petiti on , had a rare breakd own in moto one a nd
failed to fin ish . He ca me back stro ng in moto
two, tak ing fifth o verall. Kenneth Regal of Howell, Michiga n, took the ove rall win .
M u lti-t al ented hare scra mb les a nd end u ro
rid er Brad Lowe of Lenn on , Michigan, too k his
KTM to first o vera ll in the Over 40 class. Lowe's
so n Lucas a lso compe tes, riding his PW50 in the
popular SOccBegin ne r class.
Granl Mor ela nd left his A merica n flag ta ped
10 hi> hel met fur the races . Th e ad ded drag d id
no t slow h im down, a nd he stor m ed to first
ove rall in bot h the 60cc and 80cc (7-11) classes.
Th e afternoon classes also he ld a me morial
service and did a parad e lap. It was a spectacular sigh t as the y rod e slow ly in single file, wi th
A merican Flags proud ly flying from their helmets .
Morel a nd ' s rerouted the G ravi ty C avitv
jum p bac k in for the afternoon. Aft~oon fastclass ra ce rs seem to reallv like t he ex treme
jumps , a nd they mak e it look easy.
Jason McDo na ld of Ponti ac, Michiga n, do minated bo th 12Sec A and 250cc A on his Suzu kis.
An other doub le cI .1 SS win ner was Kyle Mcleod
of Lenno n, Michigan, who took the KTM bran d
to the top spot in 125cc B and 250cc B competition .
e-day
After a very lon g an d action-filled th re
raci ng weekend, the rid er s, thei r fa m ilies and
the Mor ela nd 's crew pr ep ar ed to travel hom e for
some much-n eeded rest.
Results
125 A ' I. Ia"un M \ k O\l na lJ (SuLI. 2. :"roiath. ln I. Milll"!" 3.
;
Mattbew A. Mu rphy (H(1 4 T(lfT\ y Kirl.. ( Hoo ).
n):
m
1258: 1. ~ y lt· G. McL,,:ud (KT M I; 2. Jdw b C. OJ CI..I.'BO"
(Y" ml ; 3. Bna n L Schuilrma n (Ka w '; 4 Bra nd(lfl Fn lb t Honl; 5.
!...ormi\.· Zinj;h (KoW).
1
125 C; 1. M.ltt"'--· B..~ (11 (1('1). 2. Ravmond \.tl-dina (Ya m l;
3. C hild wol evcr ( Hun) ; ~ , Ry a n M l("hn 't H (l" l; S. l" ick re rry
(Ya m l.
10-24 ' 1. Ch.ld M illl'r IHu rd ; 2. Ch.K1 Le us kv (Y..m l; 3. Jot"
sa
Mol ~ (H..n); 4 . RAy MAnlt-y (Suzl ; 5. D.J. Grn-nI~IIl (f-I (lfl).
25+ : 1. Tu m mv Kir l.. ilion); 2. Mark B. r OWt"l"'J: J . Nick EIIlLtl Kaw l; 4 . Brad R. ~t" (J (Cob) .
50 S HAFT: 1. Ke nn rth Re Sal (YAm ); 2. M ich oll'1 Pt"arS(ln
(Y" m) ; J. ]ll!ih Hu ll (Y.l m ); 4 , I"""c Schl'id (Ya ml; S. AU5tin L Nd·
!lOn(Ya m ).
50 SR : I. Ori..n D. r.lpt11 (C ob ); 2. StevC' Da ly ICob ); 3. Chad
Cooley ; 4. Ton n G u ntht' r (rull; 5. Ky ll' Rt~.ll ( u ''IIl).
60: I. Gra n l W. Murdan d (Kaw l; 2. Dustin J. Durbin (Kaw); 3.
Jol'l A . J .l ~ er (KT M); 4 . Jd f Go ht.' IKa w l ; 5. Brand o n C OUll'Y
O<"W).
l
1'10 (12· 15 ): I. Bri .1n l. St'hu ill' m,l n (Y,l m) ; 2. C h r i, loph l"r
Schrn' ;
3. Ma rc M.m "'-Y l Kow l; 4 . NAIh.t Old Hacun lYa m); 5. Sonn y Snydt"f
'
t
(Ho n) .
,
BMBR: I .J O/'ol-ph M. K.. Lmow !>li (H unl.
:"roiO:"roi-CUR: 1.
C o n ley I Hon); 2. Wil bt.'r t V\"rp\1l Im
1
(lion): 3. David Fink (H u n) ; 4. Kl" 'in S. Mi tcht.·11 (Hus); 5. Scotl
H in ton lH (1('I I.
