....... EVENTS
(Lell) Chad Newton (238)
puts the moto--w lnn lng
pass on Shane
Templeto n In t he la te
sta ges of the 125cc A·
class action at
Actlo nto wn Motocross.
A : I . Chad. JI,;.-tlm (Su.z); 2. ShMw
T~pInon (Suz.) ; .l. C1wp t-LITLr..Joor CSuz); 4
t~
OouIt~( He," l;S.Ch\d~(5u.l.}.
1~ B: I.
Mc:Kn- (Y.Im ).
J_'" UM.-ntoP fSuzl; 2. TftT)'
1:5 c: 1. Io ..h Wood (Y...m ); :. Andy
Mel-unb (Ho n); J . Tr...vt:5 Pow .." ( Hon l; 4.
0' ''''); "i, Tim MUtl"AiMu lth (Su,).
125 0 : 1. J" lh M" nt lt"m.. ry (Hon ); :
O nid VIVO' rt'It .. (Hon); J W.n"" Sl1mP'""-fl
l
(K.. ... ). 4. Jr i( J..nk il\~ (lio n ); S. St..v" Sm. lh
[rK
c...",
(He.,).
.
2..
~ A: I. Ch . d bOll'...lon (Suz): 2. Sh..n..
Templeton (SuL); 3 Chri.. "n~Io· • ..1 ( K.w), '"
!iron Sh ipkoy (H..n ); s. Chap H;ln.. r.do.·r C;Uz ).
2..'Vl ft' 1. J(.>vj Rtlthl'uck (Hon); 2. Rl'a"..
n
(lIon ).
250 C: 1 Strph..n B.. n ov IY. m) : 2.
St"P"" n
l1 (t..:..... ); 3. fo," n h ..... FUfTM'r
(110 0 1; 4. To .1.1 L. cy tll.;,o); S. A.1...m
..I n
o
) JR: I . SMwn CWrt<; 2. A....,r,n ~r: 3. Brand... , H,'"
Joofftory Jrnnln~ 5 Rr..ad Bc-..n
tlOSit 1. JI,; h F" •..I 2. " ... ~ 3. Krith Be_rn; 4 I()''''
...
,
H....... \It; S,M.." M - .
U
110 0PE:'0/. I. Stu
a.rt<; 2. Ad.m Ford; J . t..:y" t-fut'nlfllt""' .
TI'''''-)'SUll.... n; ' M M-...
115 YTH : 1. N-vtn ~k-y;:' Tr. vis Spronj;;3. :-.: ..h r..r l.,....... BI"OWft_
.
125 A·1 T""YStrun~ 2.]ooffForftrnAno 2. MlIr.e S.IIIth; 3. MiU Ci1lftano4.
Mlkt' W.nnotn: 5 John PhilhJ'YI+ B BnonI01....... 2. M... L GrIY",; 3. 01Ud. WilI •• m.-.n;4
Rkhud Blad.ri...-; 5. H.lrOOlStAlkr.
4000-: l . MIlo.. Gi llooran; 2 Milr.ll' H<>mr.l. Dave Hull; 4. 001,,",
K"m; ~. ChlleL Nil?
tl / W A ; 1, Dllfl.ld & kn; 2. LA Cot"Iinrr; J, M"t1II.rri,,;-I .
ny
IA Sch m id t: 5, 8111 CoUry .
"''''
H / W II. I . Thum .. Sm ith; 2. Bft!'Ilt Ol~ 3. 2M: Ro... ln; 4.
J,.f1 n ...h T• ..,..·hlll. 5, Set .., wu"n ~.
H / W C: 1, Olfi~ Aw ,, : . Allton Rryno1d~; 3. SM wn Supn-Non ; 4. Jam... C. ",....I1 5. Troy Du rall.
;
rn.IIl\"
Will,.m~
o
'iI "..
Humphftl!')'(Honl
2:'10 0- 1, I,m floc. al' O'. m): 2 l:.'fI H kh
(K. w); 3. Ron ,._ _ (K .... I; -I. Ma rk 1<~ l nI' t
(Y• ...,); S. P.tnd<. B~lock (H Ofl).
2"" A : I S.... II Sh ipl .. y (H"n); 2. S itJrwy
Willi.m~ (K. ... j; 3. Shill",' T""'p]dtln (Swo:); 4
n nUf; N"'~httoro (linn); 5 Chuck G.-n (Sun
2S+ B; 1. Bun.1oo Wi lli. m~ (li on); 2:.
