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eLOCAL EVENTS I Alan Stevenson (52) scored second in the 25 Plus class at Hurricane Hills MX. fin ish line well ahead of Parsons. McCurrich and Sage . Upto n a nd McCurrich were mired a t the sta rt o f the seco nd mot o, and Parsons gr abbed the earl y lead. jason Melton trai led Parsons, while Up ton began to force his way towards th e fro nt of the .pack. By the halfway point, Upto n had moved into third. behind Melton. Upton bou nced past in a ro ugh sectio n of the track, and set out af ter Parson s. Upton passed Parso ns in th e back sectio n, and went o n to score th e mo te and overa ll wins ahead of Par son s and Mehon . Upton co ntin ued his win ni ng wa ys in the opening 250(c Int er m ed ia te moto, as he motored int o th e lead early o n, and pulled aw ay [rom th e pack. ~ lcCurrich did hI> be>t to keep Upton in sig ht. but to no 3\'3i l. Upto n scored a co nvinci ng win a head of McCurrch . T on y Seckman and Mike Ulrich. M O IO two was a carbo n copy of the first. as Up ton dupl icated hi> fina-moto disappearing act. McCurrich finished second. wh ile Ulrich round his way pa>! Seckman [or third. Results P/W STK BEG : I. Krvin Robn" u (VOIm ); 2. {tWin J onbn (Yam ); 5. J am n Thom pwm (VOIm); 4. Co lt' \\'.. ~ (Y;lrn). PI\\' s1'K JR : I. John" Faulk nn (Yam); 2. DyIOl.n Lord ( Ya m) . 60 (}.8: I. I n .'ol' Willi am li (Kaw ); 2. Bo bby Bonlh (Raw ): 3. Jo"huOl O nt1rd (Kaw); 4. 81 ak~ Vnm (ltaw ); 5. t..n Igt'rcic (K.a w). 60 9·1 1; J. Shad VM:n (K.iaw ); 2. Olad J amn ( Kaw); 3. . J;llinn l..,;ukin (Ka w); -I. Robb y Co uy: (Kaw ); 5. G r~ Landf'U (Kaw). 80 BEG : I. Ct'aM'r G.;I lv~z (Suz); 2. Rri ;m Swn-ny (Hon ); 3. Kylt" Finnd s (SUl): i . J o nalhan Schu hl (SUl) ; 5. J m hu il r onl f' (lion). 80 IR: I. Chuck EmcO('(Suz): 2. SIt'Y WiMiom lKaw). f' 80 NT: l. j awn S hi r~y (Kaw); 2. DJ Sw(" nr-y(Kaw). a 80 EX: I. l"nTY r anons (H o n ). 80 OPEN: I. SIn'(" W iMl.ofJI (Kaw). 12 REC : L Brad Prt("u (SUl); 2 Mark 11M" (Ho n); 3. Eddi(" 5 Finnd s (Suz); 4. awck Pa rker (Va m ): 5. Brian Md )o uK<1l1 (B o n). 125 J R: I. Brad Sch ulu (501); 2. Slnf' Tho rnlon (SUl ); 5. Bobby Krajl"wsld (SU1); 4. Rogn HauplfJUn (SUl ); 5. SlnT ~K-r (KAw). 125 INT: l. Doruld U plon (H on ); 2. Terry Pa r'iOJU (Ho n); , . j ustin McCurrich (Ho n): -I. Rob s..~ (Kaw); 5. jawn ~ ton (Kaw). 125 PRO : I. Brian Manl r, (Ha n ); 2. John Ra y (SUl); 3. ()("an Crant (Ho n ): 4. Mar c Prt rn (Ho n l. 250 BEC : 1. Jim Thrift ( Ka w ); 2. Cby Willi nw n (Ho n ); 5. Dtunt' IU.ha ( H on); 4. Clm Cohm (Kaw); 5. Paul MUm ( Y .. m ). . 250 JR: I. Dnid bhn (Ho n ); 2. Duk~ Link- (Suz); 5. Eric M;lu in (Hon); 4. Oudc. V..lmroda (Hon); 5. Mdlon Mo... ~ (SUl). 250 lro. .: I. DoN.ld U pt on (Ha n ); 2. JU:!>lin McCu rrich , (Hon); 5. M ile.~ Ulrich (Hon): 4. Tony Sn:lr.man (Hon ). 250 PRO: I. BN n MAnky (H on ); 2. Rn; SI,;um (Hon ); 5. Cordon w..rd (Hon); -to Bill y Frank (Hon): 5. John Ra y (SUl). 500 JR: I. j ;lmn. H;ln i, (Hon); %. Scott Ho lfm,;an (Hon ): 3. BI1';ln H OImoo (H em); 4. Muk Suoup (Ho n). 500 l!"ol: I.Tom Eng!'1 (Ho n); 2. Ikritd SIOOIn (H o n): 5. John Wh itaker ( H on). 