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; EVENTS
The 250cc A class saw Woe rne r and Bear battlin g it ou t for the overa ll. Bea r won the first
mota but fell going into a jump in mota two and
lost gro und on Woerner. Bear quickl y remounted and was back in hot pu rsui t until the end, but
Woerner kept a pace and crossed the line first
for the win and the overall victory by virtu e of
his 2-1 mota finish es.
The Vet A a nd B cl asses s howcased- fas t
action as Pagoda's Ca lvi n Leinbach and John
Jone s won the respective cla sses . Leinbach's
blazing Kawa sa ki was on the heels of Yamaha
pi lot Scott Ste vens thro u ghout mota one but
couldn't pass him. In mota two, Leinbach did
what he had to, and poured it on right 10 the
checker for the moto and overall win.
In the Vet B class, usual hare-scrambler John .
Jones kept up a very heated pace and scored I-I
malo finishes for the ov era U.
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Results
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50 (4-6) : 1. Ja50rt La_~ (yilm ); 1. Ben Glisson (Ya m); 3.
Micha el G ranger (Yam).
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Ma tt hew Ma rs ha ll (Y.. m ).
60: 1. Casey Clark (K.aw); 2. Ju st in Fau u . (K.aw); 3. Ryan
Thornton (Kaw); 4. Edward Hill (Ka w) .
80 \l-11): 1. c.~ Cldrk (y am); 2. Jemnt>y Cook (Kaw);3. Ryan
Patterson (Kaw); 4.Justin Fazekas (Suz); 5. Ryan Thornton (Ka w ).
80 (12-13); 1. Jim Dev onsh ire (Suz) ; 2. Joe Dell ave rsan o (Hon );
3. Ryan Oxen ford (Ka w).
80 (14-15): 1. Brian Pollock (Yam); 2. Kevin Bausum (K.1w 3.
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50(7-8): 1. Bryan F1eich nn (Yam); 2. AI('X Sicekl.cr(Yam); 3ma
Mike Taylor Jr. (Kaw) ; 4. Ed Evans (Kaw); 5. Jona tha n Bower
Ty Walla ce (284) was the rider to beat in the 12Scc Expert class at Pagoda MX.
NMA Minislars /93
Bogard on target
at Starwest SX
By Tony Alessi
MORENO VALLEY, CA, OCT. 24
us t a few weeks after capturing backto-back National Championship titles
at the Ponca City and Loretta Lynn's,
Team Suzuki's Charlie Bogard was back
for more. This time, the target was the
inagural Ministars Nationals, held at
Starwest Supercross Park, and, once
again, the results we re all too familiar.
Bogard swept all eight motos in which
he competed, nabbing the overall victories in the Super Mini, Championship
Challenge, and 14-16 year-old Stock and
Modified class races.
Bogar d joined over 300 other miniclass riders from various parts of the
country in what was tagged as a "minison ly" event. "I wanted an event that
would go back to the basics of an allmini race," said pro moter Ron .
Henricksen. "All of the factories are out
toda y, so top performers will definitely
gain some exposure."
Pee Wee class racers competed in the
morning hours on a specially designed
course, and the 60cc and 80cc riders took
to the main track in the early afternoon .
Throughout the d ay, 35 different classes
comp eted , and due to the large number
of entran ts, the race schedule ran late.
"Due to the overw helming number
of po st entries in the Pee Wee classes,
the race program ran off sched ule," said
Henricksen. The fina l mot o of the day
left the starting line at 9:00 p.m.
The Sup er Mini race sa w w ha t was
arguably the most exciting race action of
th e d ay. [ ir i Do sta l a n d Ryan Clark
jumped into the top two slots and had
an early moto slam-fest. Dostal was the
initial lead er, but Clar k decided to force
his way pa st with a contact pass nea r
the step-u p jump.
Not one to be pushed around, Dostal
reponded by smashing Clark four turns
later when he saw a small opening in a
tight switchback. Meanwhile, Bogard
seemed content to sit in third and enjoy
the show.
'Those guys were just bouncing off
each other," said Bogard . "I just waited
for them to make mistakes."
Dostal opened up a sligh t lead, whi le
Clark began to com e unglued. Bogard
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saw Clark floundering, and zapped him
for second shortly after. Once into seco nd, Bogard closed to Do s tal 's rear
fender within onl y one lap .
Ab out th e same tim e, Billy Payne
joined the lead ers after suffering a so-so
sta rt, but crashed hard when he tried to
jump four-dee p into the rockers.
