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wav e. went head to head with th e Vet Beg inners and faile d to lead them for several lap s of
the s how , but he did lead all 18 lap s of his
Beg inner eve nt to brin g his strea k to 72 laps
in a row . Hond a pilot Cra ig Ko ba ck defeated
Yama ha rider Doug Coltrain in th at Vet Begin ner class.
Meanwhile. in the fir st wave. Inte rmediate
Mickey Gri ffi n was fr ol icking in the lead . over
Pro racer Jose Polasek , in th e th ree confronta ti ons. In each. the Yamaha -r iding Amateur go t
the holeshot on th e Honda -m o unted profes sion al and was nev er headed. Eve n fo rm er Pro
Lee Ram age (no w rid ing in first Vet Int ermedi-
ate) cou ldn't keep up , ta king thi rd overall.
T he 6 0 cc Be ginner cl ass was w on this
week by KTM rider Brittne y Rowell in sweeping fash ion .
Results
50 (7·8): 1. Skyl~ Hewkms (Hon).
65 BEG: I. Brtrtney Rowell (KTM): 2. Tom my Madden (Kaw) : 3 .
Jordan Bums (KTM).
65 (9· 11): I. Robert Gutierrez (KTM): 2. l ack Kinne y (Han).
65 ( 12·13) : I. J ustin Hom mel (Kalil).
80 BEG: I . Blllke Herber (Yam): 2. Bill Kingllfl (Hon): 3. Nethen
Mill er (Yam) .
80 (7· 11): Matt venderweter (Yam) : 2. Jason Venable (Kalil ).
80 ( 14 . 16) : I. Brando n Strausba ugh (Han ): 2. lack Kinn ey
(Han ).
125 BEG: I. Tony Bccte me (KlIIII): 2. Travis HlIlllki ns (Suz); 3.
Michael
(Yom ).
I25 JR: I . Jeff Loop (Hon )
250 BEG: I. Em ~ Sanchez (Yam ): 2. Nathen Savouy (Yllm) : 3.
Paul Hazen (Y<'I m) .
250 J R: I . Grll nl Cill baugh (KIIIII).
250 INT I. Mickey Griffin (YlIm ); 2. Blake Thayer (Yll m ).
:
250 PRO : I. Jose Polllsek (Han).
VET BEG: I. Crllig KobGck (Han ): 2. Doug Coltrain (Yam ).
VETJR: I. Tom Thomsen (Han).
VETINT: I . tee RlIm8gt' (Yam).
were
climbed up into fifth place after a la p, while
both O 'Neal and Fig ueroa slipped pa st Patrick
to hold down the two top spots.
O 'Neal ran out front fo r th e next three ci rcu its before McDaniel took his tum lea din g the
field . G u nn wa s slowly shooti ng down h is
competiti on and was all the way up into sec -
ond place. be hind McDaniel, after 25 m inutes
on th e track. Gunn had McD an iel in his scope
and finally made a bid for the lead at the 30 minute mark of the 45 -minute race . McDaniel
wasn't gi ving up eas ily, and he stu c k with
Gunn for a wh ile before Gunn p ulled awa y
s lig htly for the hard-fought victory. O 'Neal
c ros sed the li ne a fa irly close th ird on his
KTM, followed by Figueroa and Patric k.
Kenny Kopecky got the jump on the rest
of the 250cc Beginner cl ass and ran ou t front
for nearly a lap before Mike Kuligowsk i and
Roman Barrozo d ropped him to th ird place.
Kuligowski overtook Barrozo for th e le ad ,
only to go d own a sho rt time la te r. At one
point, Barra za had a 20 -seco nd lead o ver
Leo na rd El we ll , w ho was makin g h i s w ay
towa rd the front afte r a last-pl ace sta rt. Elwe ll
eventually ca ug ht Ba rrozo an d literally stuffed
his way into the lead with 30 minutes of the
ra ce co m ple ted. Elwell q uick ly pulled aw ay
fro m Ba rroz o, but a bobble on th e part of
Elwell with time running out hand ed the lead and th e win - to Ba rraz o . Ku lig owski ende d
up finishing third, behind Elwell. Richar d West
and James Sen delba ch rounded out the to p
five finishers .
Results
Los Angeles County Raceway
McArthur MX: Chris Whitcraft (401) lights 011 Chucky " Fa rm boy " Reed (36) in the first
125cc A mo to in McArthur, Ohio.
P/W YA!'l BEG [).I : I. Shane f.rnenon (Suz): 2. D~ ~
( Yam): 3 Luke Montg om ll!' ( YlI m ): 4. Jacob Ber ry ( Yam ); 5.
ry
Jonathan Marques (Yarn).
