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w ~ ~ Cl c a: z ~ w C ci ..,; >ttl 0 ..... 0 z c. 00 00 0") ,......; ~ 0") ,......; .... v ..0 0 ..... U 0 Lisa Peterson leads the 50cc Lightweight class at the M in i Road Race in Oxnard. California. Second place went to Jamey Harrison . tim es. Wh~ler remained in third. wh ile th e two front runners co ntin ued to ba ttle. Shay held th e lead to the wh ite nag lap wh en Hand sho t back into the lead a nd held o n to take th e win. Wh eeler took third beh ind Shay with Barnett moving pa st Darren Li ndh on the final lap to ro und o ut th e top rive. H on da rider Paul Knapp put to gether 3I mot a fin ishes to take the top hon ors i n th e 2S0cc B cl ass . Bob Werschey routed his Yamaha through tum o ne and held th e lead for three laps, wh ile KTM rider Chris Grasso mo ved into second from his sixth place holeshot, Grasso pounded on Waschey's back tire for a half la p before movi ng in to first, Gra sso held the lead for the remainder of the moto wi th Waschey holding second Knapp battled th e en tire moto with Kawasaki rider D.J. Heberlein as the two rid ers swapped th ird and fourth severa l times throughout th e race with Knapp grabbing th ird on th e final lap for th e win . Grasso too k th e holeshor in moto two with Knapp, Steve Wilmington and Werschey in ' pursuit, G rasso held on for two laps befor e droppin ~ o ut with mechanical problems. Knapp inherited th e lead, while Wersch ey mo tored in to second Wilmington began to fad e to mid-pack, Knapp' and Wersch ey held their 1·2 positions, while the riders behind jockeyed for position. Rick Hopkins moved his Suzuki into third with Chuck Adams routin~ past Tom Michavics on the white nag lap. W.lmington retaliated and moved ahea d of Mihavics before th e checkered nag. Results 50 : 1. A ndy Wickens (Yam); 2. Je... Finley (Yam); 3. Larry Rust (yam.; 4 . Rvan Andrews (Yam); 5. Joshua Sm ith (KTM). , 60 : 1. Jesse Atkin son (Yam); 2. Levi Henn inger CKaw). 80 (7-11): 1. Jeremy Lawson (Kawl . 80 (12 - 131 1. Jay Hers hey (Su.z) 2. Jaao n M yers (Kaw); : ; 3 . Bren t Able (Ka w); 4 . Joe Gerdes (Hon ); 5. Joe Bodo (Ho n). 80 (14- 15): 1. Gene Kell y (Hon); 2. Tim Cont i (Hon); 3 . Trevor Vines (Hon); 4. Dave Hema nsky (Yam); 5. Mark Dalziel (Ka w) . 125 SCHBY: 1. M ike Saker (Kaw); 2. Brad Q ueer (Hon ); 3 . Joe Gerdes (Yam);; 4 . Chris Gregor (Suz). 125 8 : 1. Chr ia Grasso (KTMl; 2. St..... Woo ledge tHon ); 3 . Chr is Bodo (Hon ); 4. David Jamec (Hon); 5. Gene Kelley (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Bill Kohtno (Kaw); 2. Kelly Johnson (Kaw}; 3. Chr is Miller (Hon t 4. James Wagner (Hon); 5. All en Beach (Yam). 125/250 A: 1. David Hand (Hon ); 2. John Shay (Yam); 3. Greg Wheeler (Han ); 4. Bamey Barnett (Hon); S. Tim Deutsch (Yam). 250 B: 1. Paul KIl8PP (Hon); 2. Roben Wenc:hey (Yam); 3 . Chuck Adams (Hon ); 4 . D.J. Heber le in (Kaw); 5. Ride. Hookins (Sur). 