Bogard jumped past Dos tal for the
po int po sition in the rockers, bu t after
jumping all four bumps, overshot the
following tum. Dostal pounced on the
opportunity and dove under Boga rd,
but his moment back in the lead would
be short-lived. Bogard rebounded with
an awesome mid -air p a ss over the
track's largest double an d sailed in to the
lead. Once into first, Bogard pulled
away, all the while jumping fou r-deep
into the whoops. Bogard held on for the
moto win ahead of Dostal and Clark.
The second moto saw Bogard grab
the ho leshot and put his bullet -proof
riding styl e to work. As he pull ed further and fur ther away from his competitors, Bogard whipped his Suzuki sideways re pea ted ly, showing off for the
crowd that cheered him on .
Dosta l passed Payne early in the race
for second, and maintained a small lead
over him for the remainder of the race.
Clark, meanwhile, seem ed over -anxious
and fell twice before eventually smoothing ou t and finishing fou rth ahea d of
Danny Carlson.
Cale Wallace was the fastest sev enyea r-o ld of the d ay, as he posted a n
impressive four-mote sweep of the Pee
Wee Stock classes. Wallace topped Jesus
Casillas and Ronnie Gambl e in the Pee
Wee Stock class, and best ed Gamble and
Joshua Grant in the Pee Wee Stock
Expert class.
Wa llace met his ma tch in the Pee
Wee Mo d ified class, however. Robe rt
H arrold rolled up to the sta rting line
aboa rd a Pee We e that resembled a
Kawasa ki KX60 in not only appeara nce,
but in power ou tput as well. Harrold
motored to an un contested pair of wins
in th e Pee Wee Modified Expe rt clas s
whil e Wallace appea red to s truggle wi th
clutch problems, but st ill man aged to
hold on to second over Casillas.
In the Pee Wee Mod ified cl ass,
Wallace suffered a brok en front axle in
moto one, but rebound ed to w in both
the second mo to and th e r u n o ff.
Unfortunately, Wallace's DNF in moto
one dropped him to third overall behind
winner Casillas and Gambl e.
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Results
PIW STK BEG U: 1. Matthew Brewer (Ya m); 2.
Matthew Thorp (Yam); 3. Brent Hann on (Yam); 4. Jacob
Poole(Yam); 5. Ryan Piatonni(502)
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Ryan Clark (181) challenged Jiri Dostal
(7) for the wi n at the Sta rw est sx.
P/W STK BEG 7·8: 1. Jos hua Brown (Yam); 2.
Bradley Wood, (Hen); 3. Partick Bartz(Yam).
r /w STK 0-8 : 1. Ca le Wall a ce (Ya m) ; 2. Ronni
Ga mb le (Yam) ; 3 .• Josh ua G ran t (Yam); 4. Stev e
Hernandez (Yam); 5. Dan ie l Ta ft (Yam ).
prw STK NO V 0-8: 1. Ca le Wa llace (Yam); 2. Jesus
Casillas (Yam); 3. Ronnie Gamble (Yam); 4. Ricky Oliver
(Y
am); 5. SnakemanGuisande (Yam).
P/W MOD BEG 4-6: 1. Brent H arm o n (Yam); 2.
Ch ris Renshaw (Yam); 3. Ricky Humm e (Yam); 4. Mike
La
Paglia (Iij);5. JeffAI""i (Ya
m).
PIW MO D BEG 7-8: 1. Tyler Willis (Yam).
rlW MOD NOV 0-8: 1. Snakeman Guisa nde (Yam);
2. Sean Shelton (Yam); 3. Ranel COl( (Yam); 4. Ma rk
Atkins(Yam); 5. James Baker (Yam).
PIW MOD EX H: 1. Jesus Casillas (Yam); 2. Sean
Shel ton (Yam) ; 3. Ran el Co x (Yam); 4. Mark A tkins
(Yam 5. James Baker (Yam).
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P/W MOD ()"8: 1. Rob ert Har ol d (Yam); 2. Ca le
Wallace (Ya m) ; 3. Jes us Casill a s (Ya m) ; 4. Stev e
Hernandez (Yam); 5. Anth on y Houser (Yam).
60 BEG ~: 1. Broc Owen s (Kaw); 2. Tyson Davis
(Kaw ); 3. Derrick Mc Clin toc k (Kaw); 4. Daniel Taft
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