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Tam i Rice (1 W) leads Bonnie
Warch in the Women's Pro class.
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Mike Kiedrowski (2 6 ) leads Steve Lamson (6 9) and overall winner Shaun Ka los in the 250cc Pro class.
Larry Brooks dominated the Open Pro class. leading from start to fin ish
and piling up large leads in both motos.
Kiedrowski, Kalos
conquer Weste ~rn.
States Memorial MX
By Ken Faught
BLYTH E, CA, NOV. 11-13
Team Honda's Mike Kiedrowski and Yamaha's Shaun Kalas claimed their share of the
m ore than $20,000 in cash an d prizes u p
for grabs at the 6th An n ual Western States
12
Memorial MX at Blythe Race"
way. Kiedro wski wo n th e 125cc
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Pro class wi th Kal os taking the
250cc Pro class.
Kied rowski's win came after a
len gth y battle with Suzu k i' s Ty
Davi s a nd Yama ha 's Broc Gl over in
th e 125cc class wit h Ka los toppi ng
th e 250cc class via a co nsisten t 2-2
moto tally.
The event was rather unique sin ce
th e p roceeds from the race will go
to ben efit injured riders in th e sport .
Th e ra ce , w h ic h wa s o rig ina lly
ca lled the Kyle Flemming Mem orial
in ho n or o f Bruce Bunch, Ri ck
H em m e a n d Fl em ing wh o wer e
killed in a car accide nt several years
ago a fter co m pe ting in th e Grand
Na tio na l Ch ampionship in Po nca
City, Oklahoma, dr ew more than 700
en tra nts from a ll over the western
U n ited States.
T he sta rt of th e first 125cc Pro
moto wa s a ll Glover's as the factory
Yamah a rider led Da vis , S tacey
Cook, Steve Lamson a nd Kiedro wski
aro u nd th e first tu rn . Shortly into
the 1O-1 event Lamson fell back to
ap
seventh with Kiedrowski and P h il
Lawren ce Knocking Cook to fifth .
Gl over held o n to a slim lead th e
first ha lf o f th e race until Davis
managed to disp lace the former
mu lti-time N ati onal cha mp to
second.
Glover soon lost two more positions as Kied row ski and La wren ce
powered o n by. As th e race p ro gr essed Davis a nd Kied ro wski p u t
more th a n 10 seco n ds o n th e pack
before finishing ahead o f Lawrence,
Gl over , Kerry Mulligan and Cook.
Davis bettered his previous starting pos itio n in round two by nailing
a perfect start ahead of Pa u l Cortez,
Kied row ski , G love r a nd Lawrence.
Cortez immediately dropped o u t of
the top five whi ch a llowed Lamson
to su rface in fifth.
Up front Kiedro ski began pressurin g Davis a nd wi thi n th ree laps held
the lead . O nce into th e lead , Kiedrowski slowly managed to open u p
a sm all cus hion as G lo ver edged near
Davis. Wi th less than three la ps
remai ni ng G lover ca ugh t th e Su zu ki
rider and cha lle nged for th e runn erup slot. Shortly before th e fini sh
Glover found what he was lookin g
for and powered past Davis. O n th e
la st lap, Da vis' expected attempt to
repass G lov er was ha lted as th e.
Suzu ki ' rid er ca me acro ss th e finish
li ne behind Kied row ski and G lover
with a n inj u red rig h t leg . Lawrence
was fourth with Lamson ho lding off
Mulli gan for fifth.
T he unbea tabl e 2- 1 score gave
Kied ro wski the overa ll wi n. Davis
was seco nd with a 1-3 ta ll y followed
by G lover's 4-2, Lawrence 's 3-4 a nd
Mu lliga n 's 5-6 score.
At the sta rt of th e first 250cc Pro
moto G lover hol esh or Kied ro wski,
Darrin H oeft, La mson and Kal os.
G lover g ui ckly opened u p a th reeseco nd lead as H oeft a nd La mso n
lost a few posi tio ns .
.
Th e ra ce was hi ghl i gh ted b y.
Da vis' co me -fro m -be h in d cha rge.
The Suzuki ride r gated well out of
th e top 10, but' quickly sho t in to
fourth behind Ka lo s. H alfwa y
th rough th e race, Kiedrowski reeled
in Gl ov er , began pressuring th e
Yamaha' rider and soon found hi s
way aro und Glover and into the
point positi on.
Less th an half a lap aft er bein g
shoved to seco nd G lover cras hed and
fell back to fourth . G lover quick ly
str ugg led to get bac k up to speed,
but II was too la te. Kied ro wski took
the chec ker s o ver Kal a s; Dav is,
G lover a nd La mson :
moto
a c tio n
sa w
Se co nd
Naughton co me o ut o f nowhere to
lead Glover, Kal os, Kied rowski and
Willie Surratt around th e first turn.
Naughton's lead was short-lived as
the Suzuki pi lo t dropped back to
fourth. As th e pack ca me a ro u nd to
complete lap two, Larry Broo ks had
worked his way to fo urt h, dro pping
Na ughton to fifth a nd Surratt to
sixth.
On top, G lo ver ma naged to gai n
a li tt le breat hing room for a while
befo re Ka los pi cked up hi s p ace and
began knocking o n hi s back door.
T he last few laps sa w a battle rage
between the pair with G lover manag ing to hold off Kal o s for th e win
a head of Kiedro wski , Broo ks and
Lamson.
.
The 2-2 score gave Kal a s th e
o vera ll victory with Kied ro wski ,
Glover, Lamson a n d Naughton
roundi ng out the top five.
Bro ok s ca me bac k in style to top
the O pen Pro class. The H onda p ilo t
hol eshot both m ot os . to eas ily bea t
G ary Sa ilors a n d G reg Pi erce by
a lmost half a -min u te.
To m my Clowers was the h ero in
the 80cc Expe rt a n d Super Mini
classes after winning three o u t of
four motos. Clowers' o n ly loss came
in th e first m ot o o f th e 80cc Expert
class w here J effery G rafton n arrowl y
edge d the Team Green rider o u t at
the ch eckers after a close, seven-lap
battl e. G r a ft on fi nis hed seco n d
