(Kaw) ; .. . Owe Melanc on (Y ); S. Mitch Goumey (Kaw).
am
125 M N Y (F R I) : I. Chad McNemu (KTM); 2. Chase
Romero (KTM); 1. Corey Rome ro (Yam); .. . Aaron Salton
(Kaw ); S. Cody Sm;1ey (y",,). 115 MNY (SA1); I. Ow.
Romero (KTM); 2. Dust in Manue l (Kaw) ; 3. Jaso n Manuel
(Kaw) ; <. Coley (KTM); 2. J...ed Baker (KT1'1);
1. Kyie Frese (Cob); -4. Mitchell Osurln (KTM); S. Matthe w
Heat-race winner Valade took the holeshot
Callan (Cob). 65 (7. 11), I. Doug;< MoI;ne (KTM); 2. Cod..
in the 125cc Pro main event, as he had his
Bytsma (KTM) ; 1. lewis Hunt (KTM); .. . Dillon Everitt (Kaw);
S. Christian Cochran (Kaw) . 85 ( 12.1 5) : I. Bre tt Wagner
Cem ics Racing/MCR Suspension/Castle Racing/
(Kaw); 2. Dalton Yingling (Kaw); 3. Andy Myen (KTH) ; ....
Magic Motorsports/O'NeaVFlyingkolors-bac ked
jordan Dahlke (Han); S. Jeremy Koning (KTM). 125 N OV:
RM250F off the gate first and th under ing down
l. Shane Larsen (y",,); 1. Ad"" Alexand., (KT1'1); J. Regg..
Carr (H a n) ; .. . Richard Gouge (Su1. ; S. D anie l O e yman
)
the whoop-filled bac k stretch in front of the
(Hon). 125 IN T: I. Kyle Glass (Hon); 2. Gran t Moreland
pac k. Hot on Valad e 's hee ls w e r e Randy
(Su1.):1. Josh Groppen (Yam); .. . Chris Macan (Hon ): S. lYler
Bowers (Kaw) . 125 PR O : I. Randy Valade (Su1.) 2. Brian
;
Woodring. Tech-Care Suspension/After-glow
Stone (Su1.) 3. Randy Woodring (Kaw ); -4 Roy Hort o n (5uz);
;
.
De sign -bac ke d Matt N a xlmo ff. a nd Sto ne .
S. Chad lile (Hon); 6. Matt Maxlmoff (5u1. : 7. Matth e w
)
Valade had the hot line through the rhythm
Ma ie r (5uz); 8. G reg Hochm uth (Su z); 9. T im Ho llenbeck
(Yam) ; 10. Kevin Mar kw ard t (Su z) . 250 NOV: I. Mark
section and opened up a lead that would grow
D o na ke r (Yam ) ; 2 . C h ri s t o p her Ma rks (Hon) ; 1. John
th roughout the race . Stone took the inside line
Caldwell (Yam): .... C hris Shaver (Hon). 250 INT: I. Grant
Moreland (Suz); 2. Kyle Glass (Hon); 1. Joey Adams (Hon) ; ...
do wn the whoops on lap three and placed a
David Osterhout (Hon ); S. Pat Nusbaum (Hon). 250 PRO:
perfect bloc k-pass on Wood ring to grab the
I. Brian Stone (Suz): 2. Travis Hodges (Han ); 3. Nick Metcalf
runner-up spot. Valade was smoking-fast out
(Su1.) -4. Man Muimoff (Suz); S. Randy Woodring (Kaw); 6.
;
Randy Valade (Suz); 7. Greg Hochmuth (Suz); 8. Chad Lile
front and had the trac k dialed in, but Stone ke pt
(Hon); 9 . Jacob Marsack (Ha n); 10. De nny Doo le y (5uz).
co ming. Woodring had the hometown crowd
DFC: I. Travis Hodges (Hon): 2. Randy Woodfing (Kaw) ; 1.
