Events
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250 BEG: I. Mark Henry (Suz); 2. Damon Letcher (Hun); 3.
Proto (H o n); 4. J;lM.1 Washba ugh {5 uz l; 5. Dustin Berdollt
(Kaw l.
~ NOV : 1. Aaron ~h tK..w ); 2. Jacob Gn,;g (Suzl.
250 INT : 1. Dt."rt'kCu m l' (yam); 2. Shawn Reed (K.1w); 3. Jim
Lewe, (Ka .... -t. J.lmt~ Kcwa lla ( K.t ...·I.
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250 PRO: I. Jdf Willuh (Ha n); 2. Bf\'It ItKinr (K.1w); 3. Jak...
Windham (5uz.); 4. A nd y C n.,;g (Su z); 5. Cl iff Ct...... (Vt-'T ).
3SO-4OO O P EN: I. Derek Currit." (Yam ); 2. Billy H iltm (Hon);
3. MaIOOn o.mi~ ( K1'M).
500 OrEN: I. C liff Coo k (Ver); 2. Brian Brinkman (H us); 3.
Rob Scudrid (Hl "d; 4. Eric HJUI (Hu rd; S. Doug Ricr (Hon)
::5+ BEG: 1. Ilryan CarMI (Kaw) : 5. MoIn'in Small (Yam)
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30+ !NT: I. Ken McKenzie (K.1w); 2. Todd Luksa (Vam); 3.
Lee Miller (Suz);~. Joh n Moore (l inn); 5. Rich.nd Fol!o (Ya m l.
30. EX: 1. Kyle Ke n w o r th in g (Yilm ); 2. Tom McK inne y
(Yam) .
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30+ PRO: I. Shawn Frailin g (K.1w).
40. NOV: I. G lt'n n geed (K",w); 2. D;lnn y To we (Suzl; 3.
. CI'r"'g Duu~L1S ilion) ; 4. wcsKyl .. (ya m); 5. Rid; Dyt.-rilion).
40. INT : 1. Lee M iller (Suz) ; 2. Dou g Reynolds i K",w ); 3.
DaVId tirilliant (Yam); 4. Sam Wh ile (IC01wl.
40...EX: 1. Kenny MUfg ; 2. u.-.d Bledsoe (Yam) ;
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3. Chris P.ace (Kaw); 4. Jim Dec ker (Yam); 5. Jdf Pinkerton (y olm).
250 IN!: 1. BubN WaJe (Yam); 2. Mol ! M: uld in (Kawl ; 3.
t
a
Thom.ts Mor . n lK.tw); 4. Moloo Rodriguez ( Hon); 5. Brya n Pdtun
(Kaw ); 3.
t Kaw ).
250 DC I. Scotty Rio.- Ulon); 2. Jdfny Baird {K.1wl; 3. Scutt
Mrt:Jendon (K.Iwl; 4. Om O iprrw;n ; 4. Kim I,-"Tlt."!> (Yam); S. L.t. ry RoRl"B (Yam).
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38+ INT : 1. Soott Winn (Kawl; 2. T.C. Allen (Y.n1\>; J . Mi" l.'
Ldfew (Ya ml; -I. Billy o.l sin gt-''I' ( HUn); S. Ru.......n Wl't'b (Hun).
3K+ EX: I . D.lVid McK~lvy (Suz); 2. Mike Connell (Hu n); 3.
T(lm John!ll.tn(Ya m ); 4. Matt Tri m m it'f (Ho n); 5. Jeff G un ll"t (Ho n).
-15+ AM: 1. Mile Wem!ling (KT'M); 2. Albert Songer (Ya m); 3.
Slua rt Joh n..ton (I(.)w) ; 4. And y
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lfgt· (K.1 5. Ru.lty Joh ns (HIII'I).
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45+ INT: 1. D.mn y Burford (ya m ); 2. Stt>\'e BUller (Hon); 3.
Du.lne Horto n (Ya m ); 4, Doyll' Rog(' 1'!1 (Ya m ); S. u rry Oudsc,"
c....
(l Yw ).
45+ EX: 1. Ho w ard Butler (G-G); 2. D.," Bu rch (Yam) ; 3. Rick
H!lIhu u!oot' (K.-l w); 4. Loyd Mo rga n (Suz); 5. Otmni !> Willm on (I-lUi'll
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50+ AM : I. Max Brand (K.lw); 2. Ski p Cove (Yam); 3. Richard
Van Tri"" (H ul;); 4. J. 1l'Bn tfain (K.lw l; 5. B.lrry Millwood (H on) .
