Events
Bryan Emig (3), Travis Hodges (4 10) and
Wendell Simmons (297) finis hed first
th rough thi rd in the Over 2S class , ahead
of Kevin Dunham (37) , Sam Redmond
(127) and the rest of the field at Villa ge
Creek Motocross.
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In 125c A action, Ivan Tedesco was the man
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to bea t. Tedesco scored a perfect three, winning
.111 three 125c( A motos. Hi s closes t cha lle nge r
wa s N orth Texas Yamaha's Mar k Thompson of
Copper Canyon , Texas . Thompson, wh o recentIy returned from the injured. reserve list , ch al Ien ge d T edesco for e a ch ho leshot, givin g
Tedesco a three-mote dose of back-door pres·
su re. The best a ction was mid pack, as several
r iders fo ugh t fo r the final qua lificatio n s pot.
Travis Elliott rod e a co ns istent thi rd pla ce in the
first two motes, bu t in the third , an early crash
Fo; the next six lops of the eight-l op race, all
thr ee of these ra cers exchanged pla ces many
tim es , As the fina l la p got un d er , wa y, Dad ej
passed Bowline between tu rns two and three to
take over the lead . Daniel manag ed to pass Bowline mom entar ily, but she was quickly d emot ed
to th ird after Bowl ine passed her in tu rn five .
Co m ing o ut of turn nine and head ed. for the line,
Bowlin e d ra fted 'a nd pa ssed Dade] to gra b the
race victo ry . lea vi ng Dade] second a nd Dani el
third .
In the Bridgestone / Racer's Edge Form u la
Two CP, Ken Chase was firs t off the line , followed by Brya n Kovarick in second an d Sam
Carnabucci in third . Sta rti ng the second lap.
Kovarick dropped to "the inside of Chase in tum
o ne an d emerged w ith the lead. Simultaneously,
Bryce Gross replaced Camabucci in third . Gross
co n tin ue d to charge ahead on his Hollywood
Motorcycles-sponsor,.. Suzuki R6, catching and
-d
p.lss in g Chase down the back s traight on the
sam e lap.
At the start o( lap four in the Hl-Iap event,
G ross dropped to th e inside o f Ko varick a n d
briefly too k over the lC.ld , but Kovarick rcpasSl' (5uz); 2. Bry cl' Gr os s (5 uz ); J . Luc io
Nicolod i (Du c) ; 4. K.'v in rrl's il. knt (Yam); 5. Ric h'lfd H.·.1dl .·y
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(Y" m ).
F~2 : I. Bryce Gro!'>!'> (Suzl ; 2. Bryan Kov ar ick-(S uz); 3. Kl' n
Ch'1M' (5u... ; 4. )"IT}' Ev.m!'> (Y.lm ); 5. S;lm Clm ibucri (l Ion) .
)
F-3: I. 5 h'pl\t' n Bo w lin l' (I -hm J; 2. Erik Dad e j (}Ion ); 3.
L.tV. ug hn Danid (H u n); 4. M;lfk W vel.md (H u n); 5. Jot>! H "m'!OM I
1
(H(l n).
F-&lJ: I. Sll'vl' n Otting" r (Hll n); 2. Sh-p h" n H l'w itt (Y.1 ; 3.
m)
Rob Ne lms (11.10); 4. Tom Se ra (y., m); 5. M ich ael G ep hart
(Yam).
500 5 /ST K: 1. Ju t' H" mmo nd (Yam); 2. S tev e n M o o n it z
(Yam); J. Red Star O t'VelanJ (Yam); 4. EVan!> Brasf'it!ld (Kaw ); 5.
Adron Lu n!'>fllrd (Yam ).
bOO S/STK: J. Bryre GnN; (Suz); 2. Bryan Kovarick (Suz); 3.
Tony Ml"irin~ (H.. n ); 4. 1m-my Toy e (Yam); 5. 1k Welch (Ya m).
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7SO S/STK: t. Toby JorgetUien (502): 2. Bryre GI'O!>!> ($uz); 3.
Ju!'> tin Sav"Sl' (5oz); 4. Philli p Herrin (Suz); 5. Marc Pala zzo (5oz.).