Brian Stone (Suz): ... Jacob Hanack (Han).
behind him, but he didn't have the speed to run
with the two leaders . In the end , it was
Valade ta king the chec ke rs wit h a 12second cushion over Ston e , who was
so lid in second with a 10-seco nd lead
over third-placed Woodring .
Com ing off t hat runne r-up finish in
th e 125 cc Pro class , St o ne ha d t he
mome ntum and a quick trigger finger to
nail the holeshot in the 250cc Pro main
event. Jake Marsack, Travis Hodges and
Woodring followed Sto ne into turn one ,
but Marsack lost the front end and hit
the ground , giving his place in the top five
to Maxlmoff. Stone looked smooth and
strong all moto long and never looked
back en route to a runaway win. Aboard
his Po w e r s Moto rs po rlS CRF 450R,
Hodges was in second from the drop of
the gate, adding the 250cc Pro runner-up
pu rse mo ney to h is Das h For Cash
w inn ings from e ar lier in t he e ve ning.
Third place we nt to Nick Metcalf. who
was t he fas te st r id e r a ll nig ht long
through the whoops, and that was what
Randy Valade (127) leads the 125cc Pro
it took to displace Maximo ff to fourth
action at the AMA Reg ional Arenacross in
and Wo odring to t he last sp o t in the
Grand Rapids, Michigan .
top five.
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en route ta his 1-1 sweep of the class at the Vet X Winter Series opener
in Moreno Valley, California.
Vet X Winter Se ries
Round I: Starwest Motocross Pa rk
Something New for
the Whole Family
By MIKE "SIR SMILEY" RYER
MORENO VAUfY, CA, DEC. 28
V
et X is a new racing organiza tio n that has
picked up series sponsorships from Barnett ,
Kenda Tires, Xrre me, Spy, EV5, No-Toil, White
Brot he rs, Torco , MTA and Fasst Co . (just to
name a fe w ). all o f w hich have a varie ty o f
prod ucts and se rvices up for grabs for the Vet
X participants. In add ition, a brand -new 2005
four-stroke 450 will be given away at the end of
the year. The re are classes available for ride rs
28 and older, and skill levels fro m Beginner to
Pro . The re are also Support classes ope n to riders of any age and kids' Support classes as we ll.
For series schedu le, additional sponsor list and
race information, please visit www.verxgacing.com for more infonn ation.
In the 36-42 Pro class , it was Motocross
Action's very o wn Willy Musgrave who took
cont rol in both mo tes while being chased by Jim
He nn (2-2) and Loren Pochirowski (3-3).
Ken McCar ry claimed th e checke red flag
during moto one of th e Over 43 Beginners,
wi t h Bill Rud e ll, Bruce Ann and , St e ve
Lawdsde rg and J Eckert in hot pursuit. Moto
.e.
two we nt horribly wr ong for McCar ry, tho ugh;
he finished a disappointing eighth , which put
him in the final top-five spot. Armand too k the
point pos it io n fo r t he ove rall w in. Rud e ll
duplicat ed his first-mota score fo r second
overall. Ecke rt improved to t hird and claimed
the fin al sp o t o n the pod ium . Lawd sde rg
finish ed fo urth ove rall w ith his 4- 4 scor es ,
finishing iU
S!ahead of McCarry.
Doug Davison didn't get the best of starts,
but he managed to put his machine out in front
dur ing both mot os o f the 36-42 Intermediate
cl as s to ma ke It a I - I sw e e p. Schm id t
Perfo nnance co-owner Rob Wexler placed his
CR thumper into seco nd in both motos; he had
to work his way past a few riders , but by the n
Daviso n was out of reach in bot h seven -lap
mot os. Antoin Daity finished thir d overa ll, and
~nni\l-=rc:arll
Pat Samud io (5-4) traded finishes with Travis
Smith (4-5) to take fourth ove rall, leaving Smith
in the finaltop-five spot.
