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James Croy (88), Chris DeWinter (07) and Eric Forsythe battle for position
during the A main at the SMRA motocross at Alpine Raceway in A laske,
Despite a 1 25cc A class crash that left him bruised, Jay Mann captured
the overall victory in the 250cc A cla ss at Hyman Myers Speedway:
2 50 NOV: 1. Br ian Corneli us; 2. Ed Vitelli ; 3 . Brian Platte .
250 BEG: 1. J oe Feese; 2. Dean True love ; 3. Ray Staubly.
OPEN EX: 1. Tony Wanket; 2. Craig Adams; 3. George
ThO~lN;'M:
made contact a nd the lead wa s briefly .
inherited by Jimmy Hil:"era o n a Rotax
backed by Val's Plumbing, Lewis & Son
Plumbing and H y-Tech Powder Coating.
H iguera on ly enjoy ed a bri ef lead before
Bereman powered o n by o n the outside
com ing o ll tum lou r. Bereman th en held oll
th e constan t attack of Higuera all th e way
to the chec kers.
Most successfu l a ma teur was Robert Atk ins
who captured feature wins in bo th the 500
and 600cc Novice class fina ls. Atk in s' per formances in th e respective hea l races were
disa ppointing and cer tai nly no t any ind ication of how he wo uld pe rfo rm in th e finals.
He took a second in th e heat race for th e 500cc
Nov ice cIass and was led across the lin e by
Honda-mounted Jerry Pestoni. In th e 6000c
hea t Atki ns fell and was credited with a sixt hplace fini sh .
In th e fina ls Atkins powered to ear ly lead s
and hel d ofl anyone a nd everyo ne who came
up to challenge.
Results
50 P/W: 1. M ichael Hannas (Suz); 2. Jay Ryan (Yam):
3. Lesley Peterson (Hon).
.
60 M INI NOV: 1. Jason Thompson (Yam): 2. Jesse Ryan
(yaml .
80 M INI JR; 1. Don Han (Yam); 2. Dan Han (Kaw); 3 .
Matt Willard (Kawl: 4 . J ohnny M urphree (Kawl.
250 NOV; 1. M ark Ledbetter (ka w ); 2. M ichael Padilla
(Yam ); 3. Bill M cNa mar a (Bul); 4 . M iche ll e DeSal vo (VarnI;
5. Scott Graha m (KTMJ.
250 J R: 1. Dan Ar gano (Hon); 2. Gr eg Sowle (Yaml.
500 NOV: 1. Robe" Atki ns (Yam); 2. All an M cClell an
(e-At 3 . All en Gr iswo ld (Yaml; 4 . Michell e DiSalvo (Yaml:
5. Mar" Sheppard (Yaml .
500 JR: 1. Dann y Ritch ie {Yaml: 2. Greg Sowle (Honl:
3 . Bob Pack (Yam ): 4 . Brian Dun iven (y aml: 5 . Dan Argeno
(Hon).
600 NOV: 1. Robert Atkins (Yaml; 2. Allan M cClell an
fC-A): 3 . Mike Reynolds (Yam); 4 . Brandon Robert . (Yam);
5. Alan Bolbre cht (Tri).
600 J R: 1. Danny Ritc h ie IYam); 2. Greg Sowle (Han);
3. Bryan Duniven {yaml; 4 . Dan kgano (Hon l.
VET: 1. Chuck Gorrill (Yaml; 2. Bill McNamara (Bul); 3.
Ma rk Ledbett er (Kaw ); 4 . J eff Baxter (Yaml : 5 . Tom DiS alvo
(Tri).
Mann gets the gold at
Hyman Myers MX
By A th ie Sanders
32
T AL LA H ASSEE, FL, SEPT. 25
Kawa sak i-m ounted J ay Mann carried home
th e 2500c A clas s go ld during ro und two of
th e WorldSJ;lOrts-promOled Fl orida State
Championship Gold Cup Seri es a t H yman
Myers Speedwa y.
. Mann said , '" cra shed at th e start of my
first moto for the day (125cc A class ). , hit Wes Keenum's rear tir e and went down hard
and go t bruised up. I went back to the trailer,
and we packed up to go ho me.
"T he 250cc A class was four mot os lat er,"
added Mann. " I decided to unload and give
it a try; I needed the mon ey."
P J I /VP E Sco tt -sponsore d Ma nn was
fourth into th e firs t tum and passed David
Curry o n la p one of the firs t 250cc A rno to.
