quickl y put a few seco nds on
Casagrande, who had his hands full with Todd
Smart. Smart fina lly wor ked his way a rou nd
Casagrande, and the tw o of them caught Bernal
on the last lap . It was Berna l with the win , wit h
Sma rt and Casagra nd e liter ally in his shad ow
for second and third, res pecti vely.
Bernal gated in second place behi nd Smart in
rou nd two, a nd it wou ld tak e him nearlv three
laps before he was able to stick a wheel un~d er the
YZ400-mounted rider to tak e th e lead. Sma rt
stu ck with Bernal for a lap before Bernal settled
into a pace that SOlW him gra d ually pull awa y for
a swee p of the class. Casagrande spen t the moto
working up from a bad start to pressure Sma rt on
the final circuit for second place, bu t it was too little, too late. Ray RitzIer and Hu saberg-rnounted
Darren Schmidt rounded out the top five.
Results
P IW YAM BEG: I. Ma tt bcw Popp (Yilm) ; 2. Dani e l Denrro ,
(Yam) ; 3. Dry Stacy (Ya m ).
P/W BEG : I. Zlch Sp ringt'T (H on) ; 2..Co llo n S.l ml ~ ( KTM);
3. Eric Kah ler (KlM).
S/ P/ W (4-6 ): 1. Cody Farrar (KTM) ; 2. Ke ith Robinson (CtIb ).
3. Co lto n Sanders (KTM ).
S / P/ W (7 -9) : 1. C a ll' Su m m e rfo rd I KT M ); 2. A r ma ndo
A ~uilar (KT M) ; 3. Dalton Cos ta hea dc (KT M); 4. Sean Sp ringer
(Cub l; 5. Kev;n C lrn l!l (K1"M).
bO BEG: 1. Ja mt'!l Jen kins (Kaw ); 2. G rolnt Ph illips (Ka w).
6{) (9-11): I . De-w Gt.n;~Lla r (!n).
125 1.\lT: I. Doerae DurTe'f ($uz).
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250 BID l. Col-'Cffnoy Burton (Suz); 2 Danny SImon (Yolm ): 3.]dtrey Vt'N..'J'Ut (Yam ), 4. Midwd Penta (Yaml; 5. Ada m Quick (Yam) .
2SO NO V; I. Ncil Ch i..ho lm (I-ton ).
250 L'\lT: I. Bren t G illiam (Yam). 2.. Shane Stan k,. (Yam) .
JR \'8' BEG : 1. Ad.. m Quid (Ya m ).
JR VET NOV: I. Tod~ Sma rt (Yam) ; 2 G.lbi Abayt'U (Hon); 3.
' aSlln Sht".. n.or ( K'TM); 4. Ed 8crn.l l (H(lTl); 5. Sh y MtJII'>he (Suz ).
JR \'8' If'lj : 1. Shane Stanlt'Y (Yam ).
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VET BEG: 1. Vin ny Lowry (Y.lm); 2 Dam1l low ry (Yam ); 3.
Ron Hickman (Yam) ; 4. Rich Heckman (Yam); 5. G nog Stacy (Ya m).
VET NOV : 1. Ed &·m.l l (Hon); 2. Todd Sm .lrt (Yam); 3. Jt)("
Ca!lagra nd e (Yam ); 4. Ray Ri lz lt>r (Kaw) ; 5. Da rre n Schmidt (Hhg).
VET !NT : 1. Randy Wi lkins (Suz); 2. ChmhTM Hl"C an
km
(Yam ); 3. J,lCk MiI ~ (Kaw ); 4. Leo Sa u l (Yam).
VET £X-PRO: 1. Jon Zahrt (Suzl; 2 Ed wardo Rippe (Ho n ); 3.
Norm Sch ld (lion); 4. Stev e Oar k O<.lw)
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SR NOV : 1. Terry Sab.1din (Ya m ). 2. Ken ny Kopt ocky (Kaw );
3. C hol rk~ Howdl (Yam ); 4. Layma n c.. tti~ (y .. m ); 5. To m Th.... be.lu
(Yam ).
SR !NT : 1. M ikt"GOssel.l.lr (H o n).
S R EX: I. Edwa rdo Fli ppo (H o n ); 2. Stc Vt" Cl M k (l<.Jw); 3.
