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ou t front all th e way to th e fin ish . Spandling ch arged from last to second, bu t wa s unabl e to catch the Iast-paced P inckard. In th e 125cc C cla ss, Randy Bat es char~ed hard La lead every lap. The runner-up po sition was held early by Carl Antalick, bu t he was soo n cha llenged by Kell y La Foll ette and Vin ce Wolrah . Wolrah got by bo th riders to finish second. In mot o two, Bat es smoked aro u nd th e track whil e Wolrah a nd An tali ck battled for second. Am ali ck mad e a daring move in one o f th e final turns to fin ish second fOT second overa ll. Results 80 jR: I. Josh Mast; 2. Bren Life; 5. J osh Walk er. 80 SR: L Brian Wiu.enburlr. 2. Tony Antal ick; a Mike Milh-r . 125 BEG: I. Michael Harb wood ; 2. Marshall Gabe l; 3. Colli n Madd y. 250 BE. : I. Terry Mu rray; 2. Shawn Ha rpe r; 3. Mike Fish er . G 125 C: I. Rand y Bares: 2. Carl Amali ck; 3. V i na Wolrah. 1:5 B: I. Stact'Y Karpa n: 2. Scott Nene n. 250 C: I. j am es Pin ckard ; 2. Rick Spa ndli ng :.5. Jon Jeffcn. 250 B: I. Cli n t Maddy; 2. Tom Frary; 3. St~e Reno. O VER 25: I. Ja50n Hapk e; 2. Brad Jon es. Linkogle lands Perris Motocross victory By Tony Alessi PERRIS, CA, SEPT. 14 Larry Linkogle scored a well- earned victory over a field of top no tch 125cc Intermediate cla ss riders during the GFl " W in A Truck" Night Seri es at Perris Raceway. . Linkogle's night sta rted dismally, as he was pushed out a t the sta rt of th e fir st m oto and was forced to ride from last. Ryan j ohnson led foll owed closely by j oe T u ttobene and Grant Gaspar. joh nso n was on th e ga s and hung tough for the firs t seven o f a I2·lap mot o. johnson and Tuttobene bashed it o ut up front, while Linkogle wa s mythodically working hi s way through the field, passing Randy Skinner then Gaspar for th ird during the lat e stages of the moto. During th e fin al laps, Linkogle successfu lly pa ssed j ohnson then reeled. in lead er Tuuobene. The two rid ers bat tled for the win with T uttobene fending o ff Linkogl e for th e victory. . johnson was first in to th e fas t sweeping left hand lurn in m oto tw o with Li n kog le breathing down hi s back. j ohnson kept it pinned around the en tire track bu t cou ldn' t sha ke L in kogle, wh o was usin g a varie ty o f different lines in an attem p t to pass. Linkogl e 'then acci dently found th e line to pass j ohnson for the lead . " I hit a pole and kn ocked it ove r, exposing a real smooth inside line th at I used th e nex t lap to d ive u nder Ryan for the lead ," Lin kog le exp lai ned. Once o ut front, Linkogle soa red away for th e mo to a nd overall victory . j ohnson rode to finish second in fro nt o f Gaspar and T u uobene, wh o had problem s d uring the much ro ug her seco nd moto . . Robert Gonzalez sco red his firs t wi n of th e series after two close races with Bla in e T owe in th e 250cc Beginner d ivision two class . Go nza lez led mu ch o f th e first mo to but T owe chipped away a t his advan tage and mad e a dean pas s near th e end o f th e mo to. But two tur ns from th e fin ish T ow e threw hi s Yamaha away after getting ta ng led in a set o f tires. . Go nzalez breezed acr oss the finish line first , looking back to see Brei Milan secon d. T ow e fell once mo re 10 feet befor e th e finish but still managed to cross th e line th ird. Go nzalez aga in led the way in the seco nd mota , but Towe again tracked h im down and pas sed halfway th rough the moto for th e lead. Towe went o n to WIn while Gonza lez rod e smart in seco nd , kn ow in g he had th e o vera ll win i( he ma intained h is positi on, wh ich he did forthe overa ll victory. Mark Reyes finished the mota th ird in fron t o f Milan a nd Lee H o lton. Results · 60 ().8: 1. Eddie Frecceu e (Koiw); 2. Josh ua O nega (Raw); 5. Ch uck Freeman (Raw). 