(Left) Mike Kruger (2)
grabbed the holeshot and
went on to land the overall
and Expert AA victories at
the Santa Fe Hare
Scrambles in
Carbondale. Kansas.
(Right) Tim Rowles (27)
topped the 125cc
Intermediate class at Smith
Road Raceway 's Fourth of
July motocross in
Medina , Ohio.
Riddle darted off the gate in the first mo to of
the 250cc B clash, a nd loca l rid er Kevin Black
attempted to stay wi th him through lap one . By
the sec ond lap, it was no co ntest fo r Rid d le, as
he cru ised the well- prepped course, riding to the
checkere with Black hanging on for an u ncond
tested secon d .
The seco nd motu saw Riddle w ith a su bs tan tial lead off th e sta rt as severa l top rid ers
collid ed in the first turn. Brian Bourne moved
up to seco n d early on lap one, as Black was
hel d up in th e mi shap. By th e thi rd lap of
ac tion, Black had wo rked h is way by rid ers to
move into seco nd, w here he remained un til the
chec kered flag.
" Bod a cio u s Ben " co n tinu e d his winn in g
maneuvers , as he aced the Unlimi ted Class with
a perfect tall y. Joseph LeMaster lost the second
spo t to a cha rging J.T. Smith in the first motu, as
Sm ith wa s o u tra ced by Scott Varney in mot e
two , with Smith settl ing for third bu t tak ing second o vera II in the class.
Results
50 ( 4-6) I . C haJ Bedard (Cob l; 2. Dv lan J(}h~m (KTMI ; 3 .
Racht!1 ~i1bum (Ya m) ; .f. ' a!, Cottn>1I (JCTMl ; S. Au ~tm Arthur
(KT\fI.
50 17wSl; I. LuJ..e VO
nlinglT ( KT\1); 2. 'Otoh lJl>acon ( Kl'M ); 3.
Tyl..-r Rid",'Y (Cob); .f Sl\(> Rolen (l(Th1l; 5. JOllol h.1.n You ng
lby
t
(KThU.
60 (7-9) : 1 , JU!oli Si pt.~ (Ka w ); 2. Ju~ti n Ashbum (Ka"",); 3 .
n
Mat t hew Vonlin "'lI' (Kolwl ; .f. D ustin Ro w e (Kawl; 5. Du !o
r
hn
Woodruff (K, ""'1
1 .
hi) <10-11): 1_TVlI( m Ezell {K.:l l; 2. Todd LaF ol lett c ()(a w ); 3 .
w
Bryoe Co wlt"Y' (K.1W); .f 8 ry .1n Burg'l-rt {)(.a wl; S. H(lu~t"n Ml"'J...
HO (7- 11): 1. Ju!otm Sipn U"l1o'd 2. Al el( Hunter (Yam ); 3. Ga r;
n.·11 \It.''1'1<. ()(a w); 4_lu !otin A...hll um ( l(.l W); 5. ROSl'Pru itt (.'l:;uzI
1'l0 (12-13): I. Hut ch L.... (Kol ); 2. Terry Blolkc (K.1 ; 3 . Dt.·r·
W
wl
rie l. Duna w ay (K,l Wl; 4 . ~ iJ,.'I' C ra w fo r d (Hon ); 5. Ryan Sipt""
(K.1W).
·
.
80 (14-1 5): 1. JUio n JOnt~ (Y. m); 2. Robbie Gr"y (Yaml .
ti
1
1'l0D: 1. IIt.wlt' Adanu; (K.iwl; 2. Jake Snel1ing~ (Suz); J . Alt.'l(
Lt.·wiliO<.1w) 4. Cur t'Y Art hu r (K.lw l; 5. Raymond Ca slt"V(K.1w l.
;
125 A: 1. Rodney C'
.mi.... ("'1M); 2. ~rl Goldl!t1~ (Ho n) ; 3 .
Scolt G ra Vl~ (Ya m ); 4. a\aJ'~ya n lH o n); S. Jim m y Bruo~ (Suzl .
