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LOCAL EVENTS
SR NOV ; l. John G ill; 2. Richa rd Stuel ke : 3. Bru ce Ccmell:
4. Fred Boyd .
SR MSTR : I. Strove Bus-\C"11; 2. W. Salunun; 3. John Huegel:
4. Mo nt e Ltt: 5. nolvid Nea l.
EX H IB NON ·MEMB BEG : I. Tony hnon~ 2. Eric
Harrison: 3. David R('ichardl; 4. Peter M cYn m ; 5. Andn-w
~
Will iam ~
E.X IB NON ·MEMB AM: I. J ohn Davin.
H
£XH IB NON·MEMB NOV: 1. Pal Pumdl.
EXHIB NON ·MEMB MSTR: 1. Willy MW:1{t3W.
Paul hauls at Marion County MX
R yan Huffman (20S) leads Todd McMa st er (261), Jason Gibson (29) and Dave Castillo (94) at th e Hangtown Ama teu r MX.
in o n \Vo lfe and moved in to the lead . but
\\roUe wasn 't abo ut to give up th e chase as
he had Pen ton ey breat hing down his neck.
As th ey crossed th e fini sh . less tha n a bike
length separa ted winner Moore. \Vo lfe and
Pen to ney.
Resul ts
50: l. T'a\ ,j.. WI"" (Ya m ): 2. AUlUm" l- lKhn (Ya m ): 3.
h
hila WI.Jd ( V .u n ); i . Jimmy Hn "~.1 1 ( VOlm ).
60 : 1. Ambt., H u .,;lw!lo ( Io:... w ): 2. M.n k Suhrif' ( K.aw): 3. G R'R
C.... l lC·r ( IoU..... ): -I. Ju.. h WlnJ ( K.o.. w ): 5. Mil"haf"1 Furd ( Ka w).
u
JR MINI : I. Amlx -, HUKill'" (Ydln): 2. M;Jrl Suhric- ( Ka w)•
."iR MIN I: I. Sh .. wll SdlUh, ( la W): 2. Ben Slillt' y Jr . (S UI) :
3. ShOclIl(' P iepe-r ( KOI w ): .1. Ma ll W illiam", ( l\..;.I w) : .5. Ian
Furlum' (1111 ).
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125 A: I. T odd Wu lk (S UI); 2. KUll i" &armn (Ya m): 3.
CJu i.. T aylm ( HUll): .1. T I Mn WI'kh ~ Y a m); 5. Rilly M.min
(HUll).
12.~ B: I. l)ull;,.l ld Elli nll (Kaw ): 2. WilI i;,.lm l"il:"Hl' (Hu n );
~ . Tim Cwpp (H o lI): ·t 1.tO(· Huffman (Kaw ):!J. KC
'vin 8 r;.all('h
(Ya m ).
1 2.~ C: I. Ed wa rd Ih kd !iC lIl ( Kaw); 2. Man hcw Wt·II:o. (H tlll );
:1. Kevin BIt·$:o.c·r (Y;.a m ): ,1. Audn' Frall mi:o. (Ya m ); 5. J ay Ma n n
'
(KOIw).
l'
2!'10 A: l. Todd Wu lfl' (SUl ); 2. Mic·kt·y Pt'IlI01W (Kaw):
3. Mikc' M,"Ul ' (Ka w): 1. Kll lli~ Il;urun (Y;,.I m ):!J. Rob (;I'rkl'n
(Hun ).
2.")08 : I. I"al MI'Co lmick ( H Ull': 2. Juhn Mur iil ( Kaw):
:t J uhn H.ll nld (Ho lI): .1. Jnhn Il;.~lill ~ H o n) : .~. Alc'lII f.ddy
(Hu n) .
2!' C: 1. I.au,, ·l1 lillilllln ( Ho ll ): 2. C hariMo ILUUl n (H Ull):
)()
u
3. Johl 'ph T ;I:o.hj ian (Hu n) : '1. Kl'illl Srwlu n (SIIIO: !' Mith'lrI
).
