.--,EV N S
ET
In the 250cc/ O pen Amateur cla ss , it was
David Weseman grabbing the hcl esh ot and win ning the class on h is KX25O. Roger Kallio moved
th ro u gh the pack on his Pro Acti on KX250 to
take second at the finish. with Matt Losen taking
third and Cluck Chesler taking fourth after hav ing to ride and win the last-chance qualifier to
make it into the main.
DiFrancesco out of the way. Northru p
was on th e m o ve, and he foll owed
Venegas up the ladder to lock in behind
him on th e si xth lap. McC onnell w as
also able to get"throug h traffic, and he
s ta r te d puttin g th e pressure o n
Northrup while Faria was knocking on
his back door. Oxley was hoping someone would make a m istake .that h e
could take ad vantage of, but that didn't
happen, e ither. Th ey w ould fini sh in
that orde r.
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Rnutbl
MICRO MIN I: 1.1kad. e-..rt 1. Brandon ~ ~ 3 . NICk
Blll'tt,;4 .jotJl.UII ~
MI!'Io1 JR; 1. SIr- Stnor-.llund,; 2. Strw WrT; 3. ~ o.lly:
...Joe- "'-wtud.
MINI JR llO: I. Jrif YanvlM.; 2. Ad8N DMt 3. AlIollrn o.Ily; 4.
Jon .....
o..m.
MI1'e1 SIt. 1.
~ 2. Lan<. Salmuruon.; 3. CNd
Carpt'l"lk'r; 4. Adam Scrnotrom.
125 .... : 1. Bob Willluou,: 2. Toby}edlidti; 3. .Io'h sn.ttPr; 4.
M
Costa Mesa Speedway
Costa Mesa, california
ResuRs:AugustI6,1997
Ry.n BourpJW.
125"01 . Ctwy ,,~; 1. Jim PmroIr1y;!i. Tim
Mikr Faria (GM).
HDcr: 1. Cha rlie Venrg;u Oaw); 2. Andy.Northrup
Oaw); 3. Shawn McCOnne U (GMt 4. Mike, Fan.a (GM); 5.
Brad Oxley (Wes).
SOCR: 1. B. Bra yt on / P .Wu ve r (Ho n) ; 2.
~b the rson / S .
J-
Cote (Yam); 3. O. Gardne r /D. lynch
(K.aw); 4. O. Steele / D. King (Cdn).
SUP: 1. Chube Cooley (JdW}; 2. David
lynch (Jaw);
3. Brad Sa uer (Wes); .:.. Tom Winchell (Jaw); S. Rob bie
Sauer (W-l.
SUP B: 1. St'01t Scarbroug h OolW); 2. Franl.. Pecce
(Jaw); 3. Mike Boyl e (Wl"!I); 4. Fred Orosco (Wn).
Squires triumphant at
Triple Play Motocross
By Sieve Kelley
GREENE, ME, JUlY 4-6
Dubbed the "Triple Play," the three-day Fourth
of July Motocross event at Schott Enterprise's
Bull Ru n MotOC1"O"''1 Track proved to be a greet
opportunity for many NESC (N ew England
Sports Committee ) riders. AU!>tin Squires, a fiveyear veteran of the NESC and National outdoor
motocross circuit, eruoyed one of his best week rods of the st>aCond- to·last lap, Squires m ad e a
mistake. resulting in a pileup with Barton.
"Tllt~re was a Ot."\o\' line funning on the ou t~
side," Squires explained . "I decided to try it. and
my fro nt end ca u gh t a bump th at turned th e
front w hPeI. It stood me up with the ba ck tire in
th e air. Pat was right behind me .:m d there w as
no p lare for him to go . H l." h it me and we both
went d o wn in a p ile . Hi s bik e w as on top o f
mi ne, so I had to wait for him to pick it u p - and
his bike wa s poi nting in the right direction."
Barton go t tht" jump a fte r the pileup ,
Although Sq uires nev er let Bar ton out of hi s
!>igh t, ht' W;b n't ab l", to );t't tht.' It'ad back on the
remaining lap.
Resutts
Friday
Stt. 1. Robby MOU"IlWI lCOO l. Ky'" H~~ (Ktm),; 3. 'us tln.
):
~~ (Ho n ); 5. Jim my ~ {"1M).
Rando ("'IM),; "
foot, 1. Wi11 illm H... I)· ( K. w): 2. Ry.n Dn R.... it- ... ( Ka w ); 3
Bud (K.w ); 5. Bn..n E\driJ~.
