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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
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lead spot, wh ere he would sta y until
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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 .
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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} .
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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 (!