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Cali fornia Rac ing Club Sponsorship S er ies
Round 3 : Los Angeles County Raceway
PHffiOS BY GRE G ROBERTSON
A Treat for Ivarsson
on Halloween
By GREG ROBERTSON
PALMDALE, CA, OCT. 31
H
allo w e e n night m igh t be reserved for
do ing a littl e tr ick-or-treating. but Hal-
loween day at Los Angeles County Raceway
was set aside to do battle at round three of the
16th annua l California Racing Club/Ga lp in
Fo rd-spo nso red Sponsorshi p Se ries . When th e
sand stopped flying after a full day of racing, it
was Yamaha -mounted Eric Iva rs son who
emerged w ith the 125cc Beginne r-class victory.
When the gate dropped for the 2S-rider field,
it was Brent Reyes absconding w ith the firstmoto boleshor. ahead of Jared Aseltine , Andrew
Coat e s an d T.J. Col w e ll. Ase lt ine and Re yes
traded the lead bac k and fort h un til a bobble
d ro ppe d Ase lt ine back to mldpack . And rew
O nde rstal came up to challe nge Reyes for the
to p spo t before lvarsson blew by them both to
lea d at t he midway po int . Ivar sso n put five
seconds on Reyes en route to his win. with Craig
Michael Raines reigned in both the
12 5« and 25Dcc Novice classes at
Los Angeles County Raceway.
24 Hours of Starvation Ridge
Team SCR Fast
at Starvation
By CLAY LIGHT
GOLDENDALE, WA, OCT. 30·31
N
e it he r wind , nor snow nor driving rain
could stop the winning SCR Motorsports
team of Grayson Hart, Mike Corde r. Gary
Beyer and Rick Hansen at this year's 24 Hours
of Starvation Ridge even t, held in Goldendale,
just o uts ide the scen ic Columbia River Gorge in
southwest Washingto n. The te am took home
the top payoff of $2SOO afte r 24 ho urs of gruel ing competition.
like last year's event, the course was 16
miles lo ng. laid out on virgin grasslands w ith a
wide variety of te rra in, from IOO-mph straights
to trials-like secti o ns. roc ky portions, and even
a qu ick ri de through a farmhouse. Some 58
te am s fro m t hr o ughout the Northwest and
Montana, alo ng w ith se ve ra l Iron ma n riders ,
co ntested the event .
Th e w inning team also posted the even t' s
top overall lap time of 28:S8, wh ile riding Hart's
108
Tomlinson overcoming a first-lap crash to take
thind, ahead of Ondersta! and Rylan Robinson.
Tomlinson won the drag race to the first tum
in moto two, w ith Reyes and Dereck Brandon
close behind . By lap two, Tom linson had his
hands fullw ith Ondersta!, lvarsson and Reyes, all
of whom were looking to relieve Tomlinson of
the pressure of running out front. Tomlinson
stood up Just fine and would eventually d istance
himself from all of them for a seemingly easy
win. lvarsso n was runner-up at the checkers,
but that's all he needed to earn the o ve rall.
Ondersta! went 4-] for third, behind Tomlinson,
with Rob inso n (S-4) and Ch ristian West (B-5)
claiming fourt h and fifth, respectively.
Mic ha e l Ra in e s wa lke d away from his
com pe tition for t he 125cc Novice ope ningmoto vic t o r y. Tyler Pierce he ld o ff a
de termined Sammy Yacovelli at the ch ecke rs
fo r second . Pie rce led mot o two for a lap
bef o re a rear flat e nd ed hi s day . Bra nd o n
Gille s pie inhe ri t e d t he le a d and went t he
distance fo r the moto win . T he rea l battle on
the track was for second place . as Yacovelli and
Raines were inseparable . Yacovelli kept Raines
at bay all the way to the finish, but Raines' 1-]
tally was goo d enough for the overall.
Yacovelli's ] -2 score edged out the S-I finishes
of Gillespie for second overall.
Raines returned to do battle in the 250cc
Novice class and found the going a little easier,
as he went t -Lcn his Zoo Ministries/Pro Valvebacked CRF for the w in. Tanne r Alexander
flew the lone Suzuki in the field to 2-4 finishes
for seco nd overall , topping the S-2 tally of
Brendan McConnachie and the 4-3 score of
Jonathan Belding.