Rutto ".l'!'oh4l1(Kliw \; 4.
lIS A: 1. Tnonton utoot (Scu ); 2. M.ltIww J
0htllltun (Hon): 3.
JUI'''n Thompoon (Stu:); 4 INn 'I'v" ll li.ard (V. m); 5 Cl p; ..n
n
C1l.orl (SuL ).
85 B: 1. Km Ikma rd (H..n ); 2 . And",w Erid ,.l'on (Suz); ),.
Th<_.u Xott·Sml th (Stu I; 4. Ty lf'r Mf'n'1 h f'ld ( Kaw). 5. Ry.n
Wadtlwonh (SoDJ.
II ~ C ' 1. D. n i..1 H.,,1 in g ( Hu n); 2. Tu .. i .. E....n (H " nl; 3.
N. tto.n &con (Ka wt 4. WilIi.m O«oti. (H' IfI); S. BrI,d Adam
Jowrn
eo,.,
(I " "
1 ~ Y11i A, I. ~ W~ ('h m); 2. ....1'{Jh ~ (Sttt); 3
C. rt D••:u t i.. lK.1wl; 4 F..dth .. A r••inu._icz (Hon ~ 5. M.lll hrw
e...ro... (K.lw ),
125 YTH B: 1. Alkon LawrftK'l' (Sw. ): l. Rldc.y MarstoalI (Suz):
3. M~ e m (Sou ); .& nw.n..So,"·Sm tth (1(.Iw ); S. Jrtf La.rnf'i
(K.w ),
46
•
1:5 YTH C : 1. MIChwI PO;'MIOnn,t't (Stu: ); 2. C Md 'ord.n
('Yam ),;3. ' u~M Sparb CH- );: 4. }w.tlnf' CaW'lz.ilrolHan); S. W.rM'! Enwr.on Jr. lleaw).
125 NOV : 1. 0...... J"hn.. ," (Hon): 2. " rUn Coil..,. ('Stu): 3
,
C1wJSaipt'u.. (H ....}; 4. !\otf' 8u.~ (Y.un ); 5. ~ TIlYIor (K,Iw ),
125 ....M : 1. £dd if' ....r u lm o wlcz (lion); 2. C rf'K Wt!' .'f'r
b
(Yam ); ) . ~tpw Hollm (lion ); 4. Joh n Atwood (Yam j; 5. Mich,.,..{
.
1-OOff' (Yollm )
125 A: 1. r . trid &rtun (Sur.); l. Mich.o ,l T....ad .. t'll (Sur.); 3.
AUMlnSqulrn (~u:); 4. A.um Ou pl'fl t ~); S. £tie Soucy (Hon).
200 ... l\ O V: I. ' .m•• Choll .. (H om); 2. W1'Iliam C.nn in~
U
(Hom); .\. Tim ..thy Bn>drur ("J'.m r, 4 1_ "p-rh (H.. n ); 5. Doll"'"
Oait;wfr-m).
•
ro..p;.1; 4
MiMKann.
Bobby $dlWllrtz (GM); 2. Charlie V~a!o
craw); 3. Roarue Correy (GM); 4. Brad Oxley (Wn); 5.
SCR; 1.
250 / 0 I'EN; I . Da .. id W""m.n; 2. Roxf'r Katho; J . Matt
~ .& .00udQw.;1t'f'.
;:w AM : 1. Iu di.' Stanbury r.;..a l; 2. Sf'an Molltthf'w, (Yam ); 3.
Shawn Czuap;li...o li ( H an); 4 . CtIrt Willi.am. (lCIIw); 5. J.m..
5rrapo (He,").
200+ A:. 1. MiochMol T~~U ('Suz); l. ratrick B.rtun ('Suzl; 3.
Adun Dupont (StIz); 4. .... ;tm Sqw1T:J r.;tu); S. TttnOthy Qmtmw
~
.....,
O PEN NOV , I . P.. t .. 8 u , h ",y ( Ya mi; 2. Sh. wn Won.... ..10
(K.w); 3. Willillm c..nnins (1-Ion); 4. Drilln Col li.... (Sw; ); S.
Pellnin.(Ya m).
OrEN AM: I. So>a n M."Now ('Y.m ); l. BfO'flt Hidl (Stu); 3.
.
Miclllll" to (H un); 4. JII"' '' St..11.1 (H on): 5 RYlln ~rh.J'" (H ,m ).
l by
'
O rEN EX; 1. Er ik Robie (Su z), 2. Chri~ J" h n!lOf1 (lion) ; 3.
o..-k o.v id (Hon);'. PllulCoy~ (Su.z); S. Rob Kdk'r(Hon) .
