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diate class. Huffman scored the win
in h is division, while Diven sett led for
second beh ind Bra ndes in the other
division. In the comb ined race, SilverLOn, Oregon's D iven left the field in
h is d ust at the start and rode to an
unchallenged win aboard hi s Sinisalo/
Oakley/ Sh oei-backed Kawasaki . H uffman suffered an 18th p lace start but
charged into second place by .th e
moto's end.
Jeff Dement, from nearby Spring,
Texas, blasted off th e line in the first
Mini Senior ( 14. 16) rnoto, but Craig
Decker and David Pingree were in hot
pursuit. Although Deck er made
repeated attempts to pas s th e leader,
Dement held the ch allenger at ba y and
crossed the finish line ou t in front.
Dement led th e rest of th e m inis into
the first turn in the second moLO: but
Decker quickly displaced th e Suzuk i
support rider on the opening lap.
Dement stalked the Kawasaki T eam
Green/ AXO /Scott/Maxima/Pro Circuit/ Shoei/CTi/V P/ J oJ o 's/ Re nthal
Tsubaki-backed rider, but lost control
on the second lap and went down.
Pingree inherited second and was abl e
to hol d off a hard-charging Dement
for the remainder of the race. Decker
scored the moto and overall wins.
" Once I got by Dem ent, I knew I
coul d hold h im off ," said Decker. '
" When he cras hed it just made it that
much easier."
After the seco nd moto , ho wever,
Demen t filed a p ro test aga inst Decker,
charging hi m with usin g an illegal
motor . Demen t's Kawasaki was torn
do wn a nd declared legal by G C
offi cials.
Nadine H o lbert blasted off th e
starting gate in the first Ladies moto,
with Tammy Rice, Jeannie Pru itt and
Mercedes Gonzalez close behind. Gonzalez quickly passed Pruitt and Rice,
and set out after Holbert. As the field
emerged [ro m the trees, it was th e
Kaw asak i Team Green/ AXO/ Renth a I/P ro Circuit/Scott/Maximasponsored Gonzalez out front. Once in
front, Gonzalez pulled out a commanding lead and went o n unchal lenged. Kimberly Sybert recov er ed
from a poor start and swooped past
Rice and Pru itt. Although sh e began
to gain o n Holbert, Sybert settled [or
third place at the finish.
Gonzalez was first into turn one in
moto two, with Pruitt and Rice in tow .
Sybert started in midpack, but quickl y
sliced through the field and into
fourth. Whi le Gonzalez pulled away,
Sybert stormed past Ri ce and P ru itt
and sett led into the second place:
Gonzalez crossed the fin ish line wi th
a commanding lead over Sybert, Pruitt
and Rice.
.
" I rode like a girl in the first rnoto, '
joked Gonzalez. " But in rno to two
everything came toge ther."
" It was hard racing a mini against
the bigger bikes," sai d Sybert, who was
aboard a H onda CR80 while Gonzalez
rode a Kawasak i KXI 25. "I got rea lly
bad starts in both motos and had to
pa ss a lot of people."
Kawasaki T eam Green /Barrs Competition/Scon/Dun lop/PJ I / Sh oei /
Sunsta r/Tsubak i-sponsored Robb ie
Skaggs scored th e victory in the Min i
Senior (12-13) class, emerging victorious after a three-wa y tie [or the top
position. The Kansas rider's 3-1 scores
edged out Clint Latham's consistent
2-2, while Robbie Reynard won the
first rnoto, but crashed wh ile leading
moLO two and dropped to th ird.
An swer / Sco tt- sp onso red Texan
Charley Bogard scored the win in the
60cc Senior (9-11) class, taking advan·
tage of a second·moLO spill by early
leader J immy Varis . Varis smoked to
the first moto w.in ahead of Bogard and
Paul Ito (57) holeshot the Mini Bike Senior 12·13 class ahead of Robbi e Skaggs (44), Ryan Clark (66) and Robbi e Reynard (67).
stormed to the front of th e pack in th e
second moto before going down.
H o nda-mo unt ed Chan Baker used
consistency and a little luck LO make
his trip from Oklahoma worthwhile,
as he captured the overall win in the
Open class. Kell y Pich el jam med to the
front of the pa ck in the first moto but
was lat er sidelined with a broken shock
link o n the last lap, whi ch allowed
Baker to score the moto win . Pichel
dominated th e seco nd moto, but it was
Baker wh o earned the overall with a
consistent second pla ce finish .
The 125cc Beginner cla ss victory
went ro T exan Shane Miller, who used
consisten t fini shes to earn the o vera ll.
Gary Graeser nabbed th e win in th e
div ision one first rnoto, ahead of Mill er
and Ri chard Ficker. The division two '
first moto win went 10 Karl Kouldock,
who beat Scott Deubler and David
Reed across th e finish lin e. In the
seco nd rnoto, Honda-mounted Mill er
cha rged into the lead and edged o u t
Deubler and Ficker at the finish line
10 score his victory .
Granbury, Texas ' Ra nd y Denb y
smo ked both motos on his Kawasaki
KX250 in the 250cc Stock Novi ce class,
as he led the first moto from star t to
finish, and came from third pla ce in
the second rnoto to secure his victory.
Deral Hunter and David Chase gave
Denby a run for his money in the
opening rnoto, and Chad Pl umlee and
Jimmy Wilson trailed in moto two .
. Hunter posted a fifth in the second
moto to earn the runner up position,
while Chase crossed the finish line in
fou rth to score th ird overall.
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Results
TEENY MINI STX: 1. Johnny Marl ey (Yam); 2.
