(Above) Jeff Northrop was the winner of
th e 125 and 250cc Pro classes at the
Tr ans-Cal Nation als, held at Silver State
Raceway in Carson City, Nevada.
(Left) Up to th is po int, Jam ie Hanshaw
(shown here at the Grattan Racewa y In
Belding, Michigan) is the championship
po in ts leader in the GLRRA ser ies.
Denning duels Hanshaw at
Grattan Road Race
EX L/W S/ TW : 1. Dave Kl1ilPP (Ra ); 2. Stev e Potter (Due); 3.
Jo hn Fenner (Htm) ; 4, Mik e De kke r (Hem); S. Gre gg Fo
ster (Due) .
AM L/ W S / TW: 1. TelTYCro-s (Hnn); 2. Bill Sca n ne ll ()-Iu n);
3. C h ri s Bunk er (H clfl l; 4. Ca r! W .llz !'r (H u n ); 5. Jo hn Alguirl'
By Debb ie Parinello
Photo by Lee Rigozzi
AM H /W S/ RK: 1. Dav e Na ysm ith (H o m : 2. Sco tt y va n
$c oil.. (Suz); 3. Chri.1 Bloch (Ho n) ; 4. MolU Dru cke r (Hun); 5. Kevin
'
Mu rr a v (H un) .
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EX GTP : I. J.lmit· Hansh aw (Ya m l; 2. D.Wt, Kn;lpP (Rt,,); 3.
K,:vin Lehm an (Y.lm ); 4. Steve Pott er (Dud; 5. Scu tt Bro w n (Yam ).
A M GTP : I . T''11)' Cr~(t- l tJn'; 2. C ar l watz cr I Ho n l; 3 . C hri s
Wo lter (t lnn ); 4 . Jo hn A lguirl' (t l"n); 5. Scott Huld t'n (Hu n) .
AM GTa: 1. Tom ]t-n!>oll(Suz ); 2. Er ic Tw iAA(Hu n ); 3. C ha rVau ghn (Jl on ); 4. Aaron RillingL (t lon ); 5. Da ve Drd ter H lu n l.
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EX SI"TSMN : 1. jo hn FL flt'r ( H lln ~; 2, DolV(' Mo n lDud; 3.
'J1
o
lim Comn c tHo n); 4. Br,ld Marrin (Hon); 5. Sco tt Brow n (Suz] .
AM SP'TSMN : 1. MikL' Merrill (Hn n); 2. Tt'ITY McGrdth (Hnn l;
t
3. la mt'l\ Cott rel l (l Ion); (Ho n); 2. C h ris Wo ller lHnn ); 3.
John Algu ire (Hon): 4. M- c Wald m ol n tJ lon ): 5. Ch r is Bun k('t
ik
n
B
ELDING, ML AUG.29-30
Larry De n n ing a n d Ja m ie H a nsha w w ent
against eac h o ther seve n tim es du rin g the eig ht h
ro u n d of th e G LRRA se ries, and tw o d ay s o f
almos t per fect wea ther a t Grattan saw these two
men vyi ng for the num ber-on e pla te. Hansh aw
had onl y a -m-potnt lead over the reigning king
o f sp eed, " Lig h ting La rry," a nd bo th set thei r
sigh ts on gett ing more points before th e final
rou nd .
The Expe rt Mid d leweigh t GP was the first of
the s trin g of the assaults which took place ov er
the next two days.
" Den ning u sua ll y gets a good ho les hot ,"
H an sh aw sa id . "I can outbra ke him in the first
tur n. But I couldn't this tim e."
Dennin g took the first la p, w ith H a ns ha w
drafti ng. On lap three, Hanshaw wa s showing
Den ning a w heel in turn one but was u nable to
ge t the job do ne. At this po int Denni ng tu rned
up the hea t. Den ning was aski ng his 4&6-sponso red KawaS<1ki for more and he go t it, getting a
four-bike-Iength lea d on Han shaw. This was no t
enough to keep the Dega-backed SU7;uki rid er
from makin g u p the lost gro u nd in the next lap .
Denn ing was ab le to kt.'ep the lead , down to the
wi re . (The thir d-place rider was 3000 fc"t beh ind
the king , an d Joe Temperato crossed the line o n
his Ducati.)