60 9-11: 1. Jonathon Schmid t (Kaw); 2. GnJ nnoy RiKbr (Kaw); 3. T yler Newton (Kaw). XR 80 ADULT : I. Tim Hool e (BSA). 80 BEG: I. Dann y Baron (Koiw); 2. David Eychann (Suz); 5. j am('5Gibbs (Kaw ); 4. Nick Norton (Suz); 5. Danny Ca rlson (Kaw, 125 BEG : l. Sal Uga rte (Raw); 2. O\ris Repp (Raw); 3. Roben Lill y (Raw); 4. j ohnny Bonacci (Suz); 5. Eric Cart ('r (Kaw). 125 NO V: 1. T ony Aleui (Suz); 2. Ra ymond Bowen (Kaw); 3. Mike &ttiata (Suz); 4. Max Nel son (Yam); 5. Kevin j oh nston e (Kaw). 125 t NT: I. Larry Linkog Je(H on ); 2. Ryan j ohnson (Han); 3. J oe Tuttobeo~ (Suz); 4. G rant Gas pa r (SUL); 5. Rand y Skanner (Suz). 125 PR O: 1. Ra y Henslq (Suz). 250 BEG 0 -1: 1. And y Kyler (Han); 2. Ch ris Repp (Kaw): .5. T ravis King (Yam). 250 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Robert Gonzalez (Suz); 2. Blaine Tow(' (Yam); .5 Mark Rey('s (Kaw); 4. Sret Milan (Kaw); 5. R. Lee . 1-I01oon (Yam) . 250 NOV : I. Robby Hubbard (Suz); 2. Revdle Harrison (KTM) ; 3. Eric &in~ (Yam); 4. 8m Barnhart (Suz); 5. CT. Falk (Yam). 250 INT: 1. T od d Davis (Han). 250 PR O: I. Craig Ca noy (Kaw ); 2. T racy Mon('ron e (Yam). 500 BEG : l. G~g Mania (Yam); 2. john Sain (Han); 3. [kan Brown (H an ): 4. Paul Evan s (Kaw); 5. Scon Layjoume (Ha n ). 500 NO V: l. Rnoell(' HamllOn(KTM); 2. Roboco p (Han); 5.SceveScrape (Han ); 4. Piltrick Nash (Kaw); 5. j ohn Ba.nnett (ATK). . 25-29 BEG: I. C ary Hara da (Yam); 2. Gf=o,# Moo~ (Han) ; 5. Dirk Flejl er (Yam); 4. G lenn Ik' La j orgt' (Suz); 5. Mar k N('Wl n (Kaw). o Glen DeLaTore (21) and Dirk Flejter diced under the lights at Perris MX. 25-29 NO V: 1. Ben Barn ha rt (Suz); 2. Todd Govid (Ha n); 3. Robert Li nle (Hon); 4. LC Solo (Kaw); 5. Man Nelson (Sw). 25-29 t NT: 1. T im Nash (Suz). . VET NO V: 1. Matt Nelson (Suz); 2. Roborop (Hon); 3. Don Pa51 (Kaw); 4'jdf Morris (Ho n); 5. Bill Reim er (Kaw). elJ VET INT: I. Davi Lynch (Ho n); 2. Randy Skin ner (Suz). OT: I. W.C . Willon (Suz); 2. Gr~ Ragen (KTM); 3. Hoyt Sta tha m (Yam); 4. Mike Kuunir (Ha n); 5. Cha rl('5 Zimmerman (SUl ). Buckmeier shoots down PIR MX By Dan Meeker PORTUND, OR SEPT. 12 , Scott Bu ckmeier rode hard an d consis tently to steal th e vict ory from 18 co mpe titors in th e I25cc Beginner cla ss at Portland Internat ional Ra ceway 's Thursday night mot ocr oss. j a so n Kendrick cha rge d fro m the gate to tak e th e in it ial lead in th e fir st mot o a nd th at lead wa s ex ten ded when fo u r ri de rs went down in th e seco nd corner. Befo re the first lap was co mp leted, th e racing for th e to p positions had i n tensi fied. Buc kme ier had . worked his way by j imm y DeCo sta for second and G reg Ea ton was ba ttli ng j aso n Linse over fou rth. As the mot o entered th e m idway stage, Kendrick and Buck meier ap proached a 180degr ee, right-hand tu rn nea r th e center o f th e track. Landr ick bobbled sli ghtl y, a m istak e which proved more tha n eno ugh to a llow Buckmeier to take over th e lead. Buckmeier q uickly p ut di stan ce between hi mse lf an d th e rest o f the pack. With on ly two laps rema in ing. Li nse passed