125; 1. Scott O. vis (K.1w ); 2. jeo")' turvey (Stu); 3. IMnny
Ruthmord (Hon): 4. bek Sch W.Jtk..ll {Hon': 5. DyLan Bt.c:kwrll
12$ INT : 1. Ch ad Bur lnon (Hon); 2. Ben Vilale (Hon ); 3.
Craig H umpIwy (Sw.); 4. JUS Quinn (Han); 5. Omnia Springs
bn
(Hon).
(Soz) .
2SO 1. Lowell Moor.t (Hon); 2. Tom Jonefo (Suz); 3. RicMrd
Morpn (Suz ); 4. Chris Vnboom (Hon); S. Doug lindgnon (H an ).
125 PRO; I. Oin P.1M:!ino (}(aw); 2. Jeff Bro wnw (Suz); 3.
M.rk KlaUMT (K.Iw ).
2SOBEC: 1. Rich M..-m.ln ~ w}; 2. Dilvid Nichols (Suz); 3.
Jnsie Holguin (Y.tm) ; 4. Scott Wr ig hl ( ~ w ); 5. StIP\e J~nki ns
'
Paladino triples At
Bounty Hunter Motocross
(Hon).
By Tim Quinn
LOS BANOS, CA. MAY 14
Any Rider Kawasaki-sponsored Dann y Paladino
took three overall victories in cludin g th e 125
and 2SOcc Pro classes during the opening round
of th e Clawson Mot ors p o r ts Racin g /Q J0 6
FM/Califom ia Motocross Associa tion's Boun ty
Hun ter Stad iumcross Series at the Los Ban os
Fairgro unds .
When the gat e d ropped for the 125cc Pro
class, Pa ladi no took the holeshot w ith jeffrey
Bro wnl ee in second and Mark Klauser in th e
th ird p osit ion. Palad in o tried to mot or a wa y
from Brownlee , but was unable to open up too
lar ge a gap. Brownlee kep t Paladino in his sights
and waited for him to mak e a m istake. It wa s
not to happen , with Palad ino rid ing flaw lessly
to th e ch eckered flag a nd Brownlee n ot fa r
behi nd in second. Klau ser finished in the th ird
posi tion.
In the second mote, Palad ino again qu ickly
es tab lis he d him self as the lead er o f the race.
Brownlee and Klause r cou ld only do their bes t
to keep Palad ino in check . Brownl ee kept on the
gas and p ress ure d Palad ino for a few laps, but
he bo bb led when exiting the rocker sectio n a t
the fins h-line tum, w hich allowed Paladino to
accelerate aw ay and sail to the vict ory with a
large ma rgin. KIauser tri ed to close in on Brownlee, but the order had been se t. Paladino took the
overa ll, wi th Bro wnlee second a nd Klauser
th ird .
Paladino conti nued his moto-winn ing streak
with a victory in the first 2SOcc Pro moto. Paladino pulled the holesh ot w ith john Cook, Keith
Mayes, [on Nico laus and Tony Flores in tow .
Cook, n u rsing an inju red ankle/foot, was not
long in the front. Difficulties due to his injury
popped up and he was una ble to hold his position. Mayes contin ued to hold off N icola us ,
while Ham ilton also moved into the thick of the
acti on. By lap four, Hamilton had ta ken over
third as Nicolaus had go tten out of shape over
the rockers and gone down.
Paladino, in the mean time, was on his way
to the ch eck er ed flag. Mayes kept the second
spot w hile Hamilton held th ird and Flores rode
a consisten t fourth. Nicolaus was credited w ith
the fifth spo t at the close of moto one.
Paladino once again wasted little time heading for the top spot in mo to tw o by grabbing
an other holesh ot. N icolaus ran secon d, with
Cook th ird and Mayes fourth. Rounding ou t the
top five at the com pletion of lap one was Brett
Hamilton .
