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EVENTS
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VINT: 1. Bemie Koh ler. Jr .; 2. William Cheny; 3 . Tracy
Updyke; 4. Mike MdelJ,; 5. BiDlNcho.
CO LLEGE80Y: 1. Tom ManeIHi; 2. ~k Stull; 3. }.mI!lI
Knapp; 4. Robftt Tottc5. &ic DdMdts.
SR NOV, 1. Rkh f.op (K.ow);2. Dovld Bibby Olon); 3. Alon
Cava (Suz); '" Cary Andetw:Jn (lC.aw); So Glenn Cribbs (Hon ).
Whitaker wins Eagle Creek
Hare Scrambles
By Paul Michels
DRY RIDGE. KY. JUNE 27
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O/A: I. HArvey Whiuker (Hon); 2. raul Michell (An:); 3.
A.J. s,,;a. (ATK) .
200 A: 1. Gene TbunrwIn (Yam); 2. DaYid l.arnbmh (K.aw) .
%SO A:.1. o..le Ride (Y.un).
orEN A:. 1. twvey Whitakrr (lion); 2. r.uI Michds (A l'k).
VET A:. 1. A.I. Sp ittr (ATJC); 2. Carl Keith (suzl; 3. To m
F......n (ATK); 4. Kalh """gon (ICIM); s. """,,em (Han~
125B, I. /om! Smilh pc.wt 2. Brion HoII (Han) .
200 B:1. Bill Wel (A'1x); 2. Mark ~(K.aw ).
2SO B 1. ..... ....u.n.IUp (KlM); 2. 0>ri0 ' - (Yom).
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OrEN' 8: 1. jOIP Etienne ('JYw ); 2. L.-nce WAde (Yam); 3. LoWe
Fugate (Hon); 4. RonnWCox (H0f'I); S. David Hobdy (KTM) .
"STIlI(; I . ,..... c.ng.,- (Han) .
L!W TIL: 1. Tom Bumpus (Suz) .
HfW Tlt L:.1. Leonard ttarril (Mon ); 2. Bill Krnrwdy (Suz); 3RobertTerry (y am) .
Carsten outlasts 'emat
Broome-TIoga MX
Oark
Doug
125 NOV : 1. Erick V..Uejo (lC.Iw); 2. Cory DeMel' (s uz l; 3.
JWl in Puu: (lI:..w); 4. Jno" Eckhoff (K.aw); 5. JeffSmith (Suz).
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• 125 INT: 1. Kevin Windham (JC.I w ); 2. Billy Akers (Suz); 3.
'''w); 4. Chris Wheeler (Yam) ; S. Oonme Fox
Brad Woo lsey (1
Bou.y(K.owt
se veral times until the third of fou r lap s w hen
Whim ke r too k co mmand of the lead for good
and wo n the race by onl y 30 seconds ahead of
Michels.
Other top riders included Gene Thurman in
the 2lXkc A class ove r Dave Lambert. Both riders
finis hed among the top 10 overall finishers.
Dale Richie finished first in the 250cc A class,
whi le Mar k Blankenship aced the 250cc B class
jus t ahead of Ch ris Laos .
Resu lts
Harvey Whitaker and his Honda XR600 fourstroke bes ted the field in the second rou nd of the
Kentucky Championship Hare Scrambles Series
at Eagle Cree k MX Par k. Paul Michels and A.J.
Spicer rounded ou t the top three.
The race started on a slick course, bu t once in
the woods, the leaders kept swapping positions
By Paula Brown
Photo by Bill Cooper
BINGHAMTON. NY,JULY 5
An all night drive and 95 degree heat did no t
s to p Barry Carsten from scoring th e overall
125cc Expert class win at the fourth round of the
Tucker Rocky $100.000 Series at Broom e-Tioga.
After making the n ine·hour dr ive fro m
Michi gan Saturday night, Carsten, along w ith
hundreds of other riders withstood the·extreme
heat to compete for the abundance of contingencies, p laques and trophies p rovided by Tucker
Rocky Series sponsors.·
Gaylon Dickson made an ea rly stab a t the
125cc Pro/Exp ert win by taki ng the holeshot
then leading the first five laps of the first moto.
The top four rid ers , all on Suzukis, careened
around the tra ck. each waiting for the gu y in
fr on t to make a m istake. Dickson was finally
dethroned by the hard chargin g Carsten. then
bumped ba ck in to th ird b y Dami e n Plo lt s .
Carsten tri ed pulling ou t in front of Plotts to
ma ke some brea thing room. but Plotts never let
him ge t out of spit ting range. "It's p ret ty on e
lined out there,· said Carsten after taki ng the
checkered flag in first. "Dickson got a good sta rt
and I couldn't get around him. It wa s p retty
hard to pa ss.·
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Carsten solved the one line problem by grabbin g the holeshot in the final 125cc Pro Expert
mo to, keeping a hair's breath a way from Plotts
in the opening laps. Dickson h eld on to th ird
until Keith Troccoli passed h im on the tri ple,
moments after the halfway marker came out.