Thi s scena rio was rep eat ed as Denning, in
true cham pion sty le, was able to best Han sha w
fiv e of t he se ve n ti mes th ey ra ce d. Ha nsh a w
took secon d by less then 10 feet each time, and
he too k first twice. In the Ligh tweight class,
Hanshaw ha s been running a very fast FZR400 '
to collect po in ts all yea r. It went up for sale this
round.
"I don ' t nt.-ro to win any ra~s nex t round,"
dec lared Han sh aw. When as ked abo u t his goa ls
for next yea r, he replied, " I want to concen tra te
on m y hOO next year. I'm go ing to contin ue to be
a sa fe rid er, w hich helped me secure the champion shi p this yea r. I do n' t want to ge t hurt. J like
to race ag a ins t Denn in g because he is smoo th
and safe."
Mike Rop wo n hi s firs t Middleweight race
this round . Rop ha d w on a co u p le of Lightwei ght races two years ago. Rop's w in was in
th e Am a teur GTU , in w h ich he is r unnin g a
Honda.
"I'm in abo ut' th ird place for the year rig ht
now , an d whoever is behind me is knocki ng at
my doo r," Rop said. "I wen t out to a CCS race
las t week. I can w ho o p them pretty good, an d
that gives me the con fidence to co me out her e
and run a little qu icke r."
Results
28
S. lu rd ollY
EX M /W G P : 1. La rry [knnin g t Ka w ); 2. Ja m ie H an sh a w
(Suz) ; 3. Joe.'Tempt·ra lD (Due); 4. Jamie W orthin~lon (A p r); 5. Scolty Van Sco ik (Su z ).
AM M /W G r ; 1. I\tLttl Amt's (Suz ); 2. Cha rlie Vaughn (Hun);
3. Eri c Twi~ g t H o n ); 4. Mi ke Bt'cke r (Ho n) ; 5. Aaron Risin gt·r
(f-Itm) .
ury Ot-'nning tKaw ); 3.
EX GTO: I . Jami ... t-1 a nsha w (SU.7. ); 2. Lo
Sll'Vt' SIl'in m.ln (Ho n); 4. D:'IVl'N ays m it h (H('In) ; 5. joe Temper.llt.
(Du d .
(H onj .
lie
. (I-inn ).
EX LjW G P: 1. Ja mi t' Ha nsha w (Ya m ); 2. Kevin Le hma n
(Ya m I; 3. 5 t.. ve Pot te r (D u e l; 4. G fl'g~ Pos ter (Dud ; S. M ik.·
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Dekke r H lnn).
EX GTU : I. j.1mit' Han sha w (Suz ); 2. L arry D1."fln in~ (K.1W) 3.
;
JUl' Temperato (Dud; 4. Kevin Lehm a n (Hu nl; 5. Sco tty Va n Sco ik
(Suz )
S Utld.:ay
EX M /W S / BK: 1. Larry Den ning (!e (Ho n ); S. Kev in
h
Murr ay tHo n).
EX L/W S / BK: I. Jam it' I-Iol n :o;h.lw (Ya m ); 2. Kev in Lch m.ln
(Yam ); 3. Seo tt Brown (Ya m); 4. Mikl' Dt.' kkt.·r (Hon); 5 , Slt.'w I'ot ler (Du cl.
AM L/W S / BK: 1. Tt.'rty Cros ll (Ht' n); 2. Ch ris Wo ltt'f"(Hu n) ;
3. Mik e Wa ld m a nn (Ho n ); 4 . John Al~if"l' (H on); 5. Bill Sca nne ll
(..Io n ).
A M M ICHIGA N GP LEG 1: 1. To m Jl' n"o n tSuL ); 2. Md lt
A mt'!>(So2 ); 3. Ch,l rlit' Vau ghn {Hu n); 4 Mikt.' Rop (Hun); 5. Eric
Twi AA(Ho n ).
AM MICHlG AN G r LEG 2: I. Tom Jenson ($ uz l; 2. MolU
Aml'S (Suz); 3. C harlil" Va u /o';h n (H o n ); 4. Er ic"Twig /o'; (Hn n ); 5 .
Mik", Rop '(Hon).
EX M ICHI GA N GP LEG 1: 1. laITy Dlmnin/o'; (Ka w); 2. jam il'
Ii .l ns haw (Suz); 3. Jot' Tl'fTlperato (Dud; 4. )df VOll (H~n ); 5. 50..1·
ty Va n St. O (5 02 ).
