(Left) Mickey Fay wo n the combined
ExpertlPro-Am main event at a Short
Track held at the Thurston County
ORV Park In McCleary, Washington.
(Above) Tom Perry emerged
vi ctorious In the Funnyb lke class at
the IDBA Buckeye Nati onals In
Norwalk, Ohio, on Ju ne 15.
Fay leads the way at Diy S1
By Clay Li ght
MCUEARY, WA, JUNE 1;
AMA Na tiona l Dirt Track nu mbe r 13, Mickey
Fay, once again led , the way d uring AMA Distri ct 27 short t ra ck ac t ion, postin g his la tes t
Expert mai n-event win on the one-eighth mile
ova l at th e Thurston Co u nty O RV Park.
Fay, riding Rot a x, found th e smooth-as;
glass track to his likin g and motored on the
field of combined Expe rt and Pro-Am rid ers in
qualifying action . Fay bea t fellow Expert rid ers
}eff Hia tt and Eric Rickm an to the finish lin e,
w hile the onl y change in po sitio ns came as Beau
Bro wn moved up behind George Prind iville for
the seco nd Pro-A m spo t.
While so me riders opted to use the outside
spo t on the front row as the po le position, Fay
chose th e inside. Fay' s choice wo rked for him as
he grabbed the lead on th e openi ng lap of the
15-Ia p fina l and never loo ked ba ck . Rickman "
bett ered his heat-race showi ng by sla mmi ng the
do or sh u t on Hiatt's ad van ces, thu s enabli ng
him to nab the seco nd spo t be hind Fay at th e
finish. Hiatt finished a close third, followed by
Pr in d iville. t he Pro-Am w inner Bro wn and
Rota x-moun ted Terry Akin.
Ya m a ha r id er s Mik e H arrill and Willie
Ward and Triumph rid er Jim Coppedge traded
lead s thr ou gh out the Open Twin A mai n . But in
th e end , mu ch like it's been for severa l seaso ns,
Harrttt scored th e win, d esp ite War d ho ldi ng
th e lead fur several laps. Coming out of the final
turn and into the hom e stre tch, Harritt got the
best trac tion of all the 7505 to bar ely ed ge W"rd
for the win .
Honda rid er Jacob Ellis s howed Kaw asakim ounted And y Fay his rear wheel for the first
lap of th e 60ccA main, but the CR pilot couldn't
do much to hold back th e KX rid er's adv ances
after Fay gr abbed. the lead less than a lap later.
Elli s w a s fo rce d to then hold off bo th Eri c
DeBoer and Timm y Haycock, until Haycock fell
and DeBoer ga ve Ellis so me breathing room.
As wa s the case all wl>ekend, the Spl-'t.>dway
racin g was above p.. . In a com bined A lB-class
u
event, Seth Church (w ho also won the previous
n igh t ) picked u p the Division Ont' win. Pat
Ii a fee w as winn er o f Di v isi on Two . In th e.
junior Speedway Division , Wess Church picked
up a win in th e increa singly popular class, rid in ~ a 175c c H ond a-po w ered s peed w ay
machine.
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Result s
EX: 1. Midt,y F",y CR ; 2. Erio: Ridm..an (Rod; 3.Jl'ff H ia ll
t.d
(Rlx).
PRO-A M: 1. G.oor}:;I' Prind iviIll' . 1. BiUy VO/tC (Su,r.) 2. Jll.ml'll RI'llter Jr. (Sw:) .
;
('KO STl<: 1. Paul Gast(Suz); 2. AI PIlP lt1o (S UZ).
rorSPTSMN : 1.J arnt'll ll\lll.,.-.
S/ffiMP: 1. Fn-d Brol.Zzl...
S/GAS; I. Rob in R.1 .
y
k
S/EU M: I . Chl.lC Sim psot'l.
PRO ET: 1. Bob Moore.
STREET ET: 1. Rick Smi th .
do ub le, Shearer found himself alone in second ,
chasi ng Bro wn . Shea re r m ad e h is m o ve o n
Bro wn and took the wi n by the checkers .
Mote tw o fe atured a Tayl or G ilm ore
hol es hot. Once again, Brown was right there,
a long with Ma r k Pr os cell e Jr . a nd Sh ea r e r.
