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Chaparral Pro-Am turn to the checkered flag. O'Connor By BETH AND BOB LARoCK cruised to finish second. Division two's Geof "Buzz" Mayfield was third, SAN BERNARDINO, CA, DEC. 17-19 l\!I IAJfJ ichael Blose clearly came out placing him first in his division and second overall for the weekend. on top of the 125cc Intermedi- ate competition at the three-day In the Women's Expert class, Chaparral Pro-Am held at Glen Helen Plano Honda/MSR/Pro Circuit/Donnie Raceway. A clean sweep of firsts in Hansen-sponsored Jacqueline Hudson from Texas took control of the every event from Stadiumcross on Friday to motocross on Saturday and a stadiumcross action, going 1-1. In the first moto, severa I riders Grand Prix on Sunday showed Blose's dominance in varying types of racing. crashed in the first turn. The race was On Friday, the 125cc Intermediate restarted, with Sheena Patterson leading the pack, followed by Hudson and class was divided into two divisions due to the large number of entries. Division One's first moto was led Kelly Yancey. The first two laps saw several more crashes, but Hudson through the holeshot turn by Yamaha/Thousand Oaks/Pro Circuit/ Answer/Dunlop-sponsored Blose. Sean O'Connor and Cory Gibbons gave pursuit but tangled in the second turn, loosening O'Connor's clutch lever. O'Connor completed the took the lead. Heidi Henry took up the number-two position, followed by Jamie Pamintuan and Patterson. On lap three, Henry slid out in the turn before the spectator triple, allowing Pamintuan, Patterson and Bonnie Warch to advance into third through moto while hunting for his lever, which slowed him down. Blose quickly developed a substantial lead and held it to the finish. Kawasaki-mounted Ross Garcia, Gibbons and O'Connor rounded out the top four. The second-moto start was redflagged following a crash, resulting in a DNF for Gibbons. "Holeshot" O'Connor led the restart, with Garcia and Blose in tow. At the end of the first lap, Blose had again claimed a lead that he'd hold to the finish. Gar- fifth. A crash on the fifth lap resulted in Pamintuan falling back to fourth. Hudson crossed the finish line first, followed by Patterson and Warch. "I got the holeshot in the first moto," a triumphant Hudson said. "I didn't know what happened. They restarted the race, and I was kind of mad 'cause I had the holeshot. Overall, it was pretty good - kind of simple up front. There wasn't really anybody to ride with, but it was fun, a real good experience. That was only the second time I've ridden supercross." cia passed O'Connor on the second Hudson commanded the second- lap after O'Connor's bike developed engine problems. Nathan Jones came from behind and captured third on the fourth lap. The top three finishers were Blose, Garcia and Jones. Saturday's motocross event, on a freshly watered track, was slightly more challenging for Blose. He came through the holeshot turn in third, behind O'Connor and Garcia. Blose quickly seized second from Garcia, but O'Connor proved a more worthy