250 A: 1. Bob Sw~..-n (Ho n); 2 Mike M.uIwwoob (Ha n); 3.
D"n Mull. ·n n .....); " . Cury RUlh (Hun) ; 5. J ZydirN. y (Hu n).
II"
250 B: 1. JA.'tOf\ DISAlvo (Hu n); 2. J4k jl lhn."" n (Hun); 3. Will
R~II (H(lIl); 4. R.un Wood IYam) ; 5. 8ft\ MIller (Vam ).
SR: I. Bob Swft'l..-n(Kill); 2. 51_ Wt hoon (W· R); 3. John Hend..-n;om (H un) ; 4. Nid. T4yl"r (Yam ); 5. Jim a...pm~ n (Rhl).
600 B: I. Bt'n MiII..r (RI1I); 2. Will RUlWIdl( RI",); 3. Aa ro n
Humph~ (li on ); 4. Sam Wlnwn (ll.!ll); 5, Will Slade (Han) .
SrTSMN: 1. Rk k WIn",,-'ft (RI",); 2. Phil Ubhart (Rbi) ; 3. A.:t"
Ph illip" (Rid ; 4, Dill Bru ml. ·y (Sud.
750: 1. Nick Tllyk... O' am) .
btlU A : I. Hob Swft'len ( ittle); 2. Oa lla ll 114t'1 (Rb:) ; 3 . Don
Mu lkon (Rbi) ; 4 , Cory Roth (Rid ; 5. Mik.. ~ hew,b (RIlt).
250 rR D- AM , 1. M ik .. Md Chris and Da vid
\Vh.itcraft wt!'re al so im p res si ve. as Ch ris won
both his 80cc c1.ls..">t.'S and David jammed to the
win in the 80cc (12· 15) divbion.
Results
125 PRO: 1. M.ork 8t11'U w,n (H.... ); 2. JOllh Dt-mulh (Suz); 3
Chuck Rl'f'd (Suz l; • rAtric:k M.:MloIllrn (Sud; 5. T(llflmy Col litor
(Suz:1
.
250 PRO I. Moorl< 8u rtd \o1rt (Hun ); 2. Tom my c oUWr (Suz); 3.
"lib- M' wgA (YAm); " J~ ..." Fnoc:'k.... (}f.m); 5. Chuck Rft'd t."iuz)
n
'
'
50 (4-& 1. Tykl' ~ (Cob) ; 2. ILivl!'n Buldcmlt (Cobl; 3.
s.lh.mHcsIr.ctt (Cob); 4. KN Ncbon (Cob); 5. Rvan 1""'Cnl (Cob).
SO (1-8): I. Tu m my P" lIn t (Co b); 2. A",~n K II~ (Cob) ; J .
[leV",,"l W..lch (Cob); " . Eri c Wood.. (Cobl; 5. 8rAndo n 8o~n
(Ad).
(Left) Chuck Reed hol es hot the first
t 25cc Pro mota and finished thir d overa ll
at the fifth ro und of the Buckeye State
Motocross Championsh ip series in
McArthur, Ohio.
(Ab ove) The Over 35 class blasts olf the
line at the Log Road Motocross Park in
Coldwater, Michigan. Matt Horrocks won
the class both days.
(Right) The 1997 AMAIWomen 's
Motocross League Outdoor Motocross
Champion, Tracl Fleming, accepts her
championship trophy from Team
Yamaha 's Kevin Windham at the trophy
presentation in Washougal, Wash ington.
SC'HBY 125; 1. Jt'ff Gib!ocm (!(;a w ); 2. J<)!oh W....I" (IGIW); 3.
Dl;>Ug GI ll ( Hun); 4. Chria f'o!.ond Ukm) ; 5. Bt-Andt.-n Perry lSuzl.
125 B: 1. J
osh Woods tK.1w); 2 Bub Thom.v. r.,iuz); J . Jo:rcmv
Brown (KAw); 4. ~'id W. Pud..tt II (Su z ); S. lalO(>l'l W_ (~). .
