I.EVENTS
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styled around the course. Carison rod e conservati ve and secu red the runner -up spot on his
O' Nea l-backed Yamaha whil e Team Pax rid er
Brian McGavran, Jon ath a n Shimp and Monte
Mon tague rounded out the top five.
Carlson looked like a sure winner in the second mota after Payne cras hed twice and was out
o f co n ten tio n. Carlson, however, mad e one
sma ll bobble which allowed the "out of towner"
Montag ue the window of opportunity he was
loo kin g for. Montague sna tched the lead and
motored on home fo r the motu win, but when
the dust settled, Car lson's two runner-up finishes were enough for the overall victory.
Tea m Gr ee n racer Cas ey Johnson was the
undisp uted king of the A class, smo king to an
awesome eight-mota sweep of all four A classes
includ ing the Stock and Modified 125 and 250cc
divisions.
Results
50 STK (Q..6l: 1. Mi ke A IL~1 UCTM); 2. Tat l' Mis iasz ek (KTM);
J . ....ff Alt'105i (Yam); 4. M lc h.al'1 LaPaKliil ()(TM); S. A Ufitin Pa rT
(Yam ).
50 STK (7·8): 1. M ich ad P.lflu~r (KT M) ; 2. J.ured 8rown
(KTM); 3. Terrance Sd\l.lL'L'l\(Yaml .
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SO MOD (0-8 ): 1, Jt'ff AIl'f'Si (Yaml ; 2. M ich alPl Park E"!' (Yam) ;
J . Mchael Ll r.aglia (KTM); 4. A ustin rarr (Yam ); 5. Je ff l o o p
(Yam) .
60 (0-8): 1. Kyle Partridge (Kaw ); 2. Ca rlos Gonzalez (}(aw) ; 3.
Do nald Choll.lr (Ka w l; 4. Robb y Woods ()(a w); S. Eri k Hod ges
(lY w).
60 (9-11): 1. Shane Bess(KiIw l; 2. J"~ Med ina (K.w); 3. Ma tt
ContrerllS (](a w l; 4. Danid Taft (}(aw).
60 MO D (6-11): 1. ShaN' BL (Ka w); 2. Kyll.' Partridge (Ka w);
'WI
3. JoAh u.a Grant (Kaw); 4. An d y Pie rcf' (Ka w); S. Jt'Sus Ca si llas
(J(aw).
80 (9· 11) STK; 1. Bobby Bond s (Kaw l; 2. Sh.tnf'~ (Ka w); 3.
Kf'vin Roberts (H a n ); 4. Scott Nelson (Suz); 5. D at o n Beavers
{Hon}.
KO (9-1ll MOD: 1, Bobby Bonds (Kawl; 2. ShaN' s.., (Kawl ;
3. Scan Ndson (Suz); 4. Kl"Vin Robr1'b (Han); 5. Da ton Bea" ",,
(Ha l'll.
80 (12 ·14 ) MOD: 1. Dol ny Carl"lOrl (Ya m ); 2. Monte M o n·
n
tsgue (Yllm); 3. 8 lUy r ayn e (](a w l; 4. JOlUith a n Shimp (Suz); 5.
Bryan McCa vran (Hon).
SO (12 -16) STK: 1. 8ryan M cG.t vr a n (Han); 2. BlUy Payn e
(lUIw ); 3 . Danny Carl.-.on (Y.am); 4. Mon te Mont.a gu ~ (Yam); 5.
Jonatha n Shimp (Su z).
S/ML"l"I: 1. Billy Pllyn e (luw); 2. O.anny Carbon (Ya m); 3.
JonAthan Shimp (Suz).
125 5'TK A:. 1. Casey John~ nCaw); 2. TyLn- King (Y.am ). 3.
Jllson P.rtridgIP (SuzJ; 4_Dust1n Nebon (K.1w ).
US STK 8 : 1. Glenn Bra nson (Su d ; 2. ONn V.an Riper (K.Iw);
3 . Jimmy VAm (5u.z); 4. o.nny Mo n toy a CSuz) ; S. }Mon P.adillA
lSuz).
125 STK C: 1. Ooar Valdn (Suz ); 2. K.IPvirl Townsomd (Hard;
3 . J~ Minor (Suz); 4. G rIPS H.a)"enot\ (Sud; S. Jernny Young
(Yam) .
125 MOO A:. I. Cuey Johns,o n (K.Iw); 2. Shaun Pmilio (K.aw );
3. Ty ler King (Yam); 4. J.ason Pa rtri d ge (5uz); S. Dustin Nelson
(Kaw l.
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125 MO D B: 1. Glen n Branson CastillA... Jr.
(Yam) .
80 (1 2·16) 8 EG; 1. David Su llins (Ya m) ; 2. Nick Ah'erez
(H an ); 3. Chris A ndrews (J(.aw); -l. W"I~'Y Clark (Hon); S. Jeff
Da!lt' (Suz ).
80 (12 -13 ): 1. Bry a n M eG a vr .an (Han); 2. C hri s HUlUingl"t
(Suz); 3. Ch ris Rogen ($uz) .
80 (14-16): 1. Da nn y Carlson {Yam}; 2. Ca. y Go uld (Suz).
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WME: 1, ML'Sh Ca rrill (Yam) ; 2. Ma ry M anhard (yAm ).
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125 BEG; t. Na tha n C raig (Hon); 2. Darin MU~ llCh CHon
);3.
