hosted round one of the six-round Sand Master
Series n, and Troy Decker came out on top of the
Vet Junior class.
The sandy, well-watered, Al McElroydesigned track held up to the onslaught of the
day's 34 motos. A special rebate of $20 to firsttime racers brought 24 new riders to try their
motocross skills.
After taking a few years off, Decker came
back and grabbed the holeshot in Vet Junior
mota .one and steadily stretched his lead, leaving
Eric McElroy to hound Andy Moore for second
place.
Mike Halvor on raced in fourth, while further back in the pack, Donald Hudgins passed
Harry Trainor on the first lap. Trainor stayed
close and took his position back as Hudgins
faded during the moto.
In the last half of moto one, McElroy continued to pressure Monroe, who pulled a small
lead in the front half of the track where there
were more jumps. McElroy applied heavy pressure in the tighter, twistier sections.
On the last lap, Monroe went wide and shut
off two jumps before the finish flag. McElroy
saw the opening and cut inside, taking Monroe's
line away at the berm, and secured the secondplace finish.
Decker pulled the holeshot in mota two,
with McElroy rounding the first tum in second.
Monroe dogged Clay Cole, and on lap two made
a clean pass on the Mount McElroy jump. Trainor pu t the move on Hudgi ns to take over fifth
place.
Hudgins continued to fade and was passed
by Halvorson on the last lap. Trainor gained on
Monroe and Cole, but needed at least one more
lap.
Decker continued to eam style points as he
sailed over the big tabletop and finisheamely; 2. Donald Happer; 3. Brad
u>uch; 4. Paul Shaw; 5. Kevin Yerkey.
VET BEG: 1. James Hopper; 2. Richard Sigle; 3. Naea Hughe!;
4. Rich Feffeira: S. Sti!ve Souza.
VET NOV: 1. Mark Steinwand; 2. Robert Horton; 3. Noel
Evans; 4-. Pat Cocagne; S. David l.evt!r.
VET INT: 1. Russell Morris; 2. David Camolrena; 3. Je!lsie
Hoiguin; 4. Jerry Boyd.
OIT NOV: 1. Ron OawSOl1: 2. Mark Werslenburger; 3J\.Uke
McCollough; 4. Kelly Hampton;S. Mad;: Meadows.
OfT EX: 1. Steve t.nw; 2. Bill Oliver; 3. Jim Terry; 4.. Tim
Calvert.
WMN: 1. Annette Terry; 2. Ginny Hopper; 3. Kelly King,
Renshaw rails at
Chaparral Grand Prix
By Robert Van Damme
SAN 8ERNARDINO, CA. OCT. 13
Brian Renshaw took the win in the Vet Intermediate class at the second annual Chaparral Cycle
Grand Prix at Glen Helen Raceway. Renshaw
earned the win with consistency and patience,
something needed to negotiate six miles of
motocross, natural washes and asphalt for 90
minutes.
The early lead belonged to Dennis Gallagher,
followed by Jerry. Black, Renshaw, Steve Dalton,
Ken Tapert and Ron Clement. Gallagher jumped
out to a 12-second lead on Black on the second
lap. The battle for third was another six seconds
behind, with Renshaw, Dalton and Clement, all
tiding for Privateer Sportswear, all within 10
bike lengths of each other.
By the fourth lap, Clement had moved up to
third. Just as. the group had. dropped into the
infield, Clement looked over his shoulder and
went off the lIack. That detour put Renshaw and
Dalton ahead of him.
On the next lap, Clement was again in front
of Renshaw and Dalton. Black had left the race.
Clement and Renshaw were beginning to put a
small dent into Gallagher's lead.
Clement and Renshaw pitted for fuel at the
same time, while Gallagher elected to go another
lap. Joe Bagnasco had taken over fourth. Gallagher's crew was amazed that their rider would
keep going by them, even when he was signa.led
to pit. Gallagher saw that Clement and Renshaw
were catching up, so he gambled that his larger
tank would have enough fuel to finish.
The next time they ·came into view, Gallagher was still leading. but only by about five
seconds as they approached the white flag. Renshaw was now second.
"[ fell in the asphalt portion of the course:'
Clement said of his move to third. When the riders reappeared on the motocross portion, Ren~
shaw was in front.
"I got (Gallagher) coming down that last hill
before you start back towards the motocross
track," Renshaw said. "He gave a little throttle
coming down, and [ left the my motor pinned,
down the inside, locked up the brakes and
caught him off."
The checkered came out with Renshaw first,
followed by Gallagher, Clement, Bagnasco and
Tapert.
Results
VET BX: 1. John Braasch (Kaw); 2. Rick O'Donnell (Hon); 3.
Ourke Coleman (Hon): 4. Dennis Carson (Hon); 5. Randy Nonnan
(Ron).
VET AM: 1. Brian Renshaw; 2. Dennis Gallagher (Yam); 3.
Ron Clement (Kaw); 4. Joe Bagnasco (Kaw); 5. Ken Tapert (Kaw).
VET NOV: 1. Jimmy Matiasevich (Kaw); 2. Cary Brown
(Hon); 3. Gordon Keller (5uz); 4. Mark Bessier (Yam); S. Bob Baron
(Hon).
VET BEG: I. John Knudsen (Kaw): 2. Robert Betke (Hon); 3.
Dom;n Wall (Yam); 4. SteW! Wilbl\nks (Suz); S. Scott Seeley (Suz).
