(Le ft ) Doug Lovett (67 ) le a d s the way
en ro ute to w inning t h e o vera ll in t h e
Over t he Hill Ga ng's Nov ice c lass at
Gle n He le n in San Be rn a rd ino,
Ca lifornia.
(Be lo w) J a s on Co n lo n (194) le a d s
e vent ual win ne r To m We lch (79) in t he
first 250cc A moto at the Happy
Ra m b le rs MX in Ha nover,
Pe n nsy lva n ia ,
SCi -iBY: 1. ~ich.wl Arch ulo.·l.J (SIU); 2. Pn....tun Pucht'k tKa w);
3. Dustin Lockhart (K.1W); 4. AMon Wt'rsin~t.·r (Yam ); 5. Rvlon
1\ ' h·I'!ItJfl (Yaml .
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f25 A: I. Bobby Fitch (Y.l m ); 2. JtlSh Kdl llKJl; (Yam); 3. Dave
Fo rd (Hu n ); 4. D.l1
my U "ol.kh.l rt (Yam ); 5. W("!> Hate (Suz ].
125 B: 1. ~1.lrc W" nnulh (lion); 2. Bren t Rajewski (Ka w); 3.
Chris l..on~w dl (K.1WI; 4. Rva n Rm' in ~ki (Y.lm ); 5. Pn.>st n Puc ht·k
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12."C: 1. C h,lJ Sll'l,l hd J l' ( H( lfl) ; 2 . Rot... rt Finoccha rio (H(lfl );
3. Adam So.:h.l fro th (Ho nl; 4. Aaron Wl"r~il1~er (Yam) ; 5. Na th.m
Mu lholland (Y.1m).
OPEN BEG: I . Samuel Scha ll U lon ); 2. Dan Mu rd o u g h (f lo n);
3. Adam Sch.l fro lh (Hlm); 4. Con-y MiIl,'r ( Hon): 5. Chris Win kd hak e (H o n).
2."0 A: 1. J.~h Kt'1 lo~ (Y.lm ); Z. M.1tt Kar lsen (Ya m); 3. Kdth
Campbell (K.1W ); 4. WlOS H,lll' (Suzl; 5..Da rrel l Mill" r (I(.l W).
2."iO B; I. Kirk Huff (Y.lm ); 2. J' lI'i h Lehnbcrr (I-I n); 3. C r;li~
o
Hes to (Ya m ); 4. Dnr in G Il" mc t K.1W); 5. David McML
'Chcn (Suz) .
250 C; 1. Br.ld H.u ri!> (l<.Iw); 2. jcresny Whl't.'ler(Hlln) ;3. Juh n
c.lst.lg n.l (ATK ); 4 Mlke Foster (lIon); 5. Corey Millcr rHon) .
25+ A: \. joah Kdlt 'lQ; (Yam); 2. Kdlh Campbell (K. W); J .
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Dusti n Mo ngt.·r (l<.Iw ); 4. ALin A n~dllpu lllS (Y.lm); 5. Joe Arn ol d
{l<.1wl.
25-+ B/C : 1. Lo nn ie Bred eson n' lonl ; 2. Dari n Guc rrie (l<.1w);
J . Jol!'oon Mo ydtt. (Ya m ); 4. M.tr k Lund (Y" m ); 5. Moltth l"W So.·itz
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(Ho n).
30+ A: I. K.. ith u mpbt.·11 (Iyw); 2. D.!rTf' MilI,,-'I' (Kawl; 3.
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J{'I("AmolJ (Kaw); 4 .Jt'ff Qu~nb."r(Yam) .
30... B: I. Lo nnie 8rt.'t1.......n (Hun); Z. O.'a n Haig ht (Yam) ; 3.
Jo h nny G iffurd (Ho n ); 4 David ~.k!'.l~n lSuz>; 5. Derek Wo...J man (Yam).
30-+ C : 1. An thony Jam t"S (Hon); 2. Timo th y Dlxon lSu2); 3.
Dan Mu rd uu g h (H unl; 4. M lkt. tlib blo( KT MI; 5. Bob Ml1z in g(>
·
IHon).
