(Left) Chaz Sm ith won the 2S0cc Novice class at t he CRe Motocross, held at Glen Helen
Raceway in San Bernardino, California.
(Above) Mike Kruger flew to the overall w in at the Northeast Kansas Hare Sc ramb les in
Westmoreland. Kruger caught a break after his riding buddy, second-place finisher Tom
Klimm, slowed to allow Kruger to make up f or a poor start.
35+ ~ 1. Jo hn Lu ndv ($wI; 2. D avld EII!..'i (Hn n); 3. Jn hn HdUf
(Yam) ; 4. C h ris N elson (Yam) ; S. Bobby Lash (K.1w) .
40+ : 1. David Elli " (H u n ); 2. BM ry M.ay o (Suz); 3. MMk
Thoma s (K<1 w) ; 4 . Tom ~ (Yilm ); 5. Jo hn Colema n (Su z).
50+: I. Barry Ma yo (Suz l; 2. To m Fugg (y. lm ); 3. Ron H.1Wk
(Yam ); 4. Doug Hammond (Y,lm ); 5. G ucn lL Snm mt.'r (Y.l m ).
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4-STRK 1. T~'JTY Ltmg (Yilrn ).
125 P RO : 1. Ja" on Tho mas (Ya m) ; 2. A n t ho n y Poco rob ba
lSuz ); 3. Ronnie Renn e r (lion ); 4 . J.Urt.. t Tip ping (Suz) ; 5. Tyl'tlO
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Hadsel l (Yam ).
250 PR O : 1. Ron n it" Re- ner (H o nj : 2 . An tho n v Pocoro b ba
n
(5uz) : 3. Ja~n Th omol!> (Ya m) ; 4 . J.un·U Tippi n); (Suz); 5. Chns
Ma nn ing (KAw ).
Smith super at CRC MX
By Greg Robertson
PAL\lDALE, CA
,OCT. 25
KTM of Mo ja ve' s own C ha z Smith s plit motu
wins w ith Chris Reed to claim h is fi rst-ever
250cc Novice win d uring round one o f Ca liforni a Racin g C lu b's 11 th a n n ual S ponso rs hi p
Series, whi ch took place at Los An ge les Co u n ty
Raceway.
KX25lJ.-mou nted Ch ris Reed launched off the
ce m en t s ta r ti n g pad q u ickes t to lead Sm it h,
Ju stin Eide a nd Darren Staff er early in m oto o ne.
Smith was all over Reed, with Eide eq ually close
in third as th e three front-runners started to se par at e themselves from the pa ck.
As the moto pr ogressed , Smith could n't find
a w a y a r o u nd Reed , but R e~ouldn' t pull
away, either, and a t the fin i..;h Reed preva i l~ by
a couple of bike lengths. Eide was right ther e in
third until he put hi s fron t w ht..-el ov er the top o f
a berm w ith a lap remaining a nd hand ed the
po sition to the YZ400F of Jahner Faulkner.
Reed re eled of f h i ~ seco n d ho leshut o f the
da y, ahead of Smith aod Tomas Ponce De Leon .
Smith quickly latched on to Reed 's back fender
and was poised to mak e his m ove in to the lea d.
Pu lling nex t to Reed as they s kimmed a series o f
w hoops, Sm ith ke p t it on a litt le longer and was
able to slip around Reed in the foll owing turn
with no roo m to spa re.
Reed wasn't abou t to let Smith get awa y and
matched him move for move, just wai ting for th e
KTM rider to make a mistake. Smith was flaw-
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less as he slow ly started to inch away from Reed.
With the whi te flag displayed, Smith had a couple of seconds on Reed; then he managed to put
a couple of lappers between him and R....<:i for
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insurance on the fina l lap as he tCK>k the win.
The battle for thi rd went d o\-\I1 to th e wire,
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wi th Eide hold ing off a determined Faulkner to
sew u p th ird overa ll on a 4-3 sco re . Po nce De
Le o n ' s 6-5 r id e s edged ou t t he 5-6 sco re of
Staffer for fifth overa ll.
Results
P/ W BEG : 1. Mich.ll'1 Truftliil (l'.ln (Su z); 4. Todd Eide (Y,Im) ; 5. Nri! C h i..ho lm
...
(H (m l.
125 r"OV : 1. Dn n nie Du rre r (Yilm ); 2. Sen ti Ho w e (Ya m) ; 3.
Jimmy EM Il' (Y" m); 4 . loh nt.·r Fau lknt.'l"(Ya m ); 5. s...r"in Pon cl ' 0...
u ·on (Yol ) .
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125 INT : I. C h ris Thompson (Suz) ; 2. Ti m Wt·ig.l nd (Yam ); 3.
Rob Hoplo..i.lUI (I( .lW); 4. Bri'.ll\ (Ya m ): 3. C h ris
Ne;tzd {Suzl .
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500 NOV: 1. Nt,nn Schid (H l. n ).
