Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

California Rac ing Club Sponsorship Ser ies Round 1: Los Angeles County Raceway STO RY AN D PH OT O S B Y G REG R OB E RT SO N PALMDALE, CA,OCT.15 \f.Yl it h t he lure o f more than $40 ,000 in var i o u s levels o f sponso rship fo r t he upcoming 200 I season , a huge turno ut of rid ers con - D:J ve rge d on Lo s Angeles Co unty Raceway fo r th e open ing round of the 12th annua l Cal ifornia Racing Club Spon so rship Seri es. Tw o riders w ho are we ll on the ir wa y to co llecti ng the ir share of p rizes at t he end of the five -race series are Scott How e, wh o topped both 125cc Intermedi at e m oto s, and La rs Lindst ro m , wh o sp lit m ot o wi n s w ith win .· Norr fi nished th ird , o ver Hertel . Robert Bergman and Chaz Smith. Round tw o wa s all How e's . as he put his Riders Choice/O'Neal /Maxima -back ed YZI2 5 out front right fro m th e sta rt and eas ily pull ed awa y for the w in . Norr and M ai ro se d ic ed ov er sec ond p lace until Norr lost h is fr ont end aga in and dropped t o an eve n t ua l si x th -p l ac e finish . M a iro se w a s ag a in runner -up , f oll ow ed by Hert el and Sm ith . M airose retu rned to abscond w ith t he 25 0c c In t e r m ed i at e fi r st -m o t o holeshot. Lin d st r om was qu ick ly ar ou nd T ed M cTo ld ri dg e fo r seco nd p lace , w it h Trabert m o v ing u p into third pl ac e a short ti me la te r. Lin d - (A b ov e) Scott Howe swept both 12 5cc Int e nnediat e motos at Los Angel es County Ra ceway in Pa lmdale, Ca lifom la . (L eft) N ick Mai rose (147) leads eventual 250cc Intennedi ate winn er Lars Lind strom at the open ing round o f the Ca lif o m ia Ra c i ng Club Sponsorshi p Se ries. Shaun T rabert for the 250cc Interme di ate -class overall honors. In 12 5 c c In term ed iat e first -ro und actio n, T r ab e r t , a boa rd th e l o n e Kawasaki in the field, ran off with the holes hot a head of Nick Ma i ro se , Howe, Cody Hertel an d the re st of t he pack . Howe we nt unde rn eat h Mairos e t o stea l away second place w hile Ch ris Norr passed Hertel and Mairo se t o ru n in t hird pla ce after one lap . Howe ra iled aro und T rab ert o n lap t w o to ru n o ut fr o n t. N or r l o st hi s fro nt end in a t urn and han ded th ird ba ck to M airose. T rabert wen t do wn h a rd at th e m i d w ay p o in t a nd w as don e for t he m oto . Howe went down , too , bu t he ha d eno ugh of a c ush ion ove r M airose to rem ount and take the strom hounded Mairose until he slid out in a corner. T rabert picked up the slack and closed to the b ac k fender of Mairose fo r a co uple of ci rcuits befor e making a last-lap pass for the win . Lindstrom was a close third , over J us ti n Acker, Michael Meadows and Hertel. Hond a-m ou nted