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GEVENTS e Despite intense heat, the Hangtown Amateur MX enjoyed a strong turnout of riders. Windham wails at Hangtown Amateur Motocross By Bill Spencer SACRAMENTO, CA, JUNE 19 jake Wind ha m made th~ mos t of a very ho t Dirt Diggers North M.e. Han gtown Class ic by winning a ll four motos he entered in the Saturday Spo rt sma n p ortion o f the Silver An n ive rsary week end. Riding Steve Lam son 's old Suz ukis , he wo nboth the 125 and 250cc B classes in tem pera tures that rose to nearl y 105 d egrees . Afte r gra d ua ting from hig h sc hoo l on Thursday night , Wind ha m pre pared for the grueling race by d rinkin g la rge a mo u nts of water and having Lamso n's fathe r, john , help p rep are his bikes. "I'd like to try and be as fast as Steve, an d join the Pro ranks soon," sa id Windham . Windham's closest competition in the 125cc class was from 17-year-old Cha d Burleson. who just co u ld n' t get h is sta rts righ t. O nce un d er wa y. how ev er, Burleson wa sn 't to be stopp ed , thou gh he couldn' t quite take the top spot from Windham. "I jus t wasn ' t go n oa b e third ," Burc lson rela ted after nearl y crashing when he and ano the r rider b umped each other in a co rnero Willi e Mille r took third in the 125cc class over Eric Liddel. bu t was seco nd to Windham in the 250cc di vision, wi th Tyce ja ckson third. . Mike Preston was the easy winner in the Vet A p ort io n , wit h Will y Musgra v e a n d h is American Dirt Bikes Avenger in second. Don Cla rk took h is Yama ha to th ird , a nd they a ll posted the same finishers in the seco nd m oto. Steve Bonit a provid ed so me excit eme nt for the District·36 officials, who co uldn 't figure ou t his real classificati on after he won all the motes in the Open a nd Up the Hill B classes. Marcus Sabado was seco nd in the Open division, while the Up the Hill ca tegory came unde r protest. Mar k Duva l, a CHP bike instructor, was tops in the Vet B class over 38 riders. " I rid e when I ca n and I wa s -In town teachin g. so so me of us ca me ou t to ge t re a d y fo r th e nex t (po licema n /firema n) round down so uth," sa id Duv al. Dave Montgom ery chased him for second. nior / Supe r Senio r class saw The combined Se Jim Lam kin wi n aga in, ma king the ISDE fans proud. Lamki n ma y not have race d at the first Han gt ow n ro und in 1969, bu t it was proba bly n ot lo n g afte r t ha t w he n he s ta rte d . Ric h Schi lling beat o u t Ed d Haymond for second, whi le Craig' Sch u ltz top p ed th e Sen iors, with Bob Hershey second ov er j im O'Neal. Terry Sage crashe d hi s w ay to fou rth , w hil e Ric k Rus sell top p ed th e Se nio r B class a nd Le ro y Francard wa s best in the Supe r Senior B do main. Resu lts VET A: I. Mike Preston (Kaw ); 2. Willy Musgr a ve; 3. Don Oark (Yam); 4. Joh n [Mu th (lion) ; S. Robert Han !lCf\ (Yam). VET 8: 1. Mark Ouv.l (Hon); 2. OavKJ Montgomery (y am ); 3. Steve Matoonjy (Yam); 4. Doug Varne ll (Suz); 5. ~in Green (Kaw). S/SR: 1. Jim Lamkin (Hon); 2. Rich Russel (Ka w); 3. l£roy Fr.:me.1rd (KTM ). SR.: I. Craig Schultz ()(aw ); 2. Robt-rt Hershey (Hon ); 3. O 'Neal (Y. m); 4. Terry Ssge (Yam) ; 5. Tim Colv ert (Kaw). SR C: 1. Brode rick Wad low (lion); 2. Brm l PopL1wski (Kaw); 3. Rich Kroski (KTM); 4. Russ G remficld (Hon); 5. Don .. .ner 1 (Kaw). VET C 1). 