EVENTS
(Lett) Frank Cataogno wo n th e Junior
Veteran Novice class with a 1·2 at a CRC
Saturday night MX at Los Angeles Co unty
Raceway In Call1om la.
(Abo ve) Evan Baer (64) t ook the 55cc (4~ )
class wi n over'Bran do n Rob in so n (44) and
Jell Haldeman (27) at the Tra il-Way Short
Track In Hanover, Pen nsy lvan ia_
his Yamaha to the o verall win. ,..rith Aaron Dar.
ne ll taking M:'CUnd and Jeremy Hasse nza hl takin g th ird . The group of ha rd-charging Novices
nev er quit racing all the way to the check eD .
Results
c..m."","
so (U): 1.
M.amnrz ev.. m); 2. Kya.. StJ-.u~ CY..m);
.
3 Mact--I tulam..n (Yam ).
SO(7~l; l.Courtnry Knirlo. (Y.am);2. g..nooU nkk (U!b) .
SOscr ( 4-6): I. Camnvn MA
rtinez (Ya m) ; 2. T~OI" ~
( KTM J; 3. c.m.ott o.uWwrfy {Cubl .
!05UP(7-41J : 1. Grt'S Ou nv"v( Lt-mI; 2. Oa mnn
3. o.. vioJ 0 . - (KTM).
In the hOOcc Pro cla s s, Winse tt aga in led
Price, wit h John Winsett Sr., John Winsett Jr. and
Libhart following. Winsett Jr. and Libhart ho t by
Wins ett Sr. on th e second lap as they battled for
seco nd . Thi s tim e Winsett sta yed in front unt il
he fell in the third /fourth-turn area on the sixth
lap, bringin g out the red flag; the race was called
complete.
Results
12SPI«>: I. Duum Ev_ (Sou); 2. Suo_
CRC Night MX win
to Schuneman
250 1"-'1: 1. !'lin-.
By Greg Robertson
M.li~ (~);2.
Ron n""
SOO NOV; 1. T)"'O'ITildr"'.... a........
Consistency paid off for SOcc Begin ner rider
Mike! Schu nema n, as he collec ted the overall
win without winning either moto during California Racing Club's Sa tu rd ay night motocross
a t Los Angeles County Raceway.
Th e VZ80 of Cory Baldwin ~t th e pare on
the opening lap of mota one, wi th Ryan Reiss,
Garrett Eberk a nd Mike Epste in m ixin g it u p
close behi nd . Schueeman d idn 't gt't a good start.
but within a couple of laps he had worked his
wa y pa !'iol Rei!.!io and was pushing Epstein for seco nd place. Th ings cha ngt.>d a t the halfway point
w hm &ld win W t."llt dow n and Schuneman sudd enly found h imself runnin g out fr ont afte r
pa ssing Epst ein. Reiss cam l:!' alive, putting th e
mov e o n Ep stei n for second , the n o utbra ki ng
Schunt.-man at the end of a stra igh t to go from
third to first within a lap. Reiss was untouchablt>
durin g the final laps. pulling clear of Schunellldn by fivt:' seco nds by th l:' liml:' thl:'Y crosM.'d.
the finish line. Jami e Klein slowly picked off rid - ...
ers after his l.1st-place 5ta rt to finish .a credible
third , ahl:' d of Eps tein, ~rk and Baldwin.
a
The seco nd mo to saw Baldwin put him self
at thl:' front of thl:! pack , with Schunema n close
behi nd . Klein got a bette r start th is lime to hold
down third , over Epstlt'in and Eberk. Baldwin
mad e up for a !lIbcth in the first moto by totall y
d ominating the S(.'Cond one, and wou ld greet
th e cht>e
kers wit h 10 seco nds to spare. A war
raged over th e runner-up po siti on between
Schuneman, Klein .lOd Epstein durin g the sec·
ond half of the race . Schun eman go t the bet ter
i
o f Epstl:' n by a co u p le of bi.ke lengths at th l:'
checkered flag to earn the overa ll win with 2-2
moto fin u.h\.S. Baldwin's 6-1 oog ed out the 4--3
"
of Eps tein for the Sl"COnd.place trop hy.
am..
1. Chria. Brll (YA
nd; 2.
PIoWf~ (YAm) ; 3.
Brandon ~11y CY.ml; -t. DylAn rnr.bmon (Y.amI.
