(Left) Wes Hale (816)
rounds turn one ahead of
Darin Guerri e (125) in 250Cc
A-class act ion at Sweney
Cycle Park in Brush,
Col orad o.
(Right) Bradley Bunch went
1-1 for the 50cc (7-8) class
win at Top Gun Motocr os s
in Iron Stati on, North
Caro li na.
S/P /W (7.11): I. Arma ndo Ah
'Uilar (KTMI; 2. Michael Truglia
(KTM); 3. Cate Su mmerfo rd (KT M) ; 4. G~ ry Arella ~o (KTM); 5.
C hris topher Bracket (KTM).
P/ W 60: 1. Chris top he r Bracke t (KTM); 2. Keith Rob inso n
(Co b).
P / W 70: 1. Co llee n Sa u l (Hen ).
I' / W KO: 1. Me h sa Ce g fe (Yam) .
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60 BEG : 1. Patrick Carroll (Kaw); 2. Daniel Cagle Jr. (Kilw l; 3.
[a mes Jenkin!> (Kaw); 4. Dy la n Pem ber ton (Kaw); 5. Ty ler Krasel
U(aw).
60 (4-I\): 1. Shaw n Butler (Ka w); 2. Ca rre tt Lilly (KTM); 3.
Trent Pugmire (}(awl .
60 (Q-ll): 1. Robe r t Memoli ()(a w); 2. Bryn- Te zian (KTM); 3.
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Casey Logan (Kil w ); 4. Nicholas S anchez ( K.1w); 5. Do u glas Carter
(K.1W).
WMN: 1. Tamara N enze l (Kaw); 2. Jasm ine Van Da ng (K.1w) ;
3. Lisa Saul (Kawl ,
&l BEG: 1. Co rv Kr.1Se! (Ho n); 2. Bren nan Ml"Ginnis (Yam); 3.
Just in HilliJ;er (Ya m); 4. Casey Logan (Kaw); 5. Jimmy Patric k (Ya m).
MO (7·11): 1. D.1W Ca rter (Kaw); 2. Ryan Royb al (Hun) ; 3. Robert
Memo li (Yam); 4. Garrett Norr (Suz); 5. jo nath an Arana ( Ka w ).
80 (12-16); 1. Ch ris No rr (Hon ); 2. Antho ny Barba cov i (Ya m);
3. Michael Brewer (Han).
5 / MINI: 1. C h ris No rr (Hon); 2..Ant hon y Barbaccvi (Ya m); 3.
Garrett No rr (Suz ); 4. Mitchell Also broo k (Ho n).
.
125 BEG: 1. Mike McAlpin ('Yam); 2. Mill'S Buck (5uz) ; 3. Grant
. Moore j r. (Ya m); 4. Chris warren (kIM); 5. Nick jepson (Ya m).
125 NOV: 1. Shane Sm ith (Yam ); 2. Rvan Riess (Yam ); 3. 50
Willia ms (Yam ); 4. Shaun Traber t (Kaw); 5. j.ul!d Willian \!> (Yam).
125 (NT : 1. Jeff Eidc (Yam) ; 2. Brent Gilli.l rn (Yam); 3. T ravis
Smit h (Kaw) ; 4.-Ryan Dud ek (Ya m); 5. C hris Thompson (Suz ).
125 PRO; 1. Mic hael Young (Yam); 2. C h ris Nei tze l (Hun ); 3.
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Ty Kady (Yam ); 4. Rich Tro chinski (Yam ); 5. jesse B. th (5uz ).
250 BEG: 1. Ryan Poe (Suz); 2. Bryan Wa rn (Yam).
250 NOV : 1. Sha ne Smi th C
Yam); 2. Justin Eid e (Ya m); 3. Ke n
Neitzel (5uz ); 4. Neil C his ho lm (Hen): 5. Darren Sta ffer (H e n).
250 INT: 1. Tra vis Smith (I(.l W); 2. Nic k Melrose (Suz); 3. Chris
Thompson (Suz ); 4. Josef Deutsch (Suz ); 5. Kevin TOWI'L"t'nd (Suz ).
250 PRO : 1. Mich.teI You ng: (Ya m ); 2. T y K.td y (Ya m ); 3.
Bryan Nelson (Ya m); 4. Chris Neitzel (Suz) ; 5. Truy Wel ty (Suz ).
500 PRO : 1. No rm Schiel (Ha n).
JR VET BEG: 1. Troy Robinso n (Ho n); 2. Cl.'CilAvery (Suz); 3.
Christopher R(X';S (I( a w); 4. Jason Shearer (Yam); S. Terry Hess (Suz).
JR VET NOV: 1. Ga bi A bayou (H o n ); 2. Bru ce Richard s
U (Y"m).
