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cc Open classes, and his KX80 in
th e Mini Senior.
Resu lts
28
125 BEG: 1. Bill Miller (Hon); 2. Paul Payne'
(Yam); 3. John White (CR); 4. M ar io Hesles (Kaw).
125 NOV : 1: Travis Hodges (Kaw l; 2. Jimmv Linle
(Suz).
.
2 50 EX; 1. Jack Beckham (Hon) ; 2 . Mike
Bradshaw (Hon); 3. Andy Bradshaw (Hon).
125 OPEN; 1. Travis Hodges (Kaw ).
125 INT: 1. M ike Merlo (Hon).
PIW: 1. Dust in Byrd (Yam); 2. Du~'weygand
(Yam).
MINI MINI : 1. Vietor Garza (Kaw ).
250 BEG: 1. Guy Hipste r (Hon); 2. Luis Garza
(CR); 3. George Hipster (Suz); 4 . Lewis Wilcox (Hon );
5 . Jamie Garner (Pen)
MINI SA: 1. Travis Hodges (Kaw ); 2. Rowdy
Flan agan (Kaw).
MINI SR: 1. Derek V illegas (Hon); 2. J ami Carr
(Yam).
MINI OPEN; 1. Will iam Henk (KTM).
OVER 30 ; 1. Monte Hall (KTM); 2. Rob Talbott
(Yam); 3. M ike Bradshaw (Hon). .
250 NOV; 1. Ear l Ingram (Kaw); 2. W all ace
Ja ckson (Hon); 3. Kris Gain es (Kaw); 4 . Doc Ellis
(Hon).
250 INT; 1. Rusty McD owell (Hon ); 2. Russell
M iksch (Hon); 3. Ch r is Lindell (Ho n); 4 . Je ff
John son (Hon) .
Moree doubles at
Hell Hole Creek MX
By Gary Crider
f
CO LU MBIA, SC, J AN. 3
Han k Mo ree splashed to doub le wins
in the 125cc B and Yout h d ivisions
a t Hell Hole Cree k MX in rou nd o ne
of the Gear Racewea r/Bar r Competit ion/ Geor gia Cycle Supply-sponsored 5th Annual AMA Carolina
Winier MX Series. Sco tt Sm ith too k
250cc/ O pen A hon or s wh ile steady
rai n and temperatures in the 30's left
man y rider s with numb fin gers. :rhe
sandy co urse, how ever, provided
pl enty of traction. Due 10 weather
cond itions, rid ers o pted to run o n ly ' .
one moto.
Kaw asaki su p pan rider Moree
went do wn a few turns after the stan
of th e 125cc Youth mota , giving th e
lead to Kawasaki of Aiken-bac ked
Stacey Barnell. Barnell , in his first
ti me o ut o n a full-sized machine soo n
yielded to pressure from Mo ree. Once
tI1 fr ont , Moree ra n away wit h
th e win while Barnell fin ished a
di stant second o ver Ned Blackwelser.
Moree carne back for a n easy win
in l25cc B ac tio n while Mike Fra ylick recovered from a first lap sp ill
to fin ish second. Gear Racewearbacked David Eller took 250cc B
honors.
Matthew Fu ssell nailed the 125cc
C holeshot and was never th reaten ed
en ro ute to the win , " My holesh ot
reall y surprised me," said Fussell, " I
go t a lot more tr action th an I
expec ted out 'of th e ga te. After th at ,
nob od y ever go t close to me." Virginia resident Steven Ra tcliff had to
seu le for the runner-up slo t over
Richard T ho mpson and Pa t Ell is.
The closest race of the da y came
.in the 250cc/O pe n A cla ss as Gary
Brantley grabbed the lead with SCOll
Smith in hot pursuit. Lap after lap ,
Brantley co untered Sm ith's a tternpts .
