(Far lell) Craig
Sm ith fin is hed
first in the
Over 25 class
and second in
the Over 30
divis io n at a
Sandusky
Valley Ride rs
Club
Motocross
he ld in TIffin,
Oh io.
(Lell) Glen
Com mans flew
10 Ihe 500cc
Open-c lass
w in at t he first
ann iversary of
th e opening of
Lemon Grove
Cycle Par k in
Piru,
Calrfornia.
- '"
Re sults
2.~ 8 : I , f"hllli p Wll kl
n ULow); 2. Scutt S o lin (K. wl; ., .
Johnny Kuum oc..w ); 4 Qud 1 ~th (Yam).
w
250 C: Srott Tyk., (}Ca w); 2. Own 5nUl tKol ) .
250 0: 1. RodIWY Rftd (SI.u: ; 2. Troy w~ (Hon l; 3. BiJly
1
Long {lra"'l
VET B. 1. Bub Rl~·t IlY wl; 2. Keit h r-lllCh . IH, ..); 2. RVAn lutz (H,m); 3. I. n
I l.mnK'Jfll.l .
.
& : 1. B.1Iny ..... yo ( 1CTI.4); 2. St..n Courtolld (Honl; 3. ErIc
Smith sizzles at SVR MX
By Carl Davis
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Craig Smith !Iohrt'd d ed to d ou ble moto ,·. in.. in
t
the Over 25 c1J~ at the Sandusky Valley Riders
Club on a bea u ti ful October d a y. Yamah a mounted Smit h made the best of the seaso n-ending MRA points race , mak ing his tr ip fr om
Gra nd Rapid s, Ohio. payoff.
As the com bint'd Over 25 class blast~ off
the line , Sm ith mo tored past local rid er Ma tt
Feasel. who had pu lled a ~autiful holes hot over
th~ pack . Smith wor ked by Feasel and immediate ly sta rted to o pen u p a co mfortab le lead .
Feasel drop pe d off the pace, allowing "007"
Scott Donaldson into the Sf."COnd spot , whe re he
wuuld finish the mot u. Cy Held took third .
In mot o two, Smith ga te d pe rfe ctl y a n d
crui!>t!'d tu dn e",sy win . Fedsel rode stronger in
moto two, holding off Donilldso n and Held to
takt' third uverall, while Duna ldson took second
ove rall behind Smith.
Smit h fou gh l tou th and ""il in the Over 30
clilSS as he bi.mk-d perenn ial vete ran Steve Hoi·
ldnl!. in both mot t)!,. TIle d uo jammed arou nd the
mos tly-natura l-terrai n SVR circuit. with Smit h
rid ing b rillian tly, h~ading bvth motos before
being ove rtaken by the hard-w (lU w l.
12. 1l'o.'T: I. M,'1t R" y (V. ml; 2. Jun Sum.lln (H,m) ; 3. T,mv
"
Robtn •..m (Koll w) .
.
.
2.50 BE I. Paul Krtuwd y (Y.un) ; 2. r _ A1l1lUondl.·r (}ion); 3.
e:
J" h I1C. t1...,.nc.wl.
•
~ri1CM6on
(J-bl.l.
5OSTIC 1. Bryt'O! To.'tZioll l'l (KTht ): 2. My," !IlIln (Cob); 3. Ri1ry
:
.
H.rpt1' (K ru);"" S ..tlwn s,.. ...... (I(lM); S. 1..0 CU ')' (KTMI
...-.. ll
50 MOD; 1. Bryq Trrzi.n IKTM): 2. [aeo n En do (Lcm ); J.
Dwilin o.vit ( kin).
eo OPE N : 1. M,lo Aleui ( K. wl; 2. Rill")' HoI,!," (lU.w l; 3 .
r
Ch.d H""loorrt I K. w) . '" C o lto n J..m.... ( Ka wl; 5. J..U A I.... Ri
(lU.w) .
80 BEG; 1. Jlmm y Solit: (YAm); 2. St......-en Hoojk CYam}; 3. Evan
Wilhrlm tK. wl; 4, JCury Morna \lU.w ).
80 :'n MonohAn (K.w); 3.
KC'I\IIl'th brymft" (YamJ; 4, So:l>« M.a~ (Kollwi.
