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final lap , it was Ha ll an d Votaw who got th e d rive ou t of fou r, and they go t the inside line to the chec kered and the win. Bryan Th om pson took' the win in the Su pport ma in , to p pi n g Joe W ins to n and Sean Larned. The Support B win wen t to Mark Prentice in a wire-to-wi re go . Follow ing hi m home were Gerry Du ttweiler and Sea n McDo ug all. The fun even t of the nig ht wa s the Sta nley Exhaus t Tech Mo torcycle Demo lition Derby . The riders could use any ki nd of bike and / or scoo ter. There were two ba lloons attached to the bike or rid er and a baseba ll bat , w hich had to be plastic. Limited to the a rea betwe en turns o ne and tw o (m a r ked off w it h lim e), th e ob ject was to break the opponents' balloon s. If yo u lost your balloon or fell off you r bike, you were out. The last ride r with a ba lloon unb roken w as the winner. It came down to Gar y Ack royd and Charles "Du k ie " Er mo lenko. Ackr o yd bro ke Ermo len ko's balloon bu t th er e was one sma ll p rob lem : He had fallen off the bik e to do so . Ermo lenko was declared the winner. It was the first tim e anyone has seen Ermolenko on a bike since he broke his leg earlier this yea r. He s till has a bad lim p, but he said that he hoped to be back in acti o n in a couple of weeks. Results SCR: 1. Bobby Schwartz (G M); 2. Cha r lie Venegas (Gt\.n; 3. Ch ris Manche ster (jaw); 4. G.l ry Hicks (GM); 5. Juh n A d en (jaw). t I-IDC P: I. Bra d O xley (G M); 2. Jo hn Ad en (ja w ); 3. Shaw n McConndl (GM ); 4. Rick Pea rce (j.,W ); 5. A nd y Nort hru p (jaw) . SDC R: 1. A. H all /D. Vot aw (Y,lm ); 2. J. Ca rr / M. More no (K.1W); 3 . D. Ca m w n t / R. Ta ilin g ( H rm}, SUP; I. Bry an Thom pson {J.lw l; 2. JO wtnston ( Wt.~); 3. Sca n t: Larned (j" w ); 4. M.lrvi n Sonnier (Jaw ); 5. Gre g Stercevtc. SUP B: I. Ma rk Pren tice (j.IW); 2. Gerr y Du nweiler (j a w ); 3. Sean McDou~J. U (j,m '); 4. Bren t Smi th (j., W); 5. Michad Ma ttoc ks (j.1W). By Bud Northrup MOUNTVERNON,IL, AUG. 15 The King City Dirt Ride rs hosted the 1998 District 17/lllinois Stat e Cha mp ionship hilld imb on thei r hill jus t outside of Moun t Vernon, Illinois. The club di d an o utsta nd ing job of redesignin g a nd le ng t henin g their hill, as we ll as vastl y im proving their entire club grou nd s, Their good wo rk pa id off, as the state cha m pio ns hip even t drew 116 riders an d perhaps as many as a thou sa nd specta tor s. Andy Fortn er had a nea rly perfect night as he dem on stra ted why he is called "Fast An d y." For tn e r pi cked up th ree class w ins a nd also claimed a beautiful Fast Time trophy . Th e fas t tim e was deli ver ed in the bO Occ class, and was a co me -f ro m - be hi nd e ffo r t . Mark Sha fer had blitz ed the hill o n h is first rid e in a n exce llent 4.698 second s, to tak e the class lead and fast time int o in term ission. Fo rtner turn ed in a 4. 893~ sec~ ond ride to sit in the seco nd spo t at the break , the o nlyo ther..rider to br eak th e fiv e-se cond mark. In seco nd- ro u nd ac tio n, however, " Fas t Andy" new his CR500 ove r the top in a blazing 4.690 sec o nd s to tak e the w in an d se t the fas t tim e only eig ht-thousa nd ths of a second quicker tha n Shafer. Sha fer crashed hard on his second ride in a fu ll-throttle attempt to regai n the lead. John Scroggins broke into the four s with a 4.967second run on his Honda for third place, followed by H on d a ri d ers Jason N o rthrup and Mark Sledge . For tner also cla imed the w in in the 250cc class aboa rd his Su zuki. This was a lso a