Gary Paul held him off for two laps, bu t soo n
watched fro m behind as Man n moved by th en
closed in on leader J im Royko.
After follo wing Ro yko for three laps Man n
mad e his move. The two bi kes clas hed landing
orr a jump, but neither rider wen t dow n . Mann
. was back on th e gas first a nd too k o ver the
lead wh ich he held for the rest of the mo to,
He claimed th e wi n ahead of Royko, Paul,
Kenneth Elwood and Ear l May.
Curry put it out front a t the start of mo to
two. bu t Paul slipped around him. Royko,
Mik e Jon es, May and Mann mixed it u p not
far behind. Ro yko mo ved into seco nd, leavin g
Man n to li ght th e rain-soaked, red tacky-clay
rrack in an auempt to reel him in. By the
tim e Mann o vertoo k Royko, Paul was long
go ne. Paul claimed an easy win as Mann, May ,
Kevin Seidl a nd Ro yko followed.
Derek Youngblood holeshot and led th e first
125cc A cla ss mo ta but went down. Mann
bailed back in the fir st turn th en re tir ed for
th e moto. Chuck Bell took over th e lead and
stayed ou t front for two laps until he in jured
hi mse lf lan ding hard off a jump. Cagi va 's
Brian McElroy moved o ut front and quickl y
establis hed a co mforta ble lead wh ich he held
to th e fi nis h . Wes Keenu m , Da r yl
You ng blood, T im Denards and Ri ck Ch ew
ro unded o ut th e top five.
Ch ew , Mann, Keenum and McElro y bashed
through th e tum a t the start of rn oto two.
McElroy wasted no time movin g into th e lead.
Mann went aft er him but slipped com ing ou t ,
of a tum. Hi s bike didn 't kick over the fir st
ti me and the lost few secon ds gave McEl ro y
a n easy ticket to the win . Keen um picked off
the rest of th e pack to fini sh third ahead of
Denardis and Chew.
Resulu
0-66 7 -11 : 1. Ricky Carm ichael; 2. Ja son Sybert;: 3.
Jarrett Tippi ng.
0-85 7 ·11 : 1. James Guido : 2. Jason Sybert; 3. Jarrett
Tipping.
0-85 12·1 5: 1. Bryan List; 2. John Lake; 3 . Matt Harrell.
125 A : 1. Brian McElroy. 2. Wes Keenum ; 3. Rim
Oenard i. .
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12 5 B: 1. Anthony Peggie (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Hirshlin g (Hon);
3 . O. Baker (Hon).
12 5 C: 1. Jeff St urdevant 2. Chr is Schmulbach ; 3. Robert
McCalland.
250 / 500 A:. 1. Bobby Mann: 2. Gary Paul: 3. J im Royko.
250 8: 1. Jeffery Lampe; 2. M arit: Balinet; 3. Kevi n Knight.
250 C: 1. Todd Dor ma n; 2. M ichael Stormant 3. Rodney
Reber.
.
OPEN NOV: 1. Ma rit:Bazinet; 2. Barry Case; 3 . A ndy W est.
PLUS 25 : 1. Kevin Kni ght; 2. Kmn Seidl ; 3. J im Royko.
SR: 1. J im March ant; 2. J eff ery Hughe s; 3. Ern ie Tho mas.
S/SR : 1. Oavid Brown IKaw ); 2. Johnnie Raulerson {Honl ;
3. Larry Brinkl ey (Kawl.
Manley mauls SRA GP
By David Procid a
.
P ERRIS, CA, AUG. 28
Brian Man ley ove rca me a last p lace start to
ta ke com ma nd of the 2500c Expert class today
a t Perris Raceway, at th e Southland Racing
Associa tio n G P.
