EVENTS
(Ab o ve) Ma rc u s Bauer (16 L) u s e d a h ig h line to pass Verdeen Langla nd (22 R) and win the
Open P ro c lass a t the Cambridge Short Track in Cambridge, Min nesota.
(Left) Shawn Stuart won the Schoolboy and 125 C classes during motocross rac ing action
in Inman, Kansas.
Webb spins one at Inman MX
Bauer blows 'emaway
at Cambridge ST
By S cooter Bell
Photo by Craig Cole
By TIm McBride
INMAN, KS,JUKE 2S
Todd Webb took the overa ll win in t he 80cc
Jun ior class at r ound fo u r o f th e Kan s a s
Motocro ss Series, held in Inman, Kansas.
In t he fi rs t mot o , Blak e Dunn to ok th e
holesho t an d t he lead , w i th Webb, Micha el
Dura n a nd Andy Willi ams foll owing. On the
thi rd lap , Webb mad e the mov e to pass Dunn
an d too k o ver the lead . Duran p ush ed Dunn for
second going int o the fin al la p, w ith Will iams
d oing battle (or fourt h wit h Trevor Smith. The
che cke red flag ca me o u t for Webb , a nd Dunn
managed to hold off Duran for seco nd . Ditto for
Willia ms, w ho w as able to ho ld off Sm ith for
fourth place.
In th e second mot o, Dunn ag a in put his
Su z uki o u t fro nt. w ith Webb, Wi lliams an d
Duran in tow . In the fir st few turn s, Duran
passed Williams for th ird , with Webb trying to
chase dow n Dunn. The w hite flag ca me ou t a nd
that' s w hen Webb mad e the pass for the lead ,
holding the po sition to the chec kered flag . Dunn
ende d up second, w ith Duran third, Willia ms
four th and Smith fifth.
Webb abo wo n both mot os in the 60cc cla ss
to take tw o class victories on the da y.
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In the 3choolboy class , Sha v n Stu art wa lked
away wit h bo th m o to w in s . Dr ew Byers and
Steven Boesker kept Stuart in sight but co uld n' t
close the gap enough to mak e a cha llenge . Ryan
ett, ri d ing an SOcc bike, ro d e well , bu t he
foun d it a d ifficul t tas k to overta ke the bigger
b ike s . Ne tt ta ll ied a 4-4 mo to finish to take
fourth place. Boesker carded a 5-3 for third , and
Byers ended up with second place via his 2-5.
Results
1'/\\': I. J.lm l\' SI{"Vff; 2. Codbe- Moo re; 3. Kim ber
H dnk~
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Jdo.lb H.1a!l; 5. Aa.o;tm RU"~'l1
011: I. Tudd Wl-bb; 2. ' ami e- Sil·' ·l'1'"; 3. Tvlcr 8.l te; 4 . Robert
Spear ; 5. Josh Gil ma n .
1M) JR : I. Tod d w e bb: 2. Blak e Dunn; 3. Michael Du ran; "'.
Andy Williams; 5. Tn.-v SmIth.
or
SO SR: I. Ryan ~l"tt; 2. lR Walli s ; 3. Kyle Sm ith ; 4 . Jon -r.. ul
r owl."ll; 5. Jamil' Brown
SCHBY : I. Sh.twn Stuart; 2. Drew Byen; 3. St.."\"-"" Boe.ker; 4
Ryan Nl1:t; S.Dt-rid" C, m ner .
125 A : 1. Cory Fra nci s; 2. Matt Sm ith ; J. Dennis Burn e tt ; 4
C.I . Rl~l"f .
125 B: 1. Nic k Ml'"t alf ; 2. Steve Thompson ; 3 . Ddri n Fri tzJ;on;
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4. Ry.m McD.m id ; 5. Cy r rior .
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125 C : 1. Sh.1w n Stua rt; 2. Jos h Brych ta ; 3. Todd Dicke ; 4. Dl-r.
id ..COn nl.- 5. A nd y r au l!>.
