EVENTS
Mason on the money
atStarwest Motocross
By Tony Al essi
MOR£"t.'COnd tim e on his Honda. Peirson
and Scroggins had taken the first -round lead with
identica l times, but couldn't imp rove them on the
sec ond ro u nd , while Northrup, Campbell and
Shafer turned in their quick times. Peirson won
the tie-breaker run w ith Scr ogg in .. to fi n is h
fourth.
Kaleb Northru p's first win came on his Tri umph, as he took the 750cc-class win with J fin e
3.027-seco nd time . C raig Del-lart finished second
by turnin g 3 .2H5 seconds on hi s KX540, ju st
barely ahea d o f Jason No rthru p 's 3.287·~'Ond
ru n on his Honda / Kawasaki hybrid triple. Thc
seco nd win came in the King-of-the-Hill to p-10
shooto ut, as Kaleb carded an incredible 2.896second time on his Bri tis h Tw in . w inning the
class an d posti ng wha t looked to be the overall
r.,~ Time of the day. But Brother Jaso n wou ld n't
allow that honor to go to Kaleb, as he returned.
wit h his CR500 in the las t class of the d ay, the
Open Exhibition "and flew over the top in a blazin g 2. 743 seconds for that class wi n and the
Overall Fast Time.
Re5ult5
SOAlITO: 1. Ibnd \' WlIbarnro (Yam ).
lISYTH 1. Jacob &u1ey {Han}: 2. Matt WN WT IK.1w}; 3. RiJry
Mullin.. (Yam) ; of Rtd .y WiIIi.. m... fXdwl.
.
200; 1. Arl thon y DeHart (Y.m) ; 2. Devid Pcinun (~w.; 3.
Scottst-1ll (Kaw); 4. ileckv Williams (K" w) ; S. Gene 8WbeI' (Hon).
2SO: 1. Anlhony ~ ( Hen); 2. Darryt MaQrnt'Y (KTM); S. 8t'nwton MillIOn
(Cob).
s/r/w (6-9l'1 . lndy Hunllo -y a..m).
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eo8EG fft.lfl . 1. K.&mrron XotII K..w) ; 2. B.' . ~ Tl CuffC'l (lC.Iw); 2. Jimmy Gonza lez
( l'Jr,w ); 3. 1C.uIwron Silva (Hun),
lin BF.r. (12 -16 1: I. D.lni.·1 "'d~>Tl (lion ), 2. Co lli n Sm i th
(l<.Iw ); 3. Ian KUM:hatl.lUlool ; -t. E....n BunlL-r (Y.m ); 5. JU
SIlI1
SixbcrTy (Yl'm) .
80 (0. 11): I. J(flJyTfddel'{Y~; 2. 1ustin Womn.1O (Ka w).
IIfl {I2·13}: 1. j n C i.o
.
rhiw {Yam),
tlO IH6: I. Jdf BrodIIiy (Ya m).
125 BEG: I. J
L'"Y M" 5 NOV. 1. J,...hu .. w.·~ t (5 1,11;); 2. M ik e: W«d (Y. m) ; 3.
Charks I ""lcht~1 (Y. m) ; -t. Coli n Mon (Hon ).
25UNO V: I. Br..nd,·n MIMe..:! (Suz); 2. John Turner (Sull.
VET: 1. Mlkt· Du nla p (Ka w); 2. Ch ris T..y lnr (H u n); 3. )..ir
Cu lbu m (,,", w I. 4. r ab in Ar gudl es (l Ion); 5. JerryHelU1cy (Suz) .
ltlo-\l.
iSO: 1. Kltlcb l\OorIhntp ITri); 2. Cra Ig OeH.>rt ( J(.) ... ); 3. J-...
Nort hrup ()(a wl ; 4. Bob G I"", (ICTM S. DwiRh t C WT.il1\ CYaml
);
orEN: I . StI'Y\" Mu llin!< (1(;I w ); 2. Rob Fi...t.-r(}-I-O); 3. T.. rry
R.oilt'y (H· O); 4. Ch.t rJr,. MatJ-tw:n (K.1wl .
SR: 1. Sk...c Mull ins (K.1w l; 2. Craig lkHa rl (K..:! w l; 3. Ik>b
Glenn (KTM); -t. Tom Rolll~ (Hon); S. Larry Ouvt (Han) .
PSHRD: I. Bob FWw r (H -O);2. lrry
ne..
