MOTOCROSS
VINTAGE IRON WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
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le ng th lead, saw it dwind le down to
nothing, d ue to lapped traffic.
On the last lap , Staten we nt by Nas h
on the off-camber left-bander.
"The Maico rider (Nash) went a little
wide, and 1got by him ," Staten said.
" I d id n ' t h ea r Sta te n b e h ind me,
beca use of Johnson 's four-s troke," Nash
said, "a nd Staten just zapped me."
Going into the fina l couple of turns,
Nash stayed right behind Staten, wh ile
Johnson tri ed to ma ke a move for second . Johnson tried to sq ueeze on the
inside of Nash on the comer before the
downhill, but they tapped and Johnson
went down. Sta ten took the moto win,
fo llowed b y Nas h, Pet e Ma t hia a nd
Fish er.
Na sh gra bbed th e ho lesh ot for the
second moto, followed by Johnson, Fisher, Ellis and Doug Yarnell. Staten went
down in the first corner.
"I saw a Mai co rid er to the right
me, and he had hit a bu m p, launching
hi s rear w h eel in th e ai r. Th e w heel
ca me toward s me wa ist-hi gh an d his
axle hit m y seat," Staten sa id, pointing
to the tear on the top of the seat.
Johnson wen t around Nash on the
second lap and took over the lead .
"O n th e uphill, I overs ho t the next
co rner a nd got into the so ft st uff, and
Johnson went to the ins ide and we nt by
me," Nash said.
Jo h nson pulled away for the mot o
win, followed by the Maico O nly-sponsored Nash. Thi rd went to Fisher, wi th
Ellis, Yarnell and Sta ten ro und ing out
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the top six.
Vintage Iron World Championsh ips
San Bernard ino, Catifornia
'Res ults : November 1, 1998
World Vet Champions hips
San Bernardino, California
Results : October 31-Novembe r 1, 1998
Sa tu rday
25+ NOV 0 ·1 : 1. Ste ve Broussa rd tHo n): 2. Jeff
Grady; 3. Kelly O ldroyd (Ho n): 4. Ma rk Oldroyd U-I n);
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5. Matt Mo rgan .
25+ NOV 0-2: 1. Bria n Allen (Yam ); 2. Rob Hall
(Ya m); 3. Ma rk G ra nbe rg; 4. Jason Low ther (Yam ); 5 .
Lui s Vasquez (Kaw ).
25+ INT : 1. Drew O livia (Ho n); 2. Do n Burke; 3. Alex
Z1P.1t.1; 4 . Todd Broussard: 5. Kevin Hanrahan (Hen) .
25+ EX: 1. Bill Sauro (Hon): 2. Bill Mercier; 3. Brian
Manl ev (Hen): 4. Steve Drew (Yam); 5. Richard Sax to n
(Ka w)~
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30+ NOV 0 · 1 : 1. Mike Ca rr (Ho n) : 2. Jesu s
Rodrigu ez, 3. Kar l Holmberg: 4. Steve Basin (Yam); 5.
Rock y Ha sh .
30+ NO V 0-2: 1. Vic' Walk er (Yam); 2. Mike Hibner
(Yam ); 3. Mike Gri mes (Kaw), 4. Dir k Da vid ow (Ka w):
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5. G u y Ha rada ( K.,W).
30. I NT : 1. Dr ew O liv ia {Hen ): 2. Jon Levey: 3 ..
Step he n D. Stew a rt (Ya m ); 4. Arbust o Lima (He n): 5.
Cary Lacy.
30+ PRO: 1. Will y Musgra ve; 2. Dow Bisckgtin: 3.
Kevin Foley (Y.1m); 4. Adrian Robert; 5. Larry Ges sner.
35+ NO V 0-1: 1. M ik e Brink.l e y ; 2. Robert
wcrsch cy : 3. Da vid Trudeau (Yam); 4. Frank Wri gh t
(Ya m ); 5. Rick Wa tmorc (Yam) .
35+ NO V D-2: 1. Davi d Pin kman; 2. Gary Ha rad a
( Ka w): 3. Dcn nv Davidow (Kaw) : 4. Mark Sand zimier
(Ya m ); 5. Rod Icnsen.