Whe n the starter dropped th e green flag the
cu r rent nu m ber -o ne plate ho ld er, Greg
Fountain rocketed into the lead. Behind him ,
Kawasaki-m o u nt ed J eff Haase, Craig Ada ms ,
a nd Cliff Oak es sliced and diced in an effort
to cla im second, as Manley wo rked h is way
up through the back of th e pack a nd passed
Randy No rma for fifth . At th e end of th e li rst
lap, the number 10 nationall y ranked Manley,
had worked hi s way pa st Adams and Oak es
and began pr essu ring Haase. Haase got o u t
of con tro l on the back sweeper almos t tak in g
o u t Manley. The Malcolm Smith/Enzo
Ra ci ng/Pro T eck /Spect rol Oi l/Bell /Troy
Lee Design-sponsored rid er changed lines
faster th an yo u cou ld blink a nd usin g an
ou tside line, bl asted pa st Haase. Manley ii:0t
past Fo un ta in in th e back sec tion WIth
O ' N ea l/T h ousan d
Oa ks / Mas h b u rn
Kawasaki-sponsor ed Oak es, making his bid
to overtake Haas e in me straightaway. Just
befo re the table top, a deep hole cla imed
Haa se's KX, throwing H ause to th e grou nd ,
givin g up th ird to Oakes. Once o ut front, th e
Suzuki rider pulled aw ay from everyone and
took a co mforta ble: win.
Vet clas s ra cing saw Jeff Haase back again,
thi s time dominati ng th e 2500c Vet Expert
class . Ja mes Hanson chased Haase from on e
end of th e co ur se to th e other, but settled for
secon d wi th Wayn e Martin taking th ird .
Results
80 EX: 1. Rod Johnson .
80 AM : 1. Joseph Nevin s.
SO NOV : 1. Er ic Wr ight; 2. Randy Bett er; 3. Dw ig ht SI.
A mant .
80 BEG: 1. David Hicks; 2. Br ian Hubert; 3. Shawn
M acias .
.
125 EX: 1. Brett Ouncan ; 2. Greg Foun tain; 3 . Kevin
Chase.
125 AM : 1. Scott Brist ol.
125 NOV: 1. Ryan J ohnson: 2. Kenny Holmes; 3. A nt hony
Otwet l.
125 BEG: 1. Je remy Pistilli ; 2. Davtd Farey; 3 . Shawn
Tuchey.
250 EX: 1. Brian Manley; 2. Greg Fountain; 3 . Cljff Oakes.
250 AM : 1. Scot1 Bristol: 2. Jeff Fine; 3 . Johnny Campbe ll .
1. Johnny Campbell; 2. Robert Moore: 3. Dave
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Simon.
OPEN NOV: 1. Robert Prayt her; 2. Erik Frandse n; 3. Brad
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O PEN BEG: 1. Chris Cooky; 2. Cal Myers; 3. Shawn Taylor .
VET 250 EX: 1. Jeff Haase; 2. James Hanson; 3. Wayne
Martin.
VET 250 AM : 1. Richard Oick; 2. Mike Ruhstorler; 3.
M ike Collins.
VET 250 NOV: 1. Steve Hered ia; 2. Norman Sch iel ; 3.
Dale Pickard .
VET 250 BEG: 1. Brian Diu lio: 2. Dave Knec ht; 3. Dan
Egesdah l.
VET 125 EX; 1. Paul Vogelsang; 2. Larry Thompson; 3.
Andy Trancredi.
vET 125 BEG: 1. Tony O'Neal : 2. Bob Breech; 3. John
Ort i,.
VET OPEN EX: 1. Craig Adams; 2. Scott Smi th .
VET OPEN AM : 1. Monte Pritchett; 2. Robert Brauer; 3.
Kirit: Chandler.
VET OPEN NOV: 1. Bryan Benson ; 2. Frank Benacka :
3. Steve Basin .
VET OPEN BEG: 1. J ay Salmont: 2. Luke Sabala ; 3. Tom
Wilson.
SR 250 EX: 1. Ron Dugan: 2. Buster Lawrence; 3. Steve
Bussell .
SR 250 AM : 1. Tom Lambert; 2. J im Smith; 3. Cliv e
Cheffins .
SR 250 NOV: 1. Fran k Harlan: 2. J am es Powell ; 3. Ted
Zennar.
SR 250 BEG: 1. Manuel Serran o; 2. Larry Popp ; 3. Mike
Colgan .
.
SR OPEN AM: 1. J im Farr and .
SR OPEN NOV: 1. Denn is M iddl eton ; 2. Rob Lytle ; 3 .
Barry Simo n.
SR OPEN BEG: 1. Russell Perin.
Good brothers win
last Alaska MX
By M.R, Edg e
SUTTON, AK, SEPT. 25
Suzuki-Arctic Cat Mo torsports-backed J oe
and Fra ncis Good finis hed 1-2 in th e A main
at th e last race of th e year held a t Alpi ne
Raceway.