P/W YAM BEG [)'2 : 1. JlI mn Wilcox ( YlIm); 2. Man Drak e
(Hon); 3. Jll!OtinShepIIrd (Hen): 4. Shant' M.iler (YlIm) ; 5. Ja5Ol"l Hinl
richs (Yam} .
P/W BEG: I. Mx:haeIRucker (KTM): 2. DJe90 Benedetti (Pol); 3.
Junior OII!'lgado (Suz): 4. Tyson Antillion (KTM) ; 5. WYlltt Sharlock
(KTM).
By GR EG R OB ERTSO N
P/W AnV : I. Colby RahlI (Cob ).
S/P/W (4 ·6), 1. Colby Raho (Cob).
PAU<\DALE, CA, APR. 1
SIP/W (7-9 ): I. NichoIlI s Fnln co (Pol).
PfW 80 : I. Steven fo'Iontane.l: (Yam ): 2. AUyaso PrineII!' (Yam ); 3.
Hon da -m ou nt ed Tyler Gunn prove d. without a
SGmmy 6IISS11!'t1 (Yam) .
doubt, to be the fastest 125cc Beginner during
60 BEG: I. ...IonlJthan Hornbreck (KTM): 2. Kyl e Pri~ (Kaw); 3.
California Raci ng Club's Bandito Gran d Prix.
Ju stin Deiarge (Kew) .
60 (9·11 ): I. Travis Bright (KTM); 2. Kyle Smith (Suz).
After a po o r sta rt. G u nn att ac k ed t he Los
60 BEG: 1. 8eMy Bred; (Ylllm) ; 2. Joshua Erick son (YIIIITl): 3.
A n g e l e s Coun t y Ra cew a y t r a ck w ith a
JlI son Sibiey (Yarn ): 4. Keith Robinson (Kow); 5. Jonathan Hornbeck
ve ng ea nce to ea rn a we ll -d es e rved c o me(KlIw) .
fro m -behind win .
80 (7.11 ): I. Nich Sanche1: (Suz ): 2. J .B. Peek (Yam) ; 3 . Ken
Slaler Jr. (Kll w) .
Whe n sta rte r Ed Tr ipp wa ved the g ree n
60 (12· 131: I. BrenlWl McGinnis (Yam); 2. Andy OII!'large (Kalil):
flag fo r the dead-engine start, Ji mmy Patrick
3. Kevin BII!'y (Yll m ); 4. Cohon Jamn (Yam ).
a bsconded with the hol e s hot, fo llo we d by
80 ( 14-16 ): I. Greg Young (Hon).
Everet O 'N e al , St ev e n F ig u eroa a nd T i m
S/ MlNI: 1. Chuck wudi Udeh (Han): 2. Tenner Langhllm (KIIIII).
DECADE: 1. Jimmy Roberts (Hon) .
Mc Daniel. Gunn was j ust inside th e to p 10 as
4·$TRK: I. Jeny Coffey ( Yam) .
the rid ers m ade the tran sit ion from th e Sad dle
125 BE G: I. Tyl er Gunn ( Han ); 2. Tim McDan iel ( YlIm) ; 3.
Glen trac k to the J .B. Mem or ial aft er hal f a
Everet O'NlI!'al (KTM): 4. Steven Figueroa ( Han ): 5. Jimmy Patri ck
l ap . Gunn wa s sh ow ing so m e speed a s he
(Sou) .
125 NO V: I. Steve Colson
(Ya m ) : 2. Rick y Plllrk s ( Yll m); 3.
Jason D om an [Ye m} : 4 . Ricky
Hemme (YlIm ).
125INT; I. Scott HOllie (YlIm );
ur
2. Shallii!'Smith (Yllm ).
a
250 BEG : I. Roman Berr oac
a:
(Yam) ; 2. Leonard Elwell (Yam); 3.
w
Mike Kulig owski (KlI w ): 4. Richa rd
a:
West (YlIm) ; 5. Jamll!'1 Sendelba ch
>(YlIm) .
25 0 NOV: 1. Bobby St ef an
(Yam ); 2. Joshua Coffey (Yom ); 3 .
Chris toph ll!'l' Leik ll!'l' (Hon) ; 4. Blak e
RunUllId ( KlI w) ; 5 . B ry an Wa rd
(Han).
250 INT: I. Cody Randall
(Yam) .
250 PRO : 1. Bryen Nelson
(YAm): 2. U1ke Orr (Hon).
500 BEG : I . Brand on Wilson
(Hus) .
500 NOV: I. Nick Doll y (Hon ).
J R VET BEG : I . JlI!'f Cha ves
f
( Yam) ; 2. Robert Gebo (Hon ); 3. AI
Panagos (Yam ): 4 . Howard Amund·
son (Hon) ; 5. Ray ~VaUy (5uz).
