eEVENTS
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Ken Greene (162) leads Jim Pugh (2) at th e LACR Motocross.
to make a move for the lead but never made it
stick. By the third lap Telford manag ed to acclimate himself to the bike and easily pu lled away
from Barbacovi. Telford wen t on to take the win
with Barbacovi and Ken Neitzel in the runnerup spots.
In the start of the seco nd mot o Barb acovi
took the lead. followed by Neitzel and Telford.
Telfo rd had p ro ble ms a t th e sta rt and found
himself trailing the leaders.
Barb acovi u sed Telf ord's mistake to h is
ad van tage and work ed hard to pu ll a comfortab le lead. Telford easily reeled in Neitzel but
had all kinds of tro uble getting around. Telford
made his way aro und Neitzel and p roceeded to
cl ose the ga p on the lead er . With two laps
remaining Telf ord pulled in th e lea d er
Barbacovi. Telford fought hard to find a place to
pass, but a one line track had de veloped and it
was extrem ely difficult Barbacovi held on to the
lead a nd crossed the finis h inches in front of
Telford.
Resu lts
P!W A: 1. Chris Nihan; 2. Kyle Barden (Yam); 3. Anthony
8.Jrba cov i (Yam) .
P / W 1J..1 : 1. Joshua G rant (yam); 2. j.R, Willi am s (Ya m); 3.
Troy Tittlemier (Yam); 4. Eric Hunt er (Yam ); 5. Cod y Dee (Ya m).
P!W 8-2: 1. Bobby Dye, Jr. (yam ); 2. Tun McDa niel {Yam} 3.
;
Vincrnt Rhoa ds (y am ); 4. Dennis lvarsson (y am) .
80: 1. Blake Sm ith (Ya m).
60 BEG: 1. Ch ris Niha n (Kaw) ; 2. I y Ren shaw (Kaw); 3 . Joe
Ne itze l (Kaw); 4. 1 Williams (Kaw) 5. Clark Smi th (Ka w).
.R.
60 (o-a): 1. Dary l Ecklund (Kaw ); 2. Blake Mitchell (Kaw).
60 (9-11): 1. Kev in Jen nin gs (Kaw ).
80 BEG : 1. Todd Gosto;e laar (y am); 2. Kevin Townsend (Ya m);
3.]aw Schreffler (y a m); 4. BenjaminStrelile (Kaw ); 5. Jo hn C rover
(Ya m).
80 NOV : 1. Lev i Re id (Yam); 2. lto Pe sce (Yam); 3. Chris
Tom pson (Kaw) ; 4. Rand y Weber (Kaw); 5.]a!lOnDub in.
80 INT: 1. C hristo pher. Gosselaa r (Ya m) ; 2. C h ris Ne itze l
(Kaw).
125 BEC : 1. Regin a ld Mitchell (S uz) 2. Dennis Wooda rd
{Kaw) 3. wesDell; 4. Vito Valenti (Kaw); 5. Bob Aren !!(5\17.).
125 NO V: 1. Mike Crosby (Kaw); 2. Shawn O 'Brien (Suz) ; 3.
Dann y Woodard (Su z) 4. Ken Reed (Kaw) ; 5. Eric Martin (Hon).
125 INT : 1. T racy Ashe r (Suz); 2. ]ason Simmons (Kaw); 3.
Nick. Melrose (Ka w ); 4. FR'd.Ogrlm (Hon) .
250 BEG: 1. o.loniel Batta glia (Hon); 2. Pe ter Casa no (Hon ); 3.
Tod d Clark (Ka w) ; 4. Tun Konko l (Hon); 5. Edd it> Bute au ll: (Suz).
250 NOV: 1. Paul Gilmartin (l-Ion ); 2. David Ma rtinez (Kaw );
3. Brent Perrell (Kaw); 4. Cr a ig Hu nter (Kaw); 5. Brett Benn ett
(Yam).
250 [NT: 1. Eric Lindstrom (H on); 2. Loren Jm kins (Hon); 3.
Robbie Dunham (Yam); 4. Michel Beck; 5 . Mat Bateman (Suz) .
PRO: 1. Jeff Barba covt (Yam); 2. 11m Telfo rd (yam); 3. Ken
Ne itul (Kaw) ; 4. Peter Wa re (Suz).
500 BEC: 1. Dragos Lungu (KTM) 2. Joh n Murray (Hon).
;
500 PRO: 1. Da vid Ondas (Kaw) ; 2. Todd Hoy (KTM).
JR VET BEG: 1. 11m Konkol (Hon ); 2. Kevin Tyers (Ho n); 3John Murry (Kaw ); 4. Chris G ran pre (Kaw ); 5. Lee Sdul (Cag) .
