11(I lit: I . ~ twdnd:. (k.lwr. 2. J.o.m- M.roum (1(..,.. 1 J
;
Sh.o.n.< O' Boo.n.... lSu.V.
80 SR 1. Ju:oti It.- (Yam;; Z. Robbie' Gray CY&II'll; 3. RY
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l'oIwkv(lCoIwl; 4. SrolftdonDurb«t< (lCoI r, S. l......:!. tuII QionI .
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!to U 4-1Sr I _I_R. Qr,rtft' (lCoIw),
RO [); I. J,ornt Whi ul.n fHo-.l); 2. Br-.mdun Durbrd (KoIwl; J .
Ene Ho:-Ilon evolm); " Matthew Withrow (Bu nl ; 5. Ryan r a...ky
(KoI w l.
I25 S, 1 .I _T,Sn"th (Hon);2.J~~I Hon)
12S C: I . Tr .nri.. Sl.r ltnn C
V..m) ; 2. N ichuLol Wulit' CIU' l, J .
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Jun ior GrC'C"n (1'01 ...); .. . St.oI .... Olivtr (Suz): 5. loi Ridd lo:n
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I~ D: I . Gamet! TuttSf> (Hon.l; 2. St 'f'lwn 8oftkot; ( ~w ); ]
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p"tnet, ''401orwy lK.owl; .. :-.l d: ~frr CSuzI; 5_Mich.wI Su~
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Bob Langin
(71) won th e
Pro class with
a 2-1 althe
third and fi nal
round of th e
SoCal XR
Champ ion sh ip
MX series , held
In Temeeula,
Cal iforn ia.
250A: 1 .Danid Ndaon (}ion) .
250 8 : I . Ben K.d.twtK.lwr, 2. ~'III 8 lad< CKoIwl.
250 C: I . M.onSU-lHon).
250 0: I . M..n. Our'-d. Clic...); 2. G.orzr P"wWy o.:.w l; 3.
N~
MJQn N un).
SCHIJY : 1. Dusun W.aJkcr (Yam): 2. N ichoI.b WoUe (KoIw); 3.
MId\Ht Umpbft! (Mon' ; 4. loR. Q;rto!1" (Honl; 5. ~WI'I Ohwr
,'Vl"Sq U(' (Yam); 2. luke Mct\:e il
( K.1 W); 3. A rthu r M l'IU l"1 ( K.1,w ); 4 . Dave Cu nn (KTM ).
J R: I. Na t ha n Kan ncv (Y,1m); 2. Boyd Brow e
(Yam): 3. Dm.>k Phcl~ (k-n.i); 4. Ice Senecal (YA m); 5.
Milw Pcnstere (Ya m ).
M INI : 1. Robert Rowe Jr . ( K<1 w); 2. Rober t
La ngt'nb.. d. (Ydm); 3 . John Moun· (YAm); 4. Brl.ln
C'hc'bbt..Il..
"
200 C: 1. Rob Ro we ; 2. Bn'tt C he nail; 3. jam es
M(>fl.l rd ; 4. Charles Ge ro ux ; 5. Larry Rurta,
lSOA: 1. BrL:mO' N...;I (Kaw); 2. Bt.>n Asaff (Ka w); 3.
R(lb C a rlS('ln (Su z ); 4. JdfStaplt"o (H u n); 5 . Timothy Ch ill
(Hun)
2..;0 8 : 1. Jo••h R..'t"ht· (H o n); 2. Chri.. Toolt-r (Y am); 3.
Odn Whit t' (l Ion ): 4. P.m l Slater (Ha n); 5. Dilve Oark
(l Ion ).
250 G I. raul Davey (Suz); 2. Robin AII!iOp (Yam);
3. Kt.'V in Fahf'Y (K" w ); 4. Rick Blei (H an); 5. M lk f'
Serri ll.l (Yaml.
O I'EN A: I. Krn Vakntine (KTM); 2. Dan Salomone
(KIM); 3. Ch n... P,uuKIl.l (Ha n); 4. Jim Simrock (KTM);
5. Rag\.'! Billharz (KT M).
o rE N B: 1.lohn Brown oy.
