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CMC Trans-Cal MX Ser ies Sout h
Round 2: Starwest MX Park
PHOTOS BY JOHN BETHEA
Schoolboy Brawl!
By JOHN BETHEA
PERRIS, CA SEPT. 19
,
hey 're supposed to be Schoolboys, but
they acte d mo re like a couple of schoo lyard toughs whe n the CMC/MTA Wes t/FMF
Trans-Cal Nat ionals held its second southern
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qualifi r round at Starwest MX Park.
It was in the second 12Scc Schoo lboy moto
that local rider Drew Collins of nearby San
jacinto and Aust in Ingalls of Templeton ,
California (a sm all community a few miles
inland from San Luis Obispo, about 200 miles
away), got into a kicking and shout ing match on
the track that evenwalty erupted into a full-out
brawl at the finish-line exit that included race rs,
pit crews, fathers and even mothers.
One might expect that the local rider would
have a the home-crowd advantage , but it was
Ingalls - with the aid o f the factio n from
Templeton (a dozen or more make the trek
south for each round of the CMC qualifiers ) who appeared to have the most support.
With both rid ers d isqualified , Suzuki
jockey Benny Breck got the (s o m e w ha t
diminished) spotlight as the sweeping winner
in a rou nd of some amaz ingly tight races in
various classes , a few involving members of
that "Templeton connection."
The 12Scc Inte rmed iates gated beh ind the
12Scc and SOOcc Pros. Honda- mounted Nate
Colli ns (anothe r San Jacinto ride r) took the
earty lead, but he went over the be rm near the
finish line, doing damage to body and bike, and
he reti red , giving Ingalls the lead . Late in the
mota , Honda ride r C had Ande r son ca me
charging towa rd the leader and clawed his way
ne arly all t he way up fr- o nt before the
checke red flag.
In the seco nd rnoto, Ingalls seemed to be
on a Sunday cruise in the lead, but Sun City's
Ryan Campbell, wh o had placed 11th in the
first race, was slashing his Yamaha through the
field, moving into second with tw o laps to go.
Within a lap he had made up the three-second
T
deficit, completed the pass and sped away! The
stunned Ingalls attempted to fight back , but
time ran out and he had to settle for second in
the mot o and the overall win.
Mean wh ile , Suzuk i-sponsored Yo shihide
Fukudome of Upland got the early lead in bot h
halves of the 12Scc Pro contest and held off
Andrew Guzman's Calloway Kawasaki by on ly
a few seconds in each outing, while Brian Bums
ran his Chaparral Honda uno pposed to the
500cc w in. Burns tried to ace the 250cc Pro
co ntes t as w e ll, but after d icing wit h
Intermed iate Cod y Masson for the lead in the
second moto, he smashed his left wrist on a
PVC stake and had to pull out of the contest,
ninching in pain. The Honda -mounted Masson
held on to win the moto , but the mo r e
consistent Anderson ( 1-2) won overa ll.
Ingall's younger brother, Topher, fared well,
too, winning the 80cc Open event aboard a
Powerhouse Yamaha and taking second in the
Sup e rmini contest, behind Pro-Tee Yamaha
speedster Travis Baker of Temecula, whom he
had beat en in the Op en class.
Rowland Heights' Shawn Gr itten rode his
Three Broth ers Racing KTM to a trio of firsts,
winning the 60cc Op en , 60cc (9- 11) and BOcc
(7- 11) classes .
eN
In the first 125cc Intermediate mota at round two of the CMC Trans-Cal MX
Series South, Nate Collins (351) leads Steven Hembree (510), Shawn Mohr
(43), Austin Ingalls (119), Cody Masson (873), Drew Collins (665), Weston
Arthurs (3), Paul Decoite (7) and the rest of the pack.
STARWEST MX PARK
PERRIS, CALIFORNIA
RE
SULTS: SEPTtMBER 19 , 2 00 4 (ROUND 2 )
so BEG,
I. Oybn Schm.. (KTH) .
so (4-6)'
Ing a lls (1 19) won the 125cc Inte r mediate overall at Starwe st MX Pa rk .
I. Chu
Vasque z (Cob) ; 2. Mitchell Epste in (KTM): 3. Jeremy Keech
(Cob) . SO (7 .8): I. Cody Sloan (Co b); 2. Skyter Se ifert
(C ob); 3. Joshua Fe.a (Pol); 4 . Jake Hernandez (KTM). 60
BEG : I . D an ie l Lo w e nt hal! (KTM); 2. Antho ny G am ino
(KTM); 3. Skyler Seifert (Kaw) ; 4. Curt Lo yles.s (Suz). 60
(0.8): I. Tristan Post (Kaw); 2. Cody Sloan (Kaw); 3. Luke
Pastell (Hon) ; -t. TrisWl Clavea u (Suz); 5. Kody Past etl (Kaw).
60 (9 .1 1): I. Shawn Glitten (KTM); 2. Austin Polite lli (Kaw);
3. Dillan Eps tein (Suz): 4 . jake Mohn ike (KTM); 5. Brandon
Scharer (Suz). 60 O PEN: I. Shawn Gritten (KTM); 2. Jake
Mohnike (KTM) ; 3. C ody Bake r (KTM) ; 4. Brandon Scharer
(Suz); 5. Trista n Po st (Kaw) . 80 B EG : I. Tra vis Rosalia
(KTM); 2. Robbie Salinas (!