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John Shay (61) dominated the combined 125/250/0pen A division
during MX action at Ohio International Raceway.
It was Alle n who sto le the lead for
good on the white flag la p. Pierson
Reasner had a slow start, but accel crated into second by the final la p.
In th e second rnoto, Allen agai n
pushed for the win, wit h Crater a nd
Reasn er in hot p ursu it. The fina l
sta ndings had Allen in first , Reasner
in second and Crater thi rd. Scott
Carpenter went 5-4 for fourth , and
Chapin finished fifth.
Reasn er tasted victory in th e Open
B class. T he loca l favo rite came from
fou rth pl ace a t th e start of th e fir st
moto a nd sevent h pl ace in th e second
to finish 2- \. Dennis Cousentino
took th e fir st hol eshot and held
Reasner off for th e win. Reasn er
persisted a nd seemed to be concen trating harder in th e second heat.
Cousentino led unt il he fell in th e
third lap. Reasner sq uea ked by and
never looked back. Cousentino fell
aga in in th e fifth lap, yet s till
managed to snag third, for second .
overall. James Wilson went 3-2 for
third, with Robert Murphy and Marc
Br own in fourth and fifth ,
respecti veIy.
Results
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SATURDAV
65 STK (7-1 1): 1. Jonathan Lloyd (Kaw) ; 2. Joey
Schueler (Kaw); 3 . David Mock (Kaw); 4. Andrew
Fallon (Kaw); 5 . Jason Gailbraith (Kawl. .
85 STK (7 -1 1); 1. Wayne Scott (Han); 2. Bobby
Schueler (Kaw); 3 . Anuti Stout (Hon); 4 . Pierron
Reasner (Kaw); 5 . Tommy Hughes (Yam).
85 STK (12 ·13): I . Billy Schlag (Kaw); 2. Shawn
Martin (Hon ); 3 . M ichael Martin (Kaw); 4. M ichael
Lindsay (Kaw); 5. Dam ien Plotts (Vam).
85 STK (14- 15): 1. Rick Wetzel (Han); 2. Tom
Perone (Suz ); 3 . Jeffrey Ventzer (Vam); 4 . Billy
Br tstar (Ho n); 5 . Louis Harris (Kaw).
85 MOD (9 - I 3): 1. Billy Sch lag (Kaw); 2. Shawn
Martin (Hon); 3.0amien Pions. (Vaml; 4. M ichae l
Manin (Kaw); 5 . Michael Lind say (Kaw).
85 MOD (14 -15 ): 1. Rick Wetzel (Han); 2. Bill y
Sr istar {Hon};. 3 . Er ic Bow (Kaw) ; 4. Jason Riva s
(Kawt, 5. Chad Higginbotham (Han ).
125 NOV : 1. Brian McMillan (Han); 2. Steven
Raymond (Kaw); 3 . Scott Adams (Han); 4 . Steven
Frank (Hon); 5. Tom Perone (Kaw) .
125 STK (12 ·15): 1. Steven Herman (Kaw); 23 .
Raymond Mountjoy (Han ); 3 . Kyle Gordon (Han );
4 . Billy Lindsay (Kaw ); 5. Raben Luckenbaugh
(Kawl .
125 MOD (12 -15) : 1. Steven Herman (Kaw ); 2.
Jason DiDon ico (Kaw); 3 . Scott Adams (Hon t, 4.
Mark Bau er (Kaw); 5. Raymond Mountjoy (Han ).
250/500 NOV: 1. Edwa rd Hoover (Han ); 2. Je rry
Borcherdt (Han); 3. Deron Clar k (Vam ); 4. Eric Wans
(KJ M ); 5 . Harold Davies (Han).
30 -39 VR SRS: 1. Jeff Matlack (Vam l; 2. M ike
Mcintire (Hon ); 3 . M ichael Lopicolo (Hon ); 4 . Dave
Roadermel (Kaw); 5. Waller Wyc koff (Kaw) .
