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Connelly... Shaun Connelly... at Sarona MX By Hom er Eu banks RAMONA, CA, JULY 4 Shau ll Con ne lly mastered the Supermini class with the help of his new , ex tra-fast Yam aha at Baron a Oaks Raceway. . Josh N avarro has domina ted " ost of the se am son, but he foun d the Yamaha-mounted Connelly unca tch~ble in both motos. In the firs t mote, Navarrowas first off the gMe and held th e lead while Co nn elly was back in four th . Connelly took the third spo t during the first lap. Connelly's next move was to power th rough the whoop section for second. Connelly had to follow Navarro for three laps before out dis tan cing him over th e flagpole jump. Once out front, the charged-up Connelly pulled away and led the field to the checkered flag: Joe y Navarro absco nded w ith the holes ho t in the seco nd race and, once again, Conne lly was back in four th. Connelly turned th e w ick up early an d came around in the lead by lap two, with Josh Navarro tra iling. David Meyers took the thi rd sp ot mid way, making Joey N ava rro settle for fourth. Connell y could do no wrong as he cam e out an d took repea t w ins in the 80ce Intermed ia te class as well: Connelly was first out of the gate, with Josh Navarro shadowing his every mov e. Na varro mad e a move on . t he third lap but found the freshly watered track didn't offer the traction necessary to keep his Kawasaki upright in the comer. Navarro was able to get back up in second , but ra n he out of laps while try ing to catch Connelly. The ba d lu ck follow ed Navarro in to moto two. Again Connelly took the ear ly lead . Navarro cam e off the hill in the lead on lap two but wen t down in a slippery corner , causing Connelly to also go down. ConnelIy got up first and the race was over. The 125cc Intermed ia te race had five riders, .and each was equally qua lified.to take the win , so separate mo to winn ers was no su rprise. Joshua West exited tu rn one behind Matt Condon in the first moto, but West was able to make a move on the following lap . Co nd on provided plenty of pressure throughout the race and even made a last-tum attempt, but he had to settle for second . Co ndo n came bac k in the foll owing mot o and got the holeshot aga in, but th is time West suffered mechani cal W OL"S and headed into the p its onla p .one. Steven Euge nio took up t he cha lleng e, but Co ndon prov ed to be too quick for Eugenio , who ea rned seco nd overa ll af ter placing third in moto one . Co ry Criss p rov ided most of the en tertainment in the 125cc Novice d ivision. Criss had little trouble t a king the first mot o, as he qu ickly distanced himself from Pete Scully. In the second moto, it was Scully exiting tum one ahead of the pack, with Criss hot on his tail. Criss madeseveral attemp ts the first two laps , but he only threa tened for the lead once, by going outs ide of Scully in front of the tower. Scully was able to brake in front of Criss, caus ing Criss to fall. Scully then had p len ty of breathi ng room betw een himself and Chris Livin gston . Criss was able to cha