4()+. A; I. Pdt Lt.-..hy (1-101 \1; 2. David PieL-1t (Ka w ); 3. John
Lon gw dl (KnAI; 4 . Da le Wine7-ewoJ,;i (Yam) .
40-+ C: I. Jim W ri Khl (Hon): 2. Hd n,; !\.t.lrMhl n ( Hon); J .
Jdm,,~ Molrtdl ( KolW); 4. M ich.. el Hall ( KT~n; 5. Steve Mi ch el ,
CHonl.
W M:'\J A : 1. Bro
okie Re n ke r (Ya m I; 2. Dawn wtncz ew sk t
(Yam l; J. Cyn thia Benndl (KTMJ.
Lovett rocks REM MX
By Chris S a nch irico
-SAN BER1IIARDlNO CA, SEPT. 26
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Su z uki-mounted Dou g Lo ve tt to p p e d t h e
ex tr e m e ly co m p e ti ti ve O ver t he J:-l ill Ga n g
Novice class , going 2·3 on the day for. first overall on a bea utifully sunny September day.
The old -schoo l·s tyle REM track uti lized hilly
'na tu ra l terrain filled w ith a nas ty mix of of fca mber hillclim bs, turns and sw itchbacks, which
provided for very tight racing on the day. In the
Novice class, it was a th rl.t.'- way dog fight for the
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o ve ra ll be twee n Lovett, Tod d Ba rs by a n d
Tom my Fle nn iko n . Th e t rio jous ted for the
enti re day, and whe n the d ust settled, it was a
three-way tie for the overa ll with all three having five points.
In the first mot o, Mark Jones launched his
Lon g Beach Mot or sports-b acked YZ250 in to
the lead, with Barsby, Flennikon and Lovett
gi ving chase. Jones' lead was shor t-lived, as he
ca me to a sto p in a big mud puddle. Barsby
pounced ·on the op po rt u nity and cla imed th e
lead . Bar sby, Aenninkon and Lovett then se pa ra te d th emsel ves fro m th e pack . Late in th e
mot o, YZ-mo un h.-d Aennink on mad e his move
o n Ba rsb y in the twi st y ba ck sec tio n of th e
tr ac k to cla im th e lea d , wit h Lo vett a clo se
third .
With one lap rem aining, Bar sby mad e things
exciting by stalling his .bike over the sta rt / finish
lin e. He was abl e to ge t it res ta rted befo re a
chargin g Lovett cou ld get arou nd h im for th e
second spo t. At the line, it was flen ninko n with
a com fortab le lead ove r Barsb v a nd Lovett.
In" mot o two , Lo vett , k~ o wing th e s ta r t
would be v ita l, g ra bbe d an ex tra ha ndful o f
throttle to get the holesh ot. Val Fukunaga ga ve
cha~, follow t. d by Peter Dobrotin and Jacques
Germai n . W it h Lov ett in the lead , Fukunaga
began to apply pr essu re and he eventually took
the lead with a grea t insid e pas s.
With th e overa ll o n th e li ne, Fle nn inko n
.passed Barsby and p ut himself in po sition to
take the ov era ll. With one la p to go, however,
.Renninkon bob bled in the back sl-..'Ct ion, allowing Barsby to ta ke over third - which han de d the
'o verall to Lovett.
Resu lts
BEG: 1. Ja"l(fl WOI.·mp lll·r; 2. Kl'i lh Sm ith; 3. Sll"V M.m g ron e;
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4. Gitr th G.llllxker; 5. Kirb y Sm ith .
31'1+ BEG: 1. Du n Rt't. d; 2. Dt'nn is R(l~('1\l'>I..rg.: J . Frank Derb y;
o
4 , Bill Billin~; 5. Vickt> t1cn n.
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~OV : 1. Dou g u>Vt·tt; 2. Tod J B.u!'l y; 3. To m my Flt'T iko n;
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4. Pe ter Dobrotin; 5. V.l l Fu ku fl\'i Brod sk y Jr. (Yam) .
