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CMC Spninq Classic
Nationals South
Round 4: l-S MX PaFk
GORMAN, CA, MAY I4
It
s been
more
rhan three decades
srnce Marty Smith raced a
ICHC
u,"n,, but acquainEances wEre esrablished ,nd re-estab-
lished
at
l-5
MX
Park
when the former l25cc
National Champi-
on
brouSht his teenage son Ty'€r along to contest
the 2fth.nnual
MTA West/Racetech
SprinS Classic Nadonals
South Senes flnale.
lE was Tyler's
first-ever venture to a CMC
day
race,
but he
showed he wasn't
a beSinner by
jumping
out to an immediate
lead in
the first l25cc Prollntermediate moto. The younger
Smith has been a
big help to Marty in recent
years,
helping wittr
his
dad s moto{ross schools around the .oufltry
"He helps demonstrate
te.hniques while I
teach," said the
senior Smith,
who won his first l25cc €hampionship in 1972,
the
first
year
he rode for Honda.
For
thre€
laps,
Tyler seemed in complet€ .ontrol
of the lead,
despite a terrilic
battle
8oin8
on right behind him for runner-up
honors among Pro
rider
l"lan
Spencer and lfltermediates Tanner
LanSham, Ricky Hemme
and Cole McCIeary
Suddenly, Tyler
launched awkwardly f.om
a
iump
and toElly lost it on his landinS
and
plummeted
to the ground
in a heap,
jarrinE
his shoulder and
bloodyinS his nose.
Smith and son soon
pack€d
up and
made a
trip to the hospital for
a che.kup.
Meanwhile,
the
l6'year-old
Langham took control of the
moto aboard his Hahm Motorspons,$r'BFyAmerican
Suzuki and
showed
he was
lhe
[astest
on this day, in most of his motos. He
went on to Yyin both 2o-minure l25cc
motos. and then added a
viclory
an the first 250cc Prollnterniediare
moto before creating
his own
problems
in the s€cond moto
that cost him his
second
over.ll
victory He was trailin8 lYan
Gomez' Mom & Dad-backed
Yamaha, and he needed to
make the
pass
for
the
victory
so he
pLrshed
hard
and
nearly
lost it in a difficult, uphill right-hand
sweeper that eventual,y
claimed more than a
doren
riders
all
day. langham somehow
saved a washout and was back
on
the
lead€r's
tail when he hit another spinout
just
before ahe white
fla8, this time stalling
rhe four,stroke, which
refused to refire
quickly.
Lost
ground plus
lost time equals lost race.
Temperamental four-srrokes
that have sralled
are a maior
problem
for rider.
of any
caliber, but one rider showed
surprisinS maturity when he was faced with
a
simalar
dilemma.
DurinS his second Schoolboy
moto, racin8
against the l25cc
Open
riders,
Tyler Ruiz
showed rare discipline when he fell after
just
havinS taken the lead from Armando
Aguilar
Somehow even
while
sprawled on the
Eround,
Ruiz managed to keep his hand
clenched on the clutch, keeping the engine
alive, while he
regained his feet
and
remounted.
He
aaught back up on the last
lap
and shot his Plid'eities/Simpson,S€otvEvs
Honda
back
into
lirst and on to an eight-bikelength win!
Not ever/thing
was
Sood
for
Ruiz on this day, however Alter
winning
the
,lrst
l25cc
Junior
moto, Ruiz was
trailing Teff VRM/
Deel Work/ODl
Grips/^Weapon MxMotocr.nz-sponsored
L an
Mason's Honda in another
tenacious fight for 6le over3ll.
On the last
lap,
firee tums from the checkered ,lag,
Ruiz hir a soft
section as he
closed in for
a
pass,
lost I 0 lengths -
and dle overall.
Gl{
l-5 ,rLx PARI(
Oomulr,
Cluronr.rn
Pro rider Mon
Spencer
(9791
leods lnlermediote
rider
Mqtt Gomer
(909)
ot round four
ol the
€f,tC Spring Clossi< Norionols
south.
PHOTO
BY JOHN BETHEA
Spenceq longhom,
Ruiz
Storm
l-5
REsursr , AY 14,
2006
(RouNp
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