3. Afllh on y G uz ma n (Su.z) ; -4 . Shaun ralm~T (Ho n); 5. Mich.ld
Cunmngh.1m (Hunl.
O rEN NOV; 1. r au l Rscc lSud; 2. k rry Rud (Suz); 3. kIf
Gap' tK"w); -4 . johnny ra,;t' (Yam ); 5. RanoJy Va ll.o (Suzl .
Clint Pierce tackles a portion
of Carlsbad Raceway en route
to wi nni ng the 80cc
Intermedia te cla ss in
Carlsbad, Californ ia.
Minis maul Carlsbad MX
By Kirk Chandler
by storming off to double mot o victories. The CR250 rider bl itzed his
way in to the lead an d never looked
back. Yamaha 's Mark Mat heis and
C RSOO ri der Ji m Wi llia mson gave
chase but could n' t quite keep up the
pace set by Robinson. Ma theis was
a b le to d o mu c h th e same in th e
Ov er 40 class, taking the hole
shot in
bot h motos and roosting a w ay to
victory, wi th Williamson and KX250
rid er Terry Shee ts in tow.
Ho nd a pilot Brian Beckhcld won
the largest class of th e evenin g, the
125cc C class, by vi rtue uf hi s 2-1
m ota fi ni s hes. In the fi rs t mo to ,
Su z uki rid er Bra d Wa rd led Beck ho ld to the finish lin e. In the second
mo ta, Beckhold wa.s first across the
s
line, fo llo wed by Jason j am e a nd
Wa rd. Ward na iled d o wn se co nd
overall wit h h is 1-3 finishes while
James fin ished third.
In 250cc C action, Suzuki-m ounted Ben Boice secured th e overall by
winning both mot os.
CARl.5IlAD, CA OCT. 17
,
The 80cc classes at Ca rlsbad Raceway were up
for grabs as a large amount of riders did battle.
At the end of the day, however, Clinton Pierce
could clai m to be the fas tes t min i rid er of th e
day, as he topped the 80cc Intermediate class.
In the Novice class, David Meyers wo n the
secon d mot a and the overall. Shae Smi th, mean w hile, carne o ut on top in the 80cc Beginne r class.
Th e first mot o started off with a bang wh en
Za c Wray got the hol eshot and left the second
turn by him seJf.. Pierce and 80cc Exper t rider
Micke y Gri ffin tangled in the second comer, with
both going down hard. Wray pulled a huge lead
over Griffin and Pierce, w ho w ere still shaking
off the crash. Wray bega n to lose so me s team,
however, an d Griffin started to close on him in a
hurry. As the w hite flag ca me out, Griffin was
dogging yYray to the limits. Griffm swung wide
in a co m er and almost high -sided - a lthough the
race wasn't for position, nobody had told these
two, and they ca rne overDcvil's Drop with Wray
a wh eel length ahead to take the firs t-mote win .
In the second mota, Pierce wasn' t abo ut to
g ive his co mpetitors another l ~second advantage. He g ra bbed th e holes hot and took off with
the lea d . Wray and Gri ffin started w here they
had left off, b u t this time Griffin was able to
make the pass in the horseshoe on the third lap.
Pierce, however, had left the pack behi nd,
and it wo uld take a disaster to preve nt him from
tak in g the moto win and the overall. Griffin
managed to win the Expert class but, aft er s ufferin g through tw o bad starts, he was unable to
beat th e Intermediates.
When the ga te dropped fo r the combined
80cc Beginner and Novice classes, Meyers
g ra b be d the holes hot awa y fro m Brandon
Gui neen and Ju stin Herrma nn. Meyers led the
pack into Ratt lesnake Gulch, bu t when the pac k
rea ppeared, he was runnin g fourth an d Cuineen
was the leader . C ui necn bega n to pull o ut the
lead wh ile Herrmann and Tyler Roberts battled
ove r S<.'COnd . Roberts fell, and tha t allowed Meyers to move ba ck into third - a move tha t would
p rove to be essentia l in terms of the overall.
G u ine en won the mo ta and p roved to be the
man to bea t.
The firs t Beginner around wa s Shane McCassel: he was followed by Neal Degarmo and Shea
Sm ith. Smith ma de h is move an d passed Dega rmo in o ne la p a nd .the n s ta rted cha si ng do w n
McCa ssel , ma kin g tha t pass bef o re the w hi te
flag ca me o ut. Smith rode to the first -mota win
in the Beginner class.
The ga te fe ll for th e second 80cc
Begin ne r /Novice class and Herrmann grabbed
the ho les ho t; he was fo llowed by M ~y ers and
Bobby Romero . Meyers m ad e s h o r t work of
Herrmann and took advantage of the open track
in front of him . Guinct.~ was s tuck. back. in traf·
fic and he knew he had to finish second to win
the overall. He gave it his bes t and managed a
third, givi n g th e overa ll to th e higher finisher of
the seco nd mota · Meyers.
