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d oubl e m oto s weep , foll o w ed b y
Ezerins wi th a 2-4 and Hofm aster wit h a
5-2.
"The trac k is good , real fas t; it was
hard to pull away," Gad d is said of his
ride. "I want to thank Nielsen for their
help. I'm getting read y to open my new
mot ocross track in Nevada on July 10th.
I'm looking forwa rd to that: '
In the first 250cc Pro moto, Gaddis
again grabbed the start, but Hofmaster
and Oettel we re right there. On the second lap , Gaddis made his only mistake
of the night and went down as his front
wheel washed out in an off-camber corner . Hofmaster .and Oett el took adva nta ge a n d mo ved to the front, as did
Valad e and Ezerins .
For the next few laps, Hofmaster and
Oettel bat tled back a n d forth , w hile
Gaddi s was b u sy p laying ca tc h - u p .
Eze rins ma d e h is way by Va lade for
th ird on the sixth lap but, on the final
lap , Gad dis blazed by bo th rid ers to take
third a t the fin ish behi nd mota winner
Hofmaster an d Oe ttel in second .
With the 250cc overall still on the line,
the seco nd-mota start was very impor tan t. Gaddis used his yea rs of experie nce
to get the holeshot, wi th Honda-mounted Phil Gau thier and Hofm aster next in
line. Gaddis started to pull away as Hofma st er and Oettel had th ei r o wn war
after getting by Gauthier. Oett el pinned
it through the who ops and m oved int o
seco nd o n lap s even , and Hofmaster
dumped it in the same comer as Gaddis
had one lap later. Gaddis took his third
moto win of the night, followed by Gettel, Valade, Ezerins and Hofmaster.
Besides the Pro classes, Gaddis suited
up for the Over 25 class and took both
mota wins in style for a total of three
overalls and a good chunk of change to
take back to Vegas .
Torque Center-sponsored Zac Sapko
showed the large crowd on hand that he
may be a force in next year's ~ classes, as
he stomped to three moto wins in the 125
and 250cc B cla sses. Su zuki-m ounted
Greg Hochmu th was th e only rider to
beat Sap ko, as he won the second 125cc B
1'X
mota .
Lake Geneva Raceway
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Results: July 2, 1998
PIW JR: 1. Trevin Simes (Act); 2. Cory Speno (Cob );
3. Darrick Jackson (!.em); 4. P.). Kreuger (Cob); S. joseph
Tarver (Co b ).
PIW SR: 1. Heath er
R~ ch
(Cob); 2. Kyle Wilson
(Cobl; 3. Derek Muehlbaue' (Cob); 4. Erik Bo (Cob);
yle
S. Judy Walker (Cob).
60: I. Robert Loire (KTMl; 2 Joe Llzaretto lKaw); 3.
Jack Rowe (Kaw ); 4. Cory Iverson (Kaw ); 5. Justin Hager
(Kawl.
80 J R: 1. Ch ris Lazaretto (Suz); 2. Dylan Ma rtin
(Soz); 3. Robert Loire (Ya m); 4. Andrew Tyrell (Suzl; 5.
C ha d Westbrook (Hon ).
80 sIC I. Ros, Martin (Suz); z. Tad Tyrell (Suz); 3.
J~
Skodras (Ya m); 4. Ma tt Atherton CHon); 5. Justin
Kand lt>r (Yam).
125 PRO: 1. Jimmy Gad dis (Ka w); 2. Em n Ezerins
t5uz); 3. Tom Hofmaster (Suz); 4. Ran d y Valade ( Ka w );
5. To nv Podc'A;ls (Suz ).
125 s : I. ZaeSapko (Yam); z. Greg Hochmuth (Suz);
3. Ryan Bond (Yam ); 4. Wade Joh n!OOn ( K..1 w ); 5. James
Ros si (Suz).
125 Cl: 1. Chri s Gunderson (Suz); 2. Steve Schul tz
()(aw ); 3. Andy Th yber g (Suz); 4. Jaso n Rowe (Ka w); 5.
Ryan .And eTSOn (Yam ).