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250 A : I . Jdf Ht'dJen; 2. Co ry Fra ncis.
:L<;(1 lJ: 1. Nic lo. Ml·tc,d f; 2. Gn;:; Il\);ills; 3. Co rl Kl't'IU
l
gh; 4 , Joh n
ra ngll".
250 C : 1. Fra nk s..·1lJr.; 2. D.w e Th il'SS4-'f\; 3. Brad Bnmg.ud t; 4.
Todd Dic kl."; 5. C h ru,;Stra w n.
VET 30 -+-: 1. G a l....n Burton ; 2. C hri s Kirk ; 3. Da rcy St'vart ; 4 .
Eric Wl"bb; 5. Gn'l/; Gi lma n .
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VET 40+: 1. Rub lambertl/. 2. Dary l Walt l."r 3. Rick B.u:hman;
4. Mdrlin H itsc h m ,u m ; 5. Pau l 5cha rt z .
VET 50+: 1. Mich.wl Mo rland; 2. G.lry Jo hruion ; 3. Tom Hunt.
roST·V INT +5 : 1. ShdJo n Dame! ; 2. Todd Wa s hh u r n ; 3 .
Jere my Pa rk,., 4. D.w .· Allm.m ; 5. Jo hn Brisco .
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resT·V INT +10: 1. ' d~n Holm; 2. JU!iti n And t'fSu n; 3. Ti m
Win gfidd; 4 . G ll'"l\Burton; 5. Rick Bachman.
VIl\'T : 1. M.u i in H itschm"nn; 2. Mil.lh Wengt'r.
O PE.. WM N : I. Dawn Shockey; 2. Jessi ca Spt> r; 3. IGmbt-r
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H.t rdt not on ly in the gran ds tands, but amo ng
his com pe tition. as well.
Verd een Lang land selected the first spot on
the s ta rt ing lin e by v irt u e of his fl ag-to-fla g
Open Pro he at -rac e win ove r Eri c Brouhard,
Kurt Boe hlke, Rober t Boyd a nd c.J. Bevi ng .
Bau er was nud ged off the g roove in tu rn three
ea rly in the race by Brouhard, sta lling his Rota x
by accidentally hitting a false neutral.
In bet ween race s, Bauer made some significan t cha nges (tir es, a mo ng o ther th in gs) to his
mount, a nd the extra effo rt pai d off. La ngla nd
(th e 250cc Pro ma in-event win ner ) was out front
once ag ai n after the s ta r t of th e I n-l ap mai n
e ven t, followed by Boyd , Brouhar d , Boeh lke,
Bauer and the rest of the pack. As the top ru nn in g o rder co ntin ued to s h u ffle, Bau er 's ra ce
strategy beg an to unfold .
In tum tw o o n the fourth lap, Bau er went to
the top ed ge of the groove and sped aro und the
outs ide of Brouhar d, w ho was now ru nning in
third. He then ree led in Langland as they exited
tum four and too k com mand of the lea d in tum
one. Bau er then raced on to his first big win.
"After I got arou nd those guys , I came back
d own on the groove - bu t it d idn't work," Ba uer
sa id , "soI s tay ed hi gh and rode s ma r t. J bo rrowed some co mpressed a ir to fill my tire from
Frank (Rad loff, a Vintage Twin competitor), and
he joked , 'You can use it only if yo u win : There
was some magic in that air . I'd especially like to
thank Don Boehlke for bu ild ing a nice track ."
Langl and remained. in seco nd place un til the
end of the race, fin ishi ng ahead of Brouha rd .
Boehlke, Boyd and Be,ing.
Larso n' s Cycl e Su p ply' S Da ryl Pa ngerl is
ba ck on to p fo rm . Pange r! raced to a wi re-tow ire win in the Ov er 40 final ahea d of Ben Bettis, Ar ndt, Paul Koch and the rest of the pack.
