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California Ra cing Club Sponsorship Ser ies Round 5 : Glen Helen Raceway Park (Left) Vet ExpertlPro-cla ss win ner Bryan Nelson (3V) lea ds Rick O'Donnell (78) and Jon zahrt (10V) early In the 45-mlnute race at round five o f the Ca llfomia Racing Club Sponsorship Serie s . (Above) Garrett Norr fle w to the 80cc (12-13) class win and was the runnerup In the Supermin i contest In San Bemardino, Califom ia. (Ri g ht ) Tye Hames was untouchable In the 80cc (7- 1 1) class. Gauth ier ev entuall y p reva i l ing . Randy W i l kin s held down third and had his hands fu ll with Cha d Ne lson , Br uc e Ric hard s and Doug Bearden . Nel son overtook Wilk ins for third and the n passe d Redman for second an d set out aft er Gauth i er , wh o enj oye d a l O-s e c ond le ad at the ha lfwa y po int. Ne lson chipp ed awa y at Gauthier's lead , and when th e wh it e flag cam e out he wa s w ith in str i k ing r ange . W ith momentum on his sid e, Nelson was around Gauthi er on the final lap to eam the win on h is Nationwide Cyclebac ked Ya ma h a . Third w ent to Wilkins , f oll o we d b y Beard en , Richa rds and Tom Miller. D enn i s C alv ert ' s lead in th e Ve t Novice cl ass laste d about a lap and a half before Derek Gainer took his tu rn out fro nt. Gain er 's rei gn was abo ut th e same as Ca lvert's befo re Ch r is C ar ro ll made h is way into t h e t op sp ot after a n ea r - last -p la ce start. Once out front, Carroll was untou ch ab l e fo r t he re m ai n de r of the 45 m inute r ace . J as o n Pr idmore was ab le to pas s Gain er fo r seco nd place du r in g the seco nd hal f of th e ra c e. The previous week's winner, Kenard Lipscomb, overcame a m id pack start t o clai m fourth , ahead of Jeff Seh r and Mich ael Seymour. Tony Discu il 1 , Rob ert Goett li ng and T im Dam on 0 all took thei r turn running at the front of th e Vet Beg inner class du ring the op en ing lap . Goettling p ro ved to be the fastest of the le ad g roup , as he p u ll ed out to a co m fo rta ble lead on his KX250 while en rou te t o the wi n. Discu ill o eventua ll y made th e pass on Dam on for seco nd p lace. J ay Bagge fin i s h ed f ou rt h , w it h D o n n i e Qu an strom rounding ou t the top fi ve . Rick y Par k s overcame a slid e-ou t on a fresh l y water ed trac k on the ope ni ng lap of the 80cc ( 14 - 16) race S T O RV AND PHO T O S Bv G REG R OBERT SO N SAN BERNARDINO, CA, NOV. 12 len Helen Raceway Park played hos t to th e fifth and fina l round of California Racing Club's 12th annual Sponsorship Ser ies. The seri es, which is sponsored in part by Galpin Ford, T housand O ak s Yam ah a, T ru T ee, RCP and Pro Circu it Racin g, was the riders' fin al cha nc e t o land a good finish in hopes of cla im ing th eir share of more than $4 0,0 00 in various lev els of sponsorship for the upcoming 2001 season. Bryan and Cha d Nelson (no rela tio n) foun d the longer -than -normal CRC grand prix layout to the ir lik ing, as they finished off the series wit h the Vet Expert/ Pro an d Vet Interm ediat e class wins, respecti vely. B r y an Nelson sta rted th ings off wi t h t h e V et Ex p ert /P ro- cla s s holesho t , over Ric k O 'Don nell , Jon Zahrt and Paul Reed. By th e completio n of on e lap , wh ic h took j ust abo ut eight m in ut es, YZ4 26F -m ounted