Sand y Fu lk l!>u"); 3 . 1'11I1,11 HudKln~ (Hun) ; 4.
r d ul W_ (Ho .., ); ". I(.... in R" lhn .d . (H,m).
2S+ C: 1. Ch.u Murph, · (Hu n); 2. Tod d
1.My (H,... ); 1. Hl1ttm H..
(Sur); 4 Way.
m" ... Au try fSlI (Sw"t '" I..tto.. y (y.m ,
.w+. 1. Sonny Mitdwll (Sw: ); :. M..1r. Smith (5.01.&); 3. ~
!d..r..n
Newton nukes Actiontown MX
By Jay and Sha ro n Hauser
D!u1. VA. JULY 13
The :'oeCood round o f the Ballz.ee Grand Ch.llmpi.
om,hip M o t uc ro s s Serit's held a t Actiontown
Raceway provt."<1 to be a sco rcher in morc ways
th an one, with Chad Newton turning u p th ...
heat in the pro classes .
The temperature hit a sizzl ing 100 degr~.
while Newton c.Jme away wi th all four m o to
\·'; ns in th e 125cc A and 250cc A Pm dasSM in
grand style. The heat took its toU on its share of
the 4&J riders a. . well as on the trade. itself. which
.
had the Birch Creek promotions crew watering
and turning o ver soil throu gh ou t the day.
Both Pro da!'!Ssure on. As the pair neared
the w hite flag. New ton made a tricky in-the-air tum pa."I~ to tak e the lead and the evpnrual win
oVt:!r an exhausted Tem plet o n.
.
" W it h o n ly t w o rac e s ba ck. thi s he at is
killing me." Templeton said_ " I wa s just hoping
he wo uld KO on pa ..t and get it over with."
Templ et on put in a stro n g ride to ca pture
second overa ll to Newton in both Pro da~~~ .
Following Templ~tun home in 12See A was A·
cla ss newcomer C h.lp H a rkr.3d e r with a fine
showi ng. whi le Vir gini a 250cc A number·one
platt' hold~r Otris Anstead rou nd ed out the top
th ree in the 250cc A ranks .
Yamah a-mountt"'d Josh Wood captu~ th e '
wi n in the la rgest cl a s s o f t he d a y when h e
wa ltzed off and w ith moto wi ns over th e 32·
rid er field of l 25cc C pilots. After two pictureperfect hot~hots. it was dt!'ar that no. one was
going to touc h Wood in eithe r mota.
Results
,....,
50
(4~ ~
1. 0 .'. EIIlI (ICTMI; 2. An d ...... Wll lOOn (KTMI; 3.
AU~lin f iu.... IP'f
Bubby Bu rlo. ( KTML 4. Ry.n S.m lh (KTMj; 5.
~ (7-"):
Muwn~
h
1 'Wth Brown (Q>t>); 2. limo: Tldw IAnl; 3. Chad
(Cllb). 4. o.ri~ S
1l1n fActI; So s...d H..I r (lI,1M ).
!orb Cukill (~ ~ 2. U I'I'nUfl t...mbm ~); J.
(K.a"'l: -' Ry.n F,!r w.1ft ( K.I... ); S. Oa \-kl MTtd\el1
... ; (7 .q): I.
r
8udd y
81.a ~
(K. ...).
ftS (10-- 1): I. Sltm Fiu.... tn ~I; 2. Todd l.IfolIt1w 0<-...1;
1
.l. uwoy Wudon ( K.fIw).
liS (7 -11): 1. o..n o.y <" amI; 2. &ddy Bi.ogi (Suzl; 3.
~1I:,*(Hon I;4 . Tripp BnnhU'd (Yam); So WiD DrDcoII tKil w).
liS ( 12- 15~ 1. I ~h .. Wood (Kaw); 2. Cory Gholson ( \'.11m); J.
l,,~h O.. ",t.. , (Y.....,); " Jo ..h Sutt .. n (V... ); S f' h ill ip Shlt'l'h
m
(lton) .
85 D: I. BriAn W.:Ibon tY. m); 2. B,.ndon W.t.m (Sur ); 3.
c...ry FiliI!: (1C.II.....); 4. O..mon F-wr (SuzJ.