WM:-.l: I. Tr i!>lmH a ll..t'n l Kawl
.
$C',,"
Stewart stalwart at
CIMC Hillclimb
By Bud Northrup
NEOGA,I LJUNEJ2
Brent Stewar t and Andy Fortner are waging an
ea rly-season fast-t ime \,'ar in Distric ts 15 and 17,
eac h w ith two so fa r in Ama teur-class ac tion .
Fortner eVt.'n has a n additiona l overa ll award.
Stewa rt ri des a 1998 KTM 380 that has be en
heavily mod ified by Jackso n Perform ance. and
he clai med five District 17 fa st ti mes in 1998
al tho ugh he rode o n ly 10 tim es. Fortner also
cla imed five fas t times 1
.1st yea r, as did J a ~JIl
No rthrup .lnd M.nk Sh.lfer ; they all tit-d for tht.'
o
season Fast Tim e Award chitmpio nsh ip. Neither
Nor thrup nor Shafer are in competition yet this
yea r, so Brent Stewart an d And y Fo rtner a re
waging a per so nal duel.
T h e Ce n t ra l Ill in o is MC n ight h ill cli m b
belo nge d to Stcw
u
l
Ma y" (Hun) ; 4 j..... b Tackitt (Y. m ); 5. Du!'hn T rnt l (K.1wl.
200: I. Sroet Sh l",·1 t K., W); 2. Chris R!"l'J'!; (Ya m l; 3. Bo....:....
,
Wil lldn"" t K.1W)
2SO: 1. M.. rk GOf. Jm.t n Jr. (K.1w); 2. Kl...i n Ca ppt: llo tKo1w 3.
>
l;
And \' F",rtlll'r tSw:1; -I. Mdtt Pt'!l'r.O !HOlt); 5. JOhn EJli... Ili on ).
t
'400: I. Brent 54l' W" rt (KTh Il; 2. 51"
...'e Duuglwrty t l<..'TMI; 3.
Md tt Pl'll,,", IYam) ; 4. ju hn Pot leT tSuzI ; S. 5l:e\TSh",feT(Y.. m ).
1100: I. A ndv Fort ru.., (H,,,, ); 2 Butch h-doJl'r.> (Y.l m ); 3. M.ltl
rl."tl"n t K'TMl; " . Kt..vm ~kKo1y (Kawl: 5. Mdr)..G"od m.1n Jr . IHon J.
150: 1. John Ihllar oJ 2. Ja cub Shdf fl'f (Ya m) ; 3. Tu m t),1md ~
;
' Kawl ; 04. Chn\'lMe:in (Y" m); 5. Jo:.h Carrier (Tri ).
OrEN : 1. R,..Jnt·y Rid J.t"n l K.1w); 2. Buzz G r~n t H·DI; 3 .
JM'\lb B.uky ITn ); 4. Stt"V Shotfer l!-l-- >: 5. Scott Sht-t.,!" (H·D).
f'
D
SR; 1. Kl.,,·tn Md<..y (Ka w) ; 2. Bo..b Fisht."!" t H- D>; 3. G.aylC'
J\."Ilki "" lH o n l; 4 . ~-t. r~ Goodm d n Sr . (H on); 5 . Ridldrd r(1t! M'
(V....m ).
.
1'ROD: 1. Bob fi" hrr (H ·Dl; 2. Jacob &ilt")' (Tri l; 3 . RAndy
C n.",-n( H- OI; 4 . Tim Wiggm... {Tn l;5. Sh.-\TShafn (H -O).
STK: 1. SIt'\T $Nfe r I K.aw); 2. Ma l" Puh't"f (Su z ); 3 . Do ug
Campbt"1I(YoIm); '" C h ns RiVt"n (Ka w); 5. Motrle. Bn~ tHonI.
Lawson, Spearing rip to
Glen Helen Motocross wins
By Bo b All oy
SA. BERNARDL CA JUNE12
'1
'10, ,
Th e Riversid e OTMX races were held a t G len
Hel en, and fo rtu na tely the massive pil eup o f
Expe rt classes a t the uphill jump during mot o
o ne th at resulted in the bla ck-fla ggin g of th e
race and thc restar ting of the moto wa s not a n
indi cat or uf how the day wo uld play. After that
incid ent, every thing wen t acco rding to plan , and
30 racers were gratefu l.
Master B racer Ron Lawson wa s well into the
lead when the first moto had to be called off and
res t a r te d. He aga in too k the lead with a
holesh ot, a nd he led every lap for the moto w in
w h ile Den n is McAd am fle w in w ith se cond
place.
