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California Racing Club Ounestown Series Round 4: Los Angeles County Raceway (Left) Starts like this helped Tanner Langham (31) win both 125cc Novice motos at round four of the Califomia Racing Club Dunestown Series. IRight) Michael Leib was runner-up in the 65cc 19-111 class and won the 85cc 17-111 class in Palmdale, Califomia. STORY AND PHOTOS BY GREG ROBERTSON PALMDALE, CA, MAY 25 1;7 hirteen-year-old Tanner Langham I.l can usually be counted on for a top-five overall finish in California Racing Club's 125cc Novice class. Consistently good starts keep Langham toward the front of the pack, with his stronger second moto finishes being his forte. During round four of the 26th annual Riders' Choicesponsored J.B. Memorial Dunestown Series, held at Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale, everything seemed to fall into place, as he easily went 1-1 for the overall honors. YZ250F-mounted Jess Drake won the drag race to the first turn to get things under way in the opening 125cc Novice moto, with Langham settling into second place, ahead of Austin Ingalls, Tony Prince, Ricky Barger and the rest of the field. Langham shadowed Drake's every move for a lap before stealing away the top spot, and Ingalls dropped Drake back to third a lap later. Langham could do no wrong on the jump-laden J.B. Memorial Track, as he motored away uncontested for the win. Second place went to Ingalls, with Barger climbing up into the third-place slot at the checkers, over Drake and Chad Abbott. Langham bolted out of the gate in moto two to grab the early lead, with Barger, Drake and Bill Smith giving chase. Smith was around Barger after a lap, but he wasn't having much success in reeling in Langham. At the midway point, Langham had five seconds on Smith, and he would more than double that margin by the checkers for a seemingly easy 1-1 72 JUNE 18, 2003' cue I e sweep aboard his Renthal/RG3/ Saugus Kawasaki/EVS/ Appliedbacked KX 125. Smith finished second, with Barger allover his back fender, going 3-3 for second overall. Ingalls held off Abbott, Anatol Kozlowski and Adam Lane at the line to go 2-4 for third in the final standings, over the 7-2 tally of Smith. Drew Gosselaar went wire to wire for the first 85cc (12-13) moto win. Team Green's Trent Pugmire worked his way around Topher Ingalls early in the race to finish a few seconds behind Gosselaar. Moto two was a duplicate of the first, with Gosselaar absconding with the holeshot while Pugmire again worked his way past Ingalls. Pugmire caught Gosselaar but didn't quite have that little extra something to make the pass and had to settle for a 2-2 day. Ingalls went 3-3 for third, over the 5-6 efforts of Taylor Kellstrom and the 9-4 score of Adas Bakchis. Gosselaar returned to run away with both Supermini motos on his Suzuki Sport/Axo/N-Style/Dunlop-sponsored RM85. Powerhousebacked Ingalls collected the secondplace trophy on a 2-2 tally, topping the 4-3 score of Kellstrom and the 34 finishes of Tyler Sjoberg. Chris Plouffe and Michael Leib have been going at it over the lead in both the 65cc (9-11) and 85cc (7 -11) classes throughout