(Ka w ); 3 . Da vid Sullins (Ya m ); 4. Jt'ff Da st' (Suz ); 5:Sh a n e Fo x
(Kawl.
80 02-13): 1. Bryan M cG.avran (Ho n) ; 2. j onathan Sh ri m p
(Su.d; 3.Chri." Ragen (5u z); 4. Chris Hunsinger (S uz).
80 C14-1 6): 1. Danny Carl!
non, and Meyer. Walden put himself eve n further
down by being two minl' tc late to chc'Ck four.
'S
Ch ec k fiv e wa s at the fini s h, and rea lly
shook up the sta ndings as many rid ers believed
the mileag e to be in erro r. There was no conse nsus, how ev er, as to wh ich way the mileage was
off, as Shann on burned the check, an d Bertram
and Me yer were two m in u t ~s lat e. Ca rr and
Wald en had no such probl e m s as th ey both
ze r oe d the check to ma ke for a tight finish .
When the score cards were tallied, Carr's sing le
dropped point at check fo ur held up for the
overall win, fo llowed by th e twos of Bert ram,
Shannon, Meyer and Walden. All riders agr eed
that the novelty of rid ing at night and old-schooI
timekeeping made the Night Owl End uro abo ut
as m uch fun on a mot orcycle as someone could
have."
Results
SPTS MN A: 1. Dav e Bertram (2:02 POints) ; 2. Scott Me yer
(2:10); 3. Marty Wald l'n (2:22 ); 4. Edd i.. Dia z (6:04); S. Bob H olm es
(6:92).
VET A : 1. Bn -tt Eckert (4:70 ); 2_ j d f Pai nt er (5:45 ); 3 . Bill
Henry (5:130) 4. M.ltt C u llins (10:22): 5. O.tVC'Froman (10:122).
SR A: 1. Jeff CnlT (1:12> 2..Bo b Sh.1nnon (2:06); 3. BiD Dart (4);
;
4. Mar k Co n ra d HIl 5. Rick Becks tro m (1 n.
;
SPTSMN' B: 1. Pr'l:... Hi vel y; 2. ja son Gtorbi; 3. Dav id Broo ks;
t
4. Tim Stowe Jr.; 5. Fred Hdbt.-nich t.
VET B: 1. Oat ", McKl'nz ie; 2. R.1ddy Coons; 3. Jeff O lsm; 4.
N ick Wa rhol.
.
SR B: 1. Jami e W illian "'l; 2. JUt- Floy d; 3. Ra ym o nd Haney ; 4.
David Brya nt; 5. Dav e Bau ma nn .
SrTSM N C: 1. M ikt' Tolbert; 2. Pllil Co tto n; 3. Ron Edmi..ten ;
4. Dave Uels len; 5. Matt Pren ti...
VET C: 1. Pet e Eby; 2. (knis Concordt'!; 3. Richa rd Scott .
;
SR C: I. John SmymOll 2. J.1ck Sch re ibt'r ; 3. Ala n P1umbridge .
WMN : 1. Kelley Coons; 2. Muriel McKenzie; 3. Debbie Acra l"'di.
(0-161: 1, lan Shewma ker ; 2. Kt-vin Caw.. U r; 3 . Keith s..der .
e
Murdoch tops 5tarwest MX
By David A. Procida
60
MORENOVALLEY, CA,JUNE 3
Da rin Murdoch cla imed his share of the lim eligh t scorin g t he overa ll w in in th e seve n th
ro u nd of t he Starwest Truck / KTM giveaway
se ries . Murd och .terro ri zed th e e ig h t h-liter
beginners with a pa ir of great rides.
When the gate fell to start the first wave - the
125s - Richard Wickham pu t his Su zuki at the
front of the pack just edgi ng Murdoch and Casey
Newhouse . Jeff Maxwell ga ted midpack but was
on the gas and doubled his way into the top five
as he jumped over Johnny Beyer's Suzuki .
Up front , Murdock was closing on Wickham.
with Nathan Craig coming ou t of the shadows
to claim the number-three position . The running
order remained intact for the next few laps until
Murdoch emerged from the back section of the
tra ck having stormed into the lead whil e Wickham reappeared in third .
Murdo ch qu ickl y o p ened up t h e g ap
between himself a nd th e now seco n d- p lace
Craig by clearing th e grandsta nd triple jump,
and maintained th at cushi on to th e chec ke red .