Nelson was ah ead of Zahrt , who fo un d a way around O 'D onnell . Nelson didn 't put a wh e el wro n g and en d ed up greeting the ch eck ers some 20 sec onds ahe ad of Zahrt aft er 45 m inutes of racing. O'Donnell wa s all by him self for th ird, followed by Reed. Ed Redm an an d K en j i Gau thi er argued o ve r th e Ve t Inter media t eclass lead on t he open ing l ap , with G 20 D EC EM B ER 1 3, 2000' c u e I e n e vv s to run down Brett K lein fo r the win. Casey Wh it e fi nished th ird . Gar rett No rr was the runaway win ner in the 80cc ( 12 - 13) cl ass on his CR80 . Sterl ing Zepeda easily fi ni shed secon d . ahead of Brys Kuntz and J on McNeil. Parks and Norr returned to do battl e in the Supermin i class , with Parks grabbing the early lead. Norr was out f ro n t and pu ll ing awa y b y lap t wo u n t i l one o f h is e yeg la ss le nses popped out of i t s frame . Norr wa s back in act ion after some trackside optometry, but Park 's lead was just a littl e too much to overcome and he had to settle fo r a runner-up fin ish, ahead of Andrew Vandenberg. Th e Women's class was a Ternera N e i t zel affai r , a s th e M oo se/ D irt Rider/ IMS/H RP-b ack ed KTM rid er led every lap for a most co nvinc ing vic tory . T iffan y Smith finished in second pl a c e afte r a midmoto b att le with L e i n a i a Kr y t zl er. CR80 - m ou n t ed Jam ie B urgess cl ai me d fo ur th, over Shaunon Myers. J immy Cha m berli n , wh o has ma de the trek from Henderson , Nevada , for each of the five rounds of th e ser ies, secu red the Junior Vet Int erm ed iat e class A -le vel sponsorship with a win over Chad Nelson, Jason T rub ey and Gauthier. CN &len Helen Ra ceway Pari< San Bernard ino, Califomia Results: November 1Z. 2 0 [Round 51 P/ W VAM B EG: 1. Greg Li ttl ejohn ( Vam) : 2 . T ra vis Damo n ( Ho n) ; 3 . Ju stin Sheperd (Ho n ) ; 4 . Shane Em erso n ( Suz); 5 . Luk e Mon tgo mery (Yam ). P/W VAM ADV : 1. Chandl er Nicholls (Vam) . P/W BEG: 1. Bre nden Scharer (Co b); 2 . Tyler Bruzzes! (Pol): 3 . Shawn Rhinehart (KTM) . P/W AD V: 1. Nic ho las Fran co (KTM ); 2. Scott Littl ejohn (HM) ; 3. Demien Tackett (HM). S/P /W (7·9): 1. Tomm y Aq uino (Cob): 2. Keith Robinson (Cob ). 60 BEG: 1. Ryan Simon ian (Kaw) ; 2. Chadd Cole (K ll W); 3 . Chris Bell (KlIw); 4. Damien Co lli ns Jr. (Ko.,) . 60 (4 ·8) : 1. Dillo n Kuntz (Ko .,) . 60 ( 9 · 1 1): I . She wn Butl er ( Ka w } : 2. Elio tt Ja ck son ( KTM ); 3. T im Rit zier (Ka w); 4. Fra nk ie Whit e (Kaw) : 5. Travis Bright (KTM) . 80 BEG: 1. An drew .Ieck s on (Kaw) ; 2 . Bob by Tr y on ( K aw) ; 3 . Bri an Be bec k ( Yam) ; 4 . Benn y Brec k (Yam) : 5. J oshua Erickson (Yam) . 80 ( 7- t t ) : 1. Tye Ham es ( Ka...) : 2 . Tanner Langham (Kll W); 3. Kyl e Jenk ins (Kaw) ; 4. Preston Lundi n (Yam ). 80 ( 12 - 13): 1. Garrett Norr (Han ); 2. Sterling Zepeda (Vam) : 3. Brys Kun tz (Vam): 4. Jon McNeil (Vam) . 80 ( 14 ·1 6) : 1. Ricky Parks (Vam) : 2. Brett Klein (Han); 3 . Casey White (Kaw ). S/MI NI: 1. Rick y Parks (Yam ): 2 . Garrett Norr (Hon) : 3. And re., Vandenbe rg (Hon). WMN: 1. Temere Neitzel (KTM): 2. rdlany Smith (Yll m); 3 . Le ina te Krytzl er (Yll m): 4. Jam ie Burgess (Hon) : 5. Shaunon Myers (Vam) . V1NT I . Rick O 'Donnell (Vam ). : 125 BEG: 1. Jon Bender (Han); 2. Steve n Hoyle (Yam) ; 3 . Steven Fig ueroa (Hon };4. Leo nard Ewell (Vom ) : 5 . Kasey Morris ( Vam) . 