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EVENTS
.Edited by Scott Rousseau
Krasun got the ball rolling by clean ing the first two sections an d turning in
a first loop score of nine, two points better than his closest rival, Brad McClellan. Loop two saw Krasun improve his
score to seven, one better than McClelIan, who staye d hot on the leader's heels
until the final lap. That's when Krasu n
le t it all h ang out, finish ing the loop
with six cleans and a mere four points.
Obviously flustered by Kras un's su dde n
burst of balance, McClellan faltered and
returned to the pits with a lO-point loop
card. Krasun's 20-point final tall y was
more than enough to secure his first win
of the year, as McClell an was a further '
nine points back with 29. Dave Whittle
was a close third with 32, as wa s fourthpla ced Ken Melody at 33.
" It' s all snowy arid mud d y b a ck
home," said a Krasun. 'T d rath er be rid ing on the rocks ou t here in Califo rnia."
Feet Up ! Editor Don Willi ams h ammered the In termedia te B cla ss in the
same fashion in which Krasun dominated th e A di vision, sco rin g a cle ar-cut
victory with a final score of 43. Like Krasun, William s com peted aboard a 1996
Beta Techno, and attribu ted much of h is
s uccess to the new machine . Willi am s'
closest compe tition came in the form of
Gary Obo m , who had 54 points. Third
wen t to Rick Cavat aio, who boa sted a
65-po int final tally.
De fendin g ATA Champ ion Jared
Malmquist was his usual self at the seaso n o pen e r, s co rin g th e w in in the
Exper t class over two n ew to p-cla ss '
competitors, Steven Varn ell and Kent
Grah am . M almq ui st was mas te rful
aboa rd his OTP ! Axe -sponsored Beta ,
and his 41-point tota l was less than half
of Varn ell's 84-point score.
Results
NOV A:. 1. Dennis Reamer (Bu l) 69 points/9 cleans;
2. AI Norian (Y am ) 72/1 0.
NOV 0, 1. Rk h Thom as (!let) 25 points l18 cleans: 2.
Tom Materna (Bet) 8417; 3. Iack VoIder (Bet ) 8614.
SPTS~L'l A; 1. Robert Thornton (G-G) 12 poin ts l24
clean s; 2. Earl Vanderwall (G-G) 30/ 1-1; 3, Barret Deck
(G-G) 31/12; 4. Spencer Park er (Bet) 35/ 16; 5. Jon athan
Gr aham (Apr) 35/15.
SPTSMN A, 1. Kell y Bellmer (G-G) 32 poin ts l1 3
cleans. 2. Brya n Benson (8E't) 33/ 11; 3. Tod d Moore (GG) 36/12; 4. Allan Ralls (Yam ) 44 /1 3; 5. Gerald Biggers
(Bet) 4719.
'
S PTSMN C: 1. Bre n t Ko lle (G· G) 40 po in ts / 9
cleans; 2. Ronn Waters (~t ) 42 /1 1; 3. Doug Fulto n (Bet)
4717; 4. Becky Ca rranza (G-G ) 5617.
INT A: 1. Mike Krasun (Bt.>t) 20 points / 16 cleans ; 2.
Bra d MeOella n (G·G) 29 /13; 3. Dav e Wh itt le (Fan )
32111; 4. Ken Melod y (G-C) 33111; 5. John McGregor
(G-G) 38 /12.
INT B: 1. Don Williams (Bet) 43 points J9 deam;; 2.
Gary Obom (Bet) 5416; 3. Rick Ca vaW o (G-G) 6517; 4.
Rick Tenbroek (Fan) 6514; 5. Lowell Belus (Bet ) 6816.
ADV A: 1. Oli Thordarson (Mo n ) 27 po ints /17
cleans; 2. Kevin Norton 32/14; 3. Rid Jenkm.. (Bet) 5616;
4. Jim Collin.. (G-G)S9/1O; 5. Robert Madd en (Bet) 6018.
ADV B: ), Cli ve Hannon (Fan ) 66 points l5 clean s;
2. Larry Varnell (Yam) ;5 14; 3. Todd Ru msey (G-C )
76 /4; 4. Tom Engelhardt (Bet) 77/6; 5. Jack Hem in way
(G-G) 9113.
