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~ ~ ...J ~ « III ~ > o III b J: 00 00 0.. 0') ,....., Rodney Barr won both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes w ith 2 -1 moto f in ishes at the Asheville Indoor Motocross. finishi ng first in th e 125cc C class and second in th e 125cc Schoolboy class : Mike H owell took home the Mini Mo tocrosser of the Year award a nd first pl ace in the 80cc (14-15) class. Min i Hare Scramble honors went to Mar k McG rath whil e J oe Powers took the Big Bike H are Scrambl er award. Resu lts MX . PIW: 1. Jesse At kinson; 2. J ason Kin ley; 3. Kurtis Frye r; 4. Larry Rust; 5. Je sse Fin ly. J R MIN I: 1. M att Ma rtsoH; 2. Bryan Be llinger; 3. Brock Sell ards; 4 . Travis Carlisle; 5. Kar l Scon . B5 (12 -13): 1. lak Schaffer; 2. M att M arts olf . B5 (14·1 5): 1. M ike How ell; 2. Gene Kelly: 3 . William Koteno: 4. Kevin Sw eeney; 5 . John Gerdes J r. 125 SCHBY: 1. Bryan Jones; 2. Chris Grasso; 3. Steve Wooled ge; 4. (TIE) James WagnerlTony Bonaee; 5. Brad Qu ear . 125 C: 1. Chr is Grasso; 2. Jack Steele; 3 . Tom Ashton; 4 . Al an Bates; 5. Kurt Kadas. 12 5 B: 1. Bry an Jones; 2. Bill Penick; 3 . M ichael . Cain ; 4. Ma rc us Sell ard s; 5 . Dave Spiegle. 125 A : 1. Barn ey Barn en ; 2. Chuck Nicholson; 3 . Steve Gard in er; 4 . Ed Snyder; 5. Dale Span gler. 250 C: 1. Steve Wilmin gton; 2. Kenn eth Frank; 3 . Henry Hauen stein; 4 . Dave Travis; 5 . Kurt Kadas. 25 0 B: 1. Ken Frank enbery ; 2. Br ian Doran; 3 . lyle Pizzino; 4 . Roben W ersch ey; 5. J ohn Diezic, 2 50 / 0 PEN A ; 1. Dale Tayl or; 2. Dave Hand ; 3 . M ike Bogg ia; 4. Dale Spangler; 5 . Harold Robison . SR I: 1. Kenn eth Frankenbery; 2. Blaine Duecaste r; 3 . Henry Hauenstein ; 4. Terry Deliman; 5. M art in Popovich . SR II; 1. (TIE)Jerry Boyd /Keith Boyd; . 2. Tom Ashton ; 3 . Thoma s Knapp; 4 . Bill Szewczyk; 5 . Larry Stahl . HARE SCRAMBLE JR MIN I: 1. Mark M cGr ath ; 2. Bren t Abe l SR M INI: 1. Rob Dren nan; 2. Doug Church; 3. Bridget U1 izio; 4. M ike Kat in J r; 5. Er ick Penick. 125: 1. Rusty M yer s; 2. Tim Byer; 3. J ack St eele; 4. Rick A yers; 5. Bill Pen ick. 200: 1. Brad Ell er; 2. Jeff Sm ith; 3 . David Ulizio; 4. Craig Bett; 5. Johnny Young . 250: 1. Joel Je nk ins; 2. Joe Pow ers; 3 . Ray Vagarasoto ; 4. Ji m Kall eker; 5. (TIE)M ark M cG iff in/ Tom Eschtruth. OPEN: 1. J eff Bon asera; 2. (TIE)Don A rnold/Lou Giovani; 3 . Todd Jones; 4. M aur ice Saika ly; 5 . Don Sambat i. SR I; 1. A I Chup pa; 2. Jo hn Gall agher; 3 . Tom Boyer; 4 . Demo n Gr een e; 5. Many Heben . SR II: 1. Herb leppell me ier; 2. Ken War rend er; 3. Carl Dietz; 4. David Dehn er . Desort wins Pr airie lake Ice Race By Hannibal 36 MARSEIL LES, IL, JAN. 24 Coug hl in Cycle Center-sp onsored Tom Desort chewed up th e competiti on in the 250cc class a t round two of" the Ottawa Ice Racers Seri es of Ill ino is ice racing held a t Prairie La ke Lodge. T he top three in th e 250cc heat race finish ed in th e order that they started. Desort took top honors, foll owed by J ohn Binker a nd Do n Waldbuesser. Desort jumped o ut in front d uring th e fin al and was th e first rider to reach th e checkere d flag. inke r spe n t most of th e fina l in th ird p lace, but moved up a no tch o n lap six for second overall. J eff Wehrl i was the per son Binker di splaced. Weh rli ro unded o ut the tOP three. N orth Sho re H on da 's Chick Baruffi took com mand of the Su pe r Senior