comefrom -behind effort, as he fou nd him self in fourth place at inter missio n, behind Ma rk Goodman [r ., Mark Sha fer an d Kevin Cappello. Good man had taken his KX250 over in a fine 5.146 seconds to ta ke the firs t-ro und lead , bu t Fortner sail ed his RM250 over in th e second round in a sizz lin g 5.034 seconds to mo ve o u t in fro n t. Good ma n cou ldn' t im p rove on his first ru n a nd had to settle fo r st.."'C(m d , w hile Cappello mo ved around Shaf er int o third place wi th a 5.225-second run on his KX250. Don Barber carded a goo d 5.607 seconds on his Suzu ki for the fifth-place trophy. Fortner' s third win cam e on his CR250 in the Stoc k class, in which he delivered back-t a-back rides of 5.597 and 5.5% second s to take the win . Mark Goodman Jr. finished S<.'COnd behind him in th is class a lso, running 5.93 7 seconds o n hi s KXSOO, wit h Jaso n Nort hrup coming in third on his YZ400F thumper in 6.152 seconds . Gary Edmison and Charles Walker placed fourth and fifth. Fo r tne r a ct u all y ca me wit h in fo u r- thousan d ths of a second of winni ng four titl es, as he took the firs t-round lead in the 750cc class on his Hond asaki triple wit h a 5.746-second time. Jason No rthr u p, however , blas ted. his own Hondasak i triple over in th e second round, s to p pi ng th e clock in 5.482 seco nds. Fortner came so close to another win, topping the hill in S.486 seconds on his seco nd rid e, bu t he had to sett le for seco nd in this class. John Hillard , Jim Redpa th and Jacob . Bailey rou nded out the top five in the class. Results 50 AUTO : 1. Blak e Ca ppe llo (Lem ): 2. jon ath an Chesney (Y.l m ); 3. To m my Bru ce (Ho n ); 4. Holly I tay es (Suz ). 85 YTH : 1. N ic k Ma yo (Hon) : 2. Beck y W illi am s (Kaw) ; 3. ja cob Tac kit t (Ya m ); 4. TYMln Sa rge nt (Su z l; 5. Donn te Barbe r (Ka w ). 200: 1: G ary Edm iSl.1Il (Suz ); 2. M.1tt Weav e r (J(.,w); 3. M'lr k . Coodman l r. (Ka w ); 4. Ra y Agu ila r (Suz ); 5.J im N y man (Yam ). 250: 1. An dy Por tn er (Su z ); 2. Ma r k Good ma n Jr. (Kaw) ; 3. Kevin Ca p pello (Ka w]: 4. M.u k Sh.lft'J' (Hu n); 5. Du n Bar ber (Suz ). 400; 1. Paul Hillard (Yam ); 2. Doug Ctllespte (Ya m ); 3. Steve Shaler (Ya m ); 4. Ste ve Do u ,!!; hl'r ty ( KT M1; 5. Jas on Northr u p (Ya m). (,00: 1. A nd y Fo r tne r (Ho n); 2. Ma r k Sha ft')' (Ka~); 3. Jo h n 5cwggin!l (H un ); 4. Jdsu n No rt hrup (!-Ion); 5. M.lr k Sll-d~c U1u n ). 750: 1. ja son No rth ru p (Ka w ); 2. Andy Fortner (K" w) ; 3. Joh n Hill ard (K.1W) 4. Jim Redpa th (Yam ); 5. J.lmb B.li ley (Tri). ; o r EN : 1. Bob Fisht"r (H-O); 2. [errod lindqu ist (Ka w ): 3. Bu zz Creon (H·D); 4. John Hilla rd (H-D ); 5. Steve Sha fer (H·[)). SR : 1. Scott Pierce (H u n); 2. Kevin Wt'.l\ ·l·' (H u n); 3. Cr., i ~ Del-iart (Ka w ); 4. Tom Rollins (Ho n ); 5. C avle Jenki ns (Ho n). PS U RD; 1. Bob Fi:.hc r (1-1.0); 2. Stl'\:e Slhl fcr (1-1·01; 3. Tim Wiggi ns tTr O; 4. Te rry Ba iley (H -D); 5. BuZ2 Gn,'C' U1·D /. n ST K: 1. Andv Fortner (Ho n); 2. M,n k Cood ma n Jr. ( K.' W); 3. JaMJn No rth ru p cYam ); 4. GMy Edmi son (Suzl; 5. Ch ,l rlt.