(Left) The season's linal n ig ht short-track
event at Tra lJ..Way Speedway was a sweet
one lor Bob Sweeten (82) as he took the
250cc A overall w in from Mike McKee
(99A).
(Abo ve) Jim Chester sh owed winning
style in three c lasses at Polk Cou nty MX
In North Caro lin a,
Sweeten strong at
Trail-Way ST
Chester chews up
Polk County Motocross
By Len and Ben Breech
By Kirk Johnson
HANOVER, PA.SEPT. V
At Trail-way Speedways' final night short track
of the sea so n, Bob Sweeten gave a les son to
National if ot Shot" Series 250cc Pro-Am cha mp
Mike McKC'C in the 2SOcc A class and chec ked
out in the Over 40 class. His quest for a triple
was thwarted by an unstressed Jimmy Hollister
in the Ove r 30 class .
Hollister a lmost stole the 750cc fin al fro m
ick Taylor. but Taylor reco u ped on a red-flag
restart he caused for the win. Sweeten's nephew
also took a pair of wins in th e Sportsman and
600cc Pro fin als. McKee la ter too k the 600cc A
win from Roy Mill er .
Amateur wins went to Na tha n Davis in the
600cc B cia" with Raun Wood taking the 250cc
..,
B hon o rs. Will Slad e inherited the 125ee lead
when bot h fro nt-ru nn ers, N ick Lipira a nd joe y
Tyerya r, slid out ea rly in the race and held off a
cha rgin g Lipira for the win. Jared Mees showed
of( his 'newly re pai nted yello w Kawasaki with a
win in the SSs. wi th Nick Henderson taking the
'
65s; Frankie Locke ",,inning the 55cc (i-B) , Jeff
Hal de ma n tak ing his tum in fro nt of the 55cc (ol6), and Eva n Bacr again walk ing a way with yet:
an other 55cc Oil-Injected win.
Whil e Swt'\."ten jumpt>d out to an ea rly lead
in the Over 40 class a nd cruised to a relatively
easy win , with Jim Cha pman in seco nd eJ rly on.
Bob Babcock slipf'\--'d under Cha pma n for Mc"Cund
3 .'1 thl:"y camt> off tht> SL"C'ond tum on lap two. In
the 250cc A final. Sww tc n again took the po int,
wHh Mike McKw; Roy Miller and Jake Johnsun
cha sing . J ohn ~n WL'nt int o third a t_the end of
the opening lap, only to slide out in tu m three
un Idp thrl'e. Fur most o f the race, M cK~ wa s
d ose to Swl"t.>fen. and o n .the fina l lap , he mad e
his moVt.'. He d ived hard under Sw eet en as they
t.""I1ten.-'d the fir.-t tum and tri~ to do a slid e job
o n SWl..'Cten, but Swaien backed off just enough
to slice un der McKet! as he d ritt t.>d a little high in
two and ret akt' the lead .
Results
'li~ O IlANJ I FViln """" (Yam); 2. John Long III (Yilm); 3
Ruhby \""" r
a
n.an....I..od.to(luw,.
Z
48
(Hon)
125 B. I. WiU ~ (Yil m); 2. , Lpir&Uio... l;3.Jo ."yT~.
yM ; 5. Ry s.barl. fY.un ).
A: I. Ilvb Swn1'c'ft C
Hon); 2 Mik Mel«< ; 2. AollI'Of\ Hum ph""" IHon'; 3.
M! Godwin (Yam); 4 . fuhn Pt1c¥(}-k>n) ; 5. Dollv.a Sn llt h (K.il ).
w
: foOO A'- I. M il..r McK ", (RI1l I; 2 loy MillO"!' (Rrlt); 3 Tom
M.("
......... Jr , (Rul. 4_Jim H,u., OCTMl; 5. Ed Hydr( Rrx>
.
600 B. 1. Nth.n Davis (R1x); 2.
M Yft1"fYa ml ; 3. S.m
WlPkn (R~ 4. kw:yT Y"'Yilr (Rw; 5. ~TraYlU" a lon)..
IJ(l) PKO: I. ~II' Pr1ce (JaM ); 2. Mike' Mel'« (Rb.l; 3. rNl
:so
Mar"
'ohn
H ... l r k); (!>
ud; . , Mirhapi 0.."0:- Jr , (Sud; 5. Bri.ln H llnlttlc ......
U-Ionl; 2. kll."my o.vi. (SuLI ; 3.
T,.vis Will...,. (y ilm); 4. lu lltin Hol liday
POLK COUNTY, NC OCT. 12
,
Results
,II: MI!"I:I 1
8.1 HunNngt..- (".w ); 2,
3. Stqmm ShoJJ (Sou l; • . J.->n u.~...J
,"""'.
Libtwrt (Rlx ): • ~ Yoo:k (RrxJ; S.
