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Carbondale HS kind to Klimm
By Sharon Jones
(Left) Eric Cox (396) set s
his s ight s on Doug Ear ls
(40) in 125cc Bracing
action at the flnal round of
the Ball zee Grand
Championship Series ,
held at Birch Creek.
(Ab ove ) Willy Musgrave
leaps over the last hill on
his wa y t o a first-place
finish in th e Ope n Pro
c lass In Carl sbad
Motocross Racing act ion
at Carlsbad , Califo rn ia_
By Jay Hauser
DANVILLE, VA, AUG. 23
As he boro. North Ca ro li na , rider Eric Cox may
have just come to terms wi th B-class motocross
racing in the Sou theast. Cox piloted his Yamaha
YZl25 to a co uple of hard-fou ght overa ll victorics at the fina l ro u nd of th e Ball ze e G rand
Cha m p ions hi p Series in grand sty le.
Cox advanced earlie r in the se ason a nd has
bee n stead ily ch ipping a wa y a t th e co m petition wi th a m ot a win h er e a nd th er e. On this
d ay, w hich was mad e for racin g, he put it a ll
together and to o k top ho nors in the 125cc B
cla ss with a double moto s w ee p . Cox w ould
ba ck it up w ith the Unlimited B/ C ove rall wi th
his ta lly of 1-2. Whil e Co x worked hard for his
68
Unlimit e d win , h e d id ca tch a s m a ll b r eak
w he n sec o n d - m o to w i nner Ja so n Bal d w i n
stru ggled so me in motu one, posting a finish of
sevent h. Cox 's co nsisten t rid in g wo u ld-prove
to be th e key to his tak ing the win. Baldwin
too k th ird overa ll beh ind the ever- p rese n t
Jason Lapla nte.
Cox's ha rd work to gain speed pa id off as
he best ed yo ung Su zuki rid er Doug Earls in
bo th mo tos of 125cc B ra cing. La p la n te was
right ba ck in act ion against Cox in the 125cc B
con test but allowt.-d Earls to spli t them up. Co x
would hav e to make his way pa st more than a
fl'w riders in both ou tin gs of 125cc B action, but
he fo un d his wa y to the fro nt each tim e. Earls
never ga ve up a~d would recor d a pair of sec ond- p lace rid es, pu sh ing Lapla nte to third with
a pair of threes. Th e rema ining field of 125 B
rid er s w.as anything but co nsistent, a s Jam el
Hassell nabbed fourth " ; th a scor e of 6-5, besting the DNF-4 score served up by Brian Hu nsucker.
Pr o action was tota lly d o m i n a te d b y
Grt..-ensbo ro , orth Ca rolina 's fas tt:"St son, Jim
Neese. Many loca ls are looking to Neese to sto p
H o nd a of Tro y ' s M ike Br o w n wh e n ne xt
month's Fall Clas sic kicks off its series her e at
Birch Creek. With his smooth per formance on
this day, he may be in a good pos ition to ma ke
Ihe grade.
While eese was in tota l contro l at the hea d
of th e field in 125cc a n d 250cc Pro ra c ing
t h ro ughout the d a y, t he ba tt le fo r st"co n d
Ma rne a d ogfight in a ll four Pro motos between
the sa me two riders. Tri-City Yam aha / Sitec Racing 's Brandon Turli ngton mat chL up aga inst JT
-d.
Moto rsports' Jason Co nlon ou t of Maryla nd for
four intense mo tos. The tall an d slende r Turlington USl.-d his fluid rid ing stylt:' to cap tu re St.."Cond
place in bo th 125cc Pro mo tos, ju st ~dg i ng out
Co nlo n in th ird both times. Co nlon, howeve r,
retu rn ed th e favo r a boa rd the 250cc ma chines
a nd scored the runn er-up spot to Neese .in bo th
outings , pushing Tur lin gton to third .
Young Zach Osborne out of Abingdo n, Virginia, was q ui te im pressive as he pulled off a
co py cat perfo rmance of N eese's , postin g fo ur
domin.1ting moto rid es in mini racing. Osborne
took o n all comers and walk~ away with bo th
mo to wins in the SOcc (7-8) class ove r Broc Tickle
and Tavlor Futrell.
Osborne came ba ck in the bOcc (7-9) d ivision and pulled another di sapp earing ac t to
ca ptu re both moto wins, bestin g Ryan Fitzwa te r and Tickl e.
Results
50 (4-6): 1. Ia n Tret te l (Cob); 2. Rvan Smith (KTM); 3. Jurd .m
D avid ICob); 4 . Ryan Zi mmer (Cob); 5.·Damon Coin (lCTM).
StI17oS): 1. Za ch Osborne (Cub ); 2 . Broc TIcklt. ICo bl ; 3. r "ylor
·
Futft'U (Cub ); 4. C W. Brim ( KT'MJ; 5. Tylt.-r a uk (Cob).
110 (1-91: 1. Zilch Osborne Ov.w); 2. Rvan Fitzwatn- ()(a w) ; 3.
Brcc Tickle.'( K., W) ; 4. CL W illett (J(.,w J; 5: Brad H.l.U ( Ka,w) .
w
hOn o-l 1): l. Ky lt. clar k. (KT'M); 2 Ga rry Ca n n (J<.,w); 3. Po1U·
Ins Fra nd s l Kaw) .
RO(7- 11): I. Da vid w alls (Yi'lm) ; 2. Sdm Fitzwater (Su z ); 3 .
Du slin Oa u (Kaw); 4.kb wskilJ (K.tw l; 5. Da lto n Tem.-ll (Suz l.
..
SO112
-15): I. Stl"f'ht"Tl Shoaf (S uz l; 2. 81,tk(" Hovis (H u n); 3.
Ztch Ku rschcnko (Su z ); 4. Chris G mburke (Yam ); 5 . Sco tt SarroriU!l(i(aw).
RO0 : 1. Ryan Kersey (Ho n); 2. Andrew Sctrtu rl u!' ( Ho n l, 3.
Robbie Rcyn otds (Ho n ); 4. Robert C ru n],.'y (5u z ); S. Dav a no Brim ,
ml'r (K. w).
S/M INI : 1. Ja su n Bry an t (Ya m ); 2. Ste phe n Shoaf (Su z ); 3.
m.lke Ho vis (Hu n ); -I. Zach Kutschcnko (5u z); 5. G in " C im hur ke
{Yam].
~H BY : 1. Brand on ungdon (Ya m); 2. J,' ~10 Bry"nt (Ya m ); 3.
A.lwn Sta ncil (Ya m l; 4. Do ug Earl s (Su·z ); 5. Bri;Jn lI u mm d a ' r
(Su z) .
125 A: 1. Jim N,-"I!M' (I