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Sheldon Wenz (51L) leads Alan Regier
(17), Dusty Faulds (23L) and C.J. Beving
(14L) on his way to the race win and the
class championship in the Open Pro
season finale at th e Sadl:lleback Race
park in Sioux Falls , South Dakota ; Wenz
also captured th e 250Cc Pro
cha mp ionship crown.
to finish befo re the back-ma rk tim e, a nd co mp le ting all four loops in on ly o ne ho ur. C raig
Hanso n's 59-po int score ea rned hi m third place
behind Silva in the Modem Classic class.
Devon Hickm an led the Mod em Bike thr eeline com pe tition, po sting 42 poi n ts on his Fan tic.
A dose seco nd place w ith 42 po ints w as Ya mahe-moun ted Keit h Pa rker ; third pla ce wen t to
Betesrider Ba rba ra Falli s, who d ro pped a total of
66 poin ts.
Saddleback ST crowns
good king Wenz
By Brad Letc her
SIOUXFALLS, SD, SErT. 19
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Sheldon Wen z was cro wned the king of Saddle
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back s hort tr ack as he took the point cha mpi o nships in the Open Pro and 250c( Pro clas ses.
Wen z's convi ncing wins in both clas ses secur ed
top honors for the yea r as the sea son co ncluded.
Tami We nz , She ldo n' s s is te r, w on the -lo ngawa ited Po wd er Puff race tha t d rew the curtain
o n this year's sho rt-track program.
Sheldo n Wen ? lin ed u p for the 250c( Pro
main eve nt with a co mfo rtable poi nts lead th at
he in tend ed to kee p . \.'Vcnz roc ket ed off the line
to ta ke th e h ol e s ho t , w ith Ellio tt Po w er
Spo r ts / FMF / AFA M-ba cked Do st y Faulds a nd
Brad Letcher close h<-hind . Alan Regier beg an to
hound Letcher fo r th ird as Wen z a nd Fa u ld s
pulled awa y. Le tcher ma in ta ined third p la ce
un til the third lap. w hen he lost traction coming
ou t o f tu r n fo u r, w h ic h < wed C ha mp io n
'lllo
Cy cle's Regier to pull alo ngs ide . It too k Regier
until the exit of tum two to SL'Cure the lead. Up
front, Wen z had pu lled a su bsta ntial lead ove r a
lon esome Faul ds in seco nd . Th e race for third
wa s tig ht u n til the fin is h, bu t Regier held o ff
Letcher and too k th e las t p od iu rn po s iti o n .
Wcnz took the w in J nd the poi nt champ ionship,
w hile FJulds fin is h t.~ J S runner -up in the race as
well as in the season points.
The Open Pro ma in wo u ld be a repeat of the
250cc co ntes t, as far as th e top two w er e conce rned . A -Te c h C ycl e / L& R Ra cing -b a cked
Wenz g rab bed the holes hot and led Alan Regier
and heat wi nner Fauld s by several bike lengt hs
b y th e tim e th e y ex ite d t u r n two . Regi er
dropp"d to th ird before th e lap w as ove r, as
Fa u lds w as d et ermined no t to let We nz get
away. C.J. Bevin g and Pet e Tapken were pressuring new com er Regier for third . Wenz pulled
an other di sappearing a ct a nd ra n a way fro m
Faulds, w ho had a lar ge lead over the battle for
th ird . Tapken made the pass on Regier and set
his sigh ts on seco nd . Bevin g p ressured Regier to
the chec kers , but he co uld not ge t around . Wenz
wheel ied o ve r the line for his st.."'Co nd w in a nd
the cla ss cham p io nship. Faulds too k the brid esmaid po sition in the race as w ell as in the titte
chase once agai n. Tapken , Regi er and Beving
rounded ou t the top five fo r the scason-end ing
race.
Th e seaso n came to a close wi th the running
of the Po w d er Pu ff ra ce , in whic h 14 yo u ng
la d ies too k to the tr ack rid ing eve ry size and
shape of bike imagi nable. Sheldo n Wen z's sis ter,
Tami, and her mot her, Marita, lined up side by
s id t.' o n the fro n t r o w . As th e g reen fI.1 g
d rop ped, Tami We nz ripped off the line to ta ke
th e hol es ho t, fo llo wt'd by hea t wi nner Beck y
Reinkt.' Ma ri ta Wenz and Mar cia Rust ad . Rus,
tad had a great sta rt, co nsidering she wa s rid ing
wit h handl eba rs bad ly bent from J s pec tac ular
hea t-race cras h w hich ha d s howed ho w fa r a
bike can whee lie wit ho u t a rid er . Kim Tre nd e
slip pe d pa s t bo th Ru stad a nd Marita Wen z on
the seco nd la p to take o ver third , behi nd Reink e.
