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Cycle News 1997 10 22

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Winner Bob Sweeten (82) dices wi th Roy Miller (SlA), Don Mullen (29), Joe Zydinsky (69A) and the rest of the 250cc A finali st s at the Tr ail-Way Short Trac k In Han ove r, Pennsy lvania. King lit it up again to lead the start of moto two . Once again, Polson and Muno z were rig ht there on his rear fender. Kmsbell a and Mongeau joined the battle for the top positions on the first lap. King wasn't wast ing any time this race, as he seemed to hav e the track dialed and he swept away to a co m ma nd ing lead . Po lson was, the on ly rider that co uld eve n kee p him in sig ht and he built a huge lead over Munoz, who was circulating a lonely third... The figh t was back in the p ac k, for s pots fo ur th ro ug h eigh t, bet.....ee n Mon geau , Kins hella, Lihonati , O'Connor a nd Ta ylor. You coul d throw a small bla nket ove r this wh ole bunch. King went on to win the race and ca pture the UScc Intermed iate overal l. Poiso n fi nished a solid second, ahead of Munoz, while Mo ngeau surv ived th e carn age in the pack to ca ptu re fou rth . Resu lt s r /w (4 ·fil 8 , 1 Nirht\l u Re n z i ( Le m ): 2. C h ri ..to pher rr~lIr (trtlll; 3. L u:h c ry Knudwn (Vilm l. ~ . Url.'l1 JI.n '''' '" (KTM); S. Kl'g" n Tu ttI.· (Votm). T'! W (7·11) B: 1. C "d v Ca n mm (Ho n); 2. Michal'l A.hbau~h (Yll m ] r /w . (U ) A. 1. N id. r.lluzzi (C ob l; 2. Ron ni.- C.e'uoJwil' (Ad l; J. Ton y Ca pu lo (KTMl; " Col " ... Bow It'T tY. ml ; S. ~ Iovi no flA-m). P/W (7 -11) A; I. MO JR ItHll: I. Marl< ~lk:- Jr. (Kilw). H) JR 1'*-11 I . ~ R._," (lGo l; 1 Taylo'T Co " w ilmnr. f"," w); J. J..... lopr.z tht!' serond la p as SWlo!'eten pullt. d out to a large ma rgin for tht> wi n. Aaron Humphrey too k the 250cc B lea d from Ken Godwin, Corey Ho nnes a nd Brody MilIt:'r, but Holmes sliced between Humphrey a nd Godwin as the y cam t:' off the fourth tum and pull ed away to a straightaway ma rgin by the checkered flag. At the halfway ma rk, Mille r took over sec· on d a nd Rau n Wood too K over thi rd near thepenalty line, and that's the way they finisht."d . As ha~ been the case for the last half of the season in tht:' 55cc(4-6) da:;s, Evan Baer took the hol~hot, with Brandon Robinson, josh Davis and Jeff Hald ema n in dose pursu it. Robinson took o ve r th e It"ad as th ey headed. down th e bad; str aight for good on lap three, and Davis slid into second by the ch«ken. Baer ca me bad. from his third place in that cLlss to ",, in the 55cc O il In jt.'("tOO dolss oVt:'r john long III and jot:'y Parks. The 80cc dass also had so me d ose rating,. e xCt' t it wa ." for St'COnd place and fourth pla ce, p as Chris Klineft!'lter jumped out to an ea rly lead that he ht"ld to"th.. cht'Cken.. Bryan Dou~a~ and jason b ennock oottlOO for seco nd, 'with Dou glas gt"'tting tht:" nod at the fi ni~h , whi le Zach Ca lcutt h, and Ja red Mt'eS fou ght over fou M wi th Ca lcutt taki ng tht> adval1tage. Results so (1-81. 