DeCosta to take o ver tem pora ry posessio n of third. DeCosta was ted little ti me In repa ssing Li nse who con tin ued to press the Kawasak i rider rel entlessly. Before th e la p had end ed, Linse had passed DeCosta for a seco nd a nd fin al time. L in se th en spent th e entire fin al lap try ing to mak e his way by Kendrick, bu t was unable to take over second before Buck meier crossed the li ne for the win . The seco nd mot o saw L inse gr ab the lead off the gate and never su rre nder it. Buckmeier , mean while, was quick to impro ve ~n h is fif th pl ace start, pa ssing first Craig Johannson for fourth and then Sean Monroe to tak e o ver third by the end of the firs t lap. Kendrick , who had settled into second beh ind Linse, seemed su rp rised whe n Buckm eier pulled alo ngsi de as th ey ap proached the u phill sta irste p j ump. Buckrneier refused to let o ff and outj u mped Ken dri ck to ta ke over secon d. j oh annson, wh o had fin ished six th in t he firs t m o ta, t he n began pressin g Kendrick fo r third. As th e two r iders ap p roache d a left-hand sweeper near th e beg inning of th e th ird lap, j ohannson found a gr oov e he lik ed and powered his way by. DeCosta, who had spe nt most of th e moto ba ttl in g with Monroe, th en set his sigh ts o n Kendrick. Kendrick had ha d enough, th ough , and as DeCosta attempted a last-ditch pa ss a ttemp t at th e ch ecker ed flag, Kendrick sh u t him o ff to hold o n to fourth. The moto ended with Linse in front foll owed by Buckmeier, j ohannson, Kendrick and DeCosta. Results W/ P/W : I. Kevin SchDr'n (Yam); 2. Tyler Fick (Yam); 5. j ason HesA (Yam ). P/W 6-8: I. Kel" in Schom (Han );2. GeorK!"Dc-IKado( Kaw): 5. Jeff w tanna (Kaw). P/W 9-II : 1. j ason Han son (Kaw); 2. Ryan Andenon (Kaw); 3. Gr('f{Of}' Bb.ckwell (Kaw). et . WMN: 1. Kell y Smi th (Han ); 2. J.lIn Oe-m (Yilml.' MINI BEG: I.Cha rlie G ibbt-ni (Kaw); 2.J. R. Viel e (Ha n ); 3. Ty e Cra nda ll (Yam). MINI J R: 1. To dd Livingston (Kaw): 2, Nillha n Gravf'l le (Kaw)j 3. j erry Cra mer (Kaw). MIN I INT: I. Brian Martin (Ha n ): 2. K('vin &kin (Ha n ). 125 BEG: I. Scott Buckmd er (Ha n ); 2. j ason Li nse (SUl ): 5. Jason Kendri ck (Yam). 125 JR: l. Chad A!. ew (Suz); 2. Jeremy Por t('r (Ho n); 5. k Tim Hob s (Ha n ). 125 INT: I. Forte5t Transu(' (Kaw ); 2. Devin RQ(' (Ha n ); 3. Rob Willi am s (Ha n ). . . 250 BEG 0·1 : I. Mike Sleven son (Kaw); 2. Bill Ru sh (Ha n ): 3. Kevin Mead (Han ). 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Aden Larson (Han); 2. Mar k Miller (SUl ); 3. Mike Hola s (Ha n ). 250 JR: I. Bob Melloy (SUl); 2. T odd Buchen (Yam ); 3. Scon Sh~1I (Ha n). Jess Ochoa and Bart Bast slide through an Auburn Speedway turn. 250 INT: l. Rick 'Bozarth (KT M); 2. Chad Gra,,(' Ue (Kaw); 3. Ted Harry (Sw ). 250 PR O: 1. Terry Ha mness (Kaw). O PEN BEG : 1. Shawn T wiss (Hon ); 2. Ra nda l Sima me l (Han); 3. Robert Alford (K.aw/. O PEN JR: I. Marvin G u lings (Ha n ); 2. Bria n Elwess :' (Kaw); .5 jason Smith (K.aw). . OP EN INT: I. Devin Roe (Ha n); 2. Tony Martin (Ha n). OPEN PRO : l. Terry Hamn ess (Kaw); 2. Don R<:lOpflug (Ha n). 25-30: 1. Don Boe5pfiug (Ha n ); 2. Kurt Stevens (Han); 3. Kt=ith DiBri no (Hon). VET C; I. Owlie Brown (Su); 2. Dennis McCan n (Kaw); 3. Ron ald A!.mus (Yilm). VET B: 1. joe Casey (Ha n); 2. j~ Dean (Yam); 5. Ran dy \~:!k(' Whalen (Ha n); 2. Tom Vidle (KTM) ; jUv [Tirt 3. Dave Eakin (Han). 40+ NOV : I. Ri char d Schaper (Ha n). 