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Cycle News 1997 10 22

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Results S/MI"' I 1 O".... n Hnfrir~ ( H.. n); 2 'd. tth r w Wit hrow nl lln}; 3 . Ro bbHo Gr.y ('(.1m); -4 . hain Joron (V.m); S. I.m..Mot... m (K.1wl . Ill) G·II l: I. Dr-von ltoldnd lHon); !. Sha ... O'Boaruon (5w.); 3 ~ !'.," l'h It.:awl; 4 ,• ..- M.~ (K. wl 8O( 12·I.'\J. I. R"bb;"' C.. . y O'.ml. 2. ' '"'''-in "~ IY.mt 3. L~ ~ IK.tow) ; -4 &r.ndon IJwbrd, (l<.Iw). V /LAM: I . """" WolH ~ 2. ""'hf' Vn n. ( lUow ); ). AJkotI Bootot-r (Hon);" JlmCoewI K.1wl;S . '-T. Sm,lh Oionl 'OCH8Y: I. J... ....I W" U.. CY. m); 2. "';.,,11C . ..nn fV" m ), l . OuMl W.lkr O'.m); 4 Mdled c..mrtoeD (Hon); S. Dnid Thed.n ft'IHonI. U/ L CI O: I ~ e.-.d.I (lion); ""'hi 1- MoOtt fl unl lSuz); 3 T.A_Shl'lh., fY.. m );" n.... NewT (Sud; ". M. ky ISuzJ. 250A. 1. DanKoI :-.:e L (l ion). _ ;:50 8 ; I. J.lun.oU ~u (Hcoon" 2 . Ko.oYln WoftIo (..:.uzl; 3. AU.n Jnoftft' ( Hon); .. ~ .. Bled o:.w); S. M\ln,p Vftn (1'. .....). 6U(1 ().]] ): 1, Sh.ont'O'""nM'" tl<.o wl;2. M.ottSIT llth ("""w ). 2S+1.,: 1. D u u..! N"IM.., (lion). 2~ 8 ' 1. Kpv,n 81,;..... (Kllw); 2. OanTlI R..ddi . (Hun l 25-oC 1. 5..lIU I"nl. 3.~ ..: ]. DevMI F. m.(Kl'M); 2.II.ny W.tts (H orll . ",U.. : l. G"n.. c.a m p bo.oll (H o n); 2. ' .m.... C r....n ( K.lw) ; J. u m..-r a ltand y Murph y (Y. m ); .. ('h.a' " l: in ilonn nino); 5. H..ny B.i k-y (Y. m). &l D: 1. s.-.Indon Durhc.'d. (Kotw); 2. Roay 'dNlel\ (,,", w I; 3. JOt' Ownbrn I ~w); " , Bry.n EI.on,; S, Cr.iR Ry. n ( ,,",w). )0.0 II' ] . [)ay;d F.m. {K'T'td); 2. H.."y W. In Uiorl); l W. r M" " ",, (KTM I. Xl<- C: 1. o.mll Jonn. (HoI\); 2. GaryCnivt'l'l (HonJ; J. J~" ~w..am U-IM); ... Jdfft'y Iloct'Iloy (K.a l; 5. S-.. J.en>b ( !ion). w Ho nd a to win the big-money Open A E"VE"nl o n .. bo th the sho rt tra ck a nd TI in wire-to-wire style. In the 1T main. jorge nsen leaped off th e line th en clawed his way in to the lead a t th e tr ee tu m for good , The teen-age r frum Stockt un wa s nev er seriou..ly cha lleng ed <'I'" he rode the whee ls off his mot or cycle in perfect style. Back in the pa ck. the real battle ca me between Matt Gomez Sr. and Michell e DiSalvo for the S4.'COnd positio n. DiSalvo It'd by seve ral bi le lengths , d espite a l ast -minute dogfight th.J.t would put Gomez on the ground as he plo wed ha rd into Di5.ll vo in the so uth tum. nearl y ta king her ou t as well. In short-trac k act ion, jorgensen wa s seco nd off th e line behind Edd ie Dixo n. but tben pried Dixon a side with an inside pass on the north tum. With Dixon d ispla ced to th e r unner u p s pot, Jorge nsen cruised to victory by a wide margin. "I felt pretty good a nd changed the Wit' from the heat race," Jo rgen se n said fro m the winner' s circle, "I sta rt ed ou t from the very bottom and got the holesh o t. It worked just fine and worked last week, too ." Sacramento's Ryan Law made his ra ci n g d ebut in the Pee Wee Stock C nl . VI ~2 ·~ I Billy H"'(Yam);2.