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Lytle loots CRC MX
By Greg Robertson
PAlJdDALE.CA,sm.19
Hon da of Troy' s Casey Lytle took advantage of
Cali fornia Racing Club's ge nerous 300-percent
Pro p a yb ack a n d p ick ed up a n ice c hu nk of
s pend ing money with his two- mo to sweep of
the 250cc Pro class du ring the M&J's-spon sored
round of Saturd ay night mot ocr oss und er the
lights a t Los Angeles Cou n ty Raceway.
Firs t-mo te action saw Lytle shoo t his Dennis
Petracca-tuned CR250 int o an im med ia te lead
over Kris Rou rke a nd Ty Kady. Lytle pu t a couple of seconds on Ro urke and his KTM as Kady
came under fire from Yama ha-mo unted Takesh i
Koikeda. Koikeda and Kad y traded pai nt for a
few tu rns until Kady missed a co mer and ran off
the track.
Lytl e ma de it look easy as he stretched his
lead to 10 seco nds by the finish. Koikeda put a
last-lap pass on Rourke for second . Kady had his
h ~ nd s full with YZ400-moun ted Bryan Nels on
bu t managed to hold him off for fourth .
Lytl e d uplica ted his first-mota s ta r t wit h
anot he r hol es hot in round two, bu t this time
Koikeda was camped o ut o n h is back fend er.
Kady ran th ird , ahead of Nelson and Rourke.
Koiked a kept h is H oll e y Racin g-back ed
YZ250 in Lytle's sh adow the entire moto, just
wailing for a mistake to happen. But it was Lytle
by a couple of bike lengths at the finish .
Third-place money went to the Anaheim
Suz u ki1Pro C irc u it /Dunlop /Motul /C eet /
MSR/ Sm ith / Su nsta r-backed Suzuki of Kadv,
\\; th 4-3 finishes.
" Lytle and those guys se t a blis teri ng pace
and I tried to h.mg with them the bes t I could,·
Kady said. ''I' m just trying to ge t over a little
arm pu mp and kee p improving:!
Results
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P/W S/ STK (~); l. D.i1wta Gamo:r (Cob) ; 2 Kyk Ke!I-!>ing er
IKTM); 3. Keith Robin'oOn (K'TM).
P /W S/ STK (7-9); I. £'nostonlundin (KJl,I I; 2. uk Su m me rford ( K'TM); 3. JOn.l tha n Hor s "n ("- M).
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flO BEG: 1. N irnl.ll,K Sotndtt'Z (Ka w ).
60 (4--8): 1. Gregory C rouL..-ff (Ka w ); 2 Jus tin C.umudy ( Ka w);
3 . [>w.tm Pipes ; 4. Pn."St n Lu nd in (Ka w ); 5. Milo.ry ('Him.. (K.lw ).
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tJ(){9--11): 1. Dl-r'reck Mu rphy (K.lw l.
SII BE 1. St~v ...n Quinunl":l (Ya m l ; 2. A n thony Charette
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(YolI m l; 3. Steve Fon yth e (Yam); 4. Bob Cob b (Ka w ); 5 . Zaek
8eckinger (Yam) .
i'IO(7-111: 1. Citm.·1:t !\iorr (Suzl.
SO 02- 131: 1. An thony B.trb,lCOvi (Yam) ; 2. Nichold!> Bur.oon ,
(Kaw); 3. Ch ri... Nu rr (Sm); 4. Mike Ep!'tei n IHu nl .
fill (14- 1&): 1. Don n ie G ri tto n (Ya m) ; 2. Brdndon Schl\.'n ,.ng
(Ya m) ; 3. Rile y s...·ck in g t. r (H u n ); 4 . C h.ilS(" Mt"inl. k ... (Ya m ); 5.
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Spt."
lln::r M.. jm·kc (Ya nd .
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125 BEG : 1. M.ttt Simf'!'llR (Hu n); 2. C h ri,. Hull (Su z l; 3. T.J.
0......(Hu nl ; 4. Zteh Za.mn .ld (K.Jw); 5. P,,--rry Richmond (Suz) .
