(Left) YZ250mounted Bobby
Lynch aced t he
Over 40 No vice
class with two
moto w in s at
the AMP/GFI
Octoberfe s t
Series MX in
Turloc k,
Califo rn ia
(Right) J eff Eide
led t he 125cc
int ermediate
class fro m start
to finis h at the
CRCWild
Tu rkey Grand
P rix hel d at
Glen He len
Raceway in San
Bernardino,
Califo rn ia .
Lynch leaves them at AMP/GFI
Octoberfest Series MX
By Jim & Valerie En os
TURLOCK,CA,NOV. 22
Z ing / Bills Pipes /S procket Sp ecialist-backed
Bobby Lynch dust ed th e com petition en rou te
to a victory in th e Over 40 Novice class at round
th ree of the 1998 AMP/ GFl Octoberfest Gold
Cup Series, pre sen te d b y Part s Unlimited &
Yamaha of Mod esto. Lynch, who rece ntly came
off a th ird -p lace fin is h at the Vet Na tionals,
rod e tw o so lid motos to post con sis tent 1-1
motes. Nearly 225 ride rs mad e the journey to
the po p u lar Oa tf ield Race wa y a n d the AM P
crew once aga in laid ou t a technical and challenging track.
Mo to one saw Lynch on the gas jus t lon g
en oug h to gr ab the holes hot w ith Kevin Wilk inson rig ht on his tail. T im Donalso n , David
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McCa nd less an d Rob Dresser followed as the
pack traverse d the tu rn -infested track. Wilkinson go t a litt le ou t of sha pe trying to pass Lynch
and went down. Lynch maintained the lead as
Donalson wo rke d his ~ay up to cha llenge the
first-pla ce rider. The two ba ttled for a lap un til
Lynch turned it up a notch and beg an to open
up a sizable lead .
Mean w hile, Dresser passed McCan d less to
take over third and then quickly mad e his way
up to Donalson's rear fend er to make a bid for
second . Dresser ma d e the pass on Don al son
. ove r th e bi g ste p -u p ju m p an d set out afte r
Lyn ch . Ly n ch , h owever w.a s ma in tai ning a
steady p ace and had ope ne d u p a lO-secon d
lead by the thi rd lap . On th e white-flag la p,
Dresser put it on cru ise control figu ring Lynch
was too far gone. Lyn ch took the checkered flag
w ith a hu g e lead o ve r Dr es ser. Donal s o n ,
McCandless and N ick McKinnon ro unded ou t
the top five.
"I got a good start and when Wilkinson tried
to pas s me, I just grabbed a hand ful of second
gear and out gassed him," Lynch said. " I got arm
pump near the end , but luckily I ha d a goo dsized lead. "
, As the rid ers lined up for moto two, missing
from the gate was Drt.Sser, who was nursin g an
'
injury sustained in a second --class moto. As the
gate dropped, Lynch shot into the lead ahead of
Donalson, McKinn on and McCan dl ess. Lyn ch ·
quickly opened up a cushion and appea red well
on his way to a repeat of mota one.
Back in second, Donalson ran in to a little
trouble as he cross-rutted a nd stalled his bike.
YZ400-mounted McKinno n seiz ed the opportunity . and thund ered by Donalson movin g into
second. Donalson was not abo ut to give up and
chased down McKinnon . On the whit e-flag lap,
McKinnon and Donalson came over the finis hlin e jump sid e by side, but McKin non maintained second place as they en tered the ensui ng
turn. Time ra n out for Don alson as the checkered flag came ou t wa vi ~g for Lynch followed
by McKinn on . Donal son settled for second just
ahead of McCandless.
Results
1'10 NOV ; 1. Step he n Hernand ez (Yam); 2. Ryan Philpott
(Yam); 3. Brett Markarian (Yam ); 4. Mike Matson (Yam); 5. ROlY
Radovich (H on).