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EX M ICH1GAN G P LEG 2: I. L lrry Denning (iYIw); 2. jamie
I-I ns ho w (Suzl; 3. Jeff Vos (H on ); 4. Kt'vin Lt.·hm.ln (H im); 5. Sn,ta
l
ty Va n Sco ik (Suz) .
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AM H /W S/ SrT: 1. Tom JCl1!1oon (Suz ); 2. M"tt A mt.S (Suz) ; 3.
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Eric T wi AA(H on); 4. Charlit>Vdu ~hll (li o n); 5. Mike Rtlp (Hlln)
EX M /W S /Sf'T: 1. Larry D" nning (K. W); 2. j.l mie H.ln.'lholW
1
(Su z ); 3. Kevin Lt' hm a n (Hun); 4. Sco tty V.ln Scui k (Su z); 5. JOt'
Tl'mpt.'f"aIU (Hon).
EX H /W S/TIV: I. C h ris HInch (Hun); 2. Kl'n Hsu (Ya rn); 3.
Gr egg Fostef (Due); 4. Bob Dt. ;.1(H tml ; 5. Ala n Zi lo ws ki (Ho n).
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AM H /W S/TW : 1. Tl'rr y C r o1'i s (H o n ); 2. Chris Hunker
(I-Ion) ; 3. Scot t Holdt·n (H o n ); 4. Ca r l Walzer (Hun) ; 5. JOt" Kra ft
(Hun).
AM M /W S / BK: 1. MitH Ames (Su z ); 2. C h a rli e Yolug h n
(Hun ); 3. Eric Tw igg (Ho n); 4. Mikt" Rnp (Hon); S. AMon RL
'lingcr
(Hon).
EX H /W S/RK: 1. Dav " Naysmi th (li nn ); 2. Sro tty Van Scoik
(5uz) ; 3. C hri s Bloch (J-I
o'n); 4. M.ltt Drut:k er (H on ); 5. Kev in Murra y (Ho n).
A M M /W S /SPT ; 1 . Moltt A me :o; tSuz); 2. C h ,u lit.· V.l tl ~ h n
(H on ); 3. Er ic Twigg tHu n ); 4. A ol n Risin g" r (Hun ); 5. N a than
w
Fl1g,ltty n -Ion ).
Northrop takes two at
Silver State MX
By Joan Tiearney
CARSON CIn' , NV, AUG. 30
More than 300 ride rs turned up for the seco nd
CMC No rt h roun d of the Trans-Cal Na tio na ls,
held at Silvt.'r Sta te It .1Ceway. With tem peraturt.'
s
toppin g the lOO-degree mark , ri ders fu r ther
heat ed up the track w ith stro ng competition and
fast la p times. Team Green's Axo / FM F/ Tho rbacked Jef f Nor thro p p roved to be the fastest,
wi nning the 125cc Pro and 250cc Pro classes.
fi rs t
125cc
Pr o
m o to
saw
T he
O'Nea l/ FMF /Scott / M ichae l's Cycle of Ren oba cked Yama ha rider Ju stin Tiearney grab the
holcsh o t. No r thro p, Kody Killam, Da niel Blair
and Augg ie Rodri gu ez round ed ou t the top five.
Tiearn ey was o n the gas as N or throp hel d second. The tw o turned u p the pace and vir tua lly
left the pac k behin d . Ou t fron t, Tiea rney kept a
slightly comfo rtable lead in the st raights, bu t
No rthrop never let up an d ga ined mo men tu m
after the ha lfway flag came ou t. On lap seven,
Northro p was reeling in Tiear ncy . The two pu t
on a grea t race, swapping the lead posi tion in the
whoop sec tio n a nd in several tu rns . Northrop
was patient an d out jurnped Tiearney on the back
tab letop to regain the lead w ith the w hite flag in
sight. Kaw asaki rider Killam and Blair were mi xing it up for the thir d pos ition as Jake Windham
mad e the pass on Rodriguez to take ov er fifth .
N o r thro p was in co n tro l with a lap to go as
Tieam ey gavt.'evt.'ry effort through the tigh t MOCtion of the track. Nor throp took the checkers and
Tiearney settled for seco nd . Thi rd place wou ld
go to Killam, followed by Blair an d Win d ham.
