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(Right) Brent Stewart raced 10 two class wins at t he King City Hillcllmb in Mo unt Vernon, Ill inoi s. Deneke fastest at King City Hillclimb By Bud Northrup MOUNr VERNON. It. OCT. 11 Clin t Deneke mad e the long drive from Rothbury, Michigan. to compete at the King City Dirt Riders Hill cl imb at t hei r d ubgro u n ds n ea r Mount Vern on, but made the trip .....orthwhile by posting the fasted: time of the evening and p ick. ing up a 5100 cash prize for his effort. Bob Steffey Hom e Fu rnishings contributed the special award, and Deneke. rid ing a KX5OO, clai med it wit h a blazing 3.7.3J.-second time on his secondround ride in the SOflcc class. ~dy Fortner had turned a n exce llent 3.871-scrond time on his firs t ride o n his ja ckso n Performance Ho nd a, and it loo ked a s though it migh t ho ld up for a long time - but it pro ved. good only for seco nd place. Kelly Brad y flew his Honda far over the top of the 14o-fool hill in 3.936 second s for third , followed by the cu rrent points lead er , Joh n Scroggi ns . in 3.937 second s, and Bill Ashley with a 3.941-$t.'C\md ride. Brent Ste wa rt was the only doub le winner of the evening. pos ting wi ns in the 200 end 250cc classes . Rid in g a jackso n Performance Hond a CR12S, Stewa rt na iled a fine 4.120-seco nd time to overtake An thony DeHar t for the wi n. Th e 14yea r-old Del-lart tu rned in a very fast 4.210-sec· ond time on his first ride on his Jackson Pcrformance Yamaha YZ125, a nd got even fas ter on his second ru n wi th a sizzling 4.Ibl-sccond tim e. Scott Sheets, a lso 14 yea rs o ld , d elivered an exce llen t 4.258-second ru n on his KDX200 for thi rd place, wi th Becky Willia m s a n d Mark Goodman. both riding KX125s, fill in g out th e top five spo ts. Stewart's second win cam e in the 250cc class, where he ha s cla im ed th e Di strict 17 po in ts cha m p io n s hi p for I I st raig h t yea rs. Ste wa r t sa iled over th e top in 4.033 seco nds to take the early lead in the first round, but Bill Ashle y rocke ted his Suzuki over in 3.995 seconds to take th e le ad going in to in term iss ion. fn seco nd round acti on , "Fast" Andy Fort ner flew over the top on his Forward Motion Suzu ki in 3.960 secon d s to overta ke As hle y, bu t Stewart blew the whole class away w ith a n incred ible 3.786-secand fligh t over the top to ta ke the class w in . Mark Goodma n, riding a Kawasaki. a nd Hondamounted An tho ny DeH art finished fourth and fi fth. Fortner had a very good nigh t ov era ll, as he claimed first place in the 750cc class tu gu with his tw o seco nd:" in the 25n and 5(Xkc d a s."oei. Resu lts so AUTO; 1. ~{,vk M. 1~a; 2. TQIfI 6lUr;T 3. J\I~n Ttn'lt ; -l IonChe:mcy; 5. Alan Petty . 85 YTH, I. lkoc Wilb"lIlII; 2. I. nod H. ~; J. MattWt'lYft';-I ky Rilo Mu11iNl; .5 Da mon Milyt>.")' 200: 1. 6 ,,"" 1 St,·w..l1; Z. Anthuny Dt.·II ..rt 3 , SaJl I Sht-rt~; -I lkdcy WiJli."rm; S. M..rk G lIodlni1ln. art ; U 250: 1. 