Recre at ion Par k left Bronk th e slay ee when
Neinfe ld t slashed Bronk's time an d took th e
class wi n as w ell as th e Da v id VanAlstine
Memorial tro phy for fastest tim e of the da y.
Yamaha -mo u nted Bronk sa t comforta bly in
first place after the first rou nd with his fast time
of 6.506 seco n d s . Ne infeld t u ni ntentio na lly
wh eelied most of the wa y up the hill on his first
try and was way back with a 7.898. Neinfeldt
came back in the second round with an amazing
6.479 for the win a nd go t a sta nd ing ova tio n
from the crowd . Bronk settled for second , Todd
G pala was thir d .
Hond a riders too k the top seven places in
the tough SOOcc class, led by 500cc class Nationa l
nu mber-one Mike Wood . Th e cha m p and his
CRSOO went over the 300·foot, tw o-jum p hill in
only 6.521 seconds for the win . A pair of brothers , Cha d a nd Joel Feld e, finis hed seco nd a nd
thir d at 6.910 and 7.014. In the 80 Ope n, a class
for the day's 10 fastest rid ers , Wood slam med
the competi tion again , going over the top in jus t
6.529 second s.
.
In 250cc class action, Rick Parm eter held the
lead in the first half at 7.511, followed by an eyeblink a t 7.515 by Mel Pion tek. Pa rme ter an d
Pion tek got a boo t in the p an ts in the seco nd
round when Rand y Matala s clocked a fast 7.296
for the win . Jeff Piontek finished second at 7.344
and JOelFaide third. Parme ter a nd Piontek were
knocked to fifth and sixth, respecti vely.
An th ony DeH a rt a n d his da d made t h e
se ven hour trip from N iles , Mich iga n, worthwh ile as DeH a rt an d h is 80cc Kawasaki w ent
ove r th e top in 10.731 sec o nds fo r the Mini
Senior class victory.
Results
MINI JR: t. Jacob Wingo (Yam); 2 JaflCln Prebe (Ho n); 3. Jl"S8i·
ca Prebe (Han): 4. Mark Loomis (Yam); 5. Nat ha n Red m a nn
( KTM) .
Perolio slam dunks
at Starwest Motocross
By Tony Alessi
PERRIS, CA, JUNE 4
It was nothing less than a slam dunk for Team
Green speedster Shaun Perol io at the second of
three NMA Ponca G ty Qualifiers at the Starwes t
supercross track, with Perolio stormin g to an awesome six-moto sweep of the 125 Modified Pro , 250
Stock Pro and 250ccModified Pro classes.
Perolio looked like he was riding a practice
session as he effortlessly left the pa ck in ea ch
and every mo to he raced and will no do ubt be a
fact or as on e of th e to p talents a t this ye a r' s
Gra nd Nationa l Cha m p ionsh ips in Okla ho ma
less than eight weeks away.
Oscar Valde z co nti nu ed to im p ress in th e
125cc Novice class by tu rning lap times within
tw o seconds of the fastest intermediates on the
track. Valdez breezed to a doub le moto sweep of
the 125cc Stock Novice class over Jason Coleman,
Greg Halv erso n, Jeremy Young and Travis Smith.
A recor d 40 Pee Wee racers were in att end ance, all trying to finis h ins ide the top 12 and
receive a transfer to the GNCs .
Mike Alessi hand led the 50cc 4-6 class in his
last year in the class by posting two moto wins
in fro n t of Las Vegas-base d Ta ylo r Golmo re,
Mike LaPaglia, Jeff Alessi and Ta te Misia szck ,
all of whom were ridin g KlMs.
Chris Nihan , who rod e one of the few Yamaha s left in the Pee Wee, too k victo ries in both
S to~ k a nd Mod ifi ed 7-8 classes . N ih an used
smooth a nd cons isten t rid ing en rout e to his
win , in the pr ocess topping up-and-comer Jarr ed
Brown, arid Micha el Parker in the Stock class
and Brown and Mike LaPaglia in the Modified
class .