rge back up to second, and he tried to make a move on Scully on the last lap in the whoop s, but the wh oops go t the best of him and he finishe d in eighth. Scully earned the ove rall win, with Livingsto n takin g second overa ll. The 125cc Beginn er class featu red 12 rid ers, but mos t eyes were on on Aubri ana Dunn . The 15-year -old came off the gate ' third in moto onc and finished in fifth. The moto was won handily by D~n DeWall. who also came back to repea t in mo to two. In th e seco nd mot o, thou gh , Dunn beat most of the boys by crossing the line second in class a119 earning thir d ove rall. .Ken Lurcook edged out jim Schmidutz for the Vet Novice overall win. Schmidutz won the first moto, with Lurcook trailing him from the dro p of the gate. The Sl.'COnd moto appcan'd to be a repeat, as Schm idutz led four of the fiv e laps. Lur cook hamm ered it throu gh the last set of whoops and was able to take the lead going outside the next comer. Sdunidutz regained - positive attitude and a caug ht Lurcook a t the finish line. The two flew side by SI e over the finish line, with Lurcook takd ing the win by the knobs of his front tire. Kyle Yost won the 250 Novice class, with 2-3 placin gs on the day. Steve Slad e won the first moto, with Pete Scully taking a wire-tcrwire victcr ry in the second moto. Scully had troubles keeping his four-stroke alive in moto one and finished 11tho Results INTR O TO MX: 1. Ou itle Va ndora (Hun); 2. Na tha n Dunn (Ho n); 3. Au st in Lam bert (Suz); 4. Jom Cha l"fll..'ntio!r(Han); 5. Blake Plourd (Yam). . P/ W FIT: 1. Fuller Reis (KTM); 2. Grant Smith uaM);3. Tyl~ 62 Hl'drix (KlM);4. Co le Belio (KTM) ; 5. Gdrretl Jilcbon (KTM). P/W STK (0-6): 1. Austi n Balla rd (Cob); 2. Kyle Cor fman (Co b); 3. Dylan Sch mo ke (KTM); 4. Jos h Fargo (KTM); 5. Steven l.o uI\5bu ry (Cob) . P /W STK ('7-8): 1. C ameron Corfm.m (KTM); 2. Krist ophcr C ha m ber s (C ob ); 3. C h rist o ph er Louns b u ry (Cob); 4. Ca meron Drown (KTM); 5. Nic holas Bayerl...(Co b). P/W MOD (Cko) : 1~ Aus tin 8.111ard (Cob); 2. Ky le Corfman (Cl lb); 3. Dylan Sch mo ke (laM); 4. Josh Fargo (KTMl. P/ W MO D (7-8); 1. Tre vo r Rt'is (C ob ); 2. Ca meron Corfn-Mn; 3. Kristop hl'r Chambers: 4. Th omas Gray . JR CYC LE BEG: 1. Tyler Hall (K.lwl;2-. Ryan Mall on (Kaw);3. Kris tcphc r Ch .l mhl'TlI (K., W); 4. A nt ho ny Quintero (I':aw); 5. C ory Ml.'Grane (KilW). 60STK (7-11); I. Brad M olstL'~ ( K" W ); 2. Cody St.·iw~ (Ka w ); 3. Trevor Reb (Kaw); 4. Michad Herrera (Kawl ; 5. Matthew Niel!lUn(K.,w) . 80 BEG: 1. Den nis V.lO Alta (Y.l m); 2. M,IUlll'w Adam" (Hun); 3. David Kun kel [Hun] : 4. Carlos Ad ame (H,Jn); 5. John Cerv eny (Hon). l:lO NOV: t . joey Navarro (!(aw); 2. Marc Abernat hy (Hun): 3. Bra ndon Ellinp;st'n (Ho n) ; 4. La rr y Rt·c s p Jr . (Kd W); 5. Tyler Roberts (Yam ). 80 INT: 1. Sha un Co nnelly (Y,l m ); 2. David Mt'Yt'rs (H on ); 3. Josh Navarro (K.' W). 80 STK <7-11): 1. Brad Ma sters (KAw) ; 2. An tho ny Chawlll' (Ya m ); 3. Marc A be rnathy (!I on ); 4. Ma tth e w Ad a ms {Ho n): 5. C h.,se Takacs (Yam) . S/M INl : I. Shauu Co n nel ly (Yam); 2. Josh Nav arro (Kaw ); 3. David Meyers (Hon ): 4. " )l'y Navarro (KdW); 5. Brandon EJ lin~n (H o n). 