(Left ) TIm Bjornson (197) leads the Over
25 A cl ass at th e inaugural MPGTTS round
in Kell ogg, Minne so ta. David Splzm an
(151) wou ld take the ove rall win.
(Above) Tommy Mart in (23) leads the Over
30 class on his way to a double moto win
at ro und two of the Best of Georgia
Champio ns hip Motoc ross Series in
Macon .
rRE·'70 AM ; 1. Steve Spragu e (Bu l); 2. To m McFar llln d (Bul):
3. Glen Pmn er an (Hmo).
4-STR K: 1. Ala n Muon' (AJS); 2. Todd Glass (BSA); 3. Mik e
Ad lt'l"(ya m); ol KI"'MY Mc:C
ann (Yam) .
EX (W olo ): I. Harry Ta ylo r (Ya m) .
INT (60+ ): 1. AI Padur (A-E).
A M (60+) : 1. Bob Williams (CZ ); Rod gt'r 8i111" (Suz ); 3. Dnn
McCa rth y (C~A ).
50 +: 1. Tom McF.u l.md (Bu l); 2. Ken Bu m in gh a m Qam ): 3 .
Cecrge Ead ie (CZ ).
150 BMBR EX: 1. Rich Sip p Sr. (Ya m); 2. Dougit' Eckel man
(Yam ).
250 BM BR INT ; ·I . St ew Ka u ffma n (KTM ); 2. Jon Morg an
(Han); 3. M ik e Ad le r (Yam).
250 BMBR AM: 1. Ch ric;,J t'!> (Hon); 2. Ed Russe ll (C-A ); 3.
ilm
Oak Jacobu (K.1w).
O P EN BMBR EX: 1. Kirk Will ia m , (Hon); 2. Manry P ri ce
(Ya m ).
Spizman sizzles at Kellogg MX
By George Hodkinson
Pho to by Karen Hod kinson
KELLOGG, MN, AP
R.2B
David Spizman won both moto s in the Over 25
B class at the ina ugural round of the Minn esota
Pro Gold Triple Track Series.
Spizman overca me med iocre starts to ta ke
his mot a wins. Jerome Hagen proved to be quick
with the clutchhand, holeshotti ng both motes,
but slip ped back to third in mota number one
behind sean Valentine wit h Tim Bjornson and
Mall Ludes cher rou nding out the top five for the
mota . In mota two Spizman wa s again back in
the pack a ~ew positions but in the end passed
Bjornso n for th e win with Bjorn son sec ond,
Valentine third , Hagen fourth and Ludesch er
again fifth.
In the Ove r 25 A class, lay Mercill won the
molo goi ng away. leff and Ru st y So renson
cro ssed the fin ish lin e seco nd and third with
Todd Lentz and Brad Erickson round ing out the
top five . In mot o tw o, howev er, Mercill had
some p roblem s as he gated poorly on the start
and came in to the firs t turn in fourth. Mercill
never recovered. Jeff Sorenson grabbed. the lead
from the start and never looked back, with h is
brother Rusty beh ind. Lentz held onto third beating Mercill in fourth and Erickson again in fifth.
Results
MI CRO MINI (4-6): 1. Jake Erickson; 2. AII'XMar1in.
MICR O MINI (7.8) : 1. B«1t Nagel ; 2. Ralph A llen; 3 . Cody
Shyks; 4. Ga I'M Pigll'mflM-n.
, M IN I JR (12· 13): 1. Ben Kreme r; 2. G a~tt Cla rk; 3. Jerold
y
Schm oll; 4. M il..", McLoty ie ; 5. CLa ton Ca rlson.
, MIN I SR (14-15): 1. Eric Ge rber; 2. Jos h Plan; 3. Do uJ:;Bakken;
4. L1n~ I-lid mt'n; 5. Pt>t Kiley.
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O PE N MINI SR (1(}'15): 1. Eric Gerber; 2. Jos h Pla n; 3. Bob b y
Widman; 4. Pete Kile y: S. Je red Sch mo ll.
YrH : 1. Mike Kann ; 2. Beau C iau que ; 3. Ton y Robtortllon: 01.
Isa iah Wa IJ ,-On; S. JoeAn u'!iOl1.
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16-201 A: 1. Ja."IOn McGrath ; 2. Let' Theis; 3. Rob Kl"ndall: 4. BiD
Tilford; 5. Ga r n-I Mclau ghli n.
