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eEVENTS
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SC HBY: 1. Jacob Domb rmky (Suz); 2. Brian Lene (Kaw ); 3.
Scott IW.-. rd (Sul"); 4. OdvUlCranford (Suz); 5. To ny Shirley (y a m).
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125 A: 1. MiktoBrow n (Hon) ; 2. Krvin Walkn- (Yam); 3. Jim
ChE"JIl'f (ya m); 4. Mike Andl't"WS(Suz ); 5. Jim Neese (Kaw).
125 B: 1. Jimm y Brigg s (l-ion ); 2. Tilden Styron (Suz); 3. Ch ad
Ne w to n (5u7o); 4. Sha ne Law son (Ho n); 5. Jacob Do mb rosk y (5uz).
125 C: 1. Michael Milem (Hon ); 2. Bria n Ward (Hon ); 3. Andy
Ca ldw ell (Suz ); 4. Sha ne Foll (Suz ); 5. Scott Beard (Suz ).
2.50 A: 1. Mike Brown (Hon ); 2. Jim Chester (Ya m); 3. Mike
And re w s (5 u 7.); 4. Ke vin Walk er (Su7o); 5. Randy Richa rd son
(K.a .
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250 B: 1. Jimmy Briggs (HOI1); 2. Kerry Jones (Suz ); 3. Tildon
5tyron (Suz ); 4. Rodney Scot t (Kaw ); 5. Ned Blackwelde r (Suz ).
250 C: 1. Michael Milen (Han); 2. Caven Woodruff (Kaw) ; 3.
Brian Ward (Hon) ; 4. M.. : w ood s (Suz); 5. Dus tin FIoyd (5u7o).
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25+: 1. Mike Andrewa (Suz) ; 2. Scott Shi pley (SU7.) 3. Randy
Rkhardson (Kaw ); 4. Lany Andrews (Suz ); S. Jay H,,~ser (Suz ).
30+: 1. Ker ry Jo nes (5 uz); 2. Sco tt Ship ley (Su z ); 3. Tr ipp
Miller (Suz ); 4. Joe No rder (Ya m); 5. Jot"! Baker (Ya m).
40 +: 1. Billy Prt vt te (Ho n); 2. Bob Ma n" (Ho n); 3. Jim my
Evers '(Yam l.
.LJL: 1. Ram l er Bulkdey (Bon) ; 2. Robbie Horton (Ka w); 3.
Rodne y Sc o tt (Ka w); 4. Pa ige Hilliard (Ya m ); 5. Sha ne Lawson
(Hon ).
OP EN AM: 1. Anlhon y Fitch (Ho n); 2. Darrell Bell (Hon); 3.
Kev in Rothrock (Hon ); 4. JoeOwwing (Ho n); 5. And y Williams
(KTM) .
Steele swipes show at
Daniel Boone Motocross
By Gwenn Harris ·
Jim Neese (314) led the 250cc A class into the first tum at the Top Gun MX.
Caplinger corrals Coffee
Creek Hare Scrambles
By Arlene Hejlek
By Jay and Sha ron Hauser
CANTON, MO, SEI'T. 19
Ch ris Caplinger made it th ree w ins in a row
wh en he captured the ove rall trophy at th e ten th
round o f th e M is s ouri Hare Scrambles
Championship Series hosted by th e Co ffe e
Creek club.
ATK /Done lson Cycles /MRM / Kal- Gard /
Sprock et Speci a lists/ Dunlop /NGK /Link/Bell
Helmets/Motorcycle Stuff/Dyno Port / Psycho
Paint Works-sponsored Caplinger was firs t off
the line but dropped back to third as the gr oup
of Exper ts entered the woods. It started to rain
abou t 10 minutes after the start and continued
raining for the remainde r of the two hour event.
Caplinger regained the lead and held off a challenge by KTM-m ounted Leig h Letelli er late in
the race. Cap linge r, who was the only rider to go
out on the sixth lap before the two-h our cut off,
had prob lems with ris ing water and drowned
his eng ine more than onc e on that last lap . His
determination paid off as he cam e around to collect the overa ll tro phy .
Letellier was ah ead of Cap linge r go ing into
the fifth lap but lost time trying to ma ke it up a
slippery hill, and Caplinger went around, leaving Letellier with a seco nd place fiin ish . Third
over all went to Interm edi ate class w inn er Pa t
Schmidt, who put his Yamaha out fronton the
second lap a n d kept it th ere until th e en d .
Fourth ov erall wa s second- p lace Intermed iat e
Mar k Ken dall riding a Kawasaki . KTM-mounted
Terry Gilliland battled with Ch ad Busenbark's
Yam aha for th e fifth ov erall p osition, and
Gilliland took the hon ors by an ll -second margin after five laps.
The 125cc class winner, David Wilfong, had
his Yamaha sing ing in the rain as he ran a wireto-wire wi n and was the only one in his class to
complete five laps while finishing in the top 10
overa ll. .
Husqvama-mounted Kevin Boyl e also finishe d in the top 10 as he led the Four-Stroke
class from start to finish.
