I EVENTS
dista nce of Winecke. Chri s Ben se had moved
through th e pack fo r third, w ith Mercill a nd
Engs tro m behind . Winecke was able to hold off
Gates at the end, as the tw o we re very close,
with Bense all by hi mself in thi rd and Mercill
and Engst rom rounding out the top five.
.
At the start of mo to two, Engs trom used the
power of his 500 Honda to ge t the holeshot with
Mercill, Borne and Winecke traili ng. After the
sand wash section, which was not too treacherous th is weekend , Engstrom, Bense, Gates and
Winecke led the pack. By the end of the first lap
Bense and Gates were close and alread y pu tlin g
some ground between themselves and the rest
of the field . On lap two Gates got by Bense in
th e sand w as h a nd Wi necke go t ar ou nd
Engstrom. On lap three the two excha nged posi tions again as Bense got by Gates. The last lap of
an uphill section proved to be the decidi ng factor for the moto as Gates beat Bense to the top
and eventua lly to the checkers . For the moto it
was Gates followed by Bense, Winecke in third ,
Engstrom in fou rth, and Steve Krech rou nding
out the top five.
Results
(Left) Eric Gerber heads (5) heads
Courtney Sampson (3) in Mini senior
class action at Spring Creek MX.
(Above) Scott Shipley (22) rode his heart .
out to score three class wins, Includin g
the 250cc A class over Rob McWhorter (1)
at the Birch Creek MX.
Sunday
50: ) . Ali Pos tlew ait e (KTM); 2. And rew Krom d (Ya m); 3.
Shawn Stri ffler (Yam) ; 4. Broc Streit (Ya m) ; 5. Westl ey Brow n
(Yam) .
65: 1. Gen e Stull (Ka w ): 2. Jimmy Chappell (J(.l W); 3. Micha el
Sigm u nd (Kaw); 4. J.1!OOn C risp UCaw); 5. Casey Robinso n (lCaw l.
BO (7- 11): 1. Gene Stull (Suz ] : 2. Brad McClellan (Suz); 3.
Jimmy Chappell (Suz); 4. Ch ris topht'T Wrigh t (Suz); 5. Louis Orris
(Yam) .
sseman (Suz ); 2. Andrew Tsa kanikas
80 (12-13): 1. Branden [e
(Suz); 3. [ames Bla ir (5o z); 4. Ryan Holliday (Suz); 5. Cra ig Parkins
(Suz ).
80 (14-15 ): I. Mik e Barto (Suz) ; 2. Will iam Ursie (SU7.); 3 .
[oshu a Plumm er (K. W); 4. Bill Striffl cr (5u7o); 5. J.1 Ta rolli (5u7.)
1
:o;on
.
end of lap two, Sanne r was on Hogan's back tire
this time over the finish line jump bu t wobbled
and lost a few seconds and all owed Hogan to
p ull away. Up fro n t, Team Green- sp onsored
Evans was well on his way to the checkers, with
Swea t, Ho gan, Sanner, and Ellenber ger rounding out the top five.
Results
Satu rd ay
-50: 1. Broc ' Hepler (KTM ); 2. C h risto pher Stu ckey (KTM); 3.
Br ya n Em ery (Lern ) ; 4. Broc Fall.n (KTM ); 5. Adam Bunting
(Ya m).
65: I. Gen e Stull (Kaw); 2. Broc Ht>pll"l'(Kaw ); 3. Bryim Eme ry
(Kaw); 4 . Casey Robinson (](aw); 5. Adam Martik (Kaw l.
80 (7- Il): 1. (ft-ne Stull (Suzl; 2. Christopht'l' Wrigh t (5uz); 3.
Addm Mu sg rov e (J(.l W); 4. Dominic Sinicro~ (Ho n); 5. Ste ven
Gaston (Kaw ).
l:lO (12-13): 1. Brandtm JesselMn (Suz); 2. Dua ne Evans (yam );
3. Ryan Holl id ay (Suz) ; 4. As hley Sm ith (Kaw); 5. Sean Cron er
. (lC w ).
a
80 (14-15); 1. Mike B.ut o (Suz); 2. JONohua Plummer (Kaw) ; 3.
William Ursi c (Suz) ; 4. Bill StriffieT (Suz) ; 5. C hristopheT Carahan
(Katw) .
S /M : L Mike Ba r to (5 uz) ; 2. Bra nd t"n Jt"9!>eman (5 uz); 3.
Duan e Evan s (Yam); 4. WU!i. m Urs ic (Suz ); 5. Dominie Sj nicro~
.
(Hon).
.
SCHBY: 1 . Dan Pasto r (Ho n); 2. Jllhn Ht)lba (Han ); 3. Stev en
Onisko (Hon); 4. Scott McMillin (Kaw l.
