(Left) Brandon Langdon grabs a
perfect ly limed holeshol ln
125cc C raci ng at round si x of
the Ballzee Grand Champ ionship
Series, hel d In East Bend , North
Carolina.
Res u lts
MI CR O MI NI (~-8 ): 1. Brian Robin; 2. Tr a vis r..erson : 3.
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('.at hn Nn1'&n 4. t:ory V.m d al; S. Ryon Nt"d<-~~a rd .
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MIC RO MINI (4_6): 1. Chad Sc h mi dl; 2. Kyl e O h la nd; 3.
Dann y T'·,'v;up; 4 . Arl<
lr"w 1' '(·"..1 5. Dal l.. n Sl mh m"y ''T.
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M ICRO MIl\:l (1~); 1. John I I..in J..in Ill ; z.. Bryce Bemloehr: 3.
Mik.· H/W , J. 1hn
llon; 2. John Dehn; 3. I..s", GOlikey ; 4
£)<' u F; Mav.·ncamp; '•. f1n,n' n.·hn
M Il\:l IR (l'1 1): 1. Kyl.. Potter, 2. Jo~h Rolbecki: 3. Iaso n John :I n; 4. To ny Tr.i ldt"r; 5. John lJ,,:hn .
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MIl\:l JR (12·13) , 1. Cha d Und..rs: 2. D..N>k ~1 ...!'b<.'rg; 3. Jal'l'd
l...will;4. lim Pdu l; 5. J,...hua C ,rl""".
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MINI SR(l 4-15): L Bria n McCart hv; 2. !era J Sch mo ll; ~ Aran
Kisl;(lo n; 4. Alan Roes slen 5. Il':llleGoo.>d
i;("h.
, O PEN MI!\JI (10·15): 1. Chad lInd..rll; 2. Kyl.. p, '" "r; 3. Jal'l'd
I_ill; 4. Rubby WiJllldn: 5. Jim Paul,
YTH: 1. 1
0k.. Gotta~; z.. C ha ri.." Bllrre"; J. Mil«' Evensoru 4.
Zach Dt>rTy; 5. Lu ke Fox.
16-20& A: 1. Mike Ka nn ; 2..Aaro n Car ill n; 3 Jam ey G I'OIi..er; 4
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I;lmi",m n " y ; 5. R,4"-'y K"nJdll
16-24 B: l. Matt Omann; 2. Ryan Bnurgoine; J. f> l Yaru s!lO
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4. lIr:tndtm McKt"a 5. Jay s.:hl"Tb n J;;.
16-24C: 1. [ason Wilbe r; 2. Dave Len~an; 3. Bo.'T1 Hlllt'S; 4.
Marty Ol" " n; 5 . 1\......1 H..rht'r .
l5+ A: 1. Bruce Gain; 2. Brya n H un t; 3. Robert Hal stead ; 4.
Tod d Lent z; 5. Dan Lull,tt.
25+ B: I. Ch u ck Tho mpson; 2. Paul Burt; 3. SIne Ca ron ; 4.
Ro"" Thump'lltn; 5 . Tho.,mas P..!t'T'll n
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25+ C: 1. Dou g nu hn; Z. Robe rt Hanson. 3. JOll Hod a pp; 4,
Peeer Hadl; S. Rick No rum .
VET A: 1. OIln Luloff; 2. Rubert Hal ~h.>aJ; 3. Donny Bonmc kterVET I); 1. Sco tt Sie in l..; 2. Chud .. Thump:oon; 3. Thoma~ r..
90ft; 4. Tod d Rypka; 5. Da ve Ht.'TIcir.
VET C: I . Rick Na ru m; 2. Jon Hoda pp ; 3. Joh n Kelly; 4. Da r.
win LaT!lt.m; 5. Robt>rtHa n son
SR AlB 40+: 1. Joh n Deoli~; 2. Roge r Sc)w.lh,uTUTIt'r; ~ Fred
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Fr...Jrick3on; 4. Tom Sm ith; 5. David Knospc.
