Events
Russell, McKenzie hit the
zenith at Meridian Speedway
By Shane McAfee
Photo by Byr on McCombs
BOISE. 10, MAY28
Jeff Russell took the Div ision One speedway
ove rall win at Meridian Motor Speedway in the
sixt h race of the Bud w eise r Inter mountain
Speedway Racers Associati on Dirt Track Series .
Russell, aboa rd his Marty Spee lman-sponsored
jawa, wo n t he las t ra ce of the night fo r th e
overall win . Shane McAfee, on his Castle Creek
Out fitters [a w a , took seco nd . Marty Spe llma n
ma de the long trip from Portla nd , Oregon, to
finis h third overall. Spe llma n wo n the first heat
race of the night , bu t a fall in the second heat
spoiled his bid, for the overall. Jeff Wat ters finished fou rth, and Class C rid er Dan Knudsen
took fifth.
Randy Mck enzie won the Division Two final
on a jawa lay-down . Bra ndon Schim melfenn ig
took secon d place on his Weslake. Thi rd place
went to Idah o Class C and mo tocross ride r Steve
Ru n d ell. Fo u r th we nt to Montan a ' s Tyler
H an sen , a nd fift h we n t to Salm on , Id ah o ' s
Tyso n Sus tairc.
Results
(Right) Steve Rundell
gets a little squirrell y in
fr ont of eventu al
Div i si on Two winner
Randy McKenzie at
Mer idian Speedway in
Boise , Idaho,
(Below ) Brett Markarian
won both BOcc Novice
motos at Oatfield
Raceway in Turlock,
Califo rnia,
0. 1: 1. Jeff Rus.o;c (j,lW); 2. Sha ne McA fee (j .1w ); 3. Marty
ll
Spt"Jlm a n OdW ); 4. Jef f w aners O.lW); 5. Da n Knud sen (Ja w) .
0.2: 1. R..
1ndy McKl"llz il' (Jaw); 2. Bra nden Sch immelfl'n ni g
(WeWmdon {K.1wl;
I......
J . Seeven Storie (l-{on); " . Qry Pla;ltje (J<.t,w ).
40+ NOV:
By Jim and Valerie Enos
TURLOCK, CA, MAY 30
60
Brett Mar karian hit the bull /s-eve as he shot his
Suzu ki to the fron t of the field' and tu rned two
flawless motos int o an overall vic to ry in th e
80cc Novi ce class at the sixth and final round of
the 1999 AMP / GA Spring Series. Oa tfield Raceway played host to more than 250 rid ers on the
day with unusual >but plea sant - cool wea the r,
making for ideal racing cond itions.
The first mota S< W Yamaha-mounted Mike
l
Matson grab the holes hot, a head of Markarian,
Just in Woods, Tyson Enzweiler and Anthony
Hou ser. As th e p ac k hit th e fi r st tabl etop,
Markari an shot past Ma tson to ta ke over th e
lead . Howev er, Mats on w o u ld ma k e s u re
Ma rkari an fou ght too th and na il to keep that
lead as the du o pu t on a show, mirroring each
othe r for nea rly th e e nti re rac e. Markari an 's
adv antage carne on the big step-up jump, where
he consisten tly ga ined ab out a 10-bik e-len gth
lead by d earin g thc obstacle, while Matson , having not yct mastered the jum p, had to sing le over
it. However, Matson appea red faster in the turns
a nd stra ig hts, as he qu ickly reeled Ma rka rian
back in each la p. B.1Ck in the pack, Woods continued to hold down third, wh ile Aaron Di'Ciano,
who had a poo r start, made his way through the
. pack and came up to challenge Woods. Altho ug h
tho tv vo were a little off the pace of the front-runners, the race for th ird was intense, as Di'Ciano
a ppea red to have an edge in the whoop section,
tho ug h Wood s, who appeared d etermi ned , continued to hold his groun d .
Meanwhile, up front, Markarian and Matson
crossed the wh ite flag nearl y side by side, a nd
one mistake would mak e the di fference. Unfortu na tcly fo r Mat son, Marka rian didn ' t ma ke
a ny, an d the chec kered flag waved Mar karian
across for the win, with Matson in tow. Woods
took third , ahead of Di'Cian o, with Honda pilot
Rory Rad o vich pu tting in a valia nt effo rt to
rou nd out the top five.
Moto two once again sa w Matson lead the
pack in to the first tum, with Markarian, Wood s,
Di'Ciano and Enzweiler in pursuit. Matson bobbled in a tricky left-ban de r and Mar karian and
Woods made th eir way by . Mat son qu ickly
recovered and zapped Wood s in the wh oop section. Wit h Ma rka rian leading, Ma tson p ut his
head down and took off after the leader. Matson
qui ckly reeled in Markarian and took a high line
a rou nd a righ t-han d er, movin g his way pa st
Markarian . With th e two so evenly mat ched ,
once again only a mistake wo uld make the difference. That misti1kc wo u ld come cou rtesy of
Mat son . A~ the tw o hit the big ste p- up jum p,
Matson sing led and looked up to see Markarian
sailing ove rhea d . The lack of concentratio n sent
Mat son off th e s id e o f th e jum p , all o win g
Markar i.ln to ta ke o ve r the lead . Woo d s also
went by as Matso n had tro u ble reco ver in g ,
eventually fading back to fifth.
