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CMC Golden State Nationals Round 3: Perris Raceway By TONY ALESSI PERRIS, CA, FEB. 13 fl]0bby Bonds continued to wreak L.!.Jhavoc on the Pro ranks, once again trouncing the competition in both the 125cc and 250cc Pro classes during the third round of the CMC Golden State Nationals, held at Perris Raceway. WeI was the most popular word in the pits, after numerous winter storms kept moisture flowing throughout the greater part of the day. Nevertheless, Bonds blew away all the top Pros. "The kid is superfast," said the 250cc Pro runner-up, Spud Walters. "He is definitely going places if he keeps it up." Not even hired gun Ben Riddle could get the job done. "We heard they brought Riddle here from Kentucky to beat us," Bonds said. "I think 1 had like a 40-second lead on him in the 125cc class." "Bess was going fast," Blose said, "but it's hard to pass someone who is going as fast you are; you kind of have to wait for them to make a mistake." And that mistake did come later in the day, when Bess collided with another rider in the 125cc Intermediate division and broke his thumb. "I am pretty sure it's broke," he said. "It's bent pretty far back, so I will be out for the rest of the series." Blose returned and raced mostly unchallenged in the final moto to score the overall victory in front of Team Green's Ross Garcia, hard charger Steve Mertens, Nate Jones and Pro Circuit's Justin Mace. Team Suzuki/Simi Valley Cycle's R.J. Thompson swept the Intermediate divisions, making a clean sweep of all four motos in both the 125cc and 250cc Intermediate classes. Thompson turned lap times close to those of the top Pro racers all day long and went on to top Blose, TRE- Bobby Bonds, back in action at Perris Raceway for round three of the CMC Golden State Nationals, where he shot down all the top Pros on his way to victory In both the 12!5cc and 2!50cc Pro classes. . BONds blows 'EM AWAYi In the end, Bonds topped both 125cc Pro races, over Japanese racer Kuraudo Toda, New Mexico's Kevin Johnson, fast starter Gerrit Ordelman and KTM racer Jimmy Lamastus. Of that group, Lamastus stayed the closest to Bonds all day, staying a quarter of a lap behind him in the second moto of competition and finishing that moto in the runner-up spot. The 250cc race was more of the same. This time, senior Pro Spud Walters took second after an earlymoto battle with Riddle. "Riddle was going good," Walters said, "but once I passed him, he just dropped off." "I just started riding again like two weeks ago after my injuries from the Mini a's," Riddle said. "I will be in California for another week with my manager, Cole Gress from Suzuki. Just watch next week - I will be ready to win." Riddle topped rookie Pro Jonathan Shimp, Taka Atsuta and Kevin Johnson on the day's overall score card. Some of the day's closest racing came in the Schoolboy and 125cc Intermediate divisions, in which Team Suzuki's Shane Bess made his first and possibly last - appearance of the series. "Well, I have been out with a broken tailbone for the last few months," Bess explained, "and then we had to get all of our testing done, so we missed the first couple of rounds." Bess did serve notice that he was here not only to race but to win, as he shot down class favorite Michael Blose in the first Schoolboy race. 80 (12-13): I. Kyle P.rtridge (502); 2. Ch.rlie Morrison (Yam): 3. Robby Woods (Hon); 4. Scott Simon (Yam): 5. Cas Swift (Suz). 80 (14-16): I. Jimmy Nelson (Y.m); 2. Jesse Casillas (Yam); 3. Sean Collier (Kaw); 4. Cale Wallace (Yam); 5. Billy Swapp (Yam). S/MINI: 1. Jesse Casillas (Yam); 2. Mike Alessi (Yam); 3. Kyle Partridge (Suz); 4. Chris Norr (Hon): 5. Jimmy Nelson (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Brian Anderson (Suz); 2. Dennis Van Atta (Kaw); 3. Chris Avery (Yam): 4. Sam Scanlon (Hon): 5. Scott Pidergois (Hon). 125 JR D-l: I. Josh Fink (Suz); 2. Cody Mertel (Hon): 3. Greg Center (Suz): 4. Donnie Weber (Kaw): 5. Michael Brown (Yam). 125 JR 0-2: 1. Jonathan Davies (Kaw): 2. Matt Marsteller (Kaw); 3. Gabriel Obeso (Yam); 4. Jeff Griffin (Yam); 5. George Schneider (KTM). 125 INT 0-1: I. R.J. Thompson (Suz); 2. Michael Blose (Yam): 3. Tim Weigand (Yam); 4. Shane Bess (Suz); 5. Steve Mertens (Yam). 