1ft-24 B: 1. Enc Kowa lik; 2. Justin Pett>n;on; 3. Tod d Doroff; 4.
SCl"ve Thumpson; 5. Jam ison Da y.
16-24 C: 1. Schad Prien; 2. Ja'KlI1 Kleppm; 3. Eric Tinderlholt;
4. T ra vis P(~hel; 5. Ryan C um mings .
25+ A; I. Jdf Son.·n.an Vakn tint ·; 3. T im BJO
mson; 4.
JM'Oml" H ag en ; 5. Matt Ludesdwr.
2..';. C: 1. Rick Pla lbt ick e r; 2. Ch u ck Thump!l(Jn ; 3. Rubtc'r t
H an son; 4. J(,ff Ri!lCh 5. Tom Ry an .
;
VET A: 1. Sco tt SI,-oin le; 2. Jeff SoI'l'1l!lt'T1; 3. Rri an Ot to; 4. Joh n
Martin; 5. Blake C l'O!Ism an n.
VET B: 1. Dana Alexande r; 2. Randy Sa~er: 3. Tim Ha n'lOn;
4. John 00:>0ti. ,; 5. Mitch Wo lff.
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VET C: 1. Da rw in Larso n; 2. Cra ig Hin zma nn ; 3. Je ff Ri!lOf1; 4.
Tom Otm1iO 5. Kell y W ihthem.
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40+ SR A lB : 1. Bridn Otto; 2. John Martin.
'0+ SR C: I. Bri an Karlsbroten; 2. Pa t Da y; 3 . ItlSl"ph 1Wn1·
"l'ld; .I. John Val'lt'edomberg; S. Range r Crafton .
50+ S /SR; 1. Jim Denev.. n; 2. Mike CartPl' .
WM"l: 1. She lly Kann; 2. Kel ly Larson.
125 A: 1. Mike K.ann ; 2. Lee 'Thcill; 3. Gatn>t McLau g hlin ; .I.
Dav id Koenig:;S. Aaron Huppert.
125 B: 1. Eric Kawa lik; 2. Ryan Mt' ga w; 3. Bryan KI't'ffiI"r;4.
Todd Daroff: S. Troy Goehrs.
125 C-l : 1. Steve BtochPI 2. C u rt KIt:>Ve; 3 . aeeu C iauq ue ; 4.
;
Paul Bert; 5. Bob Buckby.
.
125 C-2: 1. Ja!l(ln Kleppenr 2. Eric Tin de lho lt; 3. Ch ris Lon ey ;
4. Jeff Ashe r; S. Schad Prit."JJI.
150 A; 1. Ja~1O McG rath; 2. Scott St l'i n le; 3. Lee Th pj, ; 4
Rusty Sormsen; S. Ja y Ml..'TCiIi.
250 B: 1. Steve Thu mpson; 2. Ja mic;on Dav ; 3. Sean Valentine;
4. Jerome Haj:;om; 5. Allan ShUI'@!>.
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2S0 C: 1. Rick Pfa lsri d er ; 2. Chu ck Thompson; 3. Darwin
Frid",~: 4. Brad Bauman; 5. Darwin Larsen.
Martin mauls Echeconnee MX
By Gary Cr ider
JR M INI : 1. Donald McG ourty (Suz ); 2.1 us ti n A p p lewhite
(}S Gra hilm (LEM): 5. Jordan Pittman
(KTM ,
50 (7-11): 1. LB . Ho mt' (Cob ); 2. Keilh Bt>nton (LEM); 3. Bryan
M ill ig an (Cob ): 4. Kt'4?j;an Ket:'l (LEM ); S. Cl a y t on He nd e rso n
(KTM ).
t1O: 1. Andnow
M a~k (K.1w );
2. Corv Cone (lYw); 3. Tom"
Stnoitthau (Kaw); 4. G~ry Robt'rts (Kaw) :·S. Brent Ca rd l"l'1 (Ka wl .
:!.SO B; 1. Dar rell McE lhattan (SUL); 2. Cha d An derson (Ka w );
3. Tim Bruce (Suz); 4. Shane McEl w an l'r (Ha n ); 5. Trey Po w ell
(HIm).