6n."t Sttow ; Z. Andy rortn..or J. 81 Ash ley; -l. Mark Goudm.ton; S. Anthony Dto rt. H.. 400: 1. Dllug Ca mpl..·n; 2. n...ug Gilk"'p it·; 3. Troy Hoo)"l'!'; -I &bG lenn. 500: J. Chn t lJo.oT>l"kc. 3.733 ( K.l w) ; 2. Andy F Yotmah d d uM' to the lead more thiln the othe r 125cc Intcnncdiat e riders a t Wa shougal this yed r to gr ab th e o ve rall clas s championship . T hi s was a great yea r fo r t h ~ r a ce s a t Wa...hou ga l. Nine out of th e 11 t"Vt;>(lh;. th., t co un t· ed to ward the overa ll c ha m pion s hi ps were loamy and a cou ple were gredSY to leep Northwest rid ers sha rp. Ycar-c nd awards pro\-'ed that oonsistlt' cy pays, to the benefit of such rid t'TS as n Eric Wil lia m.·l, Dono van Mitchf'll, Chris Chu rch, Russell Cha se and Garre tt C a r te r. But Sweet mad t" a U the t"ven ts a nd finished consistently welt enough to ga the r th e m o st p oints. Eric Lo ne y brou g h t hom ", seco nd ah ea d o f Mik e Schee l in third . Ark CllOl from Dallt'looport, Washi ng ton, was another rider proving consi stf'n t. In th e 12Sec Junior class, Joo y Deitz kept hi s Kawasaki in front of Coo ls' Hond., quite.l bit, bu t Cool ca me out on top overall. • A lot o f riders reall y improved their speed this year and will be moving up to the next class for next year. J~ Allen rode his Kawasaki way out ahead of the 250ccJuniors and will no doubt run well next year in the 250cc In te rmedia te class. Also. both l u cas and Garrett Salzer push ed their Yamahas to the fron t of the 125 and 250cc Beginner classes. They are both setting their sights higher for next year. It's always fun to see the younger riders step up to the larger bikes. and after a successful year o n an 50, Dan Reude of Wa shouga l ha s 'been seen rid ing a 125cc and will be a fact or ne xt yea r. Th e sa me is tru e fo r Brad Busch from Spokane, washington. Washougal Mo tocross Park and Ralph an d Carolyn Huffma n would like to thank. everyone wh o helped out this year for their help this year, incl uding AXO, 1-800 -COllECT, Beaverton Ha rley-Da vidso n, Columbia River Motorcycles, Cycle Co u n try , Dirt Shi rts, FMF, Fox Racing, Gresham Hond a, H e r tz Equipment Ren ta ls, Hillsboro Motor cycles, Kawa saki, Mikes Racing. Mo tul , PBI Sprockets, Pe relli, Scott USA, Tuc kerRocky Dist ributin g , western Power Sp or t:", Wiseco Pistons, Yam aha and the AMA. Res ults 50 (4-0): I. larob Srot1 lKTMI; 2. )::,t"Vln C oo l (Y,lm l. l\u !ICh' '' M); 2. J..-f~ Rwv ..-s tKThl); 3. 1 so (7-8), f. Mich.wl C(Jdy CI_ n. IKThfl . . 60 (7-8) : 1. Shawn H abor\ul:k (K.twl ;2. Dan irl Lo:vy «(')wl. eo ('I- I I): 1. ' ,lke Perce «(,) w ). 80 (12·13): 1. ~1t' AlRs lio.o (Hun); 2. G"'M BrTgnm ( ~ wl; 3. Inr y \1 i1n<:u tHon) 'oO 1IO n 4-15) : 1. o."it: l Rt"llJr H LIIll; 2. 8. ..,..1"" Mitrtw n (Yam) ; 3. Brild Bu:~h (Yaml . MOO II) , I.Cc.y Huifm an (Suz /;2. KobL-rt: Wullbrant (K.1 w ). · 80 D: I. Brandon Sin,Jen (Hon); 2. J.... Cr. ,... (Su:.!); J . ~n \1 t')'t'1' (Hnn l. 125 B: 1. Ryan Swert (Ya m); 2. Eric Locey (Yilm ); 3. MiJ.r Scheel (Kaw). 