Keeney storms
Hurricane Hills MX
By George Hodkinson
Photo by Karen Hodkin son
MAZEJ'I'A. M. . jUlY20
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Cory Keene}' fou ght off ha rd cha llenges from
loca l pros a nd Na tion a l regular Heath Vos s to
top the 125 an d 250ce A classes at Hurrican e
Hills Mo toc ros s.
Voss hold to pla y second fid d le to overall
wins all day by Keen ey and also by t e-year -old
Mike Ya nn. who racked up 2-1 fin i. h es again st
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Vl:bS' 1-2 in the 16- to 24-year-old A class.
A t th e st a rt of th e firs t 125cc A m oto,
Xtreme / Sunstar I FMF I Wiseco-bac ked Keen ey
grabbe d the h oleshot o n hi s YZ l25, with Lee
Thies on a YAR I Cohrs Suspensi on l Pro motion
C rap incs- bac ked YZl 25 and Vos s on hi s G reat
Lakes Airlines / Sinisa lo / Tous ley Honda-ba cked.
C R I25 giving d 1eney woul d n' t gi ve
up an d passed Voss for t~e lead on the straigh taway fo ll o w in g the who ops. Vos rep as sed
Kee ne y o n th l' scC'o nd la p durin g a n S-tu rn
be fore a tabletop for a lead that wo uld stick to
th e fini~h . At the en d of tht' five-lap moto, it wa~
Voss with a cou p le of sec onds on Keeney, followf:'d by Kann in thi rd, and Ready, who passed
Theis for fourth.
At the start of moto two, Kee ney grabbed a
hu ge h oleshot , followed by Ready, Kann and
Vo !ts, in th a t orde r. A t th e e nd of la p one ,
Kee ney lcd , w ith Kann se con d, Vos s third,
Ready fourth and Theis fifth . The second and
th ird la ps saw a tight three-way battl e for the
lead as Kt."eney 100 the threesome, followf?C1 by
Kann and Voss. On lap fou r, Voss pa ssed Kann
as th... pack go t th e white flag . Voss tried. every
way he cou ld , but Keeney kept him behincL tak..
ing th e win at the checkers with Voss at h L back
tire. Kann too k third ag ain, with Th ei~ fou r th
an d Read y fifth.
Resu lt s
M1CRO Mr.'I.' F/W ~ 1. Tnvtl F ~ 2- Callln Sorgnon; 1
Cory VAndal4. RYAn N~ 5. BM n Rubi n.
MICR O M IN I (4 -6"): 1. C ha d Schmidt; 2. Kyle Ohl . nd ; J.
OerVly T~ '- CaMn Knol.1;5. J<>ff N~
M IO O M1!'1n (l..a ): 1. Jubn HrinIPm m; 2- IkyCPBoomJn.hr; J.
Coo",,-.
P/W: I. Juan Johruoon; 2- JMn ~ l. Br.- Offtn; -l. JWpi- Al"'n,; 5. O.. UII: M..-ncamp
MI1'. lR (7-11): t. Jlnh Ro lbi«Ir.i; 2. Joh n Orh~ J. Ton y
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T,. .a 4. 1_ )ohn:Ion.; s. Jonr. ul
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JR (12·13)" I. NatNn 8rvugft1On; 2.. Bobby
r.u.I; '- J<-h Carbun; 5. ftnotta........
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J,m
Widman; ).
MI S SR ( 14-15); 1. BriAn McCatthy; 2. Andrew ~
). Ann KiMoon,; 4. Sh.. e-r. 5.
AdM.
OPF.N M ", (1(). 15): I . N.. t..... Bmu gh -.; 2. Bobby Wid ·
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nwl; 3. BriAn McCArthy; 4. l.arrd l.ewG; 5. lim r d.
YTH: I. o..rIeI B.rmt; 2. Iw Cottas; J . Mike Evm5Ot\; 4.
Jon-nman~; 5. z..ct, oPTry-.
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A. l. Ma... ~ 2. ...th V~ J . Ry_ B~II"" 4.
5. EddIll' Ray .
1t..24 ft · I. J..... """-I; 1. [)oonok Hrllrwn; l. b ..n &ur,;<-;
4. r.. 1 Vuuuo. 5. Dwtin Amn.n.