McAdam put h is Suz u ki into the lea d in
moto tY.'o an d domina ted the tra ck w hile la wso n was moving u p through the pac k from last
place. Law son kept on the po we r, maneuvered
past McAd am on lap St"ven and beat him to the
finbh for the win .
Geo rge Spea ring gassed his Kawasa ki into
the front and led all Ihe olher Exper ts un lil lap
three . Spearing we nt dow n and Dave V llace
Va
took over a nd stretched his lead all the way for a
first a t the checkers. Spearing was in last position af te r he remo u n ted , but he wasted li ttle
time and qui c kly moved u p to ta ke a well ea rn ed St"Cond.
Rod Rud t.'r maneu vt.'red past two dow ned
Expe rts for the lead in mota t\\"o an d held bac k
the ot he rs until hard-charging Spearing sliced
his way throug h the pack and pressured him on
I.lp fou r. Spearing kept his lead for three mo re
laps to wr.l p up the wi n, followed by Rud er in
secon d .
Am a teur Drew Im miti led 11 o the rs at the
first tum, and as the mota wor e on, his fast pace
proved to be unbeat abl e an d bro ugh t him the
top spo t. Barry Hale followed Im miti in St.."Cond
place until lap two, wh en Ra nd y Bruce tu rn ed
up the wick and slipped pa st. Bruce cont roll ed
his lead fm three mur~ lap s un til the fast-moving Hale powcr t:>d by and mn wi th it a ll the way
tu ensure himse lf of seco nd place, lea ving third
p lace to Bru ce.
Again Immi ti cam e out with the lead in motu
two, but th is timt.' he was challenged by Bru ce,
wh o powered past him on lap four. Bruce mad e
his lead stick all th e way to the check ered, followed by Immiti in second and Gary E.lker slotting in wi th third.
Barry Sim on managed to hold off Sam English and tak e home the big win in the No vice
ra ce. It was no easy fea t, ho we ver, as Engli s h
ra ced a t his rear wheel and ho u nd ed him for
seven la ps .
Th ings we re go ing .111 Simo n's wa y in the
secon d mote un til he stall ed his KTM on lap five
on an off-ca m be r section o f th e tra c k . T he
mishap gave English, who had wo rked his way
up fro m a JX'lOr starting position , the opportun ity to pass a nd clinch his wi n. Simon was there
for second .
Results
MSTR 8 : I. R...m lawson (U t,;I;·2. Den ltTli McAd"m lC",uz).
~ann" (Kdw ); 2. Rob Rud t.'f (Ydml ; 3. [)in~
(Kdw l.
AM . 1. [)n'\Olo' Immlb ( KTM); 2. R.1ndy BN\.~ t H on ); 3. 80my
EX: 1. Gc.''Orxe
\Voll ~
~k-(J.
Swink, Kitsch put on a show
at Moreland's Motocross
By Kevin S. Mitchell
ST \lTD, , MI.MAY30
A.
Brian Swink an d John Kitsch IJ pu l on a fantas tic
show 01 1 Morelan d 's Mot ocr oss , w hic h had a n
e xce lle nt tu rnou t of 2n rid ers, a lo ng wi th a
hug e crowd of famil y and spectators, for Iheir
second race of the Memorial wrekend. Carl and
Irene Mor eland wer e a t their post at the front
ga te, gre e ting rid ers as th ey ca me in for the
day's activit ies . Ma rk More la nd wa s hard a t
work wi th track prep , as other Morela nd fam ily
members were working a t the sign-up a nd con cessions a reas .
Ter ry Pigg ott of Ion ia, Michi gan, had a fierce
ba tt le w ith Ke\;n Mitchcl l of Blanchard, Michiga n, in the Dry Dogs class. Piggott was riding
his wrv clean 1981 Mai co 490.
"J ;"as really try ing to bea t Milchell, as we
h a ve be en ba tt li ng in t he M ic h igan Vin ta ge
Molocross Series, " sa id Pigg ott . "After I wu n the
first mot o, I remembered tha t Mitchell told me
he had ente red the No n-C urr ent class that start·
ed at the same time. So I rode really hard w hen I
d id no t have to."
Piggo tt took it easy in the secon d moto, as he
had a stiff neck from comit:tg up sho rt on the
Gra\;ty Cavity jump.
The hig news in the afte rnoon c1a.s.o;es wa.... the
_pp;.a rance of Brian Swink and John Kitsch n.