1: 1. Ran dy Medl "Y (K.w); 2. ~.. ry Joh n.IOR (yd m); r ' 3. G reg Pe n ni ng to n ( KoI w ); 4, Ga ry Pla.atje (Ya m) ; 5. Glenn Zet ttTq uist (Hon) . VET C D-2: 1. Denni s Smith (y.m); 2. Steve Storie (K.aw); 3. Kevin Walker (ya m); 4. Phil Scott (Suz); 5. Tom Murp hy (Hon) . UTH B: 1. Steve Bonita (Ydm); 2. Sh.awn Frciling (Kaw) ; 3. Roi Ho lsta u (Y.m); 4. Troy BNChby (Yam); 5. Jes9I!Ochoa (Kaw) . o rEN B: 1. Str'Vt' Bon ita (Hon); 2. Marcus 5.lbitdo (I-Ion); 3. Todd Dam ron (Suz) ; 4. Kevin G~ ( K"n .-); 5. Anthon y Alves (Y.am). O PEN C: 1. R.lndy Mt'd lt')' (K.aw); 2. Kevin Felkins (Hon ); 3. Glen n Ze tterqu ist (Ho n); 4. WiUi. m .lUa u (Hon); 5. Jon You rd 'im 32 (Yam~ 250 B D-1: 1. J... ke Windham (SU7. ; 2. Wlllit· Mille r (Hon ); 3. ) Ty ee Jackson (Kaw ); 4. Je ro me Law (Y. m); 5. Kelly Ha mm e r (I-1on) . 250 C 0-1 : 1. Scott Dolvill (K.aw); 2. Aalon Mattson (y am ); 3. Oon Mendenhall (Suz); 4. Seth Rose (SU7.); 5. Byron Frick (Ho n). 250 C 0-2.: I. Casey Mu sick (Jc. w); 2. Tony Lamperti (Hon) ; 3. Mike Hodges (yam); 4. Brian Ba.rrin gt on (Suz); 5. Cli nt Will is (y.m). 125 0: 1. Jake Windh.m (Suz); 2. Ch.1d Burleson (Ho n); 3. Willie Miller (Hon ); 4. Eric Lidd ell (K.Jw) ; 5. 'i mmy P"K'T'C't' (lGtw). 125 C 0- 1: 1. Carl B.tker (Kaw); 2. Olli~ TrolC)' (Stu); 3. Br.nl Steiger (Hun); 4. 1erry Ruise (K.w); 5. David Lodermcier (Hoo ). 125 D-1: I. u ri Baker (Kaw); 2. Chm TracY (SU7.); 3. Brant Stl. i ~ (Ho n); 4. Jerry Ruise (Kaw ); 5. Oolvi Lodermeier (Hon~ o d 125 0-2: 1. Oan"' l Hod ges (Kaw ); 2. Ben SIl;lnk (SU7.); 3. Ryan Du ntsch (Su7. ; 4. Nick No rthrop (Suz ); 5. J05h Fisher (Suz). ) WMN : 1. Jeann ie Pru itt (I-Ion); 2. $h.l rl Van Tas&" (Suz); 3. 11 Shirlyn Smith (Hon) . Morgan mops up at Adams County Supercross By John Clifford BRIGHTON, CO JUNE 12 , Radi o sta tions KYGO a nd KPBT's Pete McKay ma y h a ve ro ck ed th e Adams Co u n ty Fa irg ro unds' first su pe rcross o f the yea r, bu t Sha wn Mor gan s tole th e sho w by wi nni ng all three Pro classes. Morgan gra bbe d the ho lesho t in the fi rst Open Pro moto, follow ed by ja red Car lson and An d y Atkin s . jos h Kellog g pu shed Keith Ca mpbell for fourt h position. Kip Sande ll recov ered from a poor start and closed on Ca mpbe ll, Kellogg lost con trol in the wh oop sec tion and wen t down. Carlson p ushed to catch Atkins but co u ld n ' t ove r ta ke hi m . Morga n wo n, with Atkins se co n d a nd Ca rl so n , Sa n de ll a nd Ca mp be ll ro und in g out the top five . Da v id Danko suffe red a terribl e crash and broke his arm . In m ot o two A tkins took th e lea d , whil e Morgan, Ca mpbell and San dell ga ve cha se. O n the second lap Atki ns went d own ha rd in the w hoops and remou n te d in four th , movi ng Mor gan to the front and he never looked back. Ca mpbe ll rod e his heart out to stop the Sandell attack for second an d Atki ns s urv ived a la te su rge by Ca rlso n for fo urth . Morga n wo n th e overa ll, Atkins was seco nd , wit h Ca mpbell