"Hol esh ot" Case y; he has a lso learned how to
a ke smoo th, dramatic powersl tdes. Casey wo n
the 250cc sho rt-tra ck ma in, an d nearly cam e u p
a d ouble w inn er o n the IT, fini s hi ng a bike
length beh ind Meiri ng.
In Vinta ge action , Man teca 's Danny Klay, in
only his thi rd mot orcycle race, pla yed a seesaw
ga me of cat-and-mouse with Robert Norris a nd
joe Hoogerhyde. Each rid er led the race, a nd
each rid er was dropped a position or two du ring
the dogfi ght. Klay, howeve r, ma n aged to lead
the lap tha t counted, and he took the checkered
flag ahea d of veterans Norri s and Hoogerhyd e.
Rya n Law ra ced hi s fina l races in the Pee
Wee Stock C (Q-6) class before mo ving up to the
mo re co m pe tit ive O ver 7 class. Law wal ke d
away with wins on both the short track and the
IT track, overcoming the hard cha rges of Dyla n
Stu tters and jes s Ga rcia.
Re sulls
Sh o rt Tr ack
IT: I. Laun -a W;I II.ll.~ (5,,7.); 2. Rebecc a Ltw (Yam ); 3. J.amil.'
F.hl:ol(Yam}.
P/ W STK B (D-6) : I. An tho ny Fung (Yam) .
I' /W STK C «()..6 1. Ryan Law (Y, m).
):
1
P/W srK A; 1. o., n ny McD;m id (Ya m ).
I' / W srK B: 1. Fran kit! Garri.1 (y.1m).
P/ W STK C: 1. Rcbecee La w (Ydm); 2. Ron Robe rts (Puc); J.
jam ie Pabcl (Ya m ); 4. uurfTI WaU" l. e (Suz ).
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60 B: I. Chris 8I.trj.1 (Kaw ).
!1
bOC: 1. Bobby Fong l Kaw ); 2. Ju~.· Ht"ffiilnd .,z (K. W).
1
80 A; 1. Bra nJun Ind c.-rbitz in (fI on ); 2. Stt!Wart B.arber (Hun) ;
3. JilliOl'l C rewe ( Hon); 4. Corey Edtun ( Hun ); 5. FrNdy PoIi (Hon).
SOC: 1. Dastin Avi Li (H on).
2.50: 1. Dan n y UM"y lSu z); 1. Cu rt")' E.1km (Hon); 3. D.1lTelJ
H ug hel. (H on); 4. e Mil Cci~ (l Ion).
VL
'IlT TW ; 1. Jo n Eichdbaugh (Ya m) ; 2. Ral ph Lee (Tri ); 3.
Robc."I1 NorrilJ{Yam ).
VL
'IlT -10+: 1. Robt.-rt ~ ~ (Bull ; 2. Tom Booth (Ho .d; 3.
Jim ~ (T ri ); 4. John Dobon (Bun .
VlNT C: I. D.tnny KL.y (Ya m); 2. Robert NOITUI (Yam) ; J . Jut"
Hoogn"hyde {BuD ; 4. Jeft C~ (Bun .
VET; 1. Seev e FiK ht-r (Rt:d ; 2. Robert McDo~1I ( R~); 3.
s~ H "n (Ya m ); 4. Pa ul SAn d b urn (Rlx); S. o..vi d W orthC'
n
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the funda mentals of motocross, along
wit h wren ching on his bikes to keep
them in pea k cond ition .
Results
50 BEG : I. C hr i!!> Pl l>u {fe l KT M) ; 2. Cor ey
B..· Jldtz (laM) ; J . Etha n Florez (KT M); 4. Cor~y
r
Hungnford (1(TI.of); 5. ChriM up ht-r Deeds ( KThf)
50 «(k,) MOD: 1. 8Ll Baggl."t1 'Coo); 2. Dl.bt m
Pulham It..'TMl
.
50 (7· 1 M OD: 1. Ty lor Hemme lKT~() ; 2.
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o.nid Karg er ( Kl'M); 3. Kyle Smilh (KThO; 01. Chris
Pul lum (KTM) .
50 (0-6) S /STK : I. Blak.· Bolgg ett (Cob); 2.
DyLan Pl."mbt.Tton(Cob); 3. Chris Moutfe {KTMI; 4.
DUlltln PuUi.lm ("'TMI.
50 (7- K) S / STK : 1. Tyl o r H.. mme ( KT M); 2.
