Mercedes Gonzalez (1) grabs the holeshot at the start of the Women's
Expert class during the 2nd Annual Discover Women 's MX at Perris.
3. Bob Chfton (Han); 4 . M ike DaVIdge (Kaw l;
KTM-mounted Scott Harden fin ished third overall in the Sliders Hare
Scrambles and won the 250cc Vet Expert class in the process.
to Buehl's rea r fender. A ba ttle for fourth
developed between J ames Eickel and Chuck
Reed. Buehl go t h is act together a nd p ulled
awa y from Evener as he charged for Beckin g IOn. The pair wen t in to the ba ck sectio n as
Buehl came o u t o n top wi th a su bsta ntial lead
over Beckington. Buehl rode out of co n tro l
over a set of jumps but held on to first . Reed
was o n the move as he finally passed Eickel
and moved in o n thi rd place Evene r to take
over th ird. T he finis h was dose as Buehl had
a s lig h t ed ge o ver Bec~ i n glOn f~r first .
Beckin gton took second with Reed third.
MOIO two saw Eickel holesh ot followed by
Mic hael Wh eeler. J eff Beckingtcn quickly
moved into second followed by his brother
David in third a nd the n Buehl. By the end
o f lap one Eickel had dropped 10 th e fou rth
spot a nd J eff Beckin gton was in th e lea d
followed by Bueh l and David Beckingto n, A
battle for first developed between Jeff Beckingro n and Buehl. Bueh l rod e wa it in~ for
Reeking-to n to err, but Beck ington fin ished
smell ing like a rose by la nd ing first. Buehl
had to take runner-up hono rs a nd Da vid
Beck in~ton . wh o fin ished sixth in m OIO one,
too k third.
.
Results
250 8: 1. Coby Robb (Han); 2. Brian Hawks IKaw); 3,
Robert McP herso n IKaw).
SR 3~ : 1. Philip Alderton (Ha n); 2 . Tim Sh epard (Vam);
3 . M ike Treadway.
125 C:' 1. Kevin Hildebrand ISuz r. 2. Chr istopher HaHer
(Hont 3 . J e" Wooledge (Hon).
OPEN 8 : 1. Dean Baker (Hon); 2. Larry Shu maker (law);
3 . Scott Krau ser (Honl .
.
65 : 1. Brodt Sellards (Kaw l; 2. J .D. Collins (Kaw ); 3. J ason
J uskae (Kaw).
M INI JR : 1. Patrick McPh erso n (Yam); 2. Brodt Sell ards
(Yam); 3. J .D. Collin s (Kaw).
SR 4()to: 1. Roger Shumaker (Kaw l; 2. Henry Gref (Yam);
3. Dan iel Post (Kaw ).
LIW A: 1. Jeff Beckington (Han ); 2. Je romy Buehl (Suzl;
3. Joe Evener (Hon).
HIW A:. 1. Jeff Becking1:on(Hon); 2. Chuck Reed (Kaw );
3. M ike Bla ir (SUI).
M INI SR: 1. Hayden Richa rds (Kaw); 2. J usti n Phelps
(Han); 3. Matt M axlmoff (Yam).
125 B: 1. Dean Baker (Hon); 2. Carl W illiams (Kaw); 3.
RiChard Carpenter (ICTMI.
250 C: 1. Tom Pugh (Hon); 2. Kevin Kuh n (K.a
w); 3 . Ben
Lamben (Hon).
50: 1. Benjame n Graves (Yam).: 2. M icha~ lYe.... (Vam t:
3. Jeff Gibson (Yam ).
SCHBY: 1. Richerd Carpenter (KTM );: 2. Joshua Steel e
CSuz); 3. Hayde n Richards (Kaw).
Smith dominates
Sliders HS
By Donnetta & Bob Murray
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R ED MO U IIIT AIN . CA, J UN E 25
The mo re th an 300 co mpetito rs were gr eeted
by sp ring· like weather in th e deser t at the
Sliders MC H ar e Scra mbles staged at Ch arl ie's
Pl a ce near Red Mountain . T akin g full
a dva nta~e of th e coo l. ea rly morn in g, KTM 's
Dan SmIth im media tely powered int o lhe lead
- a pos it io n he wa s never lO relinquish .
