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To ny Barranti (35) couldn't hold off Malcolm Brix for the overall win
in the 125cc Intermediate class at Los Angeles County Raceway.
James Henrickson won four motos to take the BOcc Expert and 1 2 5 cc
Intermediate class t itles at the Idaho State MX Championships,
On la p two, Filch tri ed to p la y h ump-and run wi th Simmons, and when the tac tic fa iled .
Filch dr opped back severa l bik e-len gths. As
Fitch slowed. Dawson closed a s th e two beg-an
to joc ke y for seco nd p lace. T heir ba ul e
a llowed t hem to ca tch Simmo ns a nd a ll three
Kawa sak i riders began 10 fight for the lead .
Filch banz a ied throug h th e front-strai ght
whoops a nd roo k th e lea d from Simmons.
The fina l lap sa w Filch pull away from
Sim mons as Dawson d ropped ba ck into a
secu re th ird pl ace. The chec kered flag fell o n
Fiu:h i n first , with S im mo ns, Dawson ,
Clevel a nd. Partridge and Smith finishing
behind. Si m mo ns took th e o vera ll victory by
virtue o f h i, 1·2 finis hes foll o wed by Fitch
in second ove ra ll and Clevela nd in third.
Re s u lts
2!!)ONOV : t . Terry Simmons C
Kaw ); 2. Buddy Fit Ch (Kaw t
3 . Wade Clevel and I Kaw) .
M ICRO MINI : t . Chfls Dawson (Yam ); 2 . Joey Varner
(SUI); 3. Je ffrey Sm it h (Suz)
M IXED OPEN: 1. Scon Slay (Kawl.: 2 . P.J . Sorg (Honl ;
3 Johnny Overby (K.w l.
125 NOV : 1" Pat OannalHon); 2. David Husband (Hon).
125 INT; 1. Greg SOfg (Honl; 2 . Johnny Overby (Kaw )
OPEN INT: 1, An dy Sites (Kaw); 2. Chri s Huu elm an (KTM);
3 . M ar k Peck (Hon)
2501NT; 1, Tre n t Howie (Ya m); 2 . But ch veemsre (Hon);
3 . Kip Smi lh (Honl.
125 INT: 1. Ja mes Hendrickson (Hon) : 2. A .J . Bel cher
(Hon ); 3. Steve Saba la IKawl.
80 INT: 1. Mi ke Dou gl as (Ka w): 2 . Krlla Wi lke rson (Hon);
3 . J ason Rich (Kaw i.
OPEN J R: 1. Dav id Bobcock (Hon); 2 . Bryan A bra ns (Yam);
3. Glenn Young (Han)
250 JR : 1. W ill Ston e (Hon); 2. Mike Jackson (Hon ); 3.
David Booth IKa wl.
125 JR 1. Chad Gn ff ln (SUI); 2 . J ustin Wr igh1 (Hon);
3 . Shawn Blanchard (Honl.
80 J R: 1. lack Hall (Kawl; 2. Jared Egley (Sud ; 3. Ryan
M cRobe rts (Yaml
250 BEG; 1. Bn en W ilson (y am): 2 . Dl no Bartelli (Suz );
3. f2s:~e~: ~.hJ~~~PHC:~~ (Hon): 2 . Rya n Tolman (Kaw );
3 . Steve M akln ster (Kaw i.
80 BEG . 1. Rex Sharp (Yam); 2. Sh an e Broolts IHon );
3. Lincoln Gnmm (Yam I.
MIC RO : 1. Dan ny Sm ith IKaw); 2. Jo sh Easley (Kawl;
3 . Josh SuaSS8r IKa w ).
PIW: 1 Chauncey Call (Yam ); 2 . M ike Va n Tress (Va
.m);
3. Bobby BotNno (Yam ).
Forbord flies at
Peaceful Cove MX
By M ike Thuleen
Hendrickson hauls in
Idaho MX titles
By M ike Th uleen
BOI SE, m. SE PT. 2·1
J al11 l':\ H en d ri r kvon co lle cted four mow
\"it'lOrit,:\ to cla im Malt' ritles fo r bo th the 80("("
Expell a nd lilt, 12:'«' IllltTm't"(l ia u' c-lasses at
tlu- Iou rtb a nd fin a l ro un d o f rlu- EIMA /OMC
Ida ho St;lIt' J\1X C h;llIlpio ll:\h ip Series at the
revise-d a nd wd l. pn·p J>l·d summer mon x'ro :.s
.
trtu k i ll Boi ,l'. AIlH'rJ('a n Honda/ Answer/Pro
Ci rru i I I Sm i Ih /S i Iko lnle/ Tsli Ita k i / Bt"iI/
Dunlop\ Ht'udri r kso ll swept th l' st·rit·:\ by
winnill"; t'very o nt' of [ht· 16 molos Ill' ran ·d.
