~, EVENTS
Wood wows Rolling Hills MX
B y J ay and Sharon Ha user
REIDSVlUf. Nt: JULy.
Kaw asaki -mounted Isba Wood turned out to be
th e big winoer at thf. opening round of the fifth
annual Ballzee Aggressive Wear Grand Championship Series held "I the classic Rolling Hills
Cycle Park.
The Birch Creek-promoted. event drew more
than 500 riders to get the series underway,
which resulted in some great racing action, The
strong turnout provided very tight racing that
would see three different double-class winners.
Wood shewed the way all day long in the
fearless 85cc divisions and would come ..way
with a perfect fou r-moto sweep of the 85cc (12:
15) and Supermini (10-15) classes. Wood. out of
Wa yn esboro . Virginia. has held the 80cc number-one p late in D is t ric t 13 for the p as t few
years. an d his ride was a fine exam ple of the reason why . Not to be outdone in st eady riding
behind Wood was the Yamaha-mounted Cory
Ghulso n . Gholson kept W ood. in sight in both
( A bov e) J ason LaPlante 908red t o overall
W!fI n s l n both the 125cc 8 and SChoolboy
classes at the opening roun d o f the
Ballzee Aggressive Wear Grand
Champlonah lp Serles at Roll ing Hills
·Cy cl e Parl< in Reidsville, North Carolina.
'l./MJ"''1· I . lw Word (........ 1: 1. Ry... BurVd (Yam); 3. RWlI
1......... (l Ion); '- ..... Onw (Yam); S.'akeF~(YaJ1l).
SC H BY: 1. Ju un ........,1" (Su z ); 2. Ad ..m W. rd (Sur); 3.
St.vftI Williud (Su.z); 4. Bu.nd. un u ngdon (V. m ); 5. AUlltn
M f"""' (H"n)
125 A; 1. Ch.d Newton (Suzl: 2. Matdw:ll Hod , " (1<41....1; 3.
0Mrl Grftoft (Suz); 4. M-" W-w- (Vun);: 5. DIastm Floy d (Su.z).
U5 S' 1. J. 1COn LaPJ. n.. (Sur); 1. Sto>Y.... w m. rd (Sul' ); ~
TnT)' Md' " (l ion); 4. Dn..n R.y~ (IY ...); S. Juon Cra... ford
....,
115 C: I . Jwh W ood, (Y am); 1. Eric eo.. (Yun); 3. Br. ndon
,.... /o;'Jt.., (Y. m);:4 R..lobir r.. .... (Hunl; 5. Mil.o! W. lwJd(Hun)..
n
115 D:- I . I...h Memt,;umrry (Hem); 1. I" rom .. M ePh~
(Suz , ; 3. 8 ri.1n a.~ (H an); 4. l-rn Anthony ( IC.I....); 5. Tim
HU
nfJooy (SuI').
•
,....,
2SO A; 1. Mitchell IbJlt" (K.wl; 2. 00 r.Kk SI1irioey (Kaw); 3.
M.,k W. KJK' ('Y. m l; 4. A n..... Al fo rd (Sur); S. Ch ri s An.te a d
r
2.'iIlS, 1. 1-.., B.k1win (H un ); 1. Bw "J....n WiIli. nm (H un ); 3.
M. uria: FO!lt (H.:Jn ); 3Mid. Ofirkl (Due); 4. Oorill Sudwrt.nd (Hun ); 5. R... ..-r 5g.~
l
50 fU); I . Drvun P'ilkineton (Art); 2. Mad ison Haybript
3. Tarkor' Futnoll (Ad): 4. Ty," IJnKht ( Kllo4:); 5. O.J. EJlu,
",,,,,
(Cot>~
50 (7-8 ); I. s.th Brown (Cob); 2. Chrb Nrwton
( Act);
3. Bnd
Hur ( ICTM);: 4. Ty.... 8orrwoLo (1Cllro4:); 5.c.w . 8nm (KTM )..
6.>(7--9t- 1.11-__ H.or- (K.o ....~ 2. ,k..h Schmilt ( K.... ); 3'
Ryan Fitzw8tl-l' I.......); '- Camrron L.mbnt ( Ka ... ); 5. J<'b Cukill
,....,
s-.
65 {lG- 11t- 1. b.oi.oh T...a-t (K....); 2.
Fitzwo.1ft (K. i; 3Midwd WillD CK.... ); 4. OMd W.Ib (Ka ... };:5. ~n T~ I
.
).
K5 (7- IIt- 1. ~ Sftu"af (Sw: ): 2. lw iah T.aIbm (Yam l: 3.
Mn.-I Wllli~ (SuI' ); 4 . M.otttw.... MY"" (H " n ); ~. n.......~ H.~
",,"w'
tIS: 112-15); I. I.~ Wood, (lCa... ); 2. Cory Gholson (Yun ); 3.
