I · ~VENTS .
ca me from Suzuki of Gas tonia rid er Casey
Barnes. Barne s pos ted three runner-up placin gs
and a third to take second in both classes over
Virgin ia's Justin Gibbs . James Webb and Adam
Overcash roun ded out the top five in 80cc (1215), wh ile Ov er cash ca me back to snag fourth
over Derrick Bell in the Supermini ranks.
Results
50 (U ): 1. Devo n Pilkingt on (KTM); 2. Brad Haa r (Yllm ).
50 (7.8): 1. Ch ristoper No rris (LEM ); 2. Tyler Shumate (Kaw);
3. Rya n Fitzwa te r (LEM); 4. SIt' phe n Cooke (LEM ); 5. Rob ert
Dam im (KIM ).
ti5 (7-9): 1. Micheal Willard [Kaw ]: 2. Thomas Hayes (Kaw) ; 3.
Sa muel Fitzwatl'r (Kaw); 4. D.C. Clark (Kaw ); 5 Tyje e Sh umate
("'>b ).
65 (1()'11): 1. Cha<;(' Sh uma te (Ka w); 1. k if Kllbcre (Ka w ); 3.
Mich~ t'l Willi !! ( K~w); 4. Chris W a lker (Kaw); 5. Ste ve Da ilt"Y
(Kaw).
80 (1-11): 1. Andrew Willard (Hon); 2. Adam Wa rd (suz); 3 .
B.J. H untsinger (5o z ); 4. Michael Willis (5u z); 5. Cbase Shumate
(Ka w ).
&I (9·13 ): l. Adam Ove rca sh (Sut.); 2. Derick &- 11 (Hon ); 3.
Nichn la!! Wam" (S Ul); .l. B.J. Huntsin~e r (5uz.); 5. Jaso n Bryant
(Ya m ).
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80 (12 -15) : 1. [e re d Black (Yam) ; 2. Ca_y Bame!! (5 u%); 3 .
Ju sti n Gibbs (Ka w );.l. [ames webb (Yam ); 5. Adam Overcash
(Suz ). .
80 D: 1. Den ni s West (Yam ); 2. Kyl e Stown (Yam); 3. Justin
G rubbs (Hon); 4. Bryan Wa lke r (5oz); 5. Micha el Thomas (Ka w].
5 / MINI: 1. [ered Black (Ya m); 2. Cesey Barn es (Suz); 3. Justin
Gibbs (Kaw ); 4. Ada m Overcash (Suz. ~ 5. Derri ck Bell (Hlm ).
125 A: 1. Robbie Horton (Kaw) ; 2. Rich ie Ho rton (Kaw) ; 3.
Mitch ell Hud KI;'S (Kawl ; .l. .Oa uck Shirley (y a m); 5. Troy Brewer
(Hon).
125 B: 1. Nicho lu McAllister (Ka w); 2. Dan iel Dai ley (Hon) ;
3. Eric Barnes (Suz); 4. Rogt' r Ca rrico (Hon ); 5. Ch ri s Nowery
(Suz ).
125 C: 1. Ash le y Brewer (Suz); 2. Andr..i Bo lo n i (5 uz); 3.
Ma rty Ada ms (5oz); 4. Don Ha yf'!l(Kaw ); 5. Jame!l Shirley (Hon).
125 D: 1. Sle vm Will ard (5uz); 2. De mel She ffield (Suz) ; 3.
' ami t' Di nt"m · (Ho n) ; 4. Van Eth eridge (Hon); 5. Da vid Sella rs
(Suz.).
250 A 1. Robbi .. Hort on (Kaw); 2. Richi .. Ho rton (Kaw) ; 3.
Patrick Sla te (Ho n ); 4. Troy Bre we r (Ha n); 5. Mitchell HOOKe!!
(Kaw ).
250 B: 1. Robert Ta lbott (Yam); 2. Rya n Sc ha f..r (Hon); 3.
Kpith Newton (SU7. ); 4. Mark Sm ith (Suz ).
250 C: 1. Ashl t'y Brewl'1' (Suz); 2. Brandon William s (Hon); 3.
Kyle Richard son (Kaw); 4. lnoma s Sto ver (Ya m); 5. Tom Hei tchu e
(Hon).
250 D: 1. Th om as Ray (Suz ); 2. Barry Ca rpen ter (Hon); 3.
Mi ch ael Mead or (Ka w ); 4. Billy Kidd (Yam ); 5. Ca rl Plum lvy
(H on },
2.~ A: 1. Sco tt Shiplt')' (5oz) ; 2. Rob McWhor!t.' r (Hon ); 3.
