I·E E T .
V N S·
I
wasted no time findi ng the fas ter line arou nd
Bowman and took off for their own private battle a few turns a head of the res t of the A riders
with Busse chasing this d uo. Nicoson was shreddi ng every corner and made few mistakes, taking a hard-earned and well-deserved mote win,
but Ezerins wo und up wit h the overall win in
the class ,
Results
125 jR 1. Aaron MilIl"r; 2. Cli ff O<
JUF;hmy; 3, Danny Schultz;
4. Kei th Ot.gTand ; 5. Kevin Mil b.tch .
'
VET A: 1. Jeff 1..ois 2. Eriks E7.erins 3. Roy Nafzp:lt'I'; 4. Da vid
;
;
Dona hue ; 5. Thomas Dnotzka.
VFT B: I. Judd Koomit7.er; 2. C urt BunJ;e; 3. Soott Co nglt'l';4.
Tim Smith; 5 . [Mvid Sutrick.
ML'\IlJR: 1. Sha un MilIt.r; 2. Tod d Slt'ay ""; 3. N;t.than Sulli van ;
4. Adam WilIl!'rRS; 5. Eric Pt-"tt'T'5.
MINI 60: 1. Brad Mod jt'ws1d; 2. Kirs ten Raemi sch ; 3, Garren
Ho jnacki: 4 . Srott Zo nt; 5. Mitch Nccyen.
MSTR: 1, Thom as Dretzka. 2, W.l ylon Du Pre; 3. Jt'I{ Mdcht>f ;
4. Th om.u Mou re; 5. o..vid Donahue.
MINI SR: 1. Darby Fowler; 2. JI"I
I.
Williams; 3. Dave wendee
p
4. Lee Stt'ffens; 5. Wayn.. Moore.
250 C- I ~ 1. Danny Schultz; 2. Joh n Stran g/eld; 3. Robert Julian;
4. Cha d Ht.'ftJfl 5. Paul Erickson .
;
250C-l: 1. [a mes Kru se; 2. Tho mas Nid. ;en 3. Michael Bwe:
o ;
4. Jami e Lt..ooux; 5 . Dale Schrec k.
OrEN; I. Jeff Loi, ; 2. Thoma s Moore; 3. Erika Ezerins; 4.
;
w ayjon DuPt.oe 5, Mike Wiedmeye'f.
c....
(Left) Ron Commo Jr. scooped up the
Expert cla ss win at the Watki ns Glen
National Trial. (Above) Scoll Nicoson
(369) and Eron Ezerlns en gage In a
fam iliar bailie for the 250cc A clas s win at
Azlalan Cycle Park. Ezerins preva iled In
the 250cc A class and the 125cc A class.
Co m mo Srv
-tuned Beta Techno, as his seconda nd th ird-loop sco res we re a low 11 an d 12.
Co mmo 's 39-poin t fina l tally was mo re than
enough to secu re the win over Bard ell, w ho
gave up 67 throughout the da y. Carpenter came
home with 73. Perhaps pu tting an exclama tion
point on Commo's win was his total number of
clea ns . Th e Vermon t rid er boas ted 22 perfect
rid es, eight more than Bardell a nd five mo re
than Carpenter.
Trav is Fox conti nued his w inning way s in
the eve r-competitive High School class . The Beta
ride r dropped 45 points to score the win, while
runn e r-up Jos hua Me tzge r gav e up 59 . Rob
Bertra nd was third with 85.
Results
4-srRK LONG: 1. Kenny MtG.>e (8); 2. Kevin Boyll' (47); 3.
Ch ris Ha tson (10) ,
4-STRKSHORT: 0 / A:. 1. Jim WiJlliI (l1).
4-Sl"RK SHORT : 1. Chuck How a rd; 2. Richard Don elson (17);
3 . Stt.ve Th mt\l1S (22 ).
·
A YTH : 1. N,ltha n Gl,ldb.l ck (19); 2. Jessi t" Fauls tk k (22 ); 3.
John Shoalmi~(3 4).
C 200: 1. P.1U Jackson n t) ; 2. AITon Wolf (12); 3. Mark Kin·
1
d all (H).
