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Micha el Penta was the 250cc Beginner
winner at the CRC Sat urday nigh t
mot ocross at Lo s Angeles County
Raceway.
2S11 A : I. C h.1J New ton (Y,lm) ; 2. II'Tl... RI1 (Yam); 3. PMrkk
1 . Ck
Sl,ltl' (Y,lm).
25U B: I. D...u~ Earls l&:"'uzJ; 2. !., ....In B.lld w in (Ya m ); 3. J.lm il'
Holc mb (H un); 4. Jl......·ph Anthuny (Su71; 5. J .\(I.. ~>n Vick t Hon) .
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25() C: l. Ill!>" \1un lJo;I.m l' rv tK,t w); 2. Rick Rik.u d tSuz); 3.
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2.' O D. 1. TlMJ Frt"m,ln tY.lm ); 2. Tonv Wl...lmul\'l.md (Suz );
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2.0;. A: I. Kirk ,..hn,,-," (Y",m l; 2. Br.ld Pn >ct 'f (Y.lm ); 3. Gn.~
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Erwin IY"m l.
25 + B: 1. Iilsu n Baldwin (Ya m I; 2. Sh." w Srroupe (K" w) ; 3.
,.Imil' Holcumb (Htm); 4. JIJ!lO,.l 'h A nthony (Su zl.
2.1). C / O: I. Rich.nd EldLT (Y.lm ); 2. Jimmy fr"l.,;'y (Y.lm); 3.
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Kl-vin J(wJ" n (""" w ); 4. Jdf POUtT (V.1m ); 5. R& ~tT Bee ( Kaw).
30+ A : I. D.w id £lIlT t K" W); 2. Kirk Illh n~ ,n (Y.1 ); 3. J" m t'S
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5.tnd u..·Z ( K,'W ); 4. Rick Camccio (K.1 wl; 5. Si.drM:y W illi.1Jlb (5oz).
:'olJ+ B/ C; 1. Russ r'lcl.t·tt (Y"m); 2. David Hower ton (Y,l m) ; 3.
Wdymu n Au try (Y.ml l; 4. Billy tbmil to n
311 + C : I. Dwane Byrd ( K,l W); 2. Brl't Gi p!> n ( H u n ); 3.
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T hu m ol!O Rotu nda (Suzl; 4. Dona ld W hitt< (Suz l; 5. T im Bu rn s
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35+: 1. V.1nll Gi bson (1-1111,); 2. Rus.. I'ickl'tt (Yitm ); 3. C h ri..
Brewer C
KTM ); 4. Th<>rn,ls Perkin .. (Su z); 5. JAm... 5.mchl,"z (K,lW).
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4t1+ I. D.lrrd l 60.·11 (Hon): 1. Chri.. Brewer (KT M); 3. Thom ,ls
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Perkin .. {Sud ; 4. Rie l. Ri)..lflJ (Suz); 5. Auman r'om..h (Hon) .
o r EN 4·STRK: 1. J il" Ofl B.1ldwin (Y,l m ); 2. [)unnit' Da vi"
(Y,l m ); 3. RV;l'; HdWkiru; (Y" m) .
U /L ·1. Rick Rik ar d (5 u z ); 2. Eric Cox (Ya m) ; 3. C hild
Pupo vich (Y,l m) ; 4. Mich "d Ca rter (Y,lml ; 5. Phillip Shil·lds ( K.l w) .
Los AngelesCounty R
aceway
Penta grand at CRC night MX
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE. CA, AU 14
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Michael Penta and G ran t Moor e Jr. too k turns
running awa y w it h the 250cc Be gi nn e r-cla ss
mo tos . Fort una tely fo r Pe nt a, hi s domi nance
was in the seco nd mo to, w hic h gave h im th e
overa ll du ring Ca liforn ia Ra cin g Club's Sa turda y night motocross.
It was evide nt by lap two of the first moto
th at Penta a nd Moor e wou ld be the riders to
beat , as they argued ove r the lead a good 20 sec- •
onds ahea d o f Ryan Caffey , w ho was ru nning
third. Moo re ga ined the uppe r hand at the mid way po in t a nd sta rted to put a litt le dis tance
between himself an d Penta. Caffe y came un de r
fire fr om th e Ho nd a- m ou n ted duo o f Justi n
Murp hy and james Beese, making it an in teresting race for third p lace.
Moore was on fire and he g ree ted the checkers first with nea rly 15 second s to spare over
Pe nta. Mur ph y finally found .1 way arou nd Caf. fey to finish third, wit h Beese follo wing suit to
drop Caffey to fifth by the end of the moto.
YZ250-mou nted Penta edged out Moor e a nd
Scott Klaers for the second -mote holes hot. Within a la p, Moo re was s how ing Pent a his front
fender in the corners, just looking for a p lace to
pass. A lap later, Moore came out from u nderneat h the over-a nd -unde r section with the lead .
Penta pu lled. up nex t to Moor e on the follow ing
straight an d forced. his \"\'ay undern eat h in the
next turn to grab the advantage. Moo re got a little anx ious on the exit of the comer and tagged.
Penta 's back whee l an d went down.
By the time Moor e reco vered a nd got under
way aga in, Penta had a 15-seco nd cushion .
Beese had been wo rking up from a bad start and
was ru nning third but couldn ' t ca p ita lize on
Moor e's misfor tun e.
Moure actually knocked a couple of seco nds
off Penta's lead during the remaini ng la ps, bu t it
was still Penta a ll by himself at the checkers to
sew ,u p the ove rall. Third overall wen t to Beese,
wi th Caffey (5-4) a nd Murphy (3-6) rounding
out the top five on the night.
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Results
P/W YAM BEG: 1. L...ui" 5mil h (Y,l m ); 2. A I1l.ln.ow
(Y"m); 3. Tvtcr Odom (Y"m) .
r /w BEG:
I. M "ttht.·w
Dd ~)du
Popp (H M) ; 2. u.lJ;