('.abu' Jar (S UI I.
OPJ-:l'Ii A: I. MiII.C
'YPC'lIlfllwl tKaw ): 2. RelhGt'Tkrll (H Im) :
:1. CI'llldl' Wi llt·u (Hu ll );'1, Oonn ic' MI·lfhor (K;lw); .~. Rif k
:o.
."i.u llldt'T (H(IIl).
OPE!'t 8 : I. Rn Il Olh! WillI. (lU w); 2. J"H)" C lh,"t ( H Ull) ;
.1 Juh n SlurJ:iJl lKa w):1. Kurl F'II I''Y(K;IW); 5. Mil.r Md n lirl'"
.
( Kot. w).
25+ A: I. CI.llIdt· Will rtl {Kot. w r, 2. Rid. S;umdM:o. (H nll) :
.1 Robbir' Will.n il·ld (H ,, "); 'I. J.. h ll Hill (K:I....·): 5. Kr 'in
.
"
t~p,k'l (S UI) .
25+ R: I. Fwd Kllnkl l'" (\ ',u n) ; 2. P"-I' Re-dic l (y. un) : :to
rlclllJl; Wil rll:o. (K.I....·): I. Jf" Iluhrudy (SU/) :!J. J n r R;ll' (H n n ).
SR A: I. J "ld Me'le n (Helll); 2. G«'JI; Pi(1)1't ( Hnl1): ~. A""n
Kf ll -a lf ~ ( H nll ): I. lr\.n e")' HI·nricb (HIIII ): 5. Rif L. WnldrlLI'u
ll
( HIHII.
SR R: I. (~')IJ.;e· ROIl'mund ( K: I\.I) : 2. J uhn Kirk (Hu n ):
3. M. Gri n l'n : '•. 81.. iIK GHn b~ (Ka..... ,; .'J. Ilnug \\ 'ill'n :o. (K.oI w).
'
2-ST RK: I. C;,u l ~hirnl'l (S UI I: 2. R,'.mlLm (Hn u l.
'1-Sl" R K: I. ,\ I\·in Rt'l,de'r (Hu n l: 2. MiJ,;r C., rll n t Hou l;
u
hI
3. C h llt I. N.I:o.h (Hu ll); I. s.r--..n LiH I' IHun): !J. Rill y Gh;lmhl'"n
(SUI >'
McKenna jams at Hangtown
Amateur Motocross
By Bill Spencer
Photo by Kinney Jones
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RANCHOCORDOVA, C~, MAR. 31
Ama teu r day at lh e Dirt Diggers North M.e.promot ed Han gt own classic d rew 4 11 en tries
and Su nday 's Veteran Pro day . run between
lh e Na tio na l MX molOS, drew 34 riders. In
lh e $3000 Coo rs Light-sponsored Vel Pr o
show, Eric McKenna topped a great battl e
with Ron Turner and Rex Sta ten.
McKen na won the first round handil y a fter
pass ing ea r ly leader Pet e Mu rr a y, wh o ·
dropped back lo fo urth, th en finis hed second
to Ro n Turner in the second mota with Rex
Sta ten recording a 2-3 (or th ird ove ra ll.
The start of the second mo w saw Bill y
Grossi slide down and aro und the firs t turn
ha rd enoug h lo break a bo ne, but th e Sugar
Bear was gri n ning a nd bea ring th e pain just
lik e lh e true cham p he has a lways been. Wor ld
cham p Brad Lackey had some mech a nical
problems on the Ron Mazzaferro H usky in
th e firs t rou nd bu t he came back strong and
finis hed eighth in th e second show .
A tota l of 30 ama teur races were run
Saturday and Pat Gom m topped th e l25cc
Amateur class a fter ba ttli ng with Orego n's
Ryan Huffman for the win . Dave Cast illo
finis hed th ird over Mike Bran des and Dan
Ulven.