~ walker U lun ). FAST TIM E: And y Fortner (H onl. Quale conquers Barona Oaks Motocross By Christopher Sanchirico RAMONA,CA, AUG.9 .Mid -Cities Kawasak i-back ed Duane Quale put it a ll toge th er. to top the O ver The H ill Ga ng' s Inter med iat e class at Baro na Oaks Mo to cross Park. The ho tly contes ted Inter medi a te class provid ed so me of th e most exciting racing of th e day, wit h the likes of Qu ale, Kyle Parso ns, Phil Mean s an d Scott McDo nou gh in the conte t. s It d oesn' t matter w ha t bike he is on; yo u can co un t o n Means leading th e fie ld to th e fi rs t turn. Also in ho t pursuit of th e hol eshot we re RM-moun ted Parson s a nd Qu ale. The thr ee riders quickly brok e aw a y from the back to mak e it a three -m an race. YZ 400 rid er Means w o uld ma int ai n th e lead un til the two- lap sig n ca me ou t, wh en Cryolabs proprietor Par son s decided to m o u nt his cha rge a nd take th e lead away from him . Means would not surre nder a nd tried d espera tely to reta liate. In the third spot, Qual e wa s looking for a wa y around Means. At the finish it was Parsons by a wheel, with Means second and Quale a very close third . Am azi ngly, Means did not get the holeshot in moto two; instead, it wa s the KX of Qu ale tha t go t there first. wi th Meliton Mora les, Means and Parsons giving chase. At the end of the firs t la p, an ov er ea ger Parsons entered the finis h-line turn too hot and caught Mean's rear w heel, taking a soil sam ple. Par sons remounted in las t place bu t would la ter redee m himself by charging to the fron t of th e pac k. Up front, Morales took the lead away fro m Quale, wit h Means in third , Q ua le re too k the lead through the whoop sectio n a nd built a slight cushion, Mean w hile, Parso ns was on the move, his Cryolabs RM slicing throu gh the pack with McDon ough on his heels. Parsons had t he w hoop se ct io n dia le d and worked his w ay in to seco nd pl ace a nd into a position to take the overall. With one lap to go, the battle for the overall became in ten.o;e. Qu ale was in the lead , with Parsons and McDon ough battling for seco nd . Wit h half a lap to go , McDon ou gh pas sed Pa rsons for the seco nd spot, givi ng Qua le the we ll-deserved overall of th e day, Parso ns ' amazing cha rge fro m the back of the pack gra nted him second for the day, with Mea ns grab bing the fina l podium positi on. In the Ov er 38 Novice d ass, Sout hland Suz uk i ~ba ck ed Jo hn Ada ms put in two im pressive co me-f rom-behind victo ries to go 1-1 on the day for the overa ll. Ada ms, riding a 125, was o ut m usd ed on the start by the bigger 250s. Ada ms' s mooth a nd co'nsis ten t style p roved to be th e winning strategy , as he was able to cu t throu gh the field to tak e the chec kers. Steve Evans had th e s ta r ting g ate wired as h e use d h is t w o ho les hots to finish secon d o verall. Evans led mos t of both mo tes, havin g the speed but lacking the sta mina to secu re the victory. Finish in g t hi r d on th e da y was Doug las S te p ha n s . Stephan s ran two con sistent motes, going 4-4 to take third overall. Results BEG: 1. Chr is Mul van iol 2. Jeff Mdinh.'l'; 3. Moltt Ramirez: 4 ; Kirb y Smith; S. C huck EI!Oil. 311... BEG: I. Felipe C ueto. 2. Larry CoiI m p hdl; 3. Cra ig Ma r tin; 4, She lly Dan ylo; 5. Mar ie McMiI1("T1. NOY: 1. Eric B..ur; 2. Kip Con treras, 3. Tummy At 'nn ikcn ; 4 Stev e Jackson ; 5. Doug Love tt. 311+ NO V: J. [ uh n Ad ,lm s ; 2. S te v e Evan s : 3 , Dou g la s Step h ens : 4. A nthony M.l tth l'w s ; 5. [a mes Holman. INT: 1. Dua ne Quale: 2. Kvle Parsons: 3. Ph il Means: 4. Mdi· to n Mo ra les ; 5. O ifford Jcnn inis. 311... INT: 1. Matt M c Brid ~' ; 2. Dauh-l Sm ith ; 3. Jot" Ste m ; 4. M.uty Wes tcnna n; 5. Jim Ro th . EX: I. Stev e Pia ttoni: 2. C hris 5.mch iriro ; 3. Slew Zw inger: 4 Ch u ck Benn et: 5. Bru ce C riSWI'U. 3S+ EX: 1. Mike Al tcnho(l'I ; 2. Gn '/!i Grt't."n; 3. Rick Pur cell: 4 Rob To w nl ey; S. Mike Barlow . /. PRO ; I. Dan Berg: 2. Jim Henn : 3. Mark [oh nson : 4. Randy D,l nylo ; 5. Tom Bell. Beckwith whales at Whaleback Hillclimb