40 & UP SRS.: 1. John Nelson. Jr . (Vam); 2. John
DiDonico (Kaw) ; 3 . Richard Crawford (Kaw); 4. An
Roeper (Yam); 5. Kenneth Breuer (Hon) .
SUNDAV
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125 PRO-AM: 1. Edward Baa (Kawl; 2. Henry
Dorschug (Kaw); 3 . Daniel Congdom (Han); 4 . Tedd
Orr (Vam); 5 . P.Shawn Norfolk (Kaw ).
125 A : 1. Henry Dorsc hug (Kaw); 2. SIev e Hess
(Kaw ); 3. Dean Lewis (Kaw); 4 . Nick Penton ey (Suz);
5 . Todd Wo lle (Yam).
125 B STK: 1. Mark Patterson (Kaw) ; 2. Jo seph
Montrell a (Kaw) ; 3 . Dan iel W ilson (Hon); 4 . Rusty
Hess (Kaw) ; 5. Ja son Novoshelski ( H o n~.
125 B MOD: 1. Rusty Hess (Kaw); 2. Den iel
W ilson (Han); 3 . Marl< Patterson (Kaw); 4 . Dave
Perone (Kaw); 5. Scott Ell iot (Han).
250/500 PRO-AM: 1. Edw in Baa (Kaw); 2. Tedd
Orr (Vam); 3. Dona ld M elchior Kawl; 4. Jo hn
Sule wski (Kaw); 5. Joe Prosey (Honl.
2 50 A : 1. St eve Hess (Kaw ): 2. Nick Pentoney
(Suzl ; 3 . Todd Wo lf e (Vam); 4. Todd Stit h (Suzl ;
5 . Raben Fich lin (Kaw) .
2 50 B STK: 1. Jeff Allen (Kaw) ; 2. Ethan Good rich
(Hus q); 3 . John Gar mon. Jr. (Kaw ); 4 . Kev in
Stei nb ren ne r (Kaw); 5 . Charles M orr is (Kaw) .
2 50 B MOD : 1. Jeff A ll en (Kaw); 2. Pier son
Reasner (Kaw ); 3. B Gordie Crater (Kaw) ; 4 . Soon
Carpe nte r (Yam ); 5 . Ti m Chapin (Ho n).
OPEN B: 1. Pierson Reasner (Kaw) ; 2. Denn is
Cousentino. Jr. (Kaw); 3 . James W il son (Kaw) ; 4 .
Raben Murphy (Kaw) ; 5 . M arc Brown (Han).
OPEN A : 1. Don Sel man n. Jr . (Yam); 2. George
List (Kaw); 3 . Tim Schmelyun (Hon t 4 . Kenne th
W itm er (Hon); 5. Paul Showman (Yam).
2 5 VR PLUS: 1. Ed Krynski (Kaw); 2. Tim Schetzin
(Han); 3 . Douglas Wentzell (Han); 4 . David Posten
(Kawl; 5 . Raben Cunin (Han).
Shay cleans up in
Ohio Raceway MX
Kawasaki-mounted Bryan Jones
took to th e track a nd swep t both th e
125cc Band I25cc Schoolboy classes,
scori ng I-I tall ies in both di visions.
J ones firs t dominated th e Schoolboy
class, grabbing the hol esh ot a head
of Chris Grasso. The two ri ders held
their positions th rough out th e mot o,
whi le behind them Brad Quear a nd
J a mes Wagn er battled for co ntrol of
th ird, a battle won by Quea r.
Jones a nd Grasso d u plica ted their
1-2 fin ish es in the second moto while
Q uea r a nd Wagn er went at it again
in the race for third. H owever , in the
second hea t, it was Wagn er tak in g
the checkers a hea d of Quear.
Results
P/W: 1. Kar l Scott (Yam); 2. We sley Gilland
(Yam ); 3 . J essie Atkinson (yam); 4 . Jason Kin ley
(Yam); 5 . J eremie Gintz (Yam).
60: 1. Matt Mansoll (Kaw); 2. David Borris (Han);
3 . Brian Bell inger (Han); 4 . Karl Scott (Kaw) ; 5.
