(Above) Kevin Walker rails a deep Birch
Creek Moto rsports Park berm on his way
to one of his six moto wins in th ree
classes at round seven of th e Ballzee
Grand Championships in Danville.
Virg inia.
(Left) Doug Stewart (55) leads the way in
the Seni or main event at the VDTRA race
at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds
Speedway, Bill Snyde r (4). J.C, Clark (54).
Jeff Ga·rlach Sr. (53G) and David Barkley
(61) give chase; Snyde r won .
'd e rer m ina tlun , A lford fi nall y w or ke d u p to
Mark Wagn er, who was running second . w agne r the n retu rn ed th e fa vo r to Alfo rd: With a
q uick slide-out, Alfor d was past and across the
line for seco nd . Wagn er wa s qu ick to recover
an d he held on to third , w hich he had to ha ve to
ge t the runner- up spot to Walker o n the day,
and Alford rounded ou t the top three.
Results
5\) (4-6): 1. Ian Trc th·1 (Cob); 2. Ryan Sm ith (KTM ); 3. Tra,'W
Poole (KTMl ; 4. Do na ld New man (KT M); 5. l.l mi e Pi lki ngtoh
(Y.1 m ).
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50 (7--8): 1. Devon Pilkin gtun (Cu b); 2 . C. W. Brim { KT ~} ; iJ .
Kvle Fitzwate r (Cob) .
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. 60 (7·9); 1. r:>...V(l~ rilL ing to n [ Kaw); 2. Cd"'-')' Tayl or (Kdw);3
Clay WilIt."tt (Kil W); 4. Ry an Fi t z w a t er (Kaw); 5. Sid n.., ·
Humphr e s (Kaw).
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m ast e red th e Tro y faci lity, as the local fas told er-gu y jumped out to the win in the Grou p 1
h e at of O ver 25 a ct io n o ve r Su zuki of
Green vill e ' s Mike Bla ir , but Schm itz would
have to battle Ov er 25 Group 2 winne r Larry
"Sluggo" Gessn er in the Ove r 30 class, in w hich
he would take second behind Ind ia na's Gessner
and his KTM .
Results
50 (4·6): 1. Rva n Ivers (Cob); ·2. Devi n Bur ks (Cub); 3. Pres ton
Tho mas (KT M); '4, Ma tthew Sh..p hcn s (KT M): 5. Chad Bedard
(Co b).
50 (7-8 ): 1. Ad Mole r (Co b); 2. Kns N elso n (Co b l; 3. Damon
Baue r (LA·m ); 4. Scc tne Co lb u m (Cub): S. To ny Ga llo (KTM).
NO (7,11): 1. Lance Hollister (K,wd ; 2. Fred Karrje (Yam) ; 3.
[n mes Lang (Hon): 4. Casey Johnson (Hon ): 5. Chris Robertso n
(Suz).
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65 I: 1. Alle n Russ i (K.'l w); 2. ·AM on Klin e (Kaw) ; J. A n thunv
Bond (Kaw); 4. C ha r les l vey (Kaw) ; 5. Jacob Mead~ ( Kaw ).
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652: 1. Tyl er Bowe rs {K.w.-l;·2 . Pat Massie (Ka w ); 3. Ta nn er
Reed (I<..IW); 4. Broc P~tt'I'SCn ( Kaw); 5. Sa mmy Isabel ( Kaw).
8002,15): I. Willy Brown in g (Yam ): 2. Do n nie McGou r ty
(Suz l; 3. Mich ild McGn u rty (Yaml ; 4. Rob bie G ray (Su z); 5. Jt·ra my
Karshner (Hen).
125 A: 1. J... tf Gibson (Kdw); 2. Chuck R ~ (5uz); 3. g aud y
Va lade 11<.1W); 4. Brad Strunk (Hon) : 5. Josh SIt't"1 ( Ka w ).
125 B 1: I. &n Rid d le (K~ w); 2. Mi ke C.1m p hc H (K.IW); 3. l .R.
Carter (5uzl ; 4. St~vt"n Hen...lcy (Ho l1l; 5. Ashl e y Add rrul (Kaw).
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125 8 2; 1. Mikt, Meta·r (Suz); 2. Tn 'n t Hd lt-r 0-1110); 3. Justi n
PMi s (Su;t.); 4. [krrjck McKi n ney (Kaw) ; 5. C hadd W()odromm
(Suz ).