2SO B: 1. J..If C ll-m O:. w ); 2. ]tof Flora (Su zl ; 3 . Chris F.
f
Ku hn (K.lw); 4. o.vid W. J'uckritll (Su.z
);5. D<>Ug C.UlIlonl.
125 C: 1. Matt In lSuz); 2. Gkn MorrUori (YAm) ; 3.
Chnmoan MOUII (Sou); 4. ChnJ PoI.Ind U"k>n J: S. Brya nl ~r
250 EX: 1. l.uon Vlt'n ol (Hon) ; 2. Don Welmt'l"
J. WlIu..m Withn- (YAm ).
16-1. I. Cft'S Andr..w ..
w ); 2. R.,b Bidd l..
($u.r.l; 3. Wilu..m Rori! (IY wl.
25-+: 1. Dolnn ,c La rdt' r {Va m l; 2. Slev~ lIea ne
(I( TM ); 3. Ridw rd Dann (K.1I w l.
.Jl'H.: I . Tud d SI..w" rt (Hu n ); 2. F.dw~n1 Hit"ftjo!tlon); 3. Dun Wc:imt'r ISu Ll.
35 -+: I. Moll! Ho rroc ks (Su z J; 2. Jeffery 8ct'rbower (Ho n); 3.
(Sou);
nc..
KI'ft P<'Irillo (H un) .
o&ll+' I. FTimk H.·lm" (Kll W); 2. Bri ..n fVIIIlS (Vdm ); 3. c.., n1on
B. ird ( Kaw), •
SO I. Larry St,:Wllrt (Hon);2. IidWolrd Hi~ (lCTMI; 3. f rc:d
+:
Klipp l...(Hon) .
NO N-C1JR: 1. Roog Curnly (Y~m).
5u oo.y
SO: I. bary H. ys (Ya m ); 2. Ca m t'l"On Marti nez (Yam ); 3 .
MaIm- AdNn (YA .
m)
•
SOSR: I. Mi ll Splrh (J1t1I); 2. Cody Qui.. (Cob); 3 C"-"8
DuriVAJ1;t' (lnn).
60: 1. llrandon Butzin (lC.Jw ); 2. Matthew Wabworth (~w);
3. Mattww Ha.g (I(aw).
110 NOV: 1. Billy Cha rJ'l"11 (Yam ); 2. Ju!otin Lanol'n (Suz); 3
o.vid Ro....d Uk..,).
8(}(7-111: I. Ma ttht'w Cow (HonJ; 1. er .ardori Butzin (Hon); 3.
Qwnn Hambn~1 (Y . m).
110 n 2-15): 1. Corry r au1M'U (Y.am); 2. jeeod Whipple ; 3
5/ MINl: 1. Corey r .ul'Ot'U (Yaml; l. }t'rod Whipple (Hon l; J.
l.-my Ball (Hont .
1251R: 1.}A1oOIl VIt'noI (Suz); 2, o.,m, ru:- lHon l; 3. Dl:reI<
,"-"O k.., ).
125 NOV: t. Anthony Milb (Ho n); 2 Budd... Mt'YCn (lion);
3. Mam- Mc>tWy tSuz l.
.
1251NT: 1. Mk.'tut'I Mt'rnor (Suz); 2 " ""00 Hodge (Y Am ); 3.
J o.y il ion)
t:ff
125 EX: 1. Rob<:rt Ff)'Ul (K.lw); 2 ~"''' SWlyton (Sud; 3.
1 - Virnot (Suz).
20;0 !'\l Y : 1 Sco!t 8.oy," (Ka w); 2 H An!> C..-igt'T CHord ; 3
O
Ch.u~ o.wnp<.1ft.
Why not Vienot at
Log Road MX?
By Carl Davis
COLDWATER. MI. AUG JO.31
.
Jason Vienot to ppt'd a hot field of rid ers, acing
bo th d ays of racing in the 250 Pro cla ss a t the
Log Road M X Park . Vienot made the tri p fro m
Riley. Michigan, pay off as he also won the 125cc
Jun ior class a nd looked good owr bo th days of
racin g.