Jessie Atk inson (Kaw).
80 7- I 1: 1. lak Schaefer (Kaw); 2. Jason Sell
(Kaw).
80 12 -13 : 1. Ben Fral ey (Kaw); 2. M ike Kain
(Han); 3 . Joe Gerdes (Vam); 4. Todd Vahner (Han );
5 . Jay Hershey (Vam).
BO 14 -15 : 1. Kevin Swe eney (Kaw) ; 2. Gene
Kell ey (Han); 3 . John Gerdes (Vam); 4 . Will iam
Koleno (Kawl; 5 . Ron Smith (Kaw) .
125 SB: 1. Bryan Jones (Kaw) ; 2. Chr is Grasso
(KTM); 3 . James Wagner (Han); 4. Brad Ouear
(Kaw) ; 5. Shan e Peck (Han).
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125 B: 1. Brian Jones (Kaw) ; 2. Bill Pen ick (Vaml;
3 . Tony Boyas (Han ); 4. Mike Cain (Vaml ; 5 . Dave
Speigl e (Han).
125 C: 1. Scan Bassett (Han); 2. A lan Bat es
(Kaw); 3 . Tom As hton (Han); 4 . Jam es Taylor (Han);
5 . John Cooper (Suz).
125/250/0PEN A : 1. J oh n Shay (Vam); 2.
Barney Barn ett (Hon); 3 . Je ff Joh nson (Hon); 4 .
Ed Snyder (Kawl; 5. Steve Gard in er (Ho n).
12 5 C GRP 2: 1. Chr is Bodo (I-I'on); 2. Chris Grasso
IKTM); 3 . Tom Mattocks (Suzt, 4 . Je ll San lski (Han);
5 . M,ke McClung (Kaw) .
250 B: 1. J im Deu tsch (Han); 2. David A lexa nd er
(Suz); 3. Bob Harrington (Hon ~ 4 . Tom M il havics
(Suz); 5 . Bill Pizzino (Yam).
250 C: 1. Rick Horv at (Han); 2. Pete A rn er (Kaw);
3 . Barry Kirtley (Hon); 4 . John Harri ngton (Yam);
5 . Steve W ilmington (Kaw) .
SR 1: 1. A lan Pizzino (Hus) ; 2. Blaine Dueca ster
(Kawl; 3 . Jim Kraly (Yam); 4 . M any Popovich (Vam);
5 . Henry Hauenstein (Hon).
SR 2: 1. Georg e Singler (Han); 2. J erry E. Boyd
(Han); 3. Tom Rickbrodt (Suz); 4 . K.W . Boyd (Han);
5 . Butc h Pow ell (KTM).
OPEN B: 1. Bill Ward IKa w); 2. Chri s Brown e
(Hus); 3 . Ja y Kre mm (Kaw); 4 . Kevin McC an n (Kaw);
5 . J A Boyd (Han).
Nessel strikes at
Thunder Ridge MX
By Peggy Adamic
By Joel Ch urc h
RAVENNA, OH, J UN E 7
Yamaha-mounted J ohn Sha y ripped
th rough both mot os of the combi ned
I25/ 250/ 0 pe n A class a t Ohio Internati onal Ra ceway in Ravenna a t
ro und four of th e CRA MX Series.
Shay 's Warren /JB Race Products/
Maxima-backed Yam ah a took th e
lead from Tim Deutsch th rough th e
second turn td"begin the fir st moto,
Deu tsch , who was ridi ng h is H onda
for th e fir st time since Augu st, 1986
whe n he suffered a MX-related kn ee
injury, held second th rough th e end
of lap one, before Dal e T aylor a nd
Barney Barnett powered past. Sh ay
o pe ned a four-second lead whil e
Barnett wo rked o n passin g T aylor .
By 't he end of th e moto, Shay boasted
a 12-second adva ntage whi le Barnett
was assu red of second, rid in g 14
seconds a head of T a ylor a nd Steve
Gardiner.