C 250 : 1. Pat Ht>an ( 5) ; 2. Mikt>Ma Nker (15 ); 3 . Ht"flry
t>y
Ann~t>y(1B) ,
C O PEN : 1. Tom Eieam (14); 2. ~ Moffit t (2t); 3. Hunter
Klop (23).
C (NT: 1. David Pine (16); 2. G ~ Gotrnt..,. (16); 3. Rogl!!'Glad.
b.lck (17).
B YTH : 1. Cli nt Gann (41) ; 2. C h.1St' Dun n (42 ); 3. JO:'lh
Wei~f('11s (43 ).
WMN: 1. Donna MOf.Jre (52); 2. Jennifl"r G.Jmer (135),
B SHORT: 1. Jam~ NiI!ih (9); 2. Doug Whi ttman (13); 3. JAY
Soolt Mon~ (13).
0 / A SR SHO RT: 1. C ha rlie Bun. (7) .
A SPTSMN: 1. Tom 8l i (9); 2. Rand y l'n"!lthu:. (11); 3. Lany
Boland I!!'( 1).
A S/SR: 1. Bob Pi~ (12); 2. O.trrt'll Jud y (14); 3. Coy Wo rk ·
m.l n (15).
5/55: 1. Cla re nce Bonltacius (74);2. Gt-'o McGrq;or (19).
rge
B SR: I. Mo nty u-flcn 11; 2. Herb Faulstick (19); Jim Ortbals '
(22).
Bs i s R 1. Frank u,;vim (l 9); 2. &>bt.-rt Jon C'!l (21);3. Sam Hd m ulh (32) .
C SR: 1. Rn~cr Co hu (24); 2. Dw ayn .. Dew ey (24); 3. Tom my
Juhn.1 n (27) .
'o
Commo clobbers 'em at
Watkins Glen Nat'l Trial
By Craig Moore
44
WATKINS GLEN, NY, MAY21
Cosmopolitan Motors' Ron Commo Jr. dea lt the
Expert class a hu ge blow at the fifth round of the
AMA /NATC Nationa l Cha m pio nshi p Trials
Series, held in the Watkins Glen area of up state
New York.
Th e Ca nadia n Na tio na l champion se t the
pace fro m the get-go, as his IS-po in t first loop
was clearl y superior to eve n tu al runner-up
Chris Bardell 's 25. Co mmo looked quite co mfortabl e in the slippery wa terfa ll sectio ns that
ch a lle nged the r id ers . Fo rme r Sportsman
Na tional Champion Jason Carpe nter was actually second after the first loop, but would drop to
third overa ll by the da y's end .
Comma woul d only improve aboard his Ron
.
EX; 1. Ron Co m mo Jr. (Bet) 39 points /22 c lea ns: 2. C hris
Bard eIl (Bt"t) 67/14; 3. [aeon Carpente r (G ·G ) 73 / 17; 4, Ste ph e n
Dolan {~1 9411 0; 5. David Ruh rschm'ider (Fan) 97/10 .
,
H / S: 1. Travis Fox ( Oct) 45 poinl:s1l9 dea ns; 2. Jushua Mt"tzgt"f (Fa.n) 59/1 0; 3. Rob Btortrand (GGl 85 /6; 4. Mk h.te l Bryanl
(Bet) 93 / 9; 5. David IU....J (Mo n) 98/3.
.
SPTSMN: I. Ja!tOR Edtor (Bt·t) 66 pu in ts /14 d e.ln'!; 2. Runald
Bertra nd (CoG) 68/9; 3. j ame Gawne (GoG, 71 /9; 4. Milu.· Hel s
stro m (Fan) 71 / 9; 5. Ht>ath Frazier (Be-1) 88/7,
SRJO ; I. Mile You ng (G-G) 47 pu i na/15 d e,m s ; 2. Sha n
Moo re (GG) 60 / 12; 3. DuaI1t'Tope (Bet) 69 /8; 4_Rich.lrd J(JI1t'§ (Ge) 71 /11 ; 5. JIm Zigan (Hon) 83/10.