125 BEG: 1. Da n DL-W,lll (Suz): 2. Richard T hurp IKaw): 3. Au bnane Dun n (Ya m); 4. Jacob Corne tt (Yam); 5. Ph illip Ing ra m (Ya m). 125 NO V: 1. Pete Scu lly (Yam ); 2. C h ris Livi ags to n (YoI ); 3. m Cory C r is s (Ya m); 4. C li n t P ierce (Suz); 5. Alfredo Con tr e ras (Ya m). 125 INT: 1. Matt Co ndo n (Ya m); 2. .Ste\·en Eugcnio (Ya m); .3. Jon ML 'Yl'I'S(Kaw); 4, Jll~h u,\ W~I (Y.1m); 5. Gt-'off Walters (Ya m). 125 (12· 15): 1. Clinton Ptcrce (5uz ); 2. [a vier Ro.:trigucz (Ya m). 125 (1(,..25); 1. Tim Beatt y (Yam); 2. Matt Cond o n (Yam) ; 3. Radovnn Pam o vic h (Ya m). 250 BEG: 1. Dayton Banl'J.1as(Yam); 2. Ryan Rll~rts (Kaw ): 3. Marc Ro ber tson (Kaw);4. Scott Clark (Ho n j: 5. [arod Scoggin (Kaw). . 250 NOV : I. Kyle YO!'>t (Ya m ); 2. Stev e Slade (Hon); 3. Coo per Jan ic (Hon) ; 4. Jimm y Hicks (Ho n ); 5 . Dawson Lea chma n (5uz ). 250 INT: t . jo n Meyers (Kaw). O PEN : 1. Ste ve n Eug eni o (Yam) ; 2. jo aqui n Candi a (Yam) ; 3. Kevin yoS t (ya m); 4. Cooper Janic (Hon); 5. Kyl e Yos t (Yam ). VET BEG: 1. CL'S.lrH ue rta (Yam); 2. Paul Elling.."",,-'n(Hlln) ; 3. Tobin Trent (Su z ); 4. Lan ce Booth (Yam); 5. Dew avn e Smit h ( KTM ). • VET NOV ; 1. Ken Lurcoc k (Suz ); 2. Jim Schmidutz (Kaw ); 3. Ro n Howell (5uz) ; 4. Dawson Leachma n (5 uz); 5. David Hassell (Ya m). . VET INT: I. Do n Connell y (Su z); 2. Danny Younghusba nd (Ya m); 3. Greg Mcy ('rs (Ka w ); 4. john Willis (Ho n); 5. Daniel Smith (H en). . 250 PRO: t .·Angelo Ingr a nd e (Suz ); 2. Tim Beatty (Ya m ). Boyesen whisks away Broome-Tioga MX win By Jim Sanderson BINGHAMTON, NY, JUNE 19-20 Dug Boyesen, the 1998 Ove r 25 Amateu r National Cha m p ion , a nd Sha ne Bartholf ea rned top hon ors in the Vet A a nd 125cc B Stock classes, respective ly, a t th e Lore tta Lyn n' s A ma te u r National Regional Qualifier hosted by Tom Hurd Promotions and the Broom e-Tioga Sports Center. More than 400 ride rs signed up to race the 17 classes sla ted for the d ay' s program. The race format was the sa me as the Amate ur National: The lowest combined score of three motos earns the ove rall win. The top seven in each class are guarantee d a starting ga te at the AMA Loretta Lynn's Ama teur National Cham pionship . Dag Boycocn nailed the holeshot on his Boyesen Eng ineering Suzuki and never looked back. Tra iling him we re Gaylon Dickson , Stephen Crowe, Dale Taylor an d Todd Streit. Nea r the end of lap one, Streit and Tim Coombs moved up to fourth and fifth. Boyesen's lead was eight seconds by la p three and he was whipping h is Suz uk i for the crowd o n the fron t step-down tabletop. Rou ndi ng out the top five we re Dickso n, Crowe, Streit a nd Coom bs . T he top five spread ou t and remained unchanged throu ghout the rest of the seven- lap moto. Boyesen repeated his grea t start in the second moto a nd was out front by six seconds by the end of the first lap. In tow ·were Strei t, Crowe, Dickson and Mar k Freitas. On the long downh ill straight in fro nt o f the sta rt, Dickson