Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

CMC Trans-Cal Series Round 4 : Cornpetition Par k S T O RV AND P HO T O S Bv sure he thinks I cross-jumped him, but I really didn't know he was there." The final outcome of the collision wa s tha t Lewis st a yed up and rod e awa y un h ar me d to vic t ory wh ile Yo ung fo und h imself wadded u p o n th e ground and out of the race. Kevin Towns end kept u p a res pecta b le pace the res t of th e moto for second p lace. Fox ride r Jerem y Chausse e rounded out the top three. Rook ie pro Billy La n ino vic h con tin ued to tu rn heads by once a gain t o p pin g bo th 1 2 5 c c Pro m ot os . Da nn y Carlson looked like he could be a winner o n the da y, but small setbacks ke pt him o ut of contentio n, "Th e first moto, so meone messed with my s us pe nsi on setting " Carlson said "They we re turne d a ll different th a n no rmal." Mike Young took run ne r-up honors but could not c atch the s peedy Lani no vich , who rooste d a wa y to victo ry in each moto. Jes s e C a s ill as h ammer e d the 125 cc Sc hoo lboy class with another TONV A L E SS I SAN JACIrlTO, CA, OCT. 1 fT\ couple of we e ks after turning 30, W Kyi e Lewis s h owed no s ig n s of old age as he put a poundi ng on the 2 50cc Pro class with a pai r of rno to wins en ro ute t o th e overall victory during the fo urth a nd fina l round of the CMC Southe rn Ca lifo rni a Trans Ca l Series , wit h the series final and s howdown scheduled for m id-Octobe r at Ma rysville Rive rfron t Par k in North ern Ca lifornia. Now manag ed by one of America 's mo s t win ni ng motocros s legen d s , Ro n Turner , C ompetition Pa rk was pe rfectly prepared. "We are putting an effort into ma king th is racetrack the best of the be st in Southern California ," Turner said . Lewis started off the first moto with a bad start - almost la st - but he kept a cool head and s imply pass ed his way to th e front and wo n the moto. "I got s ide wa ys a nd flipped a cou p le of time s," Aless i said. Alessi got ba c k u p ou ts ide the to p 10 an d c ha rged ba c k to a respecta ble second . "My bar s we re bent all the way to th e gas cap," he repo rte d , "and I still ca ug ht up and a lmost wo n." Alessi returned an d took charge of th e Supermin i contest with a pair of moto wins over 80cc (14 -16 ) cl as s winner Chris Nihan. I:N (Above right! Billy Laninovich 1 32) tapped both 125cc Pro motas at the fourth and final rou nd of the CMC Southern California Trans-Cal Series. IAbove) In San Jacinta, Ca lifornia, J ake M en d en hall 1 0) won both 0 65cc 10-8) class matos, 800) (Le ftl Mik e Alessi 1 led the Supermin i fie ld and took both m ota wins . p a ir of moto wins . Ky le Mace stayed on p ace in moto two b u t was n o match for Ca s illas , w h o se Ironman r id ing s t y le p ro pelle d him to y et another class victory. Rich ie O wens r e b ounded fro m his poor s how ing la st round by scoring bo th th e 125c c and 250 c c Intermed ia te victories. Owens scored an up set vic tory in m oto one ove r T im Weiga nd , wh ile Wei gand fell hard in moto two . Owens ret urned to cap off a n aw esome da y w it h the 1 2 5 c c Inte rme dia te vic to ry, topping a ta lented field . Th e re was a d ifferent winne r in a lm o s t ev ery class in the Mini div isio ns . In t h e 5 0c c d iv ision , Bryc e Stewart and his Noleen-ba cked Cobra took th e victo ry over Cod y Fa rrar. Jake Mendenhall po sted h is first dou - (Above) Daniel Sani 1168) won the 80cc 112 -13) contest at Competition Park. (Right! Trem Pugmire 1 6) rode 9 his KX ta the win over a fleet of KTMs In the 60cc 19-11) class. Le wis pulled th e second-mot ho leshot a nd took control of the early lead. "They just watered th e trac k, and it wa s m u d d y o u t there , " Lewis sa id. "' wa s rid ing le s s t h a n 10 0 p e rc e nt because I wa s un com fortabl e with th e tra ck." Wh ile Le wis was e x perimen t ing with d iffe rent line s, Mike Young was closing in. " He [Young) ri d in g strong out there: Lewis recounte d, "a nd I think I may have come ove r on him on this ju m p, but I didn 't know he