Do n Weim~ r Jr. p ush~ Vienot th rough out
the w('Ckcnd , as Weimer also put a lot of la ps
arou nd tht" Lu g ROdd race tr ack. Wl:!i m~ r too k
runner-up in the 25d up the Over 3O
-elass win Sunday aftt;'f fin ishing thi rd on Saturday .
Mike Me rCt.'r to ppt..-d the Int enncdiatc divi·
sions. as h ~ wa~ a co nsis te nt fr on t-runner in
eVl'1')' moto he entered . Merce r battl ed Kawasaki
rid~r Stt"vt!'n Sw~et to ta l e Sdturd a y 's l2Scc ·
Int e rm ed ia te win and ha d a goo d battle with
Brad Dixon in Sunday's 250cc Intennoo iate clas s
to tak e both moto wi ns .
Cameron Ma rtinez w hip ped his YZinger to
Sa t u r d ay'~ r ee Wee-cla ss win o ver Zacha ry
Hays. bu t Hays came back to win on Sunday
over Martinez. Ma U Sparb took both da ys' racing honors in the Pee Wee Seni or divi sion. and
th~re wa!> some hut actiun duwn on th ~ micro
track .
Results
"'.......,
SO: I. C u n cro n MolrtInel: (VAm ); 2. bcary H.1vs (V. m l; J .
AcI.am H ICb (y Am ).
.
50 5R: I. ~btl " p.-rb (J.rrn l; 2. IVAn H. Y" (Cco ; 3. Cooy
b)
o.via (Cob l.
60: 1. M.tl~ H.v.g (K.Jw);2. Robcrt Wagnn (Kaw l; J . Ad.un
CoIOI'UC. wl .
l'IO NOV : 1. Ju ..t1n 5ftwn~ (Hon l; 2. Milch Sl uJ...r (Suz); J
' u..rin u nrn (Sur.J.
.
tlO(7-11): 1. Juolw. Smi th (K. w l; 2. M.lrcw. $lw vn lSuzJ; 3.
J
"'"""y r .'l.rur t."iuz).
.
'
l:IO ('1-15) I::XTRA 1. Chns. Wlulaalt lSlu:l; 2. Mike McC<1obc Ir.
;
(HorU; 3. Willy Browrung (Y~); " J"' od Grabi..1 tSuzI; 5. o...mck
n
Du I\o1W A C
Y K..w ).
8OCl2-15): I. David Whitcr ilft (Suz ); 2. Willy Browning (YAm );
J . K. A ndy Will.ud (Sud; 4. M,k.. McC.~ Jr. It{o n ); S. o.- n.'k
Srurgrl1(KAwl
(Ka w ); 3 . S!rYt"B",,1'It' (ICTM ).
1<;0C: 1. M ikr r" b... ., ( K. w); 2. F. ic King")' (Y.m ); 3. Cory
r
Atwood (K.lwl; 4.]rffBlol..1d Olon); 5. B.rt &ml (Y . m).
01'1::. II: 1. Chnt Kuhn (,,",wI; 2.Jun Wltlt'lrlo1n ( Hon); J. J.C
"
Cra _ (Y mJI); 4. 51_ A~ (!ion); 5. Larry Sh wro.a
kft
(Hu rd .
16-- 4, 1. ~"'1II Fn:d ..~r (tlon); 2. I.C CrAYnIl' O'. m); 3. "'Ilk
2
Iwn Ion ( Hon); 3.
4. ~rrid. punoow. y (""wI; 5. Jury r...n...
U
(K.o w).
5Lly-
Om'k Rc.r 1I1on1
.
Joe Penrod (K,Iwl.
( K.1 wl; ~.
kr~ i.th
tsuz,
65; I. Kyle Prnlon (KA l; 2. J....)' r"lktl ( K.i w); ~ Zach ~
w
'"
J..-...1 Gr.bir l (Su.d ;
125 EX. I. R..t-t fry7-t"! (K. w) ; 2
ton CSuzI; 3. l--.n VWnot(Suz).
