In the Handicap main, Bill Cana ry put h is
low y a rd age positi on to full a dvan tage a s he
he ld off Va nce Fali cio in th e ea rly go ing, and
then the late charges of Bobby Hedd en to take
the win.
Results
SCR : 1. Jimm y Sisemo ~ (Jd W); 2. louis Kos suth (GM); 3.
Tom my H~dO!l1 a olW); 4. BOOby Hedden Oaw)
HOCP; I. Bill unary; 2. Bubby Ht'dd.-n; 3. v ance Ft'lkio; 4.
Kelty Bennt>1O.Jw); 5. Dub Hicks Oa....).
0..2: 1. Bill fI,;(>wby; 2. Ian E"!>ary; 3. Mark Du val ; -I. frank
Crane.
0-3: 1. MikiP C ilko!l it"; Z. Kt>n By mt'; J. Rich M ignano; -l. Bill
p
Dixon .
JR. 0-1: 1. 'immit>Marti rwz; 2 . Billy Jan n iro ; 3. Brya n Ya rrow.
JR. 0 -2: 1 Luk e Bennett; 2. JoI H t>
Y
idt; 3. Ch r i!io Ke rr; 4.
Rachall t' K{"l"J'.
Dust does in Barona Oaks MX
By Homer Eubanks
RAMONA, CA MAY 5
,
An yth in g ca n ha p pen in motocross, as was
shown at Bar ona Oaks when the eve r-faith fu l
wa te r truck 's tr ansm issi on too k a dump and
official s s to ppe d th e race fO T safety reaso ns
be fo re everyone go t to ride their seco nd motos
as the dust was so bad that the scorers had tro uble see ing the bikes as they passed ,
Bef o re th e e ve n t's dem ise, Pro ri d er Tim
Staufenbeil rod e with the 2S0cc Inte rmed ia te
class and foun d th a t h e ha d both h a nds full
with Sha wn Ellis . Ellis holeshot the moto an d
he ld on to the lead for thr ee laps wi th Staufenbei l g lue d to his rear fender. The two were so
inse pe ra b le tha t th ey actua lly drifted off th e
track together. Ellis stuck it a little too hard in a
co m er o n th e fo urth lap an d Sta ufenbei l man aged to take over. While Ellis was recovering,
Tim Beatty also got by and that is h ow the y finished .
In the second mota StaufenbeiI holeshot
while Ellis followed his every move. Ellis held
tig h t unt il Bea tt y entered the picture again,
wh ich let Stau fenbe il pull out a little breathing
roo m over th e battling duo. At th e ch eckered
flag it was Stau fenbeil taking the win, followed
by Ellis and Beatty.
Ol d Pharts Do n Connelly and Danny
Almo nd fough t tooth and nail du rin g both Open
A (30-34) motos. Almo nd go t off the line earlier
tha n Connell y in both mo tes . Almond drop ped
his Hond a in the first round to give the lead to
Connely, bu t eve ntually worked his way bac k
into second at the finish . In the following mot o
Almond w as car eful n ot to drop h is rid e and
sta r te d g e tt in g ph y si cal , fend in g off the
advances of Connell y . In the fir st part of th e
moto Conne lly pulled alongside Almond but
couldn't mak e the pass s tick until the four th lap.
Almond stayed up right and finished second.
Results
P / W FT: 1. Raym ond Valdc7 (KTM); 2. Nolan Sch ultz (Yam );
3. Elli s Lowe (Ya m ); 4. Steve Ce rd a (KTM ); 5. Ju a n Izaquirrc
250 M : 1. Shawn Ellis (Yam); 2. Tim Beatty (Yam); 3. Shawn
lrel end (Hon~ 4. Jt't'\"m Toye (Hlm) .
y
250 PRO: 1. Tim StaufenbPil (Suz).
500 BEG: 1. John Moon> (Hun); 2. Shontron Patn ck (Hu n).
Stanley scores at
Bellingham Dirt Track
By Clay Light
BELLlNGHA.\t IVA,MAY4
H ometown he ro Da n Stan ley started off the
AMA District 27 outdoor season the same wa y
he finished last season - dom inatin g the Expert
class at Hannegan Speedway.
