(Left) Mike Eaves won the 125cc class at the Sterl ing
Nationals In Kansas.
(Bel ow ) Bob Sweeten rides Into first place In the 600cc A
class In Willow Hill , Penns ylvan ia.
Eaves wins at
.Sterling MX Nationals
By Scooter Bell
Photo by Craig Cole
STERLL'l:G. KS. AUG. I.
M ike Ea ves wo n the 125 C-dass overall at the
Sterling Amateur Na tiona ls. Eaves too k the lead
in the first motu out of the first tum. In the firs t
lap. Derick Conner. Darren Corl and Drew Byers
fell in be h ind the leader. Conner made a m ista ke
and Co r! too k over seco nd in the th ird lap w hile
Byers pushed all three places in front of him .
The chec ke re d flag came out for Eav es , wi th
Ccrl, Co nne r a nd Byer s right behi nd the leader .
In the second rnoto, Corl took the holeshot,
with Eaves an d Co nne r righ t on h is bac k. Justin
Ingram pulled up to fourth, and Derri ck Stephen
was in fifth . Byers. wh o took fourth in the firs t
moto , go t a bad start, run ning in 14th place. On
lap two. Eaves mad e the pa ss on Co rl for firs t and
ne ver gave it u p. Ne xt, Co nner pa ssed Corl for
second. Co rl was now loo king to hold off a charging Ingram. Stephen, and Boyd Lemons for third .
The wi n went to Ea ves w ith 3. I-I m ot o tall y .
Con ne r wen t 3-2 fo r seco nd . Co rl 's 2-3 finishes
gave him third . Then ca me Ingram (5-4) in fo urth,
Stephen (7-5) in filth . and Lemo ns (MIl in sixth.
In the Vintage class, Marlin Hitsch man n rod e
h is Harley-Davidson to wi ns in bot h m o tos. In
th e fi r s t m oto, Mica h Wenge r c ha lle nged
Hi rschm an n b ut co uld nev er get close eno ug h to
make a m ov e. In the second mo te , just as in the
firs t, Hit schman n p ull ed away from Wenger to
wi n th e ove rall. H it s chm a n n held on to his
KORR poi nts lead wit h th is victory.
Results
P ! W : 1. J.lmie Sri \'t..'!'; 2. Jaebb tia.u; 3 . Dy an St.-entV Hl-rri~ ' r.; 2. Todd Webb ; 3. BI",lr. Dunn; ·f.
e
Tre\·tt"Smith; 5. ANf y W illidms .
HO SR: 1. R)'dn ~l·tt ; 2. Kyle Smilh; 3. Jdmle Bro wn; 4. O\n
Robl; S. Jeremy UE;f\T
I«. OUT LAW: I. Du ~ l)' Herrin ,; Jr .; 2. RyAn :-.l tt; 3 . 8 1alr.e
J
e
Dunn.
SCHKY : 1. Drew 8yl·n.; 2. Dl·m l·1r. Cu nN'''; 3 . Brett ~lol("lr.cy; 4.
Jt"ft Wahl"!"; 5. JI.L"tin Gilman.
125 A ~ I. Denni~ Dumdl.
IZS B: I . !Iedlh Un ru h ; 2. o-'rrick C reech: 3. joe Gi c.-r; 4 , ' .lSo n
C it'!"
125 C : 1. Mi ke Eavee: 2. o.: ril:k Co nn er : 3 , Darren Co r l, 4
juann Inl;Ti'm ; 5. Derric k Stt-phl'n
25tJ B; 1. Dan Hickt·y; 2. C.u l Keough.
2."i(I C : I . Fr.lnk 5... 2. Brad Brun~<1rdt : 3 . o.\ry l W.lltl· r ; 4 ,
·11;
Mo>rt y MmLmd; 5. Tudd I.)IIkl·.
:
VET 30 A : I . Rick Cotton .
VET 30 : 1. Gall'n Burton. 2 . Shd .....n Kirb y; 3. G n~ G ilm.m , 4.