125 NO V: 1. Kan t. ,.,ml·!"," (Yitm) ; 2. Davi d FUll; (Ya m ); 3.
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Jnh n"'r Fau lkn er (Ho n ); 4. St.- giu Po!"'... d e lc.,\ln (Ya m) ; 5 . Ca r l
Ma.t!l. bt. rg ( H an ).
.. 125 INT : I. Bn.'flt Gill wm {Y" m l; 2. Sooll Pri pu t"-l1 (Ya m l; 3 .
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Du sti n Jolmt."!oOn (Ya m l; 4 . Midt.wl Foll. (Y" ml .
125 PRO: 1. Ca!ol')" l ytk' II lun l.
2.. BEG: 1. Richard Ma rsha ll (fiortl ; 2. Mik... Bu rtun (Suz l; 3.
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Br"ndun Brandun (KTM 1; -I. Neil ChUoholm ( H an); 5. Gavin Rom e
(Ka w )'
(Left) Casey Lytle takes the 250cc-c:lass win at the M&J 's-sponsored round of Saturday
n ight motocross in Palmdale, California.
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(Right) Wet conditions played havoc .w it h many rid e rs at the Missou ri Hare Scrambles in
Smithville, Missouri, but Steve Le ivan was able to come away with yet another win in the
series.
250 NOV : 1. C hri s Reed (K.lw ); 2. JAson Tnlb.:y (K.lw); 3.
Jahner FaulknC!' (Ya m ); 4 . Damon Po doln y (Yam) ; 5 . T e d
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M~{lldridge
(JY w) .
2.50l'\IT : I . Kri!ttian Blomdahl (Suz) .
250 PRO; I. C;u.ey Lytl... Uk. n); 2 T.lM"!'hi Koi l.eda (Ya m) ; 3.
Ty K.ld y (Suz); 4. Kri l Rou rke ( K'TM ); 5. Bry a n Ncobon (Yam).
5110 NOV ; 1. No rm Schi el (HInd .
JR VET NOV: 1. Da n ny Batta gl ia (Yam ); 2. Sub Corm"n
(Ya m ); 3. Ted McTuld nd ge Oyw ); 4. Da mun Podolny (Yam ); 5.
Gabi Aba )'(JU(Hun).
JR VET I ~ : 1. Chm Ree -d (K.t w ); 2. J U~hn Pd ltl"" (K.w).
VET BEG: 1. Cra iR; McConnkk (I(aw).
VET NOV: 1. D.'flni ll peeracca Ulon ); 2. Chuck Abb itt (I-Ion );
3. Jot" CauR;r.tndl· (y a m ); .... Sho
nvn Boudreau (K.tw); 5. Shy MO!iohe
(Yam ).
VET 1ST ; I. C fdig Coreway (Ho n); 2. Mike Licitra (Ka w ); 3.
Rand y Wilkin" (Su z ); 4. Darr ell SandOI'll (lion); 5. Cha d Nelson
(Yam ).
VET EX· PRO: 1. Bry.Ut Nelson (Ya m ); 2 Jon Za h rt O(aw).
SR BEG -NOV: 1. Bub Dun ham C m) ; 2. l" yml'ln G" tt i,
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(yolm); 3. Mich.w l Bumt.'tt (Y" m) .
SR iNT ·EX : 1. Ed wa rd o Flippo tH on); 2. W .G . Wilson
(Su~);
3. Steve a " rl. (Ydm ); 4. Norm Sch id (Hon ).
O tT NOV : 1. Eric fi,. h (Yam) ; 2. Fn.-d Kalmid (Kol ); 3. j' lhn
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w ebb (lIon); 4. Asl.cr I....1mkit.· ar (5oz); 5. Dl-nn~ Smith (Kaw).
O tT AM: I. Dt."Jlni,. Toum .1n ( Ka w); 2. RkilanJ ae"kr (Y" m) ;
3. Han!..OwI"fl IK.1w); 4. Seeve Jl-nning!Oo (Ya m) .
O tT EX: 1. La)'TThln c;.. tti.~ (Y" m ); 2 IGrk ~n (Yam l; 3.
Jim Westling (Ho n ); 4.
