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Cycle News 1996 04 17

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King cou ld n't pull away, and tha t's how they fini sh ed . Buck ' s th ird-p lace fin ish gave h im third on the da y over Townsend an d M e ~er. Results the le,1d both days, taki ng the win s flag-to-flag. In Tu esd ay 's main event. Steve Lon go got by John Blackstock in a ra ce-lon g du el for seco nd wh ile Geor ge Richtm eyer wo rked h imself from a third -row pen alty ~tart all the way up to fourth in a thri llin g effort . John Vander kooi roun d ed out the top five with a solid performance. Wednesd ay's Pro-twin main was a repe at for Ra gan and Ste ve Lon go wi th j oh nn y Isaa cs moving into th ird and Vand erk ooi fourth. James Vaught had a goo d run go ing on his Triumph from seve nt h up to fifth, bu t slid down on the slip pery su rface on lap six. john Hildebrand filled out the to p five. lac Donald of Winter Park, Colorado , scored a d ouble-double, takin g bot h 600cc Amate u r and Op en -twin ma ins both d ays. Tony Ne il raced to a pai r of 600cc Pro wins whil e Fred Sch ritt and Bill Burr tra de d top Masters honors. Schritt mad e a tremendous effort to ge t by Bu rr on We d nesda y, bu t Schritt' s Tr iump h was n ot u p to the Yamah a po w e r o f Burr 's big tw in. The two nea rly 60-year-old men pu t on quite a show , and if the track anJlOuncer had n't give n their ages away , one would have though t mu ch-younger lions were scrapp ing. The River City Speed wa y proved a worthy venue for two fine afternoon s. an d the ride rs fr om a ll over the U.S. w ho came to com pete there will not soo n for get their Bike Week '96 ad ven ture. Results ..... l-< P-. -< 6 Tu t'lldol y f>OO: 1. Ja c Dofr.ald (Ya m ); 2. Mik~ Zb role k; 3. J.e. C lar k . (Ya m ); 4. Ro y Rd int"9(Bu l); 5. Bo b Lou cks (Bu l). O P EN·lW: 1. Jac Don .lId (Ya m); 2. Jam ~ Ea ~l ll'l" (Va m); 3. Duu J;SIt'wa rt (D ue) ; 4. Bill Stt"phens (Tri); 5. Ron Stone (Tri ). MSTR: I. FI't'd Sch ritt (Tri ); 2. Ma rvin Ltmg; 3. J.lmt>"i RilPf. SR: 1. Juhn H ild t'brand (Tri); 2. Bill Sny d t.*r (Bul); 3. Rubt ·n Ju h n'llon (Vam); 4. J.e Cla rk (Ya m); 5. Bob Lou cks. (Bu l). 500-75005SC: 1. Gt'(l~ Richtmt")'("I'(Tri); 2. Ch arlt'!> Sou thga t.. (BSA); 3. Mike Zbwv>k (BSA); 4. Ge rald J~!>up (Tri); 5. Jame!! Hen ry (DSA ). noo PRO I. Ton y N t'i11 (Yam); 2. John Fikt" (BSA); 3. Bill Sny d ("l' (Bu l); ';. Dillt, Buck (Bu l); 5. Roboon Jo hn!> ttm (Yam ). MSTR PRO 1. Joh n Fike (BSA ); 2. u.-e r ark t'r (Yam ); 3. Gt'r aid JelOSUP (T ri); 4. Bill BUIT(Yam ). O PEN PRQ-TW: 1. Mic h ael Ra gan (Va m) ; 2. Ste ve Lon ~o (Tri ); 3. luh n B1a wlock (Tri ); 4. George Richtmeyer (Tri); 5. luhn Van dt"rkOt.i (Tri) . W ..d nl"tod.y tifMlVINT: 1. Jac Dona ld (Vam); 2. Mike Zbro;r:ek (Tri); 3. J.e. Cla rk (Yam); 4. Bob Lt' uc k!O (Bu l); 5. Ro y Haim-s (Bul). OPEN-TW: 1. Jac Donald, (Ya m ); 2. Dou g Stew arl; 3. Mik E' Zbro7.ek (Tri ); 4. Ron S to n~' (Tri) ; 5. Brian Ho lzigal (T ri). MSTR: 1. Bill BUIT (Vam) ; 2. Fred Sch ri tt erri); 3. U>e Park t'r (Yam ); 4. Tuny r ino (Yam). 