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oint loss. Masencup dropped two. Sev-ral miles of road followed , taki ng rid-rs to the next timed section. A res tar t at mile 27.20 led into sectio n wo - 9 miles of the tight stu ff. This time, iders got a chance to ride o n some of -lorlda 's famous palmettos, which is rind of lik e rid ing through a field of wling balls. This time, Gr avitt posted h e fast time, dropping three. Veator md Masencup each posted a four-point oss. Section th ree, an 18-mph section, roved to be off o n mileag e and had to thrown out. This helped man y riders, ind ud ing Veator, who burned the che ck v several minutes . , The gas stop came at 58 miles. Ten miles of free territory led to the final and longest sectio n of the day, a tough 17-m iler tha t would be the decid ing factor in th e tig h t ba ttl e between ravitt and Veator, both wi th a score of four at thi s po in t. Masencu p had a six goi ng into the fina l section . Some controversy su r ro u nded th is section as well. It seems th e trail nearly do ubled back on itse lf in several places. A missed tu m he re or the re ha d riders scrambling throu gh the woods, looking for arrows. Rid ers vi sible through the foliage ca used th ose w ho were lost to hea d to w a rd them to ca tch t he tra iL De pending on w here this ha p pened , riders either gained several miles of trail unknowing ly or wound up riding parts of the trail again . The trail was fast enough that, whether they got lost or no t, some faster riders were able to zero the section. Once again, Gravitt was the man, staying on his minute through the check-out for a zero and a total of four. Veator had trouble finding the arrows and possibly rode some parts of the trail twice. He dropped two points. Masencup was on the gas hard for a one-point loss. The last ch e ck of the day was a known co ntrol that also created a bit of a buzz. It seems that an inexperienced c hecker or two a t the checkpoint assu med that si nce t he ch e c k was kno wn , yo u cou ld go th rough as early as yo u wanted ; the rul es state that rid ers may o nly go throug h up to 15 minut es early. Severa l ri ders cl aimed th at the checker (or checkers) told them to come o n th rough no matter how ea rly they we re, because it would n't count against them anyway. Well , it did . There were numerous DQs. Protests w ere filed, but the check w as kept in; the rid ers shou ld have known better. All in all, it wa s a good race, in spite of the problems, and thi s win shou ld put Gravitt in the front for the championship. eN Capital City Enduro Tallahassee, Florida Results: Octobe r 24, 1999 (Round 5) O lA: Allen Gravitt. AA.: 1. Tommy veaton 2. Doug Mesen cu p . OPEN A : 1. M itc h McRr c; 2. Joey Ro w la nd ; 3. David Kuka . 250 A: 1. Don Bax!t.-y; 2. Russe ll Ep ley ; 3. Ryan Crist. 200 A: 1. Tra vis Ha yes ; 2. Scott Mou n t; 3. So nny Morabito. 4-STR K A: 1. Jeff Harris : 2. Ceoffe Poole; 3. Kevin Knight. OP EN B: 1. For res t Hardeman: 2. Ted Lentz; 3. Ladd Sande rs . 250 B: 1. Trey Welborn; 2. Stew a rd Baylor: 3. Ivan Hayes. 200 B: 1. M icha el Cox ; 2. Scan wallace: 3. Ste ve Lewis. 125 8 : 1. lenni Lamb. 4-STRK B: 1. Ph illip Sims; 2. Peter Magee; 3. Jimmy Vinson. OPEN C: 1. D.w id Ha rbin; 2. Pau l Girard ; 3. Scott PTl'Snd l. 250 C: 1. Brian Peggie: 2. Do nnie Thompson; 3. Ton y Newman. 200 C: 1. Luke Du rham, 2. Greg Da rne ll: 3. Mike Fraser . 125 C: 1. Deborah Broderick: 2. Tcrry Drew; 3. Perry Knott s. 4-STRK C: I. C hri s joh nson . 