Results
P!W «().6): 1. Mik e A1eIsI (Kl"M ); 2. Taylo r Gi lmore (JanVan Rlpet"(Kaw): 2. Andy Ha rringt on
(Kaw ); 3. Ja~ Smit h rKing (Suz); 4. Dus tin Nelson.
250 MO D NOV : 1. Kt'ny Te rrncdano CKaw); 2. Brya n lambo rn (Ho n); 3. Rkk Chak (Yam ); 4. Colt' Townsend (Ha n).
250 MOD INT: 1. Greg Ym mey (Yam) .
2$0 MO D PRO I. Shawn Pe roli o (Ka w); 2. Jason Partridge
(Stu); 3. Ty ler King (5uz); 4. Du stin N...son (Kaw) .
l
25+ NON PRO : 1. Kevi n Town!lelld (};o n); 2. Ju.'lttn G utll'rrez
(Yam) ; 3. Stl"Ve'I1 Fox (Kawl .
30+ NON PRO t . Gary Year-dey (Yam ); 2. Chri8 Swift (Han);
J . Gary Yeanley (Yam); 4. Chuck Manhard (Yam); 5. PeM Tt'TTaedano(Ka w).
(KTM) .
P/ W MOD: 1. Chris Nihan; 2. JalT't'd Brown (J Bro nk (Yam) ; 3.
Ch uck Nrinfeldl (H -D): 4. Tod d Opal. CH- ); 5. Joel Felde (Ho n).
O
FAST TIME: 1. Ch uck Neinffldt (H-D).
Wright on at Glen Helen MX
By Robert Van Damme
SAN 8ERNARDINO,CA,JUNE 4
Paul Wright used cons istent rides in both motos
to take the overall win in the 250cc Novice d ivi. sion at the first round of the Yamaha Motocross
Dealer Series at Glen Helen Raceway. Over 300
riders were on hand to battle for their favorite
Sou thern California Yamaha d ealer.
The gate dropped for the first moto and after
so me jostling it was Vince Pu ff wi th the lead,
fo llo wed by Jon Le v e y , Ti m Bar ke r , Mat t
Polosk y a nd Stan Rasmusse n. Wri gh t go t an
eigh th-place start bu t befo re the com pletion of
lap one he had moved into sixth.
On th e second la p, Polosk y got by Ba rker
an d took ove r th ird pl ace, w hil e Rasm u ssen
bobbled commg into the infield section allowing
Wright to take over fifth place.
At the front of the pack Levey was putti ng a
lot of pressure on Puff but the leader managed
to hold Levey off, while behind them Wr ight
used the outside line going up the big hill and
ou td riving Barker up the slope.
Wr ig ht t r ied th e sa me o u tsi de li n e o n
Polosky, but Polosky shu t the doo r on him and
they bu mped. Eve ntua lly, Wr ight managed a
pass on Polosky to take over third place.
A tirin g Le vey wa s th e ne xt casu alty on
Wright's assaul t to the front as Wright was the
only front-runner to do the d oub le jump.
Ju st as th e wh ite fla g was to be dropped
Wrig ht stalled his motor but fired up his bike
with ou t losing a position. At the finish line Puff
was firs t, followed by Wright, Levey , Polosky
and Barker.
Lev ey pulled the hol eshot in th e sec ond
moto with Polosky, Josh Wray, Wright and Greg
Coy in tow, but it wasn't long befo re Wright
went by Wray for third place.
Polosky was on the move and took the lead
spo t from Levey, then Barker moved by Coy and
Wra y befor e the end of la p three, ultimately
secu ring a fourth- place finish.
As the race wound down, Anaheim Yama haspons ored Wri ght took ove r the seco nd spot
fro m Lev ey coming ou t th e canyon section.
Polosky held on for the win with the overall
w i n n e r Wr ight ta ki ng se co n d fo ll owe d b y
Levey, Barker, Bullfro g New com er and Zapata.
Results
P/W BEG: 1. Brys Kun tz (Yam); 2. Bucky Oarke CKTM) J.
:
Cha:r. Dit'f;("1 (Yam) : 4. An lhony Sana bria (Yam) 5. Davi d Cro ug h
(Yam).
