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Jason Larson (44) wheelies off the li ne en
route to the 250cc B class win at the
Waterworks Beachclub Lounge ice race
on Centerville Lake.
was Matson, Ryan, Holland, Tirheimer
and Scott Myers.
Mot o two opened with much better
conditions and another Matson
holeshot, but Ryan wa s right there to
make the mota tough for Matson. Ryan
and Matson battled furiously for several
laps before Ryan inched into a sligh t
lead, with Matson and Holland traili ng .
Gomm came on strong to mix things up
on the fourth lap, getting close enoug h
to force both Ryan and Matson to pick
up the pace. It wa s a close, but Ryan
prevailed over hi s ch allengers for th e
mota and overall win.
In the 12 5cc Pro class, Holland
holeshot and rocketed into the lead
ahead of Espo si to, Tyler Humm el,
Gomm and Justin Tieamy. Meanwhile,
Matson had gotten off the line late and
had to play catch-up. Years of pro experience have made Matson a ma s ter of
the pa ssing gam e, and soon he wa s challenging Esposito for se cond pl ace. au t
front, Holl and co ntinu ed to lead an d
looked to have th e cash counted until
Ryan pull ed a fast one on the final lap to
take the win over Matson, Holland and
a charging Myers.
In mota two, Matson didn't mess
around, getting off the line quickly and
staying th at way all race to lead th e
mota s ta rt to fini sh . Ryan paced with
Ma tson for the en tire mota but had to
settle for secon d. Myer s was third , follow ed by new Tieamy and Cornm,
In th e 80 cc cl a ss, Jeff N orthrop
romped over the competition en route to
the class win. Anoth er Am ateur who put
on an ou tstanding rid e was Brett Racine,
wh o recently moved up from th e 80cc
class to race as a 125cc Junior . Racin e
smo ked both of the Jun ior races to win
over Chri s Kafalas and Damn Paisley. L~
Results
soo PRO: 1. Ru sty Holland (H o n ); 2. Rick, Ryan
(Hon); 3. Keith Mayt.S (Hon); 4. Dcan Ma tson (Hon ); 5.
'
Jon
Nc l~n
(Hon).
250 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Yam ); 2. Dean Matso n
(Yam ); 3. Pat C om m (Suz ); 5. G reg Tirheimer (Hon).
125 PRO: 1. Dean Mal
"<>n (Yam); 2. Rick Ryan (Suz)
3. Scott Myers (Kaw ); 5. Pa t Go m m (Suz).
25+ PR O: 1. Pat Cam m (Suz ); 2. Rick Ryan (Yam); 3.
Sco tt Myers (Yam).
UTH MSTR: 1. Jon Zahrt (Yam).
UT H AM : 1. S h a w n Fr e il ing ( Ka w); 2 . Jo h n
Matalama ki (Yam); 3. Eric Lid dell (Kaw).
V ET M STR: 1. Jon Nelso n (Ya m) ; 2. Ron A ll~n
(Yam); 3. Jon Zahrt (Yam).
VET INT : 1. Tom Be rry (Yam); 2. Steve Richards
(Yam); 3. Cary Morri s (Yam ).
orr MSTR: 1. Cra;g Schultz (Kaw); 2. Bob Hershey
(Hon); 3. Peter C ro well (Kaw) .
OtT AM : 1. Joh n Thom p so n (K aw); 2 . John
Cumm ings (Suz ); 3. Cary Sluder (Hus).
VET JR: 1. Robert Ston e (Kaw); Teny H uffer (Yam);
3. Stu Pcrry (Hon) ; 4. Jim Da llara (Hon ); 5. Dari n Miller
(Yam ).
VET BEC : 1. Ph il Sco tt (Ho n); 2. Crai g Ma rleau
(Suz); 3. Danny Evans (Yam).
.
250 INT : 1. Na tha n Wood s (Hon ); 2. Tyee Jackson
(Kaw ); 3. Brian Sweany (Suz ); 4. Cast')' Musi ck (H on); 5.
Jason Fields (Kaw ).
2SO JR: 1. Josh Ch;sum(Hon); 2. Jeremy Cade (5uz);
3. Robert Stone ' (Hon); 4. Ch ris Ka falas (H on ); 5. Glen
Brickey (5uz).
30
.
250 BEG : 1. Ke v in Larson (Hon ); 2. Ro n MI l' S
(Ka w ); 3. Dav id Chick (Kaw); 4. Mike Segundo (Hon); 5.
Loui s Lopez (Kaw).
