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EVENTS
to nab the holeshot, lead ing 'Pierce, Epoli to and
the res t of the pack through tu rn one. Epoli to,
hav ing ga ted much better th is moto decided to
not let Finnels ge t away and pu t a clean pass on
Pierce in the rockers for secon d . Epoli to pu lled
to Finnels rea r fende r, a nd as th e rid ers traversed the "Sna ke Pit" went inside-o utsi de, then
squa red the exit to gra b the lead.
Moving up from jus t outsi de of the top five,
johnny Arag on was charging har d an d passed
Pierce in the back sect ion of the tra ck. Aragon
picked off Finnels on the long straightway, then
closed th e gap on Epolito. Soa ring of f o f the
"La uncher," Arago n pulled alongside of Epolito
and d rag- raced the Suzu ki rider to the followi ng
comer. As the pair emerged from behind "The
Leap," it was Ar agon cres ting the jump. firs t
with Epo lito now in second . Aragon held onto
the lead for the remainder of the moto taking a
well-deserved win , but it was Epo lito that was
the big winn er as his pair of seconds was good
enough to take the ove rall win .
Results
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Jeremy Harwood (607) w as the 250cc Intermediate to beat at the Mtn . View MX.
Hamness, Harwood shake up
Mountain ViewMotocross
By Clay Light
SANDY, OR, ocr.30
Mike Hamness and Jeremy Harwood were hot
at the fina l race of the 1993 season at Mountain
View Cycle Par k as Hamness edged out brother
Terry for a win in the highly compe titive Before
the Hill class while Harwood won a climactic
250cc Intermed iate showdown.
The Before the H ill.class ra n combined with
the 250cc Intermediates; 'with the Intermediates
be ing ga ted in the first wave and led by
Harwood. Hamness , riding a CRl2S, came
through traffic in moto one to settle in behind
brother Terry a nd set up the day's best battle.
Harwood, though. fell prey 10 Honda rider lim
Meissner by mid -race whi le the Hamnesses and
Kawasaki rid er Kirk Ridgley clawed throug h
traffic to close in on Meissner an d Harwood, the
1-2 finishers.
In moto tw o, Terry Hamness grabbed the
lead, but the pos itions were reversed th is time as
Mike Hamness put his CR12S in front of Terry's
250, and' the two were neve r more than a wheel
apart. Mike Hamness won by a wheel for the
over all win via a 2-1 sco re while Terry' s 1-2
platings netted him second overa ll. Third went
to Chad Gilbert. All three finis hed behind the
du o of Harwood a nd Ridgle y, the 1-2 finishers
in the 250ccIntermediate class.
Yamaha rider Andrew Well s pulled o ff a
do ub le win, takin g victories in th e 250cc
Begi n ne r a nd 30-40 C classes. Yamaha ri d e r
Mike Storm stole the show in the combined 80cc
class, which ran w ith the Women's class.
Res ults
50: 1. Erick Ml"Ullling (lIj); 2. J.D. Perkins (V. m)
60 (9-1J): 1. Kelvin Schom (K.1w ); 2. Jon McCuUy (Hon).
60 (6-8) : 1. S.an Ugh t (J
by R.C. Colton to break into the top five. At the
m id way point, Epolito moved into third behind
Alo nzo, who th en as si st ed Epolito' s cha rge
whe n he di d a full " flying W" afler la nd ing ha rd
off of the big "Laun cher." Now in third, Epo lito
began to close on Oabaugh but time was run~
ningout
Out front, Finn els had a secure hold on the
lead , but it was Clabaugh that was un der a ttack.
Both Epolito and Pieree freigh t· trained by when
Clabaugh went wide in a tum. It was all Finne ls
at the checkered as he crossed the line a cons iderable d istance ahead of Epo lito.
In molo two , Finne ls timed the ga te pe rfectly
50 BEC : 1. Jos h ua Brown (Ya m); 2. Aaron Ma d vig (Itj); 3.
8rmt H.lrmon..{Ya m).
50STK A: 1. leff McC1uR"(yam).
60 STK 8: I. Nichola! Lopez (ya m); 2. Jus tin Cody (Yam) .
60 (6-8 ): 1. J"UlICa,tiU.1l (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Co use (Ka w); 3.
Vincent BLa (K.tow ); 4. Jes se Mock (Kaw); S. Tr-m o..vis (Ka w).
ir
fooO (9·11) : 1. Bria n Hu l!l(OY (l.nny (:.rl!MX'l (Kaw) 4 . Toby I.opt"z (Su:r.);S. Ada m Piel"a! (Kaw) .
80 BEG (12~ 16) : 1. Brandrn Oa h lg rr n (Va m) ; 2. Rob ert
Sim~ (Kaw) ; 3. And y Rasmu56l"ft (V.am); 4. Ch ris Rog("J5(Suz);
5. Matt Minya rd (K.Iw).
S / M INI; 1. Ryan a a r k. (Kaw ); 2. Charley Bogard (Suz); 3.