Within the first few lap s, Coo k wou ld p ull
out of the race after a few hard land ings. Mayes
took over third , while Nicolau s held his ground
in second . It was n't long, though , before Mayes
found hi s w ay around N icol a us for se co n d .
H am ilt o n, w ho h ad been riding fo u rt h , also
ove rtoo k Nicolaus, for th ird , then bega n a battl e
wi th Mayes for the second position. Both Hamilton and Mayes raced. togeth er for the rema ining
laps , with Ha m ilto n comin g ou t on top. Th e
q u le t., "get th e job done " Palad in o took ye t
a not h er rna to win to secu re the overall in the
2SOcc Pro class. The moto finish order an d overall order was: Palad ino, Hamilton, Mayes, Flores
and N icolaus .
Results
50 BEG STK (0-.8): 1. Kya. Gwinn (y",m); 2. Louie feTTaro
(Y.m1);3. "'unot hy
u... (Yam).
50 BEG MOD (D-a) : 1. ra ul Fun.;k·rburg (Yam l.
.50 NOV STK (0-8): 1. J(ya. G ....in n (Yam); 2. Louie- Fenuo
(Y.un); 3. Timothy &. (Y..m).
60 BEC (G-8): 1. JACk Villnc.mp (~w); 2. Adrien Figurrw
OUw).:3. Doug
(K.iw).
60 NOV (0-8): 1. Nkk o. vis ~ w); 2. Cory McDame l (K.w ).
60 BEC (9-11) : 1. Loga ~~h.·",on (k..Iw ); 2. 8n..n BllnOft
n
(K.aw ); 3. Buffal o Soito (Kaw); ~ . Tyso n Ti.~gn (Kaw); 5. J~
ute
Pavlov (K...w).
60 NOV (9--11 ): 1. Ryan Mora is.(K.1w) .
XR SO BEG: 1. Chris o...cost" (Hon).
80 BEC 0-1: 1. D.l vi d Ddt-n.azzi (Suz); 2. f.R A rch utoWUj
(Hon); 3. Turbo Rei! (Hon); 4. Ricky Gonz.ab(lC..I w); 5. Jus tin Ca in
(l(.>w~
80 BEG [).2: 1. Art Duarte (Suz ); 2. Don Boyett (Suz); 3. Dn.",,
cia Burson (K.l w) ; 4. Jaime Oliva (ya m); 5. Jawn McArthur (Kaw) .
80 NOV : I. Chris Di.u (Kaw); 2. Nick McBrid e (Kaw); 3. Pne r
Dutton (y.l m); 4. Ryan Morais.(Kaw ); 5. Kell y Quinn (Yam).
80 INT : 1. Tyl.....Eva ns (1'.11oOI); 2. Robe rt Simpson (Ka....); 3.
jess Mt.odlt.Y(Hon); 4. Aaron Ba
'
ker (Yam); 5. Robm Blakr (K.1w).
125 BEG 0-1: 1. Je U Borchard (Ho n); 2. Jasse n Smi th (Suz); 3.
Key Dill on (Suz); 4. Adrian R.lwlings {K.'lw); 5. Dale Battle (Suz).
125 BEG D-2: 1. Dryan Gill (Yam); 2. Poil ul Jones (Hon); 3. Jeremy Ellis (H on); 4. Stl-v... Sohl (K.'lw ); 5. Jus tin Marin i (Yam) ,
n
125 BEG D-3: 1. Ihrold H ag e ma n (H on ); 2. John Acu le
(Hon); 3. Curt OISoe'n (Hon) ; 4. An thony Undgraf (Hon); 5. Ja!lOl'l
C unToiI (y .un) .
