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Winner Lance Brannon (45) gets edged out by Lewis Gonzales (137)
and Eric Powell (2 7) in the 125cc C S t oc k start at Muddy Creek MX.
Robeft-Patterson (14) leads eventual Open B c lass winner Kev in Austin
at Muddy Creek MX, which was a Loretta Lynn's Qualifier event.
Behr ens bombs 'em at
Motorsporfs Park MX
By D. Hachmeister
BYRON, IL , MAR. 27
For th e second week in a row, Bob
Behrens was the rider to beat in the
125 and 250cc Expert classes at
Motosports Park. Behrens charged to .
th e front or the pack at the drop or
th e gate in each or the fou r motos,
and despite cha llenges by Wisconsin 's Bob Nebel , Behrens never
relinquished the lead.
In th e first 125cc A rnoto, Kevin
Popeako chased Behrens earl y, while
Neb el moved up from back in th e
pa ck. By la p three, Popeako and his
Cagiva sett led into the third spot
whil e Nebel moved up o n Behren s.
Both Nebel and Behrens excelled on
different, parts or th e race tra ck , but
Behren s was able 1 maintain th e
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slig h t edge he needed to tak e the win.
The-second moto was a rep lay of th e
- first with Popeak o chas ing Behren s
early and Nebel , o n h is Honda,
cha rgi ng fro m behind. Beh rens,
Nebel and Po peak o took th e to p
three spots overa ll foll owed by f25cc
A newcomer Dan Alb right a nd the
Suzu ki or Leon Lewis.
Bo th 250cc A mot e s had Beh ren s
a nd Nebel p u ll away Irom th e pack
ea rly, wi th Beh ren s wi n ni ng both
mOlOS. T he race fo r rh i rd was
between Wisconsin 's Wayn e Welzien
a nd Io wa 's Ri ck Mun son, w ith
Munson com ing o u t o n to p in the
first mot a but Welzien finish ed third
in th e rinal mo lO for lh ird overa ll.
Bob Nebels cha nce ror revenge
ca me when lhe Open class ca me 1
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lhe lin e. Nebel gOI off to an ea rl y
lead in lhe rirsl moto over fellow
Wisconsin rider Marc Beyer. ' Wh ile
Nebel and Beyer di ced ror lhe lead ,
Kevin Po peako , o n a Yamaha, J eff
Lo is, o n a Honda, a nd Terry Hahn ,
on a Ka w~saki , rilled o u t th e lOp five
SpolS. By the en d of lhe mOlO, T im
36 Bar es moved hi s Kawasaki up 10 la ke
the fifth spo t from T erry Hahn.
Nebels ' Honda led th e pa ck aga in
at th e start of the second moto a nd
cru ised to an overall victory. "Beyer
and Bares diced for second, followed
by Lois a nd Popea ko. A late moto
mishap dropped Beyer to fourth,
leaving th e second spot 10 Bares and
third 10 Lois. O vera ll , Nebel claimed
the victory. Beyer reta ined second.
Third went to Tim Barnes, followed
by Jeff Lois and Kevin Popeako. .
Results
MINI J R: 1. Troy W r igh t (Kaw); 2. Ben Yarnell
(Kaw); 3 . Pet e Zeria l l'lul); 4 . Tim Pal ka (Yam); 5.
Todd M ayer (SUl).
MI NI SR; 1. J eff Faley (Hon); 2. Eron Ezerins
(Kaw); 3. Mike Zont ( Ka w~ 4. Chuck Whitesell
(Kaw~ 5. Russ Lecompte (Kaw) .
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125 A : 1. Bob Behrens (!Caw); 2. Bob Nebel (Hon);
3 . Kevin Popeako (Cag); 4. Dan A lbright (Kaw); 5 .
Leon Lewis (Suz).
125 B: 1. Eran Salzman (SUl); 2. Mike DeFran ·
cisco (Hon); 3 . Shaw n Miller (Kaw); 4 . Greg
Schnieder (Kaw); 5. Ryan Miller (SUl).
125 C: 1. Eric Milestone (Ka w) ; 2. Don Harms
(Kaw); 3. Jon Becker (Yam); 4 . Mike Kline (Kaw) ;
5. Mike Rogers (Yam).
OPEN: 1. Bob Nebel (Hon); 2. Marc Beyer (Hon);
3 . Tim Bares (Kaw); 4 . Jeff Lois (Hon); 5 . Kevin
Popeako (Yam).
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SR MEN : 1. Wayne We llien (!Caw) 2. Ron
Downen (Kaw~ 3 . Todd White (Hon); 4 . Rick
Munsun (SUl~ 5. Geoff M ellinger (Cag).