Sha wn Wooten return ed to the racing wars
and loP~ the Ex pert-junior comb ined 250cc
sho w with a pa ir of wins wh ile it was Ryan
Carlis le secon d o ver j ack Azevedo and j im my
Robert son . wh o wor ked ex tra hard bu t wound
u p becoming physicall y sic k a nd losin g
pos itio ns after a bout with the Ilu .
G le n n Zetterquis t a vera lied th e Open
Novice class o n th e Zoom Cycle H on da with
a 2-1 score over Craig Bun yard with Steve
Storie third o ver T odd Cash and Mike Renner.
Rex Sta ten topped the Vet Expe rt class in
a ba u le wit h Kaw a saki R&D ride r Mike
Preston , wh o wasn 't sure wh eth er he sho uld
race the Sunday pro sho w beca use of a ll the
hero s th at wer e show i ng u p . Bu t a fte r
finis hi ng secon d to Sta ten, he was a run ne r.
Dave Wood was th ird over j ay Sch roeder.
The 13 Senior Experts saw j im O'Neal the
win ner after swappi n~ win s with J im La mkin , wh o was second 10 from of Terry Sage.
Rob Fo rtier a nd Bill McClimock .
Results
80 !'tOY: 1. Bntl Kli nK" (Kawl: 2. Mikt" UlVt"r (Kawl: S.
Brian &.IninglOn (K.oI w); .1. Kmny D;ni . (SUZ); S. J eroDl("
uw (Sw).
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tIO AM: I. UK')' Johnson t Kilw).
tIO EX: 1. J~ McCo nnick (Ha n) ; 2. Sp ud Wahen (lU w).
WMN: I. J t"".mnil'" Pruiu (Hon ); 2. T ami Ritt (SUi ); S. Shilri
\ 'a n T autll (Sw ).
12.') NO\' 0 -1: 1. J imm y Mn-hnn (Kaw); 2. Jernnt")' u~
(Hnn l: S. c.vy JohmtJn (Ko. w); i . J ~ J o iJlCT (Ko. ): S.
w
Pill McC.oVt"rn(lio n).
125 NO \ ' 0·2: I. Ja m K- Ha!.kiru ( Kii"I) : 2. Bill Sa.yrt"(H on l:
S. Line "!:" Bo llnu (Ha n) ; 4. Lowdl Moural (Ho n); S. Torey
Aylnworth (Kaw).
125 AM: I. Pal Gom m (H un ): 2. Ry.m lI u Hm' 11011", (Yam); 2. Bill McDevi u (H o n ):
01
5. Sin-t' Park er (Yam ); -t. Iknni!o Law ( VOlI m); 5. Jerr Herndon
(KTM ).
VET EX: 1. Ro. Sia l", (HI m ): 2. Mik!: Prolon (Kaw);
5. D-.I\'(' Wood (Ka wl ; 1. JilYSdtrurdtT (H on ); 5. Randy Lce h
( MOI ).
i
SR NOV : I. Earl Frnirick (Rlx ): 2. R uu Grt'mfiroJd [Hon ];
5. Bub Bearrden (Yam) .
SR AM: 1. Jimmy Boyd (Yam); 2. AI Smith (Yam): 3. FmI
Collins (Ya m ).
.
SR EX : 1. Jim O 'N~I (Hen) ; 2. J im Lamkin (H a n ): !.
T erry Sag e (Yam ): 4. Robnt Forti" (Yaml: 5. Bill McClinton
( ATK ~
Rutten roosts Perris Grand Prix
By Tony Alessi and Kim SCOII
PERRIS, CA, APR. I
White Bros.-sponsored Bob Rutten rode fast
and furi ou s for 45 minutes to ta ke the overa ll
win in the Vet clas s in (he Doublecross Gr and
Prix at Perri s Raceway.
