(Above) C.J. Mahon (1) and Josh Bagge
(32) go head to head in a batt le for seco nd
in the 80cc Beginner class in Castaic,
Califo rn ia.
(Left) Dubach best ed mu lt i-time Nati onal
Cham pion Jeremy McGrath by posting 2·1
'mete scores in San Bernardino, Californ ia.
Dubach dazzles at
REM Glen Helen Motocross
By Rocky Hash
SAN BERNARDINO,CA, AUG. 22
when "Doctor" Do ug Du bac h showed u p at
Ra ci ng Ente rp rises Motospo rts ' weekly Gle n
H ele n motocross, he p robably didn 't p lan on
havi ng to cure a " Mac a ttac k. " But tha t was
exactly w hat Du bach had to do w hen the AMA ' s
best motocross rider. jeremy McG ra th, turned
o ut to do battle with hi m in"the Combined Pro
-d
co nt es t. Du bach bests.. the multi-time N a tio nal
Champion by pos ting 2-1 moto sco res as
McG ra th suffered a flat tire lat e in the second
mot o.
At the sta rt of mo tu one, Dubach shot h is
potent White Brothers YZlOOFout front as he led
the calvary cha rge thro ugh the first tum. Behind
Dubach was Kawasak i rider Billv Frank in sec -
ond . while
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1
ational competitorTy Kady held
do w n th ird . In t he fo u r th slot was Ho ndamo unted M ike Ulrich , an d Mo tocross Action 's
wi lly Musgrave posi tioned his YZI25 test bike in '
fifth. McGr ath, in his first race bac k since having
su rgery on his broken wris t, ca me th ro u gh th e
sc o ring section o n la p on e in s ixt h. w he n th e
p.1ck came out o f the back section o f the co u rse to
com p lt::' te 11p one, Dubach wa s out front, hav ing
.
p ut abou t two seco nds on Fran k in secon d . Kiloy
sti ll held third , w hile McGrat h ca mt' a ro und in
fo u rth , hav ing d isplaced both Mu sg r a ve a nd
Ulr ich on the first lap . Over the next couple o f
lap s, Du bach was ste ady in the lead , ma intai n ing
his two-second advan tage over Frank . McGrath
wen t a ro und Kad y in the back section on lap
three and p ut his Chaparral YZ250 in to th ird . On
the next lap, McGrat h con tin ul.'li his march to the
fron t as he di spi. tched Frank and took over secl
o nd pl.lce. McGr a th inched closer and closer to
Dubach over the next few laps, and jus t after th e
two riders re cdvt"d the halfway signal, he put
the pass on th e Vet \Vo rl d Champion in the
Canyon section and went in to th e lead . Me.1nw hile, Kady had go ne around Frank to put himself int o th e third spot. McG ra th opened up a
one-S<.'COnd lead on Dubach and held that advan tage u ntil the duo rt."Ceived the white flag . This is
when Dubach turned u p the fire on his thumper
and cloSt..--d to w ithin a bike length of McG rath.
As the two riders neg o tiat ed the last circuit,
Dubach mad e ~ve ral pass attem p ts on McGrath,
bu t no ne of them would stick. Dubach's last try
for the lead Cc1.me up sho rt th ree turns before the
finis h, w hen he o vers ho t the comer and ne arlY
broadsidt:'d a giant truck tir e u sed i.lS a track
mar ker . A t th t:' checkers, McGrath ca m e in th e
\\.inner of moto one. Dubach wa s a close seco nd ,
while Kady finis hed up in third . .
The start of moto two was "d eja vu all o ver
again" as Dubac h g ra bbed a no the r h ol esho t.
Kad y pu t his Suzu ki in to the second s lot, w hi le
Mu sg ra ve se tt led in to th ird . Th e fo u rt h- p lace
positi on was occupied by Ulrich. McGra th had
gated no be ttt:'r this time a rou n d . Whl.n th e rid ers co mpleted the first lap, McGr at h was in fifth.
