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.:Edited by.Scott RousSeau ·
Katin Conquers Summit AX
125 B: 1. Sa m Yann itt"1Ii (Hon ); 2. Bria n Kamo w (Kaw) ; 3.
Mlke Cle ndeni n (Kaw); 4. Jaso n Ro~ .." (H on ); 5. Tim Stroyne
By Jeff Goodwin
250 C: 1. Bra nd on Mamer (Kaw); 2. Ern ie Caldrone (Ho n); 3.
Steve Moore (Kaw); 4. Milford Artm an (Hon); 5. Jeff McKinTl")'
l
(Hon).
(Top) David Helleck (41), Ron Renzulli (184)
and Don Ruff in (29) dice It up during mot o
one of the 250CcSportsman Interme diate
class at the Carlsbad Vintage MX.
(Left) AMA President Ed Youngblood
(right) presents Bill Maxey wi th a Hall of
Fame award during the AMA District 17
awards banquet at the Piltst lck's Pavilion.
Krugh cranks at
Carlsbad Vintage Motocross
By Donald McGregor
Photo By Donn ie Lee Staman
CARLSBAD, CA, JAN. 28
It was Kevin Krug h's tu m to shine-as he won in
the SOOcc Spo rtsman Expert class during some of
t he mos t inte nse r acing in a ll of v in tage
mo tocross , rou nd three of the Calzona series at
Carlsbad Raceway.
Fire w orks flew as soo n as th e firs t 500cc
Sportsman Expert mot o go t u nde r way. When
the gate dr op ped , Krug h jum ped out front with
CZ~m ounted Ken Greene in hot pu rsu it. After
tw o lap s of fier ce hand lebar ban gin g, Gree ne
began to fade, but befo re Krugh co uld take a
breath , the big Maico ridden by Michael Halp in
mov ed up and locked onto Kru gh 's back fender .
The duo finishe d in that order with a rematch
sche duled for the next moto.
Sure eno ug h, moto two foun d the same pair
figh tin g for the lead like two dogs for a bone.
Lap after lap, Krugh fought off the advances of
Halpin, finall y takin g th e checke red flag by
inches for a har d -fou ght 1-1 ove ra ll.
Th e 250cc Sporst ma n Interm edi at e-cl ass
action was no less exciting as CZ-moun ted Dave
Helleck ra n and hid from second -place finisher
Ed Lowe-nbe rg in mo to one. Adding ins ul t to
injury, Helleck won weari ng cons tructio n boots
and Levis, on a bike wi th shocks bou ght at a
garage sale. Refu sing to be shown up twice in a
row, Lowen berg left the line in moto two like he
was sho t from a cannon. Hel1eck continu ed the
chase bu t co ul d never co m ple tely reel in th e
hard-charging Lowenb erg, settling for 1-2 score
and second place ove rall.
Results
)()+, NOV : 1. Tom ROKen (H us ); 2. Rich V(-'Il('goLOJ (Hon); 3,
Jam iE'Fetty (H us) .
30+ Drf: I. Harry Backe r (Hon) ; 2. Ed Sims (H un ); 3. Ryan
D1d.'tOfl (CZ) .
30+ EX: 1. Mich.w l Halpin (Mai ); 2. Rich Pri cp (Mai); 3. KE'Vin
_ Krugh (Hu s ).
40+ NO V: 1, J~tf Sn yde r (Hon ); 2. Rick l.a bgo ld (Mai); 3. Jt"ff
O' Brian (8u l).
40+ [NT: 1. Bob ~pin"r (ez); 2. Vic Cu rti (Oss); 3. StE"V(" Sabin
(Moo).
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40+ EX: 1. Kt'flGn>t."ne(CZ) .
50+ NOV: 1. H.u ry Backt-r Sr. (CZ) ; 2. James Wilson (H us ); 3.
Bud Hotchk iss (Bul).
50+ [l\,'T: 1. TE'rry Pratt (CZ) ; 2.J im Kea ton (H us ).
D..SSIC 125 NOV : 1. Don McCrt"gor (Pm); 2. Mark Hay zldt
(Yam ); 3. Eld(m Blasro (H us).
a.s5tC 125 (NT : 1. Clot'l l," Fl"tt y (H us); 2. l.A!'t' Fabry (Ho n ); 3.
Paul Duchtont' (Hod ).