Danid KariSl-r (KTM ); 3 . Tolnnl-r Ak '(,lnd (T l l..nn);
-I. I".." Morrow {"n n; S.Chri5 rulliam (K"fMI.
r / W KO; I. Ru:h.:lni Sl:.'t.·I~· (Hon); 2. Kevin Lipp.
flO BEC : 1. ;\Iichol.u. S,l nchl"Z (Kaw); 2. Shana
Rhinehart Ou w ); 3. AnJ rul" ~1.1yol (K.lw ); 4. ' ere my
Prodddt lKaw); S. Cody W.Ul.·r (K.aw).
60 (o-A) : I. JUblm Mut toni (Kaw ); 2. Tre n t Pugm al' (K;lW) ; 3 . l a n c e Coury '( Kaw l; -I, Tan ner
Alc lland" r lK.1W)
.
60(9-1 1): I. Mile All."ll/Ii (Ka w).
1'0 BEG ; 1. Rya n T i:.ingl'r (Ka w) ; 2. w esto n
r l-iclr. (Su z ); 3. Ricky rar lr.:l t" a..·a ni (Su z ); 5. Ch.1T
p
lt"5Da na (Y. m) .
125 NOV: I. Chris Ellio tt (Ya m l; 2. Rod H a m by (Ya m l.
125 !NT: 1. C hri!ilBarwtt lSuz) ; 2. Eric Ander'!iOn (Ya m).
125 PRO: t . Onug r anon, (Yarn) ; 2. Tomm y turriloon (Yam);
3. Jnry Alll!'moln (Suz); 4. Da nn y Ca r bon (Yam); S. Micha e l You ng.
250 BEG : 1. Nick [e ro me (S ut.) ; 2. Cecil Av ery: 3. Lan ce'
Austin (Yam ); 4. G ay lo n Riltoyl'iuz); 5. Sa m An denon (Ho n ).
250 PRO : 1. Ky le Lewts (S u t.); 2. Do ug Parson (Ya m) ; 3.
Danny Carbon (Yam ); 4. 00N1d Upton.
rr: t. Pa lb [)eovoll CKaw); 2. urJd.ice Smi th ( Hon).
JR VET: 1. D in Smt-Ad .
m
SR. VET: I . Rick Pub (}-1o.1>;2. Larry H ipp (Y.. m ).
lirr
(Yam).
O I'EN A; 1. Ro b O"mron (Hbg); 2. Tony Meiring (RhF:); 3.
RobertSea y (W - R); 4. K.-nn y Nor (Hbg); s. BOO CaSt")' {W.R}.
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OrEN & 1. Billy Hiles (Yam ); 2. Ma rty W"*" ( Rlx); 3. PolIu!
Sandburn CRt1};4. Armando Rodri~ (y" m) ; S. Jim Maher (Ra).
PRO SM" 1. Ton y Souz.a; 3. KnUl Y
;
Noy es (Hbgl; • . Ton y Mt"Irin g (Rtd ; 5. Ray Comes- (Ya m).
IT
PP: 1. ~ UW (Yam ); 2. Lautm. Wal laa Colma (Ya m) .
P/W
B: I. Fr,jlnk ~ Colrri.1 (yolI m ).
P/W STJ( C: 1. Lau non W" l1acC' (Suz); 2. ~ Lt w (Y"m) ;
~ Ron Robms £Puc}; 4. J.mMo r ahrl (Yam).
btl A: 1. Dnrid Po nton (Ka wl.
60 B; I. Chris Borja' (Kaw) .
flO C: 1. Bobby Fong( kaw );2. Jue Hl"ffiAnJl. z{Kaw l.
o
SO A : 1. Brando n Ind l"rb i tzi n l H on); 2. ' a r e d M cW hi r h. r
·
(Honl.
80 B; 1. 51_alt BarbrT (Suz).
MC: 1. Jason Crt'WC'Ul on ).
100; I. COlt'}' Eaton (H o n).
O rEN: I. Stew' H"n (Yam) ; 2. Jim M.. h.., (ATKI.
snc.
LANCASTER. CA,JUNE 19
Ryan Tisin ger and his br oth er C j . too k ha rdearned victories in th e 80 and 125cc Beginner
classes, respectively, during Full Flown Promotions Frid ay Night Mot ocross at th e An telope
Valley Fairgrounds.
Tisinger loo ked like a sure be t in the firs t
SO Beginner ra ce but fen hard whil e leading.
cc
Ricky Parks picked up th e lead an d ra n with it
all the way to the winner' s circle, while Tisinger
ch arged all the wa y ba ck to third be hind Axo
Racing-spon.-;ored Weston r eick.
