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ream Muzzy Kawasaki Wins loudon, wi.... PM Brakes and Wltee's EVENTS yea r-old Phillips, wh o also captu red the overall win for the Junior classwith his 2-1 mota wins. The 60cc Senior class went to Walkoski wit h perfect }· 1 moto wins. R..ults SATU RDAY SOSTK: I. Nic k UOwf't'IJco (Yam) ; 2. R.1ndi Ho ll>mok (y.am); 3. [)mok R.tndall (y .. m ); ol J"lIt' Du v..1 (V.. rn); S. Lindwy Du val . (Y. m). 50 MOD: 1. Ricky Cu ntit""'"" (y;Jm ); 2. uwy Duvo1ll (Yam); 3. Ryan Sames (y.am); ol Brandon UOwpdle (Vo1I m); S. tee Du n l _ (Y..m ). 60 JR: I. IU nd y r ("u(f'k (K.aw); 2. JQM,Uo1l Phill ip' (K.lw J; 3. Ricky Cundeno:on (~ w); 4. a..yton K.o1i)"W'l' ( Koaw); S. Cawy Duul (y.m). 80 BEG: t . RooM')' Bwnl.," (K.lw ); 2. Lee ClIrkhuff (Suzl; 3. [add Ho rba n (Suz); 4. John Mt"usl ing (Y.. m); 5. NUN Tr..nc h iN (H on ). 80 JR: 1. Mikt' M~rirw ( Ko1I w); 2. M.. tt WiUi"m!I (Vi m); 3. Brock EWrTS (Hon). 80 INT : 1. Dus ly ~burg (Suz ) MINI orEN: t. Mi ke Mrrin.ll CK w) ; 2. Ou 'ity Lrn.thurg (SUI.); .. 3. Rodney 8 1.. nt o n ( Kl w ); 4. [add Ho r bl n (S u z ); 5. Mo1Ilt Spri ng"l~ (Hon). 50+: l. Eric Burkinsh.. w (Hon); 2. Dl"Ug KendA (SuI ). ll WM N : 1. Deenn.. Holbrook (lt on); 2. Jud i Argo (KTM); 3. Chri,-,Ii"" Jac ksofl (Ko1i w); 4. jIl"v,ca Child..,. (Yo1Im); 5. Erin crBri.&n ' (Ka w ). Johnny Ramsey (68) and Mike Meye r (38) diced in the Sturgis Open O utlaw class race. we re followed by Scott Lanier, Jimm y Ha mer a nd Lisa Powell. Jimmy Ha mer clinched the 1993 FVMX Sportsman Cl ass Cha mp io ns h ip with his pair of fourth p lace finish es. Florida Motosporls Promoter Mike McQuaig was slaging an excellent battle wi th Orlando MX Park Team Muzzy Kawasaki wins 1 3rd, and4th at Loudon. with PM Brakesand W heels o wne r Lou Wh itney until a b roken fra me sid elined McQua ig in the final moto. Super Vintage action was furious as eighteen ai r-cooled . drum-braked bikes lined up to d o battle. It soo n turned in to a "Mai ro benefi t'" as the first four bikes overall were from the wellknown Ge r ma n manufa c t ur e r . Jeff Ho pe grab bed the holeshot on his Burrows Maico 440 an d proo.'Cded to roost aw ay from the field on ly to have his chain derail on the final lap, relegating Jeff to a thirteenth place fin ish in the firs t mot o and ha nd ing the win to Gary Koplak. In Go od wi n o n a n ove rbored Har ley -Davidson Sprint beat J. Tulinius and Lee Rude, both BSA moun ted , to the checkers. The pre 1953 class feature saw some nice ly prepared side sh ift Harleys and Ind ia ns get beat by AI Nesshoffer's 1951 Triumph 500. The most popular rider of the day had to be Sand ra Selva from California . She was the onl y female contesta nt. vand for her " o u tla w " ~ o u ra ge s he wa s awarded a special medal by announcer a nd former nat ional n umber 91, Al Burke. R.. ults PRE 53; 1. Ncssho tfer (Tri ); 2. W..II (lnd); 3. DtoVnt'5(lod ). 