Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

California Racing Club Sponsorship Ser ies Round 3 : Los Angeles County Raceway navigated t h e J .B. Me m o rial t rac k fo r t he fi rst ti me in m oto o ne. Brand on K elly c o n trolled the second spot, ahead of t he Honda mount ed tr io of Kevin Vand ermark , Tr evor Ow ens and Connor W o lc ott. Kelly w en t Nick Vanoumey d own a n d dro pp ed to went 1-1 for the th e b ac k of the pa ck , 250cc Beginner wh ile Vande rmark over victory at Los Angele s County t ook Pineda f or th e Raceway. lead. Bueln a was on the move. c om ing from just inside th e to p 10 o ff th e s tart to se ttl e int o fourth, beh ind Wolcott. by th e start of lap three . On th e penu ltim ate lap, Pin eda fough t h i s way p ast Vandermark for th e S T O RY AN D PH OT OS BY lead spot, wh ere he would sta y until G REG R O B E RT SO N th e finish . Wol c ott c rash ed h imself back to a mid pac k fin ish , while Bu el PALMDALE,CA,OCT.26 na used a la st-l ap pass o n Vand er ~ pa ir of c o m e -fro m- b eh in d rid es mark for third . Fourth wen t to T yl er ~ ea rne d J ac ob B uelna the 85c c O 'H are, foll ow ed by Owens and Curtis Beginn er -cl a ss wi n at Los Ang e les Co nner. County Rac ewa y during round three Moto tw o was all J acob St iver 's, as of th e 15th annual Californ ia Rac ing th e Fly -ba ck ed Honda ride r t u rne d Club/Galpin Ford /GMO /VSK/Thou hi s ho leshot into a wire -to -w ire romp . sand Oaks Yama ha -sponsored Spon Va ndermark got aro und Owens and sorship Seri es. Justin J o nes to run in sec ond p lace T ylor Pined a got the jum p on the fo r mo st o f t h e race b efore b e in g challenged by Bu eln a with time run 20 other 85cc Beginners as the field ning ou t. B ueln a m oved into second pla ce at the finish, wh ich was good enough fo r the overa ll ho nors. Pineda steadily clim be d u p into a fo urth place fin ish for second ove rall , ahea d of Va nde rm ark (3 - 3), O'H are (4- 5) an d St iver ( 14 - 1). Ry a n Nor woo d h oun d e d N i ck Vano urney t hrou g hout t he ope ni ng 250cc Beg in n er m ot o to m ak e h im work fo r th e wi n . No rwood got t he advantage off the st art in the second moto, with Vanourney lat ch ed on to h is ba ck fender. The two front - run ne rs put 2 0 seconds on third place as th ey argued over the lead. until Norwood went down just befo re the white flag . Vanourne y easi ly took the wi n and , with it , the overall, ahead Loren Sharp (4 -2) and T im Ritzier (3 -3 ) . Ronn ie Densford got the holeshot in both Vet Novice motos but could only hold off a d e t e rm i n e d E r i c Liccia rdi up until t he mid w ay p o in t in both races . Fl emm ing Lars en fin ished all by him sel f in third in each m ot o, ahead of Ray Ritzi er and Am i A zoulay . Scott Howe , aboard h is Answer/ Pro Taper/White Brothers -sponso red YZ450F, was untoucha ble in the first 250cc Pro moto. Donnie Durrer co ntroll ed se c o n d pla ce for the entire moto, ov er Bryan N el son and Shane Smith. In moto two , Smith nabbed th e holeshot, on ly to lose his fr ont end in a turn after a lap and hand th e lead and ultimate ly the first-plac e payb ack to Howe. D urrer was again second , ahead of Nel son and Smith . Brett Wieczcrek led every lap of t he first 65cc Be g inn er moto , w ith Kory Bard. Jason Bu nc h and Da lton Zahrt eac h t ak ing their turn holding down second p