SR35: 1. Chri.<
.topht.or Arno ld (Yam) 67 po int s / 7 poi nt5; 2. Bob
How a rd (Bt" 71./ 9; 3. Bob Penningtun (!k'l) 84 /9; 4. Dav id Reed
t)
(Bt!t) 91/7; 5. Bob Rvwland hu s (Bet) 53 po i nts/16 clt'ans; 2. Ca ry
Samp~ .. 1 (G- G) 64 / 10 ; 3 . Jim W ildt>r (G·G ) 90 /6; 4. G~o r g~
Brinkwart (GoG) qo/ 5; 5. R)'Udrd Za jac (CoG) 106 /4.
)
SR'5: 1. Robin Farmt'f ( Bot'l 25 po ints/12 d ..a ns; 2. James Fox
(Bt" 76 / 9; 3. Gi lbtort Rt...-d (Bet) 81/5; 4. Da.....Wald o (G-G) 90/ 7;
t)
. S. Jim Wa bon (~) 106/3.
SRSO 1. Dal.. Ma laS4.'k (G-G) 62 poi nts /12 dea ns; 2. Da vid
:
n
B.ude ll (G-G) 126/1 ; 3. Dav l' Wa tliO (CoG) 151/0; 4. Sta n Hensley
(G-G) 157 /0; 5. Cha rl~ Ot.'1llt.-nts (Yilm) 160/0.
46
SR6O: 1. P.tte Kt>en(Fa n) 1- poi ntsll dt'a n.
Lois, Kloepping, Ezerins roost
at Aztalan Motocross
By Andrew Bu ssen
LAKE MlU's , WI, MAY 14
Eron Ezerins rocked the 125cc A class by scoring
the ove ra ll win in the 125cc A d ivision at AztaIa n Cycle Park's a nnual Mo ther 's Da y race.
Ezerins also top ped the 250cc A dass. In the
first mot a of the 125cc A dass, Bowman feU victim to Roy Nafzger, Er ic Nelson a nd Jason
Wa rner. Beh in d him, the d early faster trio of
Brad Jeromi nski Emn Ezcrins and Karte r Busse
were p icking off riders in every comer.
By the th ird lap , Naf zger an d Ezerins were
pu lling away from the pack, and it was evident
that Na fzger was feeling the heat and catching
glimpses of a gree n front fender in every corne r.
Nafzge r took a di gger , a ttempting the double
befo re the plateau a nd Ezerins cruised to th e
chec kers. Jero mins ki took second followed by
Busse and Todd Maye r. Nafzger salvaged fifth
place in the first moto.
Bowman holeshot the second 12Scc A moto
followed by Scott Nicoso n. After a 10th -place
finish in moto one, Nicoson had to win to secure
a to p five overa ll finish, Nicoson and Ezerins
c-i
Yoho, Thomas battle
at Dade City Motocross
By Kyle Myers
DADE OTY n, MAY 21).21
,
Kenny Yo ho s howed up to d o so me tr a ck
ma in tena nce a t Dad e City Raceway but instead
bo rrowed a bike a nd won bo th Open Money
motos.
In the firs t Open Money motor Yoho rocke ted into the lead w ith Jason Th om as a nd Joel
Hamilton in tow . Yoho qui ckly ope ned up a lead
ove r Thom as and Ha milton. Yoho and Thomas
pulled aw ay from Ha milton to battle for the lead
w ith Yoho ad d ing to his lead with each lap !o
score the first moto win ahead of Tho mas a nd
Ha milton .
Mot o two sa w Yoho again grab th e ea rly
lea d w ith Th om as and Ha milton on his rea r
w hee l. Yoho o n h is Su zu ki West / FMF / Oak ley / Gear/ No-Limit-backed machine eas ily outdis tanced the field to hold on for the win, with
Tho mas a nd H amilton rounding ou t the top
thr ee.
In other racing action Dustin Lynn and Cody
Roth squa red off in the 60cc class. Lynn led the
first mot o, with Roth falling ear ly in the race .
Roth was cha rgi ng for the point posi tion with
t wo la ps to go , bu t as the HSKS team mates
en tered the whoo ps , Roth mot ored by for the
lead and win ove r Lynn.
In the second moto, Lynn shot into the lead
with Roth eating his roost. Roth pressured Lynn
for two laps, un til Lynn slow ly pulled away for
the mo to win and overaU win. Roth held on for
second with Rand y Charron finishing third.