Dubach St-t nt Ho n ); 2. Ruck y HoI" t tl u n); 3.
Milton Mizc (H o n); 4. C.T . F,\lk (Y,lln); 5. Jerry l.tck!lun (K.\ w ).
• VET 1'JT : 1. R'lll L"lw'ion (HIm) ; 2. Id f ",,'l pl.1n IK.1W); 3. Uu b
Jllh ll ~ lIl iK.lw ); 4.1n); 3. VinCt.· nt G" nl,lll'S (Y.tm); 4. Ru be n A!v.tr,ld o (Su z) ; 5. Mikt" C.l s~d l
(K.1W)
.
4tJ+ I ~T: 1. M.lTk I-Iall f'\',lm ); 2. Mikt" Ri;;doll (I-Io n); 3. Crl'g
Whi liidd (Hun ); 4. Cu rt Jab lor\. .. i (Hu n); 5. B"b Sulliv.ln (Yitm l.
.k
40+ EX : I. Tl-J Kuk ld (Ya m) ; 2. Dt"nni!> l3uu!w,ln.· (Ydm ); 3.
D,m Sto nl'r (KT Ml; 4 . To m Md lo r (Yam l; 5. Pdl' Vl·tr,mu(TM) .
4ll-+ ~t5TR : I. Rich Ei""t.1JI (Yam l; 2. Tracv Hr .K h "C)'.lm ); J.
C r.l ig Ad.lm.. (T M ); 4 . ~1 ar k C rosb y \ K" w) ;
C l"ilrg l· Kllhll' r
.
(H U .
ll)
50+ MSTR 1. Rdy Pi~rski (Hu n ); 2. Hor.;t Lt"itnl'r (V,l m ); J.
B..-n;; 10h .m ....... (Ya m ); 4. Jod y \'... \"'-1 (Ho n) ; 5. C huc k Mlne r t
t
n
· ·
(Ydml .
O fT MSTR. B: I. Jack Rolen (H u n ); 2. Tommv rl·.nl tHun ); J.
Frdn l. 11lOmp""m (}Cn.f).
O f T EX: 1. Jim M...co nnd1 {Yaml ; 2. Co..'llTJ;l·Spt.·. ,rin., (Hun);
J. Rt>b RuJl'l" ( K.1 wl .
Kcvm Gotto (5u z );
5.
Debinardi invades Castaic MX
By Tony Alessi
CASTAIC.CA,AUG. 14
Eu ropean motocross ra cer Norb ito Debina rdi
posted a double mo to \;ctory in the 12See In termedia te class during Friday night motocross at
Castaic Lake.
Before the s tart of the firs t 12Scc Int ennee i a te mot o, the pits we re b U7.zing about th e new s '
.
of th e newl y crowned AMA Loretta Ly nr( s
Minicycle Champion, Jonathan Shimp, who was
m a king his 125cc In ter m ed iat e d ebut tonight.
Whe n th e ga te dropped, young Shimp did not
di sappo in t: He p ulled th e holeshot aboard h is
Pro Circui t-backed Yama ha. But, as he is s till a
litt le new to the bu m p-a no-run sty le of th e bigbike class, he quickly fou nd ou t abo ut it th e hard
wa y w he n he failed to shu t the door on Debina rdi in a hard·ba n ked ber m.
"He s tuffed me har d ," Shimp sa id . " I guess
th is stuffi ng ga me is ~omet hi ng new to m e."
In the end , Sh imp ran in fro nt o f, besidc a nd
close be hind th e European mot ocr osser all nig ht
long. Deb ina rdi h..,d the lead bv the end of bo th
mot os for th e ove ra ll \\;n in fm'nt of Sh imp, w ho
was a close second in both moto s.
jer em y Sa n to ro rode strong in both m ot o s
but could not mat ch the pace of the lead ers and
50 (4-6) 5TK : 1. Cu d v F"n"dr 0 .. \1); 2. Evan Gdmbt:J'" l il..T Ml;
1
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iM
3. Chri" PI,'UHc ' .... ); 4. Robert Rl'llJl'n (Yam) ; 5. P,l trick 5tn'lif
( K'Thi) .