third and Ca rlson fourth. Th e fir st 250cc Pro mo to sa w Atk ins a n d Mor gan go right to th e lead . Sande ll preceded Ca rlson in third . Dere k Shaffer move d through the whoo ps to stea l the third spot. On the first lap Morgan made his move on Atkins a nd go t by. San dell squeezed out Shaffer before the doubles with Ca rlson follo w ing h is lead . Halfway through, Atkins bobbl ed an d Sand ell capitalized for second . Kellog charged through the pack to cha llenge Carlson for fou rth and engage d in a bar -ban gin g battle, jumping side by side over the tripl e, with Kellogg making the las t-lap pass. Morga n was victo riou s, foll ow ed by San dell, Atkins, Kellogg an d Ca rlson . In moto two Morga n look the win an d the overa ll victory. Atkins too k secon d overall, w ith Sandell and Kellogg third and fourth. Results Clay Hoen shell (5) got a stro ng start at the No Gumby Tag Team Hare Scramble. 250 8 : I. Drya n Curtis; 2. Bill And rews; 3. Juan Church; 4. Nolan Mdrtin. 2,.';0 PRO: 1. Sha wn Morgan; 2. And y Atkin s; 3. Kip Sande ll; 4. Josh Kellogg . O I'EN NO V: 1. Ja ke Hoga n; 2. Jeff Brewster; 3. Tony Ewert; 4. Kris Joh nson. • OrEN 8: I. Matt Kyle; 2. Jaden Ball'; 3. Brian Bowe rs; 4. Troy 60: t Hank H.... nson (Kaw). 80: 1. Mark Wt!('!r.s (Ho n); 2. Jason Child re (Hon); 3. Chris Brannon (Kaw ); 4. Mik Vigo (Hon); 5. Brent Klima(Suz). BEG: 1. David Flory (Hon); 2. Jam~ Bethel (Hon); 3. lJrl"l1t JOI'leS (Kaw ); 4. Ch.rk-s Lawrence (ya m). IRON : 1. Mar k Ch ildre (KIM); 2 Rod Kimbrough (lC.Iw); 3. Karl Zimmenn.m (Hon); 4. Tonuny F. breg M (Hon) . Pcbcky. o rEN PRO : I. Sh. w n Morga n; 2. Andy Atkins; 3. Keit h Campbell; 4. Jared Car lson. VET NOV: 1. She ld o n Cline; 2. Da lt' R. ym ond; 3. Oa n Tourville; 4. Rich H ughes. VET D 1. Mike Sulliva n; 2. John FoT1"e'llt; 3. One Rekhardt; 4. : Juhn G ilford. VET PRO: 1. Allen Smi th; 2. David a"ughba ug h; 3. 8ri"n Sharp; 4. M" rk At'liia. SR NOV : 1. Tom Robertson;2. BobFunk; 3, Murel Connet. SR B: I. Btl:'I'lt Been. ~ SR A: I. [h.,'i.ghl Cata l.no; 2. Ed Pl'frington; 3. Mike Fish; 4. David Wolla ston . 5/SR: I. John Malsam . WMN : 1. Ang~ Riggs; 2. r'em Ne l!lOf1. VlNT : 1. Gr" mh.un Barber; 2. Sieve Egard:3. Ed St. Pierre . Paley, Cardwell win No Gumby Hare Scrambles By Mic hael Walker CEDARCREED, TX, JUNE 20 Steve Car d well and Dou g Paley team ed up and came out on top at the inau gural No C umby Tag Hare Scramble at Scott Ranch . This new property consisted of a In-m ile loop , which trea ted rid ers to a vary ing degree of trails. Sup p or t a c tion sa w Mar k We eks, Ja so n Child re a nd Chris Brannon jump in to an early lead in the 2{}-mile race. These three BOcc riders put 10 minutes be tw een them and the fou rthplace rider by the finish. The trio the n tal ked the ho sting clu b into a llo w ing th em to ra ce as a team in the C class, which th ey went ou t an d won by a m argin of four minutes. The A class raced away with Clay Hoe nshe ll, Bob Marin o, Ca rd well, Ber t Re y n old s and Clifford Goe rtz in a tigh t bat tle. Hoenshe ll and Ma rino tried to pull away, but Goertz arrived at the scoring a rea first. Some 64 seco nds se parated th es e five