Results
P / W (4-6) : 1. Wan g H.lynes (Yam); 2. Sa ra Ha mpthire (Ya m);
3. Angela Moore (Ya m) ; 4. Ryan Fras er ( KT M); 5. Jon Ca m p
(KTM).
P /W GoB) 1. Ma riS4 H am~hire (LIM); 2. Kyle Ch is ho lm
:
{LEMI; 3. l'hiI l\'t'I"S (Cob) ; 4. Sh,lun Bren nan (Yam) .
60: 1. Kyl.. Will iam wn (Ka w); 2. Paul Pt>rebijnos (Ka w ); 3.
Du s tin Ly n n (Ka w) ; 4. Bra d Bern ie r (Ka w ); 5 . Barrett Sm it h
(Ka w) .
80 (7.1l): 1. Dan T ruman (Ka w) ; 2. Paul Perebijnos (Suz); 3.
Je Moort" (S U7J; 4. Kyle Will iam..... (Sw:); 5. Brad Berni t>f(Kaw).
ff
m
80 (12· 13): 1. Troy Adams (Sw: ); l. Mik Sk'Venson (Suz).
80 (14·15): 1. Jert'1lly S h utt h·worth (Yam); 2. Jt"55i Adams
e
(5uz ); 3. St·b BieUing (Ya m) . S / MlN I: I. Troy Ad ams (Suz ); 2. Jt.'J'l>my ShuW \'wort h (Yam) ; 3. Jes.'1 Adamm (Su z ); 4. Ze b Biellin g
ie
(Yam); 5, N ikt' St t'Vt-'NOn (Suz) .
flO BEG: I. Ca rlo Beard (Kaw ); 2. John Gotl en (Kawl ; 3. Jt.'!ISt"
Young (Yam); 4. James Barber(Ho n); 5. M.lth Botlen (Ho n).
15-25: 1. Jason Th oma s (Hon}; 2. Scot t umb (Hon ); 3. Tra vi...
Willis f.5m~); 4. Billy Wood (Hon ); 5. Jamt.'S Joint>f(Ho n).
25+ : 1. Willi , Brock (Suz ): 2. Ste ve Dye (Kaw) ; 3. And ~
Doi ron (Hn n); 4. Lt>oJeN> (Suz ); 5. Jimm y Krney (Kaw).
30+: I. Stev .. Dy.. (Kaw); 2. John Kay (Hon); 3. Lt.>o Jt'11S (5020);
4. Bria n Whitcomb CHon); 5. Joe Mariotti (Suz);
35+ : 1. Tom Fogg (lCaw ); 2. Bria n Whitcomb (Ho n); 3, Joe
Steid l (Hon) .
40+: Tom Fogg {)(awl ; 2. Charles LdUng (Hon) ; 3. Jo.. Stloidl
(Hon l; 4. Peter Cullin (Yam );
OrEN NOV : 1. Rud y Savelli (Ho n); 2. CharielO Lehing (Hon);
3. Chris
K~lds
(ATK).
125 D: 1. Jaso n Th om as (Hon); 2. Wayn!! St:hadt'l' (Suz) ; 3.
Jam es Jolnt-'f (Ho n); 4. Darren McElhatte n (Suz); 5. Billy Wood
(Hon ).
125 C: 1. Cory Willt')' ( Ka w); 2. 8ry"" Griffin (Yam); 3. Ralph
M.u tin (Ho n); 4. Jim Prevatte (Yam ).
125/250 BEC: 1, Sca n How ard (Ho n); 2. Rog ar Crea me r
(su : ; 3. Dann y Han~ (Suz); 4. Tony Torri (Hon); 5. G.uy Kusd
nien (Suz).
2SOB: 1. Travis Willis (Suz) ,
250 C: 1. Dav id Kopeien (Ho n); 2. Brett Gilra valiil (Hon); 3.
Jinuny Kersey (l<.1w).
250 A:. 1. Mike Aeedc (K.l w ) ,
VINT MSTR.: 1. Ed Gar lin (C- Al; 2. Pa ul BUm>W5 (Mail ; 3.
Matt Kret:!lc
himeT ; 3. Phil G rillo (Mo nt).
V1NT MOD a.ssc MSTR; 1. Guy Kopcak (Ma D; 2. Marti n
Ader hold (Mail ; 3. Bil Butan (H us): 4. VAn Ad erhold (Mai; S. Pau l
BUrTOWS ( M, l i).