125 (NT 0-2: I. Justin Mace (Kaw); 2. Chris Thompson (SUl): 3. Kyle Mace (Kaw); 4. Matthew Prochnavy (Hon); 5. Mark Valcore (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Bobby Bonds (Hon): 2. Kuraudo Toda (Hon); 3. Kevin Johnson (Y~m); 4. Gerrit Ordelman (Yam); 5. Jimmy Lamastus (KTM). SCHBY: I. Michael Blose (Yam): 2. Ross Garcia (Kaw): 3. Steve Mertens (Yam); 4. Nathan Jones (Hon); 5. Justin Mace (Kaw). 8TH: 1. Matt Armstrong (Yam); 2. Ryan Leyba (Han); 3. Ch.d Ruggles (Y.m). 250 BEG: 1. Scott Roegner (Suz); 2. Garrett Matthews (Han); 3. Bryan Peel (Han): 4. Aaron Bjork (Yam): 5. Ben Wageman (Yam). 250 JR: I. Brian Macafee (Han); 2. Jonathan Davies (Kaw); 3. Greg Center (SUl); 4. Jason Larson (Suz); 5. Alvino Garcia (Yam). 250 INT: I. R.J. Thompson (SUl); 2. Turbo Reif (Han); 3. Sean O'Connor (Yam); 4. Nathan Jones (Han): 5. Warren TIttlemier (Han). 250 PRO: I. Bobby Bonds (Han); 2. Spud Walters (Yam): 3. Ben Riddle (SUl): 4. Jon~than Shimp (Yam): 5. Taka Atsut~ (Han). 25+ AM; I. Jon Levey (Yam); 2. Jason Larson (SUl): 3. Tony Pulliam (Hon): 4. Garrett Matthews (Han); 5. Dave Riley (Kaw). 25+ MSTR: 1. Darrin Hoeft (Suz); 2. Jon Zahrt (Suz); 3. Nick Mairose (Suz); 4. Dave Zahrt (Suz); 5. Bob Sh;mp (Yam). 25+ PRO: I. Spud Walters (Yam); 2. Bryan Nelson (Yam); 3. Chris Young (SUl); 4. Todd Mitchell (Suz); 5. Craig Davis (KTM). VET JR: 1. Tim Hicherson (Han); 2. Mike Embry (Suz); 3. Canon Squires (Yam): 4. Jon Merrifield (SOl); 5. Tony Pulliam (Hon). VET MSTR: 1. Darrin Hoeft (SUl); 2. Jon Zahrt (SUl); 3. Martin Klossner (Yam); 4. Dave Zahrt (Suz); 5. Mike Hodges (Suz). VET PRO: 1. Bryan Nelson (Yam); 2. Chris Young (SUl); 3. Craig Davis (KTM); 4. Joe Root (Suz); 5. Greg Briles. 500 AM: I. Chad Mcintosh (Hus). 500 PRO: 1. Bryan Nelson (Yam). OIT AM: 1. Greg Douglas (Hon); 2. Pryor Campbell (Suz); 3. Tim Masters (KlIw); 4. Scott Podergois (Hon); 5. Stephen Day (Yam). OfT MSTR; 1. Joel Herriott (Yam); 2. David Fondes (Suz); 3. Joe Root (Suz); 4. Bob Shimp (Y.m); 5. Milton M;ze (K.w). WMN: 1. Candace English (Yam); 2. Bonnie Warch (Yam); 3. Jennifer Caputo (Suz); 4. Jamie Plimintuan (SUl); 5. Tanya Elbers (Suz). In the Intennediate ranks, R.J. Thompson (591 took the wins in both the 125cc and 2!50cc divisions. backed Tim Weigand, Bess and Mertens in the 125cc class, and Turbo Reif and Sean O'Connor in the 250s. The results of the Golden State Mini Nationals looked similar to those of the previous round. Suzuki's Kyle Partridge picked up where he left off, taking two more moto wins in the 80cc (12-13) class, while Yamaha-mounted Jimmy Nelson took care of business in the 80cc (14-16) age division. Team Thousand Oaks Yamaha/ KTM rider Mike Alessi swept all four motos in both the 60cc (9- 11) and 80cc (7-11) classes, while his teammate Jesse Casillas handled the Supermini divisions by winning both motos over Alessi, Partridge, Chris Norr and Jimmy Nelson. Donnie Kearney kept it on track in the 60cc (0-8) division, pushing his Kurt Henrickson MX Academy- backed KTM to a pair of moto wins, topping rivals Michael Hall and Trevor Reis. Tanner Krahenbuhl posted his first win of the series in the Pee Wee (4-6) class, taking both moto wins over Zac "Attack" Chase and Mason Mill. CN Perris Raceway Perris, Califomia Results: february 13, 2000 [Round 31 50 (4-6): 1. Tanner Krahenbuhl; 2. Zekariah Ch.se (Cob); 3. M.son Mill (Cob); 4. Jord.n Goraleski (Cob); 5. Bryce Stewllrt (Cob). 50 (7-8): I. Mich.el H.II (Cob); 2. Trevor Reis (Cob): 3. N;ck P.luzz; (Cob); 4. Cody Farr.r (KTM); 5. Blake B.ggett (Cob). 60 BEG; 1. Blake Baggett (Kaw); 2. Terren O'Dell (Kew); 3. Sherri Cruse (KTM): 4. Chris Plouffe (Kaw); 5. Kyle Bohannan (Kaw). 60 (0-8): 1. Donn;e Ke.mey (KTM); 2. Mich.el Hall (Kaw); 3. Trevor Rels (Kaw); 4. Jake Canada (KTM); 5. Nick PlIluzzi (Kaw). 60 (9-11): 1. Mike Alessi (KTM); 2. Travis Christensen (Kaw); 3. Bryce Terzian (KTM); 4. Jared P.rtridge (K.w); 5. Andy Str.ight (KTM). 80 BEG: 1. Steven Hoyle (Yem); 2. Jason Hildenbrand (Yam): 3. Taylor Kelham (Yam); 4. Jimmy Soliz (Yam), 5. Greg Young (Hon). 80 (7-11): 1. M;ke Alessi (Y.m); 2. Jeff Alessi (Yam); 3. Casey Hinson (SUl); 4. Robert Memoli (Yam); 5. Travis Christensen (Kaw). cue I ... n e vv s MARCH 8. 2000 31

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