Stanlev eas ilv outdistanced the rest of the
field in h i. hea t -race. Troy Rose and Jeff Hiatt
.
fought for second an d a spot o n the front row, a
batt le that went Rose's way . Heat two had Jeff
Annen, Eli Price and Chris Fitzhugh battl ing for
positi on s. Ann en picked up the wi n .
Don Wilson di d a d isappearin g a ct much
like Stanley di d, wa llopi ng the field in an easy
ru naway win in heat th ree. Nation al number 96
Donald Pau l. an 883 Natio na l regu lar, took secon d to join Wilson in the main eve nt.
In the Expert main event, Stanl ey flew to a
w in ab oard a BBRP / Bu dweise r-backed Rota x
w hile Wilson fend ed off Ann en, Fitzhug h and
Rose for a national num ber sw eep of the top five
positions on the fast, yet tacky quarter-mi le oval.
Stanl ey, ridi ng a Hond a CR 250, wo n the
combined 250cc DTX/125cc A main. Luckily for
th e co m petition, Stanley was rid ing exh ibition
sta tus . This ga \'e Eric Beers, who rode a machine
sim ilar to Stanle y's, the class wi n ahead of Steve
Johnson and Kurt Hawk, who was the top 125cc
rider.
Hawk came back to trounce the SOcc A main
for a doub le win after overcoming a POOf' start.
Ky le Bu ng er and Sean Light led the 80cc A
main, but Light cr ashed and didn 't make the
restart. Hawk took the lead on the restart to beat
Kyle Bung er, Nick Sellers and Kevin Bunger for
the win.
Results
EX: 1. Da n Stan lt>y (RD.); 2. Don Wilson (Rtx ); 3. JE'ff Annen
(R tx).
r"R0: 1. Todd. Ha~.lIf1n (RtlIO); 2. Dan Kimbel (y am); 3. Oar '
rm Andt"1'l'On ( Rtx },
OPE N; 1. Rn>n Melvi n (H un ); 2. Robert Loose : 3. Terry Cu rtis
t
(H·D ,
250: 1. Eric &'t"1"S (Hon ); 2. Stl"Vt" John.<; Bunger (Ka w ); 3. Jacob
vin
Etlis(Ho n).
5OSR: 1. Andy Fay (Cob ); 2. Ty l" Andpr.;on ; 3. Tyll:'r Thump-
(Hon,
80 NO V; 1. Billy Lm inovidt (Yam); 2. Ma tt Con don (Yam); 3.
Joshua Navarro (Yam ); 4. Trilvis Berni. (Hon ); 5 . Brand on Ham lett
o;
(}Caw) .
80 [:'I.'T 1. John Hop kiJU (Suz ).
:
S / MIN I: 1. Jt>!IU:'io U !lo illas (Yam); 2. John Hop kins (Kaw ); 3.
Billy Lani novich (Yam ); 4. An thony Bruscell a (Hon) ; 5. O in ton
Pit'TCt'(Suz).
125 BEG: 1. Dillniel Vacho n (Suz) ; 2. Brooks Sitko (Suz); 3.
Mike Lowry (Suz).
125 (12- 15): 1. Ronnie Loftin (Hon ); 2. Steve Yurrovic (Kaw);
3. Travis Frink ( Ka w ); 4. Todd O ay to n (Hon ); 5. Dru BlockE'r
(Suz ).
125 (16-21 ): 1. ShltWR Fllill (Yam) ; 2. J{)!4h Warm>r (y am); 3.
Manny Aria s (Ha n); 4 . Iva n Navilfl"E'ttE'(Suz ).
125 NOV STK : 1. Tr a vill Frink (Kaw ); 2. And rt'w Sm ith
z);
(Kaw); 3. Tra vill Con lW'lIy CSu ... ON Blocke r (Suz); 5. Ronnie
Lofrin (Hon ).
125 NOV MOD : 1. Ivan Navam>tt" (Suz).
Hon ); 3.
125 fNT: t. JOllh Wilmt'f (yam); 2. Wil!lOTl Nicholll C
Manny Aria s (Hu n).
OP A (25-29): 1. Frankip Bru nd agp (Ka w ).
O P A (30·34): 1. Don Conne lly (Suz ); 2. Danny Almond
(Hon); 3. Rand y RU!ih (Hem); 4. Scott laRollh (Hun); 5. Scott Riehl"son (Kaw ).
