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Morehead works at
Clark County Dir:t Track
By Bert Shepard
the ra ce until Daniel Nichols closed in, but Har -
rin gton still managed an easy win. Harrington
holeshct the second moto while Josh Warner
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SPIIDICAEID, 00, MAY7
"I raced harder today than I d id to finish seco n d
applied so me early ra ce pressure but Harrington
proved to be too quick and earned top honors
wi th d ouble wi ns .
Th e 12 5cc Beg in ners provided pl en t y o f
actio n in their final moto. The first three rid ers
were inseparable throughout the fiv e-lap event.
last night!" .
Steve Morehead was referrin g to his winning
ride a t the Oh io ra cing seaso n's ope ne r at the
This cre a te d seve ral lead cha n ges with th e
leader often findin g himself in third place within
Cla r k Coun ty Fairgrounds. St ev e Bea tti e an d
an instant. Za ck Shirley managed to win the first
Geo rge Roeder also made the long ride fro m
Delaware to place and show behind Morehead.
Geo rgi e Price turned the tables on Brett Beyer,
the 1994 winner of the 600 Expert class. "I jus t
said 'The hell with it' and went up top where it
is fun ," added the reenergized Price, winner of
th e 600 final. Pro-Am Racers Jason Sentell and
Chris Huss collected w ins in th e 600 and 250
divisions of the Eastern Regiona l event.
(Left) Rob Engstrom (838) and Bill Ti lford
(36) flew In formation at Midway
Recreation Park. (Above) Steve Morehead
(42) leads George Roeder, Steve Beattie
(26) and Donnie Estep (52F) on his way to
the win at Clark County Fairgrounds In
Springfield, Ohio.
T he 250 Pro-A m s howcased tw o o f the
natio n's most expe rienced rookies: Tom my Hay:
de n an d Paul Lyn ch . Michigan 's Chris H uss
holesh ot the celebrit ies and led the mai n a fter
one tour. Lyn ch;Tim Eades, Hayden and Garth
Bastin filled in the top five . With half of the la ps
completed , Hayd en took third from Eades an d
Lynch closed on H uss. " I reele d him in b ut
cou ld n ' t d o a nything with him ." co mmented
Racing on the o pposite en d of th e spectru m
in th e 250 /Open A class provided just as much
excite ment as the smaller folks. The sta rt com bined the A and B classes, and not so su rp ris ingly, the A riders go t to the firs t co rner ahead
of the B ri ders. Bill Tilford put hi s Kawasaki
KX250 in front o f Jason Kemple a n d Ro b
Engstrom, both 'm ounted on H ondas. Earl y in
the mote, Kemple and Engstrom passed Til ford and engaged in a good race for the win.
On the second lap, Engstrom passed Kemple
for the lea d , a nd the to p tw o were se t. Pat
.Read y also got by Tilfo rd for th ird, but Tilford
held o n for fourth.
At the start of m olo two, Kemple got to the
firs t tu rn in front, followed by Mike Luoma on a
Yamaha, Engstrom and Gates. Gates seemed to
be ai ming for a track photographer as he
125 8: 1. TrllIvls Sh..rpl" (Sw:); 2. Sid ney WiUiama (k,a w ); 3.
Shane Fox (Suz).
125 C: 1. Kurt Inscoe (Ka w); 2. Nick McAlli sl" (Ka w); 3.
Wa~ Eller (Kaw ); 4. Barry Shiver Uh Carbon.
MINI JR I. Na tha n Brought on; 2. t:>en>k (>-; ~ 3. Ada m
Deal; 4. Ja n Cows; 5. Phillip Hughes.
MlNl SRI: 1. CourtJM>y Sampson; 2. Ot>nni.. Eckst rom ; 3. Zac h
Drny; 4. Ma tt Oma nn; S. Mibo Evenson.
M L SR2: 1. Eric Gt>rbM';2. Jal«- Bm..st>1; 3. Mike Bamt"tt; 4.
"lI
Ikon ~ 5. Dwitin Ax tman.
YTH : 1. Ry an Broughto n; 2. Ry an M.. g a w; J . Garre tt
Mcl..1ughlin.;4. lA-nnn. Eckstrom; 5. CourtJM>y Sam JNlft .
16-.24A: t. Robbie Engstrom; 2. Jason Ktompri 3. II Nlh VOM;
;
... Mike Luoma. 5. BiD Tillord.
16-24 8: 1. Rick Smit h; 2. JOt" 8l""ulinl; J . Ja mi."On D" y; 4.
RobbyKt>ndaD; S. Kevin Beloy.
16--24 C: 1.Jil-"On McGrath; 2. Eri c Kowalik; 3. 5rott 8dkleon; 4.