125 C; I . AI'I€ 'CooI. tH ill'' '; 2. Jody o.tl7 (I'.t.w /; 3. o...-.dCo.-- fry ( Ka "'j 125 D: 1.l.lKu5.0urr (Y.. m ) ;2. RtlllCobIrntz (H ....). zs-.. AlB : I. lay l.cbon (Y.m); 1. Br.od Forknrr (5uU; 3. Matt unon(§uz). 2S-o- C: I . 51..-w~ (Hc>nl. 2.'.0 D: I. Ju~tin H .. "",n (H .m) ; 2. Travi~ Rvan Swert (Yam). . 250 C: 1. JC\lItCA!kn(K,iwl. 250 D: I . G.tnftt S.dnor (h m); 2. T"')' A In: 5chnn (H \W1) . Murphy (Suz); ·3 ~ (Yam); 3. 30+ A; J.Ir'ff'r-wMT (Yaml. 30+ B: I . Rid Hutfm.n (I<..w ). 4(). A : 1. MKhHI f'rTn C'ouzl;2. ~ Rodgrn(Honl. WM!\' . 1. M.uy Atk"l1OO (tlorl); 2. Sh.uiSWll (Hun). orex D/C: 1, M il.. Smith OCT'M); 2 Ko.-n rillfaniLor(Hsb). OPEl\: 0: 1. 5rotl BWIchkflk>rtl;2 . Aoorrw Dyn'lf'CH..lIl). Results P/W , J. Brad Bollm.ln n \Co b); 2. AIlh lo")' Vickrt (Cob); J . M.IX R." h (Cobl; 4 tlin (C obl; 5. Slch Dk'ui.o (C obl. r /w (7-8) : 1. T.I. Rh...nrlli (C ub l; 2. Kyle " ..ylon (Cob ); 3. Oanny Wtyer (Cob); -4 Milu: Nit:h1lni (Cob); S.Colton Wino:bnulcr . "om (Cob l. 60 0-11): I. I(yw Qili;hoIm ( Ka w ); 2. Mottl e.-..... ( J(.) w); J . John Mull.." ....y (K4Iwl; " \f .. tt Buni (Kaw) ; 5. Bobby lUCTOy (","wI. lIO(7· 11): I . Byr;m )ohmon (~w); 2. M.ltt Gocrk tK.aw ); J. kykoChitJwlln. ( ka w); 4. Do. J;.:ump( Hon); 5. &.t floonUer OC.wl . FlO (12-13 ): 1. Tn ... Adam.. ("(am); 2. Jt- Ridwrd.. (Y .. m ); l Bri.>n Gr.y (Y am); 4. Qui.ntoo 8i~lW (Y....); S. Cgnry- FlIlk tv"ml. l!U tl4-1S l: I. Josh F.11UbOn (SIa); 2. Ik andon Butkr (Honr, 3Drn1d s-m. ( Hon); -l J.R. Br.-..r ("(.1m ); 5. SNwn M.lyo (lCa w ). Sf\.llNl· 1. I'Ir nd< Aulloor(H•.u; 2. Jo--o Richards (Y am); l a ... Ton y 5coln ( "",, w ); -l. Drn'Kk 51...."'1' ftlon); S. Joroh F.u!olino lSo.Izl. 125 YTH : I . T)"IOI" H.ld...n (y am); 2. J.8. 8.lILud (K.aw); a ~lr. K.t.in (K.t. ....); 5. AndM BukJnI ...... Mi.... StPVPn!'iOl'O ,,(awl; " 125 A: 1. Anthony ~ (.' iud; 2. Ja,rrrit TIppin,; lSw: 1; 3- Milrcu~ Ped n'TO (Sud; 4, o.~ McElha llfirst 2l)OcC' B moto, Tim Eggers led the 19-rider fie ld into turn one, wi th Tim Baker , Duffy, Mike Lampe and Bill Gret!'nwood following . Posi t io n s c ha nged dra matically o n the opening lap, as Duffy had the point at the end of lap one , with Baker, Gre-enwoo d , and Je re m y Shuttleworth trailing behind. Duffy opened up a thrt't.>-st'Cf.md lead by th e halfw ay puint of th e 'd mo to, as Shuttleworth slippc. by Greenwood to move into th ird . Shutt leworth then set his sights on B.. ker and motored by him to sit in the runnlt'r-up spot. Duffy held on for th e win o ve r Shu tt lewort h, Bakt>r, Grf'enwood an d Forrest Butler , who had worked his wa y up after a terrible start . Duffy pickl..