80 INT: 1. Matt McCru mmen (Yam ); jari d Blevins (Vam ),
KO SPR M IN I: 1. Matt McC rummen (Ya m ); 2. Mik l' Mat so n
(Ya m); 3. [ar id Bleve ns (Yam ),
115 BEG: 1. Do n Bailey (Yilm l; 2. Mik e Starkwea th er (Ho n ); 3.
2
:
Josh Weath er ly (Suz); 4. Chad Step hens (Yam); S. Greg Cen ter
{Y (Su z ); 4. Don Mt.>nd('nh .1ll(Yer (Yam l.
40+ INT: 1. Alan McGdwe (Y,lm); 2. Terry Huff er (Suz); 3.
Dav id Brillant (Yam ); 4. Dave Harrell (Suz).
40+ EX: 1. Lee Miller (Suz).
U/LTD BEG NO V: I. Dylan Vicha (Yam); 2. Jef f Morre y
,
{Suz); 3. Skip Norman (Y. m); 4. Jaso n Ca meron (Yam); 5. Craig
Humphrey (Yam).
U/ LTO INT/ PRO: 1. Brandon jom 'S (Yam); 2. ' ''>SSt' Ketcham
(Suz).
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OTHG BEG: 1. Tirlil Han dd in (Yam); 2. Jim Kubo (Yam); 3.
Darrell Burr (H on) : 4. Darryl Cully (Yam); 5. Marty Lankford
(Suz ).
t
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OTHG NOV: 1. Nick Huetter (Yam); 2. P.:l S.lug... (Yitm); 3.
James Lester (Kaw ); 4. Tom Sullivan (Yam).
OrnG INT: 1. Dave Harr ell (5uz); 2. Robert Wochr ie (Hon); .
3. jim EnO!! (Suz); 4. Matt Longo (Yaml; 5. Rob Dn~r (Yam ).
. Q1l-IG EXP: 1. St.. ve Platton i (Su zl; 2. Terry Hu ffer (Suz); 3.
John H.lnddin (Suz) ; 4. Alan McGeht"e (Yam); 5. Alex C hellew
" (Yilm).
O THG PRO : 1. Mike Jo hn son (Suz) ; 2. Ra nd y Pockrandt
(I(aw ).
Eides enjoy CRC
visit to Glen Helen
By Greg Robertson
SAN B
ERNARDIN CA, NOV. 15
O,
The Eid e clan h ad a su ccess fu l d a y a t Gle n
Helen Racewa y during the Wild Turkey Gra nd
Pri x, as Jeff Eide aced the 125ce Intermedi ates,
Todd Eide spanked the 125cc Beginn er class and
Justin Eide fought back from a last-p lace start to
finish a respectable th ird in 250cc Nov ice action
du ring rou nd fou r of California Racin g Club's
11th annual Sponsorship Series.
Jeff Eide's domin ation of the 12Sec Intermedi-
ates began right from the dead-engine start as he
grabbed the early lead ove r Chris Thomp son and
Seott Pript uen . Tho mpso n shadowed Eide for the
first few laps befor e Eide started to pull away.
Brent Gilliam work ed his way arou nd Prip u ten
for third as Eide increased his lead to 10 seconds
at the midway point. Eide continued on for the
win aboard his Cha parral-backed Yamaha .
Nathan Pami ntuan smoked the rest of the
125cc Beginners on the ope ning lap of their 45minut e rac e. Pamintuan came a ro un d 10 sec - ,
onds ahead of Jesse King and Kit Kuna th. Todd
Eide suffered a bad start but wo rked his way up
to fourth by the end of lap one. By lap two , Eide
moved into second cu tting Paminruan's lead in
hal f. King stayed in t h i rd , h o ldi n g off Jeff
Verseput and Jamie Dietz.
By thezu-mi nu te mark in the race, Eide passed
Pamintuan and started to build a lead of his own .
Gr.mt Moore worked his way up from a poor start
and slipped past Pamintua nto into second with 20
minutes remaining. Eide was all by himself to greet
the checkers with nearly half a minu te to spa re
over Moore. Pamintua n kept Verseput at bay to
eam third, with King rounding out the top five.