125 NOV: 1. Ry an Rie ss ( Yam); 2. Anthony Berbecc vi (Y8m) ; 3 . Riley Bec:kinger (Yam ); 4 . Matt Eddy ( Hon): 5. Ryan McC onnell (Vam ). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Eid e (Han ); 2. Mark Hermann (Ho n ) ; 3 . N ic k Mairo se ( Yam) : 4 . Shaun T rab ert (Ka.,): 5. J osh Bagge (Hon) . 2 5 0 B EG: 1. Bred Goo sl by ( Vam): 2. Rob ert Goettlin g ( K a w); 3 . C h a rl i e Ab bott ( Yam ) ; 4 . Jo natha n Belding (Han); 5. Dave Heir (SUI). 25 0 NOV: 1. Neil Ch isho lm (Han ) : 2 . .Jcs hue Ed wards ( Yam ) ; 3 . Br yan Wllrd (Ha n ) ; 4 . Gr ant Moore Jr. (Han) ; 5. Shawne Chamberlin (Yll m). 2 50 I NT : 1. Jesc n Tr ubey (vern) : 2. J erem y Ferro (Hort) . 25 0 PRO: I. Chris Ne it zel (Ha n ) : 2. M ic hael Portu guez (Yll m): 3. J ason Wood (Yam) . 5 0 0 NO V : 1. J o hn Ahle s ( Ha n ) ; 2 . J o sh u a Guggenm os (Han). J R VET B EG: 1. Rob Pedcvt ch ( Ko.,): 2. Roy Ledoux (Han) ; 3. Assaf A lush (Han) ; 4. Am i Azoula y (Han) ; 5. John Dun smore (Yll m ). JR VET NO V : I. Ron Schu ler (Kaw) ; 2. Chris Carro ll (Suz): 3. Dina Cetuog no (Han) ; 4. Sha nnon Millen {Sua): 5. Mich eel Seymo ur (Hon). J R V ET I NT: 1. Jimm y Cham berlin (Ha n) ; 2 . Chad Nelson (Yam); 3 . .Jeso n Tru bey (Yam): 4. Kenj i Gauth ier (Y~ m) ; 5. Randy Wilk ins (Yam) . J R VET EX: 1. Brya n Nelson (Vern): 2. Dustin Even s (Han ). VET BEG : 1. Robert Goettli ng (Kll W); 2 . To ny Discuillo (Suz): 3 . Ti m Dam on (Hon) ; 4. Jll Y Bagge (Han) ; 5. Don nie Qua nstro m (Han). VET NO V : 1. Chris C arro ll ( Suz); 2 . Ja son Prid more (Suz); Derek Gainer ( Kll W): 4 . Kena rd Lipscomb (Suz): 5. J eff Sehr (Vam) . VET INT: 1. Chad Nelso n ( Ye m ) : 2 . Kenj i Gauth ier (Yam); 3. Randy Wil kin s (Yam); 4. Doug Bearden (Yam) : 5. Bruce Rich ard s (Yam) . VET EX/PR O: 1. Brya n Nelso n { Yarn} : 2 . Jon Zahrt (Suz); 3 . Rick O 'Donnell (Han ): 4 . Paul Reed (Hon ). SR NO V: 1. Brad Vandenberg (Hon) ; 2. Dwayne Fran k s ( Han) ; 3 . Bob LllR ock (Yam) : 4 . Don nie Quanstrom (Hon); 5. Jeff Hawthorne (SUI). SR AM : I. Herold Smith (KTM): 2. Craig Staley (Han) : 3 . Mark Heese (Yam); 4 . Curti s Brown (Ka w); 5. Steve Norr (Han) . S R EX: 1. Don Bizz y (Yam); 2 . Mark Raic he (Vam) . OfT NO V: 1. Cha rlie Wete ne be (Ha n) ; 2 . Ken Feuln er (Han); 3 . Art Ju ng ( Kaw) : 4 . Earl Adam s (Ka.,): 5. Bob Klatt (Kew}. OfT A M: 1. Ed Cornish (Yam) ; 2. weuer Miles (Han) ; 3 . Bru ce Hoov er { Kew): 4 . Ric ha rd Beale r (Vam) : 5 . Ron Wade (Suz) . OIT EX: 1. Da v id W il li am s (Y am ); 2. Greg Rob ertson ( Han) ; 3 . Da vid Mullin ( Yam ); 4 . M ik e Ferro (Hon ): 5. Scott McDo nall (Hon ). OIT MSTR B : I. Don Bizzy (V a m) : 2. Mo rk Rekhe (Yam ); 3 . Ken Greene (Han) ; 4. Steve Clark (Ka., ): 5. Norm Schiel (Hon). OIT MSTR A : I . David Zoh rt ( Ke w}: 2 . Ken Neitzel (Han ). Teamrace 80: t . M ik e Gar ci a/ Sam Sca n lon ; 2 . A nd re w Couto/ Craig To mlinson. BEG/ NOV : I . Brian Farner/R on Wade. INT/ EX: 1. Cody Hert el/ Chr is Neitzel; 2. Ji m my Cha mbe rli n /Ni ck M ai ro se; 3 . Co lin Couto /S cott J ohnson. lronman 80: 1. .Iei rnie Burgess. 250 BEG: 1. Gary McConnell ; 2. Jim a"gge; 3. Sean lre le nd ; 4 . Kese y Morris : 5. Ian Wrig ht. NOV: 1. J oshua Edward s; 2. Ryen McConnell . 250 INT: 1. Jo sh Bagg e.

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