Jak e Joh ns on took the 250cc A fina l fro m
Georgie Price, whil e Price led Johnson home in
th e 600cc A rac e.
Phil Libhart wo n the 7SOcc A, with Mike Klopp
just keep ing in front of Dallas Bacr for the Over 30
win . Bob Sweeten took the Over 40 and jim Chapman too k the 500cc A Two-V alve victorv.
John Long took the 50cc (7-8) group . w hile
Brett Pugh co n tinu ed his winning ways in the
SOc Oil-Inj ected cla ss . Adam Ca rp inello too k
c
the 8Sec 0 2-15) group and Timm y Mitchell wo n
the 600cc B ra ce.
Don Mullen was just in front of Todd Winse tt , Rick Winsett a nd Ro y Mill er as the 600cc
Pro class roar ed ou t of the seco nd turn. The
fro nt quart et pu lled a little d istan ce on the rest
of the fie ld , w ith a litt le shifting of posit ion s
behi nd Mull en . Winsett found his rhythm on the
third lap, getting by his cou sin Tod d permanently fo r sec ond and taki ng th e lead from Mullen as
they sta rted the fourth lap.
Geo rg ie Price was in fron t of Mik e Klop p,
Dallas Baer and Cory Roth right from the start of
the 600cc A final. After havin g a stirri ng battle for
the win in the Ov er 30 fina l two eve nts before,
Bacr and Klopp swapped spo ts again , while Price
started to pull away. Jake Johnson shot into second on the thi rd lap, just about the time Klopp
dr op ped ou t with a dan gling steel shoe.
Ju st as in the 600cc A ra ce, Price w as th e
lea de r in the 250cc A co n tes t, this tim e w it h
Mu llen , Raun Wo od a n d Jo hn son tra iling .
Mullen took the Iead off the seco nd turn on the
se ond lap, with Johnso n and Wood still hangc
(Right) Rick Pearce
(32) leads A.J.
Herre ra (42) and Don
Howa rd (4X) whil e
Don Canet strea ks
away in th e dista nce
at the Willow Supe r
IT. Pearce caught
and passed Canet for
th e win. ·
(Below) Brandon
Morgan took the
t 25cc Pro-class
ho no rs during th e
GFI Memorial Day
Extravaganza at
Perr is Raceway.
SPT$MN : 1. Don Mu lle n (Rtx); 2. Phil Lib lurt {Rtx l; 3. Jot"
Zyd in"ky (Rtx); 4. Roy Miller (Rtx); 5. Ja~ Mees (Suz).
Morgan plunders GFI
Memorial Day Motocross
By Greg Robertson
ing close. Johnson got rolling on the third lap ,
ta king th e lead off the se cond tu rn . On ce in
fron t, he pulled several leng ths on Price .
Results
S u n d.ay
55 OIL -INJ : 1. Bn."t Pu ,;h (Ya m ); 2. Mit ch H.uvat (Ya m); 3.
t
I:Nrek Hersh (Ya m); 4. Ma xwi IH m Ha rva t (Yam) ; 5. Ty ler Ha as
a
(Ya m).
55 (7-8) : 1. Jo h n Lo n g 111 ( Lern); 2. Bobby Wei r (Cob); 3.
Meg an Ja~ U.rml; 4. Jeff Hal dem.ln (lKm); 5. C.Sl;'C'McCammon
(A ct) .
65: 1. Jo hn L.ewiv Jessop (Hon);
3. Tra vis St-nnlot (y.l m); 4. Cu ry Lu ng (H u n).
t
e
125 B: 1. Sha w n Bol r (Ya m) ; 2. Bry an D o ug la s {Hun l; 3 .
Jona tha n Rl'id (KTM)
250 A: I. Jake Jo hn l'iOn (Ho n ); 2. Geo~e Price (H on ); 3. Ra U l\,.
Wood (Y.1m); 4. [)(in Mull t'1l (yam); 5. Co ry Honm.'5 (Ho n).
2.iO B: 1. Sh.1w n B.. r (Rtx); 2. Timm y M itche ll (Y. m l; 3. Greg
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S.l ssama n (Ta m ); 4. Noa h Lc.'(lft (H(lft); 5. Jason IS(' mock (H o n).