CL$S IC 125 EX: I. Dav f' Boyd lltun (Ya m); 2. Mikt:' Ow en s
(Hus); 3. Mar k Al'lienault (Hu s ).
Q.SSIC 250 NOV : 1. James Wil!lon ( Hus~
ClSSIC 250 11\.T: 1, Ryan Did.Pn ~Jl1 (Mon ).
'
CLSSIC250 EX: I. M ik~ Owt"fl!l (Hu s).
ClSSlC 500 NOV : I. David Du Va mey (Hus).
CLSStC 500 1 'T: 1. Jim Bo
1'.
'llingm(l (Ric).
ClSSlC 500 EX: 1. Charlie fkock (Ma i).
PREM L/W: 1. Phi l Benedi ct (B5 A).
PREM 500 EX: 1. DaVE' Boydstun (BS'\).
s PTSM N t25 NOV : I. Rich Vene~a ~ (Ho n ): 2. Chri s Reed
(Suz); 3, Jerry Morri son (Hon).
sPTSM N 125 11\. 1. Don Ru in (Hem).
"1:
ST'TSMN 125 EX: 1. Da vid Fisher (Ho n); 2. Mar k ArlIt'Tla ult
(H{m).
SPS T MN 250 NOV : ' 1. To m ROJ;en (H Ull); 2. Je ff Sn yder
(Ho n).
SPTSM!'IJ 2S0 INT: 1. Ed Lowenberg (Bu l); 2 Davi t Hell eck
(CZ I; 3. Ha rry Backer (Hon) .
SM'9.0 250 EX: 1. Rick Price (Moli .
1N
)
SPTSMN 500 NO V: 1. Ch rh. Rt>t!d (Suz ); 2. Jam ie FE'lty (H us );
3. David Scou rfield (CZI; 4. Don Mo.:Crt'K" r (Mai ).
SPTSMN 500 (NT : 1. Ed lowtonbt'rg (Bul); 2. tl't' Ho lth (CZ) ;
Ryan Dickso n «(2).
sPTSMN 500 EX 1. KE'v Krugh ( H u~ ); 2. Michael Ha lpin
:
in
(Mai) .
BMBR.: 1. Eric Coo k (M a.i); 2. Ed Lowt'Jlbtorg (Bull; J . Tho mas
F.nKt"
lhardt (Yam ).
District 17 shines atIllinois
Awards Banquet
By Bob BIck ing
(JIT AWA,IL, JA. 27
"l.
AMA District 17 held its annual awards banquet
at the Pittstick's Pavilion in Ottawa, where some
450 riders, friends and family members ga thered
to enjoy an exce llent mea l, reco gn ize those
receiving awards and do some midwinter bench
racing.
AMA Presid en t Ed Youngblood, the guest
speaker, pr esented som e statistics on ama teu r
competition th a t indicated th at District 17 is
responsi ble for well over 10 percent of all of the
activity in the U.S.
The first induc tees in the District 17 Hall of
Fame were also recogn ized at the banquet. This
award w as created to recogn ize people a n d
organizations that ha ve made a very significa nt
contri bution to moto rcycling in Illinois. The 1995
indu ctees inclu ded Bill Tuman, Bill Maxey and
The Peoria Motorcycle Club .
Tuman started rid ing dirt track in 1946 and
won 190 races in 1948 an d 1949. He rode with
the Na tional number-one plate in 1954 and wo n
a total of five Nationals in his caree r. He mostly
raced Indi ans and was a member of the Indian
Wrecking Crew aloo g with Bobby Hill and Ernie
Beckman . He retired from racing in 1955 and has
continued to be acti ve in motorcycling. He has
served as District 17 MX di rector and is currently the treasurer.
Bill Maxey is a charter member of the AMA
Off-Road Congress an d has served 29 years . He
has a wealth of know ledge abo u t d istrict affairs
and always brings wisdom to the mee tings he
a tte nds . He is a fonner enduro rider who preferred wres tling his Har lcy to ridin g an English
bike like a lot of the riders in the '60s.
The Peoria Motorcycle Club started in 1931
and ha s been a lon gt ime sup porter of the d istrict . It is the only club running an AMA Grand
Natio nal race, the Peoria TI, which is not only a
fixture on the schedu le bu t one of the best races
every year. The club also ho sts road and vintage
events .