125 C2: I. Ca meron Colby (Ya m ); 2. Jakob Shaw
(Suz) ; 3. Tim Gunderson (Suz) ; 4. Chris Athe rton (Yam);
5. Matt Athe rto n (Ho n ).
Uel
250 PRO: 1. Jimmy Ga ddis (Ka w ); 2. Dave Ot>
(Kaw ); 3. To m Ho fma ster (SU1:); 4. Randy Valade (Kaw) ;
5. Ero n Ezerins (Suz).
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250 B: 1. be Sap ko (Yam ); 2. Mike Cowe (Hon); 3.
No r m L.1ro~e (H on ); 4. J es ~ e Edge (Kaw ); 5 . C lint
Frit.'St.'11 (5uz),
250 C: 1. Sha w n Bier s tc ke r (Ho n); 2. Ja mes
Ko~topnuills (Hon); 3. Ju ~tin Ande rso n (Kaw); 4, Chris
At h"" n (Ya m ); 5. Matt Alb rech t (Ka w ).
rto
25+: 1. Jimmy C.ld dis (Ka w); 2. Jeff Lois (Yam ); 3.
Tom Drc tzka (5uz); 4, Jim Heilman (}(awl; 5. JOt' Keefe
(Yam).
56
35+: 1. Jim H eilman (Kaw); 2. Tom Dretzka (Suz ); 3.
Joe Keefe (Y a m ); 4 . Jeff W a y (Ya m); 5 . K urt A ndrews
( KTM).
, VINT: 1. Je ff Pa tel (Hon); 2. Keit h Degrand (Kawl;
3 . Tom A ng lim (Hon); 4 . La rs Nebergall (Hon); 5. C had
S ha w (S u z) .
John McKean (261) was the ho les hot man
In the Collegeboy c lass at Hurricane Hills
in Clifford, Pennsylvania. McKean was
second overall to Jason Kear.
Plotts, Kear hot
at Hurricane Hills MX
By Jim Sanderson
CLIFFORD PA JUL
, ,
YS
Darnien Plott s and Jason Kear took top ho nors in
250cc Open Exp ert a nd Coll egeb o y cl a sse s,
respectively , at Hur ricane Hills Spo rts Ce nte r.
Racing began o n a racecourse made muddy by
hea vy ra in showers late Saturd a y nigh t and
early Sun day moming. G oudy ski es preven ted
the COUl'5e fro m d ryi ng out until ea rly a ftern oo n.
Skies finall y clea red and track conditions went
from m ud d y to great. giving riders at least one
d ry moto. More tha n 200 riders came out to race
in 25 classes.
Plot ts took the holeshot in th e first 250cc
Open Expert mot o. Trailin g Pious th rou gh the
first tum w er e Dag Bo yesen , Alex Bla ck w ell,
Bre U She nna n and [oe y Yag los ki. With only a
quarter o f a la p in th e boo ks, Bo yesen began
cha llengi ng Plotts fo' the lead w hile Blackwell
and Sherman rod e a co ns isten t third and fourth,
with William Cheney getting by Yagloski to
round out the top five. Ju st off th e d ownhill
double along the tree lin e in th e ba ck o f th e
track, Plotts an d Bovesen were bar to bar on the
straig htaw ay, but piotts had the inside line and
he managed to keep the lead . On the last lap,
Boyesen seemed to let off, allowing Plo tts to take
the win. Boyesen fi ni shed seco nd , Blackwell
third, Shennan fourth and Yaglosk i fifth .
No t to be denied, Boyesen blasted off th e
gate to grab the ho les ho t in the second me te,
with PIoUs, Black w ell , Yagloski, Sherman and
Che ney in tow. At the halfway mark of lap tw o,
Boyesen wa s still out front, but Plotts wa s only
three seconds behind and wa s pressuring Boyesen hard for the lead. By the fourth lap, lappers
would decide the outcome of the second moto.
Boyesen had to go wa y outside in the big sweeper near the star t area to get around a lapper but
managed to square off the be rm in time to sneak
to the inside and hold off Plotts. Again, on lap
five, loppers w ould become a problem for th e
leaders. Boyesen go t 'lightly o ut of shape trying
to ge t ar ound a lapper on the do w nhill afte r the
hu ge Hurri cane s tep- u p and Plotts slipped by o n
th e in side to take th e lead. Bo yes en ch a rged
hard alter Plo tts bu t again lappers caused Boyesen to lose too mu ch tim e. Plott s took the wi n,
followed by Boyesen , Black w ell , Yag loski an d
Sherma n .
