gate. The two Kawasaki riders wer e never more
than a few feet apart for the ent ir e race", with
Foltz holding the advantage when the checkers
fell for the win . Mike" Epstein ga ted in third and
pretty much ra n by himself in that position until
the end. Fourth went to Brian Melsbeimer, with
Chri s Epper putting a last -la p pass on Jim my
Soliz for fifth .
When the 22 riders exi ted th e firs t tum in
mund two , it wa s Petrie leading the' charge, followed by Epstein, Melsheimer and Foltz. Petrie
qui ckly put a co uple of seconds on Epstein, who
was be in g cha llenged by Mclshcrmcr at every
opport u n ity. Melsheimer got .a brea k w hen
Eps tein went down on lap three , but wasn't having m uc h luck keeping the fleeing Pe trie in
sig ht. Petrie put in .I fla wless motu to see th e
checkers 15 second s a head of Melsheimer. Foltz
wa s a few seconds off Melaheime r' s pa C'f' for
thi r d. but st ilt walked a way with the secondplace tro phy. Soliz used 6-4 rides to edge ou t the
3-7 of Epstein for fourth overa ll.
Jimmy Ebe rle spanked th...other 125cc Beginners for the first-rnoto win . Kevin Jen nings kept
William Klein a nd St ev e Perry a t bay fo r th e
ru nn er-up spot. Klein on his KXl 25 was qu ickest
ou t of the ga te to ICJd the first couple of la ps of
the second rnoto before Jennings mad e the p ass.
Ebe had to fight his WilY u p fro m a mid pack
rle
sta rt, and by the time be got a ro und Klein for
second , jennin gs had ton much of a lead on his
Pro Valve /Santa Ana Su zuki-b acked RM for
Eberle to overcome . Klein he- d on for third over
l
Perry and Ryan Robertson .
Re s u lts
P/ W: 1. T..n rK"l' La nr::;ha m (CEFJ: 2. Cbyton Munllo lCob) : J .
luatin Mulford (teml: • . J;KOb 6 ud rw l Lnn): 5 Log_n lI:u.wU
OCTM )
fJ() BEG. I.
Weoky
DR-w G......1.wrIk.ow). 2. Il.l.""'nMu lfoni
r.1'T'iah (KlIwl; .
(!<4Iw); 3.
GI't'g Owftl IKlIwJ; 5. Sh.1oN RhInrh.a 11
oc-.w).
6O(l\.II): I IUNulw n Ar.lna (J(.w); 2. 0 . +.. (".rt..... (kAwl ; 1
Tilruny RilLld (K.iw ).
60 (9-11); 1. Randall HAll (K.w); 2. Cody s.u.ddcr ; 2. J-y Ebo:rle eva m); 3.
Willi a m Klt',n (K.w); 4 . Sote-vc PnTY 1m): 5. Rv.n
~tson
lSoW.
125 !'I: V : 1. Donirl So-lUnd<-rpud (TM); 2. Eric Andt'nOrl
O
o:;.w); 3.
Ikandon Mibked
(5w: );
4. JrH 6dt'
( lion):
5. Chmto-
pher B.umt (Suz).
125 lNT : I. MidI.It'I YCIlWlg (lCaw ); 2. ~n Towrwtnd (Hont
3. "'id< Mil'""'"' (t..
-n.o;. On, ·Th" m f""O'/' lCioul; !>. C...ry Tr....toy
(Yam).
125 rRfr 1. Jimmy t.vorci (Su,zl; 2. [)u".tm Ev.lno;(SuzI.
2SO BI':G; I . Sha_ Good (H o ft); 2. Mib Move (Hon); J .
Way-" DodR~ (KlIwl ; 4 . 11:1,.. Villilnzulil (Va m) ; 5 . RotI1 Dedge
"", wI
250 NO \'; I. Ry..n Duty (""wI; 2. Br. nJ< MilVod &cz); 3.
m
Jnnny f'nTo (HorI I; 4. Ty kr lkI. l. lSu%J; 5. Gk."IlCoh<."Il( K.twl.
d
2501lloi: 1. TOlW C..mpbril ( K.l w); 2. Nid< MolJ'OW (Suz); J.
'
~ Mt-rty (K.rw ); . Cary Tr.l,hy tV.. m ); 5. Co l.. Town...-nd
IK.ow ) .
250 rRO: I. Takt'5hi Koik. d.t (Vam).
500 N O V: I . U UT<."Il Sta l tt"l'(U(Jft); 2. TV1M)fI Tl tthorn' .... (t lon J.
JII: VI':T BI':C: l. JolIMln C.l rp..n ll' r (I(.Iw); 2. Kt';th Sa m"On
(Y.un.l ; 3 n.vitl N"t'Vl"\OO (Su i.) ; 4 5hy M"..I,,· (5uz l: 5. lun MY"'"
CY.m).
