Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Californ ia Racing Club Sponsorship Ser ies Round 2 : Los Angeles Count y Raceway .. . . • •.. '. (Left) Jeff Ei d e ran and h id a nd let the rest M g o seek" as he flew to a four-moto sweep of the 125cc and 250cc Intermediate c la ss es a t the second round of the Ca l if o rn ia Ra c ing Club Spon sorsh ip Series. (Below ) Tiffany Smith (13 ) g ets the jump on the rest of the Wom e n 's clas s at Lo s Angeles Co u nty Raceway i n Pa lm d a le , Ca lifornia. She w o n both motos. By sec on d, over th e 4 -3 sco re of Randy W il k ins an d t h e 2 -5 tall y o f Chad Nelson. J immy Ch amberl in m ad e th e drive from Hend erson , Nev ada, payoff with a win in th e Junior Vet Intermediate c la ss. Cham berlin sp l it moto win s with T ed McToldridge. Pasha A fshar finished th ird both times out. Tiffan y Smith and Tara N eitzel argued over the l e a d i n both Wom en ' s motos , w ell ahead of the rest of the fie l d . Sm ith ke p t her Ei de w as aro u n d b oth C h amberl i n and Mea do ws , an d a co uple of circui ts later he was k n o c k i n g on Mairose's back door. Mairo se put up a goo d fig ht, but Eide moved into th e top spot with the whi te flag in sight. Ma irose w as again ru nner-u p on the day , this time on a 3 -2 score. Mead ows greete d the checkers in third to cl aim fo urth overall , beh ind the 2 -4 score of Lindstrom. Ri c h Tru c h in sk i took home t h e first-place payback in the 125cc Pro rank s with a tw o -mote swe ep on h is T ru - Tec /F MF / A pp l ied - ba cke d RM 125 . Pa t r ic k Wade d i c e d w ith Truchinski in both motos but had t o settle for a pa ir of second -p lace fi nishes ov er Troy Welty. Travis Preston wa s un touchable in both 250cc Pro races , with Raymond Smith earning th e se cond - pla c e money wi~ a pa ir of runner -up fi ni shes, over Lu ke Orr and Wade. Vince Baioni continues to be the ma n in th e Vet Int erm ediat e class. He pull ed of f anoth er two -mote sweep th is week against a tough field on his SVC /Factory Effects /Nationwide C y cl e - sponsor ed RM250 . Fellow Suzuk i pilot Mike Licitra wen t 3 -2 for YZ125 just ahea d of Neitzel 's KTM to ace both race s. Leina ia Kry tzer (6 -3) came out on to p of a four-way po ints tie with Nikki Puentes (5-4 ) , Jaimie Burg ess (4 - 5 ) an d Sh auno n M y ers (3 -6) for th ird overall. CN G RE G R O B ER T S O N PAlMDAlE, CA, OCT. 22 ~ os Angeles C o u n t y Ra c ew a y -l....o played host to rou nd two of Califo rn i a Rac in g s Club ' s 12 t h an n u a l Galp in Ford/White Broth ers/Pro Circu it/ VP Racing FuelsfTru -T ec- sp on sored Sponsorship Seri es . Hond a mounted J eff E id e proved to. be the top Intermediate rider on the day, win ning four stra ight motos for the 