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E S
'This wa s m y firs t race since reinjuring my
knee , an d I'm' happy w ith my res u lts," Hunter
said. "I wanted to be consisten t an d I'd say 6-6 is
just that." Long cons ide red O maha's top local
Pr o , Hunte r gave cred it w here it w as du e:
"The re we re a lo t of fast gu ys here tod ay and
tha t's beca use thepro rnc te r, Ma rk Stice, d id his
ho mework and pu t up so me good mon ey. My
hat 's off to him ."
Results
so (4-9): 1. Ricky Drapt!1' (K'TM); 2. Beau Henn (Y. m).
IIOOPEN: 1. Cn ltun Mt-(']"in a r kcr (Cob), 4. C;('O
a
rp:t.' Jd k-n; U...·m ); S. Scott
Nobl\' (Cobl.
MOD A: 1 Justin Mulford (Co bl, 2. Mih· Ml'~dl' (Cob) ; 3
Shdwn lI ay('!oo (Ll· m).
!<.fO D B: 1. Donn y Kea rney (I..'TM); 2. Ryan Parker (Co b); 3.
Scott Nobll- (Cob ).
MOD BEG (4-6) : I. Nit' Pa luz zi (Co b); 2. Kry i tal Cr a mer
(t ,·m);.'I. t. ~ rr i d, N"hl ,· ( KTMl; 4. Runni ,' ("
......I....in (A,,!); .".
David Mea d e (Cob) .
MU P !lI;G (7-8), I. Nollhan Von Tn:>thil (KTM); 2. CMpma n
Fit'T1~ (KTM); 3. Ma lt Ha rri llOT1 (KTM); 4. Luiil Rivera (KTM); S.
Tyll'l' Hnr..on (KTM).
JR r /w 50 (4-M : 1. Todd Coo ney (Yam l; 2. Xav ier SI.......,...
Am.)" (Y.lm); 3. Rid'lard R(}m
t.'rn (Yam) ; 4 Be
rTYTurkcr (Yam) ; S.
Chad Edw ard.ll(Yam) .
S/ r / W, 1. Justin Mull unl (Cub ); 2. Mik,' M",,,I.. (C" b).
Molin Tro1c k
STK (4 -b) : 1. Blak~- l:Ia
p:p:e tt (Co b); 2; Ha y d en Co m ma n s
(kIM); 3. Ala n Jiron (Cob ).
bOSTRTR: 1. Cha d H~bo.!rt (Kaw ); 2. A.J. KWiCha (Kaw l; 3.
tka
Wa lT1"n nav;~ ( KlOn Par tain (Kaw); S. Ch rill Blo,..,
Bra nd ~n
( Ka w).
-
Tri~tan KalJa~ (H a n ); 2 , Andrew Pe tr ie
3. Natha n C"ll i n~ (Y.ml; 4. Dr..J C.. ,•. by (Hnn ); 5. Mil...
b
Bickford (Kawl.
!IO (11-11): 1. Jdo"n Medi N {suzl.
"
IlOBEG (12·16): 1. Aaron Johnson (Yam ); 2. Ryan Lin dstrom
r,mJnn Pr..hm (Hmd; 5. k if
(H" n); .'I Ti m"th )' A..q;..,- (Hu n); 4. I1
.
V'!'ug hn (Hon ).
IllJ(12-131: 1. MIcha el 1:l100e (Yam ); 2. U'lnny Moh r (Hon>; 3.
Ben Ramsa ran (Hon ): 4. Ian Kuschat ka (Hon).
110 (14-16): 1. M"rl . V..lml\" (Ydm); 2. Nid",l .,,, Ht.'n sl.·y (Y~m).
WM N: 1. JelUlUC'T Ceputo (I 1on l.
125 BI'G' 1. Kenny !'ri cha rd (Suz); 2. David ilt:'lw!l., (Suz); 3.
Ryan M cCll"~ (Va m ); 4. I(~vi n Bu_h ..r (Su z>; 5, G ab ri ..l Obtoso
Stephenson gets revenge
at Heartland Motocross
By Mall Draper
80 BEG ((}.11): 1.
( KiIw);
(K~w ) .
125 NOV : 1. J. .. hu. We\1 (Suz); 2. Daniel Sud"~i\<1rd (TM ); J.
Lance Cll3h g lione (Suz ); 4 , Colter AndeT:lOn (Ynm ); 5. letemidh
Joh nson (Suz).