P/W (7-8) : 1. Andrew NMOn (Yam); 2. Dem ten lopez (Yam);
J. Jus tin Wor kma n (Yam); 4. And rew Yarnell (Ya m); 5. Ricky
Jo hn. ;Otl (Yam) .
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60 (0-8>:1. Tommy Cochran (Kaw); 2. Ja red Minor (Kaw).
60 (9--11): 1. Nic k Wells (Kaw ); 2.. Scott Simon (Kaw); 3. Chris
Tho rp (}(aw); 4. Ada m Benav ides (Kaw) .
80 (9--t 1) : 1. RoM Carda (Yam) : 2. Jaso n Ciarletta (Suz): 3. David
Mcfarland (Hon) ; 4. Nick Alva lYZ(Hon); 5. 5cDttSimon (Suz).
80 BEG: 1. justi n Ra..o;h (Yam): 2. MiJu.o Go uld (Yaw; 3. David
Sullins (Yam):.4. Adam Bouck (Y.m): 5. Bl1Indon StaddeU.
80 NO V/ INT: 1. Ito PQl;Ca (Yam ); 2. Dusty Wa lters (Yam); 3.
Dill'}' Gould (Ya~): 4. Le Reed(Yam) .
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100: 1. Tim Lang don (Kaw ).
125 BEG: 1. Nt'f'tti Dummar (Ho n); 2. Nicho la!';Waters (5oz);
3. Eric Hanks (y.. m); 4. Jay Schreffle r (Yam) ; 5. Albert Mendes
(Yom).
125 NO V: 1. Mike Todd (Yam).
125 AM / EXP: 1. Kenn y MilIl'f' (Suz) ; 2. John ny NiroU (I·lon );
3. Jay G rimm (Suz ): 4. Ja!iOf\ Padilla (Suz); 5. Billy Nico U(Yam) .
250 A BEG: 1. Travis Bellah (Ya m) ; 2. Cameron Mon efeldt
(Suz ); 3. Robe rt Bateson (Yam); 4. C h ris 1..fombro (H on ); 5. Erni e
Sanche:>z (Yam) .
250 NOV : 1. POIlu! Wright (Yam ); 2. Matt Pclcsky (Yam); 3. Jon
Levey (Yam) ; 4. Tun Barker (Hon).
250 tNT: 1. Ian Fitz -Gibbo ns (}(aw); 2. Eddie Legliu (Suz); 3.
jason r .dilla (Su z ). 250 PRO: 1. T y Kady (Suz) ; 2. Tim Sha rp
(}(a w ); 3. JeffFin", (Yam); 4. Matt Ha ms (He n).
OPEN BEG: 1. Carina Chinen (Kaw): 2. Tommy Leon", (Hon );
3. John Messer (Hon) : 4. Myron Whi te (K1M).
OPEN 1m: t . Kenny Miller (Suz) ; 2. Bobert Maxwell (Hen ):
3. Matt Po los k y (Yam); 4. Jon Levey (Yam); 5. Mik.. Wiz me r
(Yam) .
VET BEG: I. Dan Fa rrar (Suz); 2. John Gri!ll' (}(a w); 3. Isaac
Lopez C
Hon): 4. Val Fuk un aga (H on); 5. Ma rk Dewberry (Kaw) .
VET NOV: 1. Rob ert Ba ng (Ya m ); 2. Jimm y Matiasevich
(Kaw); 3. Paul VogelSolng (Ya m); 4. Sam Rami.rt-z (Yam ); 5. Bill
Reime!' (Yolm)
.
VET AM / EX: 1. Willy Musgrave (Hon); 2. Eric James CHon);
3. BobbyMaxwell (Ha n); 4. Mike Wizmer (Yam) : 5. David &lml,.'!1
(Ha n).
SR NOV : 1. Pete Stan ton (Yam) .
SR AM /EX : J. Joh n A twood (Yam); 2.. Ron Gib!ton CHon); 3.
Randy Le5Il."J'; 4. Bill Sch ultz (Yam) : 5. Monte Let-(Yam).