Shav a nd H onda -mou nt ed Barn ett
were 1-2 whe n th e gate dropped a t
the start of th e second rnoto, Deutsch
clai med third whil e Tay lor sna tched
fourt h . The front four held thei r
posi tio ns unt il halfwa y into th e
moto wh en Je ff J ohnson moved into
fo u rt h a head of Tay lor. Barn ett
closed th e five-second ga p between
the top two riders to two bike len gth s
o n the final lap. H e pressured Shay
for th e top spo t, but ran o ut of time.
AI Pi zzino scored a double rnot o
victory in th e Sen ior o ne class . T he
Husq varna-rn ounted ride r led eac h
moto fro m th e dro p of th e ga te until
the checkered flag. In eac h moto ,
Pi zzino throttled to a better-than-Iuseco nd win a head o f Ka-wa sa kimou nted Bla in e Du eca ster , who
finished beh ind Pi zzin o in both
molOS.
SOUT H EDMESTON, NY, J UNE 7
Gray. skies did nothing 10 dampen
th e sp iri ts of th e AMA District-S
riders as they rolIed into the Thunder
Ridge Cycle Park. Rob Nessel had
no problem in the rainy co nd itions
as he won the 125cc Expert cla ss.
About th e time the 125cc Experts
sho t off th e line, th e light rain turned
into a heavy sh ower. Shortl y after the
start Doug Fleming had hi s Kawasa ki ou t in fro nt of Rob and Steve
Nessel who were battling close ly. By
lap three Ken Blizzard ' worked hi s
way around Rob Nessel wh ile Steve
Nesse l followed a di sappearing
Fleming. On lap five Rob rep assed
Blizzard and set out after hi s broth er.
With one lap remaining Rob found
a lin e arou nd Steve and th ey fini sh ed
seco n d a n d th i rd , res pective ly ,
behi nd Fleming.
After his powerful wi n in th e first
rnoto, Flem in g cou ld on ly man age
a th ird place start in rnoto two ,
beh ind th e Nessel brothers, who wer e
making the most of th e slowly dr ying
track. The rain had quit near th e end
of th e fir st motos, but th e skies
rem ained dark. Flem ing co uld o nly
gain a little ground each lap on Steve
wh ile Rob maintained hi s lead.
Then with just two laps left , Blizzard
moved up from ninth 10 fourth, but
th e Nessels and Fleming were beyond
reach . Wh en th e checkers flew it was
Rob folIowed by Steve a nd Fleming
wi th Blizzard in tow .
Amateur ac tio n in the' 250cc class
saw Sco tt Mcbrien wi th the holesh ot
in mot o o ne. On' la p tw o Steve
Lemon go t by McBrien, bu t it was
Ra ndy Gardner who was on th e
move as he came from fifth to second
by la p three. Darwin Duq u ette
moved into third but on lap four
Steve H at ch shot by and held third
to th e fin ish behind Ga rdner and
Lemon.
Mo to two saw Lemon grab the
hol esh ot wi th Gardner trying to take
th e lead away. The two diced the
whole rno to with Gardner finalIy
ge tti ng by to take th e wi n and overa ll
vic to ry . Duq uette ca p tured th ird
overa ll wi th H at ch claimin g fourth.
McBrien managed 10 tak e sevent h
o vera ll after a poor second mo to
start.
Results
250 AM: 1. Randy Gardner (Hont, 2. Steven
lemon (Kaw) ; 3 . Darwin Duquene (Yam).
MIN I A: 1. M ike Panko (Kawl.
MINI B: 1. Sean Scutnik (Kaw); 2. Ja son Morgan
(Kaw); 3 . Bret Leon ard (Han).
+25 : 1. Mike Dougheny (KTMI; 2. Mike Murray
(KTM); 3 . Jarrett Newby (Han).
JR MINI : 1. John Blake (Kawl.
SR MINI NOV: 1. Scott Krissel (Kaw); 2. Mark
Cahnedttl (Suz); 3 . Je sse Hunt (Kaw) .
125 EX A : 1. Rob Nessel (Kawl; 2. Douglas
Fleming (Kaw); 3. Steve Nessel (Kaw) .
