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Tony Quails (25) leads Adam Pontious (10) in the 250cc Interm.ediate
class at Glen Helen. Pontious later passed Qualls for the overall Win .
Mark Jennings (76) pursues Kevin Bowles in the 250cc Amateur class
at Montrose MX. BC?wles captured the w in over Rick Sanders.
Slate hot at
MOnUoseMX
By Hurley & Dot Short
RAEFORD, NC, JAN. 15
Mor e than 200 riders showed up for the second
race o f th e Wimer Series at Montrose SEMX,
and in the Seni or Mini cla ss, Patrick Greer
was the overa ll winner.
Greer , on h is Kawasaki, took command of
me fir st moto. He was wa y out front as Tres
Bru ce. Kevin Crine and Kevin Simpson
lo llowed. Ta kin g the checkered nag was
Greer. Bru ce, Cr ine, Simpson and jason
Baldwin .
In the seco nd moio, G reer shot out Iront
again followed by Cri ne, David Martin and
Kevin Si m pso n. Martin took a lall and lost
a lot o f ground as Greer - sta yed out front,
foll owed by Sim pson, Bru ce, Billy Charles and
Crine.
Overall went to Greer , Bruce. Simpson.
Crine and Charles.
Wes Cave took th e holesbor in th e firstl25cc
Novia: moto. H e wa s foll owed by Shannon
Stewart, Sa m Mitchner, David Hill and Chuck
Green. Mit chner took over o n th e first lap
wit h David Hill, Green a nd Cave lollowing.
Wh en G reen went down, Cave look over third
place, then worked u p to seco nd. Cave was
putting a mov e on Mit chner . but look a fall
as they a p p roa ch ed the linish line. Mitchner
took th e nag lim.
In th e seco nd moto, Ca ve look the holes hot
again as Dav id Hill lollowed dose behind.
Cave ex tended his lead. lollowed by Bengie
Rutledge and Dal e Hill. Cave took a bad lall
and Rutledge took over the lead. H e was
lollowed across 'he finish lin e by David Hill,
Sa m Mit chner , Chuck Green a nd T on y
McGuire.
In th e 125cc Amateur class, Patrick Slate
took 'he hol eshot, lollowed by Chris Lykens ,
Dan Mauro a nd Craig Barbouro. On th e first
lap , the o rder was L ykens, Ellis and Slat~.
Lyken s held th e lead as Slat e a nd EI.hs
jock eyed back a nd forth for second and thtrd
po siu on s. Once Slate regai ned the lead. he
held o n with a co ns iderable lead over Lyk en s
and Ellis . Ronnie Yarbro clung to fourth.
Sla te finished first , Ellis, Yarbro and Kent
Roger son followed.
In th e second moto, Lykens took th e
hol esh ot followed by Mall Hendrix, Ellis and
Slate. Wh en Lykens took a spill, Slate too k
over as Ellis went to sc:cond and Yarbro moved
to third.
Overall went to Slate, Ellis, Yarbro, Craig
Barbour and Hendrix.
In the 250cc Amateur class, Chris Lykens
took th e holeshot followed by Kevin Bowles,
Vin cent Brown and Mark jennin~. Bowles
moved
firs' a nd Tommy Lindvllle moved
to second. Bowles, Lindvtlle, Rick Sanders
and Steve Simmons too k th e checkered flag
in that order.
In the seco nd moto. Bow les took the
ho lesh otlnllowed by Mark j en n ings and Steve
Simmons. Bo wles wo n again. He was fol·
lowed by Rick Sanders a nd Craig T ibuzi.
Results
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PIW; 1. Ash ley Bruce lKaw ); 2. Cecil W ill iams J r.IKaw );
3. Kevin Bean (Kew); 4. Chr is Arnold (Yam); 5. Gle nn Cary
(!tawl.
JR MI NI: 1. Patr ick Greer (Kaw); 2. Tres Br uce (Yaml;
3. Kevin Si mpson (ICa l; 4 . Danny Rich (Han ); 5. Chad
w
Newton (Surl.
SR MINI : l- Patrick Greer (Ke~); 2..Tres Bruce (Ya'!1l;
3. Kevin Simpson (!tawl: 4 . KeVIn Crme (Han); 5. Bill y
C~CIH:J~atljim
Neese (Kew); 2. Patrick Slate (Yam); 3.
