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Dave Schultz lagged at th e sta rt of
his first round m atch wi th Keith Freeman 's GSXR 1100, posting a 0.512 reacti on time, bu t scorched throu gh th e
qua rt e r m ile in a nother track-reco rd
7.484 elapsed time. Schultz would line
up in the next round agains t Paul Gast
and the Fast by Gast Suz uki en try .
Th e best top s peed o f the opening
round was M att H in es ' 181.15 mph.
Hines also ow ns th e quickest average
re acti on time of th e current top 10
points leaders a nd ap pea red ready to
take on Rick Ward's NCN Communications Suzuki in the quarters.
The quarter-fin al round produ ced
more red lights th an a three-alarm fire
as Hines, Scali, and Showers all lit th e
err or light on the tree. Paul Gast put in a
valiant effort as he notched a 0.426 reaction time to beat Schultz off the line. The
Sunoco rider w as up to the challenge,
however, and passed by Gast to get to
the semis.
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Rick Ward tripped the light jus t 0.003
second earl y, hand ing the win to Meyers .
Sch u ltz found him se lf in a fam iliar
position as Joh n Mafaro beat him off the
line wi th a nearly perfect 0.409 reaction
time. Th ings went so u r q u ick ly for
Mafaro when h is bike wou ldn' t go in
third gear. It was Mafaro's best result so
far this year.
Schultz and Me yers both got off to a
great start with Schul tz making his best
rea cti on-time effort of the day at 0.423
seconds an d Meyers right there at 0.433.
The race was tigh t all the wa y through
with the Sunoco Suzuki pulling slightly
ahead on top end and finishi ng first by
0.02 second. DaveSchu ltz once again
lowered th e track record elapsed time,
to 7.471, an d Joh n Me ye rs pushed h is
Sna p -on Suz uki to a 7.491, the fastest
si de-by-si de Pro Sto ck Bike rac e in
NH RA histo ry.
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Croom Trial hard to forget
By Brock Salliemel er
CROOMCYCLEPARK. FL, APR 21
The Cah ills Trials Club laid ou t an event th at
will not soon be forgotten for round nine of the
Florid a Tria ls A s.~od ati on Cha mp ionship series.
Intens e su nshine and tem peratures push ing
90 degrees baked mos t , .the trac tion out of the
clay and limestone hillsides and left rid ers looking for sha de and water. Sectio n tape blocked
rider s fro m using eve ry dece nt line avail able,
re.sul ting in lots of pu sh ing and lots of po ints .
Add in a fou rth loop, and ev eryone ha d th eir
hands full.
Taking hom e the second-pla ce Beginne r tr<>-
phy in his first-ever co" petition was Dennis
m
Ci",k Ir.lonathan Bell had what it takes to gra b
the gold. You ha ve to ha nd it to these guys for
fighting with small-wheel bikes that make every
root or log look like a sh ow-s top per.
St e v e Da ni e ls , another first -t im e rid e r,
secured. second in the Novice ranks with a fine
eight point total. Steve is a converted motocrosser and looks h ooked. Glen n Buzze ea rned the
win by tallyin g the lowest score of the d ay, only
six p oints.
Rich ard Loman o returned to h is win ni ng
ways in the Senior B ranks . He said a little extra
pr act ice was payin g off. Bill Cat ogni too k his
painfully stock nl25 to seco nd, only ' a sin gle
point in front of Bob Vennel.
Dave Hulse continues to shake up the Senior
A class with yet anoth er first-place finish on his
TR34. Th e air -cooled bikes got ho t enough to
pro test on the big climb s a nd Hu lse had his bike
singing and pin ging a w inning tune. Rick Pion
secu red second with Dave Polson a single point
back in third.
The Intermed iat e cla ss h as b elon g ed to
Dav id Henderson lately. His new JTR250 seems
to agree wit h him and he claimed an unbelieva b le 22- po in t win ma rg in over Robi n Westbrook. Da vid should have th e class title in hand
thi s season with Chri s Florin, his closest competitor, relegated to third for the day.
Brian Jones shook off the effec ts of a hard
ge t-off to claim the win in the Advanced class.
The p ack was closely bu nch ed be hind with a
single d ab se pa rating Jack Hutspn in secon d,
and Doc Jen kins in third . The final stand ings in
the Expert class will not be decided until the last
round. Brock Sa tt elmeie r enjoyed a lO-poin t
margin of victory over Marc Waller, who managed second by one poi nt over Jon Carroll .
Results
BEG: 1. Jonathon Bell (Yam); 2 Dermis Ci!lek, Jr. (Hon).