OPEN PRO: 1. Dave Ondus (Kow): 2. David Barrett (Su.z); 3.
Oakley Lehman (YAm); 4. Rich Truchinski (Hon); S. Kurt Pfieffer
(Yam).
VINT '70-'75: 1. Stevft Lopez (CZ); 2. Chris Frei (Hus); 3.
Gary Shook (CZ).
VINT '76-'80: 1. George Pennington (Hon); 2. Richard Arnold
(Hus); 3. Will Lighthart (KTM): 4. Brent Jackson (C·A); 5. Bradley
Scott (Kaw).
4-STK AM: 1. Eric Graves (Hon~
4-STK NOV: J. Josh Wray (Hon); 2. Tim McNulty (Hon); 3.
Dale McKenzie (Hon~
4-STK BEG: 1. Brian Nelson (Hon): 2. Don Huddleton (Kaw);
3. Aaron Davis (Hon).
SR EX: 1. Bob Maxwell (Hon); 2. Terry Davis (Kaw); 3. Jim
LaTiendre.sse CHon); 4. Nftlson Hftmandez (Kaw); 5. Rhett.Higgins
(Kaw~
SR AM: 1, 8M Leef(Kaw); 2. Monte Pritchett (KTM);3. Scott
Wright (Hon); 4. Chuck Duran (Suz): 5. Mike Blerinan (lMS).
SR NOV: 1. George Davis (Hon); 2. RuS5 Nettleton (Kaw): 3..
Bob Arellano (Kaw); 4. Dave Herrera (Hon); 5. Greg Carlton
(Hon).
250 AM: 1. Danny Carlson (Yam); 2. Brian Walker (Kaw),
250 NOV: 1. Ed Bustillos (Hon); 2. Mondo Duran (Suz); 3.
Steve Se.nford (Hon); 4. Daniel Eickholt (Yam); S. Matt Freeman
(Yam).
2SO BEG: I. Josh Met'han (Kaw); 2. Scott Carroll (Yam); 3.
Chris Roberts (Kaw); 4. Jason Heagstedt (Yam); 5. Tom Hendricks
(Yam).
OPEN AM: 1. Jason Trobey (Kaw); 2. Marc Barnett (Hon).
OPEN NOV: I, Randy Geniec (Hoo); 2. Joel Leighton (Kaw).
OPEN BEG: 1. Jennifer Co~ (Hon); 2. Bonnie Warch (Yam):
3. Robert Boroch (KTM); 4. Brian Palmer (Hus): S. Perry Excell
(KTM,
125 NOV: 1. Kevin Duncan (Yam).
125 BEG: 1. Louie Ramirez. (Suz); 2, Lucas Wimer (Suz): 3.
Brae Wallace (Kaw); 4. Ryan Kolosge (Hon); 5. Manuel Jubala
(Yam).
80 AM: 1.Jed Herring (Hon).
80 NOV: 1. Vincent Benavides (Hon); 2. Ben Ramsaran (Yam).
80 BEG: I. Greg Cossio (Hon); 2. Ty Renshaw (Kaw); 3. Adam
Qu;ntard (Yam); 4. Carl Nasa (S11%);S. Bryan Huth (Kaw).
WMN AM: 1. Lori Conway (Hon).
WMN NOV: 1. Muriel McKenzie (Kaw); 2. Carmen Andersan
(Hon).
WMN BEG: 1. Tammy Schlenegger (5ol.)•.
OS AM: 1. Eric Graves (Hon); 2. James Brown (Hon); 3. Gary
Bowden (Hon); 4. Tim Morton (Hon); 5. Steve Hutchens (Kaw).
OS NOV: 1. J.R. Cook (Hon); 2. Tom Coco (Suz); 3. Derek
Lants (Han); 4. Robert Bachman (Hon): S. Came.ron Coatney
(Hon).
OS BEG: I. Jesse C05ta (Kaw); 2. Dave Blosser (KTM): 3.
Doug Mohler (Hon); 4. Steve Congleton (Hon); 5. Milton Mize
(Ron,
Bowyer boss at
Green Acres MX
By Gary Hershberger
MARION, KA, OCT. 27
Andy Bowyer won both the 125cc and the 250cc
Pro classes at Green Acres MX Park in the last
points race of the 1996 KORR Championship
Series.
Hundreds of people watched Bowyer take
the lead from the start of the.12Scc Pro first
malO, with Jeff Hedden, Marc Gifford, c.J. Regier, Dennis Burnett and Rodney North in tow.
Bowyer and Hedd.en broke away with
Bowyer just in front of Hedden until lap two,
when Hedden made a move on the inside of
Bowyer and fell in a downhill turn. Bowyer finished the first mota with a win, and Hedden
held off Gifford for second.
In the second moto, Bowyer led from start to
finish, but Hedden ran with him all the way.
Bowyer ran a perfect race to take the overall.
Gifford held on to third with Regier fourth and
Burnell fifth.
The first 2SOcc Pro race was between Bowyer
and Hedden, with Hedden crashing twice and
having to hold off Gifford for second place. The
second mota was close, but Bowyer led all the
way. Gifford and Kevin Dunham battled for
third, with Dunham taking the spot for third
overall. Stev.e Hershell was fifth.
The Over 30 class has been one of the best all
year and they turned it up for the Fall Championships. Ken Voss led the first moto with R.mdy
Smith, John Voss and Steve Schale close behind.
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