35+ IN T : 1. Ncd Lo w erre (KTM) ; 2. J o hn
Langhammcr: 3. Ed Niemela (K.1W); 4. Jim Hanson .
35+ EX: 1. Kevin Foley (Ya m) ; 2. Tim Sch me lyu n; 3.
Jeff Watt s; 4. Scott Stein le; 5. Fred Vertucci (Suz) .
40+ NOV D- 1: 1. P. Mot erro; 2. Mark Ha wk in s
(Hen): 3. Bob bv Lvnc h; 4. N ie ls Fred er iksen ; 5. Ted
Kenncd v.
- 40+'NOV 0 -2: 1. Robe rt Fields (Ya m); 2. Rick Hay
(K.1w ); 3. John Mit chell (Yam); 4. Kenny Meek er (Hen):
5. Frank To mason.
40+ INT : 1. May Migli o re (H en): 2. Joe Schn eider
(Yam ); 3. Dalla s Nyb lod (Hen) : 4. Mik e Altenbo fel
(Hon); 5. M.lrk Mort ensen .
40+ EX: 1. Ch uck Sun (H us): 2. Zoli Berenvi; 3. Ron
Turner: 4. Parrv Klassen ; 5. Rich Eiers tedt ( KT~t).
50+ NO V; 1. Roque Ca luca; 2. Ta ka sh i Hyodo: 3.
LeR o y J. Fra nc u rd ; 4 . A lle n Bray {H us}: 5. Ernie
Ca bra l.
so+ I NT: 1. Bill Tanner (Kaw): 2. BiJI Meyer IHon):
3. Laurence St. Pierre (Yam); 4. Dayt on Hic kson; 5. N iels
Fred eriksen IKaw).
50+ EX: 1. Rich Th orwaldson (Hon); 2. Koji M. suda ;
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3. Ben gt Aberg (Hus): 4. Alan Ol son IH on ): 5. John
DeSot o (Yam>.
60+ NOV: 1. Chuck Wood y; 2 Sam Eng lish (Yam ).
60+ t NT: 1. Ken Beach (Ya m) ; 2. J im De he va n
(K.1w ); 3. Richard Bealer (Yam); 4. Stan Woods; 5. Buzz
Moe ller (Hen).
&0 EX: 1. Zo li Berenyi: 2. Geo rge Spe a rin g; 3. Tom
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Ham m; 4. Horst Leitne r.
70+ N OV: 1. John Webb (Hen ): 2. Asker Larnkja er.
3. jack Biery .
30 + WM..~: 1. Tr icta Young (Yam ); 2. Shell y Danylo
or
PR E·196S NOV: 1. Ro ger Brophy (G re ): 2. Cliff
McGaughey (H· D); 3. Ca ry COIlm.lO (C re).
PRE-19651NT: 1. Steven H..
ansen (BSA).
PRE-1965 EX: 1. Kevin Ret.>d
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40+ EX 0·2: 1. MikE" Kappelmann; 2. Bob Rutten; 3.
Bill Nolan; 4. Tracy Oswell; 5. Alan Kent.
50+ NO V: 1. Cary Anderson; 2. Ern ie Cabra l; 3.
Le roy Fran card ; 4 . Bo b Ridg w a y (Ya m ); 5 . Way ne
O' Blent.Ss (KTM).
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50+ INT: 1. Bill Ta nnt.·r (Kaw) ; 2. Taka shi Hvodo; 3.
Bill Meyer (Hun); 4. N iels Frederiksen; 5. La ur~nce St.
Pit "T're (Ya m ).
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SO EX: 1. Rich Thorwaldson; 2. John Dt..>Soto (Y.lm);
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3. Don Tocht'r (Ho n ); 4. Koji Masuda (H o n); 5. Edgar
Perri ton .
60+ NOV : 1. Ch uck Woody
60+ INT : 1. Kt"n Beach (Ya m) ; 2. Richard Bt.'alt.·r
(YJ.m); 3. Jim Dchevan (Kaw ); 4. Buzz Moeller (Han); 5: Stev e Pyl e.