125cc and 250cc-c1ass overall honors. In 12 5cc Intermediate first-round action , N ick Mairose got his usu al jack ra b bit st art, wh il e E ide ha d t o plac e catch -u p. Ei de w as rel entl ess, and with ti me running out he sli pped aro u nd M a iro se for t h e win. Cody Hert el cro ssed the fin ish line for third , ahead o f C h r i s Norr and Brent Gilliam. In the sec ond moto, both Eide and Norr ran down Mairo se wi thi n a la p , making it a grea t three -ri der battle over the to p spot. Ei de go t the u ppe r hand at the m idway po int and slow ly pulled away , running and hiding and letting the rest go seek as he went on for a sweep of th e cl ass. Ma iros e had . his hands full with Norr and managed to k e e p h i m at bay up unt il t h e checkers for secon d overall. Hertel fought his wa y up from a 10th- place start to fini sh fift h and fourth ov erall , topping th e 6 -6 score of Smith. Eide started things off with a win in the first 250c c Intermed iate moto aboa rd h is Mid -Citi es /No - T oil / An sw er / U p F r o n t D es i g n s -ba c k ed CR25 0 . La st we ek 's open ing -round winner , Lars Lin d st ro m , w as ru nnerup , fo llowed by Mairo se, Shaun Trabert and M ik e Meadows. M airo se re eled off th e s eco nd m oto ho le shot over Jimmy Chamberli n , Me adows and Eide. By la p two , 32 N OVEMB ER 22 , 2000' c ue I e n eVIl's Los Allgeles County IIaceway Palmdale. Clllifomia Results: IJctDber Z2, ZDDD IllDund 2l P/ W YAM B EG: I. Greg Littlejohn ( Yam): 2 . Taylor Farn er {Yam}; 3. Justin Shepard ( Hon) ; 4. Travis Damen (Han): 5. B",ndon Sche rer (Suz). P/W YAM AOV: I . Chandler Nicholls (Vam) . Stp/W (7 -9): I. Colton Sanders (KTM): 2. Keith Roo;nson (Cob ). 60 BEG: I. Toy lor KeJlstrom (Ka.,): 2. Chris Bell ( Ka.,) : 3 . Will Luna (K a w) ; 4 . D am ie n Co llin s J r . ( K a w ); 5 . Rya n Simon ian (Kaw). 6 0 (4 -8) : I. Chr is Plouffe (Ka.,); 2. Dylan Tru jillo: 3. Chris Deeds (KTM) . 60 (9 -1 1) : I. Ell iot Ja ck son (Kaw) ; 2. Tim Ritzier (K" w) ; 3 . She wn Butler ( Ka w ) ; 4 . K yl e Sm it h ( KTM ); 5 . Trav i s Brig ht (KTM) . 80 BEG: 1. Andr ew J ackso n (Han): 2. Ken Slater J r. (Kaw;: 3. Kai Pattison ( Ka w) ; 4 . Cru Surrat (Kaw) : 5 . Ja son Sib ley (Vam ). 80 (7 -1 1) : I. T y e Ham e s (Kaw ) ; 2 . Ta nn er La ng ha m (Ka., ): 3. Preston Lundin (Vam ): 4 . J .B . Peek (Ya m ) ; 5 . T yl er Trujillo (YlIm). 80 ( 12 · 13 ): I. Garrell Norr (Han ); 2 . Brett Kl ein (Ha n) ; 3 . Trav i s Foo s ( K a w ) ; 4 . Gr eg Ow en ( Yam) : 5 . Kev i n Bey (Yam) . 80 ( 14- 16) : I. Gil Esqu ivel (Yam) . S I MINI: 1. Garrett NOrT (Ho n); 2 . Ricky Parks (Yam). WMN : 1. T iffan y Sm ith ( Yarn) : 2. Ta ra Nle tzel (KTM); 3. Leinaie Krytzer ( Yam ); 4 . Nikki Puent es (Suz); 5. J aim e Burgess (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Jon Bend er (Hon) ; 2. Ale x Arr eguin (Yam ); 3 . Ste ven Hoyl e (Ya m ) ; 4 . Ryen Gunn (Ho n) ; 5. Kasey Morris (Yam ). 