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Californian Racing Club Dunestown Series
Round 2: Edwards Air Force Base Motocross Track
Radovich Rules at Dunestown!
By GREG ROBERTSON
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA, MAY IS
Dound two of the 28th annual California
I'"\.Racing Club/Riders' Choice Performance-
sponsored Dunestown Series was played out
on the sandy whoops of the Edwards Air Force
Base motocross track, where Kawasaki·mount-
ed Brian Radovich emerged victorious in both
the 12Scc and 2SOcc Novice classes.
Jared Aseltine led the opening 125cc
Novice moto for a few turns before an off-
track excursion handed the top spot to
Radovich. Craig Knox kept Radovich honest for
a couple of laps before Radovich pulled away
for the win. Nick Butterworth finished all by
himself in third, and Brent Reyes held off Cody
Maness at the line for fourth.
Jake Hewlett fought his way up from a I5thplace start in moto one to finish eighth, but he
more than made up for it with a wire-ta-wire
romp in moto two. Radovich gated in second
place. where he would stay for the entire moto
to sew up the overall. Butterworth came from
just inside the top 10 off the start to go 3-3 for
second overall, ahead of Knox (2-6).
Butterworth fought his way up through
traffic to hound leader Radovich during the
second half of the first 250cc Novice moto.
Radovich held him off by a few yards for the
win. James Sendelbach claimed third, followed
by Maness and Malt Cerrato.
Radovich and Butterworth went at it again
over the top spot in mota two, with Radovich
prevailing on his Troy Lee Designs-backed
KX250F for his second class victory on the day.
Butterworth picked up another second-place
trophy. Maness went 4-3 to top the 3-7 score
of Sendelbach for third.
Cody Redenius flew his pair of Bakersfield
Yamaha/OakleyNP-backed YZFs to first-place
payback in the 125cc and 250cc Pro fields.
Redenius and Scott Howe were just about
evenly matched in both I25cc Pro motos, with
Redenius using 2-1 rides to top the 1-2 tally of
Howe. Travis Smith carded a pair of thirds,
over George laMonte.
KTM's Kurt Caselli made short work of the
opening 250cc Pro contest, but he didn't make
the gate for moto two, which left the door open
for Redenius to go 2-1 for the win. Howe (4-2)
was second in the standings, over Smith (3-3).
Trent Pugmire took no prisoners in the 85cc
(14-16) and Supermini classes, as he went four
for four in mota wins. Team Green's Blake
Baggett did his best to keep Pugmire honest in
both Supermini races en route to his 2-2 finishes.
Fellow Team Green riders Austin Politelli (3-3)
and Connor Penhall (4-4) rounded out the top
four. Penhall returned to use 3-2 rides to edge
out the 2-3 efforts of Joshua Lawrence for
runner-up honors in the 14-16 field.
Nicholas Mercier was another double class
winner on the day. Mercier split mota wins
with rival Cody Miller for overall honors in
Super Pee Wee (7-9) racing, and then returned
to ace both 65cc (4-8) races. Miller would have
to settle for another second-place trophy.
Tanner Sawyer (2-4) topped Dylan Politelli (4-3)
for third.
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PHOTO BY GREG ROBERTSON
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RESULTS: MAy 15, 2005 (ROUND 2)
PIW HON BEG: I. Malique James (Han); 2. William
Bojo"luez (Hon). P/W HaN HOD (0-6): I. Jok. Kelley
(Hon). P/W HON HOD (7-9): I. Matt Oixon (Hon); 2.
Ethan Quinn (Han); 3. Brandon Pons (Hon); 4. Cameron
Re;tzel (Hon). P/W JR 5TK BEG: I. "lyle<' V;uquez (KTM):
2. MyI