Foley foils competition at
Manon County Motocross
By Kyle Myers
Photo by John Roach
REDDICK. FI.. JUNE 20
Kevin Foley posted a I-I tally to top the +25
class at the Florida Motocross Club Series held
at Motocross of Marion County with 200 riders
turning out for a hot da y of racing.
Foley led the 2(}.rider field into the first tu m
with Tom Dixon. Ra y Stillings, Ma rk Beamer
and John Lundy in lo w. Stillings ju m ped by
Dixon on the opening lap, as Foley opened up a
lead . David McWilliams made a surprise pass ..
on Lund y for fifth, only to lose the position a lap
later. Lund y th en m otor ed by Beamer whi le
closing in on Dixon. Foley too k an easy firstmoto win over Stillin gs and Dixon.
When the second moto got underway Lundy
powe re d into the lead while Fo ley, Dixon ,
Beamer and Stillings dodged his roost. Stillings
qu ickl y overtook Beamer a nd Dixon; while
Fo ley h ound ed Lundy. Team Green/Fox/
Oakle y /Shoei/ Pe rform a nce Eng ineer -spon sored Foley slip ped by Lun dy in a tu m. Foley
powered aw ay as Bea mer bobb led an d Dixon
sho t by. Beamer foug ht back and passed Dixon
two feel from the finish line. Foley hel d on for
the moto w in and overa ll ah ead o f Lundy,
Stillings, Beamer and Dixon.
Tra v is Blackburn easily w on both 15-24
motos, leading every la p. Jeff N eilander and
Mike Decker foll owed h im hom e. Blackburn
also wo n bo th 250cc A class motos ove r Mark
Beamer. Jason Thomas wo n the Super Mini and
80cc (12-13) classes.
Resulls
P/W: 1. T~ Mond fl l (ya m); 2. 'ldtln Holstein (ya m); 3Scnith (Ymt); "'. Ryan Nortfwy (y am); S. Robm Holsmn
forte(
(Y-~
6S: 1. Scott Pnry (K.I w).; 2. Josh Fau stino (K. w ); 3. Tyson
H-hdI (lC.w); '" MAtt .JohNon (K.1w ); S. Chaz N'tfthry (Kawl.
85 ('1
-11): t .
B.ill.lrd (Suz.);2. Xpr F.mrU (Yam); 3. Andrri
....... (Suz~ 4. Oin'''''''y (Xow~5. T,.... ....... (Suz~
as (12·13): 1• .JuonThomas (lYw); 2. Louis Uvdy (K.I w); 3Mib Kushmidn (K,Iw); 4. Rich Butlr(YMn).
(I "~ L
r.ny (Iion~ 2. Sro """""' (Y~~ 2. J.B.
(Suz ~ 3. Ky..
FanwIl (Y~~" Louio UwIy (Xow~ S. And
8o Jon; (Suz~
125 8: 1. J«ob Foss (K.w); 2. Mi.k2 DecUr (X.aw); 3. Rod
FumriI (KIw); 4. Mib' 8ormNJ1 (Hon); 5. Kyle M)'"'ll (Hon).
125 C: 1. Sun Aver .. (Su¢ 2. J,ucx\ Brown (y .. m l; 3. Doug
W..man (Han); " Tl'lln. Willis (Han).;5. Joey o.rk~).
125/250 BEC: 1. St-an EVaN (Suz ); 2. Tom Fon:wa (lion); 3Brian PendTolY CHon); 4. Stev e ChristunlW'n (H on ); S. Dnid
'.11.
as
cx:. );
G_(Iion~
Z50k 1. Tl'lln. BlKkbum (Ka w); 2. M.rk BeaD'IeT (SuL).
2:50 B: 1. lUy Stillings (y.. m ); 2. John Lundy (y .. m ); 3. Rod
fumeD (KoIw); 4. Strve Dumond (Suz); 5. Mlkr Du ffirkl (K.Iw ).
2SO C: 1. Uoe T..thoJn (Y.un); 2. Jeff Neil.Inde!" (Han); 3. Tom
Dixon (Iion~" r... EW'" (Suz~ S. G",! ..y" (lion).