Vann Gibson (Ho n); 4. AIIt'n Alfo rd (Yam); 4. Brad Crouch (Suz);
5. Ooull:Nt"ighbo r.; (Hon).
ou ting of the Un limited Ama teu r class fou n d
Palmisan o in front at the end of the first lap, but
Whitmire kicked in the after burner of his Suzuki
and soo n put the red ride behind him . On cruise
contro l to the final flag. Whitm ire nailed his second victory of the day with doubl e aces.
Wh itm ire's first Schoolboy moto mirrored
the first Unlimited mote, as Josh led the field of
nine from start to finish. keeping a red buzz saw
by the nam e of Chad Albritton to the sou th of
him . But Albritton mana ged to grab the early
adv antag e in the second moto of the Schoolboy
class, riding the Honda as if his pan ts were on
fire. Albritton's 2-1 scores gave him the overa ll
Schoolbo y win, while Whitmire' s 1-2 earned second for the day.
Results
50 (4-6): 1. Brand on Lar ge C
LEM); 2. Ch ris to ph er Pittman
(KTM); 3. PArker JalTard {KTM }.
50 (1-8) : 1. Logan Bell (Cob); 2. John Ma leske (LEM).
60: 1. And rl"w Matu se k (Ka w) ; 2. Joshu a 0 8vi s (Ka w); 3.
Jonathan Wa lden (K.iw).; 4. Andrew Bourne (Ic.w).;S.
J~
Lewis
(Kaw},
RO 0 BEC : 1. Cad Mint er (Suz); 1. Joshu~ Da vill (Kaw); 3.
Mich lM'l Jonrs (Hon); 4. Jonathan Jarrard (K&w); 5. J~mt'S Bow ling
(Hon) .
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JRMINI: t. An drew Matuse k (Kaw); 2. Joshua Davis (Kaw) .
SR MINI ; 1. Robert Cham~" (Ho n); 1. C.s~ Bur li ng ton
(Yam); 3. Duh Lyle (Kaw ); 4. Chad Albritton (Hon) ; S. Michael
Alt'xand.... (Kaw ).
S / Mt NI: 1. o,ad Albritton (Hon); 2. Robe rt Cha mbe r.; (Hon );
3. Cuey Bullingt on (Ya m ); 4. Mi ch ae l Ale xander ( Ka w); S.
Mat thl'w How ard (Kaw ).
SCH BY: 1. Chad Albritton (Hon); 2. Jos h Whihnire (Suz); 3.
Sh"phm C ro we ll (Hon ); 4. Josh Lw (Hon) ; 5. Step hen Joh nson
(Hon) .
125 A: t. Tommy Boyd (Kaw ); 2. Rob by B~ fKStedt (Suz); 3.
Muk Cyp herll (Suz) .
125 8 : t. JQ!; Wh itm ire (Suz); 1. C re g Mau (Hon); 3. Paul
h
Fimsrnild (Suz},
125 C: t. Paul Bella nca (Hon); 1. Jake Han lin (Suz); 3. Jt'ff
F1 ster (H(m); 4. Eric C unning (Hon); 5. I...ee Branton (iCaw).
eni
125 0 : 1. Robert C ha rnbf'rs (Hon); Z. Te r ry Cham blt")' Jr.
(Suz ); 3. Gregory Demour (Kaw ); 5. Dan Sb~ (Suz ).
250 A: 1. To n y Wa go n er (Suz); 2. Gle n n 8 ates (S UI:); 3.
Tom my Boy d (KTM); 4. Jo n Kri e ge r ( Ka w); 5. Mark Cy phe r»
(Ya m).
250 B; t. E.lmt'!it H u bin (Hon) ; 2. Wt'5ley Ash ley (Hon) ; 3.
Rt'ggi e Sta rre n (Suz ).
250 C: 1. Ru~ ty Bu ffo rd (Hon ); 2. WayIon Wt't:'ks (Ka w); 3.
Scon Hdcr (Yam ); 4. Jo hn Ca rpenter (Ya m ); 5. lft' J(m(O!l)r. (Suz ).
250 D: L JOSt'ph Wright (Yam); 2. G rego ry Arm ou r (Kaw) ; 3.
Oe lton Wa tns (Hon) ; 4. Chri stopher Howell (Kaw); 5. Rob bie Ge r·
On.
25+ A: 1. Jon Kril'gl;'l'(Kaw); 2. Glenn Batefl (Suz ).
