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In Pro class action, Eric Pucelik sco red the overall win bu t he had to work for it. in the first rnoto, Pucelik lost a shoo toutto joe Bruce. But in the second moto, Bruce had a bad start and had 10 battle in the middl e of the pack, w hile Pucelik cr uised o u t in fro n t. Pu ce lik 's 2-1 tally was enoug h for the overall win. Results O PEN A/B: 1. M.lfcus Sa ba to (Hon); 2. Phil Douglas (KlM); 3. Pa ul Wenger O-lon); 4. WillWn Aru.u (Hon); 5. John Kneisly (Hua). OrEN C/O: 1. Bill Pellenere O lon),; 2. Tim Va n Dereweep (H on); 3. William G riffin (Yam); 4. J,tmn CopeL1nd(Hon). 125 B: 1. Oren Br. y (Hon ); 2. Pdt Ga rrahan (Hon). 125 C: 1. C hri s Ml'Colillip (Hon); 2. Kpith Verdi n (Kaw) ; 3. Rym Brink (Kaw ); 4. Ch ris B.ut (IGIw); S. Jus tin 8eftnan (Hon) . 125 D: 1. Malt Ellis (Hon ); 2. leo TId wdl lll (Hon); 3. 5tcophen Mdnnina (Suz); 4. 8iU WM (Suz.); S. Chris Lubas (Suz). P/W: 1. Robb ie Morello (YolIm); 2. Tykr Kal isia k (yolI m); 3. . MoIltGomez (Yam ). 25D D: 1. Ken McRa e (Ya m) ; 2. Rich,ud Faj.udo (Va m); 3. Bryan Dus5eU(Suz); 4. Brian 'eli ch (Hon) ; 5. Jinuny Rivers (Suz). 250 C: 1. Eric Shof stall (Suz ); 2. c.uy Oh I!WT1 (lC.1w); 3. SNne Verdin (Kaw); 4. Brad McLenn.. n (Ho n ); 5. Jeremy Williams (I-Ion) . 80 D: I. D.inny Ornelas (Suz); 2. Peter Dutton (yam); 3. Toby Chal ios (y a m); 4. Erik Granzow (K.1w); 5. IC.1 thy Pruitt (Hon ). 60: I. Ad rien Figu plUol(KoOi w); 2. Robbie Morell (l<.1w). VET/SR D: 1. Jim Qlzbe (Ka w); 2. John FoOi Ulkmr (Ka w); 3. Robn1 Morell o (y am ); 4. Bill Cla rk (Ya m); 5. Billy Wyman (Hon) . VET/SR C: 1. Ken McRae (Ya m); 2. David Ha la y (Ydm); 3. Joe Ornellas (Yam ); 4. Mike DiCri~tinoOl (Ho n); S. Rich Kros ke (KTM). 5 R 8 : I. Troy Deljerrea (Yam ); 2. Sco tt Larson (Ya m ); 3. GIl'1U1 Pruitt (Hon); 4. Bill G I't"en(Suz ). SR A: 1. Phil Douglall (KTM); 2. Curt Wilco... (Suz); 3. Steve Ra ndazzo (Han); 4. Bill McCli nto n (ATK); 45. Ed d Haymond (KTM) . urn 8: 1. Ban:u s Saba do (Suz) ; 2 Jimm y Sa nchez (Hgb); 3. Ma tt A rem (Suz ). UTII C: 1. Bob Pimmlal (K IlW); 2 Sha ne Verdin (Kaw); 3. Rich Wil'lOn (Hon); 4. Ed SliIW (Ho n). r RO: 1. Eric rucelik (Hon ); 2. Joe Bruce (Suz ); 3. Dan Turner (K.iw); 4. Jim Owens (Hon); 5. C urt Wi~ (Suz). Olson hot atHurricane Hills MX By George Hodkinson MAZEPPA, MN,JULY 11 Th ere was no d oubt that Billy O lso n was the fastest rid er of the day in the Micro Mini class at Hu rrica ne Hill s MX. How can anybody a rgue tha t fact after Olson pos ted 1-1 mot o finishes? After a two- ho ur de lay because of rain, the firs t Micro Min i moto got und erw ay as Olson p ut his Yama ha into the lea d followed by Bill