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that I was clos e to Jimmy on the fir st loop," Griffith said , "bu t I heard someone else was close, so I was surprised to hear I won ." Second ov erall w ent to Kawasakimounted Phil Stevens with a score of 13. Bryan Penney rode his KX250 to third ov erall with a 14. KX-mounted Keith Larson and For est Tobin, on his KTM, l~ took fourt h and fifth, respectively. Beaver Creek Enduro Gunnison , Colorado Results: September 13,1998 (Round 12 of 13) O/A: Eric Griffit h (Kaw). O/A A: Phi l Steve ns (Kaw). Q /A 8: Rover Ped erson (Ho n). O /A C: Ben jensma (Y.1m). AA: 1. Bryan Penn ey (Ka w), 2. Fores t Tobin (KTM); 3. Scott Bright (Kaw): 4. Bruce Field (He n): 5. Casey Co lbe rt (Yam). 200 A: 1. Alex Dicharry (He n): 2. Lee Cooper (Kaw): 3. Lan ce Bross (Ya m ); 4. Kei th Kro h n (Ya m); 5. Mik e M ontero (K ,lW). 25 0 A: 1. Ke ith La rson (Ka w ); 2. Mark Ste ve ns (Ka w): 3. [e ff Hernan dez (KTM); 4. No rm a n Nic ho las (KTM); 5. Don ny Murray (Yam). 4-STRK A: 1. Jim Pear son (Hen ): 2. Ryan Brown (Hen): 3. David Pearson (Hon): 4. Kenn y Per kins (Yam); 5. Jim Wey IKa w ). o rEN A: 1. Billy Burgen e r (KTM); 2. Ryan O 'Neil (KTM). . SR A: I. Erich Essw ein {KTM}; 2. Alex Reid (.... .M); , 3. Scott Kurla nder (Yam ); 4. Iary Pen ney (KTf\.:1). VeT A: 1. Tro y Ra yn o r (Yam) ; 2. Mo rgan M urri (He n): 3. Brad Schwa rtz (Ya m); 4. Gary Miller (Yam); 5. Drew Wilbur (Hen). 200 8 : 1. Mike Harvey (KTM); 2. Jeff Martin (Ka w): 3. Jos h Aum ille r (KTM); 4. William C alhoun (Ka w ): 5. Mike Decker (KTM). Z50 B: 1. Steve Urbanski (Ya m); 2. Ted winkelman (Han) ; 3. Joe C hri ste ns en (Kaw): 4. Aaron Salladay (Ha n); 5. Greg Glab (Ho n). 4-STRK B: 1. Matt Ding le (H a n) ; 2. Pa ul Fav rot (Y.1m); 3. Jos h ua Salz (He n): 4. And re w Hill (Ya m); 5. Steve Pa tton (Ka w ). OPEN B: 1. jason Cooper (KTM); 2. Da n Mo rga n (ATK) 3. Ron Vialpando (ATK 4. B.J. Diehl (KTM); 5. ; ); Gn'S Nielsen(KTM). SR B: 1. Mik e Fo rt ma n (Ho n): 2. T im John s on (KTM ); 3. Steve Va natta (KTM); 4. John Mike Ratcliff (H on). Narby (CR E); 5. S/SR 8: 1. Floyd Stretch (KTM); 2. Joh n Parker (KT M) ; 3. C ha rles En g le ( K aw) ; 4. Jimmy Bea rden (Ya m). . VET B: 1. Eric Jo rda n (KTM) 2. Stev e Hill (Yam); 3. ; Shawn Brown (Hen) : 4. P.J. Hild ebran d t (K.1.w); 5. Rex McKinn ey (Yam) . 200 C: 1. Pau l Turner (Yam) ; 2. Sco tt Chandler (Ha n); 3. Joshua Brigh t (Kaw) : 4. Rodd Elfeld (Kaw ): 5. Ryan Pavilani s (Kaw ). 250 C: 1. Ja mes Hendri ckson (KTM) ; 2. Dough Keit hly (Yam); 3. Da vid jackson (Kaw): 4. Bru ce Wrig ht (KTM); 5. Trevor Seton (K aw) . 4·STRK C: 1. M art in Cy w insk i (Kaw): 2. S teve H ilb ert (Yam) ; 3 . Sco tt H o ffm eye r (Ha n); 4: T ra vi s Fishley (Suz ); 5 . Willia m Benso n (Ya m) . S/60: 1. Wayne Mcfetridge (Kaw): 2. Larry Hinger (K aw ): 3. Ma rv Donaldson (Han). OPEN C: 1. Joh n W.1. lsh (KTM); 2. Dave Koscov e (KTM); 3. Kim Scho field (KTM); 4. Jason Eckart (Kaw): 5. Jeff Giesen (KTM ). SR C: 1. Bobby Podoll (Han); 2. Ron Hen ry (Hon): 3. Davi d Mid th un (KTM); 4. Stev e Nyls (Ka w): 5. Robert Harg rove (KT M). S /SR C: 1. Howard Utsey (Ha n); 2. Jim Ma ucker (Yam); 3. Steve Murray (H a n); 4. John Tob in (KTM); 5. Rudolph Bradley (ATK). VET C: I. Dan Dailey (Ya m ); 2. Tom Dillon (Yam) ; 3. Mike McDonough (KTM); 4. Tom G a l~ (KTM); 5. Keith Hill (KTM). l O S: 1. Mona