Brown and Proscell e w ere p ulli ng away until
Ryan went do wn in a comer, handing the lead
to Prosccllc. Pro sccllc di dn 't falter and went on
to a conv incing win. Shear er, meanwhile, continued to ba ttle and made a last-lap pa ss on Taylor
Cllmo re, wh ich was eno ugh tu earn him 5(.'COnd
place and the overa ll crown . Brown finish ed a
well-deserve second , wi th Taylor Gilmore in
d
th ird ove rall.
Rich a rd Sa xto n ret urned to th e 250cc Pro
war"! in gra nd sty le, captu ring the overa ll in his
firs t race bac k. De rek Tit u s holeshot th e fir st
moto but we nt down ea rly. Sean Steele muscled
int o the lead and held on until th e end. Da n
Def'alco was ru nne r-up, w ith Saxton in th ird .
After catchi ng his win d , Saxton holcsh ot r ace
two and we nt wire to wire for the win and the
overall 250C'c Pro crown . Def'alco finish ed w ith
ru nner-up honors .
Results
r / w A: 1. Co ry Ayertl; 2. Chris Pen nwelk 3. Malt HaniJoon;4.
Shl'ld"n PIl......·II.·; 5. Rnnni .. C... ..Jwin .
r / w B; I. Rock..-y DiAntonio; 2. ThOlM lf Godfrey; 3. Ca~
M ... o ; 4. N i..-h"l.l~ Renz i; 5. Kyle ~
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110 BEG: I . $(>an Thorn ?!","; 2. Victor Bonacci Jr.; 3. J•.,...my
A'il{uilh,;4.J'_l'h WdU,;; 5. r ",trid. r~ncher.
60 NO V: I. Kyle Shearer; 2. Ryan Brown; 3. Toylot Gilmurr;
4. Mark ~llc; S. I:lrwn Do.-n.ch.m .
IlO BEG: 1. Kt>nny Bro mk-y: 2. Ju.,h Thurgood; 3. AIt"X S1ocwn;
4, Jirru H.\rTi>I; 5. Bri",n Loprz .
80 NOV B: 1. Dm:k COIIII'IIo;2. Toylor Gi lrnorT; 3. Ada m tellCNo n; 4. ""ron lbomton.
IlO INT: I. Kyle rartrld~ 2. Kelto n W. Ich_
IlOS/ MINl: I. Dan .. P""d"Jr.; 2. MIl:1,."... r"'rk....; 3, J
1
Ut.')' P"'lS
t·.
125 BEG: 1. Ga ry I..olUll' nt; 2. JO/Ih Lavertes; 3. R.1ui VilUl; • .
Chris Sym oTltl; S. /<'Tt'my Payne.
125 NO V: 1. C lark Ab@
t;aul; 2 . Dt-rrick Pol llo n ; 3. S..an
C i_n; 4. S'-lJlt TIl.mbly; 5. Mdrl H... ••m n.
...
m
125lNT: t. Mun tl' Mon ta.gue. 2. Da n King; 3. Mlltt Hopkins.
125 EX: I. Trd Comp bd l; 2. Larry Leav itt .
lSO NOV: I. Sh.lwn Szep ; 2. Glenn Weidman; 3. JilllOn Robin!'Un;4. Jeff Murphy; 5, lA'Il' Cob ll'.
250 INT : 1. Monl .. Mon tague; 2. Lmdon Lravitt .
250 EX:I.lany Lcavi tt;2. Trd CompbeU
.
250 PRO: I. Richa rd ~Ion< 2. Dan DeFalco; 3. FrllJ\kito Vilkoga ! ; 4 St'an !'tL
't'k; 5, Do-rrk Titus.
MSTR BEG A: 1. Pa t GIl'nnon ; 2. ScOIl Rey n olds; 3. Pau l
Nov ak; 4, Bryn n Lutz; S. Kl'ith Dcan .
2S+ NONPRO A: 1. Jeff M urp hy ; 2. Mark Cory ; 3. Ron nie
Cou lu rilrr; 4 , JLoffrry Pa&'f'; 5. lukt> T.ylor.
.
MSTR 30+ A:. 1. Troy Fitch; 2. Mot t llL
t
-nnonn; 3. Glenn Wl'id·
fl\lln; 4. Ronn ie llmwn; S. Mark MarTis.