Krusmark, An thony Gardner and joe Ettesvold . Olson set a blis tering pace that the others jus t cou ldn't match . Olson scored a seemi ngly easy first-m ote victo ry over by Kr usma r k and Ettesvold, who passed Gardner for third. In the seco nd moto, Ettesvold was the first ride r through the first tu rn , but it wasn't long before Olso n had the poi nt. Olson, once again, too k the checkered flag goi ng away, w hile Kru s mark wo r ke d h is way in to second a n d Cha d Sorem in to third. In the Mini Jr. class Isaac Will was qu ick to p ut his Honda to the lead in the first comer fol· Jowe d by Rand y Pa lm er an d Mitch ell LaAamme. Early into the seco nd lap, Palmer made his mo ve and passed Will for the top spot, as the two pu t qu ite a bit of gro und between them and LaRa mme an d the rest o f the pack. Palmer went on to win followed by Will and LaRamme. In the second mo to, Will ho leshot, agai n, on ly to be displaced by Palmer, but this time, Tim Asher pu t himse lf into th ird off the line and was able to ho ld off LaRamme for third at the fmish . Results MICRO MlNI: 1. Billy O lson (Yam) ; 2 Bill Krusmark (y.l m ); 3. Joe Ettesvold (Y. m); 4. An thony Ca rdner (Yam ); 5. Chad Sorem (Ya m). r/w: 1. Rand y r al mer (K. w); 2 ZKh Derry (1<.aw);3. Adam 1lI! l.(K,aw); C. JftnIly R ~ (K.1 S. Jacob Scho la r (X.a . £ w); w) MI NI JR.: 1. IYndy P.llmer ( Ho n); 2. ISoI.lc Will (Hon); 3. Mitehc lll....lFlamme (Suz); C. Tun Ashn- (Hon ); 5. Josh ua Schola r (Y~~ MI NJ SR: 1. Mike Ettf'Svold (H o n); 2. La~ Cu nn in gh.m (K.t.w); 3. Mi ke Kimn (Ya m) ; 4. Ja son Wil ~r (Y.lm); 5. Luus Onwnn (yAm). YI1-t: 1. C raig C un ni ng ha m (Suz); 2. Gar~tt Mclaugh lin n ; (S uz ); 3. Shelly Kol n (Yoam) C. Jamison D.lY (Ka w ); S. Ryan Brou gh ton (Hon) . 17·2 4 k 1. Kyle Love (Yam); 2. P.lt l1orW\Oe (Hon); 3. Chris Hense (lC.Iw); C. 'ames Povolny (Kaw); 5. Otris Ra-1 (Hon) . 17-24 C: I. Bill rillord (K.aw); 2. r at Read y (K.aw) ; 3. Mike Heggen (1<.a w); 4. Don C>re kov ich (K.1 5. Chris Stem (K.aw). w); 2S+ A: 1. Bill Eng:strom (Hon); 2. o.vid Niemi (KoOI w); 3. Scott Skinle (Han); C. Brian Ott o (Y.lm); 5. Michad G r.lif (Hon). 2S+ C: 1. Jeny Schulu (Yam ); 2. jdf 5.lucieT (Kaw); 3. I...ancoe litwiller (Suz l; 4. Jeff Bohm.tn (Hon ); S. Ma rk Deal (yam). . VET A: 1. Bill Engst rom (Ho n) ; 2. Michal'! Gr ai f (Ho n); 3, BrioOin Ot to (Ya m); 4. Michael Lat he (Ka w) ; S. J~c k Parente~u (}Ion ). VET B: 1. Jerry Sch ulze (y am ); 2. Cr aig Gutenbcrger (Hon). VET C: 1. TIm Blake (Yam); 2. Go y Groth (YoOim); 3. Brian u Co le (Ho n); 4. Mich.ae l Bauer (ATK); 5. R.andy c.arter (Hon). WMN: 1. Da nid lt" Deal (Ya m); 2. Am y G ro th (Yam ); 3. Jill Wilber (yam); 4. Tricla Nobe n (Yam); 5. Christine Fens ke (Kaw). 