PALMDALE, CA

Ryan Vonlossberg (145, below) flew his O'Neal/SixSixOne/FMF-backed YZ250F to a double-moto sweep of the always-competitive 250 Novice class at Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale during the Fox Racing-sponsored round of the California Racing Club's Hot Summer Nights Motocross Series.

Vonlossberg bolted out of the gate and into an immediate lead as moto one got under way, ahead of Ty Dennison (194), Austin Kashay (128) and John Milner (5). Joshua Miles quickly took over the second spot and had his hands full with Shane Miller, Travis Frohlich and Dalton Weyer. Vonlossberg slowly inched away from a great battle over second place, in which Miller would prove to be fastest. Miller set out after Vonlossberg, but there just was no catching the Yamaha rider, and he took the checkers with room to spare. Milner appeared to be one of the fastest riders on the track, as he came from way back off the start for a hard-fought third-place finish, ahead of Weyer, Zack Wiley and Robert Angell.

Weyer put his Jardine/O'Neal-sponsored Honda into the point position at the drop of the gate in moto two and would set the pace until the end of lap two, when Miller took over. Miller looked comfortable out front and was starting to pull away until he slid out in a turn, handing the lead over to Vonlossberg. Once out front, the race was all Vonlossberg's, as he motored away uncontested for the win. Weyer and Milner argued over second place for a good part of the race until Milner got the upper hand to collect the second-place trophy on his 3-2 night. Miller fought his way back up into a sixth-place finish, which earned him third in the final standings, over the 8-3 tally of Frohlich and the 6-5 finishes of Angell.

It was all Justin Hoeft (615, right) in the 85cc (7-11) class, as the DVS/John Stich/Brand X-backed Yamaha rider easily dominated both races. Casey Langosh and Jake Hogan traded second place back and forth throughout both motos, with Langosh prevailing in the end. Justin Hoeft's younger brother Tyler went 4-4, ahead of Brandon Pozas.

Thomas Spalliero went wire to wire for the 250 Beginner-class opening-moto victory. Kel Postel and Doug Coates fought over the runner-up position, with Coates proving to be slightly faster during the second half of the moto to get the job done. Jasun Spriggs claimed fourth, over Kaley Read and Brad Reinhart.

Spalliero was equally impressive in moto two, but this time Coates pushed him during the final couple of circuits to make him work for the win. Postel was again third, followed by Spriggs and Read.

Earl Cole led most of the first Vet Intermediate outing until a fall dropped him back to an eventual fifth-place finish. Mike Tomlinson inherited the lead and the win, followed by Chris Yeager (193, left), Cameron Doll and Andre Brandes.

Moto two was all Brandes', as he just plain outran the field, but it was the consistent 2-2 rides of Yeager that captured the overall honors. Doll went 3-3 for third, over the 1-5 effort of Tomlinson and the 7-4 score of Robbie Dunham.

Results

S/P/W (7-9): 1. Jake Keiffer (KTM).

65 (4-8): 1. Kyle Ramirez (Kawasaki); 2. Joshua Schultze (Kawasaki).

65 (9-11): 1. Cole Tompkins (KTM).

65 OPEN: 1. Deegan Vonlossberg (KTM): 2. Casey Langosh (KTM).

85 BEG: 1. Devin Harvey (KTM).

85 (7-11): 1. Justin Hoeft (Yamaha); 2. Casey Langosh (KTM); 3. Jake Hogan (Yamaha); 4. Tyler Hoeft (Yamaha); 5. Brandon Pozas (Yamaha).

85 (12-13): 1. Nicholas Mercier (Suzuki); 2. Colton Elliott (Honda); 3. Hayden Joseph (Suzuki).

85 (14-16): 1. Christopher Perez (Yamaha).

150 BEG: 1. Nathan Frohlich (Honda).

250 BEG: 1. Thomas Spalliero (Kawasaki); 2. Doug Coates (Honda); 3. Kel Postel (Honda); 4. Jasun Spriggs (Honda); 5. Kaley Read (Honda).

250 NOV: 1. Ryan Vonlossberg (Yamaha); 2. John Milner (Honda); 3. Shane Miller (Honda); 4. Travis Frohlich (Honda); 5. Robert Angell (Kawasaki).

250 INT: 1. Chris Bell (Yamaha).

450 BEG: 1. Avi Jacobsen (Honda).

450 NOV: 1. Tommy Sullivan (Honda); 2. Kevin Vandermark (Honda); 3. Johnny Lovett (Honda).

WMN: 1. Christina De Stefano (Honda).

VET NOV: 1. Ramsey Calnan (Yamaha).

VET INT: 1. Chris Yeager (Yamaha); 2. Andre Brandes (Honda); 3. Cameron Doll (Honda); 4. Mike Tomlinson (Yamaha); 5. Robbie Dunham (Yamaha).

SR NOV: 1. Dan Osborne (Honda); 2. Blake Steelgrave (Honda).

SR AM: 1. Mark Amendola (Kawasaki); 2. Gary Ivin (Yamaha); 3. Mike De Stefano (Honda); 4. Robert Ives Jr. (Kawasaki); 5. John Stich (Honda).

SR EX: 1. Mark Harwell (Yamaha); 2. Dave Shelton (Suzuki).

S/SR NOV: 1. Kevin Evans (Honda); 2. Art Dart (Honda); 3. Gary Doll (Yamaha); 4. Dave O'Leary (Yamaha).

S/SR AM: 1. Ron Hamrick (Honda); 2. Brian Farner (Honda); 3. Denny Ryan (Yamaha); 4. Bob Dunham (Yamaha).

S/SR EX: 1. Tom Burgess (Honda); 2. Dave Shelton (Suzuki).