a l0-sec0nd lead ove r Brusce lla for the first half
of th e race. Even tually, Brusceila sta rted to close
as G ri ffi n s ta rted to fee l the effects of a lo ng
moto, only to pull off o n the next la p. Beh ind
Bruscelle, Ga ummer an d Jones battled all race
ton g. with [ones squeaki ng ou t seco nd overall.
ahead of Gaumer.
Results
125/ 200 EX: I. om.. Abbott ('t .lm ); 2. Lu k l ohna (."m z ); 3.
Bry..n \.1i11rr(yam); 4 John W.+- OCIw): 5, c;..olf ~ (Suz).
200 AM . 1. Rub"t Fry (l<.1 wl. 2. BrWn !\.tulk'll ll<.1wl; 3. JU:olin
R.1y (Ka w ); 4. Malt M.u1din (Ka wl; 5. o.vid AdooIN (Kaw).
250 I"''T: I . Rrl Haoc (K.wJ; 2 Bn..n hli her Uyw); 3. i(obtort
&ires {Y.un) ; 4 JalPft Tft\f1)'W-"" (Y.lm); 5. Jdl Wilb.onb (hmJ.
.
:! ~ AM : 1. 5frv.. O. w..on (Ya m) ;:!. C'hri-"tor ht'T >wt.. rtm
( K.1w) ; 3. Ene G iiford (V.. m ); 4. TooJJ M..<:I
- mJOl1 l l<.lwl ; 5. Scott
M...ckndon (K.l w ).
250 EX: I. Todd ~ (KawJ: 2. V..mon DIoV\deon ( KMw);
3. Tod d H u lSOr1 (lI:Aw); 4 Bnmt stu w (Y. m); S. Dinny Souo.kr
50 RfC, 1. Tno\"l!o R.o; " ~ ChJ.nndI (Hon); 5. Mike ~ ( HoI\).
4 ·~TRJ( AM . I. I..... c.- (HorJ); 2. Dam P1uno (HonJ; 3.
Ton y 8yrrw (Ho n); 4, Kn topher Rftyn (Ho n) ; 5. GIYR Whilll!'
Uil.,).
4-511U< EX: I. David Luc.a~ JT. (Hald; 2. Mikf. ~ (Hop); 3.
Courtney Chn.tw.n ng (ATl<:); 4. Bri" n Fo"",,, ('t" m); S. Mich..l"I luh nihorr..
35+ NOV: 1. Da NlY l.ft' Ion....; 2 Omnia And",~
3..'>+ lNT : 1. R.obo>rt rftoz rtllft
40+ DEC ; 1. Gn-gg Th omJ",,,n;2. 0,...:1. 5.ll'....; J. "Rick W"'TIlI
.
40+ 1ST: 1. Grq McCa rt hy; 2. Gk n n Perry.
40+ EX: 1. Jim Dom Il\llNl .
50+ NOV : 1. J..y W.mL
5l}+ 1m: 1. Tl"IT)' Muri.l rty; 2. Juhn Ri<."I'.
UNQ5: I . YO!lh; AbUta; 2. T..k.aAblut.1; 3. AlUra NoIrita; 4.
Mib Baktr; 5. EiRO Sato.
Cros s Countrv
Seri es , held just north of the Red Rivt."T and the
Texas bo rder on th~ banh of Lake Mu rray.
Ya ma ha- mou n te d Sp e nce r pull ed th e
ho leshot, w ith David C u lpep per and Bobb y
Southard in tow . Sou th."rd '''! hand"!cramped up
fro m the co ld , and Sp en cer and C u lpep per
pulled out o f sig ht im med iately. Southard could
hear Eri c Hess in fou rth, but he wa sn 't clo se
.mough to a ttemp t a p ass . Half of th e l o-m ile
track was mad e up of bi g, sa ndy wh oops. Hess
and Tom Robinson passed So u tha rd thr ou gh
one secti on of whoops as if Southard were sitting still. Southard found out w hy on the third
lap, when he spo ttt"d a smooth line to the right.
