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Ron Turner won the Senior Expert class
during rou nd three of the Yamaha Dealer
Series at Glen Helen Raceway Park.
By the end of lap one, i t wa s
Maxwell, Turner, Roes eler and Sta ten in
firs t through fifth . Turner squeezed by
Ma xw ell on la p two to take the lead .
Turner smoothly negotiated the rest of
the track to the finish line .
As in mot o one, most of th e crowd
was wa tc hing th e b att le b etween
Ma xw ell and Roeseler. Maxwell stayed
stro ng and managed to keep Roeseler at
bay to the finish .
"Roeseler was on me hard : ' Maxwell
lat er ad m itted. "O ne mi sta ke a nd h e
wo uld have been by me: '
" I was just tr y in g to pressure h im
and hopefull y he'd kn ow my presence
and make a little bobble;' said Roeseler,
"He rod e better that last moto. I think he
dug a littl e d eeper . Th at w as th e be st
race of the da y."
Tak in g fi rs t ov erall was Turn e r ,
foll ow ed b y Ma xw ell , Roes el er a n d
Stat en .
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Glen Helen Raceway Park
San Bernard ino, California
Results: June 13, 1999 (Round 3)
Maxw ell and Roeseler. Roesel er matched
Maxwell tum for tum for four laps until
the white flag came out. Then, unexpect ed ly, Ma xw ell pulled off the track and
Roeseler cru ised past him for third. During the last lap, Ma xw ell 's fro n t-bra ke
caliper shea red a pin and cam e off.
" It pulled the brake lin e ou t," sa id
Maxwell. " It started flinging the brake line
into the spokes, makin g me very nervous."
At the finish line, Turner admitted that
he had been disa ppoi nted wi th his start.
"I messed u p on the start," he said. '1
usually ge t the holesh ot."
State n admitted he has a way to go to
ge t back into peak physica l shape.
"I was going to quit;' said Staten. "I
wasn't eve r goi ng to rid e again. I deci d ed to han g it u p in ovember. Then
John Burr Cycles as ked me to ride one
of thei r bikes. They told me they'd give
me a bike, so I said, 'Okay, I'll try it: It's
bee n tough getting back in shape. My
arms gel all pumped up. I missed a shift
in the first tum - thou ght I was going to
get rear-e nd ed . Oversho t the corner
d own there twice."
Stroker / Dunlop Tire-sponsored Roeseler was in great spirits at bein g at the
track, hanging out with friends.
"I'm just out her e having some fun ,"
said Roeseler , "Honda/Yamaha of Redlands are friends, and they invited me to
come out. I'm jus t glad I had a day free."
Bou lware was pleased wit h his sta rt,
if no t with his showing.
"I just couldn't han g with those guys,"
he said . "I've been doing a lot of desert
races, a nd I'm not u sed to the jumps.
Some of the jumps here are tou gh."
On the starting line befo re moto two,
Staten looked over at Turner and sai d,
"I' ve go t to ge t that guy."
Tu rne r just smiled .
Maxwell seized the holeshot. with
Tu rner, Schu le r and .Bou l wa re close
behind. Stat en got a slower start, taki ng
the firs t tu m in seventh.
PIW STK: 1. Bradlev Borden; 2. Sean Renshaw (Yam).
PIW MO O: 1. Jam~ Bishop (Lernk 2. Austin G illis
(Po l); 3. Shawn Car d ill C
lem).
&0 «()..s): t. No lan Shultz ( Kaw); 2. Cas ey Huntley
(Ka w); 3. Brid n Hanev (Hon).
bO (9-1t): t. Cody Boha nnon (K.aw); 2. Justi n Dam p
(Ka w]: 3. Andrew Yarn ell IKaw) .
80 BEG: 1. Ivan Shultz (Yam); 2. Bobby Dye (Vam) ;
3. Jon Bruens (Yam); 4. Kris Paluzzi (Yam); 5. Matthew
KeUy (Hon).
80 NOV: 1. Kevin Hunter (Yam); 2. Andrew Petrie
IKaw ): 3. Jared Minor (Hon); 4.. Gra nt Kla nn (Yam) ; 5.
Sam Scanlan (He n).
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SO INT : 1. Emcka Udeh (Hen) .
80 EX: 1. Do n n ie G ritt o n (Yam) ; 2. Ben Ram saran
(Yam ).
SIM INI: 1. Donnie C ritt on (Yam); 2. Ben Ramsa ran
(Yam): 3. Ada m Benavides (Han).
125 BEG: 1. Ryan Co we ll (Yam); 2 jerem y Roberts
(Kaw ): 3. N ils Berge (Hon); 4. Chris Avery (Yam); 5.
Cody Hertel (I Ion).
125 NOV: 1. David Su llins