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Jerry Getton (340) finished second in the 125cc Novice class at DeAnza
Cycle Park. while Roger Hauptman (22) rode to a fourth place finish .
diately bac k 10 the line to sli ngshot
his trust y YZ-based short-tracker into
th e lead in the 250cc A ma in ahead of
Todd Alter (H a n) a nd Suzuki RMmounted T ed Perr eard. Perr eard settled in to seco nd but co uld get no
furth er. Alt er wound up th ird ,
Th e Open A main was a Cave
j unction (O regon) rid er sweep of th e
trophy spo ts. Bob In gle led the charge
o n his YZ495-based Trackmaster Yamah a and pu t himself into th e win ner 's circle a fter coming ou t on top o f
a long duel with Yamah a IT500mounted Mik e Hamilton and Do n
Peterson (Hon).
Word was th e dom in a nt force in
the O pen Pro money ma in an d look ed
to be the first rider this season 10 take
a triple win at the Expo Park. The
fea t had previously been attempted
by jeff H arsha an d Barr y Pelk ey, but
Word was to be the first to succeed,
putting his National n um ber 85-plated Yamaha into an uncontested lead
over Perr ear d (Suz), P eterson, Ingle
and Alter (Yam).
Results
MIN I BEG ' 3 +: t . Joh n Pet erso n (Kaw) : 2. M ike
Cox (Kaw); 3. J ason Cable (Kaw ).
MIN I NOV : 1. Dan Laumba ch (Kaw); 2. Charl ie
Brown (Kaw) ; 3. M ike Porter (Kaw) .
MINIINT: , . larr y Sayeg (Kaw) ; 2 . David Woda szewoki (Kawl; 3. Wesley Klein (Kaw).
.
MIN I EX t . Jason Longford (Kaw) .
:
' 25 BEG : t . Robert McCay (Kaw); 2. Rick Weaver
(Kaw) ; 3. J ulio M iranda (Han).
'25 NOV : 1. Brian calhoun (Yam); 2.JerryJetton
(Su.); 3. Bill Auberl en (Yam).
, 25 1NT , . Dav id Folt. (Kawl; 2. Murr ay Shackel:
ford (Cag); 3. Bill y Nielson (Han).
'25 PRO: 1. Chad Parker (Kaw); 2. A lex Lope.
(Kaw); 3. Todd Baldwin (Su.).
250 BEG; t . Cra ig Allen (Han); 2. Marcelo Repetto
(Vam ); 3. Tim Jc nes (SU.).
2 50 NOV; t . Rob Carp enter (Yam); 2 . Ken Faught
(Vam ); 3. Nate Rauba (Suz).
250 INT: 1. J eff Rutt (Varn i; 2 . Kenn y Maddux
(Varni ; 3. Robert Sheldon (Han).
250 PRO; , . Chris Flem in g (Han); 2. Scott Keyes
(KIwi; 3. Chr is Swank (Kaw) .
OPEN BEG: 1. Ed VanNatta (Honl; 2. Gr eg Bur ia n
(Hon l; 3. M icha el Hartma n (Han).
OPEN NOV ; 1. Brent Pott er (Han) .
OPEN INT: t . Chris Lance (Kaw ); 2. M ike Rambo
(Suz); 3. Ken Morgan (Han) .
Harsha triples
at Medford
supercross
bein g last weekend by Fran k Word,
in short track action. Mathi eson led
th e Open P ro 's initial lap of warfar e
on hi s new Honda CR500 , while
Harsha made vain attempts of tak ing
it awa y on his Pa uls Sports Center
Honda CR250. Peterson rod e in third
ahea d of teammat e Bob Ingle jr.
(Hon ) and Campbell (Yam ). Campbell had a rough time in his third
class of th e evening, crashing himself
back to m id-pack. A set of triple
jumps didn 't slow th e acti o n, but did
a llo w H arsha past Mathi eson la te in
the race for his third win o f the night.
The fin al order was Har sha, Mathi eson, P eterson , In g le a nd Campbell in
the top five money spo ts.
Results
OPEN PRO: t . Jeff Harshe (Han) : 2. M lrk Mathieson (Han); 3 . Don Peterso n (Han),
OPEN A : 1. M ark M ath ieson (Han): 2. J eff Camp bell (Varni; 3. Don Peterson (Han).