Ntl nn Sch id (lion) .
5.
Hedden makes hay at
Hays Arenacross
By Jesi Jo nes
HAYS, KS, JUNE19
Between th em , Jeff Hed d e n a nd Eri k Janssen
comman ded the lead in almost all of the laps at
the Hays Kans as fa irg rounds. Ch eckered Flag
Jimmy Eberle (31) on
his way to the win in th e
125cc No vice class at
California Racing Club's
Saturday night
motocross in Palmdale.
Productions dr ew top pro ride~ fro m all over
for a n evening of racing combining flat track
and a renacross. The course took the arenacross
rid ers out of the jump / rhytllm sec ti on a n d
around the flat track.
Janssen, on th e F&S/Works Connection /V
Force Delta Suzuki, pulled th e holeshot in the
125cc Pro q ua li fier and led al m ost the e ntire
way, with pressure from Tr ent Han sen a nd
Nichols Suz uki-mo unted Hedden. Hedden went
down in the first comer a nd va liantly fought his
way up, passin g Janssen br iefly for first. Less
than two turns later, however, Janssen cha rged
Hedden on the en tra nce to the flat -track section,
rega ining firs t. Hansen be ne fited fro m a ll thi s
activity, taking seco nd.
Th e 12Scc ma in saw a revers al : Thi s tim e
Janssen went d own in the first comer, an d Hed den was in first most of the way. Han sen pulled
the holesh ot, with Earl Kephart and Hedden in
close pursuit. Hedden qu ickly passed Kep hart ,
and on the third lap, Hans en a pplied too mu ch
power acceleratin g out of the flat-tra ck section.
Hed den SOlW the hole and aggress ively took the
inside line and the lead . Hedden qui ckly pulled
a gap and held it comfortably for the rest of the
race. Janssen mad e his way throug h th e pa ck
but was unable to make his way to the front.
In the 250cc Pro ma in , Ja nssen p u lled th e
holeshot and quickly took the lead, wh ich he
held for severa l lap s. Ma tt Smith, Hansen and
Hed d en were in close pursuit. Ha nsen we nt ou t
on lap two with a broken chai n. Hed d en stuffed
Sm ith in the ent ra nce to the fla t-t rack se ction
and then charged up to [an sse n' s rea r w heel.
waiting for him to make a mistake on this tight
track. On lap five, Janssen m isti mcd the whoops
an d Hedden too k ad vantage. Sm ith, w ho was
following closely , was also able to pass Janssen
on the next lap, wit h Hedde n pulling out a com fortable lead for the win .
Results
AnonaCl'OM
P/ W : 1. Kyle Wallter; 2. Na th.m Romt'!lbury;.
bO:I. Will Hahn; 2 Kyle Wa lkr; 3. Erik Dunn; 4. Scott Dunn .
80: 1. Thomas Hahn; 2.. Tylet' Burton; 3. Rickl'Y Kro ger.
125 NO V: 1. A a r on J enn in g ~ ; 2. Matt Jo rd a n ; 3. J UlOu n
Schwcin; 4. Ry01nSeitz; 5. Kenny jol'lt.':i.
125 A M: 1. Ryan Dirb; 2. JoI On MoI tlt."tt; 3. Lance UnderM
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h iD; -I. Jen"ffi)' H ibdun,an; 5. Ti m fk>r!ons.
t25 rRO: 1. Je ff Hedden (Suz): 2. Trent Ha n..-.en (Hen); 3. Earl
~ha rt (Ho nl; 4. Todd Oabu rn; 5. Erik Jans."t"Il (Suz) .
250 NOV: 1. Randv McRobem; 2. Mile; WHite; 3. Jarad WI-
,-rl>n Go tt!lch"lk.
AM. VlNT: 1. Fra n k Ha rdman ; 2 Th om.u Boot h; 3. Ra ndy
Martin.
MO: 1. Rya n Chpa tu n; 2 ~an Scherb; 3. Luca~ Scherb .
OPEN AM : I. Toll tuba; 2 Merle Scht.' fb; 3. Fra n k Ha rch ;
ma n; 4. Jedl.act!'r 5. Corby Scherb.
