(Far Left) Malt Barber too k the overa ll win
in the 125cc Junio r (Division One) class at
Hollister Hills In California.
(Left) Bryan Hunt leads the way , although
Bruce Gates fliees into the top pos it ion in
the Vet A Class at Spr ing Creek in
Mill ville , Minnesota.
Results
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Vi nta ge Th ree. Keith Martin, racing Vinta ge
Three aboard his Triumph 750, grabbed a quick
holeshot. but Chris Fox on his fast Yamaha SR500 wa s in front at the end of the first lap. Martin repassed for the lead during lap tw o a nd it
wa s all Martin for th e res t of the race, and he
turned a low 1:25 in the proc~s.
Starting slow bu t moving u p, Keith Hert ell,
on his RD350, passed Fox on lap six and finished
more tha n 6.79 se conds behind Ma rtin 's Triumph. Fox rounded out the podium for Vintage
Three . On ly two machines were entered in Vintage Five. H o w e ve r, Doug Tr a y lor' s RZ3S0
developed en gine problems and he was out for
the res t of the da y. This allowed Bruce Jackson to
rid e his Ascot sao to the checkered flag all alon e.
Martin also took the Vintage Four win.
N ext up was Formula RD an d Formula 500.
As the green flag dropped, Chris Fox launched
off to an unchallenged victory, turning a fast lap
of 1:25.10. Michael Langley, aboard another SR500, wound u p second, mo re tha n 22 seconds
behind Fox. Youngster Blake Loehr, riding his
Ascot-powered "Thurnpenstein,' filled out the
podium for Form ula SOl The Formula RDs we re
left behi nd to crawl off the start - all three entries
apparently had mot or probl ems . As their first lap
was com plete, Richard Hill pulled int o th e" p its
wit h a bl o wn bottom end, a nd Keith H ertell
pulled in as w ell, wi th electrica l gremli ns . Thi s
lef t a si ng le a nemic-so u nd ing RD - pilo ted by
Jam es Gree n - on the track. Bar ely able to keep it
running, he mana ged to finis h the race int.:"1ct and
take the checke red flag for the win. He
TIell was
able to resume the race and salvage second place.
Results
VINT 2: 1. Link McIntire ITril.
VINT 3 : 1. Keith M.utin (Tri) ; Z. Keith Hertell (Yilm ); 3 . Chri.'i
Fall, (Ya m) ; 4. Midtad umjo;lt."y (Yam); 5. Russell Bau .... (Ya m) .
VINT 4: 1. Kt.'ith Martin (Yam); Z. Michael La ngley (y a m) ; 3.
Brott J4cbm (Han) ; 4. BI4k e Loehr (H onJ ; 5. RU"'leD Bauer (y ;tm).
VINT 5: 1. BI"lK'l'Jilcb on (Hun >.
vi m b : I. Ke ith Herlell (Suz); 2. David W ilson (S uz ); 3 .
v
Da nny Oo m ingut"z (Suz); 4. Sft.· e Findley lSuz); 5. Rand y Maint.~
(U o n l.
foRD: 1. jdm n Grren (Yam); 2. Keith HefteD (Yam).
F·5OO; 1. Chril rolO, (Y. m); 2. Midwd La ngky (Y.lm); 3. B1
,,!r.c
Lod u ilion) .
ClSSC L/ W ; 1. Jamn G.irdner (Hon ); 2 . Charln Slatm"n
U lan).
Blair. Through ou t the ra ce , th e pa ce wa s
thrilling and the racing close, wi th bar-banging
position sw ap ping and side-by -side ac tio n a ll
the way back to last pla ce.
Shank continued to race aggres sively , a nd
o nce he ca ug ht up to Mea gher, a very intense
battle for second ensued . Shank kept a t it and
after a full lap of mo tocross combat he overtook
Meag her. O ut fro nt, Andris o p e n ed up h is
Yamaha YZ400 a nd raced away unchalle nged,
clicking off the remaining laps flawlessly to take
the mote win. Shank wa s second, followed by
Meagher. Stapleton came on strong late in the
race to eventua lly grab fourth, with Loderrneier
ro unding out th e top fiv e, foll o w ed by Blair,
Windham and Cock.