Den nis Wag on er na iled the 250cc Noviceclass holes hc t and ran out front for a cou ple of
laps before Jason Tru bey chased him do wn and
pu shed him back a position . Darren Staffer a nd
Justin Eide both had tro ub lesome starts, which
put them at the very back of the pack. By lap
four , they weaved their way thr ough the field to
run in secon d and thir d respectively. ~
Tru bey's early breakaway was too much for
anyone to overcome as he easily took the win after
45 min utes of racing. Eide kep t S ~l ffer honest the
entire distance for a close third . Wagoner held on
for fourth over Alan Hill and Cameron Coatney.
Results
P/ W BEG I. M.lrcu l> Ellison (Hun); 2. Mkha.d Arellano (Act);
3. Jus hn Schuuler (Lem); 4. Mich.ld Truglia (KTM); 5. Chane Lippie (Jo.. M).
I
P/WYAM: 1. Kyle Price (Yam l.
P/W S/STK (4-1'» : 1. Dylan Pemberton (Cob); 2. Keith Robin~n (KTM) .
P/W SISTK (7-9): 1. Ca lc ,Summerford (KTM); 2. Jam..S Bish~
'
op (Lem ); 3. Annando Aguila r (KTM).
r / W MOD (4-8): 1. Cha!lC Lippit>(KTM).
60 BEC: 1, Ada~ Bakchi.s (Ka,w); 2. Andrew Yamdl (Kaw); 3.
Mike y Gareiil (Kawl; 4. Timm y Ritzier (Kawl ; 5. M.\xim illian Ala~
tolTt"(Kaw).
60 (4-8): 1. Tanner Ll ng ham (Kaw): 2. Shawn Butlt"r (K.tw); 3.
PTtoston Lundi n (Kaw l; 4. Bradley race (Kaw).
60 (9- 11): I. Kyl(' Bt.-rgantz (KTMI; 2. Casey Loga n (Kaw ): 3.
BI.lk... Ha rb y (Kaw); 4. Tr avi l!l Fnos (Kaw ); 5. Dou~la s Car ter
(Kaw) .
tlO BEG : 1, Jonathan Ara na (Kaw ); 2. Mitchell Alsobrook
(Kaw ); 3. Matthew Elliott (Hon); 4. Kylc Robert!lOn (Hon): 5. Darin
Chisholm (Yam).
80 (7-11): 1. Edward Herring (Kaw); 2. Sean Borke n hage n
k
(Kaw); 3. Garn·1t No rr (Suz); 4. MoU Brew er (Kaw); 5. Kylc
Bt-rgantz (Yam).
SO (13-13) : 1, Daryl Ecklun d (Yam ); 2. Chris Norr (Ho n); 3.
Aaron Bargant z (Yam); 4. Nichola s Burson (Kaw ); 5. Anthony B.u~
bacovi (Yam).
HO (14-16): 1. Donnie Gritton (Yam); 2. J.J. Hall (Yam); 3. Ryan
RiCSli (Yam); 4. G.llTt'tt Warren (Kaw); 5. Scott Stocker (Yam).
WMN : 1. Erin O'Brien (Kaw) ; 2. Lisa Saul (Kaw).
HEY-DAY: 1. Soott Davis (~Ion); 2. JOt.' Casagr ande (Mail; 3.
Greg Robert son (Yam); 4. Brya n Davill (C-Al.
125 BEG : 1. Tod d Eid e (Yam ); 2. G ra nt Moore (Yam) ; 3.
Na tha n Pa'mintuan (Suz l; 4. Jeff Verseput (Yam ); 5. Jesse Kin!/;
(Hon).
125 NOV: I. Josh Mason (Yam ); 2. John er Fau lkner (Yam); 3.
Don nie Weber (Kaw); 4. Kevin It' nnings (Yam); 5. Bobby Schu lt'!"
(Yam).
