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I·E E TS·· VN Vl'\iT AM 1. David Kick; 2. Geo~ Adams: 3. John MDllOn.; 4. Dutch H.tD 5. Jeff Gibbons. y; V1ST 11\.,. 1. Joh n Dos kocil ; 2. Do nnie Ollvu; 3. R. nd y ; A Brown; 4. Duid AlWd; S. Ricky Pid.ering. VL'\iTMSTR:1. Scott W e-gner. GP AM J. Billy Don Co)(~ 2.. David Coll:~; 3. Tom unolol,; 4. J tTYNe~ 5. Jeff GibboN. G P nNT: 1. Ton y Poo r; 2. Da nny Bamber; 3. Ron Short; 4. David AILud; 5. John McGill . GP MSTR: 1. Scott Smil.-y; 2. Scott w egeer . O rEN: 1. OoJuue. OIiVft'; 2. Scott Wt>gnn'; 3. Kyw Dodrill. e- Kawatatops 80s at Spring Valley Motocross By Terry a nd Ch ristie Fleming Q.YDE, TX NOY. 26 . Kim Ashkenaz i (left) scored the 125cc P ro win and Hea th Voss (r ig ht) the 250cc Pro v ictory at Starwest Supercross Park. M,dnTrack 1. Micha el laPaglia (KTM); 2. 01_ T.lr..tcs (KTM ); 50 (4-6): 3. Chad GoR"!! (KTM); 4. [ascn Griffin (KTMl; S. Brand o n Million (KTh l) . 50 (7-8): 1. Gerald Rodriguez (KTM); 2. Jarred Brown (JaM). 60 (6-8): Mikr Aless i (Ka w),; 2. JL'ff Alessi (1(. w) ; 3. Jctf Loop (Ka w); 4. JalTl."d Browne (](a w); S. Rafael Chso (Kaw ). Results Frid&y 50: t. Q\,)d Uh ler; 2. John Davis; 3 . Megan Hom; 4. FrankHo Lockp; 5. o"riA Sh.nk. 55: 1. Jami M . 2. )AltOn Lawrence; 3. Brian Philli ps 4. Ryan Homdenon 5. Chad hwnnoc k. 80: 1. Jacob Jo hrulon; 2. Co~ Hermes, 3. Quois Kl inefel~r; 4. Nick U pir;t; 5. D.m G ui lllf'J'pt'. 250 PRO: 1. Scott Sa un d rrs; 2. Pa u l C ru mling; 3. Dilvid Rft".'n; 4. WarTPn Oinn; 5. ra ul Lynch. 125: 1. Shawn Rot hstein; 2. Chuck Bucharum; 3. Gt-orgec.val'YUgh; 4. Rrod y Mllkor; 5. o.u. Verzi. 1". Luty SWfftm; 2. Todd Stith; 3. T,aylor WJu~; 4. Dillon uva; s.John Kitzmillft. 360: 1. Motrir. Burkholdn ; 2. H.rold B ~ 3. ~ Bull; 4. Tony P. rris; S. PftT)' Philli ps. ::so: 600 PRO: 1. GNrgie Pri ce; 2. Wa rr en Diem; 3. Mich. ,,1 Van-; 4. Pilul Lyncn; S. Phil Libtwt. 5.0""""1 ~ 1. Ch .d Uhlu; 2. Fr. nkie Locke; 3. Megan Ho m ; 4. Mi dwel Pw; 5. o.risSlwnk. 55: 1. JillIOn u w ~; 2. Brian Phillips; 3. JarN ~1 ees ; 4. Nicholb Hntde~ 5. Mikr Brown. 80: 1. J .K'Ob ' ohnAOJ'l; 2. Corry H ol'1N'!l; 3. Otris KJinefto 4. lk"t; David Farbm.ln; 5 . Robert McFadd en. 2SO PRO 1. Grorgil" Pri~; 2. Micha el Vames; 3. Scott Saun· 80 (0-11): 1. Da ni~1 Ta ft (SUZI: 2. Br. nd on Stad d.m (Suz ). 80 BEG ( U- 16): 1. Ge-off Robinson (SUZ) 2. Ch n" Pau lsen ; (Ho n) ; 3. Eri c Willis CV.m ); 4. Dilvi d Ca n non (Yam) ; S. C r.ig RM. ut (Hon). 8004-16): 1. Danny CarI!lOf\ C Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Miguel Andf'l"llOt\ (Yam); 2. Jd f Ceoper (Yam ). 125 NOV : 1. Jus tin Gutit'T'ttt (Han); 2. Nathan A f1ch('f (Hon ); 3. Corey Clayton ( Han ); 4. Todd Clayton ( Ho n); 5. D l n n y Milor,;avlie'V (Hon }. f' 125 INT: 1. Stev m PArks (Suz); 2. Daron AtkiN (yam) . 12.5 PRO: 1. Kim Ashkrna.zj (Suz); 2. Heath Vou (Ho n ); 3. And ~ Sell (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Sean Gordon (Hon ). 2SO NOV : 1. Gr an t S1t"t"I~ (Hon); 2. Stanton Bamit (Hon); 3. jce Rnnpp (Hon ); 4. 0Mrm Pilling (Hon). ~ l1'I.'T; 1. Tun Doyle (Hon ). 2SOPRO 1. Hea th Ve- (Hon); 2. Ed IUdtNN'l (Han). 25+ BEG: 1. J~ rmai n~ Ca lh a n (Han ); 2. Anthony YounS (K. w). 30+ BEC: 1. Tom &!oil (Han); 2. Elm" SlUm. (Yam ); 3. Je ff F"""(Han~ 30+ NOV: 1. Scott Scarbrough (Hon); 2. Jnry5ec=aLeT (Kaw).. 40+ NOV: 1. JMk Biery (Yam); 2. JoJdje Longton (Yam).. den ; ". r aul ~g; 5. ~ M ohl er. 125: 1. Slwwn RotM retn; 2. Don MuIlL 3. Brody MiD~r; 4. 