500-750 CLSSC: 1. Joh n ny l!iaacs (Tri); 2. Jo~h Ga tely (Tri); 3. Roy Hain o (Bu l); 4. Mikl"Zbroze k (BSA); 5. Thorn 5l>arch (Tri). 600 PRO: 1. Ton y Ne ill (Vam); 2. Johnny Isaaa (Tn) ; 3. John Fike (BSA); 4. Bill Sny dL'r" (Bu l). O PEN rRo-lW lN.= 1. Michael Ragan (Yam) ; 2. Ste vt' LonJ;o (Tri ); 3. Johnn)' Isa acs (T ri); 4. John Vanderkooi ; 5. John Hilde brand (Tri) . (Top) Bryan Lamborn' (135) and Dan King (3X) battled It out In both motos of 2S0cc Novice racing dur ing the CRC Motocross at Los Angeles County Raceway . King grabbed first place both ti mes. (Above) Brock Sellards led the pack at round two of the AMA USA MegaSerles at Muddy Creek Raceway in Blou ntville, Tennessee. Sellards took overa ll wins In t he 125cc A and 250cc A clas ses. P /W (O-fi : 1. T.A. Wal k..r (Ya m); 2. Sha wn Butler (Yam); 3 . ) Bryan H atch itt (Yam ); 4. David Med ma Clam); 5. Ju stin Enbanb (Yam ). P /W (7-9): I. A dam Milll'r (Yam ); 2. Ralphit' Spi ne lli (Yam ). 5/ STK (O-f>): J. Duugl,,~ Ca rtt.'r (KTht) ; 2. \\'t'S Parri sh (U M); 3. An drew CDUto (lEM); 4. Brian Sta m bac}. (KTM). S /STK (7·9): 1. Scott Stam back (K T M) ; 2. Ty lor Pi ne da (KTh 1); 3. Bradl ey H.lt ch llt (KTM); 4. Co lto n Jam es (KTM); 5. Cory Rona ld (Hun ). IM ). MOD: I . Kyll' Jmkin!> (lEM); 2. Bryce Terzian (J... 60 BEG: 1. Sco tt Sta m back (Kaw); 2. Tylo r Pin eda {K aw ]: 3 Bry ce Tenian (KTM ). • 60 (0·8): 1. Ed w ard He r ring (Kaw); 2. J.J. Noo ne (Ka w); 3. Rya n Roy ba l (K.1W); 4. Dow Cart er (Kaw) . f>O (9· 11): 1. An thony Ba rbaco vi (Kaw); 2. Jared Tebo (Ka w ); 3. Troy Titl lt'fYlit'r (Kaw) ; 4. M.ltt CI'"trPra~ (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. Kit Kunath (Yam) ; 2. Richard Eu ba nks (Yam ); 3. Brad H o we (Yam) ; 4. Donovan Elliott; 5. Do nn y Wigg ins (Ya m ). 80 (7-U ): 1. Sh a ne Sm ith (Hon); 2. Scott H ow e (Yam); 3. Daryl Ecklu nd (Suz); 4. Garard Patin Jr. (Yam) ; 5. vmoent Rhoads (Yam ). NO (12· 13): 1. Todd GOIl!Oe!ur (Hon); 2. T yson T itt lE' ie r m (H o n ); 3. Brad Rob inso n (Hu n); 4. Bl't'nl G illia m (Yam); 5. Mari e Spil'lL'lIi{Yam). RO (14-16): I. Chri!itophtoTGosSt'laar (Hun). 125 BEG: 1. Charles Cook (SUz); 2. Mike Mille r (H on); 3. Lee Saul (Suz ); 4. O iff lm nin g!!(Suz);5. lWn'Stuel ke (Suz) . 125 NOV: I. Ke vi n Townsen d (H o n ); 2. Chri!l T h nm p'lon (Su z ); 3. Dean O str a nd er (S uz ); 4. Brya n La n K (H a n ); 5. Jos e Polasek (Hon ). 125 INT : I. C h rilO Nenzel (Ka w ); 2. Scot t y Wa lker (Suz ); 3. Mi kt' Gibooon(Hun); 4. Randy Sidfan (Suz) . 125 PRO: 1. :(Kaw). 1 VET BEG: 1. Mar k Testa (Hon); 2. Stanely Norwoods (Kaw ); 3. Ma rk Jlmt>!I (y ol ); 4. Frank Pmeda (Yam); 5. Joh n Ad a ms (Suz ). m VET NOV : 1. Wf Pt'nnin~ttJn (H{m); 2. Fred Nicho ls (Ho n); 3. Bryan Roht·n!