As Smit h roared through the bomb run. it
was evident tha t he was going to have lO work
for hi s win as Kawasaki pil ot Derri ck
Pai emenl. psyched up by a new Do wnh ill
Alexander suspens io n. pr essed for th e lea d.
The two quickl y sep ar ated from the rest o f
th e pack . establish ing a two-m an race . Sm ith
a nd Pa iement were th ree to four m in ut es
a hea d o f their nearest competit io n as they
entered pi t row o n ly 30 seco nds apart.
" I almosl ca ugh t Dan sleeping o n th e firSl
loo p in th e canyo n,,. sai d Pai em ent. " Bu t then
he saw me a nd p icked up h is pa ce. Both of
us were p ush ing."
Charlie Mo rri s on a Suzuki . KTM 's Scott
Har den a nd Scott Steams aboard a Suzuki led
th e rest o f the pa ck through the bomh and
o n to 'he Iir st loo p of the fast -paced. 35-m ile
co u rse. Mo rr is' 250cc sta lled in a ravin e,
all owing Harden and Stearns to pass a nd di ce
it o u t the remainder o f th e 1 . The d uo
p
were a mere five second s apa rt leavin g the pits
a nd int o th e seco nd lap of th e race.
..
The second loo p was a d ifferent race for
a ll the leading riders. Now th ey had to co n tend
with quad s, then beg inners a nd no vices as th ey
weaved thei r wa y th rough th e co u rse (expe rt.
a ma teu r, no vice and begin ner riders were
started at staggered tim es).
" It was p reu y fas t stufl out the re," ~id
Smi t h. who is spo nsored by KT M America /
H i- Po in r/ Scouv Metz e ler I Ar ai l Au to li tel
Acerb is/F&L Racing Fu el /Z Raci ng / Maxirna /Tsu ba ki/Su n lin e/Exceed SPOTlS Nutrition . "They were co u nt ing o n it bein g: hot
OUl here. It was more fun on th e secon d lap
!lo ing thro ug h the people (lap ped riders).
T hey were there as soon as I hit th e co u rse
o n the seco nd loo p,"
Sm ith crossed th e fin ish line Fir w ith
st
Pa iement close beh ind. H arden wa s th ird to
cru ise in for a Vet class wi n . Steams was th e
first ri der o n a 250cc to c har~e into the fin ish
ch u te (or fou rt h o vera ll. T a kin g the chec kered
a t fift h p lace was Frank Smith. who o verca me
a bad start o n his KT M 500cc a nd worked
h is way up to t h e lOp gro u p.
.
Kawasak i's Vet rider Ken n y Parry bneny
described his sixth place fini sh and rare ,
" Good race , bad stan. mad e up lost tim e."
Two 125cc riders were nex t o n th e scene
at th e fin ish ; Kawasaki's Breu Howell a nd
Mickel! Bri x o n 3 Suzuki. Vel ent ry Jim
Eveland o n a Yamaha was ni nlh, while D3\o'e
Armstron~ rou nded out the lOp 10 ex pert
rid ers for the day.
AI H ull nailed th e Senior class win o n h is
250ec -Yamaha. Leading th e wave o f Amateur
riders was J eff Capt aboa rd a 500cc Honda .
No t far behind CaPl was first 250cc Amaleur
rid er David Graham. mou nted on a Ya maha.
The No vice class was led by Bruce Richards
on a H o nda 250cc bik e. Finit begi n nt'r 10 fin ish
' he one required loop was Jefr Ca se. a lso
aboard a 250ec" H on da. TIle women were led
by Kawasak i pi lo t Lo ri Leh igh with first-time
racer C hristi ne O g ren in seco n d p lace.
Donova n Ludwig won the Mini class.
Results
O/A: 1. Dan Smith (KTM I; 2. Derrick Paiemenl (Kaw l;
3 . Scott Harden (KTM t: 4. Scon Stearns (Suz); S. Frank
Smith (KTM).
OPEN EX: 1. Dan SmIth (KTM ); 2. Derr ick Pai em ent (Kawl;
3 . Frank Smitt, (KTMI .
250 EX: 1. Scott Slearns (Suz); 2. Dave Armstrong; 3.
Steve Kirk Jr . (Yaml; 4 . Charl ie Morris (Su z); 5. Kevin A lan .