after 10 mil es. N u me rous lea d cha ng es oc cu rred over the next 30 mil es, as teams began to trad e rid ers. Forty miles into the rac e, Pal ey put h is Kawa saki into the scoring area first an d his part ne r Card we ll raced. awa y with a tn-seccnd lead . By the end of the next lap it was a whopp ing 24 seco nds. Ho wever, on the six th lap , ArJington Suz u ki/ MSRI Scolt -backed Hoenshe ll ran the quic kest lap of the da y and put nea rly a minute on seco nd p lace. Temper a tu res were creeping into the 90s, so the club decided to cu t the dis tance to'70 miles. The last rider chan ge saw Jimmy Wilson off to try and p re se rve t he le a d , wit h St e v e Ca rdwell and Cliffor d Go ertz hot on his trail . Wilson su ffered a har d cras h abou t a m ile from th e fi nis h a nd a llowed both rid e rs b y as he remoun ted, ba tt ered a n d b ruised . Ca rd we ll roost ed to th e chec ke red n a g w ith a tim e of three h ou rs, 19 minutes a nd 45 seco nds, fo llowed by Goe rtz and Wilson. Resu lts P/ W NOV: 1. Mite Wann ut h; 2. Du sti n Look-hart 3. Br.dy 0 / A: 1. Dou g ralt')' (K.1 )/SteveCard well (Yam). w A: 1. Oifford Goertz (Suz) / Ste ven Rathm an (Hon) ; 2. CLa y Sha rp ; 4. Zach Rote. P/ W ~1 . And y Sho rt; 2. Mdlt Wh itmarsh; 3. Nat ha n Meyml; 4. Ada m Burris. . lin MINI NOV : 1. Nicho ls Petenon; 2. JUS Cold wt"l~ 3. Ben Ma n ici"n o; 4. Mike Fish. . . MINI 8: 1. Weli l-L≤ 2. And y Sho rt; 3. Scon Meyers; 4. Ouis P. IT . MINI PRO: 1. J.P. Lyton; 2. Trollvls Riley; 3. Oenok Belew. " 125 NOV : 1. SIlane Wik.'Ox5On;2. Da rin Connt"t; 3. Nic Tr. via; 4. leff Brewster. 125 B: 1. Joel Hollend orf; 2. Mike Walsh; 3. D.-nton Shaffer; 4. Justin Keeg. 125 PRO: 1. Shawn Morga n; 2. Jart"d C1fl'iOf\;3. And y Atkina; 4. JooI> Kellogg. 250 NO V: 1. ' .Ike Hogan; 2. r .t Ho lland; 3. Ed Brenna n; 4. D.avt' Zrubek. tto ens be tl {Suz)/Ji m my Wil so n ( tl on); 3. Bt'rt Reynolds (KTM)(Todd Tarver (KTM). 250 8: I. Ca rter While (Kaw)/ Rod nl')' B.a r~h (Hon) ; 2. Tyler Walte rs ( Hon ) /J im Si n ki ns o n ( Hon) ; 3 . Ri p Woodwa rd (S uz) / Da vl d Ro wl and ( H o n ); 4. Kennf! lh La ng h a m S r. (Ya m)/Kennct h u ng ha m Jr. (Yam). 200 B: 1. Bill Ho lland (Ho n) lJe ff Wil son (H on); 2. W ill Hendri x {Ka w )/Sa m Crabtree ( Ka w ); 3 . S le p h e n Se lm . n (IC.w)lJam" Selman (Kaw) . C: t M.rk Weeks (Hon )/ Jason Childre (Hon )/Chris Brann on (1G1w); 2. JOl:' Eas~ (Yam)/Mib- Ebarb (K.1w); 3. ScoU 5l!ve~ (H on )/Eli e Wehbe (Hon l. +38 : 1. Mi ke Br.dsh aw (Va m ) /Ji m U tt le (H on ); 2. N ick jc N ke b o n ( K. w )/ Fra ncls H eSi ( Y. m ); 3 . Ke n t Atwood (Thm )/ Rosn Bradlt')' (Suz.) . JR: t J"rrod Goertz (Ho n). Leach latches on to win at Albany Motocross By Deanna Holbrook Al.B ANY, OR, JUNE 20 Tr ack p ro mo te r a n d ex- p ro ra cer Bob Lea ch came back from 13 bro ken ribs to take first place in the Ol d -T imer Mon e y class a t th e Alb an y Supercross. Leach raced pr o fessio nall y in the '60s in the Int er-Am Series, then qu it racing in the 70s and bou gh t wha t is now Albany SX. At the drop of the ga te in moto one, Leach, not known for his grea t starts, was fifth off the line. Nic k Rusinovich got