250 NOV : I . l.a~n Mc Dona ld (H o n); 2. H. M
G..-ig ( Hun); 3. So:un H.. ~ lKAw )
<'l'
2'iO [N'f': 1. 1«""... tMrm oc. w ); 2 WiI1i.lm Flur.
flO (12· 15): I .
~yk
Kohkr (Y.am l; 2. Canoy PAu1wU (Yam ); J.
S/ MIN t 1. IlM"I'm y rA,.lor (Su zl ; 2. Kyl.. Iet.hl n ( K..w ); 3.
RVAnUtz ( l<.I w ).
. 125 Jit: I. l.uon Virnclll~; 2. Lin Hammond (Suzl ; J . o.-r..·k
~ (lIon)
125 NOV; 1. Anlhony Milb (lion); 2. Dudd y Mt'J'rn 1I1on);
3. M.itlhcw M otl q (Suz ).
U S INT: I. MKhowl M..-n:w 1Sw:) ; 2.
S - (1<'aw); J..
tan H~mmund (5I1z).
St"""""
2SO LVI' 1. M>d\ad Mnn:t' eiuz); 2. Brad CNo:.on IK.lw); 3. }df
:
C u rr (Hon).
25(l EX, 1, J.->nVt..nnl: lHo:>n); 2 C1ud C u n ninghAm (]ion); 3
[){,.. Wrimn lSuzl .
16-24: 1. C rC'& And l'C'w (K.tw); 2. Br.d D1JlO n ( K.t w); J .
,
M.tltW'w MolJt'; 2. Doug fftgw;on (Hon); 3
Jt:ffcry Brn-b<
.w•., (lI" nl.
3( : 1. Don Wt"lmo. (Suz); 2. Ma ti Humxb (Suz); 3. Todd
h
.,
s.-.an (Hun ).
35+ : 1. MA ~ ISm); 2 51'-""" Hol la nd ilW s ix differe n t ri d t!'r s
make the podium in thret: evl..'Ilts, with a di ffer·
e nt overall win nt.'I' a t t'ach round . The seri~ was
e xci ting to watch, as the level of co m peti tion
wa s fierce .
Rou nd -one act ion , held a t th e Glen Hele n
R,)reway in Southl..'Tn Gllifom ia, gave fans a previt"w of thin gs to co me in the battle for the '97
Cl'O \\"1\. Team Gree n ace Dee Wood from T~xas
nailed a huge holeshot and streaked to th e w in
over detennined Washingt onian H eming, who
battled pa st four-stroke ace Kelly Yancey from
Ari zon a in tht!' Iiltt!' stagt!'!> of the first m ot a to
claim seco nd . Yancey hung tough for th ird . fol·
lowed by Hawaii an C orina Ch in en a nd Californ ia n Jami e Pam intu an .
In moto two, Wood again jumped out to an
early l ~il d , with Cal ifo rn ia's Jennifer Nelso n,
Yan cey. Bonni e Wa rch <
also from California>.
Pamintuan. Chinen, A~ming and Ohio's Tiffany
Rt"'t"d engag ed in an intense battle for the number-two spo t. Nelson was the first to fold , cras hing back to seventh. Fleming wanted a sh ot at
Wood a nd soon joi ned the bJttlc fo r secon d,
m.al ing it a s ix- rid er cla sh fo r the positio n .
Warch ml'itcd under the pres sure and faded to
sixth. Pamintuan pr essured Yancey hard, as Chine n p robed Pamintuan . Pamin tuan fell while
attem p ting a pa ss on Yancey. C hine n br a ked
ha rd to miss the carnage. an d Fleming shot into
secon d . Pa m int u an r emoun te d quic k ly and
reel ed in the lead group . Chine n and Pa min tua n
raced elbow to elbow, wit h Pa mintuan fin ally
gaining the advantage to slip back into fourth .