passed Crowe for third , d ropp ing Crowe a posi tion to fourth. Dickson picked up the pace .a nd was soon in second and reeling in Boyesen. Streil dropped to third . Then Cro we passed Strei t, d rop p in g him a nother position to fourth. Freitas held fifth but was alread y being pr essured by Coo mbs in six th. Coo m bs ma de the p ass for fifth sho rtly after the start of lap thr ee. The top five were now Boyesen, Dickson, Crowe, Streit.and Coo mbs ~ a repeat of mota one. The only di fference between the motos was when Crowe managed to get past Dickson for second with on e lap to go, and the second mota went in the record books as Boyesen, Crowe, Dickson, Streit and Coombs. . Crowe managed to earn hoIeshot honors in the third and final mot a bu t soo n ga ve u p the lead to Stre it. Trailing Streit were Crowe, Boyese n, Dickso n and Co o m bs . Boyesen had the point posi tion by the sta rt of lap two, d ropping Strei t to secon d and Cr ow e to third . Crowe passed Streit for second on la p two , dropping - Streit to third. The top five were now Boyese n, Crowe, Streit, Dickson a nd Coombs. Dickson passed Streit for thir d on lap four . The mota finished wi th the ru nning ord er Boyesen , Crowe, . Dickson , Streit and Coombs . Boyesen earned the overall with a pe rfect 1-1-1 finish . Dag Boyes en n ail s the h olesh ot i n the f irst Vet Expert moto at the Loretta Ly nn's qualif ier at th e Broome-Tioga Sports Cente r, Mike Veracka nailed the holesho t in the first 125cc B Stock class. In tow th rough the first tum were jimmy Miller, Shane Bert holf jordan jackson a nd Rodn ey Horr acks . By the end of the first lap , the lead ers we re Bartholf , Joe Dellave rsan o, Mike Veracka, Paul Veracka and jackson . Paul Veracka had the lead by lap four, with Berth olf Della versano, Mike Veracka and Mik e Leavitt trailin g. The top five rema ined unchanged to the checkered flag. Bartholf earried holes hot honors for the second mote and never looked back. Trailing him were Mike Veracka, Ada m Wadd ington , Taylor Shi ve a n d Pau l Ve ra cka . Wh e n th e lead e rs emerged from the front supercross sec tion, the top five we re now Bartholf, Mike Veracka, Paul Vcracka, Waddington and Milier. Pau l Veracka passed Mike Veracka for seco nd on lap three, d ropping him "to third . The top five spread out and rem ain ed unchan ged until lap five, when Miller crash ed and remou nted in se ven th. Mike Leavi tt mo ved up to fifth . At the end of mo to two the finishing orde r was Bartholf Paul Veracka, Mike Vera cka, Wadd ington and Leavitt. Bartholf nailed the holeshot and agai n took t he ea rly le ad in t he t h ird a n d fin a l mot o . Roundi ng out the top five on lap one were Mike Veracka, Pau l Veracka, Miller and Matt Macon . Pau l Verac ka mov ed up to second , d rop ping Mike Veracka to third on lap two, but he then cras hed in th e fro n t s u pereross sect io n and dropped out of the top five . The leaders we re now Bartholf, Mike Veracka , Miller, Macon and Mi ke Ayen. Bart holf finished the mo to w it h more than a 20-second lead . Roundi ng ou t the top five at the checkered flag were Mike Verac- . ka, Miller, Ayen and Leavitt. Bartholf earned the overa ll wi th his 2-1-1 score. Broome-Tioga Sports Center Bin ghamton, New York Resu lt s: June 19-20, 1999 125 A: 1. C h ris H un te r (H on) ;, 2. M.uk wundrack (K.1W); 3. Tom Kelly (Ka w ); 4. Mil«· Dou gh erty (Ya m ); 5. David H ill (Suz ). 