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OT Master class. Picki ng up the pieces in the
OrnG Intermed iate class was John Yates, who
put togeth er consisten t rides in all motos to take
the overall witho ut winning a single moto, and
in spite of a lot of heat from hard-charging Alex
Che llew, who wo n both motes on Sunday.
The la rges t class of the event, th e OTH G
Beginner, was one of the most exciting to watch
largely because it was filled with riders of varying skill levels, both sexes, and a few first-tim ers
thrown in for good measure. No, they weren't
blinding fast, but they endured the torture of the
ro ug h Oatfield track a nd they fo rmed little
groups, all having thei r own races, which made
for some thril ling mom ent s for everyone on and
off the track. When the d ust settled on Sunday
afternoon, Wayne Mathen y took the overall win
wit h Ric k Mikulski keepi ng h im h o n es t b y
virtue of a strong second-pla ce finish.
Results
ornG BEG: 1. Wayne Mathen y; 2. Rick Mikulsk i; 3. Jim
Kubo ; 4. Frank McNaUy; 5. John Dougherty.
OnfG NOV : 1. Paul Montgomery; 2. Doug Dodge; 3. Ken
Go urley; 4. John
Dirickson; 5. Matt Rodgers.
oruG lNT: 1. John Yates; 2. Alex Qlelll"W ; 3. Doug Barham;
4. Mark Stepovich; 5. Dave Harrell.
• OT HG EX: 1. Michael Joh nso n; 2. Mar k Na so n; 3. C ra ig
Ch ristian; 4. Dave Montgomery; 5. Troy Deherrelen,
OT AM 1. Keit h U ttle; 2. Gluck WaU; 3. J.R. Canaguier.
S/SR AM: 1. Fred Parson; 2. Stan Wood s; 3. Don McKenzi e.
S /SR EX: 1. To ny Annada; 2. Gene Higginbotham; 3. Ge ne
H robs ky.
SR EX: 1. Phil Frisb ie; 2. Leroy Francaro; 3. Ervin Ritenburg.
or EX: 1. Brad Smi th; 2. Patrick Smith; 3. Richard Schilling.
OT MSTR.: 1. Bob H e rsh e y; 2. S te ve Machado; 3. Craig
Sch ultz .
SUP: 1. Brain Wall; 2. Guy Ma then y; 3. Ja mes Matheny; 4. Ben
Sorenson; 5. Wayne Stuart.
125/250 SPTSMN : 1. Stev e Machado Jr.; 2. Tho ma s Ha mpton;
3. Eric Palman; 4. Jon Soisrt h; 5. Kevin Nu nn .
80 SP'ISMN: 1. Tony Rabe nea ur 2. Adam H uffer; 3. Aus tin
Cu mmingJO.
Eggman scrambles to
Tucson Motocross win
By Dave Shelton
TUCSON, AZ, MAR. 2D
Pat Eggma n holeshot his wa y to the fron t of the
250cc Intermediates to secure the overall victory
at Mountain View Off-Road Raceway in Tucson,
with wins in both motes.
_The Salaza r Aut o-sp onsored rid er was able
toget out front early in moto one and w as never
serious ly chall en ged by runner-up overall finisher Mike Calhoun, When Calhoun later faded
a bit , Bri an H igh smith was able to capitalize
an d ta ke second. Bu t Calho un's moto scores of
3·3 ea rned him second ove ra ll due to a faste r
Carey Ken t Jr. being take n ou t at the start of the
firs t mo to (sixth p lace was the end resu lt for
Ken t).
The first-tum melee resul ted when eventual
12Scc In termed iat e class w inner Jeff Piasecki
slammed into Kent's rear wheel. Th is sen t Kent's
CR, now riderless, into the path of Fran k Febbo,
taking him completely of the track, while Kent
went flopping do wn the course like a ra g doll
ca ught in the sp in cycle. Eggman, Highsmith
a n d Ca lh oun fin ished in th e top th ree spots,
res pectively.
.
Th e second mot o was of a kind er , gentler
so rt and wi tho ut the ea rlier problems. Eggman
and Calhoun we re up fron t, when Kent ma de a
p icture-p er fect block pass on Calhoun, w ith one
lap an d thr ee turns to go, to secure second place.
Febbo grabbed fourth place wi th Highsmith in
tow for fifth, w hich earn ed him third overa ll.
Ju stin McMurrich wa s again th e Pro class
winner.
Th e Big Bike Trop hy less Rider class saw a
spirited Jam ie DelaOssa tak e h is Suzuki to the
front late in both motos to secure his first-ever
winning trophy. Bill Ha rde n made thin gs tough
by holesh ootin g and lead ing all except the last
two laps of each mot e, taking seco nd in both.