OPEN NO V: 1. Mike A med eo (XoIw ); 2. lhvid McWlllioJms
(Hon ); 3. Mitch Ho lsh"in (K. w ); 4. Steve Dumond (Hon); 5. $b!\oe
Oyo (Hon ).
16-24: 1. TI'IIN m.ckbum (KIIw); 2. Jt'll Nidandf"f' (Hon) ; 3Mike Drck.rr (KoIw) ; 4. 1.« T..ttwn (Y&m); 5. Doug Wa~ (lion).
+25 : 1. Kevin foley (X.nv); 2. lUy Stillings (Y.am); 3 . John
Lundy (Yam); 4. Tom Dixon
(Hon); 5. Ma rk 8eamn (Suz) .
+30: 1. John Lundy (yam); 2. Tim Eggen (Suz) ; 3. Jombo
Hayes (Hon); 4. Stnm Reida (yurt); 5. Glen Dwel~ (Hon ).
+35: 1. Tom fog& (K.iw); 2. }or StndJ (Hon); 3. Rich Buile
(KlM); 4. run Sutton (lim).
~ 1. Tom OraSi (Hon) ; 2. Tom Foz,s (H on ); 3. Clw'1n
lzhing (H on ); 4. Ema nue l Aderho ld (Hon) ; S. Da vi d fruirr
(Xow~
Joneses jam at Gray MX
By Barbara Will iams
Photo by Loren Will iams
GRAY
,lN, JUNE 19
The Jones family was hot in the Gra y Motocross
a t th e Appalach ian Fai rgro u nds, as brothe rs
Chaseand Tanner Jones collected wins in the 50
and 60cc classes , respectively, while their uncle
Kerry Jones topped the +25 and +30 A divisions.
Kerry and brother Ron Jo nes p UI o n a
demonstration in offensiv e/defensive racing in
both Vet A classes, battling in both the hea ts and
the ma ins. To add interest , Jay Hayes crashed
the party in the +25 A class, battling Kerry side
by s id e for the lead in th e heat and ge tti ng
edged out in the last few turns.
In the main, the class came thro ugh tum one
in a sna rling pack. Much of the racing was two
and three wid e on the tight, lechn ica1lrack. Joel
Baker departed sudde nly from the melee when
he crashed while making a move on Hay es. Ron
Jones, Kerry Jones and Hayes s tayed in tha t
order to the finish, bu t Baker was through for
the even ing.
Kerry Jones holeshot the +30 A main, with
Ron Jones right behind. Ron skimmed the rockers to grab the lead, onl y for Kerry to answer
bad. in the next tu m and reclaim the advantage .
Pushing, b locki ng. d ivi ng und ern ea th in co rners, and handing the lead back and forth. they
blasted around the Irack ev er faster, pu lling
away from the field . In yet another move to take
bac k the lead as they screamed along side by
side, Ron took a small jump a little hotter tha n
he meanl to. He nose d ived into the clay and
dropped from the moto. Kerry Jones sto pped in
concern for his brother. and after being waved
on, continued on at a mu ch slower pace, slowing
each lap to check on Ron, who had injured his
rib s in the fa ll. Kerry cruised to the win, followed by Tim Jennings and Larry Harrison.
Results
50: 1.0.- Jones (Y&m).
60: 1. T&NWr }onn (X.Iw); 2. Matt Olevins ( Kolw); 3. J..mn
IC.Pith (lCaw); 4. WWy 8.lkrr (lU w); 5. Ja...,. Shelton (Ka w).
]R MJM, L H.ons N«I ~ 2. T_ _ )enos (Xow~ 3. Rob
)enos (Suz~" jn.my .....l... (Iion~ s..... Hus .... (Suz~
SR MJM, 1. John Thom_ (lion); 2. J"'"'" Hony (Xow~ 3.
