Richard Quinones (21) holds oft. Don
Mendenhall (826) en route t o w inn ing the
Over 30 Intermedia te c lass during
m otocross actio n at Tracy. Californ ia .
There was a race for the XR70 riders, and
Brad Patterson won that main.
Th ere w a s a g ood field of 80 cc racers on
hand , and Jason Crew e wo n the main event.
H av in g w on la s! w eek, St .... ie Bonscy
became ol repeat w inner, riding an a ir -cooled
Yama ha 60 agains t some full-tilt KX racers and
beating them.
Seco nd -generat io n racer Damon Iw anaga
(son of Pau l) sco red his first win in the Pee Wee
C class.
The Powder Puff class is bein g dominated by
Allyssa Jensen so far, but Lauren Wallace has
been second in every race and sh e is now finish ing on Jensen's rear fend er.
back in seventh. the o verall on the da y was up
for grabs. Sanchirico set his sig hts o n his nemesis, McEntee, aft er pa ssing PiaUoni for second
place . San chiri co soon found himself staring at
the rear wheel oj McEntee o nce again. The bee
riders w ent at one another with reckles s aba ndon, each rider go ing off the tr ack but able to
ho ld thCV positions in a n effort to w in . In the
end, McEn tee proved to be the better rider on
that day, as he narro wl y took the w in and the
overa ll. Sanchirico finis hed a close second for
second overall on the da y, with Piattoni taking
th ird. Criswell finis hed a co nsistent 4-4 for the
final podium spot on the day.
Results
r /w
Nido~
((~S): 1. J~ Carci.l (Yam); 2. Jdfrry Ho.dgn (Y.ll ) ; 3.
m
Scu ud (yam); 4. Bobby Cald cira (Yam ); S. Milt.to Andf'l"W!>
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(Yam) .
P/W A : 1. AII~<;,) J("JlM"I'l (y;l m); 2. Sha u n Andre ws (Ya m) ;J.
Ale>t Az a r (Y;lm ); 4. Fra n k it" G a rc ia. (Ya m) ; S. Lauren Wall.l ce
; 2. Scott A1V'r!l (Hon);
lto)
3 . Frt'ddte roli ( Ho n ); -I. Colt We n (H o n ); 5. Ti ffan y Ku ns ma n
erw
o...y
(Hurd.
F-lOO (16+) NOV SfK: 1. Jot.' Ca rrillo (Hon) ; 2. Stl."\'t.' Hall
(Ho..., ); 3. Graha m Vol n (Ho n); 01. Miu ~ h ll"C' (Hon) ; 2. Jo hn
Gilha n (Huld; 3. Bradl~ Spt-nn-r (Hun); of, Bobby Paul (Hun) ; 5.
Ron rartt..nun (Ho n) .
F-100 Ob+) JR: l. Ton y RlJ!"l' (Hon); 2. Scott Heywond (Hor";
3. Ryan Dt'von!lhire re con·
tinued to ho ld off Flory, 'ith Tim Alvarado a
. wa ys back in sixth. As the mo to wound down,
Re s ults
Mendenha ll began taki ng wide lines in a de
sperate effort to pass Qu ino nes, bu t he just cou ld n' t
bu y a pa ss. To make ma tters tou gh er, lappcrs in
the Beginner and Novice classes beca me a fac tor,
and Qu inones used the situation to his be nefit .
With the white flag coming out, Quinones con tin ued his lead in g ways. Flo ry , still trai ling in
fift h, fina lly m ad e his m o ve by outju m pi ng
Moore o v~r a lon g tabletop to S4.'CUre fourt h. Th e
chec kered flag fina lly appe ared and waved in a
grou p of exhausted racers, and it was Quinones
taki ng a we ll -deserved win, followed b y
Mend en ha ll, Segundo, Rory and Moore.