12S EX: 1. Brett Howell (Kawl; 2. Mickell Brix (Suzl; 3.
Ketley Pate; 4 . Brandon Reeves (Hon); 5. Donn ie Simone
(Kawl
VET 250 EX: 1. Scan Harden (KTMI ; 2. Kenny Parry(Kaw);
3. Jim Eveland (Yam); 4. Scott And erson; 5 . Sieve Spragle .
VET OPEN EX: 1. Phil Cloward (Hus); 2. Gary Scheidle r
(Vam); 3 . Tom Holmes (ICTM); 4 . M Ike M ulconery (KTM );
5. Ken Ehler s.
SR 250 EX: 1. AI Hull (Vam); 2. Dave Kersting (Kaw) ;
3. Ron Hall (Suz); 4 . Phil Haskell .
SR OPEN EX: 1. Gary Garl and (Vaml; 2. Don Burch (Vam):
3. Alvi n Hall; 4 . Bob Ashcraft (Hon); 5 . Robert Tor gerson
(y am).
S/SR EX: 1. AI Guzman (Kaw ); 2. Don WhI tehorn (Suzl:
3 . Scott W alker (Han); 4 . Den nts Davidge; 5 . Gus Paull
IKaw).
OPEN AM : 1. Jeff Capt (Hon ); 2. Scon Herweg (Husl;
~ . Dann y
Reid", .
25 0 AM: 1. David Graham (VarnI; 2. Eric Duncan (Varni;
3. David Ondas (Vam); 4 . Gary Borstner (Kaw); 5. Rick
Lundin (Vam).
125 AM : 1. Gary M erce r (Vaml ; 2. Brian Davis (Vam);
3 . Ang el Figu eroa (Vam ); 4. Eric Hank s (Vam).
VET OPEN AM ; 1. Dave Benz ler (Kaw); 2. Chris Peterson
tHuS); 3. Jack Shannon fKTMI .
VET 250 AM ; 1. J Im M cCan ney (KTM ); 2 . Joe Ra mirez
lSuzl; 3 . Paul Heckman; 4 . Dave Meadows {Vaml.
250 NOV: 1. Bruce Richard s (Han); 2. John Forest (Hon);
3 . Tom McNabb (Kaw); 4 . Tom Dimel" (Kaw l; 5. Tom
Hend ricks (Yam).
~~~ 1N~r.~~;~~~;"an (Kaw); 2. Gary Cox (Yam):
3 . Raben Heim (KTM ); 4 . Grego s Lungu (Husl .
12 5 NOV: 1. Stev e Moore (Yam): 2. John Haskell (Suz);
3 . Ryan Patt erson; 4 . Dugan Hanks.
VET OPEN NOV : 1. Bob Capplilo (Yam); 2. Brett Call icott/e ;
3 . M ike Hendrt x (Yam ); 4 . Richard Reed (KTM ); 5 . Oav
Hollister IKawl.
VET 250 NOV: 1. Paul Beakes (Yam ); 2.John C. Able
(yam) .
SR 2.50 NOV: 1. W icker s tKaw l
S/SR NOV: 1. BIll P"dem ore (Vam); 2. Tom Edmond$.
W MN O /A: 1 . Lor i Lehig h (Kaw); 2. Chr ist ine Ogren .
250 BEG: 1. Jeff Case (Hon); 2. Dale Johnson (Yam);
3 . Dan iel Clevela nd .
OPEN BEG: 1. Steve M akamol O
VET BEG: 1. John Taylor (Hon)
125 BEG: 1. Roben Bat lsh tsuz).
Gonzalezes grab Discover
Women's MX wins
By David Procida
PERRIS, CA , J U NE 3
Ka w a sa k i-moumed Merced es a nd Mar ia
Gonza lez team ed up to to p th e 2nd An nu a l
Disco ver w om en 's M OlO<:TOS S. TI1Ceven t wa s
a lso a benefi t rare fo r th e j u ven ile Diabetes
Fou ndatio n, a nd $2000 was do nat ed 10 the
fo un dat ion throu gh the sale of ra ffle tic kets
for a 1989 H on da CR80 motorcycle don at ed
b y Ame rica n H on da and a portio n of th e gale
receip ts. T he a mounr ra ise-d was $1800 mo re
than a t last year 's ina ug u ra l event .