Ja!KJll'l JOM'S(Yam) ; 4. Riclurd Gilbert (Su z) ; S. Brya n V.. ughn
~
125 A; 1. ShanrTC"ITlplnon (lion).
125 C: 1. John W.ard. (Suz); 2. XC'lly Floyd (Hon); 3. JACkie
Doyle (K,aw ); 4. M.rk Muncy (Sw:) ; 5. David Ow~ (Yam).
125 D: 1. Eric ~ (Hon); 2. TC'd Osbortw (Han); 3. Ridwd
Stacy (Xaw); 4. D- rri n IWd (KMw); 5. JC'I)' B1.ank.enship(yam).
250 A: 1. SNne Tem pleton (Hon).
250 B: 1. Ch ris Shortrld~ (Hon ); 2. Jeff loIfWur (Hon); 3SIne M..... (leaw); 4. GIm ChaM (X.aiw).
250 C: 1. Robm Dale Wood y (Suz); 2. Willwm CMwv..ugh
(Hon); 3. ..... Rrnho (lion); " Morty Ilillm.n (Y~); S. TImothy
NC'Wton (yillm).
Z50 D: 1. f.r'nnt Blankenship (](aw); 2. Keith Glltland (Hon);
3. GC'ffrey Lawton (Hon ); 4. Cha rles Bentl ey Jr. (K.aw); 5. Grq
Bumgarner (Kaw).
U/L: 1. Ja y Hayn ( Ho n); 2. J~ff La flr-ur (Ho n) ; 3. Mark
Mun<)' (Suz~' . John Wanl (Suz ); S.
Floyd (Hon).
25+ A: 1. Krny Jones (Suz); 2. Ron Jones (Hon) ; 3. Jay HoIyn
(Hon) ; 4. Larry H.arri!lon (Suz) .
25+ B: 1. Chris Shortridge (Hon ); 2. Steve MAson (K.aw); 3.
Sam King (lion).
2S+ C: 1. wun.m Cusavaugh (H on); :z. Robm Dale Woody
(Su z ); 3. Marty Hillman (Ya m ); 4. Tommy Gourley (yam); 5.
"'"y
Albert McCoy scored a moto win in the 250cc 0 class at Hidden Acres MX.
Eri k Vallejo (47) leads Chris Wheeler (58) and Billy Akers (144) at Lake Whitney.
Tlmothy N-ton (Y&m).
.
30+ A: 1. Krrry Jonrs (Suz); 2. r un Jennings (Xaw ); 3. 1MTy
H.n;,.., (Suz~
JO+.. 1.
Ke;" (Suz).
30+ C; I. John SlWnpock(Hon); 2. IUymond SIal< (Suz~ 3.
Go.,.
D.tvid Johnson (Hon); 4. Joh n 8f'Own (Hon ); 5. DavKl BuflWtw
(Iion~
.Coy hammers Hidden Acres MX
By Barba ra Will iams
Photo by Loran Will iams
KINGSPORT. IN. JUNE 27
Jutting Coy proved to himself and the rest of his
competitors thai he is fully recovered from two
broken wrists that he suffered earlier in the year
by winning the 250cc C class at round six of the
Tra nslate Series at Hidden Acres . "They feel
grea t," Coy said of the wrists. "They're not bothering me at all today,"
Coy nai led the holeshot in both motos on his
Suzuki RM250, a nd in spite of the chall en ges
tu rned in by Freeb ie Laws and Raymond Terry,
h eld on to w in both molos . Law s en ded up
secu rin g second overall by pos ting 3-2 mo to finishes, whil e Terry settled for third via a 2-3 tally.
Danny Lain and Cleats Greece rounded out the
top five.
The 125cc class wasn't as kind 1 Coy. Whi le
0
ru ~mi n g a mong the lea d ers in th e fi rs~ moto,
Coy slid out and his bike wa s run over , res ulting
in a b roken throttle. This left Coy sideli ned for
the res t of the mot o. He came back to finish third
in the seco nd mo ta.
Suzuki RMI25 rid er Brian Terry reco rd ed
the over all victo ry by handedly winning both
motos. Wesley Coy finished second overall and
Randa ll Rowe th ir d . Jackie Doy le an d Craig
Butterbaugh finished fourth and fifth , respectively.