25+: 1. Tim Bruce (Suz); 2. Kevi n Matth ew s (H on ); 3 . C It'nn
&lIes ($uz); 4_Mik e Ha m ilton (Hlm); 5. M ike Ga~ (Kaw).
30+: 1. Tommy Ma rtin (Han): 2. Kevin Bru le (Su z); 3. Kevin
Ma ttlwwll (Ho n ): 4. Bob Rikl'r (Ka w ); 5. Glenn Bates (Suz).
35+ : 1. Kev in Bru le (Suz); 2. Gary Graham (Hon); 3. Bob Riker
{Kaw ]; 4. John Kill..')' (Suz ): 5. Mich al'1H en derson (H on )
4().i. : 1. Doug Harvey (Suz~ 2. Billy ScoAA
ins (Suz ); 3. Warner
Wilbou rn (KTM); 4. Larry Ham rid (Suz);5. Randy Tcmlmscn (Hon).
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125 A: 1. Ch ristopht>r Bail,-Y (Hu n ); 2. An dre Pene (Su z ); 3.
Ja!IUn Sybtort (Su z); 4. Dwayne Bone (Ho n ); 5. Ky le Kelly (H on ).
250 A: 1. An dre Pe ne (Suz): 2. Tommy M artin '(H o n ); 3 .
Dwayne Bone (H on ); 4. C h ris to p he r BallE')' (H on ); 5. Jason Sybt'rt
(Suz).
Mashbir slaughters Cow
Mountain Qualifier
By Bob Lockwood
LAKEPORT, CA APR. 2B
,
Eric Mashbir followed u p his second-p lace finishes of the last two years with the overall win at
the Cow Mou ntain Qualifier, located in the hills
above Gear Lake in California.
The Qualifier was a grueling 70-mile offroad even t that feature d two very techrUcal special tests an d a gra ss track and mo tocros s test
located in a freshly dis ked wal nut orchard .
Cole Marshall's big-bore four-stroke stalled
twice in the grass track, effectively putting him
out of cont ention for the overa Il win. However,
Mar shall had his bike running correctly by the
end of the Qualifier when he had the crowd on
its feet with a daz zling show as he railed every
berm and thu ndered down every straightaway
on his way to a motocross time equali ng Mash~
bir's.
Coming in from the 70-mile cours e scratc hed
and bleeding, with the right sid e of his jersey
shr edd ed, Eric Elgaaen w as favored to win the
Junior class after posting the fastest times in the
grass track and first spe cial tL>St. However, the
Honda CR250 rider ap peared to be dazed at the
star t of the motocro ss, lin ing up at the slower
outside edg e of the start, and coming off the line
midpack. Elgaaen woke up midway throughout
the second lap, moving through the pack in just
half a lap to win his motocross. Elgaaen turned
in the fou rth-best motocross time, good enough
for the overall Junior-class win . .
The Novice class stru ggled on the course at
the Benm ore Creek crossin g, whe re riders lost
critical momentum need ed to make the steep
climb up Boundary Ridge. These and other d ifficulties on the cou rse caused one-th ird of the
nov ices to gain crippling route po ints and
another th ird to hour out . Eric Calvaliere arrived
on time to all five checks and posted the fastest
times in the gras s track, second special test and
motoc ross to win the Novice class. Naomi Willis
was six minu tes late to check one, but otherwise
stayed on time, and seem ingly got faster as the
day wo re on in the special tests, to take the win
in the Women 's class.
Results
a,A EX: 1. Eric Mas h bir; 2.. Da ve Wood; 3. A. Syk~
O PE.'l EX: i .c, ~;2. R. Stultz; 3. C. Wo rley .
250 EX: 1. Eri c Ma.<;hbi r; 2. A. Sy 1r.t'&; 3. Bria n Garrahan.
200 EX; 1. J. King .
125 EX: 1. Matt Wa llace; 2. R. Krit"1l 8; 3 . J. Geiskopf.
4-STRK EX: 1. D. Knapp: 2. B. Fi'l('alini; 3. C. Cu llins.
VET EX: 1. Da ve Woud: 2. A. CaSl>8ro ; 3. W. Rogina.
WMN EX: 1. K. Tuma.
SR EX:1. M. Cul lins; 2. B. Terwilliloter ; 3. C. Ho ule.
S /SR EX: 1. D. Math eson: 2. F. Ca m eron; 3. L Mar sh all .
