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Cycle News 1997 10 29

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• (Above) Billy Schroeder s neaks a peek at t he compet it ion en route to his win In t he 125cc Expert class at Nebraska's Wh ite sands Raceway. (Right ) Dallas Nyblod (2) had a good day, winning the 250cc Expert, Over 30 Ex pert and Grand Prix classes at the Vintage Motocross held in McC leary, Washington. JO+ C: I. David Tudr.ft' (Suz): 2. Muir. Hu n~~er &al; J . Ron.ld W~'Yt'1' IV.ml; 4. Troy Bunl"h (S" d ; 5. c... y 8oIifld", r IKTM). 35+ ; I. lod Nicky B.r.....r (Su,z); 2. StrvlMl Ww''' (Yam): J. Thom.. Pnkl'" tSuz l; .. c...,. M.do:. Jr. ( Han); S. Car! JftlIuns t50W. 010+ 1. Strvrn '--1lI (Yam); 2. C"'...uy B.I~ (KTM l; 3.J..hnny : Gib.un Oion);" Carl ~kiM d la te in the mo to. Th i!l allowt'd Fa y, who wa s nf.."Vcr far be hi nd , to ta ke the lead a nd the 125cc win, a head of Nyb lod., who recov ered to salvage ~nd overall 0 -2) ahead of Pu gh . Fish netted the Open win ahead of Husky rider Dirk Murphy. Ny blod capturOO both of the 250« Expe rt mo to s , w h ich ran co m bi n t>d wit h the Open Am.1teu rs , beating Fa y' s 1975 Husqvama and tht!o Y.u naha YZ of Jim Nob le for the honor. Fay and NOble spent most of both mot os battling for second to Nyblod, whi ch wen t to Fay in both mot os as he grabbed second overall. C2-mounted Kenn y Brynn took the measure of t he Ope-n Am a teur cla s'i. Brynn, howE-ve r, mi ssed the st a rt o f th e fir st moto bu t fo rged through tra ffic to m.tke up for wha t was nearly a half-a-Iap d eficit , tak in g second beh in d Ken McCorkle. Brynn bt:sted the fieJd of Amatcun in moto tw o after a much-improved. sta rt for hi s first of Cwo overall wimi . (He later cam e back to win the Over 40 Amateur cia. "-) Maico rider Dale Hod son was ...."inner of th e Op!n ~ t Vinta gl" class, wh k h was open to mac h ine ry from 1975 through 1980 . Hodson won both rnoCus, holding undt."T incred.ibJe pre;.su re fro m Yamaha TfSOO rider Tom Shea rd , who was second overa ll with 2·2 s how in gs . Sheard beat LaFaye McCa rver and his mon."Iter 500cc Hond.1-powen"li machine, who end ed u p third overall. Jona than Stuart and Randy Bro wn were winners of the 250 and 125cc Alm os t Vintage classe>, I"\$ptc'ctively. N yblod capped off a tri ple class decima tion after hi s w in in th e final race of th e da y - the Gra nd Prix, where he bea t Sheard , Chris topher James and CZ rider Neil Giertsen. Resu lts 125 AM : I. HarT}' Taykw; 2. MArt< I.-tft; 3. Colby Cam~ .. )rff AnlWno; "" 125 EX: I . Macky Fay; 2. DIIllM NybIod; 3. kff Pup. 250 Mt 1. lYndy Brown; 2. TudJ B.adh.un; 3. ~ Row;". CCldy Murphy . • 250 EX: I . o.n.. Nybllld .2. Mid•...,. Fay; 3. 1Im N.oblr . :IH-: 1. ~ ~ 2. Jdf I'\I~ 3. Tod d a.dham; ... - ......... 300. EX: I . DaIlaa N~ 2. Ron Ad\; 3. Neil Cinuen. ..n.. ,.W.1. Ko-nny !Ifytm; 2. Krn • M<.CDl" klr. EX: I. Dirk Mu.tphy. 50+ AM. 1. o.w Row ; 2. Ron~. 50+ EX: I . Jon NobW . 600.AM: 1. fIob Smith,; 2. T I· Undo125 " ·VlNT: I. Rand y &n.wn.2. Mik T..ylur . 2SOA-VINT : 1.