~~(8u1}. \'1 :T 4-ST1l. K A I. D.N Prni ('(.m ); 2 ~ HotD('(11 ; l m) O'ard; 4, k-to Kn-ylins 4llWl; S. Md.e- ~ rr.am). \' Ir-.T 4-srRK C ; 1. Tod ' oIJ ", C8ul );l. M1~ 0dm1a CY.aml " CWE. A I . T•...,. J<.~ IR.d: 1- ~ddW' Onf"Orl (Rro-) 3 '\l : \4 ichro1ll' D.s.hoo (Rt~. ()1'8'\ It I. MM~ lA .....• {Hn."; ~. lIilly Hi lnl Oi<>nJ; 3. M..rk Mnoom (Hu.>. ()I"'EJI; C: I. \4 ~ o.. So'Y"' O'.ml; 2 Armomdo RottrTll"7 (\'dm). 3. o.vld W..rthcT rr..m ), ". Coi o RUloIkii (Rb.). n ..... ~N.o...... P/ W s n : c (b.~ I . D n i d Ilo_ ( Vllm~; 2. AI....... Bnonrit (V .em); 3. lwIin JorJ:a-nCY.eml ... l'rUQD.e BriDoa: iY . .em1. P/ W MOO A: 1. Bobby ~ Voctl P/ W MOO 8; I. Cody AnMInu (kTM). P/W kn4 . I 0-.:1 ae-OCTM ); 2. ("M,. A-""I ( 1C'J'l,() t4 I. Rv.... 1Umu Od to ttwo pt"Il\,t>ral ot htc>r rid ~ ers a s the st3rt('l' kl"pt E."Veryone hont.'st. Four Triu m ph tw in~ Kral..'ed the lineup with all riders o ver the ag e of 40. Most noLlble wa s 64 yea r-old Du.lOe Spence, who co m pt'te d he re three d ecades a go. The BSA single o f Tom Booth and th e Ya maha twin of John Proto aIw addt'd to th i.. battl e uf thE> brand 'l. Pau l Joh nson too k the . hol es hot an d led fo r several la p s, o n ly to be d ro pped to St."COnd by a flyinK ffa ll. then back to third by the big twin of Proto by the fjnish. " I go t ~en t tll th e chea tt:r's box ," H.d l sdid alter the ra ce . " I go t a p retty good start, then almost ran in tu r dul Oohnson) at the trl;"t! tum. Fo rtu na tely, I didn't · and the res t is histo ry ." T ob y Jorgens en p owered his Rota x and HlA ·I . Rya...Kuntz lKa...) Moore cleans house at Sterling Motocross In the S4."C0nd mote . Webb too k the holesbot in fro nt of Gilman. Decker a nd Sull ivan . G ilma n made the pa ss for first over the big step-up jump to ta le o ve r th e firs t spot. The Silve r Cit y MX sa nd trac k wa s really d emanding, and Gilman and Webb raced hard a ll five laps. wi th Gilman holding o n for the- win. webb took seco nd and Decker held of{ Sullivan for the third spot. Resurts P / W; 1. G.ator M....ft· (I.o oml; 2. All", H.lmg.-n fY. m); 3. J<-h 5rdrwy W......... ( !CTM) ; 5. J(imbo-r H..nJ.'Y lIxm) Du.ty U•."I'rins Ir. ("'-wi ; 2. Tod .! Wo:bb lKaIwl; J, C.VUl M~ (1<..1..... ; 4. RId ColtilTl (l<..Iw); S. Robn1 Sp....r (""' w I. ) NO (7-111: I. Du-ty Ha.-mnR Jr. n . rn); 2, F..ton Cot!Im O<.&wI; J. Ry... NO"!I O' . m); .t , KykoSrnilh ("'- w ); S. BLok" Dunn (So n I7) W.Il,.,. (K4...1; 3. D.tl'ioJ SO(If}.1 $) : I. Ry"n o,rJ,., lY.ml; 2. F.rria n.m);4. Brdl M...kyU","w). ~H HV: 1. It'f'lm'ly Hltsdlm.anro Ul art); 2. 11"," M.>d<4-y n A I. M"'rrG iffuni fYllm l ' 125B t. Drvm R.:amoq t5u.r:). : 125 C: I. Ky.n Dlrb 0'...,1); 2.Ge lm Bwt llrl {IYw l; J . " '"'-'"Iy , 111 1ac:hrrwnn (H..n l; 4 J..