SO+ EX: I . Ca meron l!>hmad (KTM); 2. Joshua H..-'s (KTM); 3 .
s
Ryan And ..'T'Il ckered flag.
''That was a cool race," reflected McWhir ter.
"Last week I won the short track, and this week
I won the IT. What I need to do is ride hard and
consistent "
Back for revenge on the short track, Barber
clearly had his work cut out for him, as he was
last off the star ting line. Barber quickly mad e up
for lost time as he passed two riders' and then
cha rg ed aft er McWh ir ter and Moore. By the
halfway flags, Barber had ~ositioned himself
strategically on the outside groove and moved
into first with a gu tsy pass . Once in first, Barber
paced himself and rode smoothly to victory .
"1 kn ew I had to ma ke time and not make a
mistake," Barber said . "After a lot of laps. I was
able to ge t ahead of Nick (Moore) and Jar ed
(McWhirter) by maki ng. p.ss on the ou tside .
Once in first. I was able to ride a safe line and.
win the race."
Open B rider Matt Proto powered his Rota x
to a d ecisive win on the short tra ck despite a
midrace cha llenge from Bil ly Hiles . Proto
methodically worked his way up to the front of
the mid d le of the pa ck to take the lead about
four laps into the finale. Although Hiles rod e his
Rota x agg ressive ly, Proto rod e smoothly and
won by a large marg in.
In what was cxJX oo to be a major bat tle in
'Ci
the Open A short -track m. in eve nt. Rob D.mron
and Mar k Corsetti proved to be too quick for the
sta rte r and were ban ished to the penalty line..
With his rivals in Siberia, Toby Jurgense n nnly
h.,d Tony SoULl to contend with as the starting
ligh t flashc>d. SoUL1 barely scored the holesho t.
Jorgensen poured on the coal and passed Souza
for the le. d dow n the back stretch. In a strange
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tum of events, Levi Ce rman feB while exiting
the fourth turn. which brou ght out the red fl.g
in th e fi nal 1aps of th e race . Jor gensen was
declared the winner as, accord ing to the ru les,
the race was rever ted to the previo us lap, with
Corse tti cn.>dited with second . nd Mickey Lane
third .
Results
Sho rt Track
P/W STK A: 1. Ryan L.t. (Yam); 2. f:( )' I~ AruK-lmi(ya m) .
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P /W ST I( BEG : I. Da n ie ll~ Caldeira (Ya m); 2. Tr nis
McCarthy (y am ).
r / w STK C; 1. Bobby Caldl·ira (Yam ); 2. Franki~ Flores
(yam); 3. J"" Garcia (ya m) ; -t. Jdf HodS" (Suz); S. Ja m", Pa hl"1
(Yam).
P/W MO D: 1. L.aUrnl W.d~ (Yam ); 2. Anthony Fong (Act);
J. Chad ee- (HM).
60 A:.I. BobbyFong (Ka w).
~t~ ~!).AnM'l m i (Ka w ); 2. LaUI't'Tl W albcr ( Ka w ); 3. _
!Kl A: 1. StlMoVart B.ut_ (Hon); 2. Jart!d McWhirtn (Ho rd; 3.
N o Moon- (Yam ); -t. mnld~ Lane (Suz); S.J.t!oOnG~( Hon).
80 B: 1. CluiA 8or)a.." (Yam).
SOC; I .Skw ~(Hun) Man Tuckrt (H urd .
;2.
250 A: 1. Fl't'ddy Poll (Ya m ); 2. James I..nvD (Ka w).
250 C; 1. Onrklr. 0hIs (Uon); 2. 8m Votobt"male!l (Han); 3.
' a.IOn H u~ (JI Ofl ).
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O PEN B: I. Ma n Proto (Rtx ); 2. BiUy Hi~ (W· R); 3. Annando
Rud riJ;ul"Z(Rtd; 4. In,o,e Vanko!: (Rhd; S. Mi~1 rkHoyn (Rt'll .
O PEN A: 1. Toby ' orgen. (CC M ); 2. Mark Co r.--ofti (Rtx); 3.
'It"R
MIC
key Llr'1 (Rho); 4. Rob o.lm mn (\ 'V·R).
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O P EN C: I. Ron Hi nt on (Ya m) ; 2. C hri ~ ~i lfu$ (Ya m); 3.
m); 4. Scott J
.JcqUl"!> (I-Iun); 5. Gary KinJ; (fion l.
