·EVENTS
(Left) Dan Stanley (60) shared the
holeshot of the 600cc Pro race with Jeff
Annen (41W), Stanley eventually pulling
out a comfortable lead over the rest of the
pack and sailing across the finish line In
first position at Playfalr Race Course's
first half-mile event since 1918.
(Below left - from left to right) Dee Wood,
Shelly Kann, and Amber Hughes finished
first, third, and second, respectively at the
second round of the AMA U.S. Womens
Outdoor Championship Series held In
Unadilla Valley, New York. Team
Kawasaki's Jeff Emig was the trophy boy.
600 PRO: 1. Diln Stan~ly; 2. Mark Corsetti; 3. Jesse Sanchez.; 4.
Rusty Yamamoto; 5. Rex Fisher.
PRO AM: 1. Todd Hogmann; 2. Steven Arndt: J. Ronnie Reiner; 4. Dean Autrey; 5. Jesse Ennis.
VlNT: 1. r\:r (Suz.).
VeT BEG: 1. John Adam. (Suz); 2. Matt Arant (Kaw); 3.
Patrick Oulan (Kaw); 4. Jim Stuffelbeam (Hon); 5. Brian Broussard
(50,;
VET NOV: 1. Mike Lidtra (Suz); 2. Jeff Stapleton (Hon); 3.
Brett Allen (Hon); 4. Marv Chun:h (Yam); 5. Dam!1I Sanders
(Yam).
VET lNT; 1. Bruce Teba (Hon); 2. Rob Healy (Hon); 3. Dean
Ostrander (Suz); 4. Ed Tripp (Hon); 5. Eric Fleming (Kaw).
VET EX-PRO: 1. Jon Zahrt (Yam); 2. Rich Truchhukl (Hon); 3.
Eric Casas (Yam); 4. Rodney Morrison (Han); 5. Leo Saul (Yam).
SR NOV: I. Ress Bemon (Hon).
Yamamoto motors to
Spokane HM win
By Karin Lang
SPOKANE, WA, JULY 20
Ronny Yamamoto led the triumphant return of
flat track racing to Spokane as he woo the Pro
Twin class in the first half mile event held at the
Playfair .Race Course since 1918.
_ Yamamoto grabbed the lead in his Pro Twin
heat race and again in the Pro Twin main, leaving everyone else in the field to eat his dust. Rex
Fisher looked as if he would get by Yamamoto
early in the race, but Yamamoto managed to put
a lot of track between himself and the field by
the fifth lap. Fisher finished second, while
Lonny Kopp held on for third.
The 600cc race looked much like most Northwest races lately, with Dan Stanley out in front
of a pack of 16 riders. Stanley and Jeff Annen
shared the holeshot, but Annen couldn't hold it
and eventually fell back to ninth. No one ever
appeared to challenge Stanley's lead, which
grew throughout the race. Mark Corsetti and
Jesse Sanchez fought for second, with Corsetti
eventually gaining the second-place spot with
Sanchez in third. Spokane's Steve Liberty, the
local favorite, finished in fourth.
The Pro Am race was a drag race for first
between Christian Vernon and Todd Hagmann
during the early laps, but Vernon's bike blew up
and ended his race during the early laps. Hagmann pulled ahead of the pack and held a comfortable lead for the rest of the race over secondand third-place finishers Steven Arndt and Ronnie Reiner.
R~ults
PRO TW: 1. Ronny Yamamoto; 2. Rex Fisher; 3. Lonny Kppp;
4, Matt James; 5. Jerry Southworth.
NEW BERLIN, NY, JULY 20-21
Round two of the AMA U.S. Women's
Motocross League Outdoor Championship
Series sponsored by Kawasaki, Honda, and
Acerbis rolled into Unadilla along with the
125/250cc National MX Series and proved to be
an exciting class.
Kawasaki Team Green guns Kristy Shealy
and Dee Wood were on hand to challenge
round-one winner Amber Hughes. Top finishers
Shelly Hickman, Shelly Kann, and HaUy Whitecotton were also present. Torrential rains pelted
the tI:ack Friday, creating a sea of mud and a
rider's nigh tmare.