125 NOV [).l: 1. Mol" Styles O-lon); 2. Leo ildwe U (Hon ); 3.
)oiISQfl Tunw r ISuz ); 4. Je remy Cut...r (Yam); 5. Travis Go ld ste in
(H~ ~
~u
125 NOV D-2: 1. Zane Rrif (lion); 2. UI~ P01J.l.rd (Yam); 3BIron (Han); • . Ryan Boothe 0 -100); 5. Jason Ellis (Hon).
250 NOV: I. Mati Styln (Hon); 2. Niclr.. Pa ppa (Hon); 3.
Ari yn Esau (Ho n); ... MichiH'1 Joe Go ld st rin (Han); 5. Joh nny
Sow.>(Hon~
2SO INT: 1. CNd Burlnon O:-Ion); 2. Craig Hump~ (Sw: );
3. 0l'fuUs Spnngs (Sut: ); .. . Jcemy Ch~m (Yam); 5. seeve Kyr...
fNlIi c. (YoiIm).
2SOPro.: 1. o.n Paladino (1Caw ); 2. BTrtIH.t.mi ton (Yam).; 3.
l
Keith M.yn (IColIw 4.. Tony ~ (Y am),; S. Jon Mcou us (Han).
);
5OOBE J. Scott Cunningtwm (Hon ),; 2. ~ c.urli (Kawl .
C:
25-29 BEG: 1. 8ri.:m Kinney (Suz ); 2. Cnig Bus (KoiIw ) . •
25-29 NOV: I. Frank Dittman (K.aw); 2. CMin Fro&I (Suz) .
2S-29INJ': I. Jeff JohnMJn {Yam).
VET BEG: 1. Scott Krunic CHon) 2. Kevin W"U.inson (Han); 3.
;
J
Scott Wright (lYw);".]df Hillard (Hon) ; 5. Keo:ith Snyder (Hon) .
VET NOV: 1. BiUy Bryant (Hon); 2. Da ve Henderson (Sut:); 3.
Dan Oa ln undro ( tl o n ); 4. Mark Ha w ki ns (S uz); S. M.rk
St.pou (l(.>w ~
VET INT: 1. G ~ Duncan (Hon) ; 2. Troy Small ey (Suz ); 3.
Dave Hosilk. (Kaw ); 4. Alla n peeker (Ka w) ; 5. Rich Tiillgo
(Hon ).
VET PHO; I. John Cook (Hon ); 2. Cuy Fargo (Suz ).
OT NOV; I. Bria n MeTChant (Hon ); 2. Leroy Smith (Suz ); 3.
Eric HilIWkillll (Hon) .
INT: I. Pat G raha m (Han).
EX : I . Jl'T1'}' Caron (Hon ).
BOU NTY HUNTER: I. Dan r al.dino; 2. Breit H.tmilton; 3.
Jeffrey Brownl l'l!; 4. Kei th Ma yl"S 5. Ben Vitale.
;
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Nelson bombards Barona MX
By Scott Hofftnan
RAMONA, CA, MAY 8
Team Green-ba cked Dustin Nelson swep t both
the 125 and 2SOcc Intermediate classes as CMC
went south to Barona Oaks Raceway for round
fou r o f the Su ns ta r Sp rocket s Sp rin g Cla ssic
Nationals .
Early mornin g showers pu t the race in jeopardy, bu t as the da y p rogressed, the track conditions improved to make an exciting da y of raeing.
In the first 125cc mote , Cory Bender held the
top spot while Travis Presto n, Angelo Ingrande
an d Dustin Nelson pu rsued. Bend er kept the
lead for the first half of the race before Preston
and Nelson freight-trained pas t to take over as
Ingrand e fell back on the opening lap. With Preston and Nelson out front , the race for the top
spot heated up . With the final laps in sigh t, Nelson was hot on the trail of Preston but was n't
a ble tocomplete the pass. At the fini sh , the
ord er remained the same : Pres ton, Nelson and
Bender.
In the seco nd moto it was all Nelson. Bende r
rep ea ted his fir st -m o te ho lesh ot, b u t Ne lson
quickly dropped him back one spot an d started
to put some time on the field . First -m ot e winne r
Pres ton su ffere d a crash in a 25Oc( mota a nd
was unable to make the second moto. .Bende r
held off a charge from Ingrande to take second,
but when the checkered flew it was Nelson with
a n unchall en ged victory , follow ed by Ben de r
and Ingrande.