125 L'Io'T: I. Nd Scon(SI.u:1;2.Tftr}'Cutounions CYun).
500 Of"F.N: 1. C ,"," Comma. (Hon); 2. 80bbv t..ngi n (HUlll;
3. o.rrrn SI.ffo-r Ullin). 4 Jfil n Mev nri (K."t
Mitt c..tTri l
(lion).
S
.
•
1ST: 1, T«t'V e-tou.tuOba(Yam) .
Jl). NOV : t . Tom Holltptr (lU.w) ; 2. Dr.n1d Fan," (Y.. m); 3.
8r.1I K"lInn.on O'.ml.
JO. L 'T. 1. BriAn Hill CY.m).
'Io
VET BEG; 1. ~ s.w.u.r (K.awl; 2. Jc.al'l f&ynct (Kollw l; 3.
Rcdr.y H.-h tHon.l 4 Tom AJ.pollu#i (YAm) S. A~ ApJ..ar
;
;
~
( KMw)
•
Sullins goes big
at Lemon Grove MX
SR VET 8FG I. Motll M.rdm ( 1C'Thtl; 2. M.n. M.rtin (lYw);
J . Skvo: DunNm d all m y time, money and energy to this projl"Ct, and things are starting to co mt' ar ound and we still have big p lans for more improvl!ment s in the future:'
egi
Su lli ns' debut in th E" 125cc H n nt"'r c1a..s
was nothi ng short of a total SUCCl;.'SS as he sw t'pt
both motos of competition and bu ilt up in..ur·
mou nLlble leads during t'ach mota . Jason Mon o-han was the second-pl'lee finisher in both motos,
while Ken Brymer , Sco tt Magdalen o and Oiln
Simmiffidn ruun ded out the to p five.
Sullins rLw med to race the 80cc No vice cL1ss
latt:'rin tht:' ddy but, iru nically, found lht:' radn~
more difficu lt. Sullins battl ed .....ith Team Grct.'"11.
rider Milt' A l~ss i in both motos bu t ca me up
sho rt each time as the 9-yea r-ol d posted both
moto wins . Bobby langin had a solid ride for
third and also competed later in the day in the
mini four-stroke event, finishing in the top fi"e.
Jimm y Soliz..who is a forme r B~1X Na tiona l
Cha mp ion,. !!'COred the gold in the 80cc Beginner
n
. d as.'i ... th a 2-1 finish. toppi ng Steven Hoylc 's 12 an d Evan Wilholm's J..3. Soliz , w ho d Ot'Sn't
race often, fou nd the new Lemon Grove Race
Tracl to be fun and clu.llenging. and celebratt."d
his first-ever 80cc ,,;ctory by perf onning a onehanded nac·nac at the fini5h line.
Glt"nn Commans and Bobby Langin ba ttled
close ly in th e 50 0cc O pen cl ass . Com mans
chased down and p rt"SsuTt"d Langin in tht> first
mot o, caus ing Langin to crash in the upper level
of t he ra ce course . Co mma n s went o n to a n
undisp uted victo ry , while l.a ngin picked him~lf up "'od charg tc"d back to second, in front of
Darren Stoff. and Jean Meynt.'t
u
.
The !>eCUnd motu sa w CorrunatU; an d langin
per form il repeat of the first race, with Comman:>
pro ving to h",ve a sharper ed ge by posting the
moto and ovcr al1 .....in .
By Ky le Myers
OCAlA. A.. OCT. 19
Just over 400 riders competed in rou nd four of
the Worldsports Cold Cu p St:!ries, he ld at the
Ronda Motosports Complex, and Jason Thomas
l1S(.'Ci il 2·1 tllly to win the Pro division.
d
In the fir st Pro mota, Thomas l... the 10·
rider field in to tu m one, with Ezra Lusk, Cliff
Coo k, Ad ria n Ca ntero an d Jarrett Tipp ing following . Tipping and Pau l Cu r r ie s lipped by
Ca n lero o n the open ing circuit as Tho mas and
Lusk ~an to pull a .....ay from the pack . Lusk,
o n his ne w fuctory Hond a , pres sured Tho mas
for the po int for two laps un til motoring by on
a n uphil L O n ce into th e lead , Lu sk pulled
a way for the moto win as Currie, riding the
on ly 125 ma ch ine , motort"d by Tipping an d
Coo k for the third spo t with two laps to go .