Th e second -mote holeshot went to Moore; he
was followed by Quino nes, Segundo, Flory and
Mendenhall Moore got hun g up in the tight offcamber right-hander and dropped to fifth before
he coul d regain his mo mentum. Quinones inherited the lead, but this time it was Segu ndo's tum
to hound rom . And that he did, as Flory was a
little ways back in third , with a s tr ugg li n g
Mendenhall in fourth. In fact, on the Sf..''Ctmd L,p,
Mendenha ll pulled off the track. A "d u tch problem" proved to be t he culp rit, a fru s tr at ed
Mendenhall later said.
Meanwhile, Segundo wa s practically glued
to Quinones' rear fender as the duo tr av ersed
the track. It appean.' ; 2. ~lIkl' Segundo CH ;
ord
3. Brett Flur y (Suz); 4. John Moore (Hon); 5. Tim A1vamdo (~ w).
30+ PRO; 1. Randy Podr.rn nd t ( ~ w ); 2. Mikl' Jnh nMIn (Suz);
3. Terrv BoM.lI'd (Yam ).
SOY: 1. Alex 0Jdk-w (Yam); 2. Chn. BrttWn (K.tw); 3.
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R.:m lynch (Ydm); 4. Jim Enor.(Suz); S. lito brrt Woehr k (l lonl.
dy
15+ I ~: 1. J...eEo ~t:II lrI' (Ho III; 2. Joh n Moun: (Hun ); 3. lim
Al va rado (Kaw.;-4. Terry f-fuffl-r (Stu) .
40+ NO \': I. Rob ~ (Yam) ; 2. Ma rk Andn.-ws ( KT'M ); 3.
Kn'in WillUNiOtI (Kaw ); 4. Sid McKi nnon (Vam}; 5. Bobbylynch
(Yam t
40+ 1.!'o"T: 1. Jo.o>eph Gonzalez(Yam ); 2. R.Jndy lynch (yam ); J.
Oolvid Bnll.llnl (Ya m); 4, Kf'ith Coml."tla (H cm ) ; 5. Terry H u ffer
lSuzl.
40+ EX: 1. It''l'' Miller (Hnn).
U / l: 1. Dylan VicN (Ya m ); 2. J_un L.tbam (Yam); 3. Jdf
Murrelr. (Sw ); •. JCJM"Ph Gonulcz (Yam ); 5. DtlIvid Krntoff (Yam).
c....tro
3S-+
McEntee manhandles
the OTHG at Perris
By Chris Sanchirico
PERRIS, CA, NOV 14
.
Tim Mc Entee p Ullt"d out all th e s to ps as he
schoo led the Over The Hill Gang's Expert doss
by go ing a n im pressive 2-1 on the day for the
hard ~fou ght and w ell-deserved overall vict ory.
On a gorge o us Southern Calif o rnia da y, mo re
than 200 OTHG Vets a sscmbled to mi x it up at
Perris Raccwav.
Th e th rot tle-ha pp y O ve r 30 Expert., 14 o f
them in all, la unc hed o ut of thl' sta rt ing blocks,
eac h tr ying desperately to c1i .im the hole s ho t,
l
bu t it w as to no a va il as per ennial fast s ta r ter
Phil Mean. led the way. The lon g start straightaway, followed by a tight 180-degree left -hand er, provided for so me serio us ba r banging, as
Sco tt McDonough, Steve Piattoni and McEntee
gave chase. IM5- backed Mea ns led th e field
through the sw itchbacks . McDono ugh a nd the
MotO\'\'est bike of Piattoni tanglai, wit h Piattoni
taking a soil sample. McEn tl-'t" pounced on the
o pportunity to secure th ird . At the en d of lap
o n e, ' it was McDonough, Southland Suzukimount ed :vfcEn tt'e , Mea n s and 1999 KX250mounted Bruce Criswell.
In just his first ra ce as an Expert, M cD onough otablisht.>d a large Jt>ad and went uneantestl'Ci to the checkers. But the ba tt l€' for st.'COnd
was far fro m over, as McEntee was being pursued by C ris w ell and Troy Lee Desig n. / FMFba ckl!d C hris 5.1nchi rico , who had wo rk ed his
way up from ~e\'enth , CriswelJ and Sanchirico
traded posi tio ns twi ce before Solnch irico was
able to secu re t hi rd . W ith th e la ps w in ding
down, McEnt ee was in Sanchirico 's sighl... \Vith
one lap to go ;Sanchirico stuck a wheel in on
McEntee severa l tim es, bu t McEntt>e thwarted
his att.lc k and too k Sl.'COnd , w ith Sanchi rico taking third .