Robby Couse! (K. w ); 4. Matt Min y..rd (K.lw ); 5. Dav id Padilla
(Kaw).
)
125 8EG.: 1. Ton y Epo lito (Suz); 2. KyUr Finn els (SU7. ; 3.
Joh nny Arason (K.w) ; 4. Ad am Pir ru (lYw); S . R.c. Co lto n
(K.aw).
125 NOV , I. Nn ........ (Suz~
250 PRO: 1. John Srrrika (Ka w ).
25. BEG : 1. Jr rry Hrlm (V..m ); 2. O.R. Mce.in (H on); 3.
Drnn is Galbgtwr (Ya m).
30+ BEG: 1. Man Nebon (Ya m); 2. Jim M.astrrs (Hon); 3. P.. t
I..«wt(Yam); 40. Derriclr.1..lwdta. (y a m); 5. Jim 8«k (Yam).
JO+ NOV : 1. Jon N illon (J.trmI Di.lmond.; z. Eric Hampilton; 3. Robert
Henry; 4. LanFW.t.au; 5. Andy o.rk.
SC11. Otris Fajus; 2. MJcNeJ P<1I1\o1l.a.r.
60: I, Derrick Krmp; 2. MJC:ht'.aJ Southrmt; 3. Andy Mon ltJle;
4. Kenney Vor.
80: 1. 5twnnon TOI'J'WCd; 2. ....... th Hendley; 3. Dlv'd T..mow;
4. Drnick Kemp ; S. Oint Bouman.
FAST: 1. AUlIbn Connt'll; 2. Bobby Forb)'; 3. AlltonSt.allings; 4.
StuArt Hmdricks; 5. Andy Car k.
fAST ER: 1. Ourrll S h a w ; 2. D.. nn y S trwut; 3 . Erj (
Hampillon; 4. Shannon Tom.a~k; S. Gordon T.mow.
FASTEST: I, Sha n..-Shim abukuro; 2. Mike Briscoe; 3. Chris
Aorio; 4. Mike MO!ll'S; S. Damoll Diamond.
30.: I. Joey Ha rd in; 2. Doug K..hlstrom; 3. Ty Cob b; 4. Tim
C unningtwn.
McCann gets Assonet HS
By Michael Snyder
ASSONET, MA. ocr.17
Randy McCann piloted his Mid-Town Kawasaki
KX250 to a very imp ressiv e victory ove r nearl y
160 competitors wh en the racing was over at the
season fina le of the New England Trai l Riders
Association Hare Scra mb les seri es, which wa s
promo ted by the Pilgrim Sands Tra il Riders and
held nea r the Massachusetts town of Assonet.
When the shot-gu n blast went off for the 10la p Exper t a nd Amateur cla ss , it was Sco tt
Phelps w ho led a pack of AA co mpeti tors, which
w as heade d by McCa n n, C ris C r ispin, Bob
Davidson, jason Haines and Todd Levesque battling har d with Dave Gu n n. By the time tha t
they rea ppeared, it wou ld be a flying McCann
who had assumed the lead over Phelps with a
fast-dosing Crispin breathing d own his neck.
On the third lap, McCann wa s quickly making it look like another one of his patented runaways as he held nearl y a 3O-second adva ntage
over Phel ps , who s hared al most t he sa me
advantage ove r Cris pi n. Things started to ge t
interesting on the next lap as a very d etennined
Crispin began to cho p away at second- place
Phelps, and eventua lly pa ssed him . About the
only movement for the frontru nners in the next
co up le o f la ps wa s not good fo r Phe lp s as he
bega n to move backwards and, du rin g his pi tstop on the sixth lap, had decided to call it a day .
During the lat er stages of the race, Honda mounted Crispin s ta r te d to put on a cha rge
towards the leader McCann. With the help of his
fathe r, McCann wa s able to notice tha t Crispin
was d osing. McCann pu t his head back down'
a n d p roceed ed to put e ve n mo re d ista nce,
between himself and Crisp in to finish an eventua l .39 seco n ds a head of the Honda-moun ted
rid er on the tenth and final lap. Co ming in third
wo uld be a motivated Bob Davidson as he
closed the gap be twee n himself and Crispi n to
only .24 seconds, with Kawasaki -mou nted Dave
Gunn finishing .31 seconds beh ind and claiming
the fourth overall position.
Resu lts
0 / A: I. Rand y McCann.
H·PT Ie 1. Robm SperonL
H·P! 8: 1. 5tt:"W' Baron.
H-rT C: 1. Seeve Shrpp.Ird.
AA:. 1. cmcmpin; 2. Bob D.avic:bon; 3. D.tveGunn.
