Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

California Racing Club Sponsorship Series Round 3 : Edwar ds Air Force Base ele S T O RY A ND PH O T O S By G RE G R OBERT S O N EDWARDS AFB, CA, OCT. 29 ound th ree o f California Racing Club's 12th an nual G a l p i n Fo rd/Thousand Oaks Yamaha/Maxi ma/ O'NeaI/Sinisalo-sponsored Sp on sorship Series tr aveled to the Desert W heels Motorc ycle Cl ub - prepped s a nd t ra c k at Edwa rds A i r Force Base, whe re J im Welc h and Ed Guajardo eac h picked up a pair of class w in s. W el c h sta rted t hi n g s o f f w ith a wi re-to -wire romp in the first J un io r Vet Novice m ota on his CR250 . Chris Ca rro ll was forced to work his way up through tra ffic to finish an eventual m ota , bu t by the n Welc h was gone, on his wa y to pi cking up his second cl ass win of th e day o n a 3 -1 ta ll y . Carroll came out on th e w ron g end of a points tie with 2-2 fin ishes for second overall. Lipscomb followed Carroll up through the field for th ird and third overall , ahead of J eff Hall and Neary. J im Sendelbach 's lead in th e fir st Senior E xpert m ota l asted a little more than a lap befo re Gu arj ardo made the pass . Once out front, Guarjardo pu lled away for the win, over S en d e lbach , George Jim enez and Randall T ittlem ier. Gua rjardo and Sendelbach argued ove r th e lead throughout the second mota, bu t A lan Delarg e got around th em both on th e la st lap for th e win . A cou ple of bobbles o n t he D e l a r g e ' s part in the first mota held him back to th ird a veraII on a 7 -1 day , b ehind Guarjard o ( 1 - 2) and Sendelba ch ( 2 -3) . G u a rj a r d o c o ntrolled th e pa ce out in front of th e fir st Vet (Left) Ed Guarjardo won the Vet Intermediate and Se n i o r Expert c lasses at the t hird round of the Ca liforn ia Racing Club Sp o n so rsh ip Se ries. (Below) Garrett Norr won four straight motos to top the 80cc (12 - 13) and Superm ini classes at Edwa rds A i r Fo rce Ba se in Ca lifornia. second , ahead of John Specht, Stefan Neary and Ray Bec k er. Specht made his wa y to the front of the pack earl y in round two , where he would s t ay until the c h ec k e r s wa ved. W elch k ept Carroll at bay the enti re d istance to go 1-2 for the overall. Carroll ended up third in the final stand ings, ahe ad of Beck er (5- 4) and Shy Moshe (6-5 ). In Vet Nov ice first -ro und ac tio n, RM250 -mou nted Kenard Lips comb moved into th e lead on the o pening lap and never looked b ac k . C arr o ll and We lc h went at it aga in, wit h Carroll pr ev ailing thi s time out fo r seco nd p l ac e at t he checkers . Ne ary over c ame a m id pa ck start to earn fou rt h , o ver Flemm ing L ar sen a n d Ro be rt Laughlin. In ro u n d t w o , W el ch abs c o nd ed w ith th e ea rly lead, wh il e Carroll and Li p sc o mb were buried in t h e pa ck. Carro ll sli c ed his