(Left) Nick Metca lf won every class he
ente red at the Green Acres MX park in
Marion , Kansas.
(Above) Overall winner Dan Rocke (89) leads
the Auto (4-6) class while Richard Wilake (B)
loses the front end while giv ing chase at the
Timberline Cycle Ranch in Indiana .
30+: 1. Dallds Beer (Rtx); 2. Nick Taylor (Yam); 3 . T("Il Marca yk (H on ); 4. Mikl' Kean e (Hbg); 5. Jo hn Dav is {I-Ion l.
40 +: 1. Bob Sw eere n (Rtx);2. L u ry Burkholder (Ho n); 3. Mik e
Kea ne n
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MARION, KS, OCT. 25
Nick Met calf made th e best of his fir st KORR
race as a Pro by winning every mot a he en ter ed,
including th e half-time Da sh For Cash, at th e
FaB C ha m p io ns hi ps held at Green Acr es MX
Pa rk . But th e recently cro w ned AMA 125cc B
Cha mp ion - ridi ng tw o Suz ukis so new the y had
his n umber on e ha ndwritten on otherwise blank
number plates - wou ld have to w ork for ea ch
chec kered flag.
Ka w a sa k i-mounted Matt Smith took th e
hol eshot in th e firs t 125cc A rnot o, but he was
q u ickl y o ver ta ke n b y M arc Gi fford a n d h is
Yamaha, w ith Metcalf a close third. Smi th and
Metcalf cras hed hard as they battled for seco nd
early in the firs t lap , allowing the rest of the field
to jet by . Smith quickly remoun ted , but Me tcalf
had to dodge onco mi ng traffic befor e he co uld
pi ck up his bike and rejoin the race.
9 ifford had a hu ge lead over Cory Grove as
the fir s t lap ca m e to a n e nd . M e t calf, a fte r
restartin g last, had used the infield section of the
track to his adva n tage and w as a lready up to
third , wi th Sm ith a close four th . Sm ith wo uld
mak e a run a t Metcalf d own the d yk e st ra ight,
but he would not be able to threaten again. By
the sta rt of the third lap , bot h Metcalf and Smith
had passed Grove, relega ting him to four th.
Th e final lap sa w Gifford still u p fron t, but
Metcalf was starting to apply so me seriou s pressure. The rid er fro m Ulysses , Kansas, made the
f'<, ss for the lead at the end of the dy ke straight
and too k the chec kers goi ng away. Giffo rd held
on to seco nd, with Sm ith comi ng hom e thi rd .
Metcalf barely had the holeshot over Smith in
moto two, but tha t was all he need ed , as he wo uld
lead the res t of the race uncha llenged. Gifford and
Smith w oul d d uplica te their second- and third place finishes from mota one in moto two.
In the 250cc A race, Met cal f had to chase
Smi th thruugh most of the first mot o before taking the cht. ekered. flag in the lead . Mo to two saw
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Met ca lf mak e q uick wor k of th e co m pe titio n,
mu ch as he had in the St.
'Cond mot o of the 125cc
race, and he wou ld spend the res t of the laps up
fro nt alone. Smi th fin ished in seco nd, w hile Gifford was third .
To cap off the weekend in 'lyle, Metcalf added
the Dash For Clsh win to his four mo ta and two
overall wins and left the park wi th the lion' s share
of the Pro purse - not bad for his Pro debu t.
A record number of entrants in the Pos t-Vintage-p lus-five- yea rs race mad e it one of the mos t
co m petiti ve o n the d a y . In mo to o ne, Da vid
Leckner too k the ho les hot, wi th Jus tin Anderson
a nd Jason Holm in to w. After the infield section
a nd the end of lap o ne, Holm had passed And er so n and Lccknc r for the lead, and Jonas Hecker
got a rou nd Ke ith Lind erman, A nd erson a nd
Leckner for second. At the sta rt of lap four, Tony
Koehn had w orked his way u p to third as Hol m
continued to stretch out his alrea dy comforta ble
lead . The front thr ee held their po siti ons to the
checkered flag.
Anderson pulled the hole
shot in the seco nd ,
mota , wi th Ho lm a nd Hecker a close seco nd and
third. Holm quickly assumed th e lead , brin gin g
Hecker wi th him to seco nd . Th e to p three started to pull away from the res t of the field , but
n e it her H eck er nor A n de rs o n w e re a b le to
im pro ve th eir po si tions. Go ing 1-1 ga ve Ho lm
the well -d eserved ov erall, wi th H ecker ta kin g
seco nd a nd And erson third .
Results
P / W: L jake
~ (Act);
2. Kimber H ard ey (KTM); 3. Dyla n
5rency (Act); -4. Awry H dey (1em); 5. Au...r:in RUSo'iC'II (Yam).
60: 1. Todd W~ I1 ); 2. Wil Hahn (Kaw); 3 . RobertSpear
Gaw
lKaw ); 4. J" m le Siever (Kaw); 5. Ky k' Menn3 ( Ka w) .