IR V tiT N OV : 1. W ilholm W c k h h ll n,' c ( U o n ); 2. Hru ce
Rlch :u d5 (K"w ); 3. DilVl' RiI,' )' (Kllw ); 4 A.""f Al u,.h (K;lw ): 5
C..obiA h;,y. ", (Hun)
JR VEl- If\!; 1. Rubbil'" Du nh.m (Y" m); 2. [kn nill Urb.n
): 3. Brad Pictro &cz).
VET B":G: 1. s.,..n 1....
.
·\.Ind (Hu n); 2.
Sch uol M' ( HoI')
R.oy Il:1ttk,..{K.lw); 3. ItIW
VET :"OOV, 1. SI........ M"n"lll.' (1m). 2. Dmct Rich.lrd3 (K.i w ):
1 IIoi.ln lI iD m.I 4. JACk Milkr (Yam); S. ErnieDi.u (Hun).
;
VH 11\'1: I. K.1rl A1kni.
.kt (l<.Iow 4. ~
):
a.'twoc..w).
125 A: 1. J"f Yo:nluf (K.ow); 2. Tom Wd.:h (Su.d ; 3. ),: ph
_
Schu ckr (Yarn); 4. J.-m.Conlon (Su,zl; S. CfriI W1lli.l.1rD (Y.lml.
125 B, 1. C hria Sch u.. w (lion); 2. Cnogory B.lltJ IHon); 3_
r
Ju,.hua Stwfft'1" ilion ): 4 . Sunil Naidu (Ya m); S. Jo hn Ri:M:onsin
1Suz) .
125 C: I. N l'iI McC! .. l1and ( Ka w); 2. Tl!'al Thum An (H on); 3
BrYn G..,... I (Hnn); . lI:d ....rd Sou1nn (5uil: S. Juhn 5.l nlu... lSw;).
i
2.50 A: 1. J.bOn Conlon (Suz); 2. Tom Welch (Suz); 3. leff
4. J.-.ph So:huftt'r (Y.lm l<5. Chna Brown U:.lI W).
OPE!'II A : 1, JConM-.l fHonl: 2. I\r\an SWliv.ln (I('N); 3.
En: Wt'no!Unr:r lHoni.
Tl'd Ott 0i0nI; 4. Cut
~ B: 1. RXtI.vd SN\&b(Sud; 2. Hugh Davi${Yam).
G~(YaI!\);
u-.OI.Jn>,s.
ClGlIY: 1. Clanton. Jotv- u-kIIU; 2. Cra ~ Omtbrw (lion);
) , Jl'ffrt'y Stltla n (lC.Iw ); 4 Chad Wt'aYt'r' Q-Ion); 5_Otrta T"'"')"C'k
fH<-.lt
VET A 1. Tt'd Orr lib\); 2. Todd Sbth (K.w); 3. D-ne 8MTimSd\rndyun()C.llw);5. Todd~(~w).
VET 6: 1. II:-n Sfoibold (Suz); 2. 'amea M1ntft"l" lHon); 3.
Willia m Spt'l ...... ('(.m ); 4 , St..v.. 0.1'I1olkb n (V . m); 5. WiIIi.m
..
Smith () Ion ).
VET C; I. J,m H uty ( Ho. , .; 2. I-nod Schrvn (""w ); 3. ~
"
MYftWo {Jt:. w ); • . Frllnlr.t..ae- (}ion); 5. DonAld joI\nIcJn (Hon).
5R A: 1. Jniln KirIo. (H....d ; 2. SIrv.. DI.....JW.un (Yam); 3. Rrl
Wnlgft (J Ion l: 4 WiDiam Spt'lt'O& {Y:unl. Tim TIb;omb (lC.I l .
w
(Abo ve) Defend ing D-7125cc Expert
ch am p io n Tom Welch (116) lead s eventual
wi nn er Jell Venlzer (92) In th e nrst t zsce
A mal o at rou nd 11 oflhe 007 MX series.
held at Happy Ramb ler.; MX in Hanover,
Penn sytvani a.
~(hmJ;"'.
s..
Pearsons prevail at
Logandale Hare Scramble
By J.e. Martinez
LOGAMJALE.NV ocr.1ll-19
.
Factory KTM rid"," a nd hrnthf'" Nic k and Russell Pea rso n wo n the Opl'n a nd 250cc cla sses,
resp ecti Vt'l y, a t round nine of th t' Motorcycl e
Rilccrs of Nevild a/ Roosters MC / Nevad a Sta te
Champion:o;hip H.lTe Scra mbles St."fit.'S in Loga nd ille. Mor e than 100 rilccr s po unded. their w ay
around a.28-lOile loop, with most doing th~ best
th ey cou ld to m us,clc their machi nes th rough
sa ndy ..... ash~, sandy trails, sandy uphills, san dy
mt"Sas and sand dunel'\
.
Ni ck an d RusIOell Pearson debuted th eir '98
scooter!'>. and wra pp.:-d up th eir cla ss c hamp i·
o ns hi ps in th e proces s. N ick will on ce ag ain
reign as tht" {)peon dump, and hh;. brother Russe ll will slap the number one on his 250.
