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Stockto n, California, was joined in victory by ano ther rider no tching his firs t,
600cc Pro-Sport wi nner Kurt Hawk.
After a domina nt run in the 600c c
Pro-Sport class, as we ll as an illustriou s
ama teu r career that had ne tted him a
multitud e of AMA Nationa l Ch a m pi onships , Jorgensen quic kly mad e an allout assa u lt on the Expert class .
"I'm really excited, " Jorgensen said.
"I knew I could run u p front with them ,
but I didn't expec t the win to come this
early, especia lly wit h all these fast local
guys here. He y, I' m rea lly happy."
Jor gensen started off the evening which also doubled as the Castle Rock
Season Championship, the third race of
an eigh t-day, six-race series - by catapu lting to th e head of th e field in h is
heat race, then fending off serious cha llen ges from Jeff Annen, a Castle Rock
N ational-podium fini sh er, to ea rn pol e
position for the class's 15-lap final.
Lonny Kopp took jorgen sen 's pol eposition ad vanta ge away fro m him by
catapulting int o the lead at the start of
the 15-lap Exp ert-cla ss fin al, foll owed
closely b y Jorg en s en , Eli Pri ce and
Ann en . Fo r se vera l laps, Jorg ens en
d ogged Kopp , b ut e ac h tim e the
Spokane, Washingt on , rid er would deny
the CCM rider .
Jorge nse n finally go t a wheel und erneath of Kopp for g oo d on la p fo u r,
although Kopp d id stay in [orgy' s sha dow for many laps. Price ralli ed to join
Kopp in 11 heated battle for second, but
By Clay Li ght
Kopp held firm to finish second to th e
impressive rookie, Jorgensen. Beh ind
CASTLE ROCK, WA, AUG. 29
the trio was ano ther grea t battle, featura tiona l number 40, Jeff An nen,
ing vetera ns Annen and Simonse n, who
who th is season d uri ng AMA
were both heavil y favore d to w in th e
District 27 IT ac tio n a t Castle
upcoming AMA Hot Shoe N ati onal.
Rock Ra ce Pa r k h a s 'b een one of the
Simonsen go t the nod for fou rth, thus
t h ree do m ina nt Ex p ert -clas s r ide rs,
clin ching th e lon g-sought Exp ert-class
ca me ou t on top of th e class with his
cha m pions hip.
win in the 12-rid er, 15-lap 600cc Expert
By virtue of winning th e fas tes t of
final.
two 6 0 0 c~ Pro -S po rt h eat r aces, Bob
A nnen trailed secon d -yea r Expert
Beau A. Brown for severa l lap s in the
Rosie sa t on th e pol e posit ion for th e
early stages of the Experts' final, then
12-rid er, 12-l a p fina l, b u t Haw k a n d
over took the O rego nian 'and carried on
Bob Mora n p ut th e squeeze on Rosi e
to victory. Tra iling th e Lopk o/O' Brien
head ing into the dogleg . This left Rosie
Racing Prod ucts-backed Ann en w ere
to fen d off a multitu de of rid ers for th e
J.P. Simonse n and ro ok ie Expert Tob y
fina l spot on th e rostrum as Hawk and
Jor gensen, who in his firs t w eek end as
Moran quickly sped away in their own
an Expert finalized his debut in the class
private ba ttle, with Hawk putting some
with a pair of podium finishes.
distance on Mo ran, w ho d id likewise to
Whil e Rose held the illustriou s posithe incred ibl e battle for th ird . Rosie
tion af ter his impressiv e perform an ce,
would u ltimat ely lose the stra ng leho ld
Beau Z. Brown grabbed the lead at the
late in t h e ra ce , a s Frank M ark er
green light in th e fi na l, fo llowed by
pu sh ed his Hond a past Rosie to fin ish
Annen , Troy Ro se , Toby Jorg en s en ,
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third .