Tanner Lang ham pilo ted his Axo / 6 6 1/
Spider-sponsored Honda to four straight moto
wins to ace both the Sch ool boy and I 25cc
Intermediate ra nks. Gille sp ie was runner-u p to
Honda CRF4S0R , and led the majority of th e
race to finish we ll ahead of the second-placed
Pro team. Last year 's overall winning team ,
Ape x Motorsports. which consisted of Dennis
Sweeten, Travis Bamford , Scott O lsen and 17year-old Paul Neff, who was a part of this year's
Junior Six Days team and finished 22nd overall
after encountering problems du ring the night.
"We had a headlight go out at 2 a.rn .. w ith
AA-c1ass desert racer Travis Bamford riding;
Travis cras hed and broke the subframe on our
team's Gas Gas, knocking himse lf out pretty
good." said Sweeten. "It took him ove r an hour
to get back into the pits . Th at pretty muc h
ended our day. We were right there w ith Team
SCR Motorsports throughout much of the race ,
right up to the crash , and they knew it ."
Another Pro team featured three KT Msupported riders: AA-class desert rider Rick
Bozarth and nat ionally ran ked off-road ra ce rs
Jason Da hne rs a nd Jaso n Sigfreid. The t rio
piloted a KTM 250 SX, and this year they d idn't
have luck on the ir side , eithe r. The thr ee got off
to a good stan but were knock ed out of the
race sometime during the night .
A dead-e ng ine , Le Mans-style sta rt saw
Team SCR Motorsporu start th ird , but
JANUARY 5, 2005 • CYCLE N EWS
Brent Reyes (3 0 8 ) nabs the holeshot in the first 125cc Beginner moto at
round three of the California Racing Club Sponsorship Series, but when the
dust settled, it was Eric Ivarsson (63) who ended up with th e overa ll win.
La ng ha m in both School boy outings. Mark
Brewer kept Langham honest th ro ugho ut both
Intermediate races for a pair of second-place
finishes, over Brett Harmon .
Austin Politelli co ntinued to beat up o n his
competit ion in t he Mini ranks. He ear ned
victo ries In bot h the 6Scc (9- 1I) and B5ec (7- 1I)
classes . Fellow Kawasaki riders C hris Carrillo
(2-2) and Shane Miller (4-] ) garnered second
and third overall , re spec tively, in 65cc action,
with Bla ze Ra ib le (3-1) edgi ng ou t Cody
Eastman (2-]) fo r second overall in the 8Ss. eN
Los ANGELES COUNTY RACEWAY
PAlMDALE, CAUFORNIA
RESULTS: OCT08ER 31 , 2004 (ROUND 3 )
P/W HON BEG, I . Bnndon Pons (Hen); 2. J
ohn fl;eu
(Hon) ; l . JU. Kelley (Hen); • . H ", ~ (Hen) ; 5. KendoJI
Won! (Hen ). P/W HON AOV, I. o.n.k McConnell (Hen) ;
2. Cuey Langosh (Ho n) . PfW YAM BEG: I. Wi nston
Churchill (Yam); 2. Jacob Ham pt on (Yam P/W BJBEG: I.
).
Samue l Sand e rs (KTM); 2. Dylan Adams (KTM); l . Mu
~.. (KTl'1); • . KrisaJ Sm... (KTH) ; 5 . o.n.k Kaupp (Pol) .
PfW B!AO V: I. Bra nd o n Kaup p (Po l): 2. Cody Miller
(KTH) ; 3. Ryan Nol an (KTM); .... Jeremy Byr ne (KTM).
S/P/W (.-6), I. Demo... Silverlak. (KTM); 2. Son Cant,.11
(KTH ); 3. Je re my Bym e (KTM). S/ P!W (7· 9) : I. N ick
Heno;'" (Pol); 2. Uno Garon..- (KTM): l . Joshu. Fea (Pol); • .
Ilnden Keel..- (KTH); 5. Cody H..... (KTl'1). 65 BEG, I.
Andrew MltcheD (Suz): 2. Dom inic: Parr illo (Kaw); 3. Cody
FIori.J. (KTM): .... Joshua Fea (lUw) ; S. Trevor Jessen (Suz) .
65 (4- B): I. Daniel Cortines (Sur); 2. Nick Mercier (SuI) ; l .
TalV'Ier Sawyer {)(aw 6S (9. 11): L Austi n Pobtelli (Kaw):
l.