JR VET NOV: I. John Co mez (Hon);2. Scott Hoffman (Yam).
JR VET INT : 1. Ron Sha rp (S\17.); 2. Michel Becke (Yam) ; 3.
Mark Clark (Ka w) ; 4. Joh n Ruder; 5. Malkish Brix.
JR YETEX l. ]eff Barbacovi (Yam ).
:
VET BEG: 1. John Mu rray (Suz ); 2. Martyn Atkins (KlM); 3.
Jo hn Pindard (Hon).
VET NO V: 1. Jim Pugh (Yam ); 2. Alex Pinelli (Yam); 3. Ken
Greene (Hon) 4. Ron Northup (Stu); 5. Mike Borger (Yam ).
VET INT : 1. Ron Sharp (Suz); 2. Eric Coffin (Hon) 3. Darin
Layton (Yam); 4. Jo hn Rudder (yam); 5. Fred N ichols (Hon).
VET EX: 1. Ken N ei tze l (Ka w); 2. Sco tt Stea m s (Suz); 3.
Jerome Cibson (Hon) .
SR BEG: 1. Ron Glalt.'lpOOle (KTM).
WMN: 1. Ruthann Renaux (Suz) ; 2. D1.lnna Lynn jo person
(lider (Hon).
M IN I SR: 1. Aar on H up per t (Ya m) ; 2. Michael Ettesvo ld
(Hon) ; 3. Lan ce C unningham (Kaw); 4. Cory H uppert (Ya m); 5.
Sa muel Miller (ya m).
YIR I. Craig Cu nni ng ham (Suz ); 2. Ryan Broughton (Hon);
3. Chris Andrews (Hon); 4. Jam ilKJn Da y (Ka w); 5. Mike Unle
(Kaw) .
17-24 A: I. Chad Wineck e (Hon ); 2. DIad C unningha m (Suz);
3. To m Pet e rson (H o n ); 4. Mi ke Eilden.bo rg (Ya m); 5. Du an e
Kuiken (Hon).
.
17-24 C; I. Chad Fisher (Kaw ); 2. Don Oreskovic h (Ka w); 3.
r
Ton y Ha uer (Yam); 4. Ron Crundha u5£' (Hon); 5. C h ris Stern
(Kaw) .
25+ A: l. David N ie mi (Ka w ); 2. Michad Gr aif (Hon); 3.
Step he n T uo me La (Kaw); 4. Mike Na th e (Kaw); 5. Scott Steinle
(Hon).
25+ C: I. S tev e Kre ch (H o n ); 2. Rod Pe ra la (Ya m); 3 . Cy
Ches terman; 4. Jeffery PameU(Hon); 5. Rickey Schugel (Hon).
VET A:. 1. Micha el G rail (Hon); 2. Mike Nat he (Kaw); 3. BiU
Engst ro m (Hon); 4. Bry an Schiltz (Hon) ; 5. Will ia m Co rcora n
(Hon).
VET 8 : I. David Spi17.man (Hon); 2. Mike McN eil (Hon); 3.
Jeffrey Olson (Hon); 4. Cr aig Ht.jda (5 uz ).
'
Kurt Knitl (41K) dives to the inside during the 250cc race at the Antigo Half Mile.
VET c; L Perry Wolff (Yam); 2. ' e ff Sa ndback (Hon ); 3. Mitch
Wolff (Yam); 4. Tim Blake (Yam); 5. Rick Lembrect (Suz ).
SR: 1. Pat Day (Kaw); 2. Mar k Thompson (Ho n ); 3. Cary
Sch ildgren (Ka w); 4. Ted Co plit>n (Hon); 5. Te rry A ndr ew~
(Suz ).
125 A: I. TIm Posp is il (Kaw) ; 2. Bria n Taylor (Ka w); 3. Olet
Bum gard ner (Ho n); 4. D uane Kuike n (Hon); 5. Fran k Ja ckson
(Hon) .
.
125 B: 1. Stev e Krec h (Hon ); 2. Scott Meri cle (Hon); 3. Don
Oreskov ich (Ka w); 4. Chris SI{'TT\ (Kaw ); 5. Chris Andnows (Ho n).
125 C-l : I. ROM Wareberg (Ka w ); 2. Travis Andenon (Hon) ;
3. Billy Sc hlldg re n ( Ka w); 4. Tim Bjornso n ( Ka w ); 5. C h ris
Schildgren (Ka w).