260 C: , . Jack St.. ~ (Han); 2. Shllne Smit h (SlUJ; 3. John Bell tHon); 4. Wayne Bernett (Hon); 5. Shewn Feacemyer (Yam). OPEN B: t . Brian Kohl (KTM); 2. Shane Smith (Hon); 3. ...., Om. (KTMt 4. Jerry lloyd (Hant 5. Mort< Moo,. (Han). SR-, : t , Terry Del iman (Suzt 2. Hal Oahringer (Kaw); 3. Curt is Stant ial (Yam); 4 . Bernie Bellinger (S ut); 5. Bleine Duecal!er (Kaw). SR·2 : 1. Keith lloyd (Kawj; 2. Janv lloyd (Hant 3. Tom Knapp (Yam}; 4 . Larry Stahl (Hon). EXTRA: 1. OovOj Hand (Hant 2. Ed Snyda«Kawj; 3. Pau' Knapp (Han ); 4 . John Hill (Hon); 5. John Diezic (Hon). Peterson tOfsOxnard Min RR By T.D. Deatherage 34.. OXNARD. CA, SEPT. 25 Lisa Peterson. riding a Saint Racing/Grand SP."rt Tires-sponsored YSRSO. J:'utin two hard fide s to collect th e o vera ll wm in th e SOcc Lightweight Begi nner Stock class. The SRE· prompted race was sponsored by Kal-G ard and a free Kal-Gard product was given awa y to each en tra n t. .. Peterson 's wi n was earned the ha rd way, as she had to seu le for seco nd beh ind Phoenix, Arizona. rider J am ey Harrison in th e first race. Come ract' two, Peterson sto le the holeshot and this time Covina rider Alex Burgess was in hot p ursuit in seco nd place. Peterson held on to her lead all th e way to th e checkers and collected her first SRE overa ll win wi th a 2I tally. In a separate Women's class, Ellen T aylor decimated th e field with wi ns in both her rno tos. Control of th e competiti ve SOcc Middleweight Expert Modified class was taken by Mark McDonald and he never slowed for the o vera ll. Canoga Park's Jim Cicero challenged McDonald but was in secon d J:'lace at th e fin ish of both motos, H on da rider Ritchie Thorp rode th e wheels of his MBS for th ird o vera ll . Many Gamer was th e overall win ner in the SOcc Middlew eight Begi nner Stock class: Gamer 's wi n was hard fought though, as Travis Kin g wo n th e firs t moto, followed by Mike G reen, Gamer foll owed in third Co me round two, it was G arnerout fro nt with G reen aga in in second and H a rr ison Ra cing's Rodger Harrison in th ird Fin al tallys found Gamer with th e overa ll. G reen second an d King third In 80cc Exotic action, five small classes raced 'togeth er. but were sco red separately. Don Canet won th e Lightweight Expert class; David Trager took the Middleweight Expert win; Mike Flint landed the Heavyweight Novice gr oup; Tim Tillman landed the Middleweight Novice trophy and Bill McMil la n took the point in the Middlew eight Beginner class . Gary Gamer charged hard in the SOcc Lightweight Modified cla ss, taking the overall agead of second place rider Rober t Duran. Results UGHTWEI HT G 50 BEG STK: 1. Usa Peterson (Yam); 2. Jamey Harrison (VarnI; 3. Al ex Burg ess (Y"m). BEG MOO;.l . Tony Guerrero{Ya m).:2 . Kevin Sen ior (Yam); 3. David Moore (Yam). BEG STK 0 · 1: t . Marty Gamer (Yam); 2. Mike Green (Yam); 3. Travia King (Yam); 4. Rodger Harr ison (Yam ); 5. Craig Benn ett (Yam). BEG STK 0 -2: t . Scott Smith (Yam); 2. Patrick Biggs (Yam); 3. Tony AJverez (Yam); 4 . Oavtd Clark (Yam); 5. Byron Ac un a (Yam). BEG MOO : 1. Mark A. Nappi (Yam); 2 . Sieve Orcutt (Yam); 3 . Robert Kenney (Yem). NOV STK.: 1. Greg Rut land (Yaml ; 2. Arden Fresen (Yem). EX STK.: , . M ark M cDonald (Yam); 2. Jim Ck:eto (Yaml ; 3 . Rit chie Thorp (Yam); 4 . Att ile Kernaca (VI m). HEAVYWEIGHT 50 BEG STK: 1. Ji m Haydon (yam) . BEG MOO : 1. J im Meek (Yam). NOV STK: 1. M ike Flint (Yaml . 