S/ STK (7-9): I . NddM b ..... lKTM); 2. Prnlorl LUN hn
0CIMl.
MOD 1. j.Kob a..m. (L.-ml.
(,() BFG: 1. B...adly t i.atdlitt (l eAW); 2. BryAll l-LotdUti (K.. ... ); 3.
Tanm y ~tz.In'(K.t...); -t. Doup.Cmrr (K.t...); S. Tyirr McCcJmb
(le.wl.
tI(l(Q.lS): I . T,..twrws (K.I...).
110 8P..G: 1 '-l ib ~....-n (K:....); 1. ec.yBAldwin (Y. m );
3. Milo.~ Eptotrin (Sud. -t. JAmir KIrin €X.... J; S. Gutrtt Ebn- k
CY
un).
80(7·11): I. RyUl ~ Oion); 2. Edwud liftnng (Suzt, 3.
8l.Ik' ~ m (Yan); 4 Troy ~ (Jion).
!lO (12·131: 1. 500.... C'nUio:T (1( .....); 2..So.-.tl: fiu¥no CYoUn); 3. R..
J
CSuz); 4. ShAnt SmIth Q-Ion ).
110(14-10): 1. Todd ee-v... (Hon); 2. LoweSenbAf;O Oioft);
3. om. EIOOtt CY ).
_
B/W AM 1. B.Jbby Sk-ff.... (k.I ...); 2..}ordo."I'I ~ ; 3. Rotr.n Enriqun (YAIII ; 4 A.A/ Mush (Kon> ; 5 8n1d
)
Piriro (SeW .
~
'k VETL''T: 1. fohn Ed...ud.n (YAm ); 4 . J'l'Ii M.nd nhou t ( YAm ); S. Bob [)u nu m
'l'i (u) · 1 , h"n """., (Act); 2. 8r.. ndl.... Rnbi~ .. (Act); J.}.-if
tWIdnn.an (Art); .. . J~ o. v&. .
80: I . Juon brnnud (KA w ); 2. Chris IOinef(' I'", CHonI; 3
Dry.... D.>lI~ U lt... ; .. . r-:.... Lpu- A(li .. n); S. J.ared ~ OC"...I.
125: I. Sid Upin (Hon); 2. lory T)'dYV (VAllI); 3. RAyUed
(Hun); .. Mike-Bra,*-, (lionl . 5. WLlh.am MdC.ft' ("-w).
2SO A : I . Don MulJetI, U (Hon); 2. Roy MllWr (Su1J ; 3 . }OI'
ZydiTWOly (linn); " T('CI'l
Jr. (tbO; 5. Rin Bn.nrIy (Su d .
%SO B. I. J-J..o JoN- alon); 2. Cony flooncs Oianl; 3. Ben
Milkt; 3 .
MeG,.._
Mou"
SAm Wmlcn CRb-.I; '" NAthAn c.vif, .apcn.an{Tri . 4. J.m ~(Tril.
)
;Kh ; 1. BoO Swmo;:n (ktll>; 2. Jim IioIhMer (RbrJ 3. John lint-:
oknofl (1(",,); " . No T. yb (Yun': S. 6d H~ (Ittx).
•
41). : 1. Jim ChArm-n ( It",,); 2. L.arry BudhoIdft' (lion); 3
Mi~ K....... a~), ........ ..... thhill akon; S. o..vid HiggD &.W.
SMSMN, I. Co::ocP ~ (IUd; 2. Rid<,. WiNrtt ( Rb.): J.
Toon M<.Cn ... Jr . (I(b); 4. f'tu l Lbftut ( Rb.); S. Todd
~
(Rtu
s. ...., (Lt-ml;
IIOr/ w : I. Kylo: Kaylor {Y. m);2. Nick Tbobod~u (Y.aml.
bO (7-1)): 1. Skvftl Clrnlh.1n (","w ); 2. Ry an l'k..J<.o (KIlwl; J .
Ad,un & 'hrin 8'" (K.lw i
"''i BEC,: I. Bn te B.lu.... (H, m); 2.
J.."hWl Brackrn
(Hun) ; 3
Anthu ny Dublc (1Iun>.
esNOV : I . ~ n J. rvis (Sl.,:J ; 2.Jolcob Strong \:;UZI; 3. MAth -
I!'W
Nubc"l"( Y.unI.