-on Rnu w ( Hon): 5. 1<..." B.olman( Hon) 2. ;(JB: 1. C" ri 1(... ....Rh (Y. m ); 2. Billy 1l.ordin r spots shif tc.'.ti to Allan Hartigan ru n n in g in second , and t he p ursu in g Jos h Gilman, Kimber Ha rdey and Syd ney Waner. Ha rti ga n held o n to bf..'COnd as Gilman, Hardey a nd Want"r batllni for th ird through fifth y,';th o n ly a bik e le ngt h bt"tw t"en all t h rl"e ride rs . M oo r~ took the c ht.>Ckered na K and Ha rd iga n cros.c;ed in second, followed by Gilman, Hard ey and Wa ne r. Bra nd o n $ok-lII a nd A w ry Hi ckt"y took 'lixth an d !'OCVenth, repectively, to fmish up the fint moto. In the !Ot."COIld mota, MooTf' ran strong again, with o nly a s ma ll crash halfway thr ough the moto . M oor¥' restarted to tak~ th~ ov{"raU win with 1-1 mot o fin is hes. Ha rt igan went 2-2 fo r St'Ctmd, while Gilman held o n to fourth in the serond moto to snan: th ird overall W an er made her move in tht" Soloc.vnd moto to take third, and wound up fourth o ve rall . H a rd ~y ran 4--6 for fifth ov erall . 1be Vrt c1a!is had one o f the best races of the da y , a s G reg G ilm.1n took the holes hot in the fir st moto, w ith Er ic Webb right bt:-hind him. Both riders stlyed tog cther all five laps. working o n e ac h o tht:"r's lint.os around th t" rough sand tr a ck , David Decke r r an th ird . in fro n t of Michael Sulli van , who kept Dt.der in sigh t d ur · ing thi!' five--lap moto. The"fi1'!>t moto mdt""d d'l it sLlrted. with Ci lman holding off Webb for first. aruJ Decke r staying in front of Sulliva n for third . 're f SuD'''"nO'.nd . \1,:T -40 B, 1. Rot> l.em~ (Suz); 2. Douyl Walt..-r \ ~w); l. H . m ld Bouv "u ( H .. ...l; • Gt'Of 8 " S to ut (Y. m ); 50. ~b rlln Hibdunann tHo ...), J'OST·V INT . S YR; 1. o.ryl W. llft' ("'- w); 2. Al'Idy St.......1 fY. rn) 3. Ju.t1n Gilman (Hon); 4 Srott 8flI (Y.unl; 5. KftIy 8«in Holm (K.ew 4 Rid Bedunm O'.m ). l. \1.-.n': I. Mo.TI.an th!lduNronn. u-tua); 2. RcIfI Sduonirr lSud; 3. J-- HIRKlN rr. ml o rES WM ~ : I . Jl"Uice Sp" "" (V. ml ; 2. [),a ... n Shack"" (K.ewl. ~ 1IkJn> 4. MICh." ; Graves grabs Daniel Boone Motocross win By Susan S. Willian l.ONDON, KY, SErr. H Amt"rican Mo tos porls ! An swer! FM F-b a cked Scott G ravt.>s topped the 12Scc A and 250cc A das~ a t the Danid Boone MX Park.. Gravcs w a s the early lea d er in th e firs t round of a ction in the 250cc A class a nd was chast.xl. around the Cha llenging course by O hio's Brad Strunk and local ro mp.>t tor Daniel Nel-.ol\, i Stru nk had pilot ed his m.1chine arou nd Graves. but Grav~ charged righ t bac k to tlke tht' It'ad as thE' two flew O\'e r the finish line on la p two. Stru nk then we nt ba ck into fIrs t as G raves go t h is ma c hine in to some ba nn ers whic h go t r-.. CJ', CJ', ,... C'f N .... 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