adversary, holding off Blose until the fourth lap. Then Blose stretched out his lead to the finish, with O'Connor moto lead from start to finish. Warch and Henry crossed the finish line in second and third. On the motocross start Saturday morning, Henry seized the first-moto holeshot. Warch and Yancey closed in quickly, taking over first and second. On lap three, Hudson moved from fourth into third, behind Warch. A battle for second ensued, with Hudson victorious in the turn before the Carousel. Kawasaki/Team Green/Oakley/ Alpinestars/ Acerbis/Pro Circuitbacked Yancey claimed her first win of the weekend. "I felt a lot more comfortable," said Yancey. "Once I got in the groove, I felt really good. At the beginning, I really felt the pressure." and Garcia taking second and third. By the second mota, the track had dried but was very rutted. This did not impede Blose, who held the lead from start to finish. O'Connor challenged Yancey improved her second-moto start by seizing the holeshot. Warch and Hudson were close behind. Hudson put pressure on Warch for second during the next two laps, making a pass stick at the end of the third lap, but Yancey scored another first. Hud- Blose for a few laps but was unable to pass. Blose crossed the finish first, only slightly winded. O'Connor claimed second, and Donnie Gritton captured third. Sunday's Grand Prix event was the culmination of a perfect weekend for Blose. Division One and Two riders were combined into the same gate, son and Warch were second and third. During Sunday's Grand Prix, Pamintuan finally got out front, and she calmly rode her own race to the fin- and Blose showed his dominance over all, in control from the holeshot 32 JANUARY 26, 2000' cue • e n e vv 50 ish. Yancey started the event in second but lost that position to Hudson at the halfway mark. Pamintuan finished first, followed by Hudson and Yancey. Hudson claimed the overall for the weekend with her 1-1-2-2-2 finishes. CN 61an Helen IlKewly ...... Sen Bemanlino, Califomil Results: December 17-19, 1999 Friday ~ Stadiumcross 50 (4-6): 1. TlInner Krahenbuhl (Lem); 2. Daventry Spears (Kew). 50 (7-8): 1. Cha, Spears (Yom); 2. Colter Dimick (KTM); 3. Paul DeSoto (KTM); 4. Dustin Gillis (Pol). 60 (O-S): 1. Terren O'Dell (Kaw); 2. Donnie Kearney (KTM); 3. Chaz Spears (Kaw); 4. Colter Dimick (KTM); 5. Tanner Krahenbuhl (Lem). 60 (9·11): I. Ike Jost (Kaw): 2. B.J. Bohrer (KTM); 3. Chapmen Fiene (KlJw); 4. Blake Herber (Kaw); 5. Grahllm Spillman (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Kenneth Brewer (Yam); 2. Derreck Murphy (Yam); 3. Mitch Maxwell (Hon); 4. Jeremy Obeso (Yam); 5. Dalton Dimick (KTM). 80 NOV: 1. Brett Rothas (Kaw); 2. Ike Jost (Kaw); 3. Chris Blose (Yam); 4. Randall Hall (Kaw); 5. Kyle Foltz (Kaw). 80 INT: 1. Casey Hinson (Suz); 3. Shane Kelley (Yam); 4. Tristan Kallas (Yam); 5. Chris Chevrette (Suz). 80 EX: 1. Sean Collier (Kaw): 2. Joshua Grant (Kaw); 3. Kelly Tedder (Yam); 4. Chris Nihan (Suz). S/MINI: 1. Sean Collier (KllW); 2. Joshua Grant (Kaw); 3. Casey Hinson (Suz); 4. Randall Hall (Kaw); 5. Chris Nihan (Suz). 