slowed d o wn an d ex it ed. th e trac k with what
a ppea red to be a mechanical problem . Hagema n
wo uld again cruise to an easy victory, followed
by Tru glio, Bak er an d Borch ard.
(Left) Elght·y ear-o ld
All ysa Jensen slyles her
way to he r 13th Modilied
Pee Wee Sho rt Track win
at the Loci; Cyc le Bo wl in
California,
TIle Heat race saw Jeff Hedden; Bartram an d
Jon Hedd en out fro nt early. Jon Hedd en wa s the
firs t victim of the m ud , cra shi ng ea rly o n an d
settli ng fo r fo urt h at the finish . Jeff Hedden an d
Ba rt ra m were eng.Jged in a ba ttle o ut front a s
Ho nd a ri de r Ma rk Cy re sat pat iently in thi rd .
After a back-a nd -fo rth bat tle, Jeff Hed d en a nd
Ba rtram we rt" a p p roaching th e first turn with
Hed den on the ins ide and Bar tram on the o u tside . Both riders, a lmo st ide ntica lly and ..imul tanccusly, then slid o u t in the mud . Bo th r ide rs
looked di sg usted u nt il, almos t sim ultaneo usl y,
the y eac h no ticed th ey we re not alo ne.
As Cy re in he rited t h e le a d , Bart r a m
remo un ted without ..ta iling . Bartram was able to
run d own Cyrc and make a pass for the win o n
the fin a l Idp . Jeff Hed d e n finished third a fter
remo untmg.
The mdin S olW Jef f Hed d e n again tale the
ea rly lead, follow ed by Bartram, Cyre and Jo n
Hed d t·n . Jeff Hed d en we nt d OY.ll ear ly a nd had
tro u hlt" rt"Starting, w hich rt":'\uhed in a fourthplace finish . Bartram simply ran away from tha t
point o n, a.. Jo n Hl"ddf'fl pressurt"d: eyre thro ug hout the race for seco nd , to no avail. Jeff Hedd ~,
huwevtc'r, wa sn 't q uite done yet . Somehow,
throug h the mud , Jeff Hed den found the tracti on
tu cle ar thtc' 80- foo t tri ple jum p on t he front
~ ight, setting the cro wd on fire in the proccs:>.
Th e jump contest was anutht!r ht!a rt~stupper
in a nigh t that st'1:"me d to be filled wit h th e m .
Bartram rode his 125cc bike all nigh t, w hile Je ff
Heddt:"n o pled. for t h ~ 2SOcc machine . Bartr a m
was u nJ.ble to ju mp th e tr iple o n th e sm al le r
bi ke, b ut wa s no l abo u t to btc' ou td on e. So he
doode d to o pen " gJ.te a t the end of the tra ck,
Bartram d i sap~ared in to the d a rkness, o nly to
re,l ppt.ar mO mt' ll t ~ la tt'r o:1 t full sp t't"d . He dt"a rf'd
·
the tri ple w hile throwing in a nac-naC to easily
win the jump con ll's! .,nd co odud", his pt'r ft'("t
nig ht.
Re sults
['1(0: 1. K,' nrlY IJMtr.lm {!'iu:el; 2. M.1rk C yr e (Ho n l; 3. J" n
J-1....JJom lSu l ); 4. Jdf }-I' we ll a'l a close second -place fini sh be hind
Jon es o n the IT tra ck. With these wins, jense n
has won 13 main events at Lodi this wa son .
'The track wa s rea l smoo th, wi th hardly no
bum ps," said Je n:o.en follo wing the race. "I like
ra cin g wi th Sea n Jones, a nd he 's rea lly fa st. I
enjoy raci ng o n the IT becau~ it' s bigge r tlldn
the short track, .m d i t' ~ mo re fun , too ."