125 A: 1. Pat Donaho (Hon); 2. JA'OO Kempel (ya m ); 3. JoOimes Povolny (Suz); 4. Jerrod Fort une (Hon) ; S. Tim P(lIl';pbii l (!Caw). 125 B: 1. C ra ig Cu nningha m (5uz); 2. Pat Re ad y (Kaw ); 3. ' am it" Fahrendholz (Kaw) ; 4. Ron Heppner (Hon); S. Joe Beaulieu (Hon). 125 C: 1. Aaron rapt" (Yam); 2. JU8tin Dokken (Hon); 3. Tod d Panko w (Hon ); 4. J ~tin Peterson (lion ); 5. Andy Kotek (Hon). 250 A: 1. Jaso n Krmpel {Yam); 2. Chad Wi necke (Hon); 3. 0ui5 BeNe (lCaw); C. Lee Erickson (ya m ); S. Kyle love (Yam). 250 B: 1. Dulltin Nob l~ (V. m); 2. Dan lilies (Yam); 3. Bill ralfon:l (}(aw); C.Chris COli. (Hon); S. Joe Beaulieu (Hon). 250 C: 1. Jeff S. uOer (K.w); 2. La nce Litwiller (Suz); 3. WillWn Krm.ik (Hon); 4. run Bla ke (Yam ); S. Jon Holtz (Yam) . OrEN k 1. SctrttSteinle (Hon); 2. Stephen TuC/mda (k.aw) . OPEN C: 1. Jeff Bolun.l n (Han); 2. Steven Mitchell (Yam ); 3. Will iam Kren ik (Ho n); C. Chad Goodwin (Kaw); 5. G~ KolUs (Ka w). Campbell cleans up at Perris Night Motocross By Tony Alessi PERRIS, CA, JULY 10 Pr yor Campbell won th ree o ut of four motos tha t he entered en route to the overall wins in the Vet Novice and +35 Novice classes d uring round four of the GA Win a Truck Series, held a t Perris Raceway . Campbell raced closely d uring the two +35 Novice class mo tos with Gary Will and Greg Pagan. Campbell's fonnula for success was simp le: lay low du ring the openi ng laps, the n cha rge like gang busters in the last half of each mo to. Campbell posted two comma nd ing wins in the +35 class over Will and Pagan. Ca m p bell se emed to take a d ifferent approach in the Vet Novice class, which may have been considered the more-competitive of the two classes that he raced. Campbell pulled a monster ho leshot in the first moto and ran away with an easy win. Mark San dmizer gave chase ea rly in the race, b ut got mo re and more sq uirrelly as the race wore on . " I d id n' t eat all day and I was weak," said Sandmizer. Cha rging fro m ou tside of the top five was CT Falk, wh o eventua lly worked into the runne r-u p p osition behi nd Campbell. San dmizer fa d ed to fifth a t the fin is h behin d S te v e Wisem an and David Holland, who fin is he d th ird and fou rth, respec tively. The second rnoto sa w jim Perry ou t front for the first half of the race. Wiseman was makin g a retu rn to MX after a n early retire me nt and seemed full of energy. Wiseman p assed Perry near a rocke r sec tion, after Perry bobb led and laid his motorcycle on its side. Wiseman po ured. it on and went on for the mota win ove r Perry a nd Campbell. Campbell earned the overall win with his 1-3 rnoto finishes. Ernie Garcia