50 WMN : 1. Ellan Tay"" (Han~ MIW BEG: 1. Bill M cM ill en (Hon). M/W NOV: 1. Tim Tillman (Hon }; 2. Mitch BaJdey (Hanl. HIW NOV; 1. Mite A im (Yam). VW EX:1. Don Canet (Kaw). M/W EX: t . David Trager (Yam ); 2. Gary Drew (Yam ). Tirheimer tops Sacfo SX By Nuklear Neukam SAC RAMENTO, CA. SE PT. 30 Honda -mo unted Greg Tirheirner was the top Pro cla ss rider at Sacramento Raceway Park's Friday night Stadium MOlocross wh ile Troy \\'ing too k his Kawasaki to victory in both In termedia te class mo tos for the overall. Tirhei mer took th e lead a t th e sta rt of bo th m OlOS a nd ran a way to victo ry as Casey .. pacema n " Farr ell look the run ner ·up spot bot h ti mes ou t for seco nd overa ll. . In the second mOlo wit h Tirhe im er a la p up o n Ferrell, Tirhei mer slo wed his 'pace a nd beR". to play aro und wit h Farrell o n ly to taste •m a little turf lan d ing ore a j ump. T ir hei mer remoun ted a nd had li ul e troub le sco ring th e win but it was a fall the Hon da pilol wou ld have preferred to avoi d. \VinKGlme o u t o n top of bo th Im ermedial e mo tos but no l with oul a challenge from the ot her rid ers in the clas s. Yama ha -mo unted Chalma Rober ts roos ted his YZ490 int o th e lead of the first moto but a cras h sent him to th e back of the pack. Win g took o ver th e lead and held il to Ihe chec kered. Yamah amo un too Luigi Rar ian i foll owed in for seco nd with Roberts in third ahead of Enrico Bari an i aboa rd anot her Yam aha . Lu igi Bari an i sho t in to the lead in [he second mo ta with Wing in hot pursuit. It took Cory Keeney ' (2 0) stole the holesho t and went on to w in the 125cc Int ermediate class at Mankato MX in Minnesota. th e be u er pa rt of the mote for \Vin g to move in to th e lead but o nce there he 'was the re to sta y for the wi n and th e o veral l. Luigi Bariani was again secon d for seco nd overall wh ile Roberts a nd Enrico Barian i repeat ed th eir first moto perfo rma nces as well Ior th ird and fourth overa ll, respecti vely. Results PRO: 1. Greg Tirhei me r (Han); 2. Casey Farr ell (Kawl. INT: 1. Troy W ing (Kaw l; 2. Lu igi Barian i (Yam); 3 . Chalm a Roberts (Yam l. . VET J R; 1. Mike Bell (Hon); 2. Mik e SeKtel (Hon); 3 . J ohn Yates (KTM). VET INT: 1. Tho rn Yuill (Suz). OT JR : 1. Phi l Lenerd (Hus). OT MSTR: 1. Larry Hartnett (Suzl; 2. Denn is Hausm ann (Han). PIP: 1. Andtea Chamberlain (Kawl; 2. Lisa Ross (!(awl. 60: 1. Bill y M artin (Kaw); 2. Corr ie Windham (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. Jeff Baldwin IKaw l;:2. Marty McGovern (Suzl; 3 . Billy Starr (Hon). .. 80 JR : 1. Ja ke Windham (Kawl; 2, Sam Kil lou (Hon); 3 . Brett Klinger (Kaw). 125 B.EG: 1. Man. Weldy lK aw l;:2. Ric: ar dSpr ague (Kaw); h 3 . Ryan Coker (Kaw ). 125 JR ; 1. Jeremy Cash (Hon); 2. Tim Young lKa w l;: 3 . Jimmy M echem (Kaw). 250 BEG; 1. M itch Higgen s (Hon t 2. AI Deshaies (Hon ); 3. Kevin DeWitt (Hon). 250 J R: 1. Sam Sar acco (Han ); 2, James Sanch ez (Suz); 3. Gr"1l Wi nt ers (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Crai g &ell (Han); 2, Ken Hodsen (Yam); 3. Gary Flam incy (y am ). 