EX: 1. Jared Malmquist (Bet) 41 po ints /12 cleans; 2.
Steve Varnell (Bet) 84 /5; 3. Kent Grah am (Mon ) 88 / 3.
Holland hammers
Hollister Hills Motocross
By Mark Hawkins
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Krasun clobbers
~ Kangaroo Rat Trial
By Donn Maeda
ROMOLAND, CA,JAN. 7.
ired of the snow an d slee t th at is
. currentl y making his home state of
Connecticu t unfit for trials rid ing,
Pa lamine Promoti ons' Mike Kr a sun
hopped on a pl ane and headed for
sunny Southern California to cont est the
opening round of the 1996 ATA Series. A
personal sponsor of tw o-time NA TC
N ational Ch ampion Geoff Aaron, Kra -
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(Top) Mike Kras un topped all comers In
the Intermediate A class at the ATA
Kanga roo Rat Trial. (Above) Rusty Holland
(71) grabbed the holes hot and led from
. start to finish In the first 2SOcc Pro moto
at the GR Northern California Winter
Series open ing round in Hollister Hills,
California. Holland ended up with overall
wins In the 2S0 and SOOcc Pro classe s.
sun showed flashes of brillian ce similar
to Aaron's as he dec imated the com petition in the Intermediate A class aboard
his Cosmopolitan Motors ! Elf-sp onsored
Beta Techn o. Krasun, coinciden tally, will
promote the United State s round of the
1996 World Championship Trials Series,
to be held May 25-26 in Rhod e Island.
HOLLISTER HILLS, CA, DEC 31
Rusty Holland rod e to victory in the 250cc Pro
class at the GF I No rt hern Cali for n ia Win te r
Sories opening rou nd presented by the California Motocross Associati on.
James Weisne r and crew di d a great job of
keeping the rain~soaked coarse ridable and safe
for all who participated.
Holland grabbed the mot a-one holeshot to
lead more than 20 rivals, build ing a comfortable
lead over Rodn ey Smith, Michael Brandes, and
Tyson Vohland. On the third lap of the IO-lap
mo to, Bran des wou ld make his move and out~
brake Smith on the rough and d ifficult downhill .
Vohland d ropped Smith to fourth by the halfway
point. As the race wo u nd d ow n to the d osin g
laps, Ricky Ryan, who had gotten a terrible start,
had somehow work ed his way in to the fou rth
position, d ropping Smith to fifth. The checkered
flag wo ul d come ou t for Hollan d, w ho had a
comfortable four- to fi\'e-second lead over Brandes, who finished in second. Third went to Vohland, fourth to Ryan, and fifth to Smith.
Grabbing the holeshot in mot o two was the
wily vetera n Ryan, followed by Holland, Myers,
Kv le Le w is a nd Vohland . Lewis cu t under
Myers around the big, sweep ing left-ban der and
moved himself into third. By the halfway point
it was still Ryan out in front followed by Holla nd, w ho wa s now ge tting pressured by the
third-p laced Lewis. Fourth place now belonged
to Vohland , and Myers dro pped to fifth. On the
next-to-last tap, Lew is was able to ge t by HoI·
land, and Brandes passed Myers. Ryan captured
the mo to victory w it h Lewis takin g second.
Third wen t to Holland, fourt h to Vohland and
fifth to Brandes.
Holland's 1-3 finishes captured the overall.
Ryan took second with a 4-1, and third went to
Vohlan d with a 3-l score.
Results
50 BEGSTK (0-8): 1. Ka)'b Olson (LEM ),:2. Kylto 5t.lm~ 3
Kols~ (KTM); 5. Bry ,OIr Perry (KTM).
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so NOV MOD (9-11): 1. Aanm 8er):;lIntz (LEM~
60 BEG (0-8) : 1. ja red Morriso n (Kaw); 2. Pa ul Lawren ce
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