BrWn NldelMun (y. m ); 4 . BLAke Huovts (Hon); 5. Mich.wI Thorn..
(IU... ).
85 [); I. 8nId. NM:kcoblun (Yam ); 2. Joh nn y Robrmon (K.. ... );
3. 0 - L.Pt.nte (........); 4. 8nnd<1n f..ngle (5c,l.z); 5. DanWl Clontz
(~ ).
...
15+ 6: 1. R ridr. ~ (Han); 2. Eric F£~ (Hon); 3. Pa ul
II"
Hud ,.;mo: (Hun ); 4. David. Andoonon (Hoo }; 5. G~ P~ (Hon).
,15+ C: 1. " y", Slo ...'T (y. m ); 1. '''ny T. y lo r (H,m );" f'rk
f
Thuma (lion ); 4. I tilton 11uIJ.1't'I'l (Su.t); 5.S!ewn Rid!tn (KJo ...).
)0+ A: 1. Allm Alk>rd (Sur ); 2. !;i(oIt: Sh, p k"y (Hon); 3. Ricky
'~ IKTM );4. BI"olId. Croud\ (YolIIft ); 5. Sidrwy W illiarm (t.:.Iw ).
JO+ B, 1_Sotnch ( K.a ... ); 3.
all
'"hn P (SuI' ); 4 P. 'K"" C'• ..m.- (Hnnl: ' Ric"hard Hiclu. (Sou')
.lS; 1. Sonny M ltehrlt (Su.t); 2. 'J'hom,.. Pfflcins (5w:); 3. Stn-e
Srruth (!rd (lion)..
I.mo 1. J....'" ""'kl... ln (H.. n); 2. , ...."" Ring (KIM ); 3 . Mil...
.
s.ntoy CHon); 4. Iotm Pub ('5ou:); 5. Jernro Any (5w:).
y
O PEN 8 : I . ,
G<>o n IKTM); 2. H ilton Da v i. ( Hon); 3
M. uriu Fo-wc (1 ). 4 TCIlnIlMr (1 Ion );
r.nWt
RosAMO:<''O, CA. JULY 19-111
Ch uc k G raves ma intained hi~ streak as he won
hili fo urth Iitraig;ht To yo ta Cold Cu p Fonnula
One Road Race dUring th e seve n th round of
Wi.llo w Sp rin~ Moto rcycle Oub racin g at Willow Springs Internationa l Raceway. For C ra ves.
it wa5 one o f six race victories fo r thf" ve te ran
ra cer on the day.
It onl y took half a stra ightaway for Gra ves to
grab the lead off the line o n his C raves M otor~
sports ·sponsored Su zuki C SXR ll 00, mov i n~
past Tokcy Beck in th e first tum. Beck quickly
cam~ und t!T pressure and was passt!d.on the outsid e of tum fo ur by M ich ae l M ontoya o n h is
B y Kyl e C. Par s on s
PERRIS, CA.JULY 12
Jakf' Elkin ....hewed the 12.5cc Novice class that
consistency pays with his performance at roun d
three of Perris Raceway'.. GF I Sa tu rd ay Night
Mo tocross.
.
Charles H a ch ie l s nagge d t h e fi rst-mete
holeshot, with Elk ins, Trav i ~ Newman, Cr a ig
William s and Corey Ma combe r in tow. H achi cl
immediately started to dist an ce himself from the
rest of the pack as Elkins settl ed into a comfort a ble second . with Ne wma n comi ng unde r fire
fro m th e H on d a o f W ill ia m s . By la p fo u r,
W ill ia m s go t around Newman. allow ing Er ic
Willis to se t h is sig hts on New man . Up fron t,
Hac hie l had esta blished a comfort able teed and
wou ld h old o n fo r th e first-m ote win, w it h
Elkins an d Williams a di stan t second and third .
Th e las t lap a llowed W illis ti me to ge t around
Willi" ms to take fou rt h.
Th e sec o n d mot o s a w Elk in s with th e
holesh ot, followe d by Mike Ca mp, who hold the
spee d to be up front in th e fir st moto but wa s
hind ered by a first -tu rn ge t-off. william s wa."in
thi rd. again, followed by Ju stin Miller an d Will is.
Ca mp im med ia tely se t out to m ake up for his
p o o r fir st m oto by pas sing Elkins e a rly on .
Elkin... knowing w here he needed to be for the
overa ll, seemed to allo w Ca m p the freedo m to
pu ll ou t a conv inci ng lea d . A d istant third . Newman see med determined to keep the pack at ba y
as Mill e r an d Willis on ce again ho u nd e d the
thi rd -p lace rider all moto lon g. Newman, howev er, was u p to the task, as e fforts by his purs uers wer e u nsuccessfu l. allowing Newman a
h e rd -earned th ird p lace fo r th e sec o nd m o ta.
with Miller and W illis a ve ry c10M' fourth an d
fi fth .