Robinson passed Hess on lap two and put som e
time between the m.
Sou tha rd stayed on Hess' Tear fcnder fOTa
few la p s, know i ng th a t He ss wa!'l bette r at
pi cki ng lin es. Robi ns o n was spend ing more
time on the gro und than on the bike, and H ess
and So utha rd c.1ug ht a nd passt>d him on lap
three. Robin son pu lled off th e track to wo rk on
hi!! fTo nt bra ke, wh ich WB-" ge lti ng ca ug h t in
his whed af ter he came th rough th e barrels for
th e third tim e. So utha rd p itted for gas a t the
sam e time and then rod e lik e a m.1dman to
catch back u p . He was back wit h H~s by the
tim e he reached th e checkp o in t_ So u th a rd 's
new KTM' s rear shoc k wasn't absorbing much
of anything, and hr pa "!:'W;"d H es , with a stylish
flying W .
On the las t la p, Sou thard ca ugh t up to class
po ilIts Ic"der Cu lpe pper, wh o had succu m bed
to Ihe to r tu r e o f five mil es of w h oops .
Sou :ha rd followed him for a bit befor e making
a quick p as s, without Cu lpep per puttin g up
much of a fig ht Sou tha rd wa, running on pu re
adnnaline, thinking he wa s in the lead with a
rou ?l e of miles to go . Spencer w as tw o m inutes ahead. t ho ugh, taking a n uncontested
win. Sou thard w as still happy with second ,
while Hess was bumping C u lp e p per ' s ti re
when they cros.!>ed the fin ish line ~veral seconds behind Sou tha rd .
Resutts
P{W 50; 1. 0 .1. McMillon (](TM) ; 2. D.mnco Albw.y CVRlJ; 3Cody Joh~ hart CV.and ; 2. Dun Wihrtb (J(.a l; 3
w
("..--t y Burdi ( ICTM); 4 . JUI" Onl ta", OCT'M) ; 5. R.o.lphJur- (Kaw).
50-+ EX; I. I",IT)' BUTnl (H on); 2. 8111 Rtrning St- e (Sud; 2. Gary BentonCVa 3. O"..n
U
m);
Lt nc (H ltbr, 4. ChnsTudu.'!" {H onJ: 5.lirn M I~ad and ran
wit h it to t he fin ish , w hil e runn er~ up Ch ad
Gaummer charged through the field after a first .tu rn get-o ff to tak e secon d in front of Jimmy
Gonzalez and Wall.1ce.
Th e !>eco n d m oto !>dW Wallace o u t fro n t
again and flyi ng , but just as he began to pu ll
away, disaster stru ck for the seco nd tim e of the
evening - thi~ time much worse than the first. As
Walla ce a pproached th e takeoff ram p for a 65-foot double jump, his machine (for no appare nt
rea son) shu t d own wi th a loud pop . Wa llace
tedp~ o ff h is ma ch ine in mi d air a nd landt.'d
chest-down on th e pavemen tlike terra in while
his machine flipped in an uncontroll ed se t of
ca r tw httls dow n th e s id e of the race co u rse.
Wallace was carried off th e COur.>e an d tlken to
a nearby hospital. Th e ca u se of the crash was
dt."termim.-d to be a loose spar k p lu g t ha t had
.
somehow un~ddoo ilsoelf and comt? out of the
cylinder head . Mea nwhile, Meyer assumed the
tead and .rode off to an un con tested victo ry, in
front of Ga ummer and Gonzalez.
Jose Polasek was top d og in the 250cc in term ed iate class a fter pulling both holeshots and
fending off the Canadia n d uo of Adam Cini and
Oliver &oneIL
Justin Mulford was the nigh t' s top Pee Wee
ace after sco ri ng overall wins in bo th the Pee
Wet! (7--8) Stock and Mod ified divisions, and fin ished a close second behind Chris Reeves in the
60cc Starter class.
Result s
Linl. Trarlr.