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11>-24 C: I. Ben Hinrs; 2- M.rty Obon; J . Tta '" Poeschd; 4
Tra vla CNlllplin; 5. No,man I;tmG\.
lIS C1: I . I...... Cotta.; l. Joru.th.. n !>pr.. ~ue; J . Norm.n
(Left) Cory Keeney went2·t to cla im th e
125cc A overall at Hurricane Hills MX In
Mazeppa, Minnesota.
(Above) Kevin Walker waves to the tans
w h o watched h im w in In the 125 and
250cc Pro classes at the Virginia State
Mot oc ross Championship In Wytheville,
Virginia.
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125 Cl: 1. Za+t DPrry 2- J_ro Kn..ll .1 auy li~ 4. 0._
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V(lI'lwUd;5. B.I. )ohnoon.
. roo A:. I . Cory ~; 2. HNItl Vo.; J. 1.«-l1'lfts; 4. !:Kutt
5. J-* P. !"I'I'ttt'au.
1'iOB: I. 0--.. Tho-.mp. on,; 2. N id Nrnow; 3. Rogr-r""'no .;4.
SfIrtn)e;
MiI.e H.og;m; 5. C..-orv H..dlimon.
~ C: 1. Ben H ~ 2- Ooutl; Bohn; J . Muty Ohon,; 4. sn.FMIR;~. J_,lt.tm..Jn
Walker big winner
at Mega Series Motocross
By Steve and Peggy Corlee
WYTHE;lllE. VA. )Ul Y1IJ
Yama ha of Kin gsport's Kevin Walker was th...
ove rall winner in th e 125cc Pro and O ve r 25
classes at th e Virginia State Motocross Otam pionship.
Clea r s kies , warm we a the r, and a well pre ppt"d track gret'ted rid er s from 10 states as
they converged. on Pro Spo rt MX in Wytheville
fo r the Virgin ia State Cha m pi onsh ip. The race
was round 10 of the AMA u.s. Mega Scrit.S, and
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promoter Sam Gammo n and his skil1~ Victory
Sports Track Crew worked tirelessly to ensure
tha t the ev ...nt was run in an efficien t man n...r.
The ch all enging tr ack la yo u t was fa vora b ly
re'ceived by mos t rid ers, and ensured tha t on ly
th e most d om inan t riders would prevail an d
that prep aration was param ount to su ccess .
A combined 125cr Pro and 250cc B first moto
sho wcased an array of tJ lent including Walker;
Suzuki-mounted Jon Boruff; an d West Virgini a's
Jeffr ey Ryan, an up-an d -com in g B r ider al so
abo.trd a Suz uki. As th ... smo ke clearOO in the
fir st turn , Ryan e me rg ed in fr on t, w it h Pro
Kevin Walker in tow . Most of th e crowd watching as th e m oto unfolded expected Walker to
make short work of the upstart you ngster, bu t it
was not to be. Ryan continu ed to leacL and only
after a whi te-flag-lap tumble by Ryan d id Walk er take ovr r. The faU a l~ mablrd. North Ca mli~
na' s Jam ie Nimolson to pass Ryan for the mota
'... n, with Ryan Yltling for 5f'C'OI1d.
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The seco nd set of motes were started seper a tely, a nd Wa lke r and Ry an each w on h is
res pecti ve class. Walk er was also victorious in
the Ov er 2SA class, an d traded moto wins in th e
250c(' Pro class w ith Jon Boruff, resu lting in
Boro ff em erging as the overall victo r by virtu... ~
o f h is 'iecond -moto w in . Ryan conti nu ed h i'i
romp with a win in th e Unlimited Amatuer
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Results
50 (+6): 1. Autin Strou p" (Cob); 2. Bnett Midwud (Cob); J .
Brandt ", L.\~ (Cobi '- Ben;anun Dmlun; 5. ~ M«k (KTM).
50 (7~): I . o.vtn P'nc.'. (K.w ); 2. 8 ,,", Slat"" (Cob); J. Zilch
o..bt ...... (Cub ); 4 B,...I1
..,.-P_ (ICTM ); .~. R..ndy BIrvTn~.
60 (1·9); 1. 1000u. D. vi. (K.w); 2. A.ron Nation _ (Suz ); J.
MIch...1 Rld lll II (kAw); 4. Ph, hp Iv", (K.w); S. Ch ale Bed.