In mota two , Mea ns was o nce again ahead of
the class , w ith McDon ou gh , Sanchirico, Piattoni
an d McEntee in .tow . With the overall victory in
hi s g rasp, Bellflo w er Yamah ,l ' s M cD o no u g h
sta lle d his ma ch in e in the tight s w itc h backs ,
aIlm,,'ing S. nchirico to tak,,' the lead . Sanchirico
,
qu ickl y found himself being hou nded by th e
Su zuk is of P ia Uon i a nd McEntee. Piattoni
pa st>ed Sanchirico in the rockers to take the lead ,
with McEn tee in hot pu rsuit. McEntee sa w an
o pe n li ne a n d went by th e Shuck T he ra p ybacked Piattoni for the lead. With McDo no ugh
;
BEG : 1, Gt'Ol'gl." ColIl"lt i; 2. Da n Mal iA J. St l.'V~ Man gione; 4
Jdf McEntre; 5. Chuck B...a.
NOV : 1, Val Fu ku M jl; ; 2. StC'Vl" Jol : o n ; 3. Mi" C'Schu lhof; 4
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Sam Rod ri);uC' ; 5. Brin n Th il·rll'!>
z
.
INT : I. M icha L'! M.\rri n ; 2. Rick T...tlow; 3. Du.1Ill· Quale; 4.
Doug Funder bu rg t. ; 5. Da n Lee bey .
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EX: 1. lim McEn lt"l"; 2. Chri"l S.mchiriro ; 3. Bru ce Griz w cll; ~
Stc-ve r ia ttoni ; 5. Ch ucky 8f'nntott.
&4+ BEG : 1. Bill Bllu moln; 2. Denni e, ROIlt.'nherg; 3. Ridlard
KeMney; 4 . Fra nk De rby ; 5 . Mlirya nn Uoh blt.
~ NOV: 1. Barry Wond"oll; 2. Gary Juola; 3. Sk ip PulVft" 4.
;
Lee Eva~; 5. Kifl Scha rdt-r .
~ L"IT 1. Frank Mie!'au ; 2. !'hil Beckman; J . Kirk lukntka;
;
4. Marty Wmerman; 5. Jeff Blix.
3S+ EX:. 1. Ma rk DIMon 2. rau l NlonJln ; 3. Mike AJlt.-nho(r~ t .
;
Mark G ran brorK; S. Jam~ Coppt'dgC'
.
38+ PRO: 1. Bob Ca"J'Vr. 2. o.w1&.l Fu n lt"l' 3. u r i CMI.Lll';; ";
Tyna n.
P RO: 1. Cra ig Ca noy; 2 . Ro n TumM'; 3 . Md K John...... ; 4.
Craig Hntfmt.oio&t~; 5. Fred Nichob.
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Banquet time for DTRA
By Tim Mc Bride
PRINCETON, MN, NOV 8
.
The AMA, District 23 and the DTRA held their
ann ual post-dirt-track-season awards banquet at
the Princeton Co mm unity Center . Com pe titors
a n d cla ss champions of both o rgani zati cns
enjoyed a pot-luck d innc'r, rod a chance to ,fin
some nice door pri zes donatt'Ci by ma ny co ntributors and received their respective year-L--nd
awards. Th e afternoon wa s topped off by a full
afternoon of enjoya ble ben ch racing.
The 1998 season saw some exci ting n~w na!'
promoters emerge, in the form of the North Ctntral Dirt Track association. B&R racing pron o-tio ns wa s form ed when Dav ey Dur elle
Promotions wa s sold to Eric Brouhard and Bob
Reynolds. Both promo ters h.we some new rjce
tracks lined up for next seaw n, as we ll as a 101of
neat ideas. Combint.>d wi th the hard wo rk by lhe
.
