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CMC Golden State Series Finale
Day 2: 1-5 MX
Graduation Day
By JOHN BETHEA
GORMAN, CA, FEB. 27
I
t was graduation day at the CMC's MTA
West/FMF/909 Golden State Nationals. The
ceremonies at 1-5 MX honored both teachers
and students.
Russ Wageman. himself a valedictorian from
the CMC school back in the late 1970s when
he was twice a number-one plate holder,
watched proudly as his son R.J. accepted the
BOcc Beginner championship and his nephew
Kevin collected awards in the 12Scc
Intermediate and Schoolboy classes.
Likewise, Matt Tedder Sr. watched his band
of "Tedder Tots" bag honors in three classes.
Matt Jr. scored in the 250cc Intermediates,
Dakota aced the 80ce Superminis. and Myles
was head of the BOcc (14-16) class. Even Papa
got into the act and nearly claimed his own title
in Over 40 Masters class, winning the day's
event but finishing the series mere points
behind triple champion Jon Zahrt, who also
earned the Over 25 and Over 30 Masters titles.
Two other seniors, Willie Surratt and Chris
Young, showed their youngster how it's done.
Willie, a (ormer minibike champion himself,
won the tenaciousty battled Vet Pro title, while
his son Ryan got fourth in Pee Wee (7-B) points.
Young bested the Over 2S Pros, while his sons
Cole and Cody placed second in the BOcc
Beginner class and sixth in the BOcc (12-13)
class, respectively. The elder Surratt and
Young, who only the day before had tangled in
a fight over first-turn honors, kept up their
series-long argument in the Vet Pro going with
more intense action. On this day, however, it
was not a knock-down, drag-out affair, as
cooler heads prevailed. Young got the big
trophy, but Surratt got the plaque.
Elementary school honors went to Kinser
Endicott, who proved that perseverance can
pay ofr. Coming into this weekend, he was still
down in both the 50cc (7 -BO and 60cc (O-B)
Zach Osborne of Abingdon, Virginia, and AI
Lane Yamaha rider Dale Davis of Charlotte,
North Carolina. From gate to checkered flag,
the action was intense. The start saw Justin
McBrayer pull the holeshot, while both Davis
and Osborne got upper midpack starts. Just
four turns later, Matthew Campbell took the
lead. Davis and Osborne made their way
through traffic and were ready to capitalize
when Campbell made a mistake, taking over
first and second, respectively, by the end of
the first lap.
By the end of the third lap, Davis had a lead
of just four-hundredths of a second on
Osborne when he got crossed up in the sand,
allowing Osborne to take over the number-one
spot. Two turns later, Davis found Osborne
having lunch with the Coker Monster, and
Davis regained the lead. Osborne pulled out all
the stopS in his attempt to catch Davis, but
with no luck. Davis won mO[Q one by a front
tire over Osborne.
class standings. But perfect final scores gave
him enough points to garner championships in
both. In particular, his SOcc title wasn't certain
until the very last moto, in which he defeated
Tyler Burgess by only one position in points.
leading the middle-school procession was
Kyle Tigert, another triple champion. All
weekend long, in a dozen matos, he had
battled with Jeremy McCool and Joey Savatgy
for supremacy in 60cc (9-1 I), 60cc Open and
BOcc (7-11) events. The proverbial blanket
could have covered the trio in just about every
race, but it was Tigert who finally prevailed.
Even night school had a representative
graduating with honors! Proving "better late
than never" is still in vogue, Ron Matteri, at age
43, finally got his intro to MX. The former
District 36 Enduro rider tried motocrossin' for
the first time ever and won the Over 40
Amateur championship. But it didn't come
easily. It took a last-lap pass on points leader
Vernon Poole in the very last mota to give the
Moose Racing rookie the title. The former hare
scrambler has been hooked.
eN
1-5 MX
GoRMAN, CAUFORNIA
RiSUUS: FEBRUARY 27,
2005
(DAY
2
OF
2)
50 BEG: I. Mar-cus Nlms (Pol): 2. Collin Whitney
(KTM); 3. 8.11ey Dud. (Pol); 1. Rope Bender (KTM). 50
(4-6): I. Callion McHaney (Cob); 2. Chr-istian Kilgor-e
(KTM); 3. Nichola> Couto (KTM); 1. Jod>ua WoJ.on (KTM).
SO (7-8): I. Kinser EndIcott (KTM); 2. Brandon OIivar-es
(Suzt. 3. Conner M.