bitt sta yed close fo r a few mil es u n til losing the
e.
rear end in a tum a nd tagging a tr e
Thie le fini sh ed th e tw o-hour co n tes t w ith
ne arl y two minu te s to s p a re o ve r N es bi tt 's
Ans w er / Scott -ba ck ed Yamah a . Wi n d ma n n
came in another min ute an d 40 seconds back on
his Pro Dirt KTM 250.
Resul ts
·);
0 / A ; 1. Chris Thlclr (Ka .... 2. Chrilto J',;l"'Sbitt (Yam); 3. Mi ke
W indm.tnn (1-.'' 0.0 ; 4 . kif l..'PP" ( !Cnf); 5. D.1n 8U~.Ulj (Ya m l.
AA : 1. C hm Nt.~biu fYo!Im l; 2. Mike Wi ndmo!lnn (KTM) ; 3.
Brock Bu.se nbark (Y.ant); 4. Ta nner En~l.Uld (Ya m); 5. Kevi n Bort~
Will th~ l!iestigioUs
~998 AMA':California
..Stalt Champioll
..
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•
i (Y. m ); 3 . Bran " l
don V.,u~hn tKitw ); 4. Ryan WUt'bb lt'an~ (Ya m) ; S. D.I~'id Dill ing .
h.lm(Y.lm l.
2.<;0 C; J. Tim GiI",n n (lIun); 2. Orya n Rvy (Kaw ); 3. Bron ce
~m ith
!It at~
California
State
CHAMPION
J lJ9a
Qualifying Races
5.
for t he AMA California State
Motocross Cham pionship
(Hom
VET: l. Dw.,y n~ Miinch (I-Iu n ); 2. Ric" :\l ,IIl,'!'«.m (Ya m ); 3.
Keo Simi,"" O' ilml ; 4 Ion Sim ons lY.l m ); 5. Tom Eid am (Suz )
g
SR: l. Hil. ..,ld IV, m ); 2. Br.ld B.1milt (V,lm ); .1. Keith Kibu rt
1
1
(Y.lm ); 4 , Wlll l<1m G uttcv (V.l m ); 5. hm m v lone- tKilw) .
S/SR: I. Eric lIoll~ '1l (H, ln ); 2. Rk~ Whdm't' IHu" l; 3. Fr.mk
1...c1v,111 O'.-unl; 4 Ton y Sch l.ldt'f (1-1 11); 5. Rick Ca rpe n ter IKTM ).
0
j R: J. Rubert 0Iln(".111 (Volm ); 1 . jl'n.'m y W i"l.·(·u r (K.1W); 3.
Zld. M.lbt'ry (f Ion ); 4. Jolmt.'!'51
"",n (Vilm ); 5. Stew A I.l;'Th ( K.i w ).
TR : I. judy Smilh (SU.l ); 2. Jd f Rln' (Y,m l) ; 3 . Todd H('('ht
C on); 4. ~hkt, C...rnson n ·.l m ); 5. Jo hn t'l,;c.ll ( Ka w I.
H
c.
Kernville. Ba kersfield
JU NE 6 & 7 , 1998
. Central Qualifier
HangUJwn Raceway
M ay 15 & 16, 1998
Thiele dusts Diamond HS
Gle n Helen Racew ay
May 8 & 9 , 1998
By Frank Le lvan
DIAMOND, MO AUG. 30
,
Kawasaki Tea m Green rider C hris Thiele continued his ho t streak by cla imi ng th e ove rall vict orv a t rou nd 12 of the Missouri Ha re Scra mbles
C ha m p io ns h ip . Th e win was Thiele's fourth o f
the sea son , as well as h is fou rth in the las t five
ev en ts.