John McKean s nagged the holesho t in th e
first Collegeboy moto, followed by Jaso n Kea<,
Aaron Lambert, Joe Ma rshall and Clint Esposito.
Kear had mana ged to get by McKean (0. th e
lead w hile Esposito go t by Marshall for fou rth
by the halfw ay mark of lap o ne . By the end of
the seco nd lap, Kear had a su bsta ntia l lead over
McKean in seco nd. By lap three, Kear was go ne
and the res t of moto was basically to d ett!rnline
secon d throug h fift h . Mc Kean, barrin g any
major m istakes, .had second locked up, w hile
Espos ito moved up to third, Jeff Du n lap was
now running fou rth an d Lambert had d ropped
back to fifth . Mot o one went in the books wi th
Kear o n top, fo llo w ed by McKean , Es posi to ,
Dunlap and Marshall.
The start of the second mot o was a repeat of
th e firs·t: McKean to o k an other ho les hot, w ith
Kear , Du nlap, Ma rs ha ll a nd Tim othy Harris in
tow. Kear qui ckly moved. past McKean in the d ifficult w hoo p section to take the lead while Esposito go t by H a"is fo' fift h. On lap two, the to p
th ree ' emained the same w hile Esposito got by
Ma rsha ll for fourth. Kear took the win , followed
by McKean, Dwtlap, Espo sito and Marshall.
Results
S / M IN I: I. Jdfrc.·y \-fount (Ka w) : 2. ja m e. Ay n 's (H o n): 3.
"!l
Mdrk Kohlc. {Ho n.; 4. Steve n Lew is(Suz l.
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P / W (4--6): I. M a tt he w Pag e (Ya m ); 2. [ o n a t ha n Daniels
(Ya m l; 3. Jn hn He lllc"r (Y.lml ; 4. M.tr lc. Meit e rm a n (Y.l m ).
P / W (7.g): 1. M<1n;hallllurd (Cob); 2. Daniel Holton lCo b ); 3.
Ph illip Bdl (K'Tht); 4, Da vid Co nklin (KTh1).
50 ( ,, -ti ): 1. M ike Me ite r m a n (C o b ); 2. An th ony Oeregrtn
(KTM); 3. Blake Leavitt (K'Th1) ; 4 . Jon Rc.-bn- (KTM).
00 (7-91: 1. Chris ~ (Kaw); 2. Manohall Hu rd (lColW); 3.
Ab bie Bardo o Caw); 4. A nthony Hdrdy (((aw); 5. StC'V c.· Ma lincha k
{((a w l.
bOliD-it ); 1. Seeve Corazzi (Kaw l; 2. Sean Wall ace ( K.1W); 3.
MllttM-w Rice (Kaw ); 4. DanWl Zlt>ro_ki (!Caw) ; 5. Broc Rl'Jlol d
r
(Kaw) .
• KO (7-111: 1. Seeve Corazzi (Sud; 2. Nic k Esgro (Suzl; 3. Wa l·
ter l.abro~ (HonI ; 4. Kt-nny Milnky (Ka w); 5. An thon y Hardy
(Suz l.
KO (12· 13): 1. M ike Leavitt (~w); 2. JolflW."!lO Ayres; 3. MkhowI
Emet'}'I Kaw ); 4. Brad Ford (K. w ); 5. Mark Kol er{Hon).
125 BEG; 1. Jt--.f~ ~ount ( Kaw); 2. David M.lttel' (lC
aw); 3.
Rya n James (Su z); 4. j ohn Fredrickson ( Suz) ; 5. Ste phen Buss
(y a m ).
125 NOV: 1. earl Sn yd er (H o n); 2. LindN y C m n (Suz l; 3.
, ... - m y RO!>enkrans ( Ka w ); 4 . Dominic Jo rg e nse n (Ya m) ; 5 .
Md~w Loprea to (Su d .
250BEG: t. Scott Barnes (Y~); 2. lawrence Fa rber (Kl'M); 3.
Tom Britzke (Yam ); 4. Low, Wolf (H on); 5. Scutt Nolrul (KTM).
250 NOV; 1. Carl Snyder ( Han); 2. Fred Mc.'tZgt."t'; 3. Ben Book;
4. Rdndi H offman; 5. Derek Uppeseeck.
250 AM : 1. John Md