125 BEG 0-1: 1. Jason Jernigan (Hon); 2. Aaron Schmidt (Hon); 3. Alan Arlin Jr. (Suz); 4. James Davis (Kaw); 5. Riley Banks (Yam). 125 BEG D·2: 1. B.J. Burns (Yam): 2. Bryan Blagg (Yam); 3. Phil Schafer (Yam); 4. Sam Scanlon (Hon); 5. Jared Minor (Hon). 125 NOV D-1: 1. Gabriel Obeso (Yom): 2. Corey Murphy (Hon); 3. Kevin Harshman (Hon); 4. Jeff Loop (Kaw); 5. Jonathan Murphy (Suz). 125 NOV 0·2: 1. Billy Arnone (Yam); 2. Jahen L1yeblud (Yam); 3. Jarrod Hensley (Hon); 4. Andy Bakken (Yam); 5. Robert Bergman (Suz). 125 INT 0-1: 1, Michael Blose (Yam); 2. Ross Garcia (Kaw); 3. Nathan Jones (Yam); 4. Sean O'Connor (Yam); 5. Brandon Milstead (Suz). 125 INT 0-2: I. Corey Macomber (Yam); 2. Geof Mayfield (Hon); 3. Christopher Tocco (Yam); 4. Patrick Terry (Yam); 5. Fredrik Steelneck (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Andrew Short (Kaw); 2. Mike Corder (Kaw); 3. Jeff Northrop (Kaw); 4. Ethan Bates (Yam); 5. Gerritt Ordelman (Yam). 250 BEG: I. Judd Scanlan (Kaw); 2. David McManus (Yam); 3. Dennis Mapes (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Corey Murphy (Hon): 2. Chris Roberts (Yam); 3. Jesse Attaway (Hon); 4. Jimmy Fishback (Yam); 5. Don Emler Jr. (Hon). 250 tNT: 1. Brandon Milstead (Suz); 2. Nathan Jones (Yam); 3. Geof Mayfield (Han); 4. Jozef Deutsch (Yam); 5. Kevin Gahan (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Corder (Kaw): 2. Bobby Filch (Hon); 3. D.J. Umphres (Yom). WMN BEG: I. Jenny Clark (Yam). WMN NOV: 1. Bonnie Kelly (Yam); 2. Kelly Renshaw (Suz). WMN tNT: 1. Tamra Madden (Suz); 2. Tarrah Johnson (Yam); 3. Laura Little (Hon). WMN EX: J. Jacqueline Hudson (Hon): 2. Bonnie Warch (Yam); 3. Sheena Patterson (Suz); 4. Heidi Henry (Yam): 5. Kelly Yancey (Kaw). Michael Blose (82) passed Sean O'Connor (9) and went on for the victory - one of the six he would earn in Division One of the 125cc Intermediate class in three types of racing (stadiumcross, motocross, grand prix) over three days of racing at the Chaparral Pro-Am at Glen Helen Raceway Park. VET INT: 1. Jon Levey (Yam); 2. Randy Danylo (Kaw); 3. Casey McKinney (Hon). VET EX: 1. Dennis Gallagher (Yam); 2. Chad Blough (Suz). SR NOV: 1. Victor Parker (Kaw); 2. Donnie Quanstrom (Hon). SR INT: 1. Milton Mize (Kaw); 2. Jason Yodogawa (Yam). SR EX: 1. Brent Battin (Yam); 2. Bob Maxwell (Hon); 3. Kurt Dimick (Yam). Saturday - Motocross 50 (4-6): 1. Daniel Paluzzi (Cob); 2. Tanner Krahenbuhl; 3. Daventry Spears: 4. Bryce Stewart (Cob). 50 (7-8): 1. Nic Paluzzi (Cob); 2. Michael Truglia (Cob): 3. Cha, Spears (KTM): 4. Paul DeSoto II (KTM): 5. Colter Dimick. 60 (0-8): 1. Donnie Kearney (KTM): 2. Chaz Spears (Kaw); 3. Nic Paluzzi (Kaw); 4. Bradley Pace (Kaw); 5. Kyle PeroUo (Kaw). 60 (9-11): 1. Ike Jost (Kaw); 2. Trent Pugmire (Kaw); 3. B.J. Bohrer (KTM); 4. Chapman Fiene (Kaw): 5. Bloke Harber (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Ken Brewer (Yam); 2. James Foster (Hon); 3. Randy Hill (Yam); 4. Derreck Murphy (Yam); 5. Justin Pamintuan (Han). 