Kyle Brown (Ya m); 4. Mit ch Sluder (Ya m) ; 5. 50 Shinabargl.r
·
( H en).
Ka.....,.
125 0 2-15); I. J.l ml~ Ta ylm (Ya m); 2.
Tu rlt-y (H ,m); 3.
Adam Burke (Yam); 4. Andy SI"'-"I'WooJ lK. wl; 5. Da nn y Beckett
(Stu).
1 ~24: I. Ja~ Vlt'llI.lI (Ya m ); 2. Randy Wuod (Yam) ; 3. R~
Dombrowski (Suz); 4. William Ro ra (Kaw); 5. Michacl Men.lingt.-r
'
(Hon).
25+ : 1. D.wid Ceyloed (Ka w ); 2: OarTn'! 8or'chcrdmg (Yam) ;
) . Moin Sdtud ke (Ydm ); 04 . John 5.mdm.ln Ifinnl; 5. Pat Mll")'
(K.IWl
.
250 C: 1. Mi kl' CI'(' r 1I li on); 2. Er ic Boy a jia n (H e n), 3. rJul
R.m o;lt.T (!-I m ); 4. Jo hn ga ndmnn (Hunl; 5. Prcd RUs' ;("1l (I-I n).
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Flickenger takes XR title at
Bud Grass MX
By Larry Witmer
BUCHA.'IIAN, lAl, ocr. 18
Todd Flicken ger bes ted the 33-rider field of XR
755 a nd XR 80s to claim the crow n as the fas test
adu lt o n an XR a t the Bud Grass MX. His wi n
did n 't come eas ily, however, as "Flick" ha d to
use lapped traffic t<:t his ~l d va n t age, passing both
Darrin Borcherd ing an d Derek Cathca rt just two
corners from the finish line.
p .:v1 A Pro Mike L1 Ro cco ca me o ut to Red
Bud to cha llenge the grass track and he demolished th e 250cc Expert and Over 25 A d ivision s.
laRocco , however, experienced a rare DN F
in the XR race and wasn 't a factor .
Multi-time AMA I ational Enduro Champion Dick Burleson competro in his first grass
event at Red Bud, and he ma de a great showing
by winning the hig hly competiti ve 250cc B divisio n a nd the Ov er 50 class.
"My so n, jon Eric, compet ed las t yea r at the
grass event, and he sa id how much fun it was,"
Bu r)e;on sa id . " I wanted to try it out for myse lf.
He was right : It's a blast. I'm from the old school
of MX - I lea rned to rid e before the big jumps.
The natural-terrain benns a nd whoops are great !
This reminds me of Unad illa in the 70s, exce pt
here there's no rocks. Winning the 250cc B class
was a plus - dicing with those guys. You ha ve to
choo~ your lint- carefully and w ork the track to
'S
your ad vantage ."
Flicken ger took the holes hol in the XR Trac k
C ha m pio ns hip on the Au to tr a ck du rin g th e
ha lf- time brea k, b ut he ha d dose co m p a ny :
m ult i ~timc Nat io nal Wom c n~ :; Cha m pio n Lisa
Ak in-Wagne r, Ca thca rt, Borche rd ing and the 33·
other XRs gave chas e . Left at t he ga te was
LaRocco, who sa t idle with a fouled spa rk p lug .
L1St yea r's XR-class run ner-up , Larry Wit·
me r, was a lso do ne befo re the first lap when the
seat fell off his Eric Go rr-po we red XR. He would
pu tt a round to finish an eventual eigh th_
Fli ckenger, me anwhile, had the lead, b ut
Cathcart was close an d get ting closer - thanks in
part to slower riders. Ca thcart took over the lead
on th e third lap in the tight switchba cks with an
insid e lin e, p u shing his wa y p ast Flickenger.
Meanwhile, last year's cha mp, Borcherding.. had
ca ug ht the front·running du o. Borcherd ing th en
w e n t to th e ins id e of Fl ick e n g er in a sa n d
sw itchba ck co r ne r, a nd th e two tan gled and
crashed .
Cathcart had his Birky Motor XR in cruise
control o ut fr ont. but he wasn't o u t o f the
woods yet. Cathcart got into heavy lappers wi th
m·o corners to go an d Borcherding tried a n outside line for the lead . The two tangled bri efly,
aIJowing Aickenger to squir t to the ins ide - ta king the lead an d hu ldi ng it jus t two com ers to
.th e finish.