OP A (35-39): 1. Bob Humphu ll(Yam ).
OP B (30-34): 1. Jim Willmon (Han); 2. Les Abernathy (Hon) ;
3. Jay Cu mbt>y (K.iw).
or B (J5..3 9): 1. Gt'OTgt'Spt'Ck (Hem); 2. CurtUi Tyree (Yam); 3.
Rich Town!le1ld (Han) ; 4. Kirk Cha pman (Kaw); 5. Dave Fava
(Hon ).
(40+): 1. Rick Olashi~ (Yam ); 2. Wilr.on Nicho ls (Su z); 3.
Pal In>land (Suz ); 4. Walt" Porter (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. Miln Condon (Yam ); 2. Ma tt Hag.'ltrom (Yam); 3.
Pau l Burkhimit>r(Yam ); 4. Tim Moffitt (H em},
250 NOV: 1. Stev t' Yu rkovic (Kaw); 2. Ailron McDo n illd
(Yam) ; 3. Mil.. Fox (Suz ); 4. OOlvidfolIO (Suz).
or
P/W : 1. Ty ll'r Da lton (KTh I); 2. J.J. Gon 7..a1v~ (Yol ); 3. Cody
m
Kuhnle (Yam ); 4. Kevm Davies (Hon ); 5. Bobby William!lOn(ya m) .
NI: 1. JO
lleph Dumini k (Kaw ); 2. Juhn Bonham (Hun ); 3. K),ll'
Shelt on (Ka w ); 4. Jacob Lowen thal (Ho n); 5. Ryan Dalton (Kaw) .
M BEC : 1. Ta liha Buck (Yam ); 2. Russt· 1 Wa lh'n ; 3. JU
lihua
Hillard (HIm); 4. Tyler Rainer (Kaw ); 5. Noa h Samson (Kaw].
80 NOV: 1. Josh I-Iolt [Ka w ]; 2. J"dd Ambru sini (Kaw ); 3. T.J.
Hu ~ins (Hon); ". Leland Colden (Suz) ; 5. Nick Bainbridge.
Sf MtM: 1. lush H~llt (Kaw); 2. Zack Wood wa rd (Kaw ); 3. T,J.
HU lQ';in~ (H(ln ~
125 NOV : 1. Dun Bainbridf;t' (Yam ); 2. Brian Erirson (Hun); 3.
Join Fowlt'r (Ka w); 4. Dan Miller (H a n); 5. PUl'O Ba lliett (Hon).
125 INT; 1. Jacob Willis (Kaw ); 2. J~ " M•-ndes (Yam); 3. Nya
Hensl er (Hon); 4. Shaw n Bus hnell (Kaw ); 5. Craijo': Holt (Kaw ).
125 EX: 1. Du stv Jack:'ioOll (Kaw ); 2. Jt"!l.- Bath (Hem); 3.Ton v
Mon do.
'
.
250 ~OV: 1. Todd Rodgt"" (Ka w); 2. Jt·rry Joh n.ion (K.a 3.
'
w);
JOf'}" vaeoe (Hon) ; 4. Tra \'is Rock (Hon); 5. Tom Elsea (Hon) .
250 tf\'T : 1. Zack BiKJlOfl (Kaw ); 2. Brvon Frick (Yam ); 3. Scotty J urnt"r (Kaw); 4. Pt"t Elb ~ (H(m ); 5. Sol~mon Gien f;P1' (Hem).
e
<
f
2. ;0 EX: 1. Sean C,m llPY (Kaw); 2. james KPTri;oiIn (Hun) ; 3. JUI"
Rus t (Hem).
O PE.'lIf\'T: 1. David Pill!'(Hun ); 2. Brad SpenCt'l' (Ho n).
O r Er\ :"I.~h (KTM).
ny
or EX: 1. Rod Nordstrom (Hon); 2. Jprry John.-.un (Kaw ); 3.
Joe Sh.'Pp (Yam) .
,
OT NOV: 1. Billy Rainer (Han); Z. Du ffy Griffin (I-Ion); 3.
Frank Ma..o;ey (Ya m ); 4 . David Wilson (Hun) ; 5. Rru~ fWll (Kaw ).
