Danny Ulven (4 0 5 ) gets the holeshot in the 250cc Intermediate class
at A lbany Supercross in Washington. Ulven claimed the overall win .
Grayson Goodman (70) heads Jeremy Buehl (58), Whisper'n Smith (3 9 ),
Jason Upshaw (89) and Denny Stephenson (3 60 ) at Strictly Dirt SX.
d ro p ped back to the pol e a nd lea ne a ll o ver
d
lead er Bur ba as th ey slid throu gh turns three
and fo ur . The pr essure didn 't seen to bo ther
Burba as he.maintained hi s lin e a n d held th e
lead . H an cock co n tin ual ly tried to knif e his
way a hea d o f P ro Design-sponsored Burba ,
while Wern er returned to th e fray .
'Bu rba took th e whi le flag with the lead ,
bUI Hancoc k pulled o ut a ll the stops. As they
ca me o ff tu rn two th e fi na l time, he twisted
th e th rottl e o n the New York SeluerlTow n
& Co u nt ry S u r f Desig n / C ir elio Racing l
Pe n ha ll Weslak e a nd narrow ly edged ahead
o f Bu rba. Bu rba tri ed to co me back in th e
fina l bend. b u t at the line. it was H a ncoc k
by the slightest of margins. Finishi ng right
o n their tai ls was Wern er.
Mart ie Wells proved to be m uch too fa"
for the In termed iat e clas s by eas ily win n ing
the six -tap main aboard th e Medieval T im es
\\'esla ke. Grq: App leman won th e Novi ce
main even t WIth Dan n y wrigfu a nd Michael
H u ll ta ki ng top honors in th e Junior class.
Resu lts
EX; 1. Greg Hancoc k; 2. Tom Burba; 3 . Brent We rner ;
4 . Kev in Jordan .
INT: 1. Manie Well s; 2. WM Randolp h: 3. Bob Bechtold;
4. Jo hnny Edw ards.
NOV : 1. Greg Applema n; 2. John A den; 3 . A I Roger s:
4 M ark Casti n.
J R A: 1. Danny Wr ight; 2. Chr is W ern er ; 3. Pet e Per alta;
4 . Heat h Hammond s.
J R B: 1. M ichael Hull; 2 . Dan n y Bandf leld.
Buehl, Cooper top
Strictly Dirt Supercross
By Tim Simpson
O KLAH O MA C IT Y, OK , NOV. 19
Ncwl y. l)ign ed Tea m S uz u k i ri de rs G uy
Coope r a nd j erem y Buehl ca p tu red the overdll
victories in th e 250 a nd 125cc Pr o cla sses,
rc~ pcCl i v e.l y , o f. th e in a ugural race a t lh e
Smctl y Dm Su pe rcr oss Park. The full -fledJ;ed
su perCToss track was designed a nd buih by
S ta d iu m Din Design s, comple te widl a
backw ard·falling srani ng ga te and obSlacies
capa ble of cha lle ngi ng a ny to p-not ch supercross rid er.
In the firs t 125cc Pr o class ma lO Grayson
Goodma n grabbed th e ho)eshOl a head o f
Denny Step he nso n a nd Bueh l. Goodman led
for a few la ps um il Slep he nson fou n d a way
arou nd hi m wi th Buehl chargi ng in third
place. Stephe nson crashed ha rd on one of th e
tri ckiest jumps o n lh e track a nd ret ired for
the day . Bueh l look over lhe ~i nt posi lio n
o n the lasl lap making the fm ish in g order
Buehl . Good ma n and " Wh isper' n " Sm it h.
As th e ri de rs rounded th e first co rner in
molO I wo , Goodman a~ain had lh e hol eshOl
wi th Buehl battl in l: hIm for th e lead. After
th ey swapped positions a few times th e o rder
a l lh e emf o f lap o ne was Buehl , God(Hon ); 2. Irwin Achziger (Hon ).
OT NOV : 1. Greg Young C
Honl; 2 . Russ Sear s {y aml .
OT INT: 1. Fred Cameron (Suz)
OT MSTR : 1 . Ter ry Sage (Yaml .