Swink, who has sla ted tha t he will retu rn to the
Pro racing in 2000, com ple tely dom ina le d the
250cc A a nd Over 25 clasSt"S on his Honda. Swi nk
drew a huge cro wd to the cove red pa vilion, as
spectators flocked to set:' him rid e. Swink comers
faster than m.my riders go do wn the straights. He
kept h is bikt.' fla t out a ro un d Morel and ' s
de manding course. As for the new Gravi ty Cn'ity jump, which 1Th1ny rid~ barely rtl.lke, S\,;nk
turned it into a tri ple jump, as ht.' flew so far tha t
he cleared the top jum p and the next jump.
Kitsch bo rrowed a friend 's bike and rode in
125cc A com pt'ti tion. He jus t took it easy, bu t he
surt.' put on a show for t]1e crowd w ith his aeria l
an tics. Kitsch h<1d a la rge bag of tri cks, d oing
hee l-clickers a nd n.lc-nacs, a mong other tricks.
Results
so BEG : I.J••rd.1l\ Dt.·moll."l>t (Yftm l; 2. Mid lold
FOTt'IIl<1n (Suz l;
3. J..ck M in ik cy (Ya m l; 4 . Sh· w n Tm'mt"i ll' n (Y.lml; 5 . l llu rt' n
Molinc IY.l m) .
50 JR: I. I.lm\."l> 5ch nit u~ (Cob l; 2. Austi n L Ndo;on (u ' m ); l
St~·ven Hal bentiuh lL.-mI ; • . Ccody Welhin~lOn ( Kl"M); .5. Dou~it·
Moliru.:IKTM).
I
50 SHAfT: 1. Auslln L ;'I.;l!' :iOn(Y.1m l; 2. ISoldC Scht'id (Y..ml ;
3 . Mkh..d r .....r stlO (Ya m); 4 . Dougit" Moli nt" (Ya m ):.5 . Bra n d o n
Dicbon (Yaml
'-'>(ISR; 1. 8rioln D . Pap't (Co b); 2. M.n tht'w R. Adri<1 (Cllb l; 3.
n
Mll-hclt"1 ROlO'I (Cob); 4. Moll! Wilt!l<.m (Cob); S. Stl'Ve D.,ly (Cob ).
00: 1. G rolnl W . Mu r..-Ltnd (Ka w) ; 2 Dustm J. Durbin OGtw l; 3.
JOlOh R.di (K" w) ; 4. Br"ndon Cooky (Ka w) ; 5. Ju d A_Jallll'f (KTM ).
I'Il BEG : I. A nthunv J. T,lon"'r (YA ; 2. Kvlt' R. Allin !; II lf,"l;
l
m)
3. Kyle Durham lHo~); 4. C" .... YEm d"t" (Ya m) : 5. Em·S.y" (Y,lm)
"
I'Il (7·1 11 1. JI'lS U ch tlt' (Suz) ; 2. G r.nl W . Morcl.nxl (51.17): 3
l
:
h
Er ic S . Mi llt' r (S uz,; 4 DUfotin J. Du r b in ( Hu nl ; 5 . Br i.1n 0
Coodn cke (YAm) .
KO (12· 15): L Brad Stm lh t Ho n); 2. ;\i"I h.ln BafT\'t1 lKaw); 3.
Will iam M. Hic ks (!-Ion );", . C hn!>' orhn- Schra m l Kaw ); 5. \ 1",r1l.
!\i\."Umann t K. wl.
1
125 JR: 1. Billy D . Lsch tle (Y..m ); 2. Ryan r . \"Iib o n (Y" m) ; 3
Bria" L Schuil...m.ln (,,",wi; 4. Br.md on Mu...s ill... i (Suzl; 5. Cha...
.k
\1. Allin" IKThi).
125 A : 1. 0\'\1" Id di n g' (tit ml; 2. O.. ft.TI G. A l\'~ ldft'l" (HllO);
3. Matthew M. Mathn (Yaml; 4. Sll...·,,· Sw t't'l:.IJ<'T\.1 l; 5. Juhn Kll'ol'h
II tSuz).
125 B: 1. JOt."V Odl Slv IHunl; 2. Io.:, ylt· G . ~lcll:'t>d C M); 3.
K1
Will v A. Vander 'Haar (Sa'.z); " . Rich r~n... C'1 1 (YoI m ); 5. Brolnd un
Fn ttS (!-ion )
12-; C : 1. Tro y BloomquiM Ul oo );!. Corey l:mu" (Yam ); J.
