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California Racing Club Sponsorship Series Round 1: Los Angeles County Raceway Pullia m spl it m oto w in s with Mik e Cros b y in t he Vet rac es, with Gabi A bayov goi ng 5 -2 fo r t hi rd overall. The Senio r Expert cla ss t urn ed into two moto-Iong battles over the lea d between Pulliam a nd B am S im ons , wi t h Pu llia m pre va il i ng in th e en d . Joe Roo t' s 5 -3 rid es go t the bette r of D av id Zahrt' s 4 -4 sc ore fo r t h ird in eN th e fina l st andin gs . Chris ely (2101 edged out Josh Erickson (87) for the h o l e shot i n the first 125c c Beg ner moto at the California Racing Club Sponsorship Series opener in Palm d al • but it was Shane Simons 1431 who g ot t o the checkers fi rst. los Angeles County Raceway Palmdal e. Californ ia Results : October 1Z, Z003 [Round 1l P/W YAM B EG : 1. Kr i st al Sm it h (Yam ) ; 2 . N ic hola s Co uto (Yam); 3 . Sea n Cantrell (Yam) ; 4 . Braden Ta ylor (Yam) . P/W HO N BEG: 1. Al ex Martin (Han) ; 2. Travi s Pott s ( Ha n ); 3. Will iam M c Coo l ( Ha n ); 4 . Vi ncent Ladectl ( Hen ); 5. Luc as Height (Han ) . P/W H O N ADV : I. T iff any Vanderlip ( Hen) ; 2. Mi tchelJe Eps tein ( Han ); 3 . Jordan Fow ler (Hen) . B / BK BEG: 1. Race U berante (KTM); 2. Jo hnny M i tc he ll ( K T M ) ; 3. Sam Harter ( K T M); 4 . J a k e Ferreno (KTM); 5. Cody Miller (KTM). B /BK A DV : 1. Andr ew M itchell (Po l) ; 2 . Giovanni Lar in ; 3. Jeremy Mairose ( KTM) ; 4 . Rya n Ca ntre ll (KTM); 5. Diego Benedetti (KTM) . S/P/ W ( 4 · 6): 1. Brandon Kaupp (Pol). S /P /W (7- 9) : I. Di llan Epstein ( KTM ) ; 2. Da ne Silvertake ( KTM) ; 3 . Ni cholas Mer cier (Pol); 4 . Dillon Dru mmen (KTM) ; 5 . Jeremy Ma irose (KTM ) . 65 BE G: 1. Dane Silverleke ( KTM); 2 . Da lt on Zahrt (Suz) ; 3. Cody Baccl nc (Kaw); 4 . Jason B unc h (502); 5. Shelby Ward (Kaw) . 65 ( 4- 8 ): 1. Damian Ta ckett ( Suz); 2 . J ames Hera (Suz) ; 3. Shane Miller ( Kaw ) . 65 (9- 1 1): 1. J oey Savatgy ( KTM) ; 2 . Mi chael Baker ( Kaw ); 3. Dillan Eps tein ( Suz); 4. Chris Carrillo Simons Shines at Sponsorship Series Opener S TORY AN D PHOTOS BY G REG ROBERTSON PALMDALE.C A,OCT. 12 Th e lu re of m o re th an $40 .000 i n I spo nsorships for th e upcoming 2004 raci ng seaso n d rew a huge crowd to Los Angel es County Raceway for th e opening round of th e 15th annua l Cali fom ia Racin g Club/ Galpin Ford/ Pro Circ uit/ An sw er /JMG Motorspo rts -spon so red Sponso rs hip Ser ies. On e rid er who did his best in an effort to secur e a future spo nso rship was Honda-mount ed S han e Si mons, who a c ed b ot h m otos of 125cc Begin ner action. W hen th e ga t e dropped in m oto one , YZ250F r i der Chr is Carm o d y won th e dra g race to th e first turn in t he f i el d of n early 30 r id ers . J o sh Eric k so n sett led into a close sec o nd , a head of Sim ons . Ma x Harter and And y Hamm er. Simon s was t ed little time in makin g his way to the front of th e pack . By lap two, Simo ns had a co uple of seconds o n Hammer, who had gotten around Carmody for secon d place. Simons put a second per lap o n the field en route to th e victory. wi t h Ha mm e r p u