Il5 EX: 1. Min' Su man (H con
};2. Rya n RicMrd"..n (H,m)
125JK I. BlUy Di ltnw n CK.J, w); 2. G..bric.-I Stdhl lSuzl; 3. CMJ
Crilzm.lh., (Suz) .
125 BI:G ; 1. Kyle Str.vtT (KAw); 2. Lanct Allo:y (Yol ); J .
m
'ushn l.iIImbkill (H(Ift).
125 NOV : 1 , N.. rn"n 5chPid (Sun ; 2. Gregory fin ... . (Suz); 3
Chn. T.1buI (Suz.).
125 I NT; I . 1.1OOft Fold";
(Su:t); 2. M i"~ [M uch tH on ); 3.
Glbndsw.a~ .
250 BEG : 1. Roly J-"II (Yill m) ; 2. JiI§OIl M..lll..... (""' w); ,
n. v1J lti...• (ltnn)
250 NOV : 1. Kurt RiVUlt (Y. m); 2. AAron c.md1 (Hc.-...l 3.
;
Jconomy ~ (Suzl.
250 L
'\IT: ) . M.atl Szon:Jbun (Yun); 2. ~ L.eppri; CYil l ; 3
m
Cory C ~ (lJunl _
...
12S12SO EX: I. John IGdd lSuz); 2.. kidIard W.boIl lr. l5old;
3. Bf.,J Di>ning , Don Mu llen used his
qu ick reflexes and a growing un ders tan d ing of
his 600 Rotax to take the 600cc A in the last race
of t he even ing at the Trail-Wa y Sh ort Tra ck .
Also tak ing d pdir of wins wa s Geo rgi@ Price in
th e Sportsman and 600cc Pro classc::;, while Evan
Bde r relcbr att"d his birthday in g ra nd fashi on
when he mad e his us ual hotesh ot in the 55cc (46) class hold u p in a closcl y contlt'Sted battle.
Mullf"l\, Roy MiIlt'1' and Joe Zyd i n.'~ ky qui ckly
pu t so me d istan ce ove r Bill Broml ey a nd Tom
McGrane Jr . at th e sta rt o f th e 250cc A fina l.
While th e top thn'C t\.'Ill3.ined the sa me, only two
lengths o r so ~pa ra ted them thr ough ou t the
final. Afte r another race-long baf fle. McC rane
filldlly ~Ii ppt.'d undl:'r BromJIt')' for fou rth as the
rid ers came off th e second tum on the final lap.
Aftl"f serving notice tha t he has finally COmlt'
to term. with his 600 by winn ing hi... heat (and
beating his brother in the process) last w eek,
Mullen gra bbed a holeshot over Joe Ead es, Jim
Hollister and Sweeten in the 600cc main. Mullen
pulled o u t ~ev eral leng th!> a !> Ead~ kept h is
ma chine in th e groove an d held the rest of the
pack behind him . Swmen got by HoUi!>ter and,
on th e fifth la p. go t u nder Eades for !>eC'Ond ;
Ead es began to ha ve problems keeping hi s
Rotax down in the groow- and ~e-ral ot hn riders got by him before the end of the race.
After blowi ng up h ~ n-gu lar bikl! in pra cticp,
Geor gie Pri ce borrowed a machi ne from his
uncle, Bob Sw eete n, to ra ce . Aft er using the
heats to get the feci of the machine, he followed.
Rick Win!>ett o u t o f th l:' !>I:'co n d turn in th e
Spo rtsman final, with McCrane and Phil Libhart
in pursuit. However, as the y entered th e thi rd
turn, Price slipped under Win sett for th e lead
and went on to win by 10 yard s.
Kidd KOs Delta Motocross
By Carl Dav l.
DELTA. OH, AUG. 23
John Kid d Jr. flew to double-dass wins at Delta
Raceway's Saturday night su pe r MX action as
anot he r n ight of rt:"co rd rid er and !'\pttctatnr
turnout prOVided some great excitement. The
cro wd WdS treatoo to a free-style con test at in termission and, wi th only abo u t a month of racing
seaso n to go, riden; we re looking to move up in
the- MKA points. ~t.a nd i ngs through their racing
efforts.
Kidd took win~ in the 16-24 d a"'!lI and the Pro
class, swee ping an four motos as the top rid er of
the nigh t. Kidd i.~ maki ng a comebac k after tak·
ing nearly tw o years off, and the talented rider
was whipping his Suzuki aro und the Delta nigh t
circui t at a blistering p.1ce.