Troccoli held on to finish th ird. Ca rsten and
Plo tt s can thei r own race for th e to p spot,
Carsten staying out in front. Plolts' bobble on
the triple thai last time through cost him precious seconds, as Carsten pulled out a comfortable lead to the checkered flag. Carsten's overall
win increased his lead in the 125cc Expert points
sta n di ngs b y seven po ints. Trocco li's fou rth
overall puts him in a tie with Plotts in the standings.
*Pea t was in the air for a wee k and a hal fl
said ann ouncer Erv Braun,.as Michael Peat land ed on the oth er sid e of a triple whil e ahead of
the 250cc Pro / Expert class opener. Pea t's acroba tics kept him in first pla ce un til getting passed
by Damien Plotts during the first lap . Carsten.
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who ha d gotten off to a m id p ack start, was
weaving his way up to the fro nt . As Carsten
moved from fifth to third, Bruce Stralton put
pressure on the first place Plotts .
Plotts we n t wi re to w ire in the 2S0cc Pro
final, leading Carsten around the track by mere
seconds. Carsten searched in vain for a passing
opportunity for eigh t laps, but wo und up finishing the mota in second . Peat fou ght his way up
to third only 10 relinquish it to Bruce Strallon.
Strallon tried his best 10 close the gap betwee n
him and the top two ri ders b ut succeeded in
hol di ng on to third pla ce d es p ite Eric Koch 's
a tt empts to pass . Pea t s pen t t he closin g
moments d oing battle with Keith Troccoli, earning fifth to Trocmli's sixth.
Carsten's second overall added to his current
lead in the 250cc Expert class point stand ings,
Plotts' first overall ties hi m for second with
Troceoli, The overall 125 and 250cc Expert di visio ns will receive a full racing outfit from MS
Racing a nd AirTime Designs at the end of the
series.
In the 25+ Expert cla ss, Kenny Blackwell
shot thro ug h the first tum of moto one wi th
Gay lon Dickson, Mike Spear an d Jim Kap itan
following closely behind. Blackwell managed to
stay in th e lead for one lap, until Spear and
Di ck s on b arrel ed ahead of him. Kapi tan
bumped off Blackwell to take third just before
the halfway sign came out. Dickson made his
way to first while Kapitan pushed Spear back to
th ird. With one lap remaining, Dickson and
Kapitan were weaving their way through
lapped riders. Kapitan had gained .some time
but only enough to get through the checkered
flag with in a bike length of mota w inner
Dickson.
Dickson took the holeshot in the 25+ Expert
fina l, w ith Spear comi ng through in second.
Spear's challenge for first ended as he went off
the side of the triple in the first lap . Marc Tiesler
was ready to ta k'"e over the seco n d sp o t;
Blackwell and Steve Nessel followed . Kapitan
was working his way to the front lines , a s
Dickson was trying to put space between him
and the second place Tiesler. During lap four ,
Jim Mcllvaine slid his way into second. leaving
Ti es ler to s tr u ggle with Kap itan for th ird.
Dickson charged on in first.
In the fina l seconds, the top three riders had
closed up ranlcs - Dickson was still out in front
by several bi ke len gths; Mcil vaine was sa n dwich ed in to s econ d , w ith Kap itan in th ird.
Dickson ended up scoring the moto and overall
win. McIlvaine's second place finish eamed him
third for Ihe day. Kapimn fini shed second for
the day and earned enough points to bring him
to the top of the point standings .
Two significant even ts in the Tucker Rocky
Ser ies a re the Bike Give-Away and Da sh for
Ca sh held during each round. Tracy Updyke
w on a brand new Kaw asaki KXI25 from TriCity Kawasaki, of Allentown. Pennsylvania. 11le
Dash for Cash featured a $500 purse and Plotts
took top prize of $300.
Results
65: JR MIM: 1. I:krek Burlrw; 2. Ryan Mills; 3. Grrgg MYft'1'
4. 0uiI ~ar; ~. Chris 11emo.
80 JR MINI : 1.Chris Hunter; 2. Paul CArpenter; 3. Jeremy
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Cook,;4. Aaron Die ter; 5. John Berthiaume.
SR MINJ NOV: 1. larry Monbelardi; 2. Jason Cattart 3. Kyle
Brad lry; 4. Aaron Stewa rt; 5. Justin CYDe...
SO YOlJlH; l. . yon MilJs; 2. B.JSmllh; 3. ,..... Johnooo;..
MitcNU Dougherty; 5. Jacob Mormon.
SR MINI; 1. John Schn eid er; 2. CaMy HiUins ; 3. Shawn
eun.; 4. J-n ........ s. ......... Hughe.
200 NOV : 1. Ja re d Proper; 2. Casey H lni n.; 3. C~I
McCulWxh; 4. }oIIhu.. Grlbrr; M~ Dardzinsld.
OPEN NOV : 1. Leo n Kirdzitl; 2. Rich Egsft1.; 3. Mich&el
~ 4. Jelf Hol fmln; 5. Rou Ben.on.
SCHBY: 1. Nd1 Woerner; 2. Jeff l..Inieu;3. Ron Da wson; 4Showneun.; s. 14.... lobgon.
s.
