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Stephenson tops at NEK MX
By Kelly Kis icki
Photo by Rod Pickens
WESTMORELAND, 1:5, JUNE 19
American Suz uki 's Denn y Ste phenson won all
si x motos in which h e competed to lock up
three clas ses inclu d ing the 125cc A and Open
O utlaw div isions d uri ng rou nd eigh t o f th e
Outlaw Motocross Se r ies a t th e No rtheast
Kansas track.
(Above) Denny Stephenson (27) hops
past Chris Hunter (500) In the Open
Outlaw class at the Northeast Kansas MX.
Stephenson took the overall win in the
class and topped the 125 and 250Cc A
classes as well. (Left) Randy Anderson
(98V) cuts inside, while Alex Spinelli (6V)
looks for greener pastures up high in the
combined Vet class at LACR. Anderson
won the Vel Novice class, while Spinelli
was runner-up In Vet Intermedia te.
climb up a three-foot rock face, which non e of
the riders had an y p roble m with. The section
the n went back. down the rock face and turned
180 degrees to a six-foot sheer rock-face climb
with a short approach that was loose so il and
rocks. It was on this rock face that Winters was
ab le to make a d iffere nce betw een himself and
Brinkwart. Winters dropped a tota l of eig h t
poi n ts in th is section, wh ile Brinkwart a nd
Arnold dropped 13 and 15 po ints, respectively.
The Adva nced cla ss saw Mall Hughson
sound ly bea t his closest competitor, David M:
Reed , wit h a score of 79 points to 100 points. Section five was where Hughson beat Reed, which
was the second section in a d ouble or contin uous
section that featured many tu rns on the rolli ng
sidehill and fmished with a rocky hilld imb.
The Intermed iate Class winner was Charlie
Ca min wi th 49 points. Close beh ind in second _
place was David Knapp with 54 points. Section
six was tight for the Intermediate riders; man y
foun d it hard to get set up for the obstacles in
that section. Camin dropped seven points to
secure the win, whi le Knap p dropped 10 points
tota l.
Results
EX: 1. Keith Winters (88); 2. Ceorge Brink wart (92); 3. Chris
Amold (96).
ADV : 1. Man Hu g hson (79); 2. David M. Reed (100); 3. Rt-gan
Faught (119); 4. John Jelliff (146).
INT~ 1. Charlie Camin (49); 2. Da vid Knapp (54); 3. Jonah
Leon (64); 4. Pau l Treharne (65); 5. Fred Wood (85).
SR A: 1. Laverne Bowen (46); 2. Robert KUZI'le5k.i (52); 3. Carl
Peters (89); 4. Stephen Fedo r ka (98).
NOV ; 1. Noah Leon (22); 2. Stev e Jac kson (50 ); 3. John Pileski
(61); 4. Rick Van Alstine (61);5. Gary King (61).
SR B: 1. Robert Schrader (27); 2. ~rer Covert (31l; 3. Pat
McCraw (36); 4. Don Allis (49); 5. Ted VandCTlnark (73).
S/ SR: 1. Larry L. Lovell (46); 2. Ron Bors (49); 3. John Kna pp
(60).
1W SHOCK : 1. Richard O liver (49); 2. Gary Brogdale (SO);J .
John Star k (67);~. Kevin Vanhentemyc (109).
VINT : 1. Edward I..oren.z (12).
LACR MX kudos to Konkol
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE, CA, JUNE 2h
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Yamaha YZ25 0-mounted Tim Ko nko l was
un stoppable as he parlayed a perfect 1-1 score to
daim the Jr. Vet No vice d ass win during Cali-
fornia Racing Club 's Sund ay mo tocross at Los
Angeles County Racewa y.
Konkol ju m ped ou t to an early firs t-mo te
lead fo llo w ed by J. Er ickson a n d Lee Sa ul.
Erickson closed to wit hin strik ing d ista nce of
Konkol and wo uld hound the leader for the next
few laps, looking for a place to pass. With a couple of laps remaining, Konkol was able to sha ke
Erickson and pull out a two-tum advan tage by
the time the black and white flew.
Saul nailed th e seco nd- mote holesh ot, but
Konkol and Erickson quickl y reel ed him in to
make it a three-way battle for the lead. Erickson
used an in side line af ter the Kal-Gard Tower
jump to m ove past Sa ul and run o u t fron t.
Konko l zapped Saul a tum later to move h im
back to third .
Erickson and Kon kol pu lled away from the
others as they fou gh t for the top spot. A lap
later, Erickson and Konkol tried to occupy the
sa me line a t the sa me time and ende d up in a
pile on the grou nd . Saul found him self in the
lead once again.