Afte r s ta lli ng her mo to r o n the s ta r t, Cassie
Melcher had come from being half a lap h<-hind
to pass Missy Freier for ni nt h on the seco nd lap.
Up fro nt, Tam i Wenz was ho ld ing off the hard charging d uo of Reink e and Trend e.
As the laps flew by, Man ta Wen z was slipp ing back in the field, as Kelly Thompson made
the pass fo r fou rth and Rus tad for fifth. Melcher
w as in to seven th by the fifth lap a nd s he w as
gai nin g llJ.l the lead g ro u p . Batt les raged in all
a reas of th e tra ck as la p pers becam e a factor.
With two laps to go, Tr ende used a pick to get
by Rein ke to take ovL-rseco nd place. Tami Wenz
carved her way to the cht.ckers, follo wed closely
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by Re inke, Trend e , T ho m pso n a n d Ru st ad .
Marita Wenz too k ni nth by mere in ches over a
hard-charg ing Laura Bru ns .
Results
MIN I so: 1. AIl"'lC JU~l·n!it.·n (Cob) ; 2 D\oril.. L.....d usa w (Kaw);
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3. Luk e Lambrecht (Suz) ; 4. Kt.~h.·by lI ar " hfielJ (Yam ); 5. C rcg
No rdqui...t.(Ya m).
MINI 60 : I. Tony Bi....el (Kawl; 2. [acob Ahl (Kawl ; 3. Caleb
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Sullivan (K.1W ); 4. Colton Trende (l(.lW); 5. Jt.!>>;l' Fru·.t (Yam ).
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MINI ~l : I. Ryan Deighton (Ht. n); 2. Tony Bi ~M"1 (Kaw); 3
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Devin w coa (5uz ); 4. Rugt.'tThumpson (K.lW); 5, J.1 olb Ah l (Kaw ).
SM ENG: I. O.ln idle Bt'ving (K.1 wl; 2. Ryan Deighton (Ho n);
3. Devi n Wcnz (Suz ); 4. Nick Feis t (Ya m).
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250 A: 1. Roger W""~ln (K. W); 2. Rick Do ul;lwr ty (H un): 3.
Mar k Lamb recht (Y.ml).
O PEN A IT: I. C had ,o hm.o n (Y;lml; 2. Kevin Lemcke (Ya m);
3. O" rM watrees (Yam) ; 4. Sco tl Gar act!! (Y" m) ; 5. Sco tt M.n sh
(Ho n).
O I'EN A : 1. o..·nn i!l Mddlt.'T IY.l m); 2. Mike L..,llcy (Yam ); 3
ving (f lon) ; 4. Rick Duughl'Tty (Ho nl
C huck Bc
250 PRO: I. 5hdJoll W.. nz (Suzl; 2. Du ~t y Faulds (Ho n); 3.
Den nis Rcgi(·r tK.1wl; 4. BraJ L r-tchlT (lil,").
OPEN rRO IT: I. Dt-nn i!l ReKit.r Uy w ); 2. Du !ot Fau ld s
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tHo n); 3. Br.1d Lc:td lt.T(Honl .
OrEN rRO: I. Shd d on Wenz (Suz l; 2. Dustv Fau lds (lion) ; 3.
r d l' T.1pkm tHo n); -I Dt'1lnis Rl');il"t (Kilwl; 5. c.j. R!."Vin (J-Ionl.
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pr: I. Tilm i W("nz (SUI-); 2. Kim Tn'nde ( Kaw) ; 3. Ikc k y
Rt.'i k e (Kawl; 4. Kelly Thll lnp!'On (K.1\" '); 5. ~(""ct.. Rust.1d (Ya m ).
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Fathers and sons
battle at Frankfort MX
By Rupert X. Pelle tt
FRANKFORT,OH,SErT 13
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It was a fum ily affair at sto p number six of the
Buckeye Stat e Mo tocross Cha m pionship SeriL ,
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w ith mo re th an 400 racers tr ekki ng in to MidSou thern O hio Park for intense mo tocross racing
featu ring the ann ua l Father a nd Son Spectacu lar.
Besides th e usu al classes of co m pe titi o n, promo ter Jeff KeHis allow ed a fa mily-ru n race fea·
turing kid s a nd their dads co m pe ting in th ree
diff er ent team races.