> (Ho n ); 4. Evan t>.1McMil ll'l'l (Suz ); 3. Jot'l H u rio n (ya m); 4. Jam~ C()ppt"d~ (Yam ); 5. A II'll Spillo'lli (Yam) . • VET EX/PRO: 1. Eric Ca sas (Va m); 2. Brad Mcleod (Hon); 3. Edd ie D" vi. . (Yam); 4. Leo Saul (Ka w); 5. Ken Nt"it:rel (Ka w ). . SR BEG: I . John Kin ~ (yam). SR 1 : I . J. J. H arri.. (Su z). m SR EX: 1. Rand y And l'l'Slln (Yom); 2. Jim Bec k (Hon). a T NOV : 1. Jo hn Webb (Hon ); 2. Da le Brock ett (Hun); 3. Larry Kir.;ch (H on); 4. Fra nk J:>E.rby (Hon); 5. Jnhn Fam'l1 (Suz) . aT AM: 1. Ruthann RE'n x (Hun); 2. Don Meinl:'r (Yam ); 3. ....u Richard Bl:'ah' r (Vam ); 4. Rich St ut'lke (A TK); 5. H an k OWnl!O (Ho n ). O T EX: I. ·Jim Btock (Hon); 2. Ch ar ll."S How ell (Vam); 3. Ha l Gr ad y (Hont 4. Kt'ith Ph illip!! (Ka w); 5. Robt:"ft Fi~1t>r (Ka w). OT MSTR B: 1. K('n Rt'na u x (Ho n) ; ·2. Dennis Mc Adam (Kaw ); 3. G~ WiIlidms (Suz); 4. Stev e Oark (Su z); 5. Mike Ches· bro (Hon ). Sellards soars at Muddy Creek Motocross By Barbara Will iams Pho to by Loren Wil liams Townsend, King rule CRC MX By Greg Robertson PALMDALE, CA. MAR 24 Kevin Townsend and Dan "Sky" King p icked up the 125cc an d 250cc Novice-class ove rall wins d u ring Ca li forn ia Ra ci n g Club' s Su nday motocross at Los Angeles County Racewa y. In the first 12See mo ta Bryan Lang timed the ga te d ro p to perfection an d grabbed the lead over To,vn send a nd Jose Polasek. Lan g we nt dgwn, h and ing th e lead to Townsend. Ch ris Thompson came fro m a mid pack start to pass Polasek for secon d place and catch the leader. Th o mps on h ad m om e n tu m o n h is si de and passed Tow nsend with two laps rema inin g to pass take the w in. Dean Ostrand er put a last on Polasek for third. Thom pson h olesh o t moto tw o, but a so il sa mple on the openi ng lap dropped him back to sixth. Lang took control until he ran off the track aJlowi ng Townsend the opportun ity to lead . Lead he did. slow ly pulli ng awa y from the field for the second-moto win. Thompson battled his way back up th rou gh the pack for seco nd at the checkers and in the final standings. ; Round one in 250cc NO\· ce action saw Bryan Lamborn pu ll out the early lead over Brett Bennett and Graham Howell. King came cha rging up ou t of the pack to d isplace bOlh Bennett and Howell by lap two . King cau ght Lamborn and ate plenty of sand be fore find ing his way into the lead on the white-flag lap . Lamborn stayed glued to King's rear fender all the way to the finish. Howell was third over Cole Town'iend and Tyler Buck. . King got the start he needed in m ot a' tw o ov er Lam born, Buck and Bennett. King and Lamborn hoo ked up and separated them selves from the others in the ir battl e for the lead . King pu t a one- tu m advantage between himself and La mborn . La mb orn couldn't catch King/but 8Iap BLOUNTVIL TN, MAR. 23-2. LE, Brock