The Sut ton Mo torcycle Raci ng Associa io n
used a supercross for ma t with q ua lifiers and
mai ns , a n d Francis eas ily won th e fir st
q ualifier. Second pl ace was a duel be tween
Ken n y Gordon a nd Leif For syth e wi th lock's
Yogu rt-sponsored Forsyth e taking second a t
the finish. Gordon fin ished third foll owed by
the remai ni ng two riders to di rectl y tra ns fer
10 the mo ney paying A mai n , J ames Groy a nd
Jamie Linxwtler.
Qualif ier two saw brother Joe pull th e
ho leshot and lead th e entire race . Kawasak i
of An chorage's Ra lph Blancha rd placed
seco nd wi th J erry Remington , Norman
G rande a nd Eric Fors yth e rounding o u t the
transfer spots,
All o ther finishers were placed into a trophy
B main where th e top two could mak e the
A ma in . Chris DeWinter took the lead but
a th ro wn chain let Ron Soule on a Mot orcycl e
Sh op KTM tak e the win. DeWinter was ab le
to get going again quickly en ough to still
cla im second and mak e th e very last transfer. _
Francis je lled into th e A main lead a t th e
sta rt followed close ly by J oe and Blanchard.
The Goods pulled aw ay from Blanchard and
banged bar s for half th e race until Francis
tired and J oe go t by. While J oe started to
stretch out hi s lead Blanchard caught up to
Francis a n d sta rt ed a n ew duel. In the:
fini shing laps Blanch ard made a few m istak es,
allo wi ng Francis a lillie breathing room. The'
finish saw J oe with a big lead followed by
Francis in second. Bla nch ard was thi rd whi le
Gordon placed fourth ahead of Forsythe.
Results
50 NOV: 1. J oshua Larson (Yam); 2. Lar ry Danville {Yaml ;
3. Bobby Cra wf ord (Yaml.
60 NOV : 1. Luk e Rambur (Kaw); 2. Stev e Lawton (Kawl;
3. Oan Tisdale IKawl.
80 NOV: 1. Marc Henderson (Suz); 2. Stev e Donnally
(Suz); 3. Sean Grand e (Kaw) .
80 EX: 1. J osh Rambur(Kawl:2. Shawn Wol verton (Yam);
3 . Charles Bankst ori (Kaw i.
0 ·1 : 1. Franc is Good ISuz); 2. Leif Forsythe lK awt; 3 .
Kenny Gordo n (Hon); 4 . J ame s Croy (Suz); 5 . Ja mie
Li nxwiler (Yaml .
.
Q· 2: 1. Joe Good (Suz); 2. Ralph Blanchard (Kaw); 3.
Jerry Remingt on (SUI ); 4 . Norma n Grande IKTM); 5. Eric
Forsythe (Kaw) .
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B: 1. Ron Soule lKTM I; 2. Chris DeWint er (Kaw ); 3. Robert
Sim pson (Suz): 4 . Edwi n Sim s lKTMt 5. Dale Hirsch l KTM) .
A: 1. Joe Good (SU I); 2. Franc is Good (Suz); 3. Ralp h
Blanc hard IKaw ); 4 . Kenny Gordon (Hon); 5. leif Forsythe
(Kawi.
Swink overpowers
TroyMX
By Susa n Wi llian
T RO Y, O H . SE PT. 18
Team G reen / PJ IISco tt USA/C.T.\. Brace!
DMC· Backed Brian Swin k won bo th rno tos
of the Schoolboy class a nd went 2-1 in th e
Ligh twe ight A class to ta lly two overa ll wins
a t Kenw o rt h y's G.P. Mo tocross facifit y.
In mo w o ne of th e Lightweigh t A class
Swi nk was o ut of th e ga te lik e a bull et. but
Hon da 's Greg Bowen moved by Swi nk to ta ke
charge. Swink cha sed Bo wen the entire mota
as Bowen chalked -u p th e win while Swink
claimed seco nd . Mark 'Musselman rode for
third as T eam Gr een riders Jeremy Buehl and
Derri ck Roe wr est led fo r fo urth . Bu ehl
jumped pas t Roe over a whoop sectio n and
th e pai r raced side-by-side as Roe gra bbed. the
edge. Lap five saw Bueh l pass Roe a nd secure
fou rth for the mo w whi le Roc fini shed firth.
