push ed hi. Kawasa ki to the fron t of the Supermin i class. With tough competition fro m Keith
Kadell fro m Ca rltun, OR1>0n, a nd Joey Mancuso, also fro m Po rtla nd . Fick ke p t his Hillsboro
Moto rcy cle s / Devo l Racing -b ack ed grt.'en bike
a head of the two red bikes for what was proba bl y h is bes t resu lt th is yl'a r.
For th e second time in two months, James
Miller, out of Beaverton, Oregon, spanked a ll the
Open B/C class on hi. trusty XR400 Honda. A
more tenacious rider you will never find, and he
continues to shuw the newer, faster four-strokes
the way to the finish line.
. Results
50 loUt): 1. Ganod S1,-inl.l" ILnn); 2.. Zadt.a.ry Cuo l. (K"Thn; 3Austin ROM." tKTM ); 4, Ben o.ld.ls..Jno Iu-m ); S. Oa k" t.,) Sm ith
(laM) .
50 (7· K): I. Jt'rriJ Sou tha rd (Le m); 2. lobe Hollenbaugh
(KT M); 3. J.u:' b So.:utt (KT Ml ; 4 _Cudy Cosens (Cub); 5. Tr ev or
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Ocrdi n~ C nl.
Ho
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50 O IL· IN!: 1. Ju tin Mill, -t (Yd m); 2. l\iiklo:.i Buvas (V,:a m ); 3.
Aiuun &ik-y (Yam) ; 4. M.n k Miltenberger (Yam) .
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bO(7-g): I. Ollnid Levy (K." w); 2. DyI. n Ev an~cr ( K.t w) ; 3.
J
San tinu Huebner ( ",", w); -I. kif",')' Millt'r (lCaw).
eo19- 11): I. JUlOtin Kt"('n('y (K.... w); 2. Br.uJy ~ht.-",n (Ka w); 3Shawn H"ht.'I"
lt.·k I",",wl, 4. C h ri!O Jtlhn!'llJ1(K.Jw ); 5. Sean Ruger did tKdw ).
H (7· 111: 1. Adam Mdz!~r (Su z ); 2. j us tin Kt~ I\l'Y {Kdwl; 3 .
n
);
ROMJllh l\lM.m (K...wl ; 4. Todd Nt"'1M>nIK.1W 5. Ju!\t: urphy tSuz); 5. PollUJ DiAon (K.iw l.
125
250 C : I. Ryan Mt'ttln' (Suz) ; 2. T)'Mln Blood lSuzl, 3. St-an
:C
Stt"War1 (H o.'ll; " . 8m Mc urd (1<.1", .) ; 5. Gn,; Brntlu tY" m l.
2..50 0 : I. Jim H e rb ($uz); 2. Fr ankie Orr (5uz); 3. O....rell
Hamilton trin (IJtJri); 5. '~ Mt'ci. t:r ( K.Jr, ).
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JO+ B: 1. Tod d H in d ers (Suz); 2. Douglas MuooJd l (SoJ'); 3.
RO!lo!l Fri...-n (Hun) ; " . o.vid Sch mId (Su z); 5. Jd frcy )u h n.'>On
l K..w) .
30+ C: I. Larry Smit h t Hon ); 2. Bill Kt' nl (H o n l; 3. 8r("1
McCo rd lK.iw); 4. Midwd a ... r!>4) n (Suz); 5. Sle phen Fautkner
lSuzl .
'"1-+ A : 1. Da rryl Zurn...tl;"ln UJtlf\); 2. Tom Row L.t nd CK.twl; 3
un Trul'I(J(J Sr. (Yam) ; -t.It'fJ}' Ebert lK.1 5. ("odry ROt'IK"Jw)
wl;
-10 .. 8 : I. M ieh ",", Schwt"l'zJrr ( K.t ~:, ; 2. D.tv iJ Overacke r
(Yol ) ; 3. Te rry Broua..s (Ya m) ; -t. David H erson (l Ion) ; 5. J.lmt"
m
rl'te~lI'\ (K. W).
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40 + C: I. Uriol Ber tsch (B on ): 2. Midlolld N ichub (}-Jon ); 3
n
Doflolld F.wi ng (Hon l; 4, Dan K M,..·...l' r tHunl; 5. G' Toll.1 N il-ho l!<
'!
t Hu n ).
BTH : I. Trac y Joh nsun (Ya m) ; 2. Jd l J-!in l:m,ul ( K.l w) ; 3 .
Dw .lym· 1 l ltl ·rMln (H un); 4. Ju d y Dei tz (Ya m I; 5. Keith Ford
'.
(J(.,w)
OPEN H/ C: 1. ,.lm,-!> Mdler (Hu nl: 2. Jil,;on Sm ith (KTM), 3.
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Robert Montgo m ery (Ho n j: -t. Vin ct'nl Kllni (YAm); S, M.nly
McMu rtry (Hu n) .
O rE N D; I. Tim aNt",1 (Yam ); 2. Srott BU"ll'h ~t' (H u n) .
W M='" 12+: 1. Juni Hi~lia tSuz): 2. Mary Ad t. ..tu n U(.. w ): 3.
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N i('(llt.ttt' 11" m.. lK.t w ).
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Shafer, Stewart fast at
Indiana State Championship HC
By Bud Northru p
Photo by Mark Lewis
CAY
UGA,L'II, AUG. 23
Th e Plt>asu re Rid e rs hostl"d th e 1998 Ind ian a
State C hampion.hip h ill clim b at thei r clubgrounds near Cayuga, Ind ia na. The clu b di d a
fine job of preparing the hill and the ground.,
and the event ran very s moo th ly . The most
intere, ting thing about the e vent wa s tha t there
were no mult iple-class wmnt.>rs in th e District
15 a ma tt"Ur t.>vt.>nt. Brent Stewart, Mark Good man Jr., Ja son No r thrup. Andy Fortne r and
Dan Wals tad all clai med two ,,;ns, but they all
KX500 rider Mark
Shafer was the
600cc-class winner
and took the
amateur fast-time
trophy at the
Pleasure Riders
Hillclimb in the
Indiana State
Championship .
p icked u p thei r seco nds in Exhi bit ion-class
ac tion .
Mark "The Sha rk" Shafer, fro m Arcola, illinois , na iled his seco nd consec u tive fa st- ti me
award . He flew over the top of the 120-foot hill
on his KXSOO in a blazing 3.085 seconds to take
the 600cc -c1ass wi n and the fas t-ti me tro p hy.
Unlike the night before, Sha fer carded this time
on h is fir st run a n d wai te d to see if a nyone
co uld bea t it. No one d id in the am .lteur-c1
.1ss
racing, but Brent Stewart, fro m Ga lva , Illinois,
shot his KTM 380 over in a br ea tht akin g 3.084
seconds in the 400cc Exhibi tion class to set the
ove ra ll fa.t ti m e of the d a y . Th e t roph y, of
course, goes to Ihe fastes t ama teu ry m ig ht be aiding th t.>ir ow n
must threatening o ppo nents. This bt:hav ior h.15
been seen time and time a gain .
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