Seve ral o the r talented and de termined riders
were rewa rded as the nigh t w ore o n, but fe w
had seen as ma ny race miles over the years as
Seni o r Acclass winner Gary Copeland.
"Any senior has been riding for a lon g time,
but I had mo re fu n during this series than any
other."
Results
AA: 1. Sh."ld Rid ll'«' ; 2. Blair Bersenc: 3. M. le Sa m~; 4.
i
M.,~ttintJ; 5. Steve Go rd on .
250 /0PES A: L P.A. A II",n; 2. Gary H..nJ r idr.s ; 3. David
\kW ill i.lm~; 4. BIlly Coopee : 5. Jl'n'ffi)' Ketchum
\o
TI A: I. R,obt-rt Pa llt."floOn,: 2. Timmy f"'PuoJ; 3. Jack Baik-y;
4. Plu llip BarklT; 5. M.1r k G u n.
e
4-STR K A: 1. H.m .. v \o\'hitak..r; 2. Jdf Sto.·~; 3 . Robt-rt L eh ;
4. Billy Jilt' r n, ffilt ; 5. Cli~ t Robinson ,
A: I. ChdJ Froman : 2. Ke v in Creekm ur: 3. Dav id Du rk~;
4. Mikl" ~vk('n'a ; 5. C1 Hl'ro:iKl·p', rh
dy
SR A: I. G lf)' C" f'l·I.u 1d; 2. Pa ul Michds ; 3. Jlorry Casrll'm ,m ;
ol Fletcher Larnbert : 5. Ccoegc Wilb .
.
2511 B: I. M.n k Wtlud ; :!. J d~ m Dil;"kl' y; 3. M.uk Barron: ol Tim
.
!>unRU)!'I.
·11
B..lk,· ; 5. ,.1
r
2tN.J B: I. A loiIl1 W,'!>ll'rf idd; 2. Bill ~' Young; 3. Mark Br,ld !>h W;
,l
4 Adam McKilhp ; 5. Luui~ G i b~m .
O I'E~ B: 1. TIlllm,l" Bennett: 2. 51lWMt Lich; 3. Dean Grewe ;
'
ol (',l 'I1 Thu rman. S. P.1t Tav l.. r.
.
I'
125 B: 1. Dw..t in Gi~m ; 2. Derek Bralchl'r; 3. M ich ilt·! Kirb v;
ol Kip t-J yml'; 5. lohn Gllrd o n
,l
.
VET ' B: I. Run Slo.l p p l'r ; 2. Rh:kl' Y Wh,lIll' y; 3, Grc~ Elrod ; 4
Kd l~ Wo rkin,i;; 5. Rud JUlll '.
"
SR B: 1. Rnnnil' H.1C\o. l'I t; 2. ,Il'~!oc Cdr ll' r; 3. Ric k v Mill t'r ; 4
.
TUlllm y ToJJ ; S. C" r,l ld W,-. h·rfil'ld .
S/SR: 1. lo h n G ilt'S; 2. Lt'ilfl r ,n"l'r;':), DOll Ryt"; 4. L.m y Still;
5. e h ul'k I\hult'n.
I. Kt"\'1!l Wt"l!o!i; 2. Kt'\,111 o.. 'S'ol·tI ; 3. Br.ld l,·v
250/ 0 r EN
H i,'ks: ol F.rh: C h.lp pd ; 5. Brun' M.lrk s
.
.
200 C: I. Bri.\n T,,}'lor ; 2. Eddil' P,l 'ol'ur ; J. Ry.m Ta yl 'lr; ..
Ru.......·l1G n ..m ; 5. I.l m, -. G,llt"S
VETC: 1. Br.",1 Br.lJ lt"v; 2. Run Dilb" l'k: 3. Thum.ls Du r h.llll ;
4 A ndy \I oy,.. 5. Trll.ld l.Al\·;"" .
;
-l-STRK C: I. Jut'! Gib!.....n; 2. J,u ru d Ev\'r1~ ; 3. Ry.ln Sh\'pp< d ;
u
4. F. ie Ml"t.'k~; 5. Ricky Dnun'!>
r
John
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Hermann hauls at
Las Vegas Motocross
By Dick Goodwin
LAS VEGAS, 1',;V, JUNE 19
lntennediate intimidator }'lark Hermann school ed
the 125cc class a t Las Vegas Motor Speedway,
beating the other Intermediates - and some fast
..
