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Cycle News 1998 08 05

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80 (7· 11) = I. [e b • G41~ k m ( Kaw ); 2. Jam es Roberts ( UZ); 3. Richa rd Dimlcr (Yam); 4. Cesey Loud on (Honl; 5. Ricky Bum .'! (Kilwl . ; so l1 2·13): \. BO.m lX·hm·n {KdW} 2. Chad Dowling tSuz ); 3. jol l"Su-wi!O (Suz); 4 . Brad Smith tKllwl; 5. Da n Sr:iliputl' C m Hon). KlJ ( 14-15): 1. Scrp l"ROfl C nmes (Yam) ; 2. Brian Carli,.k (Suzl; 3. I..ha Wuod l Ka w ); 4 . Frank Flip po III (Hu n l; 5. Collin Mill.,. (Ho n) . S() D: I. Scutt Kdlcr (Ya m ); 2. C.ultlm Davis tKawl; 3. Stl"Ven Hlldll'r (I<.l w ); 4. Shawn Bowen (Ka w); 5. David johnson (Yam) . 5 1 M IN I: 1. Ish ii W{" lK.1w); 2. [k idn Sehnen (luw); 3. Ch.l J .nd Dnw lu,~ !.£wi,. (Su zl. . · 125 A: I. Jol"''''' Con lo n (Su z ); 2. Billy Sch1dg (Ydml; 3. Tom Wckh (. ;;u -t, ~ath.ln Ju~em (Suz); 5. C eci l Will iams Jr . ( Knf ). o z); tZS B: 1. Timothy Banrle ( K.-tw); 2. Ta ylor Shi"e (Ya m l; 3. J .'~ln Ca r roll (Yam) ; 4. Jaso n LaP lan l(' (Suz); 5. Timetthy Dabbs (Suzl. 125 C; I. blw Wood t l'l.n (yo1m); 5. GeT oI J Athl'V Ir. t H(m) . l U /L. A : 1. Ja!ll.mCo n lu n (5uz); 2. Scu lt C ib!>l.ln (H t,n) ; 3. 'arn' tt Rm>dd,-'!-'O (I-Inn ); 4. Rva n Jtlnt"!l (H o n); 5. JO!>hUol Shdfl'r (Yolm) . U/ t B: I. O"' n"ni!> 1Jt>!.;" (H u n); 2. T rav i,. Oa"h il'i l cK.l w); 3. · Ja!'oUn l.l PI.mte (Su z) ; 4. Nolthan Sh dfer t Honl ; 5. D.' . Da qulI.l (K.lwl. U/ LC: 1. Mill' 8M}Wn (H un); 2. Robert Cecil (Ka w); 3. Dilll.l!O Lu "l (Kotw); ·t Robt."f1 r,ukls(Volm); 5. John H l'S.uty iK.1W). 25+ A : 1. To m Wdch tSuz); 2. Michaod Moore (Kaw); 3. Ja y R.1So;,l Ion ); 4. Bria n Sulli van (Suz ); 5. Micha el Hall (I-IlIn) . 25+ B: 1. Mich'ld H.IVt'n (Ya m I: 2. Tro y TruKlio (H a n ); 3. KeVin R.md nl pn C f("lw ); 4. sn~lton Hinl~ (lio n ); 5. ~1.lth ..·w If t'n ry (V,l ml . :\5+: I. Jdtn.'YE.u ls (K.lw ); 2. Da vid Wetherfo rd (Ho n); 3. ' d frt')' D.IY Sr. (Ya m); 4. Ed w ard Child" (JaM); 5. Bubb.1 Bt-rnh.Jrd n (Ka w ). VET A : I. Mid Wt"1 Moore C w) ; 2. Todd Stith C Ka Yam) ; 3 . Polt Ml'C ur m ick (Su z); 4. Scott IDand C K,aw); 5. Dougw. r~ ( K.tw ). Vr,I n : 1. lxe JOIW'II (lCThtl; 2. Jim Hilty (Hu n); 3. ,.Ull~ Vari (Yam); 4. L.m y Kd ly (Su z ); 5. H.lrv,-'Y Ho lco mbe nGiw ). VET C : I. Bri oln Ca Uolna n (Kolw); 2. John Bow {'n (Hon ); 3. Scott Zelin "k y d the ex pe rience as ak in to "rid ing o n ma rb les." The track base is a mix ture of c1 a nd av s hale rock , which remaint.~ ex tremely slippery througho ut the day. R at tires and bruises wer e just som e of the sid e effects rid ers ex perienced on the Na naimo track that is nicknaml:'d "T he Wastela nds ." Sun ny skil.S shone o n the mo untain track for ' the- first 12..CJcc Pro moto, with Dube the first to ~ca pc from the Wastelands st.lrtin g gate . Th t:> Suz u ki rider wa s abl t:> to pu ll a large lead o n th t:> rt.,:,>t of the pack. w hich wa s held up by a firs ttum cr as h. Ch uck Mt.Ssley got the worst part of ' the p ile up, and more bad lu