25+ B/ C: 1. M.uk Pa lmisano (Ho n) ; 2. Ch ri. McDo na ld
(Yam); 3. Greg M~u (Hon) ; 4. Ca rl McEvl'T (Hon); 5. Scot t Fisler
(Yam) .
30+ B/ C: I. Chri s McDonald (Yam); 2. Kenny H.l1I (Hon); 3.
Ca rl Me lwer (Hon); 4. Ma r k Jug..1 (H on ); 5. Ja me , Armstrong
(Hl"m).
35+: 1. Gary Gr aham (Hon ); 2. Pau l Bellan ca (Han); 3. Vanet"
Cha!'e (Hon); 4. Steve Horv ath (Suz); 5. Jam es Cl't"a (Hon ).
sy
40+ : 1. Km ny Ha n (Hon); 2. Dale Deaton (KIM); 3. Lury
Hamrick (Suz); 4. Robert Wa.Dea ton (KTM); 5. Sea n Th arp.(y am ).
VlNT: 1. David Kei th (Kaw); 2. Robert Phillip!l (Hon ); 3. Eric
Stockw e ll (N'lK); 4, Robert G roves (Hus); 5. Ga ry No rton (Ho n).
(Top) Rich ie Horton (20) and younger
brother Robb ie Horton (38) soared to fi rst
and second In 125cc A and 250cc A raci ng
at Devll 's Ridge Motocross In Sanford
North Caro lina
(Above) Pat Hush and Mark Cozzen were
this close for much of the NCMRRA Mini
Road Race in Rancho Cordova, Califo rn ia.
Hortons double at Devil's
Ridge Motocross
By Jay and Sharon Hauser
SANFORD, NC.APR 7
Robbie an d Rich ie H orton took th e top tw o
spots in 12Scc A and 250cc A racing during the
North Carolina State Champions hip / US. East ern Pro-Am Sprin g Series rou nd three d oubl ehead er at the Devil's Ridge Mot ocross facility.
The Horton broth ers rolled in from Georgia
and kicked tail, with Robbie turning in a perfect
four-mota sweep. Richie Horton took the runner-up spot by finishing no worse than third in
any of his moto s.
Robbi e wa s ju st ab out untou chabl e in the
12Scc A dass, but Richie was hit with some real
presure. Mitchell Hodges ran a couple of stro ng
mot os to tak e third. Sou th Carolin a's Chuck
Shi rley came h om e in fou rth with a 3-6 sco re
ove r Troy Brewer.
Robbie agai n waltzed away with bot h moto
wins in 250cc A racing with only h is brother able
to giv e h im a figh t. The best racing of the da y
was in 250cc A moto two as Richie gra bbed the
holeshot and looked as if he were going to pu t a
stop to his br oth er' s win streak, holdi ng down
first for the first two lap s. Local favorite Patrick
Slate was keeping d ose to the lead pair in hopes
of not gelling left behind. Robbie was soon past
for the lead and set sail for the checkers, while
Richie ran into trouble with a stalled motor in a
sh arp rig ht-han der, whi ch let Slat e cree p right
up on his rear fend er at the halfway point. Slate
tried eve ry trick in the book to make a move on
Hort on bu t still came up inches short at the fall
of th e flag. Brew er pu lled out a fourth w hile
H odges.captured fifth overall.
Rising Mini rid er Jered Black has been turing
some heads lately with some blazing-fast rid ing .
in the 80cc (12-15) and Supermini d ivi son s .
Black came aw ay with two champ ionship titles
with a perfect fou r-mota swee p of the classes.
Blac k' s mai n co m pete tio n in b ot h classes
25+ 8 : 1. Kirk Beitze l (5 uz); 2. Rob e rt Talbott (Ya m) ; 3.
Tho ma s Jmnings (Suz); 4. John Schafer (Suz ).
2S+ C: 1. Stan Co le (Suz ); 2. Russ Picke t (Hon ); 3. Thomas
Sto ver Yam ); 4. Tony Turner (Ya m).
30+ A: 1. Scott Ship ley (Suz) ; 2. Vann Gibson (Hon ); 3. Ja y
Ha use r (Hon) ; 4. Brad Crouch (Suz); 5. Tim Langdon (Yam ).
3(1+ B: 1. Ma rk wtlliem een (Ho n); 2. Kirk Beitu l (Suz); 3.
Thomu J.mninKs (Suz ); 4. William Hobson (ya m); S. Stt'VI' Smith
(Kaw).
30+ C: 1. RU!ill Pickt' tt (Hon) ; 2. Ma rk Hu ntsinger (Suz); 3.