Two ne w r id ers in the Pe e We e class
deserved honor.lble ml"lltions : 4-year~ld Pa trick
McNamara fla shed his finest aboard a Ho nda,
an d 5-Ylo'.tr-old Dyla n Stutters strutted his s tu ff
aboa r d a Yamaha . W ith t he Pe e We e cla ss
increasing at Lod i o n a rt!£ular basil>, thtc' talk of
a " PH Wf-'e' National " in ll.J9K will mo..t likel y
lx'COme r'l'aHty ,
Wit h Ma rk Key lead ing the Coo rs Cutt'-'T ShootOut smes thr t"E' victor ies to tw o, To by Jor gensm
nc..'\..'dl.>d a win at ro un d c ight of the lO-race series
to nldke things tc'ven. And tha t he d id .
It too k tw o n--d lights, but fina lly the third
tim e WolS th tc' char m al> Key took th e holeshot
int o th e firs t tum, with Jorgen sen in tow . jorgen sl'n ho un d t'd Ke y for abo ut fi....e la ps until
Key movt"d o ve r o n the back stra ightawa y and
th en rl't ired wit h mec hanical problem s . Jo r·
gensen put his Kim Jorgt'n~n / l demetsu /C P R
Racing -ba ck ed Ro ta x o n c r u ise control a n d
mot ort."d ho me with the victory .
"It felt real good to be out there r;)dng wit h
Mar k Key," Sdid Jo rgeru.en after his victory Lap.
..It·s too bad so me th ing happened to hi s bike,
M ause we had a real good rare going."
Th t' n igh t' s ~po n sor, Moti on Pro of Me nlo
Park, put up .m extra $100 for the winners of thi s
class, wi th Jorgtc'nsen ta kin g ho me th e lion's
Sh..1TC of the money as well as the regular pu rse.
W ith twu ra ces r,-,m.lin in g , ,-,Hh...r of th... two
Stoc kto n racer.! mu st win both of the remai ning
races to M om e th~ ~ri es cha m pion .
On Frid ay, Ho nda rider Brad Conway benefited from a fall by Bartram
on the las t L:1p of the l 25cc Pro class to
lake the win. Bartram q uickly remounted for second, over loc al I S-year--old
y amaha rid er Ke ith Sayers. Conway
holcsh ot Friday' s 250ccMain, but cased
a big triple o n the first Lap . The red flag
was brough t o ut, an d Co nway loo ked
to ha ve a bro ken w ri st as he left th e
trac k. On the resta rt, it was Jon Hed d en
w ho g rab bed the earl y lead , with Bartra m and Bren t Conzalez close behind .
Hedden was pres sured until a few m lsta kes by Bartra m ended the battle . Bartram held on to second , w hile Gonzal ez
gra bbed third.
Be r t ra m ca me b a c k w it h a
ve ngea nce o n Sa turday. HIo' sta rted by
abso lutely flyi n g to th e 125cc win ,
with over a half a tr ack to spa re. 5.1ye rs g ra bbed second , w ith Ka w asak i
rid e r Te d C ulve rso n fin is hing thi rd . Hedd e n
.tga in g rabbed th e hol es ho l in the 250cc class,
with Bartra m an d Go nzalez follo w-ing. The race
tu r n e d Into a tea m m a te ba ttl e a s Bar t ram
ho u nd e d Hedd en . Bart r a m lo ok e d to have
no wh ere to go : th en Hed d en bobbled a nd onlv
doubled the tr iple jump. Bart ram tri p led by and
pulled o u t a slig ht lea d . A la p later . though,
Hedd en was on Bar tr am 's rea r w hee l. Bart ra m
th en seemed tv grab a no the r gcar as he slow ly
pu lled away to the uncontes ted win o ver Hed den and Conza lez.
Homet own rider Keith Sayers wo n the jump
contest over Bartram o n Frida y, d espite only
doubling the triple jum p . Hed den ma naged to
win the crowd ove r, winni ng Saturda y' s co ntest
when ht' jumpt'd thp finish-line tri ple ~ t an a ngle
ove r the cou rse barriers .
Resu lt5
Frid.",
125 PRO: l. BraJ Conway {Hon); 2. MnnY B.utr.m (Stu);
.
.