Graves perfect at
Albany Supercross
By Don Schneider
ALBA :-;Y, O R, DEe. 10
SU/uki-mou med Ton y Graves u ~ a pt'rfccl
1· 1 sco re to cla im the 12':><'( Expt> r1a~s win
rt
at the no b Lt>3 ch 's Albany Supercruss.
T he O ' Nea l/ L R D/Sco tt/Snewy Designsl
P ru Circ uit/ Ma xima /Eugene SUl u ki / \Vh ite
Rro tht'f-harked G raves gra bbed lh e h nleshot
in th e firsl 125("(: Expert mo w o ver KTM·
moumt'd .Gary Reyer. But G ra ves went ton
""ide in th e fif st turn. It''uin g Reler slide by
a nd in to th e le-..d o n th e m udd)' lrack. Beyer
.
held the lead for the next five laps until Gra ves
stuf(("d h is Su zu ki ins idt." o f Beyer in a lurn
a nd too k ove r th e lOp Spol. How ever , hi s lead
di dn 't last lon g as Beyer retaliated down th e
nex t slra ig h ta way . H e--dding into th e follow·
ing turn , Graves a imed for the inside lin e and,
aga in , for ced h is .way pa st Beyer. Gr aves lOok
command fro m thi s point on a nd captu red
the molO win .
Beyer was lh e early leader in th e second
mow, but Graves soon look o ver lh e number 'o ne po sition a n d dom in ated th e rel)t of lh e
molO for lh e o vera ll victor y. Beyer finished
seco nd.
In th e 125,'c Intermediate cla ss, Kawasaki mounted Dann y U lven nailed lh e hol eshOl
with Ryan Huffman a nd Ch ad Berry in
p urs ui l.
Ulven set th e pa ce fOf the resl o f lh e moto,
while Huffman ga ve a close chase . Huffman
pr essured U lven Ior most o f the race before
fallin g dow n and g iving U lven and easy m e te
victory. Ulven took till' win fo llow ed by
. H uffman a nd Berrv .
Huffman GJm(' back in th e seco nd moto a nd
match ed Ulve u 's performance in the firs t
mow. H onda -m ounted H u ffman gr bbed the
a
hol esh ot a nd neve r looked har-k for the victory.
as well as the overa ll troph y, via hi s 2- 1 tall y.
U lvcn , mean wh ile. had crashed a n d spe n t the
enti re mu to moving back up through th e field.
H e even t ua lly took over th e n u mb er-two
posi tion and fou nd a 1 24~en)l1d K""'P separati ng
himself fro m ' the It-adrr H u ffman, Tha t was.
as close as l.Ilve-n could J.;t·l. &:rry, aga in,
fini shed third.
.
Resu lts
W / PIW: 1. ChriS Kobernlk {Suzl ; 2 . M Ike M urr ay (Yaml .
60 : 1. Dusty lenaberg (KlIiw l.
80 BEG: 1. Kevin McPhe ll er (Kaw ); 2. Sieve Batche lor
(Hon); 3 . Andy GafTtson (Kaw ).
80 JR : 1. Justin Kirks IKawl: 2. Russell Postma (Kaww);
3 . Sen Stewert (SUl).
80 INT: 1. 2aCharv Rund (Suzl ; 2. Chad Reed (Kaw l.
PP: 1. Julie Hiersche (Kaw); 2. Usa Gamsan (Kaw); 3.
Cheryl Olson (Yam) .
125 BEG : 1. Jeff Blanchaf"d (Hon); 2. Scon Allen (Yam);
3 . Tracy Graves (Yaml
125 JR: 1. Pat McGCW (Hanl; 2. Train S Ber ry (Kawl ;
Mn
3 . Ryan Hagemann (Hon )
125 INT; 1. Ryan Huffman IHonL 2 . Danny Ulven (Kaw );
3 . Chad Ber ry (Yaml .