2. Chris Canillo (~w); l . Shane Miller (~w): .... Damion
Tackett (Sur ); S. Tanner Lovgren (SuI) . B5 BEG: I. Damion
Trion ("'w ); 1. 0 ""'" J..",;ngs (Sia): l .
Lyon (SuI); • .
SIw>e H,I"" (Kaw ); 5. Scotty Gearlwt (Y:om). 85 (7- 11), I.
AU$lin Pol it e lli ( Kaw) ; 2. Blaze Raible (Yam) : 3. Co dy
Eastm a n (Sur ): .... Chris Carrillo (Kaw); S. De von Carrell
J
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Corder took the lead shortly into the opening
lap and , despite a slight mechan ical problem
during the night , the team held that lead to
the finish, which more than made up for last
year's disappointing mechanical- induced DNF
while leading.
"The only problem we were raced with was
a broken header pipe," said Hart, a former
natio nally ranked motocross Pro . "Rick had to
ride a portion or a lap with the mangled header
and then pitted to correct the problem. Luckily,
we kept the lead through it all, all the way to
the finish on Sunday morning.
"It was all about survival," Hart added. "You
have to be able to keep the bike running for 24
hours , and that's not always easy. The best part
of the race was the traction. Most of the course
was great tractabil ity : it got really rough
[to ward the end of the race ), though."
The w inning Open Expert-class team was
Team Spede # I, which finished second overall.
RESULTS
O/A, I. ,..." SCR Hot on""", (PRO);
2. ,..." Spade
(O PEN EX) ; l . O n T he Pipe (O PEN EX); .... Hillsboro
Motonports (OPEN EX); 5. N _t T"" Riden (O PEN
EX); 6 . Too Much Fun (O PEN EX); 7. FuU Ch icken (O PEN
EX); 8 . Iron Mountain Racing (O-l O); 9. Sauce Faced (O PEN
EX); 10. H XO Mot""""", (l O+ EX).
(Yam ). 8S ( 12 . 1l ) : I. jacob Buelna (Yam ); 2. Ke ith
Robiruon (Y.J.m): 3. Dusty Seiden kranr (KTM); .... Just in Jone s
(Kaw). 85 (1 4. 16): I. Cody 8a ccino (Yam). SfMINI: I.
Cody Ba
ceoe (Y:om); 2. Devon uonll (Y:om). 125 BEG, I.
Eric: lvarss c n (Yam) ; 2. Crai g Tom linson (Sur) ; 3. And re w
Onderstal (Yam): .... Rylan Robinson(Kaw); S. Christim West
(Sur) . 125 NOV: I. Michael Raine s (Ho n) : 2. Sam my
Yaco vell i (Ya m); l . Brandon G ille spie (Suz); .... Andrew
Cout o (Suz): S. Kevin Bey (SUI) . 12 5 INT: I. Tann er
Langham (Hon ); 2. Mark Bre we r (Hon); 3. Brett Harm on
(Hon) . 125 PRO, I. RY'" O n- (Hen ). 2S0 BEG, I. Andy
Babbitt (Ho n); 2. Dylan Bouchez (SUI): 3. Ch ase Fiscus
(Ho n); .... De an Morm (Ho n); S. Casey Clark (Ho n). no
Nay : I. Michael RaiO@S (Hon ); 2. Tanner Alexander (Suz) ;
l . Brend an McC onn achie (yam): ... Jona than Belding (Ya ) ;
.
m
S. Jason Parsons (Ho n). 25 0 INT: I. Sroc Harmon (Hon) ; 2.
Anthony Bar ba co vi (Yam): 3. Mark Bre we r (Hon ). 15 0
PRO: I . Jeff Willoh (Hon ): 2. Chad luhm.J.n (Yam). W MN :
I. Shel by Wa rd (Kaw ); 2. Krist en Rupe rt (Hon): l . Lo ri
P.J.Stor (Ka w ). SCH BY: I . Ta nn e r Langh am (Ho n) ; 2.
Brandon Gillesp ie (Sur ): 3. Jo sh ua Mile s (Hon); .... Kevin
_
(Hen); 5. Tom ftj aJ..- (Y:om). JR V£T BEG, I.
Ron Elbu (KTl'1). JR V£T NOV, I . G..-, How.rn (Hen ); 2.
Terence Traughet- (Hon) . JR VET INT: I. Justy Hend lbles
(Hen ); 2. 01. He nden (Y:om); l . Shy HO