(Above) Pee Wee ri der Nic Paluzz i styles
hi s way to victory in th e Glen Helen
Stadi umc ross Series event in San
Bernardino, California.
(l eft) Kev in Wageman won the 60cc
Begi nner c lass during SSC Friday night
MX racing act ion at Casta ic lake in
California.
KTM h om e wit h t he w in . No rma n finis hed
th ird . In the Pee W.. (4-6) class, Dyla n Cline
had a big lead over the rest of the field until his
KTM ran out of gas, w hich allow ed Husq vam amo un ted Daniel Sra nd les to ta ke the wi n.
In the 65cc (l D-Il) class, Chris tophe r Newt o n
had th e ea rly lea d but fell 00 the second lap ,
which a llowed A nd rew Norma n to pa ss a nd
mar ch on to victory .
In t he 80cc Beg inne r class, t h e ri v al r y
betwe Clyde Roberts and Alan Norma n was
en
cut short when Norman fell ea rly in the race. He
got up qu ickly but could n' t ca tch Robert s, who
too k the win .
Results
r /w (4-6): I. Daniel Sr.uld l,-,:, (H u!+); 2. Dylan O int' (KTM).
P / W (7-8) : 1. Md:oy Go fort h (KT M); 2. Brandon lA<:aro
(H us) ; J . Anl1<1 Nor man ( Le m j .
6S C7-Q): 1. C hristop he r Newton (Ka w) .
h5 n o-I t) : 1. Andrew No rm.m (Ka w); 2. C h risto pher New to n
(K.1W).
X DE I. Oyde Robe rts (Kaw) ; 2. Alan No rm a n (Kdw); 3.
U G:
Scott Norm a n (Su z ).
SR MIN I: I. Qydl' Roberts (K.1 W); 2. SL-ott No rma n (Suz).
S/M INI: I. Ala n Nor man {K.1w} .
125 0 : 1. Ale" Ho lden (Suz) ; 2. Travi s Mo rrison IBon); 3.
Matt Kokcees (Kawl
250 D: 1. David Phiya n (Kaw ); 2. Richar d St·tzl·r (Yam); 3.
R<:- Parscre (Hc nl.
U/L C /I); 1. Alt'l( Hold e"O(Suz);2. M"tt Kokenl~(!
Kevin Wageman s(.'Cms to be ge tting faste r
ea ch week, an d he a nd ZaCha ry Brow n had a
knock--down, d rag··ou t batt le for overall ho nors
i n t h e 60cc Begin ner class . Th e tw o rid ers
exc hanged the lea d nu m ero u s ti,m es in each
mo to. but w he n the d us t se ttled , it was Wag eman taking the win. Brown sco red a strong sec-
e nd -p lace finish , w hile Mich ael Covelli , Co le
Pu gmi re a nd Jo n Sta ins rou nd ed o u t the top
five .
Sean Irela nd was ho t to night on his fourstro ke Ho nd a, and he rooste away to a set of
d
mo to victo ries in the Vet Beginn er class. Ireland
topped John Casio and ha rd-chargin g Phil Kuh n
in o ne of the night' s most exciting races.
Tea m G ree n /R&D M in i rider Mike A lessi
see ms to btl all healed up from his bro ken rad ius
bone, and he swept a ll fou r mo tes of bo th th e
Superm ini a n d 60cc (9- 11) d ivi sions . Al es si
top ped superfast Matt Gom ez and Cody Randa ll
in t he S uper minis a n d th e n his b rot her Jeff
Alessi in the 60cc (9-11) class .
Results
!iO (O-f,): 1. Evan Golm bt'tta (KTM); 2. Chri s rluu ffl' (K1"M) ; 3.
Robert R...odl U(Yam) .
·
,0 (7·q) : I. Justin Eub a nk s ( KT M); 2. Arma ndo Agu ila r
IKTM).
h(I BAG: 1. Kevin Wagem an (K.1w) ; 2. Zachary Brown (!<. W);
l
J. Michael Co velli 8 C.lug lll'y (KolW).
SR NO V: I. Fra nk St.,*a nl (Kaw).
WMN : 1. ' l"O
nifl'l' Ca pu to (Yam) ; 2. AmbiT Pickett (Suz ).
Fortner wins duel in
Neoga Hillclimb
By Bud Nort hrup
NE
OGA,IL SErf. 26
,
Th e y call him "Fast An dy " for good re ason .