Hertel led the sec ond m ot o fo r a lap before Lindst rom m ad e h i s w ay into t h e le ad after a fou rth -pla c e sta rt. Lindstrom conti nued on un contested for the overa ll o n a 3 -1 day . Hert el k ept M airo se at bay th e entire di st an ce for seco nd in t he m ot o and th ird ove rall, behind the 2 3 t all y of M airose. R.J . Thompson and Travi s Presto n w ent at it head t o head in th e f irst 2 50 cc Pro m oto , with Thompson pre- va ili ng b y th e slimmest of m arg ins. Th ompson sna red th e ho les hot in m ot o two , but Preston learn ed his les so n fr om th e first m ot o a n d go t a r o u nd Th omps on o n th e o p e n i n g lap . Th ompson d ogg ed Prest on all th e way to th e c hec ke rs to .end u p wi th the sec on d -pl ac e m on ey . B ill Sa uro f i n is hed all a lo ne in th ird pla ce in bo th races, ahe ad of St even Eugenio and Lu k e Orr. Garrett Norr put in so m e excellent r ides a boa r d h i s Na t i onwi d e C ycl e/Thor/N-St y le-ba ck ed CR80 as he swe p t both 80c c ( 12- 13 ) m oto s and then returned to split m oto wins with R i cky Parks to c a p t u r e th e Supermini overa ll as well. Tye Hames was equally impressive in the 80cc (7 -1 1) class, in which he totally dominated the competition o n his KX8 0 . Ha mes worked his way up th rough most of the 8 0cc ( 12 - 13) rid ers who had started on th e previous gate while en route t o his two- moto sweep . T ann er La ng ham was ru nn er up both t imes ou t , over Casey Logan and J. B . Peek . eN Los Angeles County Raceway Palmdale, California Results: October 15, 2000 [Round 11 P/ W YA M BEG: l. Greg Litt lej oh n ( Yam ): 2 . Diego Bon edetli ( Yam ); 3 . Franz Hahn ( Yam ) ; 4 . Tra vis Damron (Hen): 5. Justin Shepa rd (Han) . P/W YAM A DV: 1. Chandler Nicho lls (Yam) . S/P /W (4- 6) : I. Dam ion Tac kett . S/P /W (7 - 9) : 1. Keith Robi nson (Cob ): 2. Colton Sanders ( KTM). 60 B EG: l. C hadd Co le (Ka w): 2 . Will Luna (Kew) : 3. Ch ris Bell (Kaw ); 4 . Dam ien Coll ins Jr. (Kaw) : 5. Ryan Simonia n (Kaw ) . cue. e 6 0 (9 · 11): 1. Fr ank ie Whit e (Kaw ) ; 2. Shaw n B utler ( Kaw) ; 3 . T im Ritzie r (K aw); 4 . Travis Bright (KTM) : 5. Kyle Smith (KTM) . 80 BEG: I. Mark Brewer (Hon) ; 2. Ken Slater J r. {Kew ]: 3. Chad A bbott (Yam ): 4 . Mike Garcia (Yam): 5 . Skyla r Gra y (Yam). 80 (7 - 1 1): 1. T y e Ham es ( Kaw ) ; 2 . T ann er Lang ham (Ka w) ; 3 . Casey Logan (Ka w); 4. J .B. Peek (Yam) ; 5. Tan ner Alexa nder (Yam). 80 ( 12- 13) : 1. Garrett Norr (Hen) : 2 . Greg O wen (Yam) ; 3. Trav is Foos (Kaw) ; 4 . Brennan McG inni s (Yam) . 8 0 ( 14 - 16): I. Gil Esquivel (Yam) . S/MINI: 1. Garrett Norr (H on) : 2 . Ricky Parks (Yam) ; 3 . Chris Gonza lez (Kaw) . WMN: 1. Tiffany Smith ( Yam); 2. Lei ne!a Krytze r (Yam ); 3 . Nicole Puentes (Sua) : 4 . Sheunon Mye rs (Yam); 5. Michelle Burch (Yam ). 