Kur lander IKaw ): 2. Shawn Stre tch (Han). VDTRA Pro-Am National Dirt Track series Round 1 :Muskogee Expo Fairgrounds Speedway 4 Fike is ~ top Master ~ ~ By Mike Zbrozek MUSKOGEE, OK, SEPT. 19 s th e VDTRA Pro-Am se as o n wound down with its next-to- last round , th e Mu skogee Half Mile , half of th e champion ship chases were still up for g rabs and rema ined hotly contested . The closes t of those title chases was in the Pro Mast ers class, in which current class cha m p ion John Fike was attempting to hold off the challenge of Johnny Isaacs . . Isaacs has been strong all year in the races in which he's finished, and he held the points lead in bo th the Pro Mas ters A and Pro 600cc class coming in to Muskogee . The words "in whi ch he's finished " are impo rtant, becau se at Muskogee he saw h is poin ts lea d evapora te as h is hy brid BSA gro und to a halt on the final lap of the Pro Masters final. That handed the race 'win to Bill Snyder, wit h Fike ridi ng his BSA twin in to second place and in to the poin ts lead . . But while Pike's stro ng finis h in the Pro Master s class was enoug h to allow him to ga in on Isaacs in Pro Mas ters, he also su ffered a bit of bad luck wh en his big BSA seized in the closing laps of the Pro Twin main. The non finish d ropped him down to third in the cham pionship point standings. In th at ra ce, Snyder again mad e a fin e s ho w in g, b rin g ing his Regina Chain /Shoei-sponsored mach in e to the checkered flag in second, behind runaway winner Mar k Gibson on his Diversified Body & Paint /South City Cycles s p o ns o r ed mo unt. Th e win e a rn e d Gibson his second strai ght Pro Twin Championship. Fike, meanwhil e, now has only a slim chance of movin g back int o the seco nd spot, ahea d of Sny der, with only the Las Vegas round of the series rem ain ing on October 4. With Snyder some 13 po ints in fr on t of him , th is w ill be no sma ll cha llenge for Fike. In y et a no t her closely cont ested p oints batt le, Masters Am at eur rid er Charley . Rap er kept hi s 500cc Yamaha single on the boil to overcome an earl y red -flag restart, and a midrace challen ge from Jerry Hinds to tak e the win and the clas s .points lead . Montana 's Ken Alla man turned in one of hi s best performances of the year as he kept a close tail on Hinds to finish a solid third. The red flag had been brought out on the second la p wh en Fr ed Schr i t t cr as he d his ' XR750. Fortunately, he escaped without in jury - th ou gh the sa me co u ld n't be said of the big Harl ey. Th e Open Twin Am at eur class has bee n good all year, with class warrior s Bill Stephens , Ken Slota, Bud Osantowski, Schritt, Earl E. Smith, Hin d s, Fred Cuba, Ron Ston e and a ho st of othe rs runn ing wheel to w he el , wee k a fte r week. Whil e Stephe ns established himself as the man to beat early in the year with seve ra l N a tio nal p oint wi ns, VDTRA new boy Slot a tu rn ed things around midseason, keeping the dashing Stephens well within sight for top hon ors at any giv en Na tional. An other midseason' starter, Earnest "Bud" Osa nto wski, has been a storme r in this class as well, often roaring his XR to the front of the pack, hay bal es flying , right hand tugging firmly at the throttle. But unfortu nately Osa ntowski's season ground to a halt at th e J&P Promotions Antique Mot orcycle Races a t Da venport, Iowa, o ver