Novices a.. well· in the combined dl$S race.
Josh Pill sbury, racin g a s a Beg inner, surprised ev eryone by tak ing th e holeshot to st art
thi ngs o ff. Herm a n n and Ale x Slocum were just
behind . H ermann m ad e a q u ick pass fo r th e
lead , as Kellon Walch clo sed up on Slocum to
argue o ver th ird . Th e man on t he move was
Joshu a Thurgood, h o\\'ever, as th e nuclear
Novice slict'd and d ict'd his way in to second by
the end o f lap one. Herm an n was ~ tting a blistering paCt' o u t in front , an d Thu rgOlxl could not
p u t a d t'nt in it. Now Thu rgood had to worry
abo u t J ost.~ p h Page, who had muscled his way
in to th ir d and wa s clo si ng grou n d. Herm an n
wa s u nstoppable as ht' flashed across th e fin ish
lin t' for th e first-moto w in . Thu rgo od held Sffo n d , as Page Il' d Walch a nd Ja son Bu r to n
thro ug h the checke rs .
. T hurgood s m o ked the r ace-two s ta r t, b ut
He r m a n n a nd Bur ton \\'e re ri gh t ther e . Page
made a first·lap pass in the canyo n fo r th ird an d
the top three too k off . TIle spt.'ed was fas ter and
the ac tio n eVt'n wilder than in the first m oto, as
Herm iln n, TIlu rgood a nd Page wer e nose to t.. il
,
for mos t o f the ra ce. Page mad e a cou p le of pa ss~
es on Thurgood , wh o prom ptly za p ped h im
back , and both sta ved on Herm ann' s rea r fen der, but neith er co uid fin d a way pas t the leader.
Mark Hermann hung to ugh to claim his second
' straigh t w in an d th e o\'e ra ll 125cc Intermediate
cro wn, over Jaso n Burton and Kellon Walch. A
s lig h t bobble on the la st lap by Pag e a llo wed
Joshua Thurgood to crui5e hom e in second an d
ca p tu re th e o ve ra ll 125cc Novice tit le , Jo seph
Pag e recovered for second ovt'rall, ahea d of Tim
Weig and Boe Krahenbuhl.
Former Supercross cumpetitor Richa rd Sax to n m ad e a statemen t in the Ma sters cl ass ,
sou nd ly trouncing the t'nti rt' field by huge margins each time ou t and m~lki ng a case that he \,-as
the fastes t race r of th e d ay. Fell ow Exper t / Pro
en trant M~ltt Ht:'rmann was m ixing it u p with the
fas ter Int ermediates. C ha rley Rt'n n ie won th at
did sion , beating Paul Hemsl ey in the first m utu
and top pi ng Tro y Fitch in the st'Cond ou ting.
Sea n Thompson , r acing in the 60cc (9-11)
class,.w as golden, bu t he go t all ht' co uld hand lt'
fro m hotshoe Tan ner Krahenbuhl, wh o flat dt:'C~
imiltt'd the 60cc (6-8) division. And re Camden
raced hard to pu ll seco nd ove ra ll am on g the 9to l1- year-o lds , ahead of Tony Esposito , while
Ro n n ie Goodw in and To n y C aputo fo llowed
Krah enb u hl home in the 6· to 8-y~a r-o l d cla ss.