Sau l's lead was sho rt-liv ed, h ow ev er, as
Konko l made a sp ee dy recove ry and drov e
around Saul in a corner a lap later. Erickson followed suit with a pass on Saul in the following
tum for second place. Konk ol then p icked up
the pace a notch and p ulled dear of Erickson to
take the checkered flag with 10 seconds to spa re.
Erickson held on for second over Sau].
Results
P / W 8-2: 1. tn Me 0 (Yam); 2. Joseph Herrera (JJ\SOn (Suz); 2. Ch ris Hu nter (Suz ); 3.
Cha d Spid ell (Kaw) ; 4. Pa ul Hunter (Suz) ; 5. Ma rk Moock (KIM).
250B: 1. Mark Cyee (Yam); 2. Lance Broo ks (Yam ); 3. Ton y
Groves (Suz); 4. John Knopp (Kaw); 5. John Packard (Kaw ).
250 C: 1. Pal Thomas (Ho n); 2. Matthew Kilsmiller (Hon) ; 3.
Rya n Houser (Ho n); 4. Jeff He lm (Kaw); 5. Larry Ibu rg (Kaw).
250 O PEN : 1. Mark Cyre (Yam); 2. Ma tthew Kitmnil lcr (Ho n);
3. Lance Brooks (Yam).
O PEN OU TLAW : 1. Denny S te p he ns o n (S uz ); 2. C h ris
Hunter (Suz); 3. Sieve How e (Kaw); 4. Je ff Ferrin (Kaw ); 5. Marty
Caso n (Suz ).
VFT B: 1. Rob Robey (Hon); 2. Jam es Svoboda (Hon ); 3. Scott
Bowe (Suz ); 4. Tim Col( (Ho n); 5. Ton y Bender (Hon).
VIm: 1. John Knup p (Suz ); 2. Cra ig Pohlmann (Suz) .
Garlin, Kretschner co-champions at Ocala Vintage Motocross
By Kyle Myers
OCALA, n, JUNE26
Ed Carlin and Matt Kretschner battled down to
the wi re and tied for the series champions hip
wh en the Florida Vintage Motocross Club held
th eir fina l eve n t of the sea son at the Flo rida
Motosports Comp lex.
En tering the race for the 2S0/5OOcc Mas ter
class, Kretschner held a slim six-poin t lead ove r
Garli n. In the fir st mot o, Ga rli n gr abbed th e
holeshot and never looked back, taking the win
over Kretschner and narrowing his lead.
The chase for the title wo uld corne down to
the final moto . To earn the title, Kretschner had
to win ; if Garlin won an d Kre tschner was sec ond , they would tie for the title.
Garlin again go t the sta rt, but Kre tsc hne r
was on his rea r fend er. Late in the race, Ga rlin
.p ulled away to take the moto and ove rall win,
while Kretschn er finished second ahead of Kim
Burrows. Garlin an d Kret sch ner w ere subs equ en tly crowned co-champions at the event.
A suppo rt class was run in conjunction with
the vintage race. Fourteen riders lined up in the
first moto, with Fred Smith nailing the holeshot
over Mike Mims, Kyle Myers and Philip VanBaelen. Myers passed Mims in the second turn,
b u t Sm i th, o n a larger 250cc mac hine, had
op en ed up a fou r-seco nd lead on Mye rs, w ho
was on the only 125cc machine in the class. Pos i-
tions stayed the same, with Smith taking the win
ov er Myers, A llen Draheim,VanBaelen a nd
Robert Fulton.
Smit h again found himself in fro nt to start
moto two with Vanbaelen, Myers and Draheim
giv ing ch ase. Mye rs p ow ered by Va n Baelen
halfw ay into the opening la p, but Smith had
ope ned up a five-second advantage and went on
to gree t the checkered flag first. Myers, in second , was fifteen secon ds ahead of Va n Baelen,
Draheim and Peter Kraft.
Results
PREM L/ W WMN : 1. Eric Kraft ; 2. Tod d NeweU (Oss) .
PREM L/W5OO; 1. RogerCross (Oss).
125 EX: 1. Peter Villacaro (Hon).
125 1NT: 1. Rick Danyus (Han ); 2. James Hamer (lion).
0-200: 1. Rick Dan yu s (Hon); 2. James Hamer (H~); J. Russ
McCa llister (Yam); 4. Lisa Pow e ll (Hon).
0-200 0-2: 1. Russ Md:aUister (Yam).
250 EX 1. Tim Ferguson (Bul); 2. Ed Carlin (C-A).
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250 INT: 1. Eric Kraft (Mov); 2. John Feit (CZ).