SR 40+ C: I . Pa t Day; 2. RIchard Dell; 3. Ran~r Cro fton; 4.
Lynn M..yl'r; .... Mar k (",,"drlch
S/SR 50+: 1. M ib Carler.
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WM." : 1. Titfl1 Rumpca; 2. Kelly Lamon
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IlS A: 1. Mike ICann; 2. Janw y G TOIlM'r; 3. Ryan Mega w .
Orne explosive riding to ca ph.lTf~ the win
in the highly competitive 12Sec C division. More
than 430 riders signed up for this event, which
was a record for the park.
La n g don, ri d in g a Su pe r Fo rce /M eg a
Power -backed YZl 25, pu t in so me tou gh ridin g
to top a 2 1 -ri d ~r field in th~ 12See C d ivison .
Langd on timed the gate perfectly to lead into
th e tigh t left-hand er at th e start of m ot a one,
with hard -eharging Eric Cox on hili rea r. A pair
of Suzukls jumped in to th ird an d fourth, w ith
Virginia '!'; Jaco b Crppch and South Carolin a '~
Justin Whitt at the controls , Suzuki of Gas tonia 's
Dou!?; Earls was look in!?; to advance into the top
five bu t wo uld ht>Ch holdi ng on to thp posti on . Jam ie
Dinee n m oved thr ou gh to take a fourth, w ith
Earls rounding ou t thp top five of mota one.
Land on agai n ju m ped ou t front as the second 125cc C moto began, but after lea din g the
first lap he hit the grou nd, falling back to fourth.
Ron tugm an m oved to the point positio n to lead
' Earls, Chad wif kerson a nd Honda-mounted
Tommy Basd en . Lan gd on sta rted cla wing h is
way back to the front. Once he had caught u p to
tugman, Langdon lined him up on the massive
double tabletop section an d skyrocketed into the
lead by making the 120-foot leap while tugman
took the jumps on e at a tim e . Langdon led the
way until, w ith less than a lap to go, he pitched
h is YZ to th e gr ound ag a in . La n g d on wa s
passed by tu gm an and Earls and remo unted in
third . In a mad das h to the finish, Earls took the
m oto win, with th e overal l victory go ing to
Langdon.
Results
50 (4-6), 1. Devon Pilkin gto n (Act); 2. Ty l..r flright (KiM); 3
McKinnon W..Tbom (Cob); 4. 0 .1. "'Ell i ~ (Cob); 5. Taylor Fu tr ell
(Act ).
50 (7-11): 1. St>th Brown (Cob); 2. Bme Tickle (Cob ); 3, Charlt."S
Ho llan d (Co b); 4. Ricky Cu p p le m a n ("1M); ~ . Cbrts N.. wton
(A d ).
60 (1-9): L J Sch m itt (Kaw ); 2. Cam eron lambert (K4w);3.
osh
Rya n Fitzwater (Kll.w); -I. Step ht.ft Coo kc (Kaw); 5. Huddy Riait'
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(Kaw l.
(,() ( 1 {)'11 ~ 1. !=.am Fitrw"l ' ''' (Kd W~ 2. I"" idh TdlbO'rt (Kaw ~ 3.
Dwtin Gal:!(Kaw ~ 4. Jordan Tron·1I(K4w ); S. Cod y Hami lton (Kaw).
IlIl (7-11), 1. Stephen Shoaf (SlI~ ); 2. Du.~h n Kend all (Kaw); 3.
..:. SooItTerry (Yam ); of. Isaiah Ta lbert (Yam ); 5. Josh Schmi rt ($112 )
IICl (t 2· 15): 1. Adalll O..... c a"h (Suz); 2. Jl...h Sulton (Yam ); 3.
r
Ryan Burkl'tl (\'am); 4. Dennis Wt'!lt (Kaw); 5. Adam Su tton (Stu).