OrEN S / STI<; 1. Kfovin ~ident (Ya m ); 2. Gin to n Whit~
~ (Yam) ; 3. Stt"phen HL'Witt (Yam); 4. J
oblOn Cald1 ing (y a m ); 5.
Su-...n Sod~h (Han) .
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SSO S /BK: 1. Andre Castano!> (Apr); 2. Joe Hammond (Yilm);
3. P~tl"r Crins tL"d ( Ka w); 4. Jim Dobson (Yam); 5. 6h awn Cas h
(Yill m).
&50 S/BK: I. Bryre C fO!IS (Suz); 2. Bryilln Kovanck (Suz); J .
Ken Cha~ fil.'lJ (K.lw ); 5.
Bria n Osburne (Ka w l.
SOLO GTU (0-650): 1. Bryn.' Gn~ (5uz) ; 2. Danh-l Di.... in ch
(S\lz ); 3. TUllY Stlv eea (Suz ); 4. Ma rk Simon (H o nt; 5. kI f Di xon
(Ya m).
SOLO GTO (h51+): 1. Ja som Ca tChing (Kdw); 2.lu~tin Sa vag e
(Suz) ; 3. Rob Nclm... (Hlm); 4, Alan Burtt (Suz) ; 5. M.\r k C hadwick
(S U2 )
0·500 L /W NOV : 1. Anthonv La wso n ( Hu n); 2. Mi chael
MI. '''!' (Apr); 3. Richard Sadler (Ya~); 4. ~inu ~iY.l!JlIn' (I -1on l; 5.
Kell y S il'!!ot'fl (l·lo n l.
5<\1 -650 M /W NOV : 1. Yehu da Rak n vchil.. (Suz) ; 2. Ko bl"rl
Eaton (II u n); 3. R(lt~ M.ln ll'V (li.m); 4. Jdm."!'> w elch (H u n ); 5.
weseon 5t'i bt'rt (Suz) .
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b.'>1..(}1·E!' H /W :-': V: 1. Juhn MUt'lIl>f (Du d; 2. ~{ ickl"V CiaO
cu m au i (Dud; J . 5cvu Steele (Su z ); 4. Do uA- Co lem a n I~c); 5
V.·hud."lRaktl\"Chik (Sw-j .
Tedesco tops
Village Creek MX
By Deb Hershman and The Beckster
Photo by Connie Jo hnson
FORT WOR1ll, TX,JUNE19-20
Thirteen st a tes we re rep re sented as hopeful
mot Ol.. TOSS racer s ca me from acros s th e cou ntry
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to compt'tc in the South Cen tral Regi on ' s AM A
Region.ll Qu olificr, hostc'd by Villogl' Cfl'Ck MX
Park, ilnd 1i big- bike classes were offered, wit h
2H2 e n tries eyeba lling the top six positions in
eac h. eve nt. Th ree fu ll motos were ru n to co mpl et ion . adva ncing the best co mpetito rs in th e
So ut h wl.'st to the AMA finals in Au gu st.
Th e hottes t co mpe titio n ca me in th e 250cc
Open A/Pro Sport class , in wh ich Keith Joh ns on
was the favori te to win going into the fina l mota
with th ree poin ts, and the remainin g five qualifi ~
cation spo ts were on ly sc paratl.'d by a measly five
points. Th e first two mo tos included cliffha nger
ac tion, w ith a hot batt le in mota one as Pla no
Hond a's Trovis Elliott stole the lead fro m Bryan
Emig righl afle r the holeshot. Elliott flew a round
lhe trock. protecting his lead from a hu ngry Emig
and an eage r Keith Johnson, w ho sliced his way
to a ",..cond·place finish ofter a fifth-p looe slart.
In mot a tw o, Yamaha-backed Chris Torran ce
was th e ma n o n a m iss ion, as he cha rged th e
track hard , his foo tpeg pu lling up flags off the
fin is h-li ne jump in lap o ne . Mota tw o 's ac tion
also included jo hnson and Emig duking it out as
Emig fend ed off johnson for the firs t few lap s.
johnson took the lead on lap three coming o ut of
th e Village Badlands . Midwa y throu gh mot o
tw o, Honda·mounted riders Heath Frazier and
Elliott collided, leaving Frazier to finish the moto
without a seat a nd with his back fender wrecked,
right alongSide the bartle- worn and mangled
rear fender of Elliott. Oklahoma's Kenn y Bartram
was all over Torrance like a duck on a Jun e bug
for third until they swapped pos itions on lap five
and it was Torrance's turn to chase Bartram.