Panger! retu rn ed for the Vintag e Sing le clas s, in
which he a nd Rand y Thistle d iced it out for.the
lead in the ea rly goin g. The tw osom e then brok e
awa y fro m the fie ld , fi n is hi ng in tha t o rde r.
Koch finished third while tightly bu nched wit h
Co ry Solnitski, Richa rd Wa sch ek an d Robe rt
Bt.
-cker.
Mo re from the firs t· tim e dep artm en t: Willie
Broten's riding sk ills are beginning to gel. Remi nisce nt of Bau er 's performa nce, the 15-yea r--old
speedster used a high line to ea rn his first victcr
ry d urin g the 250cc B mai n ev ent. Bro te n an d
Joel Schleic her bat tled side by side du ring the
opening laps, with heat winner Bitsy Kanto r in
. hot pu rsu it . Bro ten finall y too k co nt ro l a t th e
halfway poi nt an d held off an aggressive Kan-
tor, w ho had passed Schleicher for seco nd on the
sa m e lap. Mu lti -tim e 125cc-r a cC' w inner Troy
Johnson finishe d fou rth, wit h Don Bettis, Ada m
Henr ichs an d C harles Bevi ng in tow.
Tom Ladwi g pi loted his 750cc Yamaha to his
firs t victo ry in the Vintag e Twin class, doing so
in a co nv incing man ner. C IC."lsS lum inary Buzz
Arnd t finis hed sec on d , a hea d o f Ro n Leema n,
Robert Becker and Radloff. Pat Fargen won his
firs t Stoc k Fr am e main e ve n t w h ile heav il y
gua rde d b y a s tea d ily im p ro v in g Rich a rd
Waschek.
Josh Koch tu rned the tables on 60ee heat- race
wi nner Jaco b Ma tava a nd raced to the checkers
in g ran d s ty le . Ke vi n An d erson sli d b y h is
bro ther Jer em y o n lap three to ea rn third- place
hono rs, a nd Tra vis Waschek finished fifth.
Co le Fealy followed in the foots teps o f his
father (Open B winner Lee Fealy) by scoring the
win in the Min i Junior class. Jacob Schleicher.
lory Morris, And y Olson and Na tasha Waschek
rounded out the top five in the eight-rider field.
Results
MIN I SR: 1. Mike M.lIacht' n.<;t·Tl (Act) ; 2. !':iclr. M,l ta ya Uti).
M If'l: JR: 1. Col e Ft."a.ly (Yam ); 2. Jacob Schll""icht."f (Y..m) ; J .
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' n."'Y Morril> (Yam ); 4 . AnJy OIM"l n (Ya m) ; 5. ~dt.1Sh.a Wa !ICh k
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(Ya m ).
60 : 1. Jo sh Koch (Kaw): 2 . Jacob Mdtaya (Ka w) ; 3 . Kevin
AnJt.TSOn (Ka·w); 4. [eremy Andt"fSCI (K.tw) ; 5. Travl~ WaSoChl'k
n
(K.1 .
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80: 1.Sh.1wn Burr C
Kaw); 2. Troy Ju hrull.Jn(Kaw); 3 . JU!l Koch
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(Hon); 4. Chris LU'<;(1Il (Suz); 5. Travis H....nrich.. (Yam ).
125 B; 1. Troy Johnson (Ya m) ; 2 . Willil" Br o ten (Ya m ); J.
Adam Henrichs (Yam ); 4. Bil'lY Ka nt or (Yam ); 5 . Da nlclh- Bt-ving
(Kawl.
250 B: 1. W illil' Bro te n (K.l W); 2. Bib y Ka ntor (Ya m ); 3. Juel
Sch ll"ich t'r (HIm) ; 4 . Troy Jo h nson (Yam l; 5. Do n Ik!ti s (Yam) .