In th e \Vomen Ex pert cla ss L isa Peterson
led Bonn ie War ch and Shery l Fed erow at the
sta rt o f moto one , Mercedes Gonzalez was m id pa ck , but wi thi n three corners, had mo ved up
lO seco nd. Gon za lez then chise led away a t
Peterson 's lead u n til, o n la p (our. she wo k
advantage of Peterso n goi ng widei n a ha irp in
corner and do ve un der her .
O nce in the lead. Mercedes picked up th e
pace a nd Peterson stuck with her. Back in
third. Warch was being kept co mpa n y b y
Federow. \\' hen Mercedes a nd Peterson go t
in to lapped tra ffic. the gap between them
disa ppeared , Mercedes maintained a slig h t
lead o n Peterson at th e end. wh ile War ch hel d
o nto third with Federo w and Tami Ritt
ro u nd in g out th e top five sim s.
!\1('r("ede!iho lesh m moto lwO wi th Pelerson .
Rice and \\' arch close beh ind. Peterson waited
for a break that would g ive her th e lead , bu t
it ncver came. \Varch powered by Rice wi th
Fede row closing quick ly. PeterMln kep t the
pr essure on Mercedes thr ou gho u t th e mOlO,
bu t cou ld n·t find a line th at would ta ke her
-ffito t he lead a nd Mercedes took her second
checkered o r th e day to wi n the overa ll.
In \ Vomen Im ermediat e class act ion . Lo ri
H edstr om hol esh ot mo tu o ne. bUI was quickly
passed by And rea Chamberlai n. Hedstrom
pr essured Ch amberl a in. a nd po wer ed by and
th en Cha mber la in bai led. wh ich pu' Maria
Gonza lez in second p lace. Hedst rom pulled
a 20-seco nd lead over Mari a. wh o held o ff
C ha mberla in's cha rge lat e in th e mOlD.
Mot o two was led by Chamber lain. with
H edstr om a nd Mari a in tow. H edst rom soo n
slip ped into th e lead. as Chamber la in ca me
under a uack from Mar ia , wh o powered by in
the wh oops. Hedstrom had opened up another
20-seco nd lead and maintai n t"d. it u n til th e last
lap, wh en she fell, and Mari a wenl by as
Hed str o m 's H onda refu sed ( 0 sta n . Ah er
resta rt ing. Hedstr om qu ickl y closed th e l;ap
o n Mar ia . but ra n o u t o f tim e before Maria
took the checkered .
Results
WMN EX; 1. M ercedes Gonzal ez (!Caw l; 2. Usa Peterson
(Suz); 3 . Bonn ie War ch (SUI).
WMN INT: 1. Maria Gonzalez {Kawl; 2. Lor i Hedstrom
(Han); 3, Andr ea Chamberlain (K.aw)
WMN NOV: 1. Val Roberts (KTM!; 2. Teal Nakayama
(Kaw ); 3 . Joy Am es (Honl
Three for Leigh at Santa Fe
By Phil Ellsworth
CARBONDALE. KS. J U N E 18
Le ig h Le tellie r was th e o vera ll winner o f th e
two-hour har e scra mble held a t Sa n ta Fe T rail
Cycle Park.
It was a great day for raci ng with th e
tem perature in th e 80s and clear skies. Sh ow ers
dunng th e week hel ped keep th e du st down
a nd crea ted numerous tricky mud sectio ns .
The nearl y five-mi te course: was a good mix
o f fast hard pa ck. rock s a nd tight tra ils. The
SO-p lus ride rs were sta rted in two row s. with
experts, a ma teurs and seniors in from.
Goi ng for a . th ird co nsecu tive victory, th e
Letko Cycles KTM 250 o r Le tellier quickly
took th e lead and led a ll ni ne laps despite
a n ea rly sp ill . Dave Osborn go t close enough
to see his dust b u t couldn't brain grou nd and
finished seco nd , two a nd a ha lf m inutes
behi nd . H e was followed by Rand y Bayless.