'n; . Dan iel Verri; S. eNd Gochenour. 250: 1. Thorn.. Majeki; 2. Taylor White; 3. Lany Swedt'n,; 4. Dillon Cava ; .5 Gary C1.uk. . 360; 1. Ha rold B~.m; 2. Mark Burkholder: 3. Tony Purls.; 4. Davi d l..trtgrehr; 5. Robm H ale. 600 PRQ 1. W. rrft1 Diem; 2. Michael Varnes; 3. Paul Lvneh: 4. Phil Libhart; S. Krith J oICOb!wn. • Voss victorious at Starwest MX By Tony Aless i MORENO YALLEY, CA, DEC. 9 Recently crowned Ama teu r Natio nal Champion Heath Voss mad£' the trek from Minnesota to California for a three-month race vacati on and was victorious in his first stop at Starwest Super· cross Park. winning the 250cc Pro class and finish ing a respectable second behind multi-time Australian National Champion Kim Ashk enazi in the 125cc Pro di vision . Voss had no trouble outdist ancing all the 250cc competitors during both outings and even had time for an unplanned get-<>ff over one of the many su pe rcross ob stacles which lin e the race course. "I wa s able to escape from the blizzard back h om e,· Voss said. "Wh en I left, it was like 17 below zero." Voss, who will be training for the upcoming superaoss season in Arizona at the home of former factory mechanic Tom Morgan, says that he plans on racing locally in California and racing select supercross rounds while on vacation. Though Voss was the fastest of the 250cc racers, he was not even close to matching the speed of Australian supercross champ Kim Ashkenazi, who relocated to the city of Perris only 10 da ys before todays race. Ashkenazi annihilated the ra nks with two h an d s-d ow n, ru nawa y rides, topping Voss, Andrew Bell, Parks a nd Daron At kins in thc overall standings. Re s ult s p~~ W"' T ra(k STRTR (4-6 ): 1. Cd ry Miller (Yam); 2. Jam es Ackel (Yam ); 3. Scarbrough (Yam); 4. 1 4r~tt Loop (Yam); S. Parker Eckm.t n (Yam ). (4-6 ) STK BEG: 1. Bruet' Rutherford (KTM); 2. Mib Mt'ad~ (KTM ); 3. Tom my T ra rba uKh (KTM); 4. Phill iR,Aubc (KTht); S. Jona than M<:Cuthy (Yam). . sn: BEG (7-8 ): 1. Da vid Hou g h (LEM) ; 2. Cody Bradb u ry (KTM ); 3. Ow: Diftot'l (LEM ); 4. Ger ald Rod riguez Jr. (KTht ); 5. Ma tt Vev;. (YoUTI). STX A: 1. Mich.w l UP.gILa( ~). STK B: 1. Bran don Miltim (K1'M); 2. Cha.w Tabes (lCTM); 3. Juon Gri ffin (lCTM);:4. B.J. Bohrn (KTM); 5. lCamt'ronSa:rtt (KThf). BEG MO D (4· 6 ): 1. Mi lo.f' Mf'. d .. ( KT M); 2. l o n a t h a n McCarthy (yam); 3. Ja.'lOn Endo (KT'M); ". Edd.i~ WoodMd (KTM). MOD A: 1. Mirnaf'1LaPa sJ ia (KTM). MOD B: 1. Brandon Mill ion (KTM); 2. Juan Griffin (KTM ); 3. K.unnon Srott (KTM ); 4. eNd Gores (K1'M}. Ty l~'r 4 By Terry and Christie Fle m ing Q.YDE, IX, NOY .19 The Texas Vintage Racing Club mad e the second of its two annual appearances at Sp ring Valley Racewa y, drawing over 40 riders . The TVRC races on the motorcycles of yesteryear, placing 1975 or old er bikes in the Vintage class and 1981 or older bikes (witho u t di sc brakes or liquid cooling) in the GP class . Each class is divided u p into sections for all ages and skill levels. Ju s t beca u se y o u ' re racin g on a vintage motorcycle doesn' t mean you have to be old , too . Fou rtee n-year-old Billy Don Coxsey current ly holds first place in the TVRe GP Amateur poi nts race, so it was no surprise that he took the overall win in the class at Spring Valley. Billy s dad. David Coxsey , took the opening· mot o hol eshot, bu t by th e. time they reached john..,n's comer (so nam ed after fonner