La bo r Da y w e ek end as h e s usta in ed a seaso n-en d ing in jury th at required a hospital stay: Desp ite the fact that Schritt and Osantowski we re missing from th e night's Open Tw in main event , th e fans s till go t th eir m on ey' s wo rth as Slota raced his Trium ph to the early lead, w ith Step he ns, V DTRA ve tera n Rocky Cur ry , Smith a n d Hind s pu shing each other on every lap. It came down to the final sprint to the flag, with Slo ta taki ng th e wi n. Stephens nailed d ow n th e Open T w in cha m p io ns h ip w it h h is s eco n d- p lace fi n is h, w h ile Curry raced ahead of Smith for third. In ye t an o ther cl ose ch a se, Smith rode a flawl ess race in the 600cc Amate ur m ai n to hold back th e multip le charges of class point leader Jeff Ga rlach Sr. to take the win . Behi nd Garlach came the du eling Yamahas of J.e. Clark (Garlach's nearest co mpetition for the 1998 titl e ) a nd Kevin Fo st er. Foster had moved around Clark in an early-lap pa ss, and althou gh Clark fou ght hard, he had to settle for fourth at the flag . Michael Whit e and Brad Raper ro unded out the top six. l~ Muskogee Expo Fairgrounds Speedw ay Muskogee, Oklahoma Results: September 19, 1998 250 AM: 1. Bob Sny d er (BuD; 2. Roy Hain e (BuD; 3. s Tim Walker (Ya m); 4. Mark Ca tlin (Os s). 600 AM : 1. EM I E. Sm ith Jr. (Yam); 2. Je ff Ge rla ch Sr . (Yam); 3. Kevi n Foster (Ya m); 4. l .C, Clark (Yam); 5. Michael White (Ya m). 600 PRO: 1. Roger Sterling (BSA); 2. John Je ffries (Ya m ); 3. Icc Donald (Ya m) ; 4. Bill Walker (Ya m); 5. Mike Frye (BSA). OPEN TW AM: 1. Ken Slota (Tri); 2. Bill Stephens (Tri ); 3. Rocky Curry Jerry H inds (T ri ). (BS 4. Earl E. Smith Jr. (Yam); 5. A); OPEN PRO TW: 1. Mar k Gibson (Tri); 2. Bill The Open Pro class at the New Ulm Short Track gets under way, with eventual winner Kurt Boehlke (49K) leading the way. sco red th e w in in the O ver 40 class, a hea d of m ultip le-ra ce wi nn er Cha rlie Lan gl and , Ron Leeman p iloted his XR750 tn a hard-fou g ht th ird ove r class lumina ry Buz z Arn dt. Bettis was looking for a th ree-peat, but - as he he ld the lead in the Ope n Amateur final - Bob Boyd pe rforme d a di cey ins ide pass in tum th ree of the last lap to stea l the win . Willie Broten is yet ano ther rising sta r of the Minnesot a dirt track racing scene. The spee dy yo un gst e r raced to a wire-to-wire win in the h ig hl y co m p e t it ive 25 0cc Amate u r class. Broten's win ca me in front of a host of nota ble fas t guys that includ ed 125cc race winner Adam Henrichs, Bettis, Ver lo n La ng la nd a nd Troy Johnson. Cory Solnitsky won his first Novi ce eve nt of the season a fter having been chase d by Mark Ro lf a nd 125cc u p s tart Jacob Mat ay a. Results 30+ : 1. Bob Boyd ; 2. r ,lt Pe a rce: 3. Bob Beck er ; 4. Richa rd . Wa scht 'k; 5. Ibnd y Thistl e. 4()+: 1. Do n Br.·tti ~; 2. Charlie LitnJo: la n d ; 3 . Ron Leeman; 4. Bu zz A rn d t; 5 . Mar k Rolf. 50+ : 1. C ha r lit.' Lan gla nd : 2. Buzz Arnd t; 3. Da ve Koch; 4. John SUlhlT lin; 5. Greg Sch m idt o rEN AM : I. Bob Bo yd ; 2. Don Bl'ttUi 3. VI'Tllln LanJo:I.md ;..a. ; Rus. . W iltscht."Ck; 5. Eric Berg. . VINT SGt: 1. Ra nd y Thi stle; 2. Bu b Bt.'Ckl"l'; 3. Eric Berg; 4. Richard Wo\f;C hek ; 5. Pa ul Koch. VlNT TW : 1. Buzz Arndt; 2. Ron Ll"l' man; 3. Ma rv Ol-ppe; 4. Frank R.