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California Racing Club Ounestown Series Round 3: Star west Motocross Park Bv Memoli ret urned to ea s ily do m ina te both round s of 80c c (1 2 - 13 ) actio n on his S im i Valley Cycle/ Sc ott/Thors p o n so re d RM80 . Hilliger was a ls o doi ng d oub le duty o n the da y, go ing 2- 2 be hind Memol i. Elliott grabbed a pa ir of th ird-place finishes over Mike Rain e s an d J oshua Erickson. C.J . Mah on almost made winn ing th e firs t Scho olboy moto loo k e a sy. S t e ve Col son kept h im in sight but c o uldn' t m o unt a charge for th e to p G RE G R O B E RT SO N MORENO VAUEY, CA, MAY 20 aliforni a Racing Club t ra ve le d so uth to Starwest Motocross Park fo r round th re e of the 24 th ann ual J.B. Me mo ria l Dunestown Series . The Hon d a -m ounted d u o of Dary l Ec k lund a nd Eve rt S mith found the hard p ac k ed , s u pe rc ro ss -s tyl e la y o ut to th eir liking , as th e y ea s ily do mi na ted the S u p e rm in i a nd 12 5 c c Beg inner classes , respec tive ly. E c kl un d prov ed th at h is lo n e Honda in th e Supe rm ini fie ld ha d no sh ort ag e of hor sepowe r as he ripp e d th e first -m ot o ho le sh ot, ahea d of th e S uzu k i-m o un te d trio of Cole Se e ly, Ro bert Mem o li and Brett Rot ha s . Memo li qu ic kly got around See ly for second place. wh ile Matt Elliott set tled into fo ur th . ahead of J u s t in Hillig e r and Nick Sanchez . Ec klu nd just p la in mo tored away from his competitio n an d was all by him se lf at th e finis h. Memo li was un der no pressu re in s e c on d p lace. Rothas p ut a las t-lap move on Se ely to claim third . Eck lu nd e d ge d ou t S e e ly and Rothas for th e se cond -moto holeshot. Elliott had his ha nds full in fourth with Memol i. By lap two, Ec klun d ha d s ix sec onds on a great ba tt le o ver se cond p la c e betw e en Roth a s , Mem oli and See ly that la s te d until Memol i we nt down in a whoop section. In the end , th e C haparra l/Honda /Pro Cir cuitsponso re d Ecklund had a comfort abl e 15 -se cond c us hio n over Rothas. See ly wa s a few s e c o n d s behind Rothas for t h ird and thi rd overa ll. Hilliger (5 -4) and Elliott (6 -5 ) ro und ed out th e top five . In th e first 125c c Beg inner moto , Mitch e ll Also broo k exit ed the first turn with the lead on his KX12 5, fo llowe d by Smith, Jared Whitlaw, Curtis Lace y an d th e rest of the pack. S m ith overtook Alsobroo k for the top spot. Also brook stuck with the new lea de r for a short ti me before Sm it h up ped the p a c e and d isappea red wit h th e win. Lace y worked his way pa st Whitlaw at th e m idwa y po int to finish third . Alsobrook was q uick est out of th e gate in moto two , bu t he bobb led in the first t u rn and h anded the ea rly lead to Lacey. Lac ey ran out front for a lap before Smith pulled up next to him and kept the throttle pin ned off a ju m p to sai l into the lead . J immy Soliz passe d Lacey for second a t the midwa y poin t and set out after Smith . S ol iz' s effo rt was in vai n , a s S