CLGBY: 1. Brock Sellards (Kaw); 2. Timmy Pustelak (SU7.); 3.
John ny Onisko (Hon) 4. Har lt'Y Ml.<:rackto (Suz ); 5. Ronn y Robinn
!lOfl
(Suz).
.
25+ : 1. Mik e Stl'lmal;k (Han); 2. Fra nk Garrison (Vam ); 3.
Scott McGill (Suz) ; 4. Joh n Lewis (Ho n); 5. Mich ael Postlewaite
(Kaw) .
40+ : 1. Ski p Ste wart (Ka w) ; 2. Joh n Lewis (Ha n); 3. Da ve
Coombs (Yam).
1&: 1. Nathan Laymon (Hon); 2. Marlin PlummeT (Kaw ); 3.
Ch.u lit" l.\tymon CHon); 4. BOO Bitiho h.t (Ho n); 5. Greg Wi n~low
'
(Hon ).
1258 : 1. Broc k Se llards (Kaw); 2. Ronny Rob inSCln (Su z); 3.
Karl Scott (Ho n); 4. Jay G rinnell (5uz) ; 5. Ryan Gates (Suz) .
125A : 1. Josh Swe.1t (l(aw); 2. Sha ne Lawso n (Hon); 3. Jimm y
Eva ns (Kaw); 4. Johnny 0nM<:0en (Ha n).
Ho
VET B: 1. Dt"nnis Oliver (Suz); 2. Andrew [)e.ltht'Tage (Ho n);
3. J~rey Ca yn eT (Hon ); 4. Michael Dondla (Yam ); 5. Mikt>Ca tanu ro(Kaw ).
O PEN 8; 1. Scott Yochum (Han ); 2. Ron T.lutku s (Kaw ); 3.
Shawn Flscenzer (Ho n); 4. Jeff Bclmt....(Hon); 5. Mike Cata nza ro
.
(Hon).
Gates jams to Spring
Creek Motocross win
By George Hodkinson
Photos by Karen Hodkinson
MlLLVIlLE,MN, MAY14
Bruce Gates piloted his Honda to the win in the
2SA+ class at Spring Creek, which is a class that
is starting to fill up with local talent as a number
of fast rid ers are meetin g the age requirem en t
for the class. Rains the night before mad e practice and the opening motos a bit wet, bu t as the
day wo re on the track became near perfect for
the 480 entri es on hand .
At the sta rt of the first mot o, l ay Mercill,
Chad Winecke, Rus ty Sorenson , and Gates raced
into the first turn. Winecke moved into the lead
in the very next comer an d Gates we nt d own
early into the first lap. At the end of lap one the
orde r was Winecke, Mercill, Sorenson, and Bill
Engstrom. By lap two , Gates had worked back
up to third and got by Mercill for second as he
stalled in a rutted comer. Merdll still remained
in thir d . Winecke had built a lead by the third of
five laps , but Gates was closing in. When the
white flag went out, Gates was within striki ng
MIC RO JR : 1. Ne il Ehrenbe rg ; 2. Lan ce Gasse ll; 3. Brett
Nagel; 4. Tr a vise Hachs: 5 . Tylor Jo hnson.
MICRO SR: 1. Kody Schant zen: 2. Steven Strnndlund ; 3.
JAon.kCraft; 4. Ryan Gatt'S; 5. Kyle Strandlun d .
P /W 1. Natha n Brou g hton; 2. Ted Meyer ; 3. Colin Butze; 4.
Jacob Scho lu; 5. Joseph Btresvold .
.
JR: 1. Ot'rt'k Osterberg; 2. Na than Brou ghton ; 3. Tedd y Maier ;
4. Adain Deal ; 5. Jacob Schohi r.
SR1: 1. Brandon B.utz; 2. Courtney Sampson: 3. C had John son ; 4. Den ni s Eck,<;trom; 5. Ryan Megaw.
SR2 ; 1. Jo ey Leeko: 2. Sa i n Va nde r he av c n ; 3. Brand o n
Theisen; 4, [ason Knoll; 5. Andrew Nailler .
YrH: 1. Den nis Ecks tro m ; 2. Mike Kann; 3. Brandon Butze; 4.
Courtney Sam pson; 5. Garret Mcl.augh lin.
16--24A: 1. G us Luoma; 2. N oel Kchanskk 3. Darren Chelin; 4.
Bill Tilford; 5. Chri s R.lSSt-'1.