lli ng cl ea r of Car m ody fo r seco nd . Ma tt Babbitt work ed h is wa y up into a fourth -p lace fin ish over Scott Boston and Matt Cerrato. Moto tw o dupli ca t ed the first , w it h Simons, Car mody and Er ic k son run n in g ou t fro nt at the drop of the gate. An d just li k e in th e fir st m ot o, it was Simon s wh o m ade it loo k ea sy as he slo w ly d i st a n c ed h im se l f f rom t h e pa ck on his Twin Vis ions /66 1-ba cked CR 12 5. N ick Simpson and Erick so n fought it o ut ove r second plac e. with S im p so n m ak in g a l a st - l a p p a s s stick . Hamm er fin ish ed fo urth, whi ch was good eno ugh for second o vera ll. to p pin g th e 4 -5 score of Babbi tt and th e 3 -6 fini shes of Carm od y . Ta nner Lang ham turned a ho leshot T anne r Langham fl ew to the overall wins In b oth the 12 5cc Novice and Sc hoolboy c la sses at Los Angeles County Raceway. into a runaway victory in the ope ni ng 12 5 cc N o vi c e m ot o . Ryan Gee ra n co mfortably in seco nd pla ce up un til the p enu l tim a t e lap, w he n h e w a s j o ined b y G il E squi ve l , K evin B ey , Nick San chez and Rick y Ba rg er. Gee m anaged to k eep th e fou rsome at ba y ri ght up un til the c h e c k e r s , w it h Sanch ez claim ing th ird , over Esquivel. L a ngha m t im ed th e dro p of t he gate perfectly to n ab th e ho leshot in m ot o t wo. San ch ez got a much bette r sta rt and was k eeping Langh am hon es t. A f a ll dropp ed Es qu ive l f rom th ird t o l Bt h , wi th Gee filling in th e g a p ahead of Mi c h a e l Ra in es and B e y . La n g h a m e nd ed u p wit h a sweep of the c l ass, w it h San c he z a co up le of seco nd s off h is pace at th e fi n i s h for se c o nd o v e ra l l. G e e dropped to sev enth by the end of th e m ot o , but it was sti ll g ood eno ugh for t hird ove rall , ahea d o f B ar g er (6 -5) and Bey (5 -6) . La ng ha m r eturn ed a boa rd h i s Sau gu s Kawa sak i/Spy / 6 61 / A xo/ Ren th a i - b a c k ed K X 12 5 t o pi ck up th e Sch o olboy-class o ve ra ll ho nors o n 1 - 1 rid es a lso . San ch ez was ba c k , t o o , and mad e La ng ham wor k fo r tho se wi ns . Rai nes posted a pair of th irds, over Simons and Matt Cerrato . Jeff E id e looked good in his first race back after a lengthy layoff due to inj uries. as he sp lit moto wins with his cousin Justin Eid e for the 125cc Pro class win . Nicho las Bu rson made his CRC Pro debu t w ith a pair of thirds. Both Eides retu rn ed in the 250cc Pro cl ass, but th ey had no luc k catchi ng D o nni e D u r r e r , wh o fle w hi s C h a pa r r a l/ N a ti o nw i de C y c l e/N o Fear -sp o nso re d CR F4 5 0 R t o a c o n vinc ing two- m ote sw eep for th e fi rst pla c e payba ck . J eff wa s run n er -u p both t im es o ut . w it h B urs o n clai m ing third again . Tony Pull iam went th ree for four to walk away with wins in the Vet Inter me dia te and Se ni or E xpert r ank s. eye I e (K aw); 5. Sha wn Rhineha rt (K aw). 85 BEG : 1. Connor Wol co tt ( Ha n); 2. Ra bbi Valenz uela (Han); 3. Ja cob Buelina (Ya m) ; 4. T ylor Pined a (Suz) ; 5. Brandon Kell y (Ka w) . 