class, lead in g every la p. Ri ck Waldb uesser spe n t his race in second place as did Carmen Del Sasso . Baruffi go t hi s second ho leshor in the fina l race and held on for th e . class overall. Wal db uesser a nd Del Sasso tra ded places early in the race. At th e en d i t was Wal d b uesser second, Del Sasso nhird. In th e 125-200cc class Andy H interl ong was the man to beat. H e took co nt ro l of the hea t race after the start a nd cru ised home th e winner. Second p lace rider T om Norris stayed in that position unti l the chec kers. T he th ird rider across th e fini sh lin e was Tom Lawsha, riding a 125. ' Hinterlon g led every la p in th e fina l, ta king th e wi n. Bren t Dannen berg spe nt th e race chas ing Hinterlong a nd stayed a head of the battle for th ird. Norris led most of the rac e for third over Lawsha, but it was Law sha that led o n the last la p for th ird. . T ony Hinterl ong led every lap in the O pen class heat race. Behind him cam e J eff Pi cha , who rod e in th e runner-up slot all during th e race. J eff Ca rner ga ined third place o n lap fou r. Once again it was T ony H interlo ng at th e head of th e pack in the main. H e led th e fir st seven laps, but it was Pich a who led on th e la p tha t counted. Aaron Stoudt ran h is race in th ird place. . In the Senior class bo th the winner and runner-u p never cha nged p laces in either the hea t or the final. Mik e Dugan led every la p to co llect the win. whil e Tom's Cycl e R epai r sponsored T om J acob s was always in th e second spot. Lonnie Vard ell claim ed third in th e heat race with a pass into that slo t on lap four. In th e fina l he rod e in third the entire race. Results 12 5-200: 1. An dy Hinterlo ng; 2. Tom Lawsha; 3 . Tom Norris; 4 . Denn is Mo rsch; 5. J erry Larson. 250 : 1. Tom Desort ; 2. J ohn Sinker; 3 . J eff Wehrli; 4. Don W aldbu esser; 5. J im W eich . OPEN: 1. Je ff Picha; 2. Tony Hinter long; 3 . Aaron Stoudt; 4. Charlon e Mo set ick; 5 . J eff ca rner. SR: 1. M ike Dugan; 2. Tom Jacobs; 3. Lonn ie • Vardell; 4. Steve Sinker; 5. Gr eg Joop. S/S R: 1. Chick Baruffi; 2. Rick W aldbues ser; 3. Carmen Del Sasso; 4. Mike Horn yan. EXHIB: 1. Charlie Jacobs; 2. Je ff Picha; 3 . Charlone M osetick; 4 . Tom Desert; 5..J eff Car ner . . Barr blasts Asheville IndoorMX By Bob Applegate ASHEV ILLE. NC , JAN. 15-16 Rodney Barr too k hom e th e top prize money and points in the N.A.M .E. Winter National Ser ies Ro u nd 5 Arenacross. " It's a new bike a nd the first time I've ridden in seven months, it 's Iast ," sa id a sm iling Barr after his l25cc Pro class win. Ba rr also took the .win in th e 250cc Pro class . At th e start of Sa turday ni ght's 125cc Pro mo to it was a toss-u p be twee n Ji m Chest er, Barr, a nd Robbie T aylo r until Chester pulled over with a ra pi d ly deflating rear tire. Ch ester's mech an ic la ter expla ined that the problem was caused by wa ter frozen in th e valve stem . Ches ter wo n Frid a y n ight 's ro u n d with Barr ta king the wi n on Sat ur day. Eddie Warren found th e ac tio n too close in th e 250cc Pro class bar ban ger and after winni ng Fri da y nigh t's ro und he sa t o u t Saturday's acti on and gave the win to Barr's Com p eti ti on / S u zuk i -s po ns o red Barr. T aylor took a bad la nd ing after a jump tha t sen t lightning bo lts up hi s throttle arm a nd settled for third behi nd Chester. R id i n g like a pro o n a 65cc Kawa