AKRON,OH, JAN. 19
·21
Mike Katin do minated the Moto-X/Patriot Excavating Summit Arenacross with five wins du ring the wee kend, movi ng into the CRA Win ter
Arenacross Series lead in the 125cc A and 250cc
A classes.
Katin wo n both mains on Frid ay d espite a
broken collarbone sustained in Decemb er. Josh
Swea t stayed close to Karin, finis hing second in
the 250cc A ma in. In the 125cc A, Sweat crashed
in the nasty "Patr iot Pounders" rocker sect ion,
remounted and kept pace with Karin, finishing
one lap back.
Satu rd ay night's jum p con test resul ted in a
t ie bet w een Vince Karnow and Kati n. Each
pilot' s can-can earned. $300 in pri ze money,
Katin sta rted Satu rda y night's 125cc A ma in
in four th an d patientl y wo rked into the lead .
Sweat, Sean Hogan , Tom Welch and Karn ow
rou nded ou t the top five.
Swea t hol eshot th e 250c c A main, n ever
reli nquis hi ng the lead . Karnow held a stead y
second ahead of Katin . The group, never separated by more than a few bike lengths, finished
in that order .
Sunday 's 25 0cc A ma in victory w en t to
Katin. Karn ow and Dave Hand followed Katin
acros s the finish.
The 125cc A main on the last da y of racing
proved to be the race of the weekend. Sweat left
the gate first, with Tomm y Colli er, Kat in and
Welch in tow . Karinleaped past Collie r on lap
three and began wh ittling at Sweat's lead . Sweat
a nd Katin rode no se-to-taild uring laps seven
th rou gh 11 u ntil Sweat execute d a br ake check
in a d eep ly ru tted cor ner. Afte r slamming into
Swea t's rapidly slowing machine, Katin wisely
changed lines, wo rking the deep outside be
rms.
Kati n roost ed in to th e le ad on la p 15 when
Sweat nearly ground to a halt in the pr eviously
. mentioned rut. Collie r closed in on Sweat bu t
cou ld not ma ke his wa y by. Welch finish ed in
fourth.
Results
FridolY
250 A: I. Mike Kat in (Ho n ); 2. Jo!>hS wt'a t (Ka w ); 3. Sea n
Hog an (Suz ); 4. Gaylon D ixon (yam); 5. A dam Mart in (Hu n ).
125 A: 1. MikE' Katin (H (m) ; 2. Sea n Ho~an (Su z ); 3. VinC1c'
Kamow (Kaw); 4. Tom Co lli"r (Su z ); 5. C dvl"n DicklMJR (Yam).
JR P / W: 1. Bran d o n Dietrich (LEM); Kurt DWyf."l' (KTM ); 3.
KE'Ilny Ht'1\'1' (Yam ); 4, Shawn AlIt.'!Ohouse (KTh-O.
SR P/ W: 1. Dus tin Ch arca lia (Cob ); 2. C nog Kamins ki (Cob );
3. A.' . Ha tle ry (tEM ); 4. T.J. Auten Jr. (Cob ); 5. Randy Pit'rpoinl
(Cub ).
bO 1. Micky Ma", hall (Kaw) ; 2. Mathtow ("o('t (Kaw); 3. And y
:
w
O"[); mrwll (Kaw ); 4. Tom Dwye r (Ka w); 5. Rona ld Kendil ll (Ka w ).
JR M INI 0 ·1 : 1. Ryan Co le m a n (Ya m) ; 2. Miltht' w Cow
(Kaw); ,3. Je ff Smit h (Kaw ); 4. C h ris O'Donne ll (Han); 5. Andy
O' Donne ll (Him ).
JR MI:'IJt 0-2: 1. Mick ey Mar shall (Kaw); 2. Dt-nn y Polilnd
(Su z ); 3, C ri ~ tt'n C roo kham (Ho n ); 4. Jeff Ma s sif' Jr . (Ya m) ; 5.
tenny C1lyHk (Yam) .
SR MINI : 1. Jne Shane ( Kaw); 2. Brian CE'rth (Suz ); 3. Paul
Ki s"i~ (Suz ); 4. Brad McCieliw (Suz); 5. N ick Mirn a (Kaw ).
..
SUPE R MIN I: 1. Joe Shane (Kaw); 2. Brian Gt>rth (Suz) : 3.
Mich..ld SiJl:mo nd (lCaw); 4. Denny Pola nd (Suz ); 5. Chri ll O 'Donnt'll(Hlm).