8 5 ( 7· 1 1) ; I. Chand ler Qu i m ett e (Y a m); 2 . Bro die Pra ther ( K aw) ; 3 . Cody Eastm an ( Suz) ; 4 . T yler Entickna p (Yam ) ; 5. D illo n A lexa nde r (Yam) . 85 ( 12· 13 ) ; I. Adas Bak c his (S uz); 2. Ty ler Sjoberg ( K aw ); 3 . Tyler Pier c e ( Ka w ) ; 4. Sh awn Butler (Yam) ; 5. An d rew Co uto (Suz) . 85 ( 14- 16) ; I. Tye Ham es (Kaw); 2. J .B. Peek (Yam ) ; 3. Kal ani Wa lsh (Suz) ; 4 . J ared B rown ( Kaw ) ; 5. Mack ane Garr abrant (Yam) . S/MINI: 1. J ustin Hilli ger (Suz) ; 2. Ty ler Sjo be rg ( Ka w); 3 . G r ad y D a gn an (S uz) ; 4 . M a ck a n e Garra brant (Ya m ) ; 5. Chand ler Q ui m ette (Yam ) . 125 B EG : 1. S ha ne S i mons ( Ho n): 2. A ndy Hemm er ( Yam) ; 3 . Matt B ab bitt (Yam ); 4 . Chris Carm ody (Yam ); 5. Jo sh Eric kso n (KTM ) . 125 NOV : 1. Ta nne r Langham ( Kaw) ; 2. N ick Sanc hez (S uz); 3 . Ryan Gee (Yam); 4 . Rick y Barger (Yam ) ; 5. Kevin Bey (Ya m) . 1 25 I NT : I . K a u lin Bogg io (Ya m) ; 2 . Matt Simpson ( Han) ; 3. Darin Chis ho lm (Yam ); 4. Richie Casia no (Yam) . 125 PR O: I. Jeff E ide ( Ha n ); 2 . J usti n E ide ( Han ); 3. N icho las Burson ( Kaw). 250 B EG : 1. N ic k Va no urney (S uz) ; 2 . Rya n Norwood ( Han) ; 3 . K imo Nemet h (Han ) ; 4 . Pete r Botz (Ka w); 5 . Doug Coates (Hon) . 25 0 N OV: I. Ricky Barger ( Yam); 2 . Bobby Langin Jr. (Ha n); 3. Brae Harmon ( Hon) ; 4 . Andrew Janes ( Kaw ) ; 5. Brian Sc haum be rg (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Bobby Ste ffan ( Han): 2. Br yon Ward (Yam ); 3. Grant Moo re J r . (Suz) . 25 0 PRO : I. Donn ie Durrer (Hen): 2. J eff Eide ( Hon): 3 . N ic ho las Bu rso n ( Ho n) ; 4 . J usti n Elde (Hon). WM N : 1. Sha na Rhinehart (Yam) . SCHBY : J. Tan ner La ng ha m ( K aw ); 2 . N ic k Sanchez (S Ul) ; 3. Michael Rai nes (Ya m ) ; 4 . Sha ne Sim ons (Han) ; 5 . Ma n Cerra to (Han ). J R V ET BE G: 1. Rob Ma lyszek ( Han) ; 2 . Ch ris Ma ly szek ( Ha n); 3. Joseph Saban ( Han); 4. Mervi n Elbaz ( Ha n) . JR VE T NOV: J . Br ian Scha um burg ( Ha n ); 2 . A ndreu Ho l ba k ( Ya m); 3 . T on y Ru sso ( Ha n) ; 4 . J ason Eh lers ( Hon); 5. Terence Tra ug hbe r Jr. ( Ka w) . J R V ET I NT: I . Mi k e Cros by (Ya m) ; 2 . Brett Benn ett (Yam); 3 . Gabi Abayov ( Han); 4 . Shy Moshe (Hon). VET BEG : J . S cott Pu t n a m ( K T M): 2 . Rob Ma ly sze k ( Hon) ; 3 . Dan M cNeil ( Yam); 4 . Ch ri s Malyszek ( Ho n); 5 . Jason La Monta gne ( KTM ). V ET NO V : I . Eri c Li ccia rd i ( Hon); 2. Ron ni e Densford (Yam ) : 3. Flemm ing Larson ( He n); 4. Dav id Ba rlow (Han ); 5. Vinc e Ramos (Han). VET IN T : I. Tony Pullia m ( Hon ); 2 . Mike Crosby (Y am); 3 . Gabi Abayov ( Ho n ) ; 4 . D ina Catuogno ( Han) ; 5 . David Anti ll ion ( Hon) . V ET EX /PRO : 1. Bryan Nel son (Ya m ); 2 . Nick Mairose ( Ka w). SR N O V ; 1. D e rr e tt Sa n de rs ( Ha n) ; 2 . B ob Woods (Yam ) ; 3. Mark Sc huster ( He n) . SR AM: 1. Reggi e La m son (S Ul); 2. M ike Van A ck er (Suz); 3 . M ik e Ma rti n (Yam) ; 4 . Dean Je nnings ( Han) ; 5. Steve Norr ( Han) . SR EX: 1. Ton y Pulli am ( Ha n); 2. Bam Simons (Ya m); 3 . Jo e Roo t ( Ho n) ; 4 . Da vid Zahrt ( Suz) ; 5 . Ric har d Bun ch (Yam ) . nevvs NOVEMBER 5 . 2003 39

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