Result s
P/ W ST K (4 -5): I. T.lfln~·r Kr.1h,'nbun l lCo b ); 2. Z Khotr v
1
Fu........U (Pu ll; 3. c.l ""·y·),h·l\u t H M); ol, Dy1. n PlIol (u ' m ); 5. Jos h
Byington (l,·m ).
r / W STK (J- H): 1. Rnllllil' Go ud wi n lCI,h); 2. JIl"ll' ph M.lf ti nt·z
(H M); 3. Rikki Mittwcd~ (l1M1; ol Oo1 l"'t" 1-1.. tKTM ); 5. J",,,-,,my
.
-.\1
Put\ ·illt", t KT MI.
r / w \ 100 (ol-g); 1. Ta n n"'r Kroilht"nbuhl (Cob); 2. Zu:hdrv
Fus:.dl (Poll; 3. An Jn.-w IO'd llo t.... T M}; ~ , RiHi Mittw .. dl· (H Ml; .5.
'
o
DoiIkot " Hal l f KT~),
60 STI< (booS 1. TalU'ler Kr ebenbchl : I. Ry an Brown Ve (Suz);5. JdCObJ~ Hi"nl.
NO STK (14-16): 1. Derek Costella (Ka w); 2. Jo na tha n St.l fford
l K.1w); 3. Patrick Snyde r (Suz); 4. CMtri n (H on).
HI) MO D (1-11): 1. Rva n Bn>wn tSuz ); 2. Patrick Sn'V ..l" (Sti z l;
d'
3. JOSl 'h Lopez (Kawl; 4 westey Ha rris (Yam ); 5. Z.lCkGfOb.,tcln
l
',
(Hu n l.
S / M ISI: 1. Michael Pa rkcr (H on) .
125 BEG : 1. Jo!> l'i ll!iburv ( K.lw ); 2. Mdtth~ Scott tYa m l; 3.
h
Ma rt Onl':m a n (H,' n); ol M f R';bb O<'n 5. Tr en t Triplen (Kd",,).
.
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125 \iOV: J. JO!'hUol Th u rg ood (Ya m ); 2. JU V(lw t"ll
(llon l.
25+ EX/ r RO : I. Ric h.ud Sax to n (Ka w ); 2. \1..tl f1,·rm .uul
l
( K..
1WI.
5r1'SM ;<.l : 1. RICk r ol!oOfl tYam); 2. D.lITcli C.. ry in (K.1W); 3.
D.." n i", Rud r i};uI' z ( K.. W); ol Ru n G "ll",]w ln (H u n ); 5. M.ltlhl·W
.n
1
Dud., sh (Y.1m ).
Roberts pirates away
Perris Raceway victory
. By Kenny Morri s
PERRIS, CA,JUNE 19
Jer emy Roberts won both 12Sce Beginner mo tos
to sc o re first o ve ra ll a t round tw o of th e Hot·
Summer ight Series at Perris Raceway.
After the first com er, it was Jeff Harris wi th
th e lead a nd Robe rt s hounding h im in ~ond .
Roberts .....asted no time getting arou n d Harris
on the third lap b y diving to the inside of a co rner. Meanwhile, in the hea ted battle for th ird,
Mann y Van H oll and w as trying to hold of f a
cha rg in g Roy Black. Black, looking for a better
lin e or maybe just a bit an xious, went d own try.
ing to take the inside in a comer. Black quickly
recovt'red , getting on two wheels wit ho u t losin g
a posi tion. Van Ho lla nd then se t h is sig h ts on
H arri s and q u ick ly got a r o u n d him . Bla ck ,
unbo th ered by going down, also found his wa y
pa st Harris.
At the checkered flag , it was Robe rts hol d ing
off a determ int'd Van Ho lland an d a charging
Black.
.
In tht:' seco nd moto, Roberts fou nd hi mself in
the lead aga in . Van Holla nd chased Black again,
this time for seco nd . Aft e r a few laps, Bla ck
found him s elf lookin g fo r a wa y a roun d th e
leader, Robt'rts. At the 'checker ed flag , it wa s
sm ooth ~ridin g Rob erts holdin g o ff Black , a n d
V~ln HolI,lnd was third.