Illl [): 1. Bra ndon Enll:lt' (SUE); 2. Ch ris Lap lante ( Hon ); 3.
Justin Connoy (Hon); 4 O....i d Clonrz (Yam ).
S/ MI!'.1. 1. AJam Over",~h ($uT.); 2. Ryan !lur ktt (Yam ); 3.
Dtmnis Wt":'lt (Ka wl; 4, Blake H.wi ~ (Hon); 5. Stephen Shoa l (SU7.).
SCH BY: I. Marty Pe nce (Ka w ); 2. JilliOn Laplantt' (SU:I:) 3.
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Brandon Langdon (Ya m); 4 Du ug F.arls (5uz); 5_ J u ~tin (: ruhht"TTY (Suz) ; 3. Pau l
~
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W6t (Ho n).
25+ C: 1. Todd Ma Tlihall (Kaw); 2. Pa iRe Ca virtWll (Hon); 3.
Sill''''''" Rt>noy (Yam ); of. J IWIm..r (Hnn ); 5. T,m y TulTlt'T (Y~ m )
.·ff
30+ A; 1. Sidney Wi lliams (K.w); 2. Ricky Ioyce (KiM).
30 + B: 1. Sandy Fu lk (SU7.); 2. JndailCam (KTM).
4-STRK, 1. R.J. Ov PT
ht·rt (S1I7.~ 2. K.'TII-1;11 KHm (H"n ~ 3. Kurt
K.lm (llon~ 4 . o.. vr Fol..y (l Ion).
SlU'day
2·STR K: I. R.J. Ov t>r n ( Kaw); 2. FI'l'd Huff (Suz) ; 3. Kendal
he
Kam (H"n); 4. Ma rk (:as.. (Yam ); S. n..m in k ll.Glht'rtu (Kaw ).
4-STRK: l. R.I. Overhert (Suz); 2. Kenda l Ka m (1-100); 3. Kurt
Kam (Hont 4. Tommy RD
terman (ylIm) ; 5. Dave Foley (Honl.
Sandstrom strong
at KB Supercross
By BreI Eckert
SACRAMENTO, CA. JIJLY 25
Yok i I FMF I Brid gest one. sponsored Er ic Sa nd st rom came from behind in the second mot o to
cl a im ov er a ll hono rs at ro und three of t he
Ro se vill e Cy cle / Ca p it o l Yama ha Su m m er
Series. Sands trom had tough competition du ring
b oth m o tos from Ca r ter Gu rn ee an d Aaron
Bum s en route to th e victory in th e featured Pro
race.
Shawn Parks pu t his Fairfield Kaw asaki I Pro
G rcu it-spo nso red KX250 out in front early an d
led th e field o f Pro s around for the fir st lap,
Gurnee, on his Next Moto Ooth ing / FMF/Bell
Hclm et-sp on sor ed YZ, put pr essure on Par ks
but could not find his wa y aro un d unti l tht: second lap, when h e outpowered Pa rks through the
whoo ps and took over the lead .
Sa n d st rom, Bu rn s and Rose ville Cycl e' s
Ch r is V ~ n d l ey kep t th ~ ac t ion hot a s they
freight -tra ined it ar oun d th e circuit in p er fect
form . On lap th ree , Park s began to fade an d
allow ed both 5.md strom cond ;md Rums in
third .
Mo to two a ppeared to pick u p w here the
first one en ded, as Gu rnee and San dstro m estab·
lished their lead . Pus hing har d behind the Ie-ad ing du o we re the Suz uki s of Vend ley and Coo k.
followed by Burns, Sha w n Freili ng and Robb
Forsbu rg. Bums was not conte nt wi th his fifthplace pos ition a t the en d o f th e firs t la p and
jamm ed hi s 3 r d De g r ee Ra cin g · sp on s ore d
Yamaha into fourth on the very next la p. Vendley had p roblems on th e third lap, dr op pin g ou t
and not taking advantage of his top-three start.