125 A PRO S PT: I. Mik e W iko x (Ho n); 2. Mike Dougherty .(Ya m); 3. Shilne Lawson (Yam ); 4. Ron Boyas (Ya m ); 5. Da vid Hill (Suz) . 125 B STK: 1. Shane 1J.\rtholf (Yam ); 2. Mik e V... acka O< W); r ., 3 . Mik e Leavitt ( Ka w ): 4 . Ad am Waddingtlm (Yam); 5. Brent Hahn (Yam ). 125 B MO D: 1. Sha nt' Bartholf (Y" m); 2. Pa u l Verac ka (K.,W); 3. Ry an Tuerck (Kaw); 4. Da vi d G i no lf i (Ka"l); 5. Bria n Gert h (5 uz) . 125 C STK : 1. M ichacl Schneck (Ya m ); 2. Brand on Kuh n (Yam ); 3. Jim Cou rn oy e r (Ya m~; 4 . Matt Kleuskens (Ka w l; 5. Da n it'l r hillips (Yam). 125 C M. D; 1. Mi chael Sc h ntock (Ya m); 2 . Ronn ie Monk O (Yam); 3. M.JtI Kleuskens (Kaw); 4. Justin FaU'ka s (K.1W) 5 . Tim o; th y B.lllenti n (H on) . 250 A: 1. Jdf Yt'nt 7. r (Ka w); 2. Tom Kell y (Ka w); 3. Chril' e Hunter (H u n) ; 4. M.uk Wund ra ck (Kaw); 5. Antonio Ma gd ro (Kaw) . 250 A P RO SIT: 1. Ro n Boya s (Ya m); 2. M.uk Wund ra ck (Kaw) ; 3. Mike Wiloox (H on); 4. Mdrk Waldele (Kaw ); 5. Mic h.,t"1 B.ut o (5uz). : 250 B STK: 1. Elio Percira ( Y3 ~); 2. Dav id Ginolfi ( !(a w); 3. Tom H urd (5u z); 4. J. son McHugh (5u z); 5. Patrick Barry (Ho n). , 250 B MOD: 1. Mi chad Cam phell (5 uz ); 2. M ik (-, Leavitt (Kaw) ; 3. Marc Bosn ic (S"uz ); 4. Jeff Nel son (Suz); S. Elio Pereira (Yllm). 2.'iO C: l. William Boot (Ho n); 2. Groff Eber ly (Yarn); 3. Steve Edward!' (Suz); 4. Ja,;on Maraugha (SU7.); 5. William Millcr (Yam ). VET A; t. Dag ,Boyesen (Suz ); 2. Stephen C ro we (Hun); 3. G ay lo n Di ck son ( Ka w); 4. To d d Strt'it (5uz) ; 5. T im Coombs (Ka w) . VET B: 1. jeff Arms t rong (Ka w ); 2. Joh n Le w is (H o n ); 3. James Mars.l ck (Yam ); 4. Rob in McC lai n (KTM) ; 5. Ray V.'g a raso to (Yam) . 25+ ; I. Jeff Yentzer {!(awl; 2. Dag BoyeSt>n (Suz ); 3 . Gay lon Dickson (Kaw) ; 4. Todd SIn-it (SU7. ; 5. Sha nt' uW'i(ln (Yam) . ) 40+ : 1. Keith Miln n (Yam ); 2. Ge ne Nig hman ( Ka w); 3. Ton y Boy as (Ya m ); 4. C.lI v in Le in bil ch (Ya m ); 5 . S te p hen La point t" (Yam). 50+ : 1. Stt>phen Coy ( Hon ); 2. Ski p Stewa rt (Hun); 3. Eld t"' n Housi nge r (I--Ion); 4. Do na ld Lac ha pe lle (Yam); 5. Fra nk Ip po lito (Suz). 4-STRK: 1. Thomas Burt on (Yam ); 2. Chris Wri ght (Yam); 3. Ryan Fomang u (Yam); 4. Fran k Pasqua le (Yam ); 5. Jos hua Shd' fer (Yam) . Schultz, Kruger skim Rock River Hillclimb wins By Bud Northrup POLO, IL, JUNE 20 W ad e Schultz and Ken Kruger were the big winners at the Rock River Rider s' first hilld imb of 1999, each takin g tw o class wins. Schu ltz took wins in the 750cc and Pus hrod classes, and added a fourth p lace in Open-class act ion. The 75Occ-class win ca me on a Ya ma ha twin, as Schu ltz turned in a good 4.395--second time -in second-roun d action after crashing hard at 112 feet