Once aga in, the Beginner class was jumbled
in to th e m idd le of the Novice class, and Smith
took the win, foUowed by Degarmo and McCa sscI.
Results
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80 BEG: 1. SIwoa Smith (H Old ; 2. Nul ~armo (Ya m ); 3.
ShaRI!' Mee-.d (HOld.
.
HI) NOV : I. David Ml"}'\'n lHon); 2. j usrin fi enn.llnn (Yam); 3.
8randun G uuK"t'n 0-101'1).
1IO L T : 1. Oint ~ (Sud; 2. z.c Wra y (Ya m).
....
80 EX:1. Mic::Uy Griff1!n(Yam).
125 BEG: I. Au.'otin Hum~ (Yam ); 2. JonatNn RoblRlIOI'l
(Suz ); 3. Ry.an McMullips (Yam).
125 NOV : 1. Billy Arn....nr fYam ); 2. Richa rd Albach (Yam); 3.
Glm RhoaJo (Hon); -4. Oa vid De lh i (Ya m) ; 5. Ricl RUSf;CU
n
(lion).
40+ : 1. Ma r k Mat heis (Ya m) ; 2. Jim W iIIi.t mMm (H on ); 3.
TtTI')' Shrrb oc.. w) ; 4. R.ichAn:I Biddk< lSuz); 5. G,' m a rd Lri\r Jr.
(Kaw).
125 A; I. Chm IkTTy (Suz) ; 2. John Woodfud ( KaIw ); 3. Joh n
Sims (Yam) .
125 B: 1. Travi... Hamhum (Yam); 2. Shawn Si m !l (Suz ); 3.
Mark DichI (Suz); -4 Kyle Kinkead (}-Inn); 5. JO!ih It ilm iltun (Suz).
.
125 C 1. Bri.an 8rdhold (Hun); 2. Brad Ward (Suz); 3. J;lSC.JI'I
Joarnel (S.... ; -4 Torn Odun.:mn(Hon); 5. RK:hard BMld l...(Sud .
d .
250 A; 1. Chm. 8lTTy(Suz); 2. John WoodfOl'k (K,tw).
250 B: 1. Brandon ShuU (Suz); 2. Rub Mime l...(Y. m ) 3. Brya n t
Tu..,..'S (Ka w J; -4
.
.7ommy Lapnon (lion); 5. Ed Edward! (l Ion) .
250 C; I. Ben Boice (Suz); 2. j.unil." Tripk'tt (l llIn); 3. Tnri:!;
8uc'krn<1n(Yam); -t. Bud Mills (K.aw ); 5. Bryan Wolford (Ka w).
OPEN: I. BrucrChanaln (K.w); 2. Stl. Vft\ Sh..il (Yam).
"
WOO I . ~rd ~ (Suz); 2. 0tNin l-Latrn oc. w) ; 3. Roto.s
Ad..ms (Yam ):-4. Craig Haw (Yam); 5. Jt!n'my R.i.m. ,. (K.aw ).
.
2-SfRK B: 1. Todd Boyrs (ya m) ; 2. Br.ad Dy5art (Suz); 3. At"R
lbomp;on. (Hon); .... Midwel EV.M (l Ion); S. Urn Da "", 0 -10 .
1'1)
4-STR K B; I. C~ Fishrr (l ion); 2. A.a;ron BilllI (lion); 3. Onug
ShrpN.-ni tHon.l; -4 Slt"'lfn\McCaIIm...T (Hon); 5. Bryant ~
.
(Hont
Brooks reigns supreme at
Carlsbad CMXR
By Bob All oy
CARLSBAD, CA. OCT. 17
A ve ry cballenging and w ell-prepared track and
th e su n ny, SO-degree wea ther all mad e fo r a
reall y great day of ra cing at Carlsbad for 22
m embers of the Riv ers id e Old · Timers M X,
where Mark Brooks "maste red " th e M a s te r
class.
The first mota got under way with the ru nni ng o f th e Master division - both A a nd B classes . Ma rk Brooks was the o nlv Mas ter A.-clas s
rid er ou t there, an d he took th e ho lcs ho t a nd
h1't the to p position all th e way for the w in .
Master B-class rider Dennis Mid dl et on s ta lled
his Yamaha 400 at the first tum. Jack Roten , rid ing close behind Middleton, ha d the sa me p ro blem with his Yama ha 400. Af ter many a ttempts
to resta rt, Rot en ma naged to get go ing befo re
Mid d leton did, a nd he went on to pass Malcolm
McCassey for seco nd.
The second moto saw Brooks taking th~ lead
right at the start and slaying with it all the way
to the checke red flag. Dave Jaco b us was th e
fas test in Ma st er B class, a nd Rot en followed
him in at the finish.