Super cross champ Rick johnson), the younger Coxsey had found his wav around his d ad . As the race progressed, Billy Coxsey built up a full IS-second lead over second-placed David Coxsey and jerry Nelson, who ran third for most of the moto before being displaced. by Tom Castan ola. That 's how they finished in moto one. Moto hvo was nearly an instant replay. This time Billy took the early lead and then checked ou t to lock up the overall victory . David Coxsey wa s second ove ra ll, Castan o la th ird , Ne lso n fou rth. and jeff Gibbons was fifth. The Vin tage Intermediat es put on a good sh o w with john Doskoci l a nd Ran d y Brown swa p ping the lead sev eral tim es in mot a on e. Doskocil took the ho leshot followed by Brown. David Allard and Donnie Oli ver. Brown took the lead over the first set of doubles bu t gave it right back in johnson's comer . The two battled throughou t the race wi th Dosk oci l tak ing the first-moto win. In moto two. Tony Poor led ea rly, followed by Brow n. Doskocil, O liver a nd Allard . Poo r enjoyed a good lead un til his bike died in tu m one , m id w ay th rou gh th e mot o . It wou ld n't restart and he was forced to push it to the p its. Brown had problems of his own and fell to the ba ck of the pack. He sti ll managed to bring ho me a third overall, but Doskocil too k fir st overall followed by Oliver, Brown, Allard an d Ricky Pickering in that order. Results VINT SMA LL BORE: 1. Scott Smiley; 2. DaVid Kirk; 3. SkJp Milln; 4. John Mu llOn . VINT 4-STRK: 1. Gary Moo re; 2. Dean Ha rt 3. R4y Robb in. VlNT BEG: I. Ray Robbin; 2. Johnny Wood; 3. lo ry Pow ..1 1;4. Uri.a DoakociJ. n Chadd L.T. Kawata notched 2-1 finishes to take the overa ll win in the BOcc Novi ce clas.s on his . first visit to the loca l racing action at Spring val leyMX. Kawata's victory di d not come easily as he had to contend with Billy Don Coxsey , wh o took the first-mo ta holes hot and almost go t comp leteIy awa y before Ka wata cou ld settle in to a good pace. Beh ind him were Tiffer Wri ght, Darren Fow ler and Brand on Woods in that orde r. Kawata was still not comfortable by the time he reached the doubles and had to sing le each one whil e Coxsey and Wrigh t sailed over them with ease . Kawata managed to han g on to second while Wright dropped his Kaw asaki in tum five and fell to last. Coxsey bobbled a couple of times. allowing Kawata to catch up. The last trip over the dou bles told the story as Kawata took the lead on the last double only to have Coxsey outrun him in the fina l few feet to take mot o one . Ka wata finished secon d and Wood s third . Mot o two had all the excitem ent of a pro fessional race. Wright took the holeshot and looked as if he had the race under control while Coxsey ra n se co n d a n d Kaw ata thi rd . Bu t Kawa ta imm ed iately beg an his ascent to the top , pressuring Co xsey th ro u gh ou t la p one a nd then passing him to take secon d. Then before the end of lap one, Kawata took the lead from Wright with Coxsey following him around the openinglap leade r. While Coxsey and Wright fought for second, Kawata extended his lead by abou t 15 seconds. Coxsey mad e up a lot of ground, however, and by the time Kawata reached johnson's Corner on the white-flag lap, Cox.. ;ey had pull ed to o within striking distance. The hvo dra g raC\.