Rubt.'11 No rris (Y;a
VET A: I. Eric W~~1er (Yam); 2. Rob McDonnell (H·D); J.
Bub Casey (Y.1m); -t. Ray Bymt" ITri).
VINT 40+: I. J~ Knyling (y a m); 2. Daryl Mus to (H on) .
VL...".1W: 1. Greg Riddl ("(Yam); 2. R.Jlph lno (Tri) .
vim A LATE MODEL: 1. Stf'\'~ Hall (Yam) ; 2. Jt"!ioSe Ktryling
(Hun); 3. AI Ludwi~-'n (Ho n).
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V INT B LAT E MO DEL : 1. D"IVi Mo r ga n (Hon) ; 2. Je, ~
Vankol( Ho n).
VINT eLATE MO DEL: I. Damn Gi~n (lIon).
PRO SIT: I. Sha w n Raggio {RbI; 2 . J(,1f Gabha rt (Rt d ; 3.
Mi" t C""Il.l ty (Rtx); 4. D.1nny Ca~ (Rtx) ; 5. Pa ul Sa nbu m (Rtx).
PRO EX; 1. RIm o.lmron (W·Rl; 2. Tony Souza (Rb I; 3. Tob y
Jorge ml(."fl(eeM); 4. Ronnie BwWfl (Y",m); 5. l.A'vi Gt"rrll.'m (Rtx).
PLACER\1LLE. CA. JUNE 18
Team Thor /Hond a ride r Jeff Willoh was awarded the Dobbas Cu p for being the top rider in the
lnternation al Riders Helpin g Peop le Pro Cha llenge by virtue of his swee p of all the 12Secand
250cc Pro races at the El Dorad o Cou nty Fairgro u nds. Througliout the d ay , Willoh battled
Team Green ride r Brett Racine and Jake Wind ham, as well as a dozen other Na tiona l competi tors and regional favori tes .
Willoh see med. right at home, quickly surging int o the lead a nd roo st ing aw ay to win
han d ily over Brett Racine and Aaron Burns in
bot h 125cc Pro moto s. Althou gh the top three
sp rea d o u t a nd pulled away fro m the ot he rs
ea rly o n, th e ac tion was more heated in th e
group that followed . as Kenny Bell. Daniel Blair
and Ier rad Fisher had a close race, mixing it up
each time out to finish fou rt h, fifth and si xth
overall. respectively.
The 250cc Pro class boas ted even more riders
than the sm all-bore class and featured several
hometown heroes , including local favori te Jake
Wind ham, who grabbed the holeshot an d led
the start with Racine, w illoh, Fisher, Andy Greg.
Cliff Cook, Shawn Frailing and J.R. Mason in
tow. As in the 125cc racing, Wiltoh made quick
work. of his opposition and was soo n running
his own race ou t front . Racine quickly jumped
in to second place, where he held fast, Just a few
seconds behind the leaders, Windham and Fisher had a good battl e for the dura tion or the moto
before FIShersecured the third-place spot. In the
end it was Willoh first. followed by Racine and
Fisher. Placerville's Windham, Gregg and Cook
gave the local fans plenty to cheer abou t with
thdr fourth -, fifth- and sixth·place finishes .
The second mo ta Sc: W one of few first-tum
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a.ccidents when Mason and Fisher came together
w hile jockeyin g for posit ion . pu tti ng Fis he r
d own and ou t of the race. The crash slowed several rid ers w ho we re close beh ind . Out front,
Willoh and Wind ham roosted away, unaffected
by all the com motion behind them. Racine also
mad e it through the early ma y hem unsca thed
and settled into third place, where he stayt,d for
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the d ura tion. At the checkered flag, Willoh had
notched ano the r win , followed by Win dh.m,
Racine. Greg and Cook.
Amat eu r racing was highlighted by a great
turnou t of SOcc racers . In the first SOce Novice
moto, it was all Bobby Bap tis ta. Bapti st a ran
away and h id from the pa ck. Tho mas Bush ey
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chased Bap tista across the line in the first moto,
followed by Rory R.,dovich, Dann y H.rris and
Ryan Ferris. Baptista came out on top again in
the second mot o. w it h Fer ris a close second .
Bus hey was th ere next for third p lace , with
Radovich and Harris rou nding ou t the top five.