Results
XR C-SH IP: I. Todd Ricknlgn'; 2. Dam." Borcherding; 3 .
Dt.-rekCa thc a rt; 4. Eric Ni,;htin~le; 5. Bobby W",/;;~,
AUTO 14otl): I. Jan.-d Ha ys (Yam); 2. Zachary H.1YS (Yam) ; 3.
Zach.uy &!'.o;t'r {Yaml ; 4. M.ll! Fol'.o (Yam ); 5. Austin Srl4.'dd
l
t'fl
(Ya m l.
AUTO (4-6l: 1. A.J. AlIl":'lhou!II' (Cub); 2. Aan m Oabicri (lA-m );
3. Britton Meal'5 (urn); 4. Allison Vrbd ( I..crn).
AUTO (7-8): 1. Tho m;!s Fisher (Co b); 2. Brett Wagner (Cob );
3. Co d y Davi!! (Cub); 4. Chil1lt.' Sp;mlcio (KTM I; 5, JI-rem y Arney
((.A
m).
(,( ; 1. Sh .ml' St'well lKT MI; 2. Lmy P"rtin (K",w) ; 3. Iva n
)
H: 1. Anlhorly Milks (}-Ion>; 2. Ceeey raul-.cll (Yam) ;
3. Adron VaJt'r t K.lw); 4. Ietr" l""t."WlfWn (Yam); 5. Kobt"Y Turk")'
(Hon) .
125 A: 1. ConnK-' Fftoot lSuz l; 2. ).-on Vicnot (Yd m); 3. 8c-n
GJ",} ~ (Yam); 4. ~ W.-st{yam);5. Dant· Gri,-icic (Ydm l.
125 8 : 1. Ryan Ro w dt"l" (Ya m); 2. A.lmn Yodt.... (K.l w); 3 , Ta l
Wol fe Oll IKTMI; 2. Rw.s DumruwM..i (K..w l; 3.
J..n Kml,....'" OCTMJ; 4 . WiII"lm Flora (I(olWr, 5. Tim Ritch ...' (Han).
2SOC: t. Mikt- Gt.....T U-I(m); 2. j.a.<;uo Bt."gt."!ok (Suz); 3. ChJd
Y"•.!t-r (Hu n); 4 . M.u k Tillery (Yam) ; 5. Da nny ~t~ m ont
1~24 : 1. Jd.. m Vit·nut (Yam ); 2 Barry A n);H.'fIlyrr lIYw); 3.
'ti.
Ben G ril v~ (Yam); 4 _ O a n e C ri v icic{Ya m); 5 . Andy Rc t b ur "
(H u nl.
25+; I . Mik l." Lezccco (Hunl.
30+ : 1. Cu n ni.· M.'iol (Suz ); 2. loilrl)' Witm.·r (Su:d; 3 . So
l
:utt
Kirkpdlrick. (Ilon l; 4. T,... Akkl'n/-;t.-r C w ); 5. Ch ris C u m m in,;s
irJ
Ka
(K.1W).
35+ : I. Co nnie Fd~ t (Suz l; 2. Rick Wabwurth (KTM) ; 3. Jl'lf
HI',,!!lun (Ka w); 4 . Doug NUll 1K.1W); S. Jt. rY Birky (KTMl.
T
40+ : I. Larry Witmt.... (SoL); 2. Rid Walsworth (KTM ); 3. Jdf
Heas ron (K .1W); 4 Ro be rt Rich .l!"dMlIi t H o nj: 5 . An d y Koostra
(K.awl.
SCI.: 1. Dick Burlcson UCTM); 2. Da n Bo.oher (K"f\.I); 3. Dove
BUZ<1lki (Suz); 4. Rt~I·r Lewe, (I-I()II ) .
NON-CUR : 1. Tu m Hoi shcr (fl on); 2.. Br"d C.oins CIIo n ); 3.
r.lUl R.to.. lt-r 1110 111 4. KOllfad Juhnst)1l Oinn); 5. Kc v in Kt'll y
.
;
(Kaw) .
8 MS R: 1. KL-v1 n PI~1t1 O ltml ; 2. Tom Hobht.... (Hun); 3 . It.5.1na;tl'f (HI'If\); 4. 5.. 0" Robertson Glonl; 5. A1k1l DOIlt.'lh (H o n); 2 . Dave W a ,;m-r (Ya m); 3. Jo h n
CoJt"ll'ldn (.'