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501l A 2-V A LVE : 1. J inl C h olpm oln (Yam ); 2. Da v e Smi t h
(Ya m ); 3. Rol u n Wood (Ya m); 4. Cod y Sha m b lin (Hon ); 5. John
Bower Jr. (Ya m ).
600 A: 1. Gt-' rg ie Price (Rtxl ; 2. Jol e John.'iOn (Hon) ; 3. Dalla s
o
k
Bal'r (Ro.;) 4. Co ry Roth (Rh); 5. JOt Zy d in sky (RO;).
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600 B: 1. Timmy Milch t"l1(Rtx); 2. Mik~ Bra bso n (Ho n); 3.
Noa h Leo n (Rn); 4. To m Norton (Ho n l; 5. Scott SI.ldl' (Ma i).
noo PRO: 1. Rick W inst·U Jr. (Rb); 2. Don Mu llt' n (Rtxl; 3.
Todd Win.o;ett(Rtx); 4 . RoyMillt"r (Rtx); 5. Ph il Libha rt (Rtx).
750 A: 1. Ph il Lih ha rt (frO; 2. Juh n W ill!oPtt Jr. (Ya m); 3. Jack
Wa~r (Tri); 4. Nick Ta ylor (Yam); 5. Mi ke Keallt" (Yam).
30+: 1. Mike Klopp (H(.n); 2. Dallas B..wr (Rtx); 3. Joh n Da vi~
(H un ); 4. Ray Stillwdl (H -m.
40 ...: 1. Bob SWl!"I"te n (Rtx) ; 2. Jim C hapma n (Rtx) ; 3 . Jo h n
Davis (H o n); 4. Larry BurkholdeT (Hon); 5. To m Norton {Ho n).
SPTS MN : 1. Rick Wire;eU Jr. (Rtx); 2. Don M uUen (Rtx) ; 3.
Tod d WiNot.otl: (Rb); 4. jol- Zydinsky (RW; 5. Joey T yt'1'}'ar(Yam) .
Mond.. y
55 O IL-INJ: 1. IJrerek H~", h (Ya m); 2. Brett Pu gh (YAm); 3.
Mi tch Ha rv a t (Yam ); 4. Maxwilliam Harvar (Ya m); 5. Eric Stump
(Y. m l.
55 (4-(,): 1. Eric Stump (KTM).
s.r; (1-8): I . Bobby Weir (Cob ); 2. Ju h n Long III ( lA>m) ; 3. EVoln
8.leT (Pol) ; 4. Mega n Jam t'S (lem); S. Jt'ff Haldeman wis V ( I<.l w ); 2. Mik... Wagnt"r (K.:a w ); 3. Tl'l"V
or
J~P (K.tw); 4. jef f Haldt.'m.l n (H on ); 5. R.J. Ha rt (Kaw) .
8S (7-11): 1. Bri.1n Phill ip!' (Yam); 2. Joh n Lt-wis V (Yam); 3.
Wa yn...Wag ne r (Hon); 4. Bryan A rms tro ng (Ho n); 5. Jonatha n Jo r·
d oln (K.'Jw ).
!IS (12- 15): I , Ad.m Ca rpi n... o (Kaw); 2. ~vin Jl."SMIp (Ho n);
U
3. Travi s Sc.
-nnl't t (Yam) .
125 B: 1. Brya n Do ug las (H o n ); 2. Jona tha n Reid {KTMI; 3.
Sha w n B.leT (Ya m ).
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250 A: 1. Jdrai M..,,S (Suz ); 2. R.tun Wuud (Yam ); 3. Jal' k Wa~
ne r (Hon); 4. JOt:'y Tyery at (Ydml; 5. Rich MellinI;eT (Yam) .
2. ;(1 B: 1. Brya n Duuglas (H o n); 2. J.lSl.m lse nm x.- (Ho n); 3.
<
k
NUdh u"m (Ho n); 4. Shawn B..lt"r (Rn ); 5. Greg Sas..'ic1m an (Ya m ).
500 A 2- VAL VE: I. J im C hap m a n (Ya m); 2. R.lUn W o\ )d
(Ya ml.