Ri ck Rob erts grabb ed th e lead at th e start
a nd immed iatel y pulled away from th e 50man field as a first-turn pil eup slowed many
of the compe titors. Robert s cha rge d hard up
front and co ntro lled mor e th an half the ra ce,
Mar c Johnson was soo n in seco nd beh ind
Rob erts, th en he found a way around Roberts
and took the lead . Roberts soo n faded a nd
j ohnson slo wed hi s pace wh ich a llowed
Ruuen to close in . Rutten dogged j o hnson
for a whi le but evenlually j ohnson ga ve up
a nd Rutten was go ne.
joh nso n, who finis hed the 250<:c Master race
minutes befo re th e sta n of th e Vet race , showed
signs o( fatigu e near the end. a nd came under
a ttack from 125 pi lot Traey H rach and o ld
li m er j oh n Mi lle r. Both riders pushed
j o h nson arou nd the track but johnso n held
o n 10 second at the finis h with H rach . Mill er
and J a mes Han son ro unding the top five.
Results
MINI WMN AM: I. Tammy Cincotta: 2. Mikt"SIMl m.
e
MIN I BEG : I. Eric S«lry : 2. Brian InrinJl;; 3. Cindy
4. Mikt" Gregory: S. Dana Moont")'.
MINI f\;OV : 1. Lana Moo nry .
125 BEG : I. Mondo Duran: 2. Prtr"t"f Ca nt:p;l: 3. Tim
Madd m ; 4. Robrn WO lo n: 5. Sha wn Tuohey.
250 BEG : I. T on Lmne;2. Kt"nn y Holmn ; 3. R ~ HoJl;an:
4. Rill Gren-; 5. Bill Sch u ltz.
:;00 BEG : J. Jdr Kin ney; 2. Victor A ndrad~; 3. Mik t' Bla ir:
4. Kdl y NOKY.
12.') NO\': I. Ro bby H oc k; 2. DouJI; Yarnd l: 3. J dr
Bl<&ckpi.tol; 1. SI('V
t"Smith: S. Lance Po Ur ren o.
;
250 NO\': I. Rodnt"Y Fow lt"t' 2. Mark Mannon: S. Scull
H iKhl ilnd ; 4. Eric Kin slon; .') Paul Pft" t".
.
in
:;00 NO\': I . Louit"P roc k: 2. B.arry Kt"I
pt"ri. ; .s. Darin Grttn:
4. Stt"VI' R~s: 5. Olad Bru ce.
a
125 AM: I. Chrilt Corum : 2. Jamt"5 Mo rt"t ; 3. La na
PolI..rt"no .
250 AM: I. Da mon Kt"mp ; 2. G:.ar WilJ:nrr : 3. Bud
y
Do nillOni : 4. Rick Mun yonn: 5. Mikt" Godbey .
500 AM: I. Ambrian Da vy: 2. Tim Harri. : ~ . J ohn Da vin.
12 MSTR : I. Tracy H rach .
....
2....0 MSTR: I. Mik t" B.ak~r : 2. Michat"l T ri pn; 3. Davt"
Do nillo n i: 4. Mar c J oh nson ; 5. Joh n McCa uJI;ht"f.
500 MST R : I. Semi Smit h: 2. Carl Gatary.
J R VET BEG: I. Da vid Pt"ick; 2. Ron Rick ; 3. Bryan R u rf :
4. W.J . Brad bury : 5. Ru n Bitilr)' .
\'ET AM: J. Slrvt"C I:.ark : 2. Wah 01:o.0n: , . Mar L. M;H1non :
1. W.J. Bradbu ry; 5. Chuc k Dur-.m.
\'ET BEG : I. Victor Andrildt"; 2. J ut" W:.ard; 3. IUl ph
Bo okkniJl;ht; .1. Bill Grttr: S. Glt"n Pl u m mt"f.
\ ' ET SOl': I. Cr.tiJl;Wd l. ; 2. T om Da lrn; 3. IU nd y Lt:asl~r :
-t. A. OUltly Rodl' ; 5. Lan Thomplton.