SC HBY: 1. Tim Stroy ne (Ho n); 2. Jason He nnann (Kaw); 3.
Brian Cri st (Hun ); 4. Patri ck Hunyadi (Yam ); 5. M4tt 1k1rt'S (Ka w).
125 C O- I: 1. Ja90n G~ory (Yam ); 2. Jt!Tl.'rTly Adams (Yam);
3. ' a y Ech!>tt'Jlkam pPr (Suz ); 4. Jot" Du bowsky (H(ITl); 5. Malt Bores
(Kaw ).
125 C 0- 2: l.JiJl;QT\ Ht'lTTiann (Kaw ); 2. Bill Schnei d('f (Ho n);
3. Juhn Ou 7.i k y (Suz); 4, Jim SkaAAS (Suz) ; 5. Larry L Pa ul (Suz).
c
125 B: 1, Sam Yanilt> (Him ); 2. MikE'OE'lldE'lliJl (Kaw) ; 3.
1Ii
Tim Stroynt> (Hon); 4. Brian ~ (Kaw ); 5. JoJso Roge r" (Hon ~
n
250 C: 1. Tim Fa", (Ho n); 2. Brand lm M~~r (Kaw) ; 3. Krillt·
ian HaUl'y (Yam) ; 4. Phi l KaminslJ. (Kaw); 5, Stev e Muo n' (Ka w).
250 B: 1. 'il ">{m RogE'rs (H on ); 2. Mi'-e O e nd t'Jlin (KoJw); 3.
Ch ad fl.·r kt>y (Kaw); 4. Da ve Kaema r (Hun); S. Tod d Ra!Oka (Yam ).
O PEN : 1. Elme r Kru za ( KT M); 2,. Brian Sh u ma n (Ho n); 3.
Gt-of'Kt:' Jobt- (Ho n); 4. Wayne BaYll (JaM).
.
25+: 1. Elmer Kruza (KTM); 2. Brian Sh uman (Hnn); 3. Oif'tt"r
KOf'Ch linR;(H(m ); 4. Scott Beard (Yam) .
SR 0 ·1: 1. Mike Sigm und (H{m ); 2. Elmer Kru za (KTM ); 3,
Da vf' Bla u ma n (Yam ); 4. Ray Co llie r (Kaw ); 5. Mar k Ko wal !>ki
(Hon).
SR 0-2: 1. Cra iR; McClellan (Stu); 2. Bill Aue r (Yam); 3. Brian
O'Donne ll (Suz); 4. Wayne Bays (Kl'M ).
BMBR : I. Mark Woods (Hon); 2, Bob O rla ndi (Ya m) ; 3.
Gt-Ilrgt'
(Hon).
VI m : I. Brian O' Donnell (Hun).
WMN : 1. AnK"'la Moore (Suz ); 2. Cris tomCmokham (H un); 3.
Sam Sn ydt ... (Kaw ~
EXTRA : I. Phil Kam inslJ. (Ka w ); 2. Do n Brown (Hon) ; 3. Bill
Sch nf'idt"r (H,m); 4. Pt'tl:" Krichum (Ya m).
Sat u rday
25CI A: 1. Jos h Sweat (Kaw ); 2. Vinet' Kamow (Kaw ); 3. Mik e
Katin (Hun); 4 . Sea n HogoJn (5 02 1; 5. DavE'Hand (Htln).
125 A: 1. Mike Katin (H un ); 2. Josh Swea t (K.aw ); 3. Sean
Hog an (Suz ); 4. Tom Welch (Yam) ; 5. VinCI" Kamow (Kaw).
JR P / W: I. KPnn y Ht'fU')' (Yam ); 2. Brandon Die trich (LEM);
3. Kurt DWYl'r (KTM) ; 4. Swtt D ye (Yam); 5. Arr o n Max wE'1I
i.
,obt-
(KTM).
SR-f"/ W : 1. G reg Kaminski (Cob); 2. T. J. Auten Jr. (Cob) ; 3.
A.J, HoI""y (LEM); 4. Du stin Cha rcalla (Cob); 5. Randy Pit>rpOint
(CIIb)
60: t . Mick y MarVla ll (Kaw); 2. Troy Gould (Kaw ); 3. David
M.}){well ( Ka w ); 4. Ma th ew Go w ( Ka w ); 5. And y O ' Do nnl!'lt
(KolW).
, R MlN I: I. Micky Marshall (Kaw); 2. Jim my Blair (Su7.); 3.