scored his first win of the series in the +25 Beginner class. Garcia and Chris Gallo had a ba r-to-bar ba ttle throu ghou t the first rnoto, w ith Garcia keeping his th rot tle pegged for the win. Th e second mo to saw Ga rcia chase down . and pa ss a very tired Chris Craft for the moto and overall wins. john Or tiz rode a good race withou t the luxury of a sea t, and finished behind Almangos a nd Danny Farr, who rounded out the top five. Results P/W BEG DIV 1: 1. Steve Brrw b (Yam); 2. Joey Rose (Yam); 3. Do1Ua8 reid: (yoOim); 4. Ky le Deimer (yam); 5. Trey Ne ukirdt (Ya m). P /W BEG OIV 2: 1. Derrek Oowes (VAm ); 2. Chris Ible (Ya m ): 3. Jm Bell (Yam) ; 4. Brian Thom.:lSOf'l (Yam) ; S. Ryan Sires (yam). P /W STK Dl V 1: 1. Coli It' Wa llace (Va m ); 2. Chad Mu nn (y Am); 3. Brya n Matth e ws (yam); 4. Joe Anderson (Yam ). P /W SfK DIV 2: 1. fd f Bell (Vam); 2. Jus tin Munyon (yam); 2. Ricky Oliver (y.l llm); 4. OL.Irlie Jenkins (yam); 5. Mike Aless.I (Ya m). P/ W ST K DlV 3: 1. Mike Danko (Yam); 2. Matthe Clo1rk (Yam ); 3. Jame Balkt't' (Yam.); 4. Tommy Cochran (yo1m) 5. lOCk ; Atkins (Yam ). P!W MOD DlV 1: 1. Ca le Wallace (Va m); 2. Mike Ha le (Ya m); 3. Owd Munn (Yam); 4. Bryolln Ma tthews (YoOim). F /W MOD DIV 2: 1. Juston Munyon (y.lm); 2. Justin L.lVOie (y o1m); 3. Mattht'w Cluk (Yam); (. Charlie Jenkins (Yam ); S. lUcky Oliver (Yam ). 60 ().8 BEG: 1. DiIIton Bt'avt:'n (Kaw) ; 2. Nick Alvarez (K.1I w); . 3. M.ltthew Clark (1(Suz ). +25 NOV : 1. Paul Wright (Ya m ); 2.. San R.amirn (Yam) ; 3. cr H.lm eistf'r (yAm); 4. Ron Gilbe rt (Suz );5. Falk (YoOim). +25 INT: 1. Kevin Frin ega r (Kaw) ; 2. Dmnis Cole (Yam ). +30 NOV : 1. Pryor Campbell (Kaw ); 2. Steve Wu.eman (Kaw); 3. Skid Ro_ (Hon); 4. Manny Labrador (Suz) . +30 INT : 1. Terry Varner (Y.lm); 2. xen Erb (Kaw); 3. Jim Hmn (Suz) ; 4. Scott Wilkinson (Hon). WMN BEG: 1. Ashley Kee fer (Vam); 2. Darlene Co lebe nk (Suz); 3. Christene Russell (Suz) ; 4. Margaret Dougherty {)(awl; 5. Julie Sokolth (Kaw). WMN JR: 1. Erin DonndIy (IGIw); 2. Ruthann Renea u ...(Suz) ; 3. Lydia Couch(Yam); 4. 5tacy Brnnner (y.m); 5. Jenni~ Ha wley (Yam). WMN EX: 1. Bonnie WAn: h (S uz); 2. Ta mi R~ (Suz); 3. Ml'TCede Gonz.alez (Kaw ). 2SO rRO: 1. ra t Benne tt (Suz ); 2. Jeff rt'8tAn.a (Hon); 3. John ' (Hon); 4. John Cook (Hon); S. G nog AIlr-n (K.aw). 500 BEG: 1. Mark Blackburn (Kaw). 500 NOV : 1. Ron MoOiyfit"ld (kAw); 2. Gene Voung (Kaw). 25-29 NOV : 1. Frank Dittman (Kaw). 