80 JR: 1. Bl..ke Dunn (Suz); 2. Todd Webb (Yam); 3. An d y
WiIliam~ (Yam); 4. Nic k May (Yam ); 5. Jos h Gil md n (Ya m ).
flO SR: 1. Tho md!l Hah n (H(m l; 2. Ryan Nett (Yam) ; 3 . T ren t
Menn u. (Yam ); 4. Jo n·P iml Powell (Ho n); 5. jusnn Luiastre (Ka w ).
SC B BY: 1. Jeff Wa lte rs (J(., w) ; 2. Th o m a s Ha h n (Hon) : 3 .
Ju. ); 3
n
Ad n m l eo J\drd (Ya m ); 4. Rvan Caud ill (Kdw ); 5. Ma n n-.:.therstu n
( K.1w ).
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125 D: 1. lAm Rdine y (Suz); 2. Ad .lm Boo th (Ya m l; 3. JOt'
Go ud m a n ilio n ); 4. Will in m G r u wd l (Su z l; S. E~d n C a lla ha n
(Yaml .
250 A: 1. D.w id Stover (Ka wl ; 2. Mike Wa rm u th (Hem); 3.
Oea n Stover IHu n); 4 , Sh.twn " '!ill (Kawl .
2S0 B: 1. 80 Pri tchett (Hon); 2. Chad Ca rey (Ya m ).
a nd he tied with Rodney Ridd le for Ama teu r
Fas t Tim e.
Rid dell set his fast tim e in the Open class ,
running an excellent 4.222 seco nds o n his ma ssive Kaw asa ki four-cyl inder Eire-breather to take
the class wi n a way from Randy "B uzz " Green,
who had just carded a 4.230 on his Harl ey. Bob
Fis h e r finis hed th ird o n hi s Su perio r Cycl e
Sportster with a 4.379. Ro n Ma yo a nd Steve
Sha fer filled the to p five .
Fortner' s firs t win and fas t Amat eu r time
came in the 250cc class , in which he also turned
a 4 ,222~second tim e on hi s Su zuki RM250. The
rid e ca me in second- ro und ac tio n, as he ca me
fro m behind to o ve rta ke Good ma n, who had
ca rd ed. a very good 4.252- second tim e o n his
KX250 to tak e the class lead and move up bri efly
o n t he fast- ti me bubble . To m Dani els , Ga ry
Edmison a nd Kevin McKa y fill ed ou t th e top
five in the clas s.
Goodman, ho w ever, wa s faster than either
Fortner or Riddell, as he set the overall fast time
with a 4 .212-se cond run i n th e Stoc k cl a ss
aboard his new C RSOO. ·Fortner finis hed. secon d
on his CR250, w ell off Goodman's tim e, with a
4.729. Edmison ca me next, wi th Jason Chesney
and C hris Jes ter following.
Fortner" s seco nd win came in the always fast
and tough 600cc class, but he put that win in his
pocket wit h his first rid e, a 4.339-second ru n on
his CRSOO. No o ne could match tha t time, but
Honda-mounted Scott Pet ty was clos e with his
4.367. Roger Riddell [r., Scott Pierce and Darrell
Trent filled out the top five.
In ot her Ama te u r-class action, Jason Rieck
claimed the 200cc win, wi th Ed miso n in seco nd ,
w h ile Bren t Ste w art took th e 400cc w in w ith
John Potter behind. John Hillard won the 750cc
class, jus t ah ead of Fortner. Green claim ed the
Pushrod victory, with Sco tt Sheets second, and
Sco tt Pier ce w on th e Sen io r class, with Gayle
Jenkins ta king seco nd .
In Youth racing, Taylor Bruce clai med the
SOcc-class win wit h a n 8 1-fo o t effo r t o n hi s
Honda, w hile Blake Cappello claimed seco nd on
his Lem with a 75-foo l run. N ick Mayo to pped
the hill in 5.418 seco nd s o n his CRBO to take the
BScc-class win, w ith Jar ed Hayes claiming the
seco nd- place tr ophy o n his KX80 w ith a 6.337seco nd tim e.
Results
so YTli : 1. Tayl or Bl""U«'; 2. BLtk.l· Ca ppcno; J. Tom Bru~; 4.
Ho Uy liIycs; 5. Jon et-ney.
85 YIli : I. Nic k Mayo; 2. [ared Ha yes ; 3. Dam on M IYO; -4
Ricky Clark ; 5. Jacob Tacki tt.
200 : 1. Jason Riec k; 2. Ga ry Ed m ison; 3 . Ma tt W l'av er; 4.
Ek'c WiIJiillll5; 5. Sco n Shn u Jr.
ka
250: 1. And y Fort nted the la st hilIclim b weekend of th e Dis tric t 15 an d 17 1998
seaso n o n the ir 160-foo t hill near Mount Vernon,
and 15-yea r-old Ma rk Goo dman Jr. turned the
fas t tim e o f the day in ex hi bitio n-class actio n.
And y Fort ner was the on ly doub le class w in ner,
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UCHANAN, MI, OCT. 24
Larry " Bo" Partin wo n the luck of the draw Saturday, ta king home the CI,.sic Enclosed Racing
V Nose Trailer at the Red Bud Super Seric'S ",ason-end ing ban qu et.
"Wo w , th is trai ler is g re a t!" exclai med an
excited Par tin.
