(Lett) Mark
Burkhart won the
125cc A class a1
round two of the
Buckeye State
Motocross
Championship
Series, he ld at
Nelsonville.
Ohio .
.
65 (7·9): t . Kylco Chiaholm lK.w); 2. David Mll1lla (Kaw ); 3.
plt
Jtmm y ~ (Kaw ); 4.}of.hua Da m (!Caw); S. Jab Pt-y (K.w ).
65 (1(}.1I): 1 " ryan Io bn ..on (Ka w); 2. Nicholn Ev.-nn(lu
(](.aw).). Cory CO<'I<' (Ka w ); 4. Adam Robifl.'!OO tK.w). 5. Mllttl'w-w
Sm.lh (Kaw).
!MI BEG: I. TOTNSlmttNou (Hon); z, Da:ru.I Oidtftw (Hon~ 3Whit h'll (Kaw ); 4. rlllllJlhy Hum (Kaw ); 5. J-'" M..,, fW')'
1
",",w'
1R M~I . 1. J - StPwart (IU.W); 2. Dan Tru~ ( Kaw ~ 3
Mart Mllift (5w:); 4 oPvon H~trl. (Kaw); ~. 1lrtaftt'ta M illq~
a-
""',
85(1213): 1.Ic*M&aSununey(Kaw ); 1. Troy Adam. (Ya m ); 3.
Ry..,
(l(.Iw );. 4. WIII.a.rn Walfofd. ($w.); S. Rd\ud. ~ Goar-
s.r-
rws(Suz)
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M (14-15): 1. Ow.rlir Dagnrr (Y.un);2.
u...,.- s.n- (Suz ); 3 .
Juon Boo'II (Hon); 4. 1.R. Caner ~w); 5. Slddu W"nwr (Slu).
85 (7-11); J. Ch ri.
Wh ,tCTa" ( Ya m); 2. ~h~
WilLrord (Suz ); 3. Kyw PN• Iu n ( Hun ); 4 cnri..
~ (Stu ); 5. Dillion
Rhad.. (Hon).
t1~ ( 12 · I ~ ),
1. Cnin
Gracyk ( Kawl ; 2. David
Wh. lcra fl (Sou:;r. ); 3 . WlIIy
8 n _ flIng (Y.. m );", . Andy
Willa rd (Su .r; l; S. Con ·y
Artdd('tam ).
40. ; 1. 'If If H .... 11.. n
(Kaw); 2. l-24 1. J.......... f rKkr
(H.m ); 2 . Troy Swa rtz
("aw): 3 J.C. crev e n.
( Y,u n );.4 . Er i" L.... n.. rd
(Hon ); 5. M i h
IVIf"
Cram).
'>0 ( 7. K,· 1 O.. v lln
Welc h (C o b) ; 2 . To mmy
" ..11'11 (Cub ); 3. Allton ~ut
tee \ l ...m l; n (C ub ).: 3. 1y Bow .
If" (Cob) ; 4 . Ryan IVIfT.
(Cob ); S. Natha'" Hn " "
(C.. It)
:lSO B; 1. o.vid F'udr.2. Sftatw sn.p~
(Ka w ); 3 Chn.. Ckbounw
(Ya m ), 4. hu....,. Johnroon
Iftt (Sou: );
Sweat breaks out
at Buckeye Motocross
(Yam );: 5. Bub n-nu (SIa ).
12.5C: I. Matt K.tct- ('Su:;r.); l. SIww Chmty (Su:l'); 3.
Bry"'l f~r C!'w'); 4 }.-ff Tum ... (""w); 5. Fli.. C .... t1",...... In
",",w'
By Rupert F Pellett
~NVIll.E.Of!.JUlY12
Weirton. We st Virginia' s Josh Sweat was the
winner in th~ 250cc A clobS and the runner-up in
125c c at ro und two of the Bucke)'e Sta-te
MotfXro!oos Otampiun..h ip.