S/ M I S I : I. Ih•• W""d (K. w ); 2. Jo~h O,,"'U-, (Ya m ); 3.
Michooel C riclo.n\br'ltr (K. w); -I. Phi llip Shir ld" ( Hon ); 5. Chri~
SI.uJ::hw1H<>n).
SCHBY, I . J.IIII", 1..&1''l.m.. (Sur).
am..
,....,
OF'll\ B. 1.
Tum
""'1'
0.,.-.
lA«h Oiun ); 2. Hiltun o... iI> (H"n). .l.
(He",).
A hot time at Knobby Hill MX
By Jennifer Harr is
HOR1O:-MI.LE. IN JULY13
.
Knobby Hill MX hostil"d a grea t turnou t, with
206 riders signing up to tr). their luck on the
track in 'AJ.d~ til"mpt"ratun-s.
The Hea vyw eight A class brought the most
excite men t of the day. when M a t t Harri~
grabbed th e holesho t in th e first moto . with
Don ald Ba ke r an d Larry Ge~in~r close behind
fo r !'ecund and third . Ha rris see med to be
pu lling awa.y from Gesin er d uri ng the first lap.
b ut to o k a turn for the worse wh en he w en t
d own in the first tum on lap two. H arri ~ ga ve
Gesiner just ~nou g h time to ,c a tch up. but he
kept the lea d wit h a quick recovery .
H uri~ pull ed a way aKa in in lap th ree and
continued to domina te the mcc. while Ccsiner
and Bak t"r kt"pt the ir positions. How ever. jus t
w hen it looked like Ha rri s would take the win
with less than o ne lap to go, Gcsin cr swept pa st
to takt" tht" win . Ha rri!'i tried to reta ke the It"ad.
onl y to go down ..gain. Baker then tno k ad va n·
tag e of the situ a tion and also swe pt pa st Harris,
ta king tht" chpckert"d flag in SP('ond pli'l C't" d ~
behind Gt-sin~r. w ho took the win. Harris sett led
for third place.
Bak pr ~ n a ggrd thE" ho lE""Oh o t in thp ..pco nd
mot o. with Ha rris and Cesine r in second and
third. Harris pu ts o n th e pres su re th roughou t
the nt"xt tw o lap. hut Baker con tinued to hold
him off. Gesi ner. in thir d. d t?dded it wa s time to
ma ke h is move. and flew past Harris ovt"r a
tab leto p. on lap fou r to take over second place.
The three held their PMition~ for the I'("s circuit, providing limited o ppo rtu nitit!S
for Step he nson to a ttem pt a pass. It didn't he lp
St~heru.on · !> cau!tt' th at Stone WOUt riding virtu·
all y mi Stclke--frre.
"Wht're there'!> ba!>icatlv one line and no
berms. you have to stick to the inside. and that
m~a n s following. Stepht'nson said . " Wh ~n I
fina lly tried so mcthing. r fall do \\'ll go boom. I
Kiv~ Brian crt."dit.Ht!'rode very well today."
The gracious Ste phenso n was referring to a
p.bS attempt on la p eigh t aft~r a largt' do uble.
With Stone fir m ly pl anted in the ins ide rut.
Stt.'p ht'nson diwd ins idt' a lso. trying to thread
th e need le bctween Ston e and the ha y ba les. Th e
mo v@ !>t.'emt'd tu work. but Steph~nson' s le ft
foo tpc g go t ca ugh t in a ba le midway throu gh
the tu m, St!'ndi n~ him to the g round. Ston t!' went
o n to take the checke rs ahead of Step henso n.
Ca"OE'y Mc DOWE'1l fin i!'iohf'd third after st arting
fifth, followed by Jeremy Shoening an d Delo z ier. who held on for fifth .
In the 2SOcc main. Stone holes-hot aKain and
ap pea red to have clea r sa iling. with Stephen son
stuc k btlck in fourth place. Howe ver. Ste phen·
!'iOn d i"OplaC't"d a fa"O t-sta rtin g Sco tt Me rid e, alon g
wi th Shoening. in short o rde r. and set hi s Sights
on Sto ne. At the ha lfw ay point of the t o-lap feature. SIE'pht"no;on ag din succumbed to the crash
gr em lins after moving u p to Stone's rear fen de r.
