(Left) Cory McDanie l turned in a 1·1 to win the 80cc Novice
class at round four of the AMP/GFI Spring MX Series , held at
the Hollister GP track in Northern California.
(Aboce) Jim Hollister (36) won the 600cc A final over Jake
Johnson (71) and Bill Bromley (7) at a short track ·held at the
Trail-Way Speedway in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Hollister also
won the Over 30 class .
015-+ A: I. Ru" ty Juhn!> (Hon); 2. l.Jrry Flcweee (Suz); 3. Albe rt
So n gtT (K.1w); 4. John rctoon (K.1 w); 5. And y Ceorgo (Ho n).
015+ INT: 1. Chuck M"th e n y (Suz); 2. Da vid St l"\lt'l\... (K.1 ); 3 .
w
Larry O"'&.l.m (K.1 4. '"m~ OeJ"rneatt (Kaw l; 5. Ol. n C oin no n
wl;
(Kaw ).
-IS-+ EX: 1. Billl-llom ing ( K.i w ); 2. ~ ra~ll (Ya m ); 3. M ilt>
Ratcliff (Hon ); 4. Robt.Tt8.lllard IHon) ; 5. John Gu.'ot.aoon (KThO.
50-+ A : 1. M ... Br and ( Ka w ); 2 . Cleo Mu tin ( Kawl; 3 .
Lawrence Whiuln~ton m on ); 01 . Rodn ey Souder (Su z ); 5 . Skip
GoYt.o (Ya m) .
50+ EX: I . Uoy.J ~n (ya m) ; 5 .. Machell l' OJ:;Jl-n
(Hun>.
lOS EX: I. Sh a n no n McK am v (Han) ; 2. Ikth an v Ja cob5
(Ka w); J. Shelll")' Oilton (Kdw ); -I. ~It!y McMillon Ui~); 5. D.ob
Munt.ry (K,awl .
McDaniel perfect at AMP/GFI
Spring Series Motocross
By Jim Enos
68
HOLLISTER,CA MAY 31
,
Ha yward Yamaha / AXO /ZLT-ba cked Cory
McDaniel turnl."d in a per fl'"Ct 1-1 sco re to ta ke
the overa ll win in the 80cc Novice class a t round
four of th e 1998 AMP/ GA Sp ring Ser ies, p re se nted b y Part s Unl imited a nd Ya m aha of
Mod es to . Mor e tha n 180 rid ers to o k o n th~
always-challenging Hollister GP track, an d with
the scriL-s wind ing down , precious series poin ts
were up for grabs.
McD a niel took th e ho lcsho t in mo to one,
with Hon da-mounted Kyle Rytter rig ht on his
rea r fender . Behind Rytter , it was Brett Mar k..'lrian, Aaron Casados and Jerem ia h Gerber giving
cha".. As McDa niel slowly increased his le"d lap
after lap, a battl~ for thi rd between Markarian
and Casados developed. A bobble by Markarian
in t h~ big I~ft-handed sw"""'" nearly opened the
door (or Casados, but the craftv Markarian held
the throttle on to k~p the position.
Meanwh ile. Ryner kept charging in second.
on ly to see McDan iel contin ue to inch away lap
aft~ r I"p. As a ma tter of fact, by the thi rd lap ,
McDaniel had opened up abo ut a 1Q-second I~ad
on Rvtter and was riding an error-m..C racc. Back
'
in th~ pack, josh Cox took"a bad start and turned
it into a J'l-~nal cha llenge as he slowly moved
up to take over fourth \\.;th a smooth inside pass
on Gerber. As the checkered flag finally mad e its
appearan ce . McDa n ie l came across unchal len ged , with Rytter taking a well-deservoo second over Markarian, Cas.'ldos and Co x.