Meanwhile, Enzweiler mad e his way in to
third , ,,-jth Di'Ciano, on the gas, in fourth. With
t.
Stt.Ve 8acchini (Yam) ; :z. Re I( Powell (ya m); J .
'
Dele M.lthen (KlMl.
40+ INT ; 1. C ra ig R.lndb (Yam) ; :z. Mike Newman (Ka w); 3
Terry Hu ffer (Su r.); 4. Io
seph CoOnZ4Jk-s (Ydm ).
U/L BEG : t. Skip Nannan (Ya m ); :z. Court HOOe (Ya m) ; 3.
Derek C h eney ( K. w ); ". Jl)!;h Lo ng (Ya m); 5 . Donny Sto m m d
(Ya m) .
U/ L INf/ EX: 1. Tommy Jl'an (ya m ); 2. lrif Morny (Kaw); 3.
Ma u M<.Crummt'n (Ya m) ; ith Verdin (Ya m ); 5. Kevm Wi~
.
(Yam) .
Honn on at Leisure Time MX
By Don Browning
time running out. Di'Ciano caught Enzweiler on
the back straig ht bu t came up short at the end .
Markarian took the win, followed by Woods,
Enzwe iler. Di'Cia no an d Matson.
"Clea ring tha t big step-up jump paid off
today," Markarian said .
Results
Pee w ee Tr ack
50 P /W JR; 1. Tuder Hop!.on (Yam) ; 2. Co lton Fredrickson
!Suzl.
50 FI T: 1. Brandon Perreira (H on) .
50 (<1· 1 ST K; 1. C h r i!Oli a n Sl a n d e rs ICob); 2 . Ca m e ro n
6
8l'a u bler (I.l'm); 3. Charl ie Moore (I(ThI); (Cob l.
Cob); 2. Nic ho las IMcchini
50 (7-H1 MOD: 1. Mich al'1 Flo res <
(Ya m ).
SO (o-s) O PE. ' : 1. Ty Keenom (Cob); 2. cj. Barha m lCuh ); 3.
"
Brandon Nic ho l·;un f K1'M ).
Molin Tr.ck
50 (U) STK: I . Ty K, IK.lw ); 5. ('resl oll Mull
( K.1w ).
hIl NOV : 1. Beau Wt'i gand (](a w ); 2. Na th.m Hullist("!" n<'l W); J
Tyk.... Fr.·I·man C w) ; 4. Justin Enos '(KTh1); 5. Ch ris Sa n tino (I<.lw ).
Ka
tJO (NT : 1. Du stin Enixhs (KTM ); :z.Creg Fou ts (KIM ).
O I'EN; I. Dustin Enochs (KTM ); 2. G tl."g Fou ts (KTh{); J.
JU5bn F.nc. (KTM ); 4. Nathan HoIIistt-r IKawl; 5. RYoIn Mdrtin (Kawl _
80 Fn; I. Larry Aztovt'do(Suz);"2. Zak Ru~U (Kaw );3. lua..e
no
Layton (Yam) ; 4. Bry an Jdnnj ~ (Yam); 5. Ja lTlt.'!!i Webh IHon),
SO BEG ; I. Aaron Makinl'1l (Suzl; 2 . Joe ShipTTld n U la n); 3.
j'revoe [)aniak (5uz); 4. J
M't"fny KneioJy f1'am ); 5. Cary Tk>dt> (l Ion ).
ItO NOV; 1. Brrtt Ma rb rian (Sud; 2. Justin Wood, IYam ); 3.
Mi u Ma tson (Ya m) ; u'il'"!'(Ya m) .
125 BEG 0.1: I. ~Iia..e Sta rkweatherO'am l; 2. Jeremiah Cerber .
(YoI ) ; 3. Da vid C ass in (Yam) ; 4. Dt"ft'k C h C'Tlt'}' ( Kaw); 5. John
m
Wt'ar (Hnn J.
125 BEG 0.2.; 1. Jno.h Long (Ya m) ; 2. Kron Coli ($uzl; 3. Ron·
nil"Raymund (Suz); 4. Shay Matts (}ton); 5. Ryan Powell ( Kaw ).
125 NOV ; I. Chris Loredo (y am ); 2. Daniel Bustos Ulon); 3.
Aaron Col( (K,iw ); 4. K C Rigm.1idl"llIYam); 5. Anihal Q\cllie (Y.am).
125 INT ; I. Tommy Jean (Ya m l; 2. C ra ig Trugli o (Kaw); 3.
Mertens IY.a ; 4. Brian FosIC1" (y;l m ); 5. Kt'ith Verdin (Yaml.
m)
125 PRO: 1. Breet Racin e (Ka w ]: 2. Du stin Mill er (Yam ); 3 .
Rich Stl"pht'llS (Yam ).