lace. Zahrt got the j ob done o n th e last lap for runner- up. Zahrt was quickest o ut of th e gate i n m oto two , while Wieczcrek and Sh e lby Ward traded se cond pla c e back and forth behind him. Zahrt got t o th e c hecker s f irst t o sew up th e o ve ra ll. Cons istent 4 -4 rides earned Bard the sec o nd -place tro ph y . over the 1-7 ta lly of Wiec zcr ek and the 6 -3 fini shes of Bun ch . Tyle r Enticknap left little doubt as t o wh o was the fa stest 85 c c (7 - 1 1) rider on th e day, as he c am e from ou t of the pa ck in both motos for a pe r fect 1- 1 showing. Cha ndler Q ui mette and Keith Rob inson eac h pic ke d up a sec ond -place moto fi nish, with Rob in cue I e n so n 's co ming in th e a ll -i m po r t a nt sec o n d mot o . C od y E a stm a n a nd Tyso n Antill io n rounded o ut th e to p fi ve . _ los Angeles CountyRa ceway Palmdale. California Results: O ctober ZB. Z003 [Round 31 P/W HON BEG : J. Vincent Ladorce ( Ha n) : 2 . Tr av is Pott s ( Ha n) ; 3 . Wllliem Mc Cool ( Ha n) ; 4 . Jonathan Soliz (Hen): 5 . Alex Martin (Han) . P/W HON ADV : I . Giovan ni Larin (Pol) ; 2 . Andrew M.itchelle (Pol) ; 3 . D iego Benedetti (KTM ); 4. Ryan Cantrell ( KTM ); 5 . Ja ck Eva ns ( Lem ). P/W YAM BEG : 1. Kri sta l Smit h ( Yam); 2 . N icho la s Couto (Y am ); 3. Sea n Ca ntrell (Y am): 4 . Derek Kaupp (Yam); 5 . Braxton Taylor (Yam) . P/W YAM AD V : l. Ryan Nolan (Ya m) . B/BK BEG: 1. Race Liberent e (KT M ); 2 . Johnny Mitche lle (KT M ); 3 . Denver Silverlake (KTM ) : 4 . Gabriel Hernandez (Cob): 5 . Cody Miller (KT M). S/P/W ( 4 · 6): I. Brandon Kaupp (Pol); 2. Hagen McGm (KTM). S/P/W ( 7- 9) : 1. David Fullmer (KTM ): 2. Di llon Epstei n (KTM): 3 . Nicholas Mer cier (Pol); 4 . D illon D rumme n (KTM); 5 . Ryan Cantre ll (KT M) . 65 BEG : 1. Da lton Zahrt ( Suz) ; 2 . Kory Ba rd ( Ka w): 3 . Brett We iczrek ( Suz) ; 4 . Ja son Bunch (Suz): 5. Austin Ortegll (Kaw). 6 5 ( 4- 8 ): I. Jam es Herz (Suz) . 6 5 (9 · 11) : I. Joey Savat gy (KTM) ; 2. Michae l Bake r (Kaw); 3 . Dillon Epstein {Suz}: 4 . Chris Carrillo (Ka w); 5 . Shawn Rhinehart (Kaw). 85 BEG: 1. Jacob Buelna (Yam) ; 2. Ty lor Pineda (Suz) ; 3 . Kevin Vanderma rk (Ha n): 4 . T yler O'Hare (Yam ); 5 . Jaco b Stiver (Han) . 85 ( 7 - 1 1): I. T yler Enticknap (Ya m ) ; 2 . Keith Robinson ( Yam ): 3 . Ch andler Ou imette (Yam ); 4 . Cody Eastm an ( Suz); 5 . Tyson Antillion (Kaw) . 85 ( 12 -1 3): 1. T aylor Kellstrom (Hon) ; 2. Ty ler Sjoberg ( Kaw ) ; 3 . Adll s Bak chis ( Suz) : 4. Tyler Pierce (Kaw); 5 . Shawn Butler (Yarn} . . 85 ( 14 - 16) : I. Ka lan i Wa lsh ( Su a) : 2 . Tye Ham es (Kaw) . S / MIN I : 1. T ayl or Kell strom (H a n); 2 . Ty ler Sjo berg ( Kaw) ; 3 . Grad y Da gnon (Suz ); 4 . Dylan Bouchez (Han) ; 5 . Mark Peterson (Han) . 125 BE G : 1. Sha ne Si mo ns ( Ha n); 2 . Ni ck ' Simpson (Han) ; 3 . Adam Enticknap (Suz); 4 . Andy Hamm er (Yam); 5 . Ma x Harter (Yam) . 12 5 NOV: 1. Tan ner Lanham (Ka w) ; 2 . Benny Breck (Yam) ; 3 . Kevin Bey (Yam); 4 . Nick Sanchez (Suz): 5. Gil Esquivel (Suz ). 125 INT: I. Kaulin Boggio (Yam) ; 2 . Ricky Parks (Suz); 3 . Brett Klein (Han) ; 4 . Matt Sim pson (Han). 12 5 PRO : I . Sean C o llier (Ha n); 2 . Mic hae l Young (Suz): 3. Jeff Eide (Hon) . 250 BEG : I. N ick Vanourney (S uz) ; 2. Loren Sharp ( 5 02); 3 . T im Ritzier (K ew): 4 . Ryan Norwood (Hen): 5 . Bryan Moreci (!

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