Lu!!>k ~i l~d acro !!>s the fini s h lin t:' to score h is
first ......in o n the C R,. ahea d of Thom as, Cu rrie
and Tip ping, .....ho pasSt.>d Coo k on the final lap
for four th .
Lusk rocketl'Ci out of the ga te to start moto
two wit h Th um ils, Coo k, Tipping and Curri e
trailing behind . Moto XXX-backed Currie qu ickly passt.>d Tipping and Cook halfway int o the
first circuit a. Lusk began to check out from the
other raCl tS. His lead ......as sho rt-lived, though.
"
when he got a fliI t tir~ on the hard -packed track..
Wit h lusk ou t. Currie r3i1ed a bC'rm iln d s hot
past Thom a!!> for tht' It!dd . Currie then sbrted to .
open u p a lead u n til he h it th e di r t. le tti ng
Th om as ba ck in to th e lea d. C u r rie q ui ckl y
remounted in fourth. ~hind Coo k and Tipping..
an d passed them both ......ithin a lap. Thomas was
... the first to the flag for the molo and overall \~tin,
....·ith Currie no t fa r behind in th e runner ·up
spot. California rid er Coo k claimed thi rd, with
Tipping and Ronnie Ren ner ro unding ou t the
top five places.
Cu rrie later returned to top bot h 125cc A
mot os. BSY's Tyson Hadsell and HSKS-backed
Ryan Dav is were th t' o nly d ouble class w in·
nt. n. fl ad wll won all four motos in the 125cc
·
Youth 3nd 125cc B divi sions, and Davis wo n all
fou r mo tos in the 80cc (l4-1 S) and Supermini
races.
Res ults
r / w 1; 1. Culm M..ynoud (Cob) ; 2. K.itd
~id.
Dicuia (Cob ); 4 , i\shky Vidny
Drnoil (Lrml; 3.
(Cob); S. Brandon e:;."rdtwr
tActl.
r/W 2: 1. T.J. Rho.>nriU (Cob>; 2. Kyle Krylon lCob l; 3 Dan
W..y..r (Cob) ; 4 Col lun Winrbn-nr..-r (Cubl; 5 . Mi k.,.!\k ol ini
(Cobl .
.
tJ(I 0 · 111:1 Hrva njMnsor'l (Koll wl; 2. Kvlr Chls.hobn tK.lwl; 3.
~by Lucroy 11U. . ·); 01. Kollvl!1\ Br l'lO (K.w); S, Chn5 Hu c k
.
lt
""wI
110 {1·1H. 1. Sba_ l.uK (l Ion );:' Dan TruD\olI'l (K.wl: J .
Bryan Jobt-on (Sud; 4 l.od Lund,. Qion); 5. DIlJ<: Kump (H..d .
!IO 02·13): I. Troy Adams (Yam); 2. 8n.n Gr.y (YJlII'I ); J
Qum ton Blg.kwo IV.m); "' J~-' Rich.1rd" eva m) ; 5. Corry FTnk
.n (Hr.>rIJ
.
S/M ISI2: 1. RYollft Ihvi. IlYwl; 2. DAn Truma n (Kollw); J.
Troy Adl1," (Yam) ; 01 fmd n Gtolly(Yam); 5. Joo.h Follu:nP _ (Sul:); J. Jo.'n'tny
;
Shu llloownrth (Sm l; 4 Aftdnoi Bol<..i (Su zl; 5. Tim Rlln tSC" (...... 11:).
.
115C; 1. \l.tt Juhtw;m (lIon); 2. Tom Pa~.. rIC.l l;3. Jd-'\OtI
w
Smilh lSw:); 4. Rotoin H.11l (Y.a S. Crq Bctte.au,,"(}Jon ).
ml;
J
w
250 A: I. }.:lrrrli Ti ppln~ (Su.r. ; 2. Jaso n Th o m.. lK.a l; 3.
Joh n Fw.1er tSut:.l; 4 , Dun.on McE1h.1ft1!Jl (Yam); S, Ad ",," Cantrro
(li"n).
250 B; 1. Jen-my Sh u n kworth lSuz); 2. Fon-nl BU
ller (Jlon ); •
3. Bud J y Du lfy (Ya ml; 4. Stt."Ve Oumo l'ld IYa m); S. J.D. Holmo.'S
(lion).
