EVENTS
.Edited by Scott Rousseau .
found some more lappers in front of him as they
made their way to the north part of the course .
"There were some tappers and the inside line
was the best line, but there was two guys." Rush
_said. "So, I just tried to hold it wide open and
sweep around th e outside of the mu d and he
Oenki",) snuck underneath me and got by me."
It took a few more comers to get by the lappers. jenkins went right in between them before
"Sky Jump." Rush was no t as for tunate, as it
took him half a lap to get by both lappers. Tha t
was all that Jenkins needed to break away for
the win . Rush was second. followed by B'-m es,
Eary, Kris Goolsby and Calhoun .
The sun came out and dried the track a little
as Rush pulled the holeshot for the second moto.
Gary Harada was rig h t behind Rush coming
into the scoring section, but he fell in the come r,
hand in g seco nd ove r to Barn es followed by
jenkins, Eary, and Greg Giddi ngs.
" 1 knew someo ne wa on my tail for a little
s
while, bu t I just tried to ride smoot h and be consistent," said the lead er Rush. Jenkins was starting to make u p some ground on Barnes when he
wen t in to the bann ers at the scoring section but
was able to retain third as he was ahead of Eary .
On the fourth lap , Ea ry, who w as in h is
fourth moto of the day . pulled off the track with
a dead bike.
"I ran out of gas," Eary said, as he came by
pushing his steed.
The checkered flag came out with the Poway
H ondallT Racing /Ko lors Colors-sponsored
Rush taking the win and the overall victory, followed by Barnes, Jenkins. Giddings and Harada.
Results
Rush gains big
at Blockbuster Motocross
Randy Rush put together 2·1 moto
finishes to win the Vet Novice div is ion
during the Blockbuster Pavilion MX at
Glen Helen Raceway.
By Robert Van Damme
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JAN. 28 .
Randy Rus h ca me o ut to Glen Helen Raceway
to com pete in the second round of the Blockbus ter Pavilion MX Series on SuperbowI Sun da y an d we nt hom e a winner in th e Vet No vice
div isio n.
Riders ca me ou t from Co lorado , Ari zo na .
and British Columbia to compete with the locals
the day after the Anaheim Supe rcross. Rain the
nig ht before greeted the riders with a wet and
muddy track as Pete jenki ns pulled the holeshot
in the first mot a. Followi ng him ou t of the first
tum wer e jeff Eary, Rush and David Barnes.
Jenkins was able to pull an immediate fivesecond lead as the other riders struggled to find
the best lines on the track . Rush moved into sec~
and wh en Eary went wide int o a corner aft er
" An imal Lea p. " Rus h then sta rt ed to w h ittle
aw ay at Jenkins' lead. Barnes stumbled go ing
into the righ t-hander leading int o the canyo n
and surrendered his position to [ermaine Calhoun. Then Eary fell down , movin g Calhoun to
th ird while Rand y Pau lin go t by Barnes for
fourth.
The third lap saw more changes as Calhoun
went down in the mud , moving Paulin up one
spo t. But Paulin d idn't like third eith er and he
went down. Lappers pla yed a rol e in letting
Rush catc h up and pass jenk ins for the lead
coming into the infield .
just when Rush thought he had it made, he
5R EX /~": 1. Greg Williams (Hon ); l. Chud Du ran (Suz ); 3.
OPmt.'n 1 Moon> (Su :l';; 4. Aim Kt'nt (Y1 Hubba rd IHon~ 4. Tim Wd ham s (Kaw ); S. Ck-nn H. Marri!' (Yam ).
JR VET I~" /NOV: 1. M..rk Hi,. twm (Yff Peavler (Hnn ); 3.
Ch ris Thompsen (Suz); 4. Brian 8.u Ker (Stu ); 5. Ryan Orr (Yam).
125 BEG: I. William Zf.ig!er (Yam); l. Garth Ta rlow (5uz~ 3.
Dave Riley (5uz ); 4. Travis Frink (Kaw); 5. Mar k Wickh"m (Suz).
80 (NT: 1. Doug Leavitt (Kaw); 2. Day ton Murphy (Suz).
RO NO V; 1. Matt Condon (y a m); 2. La n don Robbin (Su :l'; 3.
);
J..sun Jeffre y (Yam); 4. Miguel Jau regui (Suz ).
NO BEG: 1. Jason T~ (Yam ); l. Brad Hu th (Kaw ); 3. Ty RenJ; .1W (Ka w); 4. Terry Ha mric (Yam ); 5. V1
h
nn>nl Benavides (Hu n).
no ("- 11): 1. Dav id Moreno (Kaw) ; 2. Bryan Hu th [Kaw ]: 3.
Rvan Wlobt-r (Ka w); 4. Ada m Benavi des (Kaw) .
• 60 (0·8): l. Ja red Minor (Kaw]: 2. Justin Workm an (Kaw ); 3.
St>an Bllfkl'TIha ~ (Kaw); 4. RoNort Cootsby (Kaw] .