\.. off; 5. Bob Becker . U ST K FRM: 1. Don Bet tis: 2. Bo b 8t "Cker; 3. Eri c Ber g; 4. Richard Waf;Chc k; 5. Malt Matt son. 50 MINI: 1. Jury M orriN; 2. Nick Matay"; 3. A nd y Olson; -1. Sch ll'iche r; 5 . N" I.b ha Wascht-·k. 60: 1. Jacob Ma ta y., ; 2. Josh Koch; J. Jer emy A ndc r!lO 4 n; Tra vis W.lsch ck ; 5. A~hlt.."" Su llivan. &!: 1. Troy John.'lOn; 2. [acob M., l.' ya; 3. Troy So ln ib ky; 4. Josh Koch,;5. C hns Larsen. • 125: 1. Ad a m Hen richs ; 2. W illie Bm tl'n; 3 . Tro y J(lhnson; 4. Rid ..ard Wa HChl·k. 250 AM : 1. Willie Brote n; 2. Ada m Henrichs : 3 . Don Ikttis; 4. vert on L tllKland ; 5. Tm y Joh n!lO n. NOV: 1. Cory S olutrs ky : 2. Mark Ro lf; 3. jacob Mata ya ; 4. Marty Dot.'Ting; 5 . Bob Rooney. orEN rRO: 1. Ku rt Boeh lk e; 2. Marcus BaUl' r; J . V('rdl-'C n Llng land ; 4. Billy Hotml'i..h·T; 5. Eric Bn 'lUhard . ,,,cob S nyd er (Ya m ); 3 . Ro ger Sterl in g (Yam) ; 4 . Da ll as Babcock. 5. Joel Wey (BSA). SR : 1. Bob Braunre ite r (H -D); 2. Ea rl E. Smit h Jr. (Ya m); 3. Larry Ken nedy (Tri); 4. Jeff Ga rlach Sr. (Ya m); 5. Joh n Moore (Ya m). MST R AM: 1. Cha rlie Raper (Ya m); 2. Je rry Hinds (Yam); 3. Ken Allama n (Tril; 4. Frank G uin n (Ya m); 5. Woodie Co mma nder (BSA). M STR PRO: 1. Bill Snyder (Ya m) ; 2. Jo h n Fike Andrews tops Eastern Vet MX Nationals By Carl Davis (BSAl; 3. John Jeffries (Yam); 4. David Barkley (Yam); S. BillBurr (BSA). M OUNTMORRIS, PA. SEl'T.l9 Fred And rews took no prison ers in cla iming Many winners at New Ulm 51 es a t th e eight h an nua l Dirt Bike Seni or / Ve t Easte rn Na tio nal Mo toc ross Cha mpio ns hi ps, cla ss titl es in the Over 25 A and Over 30 A cla ss- By Tim McBride NEW ULM. MN,SEPT. 26 Longtim e dirt track Expe rt Kurt Boehl ke, firs tyea r dirt tracker Do n Bet tis . vand IS-year-o ld 250cc upstart Willie Broten each enjoyed a successful afternoon of racing as the Hying Du tchma n Motorcycl e C lub hos ted the fina l District 23 . di r t t ra ck eve n t o f t he seaso n a t the Brown County Fairgrounds. Boehlke's Ope n Pro wi n came afte r a t n-Iap defensiv e ba ttle with Ma rcu s Bauer . The tw osome broke away from the rest of the field shortIy aft er the flash of the green lig ht and eve ntu ally finis he d in that o rd e r, with Verdeen Langla nd . finishing a lonely th ird. Don Bettis' day of deli ght s ta r ted in the Stoc k Fra me (Four-Stroke) clas s, in wh ich he d ominated witl, a flag- to -flag romp. Bet tis then held a t th e al ways dema nding H igh Point Race- way facility. The Racer Prod uctions crew put on anothe r grea t eve nt for the record rid er turnou t of vete rans , wi th a specia l tribut e to J grea t veteran: the late, great Da ve Coombs himself. Several riders had D.C, memorial stic kers on their machines in honor of the hard es t wo rking man in motocross. And rews set the stage for things to come in the Ov er 25 class as he qui ckly worked. his way to th e front in the first moto, with Tom Carso n carving up the trac k behin d him. Barry Carsten was bu ried deep in the pack after a bad start an d cou ld only co me back to six th by mote 's end. Stephen Crowe held o ff Ya ma ha thumper pilot David Hand fo r third, w hile Richard Prather crossed the line in fifth. In m ot o two, And re ws to ok th e lead and opened up a quic k cu shion over Carsten's and Carson's Su zu kis. Ca rson nearly lost it going

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