125 BE G: I . J on Bender ( Hon); 2 . St eve n Figueroa ( Hon ) : 3 . James Sende lbach ( Hon) ; 4 . Sterli ng Zepeda (Yam) ; 5. Len Elwell (Yam) . 125 NOV: 1. Matt Go mez (Ka w); 2. A nth on y Barbacov i (Yam); 3. Darin Chisholm (Hon); 4 . Ryan Riess (Yam) ; 5. Steve Colso n (Yam). 125 (NT : 1: Scott Howe (Yam); 2. Nic k Mairo se (Yam); 3. Cody Hertel (Hon ): 4. Chris Norr (Han) ; 5. Chez Sm ith (Yam ). 12S PRO: 1. R.J . Tho m pson (Suz) . 25 0 BEG: 1. Nick Sweany (S uz): 2. J on athan Beldi ng (Hen) : 3. David Schouten (Kaw); 4 . Charlie Abbott (Yam) ; 5. Steven Perry (Yam ). 2 5 0 NOV : 1. Neil Chis ho lm ( Ho n); 2 . Gr ant Moore J r. ( Hen} : 3 . Chad Banta ( Yam) : 4 . Bryan Ward (Hen): 5. Shawn Bolding (Hon). 250 INT: 1. L ars Li nds t ro m ( Ho n) ; 2 . N ic k Mair o se (Ya m) ; 3. Cody Hertel (Hon) ; 4 . Mi chae l Meadows (Hon) ; 5. Shane Sm ith (Yam). 250 PR O : 1. T ra vi s Pre st on ( Ha n ): 2 . R.J . Tho m pso n (Su z) ; 3 . Bill Sau ro ( Ha n) ; 4 . Steven Eugenio (Yam); 5. Luk e Orr (Han) . 500 INT : 1. Tyson Tittl em ier (Hon) . JR VET BEG: 1. Roy Ledoux (Han); 2. Marcu s Cam pos (Kew): 3 . A mi Azoula y (Kaw) ; 4. Ron Levitz (Kaw); 5. John Dunsmore (Yam ). JR V ET NO V : 1. Ji m We lc h ( Ho n) : 2 . Ray Becker (Kaw); 3. James Hutchin son (Kaw); 4. Shy Moshe (Yam); 5. Marc Li ppert (Suz). J R VET IN T : 1. Teddy McT old ridg e (Hon): 2 . Jimmy Cham berlin (Han) . VET BEG: 1. Mar cus Cam pos ( Kaw) ; 2. Korey Geweck e ( Suz) ; 3 . Tony D iscu lc o (Suz) ; 4 . Dou g Wilson (Hon ); 5 . Rick Fete (Yam) . VET NO V: I. J im Welch (Han): 2. Derek Gainer (Kaw); 3. Bill Lansford (Yam); 4. Gebi Abayov (Hon); 5. Kenard Lipsco mb (Suz) . VET INT : 1. Vince Baioni (Suz); 2. Randy Wilki ns (Yam) ; 3 . Bruce Richards (Yam): 4 . Doug Bearden (Yam): 5. Michael Penta ( Yam) . VET EX/PRO : I. Bill Seuro (Hon); 2. J on Zahrt (Suz); 3. Darren Stoffer (Han) . SR NO V: 1. Joe Zipay (Hon): 2. Jeff Hawthorn e (Sua): 3. Mi ke Kell y ( Yam ). SR A M: 1. Harold Smith (KTM) ; 2. Ric k Parks ( Hon) ; 3 . Sco tt McDo na ll ( Hon); 4 . Curti s Brown (Kaw): 5. Mark Brone au (Yam ). SR EX: 1. Ed Guaja rdo (Han ); 2. Joe Root (SOl); 3. George J im enez (Hon) . NOV : 1. Bob Klatt (Kew} : 2. A sker Larn kjaer (Suz}: 3. Larry Kirsch (Yam ). AM : 1. Jeff Hawthorn e (Suz); 2. Don Meiner (Yam); 3. Mic hael Burnett ( Yam ): 4 . Denn is Faster (Yam) : 5. Bob Blak e (Kaw). O f T EX : 1. Ma rk Br o neau (Ya m) ; 2 . Ga rry Co nner ( Yam) ; 3 . B rian F arn er ( K a w ) ; 4 . K irk Freeman (Yam) ; 5. Mark Neal (Han) . orr MSTR A : I . Ed Guaja rdo (Hon): 2. Ed Tripp (Suz). MSTR 8 : 1. George J imenez (Hon) ; 2. Ken Greene (Hon ). orr orr orr n e v v Si N O V EM B ER 15 . 2000 37

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