SR A; I. St..-vt' K.1nya ; 2. John Dunn.
SR 8: I. Ch ris Fa h.l.n; 2. David Kanne')' (Ya m); 3 .
Pit.'n; 4. Rohm Young; 5 . Robert Fa.M'.
S R C: 1. Jd f UniOJl (Suz); 2.. Paul Plw lp!> (k-n.O; 3.
Choirit-.". Kt.-nncd y (Stu); 4 . Mi lu- J... m Jw.wi~l (Ya~); 5
O m. ArpiOO" (KTM).
S/SR: 1. Onld V~h).
4·STRK 8 : 1. Au~tin Jal bl"rt ; 2. William Rti. 'i; 3.
urry
Thonw!lo Si ITlt'Ol1 4. Wood y G upen ter .
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4·ST RK C: 1. J dm ~ Price ( Han) ; 2.
tHan);
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3. A n thony Renic ker. 4. Ct6f)' Pattenon (Ya m);
5. lDui!l I'ddla ( K"fM ).
WM N : 1. H t. id i Land on ( Ka w); 2. Da w n Sil via
·
l K.1 ; 3. )t.-n Kr,lU!Oe (K.1w); 4. Da\\'ll Shaycr{Hon).
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36
Langin steals SoCal XR
Motocross finale
. By Rock Wood
TEMECULA.CA. NOV.2
T h e thi rd and fi na l ro u nd of th e SoCa l XR
Chdmpionship Motocr oss se ries was a thri ller,
with XRBO legend Bob Langi n taking plenty of
hits but coming o ut a winner in th~ Pru d ivisiun.
Langin topped number-one plate hold er Jimm y
Lewis and form er World Cha mp ion Ray "Spi ke"
G room at a s ec r e t tra ck. wh os e lo cati on is
known only 10 the cu ltlike network of SoCal XR
L
ewis, three tim es on th e gr ound , snagge
d
seco nd overa ll with a 1·3; Groom's 3-2 earned
him th ird O1,'erall and Gra nt took thf' fourt h spot.
racers.
Results
In the first Pro moto, FMF/ Tbousa nd Dab
Yam aha-b acked La ngin u sed a ll th e reserve
horsepower he has on tap in his high ly modified
KXU to sq u irt int o th e ho les hot positio n, and
stay ed dean of the slam mi ng in the first turn.
No vic e Pr o racer Jimmy O'Nea l d ecided he
would mak e up for his lack of skill with agg res sive riding. and fou nd the n'!'rs. Lmgin was hold ing his lint'!J until ht" 1O!J1 a
bit of time in the unrhythrn sectio n and tried to
ho ld the in si d e through tht" doublt.>·doubl es .
I..t"wis we nt widt"' a nd cleared the jumps · and
Langill • to stcal the win duc to a typical last·lap
bobble by Lmgin.
In t he scco n d m o to , the tr ac k wa s a bit
so up y, so a KOl'd start was important. Grant got
the lead , with Langin , Lewis and Groom in tow .
Grant pu lled a small It.>dd , an d Langin wa s content to stay out of roos t' s way. Groo m got pa st
Lewis and quickly pilt'd himst'lf into the gruund
for a fac e full of mud . Sp ike Racing·backt.-d
Croo m st..'t off aft~ Langin , and the tw o ridt.>rs
pu t p~sure o n Gra nt until a rea l sli~up pu t
Grant on the ground and at the ba ck of the pack.
Langin and Groom were in a hea ted battle; wh oCVl.1'won the moto y,'Quld win the over all
'
With a few laP!J nmld inin g.. Groom slipp!d
b y when La ng in tipped o "·e r. La ngin wa sn 't
going to ha ve it and he started rid ing tike it was
his own back ya rd, wit h smooth an d confid en t
lines. n,.....y were racing .lS though there were .l
big cash pa you t waitin g for the wi nner - becauS€"
there wa s. Groom had the lrod, pulled out .l bit
of time, then fell ow r in a sloppy tum. Still in
th e lead , he rem ounted for th e las t lap, with
Langin applying heavy p~u re and luokin K for
the s la m opportun ity . Lew is ca ught th e lead
pdck, got e)F;citnJ and threw it away U OI:c' mure
time . Just like he was ta king lesson s from Lan·
gin , the ma ster of the last·lap d isaster, Groom
went wid e in .1 tight tum with hi.... bike sputter·
ing and k'l L.lOgin slip by for the win .
