I·E E.NS
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BEG (J0..39): 1. Lance Ma rshall (Hon); 2. Pa ul C razioll (Hun);
3. Terry Linde (Kaw); 4 . Jam es Saff ord (H on ); 5. [erry Mei er s
(Hen).
]R (30-39): 1. Tom Balut (Yam) ; 2. ]OO Ca rte r (Hon); 3. Bri.:m
n
MeG.u t ah (Kaw); 4. John Tu rak (Hon) ; 5. RusSt·11 Thibaul (Yam) .
INT (30-40 ): 1. Randal Cr ater (Hon); 2. Rod Coo k (Hon ); 3.
'r
John Patte rson (Hon) ; 4. [cr ry Huber (Su z ): 5. Ed Si;t- (Ho n).
PRO (30-40 ): 1. Co rey Klaudt (y am ).
BEG 40+ : 1. To m Douglas s (s uz); 2. Bob Ziege r (Kaw); 3.
No rm Bums (KTM ); 4. Robert Yanti s (lion) .
SPTS M N 40+ : V Mark Ennis (Ho n); 2. Marvin Hoglund
(Hon); 3. Dave Davi , '(K aw) ; 4. Ken Kirkpatric (Han).
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Morgan masters
Riverbend MX
By Rupert F . Pellett
COOLVILLE. OH MAR. 26
,
West Virg inia 's Mike Morga n mad e a late-race
pass to capture the ove rall in the 250cc A class at
Southeas te rn Oh io's ' Riverbend Race wa y, as
over 200 racers turned out to race.
Sco tt Wa tk in s pushed hi s H o n da to th e
front at the start of the first 250cc A mota with
Yamah a-mo un ted Mike Morgan in seco nd and
Mike Postlewaite in third. Wat kins used his
smooth ridi n g style to g ain a sma ll lea d on
Mo rga n by lap thr ee as Mike Blair challenge d
and then pa ssed Postlew aite for third . By the
last lap Morgan had moved up to try to put a
move on Watki ns, bu t the checker s were flying
and Mo rgan wo u ld have to set tle for second .
Bla ir , Postle w ait e a n d Keit h Gw inn wo u ld
roun d out th e to p five resp ectively. Watkins
u si ng h is ma ny years o f ex perience to gain
another hol eshot as Post lew aite and Mo rga n
settle d in be h in d wi th Blair in fo u rth a t th e
st art of the seco nd 250cc A moto. By the second
lap, Morga n passed fo r second, relegating
Po stlewaite to thi rd as Blair h el d d own the
fo u rth spot. Mo rga n picked u p the pace a nd
s h ad o w ed the "30-someth ing" Wa tk ins for
thr ee laps befo re ma king his move. On lap five,
Morgan used a nice move arou nd the ou tsid e
of Watkins to ta ke the lead as Blair moved
around Postlewaite for th ird . Blair was on the
gas, an d he quick ly caug ht up to Wat kins an d
man aged to take second place just before the
finish line . Morga n ended u p with the ove ra ll
wi n via his 2·1 finis hes. Wa tkins wa s secon d
and Blair thi rd .
In the 40+ class, ex-factory Mateo star Denny
Swar tz grab bed the overa ll win, showing that he
h as los t lit tl e of h i s brilli an t skills on th e
motocross track .
Results
125 NOV : 1. Robert Tiem ann (Ho n); 2. Brian Johnson (KTM) ;
3. Will Murphy (Yam); 4. Ben Ketteman (Hon).
250 BEG: 1. Duane Robinson (yam); 2. Cody Yoakum (Kaw);
3. Tommy Stanko (Vam ); 4. Tommy Miller (Kawl ; 5. Brent Hewett
(Kaw) .
25+: 1. Jesse Jame s (H on): 2. Ronni e Taylo r (Hon); 3. H ank
Hodes (!29): 1. Dav id Sd u>da (Hon) ; 2. Wayne Nyblo m (Hon) ;
3. Mllrtin Webbt'rky (Ho n); 4. Ross Bloomqui st (Ho n); S. Rog er
Gauthier (Hon).
50 ]R : 1. Chri s Thompson (KTM); 2. Billy Sprank le (KTM); 3.
Tom my Pelle tt (KTM); 4. Tanner Reed (KTM) ; 5. Eric Browning
(KTM).
50 SR: I. Joey Pellett (Cob); 2. Bra d Bar tlett (Cob); 3. D.R.
Atwood (KTM); 4, Ok ie johnson (LEM); S. ]acob Mohney (y am ).
65: 1. Willy Browning (Ka w ); 2. Chris Whitcraft (Kaw); 3.
