Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Los A ngeles County R a c e w a y Colson Goes B ig at CRC M X B y G REG R OBERTSON PALMDA LE, CA, AUG. 26 St e v en Colson made his transi tio n fr om m ini bikes to fu ll -sized bikes a successful one, as he went 1·1 in the 125cc Beginne r cla ss at Los A n g el e s Co u nty Race w ay during the Burger K in g· sp on sored round of California Racing Club 's Saturday nigh t motocross. Col son to ok cha rge o f thi n gs early in m ot o on e by sec uring th e lead ah ead of Matt West moreland, Trav is Mehteri an and T y ler McIn to sh . W estmoreland c ras he d himsel f out of c ontention and Meh terian inhe rited s e cond plac e, while Erik Platt o ve rt oo k Mcint osh for th ird. Colson was untou cha ble and led every lap for the win. Mehterian held on fo r second. Blake Run est ad wor k ed his wa y up through the pa ck for th ird, over Mcintosh and Platt . Round t wo looked j ust li k e th e first , with Co ls o n an d h is Yamaha of Goleta /O ' Neal / M o tu l /Twi st ed / Pr o Circuit -ba cked Ya maha putting t he hurt o n t he co m petitio n with a wire-t o-wire wi n. Runesta d held down second pl a c e f or the f i r s t co upl e of lap s b efore Mehter ian got by, Mcintosh closed to Mehter ian ' s back doo r and u sed a la st -lap pass t o finish in sec ond place, and third overa ll behind th e 2- 3 tally of Me hterian. Runest ad hel d off Plait on the last lap to eam fo urth. Colson didn 't abandon his mini ride by an y means. He went on to post doubl e mote win s in th e 80c c ( 14- 16) cla ss and split m ot o wins with Randall Hall in th e Supermini cl ass. Ricky Parks wa s r un ner- up in both 8 0 c c ( 14-16) motos, ahe ad o f Greg Young and Tyler Gunn. Hall collected the ov erall win in the Supermin is by virt ue o f his 1-2 score o ve r th e 3 - 1 finish es of Colson. A ssaf A lu sh abs co nd ed with th e first Vet Be g in n er m oto h o leshot and co ntinued on unc on t est ed for the w in. Sta nl ey Norwoods. Fl ynn So b elman and Esau Ordenes argued over second plac e. with Norwoods pre vaili n g in th e end . Th e secon d m o ta was all Sobelman 's, as he pu t his KX25 0 in to an im m ed iate lead and p r o c eed ed to m otor a way for th e victory . A lu sh 's runner-up p erformanc e in the m o ta w a s goo d enoug h for th e ov er all honors. Sobelm an wa s second o v erall. and Norwoods ( 2- 3) , Am i Azo ula y ( 5 -4 ) an d Wade Runestad (6-5) rou n ded out th e top fi ve. Re sults S/Ptw (7 .9 ): 1. Cody Farrar (Cob); 2 . Tom my AqUIno (Cob): 3. Keith Rob inson (Cob) . 60 BEG: I. Tommy Martln (Kaw): 2. Chadd Cole (Kaw): 3. Neil Onstott (Kaw). 60 (4 .8 ): 1. Cody LA mboU (KTM). 60 (9. 11): 1. T~t Pugm ire (Kaw); 2. Shawn Butler (Kaw); 3. Kyle Sm ith (KTM); 4 . Ja~s Jenklnt (Kaw); 5 . Timmy Rit1J ~ (Kaw). 80 BEG: I. Ja m" Ramoa (Hon) : 2 . Brian BebKk (Yam) ; 3 . Mike Q.,rda (Yam): 4 . Andy Hatrvne1 (Yam); 5. Jusrin Powell(Yam ). 80 (7 .1 1): 1. Nick Sanchez (Suz ): 2. TlIfII'Ief Alexander (Yam ); 3 . Pteton Lundin (Yam) ; 4. J .B. Peek (Yam) . 80 (12.13 ); I. Justin HiIllger (Yam): 2. Ga~n NOIT (Hon) : 3. Brll!tt""'ountain(Yam) ; 4 . Bmt KleIn (1b1 ); 5. Kevin Bey (Yam ). 80 (14 · 16): I. SteoYer1 Collon (Yom); 2. Rick)' Parks (Yam) ; 3. G~ Young (Han); 4. Tyief Gunn (Han ); 5 . Nick Simpson (Han) . SlMlNI: I. Rand,aU Han (Kaw) ; 2 . Steve Colson (Yam ); 3. Cim'mt Non' (Hon); 4. NICk Sanchez (Sw.) . WM. I. Ta mera NeiUel (Yam); 2. letna la Krytz1er (Yam) ; 3. Shena Rhinehart (Kaw): 4 . V....... Vooc::hen (Suzl: 5. TanI ~ (KTMI. 125 BEO: I. Steven Collan (y am) ; 2. Travis Meht~ (yaml: 3 . Tyler McIntosh(Yam); 4 . Blake Runesbld (&Iz); 5. Erik ptan (YMl"I ). 125 NOV: I . Anl lton y Bar ba co vi (Yam ); 2 . Dar in Cltishol m (Han); 3 . Riley Becking et (Yam ); 4 . Garrett WlIJTen (Yam): 5 . Ryan SaINs (Yam ). 125 INT: 1. .kIf Ede (Han): 2. Shawn Trabert (K_ ); 3 . NICk M.a 1l'OR(Yam ); 4 . 50 WiUiams (Yam ); 5 . T.J . 8efario (Vam ). 250 BEG: 1. Adam Hurt (Hon): 2. Travis Rendich (Hon ); 3 . Kd Ca... (Han) : 4 . Justin1'\ank (Yam ); 5.1'\ik)s Gavrilovic (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Neil Chisholm (Hon): 2. Chris Pt (Yoml. Josh Standiford (Kaw): 5 . Cauidy Hei~ (Yam ). 30 ..: I. Bob S~en (Rtx); 2. [)nlla , a-r (Rb i; 3 . Jim Hollister (Ra); 4. Ed Hyde ( Rut): 5. Tom M.agee (Hen) . 40 ..: I . Bruce MilI~ (ATK); 2. Tom Norton (Han) ; 3 . Mike KMI'If' (Hbg ): .. . l.Mry 8urtd'lo&d«(Yam) : 5 . Gary Dee' (Yam ). SPT'SMN: 1. Georgie Pnce (Rtx): 2. Donnie M.uDen (Rtx); 3. Mike Va mrs (ATK): 4. Raun Wood (Hon): 5. Billy StilIwdI (!ITM). Grumpy Valley Molorsports Park Dunaway Done Away with 'em B y RU PERT X , PELLETI TA RLTON , O H, AU G. 12 ·13 Si nce ret urnin g fro m an Indoor Series win ter time inj ury. Ohio M o t o sp orts' Cha rlie D un · aw ay h as b een train in g in ten sel y - wo r k in g out, ridi ng , hon ing hi s raci n g sk ills. He 's bee n c om ing up to spe ed in a hur ry , tearing up th e D ist rict 11 tr ac k s. At Gru m p y Vall ey , Mark Burkhart was th e only man to bea t Du naw ay, wh o wo n a gra nd t ot al o f seven m o to s ov er th e course o f th e weekend , leaving a gagg le of fast A ri ders in hi s wake. Wi t h a c ou ple hundred r id er s t o satisfy , pr omo ter Jim T homp son and h is so n Te rry and crew d id a fi n e j ob o f keep ing th e very long , serp enti ne tra c k in good sh ape and rela · ti v ely du st -free.

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