Gabhart, Schweitzer
score at Castle Rock IT
By Clay Li ght
CAmE ROCK, WA,SEPr.'H>
Ca li fo rnia n Jeff Ga b hart a nd Oregon 's Matt
Sc hweitzer scored wins in the 250cc Pro -Am
m ain ev ents during two co ns ecutive ni ghts of
IT rac ing a t the Cas tle RockClubgro unds. The
class, w hich a lso included the Open Twin pro gra m; was run in conjunction with th e two AMA
Na tio nal Hot Shoe races as su p port classes.
During the Labor Day w eek en d triple- header an d the four-ra ce AM A Wash ingt o n Spe ed
Week , Gabhart wo u nd up w inning all bu t the
final nigh t, Saturday, in the 2.SOcc Pro-Am class .
Unfortunately, his strea k came to an end after a
crash in the 600cc Pro-Am mai n event, after he
h ad won the 250cc Pro-Am clas s on Fri d a y
night.
.
G a bha rt's Friday ni g ht w in ca me after a
co mt'-fro m -be hind ch a rge, one that ca me as a
surpri~ to tht" KX jockey. " I thought"t hat it (thl:"
streak) w as all over aft er they told me that I'd
jumped the st art of the main," said Gab ha rt .
Suzuki rider Rober t Rosie led Matt Gomez
an d the rest of the field a t the start of lhe main
event. bu t bo th Rosie and Yamaha rider Gomez
yielded to Gabhart, who eventually o pe ned up a
tidy lead to earn his fifth consecutive ",'in in the
clas s,
T he followin g nigh t, in Gabhart's a bsence,
Schweitzer and hi s Ho nd a p roved to be to o
much for the corripd itio n as he pu t a large lead
on the rest of the field . Behind him, thou gh, it
wa s a dose ba ttle to the finish be tween Rm.i~
and Gomez, a pos ition that we nt Go mez's wa y
after he relega ted Rosie to seco nd o n th e fina l
lap . New Pro-Am rider Daniel Adkins finished
fourth, ahead of fellow Hond a rid er Pete Medcalf.
.
Ya ma ha -m ounted John Proto led dis tr ict
champio n Gary Beach, Tod d Tr acy, Eric Weisler
PALMYRA, NE AUG. 31
,
Team Thor /Prima l Im pu lse / Ho nd a 's Denn y
Stephenson u sed quick start... a nd clever, mistake-free riding to sweep the 125 and 250cc Pro
classes a t the Heartland Mo tors port s Park. With
the vlctones, Stephenson pocketed th e lio n's
sha re of th e $ 25( Ml purst' and exac ted a measure
of revenge on Kansas C ity' s Brian Stone: Stone
had defeated Stephenson earlier in the summer
to win the big money at a sim ilarly well -paying
local even t.
" T h is track is p retty mu ch one line ,"
Stephen son sa id after practice . "I im a gine the
start w ill be the key, because it looks like it w ill
be hard to pas s tod ay."
Stephenson's word s would prove prophetic,
as he gra bbed the holeshot in moto on e of 125cc
ac tion and rode a pa ce tha t o nly Sto ne could
ma tch. Getting out in th ird wa s Brand on Hoff ,
followed by Trent Hansen , Ca sey McDo well and
Ch ris Hunte r. Hoff could not kee p up with the
tan de m .of Stephen son an d Sto ne, a nd was getrtng p le n ty o f p re s su re fr om H an sen a n d
McDowell. Befo re the end of lap on e, Hausen
nn d M cDo w ell bot h w orked pa st H o ff , but
Stephe nson a nd Stone we re long go ne. Stone
p ati e n tl y wa it e d for h is ch an ce to ge t by
Ste p he n so n , but tha t c ha nc e never cam e a s
Ste p he nson co ver e d h is lin es a nd ha d ju s t
en o ug h to ho ld off the ever -cha rging Stone at
the finish. Third we n t to Hansen , some 2.1 seco nds behind the leaders. Winning the race-long
batt le fo r fourth was McDowell, w hile Ho ff settled for fifth .
A t th e s ta rt of m o to two , it br iefl y looked
like Sto ne's luck would change, After lining up
on thtc' ext~me insi d e po~i tion, Stone looked to
have the ad vantage go ing in to turn one. The
onl y problem was th a t St.epht'nson got there a
littl e sooner from the middle gate. The holeshot
again was Stephenson 's; he was followed by
Sto ne, Hansen , H u n ter, McDowell and Sco tt
Mericl e. By lap three , Stephenson an d Stone had
~t"t a pace that Hansen could no lon ger m at ch ,
an d he slipped to a four-second defi cit. The battle fo r fourth wag ed on bet ween H unter,
M cDO\.... ell and Mericle unt il a m is tak e by
Hunter let thl;' o ther two by.