Moto one was holeshot by Wood, with
Shealy, Kann, Hickman, and Hughes in hot pursuit. Hughes passed Hickman and Kann in the
big, rough sweeper before the Gravity Cavity.
Wood was pressured into a small bobble that
cost her the lead position as Shealy streaked into
first wit" Hughes in her wake. Shealy and
Hughes raced around the circuit nose-tcrtail in a
battle to the finish, with Wood failing Slightly off
the pace..The battle for fourth was hotly contested between rivals Kann and Hickman, while an
intense battle between WhHecotton, Sherri
Stephens, Tanya Roberts, Mollie Bourke, and
Melanie McConnell raged behind.
At the halfway poiot Wood launched out of
Gravity Cavity and careened off of the track.
This was all Shealy need to secure the win, followed by Hughes and a disappointed Wood.
Hickman took fourtJo. followed by Kann, Whitecotton, Roberts, Bourke, Stephens, and
McConnell.
Wood holeshot again in the second moto on
Sunday, with Shealy, Hughes, Kann, Hickman
and the pack clawing for position in front of
U,OOO fans. Wood and Shealy quickly put distance on the fjeld, with Hughes trailing in third.
Shealy and Wood were putting on a spectacular
show for the fans. With just half a lap remaining,
Shealys' bike seized and rolled to a stop. Wood
raced on to victory, followed by Hughes, Kann,
Hickman, and Whitecotton. Sixth place went to
Bourke and Tiffany Reed, Roberts, Jessica
McConnell, and Misty MacMilijan rounded out
the top 10.
Wood's 3-1 edged out Hughes' 2-2 score for
the overall. Kann squeaked into third with a 5-3
over Hickman's 4-4. Whitecotton finished fifth
overall.
Results
WMN: 1. Dee Ann Wood (Kaw); 2. Amber Hughes (Suz); 3.
Shelly Kann (Yam); 4. Shelly Hickman (Su.z); 5. Hally Whiterotton
(Yam;
Dean dominates at
Frelin Motocross
By Ray Woods
MARLElTE, MI, JULY 21
KTM-mounted Calvin Dean would not be
denied as he rode flawlessly to win the very
competitive 50 Junior class for 4- to 6-year-old
racers, The all-new Pee Wee track was nicely
prepared for the best racers Michigan and Canada had to offer.
At the start, it was Cory Snelgrove from
Canada roosting into the first comer ahead of
Dean, with Dustin Droscha and Bryan Butzin in
tow. Eventual second·place finisher Daniel
Aulseybrook crashed in the first corner, but
quickly remounted and began to charge through
the pack. Dean held it on longer going into the
left-hand« at the bottom of the leap, taking the
inside line away from Snelgrove. Dean looked to
be in total control but Aulseybrook, who had
just won the first moto of the 50cc Superstock
class, remembered all the fast lines and was dosing fast.
By the halfway point, Aulseybrook caught
Dean and began to pressure him. With less than
a bike length between them, Dean took the win
in the first moto with Aulseybrook second and
Snelgrove third.
After a brief intermission to give the riders a
chance to cool off from the blistering sun, the
field of nine riders lined up for the start of the
second moto. This time it would be Dean wi.th
the holeshot followed closely by Aulseybrook,
Snelgrove, Dorsch, and Butzin in fifth. The race
for nrst quickly began to look like a repeat of the
first moto with Aulseybrook trying to move on
Dean at nearly every comer, but Dean had djfferent ideas as he continued to shut the door
time after time. At the halfway point Aulseybrook began to show signs of fatigue (and rightly so, after competing in three previous motos in
the 85-degree-plus sun) as he slipped off of
Dean's pace. At the checkers it was Dean claiming the overall win, with Aulseybrook getting
the nod for second, and Snelgrove rounding out
the top three.
Results
50 JR (4-6): Calvin Dean (KTM): 2. Daniel Aulseybrook
(KTM); 3. Cory Snelgrove.
125 A: 1. Chris Lueth (Hon); 2. Greg; Simpson (Hon).
125 B: 1. Brett Smith (Hon); 2. Jason Colby (Yam); 3. Scott
Poland (Mon); 4. Randy Doviak (Suz); 5. Lance Shelton (Yam),
125 C: l. Justin Thompson (Hon): 2. Andrew Gauvin (Hon);
3. Michael E. Priehs Jr. (Yam); 4. Mike Minjor (Hon); 5, Michael
Sullivan (Yam).