Cook grabbed th e holeshot in the seco nd
mot o, with Andris, Meagher, Shank and Windham in tow, bu t Andris took ove r the lead in the
next co mer. By the end of the first lap, Meagher
and Shank had also passed Cook, dropping him
to fourt h, with Win dham rou nding out the top
five. Second -p laced Meag her stayed close to the
leader for several laps, but by mid race A ndris
had pulled away to bui ld a co mfortable lead.
Sha n k sha dowed Mea gher, lookin g for a way
past, wi th Cook and Wi ndham also right ther e
in the hunt. Suddenly Shank took a spill, and he
retired from the race.
With Sha nk out, Coo k mo ved u p to th ird
p lace, w it h Windha m in fo urth . M ean wh ile ,
Lodermeier w ~ mo vin g u p after a last- place
star t, an d in the closing laps Lodermeier passed
Blair an d Stapleton to ca pt ure fifth. The order
stayed the sa me for the final la p, with Andris
leading Meaghe r, Cook, Windham an d Lodermeier across the finish line .
Results
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50 (4-6): I. JOlOhu.a
( KTM); 2. Au stin Howell (KTM) ; 3.
(~); -I. Cody Llmbott (1..4'11\); 5. Tn."VOf Faul kntT
Srotty Cra"",,
( KTM).
50 (7-8); I. Eric r oth; 2. M ich olcl Curci (Letn); 3. Ty ler Y'lI'k
(1<1Ml.
60 (D-8) : 1. Du....i n E~ (KTht1 ; Z. Grq;:ory GnlU l.. ff (Ka w) ;
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3 . Dw.tin f"j~ (K.\w ); 4. Tyler York (KTM ); S. Cory Jacbon.
flO (q..l1): 1. C.l~ H iMOn (Kaw); f" M,," hew Spc110T (K.tw );
3. Corey Penni ngton (Kaw); 4. Bry.n Perry (K.J,w); 5. Zlch Holm
(Kaw) .
Andris perfect at
Hollister Hills Trans-Cal
By John Sliva
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HOLl.l5TER, CA, S
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Kelly Andris aced bo th 250cc Professional-dass
mo tos to win han d il y at the CMC Tr an s· Ca l
Nationa ls North ev ent at the famous Ho llister
Hills GP track. The Mo towest-promoted event
was we ll-a tte nd ...>d and , as always, th ~ seriL~' top
guns pu t on a grea t show in all classes of competition. The 30-year-o ld An d ris, originally from
Stockton, Ca lifornia, has ~n a p ro racer since
1986, but he has rarely bee n s ighted on' tioe
tracks of the United Sta tes .
Axo /Factory Effects- backed An d ris starte>d
his raCe 10 the to p of the podium by absco nd ing
wit h the holeshot in th e first 250cc Pr o moto,
a hea d of Tre vor M ea gh er , Dan iel Bla ir , j ak e
Win d ham , Ben Sha nk, Cliff Coo k, David Loder meier and Dennis Stap leton _The leaders all batt1e close togethe'T un til Windham too k a cos tly
>d
sp ill, dropping nu merous places .
As the leaders settled int o positi on , Sha nk
was co mi ng on s trong, t hrott li ng up be hind
Bla ir; after dici ng briefly, Shank stormed past
80 BEG: 1. Ak-x Ed w.u'd5on ( K.Jw ); 2. C~ HiR.'lun (5u.z.); 3.
Se"n H dmp ton (Su z) ; 4 . Joe Dewitt (Yam); 5. Rory Radovich
(!I on ).
!'IO (7- 11): I . Vincent Blair (Yam); 2. Eric MtCnunmrn (Ya m );
3. Dotnicl Sum {Su d; 4. A .J. P{"I'CZ (SUZ);S. Brya n Pmy (Ka w l.
80 (12-13): I. Nick DavUo (Yam); 2. Nic k J.urett O lon ); 3. Ely
N ye (y a m ); 4 . Cory McD.1nicl (Y"m); 5. Bn.1t Mol R;hcr; 3. Dal e LOOl'Tmtoitr; 4. Orn ni!l Stapldon. 5. Bt-n Sh.tnk.