2. Curtis Correly; 3. Dua ne Wellington. VE T A: 1. Kim Wahoon ; 2. Jonny Simpkin s ; 3 . Maynard Patterson. VET 8: 1. $tl."ve Kantarjian; 2. Mike McLead; 3. Jim G reen . VET C: 1. John Fishe r; 2. Jess Conway; 3. Scott Le . e SR A: 1. Sta n G ha nt ; 2. Frank Shoenbec k; 3. Bob Osbo rne . S R B: 1. Ph il Doy le; 2. Greg Ti ndell; 3. Ca me ron Smith. SR C 1. Jamie Clontz; 2. Thomas McBridt.> 3. [ohn ; west, S/SR A: 1. Dave Ku ka; 2. Mikl." Sha n k; 3. Mike Reyno lds . SlSR B: 1. Rick Shipnt"r; 2. Stuart Bradow; 3. Tt'1T)" Enyart. SlSR C: 1. G.uy Bi..hop; 2. William Durham; 3. Joh n Da y. MSTR A: 1. Jo h n Kirbv; 2. L10vd Widener ; 3. Johnny Tho mas. •. MSTR B; 1. Mich ae l Tho m pson; 2. Ron Miller ; 3. Ca tes Pelletier . MSTR C: 1. No rbert Na il; 2. Ken ny Hardee , 3. Jdf Taylo r. WMN: 1. Twilah St.......·ar; 2. Kar en Ielso n: 3. Elaine Nob IL'S. GLDN MST R: I. Richard Argabright ; 2. Fre d Hammond : 3. Richa rd Sm ith. SPTS MN ()'200: 1. Jerry Knotts; 2. Da le Wilcox ; 3. Kris Sewer . 5PT5MN O ~EN: 1. Darren Fow le r ; 2 . Brian Mathew s; 3. Fred Kiefner. Je ff Mayberry mas tered the Edwards Air Force Base motocros s track in California to become the 250cc Beginner winner at round three of the CRC's 11th annual Sponsorship Series. C aliforniaRacingC bS lu ponsorship Series R ound3: Edwards M otocross Mayberry buries 'em By Greg Robe rtson EDWARDS AFB, CA, NOV. 7 eff Mayberry traversed the evershifting sands of the Edwards Air Force Base motocross track slightly better than the o ther 20 250cc Beginner competitors to earn the win during round three of California Racing Club's I I th an n ua l Sponsorship Series . Grant Moore Jr. got a good launch off the cem ent sta rti ng pad to lead Aaron Bjork an d Da niel Ca rabajal on th e opening lap of rna to o ne . Bjork d ro p ped to nin th after p lowing his fron t end into one of the many soft turns and going d own. Moore's lead lasted a couple of laps before he also wen t d own in one of Edward 's big, sandy berms. Ca rabajal joine d Moo re on the gro und in the same turn, w hich handed Mayberry the lead. Maybe r ry man aged to stay upright the en tire d is tance for the w in . Moore was quic kly up and und er way, hound ing Robert Geottling fo r second p lace before fall ing again o n the white-flag lap. Geottling ended up finishing in seco nd, with Bjork fig hting his wa y ba ck toward the front and getting around the fallen Moore for third . In round tw o, Geottling pulled the holeshot and ran out front for a lap and a half before he too k a soil sample. Ma ybe rry w as once again handed the top spo t. Bjork was the fastest rider on the tra ck , getti ng around Mayberry on lap three and pulling awa y for the win . Mayberry's runner-up finish was all he needed for the overall honors over the 31 of Bjork. Moore was all by himself in third, with Geottling (2-7) and Carabajal (6-4) rounding out the to p five . The first 250cc Novice moto was an Ole Henden benefit, as he p ut his YZ2S0 into an im m ediate lea d and was never co n tes ted . Josh Bagge ca me from way bac k to s lip past Neil Chish olm with tim e runn in g o u t to fi nis h in second place. M ik e Em b ry abs cond ed w ith th e holesho t in the second moto, bu t after a lap it w as Jason Allen ou t fron t, w ith Ba g ge and H en d en a ll o ver hi s back fender. A lap lat er, Bagge w as aro u nd A lle n, a nd he w al ked awa y with th e moto and overall w in. Henden finished a safe di st an ce ahead of Chisho lm, who w en t 3-3. There wa s no catch ing Brent Gilliam in th e first 250cc Int ermediate moto, as