10 pass. With two laps rema ining,
O 'N ea l/S id ewi nd er
Sprocke ts'
Smith go t by for th e wi n. Sai d Smi th ,
"Everytime I tied 10 pass. I got
bl inded by Brantley's roost. Fin all y
I squared off a turn a nd went by him
on a n uphill." Brantley fad ed du ring
th e fin al two laps a n d fini sh ed
fourth. " T ha t race with Sm ith tired
me o ut and my fin gers were so cold
a nd numb th at they would hardl y
wor k. "
Resul ts
65 M INI: 1. Robbie Honon (Kaw).
J R M INI: 1. Patr ick Gr eer (Kaw) ; 2. Ritch ie Honan
(Yam); 3 . Chris Huc h ins (Kaw) .
SR MI NI: 1. Dabney Bow en (Kaw); 2. Jeffrey
Hen sl ey (Han): 3 . David Dick erson IKaw) ; 4 . Troy
Logue (Kaw ); 5. Chad Kimbrell (Suz).
125 YTH: 1. Hank Mor ee Jr. (Kaw); 2. Stacey
Barn ett (Kaw); 3. Ned Blackwelder (Kaw) .
12 5 C: 1. Matthew Fussell (Kaw); 2. St even
Ratcliff (Hon); 3. Richar d Thomp son (Hon): 4 . Pat
Ellis (Hon); 5. Keit h E. Page (SUl).
250 C; 1. Joh n ny And ers on (Hon); 2. Todd M art in
(Kaw); 3. John Roben s (Yam); 4. All en Rucker
(Kaw); 5. Richard Thomp son (Hon).
125 B: 1. Hank Mo ree Jr . (Kaw); 2. M ike Fraylic k
(Yam); 3. Chad Leigh (Yaml; 4 . Lonn ie Taylor (Yam);
5. Al an Hensle y (Hon ).
250 B: 1. David Eller (Kaw ).
OPEN AM : 1. Alan Hensl ey (Hon); 2. Yut aka
Nozaw a (Hon); 3. Chad Viers (Kaw) .
SR (30+): 1. Raymond Dawson (Yam).
125 A : 1. Mark Spr iggl e (Hon); 2. R. Scon Sm hh
(Hon); 3. Richie Clippard (Hon).
250/0PEN A : 1.. R. Scon Sm ith (Hon); 2. Jeff
Bigg ers (Yam); 3. Todd Ulmer IKaw); 4 . Gay
Brantley (Hon); 5. Mark Spriggle (Hon).
Dineen doubles at
Woodland Scrambles
By Derryl Anderson
WOODLAND, WA, JAN. 10
Paulson 's Kawasaki/DK Performa nce-bac ked Chris Dineen went wild
in th e mud while claiming wins in
th e 125 and 250cc cla sses at Motocross Park 's scra mbles. Din een was
a bso lu tely fast and flawl ess, winning
every mota in sigh t. A steady downpour of rain prior to th e race kept
everything interesting, as th e mud
co nt in ued 10 get deeper and deeper.
In moto one of the 125cc class,
Din een got the lead , while Paulson's
tea mmates Chris Bail ey and Eddie
Gerrish rode side-by-side. Behind th e
tri o was Longview 's Dusty Kirk .
G erri sh .' finall y pulled a head of
Bailey and sta rted to reel in Dineen .
Severa l tim es Gerri sh got within 10
yards of Dineen but his roost was 100
m uc h to handle. Besides, Dineen
wasn 't making any mi stakes, At th e
chec kered flag it was Dineen fol 'Iowed in 10yard inter vals by Gerrish ,
Bail ev a nd Kirk .
The final moto was a carbon copy
of th e first go aro und. Dineen go t
the earl y lead and went wire-to-wire
ahead of Gerrish, Bail ey a nd Kirk .