40+ AM: 1. Milt Harden (Suz); 2. Bill Naylor (Ha n); 5. Terry Ham ness (Kaw). 40+ EX: 1. Mike Perry (Suz); 2. j im Lampki (Ha n); 3. Mik(' H ickman (Kaw ). . 80cc OPEN: 1. Matt MaxihoH (Suz); 2. Rob bie Skagg5 (Kaw); 3. And y Bo WYM (Suz); 25+ SNR: I, Paul Wills (Yam); 2. j ohn Matth ews (Kaw); 3. Donnie Fox (Ha n); !O+ SN R: I. j ay Joh nso n (Yam ); 2. Steve Goff (Kaw); 3. Kevin Pool e (SUI). -40+ SNIt: I. Eric Hansen (Han); 2. Fran k Biver (Yam); .5 . ~~C1iG:kl~HC:Jil Kam o (Han); 2. Kevin West (Hon); .5 g~E3u~~t:(~~~I Hansen (Ha n ); 2. Bradl ey Brittan . (Kaw);.5. Mik(' Soudrrs (Kaw). 8OccSNR : I. Mau Maxihof£( SuzJ; 2. Robb ie Skaggs (Kaw); .5 Andy Bowyer (Sw). . . 8OccJU NI OR: I. J Uitin Gu thri e (H on ); 2.j05h Mast (Hon) ; 3. Caaey McDo well (Kaw). 80cc BEG: I. T roy T aU (Suz); 2. Olril Elson (Kaw): 3. Brandon Swadlq (Kaw). 6Occ: 1. justin G uthrie (Kaw); 2. Dustin Brewer (Kaw); .5 JdIrey Mdncy~ (Kaw). . PIW : 1. Tommy Hanzfeld (Yam); 2. Matthe w Lyda (Yam): 3. Grq Pursley (Yam). ENDUR O: I. Roger Van Meter (SUl); 2. Brent Sim s (Yam); 3. Brian Moo re (Ha n ). Finger Lakes Motocross wins to Pederson Schroeder's night atAuburn Spdwy By Charles Williamson AUBURN, CA, SEPT. II For the second week in a row Du stin Schroeder scored the Handicap mai n win while j ess Ochoa emerged with a victory in the Scratch main at Auburn Speedway . Bart Bast also had a profitable night as he claimed h is second northern Califor nia n u mber one plate. All eyes were o n J im Sise more and Bast in th e Scra tch main, as both riders had been close in points all ni gh t. T he start was red-fl agged when Och oa and Sisemore went down. On the restart Och oa was more aler t and ga ted perfectly, holding the po le and taki ng the lead th roughout the first lap. Bast and Sise mo re were locked in to the ir o wn battl e giving Ochoa so me brea th in g room. After Bast broke free of Sisemore, he sho t after the leader Oc hoa. Oc hoa, th ough, was firml y in cha rge and held BaSI at bay for th e last two la ps fo r his second Scra tch main win . Sch roeder made another H an di cap ma in loo k easy, as he too k the lead when the tapes wen t up . Sch roe der never loo ked bac k, as he won the ma in for the seco nd straight week. T he battle betw een Sisemore a nd Bast conti n ued behi nd ru n ner- up Ochoa, with Sisemore third and Bast fourth. COLUMBIA, M SEP. 14-15 O, Chad Pederson found th e fast way arou nd the track to take top hon o rs in the 125 and 250cc Expert classes a t the an n ual H ot Dog Shootout held at Finger La kes Sta te Park. Pederson follow ed junior jackson a nd Doug Sto ne o ut of the ga te in th e first 250cc mot o, and ta ng led with Stone for two la ps wh ile jackson bu ilt a comfo rta ble lead. Once around Stone, Pederson set ou t to close th e gap be tween h imself and jackson. By lap • seven , Pederson a nd J ackso n were neck-andneck, wit h th e lead changing fou r times in the next two lap s. The end o f th e IO-Iap rn o to saw Pederso n out fro n t. wh il e Jackso n finis hed second. j ackso n ripped a no the r holeshot in mo to two, th is time followed by Pederson, and Ben H eibe l. Pederson was ted no tim e p uttin g the pressure o n j ackson, a nd took the lead br iefly III lap two, only to be passed back later in the same lap. After two laps of close raci ng , Pederson pulled off a crowd pl easing mid a ir pass to stea l the lead . He ibel, wh o had been watching the action (ro m th ird pl ace, grabbed th e opportuni ty to pass