The 28-35 Beginner class had 14 ride rs on
the gate , but the race wo uld come down to a
batt le betwee n two of them. SalmanAgah ( 1-2)
lost the overa ll in moto two after Robe rt Pierce
(2-1) p UI h is mac hine in fr ont of the allimportant second moto. Norm Smith improved
his game in moto two with a third after finishing
sixth in mo to o ne ; he finished th ird ove ra ll.
Xavie r Rome ro (5-4) tra ded finishes w ith
Michael McAloney (4-5) to take fourth overa ll,
bumping McAlone y to fift h overall. Gilro y L.
Smith finished third in mota one but drop ped to
seventh in mo ta two for sixth overall; he may
choose to drop that second-mota score in the
points chase at the end of the ser ies, and the
rest of the pack can bet he will be back up front
in the later rou nds.
RESULTS
FIT (1 8 -1 5) : I. Travi s Junge . FIT (" 3+): I. Kelly
Correa; 2. Jenn ife r O'Neil. BEG (28.35): I. Robert Pierce :
2. Sal man Aga h ; 1. N o rm Sm ith ; 4. Xavie r Ro mero ; S.
Michael McAJoney. BEG (3 6....2) : I. Albert Serrano; 2. Kil<.
r
Tem ple man ; 1. Andy Rose; ... Ronnie GartiJ.; S. Ron Caldwell.
BEG (4 3+): I. Bruc e Armand ; 2. Bilt Rudell: 3. J.C. Eckert, 4.
Steve lawdsderg; S. Ken McCarTy NOV (28-35): I. Jarod
.
Scoggin; 2. Haim Ohana; 1. Ryan Muli llo; -4. MIke Rye .. 5.
Brad Piet ro . N OV ( 36- 0): I. Michae l Pe nt a; 2. Owen
Fittsimon ; 1. Shay Mos hg; -4. John Gonzales; S. Chris King.
NOV (0+); l. M"" Speck; 2. Cliff Hou.er, 1. Karl Kogler,
-4 Bob Blake: S. Mike Bonenfani. INT (28-35): I. Andrew
.
Bussen . INT (36....2): I. Doug Davison; 2. Rob WexJer; 3.
Antain Daity; -4. Pat Samud'o; S. Travis Smith. INT (43+): I.
htdy Northrup; 2. Robe rt Van Schneidan; 1. Rudy Chave z; -4.
Matt Mc8 ride; S. J""Y Head. EX (18.3 5); I. r ... Doyle; 2.
J Gibbs ; 3. Jason Williams ; .. . J Nenand er. EX (36-42 ):
im
esse
l. Hark Dwyer; 2. Steve Reeves; 1. Bob jotv\son; .. . Adrian
Ciome ; S. Thomas Bake r. EX (43 + ): I. Steve Piatonn i; 2.
Bob Pa lacio s ; 3. Da vid Fontes . PRO ( 28- 35) : I . Jaso n
lanon; 2. Brandon Milstead; 1. Mike Horton . PRO (36--4
2):
I. Willy Musgra ve ; 2. Jim Hen n; 1. l or e n Pochirowskl; .. . Phil
Do wel l. SUP KIDS BEG : I. Jo nathan Annand; 2 . Nic k
Se rr a no; 1. Eric N au me t a . SUP KID S NOV: I . Kyle
Kessinger; 2. Ca den Probst; 3. Billy Musgra ve ; ... Bran do n
O utcault; 5. Rafael C o rrea. SUP BEG : I. Eric Sm ith ; 2.
Salma n Agah ; 1. Ryan Po ch irowskl; .. . De rec k Maher; S.
Xavier Romero. S U P NOV: I. Owen Fittsimon ; 2 . H ike
Rye r; 1. C hris King; .. . Evan pnock; S. Max Vandemorte 1.
.
SUP INT: I. Andy Castro . SU P EX; I. Adrian CKMTtO: 2.
Bob Palacios . SUP P RO : I. W llty Musgrave; 2. Jim Hem.