1. Fran Jr.ic. t.u..-:kCLnnI. 2. John o.vi.. lCub ); 3. o..vOd Por n...' III); 4. hmmv Oou~~ (Lnnl. so : I. C hmo Kli",·tCUl" yWeir (y am); 5. D.lIIOtl Wink ... ,IY..m ). . JUl'Y Par 250 B: I. Ct'lT)' Hu"l'I" (HanJ; 2. Brn.iy Mill('l"fSuU ; 3. h un weod (Yam ); 4 . A.lTlXlHumph"')' {H onl; S. Kl"I'l God W'< n (Yam l. 6!§, 1. Shawn R.o.'T (I(,ow); 2. Nd J I ~ (lGow ). 2SOA: I. Bob Sw......-trn (Hon!; 2. Ruy Mil""r GuLl; 3. D" n Mufim (Hon); 4. }au ~ (Iion l: 5. lor ZydiNlr.y (I--Ion) . 50 (....I: I. BrUidon ~ (Act); 2. Josh Oa~ (C ob); ;t. han B.Iet- (Ad); " , Win~ (l(TMJ; S. 8Tvan OPmuro (A ctl . Kll R· I , !\LIrhan D._ IRrd; 2. Ma rlr. M v,," (Yaml ; 3 Sam Winkn lRb,I . ... Billy StillwrlJ (Rb i; S. J..... T~4I" C y Rbl). <10+: 1. lim ChoIplNn (Rbi); 2. BiU AIIoTI (Yam); 3. Tocn}uhn~ (T n); 4. Mlb 1Cea_~ 5. c.ry. Bobtt {~w,. ; 600 A: 1. lob 5wft'tft\ (Rn ); 2. koy MiJln (Rnl; 3. Dor< ~ul1rn IRld; 4 o.n.u. B.wr (Rtd; 5. Jim Hull loott!r C Rb). SMSMN: 1. Grotpr I'r-ia (Rn); 2. MUIl.il>h.rt tRn). 125: I. Sid. Liplf1l < HoN;2. 1ocy Tynyar (Y.am ); J. &ly lM:d UIonI; 4. Tf1I~ Sl.Iimil ar fa ll." in lhe fir!>t moto, took the lead and held it to the chec kers. Ken Henning. the first·molo winner, and Shawn Suprenant moved thro ugh the pack to squabble fur the overall win. As the whi te iLlg came out, Suprenant pickl"d an outside line to pass Hl"ft· ning. a nd Henning's mt'Cha nic signaled him to ho ld hi~ J'O"'ition in third to secu re the overall, which he d id . We rnersbach' s 8-1 wa s good t.. 'I11.JUgh to move him into fourth overall, Schat'fer salvaged third by placing fifth in the second moto, an d Sup re na nt's 4-2 score wa s good for ru nner-dp. 1,,"24 I. ~ IJIion<2. Brw l.ft\tz; 3. 80.," CnYl.'S; " . B.1"'Y ArlgIC'mY'" 25+ A; 1. J. y WalYl"'; 2.. Dun.oItJ Bakn; 3. D.onrn Burch ..n:I· in lt' 4. Scott Kirlr.f"Itri o.. 2$+ B: I. ~ ~rl\llh; 2.Mark LuCilll; 3. ~~ H.tI'J"C'SL 30+ A: 1. Larry Witmt.. 2. Scoo: Kirkplornd; 3. Todd Rick. 'I'; • JO+ S: I . n. n 11lrWI ; 2. Run ".m iru;lr.y; 3. Bub by Pryur ; 4. Rit:ha B..... u'lt."I'. n:l ! 40+: 1. Larry Witrn •., ; 2. Gat)' P(';Ik; 3. PI.' T)' Slab-It'! ; .. . ~U"t· l Homt.·; 5 Chri. " nlin l. '""gt'T;".J Im F"IlIl.:..-n""s. King crushes Las Vegas MX By Dick Goodwin LAS VE GAS. NV .SEPT. 21 Local motocross lead- foot Dan King dominated th~ l2Sce class at this week 's Las Vega!O Motocross Club at the Las Vegas Motor Spct..-d.wa y. The- Kawasaki s~:lster won bot h of hi!j races in co nvi ncing fas hion, earning him th e overa ll (TOwn in the 125cc Interm t!diate d ivisiun. It wa s King with the holeshot to start th e race action uff in thc combined 12See race. Derrick Polson, Dave Munoz and Billy N icoll wrre just inches behind. At the step-up jump, Mitch Lirona ti brou ght his Kawasaki up into the fray . Posi tions stayed sta tic until Nicoll found a way pdst Munoz in the back-st'ction whoops tu take over third. M the pack. flashed past th t> fin i~h line-ta blt.