In t he fi nal m oto , j o h n so n clai me d t he
holeshot, w a tch in g fo r Torrance as he went
supersonic, m ovin g fro m fourth to second in the
first lap. Torrance wen t on to a p ply a hea vy
dose of pressure on johnson, un til Torrance took
johnson at the apex of the infield left-hand turn.
Then jo hnson im media tely returned the favor.
Torrance was n ot to be o u tdone th is mot a a nd
regained the lead on the white-flag lap and held
it to the checkers.
Right after the moto, overall winner johnson
was asked why he let Torrance pa ss him on the
final lap.
"( didn't know he was that close to me until
we w ent over th e fin ish-line ju m p in the last
lap: ' johnson responded with a laugh. "Chris
revved his motor so lou d, I thought it was a n
airplane going too low over the jump, and then
two tu rns later he started sc r ea m ing at me,
passed me, and it scared the crap out of me."
p ushed him to th e ba ck of t he pa ck . Ellio tt
g ra bbed a fistf ul o f throttle as he wo rk ed his
way thro ugh the pock to finish fifth. By finishing
3-3 in his ea rlie r motes, Ellio tt's tall y netted hi m
an overa ll thi rd . Fourth overall wen t to 0 an d 5
Kawasa ki's Rya n Wallace, ad dit iona l proof that
consistency pays off.
Results
125 A PRO SP'T: 1. Ivan Ted esco IY,lm l; 2. Ke ith john son
{Yaml; 3. Tr av e, EIliutt (Hu n J: 4. Kennv Bartram (KTM) ; 5. Ronnie
O'lIi " (Ya m ).
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125 A: I. tvan Tedesco (y a m); 2. M.u k Tho rn psun (y" m) ; 3.
Tra vu.. EJliuti (H un); 4, :"IIick Ml'tca lf (5 uz ); 5. Rva n W,ll1"re (K"w).
125 B 5TK: 1. Joh nn" ~tarll."V (Yam l; 2. ~au Bovn ton (Ya m l;
3. Nathan Hall' ( Ya m );· 4. Ad~m ML'nn" n~J, (Ka ;"'); 5. Sh a ne
DouA-hty (Kaw).
125 B MO D: 1. Chase Re (Ya m ); 2. Ada m M''I\fIl."n~ (Kawl;
ed
3, Juhnn" Mdrll"V (Ya m ); 4 , R.>au Bo vnron (Yam): 5. J.J. r l.C'SOk
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CYam). ·
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3.
125 C STK.: 1. Ruck y Aenung (Yam ): 2. kfl'my Durren (Kaw);
(Ya m ); 4. Cla yton MIIII.'!' (Ya m ); 5. ~1.l1thl'w ~1,l(JJ"e
~ C r" l~
(Ka w ); 3. We n.I1'11Sim ml," !'> (Yam ); 4. Jim Mnrtun (Ya m); 5. 1,I L.\mht.·rt (Ya m).
CI.
VET A: 1. Drya n Emig (K.1W) l. Bryan Cu rt i!'> (Yam I; J. Kl'Vin
;
Foll.· (Yam) ; 4. 5.,m R.'CIm nd (I<.lw); 5. W.'nddl Simmnns (YOlm)
y
o
. VET B/C : 1. )Ol..k Lamb!.'rt ('(tim); 2. Drm M.lri no (Ho n); J .
Mkh.:ad An nstrong (Ho n); 4. Uuhb.l BardwL'U (Yom); S. A l,ln Uurd t'n (Ka w).
SR : 1. Ly le Schrock (Yolm ); 2. Da rwi n H uck,lbe..~ (Hon); J.
Mkh."ld Burkl' (Kaw); 4_51.·v(· Mo:Cumbo.(Y,lm); 5. Kohl·rt Port N
(Y,lm ).