>d up wh ere he left off in the first mota by shooting ou t o( the gate. G r~ wood , &ker , Butl er and Andrew Doiro n dodged his roost. Bakl!'r qu ickly disp laced G r~nwood on th e fi rst cir c ui t, but fo u nd t hat Duffy ha d already pu t some rea l est a te between him an d the rest of the pack. Meanwhile, Shutt leworth was on the gas as he bt. gan to slice through the field after a 12th-place sta rt. Shuttleworth was in fi fth by the en d of l..p tw o and closi ng in on the fro n t~ ru n n e rs. Bu lt er a nd Shu ttl ew orth both pas~ Grt"enwood on the fina l la p, but Duffy and Baker were lo ng gone . Du ff y o n h is Broward a nd Paletta Mot os ports Yamaha sailed acr oss the fin ish line to sco re the overall win, w ith Baker, Bulter, Sh ut tlewo r th and Jas o n Stroer rou nding ou t the top five plaC'e5. Anthon y Pocorobba sco red the hat tr ick o f the day by win ning all th rre c1a!\.'OCS he entered . He won aU six mot os in 125cc A, 250cc A, and Pro d ivision to take hom e the lion's share of the purse . .t BuIJtoc ( Hon); 5. J-..n Strorr tHun). r".o C: 1. Oo....u.- Mo,...n..l1 (I(", ~·l; 2. Drilc.l Rud (Sou); 3. ,.' 'o ~kF.l · hatto..'n ~l . Huls hammers down win at Midway MX By George Hodkinson KEllOGG. MN. sm . 211 Josh Hub scored the overall win tod ay in the 1624 B cldss, !>COring the win on his '95 YZ250 with his 1·2 mot o fini s hes. Good a u tu m n w ea th er (althou gh a little windy) ~ted the nearl y 300 en trants w ho mad e it out for the seco nd -ta-thelas t mo toc ro ss race of th e seaso n a t Mid w a v Rt"CTt"a tion Pa rk, a nd tra ck co nd itions remaint..>d excellent a nd tacky the entire d ay. Due to th e fac t th a t th ere was only one A rid er in the 16-24 field, "Dirt Bike'" Mike Kann , he was ru n ...rith the B rideI'S off the start . Going · into th e fir.'lt comer of the first mo to, H ut.. pu t his YZ ou t fron t, v..ith Mike Barnt."tt on a KX250 in second .1nd Ka nn in third . in the third com er, Kann wash t.d out and was forced to chase all the ' B rid ers, bu t Kann w",sted little time and was eve ntually leading t he whole gro up . Disa ster struc k aga in, thou gh, when 1 he re mou nted. By th e seco nd I.1P, Kann was back on top a nd lea d ing the pack once agai n as Huls led the B class w ith Scher bri ng still second . Bate ma n moved in to third, passi n g Bennet t, with Barnett fift h a nd Boris Ma hl ich sixth. On the fourth la p, wi th two laps to go, Bateman was pu shin g his KX2.5O into conten tiun for the lea d in seco nd pla ce. bu t stalled his bike a pproaching the fin ish line as the white flag ca me out. At th e finis h, it was the lone A ride r, Kann, wa y out in fron t on his YAR/ Forwa rd Motion / W ill ia m s Mo torwer x-backed YZ125. Hub finis hed second an d first in the B ctass, wi th Schcrbrin g.. Ben nett , Barn ett , Batema n a nd Mahlich ro und ing ou t the top six. Moto tw o saw Hut:" take the ea rly lead , w ith Bateman seco nd, Sche rbring third an d the res t of th e pack, including Kan n , cha sing the lead er s . On the first lap, Huls wa s leading, followed by a d t'tt:nnint'd Bat...ma n a nd A rider Kann in third. On the st'COnd lap around, Kann mo ved into the lead spot, an d it seemt.