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250 A: 1. Tu m Wekh (Su d; 2. Jd!lOn Co nlon (Suz); J . K,,",,'in
~rodsky Jr. tYolm); 4. Jdtrey Crove (Suz); S. Jeff Drury (l<.1 w ).
2."'" A: 1. Tom Wc lch (Suz);2. ~Iichad ~OOft" (Kaw );3. B. Ted
Orr (Suz); 4. Jdfn·y G ru\',,' (Suz); 5. Michae l H.11l (Hun).
Lillard on top in KB SX
By Bre t Ec kert
SACRAMENTO, CA,SErf. 25
Woodland Cycle- backed "Smokin '" joe Lillar d
used a two- one punch to claim the 125cc over all
d uring round four of the Holesh ot Moto A ccessories / Ca rmi ch.1el Hond a / MC Concep ts-s pan·
so re d N orthern Ca lifo rn ia Mot ocr oss Series .
With only onl' round rema inin g, Lilla rd 's win
pra ctically assu(t.'s him of a top -th ree finish in
the KB Racing-promoted series.
A full gate of talented rid ers squa red off for
motu o ne in the 125cc Beginn er divi s ion .
Micha t>1 Ca rnes, o n a PCP Ya ma h a / Su z uk isponsored YZ, g ra bbt:'d th e ho Jeshot a nd th e
early lead, follow ed by Lillard , john Hod ge, and
the Kawa s.1kis of Jake Hensley and Keith Flores.
Ca rnes , Lillard a nd Hodge set a blistering pace
that would keep them in front of the res t of the
class for th e entire mot e . Th e next three po si tio ns, however, cha ng ed hands every lap as a
terri fic battle developed between Honda rid ers
Mik e Matthew a nd Chris Young. Both rid ers,
well out of the top five after the first lap , moved
up quickl y as Hensle y wen t down and fell back
to lOth on lap tw o. Matth ew too k advantage of
Hensle y' s mishap and ga ined two po sitions , tak·
ing over four th, while Young di splaced HitOshi
Aizawa for fifth . From lap two on, Matt hew and
Young traded positions, flying across the finishline t~ b letop one ahead of the ot her on SU CCl5sive la ps. Fma lly, when the checkered flag flew,
Ca rnes , Lillard and Hod ge ca me across in that
ord er to fill the top three. Young triu mp hc...-d ove r
Ma tthew th is moto, rou nd ing ou t the top five.
Moto two had some fam ilia r nam es up fron t,
as Hod ge secured. the nu m ber-on e spot early on,
wi th Matthew a nd Lilla rd apply ing pressu re
from beh ind . Kawa s.-,ki-mou nted Ryd er Morrison ga ted we ll, a long wi th Aizawa, and th ose
two filled ou t th e top five . First -mo to winner '
Carnc...'S was back in eig hth and had to make up
for a poor start; he continued to find his rh yt hm
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throug hout the moto.
Up front, Matth ew za p pe d Hod ge on lap
two while Lillard , one spot back in third , bid ed
his time to mak e his ma rk. His momen t cam e on
the fourth lap, when he put his KX ah ead o f
both Matt he w a nd Hodge, secu ri ng th e lead
pos itio n. The top five places a ppeared to be set
in stone, as no one else could make a pass stick.
At the finish, it was Lillard taking the win , followed by Hod ge, Matthew, Youn g and Aore;.
When the scores we re tallied , Lillard ' s 2-1
tally was the best of the night, earning him the
overall honor s. Hod ge 's co ns ist en t 3-2 sco res
we re good for seco nd, and Ca rnes cla imed the
last podium spo t, comb ining a sixth-place mototwo finish with his first~ mo to win.
Re s ults
50 rw fJ RfZ BEG: 1. Milt" Hl'fT\ilnJt.'Z (YoI m); 2. Ky k· Tllj,t.TI
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(YOI m); J. Nichlll.s Bacch ini ('(oiI m); 4 , Stuart Lu per (Ya m); 5. JUL-l
Fitt ro (Y.am).