T hl' 12!>cc ' Expt 'l"( dass was a raCt' [0 [he
win' hl' twt'('11 Yam ah a Co untr y/PitSlop
R epair~ sl)(m'()H'tt riders Midlal'1 and Kelllll'lh
Oliv('r. with .Iam it' Su"t'lsmit h clnd th l' Forhord
hl'Otht 'l S, I)h il an d Paul. a t tim ('s sho wiH ~
stu Hni ng "pl't'tI, Ph il Forho rd plan 'd hi s
Ho wl :.. im o Ihl' firM mot o k ad o \·t·r Dann y
Fuhrmanll , I\.t'llI1l'l h Ol i\'t>r. ~ l i k t· H ;.lTr i ~ and
Mit hat'l Ol i'il'l. Fu rh n nan n instant ly opl'lll"t.i
tip a Ic-;Id ;' l ~ l\.t"ulll'lh wroded M
'coud away
from Ph il. who 1I0W fan-d till" wi ld (ha rgc.~
of H ~lI r i ... Kl'lHH'lh dwm mlx-d ~I\,,'.a y Fuh ·
r m ;'lI m '~ It"ad :.md ;lftt'1 ht"~I\·Y di('in g lOok O\'('r
firsl pl:.u l'. lI :'lIris 1II0m("ntari ly lOok O\'("r
Ih ird. bUI th t·u n asht-d. As I\.t'lIIl1'lh Oli\'er
too k Ih t· win , Ph il Forbo rd SU(·("t'ssfu lly
rq.~ail ll'd ,nond 0 \"(' 1 :\l icha ('1 Ol in', a nd
Fuhrm :.& nrL
Knll lC'th ,lIId ;\lidl:'l t'I Ol i\"t'r went o m'·two
in all l'x('iting M
'(Hnd mo w slru~gl t' 10 ~arnl'r
fi rsl ;'lUd !'ol'('( JIId o v("ra ll for Ih l' sn it'S,
Ic'slx'(·ti\'(·ly,
Kl,\·in :\k rr ill d . t'tl o ul t ht.' lit It' for Iht, \' et
EXlx'rt t la ..s wit h ;r :)·6 tall y 0 11 thl" (hly ,
fin ish ing (111(' po ilU ahc'ad of Flt-rh Nad lli,.;all.
who f i ni~hl'd fourth o llt llt"d:'l\" ht'hind double·
111 0 10 \"ino r \ \ ' a n t:" 11 II ic k m~II'I , Bob Krah a nd
Ri ck Ho lmt's. :'laduiga ll abo fini ...lwd St nmd
'
in Ihl' sl'ril's for Iht, 0\'('1 2.1 da ...s I)('hind
Ikn kk Pt'r"-l)I1('Ill',
Ch;ul G riffi n hlalC·d to a douhll'-mol o
\" in Ol)' O\T r .Iu ~li n \\' ri ~l ll an d S ha ..... n
UblH hard W ( 'II SUU' his ('artur(" o f lhl' 12:'("('
JU llior da.... dlh' ()\'cr Bodi e Balt'!io a nd Shawn
'Ulanc hanl. C.t m')' 1\ 00u' ust"tl nnlSisll' I1('Y 10
1
g rah thl' HOcc .Juni or lIullllJl'r OHt' st a n d i ng .
Results
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250 EX; 1. Larry J ackso n (Ha n); 2. G lenn Foster (Yam);
3 . M ike Dougherty (ATK).
125 EX: 1. Kenneth Oli ver {Yaml; 2 . Mi cha el Oliver (Vaml;
3 . Dann y Fuhrmann (Hon)
80 EX; Jame s Hendrickson (Kaw ).
VET EX ; 1. W arren Hickma n (Varni: 2 . Bob Krah (KTM ):
3 . Rick Hol mes ISuzl.
VET INT; 1. J oe Cook IYa m l; 2 . Ter ry Hall (Kaw ): 3 . Rid
Davey lKaw)
OVER 25 : 1. M ark Olbe rd ing (Kaw l; 2 . Der r ick Per sonetl e
(Su z); 3. But ch Veen str a (Hon l
1I0lS E, m, SE PT . 23
Il il!', c.y< le- Shop-backed Phi l For bo rd led a
frt"IlIi("t1 (harge to clai m th e 12.'")('c Ex per t rI;'ISS
vin o l )' :.1I th e third round o r the Ida ho Sta te
;\IOIC KTf.!ilSSer ies, o rga ni zed jointl y by Owyhee
~1 / C ;lI1d Eastern I d aho M / C A ~ ..
oe-i.uion. T he
thi rd round roo k place o n the stad iu mcro ss
tme-k at Peaceful Cove .
Ph il Forho rd g ra b be d t he firs t moto
ho ll'!ilhol uln-ad o f brother Pa u l Forho rd ,
J am ic' Steelsmit h and Mich ael and Kenn eth
O liver. Phi l immed iately sto rmed ahea d o f the
pac'k, wi ll) th e O liver bro thers d isp laci ng
Su-elsm ith. Paul ba iled, hut co n tinued o n in
fih h IX)..il ion. Pilil wt" nt o n IOco llt,t'l tl1(' mo w
win wit h th e rest o f Ihe rid ers t'v('n ly spact'd
bt'hi nd h im .
III ti lt' st'("ond moto Ph il Forbo rd a~ i n
jl,t1t'd into tht' lead . bUI t h is tim (' Wilh a
It'n:'Kious K(,11I1 h O livt'r sna p p ing 10 gt'l by.
t'l
T Ill' pair p ull t"(l away from the u m'l in g trio
of SI1'c'h,mi lh . Pa ul Forbord a nti :\-1it-ha ("1
O li\"t'L Phi l antl l\.('u ne th batl1t'd inu'n\t." ly a ll
m o lO lon g. with Ph il den ying K("nneth the
win. SU"t'ls mith (-:1mt' ou t o n top of the ba lt ic..'
r OI th ird on'r ~t it-ha ("1 Ol ivC,' r. whil t.' Pau l
FOIhnrd Ha~ llt"d har d a nd D:"-JF. ~la r k Hall
'l k , ~ gc "(ltl w lead t)r lin' first 2!l0<'(' Expt·rt m()IO.
hut cump)t"lt'ly 1 ("(uuro ) in Ih(" roc kt'rs yet
0"ot
~ l;.I Y1 "t1 lip for ; 1 ~pt'na nll <& r S; l \ ·(·. This was a ll
Iha l LalT)' .Joh n..o n nt" '(ic'd 1 "io la \ h u nder·
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