ck wa s all that would fo llow fo r the Ma chine Racin g Honda rider. He en tered the race with a fractu red arm a nd a bru ised kidney. an d hi s inj u ri es o nly wo rse ne d througho u t the day until the yo ung u p-and-comer from On tario ha d to ca ll it quits be fore the dav wa s done. .. Kawasaki's Blair Morgan had a bad start bu t ro de a n agg ressive ra ce to fini sh in seco nd behind Dube. M organ ' s wester n nem es i s, Devries , rode a strong mot o to finis h third. Th e wes te rn riders d ominat ed the secon d 125cc moto, with Devries takin g to p hon o rs in the mo to as we ll JS the ov erall win . Washingt on Sta te rider ja y Wh ipple, Ca lgary nat ive Lan e O slanski and Bri t ish C ol u m b ia rid er Ju s tin Huska followed him in. Blair Morg an missed his ga te pick before the mot o a nd had to sta r t o n the fa! o u ts ide; th a t was only good enough for a ni n th-place finis h . Blackfoot Honda-backed rider Lane Oslanski picked up second overall behind Devries, while Morgan and Dube held on for th ird and [ou rth, respectively. In mote number one of the 250cc class, 27yea r-old Ma rty Burr grabbed the ho le-hot hut he was soon overtaken by....Fly in'.. Ryan Gauld . Gau ld rode wi th an open track ahead of him for the first few laps until Blair Morg an moved up and dismissed the young Yamaha rider from his position. Dube the n sq ueezed by Gauld a fe' v laps later. The mot a win was Mo rgan 's first of the se ries , a nd a ltho ugh it benefited hi m th a t Roy wa s not in atte nda nce . Blair s till mis:o>t. d the cha llenge of racin g against his team m(lte. Dube finisht..J the moto in second, with Ga uld placing third a nd Devries ; md Ma chine Hon da rider Bill : Wall in finis hing fou rth and fifth . In mo to nu mber two, it loo ked like Morgan migh t have his flI'St ove rall wi n of the series w hen he passed jay Whipple for the lead . Ilul roc ky track cond itions dL 'Stroyt.xl. Blair' s rear tire, leavi ng him wi th very little co ntrol in the comers. MorJ;an overcame challenges from M.uty Burr , but with only a few laps to go, Dube c1ost.-d the g,ap on the weakenL leader and mad e the pass to t;]ke the -d win . Mor gan managttd to continue the race a nd finis h in seco nd behind Dube, while Bri ti sh Co lu m bian na tive DJrC) Lange finished thi rd . ' TIle l ~year~ld Lange has recen tly recciVl- pas s from the insid e as he shut the door go ing int o the first whoop sec tio n. They were followed by E.). Co x, Stephen Sa m pley and Blair Miller . . The fastes t rider on th e tra ck wa s Jeffrey Antwine, as he mJde his wa y forward following a bad start by passin g two an d three riders a t a tim e. Antwine mo ved into th e top five o n th e thi rd lap as he passed Sam pley thro ug h the river whoops and then Dallas William s just befor e the camelback . He got by Guedry on the ins ide of the power sweeper and caught sight of Bur kelt. Burkett had a la rge lead, but Antwi ne was rl~l ing him in. It was close at the end , wi th Bur kett leading w ith two turns to go ; he held