T y Conner (Ya m); 3. J onathan Shi mp (Yam ); 4. Beau
Boynton (Yam); 5. Dustin Brewer (Yam).
T EEN Y MINI MO D: I. Johnny Marky (Ya m);
2. Brad ROlen (Yam ); 3. J o nathan Sh im p (Ya m);
4. Beau Boynton (Yam ); 5. Chris Carlisle (Ya m ).
60 BEG: l. Da ni el Bon ner (Kaw ); 2. Nic ho las
Ha milton (Kaw); 3. J erem y Kirk land (Kaw); 4. Ja son
Irvin (Kaw) ;~ . Joshua Brid ges (Ka w] .
MINI MINI JR: 1.Johnny Morley (Kaw); 2. Justin
Bucke lew tkaw): 3. ] .W. Pa tto n (Kaw); 4. Mall Boone
( Kaw); ~. J eremy W right (Kaw ).
MINI MINI SR: I. Charley Bogard (Sur): 2. Jimmy
Var is ( Ila w);~ . J acob Martin (Kaw); 4. Cli n t Bowyer
( Ka w);~ . Aaron Selden ( Kaw).
85 7·11 BEG : I. J esse Sim mons; 2. Daniel Bonn er
(Kaw); 3. Michaer Brock (Suz); 4. Joey ~B la nd
(Ho n ); 5. J ason Morrls (SUl ).
85 12· 15 BEG : 1. Iknnis
O w~ n5; 2. Mickey
Nowm a n (Kaw); 3. Ada m Flo rey (S uz); 4. WayIon
Li ,ch lidd ( H o n ) ; ~. Ty Maschino (Kaw).
MIN I BIKE l R 7-1l : I. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw);
2. Eric k Vall CJo (Suz); 3. Ja cob Marl in (Suz); 4.
Kenneth J on es (Hon); .s. Brian Ston~ ( Ka w) .
Ron Parks (30) raced wi th Greg Odom
(613) in th e Over 25 Intermediate class.
Fifteen- year·old Damon Huffman set
th e weekend's fastest lap time.
MINI BIKESTK 7-1l : I. R ick y Carmichael ( Kaw);
2. Erick. Vallejo (SUL); ~ . Kenneth Jon" tHan ); 4.
Charley Bogard (S U1);.s. Brian Slo ne [ Ka w).
MINI BIKE SR 12-13: 1. Robbie Skaggs (Ka w ):
2. Cli nt Latha m ( Ka w ); 3. Robbie Reynard {Ka w] :
4. Paul Ito (5 uz); 5. Bill y Gartma n (Kaw).
MINI BIKE STK 12-13: I. Robbie Reyn ard (Kaw);
2. Robbie Skaggs (,Kaw); 3. aint latham (Kaw);
4. Brad 1'1001><')' (Ho n ); 5. larry Li n kog le (Suz),
MINI BIKE STK 14-16: I. Jd l Dement (Suz); 2.
Davi d Pingree (S uz); 3. Cra ig Decker (Ka w]: 4. S teve
H en ge ve ld lKa w ); 5. Freddie Mitchell (SUI ).
MIN I BIKE SR 14-16: I. Craig Deck er (Kaw); 2.
Jdl Demen t (Suz); 3. Da vid Pingree (S uz): 4. Steve
Hen geveld ( Ka w) ; ~. Jack Brassfield (Ho n ).
MINIBI KE O PEN: I. J ell Dement (Suz); 2. Rob bie
Reynard ( Ka w): ~ . Craig Decker ( Ka w) : 4. Cli nt
Latham ( Ka w]: 5. Robbie Skaggs ( Ila",,) .
12.5 BEG : I. Shane Miller (Ho n ); 2. Sco tt Deubler
{ Ka w ): 3. Karl G auldoc k (Kaw); 4. Richard Ficker
(Suz); ~. G ary G raeser (Su z),
125 NOV : I. Brian Oes u'ic k (Ho n ); 2. J oey Prall
(SUI ); 3. Chris Dau biu ( Ra w ); 4. Dennie Fux (H o n ):
5. Deacon J ames (Hon ).
125 ST K NOV : I. J oey Prall (Suz); 2. Mall
Goleman (SUI ); 3. J aso n Kell ogg (S uz); 4. Brian
Gesuick ( lIo n); ~. Joey Moore (Kaw).
125 IN T: 1. Da nn y Ul . . en (Kaw); 2. Damon
Huffman ( Ka w) ; 3. Billy Felt s (Ka w): 1. Bria n Deegan
( Ka w);~ . Sea n Pa gel (SUl).
1250 STK t NT: I. D am on H u H m an ( Kaw };
2. Mic had Brandes ( Kaw ); 3. Brian Carlson ( Ka w ):
4. Shaw n Mor ga (Kaw): 5. Brian Deeg an ( Ka w ).
12S O PEN: 1. Dan ny Ulven (Kaw); 2. Brian
Deeguu (Kaw): 3. Sh a wn Morga (Kaw ); 4. Joe y Prall
(Suz); ~ . Jellrey Brownlee (SUl ).
1250 EX: 1. Den ni s Hawthorne ( Ka w) ; 2. R yan
Ca rlis le (Kaw); 3. Ra y Crum b (Kaw); 4. Tom my
Clowers ( Ka w) ; 5. Jason Edward! ( &.aw ) 6. Shannon
O>ok (Kaw); 7. Bill y Silvarole (Kaw); 8. Travi,
lI od ges (Ho n); 9. Hea,h Kirkl and (lion ): 10. Jason
Krem pi n ( Ha n ).
250 BEG : I. Alan McG