Sellards flew to the overall w in in both 12Sec A and 250cc A d ivisions at ro und two of th e AMA USA MegaSe ries a t Mu d dy Cr e ek Raceway. The Yamaha Challe nge Weekend did dou ble duty as a n area quali fier for Lorett a Lynn' s, drawing 818 entries from 15 states. Sellards ho leshot the first 12Sec A m ota, followe d by Scott Graves, Kevin Walker an d Cha rlie Dun away. Walk er overtook Sella rds by the end of lap one, the n ga ined some room wh en Sellar ds fell on the last lap . Sellar ds rem ounted to finish seco nd . j im Chester stayed on the gas · to wo rk up to th ird from a fifth-place start, followed by James Evans and Duna way, Graves crossed the line in sixth. Sellards ow ned moto two, focusing att ention on the ba ttle fo r second . Th e harder Chester pre ssured from third, the closer Walker rode to the ragged edge, unt ij"finally Walker spun ou t, handing second to Chester. Wa lker recovered still in third, pursued by Josh Sweat, Dunawa y and Evans . They cros sed the line in that orde r. Chester leaped to the fore on the start of the first mot a of 250cc A, with Sellards and Sweat sticking to him liKe duct tape. Sellards followed Che ster for a lap and finall y powered into th e lead com ing u p the sta irs tep se ctio n. Aft er a couple of swaps, Sellards took the lead for good . Walker had climbed from se venth to thi rd by mid race, forang Chester to go faster so that the p air pull ed a 10-second gap on fourth place Sw eat . At th e b ase of the s ta irs tep s, Ches ter appeared to have the advantage, but Walker took the ou tsid e line and shot alongside Chester, zapping him by half a wheel at the flag for second . Wa lker holeshot th e secon d round, only to fall less than a lap into the race and hand over the lead, and th e win, to Sellards . Ches te r hooked up with the Kawasaki jockey, letting him set the pace. Florid.·s ja rrett Tipping an d N orth Carolina's Ja cob Dombrosky clai med third and fourth in the ma lo, followed by Wa lker in fifth for third overall. Results . Sa turday 50 STK (4 ..f»: 1. Co ry Stric.kland (KTM); 2. Dakot a Beavers (KT M ); 3. Bria n r ace (KTM); 4. Brando n La r~t" (LEM) ; 5. Easton H an kin.. (LEM). 50 STK (7-8): 1. Andl'('W Matu sek (LEM); 2. Ja kE'G n ffis (Cob); 3. Cha<;t;' Bl'C'k (Cob); 4. Michael Ridge (Cob); 5. j ake Posey (Cnb). 65 5T K (7·9 ): 1. A n d re w Matusek (K,aw ); 2. Jos h ua Ob vis (Ka w ); 3. J (Yam); 4. Josh \\'hltJmre (SU7.) 5. Darrell m an ken sh ip ; (Su7.I. WM: (Ka w ); 5. Ja !lOn Will,,", (Ho n). Su n doly 50 (4 -t1) 1. Co ry Stric klan d (KTM); 2. Dakota lk-avt>1'1l (K1"M J; : f 3. Bra d lt"}' r aa- (KT M); 4. East lm Hankins (LEM ); 5. R. Ca mE' On Sh me(LEM ). 50 (7-~) : 1. Jakt> G riffis (Co b); 2. Ju stin Sipes (Cob); 3. Mich.wl Rid~e (Ct >b 4 . L.B. Home (Cob); 5. Ja kl' ro~y (Cc>b). ); tiS (7-9): 1. Andrew Ma tu se k (Kaw); 2. Jo!