way up into sec ond pl a c e b y t h e m i dw ay p o int o f th e Intermed ia t e race until J im Dinning proved to be slightly faste r on la p three . D inning's rei g n lasted a cou ple of la ps before he enco untere d prob lems and left t h e race , handing Gua rj ar do the w in . Ra n dy Wilkins came fro m t he back of the p ac k to fi nish a strong se cond , ove r Br u c e Ri ch ard s and Doug Bearden . The seco n d m ota was all Guarja rdo 's ; he l e d eve ry l ap f o r h i s second class v ic t ory o n th e day . Vince Baio ni made up for h is ni nthplace showing in mota one by finishing second to Guarj ardo fo r fifth overall, behind Richards ( 3- 3 ), Wilkins (2-4 ) and Bearden (4 -6) . Garrett No rr wa s o n his mark, posting a couple of class w ins . Norr absolu tely ran away from the field in both round s of 80 c c (12 -13) compe tition o n his CR 8 0 . B ret t K lein was runner -u p both tim es ou t. Greg Owen (3- 4 ) edged out Travis Foos (5 -3) for third overall. No rr picked up the first S u p e r m i n i m o t a wi n, w hile Ricky Pa r k s h a d his sha re of prob l em s . _ Park s returned to m ak e No rr wo rk for the second -mota wi n. Grant Moore J r. was un tou chabl e in the first 250cc Novice mota , show ing Neil C h is hol m a nd J o sh u a Edwards the q uicke st way arou nd the sandy ci rcuit. Edwards returned for a second -mota gate-to-flag win, com ing out on top of a three -way points tie with Chish o lm an d Moore for the overall hon ors. Robert Goettling a nd Ni c k Sweany traded the lead ba ck and fo rt h thro ughout the fi rst 250c c Begin ner m ota , w ith Go ettl ing prevailing in t he end . Mota two was a dupl i cate of the first , with Goettling finally getti ng around Sweany for good at the halfway point fo r a sweep of the class . Ev en though he was e ventually passed by J o nathan Beld in g , Swea ny still ea rned the sec o nd- pla ce troph y . C h a r lie A b bott (3- 6) and Greg M at t o c k s (7 -4 ) rou nde d o ut the top five. eN Edwards A Force Base ir Edwards A ForceBase, California ir Results: October29, 2000 [Rou 31 nd P/W YAM : 1. Greg Litt lejohn (Yam); 2. Tra vi s Dam on ( Han); 3. Ju sti n Shepa rd ( Ha n) ; 4 . D ieg o B en ede tt i ( Ya m ) ; 5 . Shane Emerso n (Suz). P/W BEG: 1. Tyler Bruues i (Po l); 2 . Brady Finch ( KTM ); 3. Brandon Scha rer (Co b) ; 4. Shawn Rhinehart (KTM) . cue. e n (Abov e) J im Welch c o ntinu e s t o be the one t o beat in the Junior Vet Novice and Vet Novice c lasses. P/W YAM A DV ; t . Chandler Nicholls (Yam). P/W A DV: 1. Damin Tackett (HM) ; 2. Kyle Prince (HM ); 3. Colby Rehe (Cob) ; 4. Nick Franco (KTM). S/P /W (7- 9): I. Keith Robinson (Cob ). • 60 BE G : I. Chris Bell ( Ka w ); 2 . Rhett R" ha (Kaw): 3 . Chadd Cole (Kaw ); 4 . Kyle Prince (HM) ; 5. Ryan Simonia n (Kew }. 60 (9· 11): I. Elliot Jackson (Kaw); 2. Tim Ritzier (Kew). 