The seco nd mow fo un d Sw ink in co mma nd
of th e Ka te where he was untou ch abl e th e
ent ire mow. Roe mo ved hi s ma ch ine int o
seco nd fo llo wed by Bueh l. Roe a ppea red to
miss a gear as Bueh l took o ver second. \Vith
fir st a lready decid ed. the duel for seco n d went
o n between Buehl a nd Roe. On th e fina l lap
Roe made h is move aro und Buehl to hold
secon d at the chec kered fo llo wed by Boehl .
Mu ssel man a nd J on Agin .
Swi n k a nd Buehl duked it OUl in mo to one
of th e School boy class fo llow ed by Hayden
Rich ards o n his big-wh eel 80. Buehl almos t
passed Sw in k as th e du o slo wed because of
a downed rider. Swink roo k the win a hair
bike len gt h ahead of Bueh l as Rich ards ea rne d
th ird p lace.
Sw ink returned in th e second rnoto to win
with eas e follo wed agai n by Bueh l a nd
Rich ard s.
Chris Kno x was th e early leader in mota
o ne of th e Heavyweig h t A class unt il he
cra shed and DNF. Bowen , a lso was out fo r
the da y w hen Rob Kro pfeld lost control of ,
hi s machine a nd too k Bowen dow n with him.
Ch uck Reed took cha rge of the. brigade
fo llowed by Roe and Jason Gr ay. Reed and
Roe wer e close unt il m idwa y through the
mow. when Roe develo ped problems and
slo wed as Gray passed Roe o n the final la p
to take M.'COnd. Reed claimed th e mote wi n
while Roe held to third desp ite not having
a rear bra ke.
Reed arid Roe were off the ga te simu lta neo usly in motu two bu t Kno x ope ned th e
th ro ttl e on hi s machine as G ray mo ved in to
third and Roe dr opped 10 fourt h. Reed tried
to pass Knox but Knox sh ut th e doo r. Roe
moved back int o thi rd while Knox crashed.
Reed went into th e lead fo llowed by Roe and
Scou Paul wo rked hi s way to th ird as Gray
faded.
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By th e final laps of the race , Reed had
o pe ned u p a su bstantia l lead o ver Roe and
co nquered the rno to foll o wed by Roe and
Paul.
Results
250 B: 1. Hal Combs (Yaml; 2. Man Harris(HonJ 3. Shan e
;
Shipley (Kaw l; 4 . Coby Robb (Hon); 5. Michael Cain (Yam).
125 A : 1. Brian Sw ink (Kaw); 2. Derrick Roe lKaw); 3 .
Jeremy Buehl (Kaw); 4 . Mark Musselman (KTM); 5. Jon
Ag in lHon) .
AUTO : 1. Eric All man (Yam); 2. Dust in All man (Yam);
3 . Damian Burkh artlYaml; 4 . M ichae l lver s (Yam); 5.J oshu a
Ryan (Yam).
HIW A : 1. Chuck Reed (Kawl ; 2. Dern ck Roe IKaw l; 3.
J ason Gray lSUI) ; 4 . John Eby (Kawl; 5 . Dan Gill ispi e IHon ).
125 B G- 1: 1. Coby Robb.(Hon); 2. Eric Smith {Hon!; 3 .
Bill Eby (Hon); 4 . Scott Cremean (Yam); 5. Robert Hear eth
(Kaw l.
MI NI JR : 1. Greg Rand (Yam ); 2. Je sse Thum ser (Suz);
3. Len ny Baker (Yam); 4 . M ike Salamon IKaw ); 5 . Randy
.
Sala mo n (Kawl.
60 : 1. Greg Rand t Kaw ); 2. Randy Salam on lKaw ); 3 .
Karl Scott (Kaw ); 4 . Doug W ill iams (Kaw); S. J .D. Coll in s
(Kawl.
OPEN 8 : 1. Man Kelley lYa ml; 2. Scott Kra user (Honl;
3. J an Ramsey (Hon) 4 . Dan Davenport (Hon ); 5. Trev or
Trace (Kawl.
MIN I SA: 1. Hayden Richards (Kawl ; 2. Lenn y Sauer (Kaw );
3 . Justi n Phelp s tHan); 4 . Robbie Stur gell l Kaw l; 5. Trevor
Trace (Kaw )
VET: 1. Phil ip Aldenon (Ca g); 2. Greg Smit h {Ho n); 3 .
Denny As hworth (Yaml; 4. Mark Schaff IKaw): 5 . Stan
Courtad (Hon).
125 B G· 2; 1. Carl Wi ll iam s IKaw); 2. Chris Donaldson