The seco nd nioto saw Tisinger take off and
s m oke a way to a co nvincin g victory, w hil e
Stev e Forsyt he came back for a n im pressive sec·
ond in fro nt of Peick, Parks a nd Ricky Banks .
When the scores were talli ed , Tisinger took the
w in with a 3-1 finish, top pi ng Peick' s 2-3 and
Pa rks'I-4.
U you think Ryan Tisin ger was luc ky to win
his class with a 3-1 fin ish, yo u might be amazed
to know tha t C /. Tising er used a 1-6 finis h later
tha t night to score the win in the always-u npre-dictable 12Sec Beginner class. C /. topped Corey
Murp hy a nd Jeff Verse p u t in ra ces tha t w ere
no thin g sho rt of fu ll-blown chaos.
Kyl e Le w is a n d Dou g Pa rso n s w ere th e
n igh t ' s to p Pr o r id ers . Lewis battled wi th
Da nny Ca rlson on his FMF/ Ch ap arral-support ed Yama ha for most of bo th mot os, with Lewis
ev en tua lly ru nnin g over Ca rlson's front wheel
to br in g tha t battle to a n en d . Parsons u sed
aggress ive ridi ng and some q ues tio na ble tactics
to sc o re th e 125cc Pro w in . Pa rson s topped
Tom my Harrison, Jerry Alema n and Carl son.
r Ty lor H e m m e wa s kin g o f t he Pe e We e
ran ks after scoring six ou t of six mot o wins in
the Stock a nd Mod ified (7-8) cla ss es a nd the
Super Pee Wee division . Hem me ga ve cred it for
his recen t su ccess to former pro racer Richa rd
Bunch, who has been teach in g Henune some of
Rutherford, Alessi score three
wins at Mini Stars Motocross
By Tony Alessi
MORENO YALLEY, CA,JUNE 2ll-21
KTM min i ri de r Bruce Ruthe rford and mu ltitime Amateur Na tiona l Champion Mike Alessi
sto le the spoUig h t by taking three cla ss wi ns
a p iece a t the 1998 Mini Stars, held at the s la rwest Cycle Park.
Th e two· d ay ev ent drew numerou s rid ers
form the ar ea and concentrated on only SO, 60
a nd 80cc machinery. No big-bikes or ve t classes
w ere run during th e ev e n t. Satu rda y w as
reserved for the Pee Wee clas ses on the sma ll
track, while Sunda y' s event opened the doors for
all three classes to hav e their min i ba ttles.
Ruthe rford was king of the Pee Wees after he
c
domi na ted the Sup er Pee Wee a nd SOc Stock
a nd Mod ified (7-8) classes. Ru therf ord's mus t
mem orable race of the weekend unfolded in the
Stock (7-8) class . After an easy first moto which
saw Rutherford ru n off and hide from the field,
he sa w things cha nge drastically in the all-impKeamey
(KTM ).
..
60 STRTR (ft.9 ): 1. Ad ri an Fu ll r r (Ka w) ; 1 . Za c hary C rut.
OC ); J . A nd n 'w S.:TTano (Ka w ); 4. Kyl e Sm ith (Kaw) .
aw
60STK (1HI): 1. Chad Corr5lK.1w); 2. C1w. Ta kac5 ( Kl'M); 3.
w
Sh olw n Hol " (KIM); 4. Phillip A ube (Ka w) ; 5. Robert o Ji mn
Y
(K aw) .
bOSTK (Q.. 1 I: 1. Mi!.;eA1esli (Ka w); 2. Robe rt Mt!Jnuli lJ<. w);
1
.
3. Cody Bradbury (J Latty (Yam ); 2. rau1 John.on (Yam) .
80 (0-11); I. Mil..: A I"-'>i (Ka w) ; 2. JalTC'd Browne' (Su d ; 3.
Michad Pa r!r.t.., ( tk>n).
80 ((~11) : I. Mi kt! AIeM.i (Ka w) ; 2. Ja n"t'd BI'OWI'it' (5uz); 3 .
Mi c h ol l rol r"e' r ( Han); 4. Ju,ti n Workma n ( Ka.w) ; 5 . To m my
r
Cochra n CSurl
.
80
(12· 13): 1. Sro« Simon ;4_Brdndon Woods (Hun ).
KO MO D (14-)6): 1. Nid . ""s Heru; lcoy(Yam); 2. AJ"m Tali
lKa w) .
snc.
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Fiscellightning-fast
at Thunder Hill Dirt Track
Na tional ran very smoothly . Racer/ Promoter
Da,~d Barkley a nd family put on a great inaugu ral even t, and the rid ers are look ing forward
to returning next year .