30+ B: I . Ie..,m F"'l;UflC '" (Suz ); 1. John Thompson (Yam); 3
K.... ln MrCa rth y {Kaw }. 4 . 8i1ly Mam'U (HlIn ); 'i. Wllmon F:TlWN ln
(lIun ).
JO+ A: 1.l'.trick B.lr1l>n (Suz); 2. Tom Sonu .,. (Kaw); 3. Sttovl'n
BurdPttoo (Yam); 4. Gil')' FUOC'CI ( Hoph
LPbnm (Ka w )
A: I.
4(l.o.
,
Olin T.yk. (Hon); 2.
J.fIW'!o SIItryb
(Kbtl); 3. Kni-
k. (Ho." , ).
'tmtn
,,,,,,,,in
lIS B: I. Ihnaon (l ion).
• 30+ B: I. Joh n ThumP"'" (Vam ); 2. Kf'Im h~ r.>uz); 3.
J:.tovm McCollrthy (t:;.w); 4. Billy M.rWI1 (Hon); S. JOIW'ph DPnhrf"
(V .. m l
JO.+ A. 1. rlltricl. &artun (Sw;); l. Slrvl'fl B..rdritl:' (Y. m); 3.
Glory F':i'oCO (Ht .. j; 4. Tom StIfIi"'(Koll....); S. DeonOnnt"l'!olSuzj.
J(I4. C: I. BNn Col i.... (5u;e ); 2. MIChaoPI Gnry (y - I ; 3. Ken....tto Ooolnidi (5uz ); 4 '-- SpIn... (H .Wl): Ii J.... . Rud (}" M)
1
I
.35+ A ; l.~m Bu ro.n. {Y..m); 2. R.chudM~ (Kaw ); 3.
J,mws s.tryb (leTM t " T('d'I'l FrrnIl'f ("'-M); S. Marc ~ (Suz ).
J5.;. B: I. Fnnk J>ottu,o,- (Hon.J; 2. K.nn Mo:Cirthy (K.aw):: 3.
Jo-rh l.l'bn.Jn (I(,)w):: 4 Tho._ Mitll'-Z (Kaw ); 'i. Arthur ,"",un.
l
Bu.n...y
,."ft'IIl1O'
.....,
40+ A.; 1. DcWi Tlvlor ( Honl; ~ Robf'I1 PKt.... (" - l ; 1. J-s-...b { tcn.t ); 4. Carl I:>olorotP (]ion): s. JDonn (y,)J1l):.
' .w... B I. 1lPndld lMtwprIlO' ("J'.m); 2. M.-rW ~JtW1n" (YollI1I);
3. W ilham r t'mbt'tlon. t K.ilw); .( ChmtopheT Jo h nMlll CSuzI; 5.
1.:an'1t'5 r.tu.nwn (HeInl.
,.......,
~
1. R..1bby M.lnohoID (Co...); l. J.... in Lndo (KTM); 3. ~
t
~ Oft'ln);4.OvwBurdt'ttl!-(l(TM); S. Jinuny ~ ().. .,I},
"
M: 1. WlllUim H... ly (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Des R05oer1 ( K.aw); 3.
fldrid~t' (1h.h_1r.i11 (Su z ); l. Shown Wrnollido. (1(.1..); 3.
Crrw r.lknn (Vam ); 4. Mich-l r.x~ (Sw:); 5. o-t ScriptunotHon l.
I ~ AM' 1. Ja y Pa l"",r rom); 2. Rn'tl t Hicb ('!"ouz);:.\ Edd'"
...., . ..im<_ ICL(11un). 4. Cr~ Wf'b.tn (Yollm ); S. Slu wn Quoll gU-
. voIi •
.
125 A: I. P..mck B. rton {Stuj; 2. Aw.t!n Sq u i,," (Stul; 3.
Mkhad T.-:l-n (5uz J; 4. Adam Du pon t (Stu ); 5. 'Eric" Soucy
200+ SO V 1. Rftd Camty (Kliw); l. Bryan ICt'nrwdy (Han); 3.
M 'MCruy (y..,..);4. Ttrncothy B~ ('Yvn j; S. Wtlw.m Canntnlt:
(lbo,
s.-.
:zoo AMI .
Uanlwwoo; l. }oM ()b,..,- (Suz); J. Ridw rd FiI·
(Sw; ); ". Carl WiI~ oc..w); S. Anthony GmIci (Suz):.