'
Ryan Mie llo t HonI; -I. Raymond Mt"du\a (Yam); 5. JOfloll d n CoIIt"
h
(Yam ).
250 /0PE.o; A; 1. Brian Swink lI-i,1f'l; 2 . Datl"l\ G . A1n:sldft"t
'
)
(Hon) ;3. Go A . Rad zic ki CK.tw); • . fto
uy
Tt'my D . HU):bon (Y.l m ).
250 / 0 r El': B: I. Kyl e G . Mc lt.'od ( KTM) ; 2 . 'lIt"y 0\'11 Sly
H
(Hon ); 3. K~in SrRllh C lI.d; 4 Nie Mani un (H un) ; 5. Kenn y Ry.tn
(Y" m),
25 0 /01'E:-.I C : 1. C h ..., ln J. D"ve'nporl (Hon l; 2 . And y
Korthan Ulon); 3. Danid Krick (Hu n) ; 4 , Brun' C h.t rl'un (,,", wi : 5.
J("tf Conm-r.; (Yam ).
10-24 : I. jt;"!'t"nl y D. Hugh.o;,;>n (Y..m ); 2. Jdf CU5t.tflil>n(Su z ); 3.
Thc.m.tS We!ilvt:ld (Suzl; 4 . D.) . Gf"C"C'T1in" (Hon ); 5. Joe Mdh o.lt-y
l
(H o n).
25+ : 1. Bri.. n Swink (Honl; 2. ('~ ry A . R.1J.ZIC l.. (K.t w); 3 .
i
Ry.ln W. Gt.oi.. ll't (Suz); 4. J,ty Mnw l (Ka w );.5, "ick EglC'(K.1 .
.
w)
.30+: 1. Groo L Olsa" ick (Y l'lm); 2. Sidnt"Y M.u tl n (KTM I; 3.
8n " n 8t'nnctt (KTMI; 4 . VictOl"Edg.tr (Suzl.
35+ : 1. Bru Ce' Qdry (Ka wl; 2. D.1nid W . C h"pd (Y.tm l: 3 .
FrtoJe rick Mt"rva u ( Ka w); 4 . Scott Nt"1'OS (H o n ); 5. Doug K ru~
(I<..l w l.
40+: 1. G.lry Saya (Ho n ): 2. BrA R. lowt" (KTM l; 3. R.m d y
d
SIl'P .h l·nson {H o n l; 4 . OoU~ lol '" Boltl'tt (Hu n l; 5. Sta n ky E. 5.,11\.,1'
(Y,l m) .
5lJ+: 1. Rich.lfd l. MoUlin (KT M); 2. Ct'Cil Mi lk't (Sull.
BM BR: 1. M.lr k
Bordl'r (Hu nl ; 2. Mich.wl R. W.ll1e
of th e Ohio YSR League series a t Circleville
Raceway Park. He look home first place in bo th
No vice Stock and Superbi ke and finished second
overaJI behind Da.....e Rittner in the ho tly contested Supersport class. By doi ng so , he scored
eno ug h points in a sing le day to ea rn a transfer
tu the Expert ran ks.
In th e fin al sp rint race, DiVitt ori o and Bart
Baue r inadverten tly collided on lap seven, sna pping off DiV itt orio's bra ke lever . Undau nted,
DiVilto rio so ldiered on for the fina l th ree laps 10
finis h first d espite ha ving a \'irt uaJIy un usa ble
front br ak e. He rem.:l r kt. d aftl.~ the racc tha t it
>
di d not reall y bo the r him much , as he p rcft.'rred
to use the rear brake a nY""·ay.
Bau er and DiVitt orio batt led a ll da y long in
bo th the Supe rsport a nd Su pe rbike classes, with
Bauer wi nning the first sp rint in bo th classes but
com ing up jus t sho r t in the second sp ri n t of
Su per bike a nd bei ng knocked o ut of actio n by
the collision in the fina l Su pe rspo rt sprint.
Nick Bucksar , the lon e Expert rid t.'f pre~en t
on Sunda y, traveled all the wa y fro m Philad elph ia to place firsl in han d ica pped co mpeti tion
against the NO\;ce racers in Poth the Stock a nd
Supersport classes .
Results
50 S / BK NOV: I. Jim DiVittllriO IJJ; 2. Bru C'C' B"ut;"r ; 3 . kif
N('W50~ " . Daw Rittner; 5. Joe' Gau th ier .
50
l':OV: 1. Dave Riun..'t: 2. Jim Di Villorio 111; J . 8rtI