Donning the number-one p late in Pro 600cc
class, FlSCel made fast work of his seven th-p lace
start in the main to move to fou rth on lap one.
He then worked past Blane Fore on lap tw o and
local To pe ka speeds ter Mik e Patterson on la p
three to move into second . Up front, Will iam
Berger m ain tained a torrid pa ce as Fiscel a nd
Roger Sterling pursued the lead er. On lap five,
however , Fore cras hed and brou ght out the red
flag while trying to make u p position s. Bad ly
bruised wi th a broken coll arbo ne, Fo re wa s
unabl e to rejoin the sing le-file res tar t, which sa w
Fiscel overta ke Berger for the lead a nd John ny
Isaa cs move up to d ice wi th Sterling for thi rd.
Du ring the last five lap s, Fiscel was able to build
on hi s lea d , wit h Berger g iving chase. Isaa cs
held off Ster ling for third at the flag .
In Pro Twin, Fiscel set the pa ce early as he
pu t h is Ma x Leather s / Ca strol O il /Rie m en sch ne ider-suppo rted Triu mph int o the lead from
the start and began to pu ll away from the field .
Behind Fiscel, Mike Patterson, on the Loneslar
Harley-David son / Gerald jessup-tuned XR750,
and curren t Pro Tw in champ Mark Gibson, on
his Diversifi ed Body & Pa int / Sou th City Cyclesponsored Triumph, worked to ca tch h im . By
lap two, Gibson had m oved by Patterson a nd
had begun to regai n los t ground on Ftseel. While
Gibson continued to move up as the laps wound
d own, FlSCe1 con tin ued on his ru n for the win.
Patterson held back the late-race effort of John
E ke to snag third .
In the Pro Master s class, Isaacs d arted his
TPR-backed BSA Past Dan ny Ha mmond on lap
two an d built a comma nding lead to the fmish.
Behind Ha mmond , Berger scra mbled to dri ve
his Powroll Hond a past the BSA of Eke for the
third spo t. Dunlop /Reg ina-suppo rted Bill Snyd er bes ted Mik e Mendenha ll to t he li ne fo r
fourth.
In other ra cing. Bill Snyd er rod e his Honda
t,,~n past Hammond in the early laps, running
off with the win in the Senior class. Bob Bra unreiter also go t by Hammon d on the last lap to
4~
secu re seco nd .
Results
By Mike Zb rozek
HOLTO KS, /UNE12
N,
Aft er a winter of recu pe ra tion, 1998 Pro 600cc
champion Rick Fiscel returned to winni ng form
to take wins in the Pro 600cc and Pro Twin classes at rou nd three o f the VDTRA Pro-Am Fla t
Tra ck Se ries , held a t th e Thu nd er Hill Speed way. Fiscel a ppea red s trong as ever d esp ite his
setback last Octo ber whe n he broke several ribs
in a fall at Muskogee s pt...dwa y.
Desp ite the large field s in all classes, th e
first-ever Barkley Racing /Thunder Hill VDTRA
SR AM : 1. Bill Sn yder (Yam) ; 2. Bob Bra unll'i h-r l H ·O) ; 3 .
Larry Kl. Ilfll"dy (Ya m); 4. Dou g St" wdrt (Dud; S. Do.·nni ll Mt'lch l-r
"
(Yam) .
60tJ AM : 1. J.R. Sm ith (Y.tm); 2. Olin W . Bu rr (H o n); 3 . J.C.
m
CLlr k (Y.1m) ; -I. Roy Hai rll's (Bu!); 5. Rl' R('CEberle (Yol l.
OPEN TW ; L Rt:'JI:Ji:il" Barklry (Yam); 2. Bob Sn yd er (Yam ); J.
Fred Cuba (Tri ); 4. Jf'rT)' Hinds (Yam); S. J.R. Smith Jr. (Ya m).
r R(). M$TR..: 1. Joh nn y lsa aes lBSA); 2. William 8n'gl.-r C on) ;
H
3. Dan Ha m mo nd (y;lm); 4. Joh n R"t! (liSA); S. Bill Sn ydl-r (Ya m ).
rK (}.600: 1. Ricky Fl!>Ce1 (Y" m ); 2. Will idm KrJM;t"r (H on); 3.
Johnn y lJIolacs (BSA); -I. Roger Sterling (BSA); S. M ilr.e Pa tt l'T'!lOl1
(Y.ml.
orEN f"RO. IV: 1. Rick y Fisrel (T ri) ; 2. Mdr" C ib.o.un ITri); 3.
T
u
Mi.....r ath TsOn (H·D); 4. John R ke (BSA); 5. Fran l B. u.u o