500 PRO : I. Rn; Stalm (Hon); 2. Bill y Fr;;mk (Hon ); , . Tim Lundr (Ho n). UTH J R: 1. SCOII Hol lm,;an (H on l; 2. Mike' Carr (Ho n ); 3. Rr, Corualn (Hon); 4. Bryan H;;miOn (Ho nl . lITH INT: 1. Tyron(" SW;lU (H o n ); 2. Tony Sn:k ma n (Ho n); 3. Tim MilUh (H o n); 4. T om Engd (H o n). VIT J.R: I. Mik~ Cut (Ho n); 2. Mark Stroup (H o n); 3. aay Wll1i.. m~ (Hon); 4. M,;an ha ll Momon (H o n l; S. RobtT t Nunn (V.. m ). VET INT : I. Da vid bhn (H o n ); 2. TS Han Y)n (Hon); 3. G lmn Wl'idm an (SUl ); 4. J am n HOIris (Hun); 5. Tnry Varnn (Va m ). VET MSTR: I. J o n Mill n (Hon); 2. Rod Riclu. rdw n (Ho n ); 5. T im Manh (Hon); 4. Bob St~Y)n (Hon ); ~. Bob T if;IPil (Hon). OT R: I. Rich Han iOn (Hon ); 2. J im Wh itl' (SUl): ' . Ca rl EI t'f1 (Kaw). OT MSTR : I. Adri..n Mna (H o n). Reynaud rips at Tebbitts HS By Arlene H ejlek 30 TEBBmS, MO. JUNE 9 Rusty Reynaud made it two in a row wh en he cla im ed overa ll honors in th e sixth round o[ th e Mis>ouri Har e Scra m bles Series hosted by Show -Me Motosports. Surdy ke Yamaha of Mari onville's Reynaud was fourth at th e start of th e two-h ou r event , but work ed h is way u p a nd overtook lead er" Leig h Letellier o n the seco nd lap. Reyna ud th en ran away with th e lead a nd wa s the on ly rider to go seven laps o n the 9.5· mi le cou rse. Letellier rode with an eye to the rear. expecting trouble [ro m third-place run ner Tim Newell. But Newell was havin g problems and posed no threat as they rode at o ne-mi nute intervals. Fo urt h -place fini sher Chris Ca p linger demoted j im Sta nfi eld o n the fo urt h lap and they fin ished in tha t ord er. Gary Mittleberg too k co ntrol early a nd captured h is first In term ed iate class win a nd a top- Hi overall finish. Shawn T aylor , the 125cc class win ner. ran th e last thr~ laps wi th a n at rear tire and still finis hed fo ur mi nutes ahea d of->econd p lace rider Malt Jamieson. Steve U nder wood was leadi ng th e [oursn oke class whe n he had to stop a nd stra ighten a bent ,hift lever. He caught and passed leader ~f[ Mo nahan on the la" lap for the cia» W ill . Super Sen ior win ner Pau l Taylor was sti ll run m ng stro ng a t the fin ish and was the only o ne in his class to go six laps. Resul ts O /A : I. RlalY Rrynaud (Yam); 2. l...t'iKh l .l'ldlin ( KTM ); 3. Tim S~w~lI (H o n); 4. Ori:!> Ca plinKn (AT K); 5. J im St.oinfid d ( K.aw). EX: I. Lrigh Letd li~r (KT M ); 2. T im Nr-wrll (Ho n ); 5. OJri:!> Ca plinRl'I" (ATK) ; 4. J im Stanfirl d (K..I w); 5. S frvr Cr~ l (Ka w) . INT: l. C ..ry Miul dH-rg (H on ); 2. Vina Throc'kmort on (}-I n); 3. Ch ris Hul son (H a n); -I. Chr is Nnbiu (Kaw): 5. o Kl.... n Buns (Kaw). i O PEN : 1. Terry G ill iland (KT M); 2. R f)~rl Rn'd (Ho n) : 5. MOIrk Cudd l' (KT M); 4. j\.fikl' Turpin (AT K); 5. Tim C illi lan d (AT K). 250: t. Dwigh l M;llalr-Ird (Vam ): 2. T o m Su m m~n (Va m ): 3. DOUR Frinr- (H o n); 4. Da vid Sp.tnow (Ho n ); 5. 0 01 1('Culky (Yam ). 200: I. DaVl' Ddl in gha m (K..Iw ); 2. Ca lvi n Bou " (Raw ); ~ . T l'rry Wi ~p ( Kaw ); 4. Donny Ik-mh (Ka w); 5. Ma n is Wari no (Kaw). 