Zulian uprising at Brush MX
.By Gregory K. Corn s
Photo by Dawn Wi n cze~s k l
B
RUSH, CO MAY30
,
Th e St a rs a nd St ripes w e re fly in g for
Smith / Answe r/FMF-sponsored Chad Zulian as
he spea red a head to the overall in the 250cc A
class and swe pt the 125cc A class a t the Rocky
Moun tain Motocross Association-hos ted Memorial Day weekend motocross a t Sw eney Cy cle
Pa rk . Fo llowin g th e s ing in g o f th e na ti onal
a nthe m by Jea nn ie Longwell a nd the rid ers'
prayer led by track an nouncer Mark Woodward,
the 250cc A-class rid ers took their positions on
the gale and pre pa red for ba ttle.
Showi ng the young gu ns a few tr icks, Over
40 A rid er Sh a wn Sm ith pi lot ed his Vicke ry
Mot orsp orts Yama ha out of tu m one first , with
Ma xi ma-s p on so red Matt Kar lse n b reathin g
d own h is neck . Zu lia n, Wes Hale an d Kevin
Hall gave chase a nd rem ained in tight formatio n up fron t. Eme rg ing from the eig h t-ju m p
rhyth m sec tio n, Karls en a nd Sm it h sw a p pe d
back and for th for the lead un til tra ged y struc k
for Smith as the two re-entered the rhyt h m section h alf w a y th rou gh th e th ird lap. Smith 's
fr o n t w h eel ran do wn Ka rl sen ' s b ack sid e,
se n d in g Sm it h into th e n ext ju m p s houlder
first. Unfortu na tely, Smith wa s forced to retire
for the d ay wit h a broken collar bone. Zu lian,
Hale a nd Hall po ised themselves for a p iece of
the actio n as the fron t fou r railed the co u rse
only a second apart from one ano ther. Up for
th e ch allenge, Ka rlsen could not be tou ch ed ,
a n d h e too k t he ch eck e rs w it h a tw o-bi k elen g th s lead . Hale a nd Ha ll held on be hi nd
second -place finisher Zu lian .
Hale sto rm ed th e sta rt of mota two, wit h
Kar lsen, Kawas aki-mou nted Darin Guerri e and
Zulian going at it bar to bar. The envelope got
pushed , as Guerrie swa pped out his rear end in
some braking bumps pri or to en tering the sec~
and com er, takin g himself and Kar lse n to the
d irt. This ope ned the door for Zulian to charg e
u p a nd pressure Ha le. Montcl air Yamah a /
Yama ha Mot or Corpo ra tion /FMF-sp onsored
Don nie Book, with the week end free from the
AMA Ha re and Hound Ser ies, held dow n third
on a YZ400. Zulian had eaten up Hale's two -second lead by the middle o f the second lap, and he
ca p t u red th e po sitio n p ri or to e n te r in g th e
rhythm section. A lap later, Hall got past Book,
with Karlsen cha rging a nd in p ursuit. Zu lia n
p ulled ou t the win with a three-second adv antage a t the checkers for the ov erall. Hale a nd
Ha ll solidified t heir position s in sec on d a nd
third, res pectively. Book, who sw ept the Over 25
A class aboa rd a YZ250, beca me Karlsen's final
victim with a last-lap pass for fourth.
Results
50 C L-l: 1. An tho ny Griego (Cu b); 2. Corey Wilcox (KTM); 3.
Jilke Jacobs (KTM); 4. Conno r O lson (Cob) ; 5. T.J. Kos.. n (H us) .
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50 CL-2 : 1. Co lter Di mick (Po!); 2. Forrest Olso n (Cob) ; 3. T .J.
Lu cer o (Co b); 4. Da niel Ro m e ro (KTM) ; S. Natha n De.Andrea
(KTM ).
50 C L-3: 1. Lan do n wolfe (Yam); 2. Steil Beagley (Yam); 3.
Austyn Keller (Suz); 4. N icole Wilcox.
50 CL-4: 1. Co lte r Dim il:k (Pol); 2. Antho ny G ril'g O (Cob) ; 3.
Forrest Olson (Cob); 4. T J. Lucer o (Cob) ; 5. Ja ke Ja cobs (KTM).
. 60 (7- 9 ); 1. Rick y LaM o nta Knl' (Kaw): 2 . And rew Valdez
(Kaw ); 3. D alton Mo yer (K.aw); 4. Co lter Dimick (KTM); 5. Ant hon y G riego (Kaw ).
60 (l (}.1 1): I. v mcent Ram irez (KTM).
80 (7- 11): 1. Andrew G r ie go (Yam); 2. Vincen t Ram i rez
(KTM); 3. Michal'! Ca rde r (Kaw); 4. Aust in Boyd (Suz); 5. Phil ip
Padde n (Ka w).
I:lO (12-13): 1. Matthew Her tzmg (Yam) ; 2. Bra d y Sharp (Ka w ]:
3. Der ik Brew ste r (Yam); 4. Pe ter Frt>as (Ya m ); 5. Joe y Shed ro n
( H o n ).
140 (14· 15): I. kremy Riddlt! (Ho n); 2. Ton y Valdez (Yam) ; 3.
Kell y Longwell (Ya m); 4. Ja y Lyn ch (Yam).