In th e 16-2 4 cla ss , Kidd w as o u t front in
Wire-to-wi re wins in both mat os, whit e Kawasaki-mount ed Brad Dixon and Richard Watson Jr.
battlt"d throughout the night, with Dixon takin g
runncr~u p in moto two to capture seco nd over all.
Kidd had his work cut out for him in the Pro
class a!> it wa s all business ou t on the trad. In
mo ta one, Kidd took the- lead , with Jake Davi
pu sh in g in second . Davis went down o n lap
two. ~ving Kidd a cus hio n over the never"'Cllding Watson/ Dixon duel for seco nd place . Wat·
son rode valiantly as the only 125ccrider giving
the big bikes a run for their money, taking second, whil~ Davis ca me bad to nip Dixon on tlw
Ia,tlap far third .
Moto two had Davis ou t front, w ith Kidd
a nd Dixon clo!llf" behind . Kidd ca m e u p and
slammed Davis in thl:' infield tum section, mov·
ing p.'lst wit h an aggressive mov e. Davi. would
go d own ag<1in on the ncxt lap as Dixon mot ored
by on hi!> ~w '98 KX250 to end the mo to i.n sec-ond . 1t was Kidd with the win and Watson nailing duwn st.'COnd o w rall in a very good ride.
T ht" feature and big gest da s. . of the ni ght
.
wa s the 250cc Novice di vision . Kurt Rivest fl\.'W
By Betty Cordle
CARSON CITY. NV. AUG. 8
FMF/O'Neal/ Yamaha-backed Jus tin Tieamey
visited his hom e tra ck and walked away with
the 250cc PrtH:la ss victory at the sixt h an nual
Scott Bikini Night Friday nigh t race at the Silver
State Raceway. Several Pros escorted the hot
bikini contf"S tan t!l in fro nt of the lar ge crowd ,
dressed in their d isco garb - com plete with ' fros
and s had es. The crow d loved it as the gu ys
showed. off the goods to the music of the Moto
XXX sound track.
In mota one, Tieamey gra bbed the holcsh ot
ahead of S u zuki ~mounted Kenny La!>h, Jake
Windham and local Pro Steve Garnett. Tiearney,
wh o now liv es in Sou thern California, loo ked
comfo rta blt" on his old homt" track and pulled
ou t i1 oonsidera ble lead from the rest of the pack.
Lash stay ed in seco nd wh ile Windham and Gar·
nt>tt battled for a change of position. Garnettsuffered a crash early o n bu t regained the pa ce .
Sev eral la ps lat er , a t th e w hit e fla g. TIeamey
en joyoo a seven-second lead and styled it for the
cro wd . Tirarney too k the checkered flag ahea d
of Lash, Windh..'1m and GametL
Mota tw o w as a ca r bo n copy a Tiramey
holcshot the tigh~ right-handed tum. cleared the
big tabh. top an d headed. down llllt' fas t straight·
>
away to the back section. Windham was on the
gas as the two pulled away, while Lash and Garnt"tt: battll:."d for the third position in the back sec·
00"- By the halfway flag. the rider.; had settled
in. Tieamey too k thl:' win, ahea d of Windham,
who rod e uncontested by t he o the r rid ers .
Wi.ndham'!>)..2 !>CUre locked u p !Ot."COnd ovnall.
lash took third and Garnett ea rned fourth overall.
...It doesn't get any better than this," Tieamey
said of his trip out to Nevada. "It's been fun ~
ing a ll of my racin g buddies."
Results
SO: 1. RyAn Fn-rU lUml; 2. J.al.r Nn.r.h.-r ( ICTM); 1 Tylcr Yurl
JanJ CLem): S. RonNe Schott(Act)•
am
b(); 1. RyAn ~ (K.awl; 2. ~ Klino (K.aw); 3. Nonn.I}o.-.n
Jun CKA w); 4. Jon 1..fto (Kll w); 5. Jilb N~fft'!' CKIIw
).
110 8 EC : 1. Jt'ff Khno (y ..m ); 2. M.alt Hin klr (Yl m ); J. Jor.h
()('fM); -t. NonnI
""'..,... 0In,1I; 4. Uor H.. Ilibw-h .. (l-k..);5. Knin ft..t<. ,OL..).
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