250 A: 1. Bob Behr ens (Kaw); 2. Bob Nebe l (Hon);
3. W ayn e W elzien (Kaw); 4 . Rick Munsun (Suz);
5. Ma rk W r ight (Kaw) .
250 B: 1. Br ian Cook (Yam ); 2. Randy Drex ler
(SUl ); 3 . Matt She ldon (Ya m~ 4. Jeff Recker (Kaw);
5. Richa rd Poplawski (Su z).
250 C; 1. Roy Naferg er (SUl); 2. Va nce Bart on
(Kaw); 3. Mike Kline ( K aw~; 4 . Dan M en etal (Ho n);
5. Terry Wotfer ing (Kaw) .
V1NT 1. Terry Hahn (Yam); 2. Ray Naf eger (SUl);
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3 . Gary Fen ill lKaw); 4. Jam es W inn emuller (Yam)~
5. Roger Dickeens (Yam). .
S/SR : 1. Loren Cook (Hon); 2. An dy Cai n (Kaw);
3 . Dave Harvey (Yam); 4 . Don Hachm eister tKaw) ;
5. Marv W iemken (Kaw ).
Bradshaw, Chester
blast Muddy Creek MX
By Ga ry Crider
BLO U NT VILL E, TN, MAR. 26-27
Riders from nin e Sla tes were on ha nd
a t Muddy Creek MX for lhe firs l of
seve n AMA So u lheas lern Area
Loretta Lynn 's Qual iriers. Yamaha 's
Damon Brad sh aw rom ped 1 win s in
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lhe 125 and 250cc A Slock divisions,
whi le 125 a nd 250cc A Modified
honors went to Suzuki pi lot Jim
Chester. T eam Green 's Stevie Childr ess was second in all four above
clas ses. Kevin Au stin narrowl y edged
Robert Patterson in th e Open B
thrill er.
Th e Au stin/Patter son Open B
fight wen t down 10 th e wire both
da ys. Au stin hol esh ot Saturday's
moto aboard hi s Tom Mil ler -tuned,
Pr o-Circuit/O 'Neal-backed Honda
but found Patterson 's H onda pushing h im after a few turns. On th e
third lap o r the eig ht- la p, 15-minute
moto , Patterson sli p ped past a nd it
was Austin's turn to ea t dirt as the
pai r co n tin ue d th eir hi gh-speed
tandem.
" O n th e last lap, a t th e bottom of
the big hill before th e finish line,
Patterson bobbled ," sa id Austin, "so
I held it wide open through the mud
on the outside and went by."
'Austin holeshot Sunday's moto
with Pa tterso n in lOW. Lap two saw
Patterson tak e th e lead. Their big
Hondas were frequently side-by-side
through th e turns but Patterson
clung to his advantage. On th e last
lap , Austin made his move. Said
Austin, " I got a good drive on him
th ro ugh the gu lly af ter the white £lag
a nd went by o n the inside." Au stin
held in a close Iinish to net a perfect
score over Patterson. Senior (30+)
winner Mich ael Taylor posted 4-5 for
third overall.
Life 's-A -Beach/B ell /Fox/Barrbacked Bradsh aw won a ll four motos
in 125 a nd 250cc A Stoc k ac tio n but
hi s perfect record was threat en ed in
the fin al 250 round wh en he stalled
his engine a nd sa w Childress go by.
Brad sh aw gav e chase a nd regained
th e lead wh en Childress was slo wed
by landing in S9h din over a jump.
Chi ld ress held for second overa ll.
Ch ester wo n a ll but one moto in
125 and 250cc A Modified racing
a board h is Ba re Brothers/ C ea rv
Scott-sponso red Suzuk is.
" I was using a n experimen ta l pipe
in the first 125 mo to ," sai d Ch ester,
" and i t was n 't workin g right."
Ch ester swi tched pipes for moto
lWOa nd pos ted 3-I 10 edg e Childr ess
a nd Kenny Kizzar in a th ree-way tie
for I25cc A"1\10d ified hono rs.
De£endin g Open A N ati onal
C ham pion Robbie T a ylor eas ily
won lhe Firs l Open A mo to but was
held 1 seco nd overa ll after a hard
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sp ill in mOlD lWO. Yam aha/Kaw asak i of J o h nson Cily- backed Ge ra ld
Greene too k over 10 ",in Wil h a 2I lally. Greene retu rned to cla im
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PI us-25 class hon ors.
A cold fro lll moved th rough the
area durin g Sa tu rday's laler mOlDS,
br in g in g sus laine d winds Wilh gusts
up to 70 miles per hour. The first
125cc C Stock rno to probab ly surfered the most wind.
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" T he jumps were real scary, " said
moto winner Lance Brannon. "The
wind would lift the front wheel 100
high or bl ow the bike sideways
through th e air."
Brannon held on through the
weekend for con vincing wins in both
' lhe 125cc C Stock and Modified
divi sions.