the holesh ot with jack Co u lte r on h is rear wh eel , followed by Walt Sm ith, Bill Na ylor and Leach . Co ulter we nt into a rig h t- h a n d turn h ot, tryin g to ge t past Rusino vich, b ut killed th e m otor a nd allo wed Smit h to squ eeze by. Coulter q uickly rem ounted and in a few turns had rega ined the lead over Sm ith. Jim Parks, who had been hot on Leach's heels, followed right behi nd. By lap three Leach had passed Smith and was gu nn ing for Cou lter, w ho was s till ba t tling to ge t by Rusin ov ich. Parks was unable to ma ke a mo ve on Smith and rem a ined th ere for the rem ainder of the race. Leach caught Co ulter and mad e a har d d rive out of a right-ha nd tum, holdin g the thr ottl e on d own the straig ht an d squ eezing him ou t at the next tum, movin g into seco nd. With one lap to go, Leach moved in on Ru sin ovich , tryin g to find a way around. Co ming down tow ards the Sand Lake sectio n, Leach flew off the las t jump, getting a hard drive to the corne r an d tuc king u nde rneath Rusin ovi ch to take th e checkered fla g for the wi n, wi th Ru s in ov ic h s ec o n d, Cou lter third and Parks finishing up four th. Mo to two s a w Smith wi th th e h nl es ho t, Coulter once aga in in seco nd, Parks in third and Leach fourth. Co ulter immed ia tel y moved into firs t, pa ssin g Sm ith in a tight right-h and tu rn : Leach ca ught Smith in the whoops and mad e the pass, the n charged hard to catc h Par ks. Leach re e led him in by th e t re e sec tion o n a long straightaway and beat him to the com er to take ove r .second . Back in the pack Rusin ovlch , who had s tar ted poorly, was tryi ng to wor k his way up 10 n o avail. The ra ce set tle d do w n a nd rema ined the sa me to the finish, with Leach's 1-2 taking the ov e ra ll a head o f Coulter a n d Rusin ovich. Resulls soSTK: 1. Ad.m I-Ioltgrew (Yam ); 2. Ada m Wood s (Y.am); 3. N ick Lachee lle (Ya m); 4. Len ny Hill (ya m); S. Llnd sey Dunl (Yam). SO MOD: I. Rielly Gu nd e rson (Yam); 2. Drand on Lecbe pclle (Yam) ; 3. Adam H oltg~ (ya m); 4. Ca sey Du val (y . m); 5. Lee Du val (Yam). 60 JR: 1. Rand y Pekare k (Kaw); 2. Ricky Gunder.lOR(Yam); 3CLlyton KoIyser (Kaw) . 60 SR: 1. JoshUd Ph illips (Kaw); 2. ~k W.lkoski (Kaw); 3. Ricky Men n. (Kaw); 4. Adam Wood s (Y.am). 80 BEG: 1. Lee Ca krh u ff (Su z); 2. Du sl Hill (Ka w) ; 3. J.' . Spencer (Kaw); 4. Brian Mo.:MCJrTi5 (Hon) ; 5. Iared Logen (I-Ion ). w 80 JR.: 1. Mike Merina (Kol ); 2. Brock Ew~ (Hon) ; 3. Malt WiIIi"m , (ya m). 80 O PEN : 1. Mike Me rinol (Ka w); 2. Broc k Ewers (Ho n); 3. Sean Con nag ha n (Kaw ); 4.J. I. Spencer (Kaw ). 125 BEG 1. Mike Bland (Hon); 2. Erik AndM'!lOf'l (Suz); 3. G1 : rnn I'milnolt (Su7. ; 4. o.n Mooney (Hon) ;S. Jus tin Uvings tun (Suz). ) 125 JR: 1. Cuey Tone ( Ka w) ; 2. Rob b Fab rick (Ka w) ; 3. Le la nd H"fenb~d l (Suz) ; 4. Ko ry Ras mu ssen (Ka w) ; S. Steve Grubbs (Hon ). 125 INT : I. Br.d 8 runk.ll (Hon); 2. Eric Rogers ( Ho n) ; 3. Kenny Belmore (Hon). 250 BEG: I. Steve Sa trhlor (Kaw); 2. Km Pa lCenier (Yarn); 3. Sea n Fe nwick (H on ); .of. De n ni s Oa nkenbrlng ( KTM ); 5. R. U Shreev e (y.m).

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