50 (7..0;1 STK l. Tvtcr H...m mc l il.. II; 1. Hovden C c rmno re,
'T~
(KT M); 3 . Ethan Al1n~' (K"r.\-n; 4 . Ch n!> ru lli.lm ( ~
~); 5. Du ...in
t
r ulli .lOl (KT~ 1.
50 (7 -'1): 1. Bryn· Terzian (KThl); 2. !vl..r Hemme {....T hH; J.
H,lyJ .. n Com mans (KT\ B; 4. Dnstm Pulham (KTM); 5. Ch ris r'u lllo1 m(KTM I.
1'10 BEC : I. K... in W.lg,,·nldn (I("w ); 2. Z .Ch,lry Brown (Ka w );
v
J. Cole Pugm ire (K.!w); 4 . Jon 5t.l in s ( }(.w:); 5. ~Iichad Covelli
( KiJw)
00 (4-0): I. Trent Pugmire ( Kit w ); 2. Bryn' Tl'rz iol 1 (KT M l; 3
l
Tan n" r L,lngh.lm (KiJw)
!'In BEG: 1. Sll"\·l· Hu y l.. (y .m ll ; 2. C.). M,lilUn (Y.l m) ; J . RYol n
S.l l in.l~ (H u n ); 4. 10!>h B.l ~ ~l· (Ho n) ; 5_Jim m y 511hz (Y,lm) .
!'Ill (7- 11 ); l. P.1b lo Q uin lill. l \Kaw); 2. Jl> A ll'ss i (K" w); 3.
ff
Kvll' F(lltz (K.1W); 4. Brl"tt ~I ..un t.lill (Y.lm l.
. Hn ~ OV (12· 1l't : I. M.l\( Gu m't;"z (K.1W); 2. Rich .lTd Eu b.mk!>
)
(Y,l m) ; 3. Brt." t1 Rul h.l!> (I (Y.lm ); 5. Brdt Mo u n tdin
(Y,un).
125 nEG: I. D
( Hun).
2$0 !\OV: 1. Jos h ~.lo;on (K" .... 2. J.J. Bolldnno (Ya m ); 3.
·);
M ike EmbfY {Ya m l; -I. Damon PoJuln y (Ydm); 5. T _I. Bo.·ran'l
(Yam ).
250 l!\"T: 1 k r~'m }" Santoro ( Ka w); Z. M k h.wl M...1J OWS
(Y.l m ); 3. o.mnv r dlhn n (Su zl ; -I. \til<.... MiII.. r (l 1._n); 5. Br.1d Tt"ITV
(Yam ).
.
.
JR VET BEG: I. Da \'id McC" rthv (5uz); 2. 51."\-'(" Dil' r (Yam ); 3.
Eric B..unilz CHon); 4 Angl'! RuJrigu'l'z ( H I\II) .
JR VET ;,\; V ; I. Tro McTold ln~t" (l<.1 w ); 2. Do,m.. n Pudol nv
O
(Yam) .
.
VET BEG I. G~.·orJ;t" 5.-.1"ur (K.lw' ; 2. \ l.l rlt.Babrock (Ho n) ; 3.
Elm.. r Sillio (Y" m ); 4 . C I"'J1 An Jui ni (Y,l ml ; 5. 5t ........ .\1d n g io llt.
n
·
·
(Suz ).
VET I\;OV; 1. Kip Co nm.·ra ,. (1-IIn) ; 2. D.l\' id AIIl1sio (Suz ).
I
VET INT: 1. Eric H.1m l'!sl<.'r (Ya m ); 2. Ed G U.ljMdu (Suz) ; 3.
Br.ld Thurn {Y.lm ); 4. R.md yT wt""J y (Hu nl .