With thousands o f dollars in contingmcy
m oneys up for grabs, upwa rd of 320 racers
tumt'"d out at th i.. Mtural-terrain track in c;outh.
eas tern Ohio to engage in malo-warfare.
In motu one of the 12See A dass, Honda of
Troy's Mark Burkhart got out to a qUick lead
throu gh the tri cky sw itchback firs t tum, with
Eastside Suzuki's Tom my Collier right behi nd
him and Sweat in third . Burkhart p icked. up the
pace on lap two a nd !>li pped away from Collie r,
who held off a ch,ugi ng Sweat to the checkers.
Chuck Reed would finish fourth. in front of F&S
rid er Joey Belmo n t.
Bu rkha rt would ca ptu re another ho les-hot in
mot o two, though thi s time Swe at was ri gh t on
h is tail , with Ret·d a nd Belm ont in third an d
fou rth , rcspt.>ctively. Sweat wa s simp ly jammi ng.
but w.,sn't ., ble to l'l tay with Burkhart, who took
the race win as well as th e overall. Sw ea t fin·
is he d a lo ne ly l'iecon d p lace, w it h Co llier in
third, Ch ris Ca rte in fou rth, and Belmont again
in fifth.
Th e 250cc A class wo uld see Burkh art ru n off
wi th moto one, on ly to bt- ." Iet"l\ in strl"E."t c1othl'5
at the start of moto-two.
" I crashl'd rea l ha rd in pr acti«', and I think I
got a co ncussion," Bur kh art explained. " I feel
too di zz y to ride the second moto."
Fellow Hond a of Troy-sponsored Jas o n
Frecker too k ov er for Burkhart, however. The
CR250 pilot grabbed the holeshot and ran away
with it - that i ~, until Sweat got going. Aftrr
bobbling and fighting off Mike Morgan.. Sweat
l'lt't hi ... sights on Frf'cker, who was flying out
front by his lonesome. Sweat wa s able to gain a
little lap aft er lap, and on th e last lap Swrat
would ('om e ou t of th e woods w ith the win.
Sweat's win would give him the overatl, with
Frec ke r s 3--2 fin ishes giving him a strong sec..
and, and Sandyvi1le, Wes t Virginia's Mike Morgan posting 4-4 totals for thi rd overall.
Results
2SO A: I. 10M Sw... t (Su E);: 2. J.llM
F~kn-
CHon t 3. Mlb
M ~ (Ya m); 4. T""""yCDllif'l"(Sw:);5. Chud
R.-oPd{Suz ).
125 A : 1. Mar" 8urkhart (H ..n); 2. ICKh Sw.at (Suz); '
Tomm y CDlI...,. f (KTM); 3 .
Sftown A~ (Hun ).:4 o.-rrid Gul dbl-rs (Hon ); 5. Llrry
Sftuma ...... (Hon ).
~ C: 1. Mikf' ral ...... (IUIwJ; 2. R")' WIuoMoJ'i (lCaw); l WI!!lOfI L..wi!O (lion); 4. tne Ad.~ (Suz).:5. Soon C~rke (Su.r;.
)
Bentley rolls through
Muddy Creek Motocross
S /MlNI: 1.1""'" 5Wwan t leaw); 2. Cawv Ila~ (Stu ); 3
Troy Adam. (Yam ); 4 Ry an 511'" (Kaw ); 5: Adam Ov<'fu.h
""'.
SCJ-f8Y: 1. JlfH GiMon lKaw );: 2. Aa ron Day ~w); ). 8Ml
RlddlP (leaw ); 4. J - Ballard (Stu); 5. HaN NHI (Hun ).