By Bud Northrup ENFIELD, NH, JULY26 The 1998 AMA Youth / Ama teu r Na tional H illclimb Cham pionship was held on July 25 and 26 a t the beautiful Wha leback Mo unt ain Ski Area nea r Enfie ld, New Hampshire. Th ere was a very low turnout of ri de rs - a . direct result of the "one class per rider" ru Ie in e ff ec t fo r t he Na tio na l Hi llcl im b . O n lv 166 . mo tor cycles co mpeted, including 43 Yout h riders, in 11 classes. ./ The hill was 749 feet from the star ting light to the fin ish lin e, a lthough it co u ld ha ve been eve n longer . It w as a "clim be rs" hill in th at it was very d ifficult to top, the last 300 feet bein g "mog uls," as the locals say . Pock s helves, loose so il, moss-covered rocks , drop- offs a nd muddy condi tions mad e the hill untoppable for all bu t ni ne bikes. N ot since the 1988 Na tionals on the Peoria Dirt Riders' "Old Ugly" has there been a Nationa l hill tougher to top. N ot even one bike was su ccess fu l in making the top o n both rid es; mor e than 97 percent of the attem pts fell short. Th e fastes t time in the mo torcycle classes came in the 600cc class. To no o ne's surprise, the first man to the top in the class was defending N ati o nal Champion M ike Wood , Rid ing a Honda CRSOO out of Bay City , Wisco nsin, Wood powered his wa y to the top on his first ride in 28.446 seconds to ta ke the class lead . No other rider of a 600cc machine stop ped the clock on Saturda y; the closest was Mike Story, who wrestied his Honda 643 feet up the hill. On Sun day, however, Ernie Beckwi th successfu lly topped the hill on his Hond a in 27.465 seco nds to take the lead and set the fast time for mot orcycles. Chad Koopsma stopped the d ock with a 29.940-second run. W(X)(1 go t in tro ub le in the to p section an d came up short at 717 feet, so he had to settle for second place, based on his firs t-roun d rid e . No o ther rider in the class stopped the clock. Greg Thomp son finished fou rth with a 670-foot effort o n his Kawasak i. Bill r aid er filled out th e to p five with a 655-foot run on his Honda. Rob Redmann was the first rid er to top th e hill , doing it in the 400« class on a KTM380. Redma nn's 3O.762-second time on Satu rday he ld up for the class win. On ly one o the r rid er, Cha d Mu rray, topped the hill. Murray also en joyed his suc cessful rid e o n Sa turday, a 35 .161-secon d effo rt on his Yamaha . Mar cel Mathieu an d Brent Stewart, bot h riding KIMs, took the next two places with rides of 607 and 603 feel, resp ectively, w hile Robert Ard izzoni rod e his Yama ha 600 feet for fifth place. The mos t successful rides came in the 250cc class, in which four riders sto pped the clock , all on the ir second attemp ts. Watt er Strank topped out in 29.028 second s on his Ho nda to take the win , Jesse O'Con nor was dose behind hi m o n his CR250 with a 29.333-second run. Rick Prebe (Abov e) Duane Qua le put it all t ogeth er to top th e Over The Hill Gang 's Intermediate c lass at Barona Oaks Motocross Park. (Above left) Andy Fortner had three class wi ns and the fastest lime at the District 171111inois State Championship even t. tu rn ed in a 30.44-second ru n on his KX250 for third p lace, wh ile Eric Whee lwrig ht de livered a 3 1.405-second ti me on h is YZ250 for fourth place. Fifth place went to Kevi n Ca ppello, who climbed 606 feet on his KX250. No o ther r id e rs in an y of th e m ot orcy cle classes topped the hil l. Rya n Peterson cla imed the 125cc-class win w ith a 621-foo t effort o n his Ho nd a, best in g sec ond -place rider Joe Ben o it and his Honda by' 20 fee t. Lee Miller took the 200cc-c1ass win on his KDX200 w ith a 605-foot effort, som e 14 feet better tha n Tony Marble and his Kaw asaki. . The 750 cc-c1ass wi n w e n t to Jo hn Carbon wi th a fir st -round rid e of o nly 512 fee t o n his s Honda. 