SR VET BEG : 1. M.uk MMtin lK.1w).
SR YET I ~: 1. 'llrgl' Jim..·nl·z (K.1W
).
1p
SR VET :-":OV: I. R.1 h Rullin l'; (K.l w l.
SR VET EX-P RO: 1. M.lr k G.lm bo
,tl,l (V.lm) .
c....
Prieto sets
new record at Moroso GP
By Lisa The obald .
WEST PALM BEACH, FL. JULY26
Sha ne Prieto won his 10th co nsecutive Shooto ut
race at Moroso an d se t a new record . A lo t o f bi g
guns en tered th e race, bu t no ne of th em co u ld
k nock d o wn th e rei gning kin g , w hose rt"Cen t
win beats the re cord fo rrnerlv held b v Don ald
jacks . After the race, Prieto w ,ls hOI1l1Tl. J by Dick
Moroso h imself, wh o mad e a special appe-ara nce
during trophy presentat io ns to perso na lly co ngratulate the racer wh o had been dubbed "Mr.
Morose " by his fellow race rs.
Durin g th e Sbo o to ut. also kn o wn as the
Expert Unlim ited Gran d Prix, Mike Luke held
Prieto back fo r th e first tw o laps of the race. The
res t o f th e pa ck w as evenly s paced behind the
leaders for the firs t lap, but the batt le for third
pla ce wa s fier ce . with co nsta n t position sw apping as th e race rs di ced it o u t. Back behind the
two le ad ers , Bre t t Ra y swun g past Mann y
Manusuthakis to claim third place. By the start
of the th ird la p, Prie to had gaint'O so m e lea d
down the ba ck s traight and passed Lu ke on the
insi de o f turn five ," R.1Y con tinued to ho ld th ird,
bu t he was chal leng ed by Rick Naru p .
Prieto and Luke raced pr ett y close d own the:
back straight, bu t by lap fou r thei r position-swapping ba ttle ha d end ed . The rCJ I action was takin g
place just behind them, and Narup mov ed up to
claim thi rd place . Prieto began to put some distan ce between himself and Luk e, an d wit h on ly
two la ps to go , Na ru p co n tinued to hol d third,
bu t he was be ing challenged by Doug Gross, w ho
was systematically movi ng up through the pack.
Th e wh ite flag ca me ou t and Gross claimed victory in th e battle for third p lace. Pri eto headed
down the back stretch agai n for the final lap with
a five-secon d lead ov er Lu ke. And as he made h is
way th rough the fina l turn of th is reco rd -breaking race, Prieto walked awa y with it.
Prieto too k home first-place trophies for two
of the thr ee events he entered: Expert Unlimited
Grand Prix and GTl. He finished second to
Luke's win in the Expert Un lim ited Superb ike
event. Lu ke entered a to ta l o f eight races th at
d ay and took home firs t-pla ce trophies for six o f
t h o se e vents: Expert Unli mited Supe rb ike,
Unlim ited Sport Bike, Midd lewei ght Spo rt Bike,
Heavywei gh t Spo rt Bike, Midd leweight Superbike, and Middlew eight Grand Pri x. lronicallv,
Luk e finished second to Prieto in the ot her 1\"':0
eve nt s, GTl and Un limited Gra nd Pri x.
In the GT l co ntest, Luke held first pla ce for
th e firs t fo u r laps . Beh ind him , Pr ieto had
w orked his wa y up fro m fifth to third place d uring the first lap and had moved to S<.'COnd place
b y the s ta rt of the se co nd lap. Pr ie to passed
Luke o n th e insi de of tum five in la p fou r, on ly
to be pas sed by Luke in the next 1 By the time
.11"
the ha lfway mark was reached , the two leaders
had walked away from ev erybod y else . Th e ba ttle be tween Luke an d Prieto wa s far fro m over;
Prieto reclaim ed the lead and gained an advantage by stuffing Lu ke be hind a lapped rider as
the y cncou n ten.."li trd in first pla ce for the rest of the race
and had started to plac e so me d ~tan ct' between
himself and Prietll before the checkered flag flew.