Ga rret Iwanick i got the holeshot in the 80cc
Beginn er class. The battl e was fo r s eco nd,
betw""n jeff Bell, Tyler Siever.; and Cody Brad berry. The Bell /Si ever s battle beg a n to pu ll
away from Bradberry. Bell tried to protect hi s
line, but Sieve rs fou nd a littl t' extr a to mov e in to
seco nd . Mean whil e, o ut fron t. Iwanicki ha d the
track to him self, laking the chec kered, wi th Siev ers and Bell follo wing .
Th e ~o n d mot o looked like a repea t, wi th
I.....an icki in th e lead t'a rlv on . Sieve rs held d own
seco nd as a battle for third be h n oen Bell and
Bryan Brimhall beg an to d evelop. Bell, wit h a liitie bett er line through the rh ythm section, got by
Brimhall an d se t his sig hts o n Sievers for seco nd .
Th e fast -riding Iwani ck i took a clean s wee p with
the two m oto wins. Sievers took a strong seco nd ,
.1nd a co nfidcmt Bell snagged th ird .
Tht.' fan s we re amazed by the aerial an tics in
th e 60cc cla ss. A g ro up of 60cc r id ers led by
Bryct' Terzian, Danny Go nzales, Shawn Ha yes
an d B.J. Bohr er were tea ring up th e aweso me
Perris tra ck . Th e 60cc riders were c1t'a rin g th e
s te p -u p d o u blt' in the ba ck se cti on, but th ey
w er t' busting big ov er the 7S-p lus-foot double.
Results
50 (4-M: I. 0,110.01.1G .trIllT ,Cl,bl.
!'o (7-fH: 1. Inhnn y ' l'ld l'rd a tu m ); 2. Cod y Tith ol (Ct,b l; 3.
M,l rcu ",C,u rl llu t Lt·m) .
St1MOD (....6): 1. Jus tin Jdfl'rs (KTM ); 2. O.lkot..\ GdtlWf (Cu b ).
Stl MO D (7-H): 1. Jtlh nn v Jd d t'rd a (u 'm ); 2. M .1rcu ~ Cim ill o
(l.l.'m ); 3. II>r .m Ikr~ (Lt'm) .
d
nt ) BF. : 1. Cod y Tithnf (KTM) ; 2. Jona thoil n Hor gan (K.1W); 3.
G
Adri.'n Fu ll\'r (KTM ).
1
ntl \iOV: I. Sh.,wn H.l y'''' (KT Ml; 2. Rich.,rd SllThng (K. W); 3.
Gt.'l.rgt' k ffcn tK.1W); ol B11kt"H.. bcr (KTM ).
. .
u
f>O INT: 1. BryO' Tl'fZi.u l (KTM ); 2. D-.mny Gunz" lt" (Kilw); 3.
B.J. Bo.lhrcr(ty w l.
HI O I'EN : 1. IiryO' Tl'J7 iol (KT M ); 2. Danny Gonz.,I("S tK.1"")
n
1« BEG: I. G dlTt"t Iw.. icki (Suz ); 2. Tvlt'r Si\'v l'J"S (K.,w ); 3.
1
m
Jdf Bd l (Su .t ); 4 Bry oil n Brimh..U {Stl zl ; 5. Cody Brad N'"Y (V.l m ).
Michael Sleeter
won the 125cc
Intermediate class
during NMA Ponca
City qualifying at
Starwest Cycle
Park.
140 NO V: 1. kff Vaughn (Ka wl; 2. IU!>l in Mulf urd (I(,lW); 3.
M.. rk rtl......'d l.· (K.1W); 4. J i mm~ Gu nL ll,., (Y.l m1; 5. Ad .lm fk'f1.1i
vidcs (Hon).
Mf I INT : 1. Vinn'n t Bo.·n.-wid,., (Ho n); 2. Robert MI'm n\i (Ya m);
3. Ryan RO
yb.11C lll).