Ddn Tllr~ll'r; 5. Joh n Pan,;ll"
,
VET 40 ...: T. Rob lllmbt.·m; 2. 1:>'\1", 1 Wallt'r; 3. Paul Sdwrtz; 4.
RI(1o. Bachm.m; 5. G uy Gr.wl'!'.
.
VET SO+: 1. Mikl' Morland; 2. C.lrv lu h n'l(>n; 3. Tum Hunl.
VINT : I . M.ulin H il!'>.. hm. lIl1l 2. M le-lh Wt'n~er,
:
;
f'OST·VI~ +5: I. J",.on 1101m ; 2. Rot- Jnm "!' :;. And y SlulI l; 4.
;
JO\!'>un Stunt·; 5. Enc Piu!n.w"ki
POST·VlNT + 10: 1. Tom Brid~k; 2. Rick BMh man; 3. T im
Wingfield; 4. Ron SchnlloJer ; 5. J u~lin AnJeT!'tlJn
.
OPE.f',;OUTLAW: I. Hl·.l t h Unruh ; 2. C ui "t·Hu gh .
O I»EN" WM:\:: I. [),I ..... ShllClo.t·y.
n
Sweeten slides to
three wins at Path Valley ST
By Len and Ben Breech
WILWWHILL, PA ACG. S
.
A t th e age of 44 , Bob Sweeten is s ho \'1,ring no
sigru; of slowing d o wn , as hl' took three class
\o\in...; at th e fourth Wi~tt- Fluw er.;' Two \Vheel
Pm m otio ru.-spo n....o red ~ hort trac k at Path VaIItc]'
S~way . He too k ~asy w in..; in thc 250cc A and
.
Owr 40 clas","" along wit h .1 ha rd- fo ugh t 600cc
A-class victo ry . Raun \"' rod took hi!" first win in
two years as ;n Expert by taki ng a dosely foug ht
SOOcc A Tw o-V alve w in. ick Taylo r too k the
750cc class , w hich w~ combint..'Cl with the Over
30 cl,ss, w hich was won by Vernon Ca ld well.
Th e Ama teur d ivisio ns had mostly the ·sa m e
wi n ners w ho ha vt' bt'en winn ing for t h~ pr evious tw o months, al though .Io hn Lo ng beat Evan
Baer in the 50cc (4-0) clas s. B.1er, a~ us ual. w on
th t.' 50cc Oil - In jec ted class, Bra ndon Rob inso n
took his turn at the fro nt 01 th" 50 (7-11) clas s,
an d Jo hn lewis mn away fro m th t, 65cc clas s.
Shawn Baer lop pt.'l t th e ~ , as Ch ris Klinefelter
did to th e 12Ss. Joe Tyc ryar took a pa ir of wins
y
in the 250cc a nd 600cc B clas ses .
.
T he heav y ra ins th ilt canct'led the previo us
nigh t's car races left the tra ck - as one worker put
it -"snotty." But hard work by track personnel got
th e track in very good shape, bu t wi th a low line
that was slick and ro ug h in spots, as a few riders
wh o trie d to go lo w er fo un d ou t. Th e m o st
notable class to try the low line was the 600cc A.
Phil Libha rt was th e ini tia l leader, closely followed by Bob Sweeten , John Winsett Sr. and Dallas Baer. Libhart go t into the low-line crap comin g
off the second tum on the third lap, and Winsett
quickly got by both as they ent ered the third tum.
For about the next 10 laps , Winsett looked like he
was goi ng to "increase" hi s profi t m ar gi n as he
rode his best race of the year, hold ing of f Sweeten
an d U b har t an d s taying just abo ve th e trouble
area. With less tha n two laps left, he abo go t a little too low and bobbled , letting Sweeten by, with
Libha r t g rabbin g sec o nd from a sore-g roined
Winsett as they too k the whi te flag.