S/ MIN I: 1. Ma tth ew Hc rta mg (Yam); 2. Jere my Riddle (Hon );
3 . Ot-'rik Brewster (Ya m); 4 . Tony Valdez (Yam); 5. Andrew G riq1;
O
(Ya m).
YTH BEG: 1. Jo hn Hea p (Yam); 2. Just in Krohn (Ho n); 3. Jeremy Kirby (Hu n); 4. JO!OeJ'h Fette rs (Hl' n); S. Ma ck Sale (Yam) .
16-24: 1. Matt Ka rlse n (Yain); 2. Ryan Rozinski (Yam); 3 . Lu ke
Woodma n (Yam ); 4. Brad He ndry (Yam); S. Cha d Riddle (Kaw ). '
SCH BY: 1. Ryan Baile y (Yam); 2. Ada m Luh rs (Suz ); 3. Aaro n
B.1iley (Yam); 4. Devi n H3rri ty (Kawl; 5. Broc k Co le (Ho n).
125 A: 1. C ha d Z ulia n (Kaw); 2. Wes Hal e (Su z ); 3. Mati
Karlsen (Yam) ; 4. Kevin Hall Yea rick (Ya m); 5. Todd Homing (Ho n).
125 C : 1. Ryan Bailey (Yam); 2. Ad a m Lu hrs (Suz l; 3 . Ja mes
Ml'S. r (Yam ); 4. Cody Cyphl'T1 (Ho n); S. Just in Co pt' (Suz )
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O PEN BEG: 1. Aaron Bailey (Ya m); 2. [X>vi B .urity (Kaw) ; 3.
Stle"ve LtCl. (Ya m); 4. BnK'kCo le (H unl; 5. C had Gree n (Hon ).
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2SO A: 1. C ha d Z u lia n (Kaw l; 2. Wes Ha le (Suzl; 3. Ma tt
Karl'i£'ll(Yam); 4. Kevin Hall (Suz) ; 5. Do nnie Book (Yam) .
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250 B: 1. Bren ne n &ptista (Yam); 2. Ru.·I.·~ KIl"t'n... n g (Kawl ; 3 .
Tod d H um inR (Yam) ; 4. Jos h Elliot (Ka w); 5. Da vid McMec he n
Oy Milll!' ( K.1W ); 5. Stt'VI'G ray (Y.t m).
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25+ A: I. Don nie Book (Yam); 2. Dilrin GUt'nile" (Kaw); 3. Ed
Lundq uist (KTM); 4. Gary Sharp (Kaw ); S. Joe Arnold (Kawl .
.25+ BIC: 1. Matthew Sw eney (Yam); 2. Justin velder (Ka w);
3. Erik Casey (I-Io n); 4. Dav id McM ec hen (Ka w ); 5. Stev e GritY
(Yam) .
30+ A: 1. Devi n McKnig ht (Ho n): 2. Ed Lundquist (KTM); 3.
Kur t.Somrnerm e ver (Ka w ): 4. Jue Arnold (Ka w ); 5. Mike Burke
(Ya m).
.
30+ B: 1. Dea n H.l ig ht (Yam); 2. David McM«hen (Kaw); 3.
Greg Co rns (Yam); 4. Kyle Rein (Hon) ; 5. Glen Sharp (Hon).
30+ C: I. C hri!i Dodge (Kaw) ; 2. Corry Miller (K.tw); 3. Doug
Du nca n (Kaw); 4. Rick Martin (KTM); 5. Marv in Ro mkee (Yam ).
40+ A: 1. Kurt Dic k (Yam); 2 . Dean H Bro mbe rg (Yam ); 2, NOl'lle Guerri e (Ka w ).
Bunch, Tesh come out
a-blazin' at Top Gun SX
By Kirk Johnson
IR
ONST
ATION, NC,MAY30
Great wea ther greeted close to 300 riders on the
Memorial Day wee kend for round sever:'! of the
Ultra Series. Racers were also trea ted. to a sligh tIy red esign ed track at the Top Gun Supercross
Pa rk . Whil e so me rid ers stru gg led to come to
terms with the track, two riders - Brad ley Bunch
and Dan iel Tesh - qu ickly ca me to ter ms, ga rne ring a win apiece by d ay's end .
In the 250cc B class, Suzuki-mounted Daniel
Tesh to ok co m ma n d o f mot o o n e . H age r
Kawasaki-mounted Shane Hager, Yamaha rider
Jason Bald win, Suzuki of Gastonia 's Dou g Earls
a nd A I Lan e Ya ma ha-m o u n ted Jerr y Stra ng e
were all in hot p urs uit .
Baldwi n a nd Earls were invo lved in a crash
early in the moto tha t took them both ou t of conten tion . Th is left Tesh a nd Hager with a large
lead over the rest of the pack. Tesh, not wanting
to be invo lved in a la te-mota struggle, kept his
head down and slowly pu lled a lead over the
Kawa sa ki rid er.
As the - op two pos itions were set, the rest of
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