~u}; 4. Stl'VPEdw .. ls lKaw); 5. Terry HUoltland (Ho n).
m
50+ : I. To m Br ; 5. Sro" Shafl-T l'iuzl.
125 8': J . Ja r ed Wolfe (Ya m ); 2. Jaso n Sau nders ( Kaw) ; 3 .
Char lie Paskins UVn'ly (Yam); 3 . Kasey
J
Chancy U Ion}; 4. Ki rk A IIt.on (Suz); 5. Eric Raml'y lH u n).
250 A ; 1. Chris Bo.Try (Suz); 2. Chris F. Ku hn lKilw); 3. DilUas
Avery (Stu); 4. Malt Powers (Su.d; 5. Scu tt S~ fl'r (Suz ).
250 8: 1. l C. C raveN (Yam ); 2. Ryan 51OdIlt. (Suz); 3. Wor d k
·
Bla ir (Su7.); 4. Da ve Hom (5uz); 5, Nick N u tt lt· (y.1m) .
u
250 C: 1. Ja!IUn Po wt.-ni (Suz); 2. JI·ff B1 h·ld (K.1w); J. Du nnva n Min ne ar (Ya m); 4. LC!I A rl ed g e (H o n l; S. Nichold:; BuHy
(H u n ).
1
16-24; I. Ja rt. d Wu lfe (Ya ml ; 2. Mikl' IVI"", tY.lm) ; 3. ja Hl \l
Sotundt'l'S II(.1W); 4. Rya n Sloane (Su7.l; 5. 5I1 un Kuch lcr (Hon).
...
25+ A; 1. Malt r uwl._ lSuz); 2. Rich.lrd Rob illMon(t lu n).
25+ B: 1. Bub Hearcth (K.aw ); 2. Da ve 110m (Suzl ; 3. KL'Vin
Pt...kin:> (Suz); 4. Mdr ty Brrbt.-ri h lHnn); 5. Jd...m roweB < lo
c
Suz
30+ : I. Rich ard Rob in!! n (Hon ); 2. Tt.'JT}' Bla k ly (llonl; 3.
o
Bu b HC.lrcth (Kaw l; 4. R~hd rd G ilh.lI't (Hunl; 5. L1rry "n.'It)kb.~nk
(Yaml.
Ho
40 +: 1. J. Gm C nl; 2. Tim Malott (Slul; .l Ro1y Dun. IWolY Jr.
( )(a w); 4. Boyd e Wo lfe (Suz); 5. RudI'M.")' Fl"t"Ch'f (lion).
O rE."-: 8 : 1. Mark Smith (Yitm); 2. Don raSl.av an l (KTM); 3.
M.u k WaJ;l1nn l'f (H,m); 4 D.1nny C.lrtt T (Yam) ; .';. Pell' H.'pntT
()(a w).
Connelly family
takes Barona MX
By Homer Eubanks
RAMONA, CA, ocr. 25
The Connelly famil y, young and old, went home
big winners at Ba:rona Oaks M.X Raceway. But
not to be overshadowed was Dustin Watson.
who swept the 12See Novice division in his first
125cc race since movin g up from the 80s .
Wat so n ma d e hi s mo v e from t he 80s in
g ra n d style by wi n ni ng bo th 12Scc Nov ice
motos. With suc h a stella r performance, Watson
looks as if he will be moving up to I25cc Intermed.iat e in a sho rt time. O nce Watson was out
front, th e ba tt le was for second, between Eric
Arn ett and Co ry Criss. Arn ett mana ged to keep
Criss at ba y in th e firs t mo to, but Criss ca me
back in mot o two for the second spot. Arnett go t
a poor sta rt a nd ended up sixt h, a nd fou rt h
ove rall, w hich pu t Pete Scully in the third overall spo t after delivering a 4-3 showing.
In the Vet No vice class, Doug Connelly took
hom e the gol d a fter losing the first round to Ken
Lurcook. but coming back in the second moto to
take an easy win, with Ron Howell seco nd . Lurcook was third , giving him St"Cond overall . How ell ha d a 4-2 day for third ove rall .
Greg Meyers captured the Vet Intermedia te
class wi th his 3-1 effort. Don Connelly had wo n
the firs t mota after fending off a hard-cha rging
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