125 1"'''' 1. Jd f Eide (Yam); 2. O'ris Thompso n (Su:t); 3. Brent
Gilli,lm (Y.l m); 4. Sco tt Priputcn (Y.1m).
125 PRO; 1. M,lrk Tilley (K TM ).
250 BEG: 1. Milrk Broneau (H un): 2. Ch ris Co nahan (Y. m); 3.
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Jl'rry Sapping ton (Suz ); 4. Neil Chisholm (Hon); 5. Adam Quick
(1(,1 .....) .
250 NOV; 1. ja son Trubey (Kaw); 2. Darren Staffer (Hon); 3.
Justin Eide (Y. m): 4. Dermis Wagoner (Yam); 5. Alan Hill Jr. (51.12) .
l
250 INT : 1. Nick Ma irose (Su.:J; 2. Rob bie Dun ha m (Yam); 3.
t
Jon Zahrt (Suz ).
PRO: 1. Ty Kady (Yam ); 2. Chris Nie tzel (Suz l; 3. Brian Beach
(Yam); 4 . Steve Flanders (Y,tm).
500 NOV: 1. Norm Schiel (H on).
500 iNT ; 1. Tab Mauld in (Yam).
JR VET BEG: I. Robert MilleI;' (H(ml; 2. Jeff Semrmg (Hun).
JR VET NOV: 1. Rl;b Hall (Yam); 2. Stt'w Hernandez (Holl);
3. Dal Trube y Jr. (Kaw); 4. Bru ce Richar ds (Kaw); 5. David DeBoi§
(H o n ).
JR VETli\'T: I. Tim Konkol (Yam).
JR VET EX: 1. Dus tin Evan... (Hu n ],
VET BEG: 1. Russ Schou ler (H on j: 2. BIVan Davi s {Hon); 3.
Dente He rero (H bg); 4. Kenard Lipscomb ( Y~m): 5. Greg Wilkins
r
(Suz).
VET NO V: 1. Joe Casag ra nde (Yam); 2. Da vid DcBois (Hon)'
3. Bnrcc Richar ds (Kaw ): 4. Michae l A~ui n a l do (Yam l; 5. Mar c
PrinC't'(Yam ).
VET INT: 1. Chad Nelso n (Yam); 2. Mike Licitr... UfTO{Hun); 3.
ALm Kent (Y" m); 4. Karl Allen (Hon); 5. Dennh> Patterson (Ka w) .
TC.lm
BO: t. Jonathan Ararlil/Justin Pa mintuan ; 2. Brennon McGinni~ /Kylc Robcrt.'4J
n.
SPTSMN : I . Bob by Schuler /B ra nd on N or to n; 2. Ju st in
Eid e / To ny Sch uler; 3. Gran t Moor e / Gra nt Moo re Sr; 4. Joe
Casag ra n d e / Ste ve Ca sa g ra nde; 5. N ick Pa ramo re / Ch ri s
Paramtlre.
:
IRON MAN flO 1. St'an Borken h.1~en; 2. Mik{'Epstcin .
IRONMAN SrTSMN; 1. Matt FI't.."t"man; 2. Cameron Co.ltm·y;
3. Brad Goo lsby; 4. Chris Tay lor.
wuu-
Elkins skies to victory at
Starwest Motorcross
By Chris Sanch irico
PERRIS, CA, NOV. 2-3
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Jake Elkins ripped up the track, going 2-1 on the
night besting Kevin Townsend 's 1-2 a t round
thr ee of the Starwest Con tinge ncy Series.
Elkins ' win came in the 125cc lntenn edia te
class were he competed agai nst Sou thern California 's top amateur rid ers.
The 125cc Interm ed iates had some imp ressive co m pa ny o n th eir gate with the likes of
AMA Pr o racers Dann y Ca rl so n a nd Chr is
N eitz el. DH P / Sh if t-sp o n sored Ca rlso n was
using round thr ee as a wa nn ~ u p for the upcoming AMA West Coast Su percr oss series.
In mota one, Ca rl so n qu ick ly p u t his YZ