125 B: 1. Scan Edwards (Han).
SR EX:: 1. Jarren Newby (Hon); 2 . Jerry Harris
(Kawl; 3. Ed Downing (Han ).
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SR AM : 1. Leon Whaley (Vam); 2. Chuck Bryant
(Vam).
S/SR : 1. Ray Goulet (KTMI; 2. Mike Bondy (Vam).
SCHBV: 1. Larry Maxwell (Kawl; 2. Dennis Dillin
(Kaew); 3 . Mike Panko (Kaw) .
OPEN NOV : 1. Chris Flower (Honl; 2. Hal Hoose
(Vam); 3. Michaedl Julien (Kaw) .
125 AM : 1. Larry Maxwell (Kaw) ; 2. Greg Dye
(Kaw ); 3 . Nick Smith (Han).
250 EX: 1. Richard W estfall (Han); 2. David
Phelan (Suz); 3. Alan Lendrom (Kawl.
OPEN AM : 1. Joe Zimecki (Han); 2. Bob Scranton
(Kaw); 3 . Phil Dilmore (Han).
VINT: 1. J im Tholen (Han ); 2. Joel Church (Suzl.
200 NOV: 1. Tom Hesseltine (Kaw); 2. Hecb
Bigford (Vam); 3 . Joe Hors tm an (Vam).
OPEN EX: 1. M att Levy (Han); 2. M ike Ha rt je
(Han); 3 . Richard W estfall (Han).
Bridges overtakes
BNMC Scrambles
By Bill Holt
WAPELLA. IL, J U ' E 7
Todd Brid ges hau le d h is Al m a
Transport Ro tax to the m idwest
from Chula Vista, Califo rn ia , for the
Ama teu r Na tio nals a li ttle early to
challe nge th e best th at the DC Cycle/
S u pe r Seer / Ba n za i Bro s. AMA
D ist r ict -17 Champi on ship Dirt
T rac k Series had to o ffer. That
cha llenge came a t the BloomingtonNormal M/ C Scra mbles in th e form
o f R ick Kn uth a n d hi s Rotax.
Brid ges and Knuth both won th eir
heats and Knuth lept into th e lead
of th e fin al and kept Brid ges at bay
for alI but th e last 200 feet. In the
fin al trun Brid ges stu ffed Knuth o ut
of th e co rne r nearl y taking th em both
d o wn bu t bo th reco vered with
Brid ges taking th e wi n by a len gth.
Bart Schm u lbac h was close in third
but had his hands fu lI alI day wi th
Kevin Sei verso
T he day started wi th the 50cc class
and that belonged to J ess Robi nson
with Sha ne G arri sson puttin g o n a
good ride to tak e th e second spo t over
Sha n non Wright. T he 60cc class was
u p next a nd th at too belonge d to
Rob inson . who held off Brandon
Rob erts for the wi n. T he 80cc class
lin ed up next and after a slo w sta rt
Bryan Graybeal go t by Steve Tomlinson for the wi n. Steve H all held
off Brandon Downard for the third
spo t.
Danny Caner rocketed his Honda
in to the lead of th e 250cc fina l a nd
look ed u nbea table for most of th e
race, bu t whe n he d id slip th e first
time. Bart Schm ulbac h was righ t
th ere 10 grab th e lead. The seco nd
slip let Stacy Shelton by for the
second spot. Carter d id manage to
hol d off Dan a McNeil for th e thi rd
spo t.
Mark Aug ustine's Bultaco was too
much for Peter Barnosky in th e 400cc
final a nd G reg Call ey pur so me
classy moves o n Greg Vogel a nd th e
rest of th e Sen ior class for th e wi n .
Results
50;1. Jess Robinson (Yam); 2. Shan e Gar ri sso n
(Vam); 3. Shannon Wright {Yaml ; 4. Randy Sm it h
(Yam); 5. J ust in Filson (S Ul .).
60: 1. Jess Robin son (Yam); 2. Brandon Roberts
(Suz); 3 . Nick Spiero ski ISuzl.