Dere k Zinchuck, the 200cc class winn er, had
a pr etty good lead for thr ee lap s befor e gett ing
his Yamaha stu ck in the mud on the fourth lap,
w hich a ll o we d Fe rd Lietzke to bri n g h is
Kawasaki to within 30 seconds o f Zinchuck at
thefmish.
Results
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Brown, Hill score
at Top Gun Motocross
IRONSfATION,NC SEPT.26
Mike Brown made th e tr ip from Ten nesee to
take the Pro cla ss wins wh ile Spe nce r Hill
topped the 60cc class at the th ird round of the
Carolina Ul tra Series at Top Gu n MX. Brown
smo ked the competi tion as he ta llied a fourmot a swee p in the 125 an d 250cc A classes.
Brown made his first trip to Top Gun MX
pay off big by taking fuJI a dva ntage o f the
Honda Con tingen cy program and wen t hom e
with an extra $600 for his efforts. This, coupled
w ith his cash for the Pro wins, brought Brown 's
collec tion to about $1000. The fence line wa s
already starting to fill up with a crowd that wa s
eager to see on e of th ose classic Brown-Neese
confro ntations, but it wa s not to be. Neese seems
to have a big black cloud that follows him every
tim e he comes to Top Gu n, and tod ay was no
differen t. After hol eshotting mota one of th e
250c c A cla ss, things were look in g go od for
Neese as he led Brown ar ound for th e first three
laps . At one po int the pr essure was even off of
Neese d ue to Brown 's untim ely get-off in ' the
stu tter wh oop s, but Brown rem ounted to jump
rig ht back on Neese's case. Neese 's ba d lu ck
cam e when he crashed out in moto one and only
captu red third while Brow n ran o ff a nd hid
from the rest of the pack.
Brow n a lso sc ore d th e seco nd-mo te win.
Yam aha-mounted Jim Ch es ter p ut in st ro ng
rides in both m otos to take seco n d be hi nd
Brown. Mike Andrews wa s able to chase down
Kevin Walker's Yam aha in the secon d 2S0cc
moto and put Walker back to fou rth on the da y
ah ead of Rand y Richard son.
Hill took the holeshota t the start of the first
60cc mota to lead the first lap an d a ha lf before
he gave in to the relen tless a ttac k of Nich olas
Warn er and allowed Warn er to slip past for first.
The two stayed neck and neck for most of the
mota while Derrick Bell had his hands fu ll fighting off Michael Willis and Willy Baker. Warne r
went on to pull a comforta ble lead befo re th e
finish ahead of the battle that Hill and Bell had
sta rted for second . Hill took the run ner-up spo t
in mot o one and set him self up for the overa ll,
provided he turned in a good ride in mo ta two.
The top trio went at it just as har d in moto
tw o with Bell jump ing out fron t to lead the ear ly
stages of the mota. Hill work ed past Bell on lap
three an d wa s a bl e to u se Bell as a cus hion
between himSelf and a gaining Warner. Warn er
did manag e to pass Bell an d went to work on
Hill, but Hill held his ground and did wha t he
had to do for the win. Hill 's 2-1 score gave him
the top spot while Warner took seco nd ove rall
with fini shes of 1-3. Bell round ed out the top
three over Brandon Langdon and fifth-place finisher Baker.
0 1A: 1. C Ken dall (!<.aw) 5. Terry Gillila nd {KTM).
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EX: 1. Lei g h Lete llie r (KIM); 2 Terry Gill ila nd (KIM); 3 .
Cha d Busenbar k (Yam); 4. Chris G raber (Ya m); 5. Tim Gillila nd
(ATK) .
lNT : 1. .Pat Schm id t (Ya m); 2. Ma rk Kmdall (Kaw ); 3. Dw ight
Ma ggard (Yam); 4. Kevin Sorts (Kaw) ;5. Chris Hu ff (Yam ).
125: 1. David Wilfong (ya m ); 2. Ca rl Dobsen (Suz) ; 3. Steve
Go rdon (Kaw) ; 4. Sam Gos ne ll (Hon); S. Tod d Reed(ya m).
200: 1. Derek Zinc h uck (yoiIm); 2. Ferd Lietzke (Kaw) ; 3. Jim
WilIi.1ms (Kaw); 4. Bria.n Selk (Kaw); S. G rayla n East (Yam).
250: 1. A lle n H a yn es (Yam); 2. R. Ha r l (Ho n ); 3. Ke vi n
Hannon (Yam); 4. Mike Vons (ya m); 5. Jarm"!'Jennings (Yam) .
OP EN : 1. Ed Sc h mid t (H us) ; 2. Dan Neath (KT M); 3. M.
Krug er (KIM); 4. Everett Shinault (Han); 5. Dan Johnson (KTM) .
4-STRK: 1. Ke vin Boyle (Hus); 2. Ga r y Pila nt (Ho n); 3. D.
Ma esles (H us); 4. Chris Sloan (Hbg) ; 5. Joey Nov eUi (Hon ).
SR: 1. Ch arln Thi e le (KTM); 2. Jo hn Domt'troch (KTM); 3.
David Jeffrey (KIM); 4. Roger leRette (Yam ); 5. Michael Sheri dan
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