125 A: 1. Todd Lev esqce: 2. C ra is Va Ulto m mr r; 3. 8 mn
Crispin.
2OO A:.I.Stt've Wall;2. M~Carlon;3.Jdf ~rtin.
250 A: I . P.J. Pecu1is;2. Mi~ Uwfs; 3. Pal TImothy.
OPEN A: 1. No r m T um brrg; 2. Ja mrs Strong; 3. Bria n
Maranda .
VET A: 1. Ht'rbrrt Murdou gh ; Z. Rogrr Billh.ar z; 3. Strvr
Prl loquin.
SR A; I. Strvr Fonn..mrk; 2. AI ~ 3. J.amn Prtrovic.
4-STRK A: 1. tee Pelletier; 2. Bill Drummry; 3. John Fuchs.
125 B: J. MiU Millet; 2 8 rian Chop; 3. o. n U.yn.
200 B: 1. Jon.n Su llivan; 2 Scott lta ymond; 3. ~rk Burd ick.
250 8; I. Doug McKinnon; 2. JarDelarwy; 3. Ja~ Wheoeb:k.
O P EN B: 1. Br i.. n S m ith; 2. Br uce Bdlingr r; 3 . Peter
Varuyswood.
VET 8: 1. C1c-n Doug~; Z. 8ru<:fo (Adieu.., 3. Strw Aud t't.
n
SR 8: I. John Millet; 2. Victor Tish ip; 3. Prt e1'5N.f. n.
c..STRX 8: 1. J
ohnHa ll; 2. Gus Bkonokt; 3. M.tttww Brigham.
S /SR: 1. JorCurti; 2. Ed Dame.
125 C 1. Mikr RogI."rI; 2. Eric Mon'a; 3. Edd y Woll.
200 C: 1. Jim Edmonds; 2. MiluoOyhaime; 3. DavW:J Davis..
2SOC: 1. Eric T urg l'Of1; 2. Mike-Sy tv~tft'; 3. Jon Laramie.
OI'EN C: 1. Juan R.adziww s; 2. Rich Lundry; 3. L.ddie Frye.
VET C: 1. Mi1«-Taf t; 2. Dani el Brown; 3. David Dutra .
SR C: 1. raul Du mai s; Z.Ton i Moo rn; 3. 8i11Cal.lR"Il.
4-STRK: 1. Robert F.ulas;2. Kevin Howr; 3. Eric GirO • .
MINI: 1. Tod d SanthrMln,; 2. Eric Poul iot; 3. HoIrn;Neff.
JR: 1. Co rey Netun.an ; 2. Doug St roh; 3. Mike FOrrn.1ne k.
WM N : 1. Shrrry lAndry; 2. r a m Mint"lw.
Hoenshell dominates
Mosier Valley Cross Country
By Mark Childre
EULESS, TX, OCT. 24
Arlington Su zuki /MSR /Scott-backed Clay
Hoenshell rode like a man possessed, taking the
top Pro O ass honors at the Mosier Valley Cross
Country.
Heading to the starling line for the Sunday
morning race, Hoenshell fou led a plug. As the
race started without him, Hoenshell replaced the
p lug and got underway just ah ead of the next
wave of riders. Ove r a minute dow~ Hoenshell
quickl y ca ught the back of the Pro pack and
bega n whittling his way toward the front. Dean
Lane was pulling away from the pack with
jeremy Fipps not far off the pace. Hoenshell
caug ht up to Fipps and went after the number
twospot.
" I' ve never seen him (Hoenshell) ride like
that. He was possessed. He was all over the
place, trying all kinds of moves to go through
traffic; Fipps said .
Shortly after movi ng into second, Hoens hell
exited the track a t the end of the longest staigh taway .
" I just came in too hot and sho t o ff into the
hole a t the end ," Hoenshell said .
Ove r a minu te and severa l Pro rid ers passed
b e fore H oenshell remo un ted . Once aga in ,
Hoenshell pu shed through the pack and caught
Lane on the final lap. Hoenshell pulled into the
lead to take the checke red a nd an o the r w in.
Lane finished second ahead o f Fipps.
Results
PRO: 1. CLty HoenshrU (Suz.); 2. De..n .....lW (lClM); 3. jIl'rnny
Fipps (Hon); 4. Hayd n Franklin (KTM); 5. Jo1lC1Ur I..idddl (Yam).
·EX O/A: 1. CIrn 80ydt (yam); 2. o..vtd. C ulprpper (lIon): 3.
Todd Ta rwor (lCTM); 4. Tracy Andrn (Ka w ); 5. thrryl Smith
(yam).
WM N EX: 1. P.. m B1.I inSatne (Suz); 2. Srrin.a Oel .. nw..tt
s
(yam); 3. Cynthia Wftm (K.. w); 40. GoIy.. CuJprpprr (Ya m); 5.
Us& ........ (Suz~