250A: t . Jeff Harsha (Han ): 2 . Ted Perreard (Su.);
3. J eff ca mpbe ll (Su.l.
'25 A : 1. Jeff Har sha (Han ): 2 . La nce Holder
(Suz); 3 . Ton y Sprlngle (Su. ).
80 A : 1. Lance Holder (Suz); 2. Krist in Cowan
(Varn i; 3. M ike Jackson (Su. ).
60 A : 1. Kevi n O'Con ner (Ha n); 2. J oe Don Irel and
(Hanl; 3. Bill Doug Eckelman (Yam).
By Clay Light
ME DFO R D, O R , JAN. 25
J effrey Harsha continued to
improve his motocross sk ills
during th e dirt track off season,
and came away wi n ning three
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main even ts at the Medford Expo
Pa rk indoor su percross held a t the
beef barn. H arsha topped th e 125cc,
250cc and Open P ro money mai ns o n
a pair o f Hondas.
Lance H older (Suz) swep t through
th e evening in th e 80cc prel iminaries
a nd o nce agai n during th e 80cc A
fin al , tak ing a big win on th e fasterthan-ever track. H older fought off
cons istent Kristin Cowan (Yam ) to
bag th e win , with RM -mounted Mike
j ackson pl acing third. Harsha has
been loo king for a win in th e 125cc
class a ll season and tonight fin ally
came away with th e la urels on his 200
Honda four-stroke after putting away
Holder (Suz) and fellow RM p ilot
T ony Sprangl e.
H arsha 's second win ca me in th e
250cc A final, smo king into the lead
as he has all season long. T ed Perreard (Suz) and Nationa l IT speedster jeff Campbell (G ra n ts Pass Suzuki ) did all they co u ld a t reeling him
in , but to no avail, as Harsha gra bbed
an easy win. The Open A fin al had
Mark Mathieson (H o n) lead Campbell (Yam ) a nd Cave juncti on 's Don
Peterson with Mathi eson taking th e
chec kered flag, givin g him a boo st
going into the O pen Pro main even t.
Campbell finished second.
Mathieson look ed to ruin H arsha 's
cha nce for th e second tri pi e o f th e
seaso n at th e Ex po fa cili ties, th e first
Word triples at
Medfordindoor ST
By Clay Light
MEDFORD , O R , J AN. 19
Expert fla t-tracker Frank Word
III made a ha lf-h our drive fro m
his home in nearby Grants Pass
payoff by taking a triple wi n at
the beef barn in the Medford Expo
Park facilities. Word topped the I25cc
A main, 250cc A main a nd th e Open
Pro money main even ts in 1I 16-m ile
indoor short track action on his Paul's
Sport Center/Simpson-sponsored Yamahas.
j oe Don Ireland kicked o ff th e
even ing by demolishing th e 60cc A
main event on his Honda over riva l
Zach R u nd (Hon) . TT sp ecia lis t
Wayne Frampton rod e a Honda CR60
which was down on power com pa red
to the machi nery his comrades were
piloting in th e 80cc A cla ss. Frampton started th e evening by pi ling-up
the radiator on h is Suzuki RM80, but
rode well on the borrowed 60 to fol low Kristin Cowan (Yam) and tak e
advantage of a cou rse-cu tt ing error
by Cowan to take th e win with j aso n
Cowan (Yam) and Mickjackson (Suz)
second and third.
Word 's first task was to top the
I25cc A main o n a borrowed Suzuki
water-pumper. H e p u lled th e hol eshot and led Robby Pear ce (Suz) and
Honda-mounted Mik e H ouse for th e
entire main event. Word came imme-
OPEN PRO; 1. FrInk Wo rd III (y lm); 2. Ted Per rea rd (Su.); 3 . Don Peterson (Han) .
OPEN A; 1. Bob Ing le (y l m); 2. M ike Ham ilton
(Yaml; 3. Don Peter son (Hon).
250 A : t . FrI nk Word III (Ylml; 2 . Ted Perre ard
(SU.); 3. Todd A lter (Yam).
125 A ; 1. Frank Word III (Su.); 2 . Robby Pearce
(Su.); 3. M ike Hous e (Honl .
80 A : 1. Wa yn e Frampton (Suz); 2. Ja son Cowan
(Vam); 3. M ike Jlckson (Su.).