600 A: 1. Mike Klopp (Hon ); 2. Bob Sw ee ten (Rtx); 3. Dalla s
B.wr {RlXl; 4. Nate Da vis (Rtx); 5. Billy Stillw ell (KT M).
bOO B: 1. Noa h It''o n (Rtx); 2. Jon at h.-m Reid (Rtxl; 3. Ray Stillw d l( KTM l.
bOO PRO : 1. Ken Yod er (AT K.); 2. Do n Mu llen (Rtx); 3. Roy
Millt'" (Rtx); 4. JOt' Z yd ins ky (Rtx); 5. Juhn Wl nMott Jr. (Rtx).
750 A: 1. Mike Scott (Ya m); 2. Ph il Ubhart ITri); 3. Joh n W insett 'r. (Tri); 4. Ja ck WagneT (Tri).
30 +: 1. Bob SWl"t"en (Rtx l; 2. Mik e Klopp (H o n ); 3. Da llas
t
Racr (Rtx ); 4. john Da vis (H on).
40 +: 1. Jim Ch apman (Rtx) ; 2. Boh SWf."f'tl"tl (Rtx); 3. Mike
Kea ne (Yam) .
PERRIS, CA MAY 31
,
Brand on Morgan spli t mot o wins w ith Mark
Tilley to capture the 12Sec Pro-c lass win at Perris
Racewa y during the ann ual GFI Racing /FMF
Memorial Day Extravaganza.
Opening-ro und action saw the Ralph 's/Food
4-Less / FMF/ De l Amo Yama ha -backed YZI25
of Andreu Labrado r wi th the holesh ot over Levi
Reid, Tilley and John Ledd y . Whi le Labrador led
th e cha rge ou t fro n t during the first few laps,
• Tille y made his wa y. around Reid for seco nd ,
w hile Morgan overca me a ba d sta rt to land in
third by lap three . A miscue on Labrador's part
qui ckly d ropped him to fourt h, with Tilley now
in control of the lead position.
Morgan got arou nd Reid for the runner· up
s po t a t the mid w a y po in t and clos ed in o n
Ti lley, but Tilley a nd h is Z Raci ng /Pro Cir eu it/ Wind / LBZ-sponso red KTM were up to the
cha lleng e a nd held on for th e first -mot a win .
Thi r d w ent to Reid , w ho w a s followed by
Labra dor and Led dy:
Th e s eco n d- mo to s ta r t b e lo n ged to the
Cha pa rr a l Suzuki of Morg a n, with Tille y and
-lap
Labra do r in to w. Mor gan led the entire IO
moto to take hom e the first-pla ce money , Tilley
kept him hon est the entire distance to collect the
secon d -p lace pa yback . Reid passed Labrad or
durin g the firs t third o f th e ra ce to wind up
third overall.
Mik e Slee ter was untou chable in the fir st
12Sec Intermediate mota, leading every lap for
the win , Jake Elkins ran toward the front of the
pack, holding off Cerrit Ordelman for second at
the checkers.
Sleeter found himself mired in tr affic a nd
running 10th after the ope nin g lap of round two
wh ile Brian Reichel and Elkins made the ir getaways at the front of the field. Sleeter climbed all
the wa y up to third, behind Reichel, with three
laps co mp leted , only to go down and hav e to
sta rt all over again from eigh th pla ce . Elkins
motored aw ay for the second-moto and overall
win . Sleeter mad e it all the way back up to third
by the fin ish for a hard-fou ght second overa ll.
Reich ell ' s seco n d· mo to runn e r-up fin ish
clinched third in the final sta nd ings ove r the 5-4
of Jos h Morain e.
Jet Browne and Steve Berg teamed up to lead
the first couple of laps of the annual Memori.lI D.1Y
team race at the end of the da y. The 250ccPro-class
w in ner, Don Up to n, and his team mate Danny
Mohr wrestled awa y the lead on lap three and ran
out front for most of the race. The YZl 25-mounted
tt..~m of Cerri t Ordelman an d Mark Valcore c..1me
from their II th-pJace start to pass the Up ton /Mohr
team with slightly more than a lap remai ning to
tak e the victory. The team of Mark Tilley and
David Sullins held off the Mike Sleeter / Richard
Owens duo for third at the checkers.
Results
so STK (-lobI: 1. Brett
DoWT y (Cob) ; 2. Bryce Stew a rt (KTM ).
ll'
~ STK (7-8): 1. John ny ' d d e rd a (Lem); 2. Ma rcu s Ca rri llo
(l.. "m.).
t
50 o rEN: 1. Da n ny Go nzalez (Cob) ; 2. Johnn y [elderd a
{Lem); 3. Cody T ith o f (Cob); 4. M art'll!! C.arrillo (lA'm); 5. BMI
Downey (Cob).
