EVENTS
as he went un co n te st ed fo r the win. Ne itze l
spent the entire mota wo rking up throug h traffic
and was rew arde d wit h a ha rd-fought second place finish ove r Posca ,
Mont oya duplicated his excellent first-mote
start in round tw o, but th is time Nei tzel was hot
on his heels . Neitzel ha d to wait until lap three
to find some d aylight and take control of the top
spot. Montoya stayed close to make Neitzel
work for the win . Lance Rickard held off Posca
in the second mota to take third overall with 4-3
finishes .
Mont ova and Neitzel returned to do battle in
the !5Occ -In term ed ia te class wi th both getting
around Fast-starter Colby Begin by the th ird lap
of mota one . Neitzel was qu icker than Montoya
th rough some d eep whoo ps to grab the lead .
Montoya tried to retaliate wi th a block-pass in
the following turn, bu t Ne itzel saw it com ing
and squared off ear ly to mai nta in the positi on .
Neitzel pu lled away to win by six seconds over
Begin, who pu t in a gr eat las t-tap charge to pass
Montoya for the ru nn er-up finish.
Begin 's seco nd- mote lead lasted just ove r a
la p bef or e Mon toya too k control. Ne itze l go t
arou nd Begin a la p la ter and slow ly ree led in
Montoya. Neitz el dogged Montoya for most of
the moto before slipping past with the wh ite flag
in sigh t to pick up his second win on the d ay.
Results
PI\\' YAM (£H'o) 1. T.A . Wa lkl'f ; 2. Du" hn O",Vi!; 3 . :"IIiclr.
:
I
Robo.ortsun ; 4. DaVId Medina: 5. luc.1 . Mitdwll.
r /WYAM (7-9) : 1. Rickv Ht-'mmt' ; 2. Add m Milk.,.
n
P /W S / STK (~): 1. Kyl~ Bt-r1:,r.nIZ (KThI); 2. Dtlu~ C ol t'f
f'r
(KTM) ; 3. O'ry l ungt'nt"Ck (KTM); 4. Du stin O",vi, ( KTM) ; S.
Ty lo~ Hem m er (KTM ).
P /W S /~"TK (7~): 1. F.d w a rd Herring (LEM); 2. Rot>.tn Mt'fno li HaM ;; 3. Brys Ku ntz (LEM); 4. Bobbv Hf'S~ ( KTh{~ 5. Co lton
J.unf'S·CKl'Mj.
.
60 BEG: I. Timothy t.- Da n"" (Kaw ).
k
ftO (O- )· 1. Ed w a rd Ht't'T'tn (lYwl; Z. Cory Rl'dinu~ (Kaw); 3.
S
g
T",I.. Ml lli"' ~ I: .. k I K.. ,.,) ; 4. M"'rk Al kms (Kawl; 5 . O"' VI.' Ca rtl'r
(Ka w)
(,()(9- 11 ~ L An thony &rb.covi ( K.i w); 2. And y rltTt"'t" ( K.aw );
3. K }'w Fol tz (Kaw ); 4, ~i~ Bul'"lOn(lYw ); 5. Troy Tittlt'm.....
(Kaw).
MO BEG: 1. Kil KUTl.Ith(Yam ),; 2. John Sim.movi ch (Suz); 3.
Buk Perdue (Y",m j;: .a, Anthony B.arbarovi(y",m ); S. 50 W.lI""m s
(K.w ).
(Top) Danny Montoya (218) and Chr is
Neitzel were side by side th rough much of
the 125 and 250cc Intermediate class
racing In California Racing Club's Sunday
Motocross at Los Angeles County
Raceway . Neitzel won In both classes.
(Above) Former European Champlqn Dave
Bickers (1) leads former Wor ld Champion
Jeff Smith In Over 50 Expert action at
round one of the AHRMA Vintage Iron
National Series In Ocala . Florida .
Neitzel double winner
at CRC MX
By Greg Robertson
PAL\lDALE. CA, M 10
AR.
Tea m Gree n's Chris Neitzel ~on three out of
fou r motos to top both the 125cc ~nd 250cc Intermed iate classes during California Racing O ub 's
Sunday mo tocross at Los Angeles County Ro,ce-w~ y .
D~n ny
Montoya pulled the first 125cc Intermediate mot o holeshot ov er Tyson Taylor and
Ito Posea. Neitzel had his work cut out for him
after getti ng a bad start and running next to last.