Ul
S / \1I ~I : 1. Robert Memoh ()' .l m 1; 2. Jdf V a u~hn (Kaw ): 3
Vin,·,'n t 1k·Il.lv idt"!< (Ho n); 4. J u ~tin Mu lforJ (Hn n ); 5. Ad.lm 8•."IM\,idt "S{Ho ll).
125 BEG: I. jt:rt'ffiy Rnb t·rl.. ( J(.m ' ); 2. RIl Y BI.K k tK.lW); 3
M.lnn v V.lll J-!tlll.InJ (Kaw) ; 4. r .1111 J(ln ,'!' (Y"m l; 5, Jdf H,lfr is
(Yfl m) :
125 NO V: 1. Scott BlIll rd (Y.l m ); 2. Ion O.. id.... (K" w l; 3
w
m
K\'vill I IlIlm\ '!> (StU l; 4, Z.1l Shirl\'v (Su ;.); 5. Billv ArnOI1\'(Yilml .
:
12.1; INT: 1. N.l th.m C r., ig (S~ Z ): 2. Er ik M ~'yef (Y"m) ; 3. j\;irk
A lv.HCZ(J lonl .
PRO : 1. jl'l t M.l ti.1....\'ich (Ka w ); 2. O"":. r V.1Id l·z (Y.. m ).
·
l
l
1.';l IIEG : I. W.1Jl' H.. f1J.' r~lfl 1K.1W); 2. D..\,iJ Lipll'h (Hon);
1
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l
3. Bri.ln Frl'\'ITt (Yam); 4. J.1.... Il fkmchl' r (V.1m l
1
2.>(1 NOV : J. Ounnil' Full",r (Y,l in l; 2. And v B.. ·n (Y.lm).
'
llo.kt
2. ;(1 IJ\. : I. BUlitrog Ne w com'T (K.1 ); i. Br.1ndon Mil!ill·.1d
<
T
w
tY.l m); 3. Sco tt Sto.,...." t Hu n); ol Oil\ 'id :\k-Cown t Ya m) ; 5. Brvan
.
.
Brunu (Y;lm l.
25+ IJEG; 1. 8 ill AnJ.. r....m(V., m ); 2. Ch ns ru llt'r (HIm).
25 + Il'o : I. RolY Hl'n l'Il'Y(Yam).
'T
25+ EX: I. R.1V Thumf'MlIl IK.1\.-).
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30 . BEG: I. Sco tt Brown (Ya m l; 2. Gt 'llrg l" I-f' rri !i (!<.lw); 3.
.
[)now Kurig.. (YoiI m ); 4. Pa ul K.i""""lloi{Va ml.
T
30+ NO V: I. Christoph,."rt-1u ,y tSuzl.
..
olf.!+ NO V; 1. R"rt Brim h..,U(Kaw ); 2. BiIICo!t on (5112)
.
Rutherford hazes Starwest MX
!'Ill MOD (12·13): 1. Rubb y w .ltJd.. lHunl : 2. Co1S Sw ift (Suz ); J .
Danid Taft (}(,wl!; ol J ol ~ln M,,dinoill Hu n ).
.
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S / ~ll :'\l l ; 1. Mik t· Al" !>si (K.1W); 2. Kyl l' r m.lru. (Ya m l; 4. Tom L lCl y (Y., m ).
m
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Short goes big at Aztec MX
COLORAOO SPRINGS, CO JUNE 13
,
M NOVALLEY, CA. jUl\'E13
ORE
Team Malcolm Smith R ~cing-backed Bru ce
Rutherfo rd posted seven out of 10 m oto \;ctories en route to four separate class \\;ns during
the third of three NMA Ponca C ity qu ali fiers
held at Sta rw es t Cvcle Park.
"W e ar e gettin"g lo ts of entries from various
reg io ns ," St id NM A found er Ron Henrickso n.
l
" It looks lik e wt"re g oin g to ha ve a no the r bi g
yeiu a t Po nca Cit y."