Chri s Robertson (Kaw); 4. Derrick Stu rgell (Kaw ); 5. Joe y Pellett
(Kaw).
MINI SR 1. ]df Cibso n (Kaw); 2. Corey Arnold (Yam); 3. c. ].
Leach (Yam ); 4. Brian Bartlett (Suz) ; S.]osh Ma rtin (Kaw ).
sa my: 1. Chri s Berry (Yam); 2. Jeff Gibson (Kaw); 3. Rob
Welch (Yam) ; 4 . Tiffan y Reed(Kawl; 5. Colin Root (Kaw) .
25+: 1. Mike Morg an (ya m); 2. Keith Gw inn (Yam); 3. Mike
PORtiewaile (Kaw ); 4 . Gerry Bennett (Hon); 5. Wayne Bayha (ya m) .
125 C: 1. Brian Terry (Suz); 2. Jason Higginbotham (Kaw) ; 3.
P.J. Hunter (Suz); 4. Ben Beery (y am) ; 5. Dave Hom (Yam) .
125 A: 1. Mike Blair (Yam); 2. Scott Watkins (Hon); 3. M ike
WE'ish(ya m); 4. Jo hn Sims (Suz) ; 5. Billy Hart (Hon ).
250 A: 1. Mik e Mo rga n (Yam); 2. Scott Watkins (Hon); 3.
Mike Blair (Yam); 4. Mike Postlewaite (Kaw ); 5.]ernny Witteki nd
(suz).
40+ : 1. Denny Swa rtz (y am ); 2. Gerry Bennett (Hon); 3. Larry
Evene r (Yam); 4. Cary Baisden (KT!v1); 5. Charle Hawk (Yam ).
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250 C: 1. Dale Gorrell (Kaw); 2. Troy Cretglew (Suz); 3.
Oiuck Conner (Suz); 4. Mark Rido ut (Kaw).
OI'EN B: 1. Mark Christian (Hon); 2.]erry Caldwell (Kaw) ; 3..
Larry Shumaker (y am ); 4. Shane Smith (KTM).
2SO B: I. Ch ad Woodrum (Kaw) ; 2. Wayne Bayha (y am ); 3.
Aa ron Ridgeway (Kaw );
4. Ron Whaston (K.aw) .
By David A, Kimmey
DANIA, FL, MAR. 26
jason Upshaw was uns toppable as he took his
second-str aight Pro class win at the Pep si I Air
Da nia Motocross Pa rk, wh ich p layed h ost to
some 150 entries.
Seve ral new obstacles we re ad ded to challen ge even the most ex perience d riders. The
"featu re" class riders we re stoked up to race for
the $1000 pu rse being paid back on the new per moto forma t. Steve Stojack hol eshot the first
. moto with Upshaw on his Dallas Ho nda /MSRbacked CR250 in tow . Former rap star Vanilla
Ice (A.K.A. Rob Van Winkle) ran in third place
going in to the off-camber turn before the first
do uble but then did a face plant and knocked
himself out of contention.
Upshaw imm ed iately took comma nd of the
top pos ition an d stretched out a commandi ng
lead , figuring that Dust in Rou nds wo uld soon
be pressuring him for the lead. But Upshaw was
never cha llenged, as Rounds first had to fend off
the attack of Paul Currie.
just past the halfway poinfof the moto, Cur-
rie wicked up the thro ttle and reeled Rounds in.
Neither ride r was willing to give an inch. Going
into a high -ber m 18Q-degree comer the two rid ers collide d, with Roun ds crash ing back to third
place. Upsha w finished wi th a com fort able sixsecond lead over Currie.
Ups haw go t t h e jum p ou t o f t he ga te ,
smoked the field into the first tu rn du ring the
second mot o and was go ne for the wi n. Currie
grabbed second with Stojack, Ice and Rounds in
tow. Currie then we n t down, tu rning second
place over to Ice. On the next lap Rounds picked
off Stojack in the "Toile t Bow l" and set his sight
on th e for mer rap star. Cu rrie chase d do wn
Round s, and a battle ensued with some excellent
w hee l- to-wheel racing. Wh en th e tw o riders
a pproache d the site o f their first mot o clash ,
they reversed stra tegies, as Curri e took the faster
high line and Rounds chose to use the low line
to block-pass Cu rr ie. The move met wi th the
sa me resu lts, only this time it was Currie wh o
crashed his way back to fourth pla ce. Roun ds
charged on but was un able to catch Vanilla Ice,
an d he held onto third place ·after suffering a
clutch failure that slowed his pace cons iderably.
Results
PRO : l.]ason Upsh.:l ; 2. Steve Stoja ck; 3. Dustin Rounds.