Sweete n ' s o th e r w in s we r e e asy w ins ,
alth o ug h beh in d h im an d second-pl aced Da ve
Sm ith an in teres ting battle fo r third was d eveloping. Nick Armen t a nd Damian Koco vinos ba ttled early. but Kocovinos and Roy Miller g ot by
a fadi ng Arm ent on th e seco nd lap , w ith Miller
taking thi rd o n the next lap . After a poor sta rt,
Raun Wood mo ved in to th e fourt h spot o n th e
fifth lap and started to pressure Miller . The pressu re paid o ff as Miller ' s Yamah a s tarted to seize
agai n in the d osing la ps. lett ing Woo d by, bu t
Miller held enough of a cushion to nurse his
bike ho me in fro nt of Kocovi nos.
w hil e only three riders entered the SOOcc
Two-v alve class (for Yamaha Tr",:,()(b), only two
o r th ree lengths separated them at any time.
After appearing to "l et the kid win the heat," the
two other, veteran riders> Dave Smith and Nick
Tayler "- took the final lead over Ra u n Wood,
w ho w a s ma kin g his firs t s tart on fou r-st ro ke.
But as the race wo re on, Wood pu t the 01' Gil
Racin g Yama ha into secon d on the fifth lap , and
then go t by Smith for the lead off th e second
turn on the seventh la p.
As he has do ne man y times this season, Zech
Ca lcu tt led the 85."0 o ff th e second turn. followed
by Shaw n Baer, Tr avis Sen nett and John Lewis .
Lewis m oved int o th ird at the star t o f th e th ird
lap . w hile Baer fina lly got by Calcutt off the seco nd tu rn o n lap five a nd checked o ut on the
fiel d o n h is TNT Cycle / Bacr Racin g Yama ha .
Lewis work ed his way up . ge tti ng by Calcu tt off
the fourth tum on the 10th lap .
Aft e r g t>tting injured ea r ly last year, Da vi d
Farbman returned to rac ing a nd hardly s how ed
a ny rust. H e g a ted seco n d be h in d his b ud dy
C h ris Klin efelte r, a nd ah ead of Bryan Doug la s
a nd Ja red Mee s. Mees a nd Douglas got by o n
the third lap, w ith Farbma n stayi ng d ose . A few
laps l~lt er, Mees be gan to drop back w ith engine
prob lems w hil e Farbm an kep t th e pressu re on
Do ug las, retak in g St."'COnd on th e eighth lap .
Joe v TV
l'rvar was the first 250cc B rid er ou t
of tu r n t ~ o: wi th Do ug,la s, Mees a n d Bru ce
Min er follow ing . Mt.'t.'S moved in to second at the
end of the third lap. Klinefelter, w ho go t bogged
d Dwn in the su pe rtacky cond itions o ff O,e start,
fina lly go t movin g a nd s lice d his 125cc u p to
fou rth, d isplaci ng Douglas o n the ~e\'enth lap .
Results
50 14-f>1. 1. Joh.. lA>n.: f1A"ml; Z. Evan B.wr tAcO ; .l. And n.ow
Smith (Act r. -I. Oryan
~MUJ'f\ 1.Act).
50 C7- ): 1 Brandon Roblno.on l L...rm ); 2. lory Polrk-. (l e n"; 3
K
.
It"ff UaJdt.'Jl\oln Clem ).~ . Bobby Writ (i.eml.
.
SO O l l · I:"J!. 1 h a n 8.wr IY" m ); 2 . Bn· tt Pu ltn (Y.lml. 3.
Bobby Wl'U N a mi .
I. Iohn ~ U"'w); 2. Brandon Robtn..-.on (Kaw) ; ] , Irtf
Haldm"ldn l Hon l
85; I. Sh.Jwn B.wr (Yam ); 2. 10M It-wL (Ya m ): 3. Zach Ca lcu tt
..
C
Hon); 4 Tra \'I" Rtonrwtt IYAm ); ~ .ft;"""tha.. Jorda.. (Ka w l.