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MSTR: 1. Whitney Fann ing tKaw) ; 2. Mich.,.,1 Ltmbt'rt (Ka w) ;
3. Lloyd Hul chln s (Kaw); 4. Midldd Morl olnd (Ya m ); 5. Ray Thi~
pen(KTM)
4-srRK: 1. Brya n C urtis (Yam); l. Kt'Vin Foi l'}' (Yam) ; 3. Brian
.
Wa lkt'l' (Yam) ; 4. ChI.." Rotfamb le (Yam); 5' CL'ytlln MiIIl'" (Yam).
Stretch makes his marks at
Collegiate Peaks Enduro
Wayne Jn term ill, Ron Sch melz le, Scott Brigh t,
Fores t Tobin an d Cascv Colbert.
The next section was designed to let th e riders ca tch their breath on the fast sa n d washes
and up onto the je roads. Th e 18-m ph speed
ep
averages allowed riders the opportunity to catch
a view of the many snowca pped mo untains as
they rod e into the 4o-minute reset.
"W ith everyone back on tim e, r id ers were
chec ked into the remaind er of the loop, w hich
was set up at 30 mph.
The second loop was d ifferent from the first.
At th e morning meeting , th e riders were
Instructed to fo llo w the black dITO\"'S on th e first
loop and th e red a rrow s on the second loop.
This sounded simple en ough, but it became a
significant problem as the event played out. Rider s started ba ck in to the same long. brutal 20mile special test , whi ch included the first test .
Stre tch remembered his lines and shaved o ff
some time through his second tes t. as did mos t
of th e ot he r top riders.
The sect io n. af te r the 40 -minutc b rea k is
w he re th e co urse s plit off fro m the first loop and
routed th e r id e rs over the top of a m ountai n
cons isti ng of very steep and loose rock . At th e
bo ttom is where severa l rid ers had prob lem s.
The course rout ed the riders ba ck to the o riginal
"C
special-tes t en trance a th ird time . Tr ail boss Dt.
Taylor had inte nded th is to surprise the rid ers,
and su rp rised the y we re, becau se th e red arr ows
they ha d been tra ckin g were no t pr esent - on ly
the o rigi na l w hite arrows we re. Most of the riders did the scramb le ro u tine, confe r red w it h
each o ther and decided to fo llow the first- loop
arrows anyway. They were relieved to find, just
a short distance in to th e section, mo re secondloo p red arrows tha t eve n tua lly ro u ted them off
the original tes t to complete the final SIX miles of
steep 4WD rood into the finish . Unfo rtunately,
several rid e weren 't that lu ckv an d decided to
rs
ride rock to- the finish via the first -loop dirt-road
route , o n ly to discover the y had made the
wrong decision. Th ey were la ter disqualified .
The circu msta nces th at led up to th is situation
warrant exp lana tion.
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Tay lor, wh o normally would hav e preridden
th e co ur se sev eral times, wa s not able to d o so .
He was involved in a cra sh with a vehicl e on his
ATV on h is way back from marking th e cou rse.
The cr ash landed Tay lor in th t.' hospital for an
ove r n igh t s tay, as he had a co nc u ss io n . Had
Tayl or bt.' n able to preride th e cou rse, he a lmost
e
ce rta in ly would ha ve ca ug h t th e a rrow-co lo r
problem.
Once the final results werc rackL'Ci up .1nd all
the d us t had se ttled, both figura tively and litera lly, Stre tch was o n top of the pile with a score
of 4949.
" 1 hes ita ted w he n I sa w the wron g-color ed
a rrows pointing back int o the s PL'Cial test ag ain,"
Stret ch exploi nc "bu l l d idn't think they wo uld
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finish us on the dirt Tt)ads, so I went for it."
lntermill raised mor e than a few eyebro ws as
he blast ed to sl"COnd overall and first Vet A with
o 4972 . T hird ov erall wen t to KTM-mounted
Fores t Tobin wi th a 4990. Casey Colbert a nd his
Vickery Motorsports YZ captured four th overoll,
ca rd in g a 5173, and Jeff Marti n p ut in a g reat
ride, fin ishing fifth overoll wilh 5298. Hayden
Fenw ick rode a strong race and earned the Over·
all B-class victory. jo hn Blyth e, Bill Niemiec and
Ton y Good went first , second an d third, res pec ·
tive ly, in the Senior A class.