!iOn.
50 JR: 1. Du ~tin Pru czin ski ( KTM) ; 2. Ta nner And"rson
(Yam); 3. Ma rius Smith (Hlln ).
vtf'l.'T TVV: 1. G"ry Rl."ach; 2. B ru~ Fow l"r; 3. J a m~ Da rby.
411+ OPEN : 1. VinCi' Holt (Rtx); 2 Te rry Curt is (H-D ); 3. GlIry
Bl'ach (Tri ).
30+ : 1. St"ve John son; 2. Robt·rt u.ltlSt' ; 3. St"vt" Powl'l.
Stamm's the man at
Canyon Lake Hillclimb
By Bud Northrup
(KTMI.
fNT RO TO MX : 1. Jes us I-Inedia (Ho n ); 2. Ro be rt Gamn
(I-Ion ); 3. Brand on McDona ld (Yam ); 4. Bubby Rome nl (Kaw) ; 5.
Kenn y Vesse lll (Suz).
P /W STK (7· 8)~ 1. Brad Ma!ltt'f s (LEM); 2. Kpvi n Wa dt.'
(LEM); 3. ZacheryJoh l\llOn (KTM).
60 MO D (9-11): 1. Jlmath a n Rose (Ka w); 2 Ca.e;Swi ft (Kaw) .
JR CYG.E MO D (0·8) : 1. Phill ip Bru scella (Ka w); 2 Ma rc
AbEoma thy (Kaw ); 3. Candice Motshab't"n (Kaw ); 4 Patrick Pen nin~ (K.a ); 5. Mal ROM'(Kaw).
w
JR CYCLE STK (0-8) : 1. JilktoBio:;sonrnotW (Kaw) ; 2. Jtaphat>1
l:uquirrt.' (Ka w); 3. I"an s.:h u ltz (Ka w ); 4. Anthuny Charre ttt.'
(Kaw) ; 5. Kylt> Spau ldinF; (Kaw) .
JR CYCLE 60 (9-11): 1. Ryan Beal (Kaw) ; 2 lac Wray (Kaw );
3. Sha u n ConnE'lIy (Kaw); 4. A.J. t- (Ka w); 5. Auo:;tin Hod gP'O
(Kaw) .
80 BEG: 1. Pm Scull\" (Yam ); 2. Scott Gra ham (Kaw t 3. jorda n Eubanb (Koi w ); 4. Justin Bidkdu (Yam ); 5. Nick Tyra- {Yam).
80 5TK (9-11): 1, J("!;(J lI Ca...i1I !lo (Yam ); 2 Anthony Bruo:;n.l1a
a
(Hun); 3. Ryan IW (I-Ion) ; .. z.o Wra y (Hon); 5. Chad Gotmm
at
er
Results
Ceo schools 'em at
Phillipsville Motocross
By J ohn Sliva
PH!LLIJ'5';1LLE, CA, APR. 28
After h elping MX le gend Dann y " Magoo"
Chandler cond u ct a motocros s school at loca l
hot shoe Jesse Bath's pri vate track on Saturday,
Trophy World-sponsored Brad Ceo spen t Sun day sch oo lin g his Veteran Novice competition
on the fast wa y ar ound the Phillip sville track at
rou nd two of the "Racing in the Redwoods" MX
series. Ceo 's class vict ory was also a celebration
of his rem arkabl e struggle to recover from a
life-threatening car accident ju st seven months
ago.
ThE' Vet Experts, Int erm ediates and Novice
racers sta rted off a single gate. In the first Vet
moto , Ceo's nonnally flaw less starting techniq ue
appeared a bit rusty, and the start ga te bi t his
Honda's front wheel, leaving Ceo lone ly in last.
Unda u n ted, Ceo looked ahead and began to
pick his way through the pack, taki ng advantage
of the long moto and w ide tra ck to p ass all the
way to seco nd behi nd No vice-class lead er Alex
Ringer. Ringer took the ",; n, chased across the
line by Ceo, Bill Taylor, Danny Bailey and Paul
Baker.