Shane Prieto is s po nso red by C ustom Glass ,
Blais Cycles, EFX G ra phics, Sharksk in z, EBC,
Pro -Tek, Si lkol enl', GMD Co m p ul ra ck , and
Vietri Pho tography, an d Mike Luk e is spon.."'Ored
by Cycles of Palm Beach, Dave Buchm.'n Prepared, G ra \"~ Motorsports, Kauff's Signs, and
Sw eet-T-Pit C rew .
Results
EX GT I : I. Sh.J.ne Pri~·to ( K.lwl ; 2. W illiam \iich"d Luke
(Ya m ); 3. Riel<. N.lnJP t K..
1WJ; 4 . Em.lOUt1 \ l.lnusulh.lkis (K.1w ); 5.
·
Bret t R.tv .(Suz).
A M GT1: 1. Jnhn n.......·md n ()(., .....); 2. WiIIi.lm J"ml"!' Barbour
l
lSuz ): J . In'm- Uo..-rl sun t V.l ml ; 4 Jnhn McElrcdth tSuz J; 5. Ed.....,' n1
Ah'artl: (Y,l m).
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AM GT3: I. Ch uck Wo lfe (I-I n l; 1. C hris Wall lllg tu n (Hu n); 3 .
JOSt.'f BUlO wn (f-lon ); ~ . G f\");I' ty Lyn.h (H Il!1); 5. Rnb>.·r1n TIlf1"\"S II
(H, m).
EX U/ I. S/ BK: I. WiIli.l m Mich.w l Lukt" (Ya m ); 2. Sha nt.' rn d o (Ka w );3. Da vi d Ro y (Dud; 4 . lo h n Sp il u b ki (K.1W); 5. f't"r
Hu~J ,lh l (Suz) .
EX L/ W S PT5MN : I . C h ri s1I1p h l'r Bu y ( D ue ); 2 . Ch uc k
m
Mt"l1ottt." (Y.l m); J. D.l\' iJ B.lrrl'U Jr. (Yol ).
A M Ll W S PT5 /1. IN : 1. l o""' p h M., ...·lI b (K.1 W); 2. Ar thu r
,
C h i\f ll'!> R'l dford (M u z ); J Rirk Gollsh-in ( Ho n); ~ . Jl'r omt;"
Edw ard Wt"kh (K.1W); 5. AI,1n o.·Wl·y (Y,lm) .
EX G P SGL : I. St"Vl' Wl'nnl'r ( Hon); 2 . M.lllu l'l Z.l mb ran ~
(I-Ion) ; J . C h ri" W' lllingtoll lliu n ); 4 . Rol....rlu Corzu (l Ion ).
EX L/ W Vl f\," ~ 1. S,l l<. i,. V:lsill'pllulo.. (Y:lm l; 2. M.ltl H in k.illll
'
(Ya ml ; 3 . Rkh.l rd Hl'rr ing tu ll (l iun l; 4. D,w id Billxlea u (Hu n); $ .
Ch"rll~ Dahl !>tn lm (Y.1m) .
EX U / l SPT / BK: I. Willi.lm ~ i ch" l'l Luk l' (Y.l m ); 2. Rul)('rt
Pn-sby (l<.1 w ); 3. r atrick \\r~'I.·k ll·y (Suz ); 4. Mich.l d Roull"du (lCaw );
5. Pl-r H og J a h l (Suz ).
EX M /W SrT / BK: I. W ill i"m M ic h del Lukt.- ( Ka vd ; 2 .
Ema nu d Manus u thakh" I Ka w); 3 . l .. O Vl'11
"
l"gO (suz) ; ~ o.lniel
'
L:rbi na ()(a w l; 5. John ruglit.Sl' (Suz) .
