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Cycle News 1997 07 09

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(Lett) Larry Page (18) leads evenl ua l J unior Vet Begin ner-class wi n ne r Mark Llb.rdonl (8) at the CRC Saturday Night Motocross In Palmdale, Califomia. (Abo ve) American Suzuk I's Brandon Je sseman dominated the compet itive 125cc B Stock and Modified classes at the AMA Lore tta Lynn 's Northeast Regio nal Amateur Qualifier, held at the Bir ch Creek Molorsports Park In Danvill e, Virginia. S/ MINI: 1. Mithad Young (l ion). 125 U":G : I. Klchard QiI. (Suz l; 2. BreIIl Clin (Yam ); 3. lJou f; (Suz); 4 Scott ~ (Hon); 5. 8-:1 Wihloll (K.Iw). 1 ~ NOV, 1. &.lit G ,llli1lm (S 1,lz); 2. !..In Undvrom (Hn n); 3 Oydr Ad.urvl CY.w; -4. Matt Am1!ItJUrlfl: (Yllm); S. Decce Ru tWd~e w~ ( Hon) . LACR MX laurels to Libardoni By Greg Robertson PALMDALE.CA./UNE14 Ma rk l..ibardoni came ou t on top of a marathon :zo..lapsecond mot o to win the Juni or Vet Begin ner class d uring the California Racing Club's Satu rda y Nig ht Mo tocross a t Los Angeles County Raceway. larry Page shot 'h is YZ250 into the early first-mote lead, but Lihardoni pushed him back to se co nd o n the opening lap . Doug Wolfe ca rne from ou t of the pa ck to cha lle nge Page while Libardoni stretched ou t his lead. Wolfe pa ssed Page and w ould spend th e next three laps slow ly reeling in Libardoni . Wolfe hound ed liba rdoni for a co u ple of laps be fore literall y elbowing hi s way pa st in a com er to take the lead . Libardcni stalled his Honda in the follow ing tum, allowing Wolfe so me breathing room. A fired-~p liba rdoni was q u ickly ca tch in g Wolfe, only to stall h is bike a cou ple m ore times on th e final lap, giving Wolfe the wi n . Pag e finis hed a dist..m t third , over Sh y Moshe an d Stev e Sagc1y. Libardoni edged uut Page and Wolfe for the d holcsh ot as the ga te dropped for the lengt hene St.'C Ul U.l moto. It took Wo lfe a couple of laps to pass Page, but once he did he slowly rcck'1i in libGo-.,la.n (Ho n). 110 (14 ·11"1 : 1. Tndd C.........l.."r (t lon ); 2. Joh n Slm .lflovidl ) (lIun); 3. ji m m y Eb.-rlo. (Yam) ; 4. kff BrriJ ., iy (Vol ); 5. N il Jad .· ' m f1(l(M): ~11l(Yam). "BfW I . Willum Kk-in : (Hon). 12511\'1': I . Christoph" e-~ (}ion' ; 2. Nic k M.lll'OlW (HonJ; l ~ La MOf\~ CHorU; 4. Ch ili ~ (SuLl. 12:5rRO: 1. DuJOlm EVil. tSlu). 2SDBEG: 1. Scott Fdl l K..w l; 2. Rich Ad.tma CK.twl. 2SO NOV: 1. Bn.n 5N:n'ed Ukwl.l; 2. MdIAd H ulI ~. 250 L"'JT: I. Cohn Couto (Y",m); 2. M ~ COUI.... (KoIw,; J. A.!v1n z...... ~ (Sud; 4 . R..-.bbW Dunham (y.m) . 2.'iO PRO:1. JUlOIin Tonnry (V.m). 500BB:;: ~ I..ittk. 500 NOV: Chou Smittl (KIM ). JR VET BEG.: I. M.arlc. Ubardorti (Horl); 2. Doug WOUP (5uz); :\. Larry r.lR"' (VJm); 4 Shy M<;.he<5cu:l:S. ~s.gel.y lSuz). JR VET NOV ; 1. WillWm W.... hlwncr (HOII); 2. 8r M! N..tro c (lb\); 4.. P.at1JroLln (~. VET BEG: I . MMk H _ (Iiorl); 2. M.lrk Johrv;on ( HoII); J. Giry 1m (5uz); 4 J n Lu~ Oionl . oh VET NOV, I. D.undl Sandon CY.m); 2. Jid. Mi"" (V.m); J. (.Sw:); 3. ""nautuoji;fIO Brya- Johnaon (Y . m); .. . John Knir;hl ( Holt); 5. ....". 