125 JR: 1. Randy Doviak (Suz); 2. Jason Vienot (Suz); 3.
Nathan Hatfield (Hon); 4. Dustin Sharp (Suz); 5. Joshua Young
(Suz).
16-24: 1. Chris Lueth (Hon); 2. Brett Smith (Hon); 3. Scott
Poland (Hon); 4. Brad Langtry (Kaw); 5. Christopher Bridgman
(Han).
25+: 1. David L Beatty (Hon); 2. Mike Himanek (Hon); 3.
Tom Deguise (Yam); 4. Randy Lzydorl:':k (Hon~ 5. Robert J. Schulte
(Kaw).
250 OPEN A: 1. John Buono (Kaw); 2. David L. Beatty (Hon);
3. Mike Himanek (Hon); 4. Tom Deguise (Yam); 5. Robert Schulte
(Kaw).
250 OPEN B: 1. Jason Vienot (Han); 2. Scott W. Poland (Hon~
3. John Bowman (Hon); 4. David Goodwirl (Yam); 5. Wayne J, Fnt·
ley (Hon).
250 OPEN C; 1. David Sowers (Suz); 2. Brad langtry (Kaw~
3. Chriil E. Schweiger (Hon); 4. Peter M. Donato (Yam); 5. Walter
F. Pannick III (Su%.).
30+: 1. David Beatty (Hon); 2. Jeff Oevercaue (Hon); 3. Bernie
R. Smil3 (Hon); 4. Courtney E. Riefter" (Hon); 5. Kenneth Rabideau
(Kaw).
35+: L Mark Reed (Hon); 2. Kenneth Petrillo (Hon); 3. Joseph
E. Horchler (Hon); 4, Embert J. Berkers (Hon); 5. Dean D. Hodge
(Kaw).
40+: 1.. Embert J. Berkers (Hon); 2. Michael E. Priehs; 3. Larry
Brock (Hon); 4. Cordon F. Baird (Suz);.5. Stanley E: Salter (Hon).
50+: 1. John L Schulte (Kaw); 2. Harold E. Butzin Sr. (Su2.); 3.
William D. Foster (K.w).
SACRAMENTO, CA, JULY 26
KTM-rider Aaron Makinen_of Auburn swept
both motos to take the overall win in the hotly
contested 50cc class at KB Racing's Friday Night
Supercross. With three of the five races completed, the win puts him in'a good position for the
championship in the Carmichael Honda-spo",
sored Summer Series.
Fifteen riders charged to the first comer and
a KTM freight train took shape. Makinen, Matt
Spencer, Kyle Plunkett and Stenson Womack
were just an orange blur as they completed the
first lap. Jimmy Breneisen pushed his Yamaha
across the finish-line tabletop in fifth. Womack
didn't wait long in fourth and on lap two scooted past both Plunkett and Spencer to take over
second. Breneisen got into the action and was
also able to get around Spencer and advance
in to fourth. Makinen maintained a comfortable
lead through the third lap, while Plunkett overcame Womack to take back second. At the
checkered nag it was Makinen winning with a
clear margin over Plunkett, Womack and
Spencer. Breneisen settled for fifth.
Yamaha-rider Brian Foster took the early'
lead in the second moto. The rest of the pack
jockeyed to establish positions, and after the
completion of the first lap Makinen had again
emerged as the leader with Womack and Foster
in second and third, respectively. The KTMs of
Spencer and Plunkett wer.e up in front again,
closely followed by Breneisen's Yamaha.
On lap two, Plunkett rocketed into second
while Spencer caught his draft and advanced to
third. These position changes were at the
expense of a fading Womack and Foster, who
stopped to take a soil sample. Breneisen styled
his PW into fifth. The top nine riders were satisfied with their positions and kept them to the
checkers. Makinen and Plunkett repeated their
first-moto one-two finish while Spencer was
able to top Womack for third. They were followed by Breneisen, J.D. Moore, Foster, Beau
Wiegland and Mason Womack.