Da vid Anderson , Eli Price a n d Er ic
Castle Rock Race Park
Rickman. Brown' s rid e ou t in fron t of
the stellar field was impressive; the 17~:~~~s~~~~t~~~~~nit~~98 , ,.
yea r-o ld from Ne wberg, O reg on , held
&00 EX: 1. Tob y jorgensen (CCM l; 2. LOnny Kopp
off th e d r iv in g a d vances of seasoned
(W~R) ; 3. Eli Price (W·R) ; 4. J.P. Simon-en (W-R); 5. 1t'ff
veteran An ne n for several lap s until
An nen (W·R l.
Anne n bru sh ed Brow n to the ou ts ide
600 PRO -SPT: 1. Kurt Hawk (W~R) ; 2. Bob Mo ran
(Yarn): 3. Frank Marker (Hen ): 4. &-<1U Z . Brown (Rtx):
line in the do gleg on lap four .
5. Bob Rosie (Rtx).
.
Whil e Bro wn s tayed in A n ne n 's
50 MOD: 1. Elliot Oquist (Cob ); 2. Evan Aaronson
sha dow for severa l more la ps , it was
(Co b); 3. Fra n kie Boncz (Lem ): 4. Jacob Leh man (KTM).
50 J ~ : 1. Evan Aaronson (Lem): 2. Frankie Boncz
Sim on sen 's charge through traff ic that
(Lem) : 3, Jacob Lehman (KTM) .
brought th e cr owd to Iife 4 Simon sen
&0 A: 1. CbrisCeloric (Kaw) : 2. Brent on Sch niztcr
(Kaw ): 3. Nic ho las O hg e (Ho nl .
overcame a handicap pe na lty after ini80 A: 1. Nic k Selle rs (Suz); 2. Derre k Oq uist IHon) :
tially ju mping the start to pick off sever3. Ken net h H anson (Hon).
al riders each lap and close in on Brown
80 D TX: 1. N ick Se lle rs (Su z); 2. Derre k Oq uist
(Han); 3. Kenrwth Han son (Hen).
after displacing Jor gen sen . Howeve r,
125 A: 1. Bra d Smith (Yam ); 2. Del be rt Po w ell
Brown's brightest mom ent of his you ng
(}(.lW); 3. Pau l c.~s tillo (Yam) .
caree r ended la te in the race w hen he
250 A: 1. Jeff Rister (Yam); 2. Scoo ter Vernon (ATK);
3. Ma tt Sch weitze r (H an) .
developed a flat rear tire .
IT SOD: 1. Joe Ca re rra (Ya m ); 2. Bob Tn glc (Yam); 3.
"I co u ld tell so methi ng was wrong
Ed Derda (Ya m ).
VTNT SG L: 1. Fred Bra ckenb ur y (He n): 2. Ga rr y
with the back en d," Brown said . "1 was
Roller (Su 7o); 3. Allen Morinville (Ho n).
really fightin g it w he n J.P. caught me.
VI NT TW : 1. Eric w el ssl er (Yam); 2. Joh n Proto '
Then on the last lap it went com pletely
(Yam); 3. Sonny Burres (Tri ).
lnnen
anniln1ales
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30+ A: 1. Bob Rosie .(Rtx ); 2. Joe Ca re rra (Ya m ); 3.
Brian Walls (Yam).
40+ A: 1. Mark Studebake r (Hen) : 2. Dan Kirk
(Yam); 3. Vin et' Holt (Ho n).
flat."
Simonsen, though, couldn't catch the
long-gone Annen, finali zing th e finish
Jeff Annen (40) got the drop on ear ly
leader Bea u A. Brown and went on to win
the Expert main event at Castle Rock Race
Park.
order of Annen , Simonsen and Jorgensen,
followed by a close Price/Ron Waters /
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Chris Fitzhu gh /Rickman finish.
Castle Rock Race Park
Castle Rock, Washington
Results : August 29, 1998
600 EX: 1. Jeff Ann en (W-R); 2. J.P. Simonsen (Rtx):
3. To by Jor gen sen (CC M); 4. Eli Price (W~R ) ; 5 . Troy
Ro se (R tx ).