on for the w in , w ith Antw ine s e cond , Gu edr y th ird , William s fourth a nd Sampley in fifth. Th e seco nd moto brought mo rt' gree t racing, w ith the hol es hot th is tim e go ing to Bu rk ett. who was fo llowed closely by Wi llia ms a nd An twine. Antwi ne w asted no time in ge tt ing by William s as they headed. into the wood s. Burkett was out fro n t, but Antwine d idn' t ha ve a ny tro ub le making his pass as they went by the finish line on the firs t lap . An twine had it a ll in ha nd for the res t of the way, with Burkett bein g challenged by Will iam s a nd Nat haniel Beno it. Beno it, who only managed a 12th in the firs t mote. sh owed he had th e speed as he passed \Vd liams and Bu rkett to take a well-deserved second place - giving him sixth overall. The Over 40 class showed they s till ca n go fast. with Texas speedster Douglas Halt fonner Texan (and now Arka nsas resident) Greg Dust, and Little Rock 's Jack Hor ton all on the line . Du st mad e the best start. wi th Bob Wilso n, Rick Harris and Horton rig ht behind . Dust q uickly opened up a 2O-bike-length lead on the pa ck. Hall was stu ck back in the pack on the start as he got throu gh the first turn in 10th, bu t he was lett ing his YZ400 so und off as he rumbled th rou gh the field . He go t by Wilson and made it into the top f~ ve on the seco nd lap and wa s gunning fo r more . He go t by Pet e Perna , a nd by the th ird la p he was p ressuring Dust for the lead . He then go t by Dust's Hon d a to tak e the firs t· mot o win. Followi ng Dust in :it'Cond Wt'Te Horto n, Ron Mooney an d PemJ. Moo ney got the hol es ho t in the seco nd mot o, w ith Dust and Hort o n right behind him . Du s t made the pa ss qui ckl y over the camel bac k an d took the lead . Hall had idea s of catching up as he aga in had to p ass mo st of th e field before fina lly moving int o seco nd in fro nt of Moo nt. )', " Horton and Perna . Dus t had u!oottd his early lead to great adva ntage, an d time ra n out o n Hall. who had to settle for seco nd . Results 50 (0-1): I . Sptc-ncn" C~ll (Cob) ; 2. Brandon M.JrI~"Y U.l1u!t William,. (K.Jw l; 3Burkctt ( K.lw l. .I. Blair Miller (SuI:); S. Jrttn-v Antwine Jr . (Va m) . . o rE."," MI!'OI; 1. Jeffrey Antwint" Jr . (Ya m) ; 2 . Jdf Burll>t:t (Ka wl; J. D.1lla !l WiUidm ,. (K.t,w) ; 4. Chd. G UC'l.1rv lK..&w); 5 , Bl.."lir Mill .....l'iuz). . 125 BEC : 1. JUShn Ta ll.. " (Yam); 2. ,Xolt S!mrnt.>ns (Va m ); 3. " Ootniri Ht"ichl"lhrin lK.aw ); 4 . ·I~a ul Rt'eclo(M W); 5. Tr avi!O F" ","""n 'ohn '.,ff · (H un). 250 BEC ; I. JuniO!' Wt"!OO1owski (H un) ; 2. Tony lof1("!O (Ka w l; 3 C r a ig LamlnolCk. (Hon) ; 4 , Ricl H olm s (Ka wl; 5 . Ke v in MA;or fYol ). m SC H BY: 1. Blal\.- K...l·lon ( KolW); Br i.' n Fulb ri~hl (f1un ); 3 . IJrnok Jon nt (K.1W); 5. Pt· t..• rer n" C on) . H 30+ II\.I: 1. Danny Sd10lUb (Hon>; 2. Dirk Williotm!l (Ya.m); 3. DougLu Hall (YoI t; 4 . Scutt Knox oeilw). m • 'l.. (Above) Marshall Qua id leads the way during Open Amateur MX action in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. (Left) Marty Bu rr (4), Ryan Gauld (5), Marco Dube (2) and Bla ir Morgan (1) do battle in the Canad ian Nat ional MX Series, held in Nana imo. Brit ish Co lumbia. 