125: I. Shaw n T aylor (Hon); 2. Ma lt Ja minan (KT M); 5. Riehi l' Cavi nn!> ( K.aw ); 4. Knlh vou (Va m); 5. H ank DUl'h1meitt (Yam ). 41STR K: I. Slnl' Underwood (HSB); 2. Croll Mo nah a n (H us); 3. jdl La pPl" (Ho n); 4. Knoin 8oyl("(H o n ): 5. Curn~lJ Por tn (H o n ). SR : I. DaoW' Altman (Yam); 2. Rogn Lt R~I~ (Ya m) ; 3. John Cou (Va m ,; 4. Michad Shl-ridan (Hw.); 5. Jim Ortbals (KTM I. w); S/ SR; I. Pa ul T ;lylor (Hon); %. Clnt Jun~eytt (K.a 5. jim Lrt~IIin- (XT M); 4. Bob Ha llm (XTM ): 5. Bob Pi ltt t KIMI. J R: I . Rya n Bru« (H on) ; 2. DU:!> lin WiK'CUp(Suz); 5. N ick Ha rt wig ( H on). BEG : l. Dirk Mou (Suz); 2. J a mn Hunot ( Ka w ); 5. Nick Crawford (Vam ); 4. On.acJc. Counts (Ya m ); 5. J nIot' ~UKh (Suz). Keeney clobbers Hurricane Hills Motocross By Rolfe O tterness MAZEPPA. M JUNE 9 N, Cory Keen ey ffi3>lered the 125 and 250cc A classes by winning three o ut of four motos a t th e debut o[ the new Hurrican e Hills mot ocross track. This was th e first race at th e new facility, which feature, hard-pa ck d irt with numerous jumps and turns. A hot sun and ston ~ wind dried th e track quickly but the watering system al ong with sawdu>! added to th e dirt kept the races moving. Keeney led in his first three mot os of the day to take the wi ns wit h little trouble. j e[f Oldenb erg was the lone rider to beat Keeney to the checkered nag as he took th e second 250cc moto under serious pressure (rom hi s comp'ctitor at the finish lin e. MIke Grai[ and joh n Niemi la unched into first and >econd o n the [int lap o[ the first 25 Plus cla ss moto, G rai f held !trst [or a lap, but Niemi was a littl e smoother a nd lCx>k over the lead on th e second lap . Alan Stevenso n moved into seco nd while T odd Baker and Dan Luloff clo>ed in to pr es>ure Grai£. On th e next lap Baker cut insi de to take over th ird and Lul off a lso mo ved up as G raif decided to back off th e intense pace. Luloff went o n to pass Baker a nd Stevense n in sho rt order a nd closed in o n Ni emi . Ni emi 's lead lasted long enough to get him safely pas t th e chec kered na g [or th e win by a narr ow ma rgin. Stevensen hel d on for third o ver Baker an f Grai l. Graif pulled the holeshot in th e second moto WIth Lu lo ff dropp ing into seco nd. Aaron Kol b a nd Stevensen too k over thi rd and fourth. Grai[ did a good j ob of hol d in g off th e attac k o l Lu loff [or the first two lap" bu t a sta ll dropped him to fifth o n the next lap . Luloff too k th e lead and wo n th e moto. Kolb held o n for seco nd o ver Stevensen with Crail passi ng Robert Bergstrom for fourth la te o n the last lap. j ason Schill led th rough th e rim turn a, th e l25cc B cia » h it th e track [or their firs t rnot o. jim Povolny j r. a nd Aaroh Ca rlso n soo n got by and pulled away wh ile Paul Neumann cha llenged Schill [or third. Carlso n closed o n Po volny and soon had th e lead. Povo ln y co ntin ued to ride hard but Car lso n extended his lead 10 build a seven-seco nd ma rgin. At the checkered flag Carlso n look a safe win over Po volny. T hey had a very lar ge lead ove r the battl e [o r thi rd between Neuma nn and Sch ill . Neu ma nn pa ssed Schi ll o n the last lap