}onStuart; 2. ptWip Krnabon; 3. Bud Robcrb. OPEl'\; A-VlNT: I . Oaloe H~ 2. Tom ~ J. l..U'a~ ~ "Tmr""'R>&. .... T1l.K A·VI!'I. .: I. L.F.~ McCtn't't". S , OI'EN AM. I . Knlny Brynn; 2. ~ Row ; 3. Tom Siwud; 4. 0f"L"" EX.: 1.lon. ~- FWI; 2. Dtn. Murphy .... TRK EX: 1 . (" 5 ~ B"t'n.". PRE UNTT: I. Alan ~ 2. Ron ~ J. Myron John- rRE-1 1OAM: I. &tk Giornwft rR.E-11OEX: 1. Au .. M.IlQ'; 2.C,"" Burr-e. GP: I. o.u.. Nybl ud . 2. Tom Sktu'd; 3. ChriatophtT J,1rneJ; 4. ,,,Ie-...... though , loo king for a 'way a round the speed y Schroeder. Watts' pa tience paid off on lap four, when Schroeder stalled his Suzuki in a tight , ruttoo left-handed tum. " I ca n ' t be li eve I s tal le d it, " Sc h roeder e xclaimed. "I covered the insi de like you're-su pposed to a nd a mental error cost m e the race. That' s rating, I guess." Wa tts rod e fla wl essly to the end, winning th e m oto, bu t SChroeder was a ble to remoun t a nd h o ld o n to se con d , ahea d o f Del oz ier . Schroeder's 1-2 gave him th e overall wi n , followed by Delozier (2·3). Watts wound up third with a DNF·1, w h ile Bill Ho ld in g ( ~) and Bra ndo n Swa d ley (5-5) rounded out th e to p five. Results 50 (U): 1. """" Mo...... (lCT Ml; 2- Iltt hn"l Kli.... OCT'M>; J Riky Brod.ont-.. ( ICTM). 50 (7-3): I. Ricky Dr. pn (KTM); 2. J _ Stftyc 1l.cD'l1; 3. Karia TW'J"tt ( KTM). flO: 1. en« Royw (Kaw ): 2. TIm a~ (Kaw); 3. Andffw 1.ongCke.r.. fm; t, follo wed by Delozier. A late pa ss .by Pa ul's Yamaha /Shift ~ s pon so red Tod.d Ramsey e arn~d h im third, a head of a fad ing Ferrin. . Moto tw o sa w a near ~at of the moto-one hol eshot, b ut th is lime Sc hrOt"dE'r ca m e o u l ahead of his friend ly rival Watts. The pai r set a m uc h fas ter pa ce than in the pr ev iou s malo , quickly getting away fro m the pa ck. This time it w a s Wa tt s who was doing the follo w ing , s« hot (Sou). m 125 EX: 1. Billy ~hl'\>l..J" (Su,z); 2. N ick O,·luzM.'T ()(aw); 3. Gra n t Wa lm (Yam ); 4 . Bill Jlold ln R (Suz) ; 5. Bra ndon SWlodlt' y OIon). 2.'iO NOV : 1. J.11 r..tch m (Suz); 2. J~ 1l.-nJ.or:. .. (HUlll; 3. . StC"V-e Mo rt ........ n IKaw) ; ... J..hn Andenon (Suz ); S. Earl J u~tus (s.u). . 250 INT : 1. Oon Bolt.. (IC.w); 2 . R.-ndy Toy (Ho n ); 3 . Jun Hum: a-tun). 250/OrEN AM: 1. BNn r au bm Ulon); 2. Randy Toy Q-Ion); J . Jdl Pald.. n (Suzl; 4. !:ri c ~~ (Koa S. Mont.. [)or,('hn w); IH.. n l. 2SO EX: I . N itir. OPkvifor Uc..wl ; 2. J..tf Frnin (Ka w );.1 . Brandun Sw..JI,." Oiun). n O PEN O UTLA W: 1. Ni dI. Dt·lo.z;C"I" ( K.a w); 2. Jeft FC'TIi ( tc.w); 3. C r...,1 Wa n. (Yarn); 4. Bill y Schro«ift'" Kawa sa ki. More than 675 riders from 10 states. Brazil and Panama com prled on this very hot d ay of racing in the Rorida sun for Suzuki a nd Yamaha con tin- gencies. In the finlt Pro-divisl0n mot o, Jason Thoma ~ led the l3-rid er field into tum one, with Jarrett Tipping, Ronni ", R.en ner, Carmichael an d Rud y n Waller followin g. By the en d of the ope ing circuit, Ca rm ichae l had m oved int o the lead a nd begun to pull away. Adam Rake passed Wa Der on the second lap for fifth as Carmichael continued. to pull away . Ca rmichael held o n for th e win, with Th omas, Tip