80 NOV: 1. Chris Blose (Yam); 2. Brett Rothas (Kaw); 3. Ike Jost (Kaw); 4. Sean Borkenhagen (Kaw): 5. Dane Jackson (Yom). 801NT: 1. Shane Kelley (Yam); 2. Robert Memoli (Yam); 3. Carlos Gonzalez (Kaw); 4. Tristan Kallas (Yam); 5. Chris Chevrette (Suz). 80 EX: 1. Sean Collier (Kaw); 2. Kelly Tedder (Yam); 3. Joshua Grant (Kaw); 4. Tyler Duncan (Yam). S/MINI: 1. Sean Collier (Kaw); 2. Tyson Burmeister (Yam); 3. Joshua Grant (Kaw); 4. Casey Hinson (Suz); 5. Robert Memoli. 125 BEG D· 1: I. Aaron Schmidt (Hon); 2. Kenny Craig (Hon); 3. Jason Jernigan (Hon); 4. Alan Arlin Jr. (Suz); 5. Doug Nolter (Kaw). 125 BEG D·2: 1. Jared Minor (Hon); 2. B.J. Burns (Yam); 3. Nathan Pamintuan (Suz); 4. Chris Denison; 5. Chris Hughey. 125 NOV D-1: 1. Corey Murphy (Hon); 2. Bradley Huth (Hon); 3. Han Grossman; 4. C.J. Mahon: S. Gabriel R. Obeso (Yam). 125 NOV 0-2: 1. Andy Bakken (Yam); 2. Mike Davis; 3. Jahen L1yeblud (Yam); 4. Travis Johnson; 5. Cody Hertel. 125 INT 0-1: 1. Michael Blose (Yam); 2. Sean O'Connor (Yam); 3. Ross Garcia (Kaw); 4. Donnie Gritton; 5. Alvin Zalamea (Suz). 125 INT 0-2: 1. Christopher Tocco; 2. Geof Mayfield (Hon); 3. Mark Valcore (Yam); 4. Jared Williams (Yam); 5. Patrick Terry. 125 PRO: 1. Mike Corder; 2. Kristoffer Berg: 3. Nick McBride; 4. Ethan Bates; 5. Gerritl Ordelman. 250 BEG: 1. Judd Scanlan; 2. Chauncey Hayes (Hon): 1172; 4. Josh Petrucci (Yam); 5. Kart Ludwig (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Jimmy Fishback (Yam); 2. Corey Murphy; 3. Chris Roberts (Yam); 4. Cole Thurston (Yom); 5. Brae Daugherty (Su,). 250 (NT: 1. Geof Mayfield (Hon); 2. Richard Wickham (Suz); 3. Jozef Deutsch (Yam); 4. Josh Mason (Han); 5. Nick Mairose (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. *969: 2_ Bryan Nelson (Yam); 3. Bobby Fitch (Hon); 4. Erik Anderson (Hon). WMN BEG: 1. Shelly Macaluso (Suz); 2. Jenny Clark (Vam); 3. Michelle Alberts (Yam); 4. Noelle Guerrie (Kaw). WMN NOV: I. Bonnie Kelly (Yam); 2. 'Kelly VET BEG: 1. Ray Becker (Kaw); 2. Alan Arlin Sr. Renshaw (Suz). WMN INT: 1. Tarrah Johnson (Yam); 2. Tamra Madden (Suz); 3. Laura Little (Hon). WMN PRO: 1. Kelly Yancey (Kaw); 2. Jackie Hudson (Hon); 3. Bonnie Warch (Yam); 4. Heidi Henry (Yam); 5. Sheena Patterson (Suz). 4·STRK NOV: 1. Dylan Jackman (Hus). 4-STRK INT: 1. Brett Daugherty (Yam). JR VET BEG: 1. John L. Curk (Kaw): 2. Robert Klein (Yam); 3. Dave Roberts (Hon). JR VET INT: 1. Duane Benner (Kaw); 2. Chris Roberts (Yam); 3. Ed Niemela; 4. Darin Guerrie. JR VET EX: 1. Jeff Fine (Yam); 2. Brian Beach I. Ed Niemela (Kaw): 2. Richard Kohler (Yam); 3. Danny Jones (Yam); 4. Michael Teichert (Hon); 5. John Hutchison (Kaw). VET BEG: 1. Lee Radder (Yam); 2. Ray Becker (Kaw); 3. Jeff Swickard (Kaw); 4. Mark Johnson (Hon); 5. Steve Sussman. 4-STRK INT: 1. Ryan Johnson (Yam). JR VET BEG: 1. Juan Ordonez (Hon); 2. John Clark (Kaw). JR VET NOV: JR VET tNT: I. Chris Roberts (Yom). I. Chad Luhman (Kaw): 2. Ed Niemela (Kaw); 3. Darin Guerrie (Kaw); 4. Ryan Johnson (Yam). JR VET EX: I. Jeff Fine (Yom). (Yam). VET NOV: (Yom). •

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