YET MSTR: I. 80b RUII~n: 2. MOIre Johnson: 3. T racy
Hr-d i . John Millrr; 5. Jamn Hamon
Ch:
SR AM: I. .Irm YounJl;.
Br~dlU:
REDDICK, FL. APR. 15
Gary Pa ul was the one to beat on this bea utiful
Easter race day in the first ro und of the Florida
Motocross Club's Sp ri ng Fever Ser ies a t the
newl y-designed Mo tocross of Marion County
track.
.
In th e l25cc A cla ss. Pau l, sponso red by
Woody Kyle, American Ho nda , Tsubaki and
CMC, was feeling some heat fro m his fellow
racers with Justi n Jackson o n a Suzuki and
Ho nda-mounted Derek Youngbl ood both
sna ki ng a close tra il. To round ou t the top
five was Semino le Kawasaki's j eff Lampe and
Wes Keenum , Axe-sponsored on a Yamaha,
both go ing too th -and-nail for the fourth
position.
By the second la p. Pa ul a nd jackson had
pulled a sligh t lead over th ird , bu t j ackson
wasn 't ready to cu t Paul any slack.
H alfw ay thro ugh the mot o jackson seemed
to be dr oppin g back, look in g lik e th ere m igh t
be som e mec ha nical problem . Youngb lood
seeing h is chance, p ut in an all-ou r cha rge,
movi ng in (or a pass. However', J ackson ,
quickly nabbed back his seco nd -p lace spot.
They co ntinued to dic e ti ll mote's end, while
Pa ul smo ked his wa y to victory; La mpe and
Keen um sett led fo r fourth and Hfth .
In the nex t rnoto, Pa u l round a new
cha lle nge in You ngb lood as lhey rou nded th e
first tu rn (rom th e sta rt a nd headed into the
sand sectio n of th e track, which is almost
en ti rely clay-surfaced. In close co ntentio n
were Jackso n, Keenum and Suzuki-mounted
Mark Campbell. Campbell appeared to be
havi ng a rough da y, a nd dropped back some
each lap. It was jackson a nd Youngblood o nce
again putting o n the sho w with Jackson on
the thi rd lap reli eving Youngblood of second .
Paul wen t on to wi n o nce agai n, while
j ackson held Youngblood off to keep second .
Fourth and fifth went to Keen um and
Campbell, Lampe DN F over ha lfway throu gh
the mo ta .
Another ho t race was in th e l25cc B class .
Chris Bro wn , from Kissim ee, sponso red by
Scott USA, Tsubaki Chain, Barrs Cornpetitio n, Express Sign Depo t. CMC Cycle Marine
Center and US Suzu ki , was definitel y out for
th e win as he cha rged (he start. In second was
julio Ch an g fro m So uth Africa o n th e on ly
Yamaha in the class . He was bein g closely
pursued by Travis Blackburn and brother
Lo nnie Blackburn. both Kawa saki -mounted.
Fifth saw Bobby McClell and with Lo nnie
Bisch off pou nd ing o n hi s tra il. Just a couple
of laps into th e race, Travis Blackburn put
a smooth pass o n Chan g wh ile Bischoff
overtook Lonnie, as j ohn Lake mov ed int o
the picture. McClelland o nce agai n suffered
a DNF. T he o ther po siti ons held till rnoto 's
end.
In th e seco nd 125cc B mot o, th e first lap
was cla imed by Bro wn who had grabbed an
ear ly lea d. T rav is Blackburn fo ug ht o ff
Ch an g. wh ile Lo n nie was fendin g off McClel land. The top four con tin ued a fierce duel.
bu t Brown and Blackburn were th e rid ers to
wat ch as th ey pushed each o ther harder and
harder. As th e race came down to th e last lap ,
Travis closed the door o n Brown lo ta ke the
win . La ke, Chang a nd Leo na rd followed. Il'I
Results
PIW: 1. Dert"k J ac m n (Ya m); 2. Erit" Sht'lton (Yam): S.