--d one last time through the doubles and then ran neck and neck around the last tum toward the checkered flag. wi th Kawala pulli ng off the win over Coxsey by less than a bike length. The second moto victory also gave Kawata the overall wi n. . Re s ults 50: 1. Travis Tra mmell (Ho n); 2. Taylor Kni ~ht (Yam); 3 . Grego ry Diilz (Kitw ); 4. Jud d Blancha rd (KTM). be>: 1. Tiffer Wright (Ka w); 2. Tra vi~ Tr.lmme ll (Kaw ). 30+: 1. Jimm y Spien (Ha n); 2. O a y Bt"t"1W (Hon); 3. Tom my C ru m p (Ka w); 4. Randal Fowler (Kaw); 5. Buck Tri ce (KTM). 80 NOV: 1. Chadd LT. Kawau (Ho n); 2. Billy Don Couey ("I'l lm); 3. Brandon W ood s (SuZ); 4. TitkT Wright (Kaw ); S. Dilm'n Fow ler (Suz). 80 BEG: 1. Brmt Adam. (Suz); 2. Tykor Crump (Suz); 3. Ch.d M<:Cright (Hon). 2.50L 'T: 1. ...... adf' Hoak (KAw }o2. J. Blanchard (Kaw); 3. Kyle .... Moore (Kaw ); 4. Bob Wo nh.un (Yllm ); 5. S athan Dri ver (Hon). 125 ~OV; t. M i~ Ru sh (Yam ); 2. K~ th Giddl!'t'U (Suz); 3. Tommy Crump (Ka;W); 4. Taylor Watts (Yam); S. K)'I~ Dodrill (lUw~ 125 BEG: 1. Wft Broton (Suz ); 2.. Jim Vandiver (Ka W); 3. Cory O'Ne'i11(1Ca w ); 4. Jpff Wall..-. C Hon). • 0PE..'l: 1. Jimmy Spien (}ton); 2. Kri th Giddens (5uz ); 3. Bart BfT1u (KTM). m 80 OPEN: 1. T.vlo r Wa tts (YAm); 2. Ch add L.T . Kawa ta (Hon); 3. Billy (Ya m); -4 . Co ry O' Nril l (Kaw). 2.5ll BEG: 1. LaW'l'f'f'lA' Cortn (Hon ); 2. Ne'il Canon (Han ); 3. Bobby WilIWna (Hon).. 250 NOV : 1. Tony Poor (K.W); 2. Owrks Br-.wer (Hon); 3. non cOury Bobby......illingham(Jc. w ). Masciarelli fast at SDR Scrambles By Kelv in L. Herrala BElDEN IflUS. !I.Y. DEc.3 ' Anthony Masciarelli came back after a 15-yea r layoff to score a victory in the SDR winter series Mud and Snow Scram bles in upsta te New York. The Senior B class ha s proven to be one of the biggest clas..o:;es in the series thus far, show· casing some very good racing . With last wl."Ck's top two fin ishe rs mo vin g up to the Senior A ra nks, Masciarelli smoked the field en rou te to vic tory, b ut from sec ond on back a war was waged a mong jeffrey Co ngd on. Ga ry Lockwood, Bill Moshe r and jam es jackson. The order never stayed the sa me until the checkered flag flew with jackson claiming secon d place. Mosh er, Congdon and l.ockwood rounded out the top five in that order. ln the lOl-200cc Amateur class, Sha ne Liv· ingsto n, jordon jackson, and jeffrey Canfield all sta rted th e race ahea d of D~ rek Fairchild, bu t Fairchild fough t tooth and nail lap after lap in a very competitive class to rome in second behind Livingston. who ran a flawless race. Results SR B: 1. Anthony M.udl~lli (Kaw ),;2. Jamet. Jacbon (Han); 3. Bill Mosher (Ka w): 4. wood, (ATK). letreey Con~don (KTM); S. Gary Leek- 201-250 : 1. Do u g W~kh (Suz) ; 2. JOAt'ph A rcni (Han); 3. Kevi n Bolies (Suz); 4. Tim JoIc kson (Y.m) ; 5. H~inri (h $a.nde r (Kaw). vt!'.'T: 1. ~Ivin Herrala (0.); 2. Ches tl'TRusiloMrJ. Jr. (Yam). SR A: 1. Doug w eteh (Suz ); ~ Conrad PaDhall (Yam): 3. Duke Find! (Yam); 4. J.unnSpencer (Ka w ); S. lY>Ith Bonm ( lCaw ). NOV 101-QPEN: 1. David Mc. lu J (Yam); 2. Larry Lu ther " (Hon); 3. A.I. McDo nal d (Yam ); t . Midla~1 t...ac.pnra (Yam); 5. Erle 01", CHon). L EX: 1 .J~ffFruteMy (Kaw); 2. Kevm D ,rr rown (Hon~3. Russell BaUt'1' (Yam ); 4. Marco Mo reUo ~w); 5. M.tr k Ho ll (Kaw).. EX: 1. Craig Est~ILI (KTM); 2. Conra d Pa~hall (Y.m ); 3 . D0nald Bugbe-e (Yam) ; 4. James SprenCt"r (Kaw); S. ).utlH Mitro wi tz (KTM). 0-100 AM : 1. Georg.. Loomis (Hon).; 2. Jus tin Jaebon (K.1W); 3. M ",tth_ Qu id. (Hon ); 4 Billy Warfo rd (Hon); 5. M ik~ Williams (Hon). 