250/500 MSTR: 1. Ed Carlin (C-A); 2. Matt KretschneT (Hon);
3. Kim Burro ws (Mai); 4. Joel Nicholson (Ho n).
250/500 SPTSMN: 1. Joe Cal~ (CZ>; 2. Tom Hew er (yam);
3. Ken Cheerer (BuI).
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250/500 MSTR: I. GaryOs teen (Ho n); 2. Kim Burrows (Ma l);
3. Bil Burton (H us) ; 4. Matt Kretsc hne r (Hon); 5. Steve Smi th
(Mai) .
SPTSMN 500 EX: 1. Benny Durrough (Ma i); 2. Kim Burro~
(Ma i).
SPTSMN SOO INT: 1. Jo n McCl ell an (BSA) ; 2. Bar t Hirer
(Yam); 3. Joe Ca lmes (CZ).
250/500 SPTSMN NOV : 1. John James (Pen).
30+ EX: 1. Ed Garlin (C-A); 2. Benn y OwTo ugh (Mli); J . Peter
ViUacaro (Hon); 4. Joel Nicholson (Hon).
30+ NOV: 1. Tom Hawes (Yam); 2. Usa Powell (Ho n).
40+ NOV: 1. Roger C ross (Bul); 2. Joh n James (pen).
SO INT: 1. James Hiter (Yam); 2. C ha r1eGaman (Oss).
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SO NOV; 1. Gerald Nu ccio (Ma i).
SO O PEN: 1. Ga ry Hooper (Mai) ; 2. Gerald Nuccio (Mai) ; 3.
Ron Hadley (lion).
P/W: 1. Andrew Binega.r.(yam); 2. Chase Krafl (Yam ).
McQuistenflies at ~and Hill IT
By Roger Lino
BRENTWOOD, CA JUNE 24
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After several runner-up and third -place finishes ,
Ch ris ten McQuisten finally put it together for
the overall win in the (}.20Occdass at Sand Hill
Ra nch 's T.T.M ara th on Frid a y night su m mer
se ries. McQuisten showe d wh at stead y rid in g
and stayi ng in shape do will for you in this type
of event with come-fro m-beh ind wins in both of
the half-ho ur motos.
In moto one, it looked a t first that Roy Rose
and Justin Burr were going to walk away with it
when they shared the holeshot at the start and
were putting a good d istance between themselves and the field, while McQuisten was stuck
back in the pack du e to a ba d s ta rt. But th is
young lady was d etermined to come away wi th
the win , a nd she proved that old saying abo u t
marathon racers that its not w ho's out first, but
who's first at the end. As time wore on, McQuisten put on a fine display of riding ab ility and
determination to not only catch the leaders and '
pas s them both, but then lap the w ho le field,
with the execep tion of Rose and Bur r, for the
win in the first moto.
In moto two , Rose got the holeshot aga in,
but thi s time Will ie Sig narowitz was second.
McQuisten got off to another bad start, but just
as in the first rnoto, she kept up her steady style .
and again picked the leaders off one by one to
finally come ou t on top for her first overall win.
In the 2SOcc class, Jerry Brandt, who has pu t
away more wins tha n any other ride r with the
excep tion of Cra ig Christian, claimed yet another one. But num ber-two finisher Rich Mussman
put him to the test for almost all of the way in
bot h motos befo re settling for second place.
Results
0-200 : 1. C hris te n McQuislefl (Yam); 2. Roy Rose (Suz); 3.
Willie Signarowi tz (yam); 4. Mike Stmiff CHon); 5. Tony Btomardi
(y am ).
VET: 1. Bob Mdjor (Kaw) ; 2. Gilbert Lopez (Hon); 3. Darin
Mille (Ya m); 4. Steve Law (Kaw) ; 5. Jay Bernardi (Yam) .
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250: 1. Je rry Brandt (Yam); 2. Rick Mussman (Kaw); 3. Sam
Love (Kaw ); 4. Tun Coll ins (Suz); 5. Jake Hi mphill (Suz) .
OPEN: 1. Sco tt Ca ldwell (Ka w); 2. C urt Wi nter (Kaw); 3.
Patri ck Ahchando (Ho n).
DASH FOR CASH: 1. Jerry Brandt (Yam) ; 2. Rick Mu ssman
(Kaw ).
Puccio the big dog at
San Jose Scramblethon
By Bill Spencer
SAN JOSE, CA, JUNE 2h
Kerry Puccio claimed a w in in the sma ll bo re
ranks a t round two of the four·race series of onehou r scrambles ins ide the famed San Jose Mile
at the San ta Clara County Fairgrounds.
The race started with a great battle in the
XRI 00 di vis io n be tw een Puccio a n d th e De
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