"I just have to thank every one wh o helps me
• es pt.'Cia lly my wife, Linda ," a jubilan t Langin
s,aid a ftt.>r hi:s unc ha ra ete rhotic last.ldp pdSS for
the win. " 5he' ~ alway~ fightin g for me to win."
\0100 A\t _1. F.nc H"'l....,.,.... a-Iun), 2. Jo.--!f B1a\..rnurr (I Jun>.
.
3. Girty GIIrdnn oc.w l.
~n AM I. l.n.. rlir MuraoU C
Ho n); 2. Bobby t..nj;ln Jr .
(HoN; 3. Ikold AlrAd (!ion); 4 . MMco Ho.-nrid.w:wl (Hewn); S. Cr,,~
\4l trilo.I1 (Hurd
o
STK EX. 1. R.ly Groum (I kxa); 2. KdI y I'khd O "~nj;3. Cknn
Sn >tt(}--\on
).
10'1: 1. l),oVI!'Mllirr ( ~w); 2. lon n Killu.n ( ~w,; 3. So:'a n
"1":
r-{~w)
rKO 1 flub l .. nl9n lK.iw); 2. Jimmy Lrwn IHun); 3. L y
Groom (K.w}; " T_ Grant "son fina le as Pl ain fie ld C ycle
RilOch /Prolong 's J.R. Carter hung on to win the
8(k;c (14--1 5) d ivision.
Carter It. d from start to finis h in mo ta one of
o
tht!' Wce (1 4· 15) class, desp itt!' the ubstacle of
wea th e r tha t had created a na sty pr edi cament
on the track. Mot o num ber two saw Ca rte r start
from the b.lck of th e com bined 80cc classes w hen
he was latt.> for the st.l rt. Ca rtt.>r sta rted in the ldst
position and pich-d off rid ers one by one to finish Mc'COud in the combined class. He did win his
ind ivid uo11 c101ss, tho ugh. Justin Jonl..'5, who fi n~
i!Jht.oO first in the so...'C Senior class in moto une,
won the seco nd mo to in front ol Carter to lock
up hUi d dSS win .
Kaw.l saki /Yamaha of Mi d dlesbor~backed
Jont"S wa.!> the earl y leader in the lint round of
the Su pe rmi n i .lction, but Carter recover ed to
ta ~ e the moto win, with Jones second. The second mot o saw Carter grab the holt$hot to pull
oUt a huge Wad 01,'", h is ff'lIow rompt>titon and
sco re th e o n~ ra ll \'o'in, with Jon es settling fo r
anotht-r 'W"COnd .
Team GTt"t"n's Ben Ridd le cam e th rough turn
one' wit h clt" track ahf'ad aft f'r Joseph I...t-tn.1Ster
ar
slid sidew ays and ou t o f th e lead as th e firs t
ro un d of th·.... 250("(" B cl ass bega n. With slick
track condi tions, Riddle slid off the tra ck on th e
St"COnd lap bu t mai ntained his front !'ipat y,; th a
co m fo r ta b le lead that he main tain ed to th e
cht"Ckert>d flag. Uiddle al!'iO claimed the second·
mot o win quite han dily to earn the ove rall win .
In th e Un lim itt'd AmatE'Ur class, Riddle left
the pa ck by the second la p to snag the win . Rid·
die was so fjU ahead of his competitors that he
wall abl ~ to slup and ha nd his mud--covell:.'d gog.
g1t.."S to his fdthl.1'on the sidelines. Riddl e went I '
I in the clal..!.., earning his second o verall win of
thcdoy.
Results
50 (-1-6): 1. ltnndon !...lrJ;elCobI.