125 B: I. C hru. Khndriter CHon); 01. Sh.lwn Bat.,.IYam): 5. JolrnJ M~ l Ka w }.
25tl A : I. Bol' Swn-ten U IUflJ; 2. Daw Snllth (Hun ); 3. Rau n
Wlll"NJ (Y.ltI\ I; -I Roy MilleT (Y.1m l; 5. o.l mlnl K(>ro\'mO'I (HlJn),
25tJ 6: I. !Ol ¥ Ty.-rya r N.l ml ; 2. Jarl."d Ml'ro U lon ): J. Bruce
"
Milll'!"il io n ); -l Chn :9KhTll"eltl"r IBnn' ; 5 , Bry" n DougL,s (Hon )
.sOil 1 2· VA l. Vl:::: I. K.iun Wond IYam ); 2, D.\Vc Sm llh (Y.1m );
\
J . Nick T.wl(lr (Y" mJ
hllIl A- I . Bul> S W t"f' It"11 ( Rill); 2. Ph , 1 Lib h.>rl CRb,). 3 . Juhn
Wi ~·tl (Rill); 4. ~lIob ~r (Rt,, ): 5. Na than Oavi... (Rtx l
y
601 f\: I. j(lt.' Tyrryar (Rb ); 2. Rill Sti llwl·III Rh J
1
1Stl A : I. N ick TO\ y lur IY.l m)
30+ : I. Vl-mon C~ldwdl ll lon); 2. ,Jo h n O.wi.. (Hon) : .1. Mike
KN TIl (HbR )·
·
40+ : I. Bob Sw~ len (Rtx) ; 2 , Bruce Mille r (I-Ion); 3 . M ike
K"a",,' Cl('.l W) ; 4. Jo hn o.wl...( Hon );~ . jo hn Stad u...( K.l W) ,
65.
Two big wins for Jorgensen
at Lodi ST and TT
By Mike Law
LODt CA. AUG. 8
•
Stoc kton 's Toby Jorgensen was the big winne r
here, with multiple sho rt·track wins in bo th the
Pro-Spo rt an d Open A classes. Jorgensen handi-
lv wo n t he P r o Sport mai n by powering his CCM w ire
to w ire o ve r riv a ls
A lla n McC lellan
a n d Ch r is Fische r .
Jess Sanc hez, howe
eve r, m a d e Jo r gens en work for th e
w in in the Open A
m a in , as Sa n chez
was the firs t rid er to
the first tu rn . San ch ez hel d th e fro n t po sition fo r
the bett er half of the race befo re relinquish ing
the lead after Jor gen sen 's co nsis ten t ham mering.
Once by , jor gensen wo n by a wid e m argi n.
" I ju st u s ed m y h ead a n d s taye d o n the
groove," Jor gen sen sa id of his Pro-Sport win. "1
took my tim e beca use I fou nd that the slo we r you
rode on a track like this tonight, the further you
wou ld go , a nd the better yo u would end u p ."
Of his battle with Sanchez, Jorgensen obviously ha d the bes t seat in the house.
" H e (Sanchez ) kind of left the door wide
open coming out of tu rn two," re flec ted [orgensen. " I made my move then , and I didn't
wa n t to give h im an'y ed ge after that."
Rebecca Law emerged the big winner in the
Pet> Wee ranks, go ing four for fou r as she sped
her \Vright M o to rs /M e g a tec h En g in eeri n g
Yamaha to wi ns in th e St ock and Po wd erpuff
classes on bo th th e sho rt track and IT.
" It felt different to wi n four times, " Law said. ·
"I've never won that many races in a nig ht."
Equa lly impres sive w as Tra vis McCarthy of
Newma n in the Stock C class . McCarth v wal ked
away w it h trophies o n the short trac k"an d IT,
bes ting the talents of Jess Garcia a nd Sha ne jones.
Knobby-class rivals Joe Cu n nington, Damn
Gibson a nd Scott Ta vlur conti n ued to tea r up the
track, literall y and metaphorically, as they co ntinued their riva lry, with Cu n ni ng to n sco ring
, th e top posi tion tw ice . Notwith sta ndin g, sece nd- place rider Gibson rod e pe rfect ly and mad e '
Cu nni ngto n ea rn hi s victory the ha rd w ay, as
the Knobby class is fa s t beco m in g o ne of the
larger cla sses at Lodt .