600 PR O- S PT : 1. Beau Z . Brown (Rtx ); 2. Kurt
Hawk (W- R); 3. To n y Fo x (W- R); 4. Fr ank Ma rk e r
(Hon): 5. Bob Mo ran (Yam) .
50 MOD: 1. Evan Aronson (Cob); 2. Fran kie Boncz
(Lcm), 3, Jacob Leh ma n (KTM).
50 J R: 1. Eva n Aronson (Lem): 2. Fra n kie Bon cz
(Lem) , 3. Jacob Lehma n (....
,M).
60 A: 1. Brento n Schn itze r (Kaw) : 2. Chri s Ce lorie
(Kaw) ; 3. Elliot Oquis t (Kaw) .
80 A: 1. Nic k Selle rs (Su z); 2. Anti y Fay (Ho n ); 3.
Am y Pruc zi nski (Suz).
.
80 DTX : 1. Nick Sellers (5u z); 2. Andy Fay (I'lon) ; 3.
Kenneth Hanso n (H e n ).
125 A: 1. Brad Smi th (Yam); 2. Pa ul Ca stillo (Yam);
3. Del Powell (K,)\\I).
250 A: 1. Scoo ter Vernon (ATK); 2. Jeff Riste r (Yam );
3. Da niel Adkins (Ho nl .
O PEN A : 1. Mark Pa tt erso n (Ya m) ; 2. Martv
weissler (Rtx): 3. Scoo ter Vern on (ATK).
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30+: 1. Steve H.111(Yam ): 2. Craig Bow man (Yam): 3.
Ward Mckee (KTM).
40+: 1. Vince Holt (Ha n); 2. Mark Studeba ker (Hon );
3. Dan Kirk (Ya m).
.
OPE N TW: 1. Mik e Harritt (Ya m ); 2. Eric wci ssler
(Yarn): 3. Will ie Ward (Yam) .
rRO 11V: 1. Jim Perry (Tn): 2. Dick Slu s her (No r); 3.
To ny Thorn (Tri ).
80 BEG : 1. Ma rk Studeba ke r (Honl , 2. Ken neth
H an son (Hen) .
Simonsen
sizzles
By Clay Ligh t
CASTLE ROCK, WA, AUG. 28
o metown hero J.P. Simonsen, the
National number-37 plateholder,
in ch ed closer to fu rthe r ing h is
se ason -lo n g ques t of an Expert-class
cham pionship with his wire-to-wire victory in th e 15-la p 600cc Exper t main
event a t the Mount St. Helen s Mot orcycle Club's AMA District 27 IT at Castle Rock Race Par k.
Simon sen 's win - his sixth of the seaso n her e - w as ju st one of th e many
impressive performances logged at the
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opening of the AMA-sanctioned Washing ton Spe ed Week . The annua l eve n t,
which fea tures si x days of racing in a
nine-day spa n, was a testamen t to the
impressive performance of Ca liforni an
Toby Jorgensen.
Jo r gens e n , fre s h off a win in th e
600c c Pro -Sport cla ss a t the Spoka ne
ro u nd of the AMA Natio nal Ho t Shoe
Series, ha s fina lly co m e of age . H is
lon g-anti cipat ed Expe rt debu t resul ted
in a second-place finish for the Stockton , Ca lifo rni a, ri der, trail ing Sim on se n a t th e finis h but head in g u p seasoned vetera n Natio na l nu mb er 35 Eli
Price.
Pr ice won t h e firs t of th e t hree
Expert-class preliminaries, in whic h he
beat Simo nsen and Jorge nsen to the finish to si t on the po le posi tio n for th e
Exp e r t m ain eve n t o n t he Ron and
Caro l Kell-backed Rot a x. However , it
was hom etwon boy Simo nse n d arting
to the fro nt of the field at the start, follow ed by Oregon's Beau A. Brown, Jor ge nsen, Price , Eric Rickman and Del
Schnitzer .
