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Alas, Lyman agai n proved to be the master
of the hills at Kahu ku . T ry as he migh t
Hon olu lu city co u nci lman Jo h n DeSot o
couldn't ca tch h is young rival.
Resul ts
BEG: I. Kei th w ong: 2. Ra ndy Wood s; 3. J a ~n He pa (Suz);
1. .10(')' T avar es: 5, Srou Spe ncer.
250: I. Alla n Vasco ncel los (Han); 2. Sieve G illmore (Ha n);
3. SJadeSa ffery (KTM ); 4. Mike Zan e (H a n ); 5. T om So
enkso n.
OPEN: l. Drew Bren neman (H us); 2. John Do m ke (H us):
3. Ha rry Hou ndu ro (ATK ): 4. Da vid Kfrin (H us); 5. Doug
O 'Su llivan (KT M).
WARR IOR S: 1. Matt Lyman (H a n); 2. Sieve T rin ies (Ya m );
3. Nt'i!O ha Kaho 'o p ii J r. (Ya m); 1. Mike Shi m (KTM): 5. Man
Torres (Hon ).
200: I. Clyde Pecbeco tvam j: 2. DomenicoCrup ido (KTM );
3. Jdr Murr.t y (Ka w); 1. Bun Uiveda : 5. T om Buckm an .
. Rion rips Ocala Speedway MX
By Kyle Myers
o
ZUBER, FL, JULY 15
Round five of the Flori da Motocross Club's .
Su mmer Series was held at Ocala Speed way
MX and T odd Rion topped the 125cc C class.
When the ga te dr opped for the first and onl y
l25cc C mot o, - on ly one moto was run du e
to lighting a nd ra in - Myron Chasta in led
the pa ck through tum one, with J ohn Urbon,
Cheyenne Houser and Pat Kreusch behind.
Urbon went wid e before the first jump and
Rion shot by, while Scott Davis ou t-jumped
Kreusch, Back up front Rion passed Chastain
in the sweeper tum, and Urbon also pa ssed
'
Chastain over th e finish IineJ ump. Still in
fourth was Houser, just ahea of Davis a nd
Kreusch, Davis started to have bike problems
letting Kreusch by.
) Rion started to pull ou t a lead, as Urbon
slid out in a tum, letting Chastain by. Urbon
quickly remounted and pa ssed Chastain in the
sweeper tum, while Houser started to close
in on Chastain, but ti me ran out. Ri on won
with a good lead , followed by U r bo n,
Chastain, Houser and Kreusch.
. Mitchell Hol stein was the only double class
winner, winning the Open Novice and Plus
25 classes.
Robert Laughlin was the runner-up to
Dan Smith at the Dezert Foxes HS_
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Chris D'Alusio took his Yamaha TZ250 to wins in the 50-mile Solo GTU and
Lightweight GP Expert races at Moroso Motorsports Park,
out to win and that he did. Ch oat e manal:ed
to bailie up to second place, but D'Alusio's
250 was just that mu ch faster. D'Alusio came
back five minutes a fter his GTU victory to
take the class win in Lightweight GP with
a runaway, leaving the rest of the field to ba ttl e
for second. Gr eg Esser took that spo t followed
closel y by Cliff Bigoney and Nat e Donohew,
who just returned to racing after a month ofL
Ed Borowy led the Novice cla ss to th e stripe
on hi s Honda NS400 in Rothmans trim, with
Aaron Anderson and Jeff Whitmire in second
and third place, respectively.
Newton Heston took the top spo t in the
Middlewei!;ht GP event with Bigoney and
Mike Lu ke m hot pursuit. Lee Pounders added
to his series points lead by takin g the top
Novice spo t. Veteran John lon g rode hIS
Ducat i to fir st in the Combined T wins event.
.Yamamoto, fresh oH his heat and Trophy
Dash wins , storm ed the main event a nd rode
in typical form, wide open , en route to the
win. Behind Yamamoto rod e Kopp, Henson,
sem i winner Steve Liberty ana Russell.
Nobody, however , cou ld mat ch Yamamoto's
pace, as Kopp and Henson maintained second
and third to the fini sh .
Yamaha also dominated the first of three
Open Twin heat races, then went out to
soundly trounce the Trophy Dash , beating
Gary Hite, and Kopp, winners of heats two
and three.
In the main, Yamamoto used a front-of-thepack start to take the race by storm. Hensen
foll owed Yamam oto, but in the end it was
a Yamamoto benefit. Filling ou t the top five
were Henson , T racey, Hite and Sonny Burres.
Results
Results
SR: I. Jo hn Cole ma n : 2. Byron Shdrields; 5. j.K. Wick ;
• . Bob Wood.
J25 A: J. Gary All red (Han).
125 B: t, Kyle Myn s (L w).
15-24: I. Joh n Urbo n (Kaw ); 2. Todd Rion (Hon) ; 3. Jd f
Wilkenson ; 1.,G ary Allen ; 5. Wad e Sto ner (Yam ).
125
-250 BEG: I. Bria n Susko (Ya m ); 2. Bryon Sherrif'ld
y
(Kaw); 3. Tim Sutton; 1. J O(' O a rk (Kaw); 5. Bob Wood .
125 C: l. T od d Rion (Ha n ); 2. John Ur bon (Kaw); 5. Myro n
Chasta in (Kaw); 4. Scott Houser : 5. Pa t Krewch (H a n).
250 C: l. Wade Sto ner (Ya m); 2. Jo h n Wheeler; 3. v ince
Addi.tOn(H on); 1. John Co lem a n; 5. Paul H ockman.
OPEN NOV : 1. Mitchell H ol stei n (H a n ); 2. ].K. Wi(·k;
3. Jdf WilkCTJOn ; 4. Micha el Ce med es,
P/W: 1. Brad Dilli on (Ya m ); 2. Mitchell Hol stein (Ya m);
3. .5cou Willi am s (Yam ); 1. Ma rio Norri s (Ya m); 5. JUSlin
Holstein (Ya m).
50: J. Rr an Ha wk (Kaw).
80 EX: , Greg Go ita nisl Kaw ).
80 BEG : l . Rya n H a wk (Suz).
25+: J. MuchelJ Hol stei n (lion): 2. Rodr igo Dill ; 3. Myron
ChaJ.t.ain (Kaw).
80 NOV; L Mi('hnl Burn he-. rt (Suz); 2. J