0 / A JR: 1. Eric Elgaat"l1; 2. R. David.!IOfl; 3. D. Ma rsha ll: 4. B.
Ht>tht'rin~m; S. B. Marshall.
OPEN JR: 1. B. Pine; 2. R. Faccidn o; 3. J. Santos.
2SO;]R 1. Eric E1gaaen;2. D. Mars hal l: 3. B. Marshall.
2OO]R: 1. N. Th orn .
125 JR: 1. D. Halloe 2. K. Chiou.
4 STK JR: 1. R. Davi dson; 2. S. WiT'lt'r,3. M. Pocrder.
VET JR; 1. D. McKenzie; 2. A. Kirchl"fl\: 3. J. H a l'J\l!l.
SR JR: 1. N. Stet>le; 2. E. Lh:; 3. R. Kna rr .
S/ SR JR: 1. J. Cez.ario;2. K. Cos mo.
0 1A NOV: 1. E. Cavaliere; 2. G . Binn, ; 3 . B. Sh ives ; 4. R.
Pereira, S. D. Nicks .
OPEN NOV: J. Sh ives ; 2. L Ma ndri no; 3. C. Dupuis.
250 NOV : 1. E. Cavalif're: 2. C. Binns; 3. B. Sh iv{'S
.
200 NOV ; 1. R. Nl' ville; 2. 1. Whi te; 3. M.Ciovann i.
125 NOV ; 1. E. HeegeruZ. C. Pa rker; 3. R. Th uf"Itnn .
4 STRK: 1. R. Pereira; 2. S. Mcent>pSy: 3. C. Bro wn.
VET NOV : 1. D. Nicb; 2. J. Rittpr ; 3. D. No rth .
WMN NOV : 1. Nao mi W illis: 2.. J. HouF;en; 3. N . Fro lich.
SR NO V: 1.J . Willill;2. L Cctti; 3. R. RO!lS.
S / SR NOV: I. M . McEnt-~y; 2. R. H a ney .
Bronk blasts Bible
Ranch hillclimb
By Rose Parmeter
BLACK RIVER FALLS, WL MAY12
Mike Bronk blasted over the steep, rock-st rev..on
AMA District 16 hillclimb aboard hi s 1500cc
Yamaha rocket in an astou nd ing 3.15 second s,
sha llering the hill record of 3.23 at the final hillclimb to be held at Bible Ranch.
Riding another finely tuned Yamaha, Bronk
also posted a win in the 400cc class, where he
wa s the only rider to break the four-second barrier at 3.93. Runner- up Bill Timm was close
behind at an even four seconds.
The SOOcc class fea tu red a battle a mo ng
Bronk, his br oth er Matt and Rick Parmeter, aU
from Wisconsin Rap id s, Wisconsin , Both Matt
Bronk and Parmeter clocked a 3.81 for a firstplace tie after the first round, while Mike Bronk
was on their heels at 4.0L Neither Mike nor Matt
could better their times in the second half, leaving it wide open for Panneter, who came back
with a 3.71 for the glory . Mall was second, Mike
third .
No one else in District 16 hilId imbing has a
greater following than Open-class Harley ride r
Chuck Neinfe ldl, and part of the reason for this
is h is wil d yet winn ing style. Throughout the
day the fastest lines were on the hill's left side,
away from the huge rock ledge in the cen ter of
the h ill. Bu t Nei n feldt lined up at the bo ttom
with the boulder dead -ahead, and to the delight
and awe of the crowd, he head ed straigh t for it.
Nein feld t launched perfectl y ove r it, la nded
straigh t on the rock 's face, and motored on to
the top. Neinfeld t's air time slowed his time to
4.11, far beh ind leader Mike Bronk. The crowd
loved it though, and when Neinfeld t came back
for his second allempt, he was cheered on to the
victory, just edging out Bronk's 3.30 with a spectacular ride of 3.26.
The 750cc class wa s exciting for Jay Parm eter, who begins the season with a '96 KTM SSO.
With recent suspension and moto r mods to the
already powerful bike, Panneter easily took the
7SOcc-class title with his ride of 4.01 seconds .
Results
M INI JR; 1. Luke Pa1'Tl"lett'f (Kaw) ; 2. Jeremy Tim m (H on); 3.
Brittany Ryun (Yam ).
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