PHOTO BY G REG ROBE RTSON
California Racing Club Dune stown Ser ies
Round I: Los Angeles County Raceway
Pugmire, Memoli Dazzling
at Dunestown Opener
By GREG ROBERTSON
PALMDALE CA, APR. 25
,
H
ooda riders Trent Pugmire and Robert
Memoli kicked off the opening round of
the 27th annual Californ ia Racing Club/Ride rs '
Choice Performance/GMO -sponsored J.B.
Memorial Dunestown Series w ith a pair of class
wins apiece. Both riders won three out of four
motos entered on the J.B. Memorial Track at
Los Angeles County Raceway, with Pugm ire
topping the BScc ( 12- 13) and Supermini classes
and Memoli cleaning up in the 125cc Intermed iate and Schoolboy ranks.
Pugmire started things off with a ho leshot in
the opening Supermini contest, ahead of Chris
Plo uffe , Kalani Wa lsh and Michae l leib. Plo uffe
kept close ta bs on Pugmire and was hand ed
the first -m ore win when Pugmire we nt down
briefly on the last lap . Tyler Sjoberg climbed up
into a th ird-place finish, over Bryce Hu ffman
and leib.
Moto two was all Pugmire 's, as he e xited
[Urn on e out front and ne ver loo ked back.
Plouffe w ent down on lap o ne and wasn't a
(acto r in this mo to , finishing seventh for fifth
overall. Sjoberg, Walsh and Huffman battled
over t hird , beh ind Pugmire and l.eib, unt il
Wa lsh 's rear wheel s ta r te d to come apart.
Sjoberg us ed ]-] rid e s for the second-place
trophy, over the S-2 efforts of leib and the 4-4
sco re of Huffman .
Tyler Pierce got the holeshot in the opening
SScc ( 12- 13) mota , but h is le ad w as sho rt lived , as Pugmire was out front within a few
turns. Then Pugm ire d isappeared wi th the win .
Le ib mad e his way up into a second-place
finish, ahead of Sjoberg and Pierce.
Le ib kept Pugmire honest for the first
couple of laps of moto two be fo re Pugmire
again checked out o n h is Am e r ic a n
Ho nda/H o nda of HoustonlSinisalo/FMF-backed
CR8S for the w in. Leib was again runner-up ,
and Sjoberg put a last -lap pass on Huffman for
third in the moto and third overall.
The first 125 cc Intermediate contest
belonged to Memoli and his Scott/Thor-backed
CRF2S0R. Cory Redenius and Caleb Gos se laar
finished a close second and third, respectively.
Gosselaar was quickest out of the gate in
moto two, but he was soon be ing press ured by
bo t h Memoli and Redeni us. G os selaar kept
Memoli at bay to win the mota, but it was
Memoli 's I -2 tally that earned t he overal l.
Redenius went 2-3 for thi rd, be hind Gosselaar,
with Dan iel Hen drix (S-4) and Taylor Harmon
(6-S) rou nding out th e top five .
Me mo li motor ed a w a y fr o m h is
c om pe ti tion in t he fir st Sc ho o lb o y outing.
Hendrix finished all by himself in second, ahead
o f Kevin Wage man, Garrett Geo rge and Nick
Sanchez.
Hendrix made a race out of it in moto two,
as he hounde d Memoli right up until the
checke rs to make him work for that perfect I-I
score. Sanchez used 5-] rides for fourth overall,
behind Wageman (3-4).
justy Mend ibles continues to be a for ce to
be rec koned w ith in the junior Vet No vice and
Vet Novice classes , as he went four for four to
top th e m both on th is day on his Villa Racing
Products /A xo-backed CRF4S0R. Ronnie
Densford posted 2·2 finishes, over Michael
Penta (] -]) in Jun ior Vet action , while Shawne
Chamblerlin (]-2) edged out Roy ledoux (2-])
in th e Vet races .
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ANGELIS COUNTY RACEWAY
P ALMDALI, CAUFORNIA
R ESULT APRI L
S:
25, 2004
(ROUND
1)
P/W YAM B EG: l. Ca5ey Ungosh (Yam); 2. W inston
Chw- (Y>m): <. Johnny C«Motty
(Y>m 5. N;choW Kibbe (Yom). P/W HON BEG ; I. Sun
);
Cantrell (Ho n); 2. Brent Rouse (Ho n); J . Casey u"gos h
(Hon); 1. Robbie W~eman (Hon); 5. Austin Recor.tn (Hon ).