60+ EX: 1. Zoli Bcrenyi; 2. Chuck Minert; 3. Geo rge
Spearing; 4. Tom Hamm.
70+ NO V: 1. A ~ke r Larnk jaer ; 2. John Webb ; 3. Jack
Biery .
30+ WM N: 1. D.l wn Rog e rs (Yam) ; 2. Tami Rice
(lion); 3. She lly O.mylo (Suz) .
By Robert Van Damme
SAN B
ERNARDINO, CA, NOV. 1
a mes suc h as Johnson , Sta te n,
Dou ghty , H oll e y , Mo at es ,
DeCoster and DeSoto competed
a t t he Vint age Iron World C ha m p io ns h ips a t Gl en Helen Racew ay . But
those nam es we re not the winner in the
Evo lu tio n Ex pe r t class; th a t w in
belo nged to so meone by th e name of
Tim Nash. Nash used tw o good starts
and s tea dy riding to tak e the overa ll,
besting form er champions Rex Staten
and Rick Joh nson.
Rick Dou ght y, p resid en t of Vintage
Iron Int ernat ion al. assemb led a cas t of
form er cha m pio ns , ind ust ry peop le
both fo re ig n a nd d omes tic , a n d ju st
plain enthus ias ts wh o wis h to preserv e
the histor y of mot ocross. Dou ghty also
tried to recreat e the mood with sim ple
multi col ored banners th at w er e su pposed to lin e the tra ck but on se ve ra l
occas io ns would end up in so meones'
rear wheel.
Also, the track was d esign ed for the
er a: no monster d oubles or ma n-made
wh o op s. It w a s a s t h ou g h ti m e had
stood still on this we eke nd. You cou ld
wa lk up to anyo ne and strike up a conversa tion about the even t or past races
on the ir stee ds, and the qu estion "Did
yo u see w ho's here?" echoed th rou gh o u t th e d a y . Fur thermo re, a banqu e t
w a s put to geth er th e nig h t b ef ore to
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o ffe r furth er o p po r tu n ities to rub
elbows with former heroes.
Ra ndy Lewis led th e pa ck into th e
firs t turn o f th e o pe ni ng m oto , but
David Fisher passed him goi ng up the
hill. Nash moved by Lewis for second,
followed by Ellis, former uSGr wi nner
Mart y Moates, Staten and Johnson . Staten even tu ally m oved up to th ird , followed b y Ellis a n d Johns on . Nash
moved by Fish er on lap two throu gh an
off-camber sweepe r.
" I was w or k in g o n Fis he r to get
arou nd as fas t as I co uld, b ecaus e I
knew - regard less of w he re Sta ten and
Johnson had sta rte d - th ey wou ld be
coming up really quick," as h said.
Johnson moved by Ellis a nd started
to apply pressu re on Staten.
Severa l riders became ta ngl ed up,
and Moat es w as out of th e race. Both
Staten and Johnson moved bv Fisher in
the back section and were going af ter
Nash. Johnson tried to go on the au tside
of Staten, bu t the open ing go t shu t going
int o th e next corn er. Johnson did no t
kn ow that it was former Sou th African
and m ulti-time Dist ric t 37 Cha mpion
Staten tha t he wa s trying to pas s.
" I kept s h o w i ng a w heel to th is
Yam ah a rider, and he kept shutting the
d oor on me," Johnson sai d. "I thought,
'Man, that was an agg ressi ve mo ve to be
d oing here at a vintage race.' ''
Nash, who at one time had a IO-bike-
PRE-1970 2SO [NT: 1. Ryan Dickson (CZ); 2. Keith
Lynes (Oss).
PRE·1970 250 EX: 1. Lawrence Lucia (CZ) .
PR E-1970 500 NOV: 1. Mark Lock e (Che ); 2. Jeff
Tu liniu s (BSA); 3. John Ptsckt (Bu l).
PR E-1970 SOO IN T: 1. Matt Pa rso ns (Ri c) ; 2. Gary
Eg loff (Hus): 3. Fred Co x (CZ) .
PR E ~1 970 500 EX: 1. John Lefe vr e (Hus): 2. Pl't er
Villacaro (CZ) ; 3. Cha rlie Beck (M. D.