1:5 A: 1 Doorrid.. Sh-.. BoontlPy ~ );2. K.....in Walk<'f ('tam );
3. h m N,""",(Sw); 4. Nicholu W..,.(Kaw);5. Mart Wa lkr O lon).
l IS B: I. J",I Go~ ( Kaw); l. 8t'n Pad dl. (Kaw); 3. Aa .......
o.y (Kaw ); 4 l..tf.-ry Ryan (Su7); 5 Br.ad Ed wardto (Sw:)
1:5 C: I. TraviJ' Rlfa~.n (Kaw ); 2. nw:.m.s Mac CPrI' (Suz). 3.
tinl nnon F"'lI;U!OOTI ( K.t w ); 4. Sc'on M,1d>o.o1l ( K.lw ); 5. Aaron ElWnOurK (S\ u :).
1:5 0 ; 1. M,ch...1 5uttl~ (Su.r;). 2. O.nny Fi"ld!O (K....); 3.
M,maf'l Robtn .... (Y am );:4. Bubby Wl'll~ (Hun); 5. Patndt MeAt >n
(Y"m ).
2."'0 A; I. I,m ~..- (Stu); 2. l<""in Wa lk..,. (Y.m); 3. M.IlI
~ (Sw:);"' NI<'hoI. ~W~ (K..w );5.Jtma-t.orr.ouz).
Carr- (....
2.~ ft· I Too.hua
wJ; 2. J twry Ry"n (SuI ); , " . ..1
. ..
I:Jward (Su.r;l 4 Troy Cn~p(SuI; ); 5. Kn sSwanooy (Yam ).
;
2.'iO C: I. Anlhany Buhba OtT (5w:); 2. Ch ns Rl~in. (Kaw );3 .
Kwin " loll,... (yam); 4 Oilrl McAli~l..,.. (Su..r); ~ Al n'n FlI.... ~ ~
.
(Su.r; ).
l.'W1 [) 1. D"v ld Hnd jl;'!l (Sw:); 2. Brandon Iko
L
lch(T (Hon ); 3.
Da V'l d Rudl~m (S.u ); 4. Chilt.l Ya," (Hun); 5. Randy WlI'dd intt«on
(Su l l·
l.o; A; I. l<..vin W.lbr (Yam); l. Earl May (KlIw l; 3. I"Iobby
+
Wil""", (Hun); 4. Jim 0 -",,' (S~); 5. TOLid BolL1den (Suz). •
2:~'"
sh..rw
8 ' I . SI"v" Hom!Ol" y (H un ); 2. Ran d<111 Row. (SUE); 1
J,·nJ.in, (Ka w); , . Timmy Pilcu< " (Su z ); 3 . 'rlf Mu,h..la
(Yam).
•
:zs.o. C; I. ,.." TY'ls (Yam); 2. D:lvld Tuc:,",r (:!>w ); 3. K.oYin
8Iak.... cY~m); 4 Cnllill
(Su..r);~. Mar" H un~ (Suz).
JO+ A 1. uri '-ta y ( K. w); 2. Bobby WiL"OfI (H.on); ). ',..1
Nicky hJr,n (Soa); 4. Donald Alford (5uzJ,; S. Ron J_
(SuE).
JO.<. B: 1. AIboon )amioo ~ (KTM); 2. RancUlI Row. (SIal:
, ,. .... P" P"' (K...w ); 4 Jimmy Pit cock ('iuz); 5 . J"H TomlinlOTI
ty ..m l
J()+ C: 1. DaVId Tud.« (Sou.); 2. Me,
Kevin Walke r and Nicholas We y.
Bentley also placed th ird in the first moto of
250cc A. but a cras h an d a po ssible broken ankle
forcE'd him to retire. Even with a DNF, Shae finished 12th ovpratl ou t of a field of 20.
Nea rly 8CXl en tranb; shattered the I't"filrd for
th is annual KawaSdki race. The Team Grecn box
van was in a cen tral locati on in the pit s, staffed
by Jeff Clambers .md Team Cret"n huncho Mike
Ra ring. On Sunday. after the n'hU1ar motos were
over, Victory Sporl" offered two l on~ Allldteur
Nationals·type motos as wa rm ups for those rid E'rs qua lifiE'd to go to Loretta l ynn's ncxt month
- as if anyone need ed to get warmed up in th e
95-dt>grE>P-plu!> hpat.