>hua Da vis (Kaw) ; 3•• AII'l( Huntt'r (Ka w); 4. Jake Gri ffis (Kaw) ; 5. Jeffn-y Lu cidn (Kaw ). 65 (10-11) : 1 C h ris to p h e r Whi tcraft (Kaw ); 2. J(Offre y Field ~ (Kaw ); 3. Wa d E'Cur d t'll (Ka w ): 4. Olast" Robt"rts (Kaw ); 5. Bryan Johnson Jr. (Ka w). &I D: I . Sha un Hl'l'I"IOfl (Ho n ); 2. Jes se Mead (Hon); 3. Aaron Cla rk (Ka w ); 4. Jeff Mead (Ho n ); 5. Jos hua Sutton (Yilm). JR M I:J' (Yam ); 3. Jim Ch e'ltl' r (SU7.); 4. Jam l'!l Eva n!! (Kaw); 5. Ch arl ie Dunaway (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Jon Buruff (Hu n); 2. Jeffery Rya n (Suz); 3. Ja 'U.lfl Th o m p so n (Ka w ); 4. Presion Ro St' (Kaw ); 5. C had An derso n (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Eric Leu n ard (Kaw); 2. Zach YonCE" (Suz ); 3. JMSf'> Aeminp;(Hon): 4. Tim Millip; n (Suz ); 5. Chdd Bu rb a (Kaw). a 125 D: 1. Ca'lt")' Stri ck la nd (H un ); 2. Don nie Bloyd (Suz ); 3. Bobby Bund (Va m ); 4. Gl'ej:;ory Dial (Suz); 5. Jason Edding.'l(Kow) . 250 A: 1. Brock Sella rd .. (Kaw); 2. Jim Chl:"ster (Stn); 3. Kt>vin Walkr (ya m ); 4. Jarrett Tippinp;(Suz ); 5. Jacob Dombrosky (5uz) . 250 B: 1. Jon Buruff (Hon); 2. Marrus Hedrick (Suzl; 3. Pre· !!ton Rose (Ka w ); 4. Brian Latlf' (Yam ); 5. Bill Ca~"-l va u~h (Suz). 250 C: 1. Eric Leona rd (Ka w) ; 2. Matth(Ow Frl't'd (Suz); 3. Robert And y Smith (Hon); 4. JL'S.."t.' flt'JTlin~ (Hon); 5. Jay Taylo r (H on). 250 D : 1. Adilm FIt't"Ilor (H u n ); 2. A I(')l; Will iam !! (Yam ); 3. M a r k Manue l (Su z) ; 4. Richa rd Ta ylor (Hon); 5. Ch uc k G r~ r ' (Suz) . O r EN AM : 1. Darryl Ahon en (Ka w ); 2. Ron Jone!> (Hon) ; 3. Nicho la'l Pin t'gar (Him ); 4. Wa yn .. H <1rrison (Hon); 5. Todd Ritchit' IKTMj. 25+ A: 1. Jim Ches le r (Suz); 2. Kevin Wa lkl"r (Yam) ; 3. Rod Mdl'1lh a ll (Suz ); 4. Mike Pa d~l"tt (Ya m); 5. Kirk John so n (Yam ). 2S+ R: 1. Jay Hayt"l (Hon); 2. Scott Linko us (Suz); 3. Furma n Panon (Ho n ); 4. Travis Jon t' s (Suz) ; 5. Olris Shortridge (Hon). 25+ C: 1. Jimm y r ilcoc k (Suz); 2. Billy Ha r riso n (H un); 3. Da vid Buis (Hem); 4. Larry De an Mit ch ell (Suz l: 5. Jimm y O pod enin Jr. (Hon). 30+ A: 1. Ron ' Iml'S (Hu n ); 2. Rry an Ada ms (Kaw); 3. Ma rk Guy (Ya m ); 4. Rick W ri~ht (Suz); 5. Dann y Osborn (Vam) . 30+ B: 1. Da vid Sawyer (Kaw); 2. Rud n t")' Cuvt'l'\de r (Ka w ); 3. A. Jamie McCoy (yr (Suz ). 35+ : 1. Run lo nt'S (Hon); 2. M (H on ); ny 3. Terrt'll We lbllrn (Su z); 4. Joh nny G ibson (HIm); 5. Billy ~in!l (SUl). . .ffl+: 1. Tern' lI Wt'l bu m (5u7.) 2. Eu ~t'Yle Shorty C,oudE' (Suz); ; 3. Pt·tl' t H1t ri so: m (Hun); 4 . Ted Shu rtri dge (Hon). r U /L A M: 1. J.1 H aye s (H o n); 2. We sley McCo y (Yum ); 3. Y Alan And t' NUn (Hun ); 4. Danny Lain IHu n ); 5. Tra vis l Imes (Suz). Flesiaflies at Aztec By Stacy Jen sen COLORADO SPRINGS, CO MAR JO , Mark F1 es ~ a p roved he still has what it takes to stay in the nu mb e r~ o ne spot after tak ing the

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