this series. On this day, Plouffe topped Leib in both 65cc motos; Leib returned the favor by sweeping the 85cc class. Alex Laughlin went 3-3 in the 65cc ranks, and Keith Robinson did the same in the 85cc class. The first 125cc Beginner moto was a Mike McCarron affair, as he turned a good start into a runaway victory. n e vv s Gabe Valente and Andrew Janes took turns holding down the runner-up position until crashes dropped them out of contention. Broc Stewart overcame a bad start to eventually finish in second place, ahead of Shane Simons and Chris Cordos. Stewart got a much better start in moto two and was challenging McCarron for the top spot within a lap. McCarron kept Stewart at bay for the enti re moto for a well -deserved overall win. Third overall belonged to Simons (3-4), with Cordos (4-5) and Rory Hofstatter (5-7) earning fourth and fifth, respectively. Sherri Cruse disappeared with the opening-moto victory in the Women's class, letting everyone else hash it out over second place. Chelsea Candido got the job done, while Tara Neitzel put a last-lap pass on Shana Rhinehart for third. Candido put her CR85 into the point position at the drop of the gate in moto two and was soon joined by Cruse, who hounded Candido throughout the race and finally made the pass on the white-flag lap for a perfect 1-1 showing on her YB Normal Designs/O'Neal-backed Honda. It was a close race for third, with Neitzel again edging out Rhinehart. Samantha Steffens rounded out the top five with a 5-5 score. CN los Ang.I•• Cauaty Rac.w.y P.I......., ClIlifomill Results: M.y ZS, ZDD3 lRaund 41 P/W YAM BEG: 1. Denver Silverlake (Yam): 2. Stephanie Estrada (Yam); 3. Hunter Hardenburg (KTM). P/W HON BEG: 1. Tiffany Vanderlip (Hon); 2. Travis Potts (Hon); 3. Summer Jimenez (Hon): 4. Chad Crosbie (Hon): 5. Mitchell Epstein (Hon). P/W HON ADV: 1. Ryan Cantrell (Hon). P/W B/BEG: I. Dillon Drummen (KTM); 2. Kay Stewart (KTM); 3. Conner Lombardi (KTM); 4. Jeremy Patterson (KTM): 5. Jaroslav Hri21ncik (KTM). P/W B/AOV: I. Nicholas Mercier (Pot): 2. Shane Miller (Cob): 3. Diego Benedetti (KTM): 4. Kevin Grimmett (KTM); 5. Giovanni Larin (Pol). S/P/W (4-6): 1. Nicholas Mercier (Pol). S/P/W (7-9): 1. Dillon Epstein (KTM); 2. Dane Silverlake (KTM): 3. Joseph Reynolds (KTM); 4. Brendan Murray (Cob). 000 BK: 1. Austin Aguilar (Yam). 65 BEG: I. Dalton Bailey (KllW); 2. Shawn Rhinehart (Kew); 3. Dane Silverlake (KTM); 4. Jake Lyon (Suz); 5. Shane Miller (Kaw). 65 (4-8): 1. Demien Tackett (KllW); 2. Joseph Reynolds (KTM); 3. Phil Padilla (Kaw). 65 (9-11): I. Chris Plouffe (Kaw); 2. Michael Leib (Kaw); 3. Alex Laughlin (KTM); 4. Cody Eastman (Kaw): 5. Michael BlIker (KllW). 85 BEG: 1. Tyler Pierce (Han); 2. David Sjoberg (Kew); 3. Mackane Gllrrabrant (Yam); 4. Broc Condon (Suz); 5. Tylor Hemme (Suz). 85 (7-11): I. Micho.1 Lelb (Kow); 2. Chris Plouffe (Kaw); 3. Keith Robinson (Yllm); 4. Michael Vanderlip (Han); 5. Ryan Moscrop (KllW). 85 (12-13): I. Drew Gosselaar (Suz); 2. Trent Pugmire (Kaw); 3. Topher Ingllils (Yam); 4. Taylor Kellstrom (KllW); 5. Adas Bllkchis (Hon). 