60 FIT: 1. Brett DolI.'TIl.")' (Kaw) .
.
60 BEG: 1. BLakla Hilrber (Kaw ); 2. Cody Titho f (KIM ); 3. T1'1"
I'm O' Dell (Kaw); 4. Ty ler Krasel (l(a w) .
60 NOV : 1. C h.apman FWne (lYw); 2. Richard Stt-r1ing (K.awl.
bO 1J'Il'-: 1. Tra vis Chn
stensen (K,aw); 2 Jak e Hulett (Kaw); 3.
Bry «- TeTzia n ( KTM); 4. Dann y Gonz..al z l Ka w ); 5. B.). Boh rer
e
(KTM ).
eo orEN : I. Bry n ' Tt"rzian (KT M); 2. T ra v i!l ChriMe nMOn
(K.;. w); 3. Rubert M~ (Kaw); 4. Jdke Hu lett ()(aw); 5. Chapman
Ftent" (Kaw).
80 FIT: 1. 'eff Ekll (S uz); 3
Anthony Bruscella (Ya m ); 4. Sce rt Simo n (Ya m ); 5. Pa ul Pearcy
(Suz )...
100 OPEN: 1. Kelly Tedder (Ya m ); 2. jdf Vaughn ( Ka w j .
125 BEG: 1. Scott Bu ttrell (Yam ); 2. Chad Ken ner (Ho n); 3
A ub ria na Dun n (Yam I; ... Jdf McC lu rt" (Ya m); 5. Kevin Ce rkin
(Yam ).
125 NOV : 1. Dav id Sulli ns (V.1m); 2. Ma rk vatcoro (Yam); 3
Z ack Shu lcy (Suz); 4. Nic holas Hl'ns ll'y (Yam) ; 5. Rich..rd Albac h
(Yam ).
125 INT: I. Ja ke Elkin!> (Ydm ); 2. Mike Slee te r (Yaml ; 3. Bria n
Reichel (Yam); 4. Josh Mora in e (Ho n); 5. Corey Macomber (Yam) .
125 P RO: 1. Bran d o n Mur gdn 15u z); 2. Ma rk Ti lley (KTM ); 3.
Le vi Reid (Ya m) ; 4. Andre u Labra dor (Ya m ); 5. Jo h n Led d y
(Yam ).
250 BEG: I. Coo per Ja.n d c (Hon); 2. Eric Rt"a.,o;olll"J" l!(a w); 3.
Ga rro tt Mathe ws (Ho nl; 4. Jl"f'MllY Mason (Hun); 5. Ouug Cowy
(Ho n).
250 NOV : 1. Billy Arnone (Suzi: 2. Ma n ny juba la (Yam ).
250 INT : I. Bu llfrog Newcome r (Kaw); 2. Da vid Fox (Ya m ); 3.
Rud y Rod ri gu ez ()(a w); 4. Sea n P<,a (Kaw); 5. K..-vin Townsend
r
(Suz).
250 PR O: 1. Don a ld U pton (H o n ); 2. Tim Bea tty (Su z ); 3
Craig Davis (Ya m).
25+ BEG: 1. Jo n McGee (Ya m ); 2. Ro bert McGt-e ( H o n ); 3
Ga rrott Matthews (H o n ); 4. Dou g Covey (t-Io n); 5. Memo Acevedo
(Yam) .
2.5+ NO V: t. Pa t Buv d (Ho n).
25+ 1"''1': I. Col e C~ {)(a w l; 2. Chn Alvarado (Ya m); 3.
rub!OI (H on) .
40+ INT: 1. Kirt Bas.. (Yam ); 2. Toby Ta ki.
o;ett
40+ EX: 1. Run Tu m eT (Yam) ; 2. Mi k Alten hufd
(KTM); 4. M ike Slee ter /Rich.rd Owens; 5. Bri.1n Reich el/Stcv en
H.1u gd lltein .
Willow SuperTI
Pearced again
By Fred Wlndum
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ROSAMOND, CA, JUNE 5
Honda factory suppo rt rider Rick Pea rce picked
up ye t anothe r win in the STTARS SuperIT Premi er Serie s on th e St ree ts o f WilJow Springs
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