60 A: t . Joe Don Ireland (Han); 2. Zech Rund
(Han); 3. Bill Doug Eckerma n (VI m).
DeAnzaNovice win
to Gensjes
moto he traded th e lead with Tod
Gibboney (YO R) a few tim es before
Gibboney fin ally look contro l and
th e win . Hendri cks came back in
moto two and took the lead from
Gibboney on the seco nd lap, then
p roceeded to win by a com forta ble
margin.
Results
PEEW EE DIV I: 1. Chri s Wheeler (Yam); 2. Jason
Ram os (Yam); 3. Cai n in W il kinson (SUl).
PEE W EE DIV III: 1. Joshul Dun ston (Su.).
JR CVCLE: 1. Jason Lent. (Kaw) .
M INI BEG : t . Lou ie Ramo (Varni: 2. Troy Hoyd
(Su.); 3. Todd Sm ith (Kaw).
MINI NOV: 1. Larry Laye (Ylm); 2. Willy Drake
(y l m); 3. J eff Fine (Yam ).
MINIINT; t , Adam Fitzg erald (Varni; 2. Br ian Sanche.(Kaw).
'25 BEG: 1. Steve Fland ers (Kaw); 2. Eddie Raab
(Kaw) ; 3. Rat Suit (VI m).
' 2 5 NOV : ' . Todd Kobet sky(Kaw) ; 2. Jerry Jellon
(SU.); 3. Sean Su llivan (Suzl .
12 5 1
NT; 1. Joh nny Bonacci (SU. ); 2 . Chuck Hart
J r. (Su.); 3. David Church (Han).
125 PRO: 1. Vonn J ones (Han); 2 . Brian Mayer
(Su.l; 3 . Alex Lope. (Kawl.
250 BEG: 1. Dav id Spenc er (Kaw); 2. Ron Mowry
(Hon); 3. M ike Giannat iasio (Yaml .
2 50 NOV : 1. J ohn Gens j es (Kaw) ; 2. Greg Roybal
(Kaw); 3. Steve Sequ eira (KTM ).
2 50 INT: 1. Larry Benedict (Kaw) ; 2. Ron Ur m a n
(VIm); 3. Steve Piattoni (Han) .
250 PRO: t . Steve Hend ricks (Vl ml ; 2. Tod Gib bon ey (Yam); 3. M ike cart e (Ylm).
OPEN BEG; t . DIve Simon (Hus); 2. Ji m Colk ini
(Han ).
OPEN NOV : 1. Jo sh Kean (Vam).
OPEN INT: 1. Ti m Tom s (Varni ; 2. Cory T. (Hu s).
VET J R: t . Ken Scov ill (Su. l: 2. Lee Du rsten (Su. );
3 . Paul Sn ider (Yam I.
VET INT: t . AI DelGeorge (Vam ); 2. Richard Beale r
(Yam); 3. M ik e Geragh ty (Yam).
VET SR: 1. larry Lowen (Su.); 2 . Ron Brehm
(Vam); 3. Earl Shuler (Yam).
WOMEN: t . \-" ni Emary (Su.l.
Hoover tops 250cc
ProsatSMX
Corona
By Nate Rauba
By Terry Whytal
SUNNYMEAD, CA, JAN. 20
CO RONA, CA, JAN. 6
A first and a third wer e good
enough for J ohn Gensjes (Kaw)
to ta ke th e win in th e 250cc
Novice class today at DeAnza
Yamaha r ider Ji m H oo ver
handled all challengers en ro u te
to a sweep of the 250cc P ro
class at th is week's Saddl eback
Racing Club's Sunday mo tocross.
Gensjes rode hard and was aided by
the m isfortune of some o f his com pe titors.
Pomon a Valley Kawasaki 's David
H a lverson grabbed the holeshot at
th e start of moto one, with Da n
Money (Hon ), Steve Sequeira (Perform an ce Cycl e/KTM), a nd Gensjes
in hot pursuit. On the second lap,
Money stuffed underneath H a lverson
a nd forced the Kawasaki pilot off th e
track, but a few moments lat er Money
crashed hard a nd was o u t for the day
with injuries. T his gave th e lead to
Gen sjes , wh o had passed Sequeira
earlier in th e la p. Gen sjes quickly
pu lled away , whi le George Ges ner
(Hon), Victor Nunez (Yam), a nd Greg
Royba l (Kaw ) closed-in on Sequeira
in their battle for third. Sequeira had
some an x ious momen ts on the last
two laps as he en countered slower
Beginner tra ffic with th e trio o n hi s
tail , but was ab le to get by to fini sh
second well behind Gen sjes. Gesner
was ca ug h t in the traffic on th e fin a l
lap whi ch a llowed Roybal to get
clo se, but he held Ro ybal off to tak e
thi rd .