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WMN; 1. Ht"1dl Ht."Rry(Su z); 2. TiRolHandt>li (Suz).
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25+ PRO: 1. Trt"V Me.lgher ; 5. J,~e Il o lqu m
(Yam).
30...PRO: Kelly Andris ; 2. Jdf Wero, ; 3. Jon Ne l--..
40+ AM ; 1. Doug Dennis (YoURl 2. Robert Fid~ IY" rn); 3. Joe'
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Lodermcicr (Ya m ); 4. Da v e Bri ll .ln t (Yam); 5. Kei th Corne t t.
(Bonl.
40 ... MSTR: 1. John Handdi n (Suz); 2. Pt-rry Shnman (KTM );
3. MichMi Gorda (Hon).
50+; I. Lee Cerke (K.1w ); 2. Nick u nS!iton C
Honl.
Gates on the gas at
Spring Creek
By George and Karen Hod ki nson
MILLVILLE, MN,SEPT. 7
Long time Min nesota speedster Bruce Ga tes w as
on th e gas a t Spring C reek, winnin g the Vet A
class by winni ng both mot os. He then too k second in the Ov er 25 A class to Cory Keeny , a nd
fin ished third in th e 2S0cc A cl a ss , be h ind
Keen ey and Brandon Backes on his RBP·ba cked
CR2S0. Gat es, thi s yea r's Na tional number 98,
w ill soo n be losing his to p-lOO number after nagging injuri es have kept him from being 100 percen t for part of th e yea r an d kept him o ff th e
nationa l cir cu it. Today it loo ked as tho ug h his
speed and his health are definitely back on track_
Abo ut 450 entries GlIDe ou t for the first ama teu r race at the track si nce the p ro race a few
weeks ago. A lo t of th e jumps re ta ined th eir
he ight for this race, which is pa rt of the Spring
Creek Super Series, with two ro unds left to go in
tha t series for 1998_
At the start of the first moto in the Vet A class,
it looked as thou g h Scott Steinle wo uld grab the
holeshot o n his big, Sinisa lo /Scott /CTI /
Dale's /LCR/Durelle Racing /GK Photo-backed
CRSOO_Gates held the gas open on his CR250 to
stea l the lead through turn o ne, with Steinle second, Jim Scott third and Bryan Hu nt fourth. After
the sand-wash section, however, Gates apparently went down, as Hu nt ernerge>d the leader, wi th
Stdnle, Scott, Bill Engstrom an d Dan l uloff following, in that order, and Ga tes emerging in sev·
enth place in the 13-rider field. By the end of. the
second la p, however, Gates .....as in th ird' nd
a
putting the pres sure o n Steinle in second, with
Hunt leading. Gat ..."S ma de the pass o n Steinle
early on lap thr ee and set his sig hts on the·leader .
By the end of the third lap, Gates and Steinle had
displaced Hunt for the top two spots; the trio was
we ll ahead of the res t of the pac l:- Ga tes, Steinle
and Hunt finis h...orl in tha t order in the malo, with
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luloff fourth an d Scott fifth.
Moto two saw Steinle out front off the sta rt,
usin g his big-bore advantage o n Millville' s lon g
sta rt straig ht, wi th Engstrom , Hunt an d the res t
of the field trailin g. Ga tes move>d his way to the
front of the pack afte r the sa nd wh oops. After
tw o laps, Ga tes was in co ntrol of t he lead and
Steinle was in second, but he had a loose ha nd lebar, whi ch slo wed him down and dropped him
back to 10th at malo's end . That meant good luck
fo r Scott: He inherited second plac e, which he
wou ld carry to th e finish lin e, be hind Ga tes .
Third in the mot o w as Hunt, follo wed by Bem loehr in fourth; Don Bonni ckso n wo uld take fifth.