:!OO+ .... I. ~ T..-:I__D (Sw: );l. Patnek Barton (Suz t J.
:
AdollmDupont (Sw1 4. A~ Squif'f'J(Stu); S. Wally Silv. (Yvn ).
orF.N SC'N: I. LOotG..mly (Kaw ); l. D.nWl fIOt'l 1On (SuL ); 3.
r . ul Tra u_ ( I' a wl.; 4. lonathlln Woroni ck ( K. w ); 5. Ti moth y
~
50: 1. Jlobtoy M..r.n.1I {Cob " 1.
Rollndt'I llCTMl 3. Ky.
Hmw- (....,.,.. ); 4. Jc-ph B.-tmort'tHon.I; 5. Jimmy ~ (KTMJ.
.
6S; I . WilIi.m H...ly (K... ); 2. Rya n o....Ro...w-n (1(.Iw ). 3 .
Brian Harmon (lta w); 4. Brian E1dridgf' (Kliw); S. P.u1 Sta~ Jr.
IKliw ).
ll~ A' 1. r aul Vft ad<.a (Ka w); 2. Tn'MIOII. Es_ ('Suz); 3. Mam .
_ Ju"","" (H. .. ); ...
Th mpoon (Stu); 5. lNn ""'" An.rd
...
"'- ,
(Above) Eric Soucy grabs the holeshol ln
the 125cc Expert class, lollowed by Austin
Squir es (711), Ben McCarthy (96) and the
rest 01 the "eld al lhe Triple Play MX In
Greene, Maine.
(lb ,
rwth M.11t'r('Y J;4 . c..ri ~ (Hun l; 5. RonaJd V"me.nt(Yam ).
am
4().;. 8 : I . Frank Poth,," (Hon. ); 1. M«W Mon.l'tM'('r. m ); l.
er-&d Uc+uopdoP (Yam ); 4 J - ~ (lion); 5. .... m Tay.
I
.... ....,.
•
~ O~},
~
.
CWL~
AM: 1. Tim A' ",," ('Yam ); 2. Omnis Fu io.:> (IC
......); 3
Sh.awn CZUoIK".ll.ll i 4. J ....... SwIIa (Hon ); So Ryan Scri phl.... (Hun).
ill
0f'EN EX; 1. Enk Robil! CSuz); l. Paul ~ (Stzz ); 3.lCt'i m
CoywttIP (Sw: ); .(. o.-k o.v. (Han ); 5. AdIIm N- ( Koaw ).
3l)o. a· I . JoNt
(Yam ); 2. ICt'nh 1'ftJ;u
!lOll(SuzJ; !i
Jt-ph
-(lbo,
Thontr-o
n..n.. Vo1lIl«(Hoo l; 5. Wam:n £mrI".
o..fi lippi (y. m ). 4.
JO+ A: 1. r atnd< B.anort (Stu); 2.
~
Burti, (H(WI.
l
40+ 8 : 1. Donald LKhapeile (Yam ); 2. Mt'rle Mt'Iftroor (Yam );
3 . WIIlIollm P..m"""un <; at the ~vt'nth
annual Kanabec County Fair.
In tht:' 12.5cc Pro ma in. the crowd got a good
show as Keeney and Povolny battled it out for
the lead in the in itia l la ps. Heat-race w inner
Keeney stared up front. Pat Donaho ran th;rd in
tilt! ",a rly going as Tim Puspisil an d Milt" Kami
dukcd it out for fourth and fifth. How ever. the
rolct' rt'ally gut !>ortt!d o~t fro m abo ut mi dway
through th e 15-la p m ain , as th os e ..... ith the
e n cluranc t' rt'all\' sh ined, an d th ose w it ho u t
t"
itht>rpullt"d off or "llowed do v,'T\.
K....mt'y on his YZl25 ~ad lap times \'aryin g
from J IJ OOf'Cond'\ in the t"arly going to 54. seco nd~
on the final lap. as the sta mina he's gained from
3O-m inutt" motCK f'lI'id off ~ a"i di d Povolny .., a'\
he finished a few seconds back on h is RMl 25.
Don aho pulled out of the race at midpoint. and
Tim Pos pi sil an d Mike Kann mo\-ed u p into
third and fourth at tht" finish.
For the 250cc Pro class, laps were cut to 10 in
order to let ~me of the Pros get goin g to Troy.
Oh io, for a Pro Na tional. As in the 125cc class.
