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California Gold Cup Motocross Series
Round 3: Victorville Motocross Complex
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By GREG ROBERTSON
VICTORVILlE, CA, FEB. 8
ic k Paluzzi and Michael Hall each
emerged with two class w ins at the Victorville Motocross Complex during round
three of the sixth annual runn ing of the West
Coast Motorsports/GMO/Scott/Maxima-spon.
sored Californ ia Gold Cup Motocross Series .
Paluzzi went three for four to top both the
6Scc and 85cc Open classes , and Hall did the
same to earn victories in both the 8Scc (12-13 )
and Supermini events.
The first 65cc Open moto turned into a
race -long battle over the top spot between
Jason Anderson and Paluzzi, with Anderson
prevailing by just a few feet at the finish .
Jeremy McCool and Aaron Siminoe traded
third place back and forth , with Siminoe getting
the upper hand o n the last lap.
Paluzzigot the jump of t he field right o ut of
the gate in moto two and simply outran the
rest of the 28 -rider pack to sew up the
overall. Anderson had his hands full w ith
Brett Downey en route to a second-place
finish and se cond overall. McCool we nt
home with the third-p lace trophy on 4-5
rides , fo llowe d by James Frigo (6-4) and
Siminoe (3-7).
Paluzzi led every inch of the first 85cc
Open moto, w ith Travis Baker showing him
his front fender a couple of t imes during ,
the race. Shawn Hayes cam e from out of
the pack for a hard -fought third , over
johnny jelderda and Dakota Garner.
The YZSS-mounted Baker shot into the
early second-moto le ad, with Paluzzi all
over his back fender by the end of lap one.
Paluzzi dogged Baker for the next couple
of laps before finding some daylight to
make the pass. Baker finished a close
second for second overall, topping the 4-4
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and that' s whe re he stayed until the chec ke red
flag fell. Stone pu t the heat o n Horton and
passed him on the fifth lap, and then he set o ut
to catch Bogard but by then it w as too late Bogard had chec ked out for the win. At the fiag,
it was Bogard, Stone and Horton.
" I just want to thank all the people who
helped me ge t here," Bogard sa id afterward .
"Most of all. I want to thank my parents, and
especiall my dad , w ho helped drive me here
y
tonight."
In the Dash For Cash, Bogard made It clear
that he was out for the payday. Bogard go t to
the front ea rly and w ould not let go . Stone
finished seco nd , while Honda ride r jacob
Marsack finished third .
As th e 250c( Pros lined up for t heir ma in
even t , all eyes w e re on Stone and Bogard .
When th e gate dropped, St o ne and Bogard
we re leading side by side. Bogard moved to the
front and stayed there . Bogard had all the lines
figured out and finished the night w ith a sw eep
of all the Pro classes. Stone showed why he's
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score of jelderda and the 7-3 finishes of jake
Canada.
It was all Hall at the drop of the gate in the
opening Supermini contest. Josh Merring w as
challenging by the end of lap two, but Hall
fended him off and had pulled away by a few
seconds by the finish . Phil Thortensen and
Baker traded plastic over third for much of the
moto, with Thortensen getting the job done in
the end .
The second mota was all Thortensen's, as
he absconded with the holeshot and went the
d istance for th e wi n . Hall closed to
Thortensen's back fender on the final circuit.
which was good enough for the overall honors.
Baker (4-3) was third, over EliTomac (5-5) and
Dylan McKee (7-6).
The Kawasaki Team GreenlThousand
Oaks/Spy/Renthal·backed Hall returned to
sweep both 85cc ( 12- 13) races. Baker was
runner-up both times out, over jelderda (4-3),
McKee (5.5) and Canada (3-10).
Curtis Malins was qu ickest out of the gate
in both Schoolboy motos, but by the end of lap
one in each race, it was Anthony Charette out
front and pulling away. Ivan Schultz finished
second in the first mota and appeared to be
set to do it again in mota two until a last-lap fall
d ropped him out of contention . Mal ins
benefited from Schultz's miscue, as he went
3-2 for second overall , w ith Dane jackson
(6-3) earning th ird.
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VICTORVIW MOTOCROSS COMPLEX
VICTORVlW, CAUFORNIA
RESULTS: FEBRUARY 8, 2004 (ROUND
3)
P/W (4-6), I. Blake Green (Cob); 2. Gil SabaJ.. (KTM);
3. Sean McGrew (Lem); 4. Nichol as jones (lern); S. Joshua
Fe a (Pol) . P/W (7.8): I. Ty Sim inoe (KTM); 2. Gu nnar
Bigge rs taff (Cob) ; 3. Mike Victorian (KTM); 4. Cody Bake r
(Po l); S. Z ac Com mans (KT H ). SIPJW: I. Colby Raha
(KTM) 2. TySimif'lOe (KTH); 1. Gunnar Biggerstaff (Co b); 4.
;
Mike Victorian (KTM); S. be Commans (KTM). 65 BEG : I.
Kaden HartWell (Kaw); 2. Vincent Yacovelli (Suz); 3. Daniel
Cortines (502); 4. And10ny Amos (KTM); S. Col e Brosgart
(KTM). 65 (6-8) , I. Jonah Hill (Suz), 2. Ty Siminoe (KTM);
3. Gu nnar Biggers taff (Kaw); 4. Cody Baker (KTM); S. Stan'
Savage (KTM). 65 (9-11), I. J""'" Ande non (Su,); 2 . EU
Toma c (Suz); 3. Nick Palunl (Kaw); .. . Jeremy McCoo l
(Kaw); S. Steven Tokanki (Kaw). 65 OPEN: I. Nick Paluzzi
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