M ICR O Ml:-':I H.f»: I. Cot ... 5eilton; Z. 5penccor Benbon; 3. Jeff
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Nol&d; 4. Andrew D>bld; 5. Elilot K. "tn,,. .
M ICRO M I:-.J1 (7-8) : 1. John Hei n lein III; 2. Chad Schmidt; :\
M·f!'.
Bridn Ru bin; 4. Ky l.... Ohl.md ; 5. And n: w rL'("
M IC RO MIl\'1 P/ W 0 -1 : I. Ni c h o las Br a c h t! ; 2. Eri c
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Gmsht.·J1o; J. 0...'"" M.u q Ut1 t; 4. Nichol.....SiR;i..t ; ~ . Lt~m Marvin,
M ICR O MI;..;I N W D-2; I. Ni c hol a!'l J".,;...ebi rr: 2. A man da
Schin:r.el ; 3. AJolm B. low ; 4. Cndy Yul e; 5. Dyl.tn l.an;on.
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Pj W; 1. Bruce Deh n; 2. k ...it" Gt...kt·v; 3. Jo hn Hein lrin 11I-1
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[ame Lorr; 5. Ryan Dun gey.
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M INI J R (7- 11): I. Ko d v Schdn lz t' n ; 2. JaMln Jo h n sun; 3.
A ntho ny Ju dnick; 4. J,~"c Go..tLt-y; 5. ILm d y H.Ul.'iOn.
M Ir-:1 IR (H · B); I. Jl, hn o.·hn ; Z. Adam Dall y : 3. It....h Rul ·
biccku 4. T yler Ne ~.; 5. JIlR P.1UI.
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MI NI SR (14·15 ):" . Jim r.l ul ; 2. Kyle Schantzcn : 3. Trn\'i$'
r amow ; 4. Dan n y Arc.md; 5. J.ICI..Lorr .
O PEN M IN I ( 1{~ 1 51 : 1. JI.hn O"'hn ; 2. Jack u,rr; 3 . Jim Paul; 4.
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Kyle Schan tzc n: 5. Josh ]{nlbi e"Cki.
YTH : 1. J.ut.·d Lt' w ill; 2. M.tU Ju d n i...- k; 3. josh C arlso n : 4.
Na than Brou ~hltm; 5. CI..iyIO!l G u lso n .
16-2 4 A : 1. M ike Luoma: 2. Ryan MI'lI;aw ; 3. Rob by Kenddll; 4
Rya n Brou ~hton ; 5. I.l mey C rosSt.'r .
1ft.24 B; I. Zach Derry : 2. Tim Ze b ra ; 3. Derek Hjclmen; 4.
Rick Zt.-bro; 5. Du s tin Axthan .
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16-24 C; 1. And y A.l ll lwrvit·m ; 2. Rya n Pt·leT; 3. [esse reltier;
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4. And y Wht..-rley ; 5. Tony Robertson.
25+ A : 1. Cnry Kwno. 2. Bru ce Ga t,'ti; 3. C ra ig 5chWllrz; 4.
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Bryan Hun t; 5. Jim Scott.
2S+ 8 : 1. Bern Scl,~k i; 2. Jd f N e tz"r; 3. JOM
"Ph Patzoldt; 4.
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Doug Bohn; 5. Rol Sch lt. ;d.
2S+ C: 1. Mik e Wt.-ilt.'f; Z. .:">Il1rman Mi,-.on ; 3. Kt:vi n SchIq;d;
4. Bryan Han:lOf\; 5. Do n ~l..l1vich .
VET A: I. Bru ce Galt.~; 2. Bry.ln H u nt; 3. Jim Scott; 4. Tim
BernIochr; 5. Scott Stl'inlc.
VET B; 1. Jef f Ndz t.f; 2. Bern Sd\."!tlti 3. Tim Wa h lbe rg; ...
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Tom r ....crson; 5. Rand y Satgl"f .
VET C : I . Mike weuce Z. Kt."Vin Schlt.-gd; 3. Boyd Pt"tcr..on; 4.
No rma n Mit. k'!t; S. Lon ny Bro wn.