P fW (7-S) : 1. Sean Borken hagen (KTM ); 2. Dami en Lopez
(Yam); 3. And rew Yarnell (Yam ).
Demuth's da man at
Marion Indoor Motocross
By Carl Davis
MARlON,OH. jAN.I 3-14
Local boy josh Demuth was a consistent front runner when the American Motosports Association kicked off the 1996 racing season wi th its
fourth annual AMA-sanctione d Ohio 1nd oo r
Championsh ip Series inside the Marion Coliseurn.
Demuth ma de the most of being close to
ho me th roughout the weekend d uring th e 125
and 2SOcc Pro action. Round one started with the
125cc A battle roya l as Demu th put his Yamaha
into the lead wh ile defendi ng series cha mpion
Chuck Reed quickl y moved into th ird place to
pressu re Kawasaki-mo unte d Josh Swea t, with
former factory Yamaha star Keith Bowen on the
move as well. Sweat crashe d out at the midpoint
with mechanical problems after challenging for
the lead to allow Bowen to move in on Reed ,
who wicked it up a notch to close in on Demu th
in the final laps . But De mut h held on to win
while Reed finished second and Bowen third.
Sunday' s 125cc A race also featured intense
racin g, bu t this time Chuck Reed was in complete control as he pu t his F&S-sponsored Suzuki ou t front to lead w ire- to-w ire with Tommy
Collier's Suzu ki close on his rear fende r to claim
second overall. Jake Davis motored to third .
In Satur days 250cc A main , Demuth battled
wi th Bowen as the du o pu lled away from th e
rest of the pack. Demu th led for I I laps, but on
the w h ite-flag lap , Bowen mad e an agg ressive
pass, coming off, the tri ple to mus cle hi s way
in to th e lead an d win. john Dav is hel d on to
third for most of the moto only to be passed by
Reed as he was blitzin g through the pack after a
bad start.
Su pe rfast older gu y Mike Morgan blasted
into the lead in Sunday's 250cc A main an d had
thin gs diale d to take the win. Demu th ha d
ano ther consi sten t ride , hol di ng off Bowen for
second overall .
Results
~tu rd ~y
125 PRO 1.
J~hua
K~ith Bow en (KTM); 4 .
Demuth (Yam ); l. Chuck Reed (SuzJ; 3.
Tomm y Coli;" (SU:l'; ; 5 . vmce Kamow
)
(Kaw).
250 PRO: 1. Krith Bow('T\ (l..'TM ~ 2. los h ua INmuth (Yam ); 3.
Ch uck ~ (Suz ); 4. J
ohnDav is (lionl; 5. Adam MMtin (Hon ).
MlCR O (4"'~ I. bck Ame!;. (KTM ); 2. Eric' Brownin~ (JCTh.1);
3. Garret Catrell (KTM ); 4 M.atiMw Spa uldi ng (LE~ I); 5. T}'I~r
M.u d(KTM).
LEM ); 2. Kftl nl!'th Nichol!>
MICRO (7-8): I.Ja nod Burgess C
(Cob): 3. liam Murphy (Cob ); 4. J.arob Mohney ClEM); 5. Jl'ff Mort
(Cob;
05 (i-11) ; 1. Chri~topher Whitcraft (Kaw ); l. Willy BrowninF:
(K.1 w); 3. Michael WiJt..rd (Kaw ); 4. Dillon R~d" (Ka w); 5. Tim
Holknbt>d (Kaw ).
HO (7-11): 1. c..vin Grmy
Jones (Hon ); 4. Krishan Ha lley (Yam) ; 5. Brad Dixon (Kaw) .
ha l
500: 1. Mike Ru ~St'11 (Ho n); 2. Steve Annlos n.'iey (H on) ; 3.
Carl Da vis (Kaw ); 4. Ch a rlie Huegel,
16-24: 1. Pat Th rall (Hon ); 2 . Ju ~tln Sto ry (Hon ); 3. jeson
Cooper (Suz); 4. Will Wil'i(lfJ(5uzl ; 5. Dam!1I Pits inKt'f (Hon).
25+: 1. Quck Nichu lson (Suz); l. Mike H~an (Hlm).;3. Brian
Cam pbe ll (Hon ); 4. Brad He ss ( Han); 5. Ste ve Ann ~h an sle)'
(Hon).
30+ : 1. Chuc k NichoJ~n (Suz); 2. v rry Bennl'1t (Hon ); 3.
Charlie Hu eg el; 4. S,~ve Annl"Shan~ l~y (Hon ); S. Jrry Bt.onnett: (Hon~::" Ca rl Davis (Kaw); 3. Ne l!lOfl
Hill ev (Hon); 5. OouK Shuhz (Kaw ).
WM.~ : 1. Kim Leach (Hon); l. Melod y Cam pbe ll (Hon); 3.
r
Tiffa ny Rt"E'd (Hon ); 4. Am,anda Masri n (Soz) ; 5. Cast"}· Rin kto
(Hon ).
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