MSTR 40 + A : I. Tom Penny; 2. Dt-nnlsChambt'l'laln .
Schmitz wins State C'ship
at McArthur Motocross
By Rup ert F. Pellett
Shearer smokes Las Vegas MX .
By Dic k Goodwin
LAS VEGAS,NV,jUNE14
Kyle Shearer used the momentum from his firs t·
moto win to ca pture th e overall victory in th e
60cc Novice class at Las Vegas MX. It wa s th e
local club's first race un d er the lights in 1997.
The Hen derson hotsh oc used the intense compe- -'
tition in this di vision to his adva ntage , allo wing
th e vaga ries of ra cing to scra m ble hi s mllin
oppo nen ts while he stayed at or near the fron t in
both motos.
Ryan Bruwn stuc k his KX into the cJl:'an air
ou t in front to star t race o ne , fo llowed very
close ly by Taylor Gilmore a nd Wesle y Harris.
Kyle Chamberlain forced his way in to third in
the firs t few tu rn s, a nd Sheare r wa s m at ch ing
the leaders' pace in fifth. Shl:'arl:'r foug ht his way
into third and , aft er Gilmore an d Harris did
s im u lta neou s face p lants on the sa me trick y
MCARTHUR, OH,jUNE7-8
F&S Suzu ki's jon Schm itz won the Over 25 class
- and , in tht' process, the State Ch., m pions hip •
at McArth ur MX. While Satu rda y's even t was a
normal District 11 motocross race, Sun da y's race
earn t.-'d riders the po tential of wi n ning a State
Cha mpionship . The American Motos ports crew
providl..'d excellent track conditions, as rain con• vt'n ien tly fe ll during th e eve ni n g b et ween
events, maintaining moist d irt throughout Sun day' s ChampionShip round.
The Ov er 25 cktss sa w so me gre at racing. as
more tha n 20 rid ers battloo for the Sta te Champion sh ip bragging righ ts. In moto one, Schmitz
raill:'d h is RM25 0 in to a nice holesh ot, wi t h
Ci ncin na tti ' s Jeff Flora ri ght behind him. As
Schmitz sa iled ou t front , Tony Brown snuck up
on Flora an d s tole away sec ond on the rough
u ph ill, while Marietta' s Mike Billir cru ised in
fou rth . Schmitz eventually pulled out a hugl:'
lead , while Brown finished seco nd , ahead of
Flora and fourth-placed Blair.
Moto two wa s a ll Blai r, however, as th e
mig h ty R..tvl.-moun ted com pu ter expe rt quickly
es ta blishe a nice lead through the three- jump
d
se cti o n . T he m ov e s e n t fi rs t- mota wi n ner
Schmitz into second place, where he wo u ld finish . Seco nd wa s fine for Schmitz, th ough, as it
garnered h im the o ver all and the State titl e .
Flora fini shed thi rd overall be hi nd Blai r, and
Tony Brown took his 24 finishes to fourth overall on the d ay.
Jeff Gi b son was su p erb on t he we eke nd,
wi nning all eigh t motes he compet ed in, as th e
Sch oo lbo y an d 125B class es bel onged to th e
Team Green ride r.
Results
S4tu rd .y
50 (4-6 ): 1. H.tvm Holdcrolt (Cob ); 2. TykT Ilowml (Cob); 3Ryan Allbau gh (Cob); 4, Krif;. NeL;on (COb); S. ~iltha n ~ (Cob).
SO (7-8): 1. Tommy r .·llL (C'nb); 2. o...van W" lch (CoM; 3
'!t
Nathan Saving (Act); 4. ""ron J<1 inc (Cob); 5. AlIef' N utto:l" (1.1:01).
65: 1. Mictlael WilLlrd (Kllw); 2. Ky lo.· Presion (ltaw); 3. D.R.
A twood (~w); 4. O n. Rubfttson (Kaw); 5. Zach Aml'll (l(a w ).
WMN: 1. Tif fan y Reed (H on ); 2. Irn nifer Sch ultz IK.tw ); 3.
Cry1.tdl Willia mso n ("""w ); 4. Ho Uy R. Sny d er (Ho n).