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SR 40+ A : 1. Jl1hn Ma m n; Z. Jotd. I'atn1I,"du; 3. R.lnd y Notgd;
Roger Schellhamlhd'; 5. DaY(" Ht. nCir.
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SR 4O-t- 8: 1. H arold C.ouch; 2. Brian Byrne; 3. Robt.-rtSeLt.oski,;
4. Brian Cole; 5. Ra nger Crofton .
SR 40 + C ; 1. ~ ik e Qum n; 2. Mark Ig oe-; 3. G u y Groth ; 4 .
~h B..1\tfield. 5. Rand y Dryden.
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4. Jerry Schauer; 5. JimDeneva n.
WM:N ; 1. S,lmanlha Hogy.
125 A : 1. C ory Keeeey: Z. Br.lndon Bacln; 3. Lee 'Tht- s; 4.
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Ryan Mcg.Jw; 5. Mike Luoma .
125 B: 1. Tim Zcbro; Z. Scott JU.."!!Chk.c; 3. J.lmie F. hrendholz; 4.
Nathan Broug hlo n; 5. Rrl Zcbro.
125 C : 1. Jared lewis; 2. MiI« Ju dnick ; 3. Andy Wherley; 4.
And y f- d"Cht.'Rricm; 5. Ikon joh nson .
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Lee Tht."i!l; 5. Mike Luoma .
250 8; 1. Zach Derry; 2. ILl y Schlt."gel ; 3. Richard BUJ'rui; 4.
Dou g Bohn; 5. Dw ij:; t M .lAAilrd.
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250 C: 1. Bryan Hiln.... 2. Ja :lOn Joh R.'lOn; 3. Tim Mi tchell; 4.
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lulu: Rou th ; 5. Joshu" lorenz.
Currie tames Gatorback
By Kyle Myer s
GAINESVIllE, Fl. SEPT. 20
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Gatorbac k Cyde Park p layed host to roun d one
of th e Unli m ited Spo r ts 16th an nual Florida
State Mo tocross Cha mpionship Go ld Cup Series .
jus t over 400 riders from eig h t sta tes attend ed
the o pe ni ng ro und to co m pe te fo r Kawasak i,
Suzuki and Yamaha co nti nge ncies. Mo to XXXbacke"d Paul Currie topped the 12Sec Pro dass
o n this fine d ay of racing, u sing a 2-1 ta lly to
take home the lion 's share of the purse.
In the first 125cc Pro mot a, Ron nie Renner
led the field into tum o ne, with Currie, Marcus
Ped rero, Tyson Hadsell and J.B. Ball ard follo w ing. Renner mad e good use of his ho les hot an d
qu ickly opened a three-second lead over Currie. C urrie cloSl.>d the gap on Renner over the
next few laps, a nd Balla rd fell , moving Mike
Stevenson into fifth . With two laps to go, Currie was gl ued to Ren ner's rear fender and look ing for away to pass. Renner hel d off Cu rr ie's
attack to sco re th e slim mota win . C u r rie,
Pedrero, Hadsell a nd Stevenson rounded o u t
the to p five _
Renn er aga in fou nd himself o ut fro nt at the
sta rt of race two, with C urrie giving chase. Ballar d, Hadsell and Pedrero brought up the chase
group. Currie ho unded Renner for th ree circuits
and then dived underneath Renner in the a lligator-pit tu rn before the up hill finish.
As the two fron t-runners exited the tum an d
raced. up the hill, C urrie drifted over on Renner
to mo ve in to the lea d . Currie led the next two
laps to take the mot o an d the overa ll wi n; Renner, Ballard, Hadsell a nd p...>drero rounded out
the top five places.
Jason Thom as traded in his KX for a YZ and
p osted a 1-1 mot o sweep to wi n the 250cc Pro
d ass. Jaso n Fink led the JO-rider fie ld for the
first four laps , until Th omas made his way by
Kenny Yoho and Fink on lap five to sco re the
wi n . At the flag, Th o mas picked u p the mo to
win over Fink , Yoho and Ricky Hampshire.
Thomas picked up where he left off in moto
o ne as he co ntro lled the race to ta ke the win, but