125 NOV: 1. Riley Seck inger (Yam) ; 2. Anth ony Barbacov i (Yam ): 3 . Garrett Eberle (Yam); 4. Randall Hall (Yam ); 5. Darin Chishol m (Han). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Eid e ( Hon); 2 . N ick Mai rose (Yam) : 3. Chri s Norr (Han); 4. Cody Hertel (Han); 5. Chez Smith (YlIm ). 125 PRO : 1. Rich Tru ch in sk i (SUI); 2. Petri ck Wade (SUI ); 3. Troy Welt y (Yam ). 250 BEG: 1.. Rob Goettling ( Kaw) ; 2 . Char lie Abbott (Yam ); 3 . Jo nathan Beldi ng (Hon ); 4. Milo s Gavrilovic (Yam) ; 5. Steve Perry (Yam ). 250 NOV: 1. Neil Chi sholm ( Ha n ); 2 . Sc ott Roegner (Han) ; 3. Jos hua Edwards (Yam) ; 4. Grant Moore Jr . (Han); 5. Bryan Ward (Hon) . 2 50 INT: t. J eff Eide ( Han ); 2 . Nick Ma iros e (Yam); 3. Lars Linstro m (Han) ; 4 . Mik e Meadows (Hon ) ; 5. Shaun Trabert (Han). 250 PRO : 1. Trav is Preston (Suz) : 2. Ray mond Smith ( YlI m ); 3 . Luke Orr (Han) : 4 . Patrick Wode (Suz ). JR VET BEG: I. Roy Ledoux (Hon): 2 . J oh n D un sm o re ( Yam) ; 3 . M il o s Gavrilovic (Yam ); 4. Eric Hies (Hon) ; 5. Shaunon Myers (Yam). JR VET NOV : I. Jim Welch (Hon ): 2. Chr is Carroll (Su,): 3 . John Spec ht (Vam): 4 . Ste fan Neary (Han) ; 5 . Roy Becker (Kaw) . JR VET IMT: I . Jimmy Chamblerlin (Hon) : 2. Teddy McTold rid ge (Han): 3. Pas/lo Afsho r (Yom) . VET BEG : I. Rob Goetlling (Ka.,): 2. DlIna Kellstrom (Yam ); 3. Tlm Damon ( Ha n ); 4 . T o n y D l sc u ill o ( Su z); 5 . Damien Ada ms (Han). VET NOV: I. Bill Lansford (Vam) : 2. Jim Welch (Hon ); 3 . Ken erd U pscomb ( S u e ): 4 . Ch ri s C arro ll ( Su,) ; 5 . Flemmi ng Larsen (Yam) . VET INT: I . Vincen t Ba jonl (Suz) ; 2Mike Licitra (Suz) ; 3. Randy W il k in s (Ya m) ; 4. Cha d Nelson ( Yam); 5. Jim Dinning (Yam ) . VET PRO : I. Tr oy Wel ty (SUI ): 2. Rich T ruch insk i (Suz) ; 3. Darren Stoffe r (Han) . SR NOV : I. J eff Hawtho rne (SUl ): 2. Mike Kelly (Yam). SR AM : 1. Harold Sm ith (KT M); 2 . Joe Zipay (Han) ; 3. Curti s Brown (Ka w) ; 4 . Rick Parks (Hon) ; 5. Scott McDon an (Han). . SR EX: 1. Mark Raiche (Yam): 2 . Joe Root (SUl) . orr NO V: I. Cha rles Watenebe (Han): 2. Steve Popj o y ( Ka w) ; 3 . Larry K i rs ch ( Yam ) ; 4 . Fred Kalm ick (Ka w). AM: 1. Don Meiner (Yam): 2 . Richard Bealer (Yam) . orr EX: I. Kevi n Olen (KTM ); 2 . Herbert Allen ( Kaw): 3. Scott McDonall ( Han ) ; 4. Brian Farner (Ka.,) : 5. Garry Conner (Yam) . OIT MS TR B: 1. Ken Gr een e ( Han) ; 2. Mark Raiche (Vam); 3. Joe Zipay (Han) . orr (Below) Vet Intermediate rider Vince Baioni has been perfect so far i n the series, winning f o u r straight motos.

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