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CA County Rd..trroy a I I I By KANDY THoRNToN PHoros BY ToNY [arvlPtNc ound four of the Al4A Dis- trict 37 Bi8 6 Grand Prix Championship Series moved into the Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale, Cali- ished second aboard his Zip-Ty Racine Y2250, while David Rees finished third on his l'4alcolm Smith Motorsports- backed KTIY. Gordon Ward continued his domi- nance at the Big 6 races and finished flrst in the Four-Stroke Heavyweight Expert division. Ward was untouchable once he moved into first place, despite a not so stellar start. Nick Burson had claimed the holeshot at the start, and was riding flawlessly until he crashed while avoiding a lapper Burson's crash allowed Oakley Lehman to take over the first place position followed by Ward, however Lehman would even- tually fade. ''l haven't been iacing much and start- ed fading after my arms pumped up,'' Lehman said. Ward made the pa5s on Lehman to take the lead, while a hard- charSing Bobby Garrison was on the move from sixth place up to second. "l got a really bad start, and when we hit the pavement I realized I needed to gear back down some more," Garrison said. "Ward got out in front, and I pretty much rode by mysell Ward really pulled me on the pavement - he went from l0th to third on the flrst lap!" first, foll Garrison on Ty Racing/ fornia, and the Shamrocks Motorcycle Club was able to put together a 3.5-mile course that had the maiority of racers seeing red over the weekend - Honda red that is. Kendall "Stormin" Norman blew into LACR and gave himself an early birthday present by dominatinS the com- petition in the 250(c Expert, Open Expert and Team Race. The American Honda rider beSan his weekend winning streak on Saturday morning in the 250cc division. Kawasaki rider I'lathew Henderson grabbed the holeshot from the 250 line, which start- ed behind the Heavyweight Four-Stroke riders, but his dust-free line of sight quickly disappeared when Norman pow- ered his dual-exhaust CRF250F into first place by the time lhey hit the drag-strip section. Norman went uncontested after that, despite riding a 250cc four-stroke against mostly 250cc two-strokes in his class, and finished seventh overall among the bigger-bore bikes in the Four-Stroke Heavyweisht race, Nick Brazovich fin- Yamaha/Jardin YZF450. with hanging on to thi just ahead of The Saturday $3 ,000 Team Race got way with a scary right off the start Lehman hit the first jump fighting for the holeshot and squirted off his bike in Despite the horrilic crash that lowed. Lehman was able to away, but unable to finish the race. Coming around the first Garrison handed the bike off to Shane Esposito in first place, followed by' rhe Yamaha-mounted ream of Tilley and Ward, with Honda raders Robby Bell and Norman in third. Esposito traded his Kawasaki to team up on Garrison's Yamaha when Ty Davis was unable to partner with Garrison due to a crash on the asphalt earlier that day- These top three teams remained in the same order for the first hour of the 1.S-hour race. chatting amongst themsefues, it suddenly became apparent that a whole lot of shakin' up had been going on out the course when Norman suddenlY came through the scorlng chute in first place on 44 MAY 24,2006 . CYCLE NEWS OFF-ROAD ,v|.dy 6-7. 2()06 AMA D:7 BiE 6r(Bux.com ChamplonshiP Grend Prix Scnl€s ? O I --V Y- O?oAg& :*@ D g._ lr. t' \ I ; t f ) .! 7 I lloman teams witlr Bell t0 talc tGam raGG q I I \ \ ...4 \ \ \ '! \ 't \ ! t f. I I I vt ,t"\t I II ( -- 't I I I I I t I I