Walker waxes Actiontown MX
By Jay and Sharon Hauser
DILLWYN, VA,JUNE 1
Kingsport, Tennessee's Kevin Walker won th e'
125cc A" 250cc A a nd Ovcr 25 A classes at the
final ro und of th~ U.S. Eastern Pro--Am Spring
'
• Motocross Serit..S at Actiontown Raceway Park.
Walker" a past Loretta Lynn 's Over 25 Champion, waOiji looking for a litt le change of pace from
th e Ultra Series d own in South Carolina and
madE" the tR-k up to Virginia to race a new set of
co mpetitors.
..It rainM eve ry w he re in the state of Vir ginia, except on this track." said ra ce prom oter
Ken Ferrell . "Its gTE'at out tht'f'e." Th~ ev~t sa w
m ore than 460 riders co me fr om 16 d ifferent
states to try their luck on th e Actiontown circu it
and take part in the awards ceremon y held after
~ day's racing .
Walker ma de no mistake about why he has
won th ~ Ultr a a nd Mega Se~ies' over the past
ft>w yea ", 8 !1 he turned in a five-out-C'f(Suz); • . Gk-nn c..m~n (Han); 5, Miltt"5;onloy (Honl_
OrEN AM : 1. rum H;Mr (H,m)
Northrups nail
Father's Day CIMC Hillclimb
( J(, w).
b5 (10.111 : I . SamlX"l Flrzwa •..,. (lUow) ; 2. M;o.... 8Town (lGowl;
.1 J.trdan Tn>w11 (Ka.w); -t, c."..,- WuJon oc.wl; 5. Barton Mcthl:'-
By Bud Northrup
ni.llKawl.
liS (7· 1It: 1. SC'llttTl"rT'Y (Y,un);:z. jaMln Crisp Guz); 1. Ch.tsc
Sh.. rna.. (5uV; .. . Strven Dailey (Y,un); 5_De.n o.y (Y.m) .
M 112· 15), 1 w.. Wood (lGo 1. Cory GhuI ~1I1 (Yolml. 3.
wl;
motlr F'ic:t_ IK.aw). ... .k»Iwa Dc:>r.&a" (Yam); 5. DuMin J~
NEOGA.lIl.1NOIS, jUI.'E15
The Northrup br others , Jason an d Kaleb" gave
their dad a great Father's Day prf"S.(> nt at thE"
C~tra l lllinois Motorcycle Oub's last 1997 hill climb" in the form of four cla:» wins and the Fast
T ime Trophy, as th e ir fa th er anno u nced th e
climb for the club. Jason sco red h\'o class wins
and claimed the Fast Time Tro phy" whi le KalE"b
claimed two cla.....o; win s of his own.
Jason No rt hrup sco red his fas t-time win in
the ultra-quick a nd competitive 500cccia...., with
a secon d -ro u nd run of 2.962 se conds on h is
CRSOO • just barely qu ick eno ugh to beat th~ prev io us night 's cla M winnE"r. Doug Ca m p bell .
ClmpbcU turned a very good 2.986-second time
on his KXSOO to take ~nd place" and to stay
close to Northrup in the seaso n poin ts ra cc.
Mark Shafer took third and also stayed in the
p oin t ~ ra ce with a 3. 07 7-secon d run o n hi s
CRSOO, followed by Dav id Peirson with a 3.133-
.
S / MISI: I . an. Wood ( ~ ... ); 2 _ Bla inn {Htm l; 5. Brold5I:. w .
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Wood turns gold
atthe"Fool's Gold Enduro
By Mike Carlo
GEORGETOWN, CA,MAY3
Dave Wood of the High Sierr a Me charged to
th e over all win in round five of the District 36
cha m p ion sh ip Enduro se ri es . Wood ca rded a
low score of nin e" ahead of 199715DE dub team
m embers Pat Garr a han (w it h 10 poin ts ) a nd
Matt Wall .... C'f" of th e Valley Climbers MC (wi th
11 points) .
.
1be Fool's Gold Enduro - held at Rock Creek
OHV Park - featured a wi de range of challe nging
terra in, fro m d l:c'ep-water crossings to steep, rocky
u p hi llOiji . The En d u ro fea tu red a third loop. in
whi ch th e speed averag e stayed a t 24 ~ph for
w hat seemt"d to be 2t1 mites. The terra in was very
tigh t. and ch.1Uensro even the bes t rid ers to ka-p
the speed average. The sec ond loo p fea tllred
what I call Sha le Mountain. Shale Mountain is i1
stee p offy of
th e Timck eep ers MC overalled th e class. followed by Terry 8dn~ a nd Chris Popanz.