5tn"~ WilliatM [ es s eman h ad no p rob lem s pu tti n g h is American Suzuki / Cemic's Racing/ AX0-backed RMl 25 at the fro nt of the field in all six m o tos, over so me bl a zin g-fast rid er s s u ch as Team Green's Aa ro n Day out of Maryland a nd West Virginia's Jeff Ryan. Day and Ryan scored consist ent secon d- and third -p lace finis hes to St.'CUJ"e the top three in 125 B Mod ified action, w h ile No rth Ca ro lina 's Troy Cr isp a nd N ew York's Aaro n Dieter ro unded out the top five by po sting two top-five rides . Iesseman, ou t of Pen nsyl van ia, mad e it loo k just as easy as he pulled out co mforta ble lead s.in c the 125c: : B Stoc k class in all three m ot es , aga in ens uri ng himself a s p o t o n th e ga te tor t h e Nationa l. Da y turned in another se t of secondplace finishes across the board to take second OVIl.'T Dieter, Do ug Stofko and Jeff H eIl.\.C. Jesse-' ' man gave a special tha nks to the teachings of the Guy Semlcs Motocross School, and it is apparent tha t he is paying attention in das.s, Team Creen /FMF/Fox-rider Robbie Horton out of Georgi.' turned th e same tric k agai ns t the A-elass rid ers . Horton. fresh off of a great ride at the-mud bath at the Mount Morris A.\AA National MX , came to Birc h C reek a nd posted five moto wins to win both the 125cc A Modified and 250cc /Open A Modified cla sses. Horton beat Benjamin McCarthy and loca l ace Danny Dailey in the 125cc A Modified class, then carne back to walk awa y from Kenneth Tit u s and Todd Beuren aboard his 2.50 mount. Resufts t25 STK A:. I. tenl Scotto::.w) 2. BmjAmin McCanhy oc.w) ; J. Danny ~ O".un} ; • . ~ On.ko (Horl); 5. N~ Sean VETINT: I . Ton y Bieno.oft (K.1w ); 2. """'" Ast- (Honl. ~R EX' t . fIo.-bOunh.tlm 0'.,.,) (Honl Jesseman on at Birch Creek Regional MX By Jay and Sharon Hauser DANVIUE. VA, JU NE14-15 A merica n Suzu ki's Br and on [essema n w on ev ery ma lo he e n te red, winning the 125cc B Stock a nd Modified classes a t the AMA Loretta Lyn n's Northeast Regional Ama teur Qualifier at the Birch Crl.'t'k Motorsports Park.. The two-dilY e ven t dodgl.'i.i lhe rains all w~kcnd long and, after a little bit of wetnl.'SSon Saturday morning, the track was worked. into per fect condition for the r~t of the weekend. With more than 450 rid ers fro m 26 states competing, all of the clasSt$ were filled with gr eat racing. 125 MOD A:. I. Rubbo.- Hurt n.. (IhZudI.uo (HonJ ; 5. Mark MiII~U (Suz). 250 STIC OPEN A : 1. leu! Scott (Kaw); 2. C h rlll An.tl" ad (""wl;:l Nio.-h"Lo.. 500..", (Hunl; 4. Chri>lMTb 'O;< lTI (.<;"'1l. " 250 MOD OI'E N A: I. Robbi!"Il orton (lU, w ); 2.l. ' Motorcycle Roadracing every month - 90 miles North of Los Angeles! Come see the TOYOTA GOLD CUP Unlimited Road Race featuring national class racers Chuck Graves, Curtis Adams and more! UPC OMING EVENTS: JULY 19-20 AUGUST 16-17 SEPTEMBER 20-21 WSMC presents a New Racers School every month, please call or w rite us for the in fo rm ation packet. Weekend SuperTicket only $10.00 (Incl. parking, pit pass, free camping) Children 15 and under free! Willow Springs is in Rosamond, CA. - only 90 miles north of downtown Los Angeles on Highway 14 in th e Antelope Valley. "Tel: 805.256.1234 WSMC 68 Fax: 805.256.1583 E-mail: racewillow@aol.com PO Box 911 Rosamond CA. 93560-0911

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