125 PRO :....] . Tony Grav es (Suz); 2. Gary Beyer (KTM ).
250 BEG : 1. Anthony Cree (Ha n); 2 . Jeff Ban ta (Ka w ).
250 JR; 1. Terry DaVIS ISuz ); 2. Robv leach (Cag); 3
Dan MathIS1Suzl
250 INT; 1. Dan ny Ulven (Ka w); 2. Terry Aamness (Kawl ;
3 . Eri c Rog er s {Ka wl
OPEN BEG: 1. Carl Chad WIck (Han) ; 2. KeVIn Grove (KTM );
3. Gary Trogun (Kaw) .
E:
OPEN J R: 1. Roby Leach (KTM); 2. Grady Trog ll n (Kaw l.
OPEN INT: 1. John Erik Sem le r (Ka wl
OPEN PRO : 1. Denme Swee te n (Kaw ); 2. Fra nk McKuan
(Kaw l; 3 . Don Boesflug (Kaw).
UTH: 1. De nme Swee ten (Kawl; 2. Dave Fox (Yaml: 3.
Go rdo n Post ma IKa w )
30 -40 JR ; 1. Dan M athi S I Suz); 2. M ichael A ll {Ya m~
3 Carl Chad Wick (Han).
30-40 INT: 1. Don Schneider (SUd .
30-40 PRO: 1. M ike Chase (Yam).
OT JR ; 1. Robert PIercey (Yam); 2. Rober1 Coms to ck Jr
(Kaw) ; 3 , Cli ff Kobernik (Yam I.
.. OT INT: 1. Bill Row (Yam l; 2. Rusty Garrison (Kaw)
OT PRO: 1. Bob Leach lCagl; 2. J Im Den evan (Su z).
Adams, Parks winners at
Lake Whitney MX
By Joyce Ladd
WHI T N EY, T X, DEe. 3
Kt'ilh Adam !'io a nd Kylt- Par k!'io sha rt'd top
honofs in l h t · 1250 · :"l'o\-'lc-c da~~ (d ivisio n:'\A &: B) a t Lalt' \ Vhitn t')' Cy( Ie Rant h , w da )'.
8t'i ng lh t· l;:lTJ.;t"S1 (Ia!'ls of th t' day lhl' 125<
""("
No \·in' ",:a!'l ~J> lit inw lWo KfOU P!'l wil h lwo
overdll wlll llt"rs.
In motu n nt' of Di\'ision r\, it was H ondamounted Rr..uH
..Ion \ Vitlrl ta kin g the ear ly
Ie-.. . H e wal) followro through l i lt" SWt"'t"Ilt"T
.d
by H o n d~1 ridefs Adam, and Aa ron Justus,
a n d Kawa!klki ridt'f Rreg T itlef. \ Villel a nd
Adams set a Mt'ady pan ' as tlw)' wl'nl o ntO u
;m
two ar o u nd Iht, tr;,u- k_ On lap two Ti tle r found
a n o pe n ing and lOo k O\'t"r Ihe: n u m ber three
slot from j ustu s. O n Ilw Iei sl lap Adam l)madl'
a smooth pass o n \'V il/el. a"J he W t'tIt to th t·
ins idt" as th t'y staTtt'd Ih fOU ~h lh t·.. ·5 .. turn
just ya rds from th(' fin i!l.h lin e. The lOp three
went 10 Adam~ , \"ille) and Tiller.
Mot u tw o saw S Ulllki · rno u nted Trac e
Brown pull th e hol eshol foll ow ed by Adams
and \Villel. Bd or e lap o ne was co m p leled,
th ough. Adams had pUI hi, HondaTownback ed ma,'hine into the lead , whi ch he held
till th e finish . Brown dropped ba,k into fourth
and Kawa saki ·mounll-d j o hnny Ov erl ey look
ov er third. \Vhl'n th c r hc(:kl"rs ca me out it was
Ada ms , \Vi tle) and Ove flt"y. Firs l overall in
Division A went to Adams: senmd to Wi tlel
and third w Ove riey .
Motu one of the 12:lC<: Novice Division B
clas s saw Yamaha- mounted Mark Huff grab
lh e lead followed by Honda-mounted Kyle
Parks a nd Suzuki rid er Mike Kun. . Befor e the
end o f lap one, Parks had taken over the
number o ne po sition and lap two sa w Kurz
move into the number tw o SIO L For the rest
o f th e mo W Parks, KUrl a nd Huff held lhose
slo ts.
Parks pulled th e h ol esh ol in mot o IWO. H e