125 B: I . Bt.n Ridd le {KlIw }; 2. J.R. Ca rtt. r (Suz); 3. Stev e J-Il·n!'·
·
·
It·y (!-fon) ; 4. J.T. Sm ilh {l Ion) ; S. Jerem !, A ynn (H on) .
1;5 C : 1. N iek. Wolfe (KTM); 2. Ma tt H u n l (H o n) ; J . ~ikt.'
Ca m pbell (Hon); oJ.
Say lo r lK.Jwl; S. Ian Riddle (""w i.
125 0: 1. Ro nnit' Mills (Ya m ); 2. Dt. smond Ch ris tia n (Kaw ); 3.
Du stin Burgt.-rt (5uzl; .f. Brad Abde (K.Jw) ; 5. Kei lh FuTn-'IJ (K.1 .
w)
250 A : 1. Rudney Ca rrier (KTh tl; 2. Larry Ct._ ncr (KT M) ; 3 .
Sco tt G ravell {Ya m l; 4. Bu dd v Brookli (Su z) ; S. Da nil'1 NdllOn
(H on l.
.
2SO B: 1. 8t.-'n Riddl e (tu w ); 2. Kt'Vin Black (Kaw ); 3. Scott
Varney (Suz); ~ . Bnan BourtW' (K.aw ); S. Brian JohnIon (Suz ).
250C: 1. J.l_~mc (5u.z); 2. JuniorGn.-en r\ (Yam) ; S. Bill MIC~-.r (Hord.
O rEN . l. Moll! y.. res (Ka w); 2. Darren fohn'lt'" (Kl'M ); S. Ch ri!> Tall ' (K.lw ).
50 +: 1. Bu b C llp da nd tK.,w ); 2. Wt'ndil ll G t' ip; 'r (ATK I; 3 .
(
Dmni!l Huffa ke r (lion); 4. Dcnni, Gowing (K.aw l; 5. Duu g Bump
(Yam ).
TR; 1. Clint Wyatt (A TK); 2. Eric M.l11lOn (K.Jw); 3. B.lrry H.lr ril'I (H un ); 4. Br.,dy Lafon buty (y oilD\); .f Hail ey c.rner (Yam) ;.5. COLlySu mm it (Y" m l.
p / W «(k,) ST K: 1. Da ko ta Car ner (Cub); 2. C hn..tcpher
l.ctUn...NT\' (Cob ); 3. Cody Trot tl'T IKTM); 4 Tv!" ~t.lJ (KThf); 5
s.n tlol~ AC'l"\lel (KThfi. .
.
r /w r.~)STK: I . Midwt'l Hdll (Cob); 2. T~'OT Rl..'!o (Cu b); 3.
'u"lin ·\tOl')1;.ln(Cub) ; of Km topl'tft" Owmben (Cobl.
r / w 17-~) ~tO[} I. Ju!o in Morgan eCt b); 2. Ml ch .1l'1 H dJl
t
'
(Culll ; 3. Ttl.'Yor R.-is (Cobl; ~. Kri..tnpht'TOwm bt'T1'( Cobl.
60 (7- 111: 1. Brad M aste n . (1<01",,1; 2. Cas Swilt (KiI\Oo' ); 3 .
Rr.ldlt-y R.lqtllill UG,W);4 BTO("I<. H drd.-n (Kawl; 5. JWitin CArmody
(I<~wJ.
JR CYC1£; 1. !l.hd wel H..rr a (K.,\Oo'); 2. Ccrv Bt... .:h tlYw); 3 .
n
Mic hael Hall (Kaw); 4. Brian La ngd o n (Ya m); S. ' 0110.'1" Thumd!'
(Kol ).
W
~u BEG : 1. M. u Wa ldu (Yllm) : 2. C hild Jdfr it'" ( K'- w); 3
I
Sh'wn M.mn (Yilm); .f. Kri~I(1(ft't Dt·lt-'!..n ilio n); 5. Lorry Rt. .. _
._
(K.twl
~ (7-1 1): I . A n thun y C h " r.·!t t" (Yam); 2. M ar c Abernalh y
(Hun ); 3. Ca nd io:o Mot "h a gt'tl {H. m l; 4. L. rJ}' RiCt' (Ka w ); S. CalO
1
Swift (Soz).