Vet A riders brou ght the Cycle Bowl crowd
to its f(·t. t for the IT fina le wi th an abso lu te ba t'
tle. IT master Steve Hall m uscled his w ay to a
holeshot , wi th Billy Ar bogast hot on his rear
fender. A rbogast sta lked Ha ll patient ly be fore
eXl'CU ting a g u tsy pass tD tak e the lead . Arbogast
contin ue d the pr essure as he cra n ked u p the
throttle and won by a co m forta ble m ar g in .
S h ort T r.-d ,
PP : I , Rl-becc.l L.tw IYilm ); 2. Air-" Briont"7 (y l\m ).
P/W STK A : 1. An ltumy Fon~ C
Yam ); 2 . AlyM.,) Brlt .nez
(Ya m ); 3. Fr.m Kll"Garci.lIYam }; 4 Dannv McDaniel (Ya m ),
P/Wsn: B: l . Rt-becr"Lt..... (Ya m ): .
P/ W STK C : '- Tr .wl!'> McCarthv (Y.un);. Ie-r-s Garcia (Ya m) ;
:1 SA".... J(~ (Y. m )
.
.
P I W \ 10 0: I. Run Roberb (laM).
P/W Sn.: S-: I . K\ 'It· An..wlnu (Ya m)
flO 0 , I . Bobby r-o'nJo: (K.\w l; 2.. jOl" Hl'Tnand e2' (lUIw) : 3. C hri ..
Borp.. (K.:!w) .
fltl C: I . ~oln Juno (KAw l; 2. Ccodv
CareW ( K.awt.
•
~lm l
( K.1w ); 3. Frankie
fltt I. Brolndun Indl"Tbltzm t Hon ); 2.. lart"d ~cWhirtn (H on) ;
3. la"OOn C rrwt' (Hun I: 4 Stl' w.,., 8.lr.rbt-r ( Hu n ), 5 . ~i("k Mu on'
(I"-w ) .
25U SCHBY: 1. D.annv Ca.·.....r (H onl; 2. Corry E.tlo n ( Hun); 3.
Too ',linw (.;uzl.
t
.
250: I. frntdv Poll (Y.,m); 2. Robl·rt :'IJu
rn.. (Ya m) . 3 . Chm.
C iltu s (Yam) ; 4 ~nnv Klav (Ya m ); 5. Eva n CrAilt IBm)
"NBY B, I , 1000 C-unni~Jo:h .n l K.1w): 2. Sntf t T••y lur (Yam).
KNB Y C : I. O" rrin Ci~ nl; (Ka w ); 2. Ju("Hernandez ( Ka w ).
hOC : I. St-.m 'one:o(Kaw ).
tIO: '.1. Brandt>n Indt.,.b ilz m IHo n) ; 2 . j.rro M("Whtrlrr (Hon);
3. ja-.on (; n-wt" tH on l.
100: 1. Fn.-ddv Poli (Hunl.
250 ~ : I. D.tri" Ca!Ol')" (Hon).
ny
2.5CJ C; 1. Ca"'l")'Yarrow (Yam ); 2. Fn...Jdy Poh (Ya m ).
~ I. SrottJacqul'5 (Hem) 2. jOt' Cerro (Yam J
;
Gam'
K!"oI:OY 8: I. JOI." C unmn~1on (K.aw ).
Kl'OOY C: 1. D.urin Gib!oon (Hem) 2. Dtovin Dl-Fn'e2l' (Ya m ).
;
Vll\'T Th' : L jon Eichclbaugh (Ya m ); 2. [),H'}' I Mu!'>w(Y.1m ).
VET: 1. Billy Mbog.I!>1 (Su z ); 2. Slew Ibll (Y.l m ); 3. All.m
Yarrow (Yam) ; 4 . Robert McDonn e11(H-D).
VIfIo.'T B: 1. o.wid Mn rp;.ln C n) .
Ho
Vl!\; T C: I. Co rev Sch n uc lo. (Hon).
o r EN : 1. Eri c We i!'>lt' r (Ya ln ); 2. Harhmd Juh l,!> (H " n l; 3.
un
IWy By rne (T ri) ; 4. Core Schnuc k (Hl'n).
y
Rohr roars to AHRMA
Regional IT race win
By Dennis Sute r
HOLLISTER, CA AUG.9
,
The Santa Clara Ride rs U n li m it ed he ld an
AH RMA reg iona l IT on the original Hollister
IT track, w he re many Df Northe rn Ca lifornia's
flat-trackers grew up.~The track was groomed to
per fection a nd grooved u p into a n ex cellen t
s teeplechase course.