Jeff
Mindet"hvul (Yam) ; 5. Scott McDo rvo
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(Hun).
OIT MSTR B: 1. Norm SdUd C
Hon).
OtT M STR A : 1. Edwardu Flippu ( Hon) ; 2. S te ve C I.. rk
(Yaml ; 3. W .G . Wit.... " (..
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Leivan back on track
with Smithville HS win
By Frank Le lvan
SMITHVILLE, MO, sm. 13
After an injury-ind uce absence, it took just two
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events for five-ti me and defe ndi ng M issouri
Hare Scram b les Cha m p io n' Steve Leivan to
climb his way b.1ck up to the top of the podium.
Leivan came ou t on top of a racelong d uel with
season-lo ng points leader Mik e Windmann by
making the fina l pass of the day with three miles
left in the rain·soa ked event.
\Nhile he lp ing to promote an event in early
July, Leivan had taken a spill, breakin g his len
wrist a nd spra ining his right wrist. Now, three
months Iatl'r , Leiva n sa id: "My arms fl.Cl rea lly
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goo d again and I am able to push as hard as I
can and not feel a ny pain. I have bt.>cn putting a
lot of time in on the bike to gl't my end ur<1 nce
an d tim ing back. I gUl.~S tha t I have found it."
Rai n bt. gan to fall on the Smithvillt.~ Lake race
course abo ut an hour before the sta rt of ro und
13 o f th e M isso uri H are Scramb les C hampionsh ip. making the tra il so sli ppery and tricky
that nearl y half of the 263 entrants would fail to
complete even a single la p.
Again. Chris Nesbitt new into the lead of the
12-rid er AA class. Leiva n an d Chris Ca plinger
elbowed each other throu gh the first three turns
wh ile arguing over seco nd , wit h Leiva n ge tti ng
the nod . It took Leivan less than a quart er of a mile
to move aro un d Nesbitt and begin to pull away.
Despite falling himself and then stop ping for
fresh goggles at the co ncl us ion of th e fi rs t of
fou r laps, Leiva n held a IS-second lead ove r
Wind mann, who had come fro m way bac k o n a
borrowed bike.
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Te n seco nd s beh in d Wind m ann ca me th e
Yama ha of Tanner Eng land. with early lead er
Nesb itt (w ho, like al mo s t everyone else , was
fighting visio n problems) another 20 ticks back.
jeff Lappe, as usual. was in contro l of the A class
on his KTM 125 w hile ru nni ng in fifth o verall on
ad justed time.
Mid wa y through the second lap - which had
cha nged quite a bit from the firs t, with the tra il
littered with broken bikes o r riders - Windmann
ca ug h t u p to Leivan a nd made his bid for the
lead . Both riders were able to work th rou gh the
worst bottleneck ne ar mile seven with little diffi cul ty a nd cruised in to the pits together after lap
two. Windmann took o n a s plash of fue l and
fresh goggles whil e Leivan opted for the latter as
the two exited pit row with more than a min uteand-a- ha lf lead ove r Dan Burgard, who - in his
first race as an AA rider · had tak en over third.
Windmann sta yed glued to L..~ van 's rear tire
for the first half of the third lap befone taking the
lead position back when the lead ers cnco u n·
tered several lapped riders at the first bottleneck
section. England had taken ove r con trol of third ,
in what wa s to be the best ride of his ca ree r.
Gon e from con tention were early fron t-runners
Nt.~bitt, who bent his rear-brak e pedal back to
the footpeg on the second lap, and Burgard, who
also suffem :! with prob lems. Both riders wou ld,
however, co m p le te the event - with Bu rgard
co m ing h ome 13th while Nesbitt st rugg led
hom e in 15th.
Right before the end of lap thRoe, Wind man n
go t a little sideways in a slick woods st.>ction and
Leivan retook the lead . Leh"an oph.. d to stop for
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goggles in the pits, while Wind ma nn di d not an d he n~took the lead . These two had dis ta nced
themse lve s fro m the res t of th e pack by mo re
than six minutes.