125 INT : 1. O iff Coo k (Kaw) ; 2. Jaso n Fie lds (Kaw);
3. Tyee Jackso n (Kaw ); 4. Jason Jenkins (Hon ); 5. Chris
Cooley (Yam).
125 JR : 1. Bre tt Racine (Ka w ); 2. C hris Kafa la s
(H on); 3. Darin Po ls ley (H on); 4. C a lvin A nd lcvec
(Yam); 5. Joe Machado (Hon).
125 BEG : 1. Jam es Ma libie (H on); 2. Ste ve Ma rt y
(Ho n); 3. Ryan Free man (Kaw); 4. Ron Dejesus (Suz); 5.
Zeb Arms trong (Kaw ).
80 (12·13): 1. Da niel Blair (Su z); 2. Du stin Mi llcr
(Ho n); 3. Ma tt Mo rgan (Yam).
80 (7·11): 1. Rya n Mora is (Yam); 2. Bobb y Bond s
{Kaw ]: Mike Northrop(Suz).
.
80 {12-16J: 1. JeffNurthrop (Kaw); 2. Andy Gregg
(Kdw) ; 3. Michael Dilore to (Yam ).
80 BEG : I. Mi hael Anderson (Y
c
am); 2. JesseOlson
(Hon);3. Kenny Bell (Yam); 4. Adam Huffer (5uz)
.
60 (9-11): 1. Ryan Mora is (Kaw ); 2. Robert Harold
(Ka w) .
.
60 (0-8): 1. Vincent Blair (Kaw) ; 2. Charlie Mo rri son
(Kaw ); 3. Nick Davis (Kaw) ; 4. An thony Heuser (Kaw);.
S. A.J. Perez (Kaw).
PIW so: 1. Jo nathan Withrow (Yam) .
50 JR: 1. Anthon y Hou se r (Yam) .
50STK: I. ZackHam (LEM ).
Deal dashes to Centerville
Ice Race win
By Tim McBride
CENTERVILLE, MN. JAN. 29
Ten-yea r-old Adam Dea l increased his unbeaten
streak to three in the 80c< Mini class during the
Dirt Track Riders Assoc iatio n's third ice race of
the seaso n, hosted by the Waterw orks Beachclub
Lounge on Centervi lle Lake.
Deal jumped into the lead at the start of the
80cc main eve nt but wa s qu ickly u nde r pressur e
from Adam Henrich s. The d uo diced closely in
th e o pe n ing lap s in wha t appeared to be a
rematch of the heat race which Deal won . Henrichs made a move to the inside of Dea l in tum
four, but his bid for the lead was dashed when
the two rid ers bum ped and Hen richs cras hed .
The incident left Deal with an imped ed pa th to
the checkered flag . Ma tt Powers inherited the
runner -up sp ot ahead of Bobb y LeP age and a
recovered Henrichs.
John Larson also sco re d wi ns fo r the third
consecutive race. Riders in the Open B and Vet
30+ classes had to play second fidd le to the larson's Cycle Ra cin g-spo n sor e d vet era n o nce
again. as he continued to dom inate both divi sions. Jason Larson was also on a roll. pickin g
up his second consecu tive win in th e 250cc B
class by easily out d istancin g Jesse Blomberg,
Greg Jendro, Dave Peterson . Qu entin Blomberg
and the rest of the field.
The first Open A class ice race of the season
saw GNC dirt track expert Dan Zitur record the
win ahead of a spirited battle for second between
Verdccn Langlan d and Norb Gregory . Langland
eventually came out ahead of Gregory .
Results
OPEN A: I. Da n Zi tu r (W· R); 2. Verdeo-n l...InKland (Hun); 3.
Norb Cnogory (Hon).
VET 30+ : I. John lolrson (KTM); 2. Vt"rdt'O"f'l lolngl .1nd (Hu n) ;
3 . JI~ TrombtTg (Hon); 4. Moirk Dt-al (H un ); 5. Mike Tt'h ro (Hon).
OPEN B: 1. John lolrson (KTM); 2. Jrlf Milb rOlndt (KTM); 3.
M.u k £>toOlI (Hon); 4. JoeTromht--rg (Hon); S. D.w e J~....d ro (KTM).
STK FRM: 1. Jay TromlxoTg (Yam); 2. B UT..;! Amd t (Yam) ; 3.
JOl" Tromherg (Yam).
250 !3 1. Ja!IOl\ loll'5O (Hon); 2. Jf"'1L'j(' Blombo.-rx (f-I