CMA Spring Dirt Track Shaotout
Round 3: Hanford Foirgrounds
~:fli:;:~i : iN ilht
HANFORD,CA,APR.16
o r t he r n Cah lornta ha s long b e e n a
hotbed of d irt -track racing. Many riders
hav e graduated fro m the sh ort t racks an d
gone on to national dirt-track andlor road-racing glory. Just a fe w ho urs south, though, parts
of ce ntral Califomia not as well known to the
steel-shoe crowd are catching the fever as
well. Recognizing this , the Califomia Motorcycle Association has been ru nning short-track
and TT events for the past couple of years.
The entries have shown consistent growth to t he point that the promoter now offers
several series that cover almost the entire calendar.
The Spring Short Tra ck Shootout series
rotates among the Hanford. Chowchilla and
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MAY 26, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS
Unofficially, Brandon Bergen was
the fastest man at the CMA Spring
Dirt Track Shooto ut in Hanford,
California, w inning the
Open Expert division.
Tyler Pierce (80) leads eventual winner Trent Pugmire (96) in the second
Supermini moto at the California Racing Club Dunestown Series opener in
Palmdale. Pugmire also won the 85cc (12-13) class.
P/W HON ADV : I. xott McG ra w (Hon ); 2. 0 .111 Rouse
(Ho n). P!W B/B EG: I. Ryan Nola n (KTM); 2. Jerem y
Byrne (KTH) : 3. Chase McMillon (KTM); 1. Kens Churchill
(KTM): S. Sali Gilchrist (KTM). P/W 81A DV : I . Brandon
m
Kaupp (Pol); 2. Co dy Miller (KTM); J . Jer e my Hal rose
(KTM); 1 . Jo shua Fe a (Pol) . S / P/W (4.6): I. Denve r
5i.....rtake (KTH) ; 2. Br.>ndoo ! (!oIw1
(Yam); 2. Kusandra Kehoe (Hon); 3. Samanth a Steffans
(Hon); 4. Heather Lockwood (Yam). SCH BY: I . Robert
Memo*l (Hon); 2. Daniel Hendrix (Kaw); 3. Kevin Wageman
(Hon); <. Nkl< Sonche , (M ); 5. Garrett ~ (!m
);
4. Heat h Jordan (Hon); S. Jason Fontes (Yam). JR VET
INT: I. Randy Moseley (Yam); 2. O le Henden (Yam); 3.
Nkl< 5M>una (Hon); <. H ;ke C=by (Yom); 5. Shy Moohe
(Hon) . YET BEG ; I. Jon jMne> (y",,); 2. Kevin Hildebnn'
(Han); J. 11m Woodman (Hon); <. Ron Glbu (Hon) ; 5. l1Mc
Mun (KTM). VET N OV : I. Juny Me nd ible s (Hon); 2.
Ronnie De nsf o rd (Hon); 3. Mic hael Pe nu (Han); 4. Joe
Cuagnnde (Hon); 5. J...,., Bo
k",",," (y",,). VET ' NT; I.
C h uc k Ko ber (H a n); 2. Mike Cros by (Yam ); 3. Randy
Moseley (Yam); 4. Mike little (Yam); S. NiCk SanQN (Han ).
VET EX/PRO: I. Nick Mairose (Kaw) ; 2. leo Saul (Yam);
3. Joe Root (Hon ). S R NOV: I. Ray Rrtzler (Hon ); 2. Don
McNeil (Yam); 3. Martin Schnetder (yam) ; 4. Mike Kennedy
(Yam); S. Dougtas SkIan (Yam). S R AM: I. Greg Martinez
(Hon) ; 2. Mike Utde (Yam); 3. Bob Bang (Yam 4. Reggie
);
Lamson (Suz); S. Mike Marti n (Yam). S R EX : I . Richard
Bunch (Yam); 2. Leo Saul (Yam); 3. Mark Harwell (Yam 4.
);
Joe Roo< (Hon); S. Jim Sendelbach (Yam).
wins , w hile King d id t he sa me in the Ad ult
100cc class. King also t ook r unner-u p in the
SScc X class .
T he 8 5cc No vice class was pretty packed
and feat ured some exciti ng racing. De nnis
Tren tman was the star, winning bo th the heat
and t he mai n, but a fe rocio us battl e raged
behind him fo r the remaini ng po dium Spots.
justin Degar was the ru nner-up in the heat race
but fell all the way to 10th in the main even t.
Justin Pete impr oved fro m fourt h in the heat to
se co nd in the main , while Keith Roush went
fro m sixth to third. Michael Cantu and Kyle
Lenhof rounded out the top ffve.
Landon Sullivan was using the TT as
crossover training fo r motocross. A regular on
the MX scene, Landon and his family thought
that focusing on turning abil ity and throttle
control for a night would do him some good. It
seemed to agree with the young KTM rider, as
he dominated 6Scc action. He won the heat
and ma in event in the 6Scc Novice class and
followed that up by taking the checkers in the