25-29INT: 1. Ed Heacox (Hon); 2. Mark Oark (K.aw). VET BEG: I. Mark Hawldm (Suz); 2. r un Hagberg (Bon); 3. Robert Roe hlk (Suz) . VET NOV: 1. Billy Bryant (Suz); 2. wry Plaalje (Va m); 3. o.vid Henderson (Suz) ; 4. Sco tt Wright (SUl:). VET INT : 1. Gregg Dungan (Hon); 2. Dave Zo llo (Kaw); 3. Tony 8asuini (Hon). VET PRO: 1. GIlry Fargo (KIM). NOV: 1. Ruu Folden (Yam ). OIT NOV: 1. Brad Smith (Hon); 2. JR Canaguin- (Suz) . OTI-IG: 1. Will Coates (Yam) ; 2. Phillip Hulme (lion). OTHG BEG: 1. Brett Alcol. (Su z); 2. Mark Wurtmburg~ (K.aw); 3. Muk Olivetn (Hon); C. 1ftoma8 Oyft" (Hon); S. Annetta Nkol...~ orr Tony Pestana collects Bounty Hunter Motocross (Suz~ OTHG NOV: 1. TIm Ha~ (Han); 2. Don Catvt'l' (Han); 3. Ralph Collins (Kaw );'" Ed Crawford (Hus); S. Greg AU5tin (A TK). OTHG INT : 1. Scott:Crtoap (Hon); 2. RUSSt'1I Morris (Ka w ); 3. Jf'ff Marquer; (Suz); C. Ed CavanoOlugh ~w); S. Jon HaRlleR (Hon). • crrnG EXP:: 1. Roy Knight {KiIw);2. Mark Mulliner (Kaw ). By Tom Prichard LOS BANOS,CA,jULY10 Honda mou n ted Jeff Pesta na took h is thi rd straight Boun ty Hunter main event wi n by again coming from ten th position in the inverted single file restart a nd holding off the cha rges of a hard riding Greg Allen fo r victory. Pestana's w in, combined w ith his overall victory in the 125cc Pro qualifiers , his second place finish in the 250ccclass an d his Moto Cu tta money, made him the big money winner of the nigh t, Pesta na had se t the fastest time of the night earning him tenth place on the line and a cha nce to rna ke even m o re cash in passing money. Suzuki rider Pat Bennett had wo n the 250ccclass and sat right in front of Pestana at the start. As they left th e line fo r the 16-lap main, ja ke Windham powered h is Suzuki into the lead . On the first lap Pestana had already passed half the field and was hold ing do wn fJ.fth. On lap two, Kawasaki·moun ted Greg Alle n took th e lead and began to pu ll awa y from Windham. Allen soon had the crow d on their feet as he b ega n tripli ng the midsection ju mps tha t only a few of the pros were able to double and taki ng the double jumps coming out of the finish line four at a time. Pestana was making 'up time in the fron t straight rockers with Benne tt giv ing chase until crashing ou t of the race. Pesta na caught Allen, but it took three la ps to make a pass. On lap nine, Pestana made the pass through the rockers and took the lead . Pes tana took the checkered flag five bike lengths ahead of Allen and Spud Walters, who took third. Resu lts BOUNTY HUNTER: 1. Jeff Pestana (Hon): 2. C reg Allen (KAw); 3. Sp u d W.lt e rs (S uz ); 4. Bu tch Smith (H o n ); 5. Jo n N icoLI~ (Hon). 50 SfK ~ BEG: 1. J.ack Van Kamp (Ya m); 2. jnlIe Pavlov (Han). SO ST K 6-8 NOV : 1. Brock Owens (V.m); 2. N ick D.vis (Y.am); 3. Cory McDutieI (y . m). SOMOD G-8BEC: 1.}ftfTt'y Surk (Ya m). 60 ().8 BEG: 1. Brock Owens (I

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