40+ : 1. Grl"g Du"t ( H u n); 2. Duugl.l !> 1101 11 (Ya m ); 3 . Ron Muo n..-y(V"m); 4, Jdd Horton (I lu n l; 5. r d t;'Pl·m.l (Ho n). 50+: 1. Mil e Lambert 1K.1W); 2. Pete r t'OloI (I-Ion); 3. Milto n Brun.,<,n (Ka w ). Stadium cross at Glen Helen a rousing success By B. laRock SAN BERNARDL'IIO, CA JULY 10 , Both racers and spectators enjoyed an exciti ng evening o f ra cing at the Glen Helen Stadiu mcross track. Sponsored by IMS, Fleshgear, john Burr Cycle and JT Racing. the five-heat race was held o n a Friday night as the sun set behind "Mou nt St. Helen_ " The 250cc N ovi a.' race started with Yamaha rider Dera n Benav ides taking the ho leshot and Ho nda rid er Joe Rempp in second. The two racers battled it ou t, but Rem pp was the final victo r. Jimmy Robinson took a close secon d . Rempp, from Vista , Cali fornia, said that th is was his first race at Glen Hel en and he had a g reat tim e. "The track loo ks mo re in timid ating than it is," Rempp said . Remp p was not so lucky in the sL""Cond mot o, as he we nt dow n in the whoops in fron t of the grands tand and was b.uely ab le to hold o n to third. Suzuki rid er Ca me ron Stt't'le , who was a DNS in the fi rs t m oto, hel d a decbive lea d through all of the st.' m d moto. Robin son took a seco nd pla ce in the St.'Cond mot o, resulting in an o verall first for the night. IMS s po kes ma n Tuby Th iel sa id that the Sta-d iumc ross ra ce s a re no t a bo u t IMS makin g mon ey. "Th is is for the riders," Thi el sa id, addi ng that plan s for futu re eve nts incl ude so me bigna me bands. "\\'e ho pe to call it ' Rock & Rare.:' Ca me ron Stt't.' e in \;ted othl'r riders to co me l o u t for u pc o m tng en' nts, sayi ng , " Let' s keep this going. Ir s a great event afte r wo rk for all of us 'o ld guys' w ho love to race." Th e "o ld g uy " hi mself ca me in firs t overall in the Vet Interm edi ate CI.1SS and fourth o vera ll in the 250cc Novice cla~. Results P/W : 1. Scntt Nob lt" {Cob>; 2. Kylt!"Buhannan ko.,nids (Hnn); 4. Jeff LOOp (Ya m); 5. Jt>m.od BroWJ1t' (Sozl. MO L 'T: 1. Ca lif'Wa.II.."ICT(Ya m ); 2. Kvl.. Ma.Ct' (Vam); 3. MatUJ .... • Usu gg (Y"m l. • 125 BEC : 1. Brad Ituth (Ya m ); 2. Bri..ln !'>-h-l..ht.'1m,-or (yAm). 125 :'\jOY ; 1. Mic n ,w l Mt> "wo; (Yolm); Z. Dav id Sullins .IJ (VAm); 3. Jt.ff K.lmboldt (H o n); 4. G rolnt StC"- (Hon ) 'lt' ) t 125 1:'IIT: 1. Jl'n'llli.th. MCII1T"t" (I·lun l; 2. Ju... in MoIC'(' (K.iw); 3 . Jason Fidds (V.l m); 4. l 04:rril Orddm.tn (Yam) . 125 I' RD : 1. Jo h n Sr rdka (Ya m ); 2. JOn (Su zl ; 4 Cilm lTtlfl SIt" lt' (Su z ); 5 . Dt.oran 8t'n.lvidt"!o (Ya m ). 2.t;{J I:'\IT: 1. O.J. Umphnos (Ya m ); 2. Jimmy B.Jtl'SlIM (K,lW); J . . Ii Ju.ln Duwd (Yam) . JR VET BEG; 1. Tt'-'d J McNitt (H un); 2. m,~f Hi l!l:t'r IKclw l; 3. M.llt K.1sd (Y.'ml. JR V8" If\o'T 1. Da vid Cin«>tt.l

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