K''1th ~yrr. ('(.l m)
rRO , 1. I,m lInJJ.. n (Stu ); 2. Knlny B.rtr.m ($u%) ;
8n:nt Gonuk.t (Hon) .
!lM: nby
"
IlS PRO 1. Jt.:mny R.lrtTllm t. iulJ; 2. Kei th SaV1'1"l (Y.. m );
C
T<"\l C-ulv.......Il (K...... .
)
•
250 l'RO; 1. KclUly B.ama.Dl (Suzl; 2. Ion H,'rg< "IIOion l; 2. .\U. tt Gomcz 51". (W· R); 3.
on..J; -t, thlly ~ ~ ISuz).
Hedden, Bartram split
Butte Motocross
By Ed Bec kley
BUTIE. MI, JUNE 17
-lB
F&S Suzuki had a o ne- two punch in round five
of the C h ~ ck~r~d Fla g Prod uct iuns S u m me r
Slam Mnnst pr Mo tocro ss Series, in the nam es of
Jon Hed d en and Kenn y Bclrtram. These m 'o rid~ rs s p li t th e 250c c Pro w ins t h rou ~ho ut t he
weeke nd , wi th B.1rtram ta king the. 125cc C lass
on Sa tunJay, as wd l.
.5O STK BfG: 1. Brant Oa kley (Yam ); 2. T" ... i5 0..", (Vdm l; '
[)ilk ". Mo_,"" (Y.",) .
5O~
TK .. BEG: I: M.:itttw:w
(Act l; 2 1(idu,.1'hom.I5 (KThO;
1. &-n.tl St tKolw ): ". K..-I-'xho.-m O~wl.
f)(J BEG ('l-I l): 1. K yle Kt-nt (KAw); 2. A nd~w W~I ~il'l'
"""t
3
3.
1
3.
Result s
Sltort Track
P/W STK.: I . Allyu,~ (Y~m ); 2. Jw.tin J~ (Yam );
3 Allyn Brlonel {Ya m ); " n anny Mcniln it'l ( Ya m l;
('h.,r h,·
5i" ......(Vdm).
r /w STK KTM , I. Se a n Jon es C KT ~); 2. Dy l.m St u U,""
(Ya m); 3. I'.l tn d< MeN,.m ,,,,,' IHon ).
P/W MOD. I. All y.... J.........." (Yam ); 2. ~.lI\Jol\l$(""
1M ).
60 : I. Ryan Kunt l (Yam ); 2, M ichM' [ Rin ., ldi (lC , w) ; :\
n,rl~t"I'I ..... fI, .rj.,.. cK"w ).
1lO. I. F,.. n~,,, L.lI\" (Sud ; 2. Ma lt Cornel Jr. tfl on ); 3. J... n
~
C .."w ,'( Hnn) .
11K): I. C"r.,. Ea t,m (H nn l; 2. o........ ~ &q uritll (Hon).
2!\{l 1 RIl. 'Y Co _ (Hun ); 2 M,lIt C-~ ,rn" ;IJr_ (H un) .
,
2''iOSC I IBY. 1. o. "m y Ca.o;ey () I,m ); 2. M ,llt Gumcl Jr. (li o n).
KN OB BY: I. Sco t t Ta ylor ( Ii " n) ; 2. Br an d on Ddli" Tl' nto
(H" n) .
O PEN A: I. Tob y l"rK<
'n!i<.'n (Rtd; 2. IIobCiI ...·Y(Rt'd
O PFN RI C: I. "-t"rly W..i~l,·r (Rl:< 2. A rlll ~nJ .. RoJ,i"u<"l);
(Yl> m); J. Ga ry Kin~ (YAm).
Vl:l' A : 1. Kobt.·rt MclJon ndl tH ·Dl; 2. K by ln l'lt>(Y.am ); 3.
ub
C ino RLn.ikli (Rt,.); ". Gft1> Riddl.. IHbg l.
VINT 2·STR K: 10M'" P,'ITi (H u n); 2. Barry O l...·n (Hun) ; 1
Rilly I lih"' (Ydm l.