In moto two Ceo nailed a n excellen t start,
but tried to pr eserve his healin g bod y by stay ing
ou t of the way of the hard-charging experts on
his rear fende r. Unfortunately Ceo was stu ffed
in the secon d tum and got hun g u p in th e sno w
fence, letting the Experts and lntennediates by,
as w ell as m os t o f the I S-rider Novi ce cla ss.
Aga in, Ceo w asted no tim e in ge tting back up to
s peed , and was soo n pa ssin g ri d ers left and
right. Nea r the end , Ceo made the all-impo rtant
pass on first -moto winner Ringer. then held on
to take the overall wi n. Rounding ou t th e top
five were Taylor, Bailey and Scott Welsh .
DANVILLE, IL APR. 21
The 1996 hillclimb season for both Dist rict 15
and 17 opened on Ap ril 21 at the Canyo n Lake
club grounds jus t west of Danville, Illino is. Ton y
Witherspoon did an excellent job building a 100foo t co m petiti on h ill o n hi s clu b ground s.
Canyon Lake is on e of the most in viting of clubs
for rid ers and spectators a like. featuring camping, a swim m in g/ su n n in g bea ch , pers on al
watercraft rentals and other ameni ties .
In th e 400cc clas s, it looked as if D-1 7
defend ing Champion Jason Northrup was goin g
to sta rt the season with a win on his very fast
Yama zuki as he turned in a fine 3. 120-seco nd
first round ride. far ahead of Ma rc Stam m wh o
delivered a 3.578 -second run for a temporary
first -round second place. Stamm, however, rid ing the Luke Haas YZ400 turned in a near-perfect second-round 3.088-seco nd run to take over
the lead . Northrup charged the hill with a handluI of throttle on his second ride, bu t crashed
hard just short of the light. Paul Hack barth, on
his good-looking Yamasaki, delivered an excellent 3.159-second run on his second attempt to
finish third. It is likely that these th ree guys will
be duking it out all season for the top spot in the
400cc class . Georgetown's Tracy Green rode his
360cc Yamahond~ to a good 3 .339-seco nd
fourth-place finish, followed by Steve Shafer on
his Yamaha in 3.654 seconds .
.
The 500cc class start ed in 1996 just like it finish ed in 1995 - an all-ou t, fu ll-throttle w a r
between several lop riders. The 1995 D-17 Champ ion , Jason No rth ru p (also in the 400cc class)
looked like he was going to post a win as he delivered the first sub-thr....second run of the da y with
a sparkling 2.935-second effort on his Pro-Circuit
Hond a CRSOO. Luke Haas from Elizabeth, llIinois,
also turned in a sub-three ride on his CRSOO, with
an excellent 2.977-second ride to move into second
place - temporarily. And guess who slipped un der
Northrup - again? You guessed it - Marc "The
Man" Stamm flew the hill in 2.918 seconds on his
Dan Stanley ran away with t he Expertclass win at Hannegan Speedway In
Bellingham. Washing to n.
hot H onda to move into first and claim the win .
The outstanding run also stood up for fast time of
the day for the fast guy from Forreston, Illinois.
North rup gave his usual all-out effort on his second run, posting another sub-three run, but the
2.956 time wasn't enough to overcome Stam m,
though he did claim the disti nction of being the
only ride r wi th two two-second rides. Staunton's
John Scroggins rod e his spo tless CRSOO over the
top in an excellent 3.076 seconds for fourth place
with Paul Hackbarth, from Rock Falls, Illinois. finishing fifth in 3.128seconds .
Results
AL,.o: I. Kevm AM
l1t'V (Yam); 2 Z1cherv Dunc.m (Suz ); 3
y
Aloiln r t>tt (Suz ); 4. Rand y -WiIIiltm!O (Yam); 5'. Ooorrick Dallm an
(Ha n ).
YTH : 1. Jackie Ma"Ol1 n ( Hon) ; 2. M OIttWt> 'rr (K.1 ); 3. Tate
a\
w
Person (K.aw l; 4. l\.Wu> SarvPr (H an ); 5. Rebecca William (Kaw ).
200: 1. Da vid Pt'ir.JOn(Kaw); 2. 'a~ Dall ma n (Suz); 3. Mar J,.
Goodman (Ka w);". Eric fOrd Mi (K.iw); 5. Richard Matthews (Suz).