In the 250cc Intermediate class, Nelso n took
the victory by a slim margin, po sting 3-1 moto
finishes. Turtle Wikoff grabbed a pair of runnerup finishes to tie Nelson in points, but seco nd
mot a resul ts gave the wi n to Nelson. Preston
won the first moto and fought back har d in the
second race before cras hing on the last lap.
In the U Scc Pro cla ss, Timmy Staufenbeil
a nd joe l Alb rec h t swappe d moto w in s, w it h
Albrec ht takin g the overall In the first moto jeff
Tilton lead early, but Staufenbeil and Albrecht
we re rig h t t h e re a n d quickly mo v ed p a s t.
Stau fenbeil rode a strong race to take the win ,
followed by Albrecht, Tilton and Craig Mason.
In the second race it was all Albrecht; he had a
clear track il) front of him from the drop of the
ga te to the finish. Staufenbeil and Tilton took the
runner-up spots.
Results
Jacob Poole (Yam ); 2. Jeff Ch risty (Yam) ; 3.
('Yam);• . M.uk ~11a (Yam).
P/W BEG : 1.
Phillip
B~n.
P/W MOl> l. JoryChri>ty (Y.... ~
60 (~8): I.)~y Ch ri s ty ( K.aw) ; 2. Buck Gully (K. w ); 3.
Jona thon Row (Kaw); 4.5h.i.WT1 Connelly (K.aw ).
60 (9-11): 1. Kyle M.ce (Kaw);2. An thon y ~u. (lU w),;3.
Emitt ICing (Kaw ).
80 BEG: I. Tim ItumuSM'n ( lCilIw) ; 2. Silm my Fillipopone
(y ilIm); 3. J.J. Dorwnno {Y m); 4. John Granlund (Ya m); S. Mon te
a
M'-"1Tithrw (Suz ).
80 V·l I): 1. Sean Ha mb lm (Yam); 2. Bobby Bonds (lC.Iw); 3.
Dusti n W. t30n (Suz ); • . Ju ntin M.acr (Suz); S. Bryill J~ramillo
n
(lU w).
80 (12· 16): 1. Andy Har rin gt on ( Ka w) ; 2. J08h Ta rantino
(Yam); 3. Jiri IJo5tal (Suz); ... Scott Con1ey (}Caw); 5. Jimm y Vans
(Suzl .
125 BEQ 1. Jason Co lema n (Suz ); 2. Ja son Dubin (Suz); 3.
Mike C ibflon (H on); 4. Jona thil n Sch ult z (Su z); 5. Brya n Miller
ISoz).
llS JR: 1. Wilson Nichol s (Suz) ; 2. Pete Roles (Suz); 3. Brya n
Currie (Suz ); 4. Josh Wafl'lC'f (Hon) ; S. Erik Hrlm.a (Suz) .
.
125 INT : I. Du . in Nelson (Ka w ); 2. Cory Bend er (Suz); 3.
Tim Beillty (Yam ); 4. Jimmy ~ver (Ho n); 5. Angel o Ingrand~
(H on) .
125 PRO: 1. Joel Albrecht {Y m ); 2. Timmy Stiufenbril (Suz );
a
3. JeffTlilon (Suz); 4. Damon ~p (Yam); S. Cl'1lg M.:son.
i
250 BEQ I. Jason Am.uon (yam); 2. Trigger Gumm (Hon); 3.
Kena nd Llpec omb (Suz ); 4. Oo m in k Cayton (Ya m ); S. Dav id
Stufko&ky (Yam).
150 JR: 1. C le n Bra nson (S uz); 2. And y Ana ya (Ya m); 3.
Anthony H.dsalI (Hon); '- Eric MMtin (Yam). PI!1IP Roles (Suz).