40+ : L J.AcUrns(lnd); 2. C Str ain (HuD); 3. J. E.stw (ya m ). U/L OUTLA W; I. R.. m ~ (H4D); 2. M It')'t'n (V.. m ); 3. Cibson(Tri). 750 OPEN: l. fkou~ (USA) ; 2. EckPl' (Vo1Im); 3. Nnshofft'r (Tri) . • 500 MO O: 1. Goodwin ( HIl O ); 2. T uli n ius (US A); ] . . _ ~ th e s eco n d m oto , H ope aga in gra bbe d th e The fourpiston twopadcaliper design increases the swept padarea of contact onthedisc, anddelivers excel/entpistonretraction tor drag free operation. The dil/erential piston bore sizecompensates for uneven pad wear at high operating temperatures. A 6 piston differential bore caliper is also available. Ful/I/oating discs are for thetrack and highperformancestreet applications where maximum braking _ ,' . _ efficiency is necessary. PM Spun Aluminum Wheels holcshot and th is time wo uld not be deni ed the win . He wa s follow ed by Kopt a k, Pe ter Villacaro, Dorsey Bennett and Russ McCallister all on Mak os. Several Georgia rid ers mad e the trek d own to Ocala for the AHRMA Sout heas tern Series classes and all had succes..;; in the int ense Florida o heat with Mark Klein goin g a pe rfect four-for(our and taking his Can-Am to win s in the 30+ Interm ed iate and 125cc Sportsman Intermedia te classes. Howard Bennett rod e to first in the 40+ Intermediate. Res ults VINT MSTR : 1, Joel Nichol son (Va m); 2. Rk k H amilton (Hu ll); 3. M.t1 ~(Hon). V INT SrTSM N : 1. Rkk Danwus (Han); 2. Jat-I S u m m..r (Hon); 3. Scott L:min (Hon) ; • . Jim Hamer (lion); S. Li~ Powell (Hon ). . S / VINT: 1. Gary Koptdk (Mo1i); 2. PetPI' Vill..ca ro (M..i); 3. Doney Ben flC"lt (M .. i); 4. Ru" Mo:C.Ili s le r (Moll); 5 . Bil Burton l (H us). rREM l/W n INT: t . Eric Kr.-.n(Mon); 2. Todd NI"'Wt"1I (eks). 30+ EX 1. P..t r~l (Y..m); 2. M.IItt ICmxhmrr (Han); J. Ed ; c.rIin(Hon); 4. l'rlf'T VilLKaro (Md i). 30 + INT: I. M a r k Klei n (C -A); 2. Ki m Bu rr o w , (M oti); 3. Brnny Durrough (M..i); • . Joe l N ich o lson (V.. m ); S. Eric Kr.att (Mon). 40+ EX: t. Mib Brown (Ya m). oW+ N T: I. How.,d Bcnnrtt (Hon). 40+ NO V: 1. John J I'IW'!I(p en). .. 50+ EX: t. V IC Hajo&(C- A); 50+ INT: I. Joh n logsden (Hon). 50+ NOV : I. Cuy Hooper (Hon ); 2. Prtt- Lry ( tkwl ). 125 SM'S MN EX: I. Pt'ler Vil Llc..ro (Han); 2. M ikr Brown (y.m). t25 SM'SMN INT : I. Mull. Klrin (H on); 2. Robbit' 8rau n (Hon); 3. How.,d 8ennr1 t (Hon). t25 SPTSMN NOV : I. Us. P~U (Hon). 