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Cycle News 1997 11 26

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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). SM'SMN, I. Tom Lafl5dor\. t'o0\ 0\ ,..... ."D N ... Q) .0 E Q) ::> o Z 29

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