J he went w ire to w ire for the w in. Ch ris Honnol d m ad e Jon Zahrt work fo r his second-place finish. Josh M a so n a n d Nick Mairose earned fou rt h a nd fift h, respectively. Gilliam snagged another holes hot on his YZ2S0, ahead of Mairo se and Mason. Zahrt was le ft at the fi rs t tu rn after going down. Gillia m bobbled and quic kly found himself back in fourth, be hi nd Mairose, Mason and Honnol d . Mairose held off a determined Mason to take the second-moto win, but it was Zah rt ' s g rea t come-from- behind effo rt that claimed the overall on a 2-3 tally . Gilliam 's 1-4 edged out the 5-1 o f Mairose for second. CN Edwards Motocross Edwards Air Force Base, California Results: November 7, 1999 (Round 3) P/W UEG: 1. Iustin Scho ute r (lA"m); 2. Kyle Prince (HM); 3 . A .J. H or ton (K T M I: 4. Lami so n Jord a n : 5 . Shawn Rhinehart (.... 'TIvf ). ~fW YAM BEG: 1. De nny Adams (Yam); 2. N ick Fra nco (Yam) ; 3. Andrew Delga do (Yam); 4. Bra ndo n Larsen (Yam). P/W A D V: 1. Dalto n Cas tn ha u de ( KT M ); 2. C hri . . tc p hcr Bra cket (KTM); 3. Eric Kah ler (KTM). SfP/W 11-9): i . Arma ndo Agu ilar (KTM); 2. Keith Robinso n (Cob). PIW 60: 1, Keith Robinson (Cob). 60 BEG: 1. Andy Delarge (Ka w) : 2. Tyl e r Krasel (K., W); 3. To ny Na ta ro (Ka w). 60 (4-8) : 1. ju ke L.1 CCY (Kaw). bO(9-11): 1. Tren t Pug mir e (K aw ): 2. Pres ton Lundin (KTM); 3. Taylor Lacey (Kaw): 4. Shawn Butler (Ka w ): 5. Shima Rhi ne ha rt (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Steven Co lson (Yam); 2. Ryan Peterso n (Yam); 3. Ada .. Bakchis (Hon) : 4. Matt Paulin; 5. Trav is Foos(Kaw). 80 ( 7~11): 1. Kyl e Je nki n s (Kaw) : 2. T'imo t b y Mc Dan it.l (Ya m ); 3. N ick Sanc he z (Suz): 4. Tanner · Alexander (Yam); 5. Robert Memoli (Yam ). 80 (12·13); 1. Randall Hall (Kaw); 2. Cory Redenius (Ka w ): 3. Kyle Foltz ( Ka w ); 4. Sean Borke nhagen (Kaw): 5. Dave Ca rter (J(."W). 80 114-1&): 1. Robb ie Gatan (Yam); 2. Garrett Warren (Kaw); 3. Jimmv Pat rick (Yam) . SIMIN1: I .'C"m.>t Wa rre n (Kaw): 2. Ro bert Memoli (Yam ); 3. Kyle Foltz IKaw): 4. Randall Hall (Kaw): 5. Sea n Borkenhagen IKaw) . WMN : 1. Tay lo r La ce y (Ka w ); 2. Ht.·id i Hen ry (Ya m); 3. Michl'lIe Burch (Yam). 125 BEC: 1. Cory Krase l (Yam); 2. Darin Chis holm (Hun ); 3. Jon Bender (Kaw); 4. Matthew Kellv (Ho n); 5. Garv Hobson (Han). . '125 NOV: 1. Nick Cali (Yam); 2. O le Hceden (Ya m) ; 3. 80 Will iams (Yam) ; 4. Josh Ba gge (H on) : 5. Jaso n CL"k lSuz) . 125 INT: 1. Ch ris Tocco (Ya m); 2. Jeff Eide (Yam) ; 3. Kyl e Lo ck e (Ya m) ; 4. Er i k M e yer (Ya m) ; 5 . Todd Cosselaar (He n). 125 PRO: 1. Brian Sweany (Suz) : 2. Nick M cBridt.~ (Yam) . 250 BEG : 1. Jdf Ma yberry (Ho nk 2. Aa ron Bjork (Ya m): 3. G ra nt Moore Jr. (Hen): 4. Robert Goctt ling (}(aw); 5. Daniel Ca ra ba jal (KTM ). 250 NOV: 1. Josh Bagge (H o n) ; 2. O le Henden (Yam); 3. Neil Chisholm (Han); 4. Ja!KlO Allen (1G1W) ; 5. Mik e Embry (Suz) . 2SO INT : 1. Jon Zahrt (Suz): 2. Brent Gilliam (Yam); 3. Nic k Mairose (Suz ): 4. Josh Mason (Hon): 5. Ch ris Ho nnold (Y.1m). ~ 250 PRO : 1. Bill Sauro (Hen); 2. Brian Swe a ny (Ya m); 3. Nann Schiel (Han). JR V I:, ,. BEC : 1. Kevin Barrett (Hu n); 2. JUt' M.N.·k . (Hun); 3. Brian Sullivan (Suz); 4. Rick Sha vely (He n): 5. Errin Land on (Hoe) . JR VET NO V: 1. Rick Knox (Yam); 2. Gabi Abavou (He n): 3. Eric Lathrop (Kaw): 4. Ca no n Squires (Ya m'); 5. Jeff Hall (Suz) . JR VET INT : 1. Robbie Du nha m (Yam); 2. Vincent B.1io (Suz); 3. Shane Sta nley (!

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