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; , • ', » Jeff Emig (47) leads Ryan Hughes in 125cc Intermediate action . The overall went to Aldrich, Flippen was second, and Quick third. . • Results More than 1000 riders competed in round one of amateur action in the Golden State Nationals at Glen Helen.- Emig emerges on top at Glen Helen GSN By Ken Faught SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JAN. 2 Kawasaki-mounted Jeff Emig traveled all the way from Independence, Missouri, to win the 125cc Intermediate division one class at the 14th Annual Dodge Truck Continental Motorsports Club Golden State Nationals, for the openin&" amateur round of the senes. Yamaha's Phil Lawrence started things off right, as he holeshot Ryan ' Hughes, Chris Trickle, Jeremy McGrath and Chris Neal in the first moto. Lawrence and Hughes soon did some bar banging when Hughes overjumped a tabletop jump and slid I sideways into Lawrence, knocking him off the track. However, Lawrence re-entered the track and ' within a lap, was back in first. While Lawrence and Hughes were . dicing, Emig and McGrath had moved into third and fourth and were slowly catching the leaders. By . the third lap, Neal was also in the hunt and began stalking McGrath, looking for a way around on the fast Glen Helen track. Neal didn't have to wait too long, as he soon passed McGrath moving himself to fourth. McGrath, not at all content with his fifth place position, quickly repassed , Neal and began to pick up his pace. Sylmar's Brian Gipson was also on the move and passed Nealon the last lap. Lawrence took the moto win over Emig, Hughes , McGrath , .a n d Gipson. However, immediately following the race Lawrence was knocked a lap , for jumping the starting gate which gave Emig the win, Hughes second and McGrath third. The extra lap dropped Lawrence to 21st. Second moto action saw Neal take the lead over Randy Moody, Hughes, Lawrence, and McGrath. Emig was in ninth rapidly picking up positions after his poor start. By the second lap Emig was a close third behind Neal and new second place rider Lawrence. Nearing the middle of the race .Neal went down, handing Lawrence a slim lead over Emig. Emig hounded th e rear fender of Lawrence's Yamaha all th e way to the checkers. Lawrence took a narrow win over Emig, Hughes, McGrath . and a dis appointed Neal. , A 1-2 score earned Emig the overall ahead of Hughes, McGrath, Neal and Gipson. Lawrence still managed to cash in on the Yamaha contingency with a 10th overall. Todd Nelson began the first 125cc Intermediate moto by piloting his Suzuki to a clean holeshot. Close behind Nelson were Levin Noble, Terry Swanson, Richard Saxton, and Duane Benner. Swanson soon passed Noble and began to catch Nelson. Before the completion of lap one, Nelson's bike broke handing the lead to Swanson. Benner, Saxton, Noble, and Chad Peterson remained close behind. Peterson wasted no time in passing Noble and quickly moved into fourth. , Saxton, who had been running in third, crashed in some deep whoops giving third to Peterson. Peterson then went after Benner, who soon fell victim to Peterson, who continued to move in on Swanson. The final lap saw Peterson reel in Swanson and passed him just about ' a hundred yards from the finish line. . Benner