125 B 3: I. S,lm Yan itd li (Yam); 2. Ham. Nl"t:'l (Hun ); J . Rnbt''J'
1
Turley (Suz ); 4_Mike lVt'r~ (Yam); 5. 80 Bowm a n (5uz).
125 C 1: I. Coy D. H ob)n); 3. Timoth y D.w i!i(Kaw ); 4. Bt-rt R.-Id unz (Ka w); 5. Co rey Tdylo r (Kdw l.
250 C 2: 1. jdf Pdrso n O(a w ); 2. Andrt'w Md z ger (1<..1W); 3.
Rob G t'mmt"r (Ka w ); 4. T im G a rr e tt (Ka wl ; 5. Br.,d Holl a nd e r
(K.lw ).
SC H BY: 1. Mich.ld Ca m pbe ll (KdW); 2. J.R. C ule r {Sur-I; 3.
Sha un Kuch ler (Hu n ); 4. Jilson Wa dl' (H tm ); 5. Paul Kis~ ig (Suz).
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16-24 t 1. Richa rd Ra y (Yam ); 2. T~n t H t>lIt.'f' (Ho n); 3. J. Y
Palm t... (Suz ); 4. Jdm ic Sm ith (Suz) ; 5. Ryan To w (Kawl.
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16-24 2: 1. Brad Sm mk (Ho n); 2. o... ITi k McKinl1t'Y (Kllw); 3 .
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Sa m Ya n itd li (Yam l; 4. H a m> Nee l C n); 5. Ste ven Richard:; (Suz) .
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25+ 1: 1.]on Sch m itz (.. ); 2. Mike Blair (Suz ); 3. Eric McH,lt ~z
to n (Suz) : 4. Stcve H cn lliev (Suz ); 5. Rub.;-rtGo ldscn (Ho n).
25+ 2; 1. I.....rry Ges~ nl'r (KTMl; 2. Sh,l ne Jl' n k in s (Su z); 3.
Mik l' HOJ;iln (H ,m ); 4. M<\ k Roop (KTM ); 5. Rich ard Ropiru>on
r
(Ho n).
30+ 1; 1. Robe rt Mand y (Ya m ); 2. Eric McHatton (Suz ); 3. Jt.f'e
'
Popt.' (Kdw ); 4. M.1rc Bau m a n (KdW); 5. Cary Pea k (l<..l W).
31.l 2: 1. Larry G\.l;."nt' r (KTM ); 2. Jo n Schmi tz (Suz); 3. MiL{'
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Hog an (Hu n ); 4. Richard Robinson (H~ln); 5. Van Moo~ (Hon).
Fike tops atOK City half mile
By Mike Zbrozek
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, JULY19
John Fik e' s cha nces for a repeat Pro Ma st er s
Cham p io ns hip ga ined mom entum a t th e se ve n th a nn ua l VDTR A Randy C lee k Memori al
ra ce at th e O klaho m a Ci ty Fairgrounds tr a ck
wh en he motored his BSA twin to a flag-to-flag
vic tory in the ma in eve n t.
Fike's ride seemed effortless as he drove to the
front of the 13-strong pa ck and remained there,
unch allenged in the eight-lap event. Behind Fike,
Dann y Hammond work ed his Yama ha to stay in
front of Pro -Mas te rs point lead er Johnny Isaa cs
for the first couple of lap s, losing Isaa cs on lap
three as his BSA faltered . dropping him from con-
tention . Takin g im m ed iat e advan tage o f th e
vacancy in third was Harley XR rider Gerald Jessup. Jessup was ridin g only a w heel bac k wh en
Isaacs pulled to the high side to let everyone by in
tum three. Coming up on Jessup, however, was
the Yama ha of Bill Snyder, w ho was sizing up [cssu p's line with each lap, loo king for a n opportu nity. That shance came as Jessup roun ded tum two
of lap four when Snyder rolled by the big Harl ey
on to the back straight into th ird place. Behind Jessup, Bill Burr sped his BSA aro und john [ effri e
s
for fifth, leavi ng Jessup, Snyder a n d Ham mond
ahead of him as Fike crossed the line for the wi n.