For Bruce Rutherfo rd , it w a s not o nl y a
rewa rd in g day but an exhaustin g one, a fter the
mini m itt' co mp leted 10 st'parate motos of com pt' titin n. The o n ly loss for Ru therford camt' at
the hand s o f Tren t Pugmire, whose su per fa s t
KX60 was u n to uchable in the 60cc Stock (6~8)
con tes t e (6--9) cla ss.
Rutherford a lso swapped moto wins w ith
Pugmire in the Junior Modified di vision for h is
fou rt h class win o f the d ay.
'ti
JarrL Browne and Jeff Loop d uked it ou t in
both SOcc Stock (7-11) m otos , with Brow ne co ming o u t the \\;nnt'r.
Lo o p seemed up to spt"ed in what ma y be his
las t se awn on an 80.
"jeff is o nly 11 but he is almost 5 I""t, 6 inch es ta ll," his d ad sa id . "He's jus t too big."
In the end , Browne took ad vantage o f a few
s mall bo b bles fro m Loop to score bot h mo to
wins, w hile Shane Pata o from Hawaii ro unded
ou t th e top th ree.
Dan ny Ca rbon was back in top form af ter a
fo ur-mon th layo ff dut' to injurit's. Ca rlson w as
in good sp ir:i s all d ay and wen t on to sco re ",;ns
t
in th e 125cc Mod ified Pro an d th e 250cc Stock
a nd Mod ifit'd Pro classes.
Results
50 (4-6) STK 1. DvI.11l Sch mo kl' crull; 2. Bn·1t H .lrrl~m tCu b l;
;:\. Ky ll' Cu rl m.1fl(Cub ); 4. Jr;l~h Fary;t' (KTMJ.
50 (7-H) STK : I. Bru"e Ru th l' rfl'rd t KT M l; 2. T n ' \'o r RI·id
«('ub I; 3. K~ k' Sm ith t KT M); ol, Cody Titho' (Co b ); 5. Andn·.... lo \'ill.l (KT\1 ).
50 fUl MOO 1. DyI.1n Schmoll' !Pull ; 2. Bn' rt H.1rT-j~ >Il (Co b1.
50 (7·H) MOO : I. Brun' RUlhl' r fu rd (KTM); 2. Tn ' vo r R...id
.
(Co b ); 3. Cod y Tit h" f (Cob ); 4_J.1kl' L ll'l'y (KT \II);·S. Kyl,' SmIth
(KTM) .
S/PjW: I. Bruct· Ru thl' rfo rd (KT M); 2. T r\'\,u r R,'id 'Cob); 3.
eudv Tilhn l (('ob); ol Ca m t'",n Cllrfm.,n (KTM ); 5. Brv ct" Stc wi\r!
.
.
nt1 (f>·ln SfK: 1. T rl'nr Pu g m in' (J(,lW); 2. Bru ct' Ru th" rf urd
(I(TM ); 3. Dn n lll" Kl·..
lfl1t''V(KT MI; 4 ROllllit, C'IlJdwin (K.1WJ; 5.
C" mlTOn Cu rfm a n ( KTM ) ~
hi) (9- 1I l STJ(: I. Sh.m ... P.lt.tll (K.l w l; :!. kif Ak'S:.i l K.1w l; 3
M.lI t Hit rri~," fKTMl; 4 Clavton Muri llo (l<.1 w) .
flO (6-111 \I 0 D: I. Brua.: Ru thl"t'fMJ (KTM); 2. Tn' nt l'u ~min'
(K.1W 3. Du nn ie Kl'a m c 'V (KTM ); ol Ronn ie Goodwi n (K.w ,..); 5.
);
.
H dyd l' n Co m mdru.
t>O (" -111 MOD: 1. S ha nt' r " ra o (Ka w); 2. M.lt! H dr r isu n
(KTM); J . P.,triek rn>n-n.:ht.·r (K.1W); ol, Jdl AI,.....i (l(.l W).
o; 3 . Will Gih;
.
..un (Kaw); ol Michal'! C.uroll ( 1<.1",,); 5 . Rust y \ -Ioi!n.'N'lnl-'l"a!l' tY",m ).
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