Laps were cut for Pro 12Scc mot o n u mber
two and no on e com p lained, as the hottest pa rt
of the da y was tak ing its toll. No rthrop gra bbt.>d
the ho les ho t and was followed by Rodrigu ez,
ne'w pro Dus tin Miller , a nd Tit.' rney an d Blair.
a
Northrop took a c<,mma nding lea d , a nd Tiearnt.'y would havt.' to plai ca tch-u p in ord er to w in
the overa ll. TIle blistering pace was set as' Tiearney made the pa ss on two rid ers in the first lap.
It was Tieamey chas ing No rt hro p, w ho wa s rid . ing a fla w less race. Blair cras he d hard la ter in
the moto a nd was attend ed to by the emerge ncy
cre ws. As rid er s ca u tious ly pa sst.'d, the ra ce
heat ed up betw een the lead ers. No rthrop con tin·
u ed to hold hi s lead w hil e Ti earney tried to
ca tch th e g reen machine. Th e w hite fla g was
now out, and Northrop had to put in one more
hard la p . Tie nrney co u ld not mu st er e noug h
po wer, and Nor throp sailed throu gh the finish .
lin e wit h a 1-1 for the day. Tiearney went 2-2,
w hilt.' Killam would captu re third overall a nd
Rodriguez fou rth overall. Fifth overall we nt to
Blair , w ho w as shaken up bu t okay.
Th e 250cc Pro s op ted for a lO-lap, wi nne rtake-all mot o bt..-'Cause of the heat and the lim itt'd
time left for the re mai ning sched uled mot os. The
gate d roppt'd , and w hen the du st cloud settled
fTOm the firsHu rn mayhem , it could be Sl"Cn that
the ho leshot bdonged to Dani el Blai r. Loca l
rid e r Ke nn y Las h , No rth rop , T ie ar n e y and
Yama ha pilot Danny Paladino w~re the top five
in the freigh t train. Blai r was blazi ng, obv iously
fine after h is 125cc- mo to crash . T h e
Axo /Michaels / Pro Circuit-bac ked Kenny Las h
wa s on a mission and soo n passed Blair on lap
two. Lodermeier wo uld pull off the track af ter
o ne lap w it h bi ke problems. Nort h ro p sifted
through the pack and movt.>d past Blair , a nd so
di d Tieamey. PalJd ino and Blair ran fourth and
fifth, w hile Stap leto n and Shan k battled for position . Lash was out front , rid in g his best race of
th e seaso n w it h a co m fo r ta b le le a d ove r
Northrop. Local fans we rt.'chee ri ng as Lash wa s
eventually stalked by No r thro p, who had plan s
of hi s own . Pal a d ino moved in to th ird and
Tiea rn ey drop ped to four th. The heat was taking
its toll on the riders by mid po int , on an d off the
track. Windham pulled off the track with a possible w ris t inju ry , narrowi ng th e field do wn to
seven. On la p seven, No rthrop mad e the move
on Lash to take the lead . With four laps to go,
the riders se ttled into thei r positions: La sh wa s
in seco nd, Paladino in third, Tiear ne y in fourth
and Bla ir in fifth. Northrop was no w in co mma nd and pullin g out a siz able lead from th e
rest of the pack. Tlea rney, the favored local, was
feeling the effects of the heat and too littl e sleep
after w inni ng six motes wh ile raci ng the nigh t
befor e, an d he a ppea red con te nt in fourth . By
the w hi te-flag la p, the field had not cha nge d and
t h e w in a p pea re d to be No rt hro p's. Las h
remain ed in secon d an d wo u ld be com me nded
for a g rea t race. No rthrop took the checker ed ,
follow ed by L1Sh, Palad ino, Tiearney a nd Blair.
Jon athan Sh imp do mina ted the 125 Interm ed iat e cla ss, w it h jerem ia h Is ra el finis hing seco nd . Na tha n Tieam ey topped the 125cc School bo y class, a hea d of Jesse O lso n , and " Fl yi n' "
Ryan Morai s won the BOec (14· 16) class. Sean
Reath won th e 125cc Jun io r final, w ith Ste ve
Mart ens corning seco nd .
Results
50 (4-61 1. Au stm l-Itlwl'1I 1KT\.1); 2. Scotty C raven (Lem): J.
Kt'ith Ada ms (Ac t); 4. Tyler Kowa lsk i (KT M); S. 1ON.'ph Pascan-lla
(KT MI.
50 (7· 81: 1. T vl..r York (KTM) ; 2. La r rv AZCV-'l.I" (Lem j: 3.
L
Michat'i Curci (L,>~): 4. Dvlan Nev (KT M ); 5:J .I. Bro wn (laM).
