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Brett Melton leads the pack on his way to one of his four moto w ins
in two of the 85cc classes at the Mideast Regionals in Terre Haute.
Hills Honda, grabbed an earl y lead
and held on aga inst Frank Humphries in the Open B class. Humphries
kep t Craig on h is toes as he p ushed
hi m from start to fin ish , bu t couldn't
find his way o ut fro nt. Two India na polis riders raced each ot her for
the next two spo ts with Mik e Daniels
taking third while George Collins
ro de fourth.
Pat Behrle and Grady Phillips
both went down in early traffic in
th e Open A cla ss as Pete H ook rod e
to victory for Western Hills Honda.
J oe. Green and Doug Davis tried to
put the heat on Hook, but a t th e end
of the IS-lap feature, Green took th e
seco nd spot foll o wed by Davi s.
Resul t s
.
80 : 1. Brian Kn ippen berg ; 2. Matt Auxier; 3 . Sam
Lowe; 4 . Gary Stogsd ill ; 5. Ben Bellman.
125 /250: 1. Pat Behrle; 2. Phil Palm er; 3 . Jo e
Bast in; 4 . Mark Bast in ; 5. Danny Dotson.
OPEN B: 1. Raben Craig ; 2. Frank Humphries;
3 . ' M ike Daniels; 4 . George Collins; 5 . Bill
Montgomery.
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OPEN A : 1. Pete Hook; 2. Joel Gr een ; 3 . Doug
Oayis; 4. Rex Fisher: 5. Steve Labordus.
Melton sizzles in
Terre Haute MX
n
By Susan Willian
T ERRE HAUTE, IN , JUNE 25-26
Over 400 riders con verged on C&S
Sp o rts Concepts AMA MidEast
Youth /C/Women Regional Qualifier and du eled for en try to th e
Augu st Loretta Lynn 's AMA Amateur Nation al s, wh ere on ly th e top
eight from this qualifier are guaran teed a starting position. Brett Melton
and David Beckington sizzled in
double cla ss wins. Melton cla imed
double victor ies in th e 85cc Stock (1213) and th e 85cc Modified (9-13)
classes while Beckin gton earn ed the
honors in th e l25 cc You th Stock a nd
Modified.
With a three-m o te format , riders
could dispose of th eir worst rn oto
finish to tak e their two best finishes
their total overall score.
S In the 85cc Stock, Melton led from
.start to finish in moto o ne with a
comforta ble lead while Chuck Drake
held off Tony Bau er. The fin al lap
saw Melton go for first , Drake
second, and .Robbie Sturge ll get on
the gas to tak e over th ird with Bau er
four th.
. Melt on cru ised to a n easy win in
mot o two while Drak e and Justin
Jarrett in secon d a nd th ird fought
their way around th e co urse. J arrett
go t invol ved in lapped tra ffic and
remai ned in third at th e checkered
wh ile Drake chalked up a no ther
second.
In th e first moto of th e 85cc (913) Modified cla ss, Drake too k th e
lead aro und turn o ne while Melton
q uic kly moved to lead to th e finish
line wi th Drake second and Lenn y
Sauer th ird .
as
Melton quickly took con tro l in
moto two foll o w ed by J a son
Faulkner, Sturgell a nd J arrett, whi le
Dra ke wa s mi dpack . Melton
stre tched out his lea d as a battle for
secon d developed betw een Faulkn er
an d Jarre tt. T he third la p of actio n
saw Fau lkner pull from th e track
with a bro ken hub for a DNF. J oshua .
Steel took over th ird . Melton too k
th e winning honors for hi s fou rth
mo to win while Jarrett took second
place honors, Steel third, Bauer
fourth and Drake mov ed up to fifth.
Eric McLear took th e lead in th e
first lap of th e 125cc Youth Sto ck first
mota as he moved by Brian Weiller '
and David Beckin gton. By th e seco nd
lap, th e Mcl.ear-B eckington duel
pulled away from th eir fellow co m p eti tors . Meanwhile J eromy Buehl
passed Weill er to tak e over third.