Team C reen / FM F-backed Be n tl e y was a
force to be reckoned wi th from the start of the
first 12..5« A mot a. He crone off the line a mid a
pack com prisin~ Yamaha of Kingsport's Kevin
Walker . Win ters Marketin g's Jim Neese, Te.1m
Green's Nidtolas Wrty, and Suzuki of Gas tonia's
Jim Chester. Alt houg:h Wa lker won the fir st
moto and Nt.'e!>e the second, Bentl r y kept the
pace. His two second-place finishes w ere good
enough for the overal l win, topping Walker's 1·3
and N~' s 4-1.
Bentley, Neese, Walker, Weyand Matt Shue
of East Ellijay, Georgia . battled in the 250cc A
class. Nt.>e!>e took both mota win s, but he was
looking a t a grnn re ar fender beforr Bent ley
crashed in the second moto.
.., wa~ running wcond to N~, after pl acing third in the first mot o," Bentle y expl.,inoo.
",~ when I we nt for th e pas s for th e lead. I
high -sided a nd banged up m y ankle when t
cra sh ed . We'll find ou t in the ne xt couple of
days if it's broken." Bentl e-y did complrte th e
pas s. b ut to no avail. Shue stepped in wh en
Bl'ntley dmppfii out, prrMing N ~~e- for the
lead but running ou t of timp and fin ishing secon d . W~ finbohed a ~tron g third, ahf"ad of Krvin
Walker an d Team Green's Earl May.
Results
'VI (Ur 1. Au«ttn ~t""' .(Cob): 2. 8 randon La~ (Ka w);'
Mad illOfl H"mbri~ht (Cob) ; 4. ","Iun n...,",as (KTM). 5. r arw
J.tTud (Cob).
'ICI(1-"): 1. Dav id Min....p" (Cuo ); 2. Ju..nn Sir- (Coo );:t. ftnott
51
.."" (Cob);4. S<-an l lao;k (Cob ); 5. Brand", Mlllt"!" (Cob).
ry
PERRIs. CA,)ULY19
Mike Ba ker took the ove r all win in both the
Over 30 and Ovf"f 35 Int~rmediat~ da ~se~ at Perr is Race wa y for round four of th e C Ft Night
Series.
It shou ld be noted that on e of the riders
Baker beat in th f" O ver 30 class wa~ World
Su~rbi ke road raCt' Scott Russell , whu cumpd
r
cd aboard a Yam.,ha YZ250. Russe ll rode well ,
tak in g th ir d o ve ra ll bf"hind Baker a n d J im
KWltz.
· In tht" fi r~t Ov er 30 I nt~ rmedi ale mo ta ,
Bake r grabbed the ea rly lead. ahead of Ku ntz ,
Scott Richf"!';on a nd Randy M int~r, with Russe ll
settlins; into fifth, By lap two, Baker and Ku ntz
had put a ff"w scrond~ on thr rest of thf' pa ck,
as Ru ssell h ad closed to with in str iking d ista nce of M i n t~r, who had ju!>t moved in to third
place when Richeson went down right in front
of him .
By lap four, Ba ker had bui lt a comforta ble
c us h io n bE'twE'en h i m ~ f" 1f and Kuntz, w ho
enjored the same cushion between himself and
the battlf' betw t't"n Mintn and Rus'ioClI. The final
lap sa w Russell attempt to get around Minter,
who w a ~ a b le to kef"p Rus~rl1 a t bay to the
ch eck .nod nag_
In mota tw o, Kuntz put his Yama ha ahead of
Baker, who had Russell and Bobby Doty on his
tail. Bdke-r nE"ed ing to get a round Kuntz for the
,
ove rall, im m ed ia tely applied the pressure to
m ak e the pa ~!> a t thf" e n d of la p onr . Ablr to
hang on to Baker for the next t\\.·o laps, Kuntz
wa s un able to ge t clo se en ough to attempt a
p as s, and would eventually se tt le for sec ond
place.