SO (4-6 ) BEG: 1. Trt"vo r Faulk n e r (KT M); 2. Kt'ith Knil: ht
(KTM) ; J. Dillu n M".ln· l tcn.t1; 4. Mikt' Ht"TT\i1IIl(I,,·z l Kn.t); 5. Ty
Kt" nom (j(nn.
50 (7·9) BI-:G: 1. Kudv Ondla Cl.I.
"IJl); 2. C h.lJ Sm ith (Cu b); 3.
J"r ed lanl: (KTM) ; 4. \1 a!lO Wo m ol k (L,, m); 5. COrt·y Pddillol
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(KT M).
50 NO V: I. Bria n Fostt.·r (Lt.- m); 2. Sh' nsu n Wu m.Kk (r...... );
m
Ricky Ad.1ms (Act) ; 4 , Ja kt" lar.;on (Lt"m ); 5. Jos h u a Mc Pht"l'!oOn
(KT M).
65 BFC : 1. S!en.'oOn Wo mac k (I( a w ); 2. Eric ByfidJ ( J<.W ); 3.
,
J....y Ha rr i!i (KolW); 4. Kr;'lm...r Pa ltl 'fS(ln (K.1W); 5. JOShU.l Fittro
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(Kaw ).
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1)5NO V; 1. Ry.ln f"t rris (Ka wl ; 2. M.IUhl' W Sp...no' r (K" w); 3.
I~.'a u WL
"~l nd (I<.. W); 4. Kt.... n ByfielJ (Kaw); S. Br,ld Kd ly (K"w).
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' H (K-12) liF e: 1. Rya n k- rris (Suz ); 2. Tr a vis Willia ms (Ho n);
S
3 . Gt"U rf;c L ll brgtl u t. (Ka w); 4. H.,,,u Wil"g.,nd (Su z); 5. M.lltlll' w
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Spt' nt"t>r (Ho n).
85 (l~ I(Jl BEG ; I. Ca rson M..yt"rs (Ydm); 2. R,)fy Ra d o v ich
(Ho n); 3. Du n ny Stommd (Ya m ); 4. O.lnn y H.lrri S ( K.1W 5. Joh n
);
Va n Dy k...(Kaw) .
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H5 NO V: 1. Mik t' M.1hlnn (Yam ); 2. Jt'l't"mia h Gc rbt.· (Y" m); 3.
r
Thtln'l.l!i BU!ih,, y (K.lw); 4. BIa kt. Ke lly (Ya m ).
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125 SC H BY BEG ; I. Ca m f ost er (Ya m); 2. C hris Voil n Me ll' r
(Yam); 3 . Jll~h Jt·nk ms IYa m) ; 4. Br i,m F...t w w (Ka w); 5. 8 ri.lfl
Ft.odnn: a k (H o n ).
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125 SCH BY NOV : 1. Kt,·..in McCt .vt.'m (Yam ); 2. Mike M.lI!'otJfl
l'luz).
125 BEG : 1. JOt. Li ll a rd (Ya ml ; 2. John H od ge (Y. m) ; 3.
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Mich .eJ Carnes (Y.m); 4. M ilt ~ Mau ht.·w l Hon); 5. Chri..to pher
You ng (H u n).
125 NOV : L Kevi n McGov ern (Yam); 2. C urti!'o Tacklt>y
(Kaw); 3. Jl'l't.·mi.lh Lc-wi5 (Hun); 4. Lomny Frit ch (YoiI m); 5. Ky lt"
M.U' .-I la (Yam) .
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250 BEG ; 1. Pa ul Gt.'fbi (Hu n); 2. Fro nk Chavez (Ho n); J. Jao;on
Gt-rbi (Hon); 4. Josh Cam..-y (Yam); 5. Bryan G.tm bill (l<.1w)
.
2.'JO NO V: 1. T im Stnw l," (Suz); 2. Scott rdla (Ho n); 3. Chad
Pace (Hun); 4. Christopher Westphal (Yam) ; 5. Pat Holrlow (Hun).
PRO- AM ; 1. Gift Cook (YoI m); 2. Bt. Wri....nbt 'f g (Yam ); 3.