Novices a nd Over 35 Vets s tar ted th e d ay' s
racin g. with Vet Matt Roh r leadi ng To m Horto n
and Brad Spence r Jr. into th e firs t tum. Hort on
d ropped his Honda on the firs t lap in the righ tha nd er, and Spen cer p assed for seco n d . Ruhr
incre as ed hi s lead o ver Spe ncer a ll the wa y to
the finish.
In the No vice class, Han k Cas to led th e way
until Cory Sch muck mad e the pass o n th e Sl-'C·
ond lap. Schm uc k led th e rest of th e wa y. A t
mi d race, Gary Sw an gra bbed th e th ird spot fro m
Dave Nazzrsi, w ho fin ished fourth.
Ma tt Ro hr too k the ho le-shot in the Sportsman 600cc race, bu t th is time Brad Spe ncer Jr.
was right o n to Roh r's back tire. Spencer dogged
Rohr the wh o le six la ps b u t w as neve r a ble to
mak e a pass s tick. Butch Coc h ran ran th ird , a nd
Mark Aragon came from the rear to n~lb fourth.
Th e th ird eve n t \,'as fo r Su p port 600cc ra cers,
and Spence r was con tes ting his th ird race of th t.'
day. Ste ve Ha ll ju m ped o u t fro n t ea rly, w it h
Joh n Prot o in tow . Spencer se tt led in for thi rd ,
which w as the fi n is h-fl a g o rd e r. Jo e Ca r re ra
pa ssed a coup le of rid ers to bag fo urth.
Seni o r Over 50 rider Mik e Van Leinden has
been \'irt uall y unchallenged this yea r on h is big
BSA tw in. Van Leinden pt"lwered in to the lead
for a wi rp-to-wire ";n, wh ile Her b Wolf and Jim
Ch isu m fough t over tht.' st'Cond spot. Thei r race
endt.'d on th e Llst lap as Wolf slid ou t while trying to P~l S S C hisu m on the o u tsi de of the fas t
fir s t turn. Stev e Lacy held off Du ane Spe nce r
after a racelong ba ttle for third.
The po p ulari ty of the XR100 cla» wa._ very
evid en t a t Hollistff. Ryan Devon...;hire won the
Stock class, while Ch ris Cha m pa won tht.· Mod ified eVl'n t over Sco tt Heywood . Brad Spencer
g rabbed first over Fred Poh Jr. in the Junio r race.
Butch Coc h ran rock eted away at the start of
th e S po rt s ma n 250cc ma in o n a four · strok t>
Ho nd a . bu t Ken Ne tto on a Ca n-Am powered
into the lead by th e secon d tu rn . N e tt o r od t~
away for the win as Ossa rid er Tom Ho rton se tt led in to :-;ecu n d . H or to n ' s ra ce came tv an
abru pt end in the last tum of the race wh en his
re.u·brak e bracket br oke and he was thrown to
th e ground. Cochran held o n to sec o nd s pot,
.
wi th Ma urice Ort eg a in thi rd .
The Sportsma n 750s were led from the start
by Horton on a Yama ha , bu t another Spe nc er
was in th e fie ld o n a big· bore Triu m ph. Rod
Spe ncer pa s..ed Hort on o n th e seco nd lap for the
..
even tual wi n . Mik e Va n Leinden fo llowed in
third, wi th Gary Davis in fourth.
Results
VET 3S.: 1. Malt Roh r (Y. m); 2. Tom Horton CHon ); 3. 8r otd
Sp..
'ftCn"Jr. C n).
Ho
.
SR
so.. : Mik"
Strow l.My
V.an u 'i ndeTl (BSA) ; 2. Jim ou"u m (BSA): 3 .
SJomc'r ITr;); S. W.-ynor Su mncr (BSA )
( Hon ): ~ . Du.t.~
51.