Keent'y stole tht' show and the m oney. with
Pavo lny dt""ipera tt"ly cha "ling in ~cond . Kyl e
Love rod t' tht> 250cc Pro class only and was in
th~ hunt in third . Tht> top thret" finished in tha t
ord er, as Pospisil and Kann again had a batt le and it ""a~ P~pi..il agai n coming out on top . for
fourth, and Kann took fifth .
250 PRO: I. Cory "-nry; l. Jim POt/nlny ; 3. 1(11
..
Tim r...p'.w.
JUMP o..'TST Jf'm1\Y Pmnun.
:
wvt";',
Felicio flies at
Auburn Speedway
By M. Sober
AUBU CA. AUG.1
RN,
Former c lass-C flat track Junior Ch am p io n tamed-Speedway rider Ch ad Felicio led the way
in th e Handicap main eve nt. while th e Scra tch
main win w ent to Bart "Sim pso n " Bast. New corne r Wad e Boyd too k the wi n in a wild second -division main, as did Bob Peeler s in th e
third-division final.
Bast. Jimmy Sisemore and Bobb y Hedden ,
started the five-lap handicap main from the 50yard line , while Chad Felicio, Dave Faria and
Chad's brother. Vance, started on the 3O-yard
. tn'pe. Chad was th e fiht to assume th e lead,
with Faria just behind, ru nning a slightly wid er ,
outside line . From the rear, Hedden got a gre at
gate and qUickly moved. up beh ind Vance Feli ·
cio by the end of the first lap_Bast had less luck
in the first lap, uncharacteristically sliding wide
in th", second se t of turns and putting himself
wa y off the pace_Meanwhile. Clad continued to
lead the rare, mo ving a fuw bike lengths ahead
of Faria,. who was losing ground on a spinning
back wh eel that wa s skipping across the dusty,
outside~line marbles . Van ce held on to third
until lap three. when Hedden moved. him off the
groove. Hl'dd en then wen t .on to displace Faria
from the nmner -up spot as well.
Chad Felicio m aintained h is lead over the
now~d ~ plact" Hed den u ntil the rod of th e
race. Bast recov ered stro ng ly and just edged
Vance Felicio to take ovrr thi rd on the last tum..
Faria finis hed fifth.
In the Scratch main. 8dst moved into the lead
through tum tw o on the first lap , Hedden."wh o
had sta rted th e race on po le, got th e ~on d~
qu ickest staet, bu t had to ju st wa tch as Bast
pulled down onto the inside blu e groove ahead
of him a.. the pair pnopared to accelerate d own
th e ba ck straightaway, Bobby Hick s drew the
seco nd s ta rtin ~ lane and ~ot off to a de cent start,
but saw his chances for the' win eva porate when
Hedden and Bast closed off his line, l ea vin ~ him
tw istin g to th e g ro u n d in turn tw o . Hi ck s
res um\.od the ra~ to finish fou rth .
Bast continued to lead . rid ing m istake-free as
Hed den trailed close behind and Bast went on to
w; n . Ht>dden w ao;, !W"C'Ond. fivt' or six lengt hs in
front of Ch.ld Felicio,
Results
SCR I. Bout s..., U.. w ); 2. 8ubbv Heddnl Uo1 W); 3. CNd Fffi do (J.aw); 4. BobHicb Oaw ).
.
HOCP~ 1. Ol.ld F..hci..
2 . ROOt>y H.ddoon 0-); 3. &.an
O.w ),.4. VMIC'l! Felk:io (J,Iw); 5. O.~'f' Fariol (G~).
D-t JR I. Chris Kt'I'T; l. f.ric Cttri lk>; 3. .Brvan Yarrow .
D-2 JR: I. A . ' . J~2.''''''1'i-t>Y; 3.~tlYn CtttTY.
[).2~ I. Wollyn .. Boyd ; 2. Hul..... 14~1 (W"I; !i BIll ~ ..wby
n..'>1
a.w);
O· w).
0-3 : 1. Bot> rt'1n'S; 2. DrrmiloCuoidy .
Jensen Jams
at SIR Road Race
By Steve Dunsworth
BRAINERD. M:I: Al'ClIST H
Robert Jen. oen knew tha t th is was to be his final
<
season as .. Novice with the CRA, and he made
it memorabl e "... th ~ix firs t-p lace fini."hes out of
i
.
seven starts.
Hj~ first ra~ was He avyw eight Super.;;port.
and the front -row spo t put him in first by tum
un e . Right b ehind was Cory CCl ms toc k, with
Tom Boni n dosing. Their battle kept them from
maki ng a cha llenge for the lead.
Next up was Mid d leweight Superspnrt, and
th is time Bonin was right behind but failed to