sak i was local ace J imm y Briggs, wh o swept both th e 0-60 and 0-80 co mpetit io n for 7- II -year-o lds. Briggs had no pr obl em lead in g from flag-to-flag in both events . H amrn er in ' H ank Moree co nti n ued to sweep the Schoolboy class , ta king wi ns both ni ghts o n hi s Ka wasak i. He has also becom e a threat to the 125cc Ama teur class , win ning th e Frid a y n ight fin al a nd p laci ng fourth on Sat urda y beh in d Ya ma ha- mounted Sco tt Riggs, J oe Narner a nd Ch ad Leigh. J eff Mush aia took th e honors o n a Yam aha in th e I25cc Novice ac tion a fter banging it out with Pa ul Dalt o n a nd Lee W~ lston. Results S/ M INI: 1. Ronn ie Yarbro (Suz); 2. Bo Shannon (Yam); 3 . Scon Rut an. 0 -6 07·11 YRS: 1. Jimmy Briggs (Kaw! ; 2. Patr ick Brow n (Kaw)); 3 . Vin cent DeYoun g (Kaw l. 0 -8 5 7· 11 YRS: 1. J immy Br iggs (Kaw ); 2. Chr istopher Hutch in s (Kaw); 3 . Brad Boyd (Yam) . 0 -8 512 - 15 YRS: 1. Ronnie Yarbro (Suz); 2. Lee w erecn (Hon); 3 . M arcus Can non (Kaw) . 125 A M : 1. SCOII Riggs (Yam); 2. " M ota Joe " Narner; 3. Chad Leigh (Yam). 125 NOV; 1. J eH " Bonehead" M ush aia (Yam); 2. Paul Dalton (Kaw) ; 3 . Lee W als ton (Yam ). 12 5 PRO: 1. Rodney Barr (Suz); 2. Robbie Taylor; 3. J im Chester (Suzl. 25 0 AM : 1. Ray Boraff (Su"; 2. Chad Pitt (Han ); 3. Tim Cropp (Kaw). 25 0 NOV; 1. M itch M cCurter (Hon !; 2. Paul . Dalt on (Kaw); 3. David Coy (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Rodney Barr (Suz); 2. J im Cheste r (Suz); 3. Robb ie Taylor (Yam! . SOOAM : 1. Brad Mills (Han ); 2. Tim Terre ll (Hon); 3 . M ike Call ahan (Han). SCHBY: 1. Hank Moree (Kaw ); 2. Chad Leigh (Yam); 3. Chad Pow ers (Cag). Jones doubles in Huntington Indoor MX By Susan Willian H U NTINGTON, WV, JAN. 16-17 Mor e than 600 riders competed in the final ro und of the Coors/ Bel-Ray / Action Sports Indoo r MX Ch amp ionshi p Series, whe re Yam ahamounted Mike J ones secured win s in both Pro classes to capture overall series cha m pio nsh ips in the 125 a nd 250cc Pro di visions. 1Jle first heat in the 125cc Pro class Sa turday wen t to Rod ney Ph ill ips after he and T eam G reen 's Stevie Childress fought for th e fro n t spo t. Childress dropped off the pace near the end of the heat but held o n to pl ace second. Jones domina ted th e second l25cc Pro hea t a nd was chased home by Steven H erm an. Ma rk Mu sseelman a nd David Hand ba ttled for third with H and go ing by in th e wh oop section. H and closed the gap to Herman , bu t H erm an held on to second. An dy Michner led th e pack th ro ugh tum one in th e third 125cc Pro heat , R ich H al stead worked his way by Mic h ner to ta ke th e lead and th e win. Mi ke Bias a nd Davy Coombs rounded o u t the top three. J o nes was hot off th e ga te in the 125cc P ro main event to dominate the race. H and gassed it everywhere 'o n th e co urse, bu t ended up in second. Michner wo n heat one in th e 250cc Pro class wit h Halstead moving by Cliff Walker to finish second. Walker filed by for third. H and had a n ea rly lead in the second 250cc Pro heat but cou ld n't hold off J ones. J ones went by H and to pull o ut a co mforta ble margin a nd tak e th e win. Hand gra bbed second. wh i le R od ne y Ph illips fini sh ed third. A determi ned Hand cha rged off the ga te in the 250cc Pro main to lead th e p ack with J ones cl ose beh ind. J o nes sq ueezed by o n th e inside of a turn to score a no ther win