Res ult s :
!V'ISTK (4~t- 1 . Bn-nOO....,...,. .
SOS'T1\;(1-8 l:1 .~yJohnllOl'l.
:'iO()PfJ'I.:: I . Blab DaWn.
f\l'I IIFr. · I. W...tu n Pr;d; 2. Dry>' Kuntz.;:J. Chri,
In'emr JoNvoon: s. Jake B~
'..de;
4.
s..n
flO NOv: 1.
Borto:..n>N.wen;2. 6nndon HilWI"
l\O NT: 1."'ff LA.'P; 2. Ju~lin Wori.m.m.
60 OM:N: 1. RyUl Rn T.llr.mgtnn.
80 FIT; 1. SwIt lIi.1lL
110 NOV , 1. Rx:h!.Owft1l; 2. AoUm Bllao ; 3. R>c:ft..rd. Atb.ch;
l
4 . f rtk Mooy.... 5. Tyww> Ru""",,,,,"
;
F·l : 1. OlKk C,...... (Suz); 2. M idtMl Montor. (Ya m); 3.
Oouo. ~1n"I--n (y.ml: 4. Wim.m Boodr. (Suz ); S. Brian C' rt..-l1illi
..
(Y......).
F·2: 1. Modwel Mon . (Y1IITl); 2. Chudr. §onrwen (Yam ); 3.
roy
Ooud. Cr . ...... (Sud; 4. 8ri .m C' rboollin i (Y.m); 5. Troy M. tuN
.
...
motos to record a strong second. but he could
n ev er q u it e m a tc h t he hammering p a ce of
Wood. sett ling for the ru nn er-up postion in the
85cc (12-15) class, over Bri a n Nick lesto n and
Blak e Ho vis. Mi ch a el Thomas w a s una ble to
crack thl! top fiw in eit he r molo, but with con·
sistent rid es he stip p..-d into fifth ove rnIl for the
day.
Wood 's ma in co mpetition in th e Supermini
class ag ain ca m e from the Honda·mounted
Hovis and KX rider Ryan Burkett,. ou t of South
C arolina . Burkett made his long trip w orthwhile, a s he traded moto fini sh es w ith Ho vis,
making su re to score a seco nd in mota two to
ear n a ru nn...r -u p to Wood . Hovis ht"ld o n to
third. ahead of Josh De xter and Jake Fu rnace.
No rth Ca ro lina Suzuki rid er JalOOn LaPlante
record~ a perfect ~re in the 125cc B da...s and
Schoolboy di vision racing. 1...J.Pbnte's victory in
the 12Scc B das" d id not com e ea~y. as he had to
fi ght off h is archrival, Su zuki o f W in st u n·
Sa le m / Th o r· backcd Steven Wil liard. W illiard
ne ve r Id LaPlante Krl mo re th.m a ~w sea:Jnds
ahead in ei th er m ota. only to faU short by th e
tim e the It-ad pair hit the chf'c kf"red.
(Su L).
Elkins prevails at
Perris Motocross
750S /Bf(: 1. Fr. nk Ar ilM (Sw:); 1. """'Iamln We lm (Suz);"
di
Cury Can~); 4. r ..ul Mwn furd (Kaw ); 5. J Short (Sur).
eff
0 1P S /SK: 1. '-'h ud GI'1IVe5 r.>uz).:2. William 8ec:k l!:iuz); 3.
0Hn Vtrdon l (Yun); 4 Kmn p..,.jdt'nt (YolIIft ); 5. $I'1"1wn H-In
•tun, MOO PROD : 1. Je ...
SOU
my Toye {H"n }; I . JalOOl\ M1U y
"
rr.. m );~ , R.. g.. r ".I."iO ...... ~ 1. sa.-- Hill (y..m).:2. Stuart "itr.. tt<", (1iI "'1;.l.
".nn
Nie lwn(Yam );4 .1Cnin Iwnp I.... ... ).
F·SC L: I. L.arry Sch nur ( 0tK); 2. FrUl.Z Vol", (Yolm ): 3. Stuart
Kni!Q;"'(W -R); 4 . T"",,,I' Du nl'lt' (GiI);'j, 5rtwrt 5rratt<", (Ht.., ).
VL'fl' : I. Ouu,.kndwr I........); 2. Mid Ofidd (Due ); 3. Omn il FryC't" (H(Jft); 4. s.e.an Robt>IftIl (V.un); S. CrlIlill:fkoet:hrr(V.m ).
SOLO GTU: I. loony EvaM (Suz); 1. larry P~ (Suz); 3.
Robbi. V.mpul.l..y (II ...... ; 4. ,.. cot> We'll: (H0fl ); 5. Arth ur C<>IJ )
aI
weU Hon) .