finished third, Noble was fourth, and Clint Jones managed a fifth place finish. In the second moto Benner took the holeshot closely followed by Swanson, Noble, Peterson and Mike Chamberlain. Before the end of the second lap Peterson found himself in the lead ahead of Swanson, Chamberlain, Jimmy Lewis and ' Noble. Lewis got on the gas to pass Chamberlain and set out after the leaders. Peterson couldn't be caught, however, and finished the moto in first place ahead of Swanson, Lewis, Chamberlain and Noble. The I-I finish in both motos gave Peterson the overall win. Swanson with a 2-2 finish took second followed by Noble in third (4-5) and Lewis in fourth (7-3). Richard Aldrich topped afield of more than two dozen riders to win division one of the 125cc Junior class. . ' When the gate dropped at the start of the fir st moto, Timothy Riggs led Charli e Flippen, Brittan Burlingame, Darin Channel and Aldrich. Riggs ' bike soon ran into problems dropping him towards the back of th e pack. Flippen was not at all upset at Riggs' bike problems and graciously accepted the lead. Aldrich, who gated fifth, was now third and gaining on the leaders. While Aldrich was working on Burlingame, Andy Grider piloted his Kawasaki into the top five. Another rider on the move was Rich Quick. ' After gating l Oth, Quick displaced Channel and moved into fourth. Flippen went on to take the moto win over Aldrich, Burlingame, Quick, and Grider. Yamaha-mounted Jeff Orth holeshot Aldrich, Flippen, Roger Saenz and Channel in the second moto. As the pack entered the third turn, Aldrich passed Orth and began to pull away. Shortly after being passed by Aldrich, Orth bobbled and that was all Saenz needed to pass. Orth soon dropped to sixth advancing Quick and Flippen. With only one lap remaining, Andy Hernandez broke in to the top five. Aldrich took an easy moto win over Saenz, Quick, Flippen and Hernandez. , 60 O·B: 1. Tim Tilton (Kaw); 2. Frankie Navarro (Kaw); 3. David Roberts (Kaw); 4. Jeremy Biery (Kaw); 5. Jerry Aleman (Kaw). 60 9-11 : 1. Chris Wheeler (Kaw); 2. Russ Anderson (Han): 3. Jason Partridge (Kaw); 4 . zachary Rund (Kaw); 5. Jeff Willon (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Craig W . Smith (SUl); 2. Jeff Lewis (SUl); 3. Travis Fleming (Han); 4. Grant Gaspar (Yam); 5. John Fox (Yam). 80 JR 12-16 0-1 : 1. Billy Felts (Kaw); 2. Chris Difalas (Han); 3. Colin Couto (Han); 4 . Bryan Nee (Han); 5. Michael Brandes (Kaw). 80 JR 12-16 0-2: 1. Eric Chavira (Han); 2. Shane Scarpiello (SUl); 3. Tony Sulek (Kaw); 4. Brian Teets (Kaw); 5. Ranion Noriega (SUl). 80 JR 12-16 BIG WHL : 1. Jason Taylor (Kaw~ 2. Rodney Taylow (Kaw)., . 80 OPEN 9-11: 1. Russ Anderson (Han); 2. Jeff Tilton (Kaw); 3. Ty King (Yam~ 4. zachary Rund (Kawt 5. Brad Shultz (Kaw). 125 BEG 0-2: 1. 1. Rob Thornburgh (SUl~ 2. Brian Hicks (SUl); 3. Mike Ulrich (Kaw); 4. Sam Hawley (Kaw); 5. Richia Sherman (Han). 125 BEG 0-3: 1. Kevin Shafer (Yam); 2. Chris Beach (Han); 3. Chuck Kione (Kaw) (Kaw); 4 . Jaime Knox (Yam); 5. Chad Doggett (Kaw). 125 JR 0-1 : 1. Richard Aldrich (Han); 2. Charlia Flippen (Kaw); 3. Rich A. Quick (SUl); 4 . Brinan Burlingame (Han); 5. Andy Hernandel (Cag). 125 JR 0-2: 1. Cole Gress (Han); 2. Ronnie Densford (Han); 3. Raymond Anthony (Han); 4 . Lence Goodman (SUl); 5. Scon Bristol (Han). 