Rint Matchett waS third.
A couple of Bomber class en tries ran w it h
the vintage gu ys, and Jesse Tow le w as ab le to
secu re first plac e on his old, but shiny , YZI 25
ahea d of David Hargrov e on a YZ250. Both Vintage class motos had Ken Lus k on a CZ in the
top spo t ahead of Tom Seag roves on a Husky
a n d Chri s Reed, also on a CZ, in th ir d . Th e
rather loud Vin tage Four-Strokes class saw overall winner John Scott on a Triumph trade wins
with the BSA of Craig Skinne r.
Results
50 NOV 0-1: 1, (Tie) Steve Sch w a rtz (Ya m) ; Jas on Ware
(Hon); 2. EstevBn Moreno (KTMI; 3. John Bradley (y a m); 4. Bobby
Stew.art (Yam ); 5. TomrnyShinn (KlM).
50 NOV 0-2: 1. Ranel Cox (Ya m); 2. Micha el Beaver (yam); 3.
Se.tn She lto n (yam);.
50 MOD: 1. Kanel Co x (Yam); 2. MicNei Beaver (Ya m); 3.
Sean She lton. (Yam);
60 «().. 8): 1. Bran don Caf'O"l-"(Kaw); 2. SNin Shelton (Ka w ); 3.
Jo:;hua Reed (Kaw) ; 4. Paul Pearcy(Kaw); S. Kanel Co x (}(aw ).
60 (9- 11): 1. Ryan Wilson (Hon); 2. Andrew Moreno (Kaw); 3.
Paul Berge r Jr. (Kaw); 4. Cody Beard (Kaw).
60 MOD: 1. Ryan Wilson (Hon) ; 2. Andrew Moren o (Kaw); 3.
Brandon Capone (Kaw); 4. David Moreno (Kaw); 5. Pa ul Pea rcy
'Kaw).
80 BEG : 1. Bran don Gillma n (Suz) ; 2. Richard Kutbac h (Ho n);
3. Dennis Umphres (Yam ); 4. Pa ul Sosinski (Kaw); S. [erem y lastovica (Yam.
80 NOV: 1. N ick Beaver (Yam ); 2. Mich.lel Sulliv a n (Suz).
80 MOD: 1. Nic k Beav er (Yam); 2. Michal."! Sullivan (Suz ); 3.
Ma tthew Stevens (5uz ); 4. Tom Duncan (Yam ); 5. Brandon Gillma n {Suz }.
125 BEG: 1. Sha wn Dunne (Yam ); 2. Ray Pe ns Ki (Suz ); 3.
GeOff Hendt'l'SOn (Suz); 4. Marty Hern imd ez (Yam); 5. Je rry Davis
(Yam).
125 NOV : 1. Mark Su llivan (Su z); 2. Ca se y P~k (Yam ); 3.
Richa rd Mequia Olon); 4. Greg Ruiz (Hon) ; S. Bran don Ho wa rd
(5=).
125 INr; 1. Jeff Piasecki (Suz).
250 BEG 1. Ad am Bode (Hon); 2. Steven Ha nso n {Hon ); 3.
Rich.trd Miller (Kaw) ; 4. Keith Mott (Yam); 5. Toby Squires (Kaw).
250 NOV ; 1. Ken H owden (Suz ); 2. Jeff H om old (H on); 3.
Ch uck Bisceg lia (Ho n) ; 4. Tho mas Stuckey III (Yam ); 5. John
Rogers (He n).
250 tNT: Pat Eggman (Ya m); 2. Mike Ca lho un (Kaw); 3. Brian
H ighs mith (Yam) ; 4. Carey Ken t Jr. (Hon ); 5. Frank jebbc (Hon ).
O PEN BEG: 1. Brad Steinberg (Ha n); 2. Steve Garrison (Hon) ;
3. John Beaver (Hon ); 4. Tod d Scoggin (Hon ); 5. Tom Shinn (Hon) .
SR NOV : 1. Stacey Min er (Yam) ; 2. Ranel Cox ()(a w); 3.
Rock y Robling (Yam) ; 4. Mark An de non (Hon); 5. Eric Ny ysti
[H en],
PRO: 1. Jus tin McMunich (Hon) .