Montoya set a blistering pa ce in th is roun d
RO (7-11): I. Scott Hu w.. (y",m ); 2. Sh.Int" Snuth (Hun); 3 . Bl.l....
Ml tcht-lI( Hon );.a C rd raton (Yam); 5. :-';ichoLn 8uf!lOl1 (Suz ).
~
80 (12- 13 ): 1. Donn ie Ournor (H on ); 2. I.R. Terry (Ya m ); :\.
Tv..on T ittl..mi ..r ( H u n ); .. . JUslln ME'fiI,m bl.. (Ya m ); 5. B""nl
Gilli.am (Yam j.
HO ( I4-1"): 1. MKh~' Young (Hon ).
BW; 1. J Jo hn!OOl1 (Sau:J;5 . CaOW)' Joh n "'m (Hon).
",v
250 NOV : 1. Sha wn Md n l~h (Yam); 2. Dan Kin ~ (Ya m ); 3
Ch u~k Ko
ber (Suz); -I Cu ll' To wnS('Jl (H un); 5. v tnce Poft (Yam).
d
2SO 1ST : 1. Chri s Neitze l (Ka w ); 2. Dan ny Mon loya (SUI ); 3.
:
Co lby Begm (Kaw l; 4 . Mart y Mad se n (Ke .....).
2.;0 PRO I. Iy Kady (Su z ); 2. Da \id Evilsizer (501:).
JR VET BEG: 1. F d il' Rell (y am ); 2. Rod ge r Leim er (HIm ); 3.
.d
Stock Gr"AA(H on ); 4. Ron Gn'~ (Ya m ); 5. le ff KisM'lok( (Hon) .
y
JR VET NOV : 1. RIll> Ht'lIly (Ho n); 2. Joh n Bt- n (Ka w ); 3.
va
SNln H a worlh (Ya m ); 4. Nil Ro ..itani (Ya m) ; S. Gabi Aba y o u
(H on) .
JR VET Ll\lT: I. Eri~ F1ernin~ (Ka w ); 2. C. T. Wa t.lrlolbll" (H tln ).
VET BEG: I. Eddi., Rt> (Y",m) ; 2. Bry an Ro bt"rt (Hon); 3 .
'"
Ma tth t"w kra n! (Kaw l; .a, Rob.-n MiIIE'r (Kaw ); 5. Jo h n Ada m ~
( K.1w ).
VET NOV : 1. lim Kun tz (Yam); 2. Rob Ht> (Hun); 3. J..rr
a1y
A~(H(JJ'l );
4. Eva n M"",C (Ka w ); S. loh n CNpman (Yam).
Wl
VET I~'T: I. Rid O'Donn..n (Hun); 2. M ikf' McMil lm (Suz:); 3.
Slnt> W illia m !> ( Ho n) ; .. . Dean O~ lrand E'r ( Ho n) ; 5 . l a m ~ li
Coppt"dgt" (Yam ).
VET EX/ PRO: 1. M"'rc John:'lOfl(Su1:);2. M"'rlr.Hort tm (Ya m);
"
3. C ra ijl;, H o tm t>l It"r (Honl; 4. Scotty Wa lLor (Suzl; 5 . lro s..ul
SR 8EG: 1. John Mom~m (Kaw ).
SR ;\JOV: I. SaI Squt'OcYa m)
SR EX; 1. R.lndy An d.. non (Yam); Z. Mik E' WPbb (Suz); 3
M.lrk Seal (Ya m ).
OT NOV : 1. Scott rl.'l~ (Bon). 2. MI ~ 1Iok~l iltt'fl (K.aw ); 3.
John Wt>bb(Hon); -I, F~k Orrt>y (Hun ); 5. ulT)' Kinch (Hon).
o r AM: 1. OwrW1 HI1Wl.'l1 (Yam ); l. Don Mt"Ifle'f (Yam ); 3.
'Ruthann Rt-naux (Hon ); 4 Rich.Jrd Bot'aloOf (Yam); 5. John FJ.ndt"l"§
(Han ).
or EX: 1. Robo'ft FM-."'" (Ka w ); 2. C.....>rgt' Spr",ring (Hon); 3
Bob Sherr-ed. (Yam) ; .a Sa>t1 McOrorwll (lion); 5. H.lII Grad\' (H un).