By lap fou r Gurnee had bu ilt up a thr ee- to four se cond a dvan t age o v er Sandstro m, and it
a ppparE'd tha t he was going to be able to motor
in for the win . San dstro m, ridi ng a Suzu ki ou t of
San. Rafapl, found his st'Cond wind and bega n a
cha rge that wo u ld enab le him to close the gap
and take over the lead from Gu rnee . Sands trom
kept u p th e torrid p,\ce all the wa y to th e finish,
as Gu rnee placed a very resp ectab le second in
th is field of top rid ers from throu gho ut Northern California.
Results :
50 BEG (4-6): 1. Mid,,;,..1Curci (Lem ); 2. Scouy C rav e n(KTM);
Thoma~ (KTM); 4. Ma llOn Womack ( KTM); 5. Id trcy
Nlckt"11 (Su:; ).
SOBEG (7-9): 1. Matthew Kt!nt (Act) ; 2. Jim 81'l'Oe
1--. (Lt-m);
.'i. Km m.... P.,"...... ... (t .. m ); 4 . fak .. l.ill"'lfm (Ilunkett (KTM).
/iOlIF. : 1. Tun y Ul Vt"7.7A I(K.tw); 2. R,-,,-TOCu rci (Kaw );3. Aaron
G
Makinen (K.lw); 4. Mattht' w Spencer (Kaw );5. Kyle Kent (Kaw).
flO NOV : 1, Mark Hall (Kaw); 2. Kyle Pa ri"" (Ka w); 3. Joe l
Gro~f (Kaw).
/l(J BEG : 1. Cole BriJent>a ke r (K.tw ); 2. Otild 5tephm.~ (Yam);
3. Ma r k H all (Suz); 4 . lo sh Philli p R (Yam); S. Kyk HaM('n
on
3. Richie
(Soz l·
M NOV, 1. Kyl l' Ma o;"ll" (Yam ); 2. Matt Hdll (Ydm ); 3 .
r..
Ca m., ro n f Ollt.. r (Kaw); 4. A.I. r.. z (Suz); S. Cuey Ahren "
(HIm) .
/lO t:-.lT I. K..-n y Bell (Yam ); 2. K..\'i n M.:Go Vl'm (Yam); 3_
:
n
Nick Jam ," (H,m)
125 BtG: 1. Todd For d (Hon); 2. Brian Balla rd (lI on) ; ~ lun
Laroe (Hlm ); 4. Shiin... Kn ~"/o;el (Su~); 5. Bra d Tf;a,ll;n~ (H. m) •
12.0; NO V: 1. Eddit' Ma rsalla (Ho n); 2. J..sse Da w'lollll (Kaw); .
1
C ur y Ru n,.. (Hu n) ; 4 . Nate Willi ,lrn~ (Yam); S. Ch ri~ Wi l,,<
ln
(Kaw).
250 BI::G 1. Kcnny Bell (Yam); 2. Jcrry Leath (Yam); 3. Ch rifi
:
~ (Hon ); 4. John Stye h no (Kaw); 5. Ben Bu llon (Han).
NOV , 1. J''S'''" Da w"'lrt (Kaw ); 2. Rt'll Halt·\, (H " lI).
2SO INT: I. Ton y Mondo (H on); 2. "'5 5 Duncnn (lion); ~ Troy
Mur d(Hem Guti"rri ..J: (Sur.); 2. Chrill Kephart (Han);
ell
3. Da l'id Sp;> ld lnJ.:(Hun); 4. Rrian Ril11 ard (Hu n); S. D.1vid Eva llll
u
(Hon)
vcr NOV ; 1. J..,hn Mo" n' (Kaw) ; 2. Mil... Teckeberry (Hon);
J . Riehard Full. (Yam ); 4. Bob M itdl('U (Hon); 5. Sen" ~~ndl'rst,"
zso
0'- >
Phillipson king of Minis
at KB Supercross
By BreI Ecke rt
SACRAMENTO, CA. AUG. 8
Josh Phillipson, riding for Racer' s Pit Sto p in
Sh ingle Springs, used two to p mot e finishe s to
claim the overall victory in the ultr a-competitive
80cc Begi nner ca tegory in the fourth ro u nd of
the Roseville Cycle/Cap ito l Yama ha-spo nso red
Su mme r Serie~ promoted by KB Racing Promo-tions .