In the har d -fo ugh t P ~o-Twin class, Roed er
H-D / jo nes H-D / Harl ev XR rider Steve N ichols
led the fu ll field into turn one from th e star t,
with se ven or more ride rs accelerat ing on his
rear end. As he crosse d the m idpoint of turn
two, Nichols' bike wen t down - the n anothe r
bike, then two mor e follo wed him up to the hay
bales . With his han dleb ars bent too ba dly to continu e, Nich ols took th e long rid e on the shag
tru ck to th e p its a s the field roll ed back to the
line for a comp lete resta rt. Thi s time the enti re
field shuffled thro ugh one an d two cleanly. wi th
Kur tis Taylor ta kin g the lead ove r Dale Jon es,
Bill Snyder and John Fike, all running in close
pur suit. By lap two, Jones had wo rked his Nor·
ton past Taylor int o the lead as Mark G ibso n
and john Fike d ispl aced Snyd er, mo ving to third
and fou rth. O n the thi r d la p . j a ck Donald
brought out the yellow flag as he dug his case
into turn th ree, sen d ing him self to th e bal es a
second time (including the star t). Gibson made .
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the lx t of the situa tion. darting by bot h Taylor
a nd Jones to lead lap thr ee and beginning to pu ll
away. Fike, too, rod e by Taylor into third, wh ile
Sn yd er tigh ten ed hi s grip on fifth . Fra nk Bardaro an d Mike Men denhall continued their ra celon g con test for sixth , As Gibson crossed the line
for the win , Jones, Fike, Taylor and Snyd er fol·
lowed . filling ou t the top five as Bardaro wr es·
tled by Men denh all for sixth.
Results
SR: 1. Bill Snyd~r (Ya m); 2. Do u g St~ wart (Due); 3. Ear l E.
Sm ith (Ya m); 4. l C. Oark (Ya m); 5. Dav id a nkley (Yam l.
MSTR AM; 1. J,·rrv H ind s (Y. m); 2. Wam-n Ad .lms (Tri ); 3.
1
Fra nk G u in n (Y.tm): 4. Chdrlie IUpc r (Yilm ); 5. Da n o...ou bler (Bull.
250 A M.; 1. Da n Dt'- k'f' (Bul); 2. Mar k Ga tlin (Osh); 3. Jam t'S
ub
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Ta ylor (Ya m ); 4. Den nis Ho ffma n
- Results
05: I. Z.lch Ames (1<11YIJ; 2. Co rey A n thony l K.1 ); 3. To mmy
w
Pdll'll (K.1W); 4. Mike R'Irn.Tt:-(iGIW); 5. Ry.lI1Allbaugh ( Ka w).
80 (7·11): L Jar...-...! Gr" bie1 < uz ); 2. Zt ch AmI;'!> (KTM >;3 . Tyler
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Bowe-rs (Kaw); 4. Ca r l C u. .tard (Hun); 5. Mike Robe rts ( K.lw ).
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125 PRO: 1. krom y Hueh l (lillo); 2. C raig Uillings lt'Y (Yam ); 3.
Tod d Mouser (Su z ); 4. C ra ig Clcmt·llb (Yam) ; 5. Scott Ku ch ler
Hlun).
t25 8 : I. D.w id Rife (I(aw); 2. Ton v Ro binson (Ka w',; 3. Josh
Hamilton (5~z); 4. T n '\' o r ~1nri\'.1 (Ka w); 5 . H,lf Old Goi ngs 0(.1W).
2.<;0 PRO : t . JeTOmy Bueh l (H o n); 2. C rdif; Billin glilt'y (Yam ); J .
Craig Clt'mt'nts (Yam ); 4. Todd :...l.o\l'.... (Suz).
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2."0 B: 1. ,\ d .ln ' Smit h (tlon) ; 2. Brian Dus!lll1 (Yaml ; 3. Jim
Witl\.'11l.1n (H l1n); 4. Olll1lont'S (Kilw); 5. Kt"Tl Tho m.ls (J Ion) .
30 + : I . l{i, h.1td Rob in llvn (H u n ); 2. Ed Mo ore (Hon ); 3.
Richard C us t.m ! (H"nl ; 4, Bill Rt'is" (H o n); 5. Richiud Spa ng 1t."r
1K" w ).
.
40...: 1. Bill Reiss C on); 2. Mark Rya n (}-I n ); 3. Kt'vi n Ha yd oH
o
<' (Yam): 4. Vir);il Knox (Yam).
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alker waxes Birch Creek MX
By Jay and Sharon Hauser
DA
NVILLE, VA, JULY26
Kevi n Walker had a few th ings on h is age nda
w he n he rolled throug h th e gates for ro u nd
sev~ n of th e Ball z ee G ra nd Ch a m p io n sh ip
Series. On e, of cou rse, was wi nni ng · an d win he
di d. tak ing the overall in the Over 25, 125cc and
250 cc A cla ss es . cashing in handily wi th th e
g ua ra n teed $1000 purse. But t he YZ400 rid er
wa s also wa rmi ng up for th e East Coa st FourStroke Nationals a n d A MA G ra nd Cha m p ionsh ip s that co me to Birc h Creek in mid-Septem ber .