Cra ig wa s su rp rised by a late-m ot e cha rge by
Wickham as the Suz u ki rider was determined to
make up for lost positi ons.
Wickham al mos t made th e pass wh en lappe rs became a n issue . The Suz uki rider moved
to the ou ts ide to ge t a run at the long d ouble
jum p, only to hav e a lappc-d rider cut across his
ramp pa th and foil his effort . After maki ng an
all-o ut a ttem p t to miss the backm arker , Wickham still dipped the rider and went down .
This gave Cra ig clear sailing to the chec kered
for seco nd place with Wickham remo unting and
fin is hi ng in th ird a hea d of Jeff Ma xw ell and
Justin Gutierrez, who ro unded out the top five
finish ers.
Moto two res u med whe re th e first on e left
off, wi th Murd och ou t fro n t a fte r grabbi ng a
clean holesh ot. Craig went from second to fourth
after going wid e in the horsesh oe and allowing
both Wickham im d Gu tierrez to slip by.
Wi ckham mana g ed to ke ep Murd o ch in
sight but this was as close as he was able to get
as Mu rdoch w e nt wire-to-wire for th e win.
Craig finished third a fter dicin g with Gutierrez
fo~ most of th e moto, while Maxwell filled ou t
the top five overall positions.
Results
Pt>eWee Track
STK A : 1. M ich."k Parker (KTM ); 2. OMtni... Howell (Yam) .
-!
STK B: I. Jam.'d Browne (KTM ); 2. Michaell.1PaiIia ( K'ThI ); 3.
Taylor
G ilmore (KTM); 4. j u."ltin Wo rluna n (Yam); 5. Sean Borkenhagt'n (yamJ.
BEG STK (4-6) DJV 1: 1. Qla.... Tokaa (Yam ); 2. Chris Aleksie;czy k (Yam); 3.
No.lh Ht"l"NI ndC'z.rv..m ); 4. Michael PC'fT)' (KIM); 4. Kam eron
Sco tt (KTM). •
BEG STK (4-6) DIV 2: 1. Bryt't' Ter :r.i n (K·TM); 2. Warren
a
Da~
0<1'M ); 3.
"Br
Brand.on Mill ion (K·TM) ; 4. B.J. Bohrt'T (KTM ); 4. Brys
Ku nt.z(Y am) .
BEG STK (4-6) RUN O FF: 1. Cha~ T.1k,1C5 2. Warren Ddvi t;
;
1II; 3.Chri. .
.
A lek.'ii l~:r.yk (Yam); 4. Br.ln d on Million; 5. Noah Hernand... .
z
BEG STK (7-8) : 1. Mich a el Ra ines {Yaml ; 2. Cody Jo hn!lOn
(KTM I; 3 . MiLll Ov erman (Yam) ; 4. Tt'1TI' ce Schoden (yam) ; 5.
n
Stewn Bl'\'Wi (Y;un) .
s
MOD BEG (4-8): 1. jd ELoop (Yam); 2. Chase Tak.ws (Yam ); 3.
Bry an Brim b.1U
(Ya m); 4. Stt'Vt'II Brewill (Yam); 5 . Noah Hernandez (Yam) .
MOD A: 1. Micha el Parb-r (Yam) .
MOD B: 1. Jared Browne ( K'TM) ; 2. M icha t"1 L.tPagi ia (KTM) ;
3 . ju.
~tin Workman
(Ya m ); 4. Sea n Burkenhagt'll (Ya m ).
STARTER (+6): 1. Bryian F1anerty (Yam ); 2. Da vid Hough
n...EM); 3. Andrew
Gonzalez (Yam) ; 4. Gabriel Ampa nm OCTM) 5. Joshua Ma in-;
t-enne(Yam).
Supt"I't'rO<'i8.Trac k
60 (6-8): 1'. Ool1.lld ChoIlar oc.w); 2. Ca rlos Gonu1ez (~w);
3. Bobby Woods (K,aw ); 4. Kyle Foltz (Kaw); 5. Cas Swift (Kaw).
60 (9-11): 1. Ca le Wallaa- (Kaw ); 2. Ointon Pierre (}(aw l; 3 .
Jason Mt'dina (Ka w) .
80 (0-11): 1. Daton fkoaven (Hon); 2. Robert 5eed § (Suz).