H alverson came back with a vengean ce in the second mot o and quickly
roosted to a com forta ble lead . Sequeira
held second over Bo b Nunez (PVK) ,
and Gesner battled with Royal over
fourth. Halfway int o the moto G esner
fell , and on th e next lap Nunez a lso
went down giving Roybal third. Sequ eira dumped it in a tight turn a
couple of laps later and Gensjes follo wed Roybal pa st th e fallen KTM
rid er. H al verson easily won th e moto,
finishi ng way a head of Roybal and
Gen sjes. Roybal earne d second overa ll with a 4-2 score, and Sequeira
pi cked himself up in tim e 10 sa lvage
fourth - third overall.
Yam ah a -m ounted Steve H endricks
ca me ou t from Wi chita, Kansas to
tak e th e 250cc. Pro .wiJl.. III the first
Mo tocross event held on the Corona
Int erna tion al co u rse.
Suzu ki pi lot j oe Melton chased
Hoover to the ch eckers in moto o ne
but DNF the second round as Tony
Sp ear mov ed , his Suzuki into th e
number two slot and pi cked u p th e
second place money wi th a consistent
3-2 score . Suzuki-mo unted Da ve
Eropkin ro unded out th e top th ree
money p laces.
Honda rid er Br uce Ha rerow
claimed th e 250cc Intermediate class
victory after a two mo ta battle with
Honda-moun ted Randy Rush and
Yamaha pilot David Klein . Harerow's
1-2 score took the overall win with
Klein earning the ru nner-up positio n fo llowed by Rush .
. Robbie Perez rode his Kawasa ki to
the 80cc Novice Stock win best ing
both motos and holdin g off a de termined jason McDougal who rode his
Ka wasa ki mount to second overall.
Guy Deckert po sted a 4-3 score to
earn th ird overall ahead of Scott
Strangio to make the top fo ur places
a Kawasaki 'sweep .
Results
OPEN PRO: 1. Scott W il kin son (Hon l.
250 PRO: 1. J im Hoove r (Varni; 2 . Tony Spea r
(Su. ); 3. DIve Eropk in (Su.).
125 PRO: 1. Pau l Thede (Su.) ; 2. Ken ny Clifton
(Su .l·
OPEN INT;' . Mark Hite ch ew (KTM ); 2. Don Sta n·
le y (Yl m).
250 lNT: 1. Bruce Harerow (Han); 2. David Kle in
(Yam); 3. Randy Rush (Han I.
OPEN NOV : t . CB Hendri cks (Hon); 2. Ron Shuler
(Yam); 3. Cra ig Rimling er (Yam) .
250 NOV : t . Jeff Rutt (Yam); 2. Oave Potts (Ho nt
3. Lanc e Kelley.
125 NOV : t . Scott McDonoug h (Klw); 2. Er ic
Bu sbee (Kaw); 3 . Ron Thom s (Yam).
VeT EX: 1. Scott Freeman (Han); 2. Peter Dill
(Han); 3 . Alln Kent (Klw).
VET NOV ; 1. Wa yne Campbe ll (Han); 2. Greg
Ann ing (Su.); 3. Chri s Tutoberg (Varni.
OT EX; l. Bob Millner(Hon l; 2. Bob Kra h (Han) ; 3.
Earl Shuler (Yam I.
OPEN BEG: 1. Bryan Emm ons (Su.); 2. Steve Fer
(Kaw) ; 3 . Bob Wa ll eson (Han I.
2 50 BEG: 1. Mi ke Casey (Han ); 2. J ohn Sta vros
(Han); 3 . Jon Phinney (Su.).
80 INT MOO : 1. larry Sayeh (Klw); 2. Dustin
Evans (Kaw): 3 . W esley Kle in (Kaw).
BO NOV STK; t . Robbie Pere z (Kaw ); 2. Jason
McDouga l (Kaw) ; 3 . Guy Decker (Kaw ).