Tony Sherma n piloted his 'Yamaha to wins in
both 80cc Beginner division-one mo tos, taking
the win over Matt Sullivan and Cra ig Adee. In
the 80ce Beginner divisio n-tw o contest, Beau
Wit'gant too k hom e firs t ov erall, co mi ng in
ahea d of Cor}' Penni ngton, Larry Azevedo, Mike
Harrison and Cary Tiede.
In the Vintage class, Keith McKinney rod e an
im maeulate CR250 Elsino re to back· to-back
moto wins ove r Rick. Dyer's classic H usky and
Scott Rice's 360cc Yamaha.
Results
50 (G-6) : 1. Jl:6hua GI'C'CO (Cob) ; 2. C .). 8.lrham (Cob ); 3. Ry.l n
Murph y (yam); 4. Bryiln Awm; 5. ]a l't."d Nt"Y
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50(7~): I. HN therChri.<;tem u n (KTM); 2. Dylan Ncy (1crM);3.
Ga l'l.'dStdnk (1..em) ; 4. Jarad Jang (I..); S. ShaWfl Murphy (KTh1).
tJO (D-8) : I. Dw.tin Piprs ( K.aw) ; 2. Jared Lans (Kaw); J. Dy Lln
Nt")' (Kaw); 4. Kody Onnda (K.1w ); 5. J.l. Brown (K.lw) .
KO BEG 0-1 : I. Ton y Shnman (Yam) ; 2. Matt Sullivan (Hon);
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3. C ra ig Ad .. (Ka w) ; 4 BR" Leh ma nn (Hun); S. Jtl:lhua Mo nt ·
gonwry (Kawl.
I:lO BEG 0-2: 1. Beau We igan t lSuz l; 2. Cory Pennington (Suz) ;
J. Lany Azt"Yt"do(Suz); 4. Mlch.1l" H,-.rri"o(ln (Ho n); 5. Cary Tiedt'
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(Hu n).
HO NO V: 1. Robby B.l ptisla (Ha n); 2. Th um all 8u !ihey (Kaw );
3. Rya n F~mll (Suz); 4. Ro ry Radovic h (Hon); 5. Dan ny lhrrill
(Kaw).
P / W ST K A / B: 1. Ry an L1W (Yam ); 2. T ra v is McC a rthy
m
(Ya m); J . D.- i..llt· Ca ld t·ira (Yam ).
P/ W MO D: 1. A ntho ny Fon g (Art).
P /W STK C: I. Franki t Flores (Yam ); 2. Jamie Pahd (Yam) ; 3.
Jl.S.i Ga rda (Ya m ); 4. Bu bb y Cal dt"ira (Yam ); 5. Ih y a nt C;l17.ado
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80 l:-.rr: 1. Vincent B1 (H u n); 2. M ik~ MAl!w.m (Ya m).
.1ir
125 BEG: I. Tob y Ml'5Sl."f (t llln); 2. Wad ~ Sim mu llll (Yam); 3.
Jory FUrt.ldo (f(,)w ); 4. Dolnny Sto m mt'! (ya m); 5 . Ryan Lav i~ ..
(Kawl .
125 NOV: I. A.lro n n~h (K.1W) 2. JAs n Garcia (5oz); 3. M.lt1
;
o
V..erkitm p (K;aw ); 4. Ti m Co m p to n (Suz) ; 5 . Cu le Bridenb.llr...r
(Soz).
(Kaw) .
IT
bO: 1. CoJv Anlielmi ()(.-aw ); 2. Fnm ki.. ' G.1rcia (}(aw) ; J. Lau -
I't'Tl W.J1Iaf.Y (Ka w); 4. R~ UW (K.1w ).
60 A: I. Jo1l'r"d McWh ut t,,. (Hon ); 2. Nick !\ott... (Yam); 3.Stt"W·
~
.lrt B.a
rbt-r (lion); 4. Ja!KnlGK'\W' C
Hord; S. Fra nkie Lark-'(Suz).
125 INT: 1. Robby Harold (Yam); 2. Ja m t'1lKowolUa (Yam l; J.
Kf'\'in M.. GoV("fll(ya m).
125 l' KO: 1. jeff Willoh fr lo n); 2. BR"tt Racine (K.-aw);.1 Aaron
Bum... (Vam) ; 4. Kl"ftny Bdl (Yam) ; 5. D",nit'18L1ir (ya m) .
Keeney sharp at
Minnesota State SX
By George and Karen Hodki nson
JORDAN. MN. JUNE11
Cory Keeney was once aga in the victor in the
Pro class a t th e Minnesota Sta te Su percross
Championship, as he took home the bulk of the
coveted 51000 Pro-class purse.