In the 250cc class Dineen con troll ed every moto from start-tofini sh with Gerrish being hi s closest
challenger. :
The Mini class had th e most
entra nt s of the da y with B1endzall/
Longview Honda/Columbia MC
backed Ryan Anderson taking con-
trol , In th e first moto J eremiah
Portor got th e lead followed by
Jeremy Pentland, Ernie Gendron,
Anderson and Travis Webber. Some
spots in' th e tra ck were gelling very
deep and Ande rso n wa s having
trouble finding a descent line. By lap
tw o And er son pa ssed th e Iront
threesome a nd sta rted to put distance
on th e rest of the pack. Meanwhile,
Pentland fin all y worked hi s way past
Portor for second. Chance Fra sure
didn 't fini sh th e race and Webber
moved up o n Gendron. Anderson
lapped one or two rid ers per lap , and
a t th e checkered flag , he passed th e
second and th ird place riders. Meanwhile, Webber sq ueezed by Gendron.
In second was Pentland, th en Portor,
Webber and Gendron.
In moto two Gendron pulled a
su pe r hol esh ot a head of Anderson
a nd Pentland. Anderson took over
the 'lead by turn four and Pentland
caug h t up to Gendron riding sideby-side for half a lap. Finally Pentland got by. Right behind them
Portor lost it co ming at th e dogleg.
He was up and running shortly but
too far back 10 catch up. Meanwhile,
Anderson was out to a sizeabl e lead
as th e chec kered flag ca me o u t.
Behind him in order was Pentland,
Gendron, Webb er a nd Portor.
Resu lts
P/ W ; 1. Brandon Lucas; 2. Josh Currey.
MINI: 1. Rvan Anderson; 2. Jeremy Pen t land;
3. Ernie Gendron; 4. Trav is Webber .
125: 1. Chris Dineen; 2. Eddie Gerrish; 3. Chr is
Baile y; 4 . Dusty Kirk .
250: 1. Chr is Din een; 2. Eddie Gerr ish .
2·WHL OPEN: 1. Allen Pitts .
4·STRK OPEN; 1. Dan Kirk.
Mizell takes win at
Sand Springs Trials
By Rich Allman
SAN D SP RINGS , OK, DEC. 20
In close Expert class co mpe ti tio n
Ga be Mizell took th e victory wi th a
four-poin t mar gin over Ron Lee a t
the No rt heas tern Oklahom a T rials
T eam 's tri al s a t Sa nd Springs. Five
sections, from rock pile trough s to
sandy creek bottom s, were run o ver
four loops.
Once again Matt Moore won the
Rookie class, whil e Paul Bolen took
th e top honors in th e Novice class
by three points over Todd J ohnson
and Phil Mill s.
The Master class was topped by
Shan Mo ore with Mitch Bright
corning in only six points back a nd .
well within' striki ng di stance.
The Amateur class was a very close
contest with the lead swa p p ing
hands several times. Rich Allman
wa s consistent eno ugh 10 o u tlast
Larry Lingafecter and pulled au! to
a n eight point win. Tommy Moore
finished th ird, nine points behind
Lingafecter,
Results
RKIE: 1. Matt Moore.
NOV; 1. Paul Bolen; 2. Todd Johnson; 3. Phil
Mills.
AM : 1. Rich Allman; 2. Larry Lingafecter; 3. Tom
Moore; 4. John M izell .
EX; 1. Gabe M izell; 2. Ron Lee.
MSTR; 1. Shan Moore; 2. M itch Bright.
Hicks handles
LACRMX
By Terry Rezek
LANCASTER; CA, JAN. 10
Eddie Hi cks and hi s Yamaha topped
the 250cc Pro class a t CRG's first
motocross of the new year, held tod ay
at Los Angeles County Raceway.
H icks is usuall y unchall enged a t
LACR, but today he found Suzukimounted Nicky Pounds waiting for
him. Hicks ca me out of the first turn
of mota one wi th th e lead just ahead
of Murray Sha ckleford's Suzuki and
promptl y stre tched his lead 10 two
seconds. Pounds was back in third
but moved up to second in lap two.
Rich Truchinski was in fourth and
closing.