VI:-' I. B...bby Ing lc (Yam ); 2. Sro tt l'lcquc'!l (Yam ); 3. Gary
T
Kmll:(Yam ).
PRO-AM : I. Bob u l'('r (Rtx); 2. RobI.-rt r ei cholo l\" -R); 3.
Matt COme7 Sr ( Rnl
17
LOOI. CA. JULY 2b
Results
Hageman hot at AMP MX
By Jim Enos
HOI.USTER, CA,JULY 20
Harold Ha gt"man lit up the be nns a nd rod e tw o
perfect motos in the 125cc Interm ed ia te class to
c;d p t u r~ top h o nu r s el t t he A M P-sa n c ti o n~d
Mo tocross hd d a t the Hollist er G P track. Th e
p
he,lt W .IS k... t d
the be nn and made good o n his bid for the lead
pusi tiun, an d slow ly pu lled away from th~ field.
Pum te and Truglio wou ld tra de pla C"eS seve ral
times for thc Sl.'COnd pos itio n until Aaron Baker ,
w ho was lu rki ng bt:-hind thtc' twu, ma de a good
pass on the bilck St'ction of th~ tra ck to ta ke o ver
second place. Tru gli o made a move o n Puen te
for th ird place in the big rig h t-h an d SWt"E'pt'f,
bu t cros:i-rutted ; he and his Ka wa sa ki hit the
dt"Ck. As the che'C
kered f1ag cam~ ou t, H a gem.t~
ea 'iily took tht" win . Bake r follo wed in st"COnd ,
w ith Puente edging o u t Trugli o for third . Jeff
Bordwrd ro unded. uu t the to p fhre.
As the ga te d ro pped fo r m o to two, Ba ker
a ppeared to haw the holtc'Shot, but sw ung wid ~
a nd s lid out· a llowing Ha gem a n to ha vt' the
fro nt -runnc..T honors . Ha gema n too k a dvantage
of Bake r'l> m isha'p a nd qu ickly p u t ma jor distan ce bf't w e t'n him s elf a n d sf:Oc o nd -p lan-"d
Tru glio. Pu ente moved int o third, with Borchard
righ t beh ind him. Mea nw hile, a di sbFUsted Bak tc'r
quickly rt'" m o un ted an d m a dt' a n im p re '1 sivp
cha rge that wo uld soon see him pa ss Borcha rd
and cha lltc'nge Pu~n t~ for third pl.ace. Ho wev er,
Bakt'r's cha lle nge wa s mad e eas y wh en Pu ente
( Kd w ).
60 NOV (().8): 1.
u'OCY tli n.'tOII (Kolwl.
6UNOVI '#- I J); I . A.1o~ ~( K.a ...·).
110 f\FC ' 1. n..Yid Om... 'Y ( "," w ); 2. A.. n.., Rt-rg.Jnu <. 1.1 3.
... .1;
()"bby M.. r~llo {YaDl ),". Ca:lory IllNOI\ ~); 5. Eli.uCarrilloCHon).
!ll.INOV: 1. Ad ;om Millt."l' IH Ofl); 2. Bill\. Ju n-v1Cfl (Y~m).
'
IlOBtW: I. Se~n Smi th (HOfl)
125 REG . I. An J rC'w O ed"..... r"" (K.,o w ); 2. Robe rt lIaun
(Y. m l; 3. l09h Ho yt (Ka w); 4, Ada m H u ti~ (Su lJ; 5 J''1'e'IT-'ld h
l6wb tH.... ).
125 NOV , I. Ry.. n \{'''di.~ (Y.lIn ); 2. J.N-i ....... tt (11
011).3. A.oroli
Iknoo-man (Ya.m); " MiItC' Hunh.T (Suzl; S. o..rid Klin)l;l'nb.:c k (Yam).
125 (NT: 1. H..rold H.1~n (Su l.l; 2. Aaron Bakr {)(.t....); 3.
Cmi~ TrnWio (K.1w);" k ff & >n:h.ud (""...·l; 5. M.lI1i"" r".",u' (V,Im)
~.u DEG, 1. Ry.." W."o (Kawt 2. ChriltC bmoIldi (Yam); 3.