Moto one of the Ex~rt class started with
Jim McConnell, ri ding a KX 250, tak in g th e
ho leshot and ho lding it for five laps for the big
wi n. George Spearing ca me in with a dose second. Th e second moto began with Spea ri n g
quickly getting the lead, but McCoonell was
rig ht there on his rear fender. McConnell then
went down o n lap thr ee and Spearing took the
mota win. McConnell wasn't down fo r lo ng,
however, and he ca me in with a second-place
finish.
Amateur Mike Brooks charged his Honda
into the lead and held on for three laps; then
Dennis Rosenberg. on his VZ400 , moved up to
take the lead an d then the mo to. John Clemens
too k seco nd an d Berry Hale was there for third
place. Th e second mot o sta rted. w ith Broo ks in
the lead a nd ho ldi ng on for fou r la ps. Rosenberg. who sta rted in next-to-last place , worked
his w ay up and took over the lead and won the
moto. Brooks was there for seco nd and Clemens
took thi rd pl ace.
In Novice action, John Frid lund turned the
power up and led thing s until Phil Blackburn
took over on la p two. Ph il ke p t his lead a nd
w rapped u p the wi n. Frid lu nd came in second.
Mo to tw o bega n wit h Blackb u rn ge tting the
holeshot and carrying his lead a ll five la ps for
the win. Fridlu nd came in second again.
Resuns
M5m A : 1. M otr 8mnu (K.t w).
k
MSTIt B: I. ).Jck RoIl.'I1 (li nn); 2. Dave j.Ul.lbw. (Yam).
EX; 1. GnJl');l' SPl"aring (Ka w) ; 2. jim McConnrll tKaw) .
A.\t: I. Ot.-nni5 ~'I1blTg (Yam ). 2. jllhn OlTnI.'l1!i (Ya m); 3.
M ike Brouk! (Hon).
NOV: 1. £'hil Blackbum (K" hU; 2. Jl,lhn FridlunJ (H on).
T
Taylor scores Dutch MXwin
By Larry Witme r
8LOOMU GDALE. MI OCT. 11
,
James Taylor took his Yamaha YZ to the "in in
th e 12-IS Youth 125ee division at the fina l racing event of 1998 at Dutch Sport Park. Taylor
bested the competition with both s peed and
consistency.
It was the last ru nning of the "Mus kra t Run"
at Dutch Sport Park. The track wa s run in the
back woods section of the old track, and it featu red long, fast straightaways with na tural
d ro p -a way ju m ps , off-camber co rne rs , a nd a
spin off from the 70s w ith a natural -terrain tayou t -The Mu..
..krat Run also ,sign ifies the com ptetio n of the racing season at Dutch.
In th e opening mot o of the 125ee 12-15 d ivision, th e holes hot w ent to S uz u ki- mo u n te d
Da n ny Beckett. Tay lor w as sec ond, wi th Judd
Bagladi third, Anthony Milks fo urth a nd Adam
Sherwood fifth . Becke tt stretched h is lead as the
pack entered the back woods sedillO know n as
the "Mus krat Run " a rea .
Becke tt ca me back in to view whh a bigger
lead over Ta y lor a nd the pack - a le a d th a t
w ould grow to some five seco nds o n the seco nd
lap. Taylo r a lmost th rew hi s YZ away in the
sa nd-roc ke r sec tio n, bu t he ma naged to so me ·
how keep it o n tw o w hee ls. Th e ba ttle for third
heated up as th e d uo of Bagladi a nd Milks d id
battle. The tw o cn ten...'d into th e new Pro Actio n
tabletop jump side by s id e, wi th both riders collid ing in th e next co m er. Bagladi, tho ugh, was
a ble to hold o n to third d < ite th e pressure.
'Sp
Meanwhile, it wa s an Beckett up front, and he
took the checkered flag with a co m forta ble margin o ver Ta ylor .
Taylor had a l G-second advantage over the
battle for th e th ird spot, which Bagladi won over
Milks . FIfth went to Kasey Turley.
Betwt.'e1\ matos, it wa s apparent that the end
o f the season w a s approa ching , as Beckett,
Bagladi and Milks aU suffered mechanical gremlins in their o ther classes and were unable to
contest for the final 12-15 moto. This made for
easy pickings for Yamaha-mounted Tayl or, who
romped h is way into the winner's circle.
Ta ylor ripped th e ho les hot in th e th innedo u t fie ld over Turley, Adam Burke a nd Andy
Sherwood. He then ch ecked ou t, taking an casv
win over Turley. lbird pla ce went to Bur ke.
.
Resuns
AlllOSS (4-8): 1. Zachary H.t~ (yam ); 2, Janed lu ys (Yam );
3 . Cody Da le (ya m) ; 4. Rob JohNon (yam); 5. Rui Azevt.