250 P RO : 1. verdccn I...anglan d (I-Iu n ); 2. Ku rt Boehl ke (Yam I;
3. C,J. Bt"VinJ.;CKawl.
31.)+: 1. Bttsy Kan to r (V.lm); 2. Mike Ledi n (Rtx); 3 . Bob Boyd
(Y....m ); 4. Ra ndy 111istll' (Ya m ); 5. Tnm Ll dw i/; (Ya m).
40 +; I. Da r y l Pa ngerl (Ya m) : 2. Don Betti s (Ya m ); 3. Buzz
A rndt (Rtx); 4. Paul Koch (Yam) ; 5. Matt Ma ttso n (Y.l m).
50+ : 1. Bu zz Arnd t (Rtx); 2. Juhn Sut hl-'r lin (Y" ml ; 3 . G.l ylo rd
Ladwig (Ya m) .
STK FRM : 1. Pat F.lI"gen (Ydm l; 2. Richard Wa:dll'k (Y.l m ); 3.
Bob Be ck e r (Ya m ); 4 . M ike Sc hm iJ t (Yam ); 5. [on M ark uson
(Ydm ).
OPEN B: I. Lee ~a ly (Yaml ; 2. Bob Bovd (Ya m l; J. Wi llit."
e
Broten (K.l w /!"4, Du n Bo..1:tis (Ya m1; 5. Richdnj W.l!ICh k (Ya m)
VI:"tl'T 'rw: I. Tom l.tdw ig (Ya m) ; 2. Bu zz Arndt (Ya m l; 3.
Run u"t.'-glan (Tri); 4. Btlb Be ker (Ya m) ; 5. Fr,m lo. RotJlotf {BSAI
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VI:-.ITSGL: 1. Daryl Pan low rl (Ya m ); 2. R.tnd y Thi'llle (Ydm ); 3.
PdU! Koch (Ya m ); 4 Cory 5ulnitski ( Ydm ); 5. Rich.lTd wasche k
(yam).
NOV; 1. [oe l Schleicher (Han); 2. C o ry Suln ibki (Ya m ); 3.
C hr is La rson (Ya m); -I. Mart y [)ot;' ri ng (C· A) ; 5. To m l.IJwig
(Ya ml
PRO: 1. ~Iarcus Bauer ( Rb .); 2. Ve r dee n La n gl a nd
(H nn); 3. Eric Brou hard (Rtxl; 4. Ku rt 8ot'h lke (Ya m l; 5. Bo b Boyd
(Y" m).
orax
Leivan blitzes to
Brush Busters HS win
Wind mann cho se an inside line in a tigh t w ood-'
ed section a nd moved ba ck into seco nd . W hile
thi s w as goi ng o n, Nesbi tt ope ned u p a sma ll
lead . Le i va n aga i n took ove r seco n d w he n)
Wind ma nn hit a stu m p o n the insid e of a tu
a nd w ent d o wn. Leiva n up ped the pa ce a nd'
we nt a fter Nes bitt .
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"The we kend befo re the race, there wa s an
e
end uro her e, and I kn ew tha t we were co ming t~
a cou p le of technical hill sectio ns, so I wanted to
be close in case C hris mad e a bo bb le," Leivan
sa id .
Th e first of the tw o sections saw Nesbitt ta ke
the lo nger bu t sa fer rou te, while Leiva n o p ted
for the to ugher bu t quicker line. Leivan closed
ri ght up to N esbitt' s rear fe nd e r and moved
ahead when the two riders d id the sa me thing at
the seco nd secti on of hills
"The seco nd hill was like moon roc ks, a nd I
we nt straight over the top," Leiva n said . "Ch ris'
line wa s mu ch slo we r, an d aft er I got ahea d of
him , I never reall y sa w avy o ne the rest of the
da y."
Leiva n's lead ";t the co nclusio n of the first lap
measured 16 seco nds over esbitt, w ho in tum
led Windman n by o nly seven seco nd s. Thi ele
had moved int o fourth after a miserable first lap
a nd tra iled Leivan bv more tha n 2 1/2 m inutes .