Russell would come across in third ",-ithout a
challe nge from Richeson or Minter, who had
been plagued with bad luck in the first moto.
Result s
o
50 14---6) SI'K: 1. Bruor Ru thnfon12. Bmt Drownry.
5O(1.slSTK: 1. Tra.... Babr.
flO BI:G. 1. W........ 1\0סo:).; 2. 1.~ Br..onrwnr; 3. Om J-nc: 4
Jonathan~ S. Milwy ()ovwman.
flO PIT: I . Scott Siatw .
fI(l NOV: 1 .....n Bot-bnhagoon; l. Brandon H intor
tJO INT; 1. ,.,ffLoop; 2.Ju~lIn Workman.
flO OPEN : 1. ~l y T"d"'f.
N1 l'm C , 1 Jr H 1A..p; 2. Rryall F.hTmlfl; , . ~ Fonytlw: 4
la'tOl\Oomann; 5. Kylco de Ou ilWttrr..
HO NOV: I . Adam 8 .....,; l. Rich... Owll!'!\ll 3. R!cn..d AlMdl;
:
"' Tykor Ou n(';ln; 5. Brandon Sdll"'fl~ig
110 [l'.'T; I. &r.ndmStaddln;2. Nathan RiVft'a;3. MidcyQiffin.
S / MINI; 1. Riche Owoons; l. AdMn B.IIO; 3. MIcky Gnftm;"
Ty1f'r Ounan; 5. fl.randc>n 51addan
125 BEG: 1. Kylr Kr ..wW ; l. Ryan FNo!row; ). Oenk Swirl4. Mw:NrI Vo,'hitM>no S. Miu Horv ath .
125 NCN : t. ),I,ke Camp ; l. Jab Flki:nlI> 3. Ene WIU~ 4.
eo....,. Mammt-; 5. Moon Cclntbt
1:5 u . 1. And rlfw L.b rador; 2. O.u r V.ld~.r;; 3. Muir.
cr
TiJky;4. Qmn Braft."Oll;5. T)'l'Of' Taylor.
250 BEC; 1. kirk Vuqt.W.I; l. J->n MvN-; ]. ENe WIMkJw;
4 Zadt Swne; ~. C.-y Ohm
.
2!JO NOV ; 1. Mi l.. u.np; 2. Sh.rw McElwllllr)' ; 3. BranduR
M ,'*-d; , . Grq; luN.; s. JWIIirI Ur.u.
2SO IZ'I.'T: I.),lat:haft Const.an~ l. J-..n Pad illa; ]. T)"Uf'
TaykJr';" ~y Clark,; 5. II... Milhn Ran..limeT'f';"S. RIC....II Stn:1~t.. ff.
3.....
I. ),I,b 8.kw; 2. 1ftf Gimml,; 3. TI'OY L-; 4. Bobb..
Duly ; 5. Bill Kt.oo.fo,.
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40+ NOV ; 1. fmJ wmo. a Gl.-nn Perry ; 3. Rub W<>odwm; e and Tom Sulli van quickly
sc oote d o u t fr ont, followed b y Bay ch a p te r
m l:'ffi M P.d 5.tuga r .1nd Sierra chaptt.-r m~bt.-n;
Tina Hande hn and Tom Korock. Lee and SuJli·
\'a n began putting disbn~ bt.>tY.·een themselves
and the rest of thr field un til a mi sh ap over thf"
ba ck-section double-jump claimed both rid ers.