250 Sf'TSMN EX: I . M. tt K,.. tschrm·r (Hon); 2. Ed C.rlin (Hon ); 3. Pet" VilL.c.ro (HQI'I; 4. P. t r~t (Y.am). ) 250 SrTSMN IN T : 1. 8 co:n n y D u r rou gh ( ~hi); 2. Rick Hamillon (H us ); 3 . Robbie Brdu n (H on); -I. Eric: Kr.ft (Man); 5. Johnl.op1t'11 (Hon). 2SOSMSMN NOV : l. Lisa Pow t'li (y.m). 500 SrnMN EX: 1. Pm-rVilL.ac.. ro (M,,'). 500 SP1SMN lNT : 1. Kim BunoW!l (M.. i); 2. Dmny Durrough (M ..I) . SIx:' SPTSMN NOV : l. John J. nws (rcn): Send $4. for Catalog CHICANE Perlorm"n~e M,,~hine, In~. Disc Brake & Wheel Specialists 48 PO Box 1739, 15535 GarfieldAve., Paramount, CA 907 23 (3 10) 634-6532 Ramsey, Meyers blaze Outlaw National Half Mile By To m Robertson S1URGIS, SD, AU IO G. Jo hn ny Ramsey a nd Mike Meyers prov ided so me o f the clo ses t, handl eb.u· ban ging, w ild action at the annual AMR Vintage half mile held durin g the Black Hills Classic Rally. The lead between Ram sey's 1400cc H-D Spors te r a nd Meyer 's 890cc Yam aha changed o ften and had th e c ro wd on the ir fee t for the las t tw o laps which saw the Ramsey w in. In the Open Modified 500cc cla ss Vern Birdwell flies at Eugene MX By Dean na Ho lbrook EUGENE,OR, AUG.I5-l6 Territorial Raceway in Euge n e wa s h ost to round s fiv e and six of th e Western States National MX Championship. With 130 rid ers still in the hunt for the titles these rounds gave wa y to gruelling battles in almost every class on Sa tu rday and Sunday. Sta rting off Satu rday's fury was the 250cc Pro class . Ty Birdwell an d Ryan Ha gema n pu t o n a s how ai good as if there had been a who le gate of Pros. Hagema n bolt ed out of th e gate to an ea rly lead with Birdwell bi ting at his heels for half the mota. Bir dw e ll was fina ll y ab le to sq u eeze by Hageman who bailed hard tryin g to retak e the lead. Moto two was an easy wi n for Bird well as Hageman was no-show because of his pre vious motocrash. Next up came the 125cc Interm edi ate class. Jason Mathews ran mot o on e wi re to wi re for t he w in , leaving Brad Br u n kal a nd Jon Kau Hm a n ea ti ng h is du s t. Brun kal and Ka uff ma n wage d thei r own war for sec o nd. Brunkal uSt. every trick in the book to make a 'li move on Kauffman and succeeded on.1ap five o f the twel ve lap race to na il down second. Moto two found Brunkal th is tim e in th e lead being p ursued by Mathews and Kauffman. Brunk..,1 was able to keep his lead until lap six when Mat hews figu red he'd had enough and took the lead from Brunkal ,md the overall win for the day . Kauffman wa s un abl e to catch Brun kal and had to set tle for third . Sunday's action fetured the fast and furio us ride rs of the 60cc clas. ". As the gate dropped in " mot o on e, 60cc Juni or di vi sion ride r Jo shu a Phillips