And y For tn er is blistering ly fast. And for tha t
reason alone he is a tri ple thre at o n his RM250,
his CRSOO and i:>Occ "Hondasaki" tripl e. Fortne r
engaged in ano ther fast-ti me war with his good
fri end Jaso n N o r thr up a t th e Ce nt ra l Illino is
Motor cycle Club Hillclimb , a nd the show was ,
as always, riveting.
O nly five tim es under th ree seconds were
po sted o n thi s nigh t, a nd these tw o rid ers ha d
all of them .
Fort ner turned in his firs t two- seco nd ru n in
the 250cc class, na iling a 2.984-second time on his
first rid e on his Forward Motion Suzuki. Kevin
Ca ppe llo was his clos es t cha llenge r, takin g second p lace wit h a good 3.275-second time on his
KX25O, wit h Don Barber Jr. claim ing third on his
Suzuki in 3.440 seco nd s. Fortner's second fast ru n
came on his first ride on his CRSOO in the 600cc .
class, in w hich he logged a 2 .908 ~secon d ru n.
Jaso n N ort hrup was fai rly qu ick, bu t ma naged
"only" 3.064 second s on his Sportland Honda for
second place. He did , however, serve notice that
he was a serious th reat for fast time as he tu rned
in a sizzli ng 2.928-secon d ru n in the 750cc class
of) his first ride on his "H ond asakl" triple. Knowing that Northrup had another run coming on his
triple, Fortner took a "free" ride in second-round
acti on o n his Ho nda, delivering a brea tht aking
run in 2.719 seco nds , scaling the 6OOocdm ,lIl Jr. IKaw ): 2. Kevin Rvan fKaw ]: 3.
Rlcha rd St.-ry;nl! (I<.lw); 4 Scutt Shl....s ·(K., w); 5. Ik. ck William...
t
> a
(Ka w )
250: I. Andy Fortnl'r (5 u...); 2. Kl'vin C.lpp d ln (Kdw); J . Do.1O
Bar ber Jr . (Suz ); -I. M.nl Gon d ma n Jr . tK<'I w ); 5. M.uk " ,'len
(I-I
un).
4fX I. Stl' \'t' Sh,l fer (Yolm); 2. J.,son No rthrup (Yam ); 3, Man
t:
r ...·t\.rs (Yam) ; 4. Joh n roUlor (Y,lm) .
'
600: 1. And y Fortrwr (Hun); 2. Ja~lI\ Northrup (Ho n); 3. Dar rell Trent (Hnn); 4. Mdt! r t'lers (Yam) ; 5. J.D. Lt stt'r (KilW).
7St}: I. J.l!llln Nn rth n.Jp (K,l W); 2. And y Furl nt>r(K. W); J, ' uhu
1
HilIolrd (K.,w); 4. Jim Rl.
'·dpath (Yam) ; 5. Juhn Polle r (Yam ).
O PEN : 1. Jlornld Lind qui st ( KiI w ); 2. R.lnd y G raon (J-I-D/; J.
Sll"v(" Sh,lfer (H-D); 4. Bob FL her (H- D/; 5. Bud No rthru p (H-D).
..
SR; 1. Gay le Jenkins (Hun); 2. To m Rollin s (Hon ); 3. Klov
in
MCK.1Y(HIIIlI; 4. !lo b Gll'nn (KTM ); 5. Kl'\, in Wea ver (Hon).
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PRO D: 1. lIu b Fishl'r (H-D); 2. R,md y G n .... (H -D); J . Steve
n
Shafer (H-D); 4. Tim Wila,oill. (H-D).
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STK: L Jon Mon rot· [K.aw ); 2. J.l sun No rt hn.Jp (Ya m); 3. M.nk
C.oodma n Jr. (Ho n); 4. 0.," Kile (Su z ); 5. 0 ,1 1 Mcrht.t'!l(>I\ (Hl.IIl).
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Burr blazes Cambridge IT
By Tim McB ride
CAMBRIDGE, MN, SErf , 27
Sha\'\'l1 Burr sped to his us ua l victory in the ROcc
cI.1SS during the Norseman Moto rcycle Club-promo ted To uris t Trophy di rt tra ck race held in
Cam brid ge. However, the specody 13-year-old dirt '
track sensation turned some heads by also winning the No vice class in a co nvincing manner.