NO V: 1. G lt"n Buue (Ap r); 2. Ste ve Dan i.. I!lo (Hon); 3. Bill
Ha gen (lWt ); 4. Tom Molt (Yamt 5. Kim M.tm!'l'l (Yam).
SEN B: 1. Ridurd Lomano (Hon); 2. Bill Ca wgoni (Hun); 3.
Bob v eneet (Fan ); 4 Bill Shef field (kt); 5. Dick Bechard (Mon).
SEN A: 1. Da ve H u l"iol" (lkt); 2. Rid Pion (Yam); 3. Dave PoI!iOn (Man); 4, Jim 8m'y (AprJ.; 5. ' effGurua ·(G-G).
INT: 1. Dave Ht'Ud('f"lUl't (G-G); 2 Robin Westbrook (Ya m); 3.
Ch m Florin (Mon); 4 , Lana H am (Bet ); S. Jimm y Pwree (Yam~
ADV: I. Brian JOOt'S (G-G); 2. Jad. Hctsoe (lkot); 3. Doc Jm kin (Be1) ; 4. SteveWal1n (8et); 5. Mik E'!kit (8et ~
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EX: 1. Bruc k Sath!lm l"i ~r (Ik-t) ; 2. Mar c Wa llE'r (BE'I); 3. Jo n
Ca rro l (Fan): 4. Ca rl Hall Jr. (lkt).
Cooper captures Muddy
Creek Motocross
By Barbara Williams
Photo by Loren Williams
B
LOUNTVILLE. lN, MAY 5
Motocross legend Guy Coop er finally made it to
a race at Muddy Creek Racewa y. Th e veteran
racer lived up to his reputation by smoki ng the
competition in both the Over 25 A and Ove r 30
A classes. Suzuki-mou nted Cooper was in town
to participate in the Tony D. Motocross School.
run by form er na tional champion Tony DiStefano . Over 500 r iders enjo y ed near-p e rfe ct
spring racing conditions, and the top five placings in A classes bank ed Mega5eri es-scale payoffs, whil e amateu r winners scored Fox prod u ct'>
.
The on ly moto Cooper did not win wa s the
first round of Over 25 A. Although Cooper took
the holesh ot, Yamaha pilot Kevin Walker was all
ove r the Suzuki's rear plastic, followed. by Jim
Chester, Gary Hin kle, returnee Randy Richard son an d the res t.
Halfway through the first lap , Walker took
the lead in the woods section and led from there
to the flag. covered by Cooper. Chester, Richa rdson an d Bryan Adams rounded ou t the firstsed
round top five. Hinkl e finished an embarras
seven th p lace , ow ing to the fact that he had
started with the wr ong class. However, Hinkl e
followe d Ch ester in fourth for at least half the
race, fendi ng off more-experienced Vet A-class
race rs such as Adams and Rick Wright. Is th is
the end of Hinkle's B-class career? Spo tted in his
p its, the Yamaha rid er laughed but woul d not
comment.
Th e ret urn outing of the O ver 25 A class
found Coop er heading the pa ck, h ounded by
Walker, whi le Che ster, Richardson and Wright
wrestle d for third. Playin g pu sh-m e-pull-you ,
Cooper and Walker qu ickly stretched out a com·
fortabl e lead and proceeded to put on a sho w of
speed and maneuvering . Wa lker cou ld ge t a
whee l on Coope r, but could take it no fur the r,
and at the finish Cooper prevailed .
"1 watc he d his lines in the firs t mo to,"
gr inned Coop er. " And in the seco nd moto, I
took them all away from him."
Walker di dn:t care. "Now I can tell my kids much later - that I raced with Guy Coop er an d
kept up with h im," Walker said .
Coope r's first Over 30 A moto was relatively
u neven tful , lead ing every lap from the first to
the last. When the gate dropped on round two ,
Cooper let the field go, then got in some passing
pract ice. By mid w a y throu gh , Co oper h ad
wo rked past the other 10 riders and was again in
command.
Wright and Ron 'W irehead " Jones trad ed
runn er -up position s, bu t Jones earn ed second
ove rall by his bett er second-moto finish.
" It felt good to come in ahead of Wireh ead in
the first moto," said a smiling Wright. "One day
I'll do it twice in a row .
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Results
50 (4-6): 1. Cory Strickland (k"TM ); 2. Da vid Pria (LEM); 3.