250 C: 1. Bud Rue! (yam); 2. Torn Achnna n (lO w); 3. Don
5o: tll..lyu n evAm); "'. Dun M"n tHon); 4. RonC~ l Kollw l; S. Moll~ Wluk' (tlon l.
pte
M:O 1. J..f'OII Thcnn.u (I(.1,w); 2. Paul Currir (lUtw) ; 3. Clltf
Co..k t'Suz); 4 , J,.tn'tt Tipping (Suzl; S. Runnr Rt'tUW"t (Kn.t:).
r.u1
Champs crowned
at SVCC Short Track
By Brad Lelcher
SIOUX FAlLS.SO.SEPT. 2i
~ty Fauld s came out on top as tm< 1m point
champions were O'OWlll-d during the L1st night of
racing for- the year at Saddlebacl. Ractcop.trk. Faulds
took the champi onships in the 2SOcc Pro and Pro
IT classes, whitt' Bob Andt'cson found himself
aboVt" the rompt'tition in the Open Pro c1.tis.
•
The Pro-cla ss ma in events began when tht:'
O pt' n Pro TT riders lined up. Midwest line-X/Welter Funeral Hom e /Palace Mot osportsba cked Honda rider Brad Letcher spent the
intennission proposing to his girlfriend , Kristi.
and wanted to top the evening w ith a main·
even t .....in. When the green flag d rop ped . letcher rocketed to tht' lead, ahea d of Fau lds and CJ.
Bt>ving. l.Rtcht'r'~ It"ad gww as Fauld~ and Bt-v.
ing battled side by side through the infield sec·
tion . Fauld s secured the advantage a nd thl"n
tric d to reel in Letcher. By the hillfway milIk,
L ~ t c h e r hOld stret cht'd lht:' advil ntclge to-a
straightaway by usc of a good infield line. The
leader b...gan pacing himself as th ~ ever..(letfr·
mined Beving uSt.'Ci il bUT3l of speed off the jump
to set u p a pass on Faulds in tht' nt'xt right. h.m.
d er. Be-ving pu llt'd a.....ay from Fau lds in third
place and bt'gan to red in Letcher . Letch~ took.
an ecsta tic victory with th~ front wheel loft«l
hi gh 3t the fin is h. With congratulations from
!K"CUnd- place fini~ her Beving. Letch... topped the
r
night .....ith a Poh sh victory lap. A fan excL imecl,
l
"He just ha~ to g~ that ring out of his pockt't!'"
A,~ if you .....eN" wondp ring. the an!ilw('r was
"Yl'S.
Tht.' 250cc l'To class lined up with lat~-.ea
so n rid er Sheld on Wcnz 3nd points ch3m pion
ch
r
Fa uld s nex t to t:'a ot h... . The qu ick -startin g
Letche r na iled hi s seco n d hol e s h ot o f th e
evening, wit h Faulds, Wenz and Beving in tow.
Letcher held off Jon's Amoco-backed Faulds for
nea rly two taps ~fore losing the lead . T.....o Ia ~
late r, Wen z foun d the low lin~ to his liking and
took o ve r se co nd pl ace . A fo u r· r id er battle
raged o n for ~e ""e' ral la ps before race lea der
F3ulds and Wenz touched in tum three, settin g
u p a side- by-side ba ttle . W enz SE'C1.1t't'd the lead
.....i th two to go as Letcher ilnd Bc·...ing ba ttled for
third. Faulds would not gi ve up easil y, and h~
tried every line on the tra ck trylng to get b.1<'k
past Wenz. Wenz held tough and took another
250cc Pro-e IMoS w in, with Fau ld s sh ado.....in g
him in St.."COnd. letcher held th ird and Beving
fourth.
Resu lt s
MI!\;I 50k 1. Cudy Cilrnol\oCCobl.
MI ~1 so AA; I . KoIby tt,, "'ht...1oj (Ydm); 2. )t'n'mi.a h
·
~l'tl
Z=)~~)~ Sorql1i. !Yam); 4. Brad y Rdnu (lion); S. T. ylor
..1
MIN I til>: 1. M it:hik"i Mine r (Kaw ); 2. JU!>til Lund (lO w); 3.
Cu d yCilm.no lK.iw); 4. Nid. B.." I (K.iwl, 5. Tnn y Bi ·1(K. wl