and Hand had to settle for seco nd ag ain. A bat tle for third develo ped between Walker and Halstead . H alstead remain ed ca lm and motor ed to third with Walker fin ishing fourth. On Sunday. H alstead won the first 125cc P ro hea t with J oe Maurer tak in g heat two . J ones placed second in th e third heat , fin ishing beh ind Dickie Bell ora . In th e 125cc Pro main event, Bias led o nly sho rt ly before J ones went by for the wi n. Bias held o n to second with Bell ora ta king thi rd. After Mar k Mu sselman cha rged off the start ing ga te in th e first 250cc Pro h eat . h e ari d Ch ildress ra ced handlebar-to-handlebar. T he du o pl ayed cat a nd mouse until the final lap wh en Musselman took th e wi n after Childress sta lled his engine; Ch ildress ended up second. Han d zoo med into the lead of the second ·250cc P ro hea t but aga in was passed by J ones. J o nes sc o re d a no ther wi n with Han d followi ng in second . In the ma in , Jones claimed yet a nother wi n while Cliff Wal ker aced second a nd Chi ldress scored th ird . Ch ris Carte wo n the seri es cha mpi onsh ip in the 80cc (14-15) d ivi sion wit h an unb lemi sh ed score. H e never lost a mot a during the three-ro und series. • Results 125 C (GRP 1): 1. Steve Gill and (Han); 2. Tony M cNeilan (Yam); 3 . J am ie Stevenson (Kaw) . 125 C (GRP 2 ): 1. Rob Black (Han); 2. Kenn eth Gamb ill (Han); 3. Chuc k Sta pleford (Kaw). BO (12 - 13): 1. Chuck Dr ak e (Kaw); 2. Joa Woodfork (Kaw); 3 . Kenny Sauer (Kaw) . 80 (14 - 15): 1. Chris Cart e (Kaw); 2. Shane lawson (Hon); 3. Richard Nich ols (Suz). OPEN B: 1. Ma tt Kelley (Yam) ; 2. Ric hard Robin son ; 3 . M ark Ma n in (Hon). 0 -6 5; 1. Gr eg Rand (Kaw); 2. Patr ick McPherson (Kawt 3 . Brad Rit chie (Kaw). 125 PRO; 1. M ike Jone s (Yam); 2. David Hand (Han ); 3. Dan Blackham . PIW STK; 1. J eremy Berwanger (Yam); 2. Joey Ballinger (Yam); 3 . M ark Burkhart (Yam ). 250 B: 1. James Eickel (Yam); 2. Mike Cai n (Yam t 3 . Scott Darn old (Kaw) . 250 C: 1. J im W ilkerson (Han); 2. Coby Robb (Han); 3 . Kevin Nelson (Kaw). BO 17-11): 1. Greg Rand (Yam); 2. Jo hn Kidd (Kaw); 3. Steve Loveday (Han). . 125 B: 1. J ames Eickel (Yam); 2. Ot is Ingham (Yam); 3 . Mike Cai n (Yam). SR: 1. Philip A lderto n (Cag); 2. Denny Sw artz (Hont 3. George M ekjean (yam). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Jo nes (Yam); 2. David Hand (Han); 3 . Rich Halst ead (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Jones (Yam); 2. Cliff W alker (Kawl; 3. St evie Childress (Kaw l. PIW STK: 1. W esley Gill and (Yam); 2. M ark Burkhart (Yam); 3 . J oey Balli nger (Yam). 80 (12 -13 ): 1. Joa Woodfork (Kaw); 2. Shane Peck (Kaw); 3 . Robbie St urg ell (Kaw). 80 (14-1 5): 1. Chr is Cart e 9 Kaw! ; 2. Shane Lawson (Han); 3. John Hall (Han). OPEN B; 1. M att Kelley (Yam!; 2. Frank Flin ner (Kaw); 3 . Richard Robin son. SR: 1. Denn y Swart z (Han); 2. J ohn McConnell (Yam); 3. George M ekjean (Yam ). 125 C: 1. Steve Gilland (Han); 2. Todd Sizem ore (Han); 3. Tony M cNeila n (Yam). 250 B: 1. John Beckelh eim (Yam); 2. M ike Cai n • (Yam); 3. Rodger Mo lnar (Kaw ). 2 50 C: 1. Matthew Sheldon (Yam); 2. Cart Fisher (Kaw!; 3 . Doug M ohr (Kaw) . SO (7-11): 1. Gr eg Rand (Yam); 2. Joh n Kidd (Kaw t 3 . Steve Loveday (Han ). 0 -65 : 1. Greg Rand (Kaw); 2. Jo sh ua Ryan Sw eat (Kaw); 3. J eremy Arlet (Kaw) . 12 5 PRO: 1. M ike Jo nes (Yam); 2. Mike Bias (Han); 3. Richard Bell ora (Cag).