Justi n Cunerrez (Y.am) ; 4. Casey NlP'W houH' ()Caw); S. CNrllP'll
Cook (Hon).
125 NOV: I. Oscar VAld f'z (Suz); 2. Bullfrog Newcomer
(J·1on);3. Randy Std.m ; 4. Jmy Sechlt"I" (J<", w ); S. Prtf' A nd rIPWS (K.lwl.
010+ N O V: 1. D n id P rocid,) ()(.aw ); 2. Ron a ld E. M,i1o n",
(Hon).
; 4. J-..e J.ames (Hon): S. Sunmy R1zzotto (KT'M) .
30·: I. J. d 8C"dtham (H on ); 2. John Middleton (Yam); 3.
Sammy Rizzotto OCTM) ; 4. RUMe ll ChApINl n (Hon); S. Robm ~
(Hon); 3.
m.tnn (Hon),
Leivan prevails at Mo. Dirt
Riders Hare Scramble
By Michael U echtl
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WES!l'HAllA. MO, APRIL J()
Th e Missouri Dirt Rid ers Inc. laid ou t a very
clean 6.2-mile cou rse in the hills so u th of Jeff
City, Mis so u ri. and Steve Leiva n gui ded his
Yama ha to victory at the first good mu d event of
the Missou ri Hare Scramble Series 1995 season.
During the race the lea d changed hands
man y tim es between Leivan, Leigh Let ell ier ,
Chris Ca plinger, Terry Gilliland and Ken Yount,
who was actu ally a lap d own because of a firstt u r n cr as h at th e s tar t. While i n t he lea d ,
Gi1liIand captivated a fortunate few between the
second and thi rd laps by d oing an int eresti ng
slo-mo head plant into the creek.
At the end of the mudfest, Surdyke Yama ha
of Mari on ville/Pro Actio n Suspension / Moto rcycle Stu ff/Dunlo p / Sproc ket Sp ecia list /RK
Cha in / Ans we r / Mike 's Mach ine / Camelba k /
Scott i Acerbis /Endu ra-ba cked Steve Leiva n
took the overa ll win wi th Letellier less tha n . l0
second s behi nd to claim first Expert . On ly 25
se co nd s benind , Ca plinger fi ni sh ed second
Expert with Gilliland less than two minutes back
for th ir d Expe rt. Th e fourth and fifth Expert
positions were claimed by Dwigh t Maqgard and
Jamie Jennings.
Results
0 / A; SIt"Vf' L?\v.n (YA 2. Uoigh ~ellieT CKTM>; 3 . Ch ris
m);
Ca p ling er (Yam) ; 4. Terry C ill ila nd (K!M); S. Dwi gh t M agg .rd
(Yam) .
AA / EX:. 1. Lrig ht Letellil't'" (Kl'M); 2. Chris CaplingPr (Yam>;
3. Tmy Gilli lJlnd (KThQ; 4. Dwight M.1gg ard (y.am); S. J.unif' Jft'!.
nin gt (Yam).
A / lNT : 1. Rod I'W')' OlJer (Yam); 2. Kd.!y ~ (K.lwl ; 3. Ridr.y
Hortoa (Yam); 4. Mike Kruger (KTMJ ; 5. Jft! Schnridt'r (Yam).
O PEN : 1. 8 rn1t H en ry ; 2. Tann" Englund (H a n); 3. Tod d
Rft'd OCIM); 4. DAvid Dillingham (KlM); 5. Tom Pftonger (Hus).
250 8 : 1. Danny Dohognc- (y. m); 2. Kevin HanNin (yAm) ; 3.
le BUW'nN rk (Yam); 4. Ollvid Grebn (yAm) ; 5. Nul Va nWIIY
!Yam)
.
2SOC: 1. Donnifo Ml this (Hon); 2. o.VIP Osborn r5w>; 3. John
lK.Iw ); 4. Chris Cooaa1I(Yam);S. ~ FUIPr(YIlm).
200: 1, (;,;ry Mittr~ ( K.lw); 2. Sftow er-s oc.w); 3. ~
Betts CKaw); 4. MikIPEaIer (K.1w); S. Dilvid 8i!ohop (~w) .
125 : 1. DlPnk Zinch uc k (Y.am) ; 2. Stf'Vf' Bough; J . 8rock
BuRnbotrk (Y1IIn) 4. MiU Uechti (Suz,); S. NorbIPrt Holm U nre ()' .am ); S. Ru...ty Eve {Yam).
250 B: 1. Eric Bing aman (H on ); 2. Raymond Sti llw d l (Suz); 3.
T roy W itmt"l"(Yam ); 4. Ken God win (Ha n); S. Paul AllOO1t(Honl.
M).
500 A; 1. Jam e Ha as (ICT
500 B: 1. Barry Eves (Ya m); 2. Daniel (KTM); 3. Jdf Sassaman
(H on ); 4. Doug NcrE"!'(Hon); S. D.1le Sm ith (Maj).
VET; 1. Robt'rt SpiPnce (yAm); 2. Don Eve. (Yllm); 3. Robert
Barlow (Suz); 4. Dou g V.anhom (A TK) ; 5. Da1llP W.kt'filPJd(Yam).
SR. 1. Rich.lrd Washak Nand; 2. Dou g M~ (H on ); 3. John.
ny Dupont (Hon); 4. I:Jton.nis Milll'T(Hon).