and was just a little way ahead app roachi ng the finis h lin e jump, bu t Schill a ttem pted a last-ga sp pa ss to retak e th ird . H e [a iled to ma ke the pass. Results MIS I P EE WEE: I. Courmev Sampeo n: 2. JUsiin Pel tier : Sha wn Go kf'Y . • MIS I J R: I. Lance Cunningham: 2. Cory Hup pert: 3. Ryan Brough Ion. MIS I SR : I. Shawn Wl'hl a ~; 2. Shd ly KoI n n; 3. Hea th ~. \ ', ,,,\ . YOUTH : l. T im PO!Iph il; 2. J a mn Pcwo ln y; 3. Aol ro n Co l\On . ll 17·21 C: I. n..nm Cbelin: 2. ~ Lu hfJUn : 3. J afoOn :\lc- r ;lfh. G 17·24 A: I. P;l1 Oo~ho; 2. Jdf O ldmbttg; 5. Lee Erickson. 2.S PL US: I. nan Lulolf: 2. AI..n SIt"W'tum; 5. John Ninni. VET C: I . Bria n Fi:!> hn"; 2. R ick I...ambtt'Cht ; 5. Jot' Bnulil'ld . VET A: I . Bria n Cunry; 2. Jdf Sormsm: 3. Rlcbolrd Rl t'h m SF.S : l . j oh n Alforlh; 2. Lany N()bI~; 3. AII("nSta i~. I ~ C (e R r I ): I. Bl't'tl Slt'W'llW'Tl; 2. JnTmy Cr.. wlr,; 5. SIC"VC'Kbr. 12.. C (G RP 2 ~ 1. Eugnxo M ilIn; 2. J..m ir FahrmdholL; ') 3 nU~l i n Soble. 12.S C(C RP 5): I. Mik l' &thk~ 2. ja~nn Ml-Guth; 3. Stnor (.uid l n~. 12.') 8: I. Aaron Carl~nn ; 2. J am" Po vol ny: ~. Pa ul :'\f'um.nn. 12.') A: I. Cory K~~; 2. Mikt"Alkinw n ; 5. (" .olr, Ho lco mb. 2.SO C (G RP I ): I. Olarlrs Zil'gln; 2. J..\On Miku l~ki ; 5. 8i~"'~RP 2 ): I. J.mli ~ . 250 B: I. Tim Eugt'Ol' Mill"; 2. Qui. Co-.c.; 3. David Po~ p i \i l ; 2. Jr ff Womddotf; 3. Pa ul !\-("umann . 250 A: I. Cory Kt'mr,; 2. David Ni""i; 5. J eff Oldrnbng. O P EN" C: 1. J;lson M i k ul ~k i : 2. Cory Ikrglund: 3. Earl J>.: im \(')'. . O PEN" A: 1. Mik(" NaIM; 2. J df SormYen; 3. Joh n Nit'm i. Carsten stars at Suffolk Meadows Supercross By J im and Carolyn Sim ps on YAPHANK, NY. JUNE 1 5 Bayvill e. New J ersey's Barry Ca rsten co n9uered th e Lo ng Isla nd Sport Committee', forst Supercros> by winning bo th th e 125 a nd 250cc mai n even ts. This first-tim e event was held at Su Holk Meadows Racewa y under th e d irection o [ Vin cent Allegr etta a nd j ohn GrazianQ wit h hdp from the man y volu nteer cl u b members. Montgomeryville/DG /Malcom Sm ith /So Cal Surfwear-sponso red Barry Car sten set th e ' tage with win s in both the 125 a nd 250cc q ual ifers. At th e ' ta rt of the l25cc ma in Carste n too k the lead wit h Mike Billard ell o and j ason R iva, in tow . Riva s pa s>ed Billardello on lap o ne bu t Billardello kept the pressure o n as they j um ped th e tripl e. Carsten sta yed o n th e ga' a nd was pulling away while R ivas and Billardell o diced it o ut [or seco nd. Mik e Mich eah a nd j erry Seip went a t it [or fourth pl ace honors . Carsten cruised away with a crowd -p leasi ng win . wh il e · R iva s sco red second and Billard ello hung in [or th ird pl ace. Rivas (:f3bbed th e lead at the start o[ th e 250cc main. john Bach or tu cked in [or seco nd wh ile Carsten was chasing in third pl ace. Ca rsten mad e hi s move a nd pa s>ed Bachor and went a ller Rivas. The two riders thrilled th e fans as th ey took th e triple j um p together. Carsten pas>ed Ri vas, while Seip moved up into third place. Seip was o n the gas as he pa ssed Rivas. but as th e two rid ers climbed th e stairca>e Seip