85 (14-16): 1. Austin Ingalls (Yam); 2. Justin Sjoberg (Suz); 3. Jared Brown (KllIw); 4. Tim Ritzier (Kaw); 5. Sherri Cruse (Hon). S/MINI: 1. Drew Gosselaar (Suz); 2. Topher Ingalls (Yam); 3. Taylor Kellstrom (KllIw); 4. Tyler Sjoberg (Kaw): 5. Justin Sjoberg (Suz). 125 BEG: I. Mike McCarron (Yam): 2. Broc Stewart (Suz): 3. Shlllne Simons (Hon); 4. Chris Cordos (Yam); 5. Rory Hofstatter (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Tanner umgham (Kaw); 2. Ricky Barger (Yam); 3. Austin Ingalls (Yam); 4. Bill Smith (Yom); 5. Chod Abbott (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Daryl Ecklund (Hon): 2. Justin Eide (Han): 3. Derreck Murphy (KTM); 4. Anthony Barbacovi (Yam); 5. Nicholas Burson (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Steven Colson (Yam). 250 BEG: I. Rory Hofstatter (Suz): 2. Keith Kehoe (Yam): 3. Eddie Brown (Yam); 4. Dean Dill (Han): 5. Jason Metoyoer (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Adam Lane (Suz): 2. Brett Moscrop (Kaw); 3. David ZaM (Su,); 4. Bill Smith (Yam); 5. Andrew Terry (Han). 250 INT: I. Daryl Ecklund (Hon); 2. Justin Eide (Han); 3. Nicholas Burson (Han): 4. Bobby Steffan (KTM); 5. Corey Murphy (KTM). 250 PRO: I. Todd Gosselaar (Hon); 2. Mike Meadows (Suz); 3. Scott Roegner (Han); 4. Steven Colson (Yam). WMN: I. Sherri Cruse (Han): 2. Chelsea Candido (Hon); 3. Tara Neitzel (Suz); 4. Shana Rhinehart (Yam): 5. Samantha Steffens (Hon). SCHBY: I. Derreck Murphy (KTM): 2. Tanner Langham (Kaw); 3. Chod Abbott (Yam). JR VET BEG: I. Tucker Fredrickson (Hon). JR VET NOV: I. Roy Ledoux (Hon); 2. Steron Neary (Suz); 3. Terence Traughber (Kaw). JR VET INT: 1. Randy Mosely (Yam); 2. Ole Henden (Yam): 3. Jason Fischer (Suz). JR VET EX: 1. Josh Mason (Hon); 2. Jon Zahrt (Kaw): 3. Nick Mairose (Han). VET BEG: I. Mllirk Harwell (Yam); 2. Greg McConnell (Yam); 3. Vince Ramos (Han); 4. Tucker Fredrickson (Hon); 5. Geoff Patterson (Yam). VET NOV: 1. Dino Catuogno (Hon); 2. Brad Pietro (Yam); 3. Cameron Robinson (Suz): 4. Joel Grandbois (Hon); 5. Rob Enriquez (Suz). VET tNT: I. Randall Moseley (Yam); 2. Mike Uc.itra (Suz): 3. Mike Crosby (Yam); 4. Gabi Abayov (Yom). VET EX/PRO: I. Jon Zahrt (Kow); 2. Nick Mairose (Hon); 3. Robert Dunham (Yam). SR NOV: 1. Larry Watkins (Yam); 2. Cameron Robinson (Suz); 3. Robbie Sjoberg (Hon): 4. Mark Schuster (Han); 5. Ron Wade (Yam). SR AM: I. Robert Bang (Yam); 2. Brian Farner (Han): 3. Kenji Gauther (Yam); 4. Randy Winslow (Hon); 5. Steve Durschlog (Hon). SR EX: I. David Zahrt (Suz); 2. Mark Moscrop (Hon); 3. Bam Simons (Yam): 4. Ken Neitzel (Han): 5. Richard Bunch (Yam). OfT 40. NOV: 1. Earl Adams (Yam); 2. Laurence Feldman (Han); 3. Stewart DeFord (Yam). On- 40+ AM: I. George Andrews (KTM); 2. Ron Wade (Yam); 3. Jeff Hawthorne (Suz); 4. Ron Rector (Yam); 5. Mark Schuster (Hon). OfT 40+ EX: 1. Robert Marks (Yam): 2. Garry Conner (Yam): 3. Steve Durschlag (Han); 4. Brian Farner (Hon). OtT 50. NOV: 1. Les Oldenbrook (KTM); 2. Kerry Morris (Hori); 3. Herb Kane (Yam); 4. Steve Popjoy (Hon); 5. Asker Lamkjaer (Suz). OfT 50. EX: 1. Michael Burnett (Han): 2. Bob Dunham (Yam). OfT MSTR A: I. Ken Neitzel (Han). OtT MSTR B: I. Dan Schror (KTM); 2. Dave Willillrns (Yam).

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