pi ng, Ren ner a nd Rake rou nding out the top five. Moto tw o sa w CarmichaeJ pick up where he left off in th e firat m er, wi th Thomas, Tipping, Rake and Brazilian pi lot Davi d Sted ile in pursuit. Ca rmicha e 1 onoo again chec ked ou t fro m th e co m pe tition a n d ea sHy w on t h e m o to . Thomas, Tipping, Rake and Darren McElhatten, who made a late charge up to fifth. rounded ou t the top five . Ca rmichael later returned to win both 125cc A m o tos, over T homa s , Ti ppi ng, And rew D6pain and Strdile_ Som e o f the day' s best ra cing w as in the 12Sec Youth class, with Matt Walk er , Aaron Lindsey, Tyson Ha dsell and ).B. Ballard battling heavily in both metes - with Walk~r winning both. In the opening mot e, Walker led hom start to finish. Race tw o sa w Walker start about sixth a nd work his wa y in to the lead on the fina l lap, pas sing Lindsey. Hond a of Tro y's Wal ker was th e only one in his c1As.':"1 jumping the elevator jump. Earl Ma y a nd Rya n Davis we re the other d ou ble class wi n ners. Tea m Green's Ma y won the Over 25 a nd Over JO d ivisions, whil e Davis, backed by HSKS of Ocala, won the 85cc 04-15l and Super Mini clas ses . Res u lts P/W (oWl): I . 8nod 8"lhn .u, (Cob); 2. Althri)' Vom (Co b); J C" llull ~t.y",. rd (Cubl; 4. Jdf F.n:M- (Cubl;5. JIIl\hOI,II.r (Cubl. . P/W (7-t1 1. T.I. Rhondli It -ob); 2. Kyle Kcyino (Cob); 3. ): RIcky R""""", (Act); 4. Don Sol ley (Cob); 5. M,k.- Niro b m (Cob l. w); 2. Molrt GoeT ~ (Kaw l; J. I.. 60 (7-1 n: 1. Davl MiIIiMl'5 (K.o Bry n Ju h n..un (K.twl; 4 . Kyw C hi..htolm ( K..wl ; 5. Jimm y Kry.. .. (J(,awl. tIO (7-111; 1. Ja mo.'ll (K.aw); 2. o..n Truman (K,awl ; J . Sha .... tuoJe (Y..m); 4. Ma rt Gon-k.. (!Cllw ); 5. Davt Millli:.lJ'" ; 3 Torn r _ _ (K..w); 4, r ..ul Rdly (Y/lm};S . ~ Bntawt a lonl. 2SOA : 1. J.uon n-.- lK,., ); 2. Adri.an Cankl'o (f-kxo ); 3. w JU'f'ftt TlppanK ~; 4. Ronntt! R40nM"l' ( KTMJ; 5. John Fr..J.... t50W. 2'lO iii. I. ~ Budrr Uk.,); 2. Md.... umpr (Suz); J. )-... Finl (JC",w); 4, Cory Wilky (K.a_ ); S. Sww Dwnond (Y- l . 250 C : 1. Uln s..n..UiunJ; 2. Brad Go.untWy ( "'-1; 3. Cu m. eo..-rl O'..m ); " s.:on Skmrw (Hon); So Dmnis Kdly (Hon). zs...: 1. uri M.." ( K.aw); 2. M-.r" BN"," " "w); J. M Mno.. I'ftiftn) (Suz); 4. Jdf Urnpc' <5w:1;S. Tun IIiAIta'aion> . 300.: I. WI M.1ytK.tw); 2. Nly Wood (Yaml;3. M.artt. .......... IK.ow); " Tim f~ l!ourJ; 5. 1.ft Mdlv.ur. (Yam) . 1"i+ I. Rd . f\ony (Yam); 2. j ,m F~ (Sui); 3. Wilm. en..... : . lSuz); " . Flip P.. ~ (Y.am); S. krnny KNtinf; OC.aw l. oil).+.: I . Eric tLtrYf'Y (Y.l m); 2.}t-ff H ~ Uu.w); J. ~ 0- ..~ lKaw ): 4. Tom llragg (Hutl;5. Doug lUrwy (Yam). 5(H. : I. Tum 8nIMOiual, 2. Tum Fug (Y-.); 3. John R. Wrt..... UI".d; 4. t..e.on (Mai); RIlfw, SaII&t ((7). 500 ","OV: 1_ lhv id ltud " lI:Inl ( Hon); 2. Jo h.n GiIl" p' ", (Hon,; 3. ~ P.........IKliw); 4 , M.ft ~n "Yow ): 5. Tom St:Ntfnn' (Hon l. rRO 1. Ricky Ca rmichad (J(,aw); 2. Juon Thom.DIK. wl; J. Jarml Tippins lSuz); 4. Adoun KaU ( Hun); ~ MdlhatkTI r..u s. s. ts.al. t'-... 0\ 0\ ...... 0' N .... Q) .!:l o .... u o 45

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