was there. " What happened next c ould onl y be describe d as "ugly." Young la nded on Lewis ' ba ck . " His fron t wh eel h it my bu tt , " Lewis expla ined. "I really feel bad. I'm 42 O CTO BER 1 8, 2000' eye • e n e vv s topping a fleet of KTMs in cl ud in g those of runne r -up C h a p p y Fiene , Donn ie Kearney , Michael Ha ll and Mike Leib. In th e 80cc (7 - 1 1) class, Cole Se ely served notice to his senior team member Mike La Paglia by passing h im four different times en ro ute to t he first-mot o win . Not one to roll over, La Paglia came ba c k strong in rno to two and outmuscled his little te a m mate to post th e moto and ove ra ll victory . "Be a c h Boy" Justin Mu lfor d rode very hard a ll da y and fin ished a s o li d fou rth, b e h ind J o n Arana . Da n ie l Sani got a b reak in t h e 8 0 c c (1 2-13) cl a s s when Yama ha r id e r Mike Al e s s i took ' a tu m bl e . Alessi ra n away and hid in moto one and in fact also caught and passed the entire field of 80cc ( 14- 16 ) riders , who sta rted o n gate on e , e n ro ute to a romp of the first moto . A le s s i passed Sani early in the second moto and began to put ya rds between himse lf an d his Honda -mounted rival but took a big fa ll in the whoops . 50 ( 4- 6): 1. Carlos Don (Cob); 2. Nicky LaPagl;a (KTM) ; 3. Danie l Voyl es (Pol) ; 4. Nlkcles Uttle (Pol); 5. Eric Ochoa (KTM) . 50 (7- 8): 1. Bryce Stewart (Cob) ; 2. Cod y Farrar (KTM ); 3 . Tyler Little (Pol) . 60 BEG : I. Jake Mendenhall ( KT M) ; 2 . Ryan Rowell (KTM ); 3 . Armando Aguilar (KTM) ; 4. Ryan Clary (K aw); 5. M;ke Voy les (Kaw) . 60 (0 -8): 1. Bryc e Stewart (Kaw). 60 (9· 1 1) : 1. Trent Pugmke (Kaw); 2. Chappy Fiene (KTM) ; 3. Donnie Kearne y (KTM); 4 . Michael Hall (Ka w); 5 . Michael Leib ( KTM). 80 BEG; 1. Chad A nderson ( Kaw) ; 2. Cha ppy Fiene (Suz); 3. Don Green (Ka w); 4. Brandon Urzua (Yam); 5. Curti s Mclellan (Yam) . 80 (7 - 1 1): 1. Mi ch ael laPaglia (S uz) ; 2. Co le Seely (Suz); 3 . Jo natha n Ara n a ( Yam); 4 . Justin Mulford (Hon): 5 . Kyl e Bergantz (Yem} . 80 ( 12- 13 ): 1. Daniel Sani (Hon) ; 2. Mike Alessi (Vam) ; 3. Zac Wray (Yam): 4 . Ja rred Browne (Vam); 5. Dane Ja ckson (Yam) . 80 ( 14- 16): I. Chris Nih en (Suz): 2. Ty Morr ow (Suz); 3 . Paul Pearcy (Yam) : 4 . Kevin Hunt er {Ya m}; 5. Nathan Collins (Yam) . S/ MI NI: 1. Mik e A lessi (ve m) : 2. Chr is Nihan (Suz) ; 3. Darnel Sani (Hon) ; 4 . Natha n Colli ns (Vam) ; 5. Paul Pearcy (Vam). 125 BEG; 1. Kyle Wilson (Vam): 2. Malt Moone y (Suz) ; 3. Cody Whipple (Yam) ; 4. Jimmy Gonzal ez (Vam) ; 5. Zachary Saathoff (Kaw). 12 5 NOV : I. Andy Bakk en ( Vam); 2. Ryan Campbell (Vam) : 3 . Gabe Obeso (Vam); 4. Spencer Meinek e (Yam) ; 5 . Trav is J ohnson (Kaw) . 125 IrIT: 1. Rich te Ow-ens (Yam ); 2. Kyle Mace (Kaw) : 3. RK:h Albach (Hon): 4. Brian Hulsey (Vam): 5. Dav id Sullins (Yam) . 125 PRO: 1. Bill y laninovich (Yem): 2. Mic hael Young ( Hon ); 3. Brandon Morgan (Yam) ; 4. Je rem y Chaussee (Hon); 5 . Danny Carlson (&a) . 250 BEG: 1. Juan Salvetierre (Hon); 2. Jeremy Cor sa ( Hon); 3. J u sti n M"rk (Yam); 4. Erik Platt (Yam); 5. Jon Simmons (Yarn}. 250 J R : 1. Robbie .Jemee (Suz); 2 . Kevi n Ullywh ile (Yam ); 3 . Josh Borden (Yam) . 250 tNT: 1. Richie Owen s ( Yam) ; 2. Justin Mace (Kaw) ; 3. Warren Tlttlemier (Hon): 4. Richerd Albach (Hon ); 5. Josh Stice (Vam) . 2 5 0 PR O : 1. K yl e Lew i s (Su z) ; 2 . Kevi n To wnsend ( Ho n) ; 3. J eremy Chaussee ( Ha n); 4. Michael Young (Han); 5 . Travis Smith (Suz). SCHB Y: 1. Jesse Cesllle s (Yam) ; 2. Kyl e Mace (Ka w ); 3 . Anthony Bruscella ( Hon ); 4 . Zac Wray (Vam ): 5. Patrick Terry (Vam) . BTH: 1. Matt Armstrong (YlIm) ; 2 . Chad Frank {Ya m}. 25. AM : 1. Ju stin Mark . 40. BEG: 1. Dary l Kimberly (Kaw) . 40. JR: 1. J im Thrift (Suz); 2. Mik e Agu inald o (Han); 3. Scott Jarvis (Yam ). 40. INT : 1. Robb ie J ame s (Suz); 2. Tom Hayes (Kaw). 40 . A M: 1. T on y Sc huer ( Ya m); 2 . Ja m ie Bennett (Han) . 40 . MST R: I . Brent Ba t t in (Ha n ) ; 2 . T i m Marsch (Ya m) . PRO: 1. Phill Dow ell (Han) . WMN: I. Elizabeth Bash (Vam) .

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