ca me o u t flyin g wit h Randy Peka rek a U1ched to his whee l. Pe karek waisted no time .. in movi ng pa s t P h illip s o n la p one a n d ran uns cathed all the way to the finish line. In the 60cc Senior d ivision Derek Wa lkoski ran a perfl;'('t untouched race to take first ahead of fellow racers Jeremy Almond, Ricky Merina and Adam Woods. The bes t racing of the day came in moto two w he n Phillips ca me ou t o f the gate th is tim e with no inten tions of letting an yone pass him . In the Senior di vision Walkoski got a much better sta rt, ha d the sa me idea , and the race was on . The two riders screamed around the rdce track fighting tooth and nail to be the first one to the finish flag. and qui ckly left the rest of the pack beh ind . At the end of it all the win wen t to eight- 125 BEG: I. Rkh.- rd I'Urld l (""wi; 2. G ltonn Pn"5th nl t (So7.); 3. Trav is Pi.. rce (Ko1Iw); 4. Jrwmy Krntb ll (K..w); S. Jrremy Bond (Ka w) . 125 INT : 1. ,.lsun M", hrw'l (linn); 2, " rol nrunka l (Ho n ); 3. d Jon Kau ffman (H on): 4. David Mey e rs (SUL). 125 JR: 1. Rubb fabri ck (Kilw) ; 2. Uut ch I~AC!IOn (H un ); 3. RUM Robbin" (K.1w) . 2.50 BEG : 1. Uoln Ko1 l1ffrnoln (H on); 2. Tollr Shl'rt (KTM ); 3. Ju slin M Oo1lts (Kaw); -I. M.. rtin N .. um.. n (I-Ion ); S. De nnis D. lnk m bring (KlMl. : 2.."'0 JR: 1. Chold C Ubrrl (li o n ); 2. Li ne Lineb .augh (Ho n ); 3. Bret Md:o rd (KTM) ; 4. Kubb F.IIbri k (Kaw ). c 250 INT: 1. JWblort BlTol.... (Y.. m ); 2. Jrrnny H.. rw ood (Kaw); . 3. D..vid M yns (Suz) . 250 PRO: I . Ty 8ihlwrll (Su l' ); 2. Ky.. n H ..S"""n (l<.I.w). SOO BEG: 1. Tod C ol "'ln (Hon); 2. Ty ler Spencer (K..w); 3. D-niM Brock (y.. m ); 4. D.1vid Rup pd (Hon). 500 JR: l. Stev e IM Uon (l ion ). 500 INT: 1. T rav l,; Dt-rry (I<.\w ); 2. 1·.. uJ N..uma n (Hon) . BT1;t 1. Jon Ko1i u lfm.ln (H oo); 2. J('n"my H..rweod (K .. w ); 3. : Justin MOolits (Yo1I m ); ol Ch ..d C ilb..-rt ( Hon); 5. Jnnny KII!'nd.III _ (K.ow~ lTTH: 1. U nc Linriod u g h (H .......); 2. r ..ul No1I um.n (Hon); 3. BrT( McCord (KTM); 4. ~,",rlln N.. um.. n (H on) . JO.4O JR: 1. ' im Mor m (y .. m ); 2. AI.. n crBri4n (V.m); 3. Dan Kolulfrrwn (lIon); 4. MIMo ChiJJt.'B (Yam);5. SI("V e 1.\Ck.'I()I\ (Han). »-40 L'iT : I. G ....y R(tSt (lIon); 2. IJ.. W' H UM10I (Suz); 3. Mlk Bw k (H on ); ol. OavidChrnt"y (Y.. m ); S RieJ.. Rubn ts (Yo1Im). 30-40 MONEY: I , J..mit' (K.tw). JR: l. r a t Brow n (Ka w); 2. P..t Mt"rin.a (Kol w); 3. SptonC\" or a...-n HoIing.or (Hon). OT MONEY: 1. John Mrw.ling. 5c. (yo1I m ). SUNDAY SOSTK: 1. Nick UCh.1pt"lI"(ydm); 2. Dt"n-k Rdn(bll (y ./Im);]. u k-b Almond (Yam ); 4. Lmdwy Duv.. 1(Y....,) ; S. ltandi Holbrook (y .. m ). SOMOO: I. Ry..n 8.J"," (Yam); 2. R'ckry C UM t'nOfl (yoUn ); 3. e-y Dunl (Y..m ); -I Brandon L..chap"'Ik- (Yam ). 