Race one had fathers run o ut from the start·
ing ga te, fire up their 60cc or SOcc machine and
the n take a lap of the ci rc ui t. At t he sco ring
tow er, the bike was ha nded off to the kid for his
lap. Th en the fina l la p was taken, once again by
the da d . Th is res u lted in so me sp ir ited racin g
tha t sa w tw o da d s tak e eac h ot he r o u t in the
whoop sectio n.
The next race was the tea m race, in vo lving
da ds a nd kids on big bik L followed by the ulti 'S,
mate sho wdown: Pros on 80s. With '15 Pros a nd
kid s tea med up in th is class, th e fen ces were
be nding under the weight of excited specta to rs,
wh o were la ughi ng at the o versi zed experts d icing o n 60s an d 80s. Th e furio us war ca me do wn
to the final lap of this ed ge--of-yo ur-seat contes t:
Mark "Junio r" Bur kh art teamed up w ith N ick
"Wild C hild " Ca r ro ll and a lm ost ca ug ht Jeff
'''Fro'' Gibso n thro ug h the wh oop secti on, but
Gibso n h ung on fo r the wi n. Gibso n's team ma te
Michael WiIl.,rd also took the w in in the fath erand-son race aboa rd his SO
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Mike Ivers wa s a d oubl e class w inner on the
day. The Yam "h a· mo un ted racer w as spectacular and he stood victorio us in bo th the 16-24 and
125cc B clas ses aboa rd his roy al blu e machine .
The Sipt."S broth e~ came up from Kentu cky to
do sa me dam age in the Buckeye Series. Justin wo n
the 65s and his older brot her Ryan too ~ the 80cc
(12-15) class. Both were mou ntL'Il on Kawasakis .
In Ove r 40 ·cl a ss ac tio n, it w a s a ll Ke n
Franke nberry. Loca l Ge rry lknnett ran w ell for
seco nd , w ith se mireti red Pro Ray Du naway Jr.
in t h ird o n hi s O h io M o to S po r ts -b ac ked
Kawasaki.
Results
so 14-6); I. Kyle 8 urlile (CIlbl; 2 Devan Sha.J e (Cob ); 3. RYAn
K<...... (Cu bl; 4. Jordan Strick t.md (Cob ); 5. M"ttm-w Co ttril l tt llb).
5(1(7-KI; 1. Dt-van Wd,:h (Cob) ; 2. Ad Mulcr (Cob) ; 3. Kri!!
Nd:-o.m (Cuh); 4. Nath.m Ht.~kl·tt (Co b); 5. Bryiln l D.-board (Cclb).
()5; 1. Jw.lin SiPl-"!I IK.1w); 2. Pdt MolS!Ii<.· (K,a.w ); 3. Jdl<.e Muhnt..y
(lGlw); 4. Cedi Ad ..r1\l; (K.1W); 5. O'...,l n Wrlch (Kdw).
Kl)(7·m; I. Mi..:h.1d Willil.rd tSu zJ; 2 Nick e n ro ll (Ka w ); 3.
Jw.tin Sipc.> (K.1 w l; 4. r nt M.l~ i(" (Ho n); 5. Al1.·x RO . .i (Hon) .
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Btl (12-15): 1. Ry..n SiJ'l-'!> (KdW); 2. Gavin Gra .:yL. (Kaw); 3 __
Da vid lI er b ·t Kdw );-4. Na th.1n Skagg!l (Y",m); 5. Dcr d. Stur~ell
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MO 5 : 1. Au stin Smod"'K" r tSu zl ; 2. Malt McCa be: Ul un ); 3.
C r" ig G,l m·tt mon); 4. Ch.1d He lton (Suz l; 5. Derrick Arlt.od~e
(K.lwt
"' ) EXTRA : I . Na th.1n Sl.. AA (Ya m); 2. Todd lies evdm); 3.
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RO!lIi Ada ms (Yam); 4. Jo hn WiSl."llb"rger(Ya m).
scas v 125: I. Ga vitt Gr.l ey k IK.1w); 2 Rya n Sipes (Kaw); 3.
Mdrk Diehl ($u z); 4. K. And rew WiIIMd CSuz); 5. A.J. M..ad c (Suz).
125 PRO 1. Mark Bur\..h" rt (Ho n); 2. Brad Strunk lSu zl ; 3.
C hUCk Reed (Suz); 4. Sco tt Mctz (Suz); 5. Jeff G ibso n [Kawl .
125 8 : 1. Mil.. Iwf'!. (Yam); 2. Mikl' Ca mpbe ll (!