The ev ent wa s the third in the six -rou nd
series an d attracted just over 1000 spectators and
130 race entries. As usual. door prizes - including
Sco tt goggle'S and Spy SungIaSSL'S - WC"Te handed
ou t to lucky racers at the riders' meeting. Rain
d uring the week kept the track in mint cond ition
for the evening's program, as du st was none xistent and the dirt was great for traction:
The jump contest saw a huge upset as Brett
Ohland , 14, wowed th e crowd with a perfect
heel-clicker, beati ng the show -stopper himse lf.
vetera n Pro speeds ter Keeney.
In Pro-class racing, Keeney was clearly in a
class all by himself as he rode perfectly smoo thly on his new Pro Action /RBP/FMF/Xt remebacked CR25O. Keeney grabbed the holes hot in
the heat race i n front or Lee Theis'
Sin isa lo /Cities Edge Sp or ts /Factnry Co nnec·
tio n-s pons o red KX250, a nd Cra ig Schwa rz' s
CR250. Keeney won the he.t .nd ce lebrated
wi th a ean-ca n over the finish-line triple. Theis
took second . followed by Ch.d Sp.rks. Schw.rz
and Tim Pospisil.
For the 12-lap main event, Kee ney pu t his
CR250 out fron t and neve r looked back. Theis.
Spa rks, Schwa rz, Posp isil and Joe Hu rd all gave
chase in the early going. but Kc
't'ney cle.rly ou tp<, ced the field on his way to victory. Up until
the las t cou ple of lap s, Keen ey was abso lutely
flawless on his machine, and for the last couple
of laps he put it in cru ise control.
Theis took second. with Sparks third , and
Pospi sil claimed fou rth . Schwarz rou nded ou t
the top five. Hurd finished sixth.
Results
M ICRO "'UN) SHA I-T:1. Genr Schlnnmo."I"; 2. Mari o Frall....fl ;·
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3. Dy lan Hon.."Y; 4. Kurt Ohll:iOr S. lkvin M.. tZ..
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M IC RO M IN I C HAIN: 1. Kylt O hla nd ; 2. Ryan Mill..... J .
;
JU!jhn RegensdwKt; 4. Ty kT In gall s ; 5. Ty le r Beebe.
P/ W: 1. Man W oodtlt.e 2. Ky le O hland; 3. Mike Tingl~; 4.
;
ulvin Wo lff; 5. TylcT Beebe
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80 BEG; 1. Adam J~ 2. Gnos DuLon; 3. Ric'" Vis: 4_Joe
M~ S.
BarTy R~fe.
80 EX: 1. Brt."tt OhLtnd; 2. Ton y Tradrr; J. Bryan ~
4_Dy l.l. Turner. S. Jake Fogelbug.
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VET: 1. ~ M iller; 2. PC'f1')' Wol ff; J. Roes Thomp!"Oll; 4.
Aaron Ndson; S. Norm Minf'n.
125 8 : 1. Bobby Widman; 2. BlTtt OhLind; J. Clayton Carbon;
4. Andy WheT ; 5. Ada m King.
1ey
125 C: 1. J(l~ Edman; 2 John ny Hen tg rs,; 3. Ad.l m T UmcT; 4.
S.m Timm; 5. Ton y L.ano.
250: I. Aaron·Nd.,<;(Jn; 2. Martin C1art..; 3. G"1lt' M iJlt'T; 4 M:jkfo
Littl~; S. Shane Kru eger.
PRO: 1. Cory Kl.'-'t"nt"y; 2. l..t"l-o 'l'hM lt; 3 . Chad Sparks; -t, Tim
Pos pisi l; 5 . Craig Schwartz.
Kelley hot at Hardrock
By Kyle Myers
OCALA. FL.JU '[J
NE
David Kelley was the man to beat .t round 14 of
the Sunshi ne State Cha mpio nship series, held at
Hardrock Cycle Park. Kelley, who h. s not raced
since September of 1998. waxed the field in the
Over 30 di vision on a borrow ed RM125. Just
over 280 riders competed on the hilly course in a
contes t that was relegated to just one mota after
a se ri o us th u nd ers to rm came th rou gh a nd
soaked the track.
In th e first a nd only Over 30 mot o, Tim
Eggers rocketed his YZ400out of the gate to le"d
th e 14-r iiier fie ld into turn one. with Kelley .
Bryan AbeL Mark Weilly and Tom Wosvluk following.oKelley railed by Eggers on the 'npening