Acrording 10 l...r'E', he came down a litt lt"cros"f'd.
up and high-sided, With nowhere to go, Su llivan at!'oO hit the ded.. Sulli van wound up getting
a flight rid e to a loca l hospital. wh ere he wa s
tre att:'d and releiU>ed.
Sau g.lr finished first. followed by Handehn
and Kt)ff k. In the seco nd mot a, w ith Lee and
x
Sullivan on the inju red reser\"~ list. Sau gar would
once again pilot his KlJ\.1 to victory and the overall, with Yamaha·mounted Hand ~Iin putting in a
fine rioe to ed~t! uut Korock for st·cund .
In the fir st Novice-cla ss mo ta, it was Ba y
c h a p ter member Ph ilip Ho lmes t ak ing the
hole:-hol. followed by Sierra cha pter m embers
Robe rt Woehrl e and Jim Enos . Bay chapter
members Lud Da w s o n a nd Jphnn y Chavez
would follow closel y.
Aft e r passin g Holm es a nd Woe rhl e, Eno s
>
took thf" lead on 'lap three an d a p ~ared headt. d
for a Victo ry until a crash·avoid ing ma neu ver
downed h im . Ho lm es and Woe r h if" q u ick ly
moved u p towa rd the front. Daw son eventually
Pd'isro W~ rh l e for Sl"Cond but ran out of time to
reel in Holmes . The top five at the fi n i~h would
be Holmes, Dawson, Wo e r hl e, C havf"z a nd
Enos. in tha t order. In moto two, Dawson took
the holeshot. foll owed by Holmes, Eno!>,
Woeh rle and Clavcz. Dawson held off the pack
for the ra ce win and th e overall, followt."d by
Enos, Woerhle, Holmes and Ch.lvez. respective-ly .
Resu lts
OTHe
an lG BEG; 1. P.I s.~r (l(TM); 2. TlTllI lt.odrIirt ('t.,., ).1
Bob Korock ( K.w ).
OTHC NOV: 1. Lud OaWlOn (SIal; 2. Plu hp Hoatn.. (Hon); 3.
Rnt...t w ....hrlr (loh1); .I.. J Eno.. (Su.r) 5. Jol"amy CI\a...,.(Ho;~)
im
OTHG Nt: J. Sha wn FWw-r (Yam ); 2. Bob Cla rL (H._I):]'
M..n LonItO(KTM).
OTHG EX: 1.]oItn ~ (So&z ); l. Teny Hu"", (Yam); 3.
Aln Owl.... ('tam).
.".
50 STK BEG; I. Shawn Murphy ev.m ); l. BritR~ JoN.(Yam );]. Tra_Oarir.(Ya m).
50 STJ< fl EC : 1. Cody Jacbon (ICTM ),; 2. Brandon R.yna
...
(l..'lM j,;1. F
.ric Pnth (Lrm); 4 Afll';I'Ia POIh(Cob).
50 STK SOY: 1. h otin EJ- CLtm); 2. M.lthr-w Wilu.n.
(Uno ,
h(l fl FG (0-."): 1 lC:um a-y ~)(a.,w); 2. GnogFooulll()(a w ).
.
ftO BEC ~ J1 ); 1. Paulllwl'o."l1C'l' (K.w ); '2. Andn"W Wa llrr '
m~ (K.w ).
IlONOV (o-g): 1. CaM')'HINOfI (K.w).
ftlI N OV (9-11 ): 1. J
annd Man.-m (I(a ....);
t
Tra vi. Pt'tTJ"N"
oc.w).
110 WM:'tI 1. Rodwlle Unpmn (Hon).
:
1I08FG , 1. T....vi. Pf'TT)'T1lan (Yam ).
flO NOV: 1. Strv .. Mm..ruo (Yam) .
125 BEG: l. RobIfrt Haun (y.. m ); 2. JOIIhHoyt (K.w ); 3. Adlm
Hu ' tl'T ~E ); 4. Lu(';l' Dona ()(a w); 5. J-w Kap lan (Stu).