W
P/W : 1. Je ffe r y Lu cido 2. T rav is Wineb re nne r; 3. Bert
GonL>1ez
60 (1· 11 ): 1. Pau l PefPbijnos; 2. Dale Kump.
80 (1·11): 1. Drew Kain ; 2. Dall" Kuin p.
80 (12-15): 1. Max Koslofsky; 2. Derrick Kain.
S /MINI: 1. Jonathon Bowman; 2. Pa ul Perebj inos.
16-2 1. ]aso n Mct z; 2. Craig NUgl'll t; 3. Jason Fink
4:
125 BEC; 1. Patty Whilll'hollse ; 2. Lui!i Torres ; 3. Wesley
Treng e
125 C: 1. Mike Kemper; 2. Jason Fink; 3. Craig Nuge nt.
2SO BEC: 1. Iasc n Ro lle r; 2. John Tringc; 3. Jamil"Hyd e.
250 C I. Cary Allt"O; 2. Mikt' Delano; 3. Budd" Duffy.
25+: 1. Steve Rodriguez; 2. JoeSenner; 3. Steve Stojack.
30+ : t.joe $ennt"r; 2. Scott Wood; 3. Greg Barker.
35+ : 1. Christian LaRocht-lIe; 2 Jim Ward; 3. Dav id Ce lli.
Morehead masters Dayton
indoor ST
By Bert Shepard
DAYTON, OH, MAR. 25
"Check wi th Whee ler, all I did was get a goo d
sta rt," sai d Steve Morehea d in reference to the
builder an d tuner of his w inn ing sho rt track
mount, Mike Wheeler, after Morehead ke p t
Will Da vis a nd Dave Hebb at bay to wi n the
600cc Pro-Am class during the first motorcycle
event ever at Wright Sta te University's Ervin J.
Nu tte r Cente r.
The evening 's Pro-Am eve nt was promoted
by the Dayt on Mo to rcycle Cl ub , th e Ha rm on
family of auto dealers in the Dayton. Ohio, area,
and Carl and Budd y Dice for the benefit of the
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dayto n.
The concrete sho rt track was the first in the
Dayton area in a long time.
"It was so long ago, it was one of the first
mot orcy cle races I ever wen t to," remarked
Morehea d's wife Cindy .
In fact, the last time such an even t was held,
Steve Mor ehead was a rookie Expert.
But Mor ehead looked every bi t the Gra nd
Nation al veteran tha t h e is during the 600cc ProAm main event. Afte r to p p in g h is h eat and
semi, Mor eh ead sta rte d jus t ou tside of Davis,
wh o had selected th e in side p ole to st art the
main. Recil Hart and Ken Yod er lined up on the
front row to Morehead 's right. Dave Hebb lined
up behind Davis with Ian Segedy , jess Roeder
and Jam es Hart completing row two .
Th e " Fin d lay Fly er' s" reacti on time was
sharp, and he led the field into tum one. Davis
ne ve r lost to u ch with Moreh ead as th e tw o
pulled a few leng th s advantage on the field.
Dav is' passing efforts wete frustrated as the 15
laps started to was te away; the ins ide move was
no t there. But the "rent-a-racer" that he was riding was wor king well, and Davi s .began to try
and tip toe around the outsi de of Morehead . Just
wh en it looked as though Davis would comp lete
the pass, he was foiled .
.
'"I thou ght I could get Stev ie on the ou tside,
then Hebb stuck his whe el in," Davis said later.
He bb had broken free of the pack and got
under Davis for a brief tou r in secon d place, but
Davis rebo un de d at the flag an d collected the
seco nd -p lace mo ney while Morehead clai med
the win.
The 250cc Pro-Am ma in even t we n t to
Robert Lewis. The MARS regu lar earned the win
with a last-tum move tha t pu t race leader Hebb
on the floor of the brand new facility. Georg ie
Price a nd Yoder finis hed seco n d and third,
respectively.
Results
600 PRO-AM: 1. $tE'VE' MoTt"he (H-D) ; 2. Will Davis (Hon );
ild
3. Dav e Hlobb (H~O); 4. Redl Hart (y am ); 5. Ken Yoder (Ra).
.250 PRO-AM: 1. Robert Lewi s (H -D); 2. Gt'Orgi.. Pril" (Kaw );
C
3. Ken Yoder (Mai); 4. Ken Dahlin (Hon); 5. Kt.o1ty Bowlby (Hon).
AM: 1. Co ry Roth (Hon) ; 2. Zach Palm er (Yam); 3. Natalie
Wam.. r (Ho n).
125: I. Cory Roth (Hon); 2. Tom Battail e (KTM); 3. Jeff landrum (Suz ); 4. Nick Humme l (Hon).