Stc phc n!Wn again attem pted th e inside " divt"
move." but thj:,> timt!' landed un the hay bale.
ha n d ing Stone a runaw ay victory. Stephen.<;()n
a ga in settled for St!'cond. while Me ri cle took
home the third -place money. Chris Ritt er an d
ShominK finished. fourth and fifth. res.pectiwly .
Ever the show m a n. Step hen so n wowed the
crowd a ft(>J' tht" rare by turning a huge doubl~
double se c ti o n into hi s p e r sona l q uadruple
p layground . The Omaha native s a iled his
CR250 100 feet to dear all four obstacles in fro nt
of more than a thou!'>o1nd thrilled fans and spec·
taton>.
H
Results
so (4-9). 1. Jurwth.on Hr. it1 (G.Ib). 2. A..... o-tnut (bm); :1
Roy
Dr. pn
(Ki"Ml; 4, J,lb
Duc.....orth
( K'TMI;
S. D.'.
r" ~
(Y~ '
rIO0Pf.."0I I . Ctlltt .. Mo:O.i in (.... wt: 2..Dr.w 1<-.hMon (KAw);
'
3. Rldy Dnpn (Knl.l; 4. ron.th.an tw...11t (1Ca... 1; S. Dm 5twp-
pard tKa..- ).
IIIl :'\loy. 1 C.nl" ", M ..o.in ("awl; 2. Rr.nOOn CfOlt"-n; 3
)nJor QkI~ 4. Dr-
Joftn'lOfl.
IIOlm: I .B ....n""l' lon.-f; C
K.II.... I;2..T:rIn ~ (5w:1;
J . ~.. H"lu (lion ); 4. Jo--hu.. ~n.>d; K..rby guploPy.
1:!."i NOV: 1. Rid Will~ 2. Rflt_ for- (K.- w); 3. John
A~ (Swo:); 4 DIU(? Cri~P'ln; 5. Earl Ju.~til? (Suz ).
125 1m: 1. JOIoh Roylr ; 2. St..vr StrW'N-; 3. Ry.-n K.... pp ; 4.
and HolrbnR (Suz ); 5. Rill Hoff (Hon).
12."i I"R 1 ftri.n Stnn.. (I(a w); 2. oPnny ~oopho-nllOll (Hon);
O
3. C.My IokDo ...,,1l (I<.... h -I 1"l'"PIlty ShorninR lH" nl. S. S id .
s.
OIl'IN:_ CIrtw
.
orES I. ~tuL ",,,,...11; 2. J...... Ht _ ; 3. M...1t P~ -' aCI
d
DUtdbum; 5. J,ly KNlrP
RWYB: I. 8c.tt'Jtoy Mo:CaI; 2. Andy McA~ J,. JoIwa Edw ud&;
l
4 M iUtJoo M rypr; S PoMll Sctrw.-goor
"
Gregg beats the heat
at Argyll Motocross
B y Mike
~J!nc ll
r.,
DIXON
JULY13
Ar"': ; Cregg wasn' t affect ed by th e stifling heat
a:o. he too k top Pro ho no rs in the "Beat The Hea t"
Motocr os s. hosted by Fa irf ield Cycle Cent e r at
Argyll Cycle Pa rk .
Tw o profession a l riders and one intermediate WE're p ut int o a moto wit h t h re e Open
Novice-class novice ride rs. and the fun began. In
mo ta one , Shawn Perks got the holt""ohnt on ~ i ..
KX. bu t was ove rtaken pri or to the ent ran ce of
the huge hill th at is the do mina nt fea ture of the
A r~yll la n d sca pe. A bou t two turns an d o ne
small jump into the mo ta. Gregg screame d his
RM into the lead . Am ong all w ho watched the
two pros sty le away from everyone else. th ere
wa.. an ticipation that Pa rks would close \lP thp
gap and a war would rage in the last few laps.
No o ne wa s di sappointed: Sure en ough. Parks
hauled in Gregg and tried a la st-co rner, downhill blitz move to take the win. He came up tes s
than tw o feet short a t the! tine. Perhaps one reason Gregg was eble to beat th e bee t of the da y ....
and (If the late-race cha rge of Parks wa s that hi..
..
h uge fla p pi ng shirttail acted more like a kite
than a s hirt.