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flO(16-l l) : I .!iol."no-n Martin (K.w);2. Mattht-w Smi th ~w );
3. Cumt M....k (KAw l; 4 . 1m M....k (K.w); 5. BrAndon Schoob
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D ' 1. JoII,",'" Tu c "f'I" ('1',, 11I);2. T imothy Ho rn (Kaw ); 1
WilliAm I..ft (Suzl.; 4. Billy f\oern (Suz ); 5..Jo,.hu. Wy..tt (Hun).
lt5 (1z.l ~ 1. JoshwI Surnmry { ~w1: Z. Skhr..lIM VAtgO(Sw: l;
1 Adun Ov f'f'nl"" (Suz'); ~. Rlriulrd Wmft (Stu);~. Bnan P~
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85 0 ' ·15): I . c.oey 5lrnws (Suz); 2. Spencrr Hill (Ya m ); J.
l'o:lcholu Wam« (Suz t 4. 1.R. Camf (KIIw); 5. Brollds.y Rul>ntJion
(Yam).
JR MlI'01.1. M.tt Milkor(Suzl; 2. B.I. H~ (Suz ); J. JrlFoftd_ (Yam); 4. JooJ'tu& DAvit (kaw); 5. SWpMn H ~ n
(J<.. ).
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S / MIN l; 1. I....h llA Sumn'lf'y (K.w ); 2- 1.R. C...t r r (~w). J .
SpPnc:w HID (Yam); 4. AdolIm Qwn:a,.h (Suz ); 5. Miltt MlIkT (Suz).
(,("Hfty · t . ftoon Riddlfo (I<.. w ); 2. 1l:KhUA C" ppo. ( ~ . .; 1
AAron 0.,. (K&w ); 4. 1fftd m.d (YAm); 5. Chm O. y ( I(,. w).
125 B: 1. ~ Ibddle (lCaw); 2. Alton O.y (Kaw );; J. 1rff"Y
Ryan (Suz): 4. Dmck Hed ridt (Sw); 5. TIII'l LlInwJon (1C.lw).
12.<; C: I . Thum .. F:pp" (Suz ); 2- Tru i~ R... golln (Ka w); ]
IUIM Brooks ( K. w); 4. N~ I Thornp!lOTl (Hon ); S. Slwne U I ll;er
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125 0- I . T'KY Br.ddo.aw (Hon); 2. ~ Morg.an(Suz ~J
A..ron Sm ith (Hon ); 4 . Bobby rr. lrt (Suz); S. r.lricl. MeA b....
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125 PRO I. Il'l4lld Alfmd (Suz); 5. Mich....1 l u "tu~
U /L AM: 1.
Mm i~ ..n
(V. ml.
zs.o. 8 : I. WiIll. m CllIjav. ll111h (Suz);
2. Altom MC;n
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3S. : I . Ron Jorwt (Suz ); 2- G~ L) ·).m& (Suz); J. R~
AI'Ydd (Suz l;; " Amnid ~ (Suz)::~. Rrl Cooprr (Honl.
4()0. ; 1. Ron Jvnn (Sta ); 2. G.ry B. Uden (KTM); J . 'uh,.,)'
C iblun (Hon); 4. Albert AIbikr (Suz ); 5. lfodI. l'hilli ps (K.w ).
..... ~ 1. Jad Phtlh r- (lUow); 2. D.vu:I wl'thrrlord (Hon); 3.
s..-Cnri-(SuL); 4. TO'd Sh. .nridK"(Suz); 5.food-.ta Cn
F- I : 1. Ch uc k G rn .. (S.u); 2.
fIrtrlo,.,. (lit..).;4 . , .... Pfpj k
2SOD. I. Irfftory Ry" n (SuL); 2. ' am i.. Nic-h.. I...m (K. w); 3.
10I'hu. UP1'" {K.. w ); 4. stw~ t.waon (KTM); 5. W~ McCoy
Tim my
Resul ts
LaW!lOll
l50 PRO : 1. 'on Boru ff (Su z ); 2. Kn in
(V. m ); 3.