)
125 C-2: I. A.non H uppert (5 U1: ; 2. Jam i!lOJ1 Da y (Ka w); 3.
Myles Sa igh (5uz ); 4.Chad Spa rks (Hon); 5. Scott Braa ten (Hon) .
250 A : L Chad Wirn!c: I' (Hon); 2. Tun Posp is il (Kaw); 3. Mike
k
Luoma (Yam); 4. Da l'TftlChelin (Hon); 5. Heath Voss (Yam) .
250 B: l Scott Ml"I'kle (Hon); 2. Mike Clark (Hon); 3. Rich ard
Riehm (Hon ); 4. Clad Fisher (Ka w); S. Matt Lud escher ()(.aw) .
250 C- l : I. Mike Pox (5uz) ; 2. Rory Vese l (Kaw) ; 3. Richard
Burns (Hon); 4. Tun C rews (Suz ); S. D.tnny Thie lges (Hon ).
250 C-2: l Tim BLak.e (Yam); 2. Doug Mo rUch (Ho n); 3. Steve
Ramer (H on) ; 4. Kurt To rbenson (Hon ); 5. P.aul Wilson (Hem).
OI"EN A: l Robbi e Engstrom (Hon ); 2. Scott Steinle (I-Ion).
O PEN C; I. Ron Grund hau:'lC!l' (Hon ); 2. Steve Mitchel l (Yam);
3. Dan Lacroix (Kaw ); ... Tim Bohm an (Ho n); 5. Cha d Goodwin
(Ka w ).
Bretl rolls through
Antigo Half Mile
By Al Sumner, Jr.
ANTIGO, W1,JULY17
Rick Bretl, a fonner 80cc state cha mpion, issued
h is cla im to th e 400cc state cha mp ions hip by
dom inating that class for the second time in as
many d ays. Armed wi th h is Gipps Racing /B &G
Roofing / S-K Service-sponso red Hon d a, Bretl
hammer ed o ut eig h t fla wl es s laps to powe r
aw ay from the field and win comfortably over
defe ndi ng clas s champio n John Hu ndertm ark
and his Suzu ki.
To dd Klue ver grabbed the holesh ot in the
BOec Senior class and appea red headed towards
his first racing victory un til Dan Vrana slipped
past on lap five. Vrana cla imed the wi n wit h
Kluever resisting the p ressures from Eric Zum to
claim second place.
Brad Rosine capitali zed on a rare mistake
from cur ren t points lead er Jim Kirschb aum to
sco re h is firs t-ever race victory in the Co mbo
class . Nick "Scrap Iron" Gustin an d Eric Zurn
ove rcame thei r ea rly miscues to roun d ou t the
top three.
.
Th e 250cc P ro fi na l saw Exper t r iders
Geo rge Istvanek and Verd een Lan gland take a
back seat to the high- line courage o f Pro -Am
rid er Cliff Eckes, who went on to score a popular , albeit un expected , vict ory. Rookie Expert
Verne Brow ne grab bed th e hol es hot in the
750cc Pro final. but wa s soo n joine d up front
by fellow rookie Frank Kaiser . Kaiser, wh o battied thro ugh traffic after a poor start. grabbed
the lead o n la p fi ve. While. Kai ser power ed
away to an impressive victor y, Browne balle d
off in turn fou r. allow ing Bill Hoffmeister to
claim second .
Results
.50; I . Justin Statz (Yam); 2. Tra vis KeamA; 3. Matt McGra th
(yam).
65: 1. Timm y H uss (Kaw) ; 2. Tyler Smulden ~w ): 3. Justin
Voight (Kaw).
8O]R: 1. Tyler Smulde rs (Kaw); 2. Cory Statz (K.aw) ; 3. SIl"Vie
Welch (yam).
80 SR: 1. Danny Vrana (Kaw) ; 2. Todd Kluever (Yam); 3. Eric
Z um(Ka w).
CO MB: 1. Brad Ros ine (Hon); 2. Nick Gu stin (Ya m); 3. Eric
Zum (Kaw) .
250 AM : 1. J.R. Schnabel (Kaw); 2. Mike Yinglin g (Ya m); 3.
Ch ris Wynv~ (Hon).
.
400.: 1. Rick 8retl (Han); 2. John Hundertmark (502); 3. Roger
Banes (Hon).
500 AM : 1.
Berger (Hon).
lR. Schna bel
(Rtx ); 2. Brian Z um (Hon); 3. Bill
750 AM: 1. Da n Murre (Tri); 2. SIl"Ve Captain (Tri); 3. Larry
Misch ler (Tri).
