Slater slams at
Cathey's Creek MX
By Barba ra Williams
(Left) Paul Koch rode
to two class wi ns at
th e New Ulm Sho rt
Track in Minnesota.
(Below) Jamie McCoy
(70) wo n the Over 30 A
class and Nicky Baker
w on th e Over 30 B
c lass at round 12 of
the AMA USA
Mega5erles, he ld In
Forest City, North
Caroli na.
Lemon Grove MX
Lake Plru, california
Results: October 12, 1997
so o rEN: 1. Chad
('oO~ (I...rm);
2. Justin Mu lford
(Lnn).
60 BEG: I. Chad Go res (Kaw);
(Ka w); 3 . Cotton Jamc.s (Kaw).
-
2. Ju stin Mulford
80 BEG: 1. KCVU1 Holmes (Yam); 2. Donnie Gntton
(l<.:I w) ; 3. Bry an Ehrman ("aw) : 4. Chase Me i.neke
(Yam); 5. Spencer M\.-i.neke (Yam) .
80 NOV: 1. Da vid Sullins (Yarn ); 2. Thoma s
Glasbn"ru'lol1' (~ w).
80 INT: 1. Cale WAlla ce (Ya m); 2. Ja son Terry
(Yam); 3. Anthony 8ru~lta (Yam); 4. Donnito eri",,"
(Ka w ); 5. J\.Tt"I11Y Kt..Jp'T (.CitI7J .
125 REG : t . David Sullin<; (Yam); 2 . Jd Y John!lOn
a Inn ); 3 . Oint EwinS (Ya m); 4 . Jimmy Eberle (Yam); 5 .
.
Jhi Ko ilu-dd
(Yam ).
15+ NOV: 1. Jdmic Young (Ya m) ; 2. Tim Konkol
(Yam}; 3. D.1nn Pk.Ttt' (Ka w ); 4. Jo1y Pevtovec (Yaml.
25+ INT: 1. Terry G.Nouniotis (Ya m).
30+ BEC : 1. Mark Broneau (Hon); 2. Milton Mize
(H a n ); 3 . Scott Preece (Kaw).
30+ NOV: 1. Eric H.J,IJWil,.t-.rr O fa r th is season, Su zuki of Ga st o nia 's Davin
Pri ce battled Spa rta nb u rg, So uth C a roli na's
Slater in the SOcc (7--8) class. Only on e point separated these young warriors before the sta rt of
mo to one. Price g rab bed the holeshot and
locked to be t he ("asy w in ne r, bu t a crash put
him on the ground and ha nded the mote win to
Slater. Price recovered slowly a nd finis hed far
back in the pa ck.
Price again lea ped tu the fron t of the 50cc (7.
8) division in moto tw o.. a nd th is time mad e no
mi stak es to lead every lap a nd tak e the chec kered flag as the winne r . Sla ter finished second ,
and his 1·2 finish es gave him the ove rall victory
and put him ahead in M pgaSeri ~ po ints sta ndings.
Suzuki of Gastonia's fa ther /son team of
Mark and B.J. Huntsinger earn ed th ree top-three
finis hes bet ween them. Odd too k a ha rd-fought
second in the Over 30 C class , trading mo to wins
wi th Kingsport Suzuki / lntt!n>tatf" Cycles' David
Tucker, an d also took a thi rd in the Over 25 C
class, while son B.J. was the winner of the Junior
Mini division.
B.]. Huntsinger's double moto wins weren't
nearly <15 easy .15 tbey looked on paper, because
he ha d to deal with North Ca roli nian Matt
Mi11~r, Chase Roberts from Tennessee, JoshUd
Davis of Ceorgia, and Jeffrey Fields. Miller currently holds the MegaSeries points lead for the
Junior Mini cla ss. an d prior to this race wa s
almost 30 points ahead of H untsing er . It is still
possible for Huntsi nger to pull off a miracle and
stea l the championship, but only if majo r diffi·
culties be-fall Mi ller.
Results
50 (4-06). 1. Br.......... t...rv «:vb). 2. Bmt Mic:b.oud (12·13): I . Jtl'411M Stlltllllt"y (K.Jwl; 2. Nio..-h VdrgoCSuz);
..l.".
3. ..."t"m ()y~ (~I; ... Rich;> Joey GaITlCll (5lu:l; 5. Stt.- Phtn
rd
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By Tim Mc Br ide
Ph oto by Ke lly Koch
1ltlf\ Siock Fr amt"-c1a s s
m,)in event when Koch repeated his heat-race
pt"rformanl. 'e by racin~ to a wire-to-wire victory
"
OVlT Bob H crm.;m. John SuthlTli n. P,)t Fa rgen.
Ma rt y Mata ya and the rest uf th e nint."""rider
field .
The Ovtc"r 40 fina l p ro ved to be a b it more
f"xciting. a~ Koc h ga+ed third be h ind Henna n
and race leader Buzz Arndt. With only two 1.lps
re ma ining. Koch spt>d by lI t"TJlla n a nd q uickly
cluSl'd in o n Arn dt As the y raced o u t of tum
four for th~ final time, Arndt slid high. a llowing
Koch to sneak by on the inside for the win.
Koch was looking furward to a hat trick a s
th e 16-rider Vin ta ge Single main event ro lled.
o nlo the sta rting g rid . Herman , howevl'r, had
th e start wired a nd mad to vi dorv wi th Koch
hot on his heels.