80 (12 -16) BEG: 1. Dlorek Linse y (Hl;m ); 2. Chris Andr ews
Butler blasts off at
Greenville Half Mile
By Bert Shepard
GREENEVILLE, OH, JUNE 17
"This is my kind of track - I love thi s place,"
exclaimed Dan Butlerafter taming the half-mile
oval at th e Darke County Fai rgrounds for th e
750cc win, his first of the 1995 racing season.
The victory bro ught Butler int o a third-place
tie with his TCR Racing teammate Kevin Atherton in the Eastern Region po ints standings. Scott
Stu m p p ut in a flawless rid e to d ominate the
600cc Expert d iv is io n. Th e Pro- Am di vi si on
events went to r aul Lynch and Tomm y Hayden
in the 250 and 600cc classes, respecti vely.
In the 750cc main even t, David Ra ybu rn
se lect ed the outside pole. Wi th one lap in the
record book, Butler had the point with Steve
Beattie, Donnie Estep and Rayburn in his wak e.
Est ep a nd Rayburn argued over th ird while
Beattie tried to close on Butler.
"I bu sted my ass in practice and was kinda
so re ," sai d Beattie . "Secon d place wa s goo d
enoug h."
Kevin Atherton, Bob Knapp and Jeff Eklund
traded fifth-pla ce back and forth. With the front
four posi tions see mi ng secu re at the halfway
point, Butle r br ought h is Benson Ford /C u mmings H-D/Silkolene /MSR/Cafe Max/M & Dbacke d XR d own to th e groove for th e win .
Athe rto n, Knapp and Eklun d had not yet come
to any ag reement on fifth, but every'o ne held
their positions to the checkers.
The 600cc Expe rt race belonged to Stum p.
"W e d id n ot cha nge a t h ing all n ight,"
Stump said . "The Honda just wouldn't spin the
tire like the Rotaxes ."
What apf'&1red to be easy for Stump was more
" e
difficult for the remainder of the field. Brett Be}' r,
Georgie Price, Roger Durkee and Gary Stogsdill
battled each other and the tricky pea gravel for the
pla ce a nd sh ow spots . The qua rtet circulated ,
using the en tire half mile. With the white flag out ,
Durkee finally moved to the bottom and passed
both Stogsdill and Price to end up second .
Results
150 E.."<: 1. Dan Bu tlt'r (H-OI; 2. Steve Beatt ie (H- D); 3. Do nn ie
EsIl.'P (H -D) ; 4. Dave &.lyburn (H- D); 5. Kevin Ath erton (l·f-D) .
600 EX; 1. Sco tt Stu mp (H llO); 2. Ro gt' r Du r k~'(' (W -R); 3 .
Cot'Orgit" Pri a!' (H -D l; 4. Gary Slog!>dill (Rtx); 5. 8 ret Beyer (RaJ.
600 PRO-AM: 1. Tommy H ay d en CW
-R); 2. Ryan Brown (Rtx);
3. Rob Will ia ms (W- R): 4_ Ja son SenteU (Rb:); 5, To mmy Ht'ns lt'1"
(H onl.
.
250 PRO- AM : 1. r aul Lynch (Hon); 2. Scott Shinn (Ho n); 3 .
Garth Bastia n (H on ); 4 . Pat Towit.'r (Hon); 5. Phil Palm er (Hon).
Anders Lays out Lake
Whitney Cross Country
By Darry l Smith
WHITNEY,TX, MAY21
Tracy An d e rs promoted rou.nd seven of th e
TCCR A at the Lake Whitney cycle ra nch , and
like his even t last year, laid out his class . The AA
Expert Anders ma rked u p a 9.5-mile cou rse,
working overtime to give the rider s some virgin
trails, and the n went out a nd showed them the
fastest way aro und it.
As the AA ~xperts left the line, Ande rs wa s
mired mid pack. David Cu lpepper took the poi nt
on his WR25O, followed by Mike Abbott, David
Gamer, Erik Nieben and Darryl Smith. Garner
fell on the worst rocky downhill at Whi tney giving up several pl aces. Cu lpep pe r managed to
hol d Abbott off for a half-lap, w hile An ders
moved up a nd passed Smith an d then Nie lsen
just before the ch ec kp oi n t. Abbott open ed a
sma ll lead over Anders an d Nielsen while Smith
took two laps to get past Culpepper.