Racers w ho came to Birch Creek Mot orsp orts
Park thi s weekend lucked o u t big- time as the
wea ther in the Sou th has been hot and dry of
lat e, but rain fell just before the race an d left the
course in gre a t condi tion.
In order to increase his payday, Walker also
b ro ug ht his YZ125 a nd pr oceeded to w ax all
co me rs in th e 125cc A cla ss on his way to a
double mot o sweep of th e cla ss. Eve n th ou gh
Walker may have bee n lon g gone, the batt le for
th e othe r to p spo ts wa s a ny th ing but a ca kewa lk, as Ma rk Wagn er pitt ed hi s Sitec Racing
YZ aga ins t Suzu ki-mounted local Alan Alford .
Alfo rd had a st ro ng rid e goi ng in mot o one
until a quick -soH-sa mp ling excu rsion slipped ·
hi m b a ck to four th a nd all o wed W a gn er to
m ove up to seco nd . Ano the r Wa gner - Ch ris
(no rel at ion ) - a ls o took full advan tage an d
moved up to ta ke thi rd by mot o's en d , w h ile
Do nn ie Mille r pulled in a ti ght fift h o n th e
heels of Alford .
Th e second mota was a repeat of the first ,
with Walk er go ne and Alford battling with th e
pa ir of Wa gners. Afte r a lon g m ot o o f pure
60 00-11): 1. David Mitch ell (K.1w).
80 17-11): 1. S.1m Fitzwater (Suz) ; 2. 1t'bGilsk ill tKaw) : 3. Eric
Brown (Ka w); 4. Bra d Ha ar IK.1W).
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MO (12, 15): 1. bha Wood IKa w]: 2. le-on Brv ant (Vam); J .
[osh ua Dexter (Yam) ; 4. Bryan Nic kdsto l1 (Y" m); 5: Co ry Chlll se n
(Yam).
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800: I. Rya n Kl' r!il,')' (H on); 2. Ro bb ie Reynolds 1}-1on) ·3.
;
Lucas W.1Ikff (Yam ); 4. Toni Mllor e (Yllm) .
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S /~ IN I : 1. b h.1 Wtlod( Kaw): 2. Cory Ghol~l<'n (Y.lInl •.J:,
Jos hua Dex ter (Yam ); 4. Chr~ Rose (Hunl ; 5. Er ic Brow n (Kaw). ~ .
SC H BY: 1. J.lson Brya nt (Y.1 m); 2. Phillip Shi~lds ncrM);
Michae l Cric kenberge (Yam); 4. Micha el Thomas (Kaw ); 5. Brando n Wilbon (Yilln ).
• 125 A : 1. Kev in Wa lL...r (Ya m) ; 2. Mark Wa gner (Yilm ); 3.
Alan Alford (Su z );-4. C hri~ wagner (Y.1m); 5. Donn ie Miller (Y.lOl):
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125 B: 1. Jas on Ld Pla n te (Suz ); 2. J~!i h ua Wood (V" m ); 3.
Stephen Be ny (Y.l m ).
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125 C: 1. Matt he w Co lbt-rt (I-Ion); 2. Jd f wt nste a d (Yam); 3.
Travis POW~f!l (I-I n ); 4. Aaron Ben fiel d (l<.lW): 5. Ro bbie 1'001
o
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(J--ftlO).
125 D: 1. Todd Frazier tl-lon): 2. He ath Haves tYam) : 3. Lee
Pearson (HtlO); 4, C had Len ha rt (Hon); 5 . Jilm i&J-i i~ lldm (KdW).
• 250 A: 1. Ke vi n Walker (Yil m ); 2. Ro ge r Carrico (H o n ); 3 .
Chris Anst ead (Yilm); 4. Don nie Fost er (Ya m); 5. A I.'IO Alford
(Suz l.
250 B: 1. Jaso n Baldwin (Ydm ); 2. Jt'ff Day (Yam); 3. Rick
Neit'n (N-IW),
250 C: I . Mat th ew H o w er to n (Ka w ]: 2. Milr k Howert on
(Va m ); 3. Kennet h Hic ks (K.iw ): 4. Buzzy Host ette r (H o n): S. T