on his first rid e. Lloyd Haas had the fir st- rou nd lead with a 117-foot climb , as no ride r in the class topped the roug h, steep 1 30~ foot hill on their first rides. Haas cleared the top in 4.563 second s on his second run to tak e the second-place trop hy, followed by Doug Lew is, Tom Daniels and Robin Senn . Schultz's second win came in the very popul a r Pu shrod class, a di vision crea ted by the Rock River Riders severa l year s ago and added to the Dis tric t 17 points-p ayin g clas ses three yea rs ago . Schu ltz flew his Harl ey over the top on h is seco nd rid e in a blaz ing 3.729 seco nds for th e w in , ta k in g .t h e lea d fro m Ka le b N orth ru p an d his 800cc Triumph. No r th ru p topped the hill in 3.841 seconds . The win gave Schu ltz a leg up on tak ing the 5-foo t-tall tra veling Pus hro d Series tro p hy , cu rrentl y held by Northrup, who has wo n the se ries the past two yea rs . If North rup can wi n the series a th ird straight year in 1999, he will keep the trophy pe rmanently . Da rryl Johnson finis hed third .un his vin tage BSA in 4.638 seconds , w ith C hris Meyer ta king fou rth on his Tr iump h an d Bob Fish er takin g fi fth aboa rd a Su pe rior Cycle Spo rts ter . _ Kruge r's first win came in the always highly competitive 600cc class, as he se t the time to beat at 4.343 seco nds on his first rid e aboard a new CR500. Nn one was ab le to beat his first -run tim e, bu t Kru ger himself pu nctua ted h is w in w ith a 4.044-second run on hi s secon d ride. Frank Kop et ko ca rrie closest to Kruger w ith a 4.401-secon d ti me on his KX500. Ha n k Senn tu rned in a crowd-pleas ing, high-flying 4.643sf..'Cond time on his Honda for third, followed bv vetera n Roger Hackbarth and Tom Rollins . • Kr uger 's secon d w in ca me in th e Senior dass, as he top ped the hill in 4.190 seco nds on his Hond a, well a head of Tom Rollins, who pu t his CR500 over for second p lace in 4.716 seconds . Mike Miller, Terry Bailey a nd Roger Hackbarth filled out the top five. Lloyd Haas and Glenn Fuegen also had good days, as they each picked up a first and a second . Haas picked up his win in the 250cc class ~n his YZ250 in 4.526 seconds, with Fueg en taking seco nd on his CR250 with a tim e of 5.044. Fucgen grabbed his win in the 200cc class with a 125-foot effort on his KDX200. Results 50 AUTO; 1. Aaro n Wie mk en (Act) ; 2. Mik e Popliam (KTM) ; 3 . DL-rl'k Sw anson (KTM ); 4. Just in MlXln"(KTMJ; 5. Drew Da niels (Yam ). 85 YTH: 1. Ad am Book (Ho n); 2. J,l(o b Pop h.lm (Ya nd; 3. j,l ke Lewis (Kaw); 4" Chris Senn (Suz); 5. Robert Sen n (Kaw). 200: 1. G ll:nn Fu cgen (Kaw); 2. Rand y Roap (Kaw); 3 . Josh · Huvey (Suz) ; 4. Soott Shl"cts Jr. (Kaw); 5. Chris Rivc rs (Yam). 250; 1. Llo yd Haa s (Yam) ; 2. G ll' nn Fuegen (H o n ); 3. Pa ul Hackba rth (H o n); 4. Greg Prin gl e (Ho n); 5. Luk e H arwick (!(aw). 400: 1. Brent St('Wart (KTMI; 2. Pa u l Ha ckba rth (KTM ); 3. Ron Jacobs (5u z). 600; 1. Ken Krog e r (Ho n); 2. Fran k Kope tko (Ka w); 3. H ank St."" (Ho n); 4. Roger H.l c kb.

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