80bby Wtlwn {H" nl; 4. Ut ri5 Arutea d {Ka w); 5. Tim Hud ock
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and Matt Cusumano. Gran'S qu ickly began 'ot!P"
ara ting himself from the res t of the pack. while
Beck and C us u ma no maintained seco n d an d
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third for the next ...x la p" of the 12-lap event All,
the laps progressed, Rob Fletcher kept dosing
up on the leaders. Rou ndi ng tum two in the seventh lap. he po wered pa st Cu su m ano to ta ke
over third . It looked like Fletcher was goin g to
take OVCT secon d in the final few la ps, when the
exhaust pipe on Beck's moto rcycle start ed to fall
off . In the last la p, Beck accid entally hi t hi s
en gine-kill switch wh ile trying to see wha t WOb
wrong with his pipe, and he momen tarily pu lled
out of th... rare. He resta rted. his mo torcycle and
managed to cross the finis h line second behind
Graves, leaving Fletcher in third.
-In the l't"psi 600cc Mod ified. Producti on rMf',
Dave Cam pbell grabbed the lead off the line, followed by Bryan Ko va rick in seco nd . During the
first tw o laps. Robbi e Yampolsky began to ('l OS('
up on the lead ers . As lap three got unde r way,
Yampolsky powered past Kovartck to mo ve into
seco nd .
In la p six of th e eig h t-la p race, Yam po isky
had d osed up on Cam pbell and , as th e race rs
rou nd ed tht- lon g tum-eight sWf'{'per, Yampolsk y moved arou nd the outs id e of Ca m p bel l to
ta ke the lea d . In t he sa m e lap, Mark Ce rnicky
m o ved past Kovaric k to take ove r thir d .
During the final tw o laps, Cam pb ell ma d e
se veral attem pts to reta ke the lead bu t Yampo lsky he ld firm and, at the line, it was Yampolsky
with the w in. foll owed by Cam pbell second an d
Ce mkk y th ird .
In the Coors Ligh t / Tom Sera Racing / XYZ
Clo thing Formula Two GP, Jack Pfeifer was the
q u icke st rider off the line , but Gra ves, on h i'!
Be r t ' s Mo t o rcy cl e Mall -sp ons o r ed Su zuki
GSXRhOO, g rabbed the lea d be fo re th e ra cerv
en tered. the first tu m . Exitin g tum tw..o, Pfeifer
found him se lf enmeshed in a fierce three-rid er
batt le for second with Jerry Evan s and Harold
Win kles. A!O tap tw o go t under wa y, Pfe ifer
maintained a narro w hold on seco nd, but that
battl e was far from over .
A lap later, Evan.s wa s u p into seco nd, fol lowed by Winkles and Pfeifer. As that lap progressed. Pfeif er see me d to ba ck o ff the pa ce,
leaving Evans and Winkles to d ice for seco nd .
Over t h e n ex t fe w la ps, th es e t wo ri de rs
excha nged the seco nd- place spot several times.
Ju..t a... la p five got un de r way , Win kl~ ICKt
the front end on his motorcycle going into tum
one and era ..hed out of the race. That left Evans
wi th a solid hold on second . Winkles' crash Iclt:
~ rat.e track w ith a ~ho rtag~ of mt:'dical a~w!>,
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and th{' officials halted the race after com pleti ng
!>ix of th... sch ed ul ed 10 laps. Th at left Gra ves
with the wi n, followed by Evans second and
Pfeifer third.
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Graves grabs F-1 Gold Cup
By Eric Vincent
ROSA.
\lOND. CA. AUG. 1..17
Chuck Grave:'Io ea. ily won his fifth straight Toy~
uta Cold Cu p Formula One Road Race during
the r igh th round of Willow Springs Moto rcycle
Club ra cing at Willow Spring s In te rna tiona l
Race w a y . As in prr vi ous m o nth s. G ra ves
pr ov ed his dominance of th e California h igh d ~ race track by wi nni ng all ~en races he
m t...red .
Grav t!' wa.. the faste'it rider off the line in the
Formuu One even t on h is Dunl op-s hod Suzu ki
GSXRllOO. Right be-hind him .were Tokey Bt>ck
Tok~
8«k (Su z); J. Rob
(Ht ..); 'l Sto-phoon H _ itt (H un) .
F-2; 1. Ch ud. Gr n ," (Suz l~ 2. I~ Ev.n~ (Su z ). J. 1m
PtMh'r (Hon ); 4. Bt'n Crouby (J-b,); 5. 1_
Dob-ton (Yun).