60 JR: 1. JQM, ,l l'hi llipl' (KolW 2. ltandy " pUft'k (K.aw); J. U ); Ricky GundeTSOl'\ (K..w); 4. Cayton K.ly~r (!<.aw ); S. Cody Ducr..t (Ka w) . 80 BEG: I. Joid B orb..n (Suzl; 2. Rodflt')' BI..nlon (Kaw ); 3. d Nurl. T ranchin.. ( Ho n); 4 . M a lt Srringslrt'n ( lion ); 5. Jot m M~~ i ng (Ya m) . 80 JR: 1. Mik t' Merin.. (K.. w) ; 2. M.." WiIIi .. ~ (Vo1Im); 3. 8r oclo:. Ewen (Hon). MINI O PEN : I. M ikr M(O r in.. (K.lIw); 2. Ma ti Sp r in g~t (O("n (lion); 3. J..d d Il o rN n (Suz ); -I. u.\" Ca r kh uff (Suz) ; S. UfO(' EweD " (Hon). SO+ 1. Er ic IJurki n r.haw ( Ha n); 2. Ro1I nd y ldynr (KTh t); 3. : Doug K..ooall (StI 7.). WMN: I. Dc.mn a 1I0 lb nxJ k (H o n ); 2. Jud i Arg o ( KIM); 3. C hri~ti na Ja c kson (K .. w ); 4. Jt!I!'in C h ild er, (V..m ); S. Wt'ndy Childe~ (l ion). 125 BEG : 1. Rkh.lN 1I ch (,,", w ); 2. G ltonn r Te!ltholt (Sul'); 3. 11rl J..n· my Kend.. 11 (Kaw); 4, C h r isl i.. n 1 1t-cJ.. ( Vam ); 5. Ga ry Silu' (yam). 125 INT: I. J..§Ofl M.. tht-ws (lion); 2. Brad Brun k.\1 (H on ); 3. Jon Kau ffma n (lion). 125 JR: l. Robb F.ab r ick (K..tw); 2. Dutch ISololCSDn (Hon); 3. Ru.~ Ro bh ins (Kaw l. '1 250 BEG: I. Dol K.luflma n (lIon); 2. RodOt'yTryon (V. m ); 3. n , Toll 'Sho rl (Kl'M); ol. I) .J. G"tl(M I (Hon ); 5. Ju!'ti n Moolt:<; (Ka w ). C 250 JR: 1. Ch ..d G ilbl> (l i on); 2. Line Lincb ..ug h, (Han); 3. rt 8m McCord (KTM ). 250 INT: I. Jron-my H.lI'wood (K..w ); 2. Rtlbt'rt Bl?..Ull (y.. m ). 500 BEG : 1. Tod Col...in (H on); 2.. Ty l" Spenur (K.lw); 3. Danit.-I Brock (V.. m);" Dav id Rupf"'!'1 (l ion ). 500 JR: I. J.t!IOtl Sm ilh,(KTM ). sao lNT : I. Travi, fk·rry (Ka w) ; 2. Pau l N..u m..n (Hon) . 8T U : I. JM1"m Hdrwood (1'8.....); 2. Travis fkony (Kaw ); 3. Y Q\ad Cilhll"rt(Hon); -I. Jon Kauff """n (l ·ll..,); 5. Ju I1 MOoII!I(K.aw). n UTH : 1. C. Iry 8c'yt'r (KTMJ; 2. Jo1I5f.f'I Smi th ( J(11I.I) ; 3 . LIne o > Llnt' b.. ugh ( Han); 4 8rrl McC ord (KTM ); S. M.. rlin N.. um ..n (Hon). 30-40 JR: l. lim Mom!' (Yam l; 2. O.tn K.. u ffm o1l n (lin.,);]. .. Mike Childen (Y..ml ; 4. Bru.:c Ducrsl (Hon); S. Dl- nN Ho lt-rook (Hon~ JO-4O INT : 1. D.....~ lIunta (Su~; 2. Rick Roberts (VIm!; 3. o.~~ (Y ..m ). 3O-4OMOf\. EV; 1, '.. mM'Ous.wn (K.. w ). " OT JR: 1. Rand y Lly nt' ( KT M ); 2. 1'.1 Brown ( K.. w ); 3 . Cyn thi.. Fo!>k1'(K.w); -I. Spt.once Holingn- CHonl; 5. Lonon BoI~t!t (K..tw). OTMONEY: 1. Joh n MC'uNing.Sr. (yam). Blackwell blasts Cycleland MX By Mi chael Rich CHICO, CA, AUG.13 Friday the t h ir te e n th p ro ved to be Dylan Blackwe ll's lucky d

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