JR VET BEG : 1. Ray Elt"1ke'r tl (Hun );
3. Chri.'i Walnl't (Ya m) ; 4. Brott Richards ( Ka w); 5. Johnny Urban
(Yaml .
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JR VET 1m; 1. Chmi Rt't'd (K.l w);2. Tim K"nkol (Yam ).
VET BEG : 1. D""nle I-Iern:ra ( H bg) ; 2. Kt:n dr d LIJ"-'Com b
(Yam ); 3. Ru.~...Srhoull'r (Ho n); 4. Jo h n Mae Millt"r lSu z ); 5. Tim
Wiooflldnn (Su z ).
VET NOV: I. Bruu' Richards (Kaw l; 2. M.uk "'idd~ (Ya m ); J .
C ol y GUt·reiu (H u n ); 4 . Ra y Ritzlt'r (KilW) ; 5. D.w id WiIl i il rn~
r
(Ho n).
VET INT : 1. Mikt· Licitra UGaw); 2. R.lnd y Wilkin!l (Suz) ; 3
V inc~n l Bilion i (H o n ); 4. C hd d Ncbun (Y,l m ); 5. D.l rr l'Tl Std fh'r
(Ho n) .
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VET EX-PRO: I. Bryiln Nelson (Ya m ); 2. JU Hu p kins (Ka w);
3. Jim my Rooerts (Hu n ); 4. T im Tdfc>rd (Ho n) .
SR BEG -N O V; 1. Ton y Sch u le r (Ya m ); 2. Gran l Mu ur e Sr .
(Hon ); 3. Bob Dunha m (Yam); 4 . M ike McCt'l' ( K,Iw ); 5. Da vi d
HagblTJ; (Hu n) .
SR INT-EX; I . EdwoIrdo Aippo (H on) ; 2. J(Ho n); S. SIt'V(' Popjoy UC-,w)
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O IT AM : 1. Chotrln HOWll'II (Yam ); 2 J(,tf t-Iawthonw.o lSuz );
3 . Steve jt"l\nin~!!O (Y"'m l; 4. Jeff Pl-yron (KTM ); 5. Ha n k Owen
(Ka w ).
O fT EX: I. Kirlr. Fn.TIJIolfl (Y..un); 2 Larry Willi. ,m... (Yam) ; 3.
Scott McDo nn31 (Ho n); 4. Bob Du nholm C
Y",m ); S. S!t'Vt" Basmajian
(Yam) .
O fT MSTR A: 1. ~t.lrk Ga mbt-'tta (Y.tm ); 2. Edwarrlo Ai ppo
(Hon); 3. ALm o..·ldq;e (Ho n).
O f T MSTR B: 1. Emil> Kopa.-'iZ (Ya m); 2. Nunn Schid (tion);
3. Bob Hur.ot (Yam ); 4. Bill Ca rT C on) ; 5. M,uk Nea l (laM ).
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Kruger captures NEK HS
By Brad Jones
WESTMORELAND, KS, OCT. 11
Topeka KTM /Race Tech / Fla t Land Racing' s
Mike Kru ger came away with his St.'COnd win of
the Kansas Ha re Scram ble Championship "Series
lnd.
in WestmoreL
While Kruger su ffe re d a last -pl ace s tart o n
the Mx-style sta rt ing ga te, Tom Klim m , aboa rd
a Wa lke r Racin g KTM , to ok th e lead ea rly .
S hane Di pasq uale r a n seco n d , w ith Rand y
Wee kley taili ng him. Weekley finall y go t by, and
Dipasquale th en fell victim to a hard -ch a rg in g
m on ths of the season, such as Zach Ca lcutt in
theBf is, jeff Hald em an in the 50cc (7-8) group,
and John Lo n g, who took h is secon d s tra ight
SOcc (4-6) w in. It scorne d as though the SOcc OilInjected m a in wou ld ha ve a fir s t-time w in ner ,
bu t racelong lead er Brett Pugh backed off the
Kruger.
thro ttle jus t en oug h comi ng off the final tum to
At the o ne-hour mar k, Weekley slowed and
Kruger took ove r second . Seeing his r id in g
budd y, Klimm s lo w ed d o wn , le tting Kr uger
let Mitch Harvat slip by for the win.
catch up. In an impres sive displ ay of riding. the
two riders lapped most of the field twice, On the
las t lap, however, in o ne of the creek crossings, a
lapped rider got in the way. Kruger slipped into
the lead , passing Klimm. Moments later, Klimm
attempted to re pass, only to fall in to the creek.
Seeing his friend in trouble, Kruger stopped and
helped pull th e m ud d y machin e ou t of the knee...
deep wa ter . With plenty of time on the res t of the
field . Kru ger went on to wi n, wi th Klinun p ulling
into the chec kers a minute later, sti ll dri p ping wet
fro m his little excu rs ion in to the creek.