John Moo re (Hon); 4. Rob ert Moore (Ho n) ; 5. Mike Ap plt'to n
(Yam },
35+: 1. Sco tt Sh ip le y (Suz); 2. Bob Ma ner (Ho n ); 3. Ma rk
Sm ith (Suz).
40+: 1. Dam.oll Bell (Hon); 2. Bob Maner (Hon).
50+: 1. Jimmy EvrB.
OPEN AM: 1. Mark Williamson (H on ); 2. Jay Hauser (Hon) ;
3. Damoll Bell (Hon); 4. John MOOI't" (Hon},
samY: 1. Androi Boloni (Suz); 2. Cory Wil1t"y(Su z ); 3. Bryan
Weatherly (Kaw); 4. 8ra ndon H ankins (Yam); 5. Da vid Du nb a r
(Ho n).
U/L: 1. Nicholao;McAllis ter (K~w); 2. Ch ris Now"}' (Suz) ; 3.
Ryan Schafe r (Hon ); 4. Scott Key (Suz ); 5. Dwayne Hod ges.
Douglas dominates
Prairie City Road Race
By Gary But h
RANQlOCORDOVA.CA. MAR 31
.
Team Calamari's Jerry Dougl as rode to victory
in the NCMRRA Vet-Gass Mini Road Race h eld
at Prairie Oty SVRA.
The field of Vet rid ers consisting of Op en
and Mod ified classe s sw ep t th ro ug h the first
tum behind Douglas, all jockeying for po sition.
Racers Pat Hu sh and Mark Cozzen s followed
Dou glas closely, as they too wer e on Open -elass
bikes. Modifi ed-dass racer Geoff Eppes carried
cons istent spee d to battle early on with Op enclass racer Michael Lynn while coming under
constant pressure from the rest of the Modi fied
class.
While Doug las was checking out and cru ising away, a tight battle developed between Hu sh
and Cozzens for second place. The tw o racers
were nip and tuck thr ough most sections of the
course . Both Cozz ens and Hush carri ed similar
speed down the front straightaway leading into
tum number one, a. fast left-hander . Hush, ridin g
a water-cooled 80cc YSR, wou ld try the outsi de
line aro und Cozze ns in tum one for the first four
laps. On lap number five, as the pair of rid ers
exited tum four and head ed toward s tum five, it
wo u ld b e H us h lead ing up th e h ill to. t h e
corksc re w, this tim e without Cozzens . After
ov e rs h oo ti n g a n d cras h ing in th e co rn e r,
Cozz ens wo uld rem ount and h old d own th ird
position. The Open -class positions w ould remain
the same as the more powerful bikes would start
lap ping the Modified dass on abou t lap number
seven. Modi fied action had Eppes lead ing Bill
Hackett, Art Martinez and Deon Perry in a close
race for the top three class positions.
The fou r-ride r battle wo uld last un til the late
stage s of the race. Martinez gave Hackett a run
for second while coming un de r consistent pressu re from Stock-bike rider Pe rry . Perry passed
Charles Tsegeletos at mid race and could only
p ress u re Ma rtinez for thir d in the tighte r sections of the cou rse. Martinez wou ld pu n away
from Perry on the stra ights and nip at Hackett
who had his hand s full wit h Eppes. As the race
wo un d dow n it was Eppes' h igh er cor ne r
speeds w hich ke p t Hackett a t bay. When th e
checkere d flag flew it wa s Douglas and Eppes
finishing first in thei r respective classes.
Results
STK: 1. Ken Takeda (ya m ); 2. Michael Hanna s (Yam ); 3. Dan
Me lino (Yam).
S /SPRT: 1. I'm Take da (Ya m ); 2. Bruce Utzi g (Ya m) ; 3.
Michae l Han na s (y am) .
. S/ BK: 1. Ken Takt>Ja (Ya m); 2. Jon Edw a rds (Yam); 3 Jolmie
HUJ;ht- (Yilm).
80 GP : 1 Je rry DouJ;las (Ya m) ; 2. Tim Rus h (Yam ); 3. Pat
Hush (Ya m ).
BW: 1. Dan Merli no (Suz); 2. Ron Hi pk is s (Ho n ); 3. [ames
Swi tzt"f (Hon},
VET/OPEN :
I.·Jerry Douglas (Yam); 2. Pat Hush (Yam); 3. Mark Cozzens
(H en).
.
VET /MOD; 1. GI'Of{ Ep pes (Ya m ); 2. Bill Hacket t (Yam); 3.
Art Martine z (Yam ).
WM N: 1. Jill St. O air (Yam ); 2. Kathy Rt"i 1 (Yam ); 3. Ange la
ly
Kling (Yam) .