>d the rest of the pack was fading into a groove. Batema n made up for his first·moto mi sfortunes and pa ssed Hu ts for th(' lead latl:! in the moto. Huls too k. seco nd , whi ch wa s good enoug h for the ove rall wi n. Scherbring took thi rd , Mahlich fo urth , Barnett fifth a n d Bennt'tt :"ixth . Rosults MIC RO MINI P/W I"~): 1. C. . (lin !\'0'l\:n-n; 2. Brum RZ1n. t n ' MI CR O MI NI (4·b) , 1. C h ad Sc h m idt; 2. Kylc Ohla n d ; 3. Br,l nd o n Sl... lin~ 4. O;>lllln sen .hm .a r ; S. D.mny T... 1 .... r y... i gu MICRO MINI (741): 1, Juhn H.-inle in Ill ; 2, Brr et' 1It.'nI1.lt"hr;3 Aiel<, ~.lrt ill; -l. lJridll Ru b in ; 5. Nll-k IMrt.z. P/W: 1. lilltOn lohn ....n; 2. Sco ll Ehlenfdd l; 3. Joe M..yer ; -l. Kalphl(-' AlIl'n; 5. Joh n Helnl Cln Ill . MINIJ R (7- 1U: I. KylL" Potlt."T; 2.JUOIh Rolbiecki; 3. Jl;fIOl1 Juhn" >I\; 4, Ju n Pau l; 5. Colli n Rig"'ll\An Ml toO l JR {l2-13 l: 1. C hild Li nd ...r ; 2 . Bu b by Wi dm .ln ; 3. Na than BlOlIghlun; -l. Brd t OhL.nd ; S. Jim r aw . MIN I SR {I4-15l: 1. BnI Krcm-er: 2. lend SdunoU; 3. Aaron B..-rwon; 4. Ad.l m B.ou ; 5. CLoyltlll CMboon. ...,. OPES MIN I (10.15 ): 1. ChAd Li nd .·r ; 2 . ~n K r.. m ...r ; 3 . N al n.m Bro\ighlun; -4 8ubby WilJnwR;S. Kyle fu ler. YTH: I. Owrln Boo,"",tt 2. Z.ch Derry; 3. I.... h CoI. L.on; -l. ; J......t .... n SpnItUt'.:5, Ryan [);arltn~. 11'0-24 A: I. MI Kann . 1(,.2-l B: I . fu Huh; Z. J.y Schrrbring; 3. Phil B.t1nI\o'ln; " Mike-8amrlt: 5. Cudy Ik"llnril. 16 ·2-l C : J. Rya n Smo luc h; 2. C h r is Fo rcc llc ; J. Regg ie ~ 4. JWYm Doo.'f lm; 5. 0._ uRj1;ft'DWl\. Y J 2. ~ A, I. T•.Jd t...-'ntz; Z.SrortCripps; 3. Bill Tliford 2S+ B. 1. Chud. n-nY""'. am Novotny; 3. Al NuvoIny; -l. Tod d Rypb; 5. Thomas Pdn':5Ot'l . z. 25+ C : l. Dou~ 80M; 2. CNd Fftt; ). Krl NOl'\un; , . Robert M.ln-on; 5. Dlftid SbUoor:. \ 'FT B. 1. O u,.. Th,",~ 2. c.-n...nvotny; 3_AI N(W'tllny; \ 4. n...-rtWnon; s.ToJd RypIo.... VET C: 1. C Tt"gU'y VMI \too:r 2. Rid Norwn; J. Robert fU n; ..... -l. o.nwl SI<.oIk-'t; 5. Lonnv Brown. SR 4(). A/8: I. Jolin Moulin; 2. FI't>d Fr1!dricbon; 3. Rott...,. S.:hdlh..nur.or; 4 Rilooy N..g.-l S R -4t).o. C: 1. R...ngrr Croflon,; 1. C.aryGmth.; 3. Lynn MC'}'"; -l. ~hk Robin; S. Moork ScN.ntun. S/SR 50+ : 1. Jam " KlI'''patnc''; 2. Richa rd Van 8rcrnfl'; 3. M Ik.. Cout('f . WMN : I Tiffany Rum ~ 2. S.un .ln rhol Hogy 125A.1 . Mi lo.. Kann . 125 B: I. ChMIcs Banrtt; 2. loshUABub; 3. lay Scherbnng; -4 . Cod .. Bcnnnt; 5. l uRln Wa llm;on. ·125 C: I. Loc h Do.-rry 2. Brandon H..gedom; 3. JOf"lath.on ; Spr4gUll' 4 Tr.. vi~ r.......,hrl 5. Sum... K.M...rny . ; m 250 A: 1. Mike- K.trm, 20Scott Sltoinlr. '25IJ U, 1. Mi kt- BoI nriI; 2. JoM'" Huh; 3. Matt I.o5en; -l. Phil r 5_C«M"gL' HudkiMnn. Z5l1 C: 1. Ryan Smoluch; 2. Doug floo n; 3 Lonny 8m wn; " 8.l1~ Chad Ft-It 5. J.-.-. Cal'lltll. ; l r-.. 0-. 0-. ,.... N' ,.... .... ~ ..0 E ~ > o Z, 43

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