.,
Wir>ooot'tl Jr . (Rbo).
750 A ·1 . :"lid< TllykJr (Ya m); 2 Jim HoUlSIl.>r (Tn ); 3. Bob Ba~
coclt ITri); <& Tom Johr-on ITrO; 5, Bri.1n Edh.an (Tn)
. 0+: I .Jim !1nllioobor(R hl); 2. flub~ t Rhl) ;3. John Ho.-n1
Jen... fRb. I; • . lIub B.obrut.... C
Rt:..);S. Ed H ydl- (Ri d.
4C). : I. Bub Swft'tm IRbo.!; 2 Bub s.bcoo:J,; (RId ; 3. Jim Owp'
INIn (Rbol; . , Tom Johllilt.. ITn );S. Mik ~iln(' n~).
S~MN : I. Gl'.>rl!:i(' I'n no CKThU 2. Kl'lUly Yodl>r fRht); 3.
;
Phi l Libhil n (Rtw.) • . M lb I (KIM ); S. It..-v Ko . ·
ll
'T
.
1"' l. O.
~ {1.In : I . n.VIn Prirr l u..n); 2. Rurrl> Mr:Ht~ ICOO); 1
Christoptw:r ,,"-tun tATK);. Ln Smith C ); S. M_
Cob
Cdd__Ut KTM).
t>(t(7~I : I . Phl hp Iwn (K.aw); 2. Ch.rw Bed t JU w ); J. ~
o..t.o.nr lKe w ); • . o.vin Prk'" CLnnI; 5. )....'" Pt-1' C w )
l(.,
60 fill-II): l. IJu"t in Olin (Kaw); 2 Davld Will15 {KiIw l; 3.
Hun. Allm.ul {K.aw. ; • . CoIlt"b hT>ton { K& w); S. ,.. lt Collins
b
lHonJ
llS 112·13., I. J....hu . Su mmry l K...·I; 2. Ad .. m
{
Sud; 3. S ichol- Vill'ltO (Sud; • . WillIAm Bryant (y ilm): 5. Kyk
0....,.,."'"
JUllbn'(Yil m).
85 (14-15): I. C~ B.a~ (Sud ; 2. Sf"""C'" Hill (Yam) ; 3
S io:t.>!.u W.., ..... fSo.ul;. , Aom", St.. nciI (YiIIII); 5 . Bra.JJ." Rtlbtort
·
son O'il m).
K5 l>: I . 1u"",n
(Hon):
5. Linlbcy C1u'i:tti-
.... {Y Am).
Suz uki of Gastonia's Jim Chester trounced th e
competition at Fox Day of round nine o f the Carolina Ultra Series at Po lk County Motocross, taking three classes by storm: 250« Pro. 125« Pro
and t he Over 25 A class . Cl o se to 300 riders
showed up to do battle o n the a iways-cha llengIns- well- prepared race facility.
C heste r bl asted off for the Iirst -m ot o
h oleshot in the uSec Pr o clas s, fo llo wed by
fres hman Tr o y Crisp, Ma rcus Hed rick; Caleb
Leath and Chad Newton. Chester would never
be cha llenged for the I'1;.'St of th e motu.
By th e e nd o f lap one, C r isp had a slight
a dva nta ge o ve r Hedrick, Lea th a nd New to n.
T he posit ions would rema in th e sa me unt il
about the halfway mark.
Leath go t by f Ie.. ick an d set his sights o n
h
Crisp . A s the ra ce wound d own, Lea th taught
Crisp a lesson in passing, stealing the runnerup positio n . C hester cruised to th e w in , follow ed h o me by Le a th , C risp. Hedrick and
Newton.
In mot o (wo , Cheslel" a~ain had the holesho t.
followed oy Lea th. Hedrick. Crisp an d Newton.
Ch t.'St,-"r went away and hi d from the res t of the
field, lea ving th em to fight for sec nnq. Lea th
esta blished a sma ll lead OWl"Hroriek. Crisp a nd
Nt"wtnn wt"rt" a straight btohind thesE' two, ,1gain
wa iting for a mista ke by eithe r rid er. The rest of
the moto was un t:'ven tfu l; an d Chester rolled o n
to the wi n . Round ing out th e to p five were
Lcdth, Hl..-drick. Crisp an d Nt'wto n.
Other rid ers also took double class wi n~. Joel
Bak\.'T tuuk clas s wins in O ver 35 an d O ve r 30 A.
Jeff Tomlinson scored victories in th e Ov er 25 B
a
a nd Over 30 B c1 sSt!S. Jay Taylor too k ho me victo ries in the' Un lim itt>d C / O a nd 2.l:)Occ C da s~
the hard way.