1'lO 1\iQV: 1. Ty ltT Robl·rt s (Ya m) ; 2. Brando n ElIinB!It. (Ho n );
·n
3. M.tT Abcm.1thy (J- m ); 4. CII' Sw ift lSuz) .
e
k
tlO INT : 1. JI:tsh N.lVa rro (KilW).
S/ M lN l: I. ' osh Na va rro (I"aw); 2. Brllnd on Ellin glll'n (Hun).
K.tw ); 2 . K..n Joh n'ltm (Ya m) ; 3.
125 BEG : 1. Jl"!'iM" 8ram l"r C
Kyl e Bentley (Ho n ); 4_ BlTI\t H.trdcn (KTM); 5. Stl'Vt" a.lbau~
n
( H on).
MaComber tops
Barona Motocross
By Horner Eubanks
RAMONA, CA, JULY12
A very warm July week end was heated up even
mo re with tw o d a ys o f m o tocTOSS ra cing at
Barona Oaks Raceway. Saturda y' s event d rew
ISO rid ers, wi th 176 rid ers taking to the trac k on
Sunday. Cory MaCom ber was the big winner on
the ma in track wi th his d omina nce in bot h the
125cc No vice and 125cc (12-15) classes.
On the srnalle r Tra ck II , Micha el Hall went
hom e as the las t guy on the day by win ning the
Pee Wee (7-8) Stock class belore finishing seco nd
to Jus tin Morgan in the Pee Wee Mod ified class.
MaC omber's visit to Baro na tu rn ed ou t to be
a s pa n king for the 125cc rid er s, MaComber,
howe ve r, w a s kept h o n e s t as Jo h n Me y ers
denied him a simple Sunday ride in the ovice
co ntes t. Meye rs d ogged Ma Comber in both
motos but in the end couldn' t mat ch his pace.
Th ird p lace went to David Fox, wh o man aged
repeat third -place finis hes .
MaComber cam e back out in the 125cc (1215) class and ag ain earn ed repea t win s. In this
one, it was Graig Durkee who applied the pr es-su re in the firs t moto, tho ugh he di d n't rt>turn
for moto two. In mot a two, Brva n Ince trail ed
MaCom ber , but again MaCom~r set too q uick a
pace for the others .
Jon Meyers was unable to back up his pr~vi
ous day' s do min an ce of the 250cc No vice class
w hen it came to Sun day's race. Meyers sow Josh
Fink take the checkered in bot h motos, tho ugh
Meyer s d id ma nage to hold ba ck the ot he r 10
rid ers to take seco nd ove rall via his 2-3 showi ng .
Larry Su lton took home the third -place trophy
wi th his 5-2 effort.
125 (12-15): 1. Cory MaComM (Ya m l; 2. Bryan InCt" (Yam) ; 3 .
C raig Durl<.'t' (Yam); 4. Pete Srully {Y.1m l.
t
125 <16-251: 1. CClry C ris8 (Yam) ; 2. Danny Frt-'nndn (Ya m) ; 3 .
AAron McDonough (Ya m ); 4 . Ni d Ha"hn~ (Ka wl .
125 NOV: I . Cory MaComber(Yam ); 2. Jon Mt')'lI'A (Ka w );3.
David Foll (Y" m); 4. Ch.-td Oaubaugh (Yam); 5. T ra m Connelly
(Yam ).
125 ll't'T: 1. Billy Laninovich (Yam ); 2. Derek Cha!le (Yam) ; 3.
' ()'l), W'I. t (Ya m).
~
2SO BEG : 1. J...y Parlo vec (H on); 2. M ike H0f"ltn' (Ka w l; 3.
Rick y Gravt"!'l ( l<.1 w ); 4. Ja ime Youn~ (Ya m l; S. Br...n don Bai ly
(Yam) .
2SO r.'Io'T: 1. JO!oh Fink (Yllml ; 2. Jon Meyen (Ka w l; 3 . 1...Irry
Sulton (YoilD\); .(. Bryoa Kulda ; S. joIIquinCandLl (y.m).
250 1ST: I . Dan iel Nichob (K.aw).