The seco nd moto saw Sinisa lo /FMF/Seottbach >d Rytter snag the holesh ot, with McDaniel,
m
Mark..1ri.. , Cox an d Dustin Biaginn i in tow , Ryt·
tl!r held on to the lead until McDani el decided. he
wanh.-d it iu ~ t a little more. The tl\·o entered the
back st.'Ctio n of t h ~ track an d McDan iel mad e a
clean pass on Rytter over the d ou ble jump. As in
the first moto, McDani el didn't want any company and quickly checked oul. Back in fifth, Biagin n i got a cha llenge fro m j im my H a z~1, but the
re su lt wa s tha t bo th riders wen t d own in the
back section of the track. As a resul t, Cas ados
inh~ritc-d fifth, bu t he wou ld nev er adva nce. Cox,
running fourth, k~p t showi ng Markarian a wh..,1
for abo ut three laps but could never muster up a
m ov e on him . Th e chec ke re d fla g reward ed
McDaniel with ano the r win and the overall. with
Rytter and Mar karia n finishin g seco nd a n d
third . Cox improved to finish fourth, wit h Casados rou nding ou t the top five.
" I wa nt to th a n k m y mom and dad and
Yama ha for all their hel p," McDaniel said after
the race.
Results
50 (4-6l STK BEG: 1. Slwwn Mu rp hy OITM) ; 2. Ryan BoWftl
(Cob); 3. Ty ~ (Actl; ... Curti!>a....bnol.l ( Act ); 5. N ichol.~
B.ta.iUni (Yam) .
50 (U) MOD BEG: I. Matt H.ud t ~
'TM1.
50 (7~) STK BEG: 1. 'acob Brnnm (Kn.Il; 2. Rubm U""-ln·
dl'z (Act); 3. Jak Bar~ (KThO; 4 . S'id. Ba
keT (Yam); 5. \iattt.-r
!Cmt (Act).
50 (7~) MOD BEG: 1. Col","t AdoIrrno IKTM l.
50 (7-8) STK: 1. Midwd Curci (lA-nd; 2. Ctdy Jad-l(" (Knot).
'
bO FIT: I . Stev..-n Tarpley (lGIw); 2 MoI
tthew Kent ()(.aw) .
bO BEG : I. And re w W aht."rmirr Uuw); 2 . C h r is 5.mti no
( Kaw ); 3 . RO!toli r ac ha"o (lYw); 4 . Ryan Mdrtl n ( K.t w); 5. Ch.t._
Eklund Uuw).
flO NOV: J. ROC'CO Curci (K.Jwl; 2. Gn."jl; roub (Ka w l; J.. Kyk'
K l'11 ( KTId).
t
go FIT: 1. ;\lick Swi'll"gond (Sud; 2. Ch n.~tian racht'CO (Y" m );
3. Nick PMTY (Ya m) ; 01 . Ch a-.e Eklund (Su z) ; 5. Stev e n r arpl",y
(Y am).
itO BEG : I . Ra ym ond Navarro (Ka w l; 2. Michal" Bun ye a
(lto n) ; 3. Ceoege S...h nd d l!r (Ya m) ; .. Sean Hampeon (Su zl; 5.
Travir.. Enz weilcr (..
'OuL).
mJ NOV: 1. Cory McDanie l (Ya m) ; 2. Kyle Rytter (H o n ); 3 .
Brett Mar ka r i;ln (Ydm) ; 4 . Ivs h Ctl Jl. (YAm); 5 . Aanm C,lSd dolO
cY"m).
80 INT : 1. Ryan Mur .li!l (Yam); 2. Moitt Mrt::rum men {Yaml; J.
C h.u lll' Morri",,"," (Y .l m ); 4 . N ickJoJ~ (Htlfl ); 5. '.let.. Sco tt ( Ydml.
80 5 / M IN I: I. Ryan Morae. ( Y.l m ); :t Co ry McD",nid (Ya m I;
3 . M.l" M....'C ru m men (Y,Im); 4. Kyle Rytt l'T'(lI u n); 5.·Ch.u lit> M"rri"on(Ya m ).
80 B/W: I.le. Andl'l'S!..n (lion ); 2. J;lmL Rome (Ho n),
'!'
125 nEG: 1. Jl"!'.'l(· Wilbu r (Suz ); 2. A.mm Co ", (Kdw ); 3. Sm-,. n.1
·
P.lt1t>Nun (SuL); -I. Dy lan KI'Tl\ (H u n ); 5. Dt'nnl!< I.,ml'!> (Ya m) .
12S NOV : 1. Kurt l.o n); (1-10'1'1); 2. :'VI.lrk Vl'T' nu/rilraete (Suz) ;
h
3. mll y Ju n.·\' ich (Yam ); 4. D""id Klin~l'nbtfltu
umeron
'eff
(Hord .