80 TRorHYtESS RDR: 1. Craig Durkee (H on ); 2. Th oma s
Stanton (Suz); ; 3. Kenton Dur kee (Hon) ; 4. Jeff Os terhoud t (5uz );
5. John Doty (Hon ).
BIG BDCE TROPHYLESS ROR:1. Jamie DelaOssa (Suz ); 2. Bill
Harde n (H on ); 3. Flint Md tchett (Yam) ; 4. Jeff Wa lke r (S uz ); 5.
Michael Romero (Yam) .
BOMBR: 1. Jesse Tow le (Yam); 2. David Ha rgrove (Ya m).
vtNT: 1. Ken Lusk (CZ ); 2. Tom Seagroves (I-IU5); 3. Chris
R..-d(CZ) .
V1NT 4-STRJ<: 1. John Scott erri) ; 2. Craig Skinner (BSA); 3.
M ~ Hararoun er ri); 4. Ma tt Hararourt (BSA).
Paladino sails to CMA
Hollister Hills Motocross finale
By Tim Quinn
HO
WSTER HlLL'3,CA, MAR 2D
Dan Palad ino stormed to the 250cc Pro win at
th e fina l ro u nd of the Bieffe USA /Califo rnia
Motocross Associa tion 's California Winter Series
at the Hollister Hills ORV MX track.
When the ga te dropp ed for the first moto,
the An y Rider Kawasaki / AXo-sponsored Palad ino pulled the holeshot wi th Trevor Meag her
hot on his tail. Followin g the two riders were Pat
Gomm, Jon N icolaus and Dustin Bloomfield .
The moto was hard fought between the two lead
rid ers all moto lon g, wi th Meagher trying continuo uslyto pass Paladino, but unable to do so.
Meagher 's favorite spo t to att empt his move was
at the top of the horsesh oe uphill tum. Palad ino
prot ec te d h is lines effectively, rendering
Meagh er 's pass attemp ts futi le. The two riders
battl ed to the wire w ith Paladino grabbing the
win ahead of Meag her, Bloomfield, Gomm and
Nicolaus.
Mo to two saw Meagh er grab the holeshot,
sandwiched between Tyler Hummel on the ou tside and Paladino on the inside. Bloomfield tried
to make a move to the front , but Paladino forced
him hig h to the outsi de of the berm. As lap on e
concl uded, Gomm had worked into the top five.
Meaghe r co n tinued to lead the rac e, but not
without challe nge from Hummel and Paladino.
By the third lap, Paladino had fou nd h is wa y
into second p lace, getting aro und Hummel and
se tting his sights on Meagher. Gomm dropped
his Ya ma ha and, unab le to regain h is form,
ended up pu lling out of the race. Hummel also
su ccumbed to difficulties, dropping his Kawasaki a nd deciding to d iscon tinue the even t. The
rest of the field wa s left to battle for the day's
poin ts.
Ton y Flores became a player in moto two,
wi th the Yamaha rider ba ttling w ith Jon Nicola us throughout to even tually fin ish fourth.
Bloomfi eld once again rod e consistently and fin ishe d the mot o in third. Pa ladino showed his
detennination to take the overall by ou t-powering Meaghe r a t every op portunity. On his wa y
to the victory in mo to two, Paladino spent as
mu ch time in the air with outrageous leap s off
th e ju m ps as he d id on th e track. In the end,
Meagher was no mat ch for Paladino, who again
took the mot o win and also the ove rall victory,
wit h Meag her seco nd , Bloomfield third, Flores
fourth and Nicolaus fifth.
Results
50 BEG «().8): 1. Anthony Hou ser (yam); 2. Nil:k Moore (Jtj); 3.
Adrien Figueroa (Yam); 4. Dustin Johnson (Ya m); 5. Jerem y Fuller
(Yam) .
50 NOV (0-8 ): 1. Cory McDaniel (Yam ); 2. Bobby Mor ello
(Yam).
50 NOV MOD : 1. Raymond Nav a rro (Yam); 2. Jeffrey Stark
(Yam).
PW 80: 1. w esle y Patt erson (yam); 2. Chri s topher Soetaert
(ya m); 3. Pat PattE"r.w;Jn (yam ).
60 BEG ((}-8) : 1. Bobby Mor ello (}(aw) ; 2 Ad rie n Figu eroa
(Kaw ); 3. Anthony Houser (Kaw); 4. Jacob Horan (Kaw); 5. Raymo nd Navarro (Kaw ).
60 BEG (9-1 1): 1. Logan Ma st erson (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Waite
(Kaw ); 3. Tra vis Paeterscn (Kaw); 4. Tyson Tlago (Kaw).