Brandon laf'g\" (LEM); 4 , Ca meron Stone (LEM); 5. Bradley p~
(KTM ;
50 (7-8): 1. Ja kt>Griffi s (CobJ.; 2. Justin Sipes (Cob ); 3. loK an
Ikll (Co b); 4. Ch.a.w Bed (Cob ); S. Michael Ridl';e (Cob).
65 (7-9): 1. And ~ Ma tu se k (Kaw ); 2. Josh ua Dam(Ka w ); 3.
Aie l( H u ntt"!' (Kaw ); 4. Jake Griffis (Kaw); 5. Phili p Ivers (Kaw ),
65 (10-11 ): 1. Wad E'Cordt>ll(Kaw); 2. Jeffrey Field s (Kaw); 3.
ChaM'Robl' rts (Kaw); 4. Zaduiry Lundy (Kaw); S. Rob RiC
E'(Kaw).
80 0 : L Joe Gui nn (Ka w ); 2. Brian Pa ce (Ya m) ; 3 . ' o lleph
Ea r ha rt (Ya m); 4. Ru~ty Dock~ry (Ya m ); 5. Bra d le y Robertson
(Yam).
JR MINI : 1, Da n Tru m an (Kaw); 2. Ty lPl"Bu rn ette (Ya m ); 3.
Brian G ray (Yam); 4. B.' . Huntliinger(Suz); 5. Jacob Say lo r (Ka w).
SR MINI : 1. JE'ffG ibs o n (Ka w~ 2. Han s Ned (H on ); 3. Casey
Barn es (Suz ); 4. ' .R Carter (Kaw); 5. Jon.Boy Monk (Hon).
S f MI NI : 1, J*,ff,Ciblw.m (Kaw ); 2. Han s Nl"t'l (Hon); 3. Ca.wy
Barnes (Suz ); 4. Ca ml'! Te!Jh (Ka w ); 5. Jon -Boy Monk (Hon).
SCHB Y: I. Paul JU5tull (Yam ); 2. Jeff G ibson (Kaw) i 3. Jeffny
Ryan (Suz~ 4. JO!lhua Ca pps (Kaw); 5. Daniel Tesh (Ka w).
125 A: 1. Jim N~ (H a n ); 2. Jim Cheste r (5 u z); 3 . KE'vin
Walker (Ya m ); 4. Ja cob Dombr osky (Su z ); 5 . Ri chard Sch m id t
(Su z ).
125 8: I. Jeff(Ol')' RY'1n (Suz); 2. Justin Gu th riE' (Ka w ); 3. Ma rcus HOc'drid. (Suz); 4. Jon Boruff (Hon); 5. Josh u a Ca p ps (K,;Iw).
125 C: 1. Jonathan Tucker (Suz ); 2. Timmy Milligan (Su z ); 3.
Eric Leonard (K.aw); 4. Derid Hedrick (Suz ); 5. Darrt>lI Blanl.en.hip (Suz) .
125 D: 1. Jdson Row e (Suz); 2. Jared Osbo rn (Yam); 3. Billy
Ho yl e (Hon); 4. John Ra)'IE'(Hon); 5. Mich ael Mood y (Sul ).
2. 0 A: 1. Kevin walker (Yam) ; 2. Jim N "f'll~ (H o n); 3. Jim
;
Chester (5 u z); 4. Jacob Dombrosk y (Suz); 5. Richard Sc h m id t
(SUl) .
2SOB: 1. Jo n Boruff (H e n ), 2. ' ustin G uth rie (Kaw ); 3. Preston
RUSt'(Kaw); 4. Mar cu s Ht-drick (Suz); 5. Wes l••y McCoy (YOlm).
250 C: 1. Jason Ha rtn es s (K.aw); 2. Rebert And y Sm ith (I-f n );
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3. Matt h~w Freed (Suz ); 4. Jay Tay lm (Hem); 5 . Ron CllStl! (Hem) .
250 D: 1. Adam Fleeno r (Hon ); 2. Mark Manuel (Suz); 3. G rt'l;
Rabb (Yam ); 4. Cra ig Ctm nd ly (Hon); 5. Kyle G ra n t (Yam) .
OPEN AM: 1. Darryl Aho nen (Ka w); 2. Ron Jun e!' (H on ); 3,
N ic ho las Pine~ar (Hon); 4. Jeff To mlinson (Ho n); 5. Ken n e t h
Sto we (Soz).
25+ A: 1. Guy Cooper (SU7.) 2. Kev m Wal ke r (Yam) ; 3 . Jim
;
Cheste r (Suz); 4. Randy Richardson (Hon); 5. Ch uck Green