16--24B: L Na te Ettes vold ; 2. Jamison Day; 3. Robb y Kendall;
4. Robert Evo lfson; 5. George Hodkinson .
16-24 C: 1. Mike Neg a. 2. James Naf te; 3. Ben. Hines; 4. Ben
Vancleve ; 5. Ron Frn lske .
25A+ +: 1. Bruce G.1tt'S; 2. C had Win ecke; 3. Chri.s Sen se; 4.
Bill Engstrom; 5. Ja y Mercill .
25B+: 1. Jero me H agen : 2. Mike Fo lt; 3. Dav id [en dro; 4. Ron
Heppn er: 5. Cory Ramsey.
25C +: 1. Rory Vesel; 2. Kevin Erickso n; 3. Jack Shil.1nick: 4.
Tim Cn.'ws; 5. Troy Bt.'I100n .
VET A : 1. Jeff So ren sen ; 2. Bill Engs trom; 3 . Stev e Krech ; 4.
C urtis Cohrs; 5. Jack Parenteau.
VET B; 1. Ron Hep pn er: 2. Tim Rood ; 3. Mar k Deal; 4. Brian
Baut'T 5. David Jen d ro .
;
VET C: L Cra ig Hin zm an ; 2. Dan Lacroix : 3. Richard Becker;
4. Da vid Koeni g; 5. Tim Han son .
SR 40+: 1. Bria n Ott o; 2. C raig Ru tsch ow , 3. jt'ff Famel, 4. Pa t
Day ; 5. Joh n v aneendenburg.
.
WMN: I. Shelly Kan n; 2. Kell y Lam son .
125 A: 1. Cory Keen ey; 2. Chris 8t'nse; 3. Cha d Bumgardner ;
4. Pat Read y; 5. Dusty McMillt'l1
125 B: 1. Mike Etees vold: 2. C had Spar k; 3. Jamison Day; 4.
Mike Kan n; 5. Rand y Ballemk y.
125 C 1: 1. Bryan Kremer , 2. Jeremy Lebeau: 3. Ben Vancleve ;
4. Tod d Doro ff; 5. Erik Kow alik .
125 C 2: 1. Kurt Hagen ; 2. Luk e Rich; 3. Kory Rud e; 4. Ca rl
Sch u bitzke; 5. G reg KId n.
125 C 3: 1. Brad McLlughlin; 2. Alan Hors t; 3. Do n Krut>gen;
4_Scott Janke; 5. Andy Schuno.
250 /0PEN A: L Co ry Keeney; 2. Lee Er ick s o n; 3. C hris
Benst>; 4. Na te Luoma; 5. Cha d Win ecke.
250 /0 PEN B: 1. Rick Sm ith ; 2. Josh u a Pathold t; 3. Bill y
Edmo nso n; 4. Chad Spa rks ; 5. Tim Rood .
250 C 1: 1. Mike Nagai; 2. Kevi n Erickso n; 3. Jaml~ Wh dn; 4.
Lon Hallock; 5. Tim Bjorn so n.
250 C 2: 1. Da vid Lawson; 2. Tra vis Nelson; 3. Andy Mt"ild; 4.
Ben Hin es; 5. Craig Blom gn.·n.
Shipley motors to Birch Creek
Motocross victory
By Jay and Sharon Hauser
DANVILLE, VA,MAY21
To say tha t Scott Shipley eas ily took three ove rall wins d urin g the sixth roun d of the U.s . Eastern Pro-Am motocross Spring Series woul d not
be entirely tru e.
But to say that the Ans wer / Andrews Motorspo rts / WD-40 / Ha m merhea d Graph ics Acerbis /Ceet /Bell / Sco tt USA-backed Sh ip ley is a
racer who wins with heart certainl y would be.
Ship ley had to battle every inch of the way
to take three class wins, and he did it by winning the motos that cou nted , mostly the second
motos. Shipley had to de al wit h poin ts leader
Rob McWhorter in the 250cc A Pro di vision and
pos ted a strong second in the ftrst moto, only to
come back and smoke mot o two for the overall.
Shi p ley has also crea ted ne w rivalry wit h
Bob Gerken in the Senior ranks . These two rid ers have go ne at it in all of the previous five
rounds of the series, and toda y was no d ifferent.
Gerken took the first moto win in 30+ A actio n
ove r Ship ley and fellow Dasco rid er lay Hau ser
only to have Shipley win moto two for anoth er
overa ll. Sh ip ley ha d no problem takin g bot h
mota wins in 25 + A action over Gerken an d
Goldsboro based William Finch .
Results
50 (f-.6): 1. David Garrett (Yam) ; 2. Dulitin Shi ver (KlM); 3.
Matt Pierron (Yam); 4. Da vid Ba rker, 5. Austin Cooper (Yam) .