Ryan Co lema n (Yam ); 4. C1lris Talbot (502 ); 5. Ch rill O' [)( lnnd l
(H un).
SR MIN I: 1. Joe Shane (Kaw ); 2. Brian Ge rth (s uz ); 3. Pa u l
Klssig (Hon) ; 4. Tre\'or Mori va (Hon); 5. ' lm'my Ikal" (Kaw ).
S/ MINI: 1. JOt> Shane (K.aw); 2. Brian GE'rth (Su z.); 3. Trt' vor
Mori va (Hun ); 4. ams Smith (Hon ); 5. Chris O'Donnell (Hun) .
SCH BY: I. Tim Stroyne (Hun); 2. J.lson Hennann (K.aw ); 3.
' ustin Sabu (Kaw); 4. Nick Lauro (Suz ); 5. Mike Pre!I.'it!T (Hon ).
12S C: 1. R(ly ~ore (Suz ); 2. Dan Frku !;ka (Suz ); 3, Billy
Dtttm,.;ln(Kaw); 4. John Duzicky (Suz.); 5 . JaMln Ht'TTJIann (Kaw ).
(Hon).
250 B: 1. Mike Ot"ndl!T1in (Kaw); 2. Ja so n Rogers (Hon); 3.
Chad Hau~t (Kaw); 4. Shane Smith (Suz ); S. Dale Slaba ugh (SUz).
. O PEN : 1. Nt-al Davi s (Hon); 2. Jo hn Pappa (KTM ); 3. Milu>
Taykrr (Hon); 4. (' -"u rge jcee (Hon); 5. John Oark (Suz) .
ot
25+: 1. Shane Sm ith (Suz); 2. Jim Queer (Hon); 3. Mike Blan ford (Ka w) ; 4. M ilu>Sm ith (Su~); S. M ike Ziba ila (Kaw).
SR D-l : 1. Mike Smith (Suz) ; 2. Nea l Davis (Hon); 3. E. liJ;htncr (Hon); 4. Scott 5.lmpwll (y am ); 5. Johnny Young (I<..
'TM).
SR D-2: 1. Tom McKinn.-y (Hon ); 2. Brian O' Do nn ell (Su z ); 3.
Wayne Bays (KTM).
S/ SR.:1. Butch Po well (AN).
BM BR: 1. Ma rk Wood s (Hon ]; 2. Jack Cla rk (SUz.); 3. Frank
Ippolito (y am ); 4. Cecege [obe (H un); 5. Bob Or land! (Ya m) .
WM N: 1. Andrea Ippulito (5 uz ); 2. Angela Moor e (5 uz ); 3.
Cristen Crookbem (Hon ); 4. Sa m Sny der (Kaw) .
EXTRA : 1. Oui ll Ff.'1l;USOll (Su z); 2. Brad liJ;htner (Suz ); 3. E.
U ghtnt' r (Hon) ; 4. Don Brown (Hon); 5. Steve pfe lt (502 ).
S un d.ay
250 A: 1. Mike Katin (Hon) ; 2. Vince Kamo w (Kaw ); 3. Da ve
Hand (Hon); 4. Sean HOt;a n (Suz); 5. Josh Sweat (K.Jw ).
125 A: 1. Mike Karin (Hon); 2. Josh Sweat (Ka w); 3. Tom my
Co llier (Suz ); ol, Tom Wel ch (Yam ); 5. Vince Kamow (teaw ).
JR P /W: 1. Kt'1\ny Henry (Yam) ; 2. Branden Dietrich (LEM);
3. Barryn Durham (KTM ); 4. Armn Max w ell (KTM); 5. Scott Dye
(y am) .
•
SR P / W : 1. T.J. AUIt:'n Jr. (Co b) ; 2. A.J. Ha tt e ry (LEM); 3.
Du stin C ha rcalla (Cob ); 4. GreK Kaminski (Cob); 5. Rand y Pier ·
point Jr. (Cob ).
60: 1. Micky Marshall (Kaw) ; 2. Troy Go uld (Kaw) ; 3. David,
Ma ){wf'1I (Ka w ); 4. Ma th ew C ow (Kaw); 5 . And y O' Don nell
(Kaw ).
JR MINI: 1. Jim my Blair (5uz); 2. Mick y Mar shall (K.Jw ); J .
Da vid Ma x; ,, (l