PRO 1. ' ol on Tyll'l";2 Brandon Cartwright ; 3. Tim Nt'Wby .
s
Bass Lake Dual Sport Ride
a summer relief
By Paul Flanders
BASS LAKE, CA, JULY 17-18
Larry Langley, Russ Ma rtin an d the folks at Wilson's Motorcycles in Fresno team t..>d up as California Trait Ridl..'S to put together another great
dual-sport rid e a t Bass Lake. Langley had previously sa id tha t the 1998 even t would be the last,
but man y people enc ou ra gl'd him to pu t on
ano ther ride here .
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The ride started and finished each da y at the
US . Forest Service's Crane Valley Group Camp-
ground, where free camping was includ ed for the
event's participants. About ha lf the riders camped ,
a nd the rest sta yed at nea rby mo tels. From the
campground, it was only two mites of pa vement
to where the dirt roa ds and trails began. A few
nasty ruts near the start got the ad renaline pumping. Later, the riders found out they wou ld get two
more visits through the ru ts, as this was the best
way out of and back into camp .
Susan McCartney was participating in her
first dual-sport ride with he r husband, Dave. On
the way back in, jus t three miles from the finish.
her XRl 00 got swa llow ed up by one of the ruts.
Her only bad inciden t o f the day d id no t d iscou rage her from riding on Sunday.
At th e seco nd ha rd wa y / eas y wa y split,
se veral rid ers op ted for the easy way, beca use
the roll chart sai d there would be 2-foot-diameter-log jumps and a deep water crossing. However, th e logs had been cleared, and the water
was not quite so d eep. Th e hard wa y turned
out to be not as cha llenging as described. Curt's
Big Rock -Trail was next , a nd e veryo ne got to
ride it.
"1 lov ed th e Big Rock tr a il," said Pat rice
Payne, abo ard her XR400 . " It' s a rea lly fun
ro ute."
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"None of the hard ways was any more challenging than Curt's Big Rock Trail," said Rocky
Raun. "And it was tou gh only for begin ners ."
The gas and lunch stop took place at Ca lvin
Tay lor's Sun ny Meadows Wild ernes s Ran ch. I~
was built by the Van Nes s family of San Fra ncisco in the 185Os. Later it was a stagecoach stop for
travelers on th eir way to Yosem ite.
From the lunch stop, the route went past a
co up le of s mall la kes , th en into th e Mi ami
Mountain motor cycle trai ls area. At the Kamook
Stag ing area, the roll chart had most riders confused due to conflicting instructions . The shortcom ings of the roll chart were quickly forgotten,
as nobod y wanted to miss a n inch of the great
trail s by bailing out on the high way. The next
reset was ju st seve n mit es away at th e Fish
Creek General Stor e. It was easy to find, and
eve ryone wa s abl e to ge t back on track. From
there , the rou te went up by the southern border
of Yose mi te Na tio na l Park. .When the co urse
reached a n eleva tion of 7500 feet, many riders
wonder ed whether th ey sho ul d have brought
along their jackets . But then it was all downhill
for 30 miles , past Fresn o Dome and back to the
finish at 3000 fet.'!.
At Sat urda y even ing's barbecue dinner, Bill
Thomas celebrated his 60th birthday after riding
his 1999 Yamaha WR400.
"I loved th e course," sa id Thomas, "except
for thed ust.n
Ma ny riders sa id that because there we re
onl y 75 pa rticipants, they could sprea d out we ll
and tha t the dust was qu ite tolerable.
Sunday mor ni ng's route started o u t wi th
seven miles along the edge of Bass Lake before
head ing into some awesome tra ils in the mountains. The wo rds "obscu re" a nd "fain t" cou ld
also be used to d escr ibe some of the m. Lunc h
and gas we re a t th e Jon es Sto re , wh ere John
Alkema and Cornelius Van Der Eyk said , "We
liked Sunday's ride more becau se of better trails
a nd more s i ngil.~ track."
Bill Hadsell suffcrt.>d a tum -signal meltdown
but gained an imi tat io n carbon-fi ber mu ffler
bracket wh en the nut came loose a nd th e tum
signal at tac hed itself to th e muffler. Sea n Lefbridge and Joe l' ilc e agreed .
>tl
"We lov ed the single- track traiJs, a nd it's
quit e a bit cooler here tha n back ho me in Las
Vegas," Sean said.