DTRA, the Norseman Moto rcycle Club, the !j.ying Dut chman Motorcycle Club an d the NOIlhem Minnesota Racin g Associ 'lti on (fro m SU~ri
o r, Wisconsin) , there will be pl enty o f rece
venues from w hich to choose in the upcomng
1999 season.
Although com petitors wo n their cI .1SS ch<11lpionships by com peting in all of the AM A Oi,;trict 2J..pro mo ted races, the DTRA awards a Sot?""
arat e c ha m p io ns hip fo r th e DTRA membtrs
wi th the bt'st rl'Sults ca rded during thei r slx-race
Saturda y N ight Sho rt Tr ack se ries held at Ihe
Isanti Co unty fairgrounds ' q u a rt er-mil ~ ova l.
Rams
Resu lts
D-23
~t1NI
t.'r' ;
SHAFT; I. Jory Morri!>; 2. Colt' fealy; 3. 'dall- Schlt.-rh-
4. N .lu'..tw Wasdk·k; 5. Andy 0I 'OOn.
MINI CHA I."': 1. Mik MaIact--n.: 2..Nick \tauya: 3, 0 11
StrohmeVt!l" .
~
6(1 "1. J~h KDch; 2. Jol o b Moltaya ; J. k n "f1ly Andt-n.o..n; ..
c
Tr,wi:;. Wa.'iChek;5. Kl...·m Andl~
/40; I. Troy John'iOl1; 2. Sha wn Burr ; 3. Chris Unl:,": oJ. ncrv
SoInibJr.y-; 5. lmh Ku ch .
..
125 A~t: 1. Adam ttenJ"ich!, ; 2. Troy lo hn....m : 3. \",'i11lt Bmk.,,;
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4. Marty Mata ya ; 5. Shawn BurT
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2S{l A M; 1. Will ie-Brohon; 2. Ad., m Il t'nrichs ; 3. Don 8o.-tM; 4.
Bilsv K.int or; 5. Trov lohn...'"
. OPal: AM: 1. ·Bob Boyd; 2. Du n a.·nil>; J U'l" fcoolly, oJ John
Aorio; 5. Eric Bt.
Tg.
\11\-'1' SGt: I. Pa ul Koch; 2 Rand )' Thl "t!e; 3. Lltlyd Turnn; 4.
"
Richard Wa schek; 5. Daryl Pan"tTl.
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VINT TW : I. Buzz Arnd t; 2. Ron l.A....m.ln ; 3. Frank R.ldlnll4
Bob Rt, Vr\(Ids; S. Eklb Bt'C"er .
" l
30 1. Bob Boyd ; 2.. Mike Ledin ; 3. R.tnd y 'ThUotlt-'; 4 . John fb.
+:
rio ; 5. Mart}· Mata ya
40 +: 1. Buz z Ar nd t; 2. Don Bettis ; 3 . rilal Koch; 4. Da ry l
PlIngt. r!; 5 . Ron l.A.....
·
'TI\dn.
50+ : I . BUT; A rn dt; 2. C h.nlit, langland ; 3. Davl.'" Koch ; 4
John Su tht.., lin ; 5. Bob Ro.-ynoId s .
250 PRO: 1. Vl'fdt'Cn L.m J;lBn d ; 2. Kurl B..e h lkl"; :\, Dmi ty
Fa u lds; Tim McBrideo rEN PRO: 1, VL'nkm langldml ; 2, Ku rt B"t'h ll,;c;3 . M.1rcus
B.lue r; 4. Eric Bro u h.lr d ; S. Randy T rir l.·tt.
DTRA
MI N I C H AIN: I. M ilo
...Mt."f\.
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MI :'\II SHAFT: J. J.It:ub 5ch...K hM"; 2. T~·kr H0rf"'r; 3. Nid
~1auya.
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n-my AOOt·not,ln
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60 : 1. J(I... Kuch ; 2. }.Il: ob M