While Simo nsen's ea rly run in the 15- '
lap p er practically assu red the victory.
Brown, a second -year Expe rt, bobbled,
all owing a trio of riders - Jorge nsen,
Schnitzer and Price - to overtake him in
one fell sw oop.
Th e Oregoni an, Brown, w as qu ickly
dumped back to fifth, while up front,
Simo nsen seeming ly held what look ed
to b e a large , sec u re lead . Jor gensen ,
who seemed to ada pt we ll to his Expert
su r rou n d ings, narrowed th e ga p o n
Simon sen, but the local favorite would
m a intain th e p o siti on to th e fini sh,
d espite Jorgen sen u sin g u p all of th e
ava ila b le g ro un d in pur suit o f the
veter an .
jor gen sen' s second- p lace finish wa s
im p ress ive; he n arrowly b eat Pri ce ,
who by a similar mar gin beat Rickman
a n d Bro wn, w ho moved up a n ot ch
when he go t around vet eran Schnitzer
late in th e fin al to ne t fifth a he a d of
Sch ni tzer , Tro y Rose, Jeff Hiatt, Josh
C u rrey , Steve Pruczi ns ki a nd Je rry
Sout hworth .
Double class winners for the eve ning
includ ed Jim Perry, winne r of the Vinta ge Twi n a nd Over 30 O pen A main
e ve n ts, and Su z u ki rid er Ni ck " Ho t
Shoe" Sellers. Perry's firs t of two wins
ca me a head of Ca lifornian Steve Hall
a nd fo rm er Exper t Brian McGonigal.
Perry then finalized his showing with a
Vin tag e Twin wi n ahead of AMA District 27 champion Gary Beach and Dick
Slusher. Sell er s' ru na way wi ns ca me
afte r h e sh o w ed h is re ar w heel to
Honda-mount ed And y Fay in both the
l'~
80cc A and DTX finals.
Castle Rock Race Park
Castle Rock; Washington
Results: August 28, 1998
50 J R: 1. EV4'ln Aronson; 2. J.D . Beac h; 3. Frankie
Ba nez .
50 MOD : 1. Ell io t Oquis t; 2. Eva n Aronson ; 3.
Fra n kie Boncz .
.
60 A: 1. Chri s Cclorie (Kaw) : 2. Brenton Schn itze'r
(Kaw): 3. Elliot Oq uis t (K..1 W).
80 A: 1. Nick Sellen; (5u z); 2. And y Fay (Ha n ); 3.
Amy Pru czin ski (Suz) .
80 DTX: 1. Ni ck Sellers (Suz): 2. Andy Fay (Hon): 3.
Kenneth H anson (Hen).
125 A : 1. Bra d Sm it h (Ya m ); 2. Delbe rt Po w ell
(Kaw ): 3. Amy Pru czi n ksi (Yam ).
250 A: 1. Jeff Rister (Ya m); 2. Scoo ter Vern on (ATK);
3. Dan iel Ad kins (Ho n).
OPEN A: 1. Ricky Wa nnbo (Rtx): 2. Scoo ter Vernon
(ATK); 3. Steve Hall (Ya m ).
VINT TW : 1. Jim Perry (Tri ); 2. Gay Beach (Tri); 3.
Eric Wei s~ I ,..r (Yam ).
30+: 1. Jim Perry (Tri); 2. Steve Ha ll (Ya m); 3. Bria n
McGo n igill (Hon) .
40+: I. Ma rk Stu debaker (l-ion): 2. Vince Ho lt (He n ):
3. Dick Slusher (N or).
600 PRD-SPT: 1. Bob Moran (Ya m ); 2. Kurt Hawk
(W-R); 3. Geo rge Pr indiville IRtx ): 4. Aa ron We ston
(Hon ): 5. Fran k Mar ke r (Hen ).
600 EX: 1. J.P. Simonsen (Rtx); 2. To by Jo rgensen