Th t" la ..t double class winner of the day
was Joshua Su mmey, w ho too k hi s usual ""'in
in the sSec (12-13) clds s. Sumnt~y a lso took theove ra ll w in in h is Sc hoo lboy-cla s s d ebut ;
where he enClluntered ~tiff co m pe titio n from
pc'rennial class co nte nders Joshua Capps and
Paul Justu s.
S/ ML,'t I. ~ H ill (Y......,; 2. Adoom ~ (Suz); 3.
:'\;dw.W Vugo Lt-/Ilh (Ye m), 3. M..,..
.
C\IS I INnc:k (Suz); .. Troy Our (5uz); 5. <.."had l'Iil-wton lSu-z
).
2"iO Ml:0' 1. JIm aw.-...tPr (5uz); 2. M& n:u . Hed rid: (Suz); 3
O-t Nc-ll. l lSuz); . , Tn>yCriItp (Suz).
250 B: 1. faul luMwl (Yem); 2 Jo:sh~ ~ ( Ki w); 3. Bc
ild
iidwiIJ'IU 1
!ouI:1; 4. Ik1iIn l..mo:' (JU w'; S. Dt.-rid t-kdrid< ~.
250 C: 1. lily Tilyklr tsuz); 2. AnlhorIy OtT (Suzt; 3. Monto:1-"0 (","w); • Jervi n 8Wodl (Y.am);5. Dilvid Tuckft (Suzl
25D D: I . Rodrwy Broub (Su.t); Z. ' d f Dutham CYa m) ; 3 ,
WllliiIm Will. ( Honl; 4. T>moIhy ~ (Suz); S. Bc-adkyTipton
( "," w ) .
U/L C/ D- I . J.ty Ta ylor ($uz); 2. Anthony On-lSuz); 3. E"'iIJI
Owoonby l5lut . Ad.un Pilltn... fYilm l; 5. Hn-bno1 Tey".. Oi •.,I.
U/LAM : I. SNnr-UW"KWI(lCT ); 2 J lit>.TiI
~hrl<
(Y.m)
3$+ : I .
lorl o.kr
Rt..,,101W....""" (Y&m) ; 4. Mlko:o TilVklr (Suz); 5, ,uhn Park5 (Suz)
m Dryallt Jr. CY.. m l.
Breshears takes
B-Line Motocross opener
By Jay Bissell
OKMULG EE,OK, SEPT. 14
UJ Uresh e<1fS mad e h i ~ a ppe ara nce a t th e debut
racc of B·Li nc Motocross a su ccessfu l one as he
roll~ L wins in th... 125cc Intel"
o
mtc"diate class,
the Open Outlaw cla ss a nd the Dash for Cash
race . The MXj- Ente r p rises-p ro m u te d event
drew nearl y l O riders for racin g in 19 c1 a ~~
U
at th e rl'Ccntly opcn<.>d tra ck. Brcsh t'ars d om ina tt-"'d by winning all fou r motos hit" en ten'd , but Breshears was ne vet" seriously cha llengt.-'d
.
Behind him in the Intenned ia te cla ss; Ste"'e
Manley and Jo h n Wolf swapped second - and
th ird -plac e finish es; with Okay Ma terials /
Moto~p()rt~ of Muskogee- backed Manley taking
the runnt.-r-up spot on his Suzuki.
B~hears fi'n"ived a lucky brt'ak in the unelap. winner· take-all Dash for Ca s h: The lone
Expert in the field . Dick Lanes Yamaha /Torque
by TA-b."1ckt'd rid CT Tommy Allm, got stuck in
the gatt:', allowing Breshea r s to holeshot a nd
takt' thlt" ..ri n nvM' Vd rider Scott Morgan . Bres~
hears too k ho me Sl iD for his efforts.
YamaM-mounlt'd Wolf rebounded from his
dis.lppointing fin ish in the 250cc Intennediat e
class to win the Ovt"t 25 cla ss with a 3- 1 sco n:
over Cra ig Tygart a nd firs t-moto winner G reg
Ingels. KkN Yamaha /MSR/Works Co nnecti o n's
Tyga rt had the speed to win, bu t a n o ff-track
excursion rel egated him to seco nd . Stillwater
Kawasaki '!> Ingels d ropped to third in the St"COnd
mota and third oVt.-rall, bu t red~ed himself by
winning the 250cc Novi~ class.
Dick Lanes Kawasa ki rider Mike Jackso n rode
to the win in the la rgest class of the day, USee
Beginne r. ja ckson placed seco nd in the first moto,
a nd th en held off sev e ra l ch a llenges by K Xmounted Ed Cube ro in the second moto before
Cube went down trying to make a last-lap pass.
ro
Cycle Feb-sponsored Hadley Balding rod e to ronsister u3-3 mot o scores to take seco nd o vera ll.
Results
P /W STK: 1. Ki tre Wrigh t (Yaml ; 2 AmI"')' I-Iagc:r 0'411\); 3.