NO V STK: 1. Sa nith Sirichand hra (Ya m ); 2. Steve And erson
(Yam ); 3. Don O ingn (Yam ).
NO V S/ SPRT: 1. Bria n Lowe (Yam) ; 2. Eric Vossbrink (Yam);
3. Alex Wagrwr (Y~m ).
NO V S / BK: 1. Mike Cu llen (Yam); 2. John Daker (Yam); 3.
Brian Short (ya m).
.
NOV Tn : 1. Rick Scott (Yam); 2. Mike Cullen (Yam); 3. Bobby
Siebenhaar (Yam ).
Walker triples Cathey's
Creek Motocross
By Barbara Will iams
FOREST CITY, NC. APR.7
Comeback kid Kevin Walker is back in the racing groove aft er a seve n-mo n th layoff, and he
proved it by nailing three overall wins at round
three of th e AM A / Teen o sel Ca roli na Ult ra
Seri es a t th e Ca they's Cre ek circu it where a
record entry of 390 riders enjoyed long -awaited
su nshi ne, although an u ns easonably cool. stiff
breeze qu ickly dried out the track.
Walker won eve ry m oto of t he 125cc A,
250cc A and 25+ A classes. The YZ pilot collected $400 for his fun in 125 and 250cc A d ivisions
plus another $70 for the 25+ A win courtesy of
Carolina Scrap Processors.
"I told him it would be about a month after
he sta rted rid ing again. before he wou ld go back
to win ning like before," gri nn ed Walker's wife,
Tracie.
.
Ind eed, Walker has experienced a slum p of
sorts since his shattered collar bon e healed, finishing in the top five but not always the victor.
In all six of his motos, Walk er holeshot the
sta rt and led every lap , lea ving the battl es for
p osition to tho se beh ind. Billy Liles and Brian
McElroy provid ed the m ost action with eve rfaster, sid e-by-sid e racing un til McElroy's wrist
acted up .
Hon da-m ounted Jon Boruff took the win in
both the 125 and 250cc B divisions against some
of the best Intermediate rid er s in the region .
Boruff tra ded moto w ins in th e 12Scc B dass
with Marcus Hedrick. In the first round, Jason
Thompson grabbed the holesh ot and fought off
Hed rick's challenges until th e last lap, when
Hedrick powered past to take the lead . Thompson ran out of time at the flag and settled for secon d . Boruff stalled in the first turn an d wa s
forced to claw hi s wa y b ack fro m 15th to a
respectable fo urt h be tween Brian Lan e and
Phillip Ha yes.
Boruff gated mu ch b etter in th e se con d
rou nd of 12Scc B action, sitting in third behind
Josh Capps and Shan!, Lawson . By the halfway
p oint, Boruff had passed both Capps and lawson. and practically proceeded to leave the ZlP
code . Hedri ck was delayed at tum one by a pileup involving most of the first-moto top -five. No
rid er fin ish ed in the sa me p ositi on for both
rou n ds, and the wi ld shakeu p gave Boruff the
win w ith a 4-1 score .
The 250cc B racing wa s mu ch less stress ful
for Boruff, as he took both moto wins. Hedrick
p ressured relentl essly; but Boruff would not be
denied .
Results
50 (4-6 ): 1. Davin Prieto (LEM ); 2. Bran don Larg e (LEM); 3 .
Cory Stric kla nd (KIM); 4. D u ho n Sum mons (KTM); 5. Nico le
Stiles (LEM ).
50 (7-8 ): 1. Jak e Posey (Cob ); 2. P.J. Beard (LEM ); 3. Ku sie
W ilks (LEM ); 4. Ca me ron Ma lt'y (Ho n); 5. Ma tt hew O 'Ouin n
(KTM).
65 (7-9 ): 1. Jak e Po se y (K~w); 2. P hi lip Ive rs Jr. (Kaw ); 3.
Joshua Jord an (Kaw ); 4. Cody Goinell (Kaw ); 5. Ch ristopher Chesnt't"(Kaw},
65 (1().11): 1. JeHrPy Field! (Kaw); 2. Tom my Lee(Kaw ).
JR MIN I: 1. J~ffr~y Fields (Ya m ); 2. Ma tt Miller (Su z ); 3.
Ph illip Ranlter(Suz); 4. Jacob Say lor (iCaw); 5. Kyle Justice (}(.aw)
.
SR MINI: 1. Joshua Su mnwy (Ka w); 2. Bobby Ranker (Suz ); 3.
Han." NE"t'1(Hon ); 4. B r~nnon f e rgu.'iOR(J