50 (7-8) : 1. Tyler Sh umate' (Cob); 2. Randy l a nes (LEM ); 3.
Da vid Mitchell (KTM) ; 4. Buddy Bia gi (ICT
M); 5. le if Prillima n
(Yam).
no; 1. Isb a Wood (Ka w ); 2. St; 5. William Finch
( Hen).
250 8: 1. Lee Williatrnl (Kaw l; 2. Dustin Fyo ld (Suz); 3. Steven
Eegler (Ka w ): 4. Jaso n Rudolph (KllW); 5. Keith Newton (Yam).
250 C: 1. Kyle Richardson (Kaw); 2. Chris Baldwin (Kaw); 3.
Richard HoUt'T(Ha n); 4. Richa rd Fcidt (Kaw) ; 5. Mike Cary (Hon).
250 D: I . Michal'! Coats (Honj: 2. r aul Barber (Suz); 3. Roger
Willetts (Hon) ; 4. Billy Kidd (Kaw): 5. H ilton Hold ren (K.1w1. .
25+ A: 1. Seotl Shipley (Su7.1; 2. Sob Gerken (Hon); 3. William
Finch CHon); 4. Ja y Hauser (Suz ); 5. Brad Crouch (Yam) .
. 25+ B: Doug Neighbors (He n): 2. Jeff Hooks (Suz ); 3. Thomas
[enni ngs (Suz); 4. Robert Talbo tt (Yam) ; 5. Bruce Hu tchins (J<.:l w).
30+ A: 1. Scott Shipley (Suz ); 2. Bob Ge rken (Honl. 3. J.1Y
Hause r (Suz ); 4. Brad Crouch (Yam) ; 5. B.1rry Ca nrt (Kaw) .
30+ B: 1. Tim Wilef'SOn (Kaw); 2. David Hobson (Yam); 3.
Den ny Hil ton (Ho n); 4. Tim Mantooth (Ho n): 5. Jeff Hooks (Suz).
35 +: 1. Sonny Mitchell (Kaw); 2. Den ny Hilton IHon): 3.
David Bell (Ho n); 4. Pau l Mundt (Yam ); 5. Ronnie Mo ran (Yam) .
40+ ; I. Sonny Mitchell (Kaw ); 2. John Barker (Yam) ; 3. Don
FeUds (Suz); 4. Don Mea dor (Yam) .
U/L: 1. Myles Sca rano (Suz ); 2. Stoner Ros.'i (Kaw); 3. Rllgt'T
Ca rraco (Han); 4. Thomas Jennings (Suz ); 5. Jayn e Belonge (Ha n).
Major winner at
Marathon Challenge
By W.H. Spencer
SAN JOSE, CA. MAY 21
Bob Major was the big win ner in the Vet and
Senior class at round one of the Marathon Challenge held at the San lose Fairgrounds' 0.9-mile
scrambles trac k.
Dan Malfatti holesh ot the start on his CR250,
but only lasted up fron t for two la ps with Winter Series Cha m p Scott La rson takin g ove r for
the next two go-a round s. Major turned up the
wic k on his YZ250 and inse rte d himself in the
fron t side of the pack and pulled away hand ily,
estab lis hi ng a co m for tab le lead in the 33-la p
aff air a nd ho lding on for a first -p lace finis h.
Yamaha-mo unted Scott Larson finished in second, over Dan ny Malfa tti third . Steve Furtado
and Jerry Castillo rounded ou t the top five.
Super Senio r cha mp Ed d Haymond won the
older riders' class over Don Amos and his brother lerry Amos .
Results
RACE 1: 1. Paul Ung ars(Hon ); 2. Scott MerreU (Hon); 3. Mike
Roma n (Yam ); 4. Matt Bell (Yam ); 5. Bob Barosa (Yam).
RACE 2: L Jason Murrell (Yam ); 2. Jos h H.1yd en (Ya m); 3.
Brian Kinn ey (Yam); 4. Sunny TayuJor (Hon); 5. Dion Bell (SU7.).
RACE 3: 1. Bob Mdjor (Yam ); 2. Scott Larson (Ya m) 3. Danny
Malfatti (Ho n); 4. Ste ve Furtado (Ho n); 5. Jerry Castillo (Hn n). ---:
RACE 4: 1. David J<.:lppeleT (Kaw); 2. Scott Lesniak (Kaw); 3MikCarson (Hon): 4. Rob Da vis (Yam ); 5. Stt'P hen Son-'n CHon
).
RACE 5: 1. Da vid Duarte (H a n); 2. Dan ny Barbt"r (Hon ); 3Bob Ma jor (Yam ); 4. Ha wk Whit e (Ho n); 5. Jaso n Mutn-'II