80 BEG: 1. Andrew .Jackson (Hon ); 2. Skylar Gray (Yam); 3. Andy Dela rge (Ka w) ; 4 . Ken Slater J r. (Ka w): 5. Brian Bebeck ( Yam). 80 (7 - 11 ): I . Tye Hames ( Ka w) : 2 . T an n er Langham (Kaw) ; 3. Preston Lund in (Yam) ; 4 . J .B. Peek (Yam) . 80 ( 12- 13) : 1. Garrett Norr (Han) : 2. Brett Kle in (Hon): 3. Greg Owen ( Yam): 4. Travis Foes (Kaw ): 5 . Brennan McGi nnis (Yam ). 80 ( 14- 16): I. Matt Graft (Yam) : 2. Matt Brook s (Kaw). S/ MIN I: 1. Garrett Norr ( Han) : 2. Ricky Park s (Yam). WMN: 1. Tiffany Smith (Yam) : 2 . Lelnela Krytz ler (Yam); 3 . Miche lle Bunch (Yam); 4 . Becki Kenngotl (Yam ); 5. Shaunon Myers (Yam) . 125 BEG : 1. Robi n Valentine (Hen ): 2. Ste ven Figueroa ( Hon) ; 3 . Jon Ben de r ( Han); 4 . Steven Hoyle (Yam) ; 5. A lex Arreg ui n (Yam) . 125 NOV : 1. Riley Becki nger (Yam) ; 2. Anth on y Be rbe c o vi (Yam ); 3 . Ryan Riess (Ya m): 4 . Darin Chisholm (Han); 5. Nicholas Burso n (Kaw) . 125 IN T : 1. Jeff Eide (Han) ; 2. Nick Mairose (Yam ); 3. J ay Bonanno (Yam); 4. Nick Cali (Yam) : 5. Lars U ndstrom (Han). 125 PRO : 1. Brian Sweany (Suz) ; 2. Raymo nd Sm ith (Yam) . 250 BEG: 1. Robert Goettling (Kaw ) ; 2 . Nick Sweany (Suz); 3. Jo nathan Beld ing (Hon); 4. Charlie Abbott (Yam); 5. Greg Mattocks (Hon) . 2 50 NOV: I. .Joshue Edwards ( Yam) ; 2. Ne il Chisholm (Han ); 3 . Grant Moore Jr. (Hon): 4 . Bryan Ward {Hon} ; 5. Brian Glick (Hon). 2 50 I NT : 1. Jeff Eide ( Han ); 2 . Nic k Mairose ( Yam ); 3. Shaun T rabert (Hon) ; 4. Justin Acker (Han) : 5. Cody Hertel (Han ). 250 PRO : 1. Brian Sweany (Suz) : 2. Luke Orr (Han ). 500 INT : 1. Tys on Tittlemier (Han ); 2. Nick Cali (Han) . J R VET BEG: 1. Ch ris Graha m (Kaw); 2 . Jay Cochra n ( Han); 3 . Ramon Covarrubias ( Kaw ); 4 . Jo hn Dunsmore (Yam ); 5. Roy Ledoux (Hon ). JR VET NOV : I. Jim Welch ( Han ); 2 . John Spec ht (Yam); 3. Chri s Carro ll (Suz); 4 . Ray Becke r (Yam); 5. Shy Moshe (Yam) . J R VET INT: 1. Jimmy Cbemberltn ( Hon ) ; 2. Mike Lic itr a (Su z): 3 . Teddy McTo ld ridge { Hen}: 4 Pasha Afshar (Yam) . VET BE G: 1. Cli nt Hami lton (Kew) : 2. Rob ert Goettl ing (Ka w) ; 3. Dana Kell strom (Yarn) : 4 . Tim Dam on (Han ); 5 . Dernien Ad ams ( Yam ). VET NO V: 1. Jim Welc h (Hon); 2 . Chris Carroll (Suz); 3. Ken ard Li pscomb (Suz) ; 4 . Stefan Neary (Hon); 5. Flemming Larsen (Yam). V ET I NT : 1. Ed Gua rja rdo ( Ho n ); 2 . B ru ce Ric hards (Yam ); 3. Randy Wilkins (Ya m) ; 4 . Doug Bearden (Yam) ; 5. Vince Baioni (Suz). VET PRO : 1. Bill Sauro (Han ); 2 . Tim Telford (Yam); 3. Darrin Stoffer (Han) . SR AM : I. Harold Sm ith (KTM); 2. Mar c Prince (Yam); 3. Cu rt is Brown (Ke w ): 4 . Scott McD ond ll (Han). SR EX : 1. Ed Gu erj a rd o ( Ha n); 2 . J im Sendelbach (Yam); 3. Alan Delarge ( Hon); 4. Randall Tittlem ier (Han) : 5. George Jimenez (Hon) . euvs NOVEMBER 29 . 2000 35

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