OT MS B: 1. Knl Rntau1ltH nn ); 2. 8 111 Ca rr (Hon); 3. Dennis
McAdam (Ka w ); 4. Gf\>K William!> (Suzl . S. J ~Ir. Allt."fl (Honl .
OT MS A: 1. Mik(' Webb (SIn).
AHRMA Vintage Iron
Motocross endures mud
By Terry Pratt and Matt Benson
Photo By Matt Benson
OCALA. FLMAR. 2
A d ay a n d ni ght of p ouri n g rai n left t he
mo tocros s tra ck at the Florida Motorsp orts Com plex a foot deep in sloppy mud . but that did little to dampen the enthus ias m of the hu ndreds of
ra ce rs w ho tu rne d out fo r ro u nd o ne of th e
A H RM A Vin tage Iro n N a tion al Mot ocr o ss
Series.
Alth ough practice and the early motos sa w
most rid er s slosh in g abou t in surviva l mod e,
the rain ta per ed off by mid da y and the secon d
round of motos was held on a dryi ng tra ck that
was ru tted and bumpy bu t raceab le.
One of the best races of the day was the Over
50 Expert event whic h included AH RMA Execu tive Direct or and two-time World Champion Jeff
Smith an d ma n y-ti m e Bri tish a nd Europe an
Cha mpion Dave Bickers . The win ne r of the first
mo ta , howe ver, was H u gh Wea ve r of H ugh's
Bultaco in Craryville. New York . Bickers wa s
close in second pla ce, but Weaver showed that
he was no strange r to mud d y con d itions an d
never left an opening ,
Bickers ' mount w a.. a 400 CZ wh ich he said
he had left in Sou the rn California in 1974 at the
en d of th e Trans-AM A Series. Bickers w ill be
remem bered by many fan s as a main...tay tn the
o ff-sea so n se ries tha t p itt e d Europe's bes t
ag ainst Amer ica' s fledgling m otocrosse rs on
thei r ho me tracks. The bike had "'-'CO picked up,
race-prepped and brought to Ocala by Vintage
Iron 's Rick Doughty.
The secon d m oto looked like a repeat of the
first unt il lat e in the race whe n Bicke rs mad e
se vera l challeng es to Weaver befor e he artfully
scra ped him off on a lapped rider and went on
to the win . Weaver wo und up in seco nd place
sandwic hed between cham pions: winn er Dave
Bickers and third-p lace Jeff Smi th .
Also attend ing the event as honored gu ests
were two-time AMA Grand Na tiona l Cham pion
Dick Mann a nd si x-ti m e ro ad ra cin g World
Champion Geoff Duk e.
Results
a.ssc
125 EX: 1, Da n John !! (Mun ); 2. lo h n Ziska (Yam ); 3.
Darin Emsw iler (H od ); 4. R.ay Wrif (CZ).
C lSSC 125 INT: 1. Rim.1fd Baulc h (Mon ); 2. Do'Tlnis Ble vins
(Hod) ; 3. Jaso n Eull (pen ); 4. Spo- nof !Ltlf'nhlW C
n
Pe'tl); 5. Jam t>1l
H amt'1'" (CZ ).
125 NO V: 1. rhil G runt..l (Puc); 2. Dex ter Ga rdenh iT1'
y
(cz); 3. Kennt'th l'ht"",, "1 (Bu l).
a.ssc 250 EX 1. Stf'V" Tu~kr (USA); ~ OiIn Juhns (AJS).
CLS5C 250 [f'", : 1. Mar k Co m u l (BSA); 2. Pa u l Ha vir (BSA );
'T
a.ssc
3. Eric Kraft (Mon).
assc 250 I\:O V: 1. Phi l G ru n dy
(Os s) ; 2. Chris Ma kynm
( as A).
asc.500 EX: 1. S«>"f' Tu~lr.t'1'" (BSA ); 2. J",m~ Sm ith (BSA); 3.
ty i
Da n Johns(AJS); ... 8ri.n CYConno.- (Du~); 5. Ri~k OouF;h (lI. on).
Cl5SC 500 NOV : 1. Ma tt Ikon""n (H us ); 2. ~nni , Bro wn
(G rr).
(Hun,
PREM 500 EX: 1. Bmo Rod i; 2. Brian O'Connor ( Du~).
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