Steve Grun. and Daryl Davis. :'>fike Shown
was sixth o vera ll. first ama teur. on a KT :vt
350. Seventh was 'he all KDx.. class w inner,
"OO
Bru ce Clarke.
Results
EX: 1. Leigh Letellier (KTMl; 2. Dave Osborn (Hon ); 3.
Randy Bayless (Yam); 4 . Steve Gru n (KTM); 5 . Oarvi Davis
IATK).
80: 1. Keit h Baker (Kawl ; 2. J .D. Suers (Suz); 3. Siev e
Peine (Suzl.
.
125 : 1. Troy Smith (Hont 2. MIk e Kr uger (Vam); 3 . Tim
Edwar ds ISuz).
200: 1. Bru ce Clarke (Kaw); 2. Dave Haworth lKaw); 3
Gr~0~o1u.nM~~~;~:be~a(~u~r'2.a~~ ~:t(~TM);
3 . J ohn
Wat son (M ai).
500: 1. MIke Shown (KTM); 2. Scott Rundell (Suzl; 3.
Chu ck Partr idge (Hon ); 4 . Dan John son (KTM I; 5 . Reg
Wescott (Hu sl
+30 : 1. Phil Ellswonh lK aw); 2 . David J eff ery (KTM I; 3 .
Bob Edw ard s (Suzl ; 4 . J ack J enn ing s (Kawl; 5 . Jim
Sh ephard jHu s).
+40 : 1. Lee Glenn (Han); 2. Ralp h Denton (Han).
BEG D- 1: 1. Doug Parri sh (Kaw); 2. Troy Thoma ssom
(Vam); 3. Terry PIckens (Kawl; 5 . Sta cy Downs {Suzl .
BEG 0 -.2:. 1. Butch Taylor (Kaw) ; 2. Tom Craig .( S ~ z ); 3 .
Dan M aMln l (Vam); 4 . Cory Downs (Honl ; 5. J ohn LIPPincott
(Henl·
Conley, Sandstrom
top Sacramento MX
By Nuklear Neukam
SAC RAME NTO . CA. J U N E 16
The Sacramento Racewa y CMC Champ io n·
ship MX Series co ntinued its Frida )' n ighl
ri luals as Kawasaki·m o u nted Sea n Co n ley
topped th e 250cc Pro class wh ile th e 500cc
Pro win went to Eric Sa nds trom a nd his
Honda .
.
Co nl ey took the wi n in both 25Q cc Pro
class mOlOS for th e o vera ll wh ile Jimm y
" Kama kazi" Robertson secu red second overa ll
aher finishing seco nd in round o ne and th en
third in the fina l mo lO. Ron " Alie n· · Allen
had probl em ~ in lhe open ing mot o wh en he
flew over a ber m wh ile lead in g a nd co u ld o n ly
manage a fifth . Rut a stro ng seco nd in th e
second ·molO earned h im third o vera ll.
ATK-mounted Greg Zillerkopf handily
lOpped th e first 500cc Pro mot o with Sandstrom a nd J on N icol a us second a nd third• .
respect ively _ But m echani cal wo es held
Ziuerkop( to third in the second mot o while
Sandstrom tk th e win and the overa ll.
N icolaus look second for th ird overa ll while
Zill erk opf was third o vera ll.
Results
2 50 . PRO: 1. Sean Conley (Kaw ); 2. Ji mmy Robert son
(SUI); 3. Ron All en (Kaw ).
500 PRO: 1. Eric Sands trom (Hon); 2. Greg Zltt erkopf
(ATK); 3. Jon Nico lau s (Kaw) .
250 INT: 1. Ste ve Nolson (Kaw ); 2. Casey Farrell (Kaw) :
3. Jerry W right (Kaw l.
500 INT; 1. Derrek Currie (Han); 2. Ken Schroede r (Hon).
50 : 1. J im Hansen (Yaml ; 2. Dani el Bla ir (Yam); 3. Bu illy
Gross (Yaml
60 (9 - 11): 1. Andy Gr 8Qg (Kaw); 2. Donovan Mi tchell
IKaw).
60 0-8): 1. Jesse Ketcham {Kawl; 2. Matt Hawkin s (Kaw);
3. Brandon W ilson (Kaw) .
80 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Brett Klin~er (Kaw ); 2: Tim Campbell
