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wrench-sponsored ATK teamed up to dominate
th e a nnua l Pende lton Co unty Two-Man Ha re
Scra mble a t the Pendelton County Motorcycle
Park.
Wi th former Pour-Stro ke Nati onal
Champions Harvey Wh itaker and Ca rey Stu mp
present. Miche ls and Sp icer knew they had the ir
wo rk cu t out ou t for them .
T he H onda-m o unted t eam of W a yn e
McKinney and Pete Rebe l had the fastes t foot of f
the dea d engine sta rt. The rest of the field gave
chase in the thick dust on the motocross section
of the 4 ~mile course.
At the e n d of th e fir s t lap La nce Wad e.
McKinney. David Kidwel l. Wh itak er and Sp icer
occu p ied the top five positi on s. On the second
lap th e rid er s changed , and so did pos it ion s.
Mich el s too k over and jumped into secon d
pl ace. Wh en Spicer took con trol aga in on th e
th ir d lap. he bega n a charge for th e le ad er .
Sp icer passed Wade to ta ke over first position.
Michels and Sp icer expe rienced no problems for
the rest of the race and crossed the fin ish line
first with an eight-min u te cushio n over the seca nd-p lace team of Blankens hip an d Leste r.
Results
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Butch Smith (46) dominated both 250cc Pro motos at the Los Banos MX.
125 NOV: 1. Jam" McGou gh; 2. Cu rt Busto; 3. Lan PriC'C; 4.
Rob 1bomr; 5. Oarrm Nacar. lo.
250 OPEN NOV : l. Charles Trese..; 2. Danirl Ha tch; 3.
WiUi. m Grippo; 4. David Li; 5. DJnov an Riky .
2S+ AM : 1. ~t l«'"c 2. ~~; 3. Jim Riley; 4.
Tom Stif'l.twn M~ (K.w).
SR MlM: 1.}ernny NoAh (K. w); 2. Jon Simmons (K.lw).
YTH: 1. Eric Et.m (K.Jw); 2. W"ky Wy.tt (Yam); 3. Ml mn
&ilry (lion); 4. .Jon Simmons (K.aw).
125 C: I. J.uon ~ (Hon); 2. ,"""i..Ih t::lrenrno (K.aw);
3. Sonny TIlson (Hon); 4. Room Johnson (Suz); S. Byron McDanid
(y a m) ,
1. Tod d Mi\wr (Ko1w); 2. David Ra ck (lion); 3. Troy
250
MilH!T (K. w); 4. Craig Pu gh ev.m); S. Krvin Browni ng (K.w).
2SO B: I. Dny Duprel (tlon); 2. Jim Ow~!I (K.iw ); 3. Eric
El.lm (K.aw); 4. Fwd dy MilH!T (Kaw) ; S. Shdun Sm ith (Hon ).
25+: 1. Bri..ln Robert!lOfl(Hon) ; 2. SNun Smi th (li on ); 3. We
Str.ne (Suz); 4. Michae l Wood (Suz); S. [}"n Stallin gs (Kaw ).
30+ : I. Do!I v~ Ro~1 (H on ); 2. J~ff W.iIM (K.w); 3. Kev in
Knigh t (Hon) ; 4. Doug Llw!lOfl (Hon) ; 5. Ste~ Bruhn (Vam) .
250 A: 1. Kn- in Knigh t (Hon); 2. Ed Kiley (Kaw ); 3. AndrP
Pene (Suz ).
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Belknap blasts Starwest MX
By David Procida
By Diana Michels
GARDENERSVlLI.E. KY, SEPT. 5
A.J. Spicer and Paul Michels, rid in g a Mot o
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50 : 1. Dan T. tt (Y.. m ); 2. M ik e Co nner (V. m) ; 3 . Bri.. n
Scholhl.lll (Suz).