F.J: I. M.u&hlrO IlZlIb (Hont 2. Vicky IKbt....·flooIl (Hon ); 1.
T..b y )t~1I1 (Htm); 4. Frank .....agak l (l ft.....); 5 Mim-I Hor nn....
Jr. (lIon).
F--4O: 1. Stf'J'h.-n H...w ttl (Hon ); 2. Pa u l Volt"'1 (Suz ); J . ,.. ff
Rtwa u ml' (Suz); 4 . Mich....1 Cl' ph. " (Ya m ); 5. O. vid Mo li to '
(Yam)
5OOS S'lX 1. ~1'f&kr {V ..m);2.J4""'" Milk'Y (V.m ~ 3. M.. rtl'
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Cco:.w..,. fYun t 4. Ruten Erw1nO'''''); S. Joe H.tmm..nd (Vnm).
600 S I STI<: 1. Ch uck C raY<1 (Suz J; 2.
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Ev. n~ (Suz ); J .
' ac" Pf.-il.., (Hom ); 4. Ha rold Wink! .... (V. m); S. Marl< C'...,.,k.. y
'om')'
(Ya m ).
'7!iO S/ ~
-n<: I. Ch uck QoIIV~ (Suz); 2 Frilnk Arall:. ki (Suz); J
Ikon WO'kf, (Suz); ~ . John Ft.-rdlNl d (Suz ); S. Bryc. G r0ti05 (Suz).
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orEN S /5'T'K: 1. Onrl Graws (Suz ); 2. J""""y TO)""(H on );
3. Kevin rr..-.idl'"rtt (Y ..m ); '- St.t n R.rt",(Hon); 5. Mi.... Rr;1L (Stu.).
55(1S/ BK: 1. It'T''m y Toy~ (Hon ); 2. B. lz RrnUIi (Due ); J .
J-..... M,lluy (Y.m);4. Ma I1t.'Cookllry (Y.",ts. Bnan ~ ( K.w ).
(0'1(1 S /lU<: 1. Ckud. GnYft (5uz); 2. H..oI d Wir\I PRQI): 1. Robboe Yampoisky (Han ); 2. o.vrc.n.P'"
bPll (H,,"); J. tobrt<. Gromrly O'. m); , . BryAn Kov.r1d ( Hon); 5.
o.... V~ (V.", ).
7SO MOO PROD: 1. FlWlk ArapIQ (Suz ); :. Matt C~
(Suz ); J . Stya' en- (Suz); 4. N uda r Al-Jatoan: (Sut; ); 5. h4~
e.tioan O'..m).
orEN MOD rR.OD: I.'rrtmy T~ (Hun); 2. 5rphrn Hewi"
{Honl; J. An thony End,," (Mon l; 4. Kn-in J'TrNdrnt (Yam l; S.
e-, Mf'U (Hon).
flOTT L/ W : I . J - Hili wor(kIw); 2. Brian o.h>nw (K& t
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1 . lin- l ~mtI (Kaw); 4 A m., Anorri (Ka w); 5. ft- FJltrf'II& (SaT ).
80TT M /W ; 1. Mich ae l Oube (HO!'I): Z. St:~ U llion
J.. Scott FIIhrt (Hun); 4. Koborf ~ l Hun ); 5. RM:tt
P.ptni (Han).
IIOTT H / W~ 1 uny Schnur {Ot.o¢ 2. Pf'M Robbtm (Ouc:); J .
8.&ilry ~).
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500 Sf'.'G: 1.
F• ..-worm (HonJ; 2. Stevt ADm (I-&on );
J . B«n.ard Aybl'lll: ( Hon); 4, Ken ny Kopec:ky (Suz ); 5. Mtd\ati
(Han!;
'OOn
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Mt::N-... (Hcwr.).
MO SNC'.: 1. K.vin ' limp (Kaw ).
F·Sr.:e: 1. Fra nz Vo.Ipo(Y. m); 2. St.... rt Kniu. ( W-R); J .
1..-01' Dunn. (Gil ); 4. 101m NwIMon (Yaml; 5. nanny hm-orth
(lit..)
VlNT: 1. Ouis Menc:her (K.. w l.;2. Oitllon Whifr lo ,.. (V..m ).
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J . C "" Jl: 8ftdorr (YAm); 4. Uoyd Johnson (Dt6c:); s. Sean Robbint
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