2SO BEG : I. Shay Matt s (lion); 2. David Th um f"'On (Y.1m ); 3.
Wl'8 1..eol' (K.1W); 4. Sean Naffzigt"f (Yam ); 5. R/.lIlnic Raymond (Yam ).
2.';0 NOV : 1. Anihal Ch ,-bl,· (Ya m ); 2. Dan il·1 8u st O" (Ho n); 3.
Gary Whilak>r (lGlw) ; 4. Tony Jdime (Ya m ); 5 . Chri!. Lurt."l:lo (Y dm) .
2.';0 lNT : 1. Craig TnJ~lio (Kaw) ; 2. Di,·t,>rTt' m m" rm a n (Suz );
3. Tommy jtoan (Ya m ); 4. $e ,ln lu·.lth IJ(.,w) ; 5. Shdne Verdin IK.1W).
2.50 PRe. 1. Bre tt Raci ne (Kaw); 2. Dan P,lI.ld itlo (Ya m) ; J .
Rich Sll'phl'ns (Yilm ); 4 . Dustin MiIIl'"l" (Yam ); 5. Kelly Andri!> (Suz ).
2S+ BEG I. Steve Weyra uch 1IIu n); 2. Je(f Be.tu bi,·r (H o n); 3.
Rand y Tu fts (Yam ); ". Wa ynt' Ward (Han) ; 5. C h ris Btocvd (Ho n).
r
2.5 NOV : 1. Stl"\'e Stu rit- U fo n) ; 2. Pa u l Sym mo m. (Ydm) .
+
25+ INT : 1. Kurt Kuhn (Yam l.
30+ BEG: I. Andrew Myna tl (Ho n); 2. D.wid Th ompson
(Yaml; 3. Jdf Brou~nd (Yam ); 4. Larry P.acini (Bon); 5. M ichdl"l
seeve
Flll no!i(Y am) .
30+ NOV; I. C rai g Ranells (Ya m) ; 2. Willidm 5t"rpa (Yam ).
30+ !NT: I. Kurt Kuh n (Ya m) ; 2. Steve Stori e (Hun).
30+ PRO: 1. Randy Alvarado (Hon).
3S+ NOV: I. Cr iliF; R.1nelb (Ydm); 2. Jeff BrtlUSl>and (Ya m) ; 3 .
MEDARYVlLLE,IN, MAY 30
Kenn y Honn change from his Hond a to a' new
d
KTM to contest the uSec class at Leisure Time's
fina l race of the spring seaso n. Hon n q uickly
mad e his sponsor, Jerry Birky of Mid west KTM,
proud by gra bbing the holc
shot in the hotly contes ted 125cc class . Hann made it all look easy
from there.
Fo llowing Ho n n we re C ride rs Ga rre tt
McCormick and Ben Liss. B ride r Chris Stringer
followed in fourth aboard his Suzu ki. At the
halfway ma rk, Honn had pulled a ID-second
lead over McCo rmick, Liss a nd Stringer, a nd
mov in g th ro u gh th e pack was Chris Christensen.
Meanwhile, McCormick and Liss we re having a battle to see who would be number one in
the .125cc C class. Yamaha -mounte Christensen
-d
joined the battle wh en they d ropped off the
red esi gned dow n h ill freewa y . C h ris te nsen
moved. a head into the lead thro ugh th e infamo us whoop section . Liss got by McCorm ick on
the whi te-flag la p to set up the finish ing order.
Honn took the checkers in th e A class, with
C hristensen ta king seco nd a nd fi rst C-class
rid er, followed by Criders Liss and McCormick.
Honda rid er Na tha n Brem er g rabbed th e
second- mo te holesh ot, with Ch ristense n, Liss
a nd Hon n following to the first tank jum p. By
the thi rd lap , Hon n again took the lead , wit h
Stringer in tow . Breme r still held first in the C
class. This running order stay ed the sa me to the
finish. O n the stre ngth of his combined scores,
Christensen too k the overa ll with a 1-2 tall y. Bremer managed to salvage his d ay by takin g th ird
overall with a 5-1 finis h.
Ano the r fu ll gate saw Ove r 30 A rider Jim
Royko pull the ho lesh ot , a hea d of Chris Bolint
a nd Perry Stabler. Royk o took the win in the
Ov er 30 A d ass . Th e Over 40 da ss had fallen
in bch fnd him , tak in g posit io ns two th rough
fou r and se pa mt ing them selv es fro m the Over
30 B and 16-24 d asses . On the seco nd lap, Stabler a nd his Hond a took ov er the lead in the
Ove r 40 class, leaving fello w Ove r 40 rid er
Bo lint to fend off th e a dvanccs o f Mike
Horne's Hond a. At the chec ke rs, Royk o took
the Ove r 30 A win, wit h Ove r 40 rid ers Stab ler,
Balint a nd Hor ne followi ng. The firs t Over 30
B rid er to cross over was M ich ael Lech ien ,
w ho wa s follo we d by 16-24-da ss rid er Rick
Mezo on his Honda.