Tylt"r Shidch (Yam ); 4. J a son urman (Ya m ); 5. Brad Dill ion
( Yam).
60: 1. Kn th McQuaig (Kaw): 2. Tylt"t' Shidd!. (Kaw): 3.
Gr t"g La nd on (Ka w).
80 EX: I. T ony Ha ynn (Kaw ); 2. Gn-g Gaitan. (Kaw );
S. Wa ynt" Wilkit" (lCaw); -I. Otn. Brown (Kaw); 5. Jon athan
BUlR'1J(Suz).
80 NO \': I. J oey Cbrlr. (Kaw ); 2. An thony Pororobba (H on);
3. Mic~1 Bnnhart (Suz ): 4. J ason Pttn (Ka w); 5. Dwaynt'
Pmc lt"wa il (Sw ).
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80 BEG : I. Ryan Hawk (Sw); 2. Dafrnl McElhilu a n (Ho n );
3. lamn Ma rti n (Ra w); 4. Bobb y Dodd (Hon ).
S/MISI: I. T on y H.a:yn n (lUw): 2. IU-nneth I nnn (Hon ):
.
3. Wa yn e Wilkit" (Kaw): -t An tho ny Pocorobba (Ho n): S.
G rt"g Ga itani. (Kaw ).
125 A: I. Gary Paul (Ho n ); 2. Ju.tin Jacbon (Sw ): 3. Dttt"k
Yo unl{blood (Hon); 4. Wn Kt"m u m (Ya m ): S. Mark umpbdl
(Suzl.
125 B: 1. Travis Bt:.ckbum (Raw): 2. Chri. Bro wn (Suz):
~ . J ul io Otang (Ya m ): 4. J ohn L:.ak
t"(K.aw): 5. Quia Lronard
(lta w).
r
t
125 C: l. Bryan Ha rJ)t" (Han); 2. J acob F~ S. SIMl" '
T row (Kaw ): 4. Yannick Rruchi (Han) ; S. Kt"Vm Lampt"
(Ho n ).
125 /250 BEG : I. Fra nk Ba rtl y (Ya m): 2. Am h ony Bu llt"r
(Yam ): 3. T o m my Sll'wa" (Kaw): 4. Wad e Loring (Ya m).
250/QPEN A: I. Gary Pa ul (Han ): 2. Ge nt"Nt"u mec (Kaw );
3. POll McC lai n (Kaw ).
250 B; l. J osh La ti na (Kaw); 2. Rodrigo Dill (kaw); 3.
• G raham Kimblc' (H a n) : 4. C h ristiil n Sm il h (Han ). .
250 C: I. Scott Rhineh art; 2. How ar d Bul1t"t' (Han ); .3.
Gt'Orgl' O~ burn (SUi) : 4. Eric' CoI!lOn (Su z); 5. J ohn Bur gtr
(Ho n) .
O PEN NOV : J. Scmt Mi!lt"r (H o n): 2. David McP ht"t''M)n
(Kaw l; S. Michat"1 Lt'wi. (Ya m ): 4. Dal t" Wh ill inJl;ton (Kaw):
5. Jd r Wilkin lolln (Ya m ).
SR 30 PLUS : I: Scott Rhinrhart (Kaw); 2. John Burgc-r
(H a n ): 3. Da lt"Wh ut inJl;t n (Yam ); 4. Calhmnt' P rin l (Kaw );
o
.') Eric Sufa5ki (KT M).
.
SR 10 PLUS ; I . Emir Millan (Han) ; 2. Allred Clai~ (Hon );
3. M.A. Ma rcin u (Ho n ); 1. Thofflils MeElhaua n (Hon): ~
Thoma. Fogp;
.
15-24 YOA : J. Wn Krmum (Ya m); 2. Ch rhtian Sm ith
(Ho n ): 3. -J acob FOfi;JI;: 4. Lo n nil' Black bu rn (Kaw): S. Erick.
O a y,,", (lton ).