125 JR 0-3: 1. Kyan Carlisle (Kaw~ 2. Pat Gomm (Han); 3. Alex Rogers (Han); 4. John Culwell (Kaw); 5. Jon Kuebler (Han). 125 JR 0 -5: 1. Leon Cappa (SUl); 2. Jimmy Knight (Han); 3. Shawn Howard (Han); 4 . Jon Berg (SUl); 5. Darin Driscoll (Han). 1251NT 0-1: 1. Jeff Emig (Kaw); 2. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 3. Jeremy McGrath (Yam); 4 . Chris Neal (Kaw); 5. Brian Gipson (Han). 125 INT 0-2: 1. Chad Peterson (Yam); 2. Terery Swanson (Cog); 3. Levi Noble (Yam); 4. Jimmy Lewis (Yam); 5. Richard Saxton (Yam). 125 INT 0-3;.1. Ryan Hunt; 2. Bubba Erickson (Cog); 3. Todd Schini (Han); 4 . Justin Souza (Yam); 5. Stephen Phillips (SUl). 250 BEG 0-1 : 1. Ben Anderson (Han); 2. Leonard Kilman (Yam); 3. Kris Tarbet (Cog); 4. Robbie Dunham (Yam); 5. Kenny Madden (kaw). 250 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Rudy Chavel (Han); 2. Robert Drew (Yam); 3. Mark Beckwith (SUl); 4. Greg Rosa (Han); 5. Brian Peters (Yam). 250 JR 0- t: 1. Ronnie Densford (Han); 2. Stan Lundquist (Yam); 3. Charlie Flippen (Kaw); 4. Kevin Geyer (yam); 5. Brian Fountain (Yam). 250 JR 0-2: 1. Eric Guy Casas (Kaw); 2. Eric Bush (SUl); 3. Scan Bristol (Yaml: 4 . Troy Anthony (Han); 5. Chuck Bagwell (Han). 250 JR 0-3: 1. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 2. Scan Takacs (SUl); 3. Scan Hoffman (Han); 4 . Jim Ryder (Yam); 5. Dannon Burg (Yam). 250 JR 0-4: 1. Perrin Perez (Han); 2. Kall Allen (Han); 3. Ronnie Lee (Kaw); 4. Barney Wilson (Kaw~ 5. Jim Carley (Kaw). 250 INT 0-1 : 1. Chad Peterson (Yam); 2. Jimmy Lewis (Yam); 3. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 4. P.J. Yacuk (Yam); 5. Grant Michaelson (Han). . 250 INT 0-2: 1. John McGinnis (Han); 2. Tod Sciacqua (Han); 3. Terry Swanson (Hus); 4. Steve Hutner (Han); 5. Dan Barnen (SUl). 250 INT 0 -3: 1. Phil Lewrence (Yam); 2. Tim Whitlock (Han); 3. Eric Pucelok (Han); 4 . Chris Trickle (Han); 5. David Noel (Cag). 250 INT 0-4: 1. Jeremy McGrath (Yam); 2. Steve Philips (SUl); 3. Brian Sipson (Han); 4 : Peter Buggie ' (Yam); 5. Mike Henning (Yam). . 500 BEG: 1. Leonard Kilman (Yam); 2. John Lea (Han); 3. Jay Prenot (Yam); 4. David Shoemaker (Yam); 5. Arnil Fry (Yam). 500 JR: 1. David Fernandez; 2. Mark Brown (Han); 3. Bryan Richardson (Yam);4. Chuck Bagwell (Han); 5. Mike Crawford (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Tim Whitlock (Hon~ 2. Greg Smith (Han); 3. Grant E. Michaelson (Han);4 . Chris Sparks (Kaw); 5 . David Bagwell (Han). WMN : I . Vicky Jackson (Han); 2. Sheryl Fedoraw (Han); 3. Jillion Roth (Han); 4. Bonnie Warch; 5. Debbie Mathews (kaw). VET INT: 1. Dave Pons (Han); 2. John Slingerland (Han); 3. John Adams (Hon~ 4. Thomas Pons; 5. Chris Burgeson (Yam). OT JR: 1. Clive Cheffins (Han); 2. Steve Dunlap (Han); 3. Jay Biery; 4 . Gary Doggen (Kaw); 5. Greg Young (Han). OT INT: 1. Leroy Smith (Han); 2. R.D. TUlinski (Han); 3. Terry Pran (Yam); 4. Frank Trier (Han). VET JR: 1. Kirk Chandler (Han); 2. Mike Rank (Han); 3. Jim Hobbs (Han); 4. Bob Dunham; 5. Edwin Sims (Kaw). OT MSTR: 1. Bob Krah; 2. Werner Schutz (Kaw); 3. Leonard Shendler (Kaw); 4. Jim O'Neal (Hon~ 5. Jim Saitone (Han). VET MSTR: 1. Mark White (Yam): 2. Jon Millar (Yam); 3. Tim Marsh (Han); 4. Robert Caspar (Hon~ 5. John Dallare (Kaw). I !