(7·S); I. Matl hrw Vo nling .....(1CTM); 2. lu kll"
(Kl'M ). 3. J" ,,,,.""n Y"un g IKTMI.
so
Von ling~
60 (7 A ); I. Dan k" Maxam (1<.11'1).
to (I (). I I) : I. Sh.l no:- O' Ban io n (Kaw l: 2. Mallht!w Col91on
O
(1(,. 1'1)
Dee Wood won the AMA /CMA /FIM·sanc·
no ned Lad ies Wo rld Cup of Mot ocros s, held in
the Canad ian Rockies. After lour days of heavy
rain and tz-degree wea ther, rid ers were rewarded with a world-class trac k located under a SC:".1
of mud remin iscent of t h e 1997 Hi-Point
National MX.
Nikki Harris took the hcleshot in mot o one,
with thr ee- time Ladl es' World C up Champion
Wood , Canad ian Ch a m p ion Candice English
an d 1997 AMA Women 's N at ion al Mot ocross
Cha mp ion Traci Fleming flanking her thro ugh
tum one. English took a spectacular spill over
the doubles, bou ncing onto the track a nd shoot ing the bike and her bod y into orbit. Heming cut
har d to the inside, sflg htly outju m ping Ham s
and Wood . Wood elbo wed her -way even with
both riders, only to ha ve Fleming slam the dour
on Harris and pin ch off Wood in the pr ocess. A
slight bobble by Fleming while exiting a tum
put Harris b.lck u p fron t by a ha ir as they raced
sid e by sid e up the hill.
...
With the fill:" o f the two champions licking at
her boots, Harris crested the hill first, but Fleming a nd Wood bo th ou tbra ked Hams. at the botto m, bumping her to third . Wood pulled alongsid e Fleming in the whoops but bob bled in the
slippery sec tion, allowing Harris to capitalize
and muve back in llllOeCllnd . Fleming inched uut
oil sma ll but less-than-eomforta ble lead as Wood
and Harri s continued to scra p lor ~m d . English held four th p lace, follow ed by a tig ht battle
betw~n Tiffan y Reed , Crystal Pursa n and Tara
Srruth.
As Ihe battlc between Harris and Wood
ft!'acht.'d t'p ic pmportiuns. Flemin g extend ed ht.>r
lea d to over eig ht seco nds. Wood bu llied her
way past Harris and cu t Al.'ming 's lead to just
six St"C'cmds . On the last lap . Wood slipped and
fell, .lnd H.lrris was all OVl.'r Wood like a pit bull
attacht:'d to its prry. Harti s drove to the in...ide of
the whoops, wh ile Wood grabbed a ha ndful of
throttle and rocketed to the out side. Both riders
held it wide open up the hill. wi th Wood railing
the outside tu securt" !'ot'('ond over Harri s.
Fleming crossed the finish line in first ....ith
hl:'r fi:sts held high in the air, celebrating her
first -mota victor\" ow r rival s Wd and Harris.
Fourth wen t to English, fullowt:'d by Reed , Pur·
son. Gallo, Matechuk and Smith.
In the second mot o, Wood t1(:'V" int o tum one
....;th Fleming and Harris close enough to read
her fra me numbers . Fle mi ng s truck quickly,
though. pinching ou t Wood exitin g the d ouble
doublt."S. Fleming. Wood and Harris raced th ree
ab rea :st as they approacht:'d the uphill. Wood
p u lled alongside Aeming.. throttling her way
into first. Fleming coul d d o little with Wood, but
had her h.1nds full with Harris. Harri s and Flt'1'n·
ing hammered on each other the entire mo to,
wh ile Wco.:t pulled out about a n c-ight ·St.-cond
gap to pa d hi.'1' lead . Fourtecn~ycar-old sensation
R~ was un fire in fourth and d~ to ....; thin
,k-ss than a straig htaway behind the battle for
seco nd. Un fortu na tely for R~ , her bike hit a
false neutral whil e negotiating a double. auge ring her into the fa~ of the second jump. Rt't'd
remounted slowl y in obvious pain and valiantly
set ou t after the pack.
As the' flag flew , the inten.-oe bat tle between
Aem ing and Harris had carried the m to within
th~ secon ds of the leader , Wood . Flem ing held
a slivt..'1' of a lead as they approached the hills for