Mot o one began w ith a full ga te o f fu tu re
m oto star s blasting off to ward th e first turn .
Ser ie5 lea der Co le Brid enb ak er, on a Mik e' s
Cycle Kawasaki, gr a bbed th e ea rly lead an d
railed through the first turns. By the end of the
first la p, Phill ipson recovered from a medi ocre
start and adva nced to sixth . On th p next la p,
Chad Stephens wen t d own in the second position but was able to remount an d rejoin the fray
in cighth . Thi s allowed Mar k Hall to pil ot his
B&B Mo tosports Yama ha aro und Brid enb aker
for th e lead. Ad am Kowalczyk m oved up to
th ird . 'Jacob Cha llburg ad vanced fro m a first·la p
eigh th to a solid fourt h by th e end of lap two.
Philli pson m oved up from ninth place at the end
of lap two all the way to third by the end of lap
three, It wasn 't until th e last lap th at Phill ipson
was able to mak e a p a~s stick and ge t around
Bridenb aker for second. Hall went on to take the
w in as Bride nba ke r h e ld o n to th ir d , wi th
Kow alczyk fourth and Cycle Se rv ice 's Jason
Wackerl y fifth .
In mot o tw o, Brid enbak er gra bbed anothe r
holesh ot. Phill ip son dupli cat ed his fir st-m oto
s ta rt an d cam e ar ou n d in si xth ju s t behind
Ha ll. Ko w alc zyk found a n o penin g a ro u n d
Bridenba ker to take the lead on the thi rd lap,
Ph illips on rocket ed to th ird in on e lap, dis placin g St e p h e n s, Wac kc rly a nd H a ll in t h e
process_On the ver y ne xt lap, he p ut his Yama h a in fr o n t of a s ho ck ed Ko wa lcz yk a n d
Brid~nba ker . Ph il h p~..on rode witho ut mistakes
for the re maind er of the mo to and motored in
for the w in. Kowalczyk h eld off Bridenb ak er
for sec on d . Hall came across the line in fourth,
and Steph en s pu t h is Roseville Cycle /Ca pito l
Yam ah a I AI ' s Mo t o Em p o ri um-!'Ipons ored
Yama ha acros s in fifth ,
Phillipson' s ovprall wi n movpd hlm in to. a
s tro n g se co n d p la ce fo r th e Su m me r Ser ies ,
Bridenbaker 's fou rt h. place po ints were eno ug h
to solidify ~e cham pion ship.
Results
SO BEC (4-& 1. R,ch,,· Thoma s (KTM); 2. Soott y C ra ven
):
(KT M); 3 Kody On""la (Ya m); 4. JI'ffrry Nickell (Su z); 5. ' an Mur-
ray (KTM).
SO REG (7-9): 1. Beau Wit'gand (Lem ); 2. Kra mc r Pa lt"non
(Len1 ); 3. MJ."lww Kent (Act ); 4. C h ris Sa,ntino (KTM ); 5. Jimmy
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Bn!l\t'isen (l..em).
'ill NOV , I . M ," lw w Spt"I' r (KTM); 2. fln.. n FlI"l..r (I ....n ).
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60 BtG: 1. Ton y uvru.o (Ka w); 2. Aa ron Makinm (K.lw ); 3.
Mat1h<--w Spt>n«' r (Ka w); 4. Ch n!l Wack ..rl,. ( Kaw); 5. Kyl e Kent
(Ka w ):