60 ((l.R): 1. Du st in F ;lill~h s IK TM ); 2. Kurtis B. ilt'y (KTM); 3.
l
Jos h nory (KT M); " Tvh-r York IK,lW ); 5. Larry AZt. tln nO (~-1 1): I. R\·.l T> f er ris 1)(. 1' 2. Brvar Pcrrv IK.lWl; 3. C.1St'¥
1 '');
Htu-on tK.lw); 4. fi.:llU Wil'l~a nd (K.1W); 5: Crl'g F;.u,,", (KflW)
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M (7· 111: 1. Vinn.·n l B1 (Ya m); 2. Pa blo Qu inla nillol (Kaw );
il
dir
3. Eric McC rumm l'n (Y,l m); 4. Da n iel 5.m i (Suz); 5. Bryar Perry
( K ,H< ).
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KO 02- 1.J): 1. Nic k [arret (Hu n); 2. N ick D,lVi ~ tYa m ); 3. Eric
Ny e (Yam); 4, Brett Ma rkari.ln (Ya m ); 5. Cu ry McDimit'l (Y.l m) .
!'Il (14-11» : 1. Rya n M"ra is tYa m) ; 2. David 13..." th (Hn n); 3.
l
Walt McCrumme n (Yrgiu Poncl" D l' Lt.· n (y.lm); 2. jt'd rupt.·
u
(Ya m); 3. Bobby Me yt'r (Ya m); 4. Ma ti M.l hna (H o n) ; 5. A ndy
McG riff (Yam )
125 INT: 1. Ju n,lt hiln Shim p (y .,m) ; 2. Jt·rt'mi.lh!sr .lc1 (Y.lm);
3. Mike Mason (SU.7. ); 4. Cuig Tru jillo (Kaw ); 5. Freddit' Wt"ichel'!l
(Hun ).
. 125 SC HBY: 1, N Ol th., n Tit.-am,"y (Suz ); 2. JL i'<4" O lson (Y.lm);
"!i
3. Mikt" A nd l!rso n (Ya m ); 4 ~ Fre d d ie Wt'i c hc r.! (}Ion ); 5. Stevt'
Ml'r tt' ns (Suz ).
125 PRO: I. Jd f Nor t hro p (K.lw ); 2. Jus tin Ti...1fnt.Y (Y,lm ); 3.
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C od v Killam (K.1W); 4. AUl-isie Rodriguez (Y.l ml ; 5. Dan id Blair
(H,,;I).
25n BEG : 1. Sle v,· Stolmt.·y (l<.Jw ); 2. Co ry Mo rris (Ylu n ); 3.
Ad.lm ''''nscl (lio n) ; 4. Sh .l ne Tul osk o (H o n) ; 5. Andre Ricco
(Ka w ).
2~ JR: 1. Sa m Stlw
C raig Tru~llo (Ka w ); 4. Jdf Bald w in (Suz ); 5. C('ry Muroll~ (Y. nt) .
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250 PRO : 1. Jt'ff Nort h rop t K.1W); 2. Kenn y l...lsh (K. W); 3.
1
Danny r a l.l d ino (Yam l; 4. Ju stin Ticarnry (Yilm ); 5. D.mid Blair
(Hon )..
UTH AM : 1. Richard Quinonl'S (Suz ); 2. Kl'1l Sm itl1 \ Hon); 3.
8i ll Smvrnin ris CHu n); 4. Juhn Mulina (Kaw); 5. D.l n C", llit·tt fKaw l.
uTH !tMo'TR: 1. Jim H olley (Yitm ); 2. Bumdon Jon t.!! (Yam ); 3.
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~-l.1r1i n Klo!i. nl'f (Ya m ); 4. Btlb Sh imp (Ya m); 5. Rllbt. fl H.m".·n
s
·
(Su z ). .
YET BEG : 1. Roll.lnd Wl'mo1ck(Y.l m ).
VET JR: 1. C hris Po rcel lo (Y.lm ); 2. G n.'g \ 1a hu" (Yam); 3. Dan
D,·f\1
IU.U (Hu n ); 4. 5('(111Ch urcht'y (H on ); 5. Rick C,'fVa ntt"!i(K,l W).
VE:"T 1l\'T: 1. Rich ard Qllinunes (So2); 2. Ken McKcnz il' (Ydm) ;
3. G rt.· Ki n~