VINT 125: 1. james Ha m cr (Ho n l
Laughridge back on top
at Cycleland Supercross
By Rex Harris
CHl O
C ,CA,MAYI9
Suzuki mounted Evan Laughridge rod e his Jesse
Mach ine-backed RMBO to a hard -fou ght win in
. th e ope ning rou nd of Cyclela n d's Su m me r
Supercross se ries.
Warm temperatu res and a newly re-vamped
track greeted the 100 or so rid ers wh o have been
wa iting for the see mingly never-ending rain to
quit, and as has bee n the norm, the hotly contested 80ec class provided so me of the most
exciting actio n of the nigh t.
At the drop of the ga te it was Suzuki pilot
Seth Kirby lead ing to the first turn, but the lead
was short-lived as bot h Jesse Olse n and laughrid ge flew by Kirby throu gh the whoops. Eric
Nye a nd Chris McAvoy dove under Kirby in the
next turn, pushing him back to fifth. By the time
the lead ers crossed the start/finish line to comp let e la p o ne , Kawasaki ri der Jos h Ho lt ha d
moved pas t Kirby to take over fifth spot.
Back up front Ol sen, Lau ghri d ge a nd Nye
bega n to pull away from the fierce ba ttle raging
behind them a mo ng McAvoy, Holt, and a charging Matt Morgan, who had wo rked his way up
from a poor start to move into fifth by the end of
lap two.
On la p three, Laughridge mad e his move.
running up the inside of Olsen, taki ng him right
to the top of a berm, and then block·passing to
take the lead. Behind them, Morgan jumped past
McAvoy in the whoops to take over four th.
A couple of laps lat er, Olsen got a little out
of shape on the a pp roach to a d ouble and had to
back off. Nye seized his chance and jumped into
seco nd. Morgan was ab le to get past McAvoy
for th ird as the "Mac Attack's" Suzuki came to a
screeching halt in front of the main grandsta nd .
His night was ove r.
At the checkers it was a jubilant Laughridge
takin g the win followed by Nye, Morgan , Olsen,
and Kirby.
Results
P/W: 1. DaITft\ Nye (KTMl ; 2. Bradl y Pow ell (Yam) ; 3. Scott
Holcomb (K'ThO; 4. Ma rk.Cav d li CSu7o); 5. Jake McDon.1ld (Hon) .
60: 1. Da niel Fowler ( l{aw ); 2, A.J, Per .. z (Ka w ); 3. Chris
B.trnes (K..w) ; 4. Darin So uza (Yam) ; S. Bra nd o n Pow e ll ( Ka w) .
80 : 1. Eva n uughridgl' (Suz); 2. Eric Ny .. (Su z ); 3. Matt Mors an (Yam ); 4. Jesse Olsen (Hon) ; 5. St..>th Kirby (Kaw).
ad
125: 1. Low .. n Moural (Ho n); 2. Scott Oa vi.'1 (Suz); 3. Jt>ff
Filiht... (Suz ); 4. JO!JlGiord ano (Hon) ; 5. Aaron BUfl\ll(Hu n).
.
250: 1. Shai n McDonald (Hon); 2. A.uon Bum s (Hon); 3. Kurt
FaVTt'(Ho n); 4. Kt-'n Bellamy (Suz); 5. Mark Cooper (Hon) .
ny
.Pederson rocks MX Kingdom
By Brenda Miller
ADEL, lA, MAY 13
Iowa's own pro rid er Cha d Ped erson showed u p
a t the first race of the season at MX Kingdom.
No t only d id Iowa's own pro rider, Cha d Pederson, show up to race and wi n at MX Kingdom
but also to ha ve some fun .
Pederson d id both as he signed in to race all
the mo ney classes he could a nd also raced a
fou r-stro ke (thou gh he was not sco red) in the
Run -wh at-you-brung class.
In the 12Scc A heat race it was n't Pederson
that got th e ho lesh ot , it was loca l ride r Rob
Brcka that grabbed the holesh ot and the early
lead. Brcka only he ld the lead a sho rt time as
Pederson took over and ran away fro m everyone else. Brcka wo uld finish the heat race in second place.
In the main it was all Pederson, who grabbt.'