Patrick Greer (Kaw); 4. Braj Buckley flOC); 5. Jason Morvan
38
l~k NOV: 1. S.m
Mitchner (Hon); 2. Bengie Rutledge
(Suz); 3. Chuck Green (Han); 4 . David HiIiIHon); 5. Tony
McGUira (Kaw).
.'
125 AM : 1. Patr ick Slate (Yam); 2. Craig Ellis (Yam); 3.
Ronn ie Yarbro (Suz); 4 . Craig Barbour (Yam); 5. Matthew
Hendr ix (Yam).
.
25+: 1. G....,ry lyUns (Hoot 2. Roger (j~ (Hont
3 . Brian Graham (Hon); 4 . Rick Shaf er (Hont 5. Vldu
Reynokts (Yam).
35+: 1. Roger Lineberger (Han); 2. A.C. Bruce (Yam~ 3.
Vicki Reynolds (Yaml; 4 . Chuck Parrish (Suzl; 5. Rick Milks
(Yi56 ings (Han); 3. JasonRicha rd Bunon 4. Chuck Parrish
OPEN NOV: t .
(Hon); 2. S~CY
Cumm
Everhan (Yamt
(Suz); 5. Rick Milks (Yam).
250 OPEN AM: 1. Kevin Bowlet (Hant 2. Rick Sander$
(Hon); 3. Jeff Mushala (Yam); 4 . Crlig Tibuzi (00 5. Olris
Brewer (Yam).
PRO: 1. Jim Neese (Kaw t 2. Kevin Walker (Yam); 3.
Lonnie Taytor (Yam); 4. Shane Kennedy (Yam); 5. Brad
Proctor (Yam).
Bell blitzes Salem AX
By Clay Light
SAL EM, OR, JAN. 13
Mik e Sell took top l 25cc Pro class hon or s alte r
dom in ating both motos du ring are na cross
ac tio n at th e Oregon Stat e Fa irgr ounds. Bell,
riding for Mike's Suzu ki, had rou gh co ~pe
titio n 'a s Ca nad ian La rry Swartz and a field
o f int erm ediates put press ure on th e indoor
speci a list.
. .
Swartz, riding a H onda , mad e Ius hr~t
appearance in Sa lem a nd was ac tua lly o n h IS
way
California wh en he sto pped in Sal em
for gas . In fact , he didn 't even kn ow th ere
was a race. Swartz co uld do no th in g to sto p
Bell in eithe r rno ro as he go t a bird's-eye view
. 01 Bell' s rear lender as he Iou ghi am ids t heav y
traffi c tha t included Yamaha-m oun led j ell
. Dail y, who topped th e Intermediat e class. .
Mot o two was agai n Bell '.50. Swa rtz was aga in
doomed for th e number two spo t in th e Pro
class whi le Dail y ca rded a nother sp iri ted ri de
to net the o vera ll win in the In termed iate class .
Seco nd to Dail y was Su zuki jock ey Kip Mast
(4·2 ) wh ile Sha ne Donaca (3-3), Eric Rog~rs
(2-4) a nd Alex Kaven ey (5-5) filled th e top five
o vera ll.
Cycle Sport-s po nsored Mati Barnhart
controlled th e 25lJccj u nior class qu ite handil y
after posti ng 2·1 rid es. The firs,t. mo.to. ~en,~
th e way of Kavaney. wh o rod e exhlblllon
in two in tennedi ate classes. a nd wa s co ntesting h is th ird class a nd filt h molO. Following
Kavan ey across the fin ish were Barnharl. J esse
Dean , Bill y Eck tei n and Co rey Shep hard: .
Barnhart go t the jump o n th e co m pe n non
in the second mo ta and look top honors a t
th e com pletio n by relegating Kavaney to th e
number two spot. Kavan ey neued seco nd
overall and Dean third.
KTM rider Deanna H olbrook clobbered the
co mpeti tio n in the Pow er Puff class , dinch !ng
(he o vera ll via I·) pe rfo rm ances. Chasing
G&G Cycle-sponsored H olbrook were Laurie
Sta n ge, wh o was second overa ll alt er 4-3 ri~es,
and Kawasaki I
'ock ey jeanne Vanbuskirk,
third o vera ll inisher b y virtu e o f 3·4
performa!1 ces.
.
Eigh t nders gated for 'he ltrst Pee Wee class
mota . John Hard'X ."? stran ger In ~he ,"":i n ner's
circl e, took co n vinc ing moto wms In b