Results
By Tr oy Raynor
0 / A AA:. Scot Stmch.
BUENA VISTA. CO
,JUNE 13
0 / A B: Ha yden Fenw ick.
AA: 1. Fon.-stTobin; 2. Ca'or)' CoIbm.
OrEN A: I. W. Hamilton; 2. Erich Esswein.
5R A: 1. John BlytM; 2. BiUNltomWc; 3. Ton y Good; 4. Mik
Scott Stretch rod e a fast, consis ten t and sma rt race
on his way to winning the 10th ann ual Collegiate
Pea ks Enduro. After a bri ef d ry spell from his
winning ways, the Moose Offroad /FMF/ Bridges to ne /U ltim a te Motorsports -ba cked Stretch
returned to the form that earned him the 1998
RMEC Cha mpionship. Stretch a nd his KX250
blasted through the 86 ground miles tha t made
up the two loops of racing, winning two special
tests on his way to victory.
This year's event was once again organized
as a relia bility trial and served as round seven o f
th e RMEC Champio nship series. The sta rt area
was in a new location than in previous years,
an d it had Stretch an d the other 225 rid ers won dering what and w here the special-tes t sectio ns
w ould be. Th eir qu estions w ere answered just
th ree mil es off the sta rt as they were checked
int o the first long special-test section. Ride rs rec:
ogn ized this section as a tight and technical tra il
th rough a narrow, rock-hammered san d w ash
that lasted for 1I miles .
Ju s t when m o st th ought th e test was over,
th ey w er e routed into th e infamous horse-trail
secti on , which ha s typically been the start ar ea
in prev ious ye ars . The lo ng, 9-m ile techn ical
p ie ce of si n g le-track is known fo r i ts toug h
uphiIIs and off-camber sidehiIIs.
Stretch checked out of the 2o-mile test on the
g as, cardin g fast time. Then came Vet A rider
0 / A A : Jeff Mutin.
Fortm.o~
200 A; 1. Jim R.lse-;2. loaner8m;.s ; 3. .Joe Cutil"l'n'Z.
VET A: 1. Willynr Int rrmill; 2. Troy R.iIIynor; 3. Greg Mare: 4.
Davry DureUe S. Gary Miller.
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4-STRK A: 1. Ler Cooprr; 2. Dav id Pranon; 3. Srott MiIIsa pps; 4. Knlny Pmuns.
250 A: 1. Donny Mu rnr. 2. Krvin Eplrr.
O PEN B: 1. E. Ho 1nwn; 2. Bmt Doolry; 3. Krvin O'1...Nry; 4.
B. Dir hl; 5. Kim Schofield .
SR B: 1. B. Aga rdy; 2. Stt'Vt' Va na ta; 3. Dltvid J.acbon; 4. C urt
5. David Sch.tdl r .
200 B: 1. M. McDonough; 2. Pa uI7u rnt'r.
VET B; 1. M . ,J.tudon; 2. J. Sea 3. Todd Re«hrn; 4. Matthew
Vaughan; 5. O. O'Neill.
4-snK B: 1. A. Hill 2. Chris Corrigan; 3 . A. Me..<;ill; 4. J. Sa lz;
u.nen;
5. C. Keysar.
250 B: 1.
J. Ekhart; 2.
Da!lOn Rapp; 3 . John Wi lliams; 4. A.
Scofield; 5. Luk Rust.
S/S R B: 1. J. Pa rker; 2. Royd Stmch; J . Charles Engel; 4. Jim
Ratliff; 5. M. Torgerson.
Wollaston wallops
Watkins Motocross
By Gregory K. Corns
AURORA, CO JUNE 27
,
Vickery Motors po rt s / Xtrem e /IM5-spo nsored
Chad Woll ast on w alloped th e competition by
sweeping the 250cc A an d Over 25 A classes at
the third round of the AMA Dist rict 25 State