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r RE-1972 125 NOV: 1. Don McGrt.'gor CP",n).
rR E-19 72 125 IN T : 1. Le e Fab re (Ho d ); 2. Ro n
Renzull i (CZ) ; 3. Nic k Barric k (Pe n).
PRE-19 72 125 EX: 1. Mark Arsenau lt (B us ); 2. No rm
Bigelow (Bu )); 3. Bruce McDo uga l (Pe
n).
PR E-197 5 125 NOV: 1. Ja son Newman (Ho n): 2.
Do n Miller (Ho e ): 3. Robert Groves (Hou).
PR E-1975 125 INT: 1. Scott Wallenberg (Me n): 2.
Je ff H arper (Hen): 3. Glenn Baugh (C·A t
PRE -197S 125 EX.: 1. Scott Da vis (Ho n); 2. Morrell
Griffith (H a n ); 3. Steve Pa rker (Hen).
PR E-197525O NOV: I. Scott Brophy (Ya m); 2. Larry
Goo d (KTM ); 3. Jaso n Pisch ski (Ho n ).
PR E-1975 250 INT: 1. Bri.. Sq u ires (Hus): 2. Eric
an
Cook (Mon); 3. Randy Brown (Ya m ).
PRE·1975 250 EX: 1. Morrell G riffith (Yam) ; 2.
Dalla s N yblod (Yam ); 3. Joe l N icholso n (Hon j.
PRE-197S 500 NOV: 1. Rick Angel o (Yam); 2. Dav id
Starr (Ya m); 3. Tom Dam-en.
PR E-1975 SOO INT: 1. Corey Fa lte r (Ma i); 2. Cary
Lower (Hon); 3. Vic JOIlt.'S (Mai) .
PRE4975 500 EX: 1. A ndy Cal decott (Suz) : 2. Ro n
Fish (Yam ); 3. Ed Zorres (Yam).
PRE-1978 NOV: 1. Ge ra ld Nu sktn (C Z); 2. Len
Gillett e (Yam ); 3. Klaus Ramse y (Ya m).
PR E-1978 INT : 1. To m En glehardt (Yam); 2. Keith
Lynes (Mai ); 3. Harry Backer (He n).
EVO NOV: 1. Phil Reyes (H usk 2. Lero y Stowers
(So2 ); 3. Charles Hilt on (Han).
EVO INT: 1. Ch ris N ash IHo n ): 2. Randy Les ter
(Mai); 3. Stev e Go rd on (Ma i).
EVO EX: 1. Tim Nash (Mdi); 2. Da vid Fisher (Suz) ;
3. Rex Sta ten (Yam ).
30+ NOV: 1. Scott Brophy (Yam) ; 2. Larry Williarru.
(Ma O; 3. Davi d Sta rr (Ya m).
30+ INT: 1. Da rre n H ud son (M.1D; 2. Cory Falter
(Mail; 3. Gary Lowe r.
30+ EX: 1. Andy C., 1 'COtt (Suz); 2 Dallas Nyl;l od
dt.
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(Yam) ; 3. Ron Fish (Yam ).
40+ NOV: 1. Larry Williams (Mai) ; 2. Parkt. r Foster
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(CZ ); 3. Paul Falassi (CZ) .
40 + [NT: 1. Brian Squ ires (H us) ; 2. Steve Adams
(Han); 3. Lloyd Bola nd (CZ ).
40+ EX: 1. Tom L('eht.· O-lu s); 2. ~ nrrt.' l1 G riffit h
(Yam); 3. Ed Zorrt>S (Ya m) .
50+ NOV: 1. Bob White (Mail ; 2. Ed Rodz,1ck (CZ );
3. Steve McLea n (H us).
50+ tNT: 1. Bill Brown (M .li) ; 2. W.T . Schuberg
(Hu s); 3. Ch uck DeR.,n (Yam ).
50+ EX: 1. Lawren Cl Lucia (CZ) .
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60+ EX: 1. StPCTl Hanst'n (BSA).
MX DE S NATIONS : 1. Team Ca lifomia; 2. Tea m
Canada; 3. Team florida .