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J. ke Windham (Suz); 4. Stcvc Thi nb 'r (Hon); 5. Kt.fITl Dt.-II (YOIm) .
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25+- BEG: I. BI'UCt" Thin~t"T (Hu n ); 2. Stuart N,,'l<;tlfl (Ho n); J .
Fran k Chavez (H o n ); 4. earJ Whitaker (Suz); 5. Em Wee k (Suz).
25-+ NO V; 1. Stt"V Th inf;t"T (H" n ); 2. Jo h n Moure (Yam); J .
e
Curri.. TM lJ ey (l<.1w) 4. Chri s Westp hotl (Yam); 5. Cody laOO
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l"1"!io
(Yam).
VIT BEG: 1. Rick For lx"S (Suz ); 2. Er ik Wt>ek (Suz); 3. G uv
lowe (I<.lw); 4. G len LaWft"1lC\" (Yam) ; 5. Loui... Webb (H.m ).
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VET :-.JOV : 1. Cody LandCI"!io (Yam); 2. Robt.I"I Woe hr le (Hon);
J. D.m DcN uzzo (H o n); 4. Stu.1ft N"{'I(In ( Hu n ); 5. Pt"lt' r H.lm d
(H nn) .
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VET INT : 1. Pdt"f C ru w... (K.:tw);2. Joh n Ml"ol.n· (Ya m )
OI T BEG 1. M" rk COrTeoil (Kaw); 2. Ch u.:k Sh.ip ll'y Uion ); 3.
Gl'Ill' Brandt (5uz ); 4. 5 tt.·w Sp.1 u ld inf; (KTM ).
OfT NOV : I. Jim Brt.'I\ci~n (l Ion ); 2. Ma r k G l't"l' (Yam ).
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OfT EX: 1. Pt.1~r Cro wd l (K.1W).
Sidecars heat up
Portland Road Race
By Ric k Murray
PORTLAND OR.SEPT. 18-20
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With wea ther tha t' s normal for Portla nd , Oregon, in September, the racers of the Sidecar Racers Associa tion made the trip to Portl and Interna tion a l Rac ewa y fo r th e nint h ra ce in their
Western Division series. When all was said a nd
done, it wa s th e pa ir in g o f Rick Murra y and
Heat her Belletto that caml." out on top .
Sunday came wi th high clouds an d no rain ,
and the fi rs t he a t go t un der wa y w ith Tim
Coughlin and Dawna Holloway leading for the
firs t th ree la ps. Th ey wer e overta ke n o n th e
fr ont st ra ig h t, ho we v er, b y th e Mark
Bevan s /Fran k B~ van s du o, follo \'l.'ed bv Rick
Murra y
and
He ath er
BeUe tto." As
Bevan s /Bevan s entered tum one, tht>ir gf;'a rbox
loc ke d up, putting the m sidewavs as
Murray / Belletto went ins id e, follo wed by the
Ed Ramones /Craig Evans team ; Co ugh lin / Hollowa y tried t h e o utsi d e, o n ly to lo se their
mome ntu m .
Heat tw o saw the field limited to jus t ~ven
tea ms, wi th BiB 8e'Cke ZX10 ha vin g blown a
r's
head gasket and the &ovans rig going out with
th e br oken gearbox. The Ram one'S / Evans duo
mad e a quick start, with Murray/ Belletto dirt."Ct~
ly on their rea r fender. The pace ran for all seven
laps in this wa y, with each team hav in g fas tt'r
and slowe r spots on this ve ry fast track. The ba tt le for th e t h ird spot wa s tigh t, wi t h
Co ug hlin / Holloway 'and G reg Roberts /Victor
Berna sconi swappi ng positions, w ith
Roberts /Bernasc oni co mi ng ou t on top in the
heat and taking the ove rall with the Olym picstyle scoring of both events.
Results
SlX"R 1. MUrToI fB...U.'tt o ( K.1W) ; 2. Ram.. nl"S fFvan~ (Ho " );
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3. Ro bt.TI, / Bern . sco'n i (Suz) ; 4 Co u g h li n / Hu llo way (lCol w ); 5.
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