jackso n as well . The second mo to en ded with Pederso n a nd H eibel well o ut in fro n t o f j ackso n an d the rest o f th e pack. The th ird l 25cc Expert mo to had j ackso n o u t of th e gate firs t, Pederso n fifth and H eibel , who had been pl agu ed by bad sta rts all weekend, a miserable seven th. Pederson had passed a ll contenders betw een himself an d j ackson in j us t a co u p le o f laps, a nd th e two loo ked lik e th ey were setti ng th e stage for a repeat o f their 250cc class performances. By th e fifth lap, Ped erson and j ackson were sideby-side , and stayed that way for two laps. In lap six, Ped erson mad e the pa ss th at stuck, and a half lap later , H eibel , wh o had worked hi s way th ough the pack behi nd Pederson, also passed jackson. With three laps to go , Ped erson's lead" was safe from J ackson, b ut not from H eibel. In the sho rt lime th a t followed , Ped erson saw his lead shrink from six seconds to almost nothing as Heibel edl:ed in alo ng side. Pederson was just barely ab le lD hold o ff H eibel 's last la p charge, th ou gh, and cross ed th e fini sh line with two feet separating the bi kes. Results 125cc: EXP: I. Chad Pni erson (Yam ): 2. Ikn H('ibel (Kaw); j un ior Jilclr.son (Han ). s 250cc EXP: I. Chad Pede-r on (Yam); 2. J unior JackllOn (Ha n); 5. Ikn Heibd (Kaw). 125cc INT: 1. Bria n [kq;an (Kaw); 2. Ca r.' Han sen (Hon); 3. 1osh Wagner (Kaw);. 250ec INT : I. Brian ~a n (Kaw)j 2. earl Han sen (Han); 3. Pa ul Will is (Yam). ' . M5 125cc NOV: I. j imm y Dunn (Yam ); 2. Casey Ha Y (Han); 3. O ioto n Baird (Yam). 250cc NO V: I. R.D. P'=<1erson (Yam ); 2. T ravis Mulli n5 (Yam); .,. Shad Ritk nh our (Kaw). 250cc O PEN : l. Brian Deegan (Kaw); 2. Richard Woten . (Hon); 3. Scott Zimm erman (Yam). 123cc OPEN: I. Brian I>tqan (Kaw); 2. Tommy Schnser (Kaw); 5. Josh Wagn er (Kaw). By R.C. Jones Resul ts SCRATCH: 1. }('55 Ochoa (Jaw); 2. Bart Basi (Wo ); 3. j im Sisemore (Wo). HD CP : 1. Dustin Schroeder (W6); 2. J05 Ochoa (Jaw) ; ; 3. Jim Sisemore (W('S) 4. Bare Bast (W('5); 5. Mikl! Kain (Ja w). 0·2: 1. Dave Huntoon (Wes); 2. G lenn Moor e (Wo); 3. Rick Swalley (W('5): 4. Da.n Smith (W('S 5. Ro n Po rteou s ); (Jaw ). 0- 3: L Bill Whitesidr (Wo ); 2. Scott McC1(' la nd (W('s)j l 3. ChI!! Miller (Jaw); 4. j oe Tietgen (Jaw) ; 5. Larry Grttn (Jaw ). j R: I. Steve Downing. O'Boyle boils at Delta Motocross By Mark Montgomery DEl.TA, OR, SEPT. 8 · Darren O 'Bo yle powered his Yamaha to two moto wins under th e lights in th e combined 250cc A and B classes at Glass City MX Park. In mot o one, O 'Boyle blasted o ut of th e ga te and snared th e hol eshot wi th Ryan Weatherby· a nd Rodney Stout in hot pursuit . Stout blew through a berm at th e end of a whoop sen es and turned over thi rd to Chuck Lo y. Even tho ugh Weatherb y and Lo y kept th e pr essu re on, O 'Boy ie never seemed to be in se~ous trouble an d too k th e che ckered flag WIth a three·second maTlPn. Meanwhile, Chad Miller ca me from back In the pack and worked up to fourth, re lega ti ng Stout to th e fifth positio n. In the seco nd mot o, Loy gated well and charged to the firs t comer wi th the l",d. Seco nd lap misha ps however , dr o p ped bo th Loy and Weatherb y well back into the pa ck and vaul ted O'BoyIe into a lea d he would never relinquish. Chad M ill~r a nd . !irett Rem esik traded second and thud poSllton s, as th ey bauled each other and tried to catch

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