101·200 AM : 1. Shane Livings ton (Ka w l; 2. Dtor e k Fa irchild (Suz.) ; 3. Jordon Jackson (Hon ); 4. Jeffrey Ca nfield (Kaw ); 5. Rona ld Craig (KolW). 251-oPE.'\l: 1. Keith Bonin (K. w ); 2. Gary Lockwood (ATK). Krause dominates Dirt Diggers Hare Scrambles By Matt Freeman RED MOUNTAIN, CA, DEC.10 For the second year in a row, KX500 rid er Paul Krause took the overall win at the Dirt Diggers Winter Hare Hare Scrambles in the Red Moun tain OHV area . Nearly 350 rid ers showed up on a cool, clear, and dustv da y to race the ninth annua l Winter Har e, which is th e las t race o f the yea r in th e AMA District 37 racing series. The 37-mile season finale was laid ou t over miles and miles of virgin bushwhacking terrain with an occasional rocky uphill thrown in to make thin gs interesting. At the start, Krau se and his Kawasaki teammate Dave Ondas led the Expert wave on the mile-long uphill bomb ru n. H owever, as the route nar rowed down to one trail, O ndas and his Team Green KX500 pu lled ahe ad of Krause and thir d-placed CR500 rider Derrick PaIemen t. Ondas continued to lead the h igh -speed first half of the course u ntil he overshot a tum, opening the door for Krause to pass. " I pa ssed Da ve about 10 m iles ou t," said Krause. "He blew a tum comin g out of a sa nd wash and I was able to make it and take over." As Krause and On das ba ttled for the lead, the rest of the field follow<>d the blindi ng dust. One ride r who ha d to deal with more dust than an ticipa ted was new ly crown ed number-o ne Open Vet Abe Baum ann . . " I did n't get a vcry goo d sta rt:' Ba umann said. "I tried ou t some new goggles an d they just filled up wi th dust. making it hard to see. I had to sto p three times and c1~a r the du st from my eyes and gogg les." With Bau mann fighting d u st, Rob Poznoff led the Vet Open Expert class not far behind first 250cc Expert Charlie Morris. Krau se finished the first trip around the 37mile loop in jus t 50 minutes. As he left the pits with fresh goggles and a full tank of gas he had built up 'a min ute' s lead o ve r seco nd -p laced Ondas. About a minute behind Ondas, Paiement was running a strong third. A minute behi nd PaIement into the pits was 250cc leader Morris, followed by Open Vet leader Poznoff. O pen class pilot Paul Schaffer, Vet 250cc leader john Rudder, and second 250cc-class ride r jon Parks . All of the first eigh t rid ers left the pi ts with a one-minute gap sepa rating one from another as they ventu red ou t on the second and final dusty lap of the course. Dust on the second lap proved to be thicker because of lapped riders, but not too thi ck for Kra use. The Kawasaki / Xtrem e / Scott s /Bridgesto ne-sponsored rider took the checkered nag first. finishing the second lap in 54 minutes and making the full 74-mile jau nt in less than two hours. Unoff icial Results 0/ A: 1. Pa ul Kra uU' (Kaw); 2. Dt-rri ck r l lem en t (Hon ): 3. Abe Baumann (Kaw); 4. Paul Schaffer (Han ); .5 Charli(' Morris . CSuz)· Brown heats up Vancouver Indoor-Short Track By C la y U ght YANCOVER, WA.DEC. 10 Desp ite being d rasticaJly down on horsepower , Oregon 's Beau Brown wo n a climactic 250cc A main thri ller during the third race of the six-race Ind oo r Sho rt Track Series at the Clark Co unty Fairgrounds' Expo Arena. Brow n, wh o rod e a stock H ond a XR200, trailed George Prind iville's potent CR25O-based

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