Leath lethal at Lampasas MX
By Kat Spann
lAMPASAS,TX,MAY27
Team Green / Grapevine Kawasaki / MSR backed
Ca leb Lea th mad e his firs t vis it to Lampasas
River Motocross a mem orable one, claiming perfect moto sco res in the 12See Open thr ough 16
Non Pro class during round tw o of the qualifiers
for the 1995 NMA Ponca G ty Nationals.
Leat h holesh ot th e first moto of the 125cc
Open class on his Team Green /GVK /MSRbacked mach in e a nd held a pi ck-me-up pa ce
from start to finish wit h Shane Shimaburku ro in
the number-two spo t as he defended his hometrack advantage. P.J. Ha tton followed in third,
while Seott Perkins and Jeremiah Moore rounded out the top five.
Moto two saw Hatt on out front off the start,
but Leath ran at the head of the class by the end
of lap o ne. Mo ore moved up a p os ition and
chased Leath in seco nd , while Ha tton finished
third. Per kins an d Shi mabu rkuro roun ded out
the top five. Leath's I-I awarded him first overall while Hatton 's consistent 3-3 ga ve him second and Moore's 5-2 tally collected third in the
trophy line for him . Shima burkuro and Perkins
finis hed fou rth a nd fifth overall, respecti vely.
Leat h continued his win streak into the 125ce
Stock In termediate, but th en battled head to
head with Kevin Gravett in the 125ce Mod Intermed ia te a nd fini shed second overall. Grav ett
also took top honors in the 250cc Mod intermed iate, while Jay Grim m finished first in the 250cc
Stock Interm ediate.
Results
P/W MO D srK: 1. Andrea Holbert (yam): 2. Lucas Tmtt.'r
(KThf); 3. A\L
"l:tn Miller (Y3m); 4. Rowdy RoMs (Yam): 5. Charles
Porter Jr. (KTM).
P / W MO D: 1. Ryan G ra nt o m (LEM ); 2. Andrea Ho lbe il
CLEM); J . Ad'l m Reson (yam): 4. Quinn Hartis (Yam) .
60 STK (6-8): Chris Rt-snick (Kaw); 2. Quinn Han is (!Caw); J .
Ryan Grantom (Kaw).
!l() 5TK (9-11): 1. Cha se Rt'l- I (Kaw); 2. H unter Elliott (K.1w
'C
);
3. Billy Pen an (Ka w); 4. JOl\dthan Ke rr CJ(aw); 5. Charlie 5mith
(Kaw).
60 MO D (6-t 1): 1. Charlie Smith (Kaw ); 2. LG. Tretter (1(aw): 3.
Jonathan Kerr (l(.aw) ; 4. Chaw Reed (Kaw ); 5.Owe Sim
p.oon (!Ca
w).
80 BEG 12-t6 : t . Darin Stubbs (Hoo); 2. justin Smith (Kaw); 3.
, Zant' G reen (!Caw); 4. jonathan Loga n (Kaw) .
0-11): t . Cha8e Rt.>ed (Kaw): 2. M.ltt Hunt l'f' (!Ca 3.
w):
80 5TK C
James Mars ha ll (Ka w) : 4. Oen1-k Gerd~ (Kaw); 5. Charlil" Smith
(lCaw).
80 MOD (o-l t ): 1. IJrerek Gn-des (Kaw); 2.~Reed (Kaw);
3. Ja mes ~ rsh.ill (Kaw ); 4. Matt Hunter (l(aw); 5. Lynn Nic~n
Jr. (Hon ).
80 STK (t2· 13): 1. Jo hnny Mari ey (Yam); 2. Beau Boynto n
(Ka w); 3. Du sty Fou nta in (Kaw ); 4. Adam Mmnmga (Kaw ); 5.
Br'ildley Barham (Kaw ).
80 MOD (12·13): 1. Johnny Marl ey (Yam>; 2.. Adam. Mennenga (Kaw); J . John Geo rg e. Jr. (Yam ); 4. Scotty Trimble (Suz) ; 5.
Bradl ey Barham (!Caw).
80 STK (14-16): 1. Tra vis Elliott (Kaw); 2. Ryan Petty (Ya m); 3.
Bryan Picdrelll oc.w); 4. Ry.n WallaoP QC.aw).