mi t h was flawless fo r the rest of the moto fo r a sweep of the class. Lacey 's 3 -3 wa s good e nough for the secondplace trophy , follow ed by Alsobrook (2-4 ) and Sol iz (5 -2) . (Left) Daryl Ecklund was untouchable In both Su pennini motos at round three of the Califomia Raci ng Cl u b Dunestown Series. (Below) J immy Soliz (14 0) and M itch ell Alsobrook (8 9L) lea d ev entual c la ss w inner Ev ert Smith (4 94) In the first 125c c Beginner m oto at Starwe st Motocross Park. Colson a lso return ed to p ick up a n overall win of h is o wn by sw e eping the 12 5cc Novice class on his potent Ya m a h a of Go le t a /Col son Towi n g / O ' Nea l-b a c k e d YZ 125 . Ba rb a co v i wa s th e brid e s m a id bo th times o ut , followed by Kase y Morris , Re ina and Chisholm. Kawasaki-m o unted Jon Zah rt was untouchabl e on th e Starwest layout a s he we nt four for four to clea n up in th e c ombin ed J un ior Vet cl a s s and Vet E xp ert fie ld . Rob b ie Dunham went 4 -2 to edg e out Jaso n Fisc he r (3 -3) for second ove rall in the Jun ior Vets . Jon ' s ol de r b ro th er Dav id , clai m e d s e c o nd ove ra ll in th e Vet clas s . with Ra n d all T ittl e m ie r (5- 3) com ing ou t on top of a po ints tie with Bob Shim p (4 -4 ) for th ird overall. eN Starwest MatDcross Pari< Mareno Valley. Calilomia Results: May 20. 20 1 (Round 31 P/W VAM BEG: J. Luke Montgome ry (Vom ): J ustin Armenta (Yam ); 3 . Shane Miller (Yam) ; Jason Hinrich s (Y am) ; 5 . Dean Spa ngler (Yam) . P/ W BEG : 1. Garrett G tnche ree u (K TM) ; Shane Em erson (K TM ); 3 . M"xx Dra k e ( KTM) ; 2. 4. 2. 4. Andrew Delgado J r. (HM); 5 . Dieg o Benedetti (Pol). P/W YAM A DV : 1. Shane Emerson (S uz) : 2. James Wilcox (Yam); 3. Diego Benedetti (Yam) . TTR90 : 1. An dy Chavez (Yam) . 60 BEG: 1. Dernien Coll ins Jr. (Ktl w) ; 2. Scott Winslow. 60 (9· 11 ): I. Som my Ortiz (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. A ndr ew Rhoad s (Y8 m ) ; 2. Benn y Breck (Yam ); 3 . Federico Kind ieler (Hon ); 4 . Keith Robinson (Kaw); 5. Ryan Kibbe (K8W). 8 0 (7 - 1 1) : 1. Tr en t Pugm ir e ( Kaw ) ; 2 . Ni ck San chez {Su e}: 3 . Cole Seel y ( Su z) ; 4 . T anner Langham (Ka w) ; 5. Le nce Coury (Sw) . 80 ( 12 · 13 ) : 1. Robert Mem oli (Suz); 2. Ju stin Hilliger (Suz) ; 3. Ml!ltt Elli ott (Y8m ): 4 . Mik e Reines (K 8W); 5. Jo shua Erick son (Yam ). 80 ( 14 . 16): 1. Dory l Ecklund (Hon) : 2. Brett Rothe s (Suz). Sf MINI : 1. Dary l Ecklund (Han); 2. Brett Rotb es (Suz): 3. Cole Seely (Suz): 4. Ju stin Hilli ger (Suz) : 5. Matt Elli ott (Yam) . Wft\N : 1. Leinaia Krytzer (Yam) . 125 BEG: I. Evert Smith (Hon ): 2. Curtis Lacey (Yam ); 3. Mitchell Alsobrook (Kaw); 4 . Jimm y Soliz (Yam ); 5. .Ie red Wh itlaw (Han ). 12 5 NOV: 1. Steve Colson (Yam ); 2. A nthony Barb acov i (Yam); 3 . Kasey Mor ris (Yam); 4. Ryan Reina (Han); 5. Darin Chisholm (Han) . 125 INT : I. Tim Weigond (Hon) : 2. c .J, Mohon (Suz); 3. Shaun Trabert (Vom) . SCHBY: 1. C.J . Mahon (SUl): 2. Steve Cols on (Yam); 3 . A nth ony Barbac ov i (Yam) ; 4 . Ryan Reina (Hon) ; 5. Darin Chisholm (Han). 