111i was a very fru strating class for the Mid wes tern rid ers, Tod d Cipa la, Lloyd Haas and Kaleb Northru p . Both Haas (w ith his Kawasaki triple) and North ru p (wit h his Triumph ) had second-round rides far beyo nd the 512-foot winni ng ride. They bo unced slightly out of bo unds o n the lower, "easy" section and d id not get cred it for thei r foo tage. Th is wou ld ha ve put them in the first two spots rat her than in the sixth and sev en th s po ts fo r which they had to settle . Cipala , as alwa ys, cha rged the hill wit h full thro ttle , but he wiped ou t on the rock sh elf at 499 fee t and had to settle for four th place. Ge ra ld Divel bliss cl aim ed th e O pe n-class wi n wi th a 633-foo t run on his Har ley. Fran cis Ka ne ro d e his vintage Nor to n 599 fee t for th e sec ond spo t. Th e Senior-class w in went to Ken ne th Bonn ema, who put in a go od 631-foo t effor t on his Yam ah a - just 10 feet bette r than Richard "Oa key" O'Co nn or and his Honda. In Youth-cla ss act io n, Jaco b Pre be rod e h is KTM 405 feet fo r the 50cc Auto matic-class w in, just thr ee feet ahead of Colby McCu tcheon and his Co bra . The com pe tition in the SOcc class was fierce, as the third -p lace rider, Kris Goyette , was only five feet beh ind the winne r wi th a 400-foot eff~rt on his Honda. . The 85cc Junior Mi ni-elass title wen t to Ryan Thiba u lt with a fine 595--foo t rid e on his KX80 on Sunday, Thib a u lt o vertook Kawasak i-mo u nted Charles Voyer , who had turned in J 575-foo t effort on Sat urday to take the firs t-rou nd lead , Th e 85 cc Senior Mi ni win we nt t o Justi n Reigh ard w ith a 582-foot seco nd- round ride on his Hond a . He overtook Jaso n Pre be, who had run 5 23 feet o n h is fi rst run . P re be n ea rly reclaimed the w in on Sunday, as he tu rn ed in a fine Se l-foot effor t on his CR80, but he had to se ttle for the second spot. r:-.; Results FAST TIM E: Ernie Bt.-ckwith ((-J ). on 50 AUTO : 1. Jacob f'rc bt' (KTM ); 2. Co lb y McCu tch l'On (Cob ); 3. Krb Gu ye ltl ' (Hu n ); 4. Gt.-c nolArd iuoni (l.A.' m); 5. Dy li1 n Wi lcu x (C ob ). lIDJR M INI : 1. Rynn T hibault (Kaw ); 2. Ch., rll"llVOYl'r (Ka w); 3. John M ille r (lIo n ); 4. An tho ny Ar d izz oni (5u z ); 5. Dan M yt'11l (H on ). 80 SR MLNI: 1. Ju sti n Rei ~hi1rd (H un ); 2. J.,s o n Prt,bc (H u n ); 3. JO!ihua De forge (Ka w ); 4. Stt"VenVa n Ho m (Ka w ) ; 5. Shawn Joh n!IO (Yam). n 125: 1. Ryan Pt"lt"rlion (H o n); 2. J ~ 6cnoit (H on); 3. Ste ve Na son (Yam ); 4. fut"k Lap p (Kaw) ; 5. Dw ayn e Cox O<~w ) . 200: 1. Mill e r (Ka w ); 2. To ny M.lrb le (Ka w); 3. M.uio Pev o (I(a w ); 4. Mel Pionh,.k (Kaw); 5. Kt"vin Cox (Kaw), ' 250; 1. Wa lter Strank (Hun) ; 2. J~'it" O'Co nn or (H u n); 3. Rick Prt"bc (J(.,w); 4. Eric W~'t."lwright (Yam); 5. Kel'in Ca p pe llo (Kaw). 400: 1. Rob Red ma nn (KTM ); 2. Chad Murra y (Yam ); 3. Marce l Molthieu (KTM ); 4. Bren t Stl'wart (KTM); 5. Rnbt't'i Ard iZ20ni (Yam ). bCKI: I. Ernie IJt:ck w ith (Ho n ); 2. Mikt ' Wuod (Hu n); 3. Chd d Koops-rna (lion); 4. G rt"~ ThomPMJn (Ka w ); 5. Bill Paid e r (lio n ). 750: t. john C a rbo n (H on ); 2. Robt>rt A lbe,t (Ya m ); 3. J(.h n M lUIihom (Yam ); 4. Todd Ci p,l\Ol U(;.W), 5. Ru b ra tche n.ulon). l I . OPE N : 1. G l'r ald [)j \'(")hlis!' (H·D); 2. Fran cis Kaes s (No r); 3. Bil1 MYt"11I

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