At the halfway po int, Stone wa s consisten tly
~huwing Stephenwn his fro nt wht't!l at the end
of the whoops . Stephenson was abl e to secure
the insid e line a nd, lap after la p, that wo uld be
the form ula fo r mainta ining h is lead . At the
chl"Cke rs, it wa s Stephenson completing his twomoto sw('ep ahead of the speedy Stone, with
Hansen cruising in 18 se co n ds later in third .
McDowell overca me sever a l mista kes to hang
on for fou rt h, while Mericle too k fifth ahead of a
margin!?; H unter.
4. Brandi McClaIn ,
80 lN T : 1. Chris RiK \,n he rg (H o n ); 2 . Ko r by Ship"'y; 3.
C" lt" n M~-(']d i n (Hu n\.
80 EX; 1. [eremy RiclIcnbe rg (Honl, 2. Boomer Jon es (KA
wl.
SC H BY: 1. J06h Wllha ms (Suz ); 2. I'al Land~'nI, 3. Rvan Gun ",
4. Chris Ri~g (Hon).
,
125 NOV; 1. Atx,m" r J, m.... (!<~w ) ; 2. J,·... my R i ,·~,·n l ... r&
(Hon); 3. Bf\l ce Crnpin; 4 . Ia.- AMick (Ho n); S. Chris Ril"llCtlberg
'cm
(Hon ),
12.5 lN T' 1. J~ h W Illiams (SUl ); 2. Brad Hold ing (Suz); 3
Cury C1..rk; 4 . Pdt Lllmiei ".
125 EX: 1. Denny Ste phe mon (Hon); 2. BriAn Stone (KAw); J.
Tren t Hansom (Hun); 4. ~ McDowell (KawJ ; 5, Scott Men d e
(Hon).
2'iO N0OV:: 1. Tn ny Dum h.tm; 2. r dt Th 'III.L~; 3. K~vi n H,-un; 4.
Mike Bu mer;S. Tro y F,!. T. .
r
.
25U INT : 1. Sla cy Ay nes; 2 . Ky l... Sm ith ; 3. Jett H as h e ; 4.
Rand y Toy.
,
2"iO EX: 1. D..nny St''Ph..ru;tm (Hu n); 2. Bridn Stun .. (K"w l; 3.
Trn> t l-bn.'lCtl (Ho n); 4. Scott Mericle (Ho n); 5. CaileY McDowell
(!Cawl.
:B+ ~ I. Chri, Kirk; 2. Tod d Ratnsl'y (Yam); 3. Tragg Olson: 4
Rut.! L..ooon;5. R.1IK1y Toy .
30-+ 1. Todd Ram!leY (Y1UTt); 2. Chri 8 Kir k; 3. John Knopp; 4
:
Pat Masonbnnk (Soz ); S. John And<'ftlOn(SUl ).
40-+ ~ 1. Bill Hoff. 2. Ron Sling.;by ; 3, Rod LaNOn.
Rand rails at Dirt Country MX
By Jeff Flora
BLANCHFSlER, OH AUG. 30
,
It was another actio n-packed nigh t a t Dirt Co untry Raceway as local fa vorite G reg Ran d continued his domination of the 125 and 250cc A classes . The fo rmer fa cto ry su pport ride r ha s bee n
sho w ing up at th e ra ce track, borr owing a 125
a nd 250, to la ke ho me the firs t-p lace cash.
Th e firs t 250ce A mo te was th e highligh t of
the evening as Ton y Wiesenha hn led the pack
into th e first turn , closely followed by Ja so n
Rogers, Jason Waters , Bra d St ru nk a nd Ch uck
Reed , w ith Ran d back in ninth. Rand, ho wev er,
wasted little time as he moved up to thi rd p lace
by the e nd of lap one and continued his drive to
ass um e the lead by lap two. Strunk, ano the r forme r fast guy, jumped on Ra nd 's train an d began
an aggressive chase to the fron t to take over secon d place soon aft er . By la p three, the battle
started to hea t up as Strunk wa s able to pull nex t
to Rand in the double-double-double section and
nearly make a pJ ss. N evertheless, Rand 's pace
wo re Strunk down an d Rand crossed the checkera with a lead of several seconds, follo wed by
Stru nk, Reed , Rogers and Wiesenhahn.
In m oto tw o, lap one look ed tn be a rematch
bet ween Ra nd and Strun k befo re Strunk highsided his CR 2r;(J o ver the "G ravity Cavi ty," ending his chance to take the overall win. Rand then
st't his bike on cr ui se con trol as the rest of the
pack battled for position be hind him . Reed took
over se cond , followed by Ga ry Win ters, Keith
Sheldon and the hard -charging Strunk. On lap
three, She ld on passed Winters to take ove r third ,
as did Strunk on lap four to mo ve into fou r th .