VET BEG : 1. G rYg Ryan (Hon ); 2. r llul Ellingwn (H on); 3 .
John MaI1tn (Hon); 4. Scott Brown (Y. m ); 5. Tun Kemp Hion).
VET NOV: 1. J.iDI e Young (yllm ); 2. ,...y Parlov« (H o n ); 3.
Ch uck Fol(lSurl; • . John Willis (Hun ); S. Ron Hoo.otell CSuz).
VET 1ST: 1. Don Con nelly (Suz); 2. Grt-g M~ (K.aw ); 3 .
Chris St-.ift (Yam); 4. l..csAb.!nwthy (Kaw); S. Kf:vin Ram.ol (Ka wl.
'
VET EX: 1. Robtn N olin (Yllml .
O f'E'lol 1. Josh Fmk. (Yam); 2. Joaqu in Candia (Y" ml ; 3. Larry
:
Sutton (Yam) ; 4. Jarod Exoggin (H on).
Rowles dynamite
at Smith Road Motocross
By Carl Davis
MEDL'IIA, Oli,JULY 4
The 125cc Intermed ia te class provid ed the fiT
e's
wo rks at Smith Road Racewol (Ya m ); 2. Jim Sk ok (KTM I; 3 . Ray
Kro hn (KTM ); 4 . Jon M(WoIft (KIM); 5. M",rty Gra y (KTM) .
25+: 1. Darin ZJ mn ba (Yam ); 2 . D.J. H'I"bl'Tlrin (Ho n ); 3. Phil
Smith lSuzI ; 4. Ch.td Coon (KTM ); S. Craig Smith (Kaw l.
J().o- : 1. Mltk Hummt"T (K.lw l; 2. Cnl Musat U lon); J. Rand y
EV
olJl!i (Yam); ~ . Art ' okbon (Honl; S. Phil RiQ'lt'5 (Ya m ).
40. : 1. Rand y Ev an5 (Ya m); 2 . C u i Davis (Ho nl ; 3 . Bob
M.5OrI (Yam) ; of Rick. f'hillips (KIM); S. Mark Garvey (J(a w) .
.
50+: 1. Roly Cht"llh ... (KTM) ; 2. Dicl<. Sw eat (H o n ); 3 . Larry
Tr-"Ce)'(Suz); 4.l..1rry Mapes. (lion)
OMBR: I . Jeff Fo. (Hon l; 2. ~ik Sind..lir ~w); 3. l..oIrry 1mnrr (Kiaw); 4. Crllig Wamt.T (Hon); S. Bob So u th ( HoR).
EXTRA : 1. o..nn Za rnn b.1 (Ya m) ; 2. Bt>n H ... hn (Yllm) ; 3 .
e
Don Archer (Ka w ); .( Bmn Aldndge (I(,.w); S. Dennl~ Archt'!'
(Hool.
Graves again atWillow
By Eric Vincent
ROSAMOlliD, CA, JULY 18-19
Ch uck Graves cru ised to his SL'C'Ond consecuti\-e
victory in the Toyota Go ld Cup Unlimited formu la O ne G ra nd Prix Tace, d espite extre me ly
hot weather condi tions at the seventh ro und of
W illow Springs Mo torcycl e Clu b a ct ivities at
Willow Sprin gs Intern ati onal Raceway,
Graves had an easier time oh t thi s month
tha n he did in Jun e, wh en he had a n unusu ally
poo r start from w hich it took him nearly half the
race to recover. Th is month, however , Graves
wa s second off the line behind Frank Aragak i and
p owered hi s wa y into the lead on h is G raves
Motorsports-sponsored Yama ha YZF750 between
turns two and three on the first Llp. Emerging in
third wa s Dea n Vincent, wh o nearl y cras hed
going thro ug h tum five the first time around .
From nearl y the start of the race to the end ,
Vincent was p er sist entl y s ha d owe d by John
Hopkins . In eve ry lap of the 12-lap event. Hopkin s wo u ld cl ose up right on Vi nc e n t's rear
wh ee l throu gh the tigh t turns three a nd four.
H ow ever , Vince nt dem on str ated a clea r horse--: j