2.'iO: 1. Andy Fort:/'ll"r (Suz); Z. Bn'TI Sn-wart (Yam ); 3. jackie
t
Mason II ( Ha n ); 4. Wi lha m Toepf er (Yam ); 5. Jason N ort h ru p
(Yam).
.un 1. Marc Stamm (Yilm ); 2.. Ja.. nN orthrup (Yam); 3. Paul
o;o
Hackbarth (Yam); 4. Tracy G~ (Yam ); 5. St""'pShaf.... (Yilm).
SOO: 1. Marc Stamm (Hon ); 2 Jason Nort hru p (Hem); 3. LUC3lO
Haa'i (Hlm ); 4. John S(Togginti (Hun); 5. Paul Hackbarth (Hlm ).
750: 1. Jason North ru p (Kaw ); 2. Tom RoIliM (Kaw); 3. Scott
PPtty (Yam); 4. Jim I-lillard (Kaw) ; 5. SWv. Ada ms (Kaw ).
O PEN: I. I-I rry Denh..tm (H-D ); 2. Robt-rt Umiki! (Kaw ); 3,
a
MmHillard (H -D)
SEN : 1. Bill A)hl E')' (Hon ); 2 Cra i~ DeHart (I-I n ); 3. Roger
o
H.lIckbarth (Hon ); 4. Bob Gll"f\n(KTM); 5. Ca ylt.'J"nk ins (Hon).
STK EXHTB: 1. Jason Northrup (Yam) ; 2. Richa rd Say lo",
(Ka w).
400 EXHm: 1. Luke Haas (Yam ); 2. Roy 5l"nald.i (Yam ): 3.
Jasun No rthru p (Yam); 4. Duu[o?; Ca mpbtoll ( I-I U!~).
500 EXHIB: 1. Jason Northru p (Ho n); 2. Da\ 'id Du nca n (Hlm );
3. Pa ul Hackb arth (Hon ); 4. Kelly Brad y (Ho n); 5. And.y Fortrw r
(Hon ).
Libera rises at Daniel's
Ridge Motocross
By Mark Walker
VASH1l, NC,APR.']J
Mitch Libera proved he had the talent and mo tivati on to be a winner in the Ov er 25 class on the
opening da y of the new Dani el' s Ridge Super cross Track in Vashti , No rth Carolina.
Libera fough t hard to win the first heat race
but fell behind early. He ju st couldn 't pull it
together to bring home the win . This seemed to
be just a warmup for better things to come for
Libera. By the main e ven t he was primed and
ready. From the drop of the gate to the check ered flag, Libera led the whol e race with amazing force and speed. Challenged hard on and off
by David Shu gart, Libera managed to pull away
and hang on to win his first race of the season.
The most exciting race of the evening was in
the 12Sec D class. Case y Cornett torched everyone in the first heat race of the evening. The
main event started out looking the same. Cornett led the whole race with a comfortable lead ,
challenged only by Michael Mood y early in the
race. W ith o nly three la ps remaining , M oody
see med to be out of the ru nn ing to take or even
challenge for the lead, but w ith two laps left he
p u t on a sudden ch arge and burst of p ow er .
Catching everyone by surprise, Moody took the
lead and held on tigh tly to take the chec kere d
flag for his firs t w in of the seas on.
Results
JR MINI: 1. Josh Foust (Suz) ; 2. James Fran kit' (ya m ).
r
SR Mn\.'l : 2. Man Blt'\"ins (Han); 2. Stpphen Wt>avp (H lm ); 3.
Alan Hu ll (Kaw).
S /MlNI: 1. Matt Blt'vin s (Hon); 2. Michat'l Laws (Yam ); 3.
Alan Hu ll (Kaw).
S 1 ~ 1. JohYU1Y Church.
60: 1. Michael Laws (!(aw ); 2. Nick Flow.-rs (K.iw).
125 C: 1. Adam Waters (Hon~ 2 Juan Ubl"n (yam); 3. Chad
Ml'Coiy (Hon )f4 _ Kftvin Helvin (Hon).
115 0 : 1. Mich.Jel Moody (Suz ); 2. CaSt")' Coml"tt (HcYI'\); 3
Brandon Bi~rntaH(Suz ); ... BI'OOb Brown (Su.z).