•
"When Wf" came up on !Klmc la pped rid ers, I
wa s hoping th ey would goof him (Bob) up in
ordf"T for rnt" to snt'ak by... Koch said afterward,
"but we ra n ou t of la ps .Once again, thf" (..ocr d as... d isplayed the tight.
l'St com pe tition. Anot her first -time race winner
em~l:."d in the form of Trackstar Motorsport's
SCIIDY: 1. tlt-n JW,J ", (K.. w); 2. kn-d BJ.od, (Yam); 3. )..bUd
C.. J'rlI (Kilwl; ". Cuq B.vna l'SuzJ S. Hilns 1""«1 (lion).
;
125 A : 1. Jim e N 1.'1" (Suz); 2. C.-11I!'b I..c!.- th IYam ); 3. Tim
WN wr \Hun ).
.
g5 (] 4· 15): 1. Cao""y B.io r m.'5 (Suz); 2. J.R . Ca r l... (Kao w ); 3.
r
Ad...... StAndI (VilmJ; " Mirluto·[ M,'lUrty (y Am); '>. Chro. Ft"KU.
.
S/ MINl , 1. lollh ll.l Su mmt"Vl K.Jw}; 2. J.K. Cartee (((.awl; 3.
Ad.lm Ovt'l'nl..h (Su z l; 4. Nicholu Vao~ (Suz ); S. RidYrd JUt'"
Jacob M.tla ya. Josh Koch wo n the heat race and
p icked th e fir st spot o n the line for th e m;lin
t."wn t. Ma ta ya. ho wever, ~portt."d t h~ ~l reaction... at the !>tart, a. . he bolted into the lea d a nd
.
raced. o n to his fU"St big ""in of the season. Koch
fl'ndro of( the advanc~ of clas!>- favorite Sha wn
Burr to e,)m second-place honors. A resurgent
Travis Henrichs finished a respectable fou rth ,
.lhe.-.d of Cody SWerL"i(ln and. Ashlee Sullivan.
[n Open Pro action. Bill HofmcistLT went to
tht." point after the start of the ~1ap main ~cnt,
with VlM'dt"en Langl and , Dan Zitur, EriC'
Bro uhard, Marcus BaUtT. Ron Brisbin, C.J. Beving dnd r~t t:r Tapkin giving c hcl ~. Lmglaml,
Zitu r and Brouhard wer e the only rid ers able to
offe r Hofmch.ter an y competitiun as thtry> brob
away from the rest of the pack. On lap 17, Zitur
maneu vered his Lars on 's Cycle Racin g-spon sored Wood-Rotax by the Young America-pow.
I:red DTXl..-d c RSOo of ~ngla nd . With that. the
fmot and ~nd fmhhing po!'>itio rn. were locled
in. The next lap saw ~ngland slide off the track.
between tums th ree and fou r, allowing Brouh a rd
to e.tm the fma l position on the podium.
Results
MINI JR: 1.
~ y And~;
2. Col"
~"Iy ;
3 . :'>llcOOU..
~Uoy-';4 ,~W~
ML""i) SR: I. Kftttl SwftIa'IL
flO: 1. J
.....-ob M.lLaya; 2. }oehlloll ~ i Shoawn Burr; 4. Tr. "",
I-irnrict..: 5. Cody Sw~WI..
ItO: 1 Tro,' }ohmon; 1. An lhvny C..n1nn-;J. Willie- Broten;.
)¥u b " -toII ViI: S. Sh.Ioorn Hun
2!10 AM 1. Bus y l(all tor; 2. TlII'l McB ndoo; 3. M ~}oftno;o.II\,; "
Marlo. Rolf; S Will. BrotO'n.
NOV : I. P.it ~~; 2. Wilb~ 8n>tcll; 3. .-..um l-wnnd'll,; 4.
DuoI_ ~ S. Richard W-=tw;ok
.
0f'[S "' ; 1. l« FW :r;l. &by KlaIllor;J. R.~y n..tic'; 4.
>"t
M..rty M.l tily... S. A..1.ImI kmict..
ort.'" PItQ; 1_ BiJl H"t~ , 1. OiIn Zitu r; .l F.rir Bn..m.n.t.
.. \ .rntr.n ~ o o; S. :W,,1"CWo 1M
.......
~ 1. 8nb 1-WnniIn; 1. PilUl lUn; 3 TUII JoIo"flndoo: 4
"
,:-.rr
C1I.arlwu ~nd.;S R.1ondy~
V1mTW, I. Buzz Amdl; 2. Bob ~ J . RI;an lftman.
3lk ' I. Tun G h.'KlII'Y; 2. M' ke Lt'(h~ 3. BIt>; 5. lam >cNichc>bun U~wl .
.d
115C: l. Brannt"lll ~ C
K.1w) 2. Sb.uw .~ CHonl; 3
;
Anoll £Ilftlbur~ C
SUZ); 4 Doug f..,t", l-"'uz) ; S, Ju.... ill ftnx>l .
(K. wl .
125 D: I. Tend! CoUtns (lion); 2. Chris I..c'wD (Sud ; J. I. A1.m
HuU ("Yam);". Daoll;...t ~ lKa wl ; S. Tr .i'''' w,l.n,," ("Y"m)
250 A: I. 'im~