JR VET NOV: I . Don CioettIing
(Suz ); 2. Brad Pietro (YAm): 3. DIIlO
ClI t uogno ( Ha n): 4 . JOII!' Masek
(Hon) ; 5. John OII!'an (Hon).
J R VET INT : I. JlIson Trube y
(YIIm ): 2. David Antillion (Yom); 3.
W illia m Welch hllnce (Y am ): 4 .
Bru~ Richards (Yam): 5. Stevll!' ColII!'
(Yam ).
JR VET EX: 1. Robbie Dunham
( Y<'Im ).
VET BEG; I . Dove Klienbllch
(Yam) : 2. Brll ndon Br lln don (Suz);
3. Pllul Nielson (Hon) : 4. Joe Sutter
(Yll m ); 5. Rob Shlltt uck ( Yam).
VET NOV: I . Don Goetthng
(SuI); 2. Eric Huffine (Han ); 3. JOII!'
Mll sek ( Hon); 4. Sieve NlSkllmo lo
( Yam); 5. Will Lubin ( Hoo ).
VET IN T : I . E d di e DlIvIs
(Yllm) : 2. Rllnd y Wilk ins (Yam); 3.
J o e Vi ll eglls ( Ha n ); 4 . W i llill m
We lchh lln ce (Yom ) : 5 . B ruce
Lo s Angeles County Raceway: Tyle r Gunn came from out of
Rich llrd s (YlIm).
VE T PRO : I . B ryo n Nelson
the pack for the 125c c Be ginner-class win at the California
(YlIm ).
Rac ing Club's Bandito Grand Prix in Palmdale.
SR NO V: I. Ran dy W in sl olll
(Hon); 2. Donnie Qullnstrom (Han).
Competition Gunned
Down at Bandito GP
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seem ed to read y to pounce on both Reed and
his Chris ' brother David. Chris sl id o ut in a
SR AM:. I. Kenny Kopecky (KI M); 2. Greg Robertson (Hon) : 3.
Fred Willis (Yam ): 4 . Ken Sleter (Y1Im): 5. Bob Ounh.am (YGm).
5R EX: I. Jim DomaIVl (Yam): 2. Chris Lerker (Hen); 3. Harold
SlTuth (Yam): 4 . ""'fit Raiche (Yam ); 5 . Jef ~rrioa (Ya m).
NOV: I. u n Adams (KlIw): 2. I..es Oideflbrock (Yarn): 3.
co me r before the uppe r whoo ps , though, leaving Ree d to follow David to the checkers. Reed
won the daylig ht -shortened second mo to for
orr
MJchad Epstein (Y1m1).
orr
AM:. 1. Charte5 Howell (Yarn): 2. Randy JlIme5 (Yom): 3
Joe G41ati (Hon) ; 4. Bob Blake (Kawl: 5. Gary Colbert (Yam).
the overall . with David Whi tcraft in second and
Chris Whitcraft in th ird.
Young Egan Rosell had his sig hts set on
victo ry. He whipp ed his Ya m a ha and Cob ra
orr EX: I . CurtIs Brown (Ka w) ; 2. Kirto:; Freeman (Yam ): 3. Chnl
Cumbo (Yam) : 4. John Lovett (Yll m): 5. Steve GlI~ (HOIl).
Orr MSTR B: I. Scott Freem4Il (Yam ): 2. Ken G~ (Han) ; 3
Kevin Olen (Yam); 4 . Steve Oark (Yam) .
1"\STR A:. 1. Alan Delarge (Hen) : 2. Leo Seul (Ymn): 3. MII~
Raiche (Yom); 4 . Ji m Sendelbach (Hon) .
i n f o r tw o cla s s w i ns . taking t he 5 0 c c
O
rr
(4- 6) cl ass and th e Ya m a ha Pee Wee class.
"Wild" Willy Bro wning moved up an age
Tu mrace
80: I. Tye Hames/Broc Stewart; 2. Josh Erickson/KeVUl Bey.
125 BEG/NO V: I . Jason Vandelick/Leonard E1w~ 1.
125 INT : I . Jimmy Eberle/Garrett Eberle.
250 BEG / NOV : 1. Bleke Runes tadfWlIde Rune stad ; 2. Eri c
H uffine/J oe Sutter : 3 . Ro bert D ick ie/Tony Pulliam ; 4 . Nicky
Dolly/Dllvkl DeVille; 5. Rob ShlIttuc k/Do ve Kleinboch .
25 0 INT l EX: I . Chuck K ober/Chris Honno ld ; 2. J o sh ull
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