>top to complet e lap o ne, Dan King held th(" It"ad, followf'd in rapid o rder by Pohoo n, Nicoll, Mun oz, Sea n Kin sh ell a , jo sh Tavlor , ja!>(lIl O'Connor a nd Matthe w Mongeau . king th e n cranked it up a no tch , trying to separate frot-, the field, but Nicull and Polso n managed to hang with him . King wen t down in the rock ~eclion a nd Po lson touk over the lead . King fo ught bilck, a nd he an d Po lson flew mter the finish-line tabletop together to start the last lap . Nicoll wa s br f'athing on thE' lead d uo and lhe top thrt"tc" were lon g gone from the rest of the field. King then bt,l~IOO by Polson dnd N icoll to rega in the IC.ld an d take th e win . Munoz fin· isht.-da Slllid fourth . r. ('( .un). 110 BlG (12· 1b): 1. M IC Mcl ~ (H onJ ; 2. Bn.n l..l¥& (lGo l; 3 . lunmi Kama (Mon); 4. M.tft Sibky hoort W...-..d!..,. (ya m) ; 2. Con-g Sk-phrnr. (H un ). MSTR <160- : 1. ICft\ f'IOonhnzp (K.aw l. Hedrick hauls at Daniel Boone Motocross By Susan S. Will ian LONDON. KY, SEI'T. 21 Devon Hedrick landed tw o overall wins in the Su per mi n i a nd 80cc (7- 11) dasses at Daniel BooncMX. Ht:'d.rk k camt:'off the gate in motu un e in th... Supermini class , chased by justin jon es a nd Ro~ bi...Gray . Gray slid down aroun d a muddy, ru t· ted tu r n as th e Tracksi de /Pitt~b u rg Auto Pa rt s /DBMX-spo nsore d H edrick pulled o u t ~o m e d i ~ ta n ce ov er jones by the st'Cond la p . Hedrick then we nt down in a ju m p sl.~ t i o n , all owing Jon es to take the lead . H ed r ic l remounted some di sta nce back in seco nd . Gray then drop~ to fifth after another faU a:it jOltt"!t remained ou t front a nd Hed rick ran fuJI thro ttle aroun d the wurw in pursuit. jones took tht:' win. followed by Hedrick . The fin al lap al~o 'OaW Matthew Withrow tangle with James Maxam . Withrow took over third at th e ch« kf'TS when Maxam .....en t down again. The St:'COnd moto saw Hoo rick tht!'hut5.hoe a:it Jon es h."Id developed bike problems early in the mu to fur a ONE Hedrick remain..-d untouchable for the wi n a nd Withr ow held o ff Gray for St"('ond. Jo nto!' a nd Hoo ri ck met again in t he co m· bin..:! IlO (7·11) and IlO U2-13) class, and H..:!rick WM. bt"tter p rE'parf"d off the- ga t.. than j on~ in moto one. Hedrick gave Jon es fits as he pil oted his mac hin~ a rou nd the course with boU1 }untc>s and Gray in pursuit. jon es wen t down, thou gh , allowing G ray to muve in to second . Jon...~ aUt.mptcd to catch Gray on the fina l lap as the p air h dd oJ race to th e fi n is h . Hedri ck als o chalked up anothe r m oto win in mo to tw o to take th e overa ll win .

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