McLear secured th e fro n t spot after
Beckington was slowed by lapped
traffic. McL ear claimed 'first, fol lowed by Beckingt on, Buehl and
Weiller.
Beckington came off the line better
pr epared in mot o two, leading from
start to finish for th e win. McLear
came out of nowhere to move into
third and pr essure Smith to take o ver
second where he stayed until th e .
fin ish line with Bu ehl third , Smith
fourth and DeH oop fifth.
With Beckington having a 2-1 and
McL ear a 1-2, both rid ers decid ed to
ride th e third and final moto to
determine th e overa ll winner. Beckin gton took th e win for th e o verall
with Buehl fini shing second in th e
moto, McL ear third, Weill er fourth
and Smith fifth.
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Res ults
AUTO : 1. Chris Cons idi ne (Yam); 2. Eric Allman
(Vam); 3. Nicholas lappia (Vam); 4. Jeremy Greene
(Vam); 5. Justin Gutherie (Vam).
B5 STK (12 ·13): 1. Brett Malton (Han) : 2. Justin
Jarrett (Han); 3 . Ch uck Drake (Kaw ); 4 . J oshu a
St eel (Kaw); 5. Tony Bauer (Kaw):
B5 MOD (14 ·15): 1. MartyVaughn(Hon); 2. Brian
Sw in k (Kaw ); 3 . Jeff Cur ry ISuz); 4 . Hayd en
Richards (Kaw); 5. Joe Swartz (Kaw) .
'25 C NOV STK: 1. David We is (Han); 2. Brent
Holweger (Han); 3. Br ian Markovich (Han); 4.
J ero my Stocker (Kaw); 5. Barron A ll en (Han).
250 C NOV M OD: 1. Jim Wilkerson (Han ); 2.
Br ian Hawks (Kaw); 3 . David Mitchell (Han); 4.
St eve Paschke (Suz); 5 . Cullen Page (Vam).
65 : 1. Matt Maximoff (Kaw); 2. Gregory Rand
(kaw) ; 3 . Terry Meyer (Kaw); 4. Ker ie Fleenor (Kaw);
5 . Ju stin Blake (Kaw).
B5 MOD (9-13): 1. Brett Melton (Han); 2. Justin
Ja rrell (Han); 3 . Tony Bauer (Kaw); 4. Chuck Drake
(Kaw); 5. Joshua Stea l (Kaw).
125 STK (12 ·15): 1. David Beckington (Han): 2.
Eric McLear (Yam); 3 . Jeromy Buehl (Kaw); 4. Brian
Weiler (Kaw); 5 . Ryan Smith (Vam).
125 C NOV MOD: 1. David Mitchell (Han ): 2.
Will iam Koleno (Kaw); 3. Chad Bold ing (Ha n); 4 .
Brian Stocker (Han); 5: TImmy Hargrove (Yaml.
WMN : 1. Lisa Ak in Wagner IVam); 2. Sasha Culp
(Kaw); 3 . Josi e Swenson (Ha n); 4 . Heath er
Diepeveen (Suz); 5. Carol Stocker (Kaw).
B5 STJ (7 -11): 1. Gregory Rand (Yam); 2. J eremy
Jarrell (Vaml ; 3 . Mall Maximoff (Kaw ); 4 . J esse
Thumser (Suz); 5 . SCally W eath er ington (Suz).
85 STK (14 -15 ): 1. Brian Swink (Kawl; 2. Marty
. Vaughn (Han); 3 . J eff Curry (Suz); 4 . Jo e Swa rtz
(Kaw ); 5. Hayden Richards (Kaw).
' 2 5 M OD (12 -15): 1. David Beckington (Han);
2. Eric McLear (Yam); 3 . J eromy Buehl (Kaw ); 4.
Chad DeHoop (Suz); 5 . Ryan Smith (Yam).
250 C NOV STK: 1. J im Wi lkerson (Han); 2. David
Mitchell (Han); 3 . Brian Hawks (Kaw) ; 4. St eve
Paschk e (Suz); 5 . Todd Sizemore (Han).
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