Walker roosts at
Lake Sugar Tree MX
By Barbara Williams
Ph oto by Loren Williams
AXTON. VA,jUL
Y4
Flawless. ThaI's the best word to describe Kevin
Walke r 's perfo rmance at t he July 4 th
Extr avaga nza a t Lake Sugar Tree Motorsports
Park, w hich se rved as rou n d 10 of th e
Southeastern Reg io n a l M X Championship
Mega Seri es. The Yama ha Cycle Cen ter-backed
Walker won every mota en route to the 125 and
250cc A class w ins . An d wha t made the w ins
even more sweeter for Walker, was the fact that
this ro un d wa s a doub le points-paying event.
and thus vaulted him into the series points lead
in the 250cc A class and into second place in the
125cc A division.
Mike Brown had his hands full with Walker
from the start of the first 250cc A mota, as he
found himself wa ldting Walker' s rear fender. Tbe
battle for the lead was on. as Walker and Brown
battled back and forth. At the halfway point,
Brown took the less-used line on the outs ide of a
tum. but Brown found out just why nobod y was
using that line, as he sud den ly dropped into a
monster ru t. The impact threw Brown into the
handlebars and bent the crossbar with his chest.
"After I got around Mike," said Walker. '1
kept looking back over my shoulder, because I
knew he'd lIy somethin g. But then all of a sudden he wasn't there anymore."
Walker blazed to the win , while Jim Chester
and Billy Cox finished second and third, respectively.
Chester nailed the holeshot in the second
mota, but Walker swept past early in the race
and camped out in front to score the win. Cox
eventually squeaked by Chester to finish semnd;
Chester third,
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Brown. bruised chest and all , grabbed the
early lead in the first 125cc A mota. He maintained the numbere()ne position until the second-to-last lap , when Walker took charge and
passed the Honda rid er. Walker went on to
score the win ahead of Brown. Chester, Cox and
Shane Templeton.
Bothered by his bruised chest , Brown decid ed to pack it in for the day and did not compete
in the second moto. This left the door wide open
for Walker who eas ily scored the second mota
win and the overal l Chester finished second in
the moto, jus t ahead of Cox. which gave second
overall to Chester.
Results
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so SIX: 1. James M. Stewart Jr. (Y.un) ; 2. J.
Roberb
(Yom~ 3. SorpIwn Mo.... (Yomt 4. )dmy Fioldo (Yom); s: A.uon
W1llis(Yom~
SO MOO: 1. Stephen Martin (ya m); 2. Jdfrey Fidds (Yam); 3Mob Min.. (Han t t . A.uon WWlo (Yom~
65: 1. Jeff ~ (JC.aw ); :z. JoshuaSuntrN1 (Kaow); 3. Jame
StewArt (XoI ); 4. Nathan Week.ley ( K.aw); S. a...d .....mpton
w
(K.ow~
llt BEG: 1. John ~ (Han); 2. Travil YOUJ'lS: (ICAIw); 3.
Hans Ned (Suz),;4. Neal HoIt2daw (K,aw ); 5. )ernny West.
JR MINt 1. Tr avis Putr..na (Suz); 2. Jeff Clnon. (XAw ); 3Jeffrey Ryan (Kaw); 4. }oIJ1ua Swney (K.Iwl; 5. Not.n WeeltlPy
(Suz).
SR MINI: I . O\arles Duna way (](a w); 2. Jake Morris (Yam); 3Oanen McElhattan (Hon); t . Juon Va nho rn (Hon) ; S. Ash ley
"""" (Suz).
SCHBY I. J;
Domb...ky (Suz); 2. """""" ,...... (Ii...); 3.
Tra vis Dad'liell (K.Iw); 4. Jon Boruff (Suz); 5. Jimmy Briggs (lion).
125 A: 1. KevIn Walk« (Yam); 2. Jim Chester (y.Im); 3. Bill
y
Coli:(Suz); 4. R. Shlwn Prather (Y.am); S. SNne Templeton (Hon ).
125 B: 1. Robbi~ Suggs (K.. w) ; 2. Pul Currie (X.. w) ; 3.
Shawn Schultz (Xaw ); 4. Jimmy Brigg s (Hon) ; S. Da v id Price
(H...~
125 C: 1. Jermty Wn t (Hon); 2. Sidney WUliams (Kaw); 3.
RandAU Rowe (Suz:); 4. lama Smallwood (Suz ); S. John Ward
(Suzl.
125 D: 1. Rod ney T.te (yam); 2. Scutt Ma w (Ka w); 3. Buddy
TAylor (Han); 40. JIX' ~ (Suz); 5. Jeff HiD (Y.am).
2SO A: 1. Kevi n Wa lUr' (Yam); 2. Bill y Cox (Ya m); 3 . Jim
Chester (Ya m); 4. M khHl Moore (yA m); ~ . StwM Templeton
(Han~
2SO B: 1. Robb l~ SuW (KAw); 2. PAul Curri e (X.a w); 3.
Shawn Schultz ()(,sw); 4. David Pm (H on); S. Robbie Stuttdl
(K.ow~