I"""" Ka~pt.... (H,m ); -t. Bt'n Kutton (H"n); 5. l ulln
lYa m).
2S Trn t;li.. / lC.ow),
J. Cory M.. ra lll{V. m l.
lS..m
."
Lowe returns to
Lawrenceburg ST
By John H, Spurr ier
JULY 25, 1997
Sam Lowe retumed to the Lawrenceb urg sho rt
tr ack aft er missin g severa l w",,-,ks d ue to a n ai l·
ing motorcycle a nd . like Mike Butlt>r la..t week,
d em onstr at ed th at h is riding. skills we re s till
tht"Teby winning the Open A ff-'a ttl rt>.
Damo n Stapleton got th e holeshot a nd the
initia l It~ad , u ntil Lowe cau~ht and pa 5-"'t"d him
on the seco nd lap , Lowe sc.. t a fast pacc to the fin'
ish lintc' fur his win. Phil Wolf Cdmt." off the line in
third pL:1cc a nd slow ly closed the ga p between
his bike ane..! Sta pleton's , and pa~ him o n the
fifth IJp to take ove r seco nd pla ce. Sta pleton fin is hed third, folluwed by Joe Ma tt hew s Jr. a nd
Albe rt Lowe. Th e raCt' was a combined Pro- Am
and Amateur feat u re, so Wolf actually sco rt>d as
tht" wi nnt"r of tht"Ama teu r cla ss.
Th e 250cc feat ure turne d ou t to be a tworide r tc'Wllt, wi th Joe l I3ro w n sa ili n~ to an ea ..y
'victo ry over Pau l Wat son. Brown 's main co mpL
lilio n in the cla ss wo uld have ~n N ick H ummt'"1, bllt H um mel was the victim of a frea k racing a ccident in th e O pen A hea t race: H ummel
wa~ putting a pt1 s.. o n Da mo n Sta plet on on the
fro n t s t re tc h wh e n Sta pl eton ' s re ar wh tc'c l
sll1' pt>d 0u t, then ..wung hac k in, hitting H ummel' s r ig ht foo t with th e re ar ax le . Hum mel
pulll'd in to th£' infie ld . f-ortuna tt-Iy, no oont's
we re bro ken , and Hu mmel is expected to re turn
,
in < few weeks.
David ~o lf aga in d ominat ed the 125 a nd
80cc features, winning o ver Kris Williamso n .md
T rav is M cCrary in t h e 12Scc ra ce , and
Williamson, Cody Sha mb lin, Cha d Me.ln~ , Joe
c,arris nn , Ju sti s Land, Kris ta Slay bac k and Jam ie
De iner in th e 80cc ra ce. Wolf's rid ing sty le is
very fa!'t, smooth a nd con sistent.
Ke ith MJ ggard sho w ed th ese sa me ri ding
ski lls in his vkt.o ry in the 5Oa: fea ture, winning
over Jacob Tolbert , Ste w Hol t, Tyle r Pitt man,
Josh Sayles, Jos h Betstin , Tyl~r Russell and Adam
Ca rpenter .
Joe St-yff~rl e wo n his heat rac..~ and the feah lrt" in the Ov er 30 class , followed by Phil Wolf,
Jim Bec k, C u r t Snetling, B. Benklo'rt a nd Joe
Ma tt h l"w~ Jr. Bt>ck c;; ta yed on the track to wi n the
O ve r 50 fe a t u re o ver Joe Matth ews Sr ., Lou
Kramer, Hersche l Benkerl an d Bill Bamich. f'i
Results
OJ'E.'\I A A M. I. 5.om Lo ...... (l ion); 2. MUllip W"U (I lunl; J.
.
5. Alb<.-rt Lo ~
[ln1Tl(Jt'l Stapk-ton(Han); 4. Joe M.>tt hcw:l Jr. ( Han);
(Ho n ).
1.'iO AM· 1. " ..1 Al'nwn nkert(fin n ); 5. Bill B.omid> (Han ).
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