OPE."'J B: 1. Chn s Kuh n (lUw); 2. urry Shu ma ker (t lo n); 3In.. Collin.. (KTM); 4. J,'T1'U1y Ru_1I (Hu n); 5. Tim Ung.... (Hn nl.
16-24: I.
Cr ay l'Tlll (Yam); 2. Ryan MeH.a.le (Boo); 3. Mikr
Crane (Suz); 4. Shant.. Mcao:lo (H lUl); S. Jushn TCITCII (Stu).
ws
SC t lBY (12-1 5): I. J..ff GlblIon (J(a w ); 2. Ja'lOn Wild., (SU7.); 3,
Shaun Kuchler (1Iun); 4. Ju,.tin Wd ,l'!"(K.tw) ; 5. Jall'd Wo lfl' (Yam) .
250 B: 1. Jeff Plcra (Suz); 2. C. f red Kuhn ()(a w ); 3. Ryan
MeHa ll' (Ho n); 4. Ton y Brown (Ho n); 5. Bran non KUba.rg.... (Yam )
2511 rRO 1. M.u k Burkhd rt (HL z, Mil" m" ir (Suz ); 3. Jon
m);
Schm itz (Suz ); 4. F. Edd y Tumet' (Suz).
40+: 1. Gerry Benno.'tt(Hon); 2. Bill Rci!lli (H un); 3. urry Shu-INkl.'!' (Hon); 4. J(... Col lll\5 ( K'TM ); 5, Tim Roo!: (yllm).
25+ : 1. Jon Sch mi tz (Suz); 2. Mike BL1i r (SU1.); 3. k ff Aora
(Sud; 4. Ton y Brown (Ho n ); 5. Bill Rl'is3 (Ho n).
125 C: I. MattKctdleson (Suz); 2. Bill Jnnetl (Hon); 2. BU! Rri~ (Hon.l; 3. Troy KaB h·
r...d Hu n); 4. Richa rd CWildrd Jr. (Hem); 5. Scutt Mdwnh...rg (Hu n).
3(h: 1. Gerry Bcnnl' tt Q--Ionl; 2. Bill Rei", (J-Ion ); 3. Richard
SpanglL (I(.ow); 4. RobertSna vely (Sux) ; S. IUcl\ardCus tard ( Hun).
'T
4().+.: I. c..rry Ik'n nl'lt (H on); 2. Bill Reiu (Hon ); 3. Larry Sh....
ma k.... (Hon).
WMN: 1.1nutilt!l" Sch ultz (Kawl; 2. Tiffan y Reed UIonl.
IlOEXTRA: 1. Wlily Brownlnl\:(yam); 2. DaYeWlullntt (Su7.};
3. Chris Whitcr", tt (Y.lm); 4. JOli HAmi lton (lion); S, Mik.r Mc:Caht·
h
' r. (Hon ).
Hedden tops
Auburn Speedway
By M. Sober
AUBURN, CA,JUNE B
Form er Au burn Tra ck Ch amp ion Bobby "T he
Blaze" Ht.>dden didn't have any problems wit h
bad luck on Friday the 13th, taki ng the win in thlt
Scratch Main Event before a sellou t crow d at Fast
Frid ays Gold Cou ntry Fairgrounds Speedway
Ova l. The Hand ica p Main victory we nt to Jimmy
Mart inez, w hile the Second and Third Division
winners we re Jeremy Martinez and Derek Silva.
The Friday the 13th bad luck did rear its ugly
head early in the night , as Nort hern California's
Bart Bast suffered a poss ibly separated sho uld er
and a trip to the hos pital after a Hand icap Semi
acciden t with Van ce Felicia.
Louis Kossuth, las t ye.u's third-ranked rid er
in the nation at the U.s. Na tiona l Speedway
Championship in Cos ta Mesa , drew the po le for
the Scratch Main. Fann(,.-'d out to Kossuth's right
in starting lan es two through four were Bobby
Hedden , Bob Hicks and jimmy "The Jammer"
Sisemore. Kossuth gauged the sta rter's cadence
perfectly at the start an d lead the foursome into
the first set of turns. Hed den was the next out of
the box, and was dose witness to Kossu th as he
removed himself from contention. slid ing off the
slick blue groove on the inside of the track and