60 NOV «().8): 1. Nic k Davis (Kaw); 2. Co ry McDan iel (Kaw) .
60 NOV (9- lJ ): 1. Chrislop~r Lored o (Kaw); 2 Aaron Casados (Kaw ).
80 BEG: I. John Carilli (Hon); 2. Darin Pellin (Kaw ); 3. Lee
Mclaughlin (y am ); 4. Joe Archutowskl (Hon); 5. Brian Buckrn15
(Suz ).
80 NOV : 1. Augg;e Rodriguez (Yam) ; 2. Mich ael Pa tter.lOn
(Kaw ); 3. Mike Newnham (H on ); 4. Gra ha m Far me r (Ho n); 5.
Danny Ornelas (Suz).
80 lNT: 1. Je!Io!I Medley (Hon) .
Davl Mllsa ps (8) hole shot and won t he Pee Wee class at .the Club Motosport MX Park.
80 B/WL: 1. Beau Ointon (ICaw ); 2 Chris Porter (Kaw ); 3.
Dann y DeslierTes (K. w); 4. Jerry Bcrkemeyer (Kaw ).
125 BEG 0- 1: 1. Ni ck Pa p pas (Ka w); 2 Ho w ard Buhl ert
(Hon ); 3. Brody Feverhaken (Suz ); 4. Bryan Gill (Yam); S. John Seu
(Hon).
125 BEG ~2; 1. Kevin Fry (J(aw); 2. Russell Wilcox (Suz ); 3.
bch Smith (Yam); 4. Joe l Pra ther (Hon ); 5. Greg Su rat (Suz).
125 NOV : 1. Darin Polsley (Ho n); 2 Ha wk Wh ite (Ho n); 3.
BenShank (Hon); 4. Keith Verdin (Ha n); 5. Edd ie Benson (Hon) .
125 INT: I. Jil!lonJenkins (Hon ); 2 Rick Alvt!'!! (Yam); 3. Justin
Quinn (Hon); 4. John Leddy (Suz ); S. Ca sey Musick (Kaw) .
125 PRO: 1. Trev or Meagher (Kaw); 2. Pat Go mm (Yam); 3.
Dann y Paladino (Kaw) ; 4. Mar k Klauser (Kaw); S. Tyler Hummel
(Kaw).
250 BEG: 1. Nick Pappas (Kaw); 2 Rich Ml..lSSJTI,oln (}(aw); 3.
Larry Smith (Yam); 4. Randy Hci m (Hon) ; 5. Shawn MiI'tz (Suz) .
250 NOV : I. Sea.n Large (Yam); 2. Chr is Platero (Suz); 3. Ben
Shank (Suz); 4. Scott Schu bert (Yam); 5. Miler McCloud (Kaw) .
250 INT: 1. Rick Alves (Yam ); 2. Jimmy Scott (Hon); 3. Jaso n
Chis um (Kaw); 4. Geoffrey Woods (Kaw ); S. Casey Musick (}(aw).
250 PRO: 1. Dan Paladino (Kaw); 2. Trev or Meagher (Hon); 3.
Dustin Bloo mfi eld (Hon); -I. Tony Flores (Yam); 5. Jon N icolau,
(Hon) .
500 BEG, I. Gem.nl Sc!ue;be, (H",); 2. Greg Lepeoh (K"TM);
3. Ed 8ettmcourt (Hon ); 4. Vinre Rond as (Kaw ).
500 NOV: 1. David Helton (Hon).
500 INT: 1. Anth ony Alves (Hon); 2. Willia m Artau (Hon) .
25-29 BEG: 1. Ton y Lango ne (Hoo) ; 2. Don Hod gson (Hon ); 3.
Howa rd 8 uhlert (H on ); 4. Mike Tayl or ()(a w ); 5. Shawn Moran
(Hon ).
25-29 NOV : 1. Ted Pippin (Kaw); 2 Tod d 'rcwnseed (Hen); 3.
Kraig Walker (Kaw); 4. Timothy Weberling (Hon) .
25-29 lNT: 1. Mike Hod 8'5 (y am) ; 2. Geoffrey Woods (Kaw );
3. Ma rc Tucker (Suz); 4. Richard Morg an (Suz); 5. Anthony Alves
(Ho n).
VET BEG: 1. Gerha rd Sch re iber (Hu, ); 2. Todd Th omas
(Ho n); 3. Scott Kron k (H on ); 4. Greg Ab e ll (KTM) ; 5. Kev i n
WilkUwon (Hon) .
VET NOV: 1. Ron DiBasilio (ya m); 2. Richard.Fajard o (Yam);
3. Rich Pringl e (Suz); 4. Dave Hen derson (Suz); 5. Dan 0' AIes.'lan