25 0 BEG : 1. T roy Titt lemier ( Hon) ; 2 . Curtis Shaw (Yam); 3. Jon HlI:I (Hon) . l 250 NOV : 1. J OShU8 Co ffey ( Yam); 2. Ste ve Harbison (Han) ; 3. Grant Moo re Jr. (Hon) ; 4. Kesey Mo rris (Yam) ; 5. Bryan Ward (Hon) . 250 INT: 1. T im Weigllnd (Han); 2. Branden M il ste ad (Suz); 3 . Shaun T rab ert ( Han); 4 . Jus ti n Eid e (Hon): 5. J.J. Hell (KTM) . 2 50 PRO: 1. Warr en Ti ttlemier (Hon); 2. J o sh Mason (Hon) . JR VET : 1. Jon Zehrt (K lIw) : 2. Robbi e Dunham ( Yam) : 3 . J a so n Fi sch er (Suz); 4 . J oel Toka rsk y (Kaw) : 5. Gabi Abe yc v (Yam) . VET NOV : I . Paul N i el son ( Ho n); 2 . Kell y Haqer rn an (Han}: 3 . Mi cha el Blirragan ( Yam); 4 . J ohnn y O 'Hara (Han ). VET NOV: 1. Chri s Carroll (Suz); 2. Stefan Neary (Hon). VET INT : I. Gobi Abo yov (Vom) ; 2. Shy Moshe (Vom) . VET EX /PRO : I . J o n Zohrt ( Ko w) : 2. Do vid Zah rt ( Suz) ; 3 . Ran d all T itt lem ier ( Ho n ) ; 4 . Bob Shim p (v ern) : 5. Robbi e Dunham (Yam) . SR NOV: 1. Randy Winslow (Hon) ; 2. Mik e Reina ( Ha n) : 3 . Earl Ad am s (K aw ) ; 4 . Joseph Py k o sz (Hon ). SR AM : I. Bob Gun n (Han ); 2. Scott McDonall (Han ); 3. Bob Dunham ( Yam ). SR EX: 1. David Zahrt (Suz); 2. Keith Hensley (Suz); 3. Brett Sauve (Vom ); 4. Bob Shi m p (Vom) ; 5. Mar k Raiche (Yam) . OIT AM : 1. Rich ard Bealer (Yam ). O IT NOV: 1. Ea rl Ada ms ( K aw) ; 2 . van ce Jo hnsto n. O f T EX : 1. Sco tt M c Do na ll ( Han ); 2 . Bo b D un ha m (Yam ) ; 3 . J eff Hawthorn e (SUI) ; 4 . Gary Will ison (Ka w). orr MS TR B: I . David Willioms (Vam ): 2. Gorry Conner (Yam) . orr MS TR A : I. Mork Rolche (Vom) . : (Right) St ev e Colson finished second In the Schoolboy class and won the 12!1cc Novice class In Moreno Valley. Califomla. Seely and Tre nt Pug m ire continued the ir series riva lry in the 80c c (7 - I I ) cl ass. Seel y took t h e fir st -moto win, just ahead of Pug m ire . Sanchez gree ted the check e rs in th ird , w it h Tan n e r Lang ha m a nd Lance Cou ry no t fa r be hind . Seely go t the holeshot in m ot o two , with Pugmi re righ t o n his back fender. Seely went down o n the o p e n in g lap and Pugm ire wa s s o close he couldn't av o id h im and al so hit the dirt. Sanchez inher it ed th e lead . Pugmire qu ickly recov ered to main tai n s e c o n d place , ah ead of Langham and Co ury. Pugmire pa ssed Sanchez to go 2 -1 for t h e o ve ra ll. Sanchez (3 -2 ) edged out Seely ( 1-5) for runne r-u p honors. Langham (4 -3) and Coury (4 -5) cla im ed fourth a nd fifth, respectively . s p o t and had to settle for second place, over Anthony Ba rba covi, who got stuck in the gate and had to fight h is way up int o an eve ntua l third place finish , over Dar in Chisholm and Ryan Reina . Mahon snare d t he hole s hot in round two a nd qu ic kly put a few sec on ds on the field until Colson got with the program at the halfway mark and reel ed in Mahon to make him work for th e win. Barbacovi was again third , followed by Reina and Chishol m. cue I e n e _ S • JUNE 20 .2001 49

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