Fleming clOSl."CI the gap on Wood, bu t the start
ad va n tage Wood had gained wa s too much to
overco me by the time the chec kers waved. The
fir st victory o f th e sea so n be long ed to Wood ,
and Flem ing cha rg ed to a we ll-deserved second
place. Yance y was all smi les a t the finish with
th ird . a nd Pamintuan and Chi nen rounded out
the top five. Trop hy d u ties were handled by
non e othe r than Tea m Suzuki's flying Frenchman, Mickael Pichon.
Round tw o w as held a t th e leg endary
Una di lla facili ty in New York, and fans were
greeted to a no ther fine show . The Una d illa fans
roa red th eir a p pro val as Suz uk i-m ounted tee n
sensation "T NT" Tanya Roberts stunned the
se ries ' favo rites by s torming to th e first ma jor
win of her young ca reer w ith a one-two pun ch .
Honda rider "Two Two" Tract Flemin g put in a
strong bid for the overall by placing second in
t he first m ota , o ve r Yamaha- mou n te d 1996
A MA Ou tdoor Cham p io n Shelly Ka nn fr om
Minnesota in th ird , Kawasaki rider Dee Wood in
fou rth . and Marylander Amber Hu gh es in fifth.
Mot o two saw dt"fending champwn Kann go
out ea r ly wi th a knee injury - spect a tors swore
they heard the knee snap as s h~ nego tia ted on~
of t he hu ge r ut s . Wood was al so out . in too
mu ch pain to make th e start of the seco nd mot o
ilfter co mpres sing a vertebra earlier in the d ay.
HOh;hot Hu gh es raced to the moto win after
ract" It!'dd~ r A ~ming, with half a lap to gu. d id
th e un thin kable - s he dropped her bik e and .
w it h it . her ch a nce fo r the ove ra ll . Fleming
remo u nted to fi n i~h a d isap point ing third , while
Roberts too k the op portunity to m otor into St.'C a nd , which was good eno ugh for the d ay's over a ll w in . Fourth over a ll went to Kaw a sa ki ·
moun tt"d J~n n if~r Sh ultz fro m West Virg inia; she
was followed by "Boomer" Kelly Ya ncey on he'r
big KLX thwnper.
Th e tro ph y pr~ntation featured the start of
it new tra dit ion: The Wo mcn' s-das s wi nne rs
(Robt-r b . Flt!'ming a nd Hu gh ~s> pr~ent~ the
awards to the men ' ~ Z50cc-dass wi nners (Em ig.
Do w d a nd la Rocco ) - w ho then re turned the
favor by prese nting the Women·s-clas.. winners
..
with thtir awa rds; and all the winners spray ed
cha mpclgne over the enthusia stic cro wd .
The final round of the se ries took place in
b eautifu l Washou ga l. Washin gto n . Flem ing
appcJred to be the od ds-on favo rite for the win.
w ha t with he r home-track ad vantage and a
legion of d ie-- ha rd Wash ington fa ns eage r to
chee r one of their own to victory . The title contmders Md diff erent ideas - they hopt-d to spo il
Two Two'~ march to th l.""crown.
Suz uld-mountt.'d Hu ght!'!> gatt.'d perf«1ly and
rod e flawl essly in the firs t moto. drawing first
blood . Aem in g banged wit h Hu ghes earl y in the
mo to. but d ec id ed that cha m p io ns h ip points
were m ore valuable than m ota gold . T iffany
Reed was third, follo wed b y Washingtonian
Jenny Pray and Co lorad o's Kim Ne bbia , both
mo untt.'d on Yamahas.
Th ~ sei:ond mo to wa!\ a replay of the first ,
with Hugh es again g~tting the ho les hot. Aem ing. by virtue o f he r sec ond place in the first
m o to, o n ly n eed ed to fini s h to w ra p up the
AMA / W M L Championship fo r 1997. She
claiml.."CI seco nd place in mo to tw o, assuri ng her
of th e titlt!'. Ret"d again p u t in a strong ptc'rforn'klnce. taking home the third spo t and, wi th it,
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