In mota n-,'O of the das.... Dave Courtney. th e
.
lont" inte nnffi iate in th e eve nt. ,gol Ihe be tter of
th e two profe ss iona ls o n th e s ta r t. but wa s
quickly p ut in to thir d oVE'ra ll on the track onC't"
Gregg's Suzuki and Parks· Kawa saki got to full
thr ott le. By midmoto, Park s pu ll ed off the
('uun-e. e vid en tly due to brake problems, and
wa s ullolble to finish. Upon Gregg's discovery of
Park_'" demi.-.e. it was sh owtime, and all the ht.'el·
clicke rs and oth er tricks o ver the jumps got the
fans hollt"ring and whi!'iotl ing as Gress; we nt on
to th e moto and overall win.
In othe r acti on. tht' fohow became the performances of NO\'iee--class rider Jesse " Awesome"
Daw!'ioOn. who ~tered two cLasttt?f ( to:a... ~ 2. Bmn Wh.tltoy (Y...m J: J.
Milo... H .-.!K'" (KTM); 4. c.. molI Ad .. m~ (KTM ); :\. N i.... i M... i.-ic7
0'.11'I).
foO : I. Kylo.· rUInO ( K . w ); 2. A.llfon Mabnt'1l (".... ); 3.
M ..II ....... ~(Kaw ).
.'lO :'>lOV; I. Ch.od Sl.,.hooruo O'.m~ 2. CPI.. Brid"w.kr (y . m);
3. Mid_'1 Ca.,...... (Y.m); 4. Kyw HnI"f'n (Suz l; 5. ,... Shiroman
(H ,....).
110 F'JC: I. Ko-nn y B..I.I O'.m).
125 NOV : 1. J...-. 0 .......... (K. w ); 1 MikE- r .twnoon (K.... ); 3.
Todd Thomp",," (y.. ml; 4 . lu n L1.Ru.. (H on ); 5. RoN RobIl'-rtwn
6ur.).
t 2S lNT : 1. o.v r Cou rtnll'y (K. ... ).
12. I"RO:1 Shawn P• •k. r.;u J:).
"
NOV, I. J......... 0 ....."''" (Suz); 2. c..ry Dunn (K. ... ); 3. Om
Bun"... ( H'lfl); 4. Chn~ t..HbPd ( Hon); 5. Run M.. lt.lfl (0...).
2.'iO INT: 1. O. v" Cuurtnry (I(. w).
O PEN ~OV : 1. Robm lAo... ia (Ho n); 2. ~utl frocJ "'n k"""
(H,..,);~. T.. d d M.vhr.>d (H .... ,
:50 PRO: I. A~y CrrAA (S'Il~);2. Shawn rtu lut ( K.... ).
VET :"olav: 1. Wi lli. m Cull."n ( Hu n) ; 2. Ric k C..rv. n t"l
(ll"I'lL 3. Cui M ..clr.r... iCl. ( H.. n); 4. J.... C.lWp& (Hu n ); 5. Ru!oa
~
~(~ ).
VFT INT : 1. f.ric I-td..M I 0'.11'I ).
VET EX: I. AWon 'Th m. ........ (Hun ).
..
vn rR O: I . 0..... Wn..d (H'lfl).
·O / T N OV; I . loKi. Murnoon f1i .....); 2. Ron Mrlt...n (0... ); 3.
Bud Rctt>..ns(Suz ).
DI T M5111:; t. MiL. P. Uf'!'VOl'l ( K. w); 2. St..v.. Madl.do
(I II.., I; 3. Denid SturJron tSuz).
Benson edges them
atWNYORA HS
By Jon Stupke
SPEEDSVJLLE. NY. jUXE :!9
Motht.>r Nature wa!> in our favor. );ivin/r; us tem·
pt.'ratures in the h igh 80s. as the Ithaca Dirt Ridf"I"!'> hostt"d mund tour of th.. Wt"Stffn Nlf'w York
Off· Road As.-'.;ociation Hare Scrambles Series.
The COUNt" consi!'ted of 5 1/ 2 milM of Ne\\·
York 's finest virgi n trails. Mo rE' than a mile off
the start consisted of a technical gras. . track With
.
off--eam~no as wen as twu cnot'k aus. .ings. Tht'
.
cout'sc then worked uphill to tight wooded sections, th~n rt'tumoo to the finish line after some
downhill off-eambe r sections.
Suzuki pilo t Ros ~ Bt..-ru.on came throu gh the
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