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At California Racing Club's Saturday night
motocross at Los Angeles County
Raceway, Matt Moo ney was the 125cc
Beginner winner.
Mooney ran a close third and had his hands full
w ith Spa u ld ing , Da rin C hisholm a nd Jep son .
Thurlow kept the pr essure on Gilliam up un til
the fi fth lap, w he n he wa shed o ~ t in a tu rn .
Be foreT h ur lo w co u ld g e t r e s tar ted , bo t h
Moon ey a nd Ch isholm mana ged to snea k pa st .
Gi lliam con tin ued on for th e mo te wi n, but
Moo ne y ' s 2 -2 rid e s clai m e d th e ove ra ll.
Gill ia m 's se co n d- mo tu win ga ve h im se con d
ove rall. toppin g the 5-3 of Chisholm and the 4-4
of Thu rlow .
In t h e o pe ni ng 250c c Beg in n er m o ro ,
YZ2 50-m oun led Brya n Wa rd abscond ed wit h
th e hol c s ho t over Eugene H ern an d e z , Dean
Ba uer an d th e rest o f the fic ld .cBy la p tw o,
Ward was being hound e d by Bau e r fu r th e
lead . Ward man aged to slo wly pu ll a way from
Bau er , bu t not befo re Jason Biko wsk i wa s able
to get ar ound bot h of th em for the firs t-mote
w in . Ward h eld on fo r s e co n d , wit h Je ff
Ver scput putting a la st -lap .pa ss on Baue r for
th ird .
YZ400 pilot Bauer won the drag race to the
fir st tu r n in mot o tw o but we nt do wn in the
LACR sand a nd quickly fou nd him se lf in last
pla ce. Michael Pent a recorded a DNF in the first
mot e , b u t he milde lip for it by r unni ng away
with the second- mo te win a fter in heri ting the
d
lend from Bauer. He rna nd ez finish e all by him se lf in seco nd , w ith Ward holding off a ha rd ch ar gin g Bikows ki on th e final lap to go 2-3 ,
w hich was good e nou gh for the ove ra ll w in .
The second -place trophy went to Bikow ski on a
1-4 sco re , follo w ed by Hernandez (5-2) and
Vers ep ut (3-5).
Results
P/ W YAM BEG: 1. AJ . Ho rto n (Y,l m); 2. u.lui s Smith (Ya m );
J . Tyler Od a m (Y. m); 4. Andrew Ddl-;.iJu IY,lIn ).
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P / W ADV: 1. Kyle Prin ce (Yam ).
P/W HEG: 1. Ma tth ew Pop p (HM); 2. 7... h Sprin~l'r HI MI; 3.
K
Z acha ry G randrnalson (f 1M); 4. Co lton 5.mdl·fS (KT\{); 5. Cary
S tilCY (KTM ).
P/W 00: I. C hr isti,1n Ha rd ing (fIM ); 2. Cha ndler Q uim c ttc
(KTM I.
S/ P/ W (4-(,); I. Keit h Ro bin son ICl,b J; 2. Ch ris Plouffe
(KTM ); 3. C ha ndler Q uiml· tlt' (KTM) .
S/ P/ W (7-9): 1. Armando Aguilar ( KT~1); 2. Michael Tm gli .l
(KTM); 3. Sca n Spri n)o;l'r (CuD).
flO BEG: L Dylan Pemberton (K,lW); 2. G rant Phm i~ (K.1W) ;
3. J.B. Peck (Kil W); 4, Dus tin Pullia m ( K.w vl.
t>O (4-0); 1. Shawn Huth-r (K.1W).
60 (9-11): I. Drew Goss l'l.l,)r (Kilw)
!In BEG: 1. Greg OW~'n (Y.1m); 2. T.lI111t."f [...
angham (K.1W); 3.
Tiffany Smith (Yam ); 4. Zcch Becktnger Il-lon): 5. T rav is Foul'
(Kaw ).
H()(7- 1)) : 1. Tyt' Hanes (K.:! w) ; 2. Ti mothy McDa nid (Yam); J.
Kyle jenkins (Kaw ]: 4. N ick Sanchez (Suz )
KI) (12-13): 1. Antho ny Barb acovi ( Yam ): 2', Cory Red en ius
(Kaw); 3. D'lVid Norris (Ho n).
HO (14- 16): 1. Mic ha e l Brewer (HUll); 2. R\MIl 5.1linaii (H un ); J.
j imm v Patr ick (YolIn).
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S/ MIN I: 1. An thuny Bar bacov t (Y.lm); 2. Cory Rt."dt"niu~
(K.w.-); 3. Jos h HL (K.1W); " . Mitc he ll Alsobro (J'lIm ); 5 . Michad
'SS
ok
Brewer (H o n ).
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125 BEG: 1. Matt Mooney (Suz ); 2. jon ,llh.1n Gilli.u l1 (Ya m) ; 3.
Da rin C his holm (Ho n); 4. Ryan Thurlow (K,l W); 5. Cod y Spau jding (K