As Leivan conti ~ued to hammer away at the
fro n t o f th e pack, Windma nn mov ed a ro u nd
Nesbitt, w ho was begi nning to suffer from a rear
mous se that was rap idl y deteriorating. Bef or e
th e e nd of the la p, Thiel e w ould also mo ve
ahead of the early leader. N esbitt would ho ld on,
to fourth for the secon d lap, but he dropped off
the pace d ramatically on the fina l circu it. Leivan
entered the p its aft er the second la p to refuel f~
the seco nd and final tim e.
Le iva n had slig ht ly ove r two mi nu tes on
Windma nn 's Pro Dirt-backed KTM. Thiele held
0I.\ to thir d ano ther 2 1/ 2 minutes beh ind, wit h
Nesbitt a nother 30 sec o nds down . Husqvarna
rid er Matt Pu rsley mo ved in to fifth, w hile Jeff
Sch neider co ntrolled the "A" clas s an d held on
to sixth overall.
The final lap was uneventful for Leivan, as he
kept a smooth and comfortable pace an d con tinued to pull away. In the end , Leivan finished with
a gap of 4 1/ 2 minutes to take his fourth wi n of
the year on his Dunlop /Silkolene / Answer / Scottbacked Yamaha thum per. Wind mann took the
runner-up spo t for the third time this year. Thiele
made up som e time o n the fina l lap o n w ind mann to pu t his Kawasa ki o n the final pod ium
posi tion . Fourth wen t to Matt Pursley.
Results
COLli"S, MO, JUNEII
0 / A : I. Stev e Leiva n (Ya m ); 2. Mik e- Windmollnll ( 1(TI.ij;<3.
Chris Thiele (Kaw ); 4 . \fatl rur..ll")· (8u,.); 5. Mf Lappe l KTM ); (,
Dale Rec tor ( H o n ); 7. Dolin BU~.llrJ CYam); S. Tannt"r En~lanJ
{Ya m l; 9. Chris S esbitt (Yam ); 10. Kt""in Sorb (SUL
).
For t h ~ thi rd tim e in a row , Tea m Yamaha rider
Steve Leivan power ed his ' YZ400 to the overall
victory in a Missouri H are Scrambles Cham pio nsh ip Series race. This tim e it wa s round six, at
th e not o ri ou sly ro u g h and tec hn ica l Coll ins
ve n ue. Lei van d ominated th e race , finishin g
wi th a 4 1/ 2-minu te cushion over seco nd place.
Q u ick starter Chris N esbitt la id claim to
ano ther good start and took the hol es ho t on his
Answ erI Scott-backed Yama ha to lead the first
of three 18.3-mile laps. Scries points lead er'Mike
Wind ma nn held do w n the ru nner-up spo t a nd
Ch ris Thiele entered the woods in third . Thiel e,
however, wo ul d lo se t he fro n t e nd a nd go
down, rejoinin g the race at the back of the pack.
Le iva n, who was slo w off th e lin e again bu t
pa ssed seve ra l riders wi th a sweet inside line in
turn on e, moved in to third behi nd Nes bitt a nd
Windmann.
A fe w m ile s into th e openi ng la p, Leiva n
moved arou nd Win dmann on an a lternate line
acro ss an off-cambe r hill. Soon a fte r, th oug h,
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AA : I . .\tike WinJmann {.... I; 2. C h ri.. Thielt." bitt (Yam).
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A : 1. Jdf LaPf"l' (KT\U ; 2. 0.111'Rl'Ctor C o n); 3. Diln BUl');,u d
H
(Yam) ; 4. Jef f Sch nt'idl"f UPai r (KT Ml ; 2. 5 tl"V Cn."w!>(Ka w) ; 3 . D a l.'fl
H.. worth C
KTM); 4. 0 .1 " Lt. d rle CK.tw); 5. P.. t Dl'd ue (l