The wind hampered Brannon's
250cc C efforts in a different way after
hi s bike was blown off its stand in
th e pi ts, sm ashing the kill -button.
Brannon won lWO of the four 250cc
C Stock a nd Modified mOlDS but
intermitt ent kill-button sh orts held
him 10 fifth overall in both classes.
Bill y Adk ins posted 1-2 Ior the Stock
win while J am es Wilkerson's 2-1earned the Modified honors.
Mike Brown looked unbeatab le in
125 and 250cc B Modified action as
he sped 10 perfect scores over Todd
Downs and Dwa in Miller. T he 125
and 250cc B Stock division ho nors
belonged to Jeff Shuler.
Dabney" Bowen and Scott R unyan
traded blows in the 85cc 14-I5 Stock
and Modified raci ng and came away
with a class win each. Ohio-resident
Ba rr y Gardner notched ru nawa y
wins each lime ou t in the 85cc 9-13
and 12-13 divisions.
Results
. 50 AUTO : 1. Jeremy Campbell (Yam); 2. J osh
Scott (Yam).
6 5: 1. Jimmy Br iggs (Kaw); 2. Brent Lough (Kaw );
3 . Scott Graves (Kaw); 4. Rodney Stephens (Ka w~
5. Patr ick Brown Jr . (Kaw).
B5 7-11 : 1. lac Bradsh aw (Yam); 2. Brent Lough
(Sul); 3 . Jordon Moneymaker (SUl) ; 4 . Scotty
Graves (Kaw); 5. Johnny Yoakum (Kaw) .
B5 9·13 (M OD): 1. Barry Gardner (Kaw); 2.
Jordon Moneymaker (Suz); 3 . Rodney Stephens
(Kaw) ; 4 . Kevin Brown (Yam).
B5 12 -13 : 1. Barry Gardner (Kaw); 2. Donn ie
Decker (Kaw); 3 . Joey Davenport (Yam); 4. Kevin
Sm ith (Kaw).
B5 14 ·15 (STK): 1. Dabney Bowen (!Caw ); 2. Scon
Runyan (Kaw) ; 3 . Dav id Dic kerson (Yam); 4 .
Brandon Sm ith (Kaw) ; 5. Marcus Cannon (Kaw).
B5 14· 15 (MOD ): 1. Scott Runyan (Kaw); 2.
Dabn ey Bowen (Kaw); 3 . David Dickerson (Yam);
4 . Marcus Cannon (Kaw ); 5. Ryan McCann (Hon).
125 YTH: 1. Chad Powers (Cag); 2. Eddie Addair
(Yam~ 3. Shane Jenk ins (Cag).
125 C (STK); 1. Lance Brannon (Hon); 2. Jason
Grogan (Honl ; 3 . M it ch McCarter (Hon); 4 . Bill y
Ma yo (Yam); 5. Steven Burden (Kawl .
125 C (M ODI: 1. Lance Brannon (Hon); 2. Marty
Dykes (Yam); 3. Chad Pin ( H on~ 4 . Chri s Kites
(Yam ); 5. M itch McCarter (Hon).
250 C (STK): 1. Bill y Adkins (Hon); 2. Tim Laskis
(Hon ); 3 . Gary Brown (Yam); 4. James W ilkerson
(Hon); 5. Lance Brann on (Hon).
250 C (MOD ): 1. James Wilkerson (Hon); "2.
Robby Shi elds (Kawl; 3. Richard Powers (Kawl; 4.
J ay Cut shall (Cag); 5. Lance Brannon (Hon).
125 B (STK): 1. J eff Sh uler (Kaw ); 2. Mike Padgett
(Yam); 3 . Todd Downs (YamI; 4. Tommy Bill (Hon);
5 . J am ie Hackin g (Kaw) .
125 B (M ODI; 1. Mik e Brown (Kaw) ; 2. Todd
Downs (Yam); 3 . Ja mi e Hacking (Kaw ); 4. Ray
Boruff (SUl); 5 . M ike Padgen (Yam).
250 B (STK): 1. Jeff Shul er (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Dodge n ,
( Yam ~ 3 . Dwa in M ill er (Kaw); 4 . Chad Lough (SUl );
5. Johnny Sh ie lds (Hon).
250 B IM ODI: 1. M ike Brown (Kaw); 2. Dwa in
Miller (Kaw); 3. Chad Lough (SUl); 4. J Oh nny
Shields (Hon); 5 . Jimmy Leach (Kaw ).
OPEN B: ' 1. Kevin Austin (Hon); 2. Robert
Pan erson (Hon); 3 . M ichael Taylor ( KTM ~ 4 . Jeff
Lyons (Kaw); 5. Robbie Campbell (Hon).
+25 : 1. Gerald Greene (Yam~ 2. Jeff Dodgen