Wind mann put his hea d down an d put so me
distance on Leiva n in the tightes t St.'Ction of the
tiai l. When the1 reached the bo ttlenc'Ck for the
final time , Leivan had closed the ga p a nd fo l·
lo wt..--d Windmann th rough a rerout ed st.Ctio n.
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With abo u t th ree miles left in the race . Wind ma nn chose an a lterna te line th rou gh a wcxx.ied
section while Leivan 'stuck to the original trail.
When t hey met a gain, Leivan was leading .
Wind mann, meanwhile, was having more vision
problems - a muddy leaf stuck over his right eye
- and Leivan was able to pull clea r. .
With vi rtually no traffic to contend wi th ,
Leivan stayed smooth a nd up right a nd held his
lead to the end, earning his sixth overall of the
season on his SCR/Yamaha / Dunlop / Answerbacked mo un t. Aga in, Wind mann was second.
England complet ed his best-ever ride by takin g
the final pod ium spot. Ca plinge r, who sta rted
well but then dropped back, steadily worked his
way back ~ p and finished in fifth on his Donelson Cycles-bee ed YZ400.
Results
0 / A: 1. Steve Lewa n (Ya m) ; 2. Mik e Windm.lnn (l('TMl; 3.
Ta n ner Engla nd (Ya m). 4. Jdf Lappe tKTM); 5. C h ri,. Caph nRf'T
(Yam) .
AA : 1. M ikt" Wind"",nn IKTM ); 2. Tanfll"f En,.;1dnd (Yam ); 3.
C hris Ce p linger (Yam ); 4 . Burton Fric.~z (Y.1 ); 5. D.1n Bur gard
m
(Yam ):
A : I. Jelf Lappe (KT M ); 2. Mi!..1" Kru g.. r (KT M ); 3. Kevin Hoyt...
(H on); 4. Jeff S.,:hnt.·idt"r (KTM ); 5. TI.1T}' M.'Y"' (l Ion).
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125 B: I. Brando n Forre;tt.'" (Yam ); 2. U!ol'Y H inkel (Ya m) ; 3.
Kurt Eibe ll (Yam ); .... Luke M.mi u n (Yam) ; 5. Dt' nn iliOhl (Y.1m).
200 B: I. Dave Ha wo rth (KTM1; 2 Ewn.·u Shinault (Kaw); 3.
Wl"!' R.tir IKTM) ; 4. Ro~er BlL hy l Kot ) ;5. J"-!>Iot" Faul !d ich lKotw).
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2S0 B: t. Col lin Shl"l'ida n (Y,t m ); 2. D.·n.-k Zinchuck (G-G) ; 3.
M.1tt Wei ,. (Yam ); 4 .1" 11...' Bt!;hop (..'tu ; 5 . Ryan Wtlebbt-linK (Y"m).
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2 5t) C ; 1. Br y a n Roy (Kaw ); 2 . Ryl'ln W ei dn e r ( Y a m); 3 .
Midlil e1 Ev,,--rhotn (K.t ....I; 4 . Koobi e• K..nk .. j (Ydm) ; 5. Aanm HiJ;h·
tu wcr (Ya ml .
OPEN B: 1. Phillip MUf('h ,,·I!<.lw ); 2. Jl'U Ku('Ch~rum"i'"lt.-r
(ATJO; 3. Tom I";n-ngl-r (KTM); 4. M.ltt Cal h.m ( Knot); 5. I<..tr Hol ·
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ris(Hun) .
4-STRK 8: 1. Bruce"Kt>rbdik ( l<.1w ); 2 Gary riLlnt (Hon ); 3.
Brian Richardson (Yam I; 4. JOk-ph Annon (Hon); 5 . Duu g JOIWS
(Yam l.
VET : I. DiI\id Dil hnglum ( KTIw1); 2 Jon Sirnom (Yam ); 3.
c..ry Mittd~ O:.. w ); 4 . Dw ..yrw;- Miinch IBonl; 5. O'..·e Deny
(Han).
JR: 1. R.*".·rt Duncan (Y. n); 2. bel. M.Jbnv il ion ); J. 51...u
.AhTs (K.,w); 4. Patrick Mrn" Uu.w).
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SR: 1. Glenn lftods