Albert Coy, the uncle o f Ju tting and We s
Coy. tr aded molos with Charles Bentley Jr. in
the 250cc D class but came out on the short end
of the slick, by losing the tie-brea king seco nd
mo to to Bentley. Bentley ended up as the overall
class w inner o ve r Albert Coy , wh ile Bo bb y
Rus.o;e1I, Earnest Blankenship and Darren Laws
rounded ou t the top five.
Res ul ts
50: 1. o.w Robms (Ya rnt 2. ~ FiPlds (Yam).
60: 1. am. HNth (K,Aw); 2. }oahu.a H.iynes (X,Iw l; 3. Jacob
Saylor (X.awl; 4. AII&n StridrJrr()::oJw); S. Man 8In'ms (Kaw).
80 BEG: 1. Kelly T.. ylor ( K.aw). 2. Eur Roser
3.
GonIon _
(lion); 4. av;,
(Suz); S. .... Hush's (Suz~
SR MIM: 1. Ada m Vaughn (XAiw); 2. J-xt Ftnlry (Suz ); 3-
He."
ex... );
Brian H ....... (Iion~ 4.1d/ 1ld(lion).
125k I.
No""" ......,.
(Suz ~
125 B; 1. TySer Cur (lion); 2. LrsliC'8dchrr (Su.z) ; 3. o.vid
C.......
125 C: I. Brian Teny (Suz); 2. Wes5eyCay (Yam); 3. IW\dall
Rowe (Sw:); 4. j.clde Doyle (X,Iw); 5. er.aig Butzbaugh (y.un).
125 D: 1. Ke1 8&rmt (Suz); 2. ~ TaykJor (Suz) ; 3. Marlr.
th
Vandyke (Suz); 4. o.rrifl Rftd (Kaw);5. Anthony Aumn (Hon ).
2SO k I .
No"""......,.
(Suz ~
250 B; 1. Chris Shortridg... (Hon ); Z. Je fl 1.Al1
eur (Ho n ); 3.
o.vid Culton Olon); 4. o.nny Uin (Han); 5. Oeats Gmn (Hon).
250 D: 1. Chull"! Bt-ntlry Jr. (Ka w ); 2. A lbert Coy (Yam) ; 3.
Dobby RUNd1 CH ); 4. Ernest Blankenshi p (JC.aw); S. D.uren Laws
on
(Ya m ).
OPEN AMI' 1. Tony Smith (Hon); 2. David farris (KTM); 3.
~ c:n-(Hon~
U/ L: 1. Jay Hayes (Hon) ; 2. Tony Smith (Hon ); 3. Tyler Carr
(Hon ); 4. Sh4ne C illitlp ie (Ka w ); 5. Johnny R. sar (Suz).
ENDR/NON.aJR: 1. IU.ndy f arri s (KTM) ; 2. Jory SouthoJrd
(Ho n) ; 3. Jrff Wan?n (Suz); t. Michael LoJu th (KIM); S. Tony
Red
dda (Xow~
25+ A: 1. Jay Ihyn (Hon); 2. Gilbert J
ohnson (Han); 3. Larry
IWrioon (Suz) .
2S+ B: I . Chris Shortridgte (Hon) ;2. Stevr MaMJn (Kaw ).
2S+C: 1. Don Vm.tbiC'(Han); 2. Cluts ~ (Hon); 3. Jamn
~ (Hon ); 4. Ra
ndy B~l"I' (y&m).
30+ k I. La ft"}' Ham.on (Suz~
30.- 8: 1. Rona ld Ne hon (Hon); 2.JoI'vtny R.uar (Suz) .
30+ C: 1. D.n:t Zoort (y ..m); 2. SIn-C' Bolling (y&m); 3- nm
....nrod. ("""~" Laft"}' Trimnal (Suz~ 5. 0..... Johman (Iion~
3S+ k I.!.any"""- (Suz) .
3S+ .. I. .....Id N