8l-n Hltw5; 5. Quia Schildgm. .
25+ A: 1. Bruct' Gitt'5,;2. Rusty Sorm.'iOJ\; 3. RichoIrd Ridm; 4.
Bill En~trom.
2S+ B: 1. Glen Novotny; 2. Cr aig Stidlort; 3. Charlt'!l z..ck; 4.
Ma rk Drlodl; 5. O.trren Engbtam .
:z.s. C: I. Todd LofaJ't"n; 2. Titn H.lnson; 3. Chuck. Thomfl'l'On;
4. Mink Wannarka; 5. Ja me5 Draip.
VET A: 1. Bill Engstrom; 2. Jeff Sort'1\.W11; 3. Mike- Grail ; 4.
Cu rt Cohn; 5. Richard RiclIn.
\'lIT B: 1. Al Nov otny; 2. ClO;"J\ Novotny; J. Rand y Nag l'l; 4.
Mar k [)Pal; 5. TU1'I Blak...
.
VET C: 1. Tim Hanson; 2. RicIr. l.ambra- bt; J. Bill Cunning.
h,l m; 4. C raig Hinzman; 5. Jeff Risch.
SR 40+: 1. Gary Schildt'n; 2. Jerry Bumg ilrd nt'J'; 3. r dt Day ; 4.
Allm Slaige; 5. Dan Ellilson.
5/SR 50 +: 1. Jim Dlont'van ; 2. Ke- Corrin ; J . Ja m" Kirk ·
n
fY; 5. Tony Ldh.
250 C2: 1. Scott BakJuon;2. Chad Felt; 3. Jer..my Labea u; 4.
Jd f A.J\tor; 5. Ben l.mt's .
.
his second appearance in victory lan e with a J
arrived a t the winner's circle on foot , his XR
having lost its tra nsmission on the cool-off lap.
Dave Rayburn became the only retiree abou t
halfway through the race, the victim of a loose
carbu ret or. Donnie Estep would make his return
to racing complete with a fou rth- place finis h
ove r Tom my Colson. Jes s Roeder held off th c
remainder of the fiel d that consisted o f Rob
Knapp , Lan ce Jones, Mike Warner and Ia n
Seg edy.
Results
750 EX: 1. St_e MOft"twad CH
-D); 2. Stt-ve-8t'a ni .. CH-D); 3.
Geo rg e Roeder (H-D) ; 4. Don n", Eslep CH
-D); 5. Tommy Colson
fH -Dl; 6. In- Rnt>dLT o-t-D ); 7. Rob Knapp Qi·D ); 8. Lana' Jono
(H·D); 9. Mike Warner rn-D); 10. Ian 5t'g«iy CH
·D); 11. Dave R.tybum (H -Dl.
600 EX; 1. Gf'oTgiePricP Qi- D); 2. Brett Beyl'J' (H ·D); 3. Shawn
Cla rk (W -R); 4. Cary Stogsdill (W -R); S. Sco tt Stu mp (Hun).
250 PRO-AM : 1. Chris Buss C
Hon ); 2. Pau l Lynch (Ho n); 3.
Tom m y Hayd..n (Ya m ); .. . T im Ead n (H on ); S. ~ rt h Bal'tin
( Han).
Harrington hoards victory
at Barona Oaks Motocross
Story by Hom er Euba nks
mo to then took over the second mot o after Jeff
Robinson lost it in th e whoops. Dustin Hollenbeck moved in to the lead on the third lap and
pulled Steven Crum into the second spot. Crum
took over
the next lap but it was still an y-
on
body's race as the fro nt-runners came around
for the final lap three abreast. Ho llenbeck managed to get an elbow in on the grou p and held
on for the win an d overall. Cru m finis hed the
moto secon d but Shirley's 1-3 ea rned hi m second overall.
Results
INTRO : 1. Chris Ho werto n (Ho n); 2. Andy Swall80ll (Suz); 3.
Ryan Scales (Kaw); 4. Ryan N..wman (Suz).
FIT: 1. Adam Kirchl'1'(Yam); 2. Dakota FISher (Yam ); 3. Kyle
Eu banks (Yam); 4. Jake Kircht'J'(Yilm); 5. KyleSpauldlng (y; 2. Christophl'T Moore
(Yam); 3 . M arc Abernathy (Y am) .
P/W (O-il) STK: 1. Jake Bissonette (Yam ); 2. Ca nd ice Moblha ·
gen (K1M); 3. Phillip Bru.iCella (Yam); 4. ~ TauOl (Yam ); 5.
'
Matt Rose (Ya m).
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JRCYCLE (l}-S)STK: 1. Cas Swift (Ka w).
JR CYCLE (lH) BEC : 1. Brandon Hint1' U