Results
AA : I. Mik e Krugt'r (KTM1; 2. To m Klimm (KTM1; 3. R.1ndy
Wt'l'k1t>y(G-C) ; 4. Sh.l n e Dipasquale (G-G ).
A : 1. Mark Su nm-bt.'l"g IKilw ); 2. M;ul. xhobt'J" (Y,Im); 3. Jt"ITY
Muul"I"(Yam).
B: 1. Larry Barger (Kaw); 2. Pa ul Dipa-.qualt· (ATK ); 3. Rol...'rI
Hyn<;lln{Y.tm) ; 4. Aarnn Hl .1l (Kaw) ; 5. RYoinHyd e (I( a w ).
105: 1. David WillI.<; (lIon); 2. Justin Jaek:o;on (Kaw).
2(10 C : 1. Shawn GOWin I': (Yaml ; 2. A ndrea Ayt"D (Ya ml ; 3.
Brydn O...nley C
KTM ); 4. Brandon Wl."ekky (Ho nt
2SO C: 1. I
Results
By Len Breech
W1LWWHILL, PA, OCT. 17
Joe y Tyeryar. Bob Sw ee ten and Don Mullen
closed out the Districts 6 and 7 short· track seaso n with a pair o f wins ap iece a t the Winsett·
R owers/Two Wh eel Promo tions short tra ck at
Path Valley Speedway.
For Tyeryar, the wins in the 250cc and 600cc
B c1a s~ m igh t be his last for a yea r o r so, as he
turn s ·Expe rt next yea r. Since Sweete n tu r ned
Expert a lm os t 30 years ago, it was just a nother
night at the office, as he easily wo n the Over 40
co n tes t a nd ca me ou t on to p o f a fierce threerider battle to take th e 250cc A win. Mullen took
the 600cc A-class win and battled Todd Kendi g
for th e Sports ma n final. Ot he r A winner s were
DalLls Baer in the Over 30 race and Rau n Wood,
who took the SOOcc A main.
Amateur \o\o; n ners included some of the sea so n long winners, such as Chris Klin efelter in th e
125cc B class , a nd Joh n Lewi~, who easily won
the 65cc class. Other wi nners ca me from a group
that has collectively rome on s tro ng in the later
so
(4-6) : 1. John Lo n g (U '1Tl ; 2 Andn.·w Sm ilh (Act).
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SO (7-It ): I. Jt·ff }Ia ld o;om a n (Le m }; 2. M..-ga n Jame!' (A ct) ; 3.
Brandon Robin.o,on (Act ); 4. Evan B.a (Act ); S. Bryan [),..Mu ro
er
(Act).
50 O IL- IN): I. Mitch Harvill (Yam) ; 2. 8rrtt Pugh (Ya m ); 3.
Hol v a l (Yam).
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6.; ; 1. Jo hn l.ewis (Kilw ); 2. Jeff Haldeman (H on) ; 3. Brandon
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Robinson lKaw); 4. Mtogan Jame; (Ka"..); 5. Eva n BatT (1nnett (Yam); 3 .
Jim my Owen... (Yam) ; 4 . Ma rk Siolmbaugh (H o n); 5 . Billy StillwC'll
tHon.! .
125 SC H BY: 1. Jo na l ha n Rt'i d (KT M) ; 2. Robby Rl'y no ld ! O
(H on).
1258: 1. C h ris Kl inl'fdter (H o n ); 2 . Jart"d Mt-'l·~ (Hon ); 3.
Shawn Bator(Yam ); 4. Jim my Owt·ns (H on) ; 5. beh Ca lCU (Suz) .
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2.':; A : I. Bub Sw t...!en (H on); 2. Georgi e rri~ (J Io n ); 3. Dv n
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Mu llen Jr. lSuz); 4. Joe Zydinllky (Hon ); 5. Jake Johnso n (Hu n).
2S0 B: 1. jnl.-y Tyo;orya r (Yam l; 2. 1
.ued Ml_ (H un ); 3. Slw w n
8.lt"l' ( KAw); 4 . Mik t.'Brab!>C1fl (Ho n ); 5 . Timmy Mit ch e ll (Ya m ).
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500 A 2NA LVE: 1. Raun Woo d (Yol n); 2. Oll-'o'e Sm ith (Yam);
3 . Nick Tay lo r (Ya m); 4 . Juhn W in sell (Yilm) ; 5 . La r ry W~i :'l!!O
(Yam).
600 A : J. Don Mullen Jr. (R tx) ; 2. Georg it' Prl et· CK
TM) ; 3 .
Todd KendiJ; (Rtx ); 4. Bob SWt"-'tt'll (Rtx) ; 5. Jak t"ju hn.'>On (KTM).
600 B: I. Joey Tyt't)'ar (Rtx); 2. Billy Stillwdl (Rbl); 3. Tunmy
Mitchell (Yam ); 4. RotySlillwt"11(Rtx ); 5. Tom Nortoo Ukln).
750 A : 1. Nick Tay lor (Yam) .
R.J. Ha rt (yam): 4. Mol"