•
Sophie' WnJ;hl (Yam ); 4. Kcnd.ill BiloItcU (Suz); S. Ty kr M"tlwttm
(Y& .
m)
P/ W MO l> I . And y Rul-"'f""1 IKTM).
M INI M I:"l1 CboH): I. 5.."IICt Bw.ooe(Kaw l.
M If\;1 MI NI (9-111:I. R"bb i(' RobPrtson (Kiw); Z. KenTm""'11
(JUw); 3. 1.llnd in Bok... (JU w ): • . Mitchc!U BtlZOn(' UC ); 5. WYillI
ollW
Shl'tdonClC.aw
)
80 DF 1. T.J. Dt-.bl... (1C.I ); 2 lIn-nt f'fr..nt.i l (1C.Iw); ], a.r-.
.G.
w
Cot hra n lKilw ); • . huhn Ca lico (Ki w); S. ~ Robo:rt:oon (Kl w).
1lOIR; I . P&W W itty (Ki w ).
IIOSR: 1. 5I:.-w Mull .... (Kilw l.
AO O UTI.A W : I. Irvi Hum phn-y (H,,"); 2. (' nil H u m l'hll")'
_
(lion) .
125 lll::G; I . Mike- JollCbon (JU w ); 2. Hadky &hb"lt IYilm); 3.
RAndy T YlIl&n ( "" w) ; • . So:oiln Antri "'n (YiI", ); S. MAr" St~lI
<.
'it.al.
125 NOV; I. SIrvC' Dmni!! (Y.am); 2 W illWm A ntriLn (Y&m);
3. EYC'ft'tIHiIWO("I"(K.ilw); 4. I_EllilI(Y&III); S. BriilJl IIrodt. CiuI:).
125 1Z'Io" : I. Shilwn SIndoiIl ( lion); 2. Cnuj:; TY'lI:&rt ("" w I; J .
RA Ruf'r'l" ( lion).
y
125 EX. 1. T•.nmy ADm (Y.. m).
250 BEG: I. John 8ozorw lSuz); 2 r & Cotbd>.&ll &.1: ); 3uJ
ChW 8ozono:' (Sw); 4. TftYl;WWy.ltt lSuz); 5. Bill Anrnlun~.
250 NOV : 1. C~ Inlli _ (1C.iIw); 2. Cory Wilbon (Hon); 3.
_
A.n.. rol m..& C
Jr;:.wl
250 L''T: 1. BJ . ~n (l ion ); 2 Stf'"«' M..nw-y tSuz);'3 .
)oM WoU lYilm); 4. V~M.-(5u.r:I.
Ol'bN (XJTLof.W : 1. S.J. Ikehmn (lion); 2. ~wr'l ~Ir
tHon); 3. ~ Dt:nnU ; • . ~ Pryor (Yollm):5. J'I,;al McC.I~ (YiIaU.
.-0.: I , J rear tin~. Although
Jo rgensen tried nu merous passes, DiSc.,lvtl won
the six-la p main by several feet.
"My strat~ was to just pace myself ~ nd finish the race." DiS.lJ\'o said. follo\\ing the taCt:' . " I
knt"w I had tht> pace to stay in front of Toby. Ht'
wasn't putting o n too many mo\'\.'S or getting.a
w heel un derneath me, so I just ke pt the f'd~ up
th e whole race."
Longtime favori te Rob Damron debuted on a
beau ti full y pl"t'par ed H usa be rg a nd proceed ed
to kick some St.'rious butt by wirming the ()pt:'n
A !1>hort-track main. and finishi ng st-"'COIld in the
Pro-Am Short Tr a ck ma in event. Sllndv.'ichcd
be tween Bo b Grant and BobCa~.
Five-year"'Old §el\.c;ation Cody Lambott; who
re ce n tl y m o wd up to the A ranking. scored
wins on both th e !1>hor t tra ck and IT on an
Action m o to rcycle. Ac tu ally; Lambott won J
total of three Pet>Wee races - two on the IT, and
o nt' o n the s ho r t traek - in awe:>ome fa$hion.
Equa lly imp ressive wa s Pl a ce l"ville 'So David
Ross; who doub1t.-'d in tw o Pt.>e Wee shorHrac k
dnd lT c1d~ .
60cc rider Chris Bor:J3S put o n the nde of his
can.acr in tht:' ro mbined IT main event. Borjas; a
C rid er a lways in co n te n tion, bested A rid t'1"
Derrick Ponton. wh o is no slouch by an y stretch
of tht- i ma~ lldt ion . Borjas gave it his aUdud tnol..
the c hec ke n 'd flag ahead of Ponton - a rc a I
David vs. Goliath!
Wit h Lodi ' s lOOcc IT Nationa l o nl y two
wt.'t.'ks away; the l 00cc cla ss ran a ve l"y l.uge