Both racers gra bbt."d the hol t!~hot in their
respecti ve start.", leaping flut in front on the rostom mo tocross s ta rt, built es pecia lly fo r the
Rooster!'> fln th f' Loga nda lf' fairg round s . N ick
carved the way for Russell as th e tw o finished
fi r s t and !'>pcond oVt"rall, w it h 11 m in ut t"s
between the tw o.
Anolher bro th erl y d uo mdu e the tri p fro m
Uta h to g ra b a co u ple o f trophies: Paul a nd
St t" vt!' Pitts both plowt....J thdr four-struke A~
to victory, with Paul w in ning th e Four·Stroke
E x~rt cla ~!j a nd Ste ve w innin g th e Ovt'r 40
Expe rt da.... .
"
On a ' courst" tha t only th e bravest racer
would take a 125cc mclchin~ on, Danny Cooper
took his new YZl25 to first place in the Expert
class, inching c1~r to his fm. t champioruohip.
Defendin g ch a m p Danny Linne ll w a s n ' t a s
lucky, as the co u rse swallowed up his CR l25
and left him wa lkin g.
N ot to ~ o ut do ne by his cousins, David
Pt"iJTSOn overa llPd th e Am a te u rs o n his KT M
'
250. win ning the 2SOcc Amateu r class as well .
David Pearson put six minutes on second overall, second 250cc Amateur Pa ul Friele .
One o f the da y's clo se st ra ces wa s in the
ov e ra ll No vice cla ss . Ka wasak i p ilot To m m y
Con te ed ged out Robert Paul for the win . Co nte
wo n the 250cc No vice class and Paul won the
125cc Novice class . Th e two finished just under
a m inute a pa rt, wit h th ird p lac e more than 10
minutes back. Shawn Lodwick bulldozed his
way to th,, OpE"n Novice win on a KX.500 five
·
,
minu tes ilhe.ld of §L
'Ctmd place .
nte da y prior, Kellon Walch g ra bbed. first
SOce Expe rt over Ca rl Maasberg. and Zac h Gosnell edged out Jesse Ca nt"pa for the 60cc win.
Novi('{' ri1C'f'r Darin AndE"rson overallf"d the 500:
cla ss of Experts and Am at eurs, jus t ahead off~
Cody Wallis dnd Tylt't 1l101lld S .
Res ult s
!IO NOV : 1. D.1r1n Andcl'lOOn; 2. A!Ohl••y Thunu,; 3. Ro nnie
'oe..Jw;II; 4. Twvur R.'r'"1" ( I.' 'm); ,; , "'n-my r"urvil1l.",.
50 A~ : 1. 11I,llll Wall ... 2. Kri..ta O'It.r. ( KTM); 3. Curti.
Bradlt.,. .
SO E>:., 1. Cody W.l111. ; 2. Ty," Thom.¥..
N"J NOV : I , 1W; S. Jon Diov...on..
2.50 A M, I n.vld J"p;lnon ( K'nof); 2. P...ul F.....~; 3. Bry.n
Fn"m'IoJ:J\; 4. Dovid IIIilll. S. L.: .......d ~
250EX 1. Ru-:U ~ (len-D; 2. ~ ~to; 3. Diovid
:
• Fry (K..a wl; 4. Srott WIbon (""w ); s. tlrPton SouthW1Ck.
4-STRKNOV: 1.)ohnSkotw.
4-5TRK AM· 1 Tlm B.'I..4-STRK EX. I. r.ull"llb lAna. 2..1-", ~ (K..Iw ); 3.
NlIIhan k~ (K. wl .
OI'E.'I,I NOV: 1. Sha_ t..-iWldl (Kawl; 2. ~ Pntdwd; 3.
Scott l.-ia;: 4 . M.vt Royft" (lion); 5. frAnc:it 2.¬h.
Of'E:'ol AM I . Ron C~ turil'l"; 2 , luk.. T"'y M
"
orE.'I,I EX.. I. N i< r..-.....d K'1 0 ; 2. T.",y Ilrrgmoln !Hon); 3.
:1r.
10
Dmi8cn.4. 1>1.I11Guud CK.iwl ; 50SI-w Lavitl.
:lJ+ NOV ; 1 fn,N. &rtN; 2. EltII Wintn's; 3. Mi .... ~ 4.
MMtm.':Z (l':..Iwl; 5. Tim Cr...n.
J(l.o. EX: 1. Srott M OI"Iit (lC;t l.
w
.15+NOV: 1, fi,lI y'WIlrr ("" w ).
J,5. AM. 1. J" lIn Dithrr; 2. W.I,, _ 1 uru m.; 3 . J..H u ndrn
o.on
J
.e.
(K..Iwl.
35 + 1:)( : I. hmm" J.uNl'Ioon: 2. Paul Will~ IYam) ; 3. tlrIm
WU--O IKTMl;4. Jim 8tlc1uwD tAro; 5- W ill.i.lm O' Hua ( KTM).
4O+AM,I .'~ Wh' ~
40+ EX; 1. 51
........ Pil tll C
ATIC); 2. Nj,;k 101m..,. lSIu).
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