(Above) Buck GUlly (69) leads eventual 60cc (H) winner Joey Christy (15) over a jump at
Barona Oaks Raceway. (Below) Brian Miner (52) grabbed the holeshot ln the 30+ Novice class
at the Arkansa s Stale Motocross Champ ionship. Lyle SChrock (17) scored the overall win.
2SO INT: J. Du stin Nel'iDn (lYw); 2. Turt le Wiko ff (Yam); 3M.nk Desc h (Ya m ); 4. Lance John son (Ka w ); 5. T ra vis P,,"lon
(Yam).
250 PRO: 1. Ron Ln:hit.. (y ilIm); 2. Timmy Staufenbc-il (Suz );
"f'l
3. Ra y So mm o (Yam ); 4. T im Te lford (Ya m); 5. Bill y Me rc ier
(Yam) .
500 AM: Dave Westfall (Hon).
urn AM : 1. Da n Ba rn e tt (Yam ); 2. Eric Ma rt in (Yam) ; 3.
David Lynch IHon) ; 4. Jon Levey tKoilw ); 5. elm Wcidmen (Suz) .
lITH MSTR: 1.
Johnson (Kaw); 2. John Zahrt (Yam); 3.
Ron Gilbto (Ya m); ... Ma rt en Glos.n~r (Yam ); 5. John Rolble
rt
(5uz).
VET BEG: 1. Jim Da niels (Kaw) ; 2. Fran k Horton (tl on ); 3.
Skip Paivt'r (K.aw ); 4. lyndall Conch (Yam); 5. Mike Torres (Han).
VET 'R: 1. Del Q:helbft (Suz) ; 2. Mike Ca rr (Hon ); 3. enos
Muzio (Y.a 4. Brad Sloan (Han); 5. K..-n Wibon 01 00 ).
m);
VET INT: 1. Jamte"5 DeRid der (yam); 2. Eric Bcingt"'!l8l!f (Yam);
3. Scott WUlr:indon (Hon ); 4. David lynch (Hon ); 5. Glen Wridman
u nct'
(Soz) .
VETMSTR; 1. Jon bhrt (yam); 2. DmConneUy (Suz).
VET PRO; 1. Ron Led um (Y.am); 2. Tun Telford (YOIm);3. R. y
Sommo(Yam) .
AM: I. Rich Hanson(liOn ); 2. fun White (Yam ).
M5T'R.: 1. Jim O'Neal (Hon).
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Fluker's for real
at Pine Bluff Motocross
By Pam Lambert
PINE BLUFF, AR. MAY 15
Broo k Fluker rod e har d and hand ily captured
the Open Expert Win during the Arkansas State
MX Championships at the Ca me lbac k 11 race
track.
Open Ex p e r t action bega n w it h Te xa n
Michael Gage pu ttin g his Suzuki in front in both
mo tos while Roger Ew ing an d Brook Flu ker
tailed on their Kawasa kis. Fluker dogged Ewing
thro ugh several tu rns before flying past over the
camelback jump. Fluker p ulled h is MSR/Dun lop /Rock Oil / FMF /TUF/Sp roc ket Speci alist /
Scott / Bell/KX Sports Cen ter-backed KX2S0 up
to Gage 's rear fend er as they en tered a tight lefthander before the back whoop section.
Flu ker th en too k th e le a d th rou gh th e
wh oop s. Gates hun g on Fluker's rear whl-el for
three laps , doggin g him in eve ry tum, but fluker was faster throu gh the rough stuff and pulled
away sligh tly on every lap. Gage w ould pull
back up over the jumps and slip by over a set of
sma ll dou bles to ret a ke the lead , but Fluker
stayed less than a bi ke len gth behind. Fluker
again took the lead thro ugh the back whoop section as Ga tes got a little out of canto!. With onl y
a few laps to go, Fluker tripl ed to pu t some distance between hi mself and Ga ge and we nt on
for th e win.