Bad luck se t in halfwa y through th e race.
Abbo tt thou ght his rea r hub was coming a part,
but fou nd ou t it wa s a loose axle nu t, caus ing his
snail adjusters to back out. And ers too k adva n
tage of his bad luck to glad ly take the lead , sti ll
chased by Nielsen. A lap later Culpepper bro ke
his chain while in fourth, ending his day .
Garner worked up from his first -lap crash
and pa ssed Smith for third on th e motocross
track aft er ge tting the white flag . Meanwhil
Abbo tt re-entered the race and put on a charge,
elbowing his way past Smith on a rocky sweepe
and shortly thereafter jammed past Gamer.
The fini shin g positions were se t with
And er s, Nielsen and Abbott, but Ga rn er lo st
concentration and ran over a hill a few hu ndred
yards from the checkers, giving fourth to Smith.
Results
AA EX: I. Tracy Anders O; 2. Todd Ky.;er (K.1 w ); 3. Otm·
ore O uck (Yam); 4. Vernon Da vidson (Suz> ; 5. Sean Smi th (Hon).
200 EX: 1. joe 8U1 Pyle (Kaw); 2. B. rry Stanley (Kawl ; 3. Tim
1
G illis (Kaw); 4. Lana- Crawfo rd (I-Ion); 5. Sam Baker (Kaw) .
125 EX: 1. Brian Barnt'li (Yam); 2. Corey Pra tt (Hor'l); 3. Shd nnon
Butle (}-lon): 4. Bo Baker (HlIn ); 5, Phili p Reiter (Yam>.
r
0-30 EX. 1. Greg Edgmon (H o n ); 2. Dana Wrig ht (Yam); 3
:
Robe rt C.d l~ (K.aw); 4. Joey Ha rd in (}(aw) ; 5. Rkk BlasingalTk'
(Sux).
0-38 E.."<: 1. Frank Shacklee (Yam ); 2. Joe Smi th (KlM); 3. Milct'
Ha ynes (Suz); 4. Nl'il Blackburn(Ka w);5. H owa rd Butk-r(Suz).
0-45 EX: 1. Mike Eads (K.aw); 2. Gt-ne Pann en ( Hon); 3. Loyd
Morgan (Yam) ; 4. Pl'n')' Nettles (Y am); 5. Fred dk- Dt. amean (Yam) .
;
0-50 EX: 1. Bill f1t>min (Suz ); 2. Dwigh t l..edtherw
g
ood OIon ); 3
H.u.enSmith (Hon); 4.l..any Perry (Yam) ; 5. Dave Bumap ; 2. Ricky Lambert .
045 INT: 1. 111II Ansti~ CSuz); 2. David. Ste'Vt'J\lo; (Kawl ; 3. Don
Ca nnon (Kaw); 4. John Miera (Kaw ); 5. Larry Dod son (H on ).
OPEN A M: I. Jim johnson (KThf); 2. Terry Wilson (Kl'M); 3.
Floyd AUt')' (JrSnow (Kaw) ; 4. 0.11'1"1\ Rogen (Yam ); 5. Cody Bob Dean (K.1w).
f}-30 AM: 1. Gregg Royar (Yam) ; 2. Gary Aowt'n (Ynm);3, Roy
ThICM't (i("l W);4. Pau l Harns (Hlln); 5. Ace Bu rt (Hon l.
0-38 AM : 1. Gilonn Bar.1jlb (H a n ); ~ Richard RiW (Yaml ; 3
Marty 5.111
dcJ'S (lGlw); 4. Ed die Kinder (H~ln); 5. Greg Whi tt" tSuz,.
0-45AM: 1. Jim Lowrimore (Kaw); 2. Sam G rubb (Kl'M); 3. Ea.rl
Walk er (Suz); 4. john WL"!it (H on ); 5. john Pl'I'h.lR (}(awl .
f}-SO AM: L Da le Little (K.1w); 2, M.1x Bran d (}(aw); 3. Richa rd
Kull (fmy Wt't'¥.s (Kaw); 5 . Ch ris Abbott
(Yam).
i
MINI AM: 1. Brandon Wa lton (Kaw); 2. Nath.m Ead5 ()(aw); 3
8t'n Jorns (Kaw ): 4. Mark Traweek (Ya m); 5. Luk e john" (SU7J .
100 EX:1. Mdlt Grubb