A ve rv d u st v a nd rock v trail - wi th s ome
very tight sing le-track as ~cll as o pen grasstr a ck se ctions - w as w ha t the 135 r iders w h o
wen' en tered had to deal with. Th e tr ail was a
re latively short 5,2 m iles and wo uld M't' the top
fou r riders complete ni ne laps, Lap tim es were
in the 13- to 14-m ~' range for th e fast gu ys,
and lapped rid ers wou ld also prove to be ~1 ch allenge ,
Thiele took the a ll-important holeshot at the
s tart of the AA wave, with ro u n d - I n winrter "
C h ri s Nes bi tt a nd series poi nts lea d er M ik e
Wind ma nn in hu t p ursuit. N esbitt tr ied it co u ple
of pa ss a ttempts ea rly in the firs t lap, wanting to
see w ha t the fres h air was lik e, but eac h tim e
... Th iele was abl e to hold off th e adva nces.
Win d ma nn , who was competing on his yea r·
o ld p ractice bike s ince his ra ce machine w as
being p repa red for the ISDE in Austra lia later
th is y('ar , was joined by SCR Yama ha rider Steve
Leivan nea r th e en d of th e first lap . Leivan , like
Nesbitt, tried a few pa ss attempts b u t co u ld
make nothing stick in his bid to move a ro u nd
w indman n and go a fter the leaders.
Nesbitt too k a hard sp ill on a rocky up h ill
midway throu g h th e second lap and allowed
Wind mann a nd Lei van to move in to the second
a nd th ird positions. Nesbitt was very sore and a
bit da zed , an d it too k se ve ral minutes for him to
recover and re join the ran '.
Befor t' th e end o f lap tw o, Thi ele pulled. out
to a 20·sffllnd lea d over Windm ann 's KTM ,
wh ile Leivan was another seven ticks ba ck in
third . Tann er Eng land mo ved int o fourth w h ile
[ eff Lappe , who was lea d ing the A clas s, was in
fift h o ve ra ll. Fo r th e m o s t par t, no posit ion
changes a mo ng the fron t-r u n ne rs took place for
several la ps.
Ne~b i tt sh ook o ff tht?' pain from his crash to
s lice hi s way th ro ug h th e pack and take o ver
'
fourth with two laps to go. L.ppt..> an d Pro Cy cle
'
rid er Da le Rl.Ctor were in a dud for fifth right
up until the chl.-'Ckered flag flew.
W he n all was sa id and done , Thiele took the
w in un his Moo sc / Renthal /J &W Cycles-backed
KX250 with almost a m inu te to spa re on ru n ne ru p Wind ma nn. Th is was th e 10th top-th ret.> finish of the seaso n for Windman n in 12 even ts .
Wind ma nn fin ished ano ther m inute ;m d 20 seco nds in fr ont of th e W R400F of Lei van , w ho
slowed the last coup le of la ps while fighting off
the pain from his so re wr ists.
Results
0 / A : 1. Chri~ Th id l' (Kaw); 2. M i h · W indm,1nn (KTM); 3.
l..-ivan ( Ya m); ~. Chriti Nobitt (Yam ); 5. Jtf f l..1ppe(KTM).
Ak 1. .\1 ik(· W indm.lnn (KT MJ; 2, Stev e Leivan (Yam ); 3,
Chri~ Nt'Sbitl (Y.l m) ; 4, Tann l!r Eng land (Vam ); 5. Kt"Yin Borb
St.·....,.
(Suz).
A : I. j d f uPJ-"l' (KTMi; 2. D.1[l;' R.. C (H,m); 3. Kt...itl
" lnr
(Hon) ; 4. Mi ke Krugo.'t' (kIM ); 5. [AmniC MiltfW; (Hon).
AIIM
\.
l
(Hnn); 4. Kcrmu Turm-r (Suz); 5. David Von Hu lM ' lSuz) .
O P EN B: 1. Todd Kn i);hl (Ya m) ; 2. Tom r rt'n~l;' r (KTM ); 3 .
M.ltl (',,{fln.ln (KT M); 4. I... y 1'0 rlt.'11 (KT M); 5. M.ll1h( 'w Co mbs
m
(K M ).
i
,
4-~IR K IJ: 1. IIn.1I1 Rich.......... ,1l (Y. m ); 2. G lT\' Pilant (lion ); 3,
I.
1
Shawn T.l yh.r (VilIn ); 4. Jl)o,tph Ar mon (Hon):
'
K.llp h C"'r di n);
1
Boyl~
Gle n Hel en Racew ay
Se pt . 2 0 , 1 9 9 8 .
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