lost it and bailed off the far side. Seip rem ounted but Bachor had retaken third, whil e Rivas and the leader Carsten were com[ortably ahead. Cars ten finished in fine style as he waved to the crowd over the trip le and sto le the show by winning another main. Riva s took >eco nd and Bachor claimed third overa ll. In th e Amateur rank~ Allegr etta a lso scored two main event wins. Allegreua aboard his Action Motor Spom-backed Hond. claimed first in 125cc Am at eur and a lso the School Boy cia". Bob Balni, took top hon ors in th e 250cc Am at eur class, while Robert Melu so took first in 500cc Amateur. R esul ts MlNI (7. 11); I. David DiP inro (K..I w); 2. j ..50n Wl'bl't (Vam}. MINI (I2· 1 ~) : 1. C;lry Mf'tTili ( Ka w) ; 2. Willia m Ft'm(""J (Ka w); 3. Dal e a.yan ( K.1w ). O PE N AM: I. Robm. Mr lu!\O(Yam); 2. Eric Strin (Vam ); ~. JO(' Holfma n (H on). +25: I. jnTY Yip (Sill) ; 2. J.... Mnrlll (Ho n r, ~. Mile.l' Bilbrdrllo (Sill) . SOv A 1:5 : l. Dmni:o. Rnbimon (Ho n) ; 2. G ... il{ Sullivan (Suz); 5. John ~frll Kfm (A.lw). SOV B t2S: I. Ja snn ~fa y (K.aw); 2. F.ddir H o lolob (Kaw); ~. T om Ho nr ilc. (K.a w). 250 .o\ : I. Bnh 8.alni s (li on) ; 2. Ric-k CrGlva no (Kolw M ); ~. Jor Ml'tTill (Ho n ). J2.S AM: t. Vinn y AIlf'JtTftla (Hon ); 2. Jor Moura (Suz): 3. Mar lc. Shrritbn ( H ou). S/ SR : 1. I nhn Fnrf'linn (Uon); 2. J ohn Samuh (Hon); 3 . H ar ry Ho IKfI!'W("(S tll ). SR EX : I. Rich,;ltd S ill n (Su l ); 2. M,;uk MnCddmt("(KT M); 3. Ri ck FaliK"" l("(KT M). d 125 PRO : I. Barr; (".;H,lm (Sur ); 2. J ar,nn Riva.. (SU ~. \ 1); Michat-I Bill.u drll o (Sur). 250 PR O : 1. Bdrr; C~ntrn (SUI); 2. j a.. ",-m Ri vou (SUl) ; 3. j ohn Rotchm (Ya m ). SCHRY: t. Vinn y Allnrlla (It nn); 2. D;mn y Golckn (KoIw ); ~ . j ason MilY(Kaw). SR AM: I. Don R;I"mu \....n (Hn n); 2. Scu ll Santm yM10 ( H un );~ . j r{f Kru plc.';l(JU. l. w 230 S O\' A :~ I. Pitlfi ck MC' Loon(" ( K.a w); 2. Dennis Houghton (K.aw); 3. RcohM l Mur ph y (Ya m ). 250 ="0\' R; I. Ilrnn ili Ruhimun ( H o n]: 2. j Ol:" Dill ( Y.m,,; 3 . (".a rlll!> Valliurl ( B Ull) . Sassaman storms Pine Grove ST By Len Breech PIN EGROV rA,JUNE 1 E, 6 Eri c Sassaman sco red a doub le win o n hi s Ken Himmelwright built Penn Sta te Cyc lessponsor ed machines at th e Flyin g Dut chmen 's Sh ort T rack [or his [ihh straigh t dirt track ; race double. He took th e 250ec A class win Iairl y ea>i1y o ver Mike Va m e, a nd Kevin Varn es, but hi s wi n in th e O pe n A class was o ne of the best races in a lon g ti me as th e Majeski brother>, T o m and Rob , a nd Sassama n rode the eig ht-lap fina l under a blanket. In th e 250cc A class, Sassaman j um ped out in front of Merv Sensenig , Mike Varnes. a nd j oe Bro mley. Mike Varnes took second at the end of th e opening lap. while Kevin Varnes mo ved up tochallen~e Sensenig, Bro mley and -Shank [or th ird . whic h he took co mma nd of by the fou rt h lap. In the lat e laps. Kevin moved up to challenge hi s co usin for second, bu t [ell short. Sassa ma n knew he had a good baule o n his hands in th e Op<:n A class whe n th e Maj eskis made an IIlfre

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