500 J R: 1. John OiM uccio (Hon ); 2. Pau l Conners (Ma i); 3 . Scon Medl ey (Hon ). Keeney conects Mankato MX win By Ro lfe Ottem ess MANKATO, MN , SEPT, 18 Cory Keeney took an overall win in the hotly co n tested l25cc Intermediate clas s as th e Kato MC-hosted AMA District 23 motocross. Keeney also p laced third behind Mini Heavyweight's big guns Pat Donaho and Bra ndon Backes. Keeney launch ed into an ear ly lead in th e first 125cc mo ta and held on all th e way' for th e win. Lee Erickson looked like he had enou~h speed to challenge for the lead after co m m g tram behind but dropped o u t after his bike quit running on the last lap aft er he had moved into second. Ray Osowski and Tony Kohner rounded o u t th e top three. Jarrod Fortune grabbed th e holeshot on his Honda in th e next mota with Keeney and Erickson settli ng into the next two spots. Erickson nabbed seco nd from Keeney on th e third lap and went to work on Fortune. Coming ar o und to take th e whit e n ag. Eri ckson too k th e lead by di ving inside around th e big ISO degree tum and went on to win with a five seco nd lead Keeney held o n for third and th e overa ll despite Jack Pearson cl osin r; in fourth. Pearson's 4-4 finishes toppea Kohner's 3-S for second overa ll. J rrn Sco tt fired his Honda into' th e lead around th e hilly tra ck at the start of th e 250cc Expert ma LO. Point leader Jeff Oldenberg and Robbie Engstrom. who have been dueling for most of th e year closed in behind him. By th e end of th e third lap Scott had fallen to fourth , as Oldenberg. Engstrom and Pat Ril ey mov ed ahead. Oldenberg and Engstrom gradually pulled away from Riley in a battle for the lead . ,Engstrom was riding a bik e borrowed from Allen Sta ige and adapted well enough to grab the lead o n the last lap. Jay Hoenk grabbed the lead in the second mota on ly to have Engstrom displace him on th e firs. lap. Scott and OId enberg moved up to run 2-3 for a while. and then Oldenberg go t by whe n Scott cras hed in th e big ISOdegree tum. En gstrom went on for th e win without any serious challenge from Oldenberg. Sco tt reco vered to hold off T im Bemloe hr for thi rd. Results 25 +: 1. Scon Ruegg; 2. Alen Stevenaen; 3. Tim Bertylla. YTH 1. Brandon Bach a; 2. Jarrod Fortune; 3 . Chad : Reinha rt . M INI P/W: 1. Bred Kelly; 2. Shell y Kann; 3 . lance Cunningham . MINI L/W: 1. J im Povoany; 2. Tim Pospisil; 3. Robbie McDowell. M INI HIW: 1. PM Dona ho; 2. Brandon Backes; 3. Cory . Keeney , . SR 8 : 1. Rtclr. lanBrecht; 2. Joe Bentf iel ct 3 . Mark 1 9oe. SR EX: 1. Raben Selesk !; 2. Jack Parenteau; 3 . Paul Holl and . • 125 NOV G-1 : 1. Marty Clark; 2. Del1ry Foyle; 3. Jeff Clemensky. 125 NOV G~2 : 1. Ron Dauer; 2. Joseph Kirke ide; 3. Kelty M~~~~~: 1. Cory Keeney ; 2.JackPea~;3. Tony Kohner. 12 5 EX: 1. Robbi. Engatrom; 2. Pat Riley; 3. David TaiL 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Anderson; 2. Jeff Womeldorf; 3. Troy Sherwood. • 250 tNT: 1. Mike Carlson; 2. Joe Kjeer; 3 . Troy Jech. 250 EX: 1. Rob Engst rom; 2. Jeff Oldenberg; 3. Ja mes Scott Jr. OPEN NOV: 1. Kurt Fosberg; 2. Greg Kalis; 3 . Oa..,. Schm iesing. OPEN tNT 1. Rusty Sorensen; 2. Richard Ble i; 3 . Jack : Parenteau. OPEN EX: 1. Jeff Sor ensen; 2. Jerry Schulze. Shortridge smokes Boyd's Creek MX By Ellen Wolf SEV IE RV ILLE. TN, SE PT. I I Ro un d 10 of th e T en nessee Sta le Mot ocro ss Seri es at Boyd 's Creek MX saw