On the fina l lap , Stru nk was able to pa~s She ldo n to take over third, but co u ldn't catch the
vetera n Reed . Rand took the win with eight seconds to spare, followed by Reed , Strunk, Shelp
d nn and Winters,
Results
50 JR: 1. Ax! Mole r (Cob); 2. Rya n [w n; (Cob); 3 . Brad y GI't!'g"ry {KThIl; 4. St' -ph, ·n Ri...•Jr. (lA·m); 'i. Dt'Van .,IMd. · (KTMI.
50 SR; 1. Brand on Dietrich (Cob ); 2. [aeon l lenninge r (Cob) ; 3.
wesley J..tt (Co b ); 4. Tyler Tc IT.. 11 (KT M); S. Ik·n j.lmm Mea d e
(KTMl.
flO: 1. Kyl .. Pn'sl"n (Ka w) ; 2. J"lTy W.ost,'rk am r (Ka w ); 3
a
Pat rick Ma n ie (Ka w); 4. We~lcy Jett (J< w ); 5, Anl ho ny Bond
(K. W),
1
IlOJR: I. Chrill Whitcraft (Suz ); 2. Kyl,· I'ftoslon (lio n); 3, Dt.l''
ril k Ou n.. w..y (K..wl; 4. J~rn .... Lmg (Hu n); 5. J.-rry W"" h'l'hmp
IKttw) .
Illl SR; 1. DaVid Wh ltaatt \Suz ); 2. Uu5hn Adam5 (Hon ), 3.
Mark Diehl ()(a w ); 4 . Mikl' Neal (Hon); 5. 1~'l't.'fllY Karmncr (Hon) .
16-24 ; 1. 51......n RidMN s (S UI.!; 2. Est..! W~ lhm (lG,wl; .'I J.c.
.
CraVCL~ (Yam ); 4 . Trmt He ller (Ya m); S. Ma tt Ketcho:llOn (Suzl.
125 A; I. G I'\'P: Rdnd (Su z); 2. Ch ur k R.... ,j (Sut l; 3. Ste ven
.
Richa rd!' (Suz); 4 Chad Ryan (Hon); 5, Jason Rog ()(a wl.
"T!I
..ll "
125 D. 1. E.~t,,[ W~It"n (K"w) ; 2. M~lt Huo.ln t<; v;.'I. Tr..nt
Hdl~'l' (Suz) ; 4. Brad Snyder (Ho n); 5. John Tackett (""'w),
12.1 C; 1. M.llt KetC'h'-"lOn (Soz l; 2. Micha el Arn old (Hon ); 3.
'
~rrick Hun t (Ho n); 4 , Stt.'Ve Philhow~'l' (~w); 5. Erie Edwal"Cbi
(Hu n\.
250 A: 1. Greg Rnnd (Ya m); 2. Ch uc'" R«'d (s u z ), J, Brlld
Strnnk (Hon) 4 . KeIth Shddo n (SUl); S. G.1ry W inkrs (Kaw ).
•
2SOB: I. Jeft Aor a (Suz ); Z. Br.ld Snyd t'f (Hon); 3. Colry Fol~er
l'iu :ll; 4. Mikl- I\.lk.'r (Kllw ); S. LoW\'1I M ason (yam).
2SO C: 1. D.-. vid M.-Willidm~ (Uo n); 2. Cu rt~~ Lil,... ( K.tw); :I.
Will iam Br.lzclton (Yam) ; 4, Ieff Gue~ t (Ho n); S. TelTY Blllkcly
lH,m) .
.
25 .~ 1. Jnh n Wnod fnrk (Kaw); 2. Jd f Flo ra (Su z ); 3 . Mlkt·
&ker {Kaw); 4. Lowe ll MallOn (Yllm); 5. Steve Coopo:r 0 Ion).
30 . : 1. Bob Ht.'a rlh (Kaw); 2 , G.l ry f olg ... (Suz) ; 3 . Marty
r
8('rberich (Hon ); 4. Ton y K.lnhne r (Ho n); 5. 8mn Bargo (YA
ml.
u
...
SC I--IBY: 1. M..lf Hu o.l"..I1 (..'i ,.), 2. Onu g (" 11 (t l,," );.'I. Br.m.
d on Perry (Suz); 4, lohn Tackell (Kttw);5. TlTVW Monva (Yam) .