SO IOCTO: 1. Tok"')' Bed (Sur); 2. SWpIwn Ht'Wltl (Hon j; 3.
J - C.tching ('5w:): " An lhony End~ (Hon); 5. "~n Preoidenl
(V. m )
sao NO V: 1. c.ry GeorS"' (Yam); 1. Sh.Iwn u .sk (Vam) ; 3.
J.of' 0.'«'111 (Su r ); 4. Jrtf RmWTtl'(I'd...); 5. 8<>yd Rim..rdson (MZ ).
/l(l C'\ , I . N.th-o ~ 2. Micby Criffin; 3. 8Qndo,n Staod.dm..
7
S / MINI : I . Br.ndon St.dden ; 2. Ad a m BI" " ; 3. Rich,.
4 Pnk M,,),"'I';" 5- Nlltlun Riwon
115 m:c; 1. M ike lI u rva th ; 1. Scc>tt Ma gdal"",; 3 . Chad
o.-n.:
Rou_k; 4. Jo-hua Typa; 5. J-
GoItM:NI ...
11."lNOV: 1. J..".. m lm; 2 Mi"' Camp: ~. Tr...... Nr....m~ '
meWillb.c 5. 'u.,tin Miller.
125 INT: 1. Dry. n M«Avra", :z. Michel ConI I. nh (N<>¥); J,
M.uk Tilley; 4. Jaon Pad illoll; 5. Dwmn Ryl.-y.
2.'iO BEG. 1. J. ..... My rhen: 2. Kirk V• ..qun; 3. I'toiUipb.bo!L
4. Sun Peer; S. Eric Winslow .
150NO V: I. M ib CMnp; 2. Jus ttn Ura~ 3. Gary Hrin
1."iO !NT : 1. Mi ri wl ("
."m,'. ntinov ; 2. r oolry TrK)'; 1 Ty""n T. y·
lor ; 4. R.nd y Cbrk; S.
r . diD.,
2S+ BF 1. Sco tt Pil."J'Ce; 2. Cory OI~-n.: 3. Mike Nt'Gi; 4. Jt"rald
.G:
'.uon
Monroe ; 5. New . 1I H~ward .
2~ + NOV: 1. Tu d J Fl llmin ~ 2. r ill Mon n.hd ll;:J . Cu)'
ThumpllOll; 4. C ra ig Williams; 5. Mike Bed.
2S+ EX: 1. Jt'ffNOI' .trom; 2. Rubby MIlt"U..r.
d
30+ BEC: 1. An thon y RoI;to; 2. Jo>ff M iJ1. rd ; 3 Kl'Ily McClIl100y
30+ NOV, 1. ("",'1 !la r. J . ; 1. Jeff t.ly; 3. c.ry Thom~
30. IN T: 1. Jim Ku ntz; 2. Srott RidK-!oon 3. Brad Leyd nn; 4.
;
Rol>u
.
3. ... INT: 1. Bobby Duty ; 1. Roben
.
PfH.z..i~.
4t"J.+ NOV : I. GII'11n P.... y; 2. Fnod Willi..; 3.
G~ ory
Bum ....;
4. Mark Chrilltmolln.
.wo. INT: I. G"'R Mu n o.
4t"J.+ EX: 1. Jim
o.""..nn; 2. Gnog M«:.rthy; l . Jim
H. "",. 1.
PRO: 1. li n Dostl l; 2. len y A lm>oln ; 3. Dona ld l: p loo; 4.
Sh..un l'en'>l1oO; 5. h rn my Vara.
Leivan tames
Tebbetts Hare Scrambles
By Fr. n k Lelvan
TEBBETrS. M JULVl3
O,
Steve Lciviln took his sixth win of th e seaso n at
ro und eight of the M isso u ri Ha re Scramblf."S
Championship hos ted by the Show Me Motorsport" du b.
The promoters lai d o ut a 9-mile course that
ronsi..tfod of mo:<>tly estab lished trail s. creek !W'Ctions, a nd fast field s. Du st ~ cam~ a fact or in
some of the o p..II portio ns of the COUf'SC, an d the
'
tt"t1\peratuTP hovf"Tt'd a rou nd thE' CE'T1tury mark.
Leivan put his factory~backed Yam aha in t~
lead at the start,. followed by Mike Sam pson and
Chad Bu~ba rk. wit h the res t of the AA class in
tow. Leiva n h ad o pened up a se ve ra l-s eco nd
lead. by th e mid way point of the first la p, while
5.1mpso n reco ve red from an ea rly sp ill to hold
o n tu second. Ne ar the end of the first circuit.
5.1mpso n moved into th e front spo t. Bu scnb.J.rk
con tro lloo thi rd. wh ile Chris Ca plinger and Ktm
Yount filled ou t the top five.