Chris Sho rtridge pi lot hi s Kawasak i to th e overall victory in th e Open cla ss over poi nts lead er Mar k J ackson. riding a SOO Hon da. Shortri dge too k the hol eshot in bo th mOlOS a nd steadily pulled aw ay from J ackson to main tain the lead wh ich carried him 10 the o vera ll. Grady Jon es riding a Husky. was edged out of th ird pl ace by KTM rid er Randy Farris in mot a o ne, but slipped back into third in th e seco nd m or o a fter Farris took a sp ill goi ng int o a co rne r. Kawasaki rid er Donnie Wattenbarger remained steady throu g hout bo th met e s. co m ing in to ... forth o vera ll. ake J acki e "T he Pink Pan . her ',' Davis dominated both m ote s in the Enduro class on his 2S0cc KTM , pow ering a way to tak e the chec kered n ag a nd the first p lace trophy. Dan a T ho rn to n, a lso piloting a KTM , di ced co nsis tent ly with Randy Farris, but ultimately overcame Farr is in th e second heal . taking seco nd p lace. Rick Moore fou ght hi s way throug h the crow ded class to tak e fifth place in th e seco nd mot a after losin g the sa me spot to Randy Farris in the first round. In the O ver 25 class action. David Farris ran a way with the holeshot a nd a fir st pl ace fin ish in both motos. G reg Burgin and Curtis Stevens swa pped second p lace fin ishes. with Stevens taki ng seco nd in th e firs t mota a nd Berge n takin g it bac k in the second heat. Yamaha rider Thomas Kahler du elled with Ph il Ford and Pa u l Wolf in the first mota " but a fter taking a fall in th e four th co rne r of th e track. Kah ler gave up his posi tio n to Ford a nd WQIL Ford powered away. ta king fourth in both motos a nd leavin g Wolf to bring home the fifth p lace trophy. The Super Senior class saw fierce co mpetitian between Steve " Madma n " Margie and Haske! Harbin. Harbin too k and kept th e lead in mota o ne. with Margi e foll owin g aggres· sive!y th rougho u t. In the.second mal a . M ar~le too k the hol esho t and gai ned an im pressive lead. Harbin. however , overcame his bad sta rt, a nd in a stun ning surge passed Margie o n the laS! la p 10 take th e chec kered £la g. Results MINI ; 1. J .J . All en {Kaw) ; 2. Todd Huddstelter (Hon); 3. Do~g Chapman (Han); 4 . Rodney Finchum (Yam); 6. J im my Crain (Yaml . 125: 1. Brian Ju stis (Yam ); 2. M itch McCarter (Hon); 3. Ma rk Ammon s (Hon t; 4 . Leff Ledford (Kaw l; 5. Marty Dykes (Yam ). 250: 1. J eff Dodgen (Yam ); 2. M ike Shaf er IKTMI ; 3 . Mark Dyer (Sud; 4 . M ark J ackson (Han); 5 . -Robert Hunk apiller (Hon). _. OPEN: 1. Chris Shortridge (Kaw~ 2. M ark Jack son (Hon); 3. Grady Jon es (Hus); 4. Randy Farr is (KTM ); 5. Donnie Watt enbarger (Kew l. ENDR: 1. Jacki e DaVIS (KTM): 2. Dana Thornton (KTM) : 3 . Randy Farris (KTM); 4 . Tim Brann on (KTM); 5 . David Roach (Han). U/L AM : 1. Mitch M cCart er (Hon); 2. M ark Ammons (Hon l; 3. M ark Oyer (Sut); 4 . Je ff Ledf ord (Kaw ); 5. David Roach (Hon, . OVER 25 : 1. DaVid Farri s (KTM); 2. Gr"1l Burgin (Han); 3. Curt is Sleven s IKawl: 4 . Phil Ford (Kaw ); 5 . Paul W all (Kaw) . OVER 30 : 1. David Holton (KTM); 2. Gary Keith (Ho nt 3. John Gibso n (Han); 4 . Tony Park er (KTM); 5 . Craig Cary (Kawi.

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