25+ NOV: I. Mike Uu ntt'1' (Ya m) ; 2. Brot>kl' Shdw (Hon) ; 3
Mi lu' Rt.'!ol''D1l'T (Hl....,) .
I . ~tl.k ~nLio (Hon); 2.. M-vin Wi~· (Yam).
25+
25. EX: 1. Ben Viull' (Yam); 2. Ja.... Ch .... n (Y..m ); 3. Jdf
m
w
Pt.-..t.IRoI; 5. Dave Smi th (f lu nl .
250 B: 1. Jared Ml_ (Mal ); 2. Chris Klindt'ltt.... (Ho n); 3. lOll")'
TY""I')'Ar (K.aw ); 4. BNn' Mill.. ,. (Hon); 5 . D.wid H iAAin,l'MJz).
.
SIll 2· VALVE: 1. Dave Smith (Y..m) ; 2. Nick Taylur (Vam ); 3 .
Llrry Huffmoln (Yam) .
bll) A : I . Jim HoU~tl'" (Rbi;); 2. Jake JohnlOlJn (KTM ); 3. Bill
Druml..)' \ Rbl; 4 . BobS,","t>fl (Rhr,); 5. S ..than D.tv~ (RbI .
'
blX) Bo I . JOt")" Tyerya r (Hon); 2. Od\ 1d Smith (K,t w ); 3. Da\'id
H iAAi ." (J...
n
"lMl; 4 . Robert Hilde brand uton).
nOO PRO : 1. Ric l W inw u (Rb i; 2 . Phil l ib h ar t ( Rhl; 3 .
C...orgie l'ri ce (I(TM ); 4 . Roy Milll't' (Rh); S. John WinSl'tt (Rtxl .
750 A : 1. Roy Mllk-r (Ii-D); 2. Ph il Libh a rt ITri) ; 3. N ick Taylur (Ya m ); -I. Georgi e I' rwc (Trl); 5. Gary Foard (Tri) .
30-+: 1. Jim Hnllbll' r (Rill) ; 2. Hob S Wl"l'I~n (Rhd ; 3. Bill Brum ley (Rt",); 4. Joe Bro mk'y (KT Ml; 5 . David Sm ith ( Ka w).
40 +: 1. Ste ve wibon (Rtx l; 2. Ti m Ru ssell (Rtx) ; 3 . BruceMill t:f (l 'hm); 4. M ike Kca nt' (Y" m ); 5. Robert llildlobran d (Honl.
SPTSMN; I . Rick Win",,'tt (Rh.) ; 2. Phi l lJ bh .lf t (Rh J ; 3. JOt"
Zydlt\!J,;y (lIon ); 4. Jilt' Brumll")" ( Rbo); S. Ch uck Wreo ica (Ya m) .
Casey cleans house
at Lodi ST & IT
By Mike Law
WOI CA, MAY 30
,
Fourteen-year-old Danny Casey of Pacifica continu ed to bat a thousand at the Lodi Cycle Bow!
this season on bot h t he sho rt track and IT.
Casey has com e in in first place in tc'"very event
he has entered so far this season,
" I just try to get the starts and hold my line;
Casey said of his stra tegy. "There have been
some good ride rs, but they can't seem to get by
me . We ran good gearing, one tooth up like at
Newman, and it ran real well."
Case y ran w ir e to w ire in both 250cc A
mains, des pite the hard cha rges of Sh awn Raggio on the short track an d the always-fast Corey
Eato n on the TI.
The eno rmously i..arge Pee Wee class brou gh t
the crowd to its feet in the short tra ck Powderpuff mai n as Sacramento's Rebecca Law chased
down Alyssa Brionez in the ear ly stages of the
main befo re making a dramatic outside pass in
the third tum. Brionez turned up the wick as the
w hite flag appearc-d, but she had to se ttle for
second as Law won bv hal f a wheel.
A 60cc shor t-track field lint:'d up for the main
eve nt w ith mostl y rookie pilots abcl<1rd , all capable ve terans of the Pl'e Wee wa rs. Lauren Wallace debuted on i.1 beautifully pre pan'