JR5O-P/W
(4-6}:
1. ItichMd Romtoro (Y.un); 2. Dillion Kuntz
(Ya m) .
JR so-r/w 0 -8); 1. JOIth.... Runy..n CY ); 2. iY y Obermo:y...r
..m
(Yaml .
sn: BEC (4-6): I. XaVWr'St<1la-ArT\oy; 3. Ktilh ftnmJoott.. (KTMl ; -4 JIi'otin ~ (u..n);
S. ~ Wikolt ( Lr.
MOO BEC (7 oS): 1. J.lmil"' Dicbon (tcrM); 2. Wrbb ~
0CTMl
.
STK A; I. 5h.own 1Loyn fLnn t 2. Gn>rg",Idltn U l.
..nn
STK B: 1. CMpa'Uln Fttne: ( KlM); 2. KtyKoII CU,mtt ([.em); 3.
Nic r .llLUJ (Cob); 4. M:.trfUl; u ni Uo ( L.rm).
MOD A : " 5h.twn H ~ Y'-'" (Uom).
MOO B: 1. Owpman Fit"nt" (Kn .O; 2. Nie r ..luul (Cob ): 3.
K.ryotal C ramer (lc:rnl.
Main Trarlr.
IM ).
50 /4-6) : 1. Oo nnw Kunwy (I<.
J
Co
50 (7-8) : 1. Just in M uUu... U...m ); 2. Ry~ n Par"' " C b ); 3.
Dann )' Gonulu (CoO); 4 , Ma lt h.:w Ri<:haN.'IOIl (Cob) .
SO ST K: 1. Rya n Parker lCob); 2 . Sh aw n H.. y" ( Lr m ): 3.
Olapman P' ' (K"tM); ..I Ctot.wg.. Idfl'n (Lm\l; 5. K..-ysLlI CT mer
J\Onl
.
..
went down before a ste~up jump.
With a co m ma ndi ng lead , Norm an took t he
chtc'Ckered nag, fullowed by JOne!>. Klingenbeck,
Rigmaiden and Suzu ki pilot Mike. Hunter.
As the gat e d ropped for mota tw o, Northrop
agai n took h i ~ Kawasaki to the first tum first, in
fro n t of Bobby Ga rcia, N orman . Schmid and
Jones . Garcia go t pa s~ by Norman on the seco nd lap an d a pp ea re d to ha vl' thi rd pl ace to
hi ms elf u ntil a fa ll in a ti gh t r ight- handt>r
knoc ked him back eig ht positio ns. Meanwhile,
u p front, the same pla yers from moto one were
going at it, an d thi.... time No rthrop stayed up on
two wheels, Howe ver. No rman made sure no
one would take a run at him as he consistently
gai ned di st an ce on No'rt hro p, Jon es and Rig m a iden . Hunte r, a ft er a poor st ar t, s tead ily
picked off rid ers and moved into fourth to di splace Rigma iden . Also on the move was qu ickcharging Kelly Qu inn . who mad e a ru n at Rigma iden bu t ran ou t of time as the checkered flag
came nut soo ner tha n he would hav e liked . Once
again , it was No nnan out fron t taking the win,
follo wed by Nor throp, Jones, Hu nter and Rigm.1 id ~n.
Results
SOSTK IlEG: 1. 5teV't"P 5Dnd CV..m ). 2. SMwn Murphy CVam) ;
3. Mich.Id Conw.), (Yam ); 4. Ruboon Ho:-m.a nJ~ (yam ): 5. Pn:ston
Mul l (Yam) .
50 STIC+ BEG , 1: Blandon R..y n.. (Cob ); 2. Ryn !\.t..rtin
(laM); 3. ~II fezdIt (Ltad; 4. Brilnit JohNon (KTMJ; 5. COOy
IKbon (I(O.t).
50 STK NOV; 1. Morg.I.nS1y1d (KTM).
50 MOO NOV: 1. I_m 1'iroIoWOV (~1 1) : I. "'mld Mrn tnm (Ka w).
60 L
"IIT(9-I I); 1. DanidSania
Z
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