60: 1 .JorAndenon (~); 2. Mi~ Connn (l<.w); 3. N"tChoLls
Wells (K.1
w);
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ONTGOMERY, AI.SEPT. 19
Kevin Knight scored the overall win in the 250cc
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Spicer, Michels smoke 'em at
Pendelton CountyTeam HS
In mota one, Tod d Hinson led the Hon d a
horde through tu rn one wi th Belkna p second
and Hu tchinson in third , followed by the rest of
th e pa ck on ly a heartbeat behind. As the lead
trio cleared "The Lau ncher, Hutchinso n got
back on the ground th e qu ickest and powered
by Belknap fo r second . Hutchinson began to
close on Hin
son. and a lap later he was all over
the Honda rider as the two approached the dou ble-d ouble ju mp. Hutchinson dove to the inside
and ju mped over and pa st Hin son for the lead.
but H inson wasn 't through yet and powered
ba ck by fo r the lead o n th e ba ck stra ightway . .
Then, H inson bobbled and bo th Hutchin son and
Belknap took ad vantage o f it, and Hinson was
dropped from first to th ird . With the white nag
flying for H inson, Belknap intensified hi s
charges a nd for th e e n t ire last lap bumped ,
pu shed and shoved , a ll withou t success until the
final comer before the checkered. when Hinson
chose the fast. na t, o utside line and Belkna p took
the inside line. Belknap's line a llowed him to cut
off Hinson's faster but longer line and take the
win.
Millan grabbed the mote-two bolesh ot, leading th e a ll-Ho nd a p ack through turn one a nd
imm edia tely o pening up a le ad over Belkn ap,
Hutchinson and Ferro. Millan bega n the fourth
lap in the lead but d ropped o ut when his pipe
came loose, and he lost four p ianos wh ile moking re pa irs. Millan rejo ine d the rac e wi th hi s
pipe tu cked ba ck into place and qui ckly began
to regain lost positions. He hold worked his way
back up to se co n d when th e pipe ca me loose
once aga in, th en he lost a chain wh ich ended his
day.
Belknap too k the checkered a lap later with
Hu tch inson, Ferro and Hin son followi ng him
home. The overall victory honors as we ll as run ne r-up reflected the mo ta wins. as Ferro edged
ou t H inson for th ird goi ng 4-3 to Hinson 's 3-4.
Res u lts
MORENO VALLEY,CA,SEPT. 25
Jeff Belknap put his Honda into the winner 's circle a fter ba ttling with fellow Honda rid ers Don
Hutch ins on , Pa tric k Ferro, Todd Hin son and
lone Suzuki rider Chris MiHan to take the over ·
all victo ry in th e Amateur cl ass during
Starwest's Saturday Night under the Stars series.
60 (9:-11); J. AlKtin JOl'W"S (K.1w) 2. StI"Vt!' Gonz.IIez (K.lw); 3.
;
Bry.n Nd!ton (K.II.....).
aI (9-1 I ): 1. Br. ndon SI.add.ln (Sud.
80 (12-13): 1. Tf'O'l Taylor (Vam).
a1(14-16): 1. Dann y c..rlM .." (Kaw).
80 (12- 16) BEG: 1. BNn Mars.n (K.lw); 2. Br.ndon M~dn
(K.w); 3. Se dn· C I.arkl" ( K. w) ; 4. And y Mango ( Ka w); 5. Eric
Kim lon (K...w) .
125 BE : 1. Nl,,1 Ahn7,o (S,".); 2. Stl("V.. O oon.an (~Ion); 3. John
G
~ (Suz ); 4. s...n Cordon (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. MichM l Fk_..-n (Yam); 2. Cy Z UKtMnol (Yam ); 3 .
Bry...n Weemes (Hon ); 4. Wnl"')' Turnt"t (Sur.); S. """" Wootton
(K.lw) .
125 NOV: I. 10M W "fn"'( (Bon ); 2. Cory M.utft'lSol"n (Suz); 3Brian B~(Hufl).
250 NOV: 1. Se.n Neary (Su~); 2. Tony Fddh.1 ~ (llon).
250 I NT; 1. Dean Voi nRipcr (Kaw).
125 rRO: J. Cr.ig M.