·Moto two saw Gage again grab the holeshot
with Fluker beh ind Ewing . Fluker was able to
ge t p ast Ewing before th e secon d turn a n d
pa ssed Gage th rou gh the wh oop s aga in. Thi s
time Fluke r kep t the lead with Gage cha llenging
for tw o laps be fore backing off. Ewing made a
last-lap charge to try and bat tle with Gage for
second, but Gag e wicked it up and held on to
finish second behind Fluker; Ewing was third.
Freddie Mitchell was the only do ub le class
winner a t the Arkansas Sta te Champ ions h ips,
held at the Pine Bluff MX facility, sweeping the
125cc Intermedi ate and Open Amateu r classes.
Though moto one of the Open Amat eur class
began wi th a p icture-perfect holeshot by jason
En n is , m i sf o rtun e s tr uc k qu ick ly as En nis
end oed after a spectacular tank-slapper during
the first lap. Mitchell cruised around to win the
moto, and was unchallenged in moto two later
in the da y to take the class hono rs.
Twenty yea rs aft e r w in ni ng h is fir st ti tle,
Pine Bluff nati ve Gary Cicero repe a ted wi th
a no ther Ar ka nsas Stat e Cha mponship . Cicero
first captured the title in 1974 as an Ope n Expert,
and in 1994 he took hom e the 40. class title.
Results
Dew
50: 1. Zachery Villareal (Suz ); 2. Corey urlson (Yam ); 3. Jeff
(Yam); 4. John LN (Hon);5. Ousbn JohMan (lion).
tIOJR: 1. H utch Weast (Suz ); 2. Larry Dtovinney oWn ); 3- 0.1
·
las Willi.tms (1CiIw); 4. Junior Chism (Hon).
80 OPEN: I. T.J. Pacey (J(.Iw); 2. Brandon Nichols (K.aw); J.
An d ff' John 50n (Suz) ; 4. Ju on Bennelt (Yam) ; S. Hutdl Weast
(Soz).
125 NOV : I. Shan~ M.con (Hon); 2. Chris Byrd (H on) ; 3.
Roger Good wi n (Ka w); • . D"vid BrYWer (Ka w); 5. Kt"Vi n Virws
(Sozl.
);
250 BEG: 1. M.1.rk Caskey (y.am); 2. Sh.1wn Bolin (511z 3. JOlih
£ads (Kaw); 4. M.rk John!;on (Suz); 5. Rod Skogn' (Hon) .
250 1m : 1. J.uon Hyd e (Suz ); 2. Tr~ Fowler (Yam) ; J. Mall(
Ze iner (Yam); 4. Ma rk Lowry (K.iw); 5. Mikt' Edwards (Yam).
60: 1. Jeffrey Alrww (K.lw); 2. Troy Phill ips (Kaw ); 3. Dallas
Williams (J(a w) ; 4. Drew Wi!liam."l(Kaw); 5. Brian Green (KAw).
80 SR: 1. John Ad ill m. (Suzl; 2. Jua n Ben nett (Yam); 3.
Mkhat'l Brock (Suz); 4. Brand on Nkhols IlY w l; S. Josh Lonmson
(1C.1w).
125 BEG: 1. Brya n Cat .... (lion); 2. Chris McClu d (Suz ); 3.
David Petros (Suz); .c. Rick Kindl"T (Hon) ; 5. Timmy Or.lU (Ka w) .
125 INT: 1. Freddie MitcheU (Suz); 2. la50 n Hyd e (Suz ); 3.
Harry McMahon (Suz ); 4. Starsk y Weas l (Suz) .
250 NOV: 1. Joey A usbrook. (Yam ); 2. Rog cor Good w i n
(Kaw); 3. ShM\e Macon (Hon) ; 4. Lee Alkn (Hanl; 5. Mike &. y
{Y
am).
OrEN AM: 1. fnodd ie Mit che ll ISuz); 2. Bub ba Rob inll(M\
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