SR: 1. Clarence Rup no w (Rtx); 2. Ron Schettl (Kaw) ; 3. Craig
Powt>ll (Rtx).
250 PRO: 1. Cliff Eckes (Yam); 2. Geo rge Istverek (Hon) ; 3.
verdcen Lang land (Hon ).
500 I' RO: 1. Steve Kasten (y a m); 2. Brian Krornroy (H.D); 3.
BobYbema (Hon) .
600 PRO: 1. Dave Heb b (H·O) ; 2. Jim Sumner (H-D); 3. Steve
Kasten (ya m).
750 PRO : 1. Fra nk Kaise'r (H-D) ; 2. Bill Hofme ister (H ·D) ; 3Geo rge Is tvane k (H-D).
Verboom victorious at
Cycleland Motocross
By M ichael Rich
CH
ICO, CA,JULY 30
Honda-m oun ted Chris Verboom came ou t on
top of both his heat and the feature to take the
gJory at th e fourth rou nd of th e s u mme r
motocross . series at Chico' s Cycl eland
Speedway.
As the 250cc main came to the line, heat win ners Verbo om and Lance Burgess received the
first picks at the gate. With the drop of the gate.
Verb oom pow ered away to the early lead followed by the four-stroke Husqvama of Burgess.
Getting a better d rive out o f the seco nd turn,
Burgess flew past Verboom over the table-top.
Unha ppy with second place, Verboom shot to the
outs id e berm, go t th e drive, a nd outjumped
Burgess over the next d oubl e. The passing and
repass ing lasted two more laps until Burgess suffered a flame-out on his big Hus ky. While Burgess
fran tically attemp ted to kick his mount back to
life. Dale Cox. Brian Powe ll, Wayne Peters and
David Denton were able to motor past.
Burgess go t ba ck underway; and he began
closi ng in on the lead er s. On the fifth lap. he
passed Colin Moakley in the rockers to secu re
fou rth place. By this time Denton had moved to
the rear fen der of Cox and wasted no time in
pass ing him for second place, Once in second ,
Den ton se t ou t af te r a qu ickl y d isappearing
Verboom . Having fallen to third , Cox next came
under p ressure from both Burgess and Moa kley.
Ap p roa ch ing the d oubles, Burgess fou nd his
line blocked by Cox. Moakley took quick advantage o f the situation and pa ssed both riders in
mid-air. O nce on the gro un d, Bu rgess quickly
p asse d Cox as w ell , an d se t hi s sights on
Moakl ey. The white flag wasd isp layed, allowing burgess o nly o ne lap to cat ch Moakley.
Com ing throu gh the rockers for the last time.
Burg es s gra bb ed a hand ful o f throttle a nd
jumped past Moakley on the inside . At the finish
line, Verboom took the win from a quirkly-closing Den ton. Bu rgess held on for third w ith
Moakley taking fourth.
0'1
Results
P/W: 1. Kevin Shimizu (Yam); 2. Brand on PoweU (Ya m); 3.
Ad am S mit hee (Yam) ; 4. Kyle Corchero (Yam); 5. T rad Eissler
(Yam).
60 JR: 1. Eric Nye (K.a
w).
60 NOV : I. Daniel Fowle r (Kaw); 2. Jere my Wilson (Hon ); 3.
Seth Harris (K.aw); 4. Da rren Ik-nwn (Kaw) .
80 JR: 1. Kylf' ~mer (Suz) ; 2. Evan Laughrid ge (y a m).
80 NOV : 1. Bobby Pau ling (Hon); 2. ' C!iSC! Smi th (Ka w); 3.
Dus tin Endicott (Suz); 4. BrAndon Gonzales (Hon).
. 125 PRO: 1. Low eU Mou ra!. Jr. (Suz ).
120)1< 1. J"'" Fe_ (SuL1.
125 NO V: I. Dyla n Blackwell (Hon); 2. Mike Dennett (Sur.); 3.
Doug Kronen (Yam); 4. Jesse Ke tch um (Suz.).
250 INT : 1. Chris Verboom (Hon).
250 JR; 1. DAVid Denton (Yam ); 2. Dale COll: (Suz ).
250 NOV: 1. Wayne Pt>ters(Hon ); 2. Kenny Bellam y (Suz) .
OrEN NOV : 1. Brian Powell (Kaw).
VET EX: 1. Lance Burgess (H us).
VET JR: 1. JerryDoug las (Yam) .
or: 1. Bill Kopping (yam ).
