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No errin' for Burr at SVCC ST
Pa u l Peters on had an e xc e lle nt day o f
ra ci n g, w innin g t h e Open Be g in n e r class
at Rio G rande Valley Motocross in
Brownsville , Texas.
Corsetti cinches it up at
Stockton ST and IT
By Mike Law
WOI,CA,JUNE 5
The sta rt of moto two was simi lar to the first,
as Musgrave blasted to another holes hot. Da vis
positi oned himself in seco nd , an d agai n Kellen
held thir d . The big sur prise came as the racers
roared out of the back canyon for the first time,
and it was Davis show ing up with the lead . He
passed Musgrave for the lead in the back part of
th e tra ck. Th e tw o talented rid ers res u med their
batt le fro m the first m oto , a n d the tw o were
nev er se parated by mor e tha n five bike lengths
for the en tire 2D-minu te moto. Davis held strong
with the lead , though Musgrav e doggedly pur s ued hi m in second . Kra u se. w ho suffered a
po or start, cha rged har d , and by the time th e
race wa s at the halfw ay mark, he wa s aga in
pressuring Kellen for thi rd .
It wa s clea r tha t Mu sgr a ve felt mor e comfortab le aboa rd his new machine this go-arou nd
after iro ning out a few geari ng and suspension
wrin k les du r in g the inter missi o n bet w een
motes, as he beg an to ha ng it out to the ragged
ed ge in pu rsu it o f Dav is an d the lea d . Da vis
pr oved to be no eas y mar k, as he relen tlessly
held on to th e point , despite the mu lti ple pas s
a ttemp ts by Musgra ve. Krau se also ha d a tiger
by th e tail, as he pressed Kellen for the third
spo t for most of the rnot o befor e fina lly putting
on the pass towa rd the end of the moto.
Wh en th e tw o-laps signa l was given, Mu sgrave mad e his move and went a round Davi s in
a hig h-speed off-cambe r swee per to tak e over
th e lead. Da vis did not g ive in, an d wh en th e
duo encoun tered lop ped traffic durin g the last
lap, he mad e rep ea ted att empts to di ve u nder
Musgra ve's KTM to regain the lead . In the end,
non e of the pass atte mpts wo rked for Davis, as
Musgra ve wa n ted no pa rt of sec ond place this
time arou nd , a nd he rod e in for the all-importa nt second -mote win. Davis finished a st rong
second, while Krause was agai n third .
On the day, Musgr a ve took home the firstplace m on~y with his 2-1 performan ce. Da vis
was next best with his 1-2 rides, while Krause
filled out the podium posi tions with a 3-3 tally .
Results
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80 BEG: I. ~btl Fligg (Ya m) ; 2. Nit: Wat crh ou se C n); 3.
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Ken " \' Sit-vn (5uz).
80 JR 1. Tyln Kt-dt;>fYaml; 2. Kt.'lIy Dunb.lr (K.lwl.
125 BEG: 1. A .J. r,otrucei l K.1w) ; 2. Ry.m Am.lww (K.lw ); 1
Moltt Pc1rucci OCTh I); 4. Skip BeN e ict (H on); 5 . Kris top heT Cran d
fi ll (Yam).
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125 JR; 1. M.a.x Eddy Jr. {Honl; 2.. RY McPh illip" (Y.-.m) 3.
M.. u Eddy (Hun); -I. Bn.R I..4-wison(y ..m ); 5. Chns ~ (Yam).
125 l:orr: 1. Rt-vellt' HJ,rrison (KTM); 2. Tun Obon (Ho n): 3.
Gift ]l-nn inp (Yaml; 4. Kt'Yin Jt'Rnin~ (Yam); 5. N.. lt' H..wlt')'
(Yam ).
250 BEG: 1. D."Rny M'-'
rle!<; (Kawl; 2. M.ln Bunuugh!i (Hu...): 3.
M.-.tt luh n!'On (K., w) ; 4. Bria n DE-a ve (~); 5. A.1ron Holgu in (Yaml .
250 JR: 1. Mi k.., Bmwnflt'ld (Hon) ; 2. Ich iro Nauya (Suz); 3.
Tom MdltJJ (Ka w ); 4. Chm Boucher
(Y.l m ).
40+ INT: 1. Michal"!Gi bMm (Hu n); 2. Rudy Chavez (H o n); 3.
Scott M.ly!l(KTM); 4. A lIl'n McKay (Yam) : 5 . C urt Jab lon...ki (Ho n).
40. EX: J. De-nni !!> Boulw.oll'l" (Ydm); 2. M.lr k Ha ll (Y.am); 3.
Ttlm Mellor (Kaw l; 4. P,,'le Vtotr.J (TM ); 5. Km Eh l"" (Ya m).
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4(1+ MSTR J. Rick Joh nson (Ho n ); 2. [).aniel Fonll-'!i (y a m): 3.
GaryJlml.'!! ()(a w) ; 4. G ,,' g Bl.tdwdl (Him); 5. Georgto Kohler (Hon ).
50+ INT : 1. Tom Holme"i (KTMI; 2. }bnk Owen (K,aw l; 3.
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Sa rry Simo n (KTMI; 4. Steve Jennin~ (Yol ); 5. John Webb (Hun).
50+ MSTR: 1. o.·n n i" McAd am (H o n l; 2. Bengt Jo ha n. "On
(Yam); 3. Ho~ I..e!tner (Ya m); 4. A1.I OI!;()n {Ya m); 5. Ray rt.... n
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!Iki (lUw).
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Peterson the big ·winner at
Rio Grande Valley MX
By Gary Ober
BR
OWNSVlU L TX, JUNE 27
Pau l Peterso n wa s the man with the p lan in th e
Open Beginner class as he stomped th e 11-ma n
fie ld hand s d own. Pet erson bea t theHkcs of
Ke nneth N elso n. Tim Lon g. Everett Vangnes.
Edd ie Salazar and David Ca rrera on his way to
the 'Am.
elso n pu lled the first -mot e holes ho t and
wa s running up front, only to.have Peterso n gu n
him d ow n on the th ird lap a nd tak e o ver th e
lea d p os iti on, Pe t erson went o n to ta ke th e
checkers. elson managed to hold off KX rid er
Salaza r a nd take secon d in both mot ns. Salaza r
wcnt 3· 3, with Vangnes a nd Carrera rounding
out the top five. To m Long got credit for takin g
the holeshot in the seco nd mote, bu t he qu ickly
faded to a mid pack finis h u nder the ho t Texas
sun. Long went 0.7 for sixth place overall.
Joe Bob Ebers was on fire as us ua l, bu t this
time Ebers was racing a 1999 RM2 50 spo nsored
by H a r lin g en Suz u ki Mot o r Spo rt s . Ebe rs
snagged th e fir st -moto ho lesho t in the O pe n
Cash di vision , followed by Brian Monjaras and
Walter Bode. Ebers wen t on to win the first moto
uncon tes ted . wi th Mon jaras second a nd Christion Prida third . In the seco nd mo te, Bryan Monja ras put hi s RM250 up fr o n t wit h a cla ssi c
holesh ot. Mon jaras seta fast pace, mat ched only
by Ebers. But Ebers could not claw his way past
Monjar as u ntil the fina l lap . With only 300 ya rds .
to go, Ebers pulled off a wild ou tside pass an d
took the lead from Monjaras. Christian Prida was
not for behind and went 3-3-3 for the day. Walter
Bode and Phil Rimes cras hed in the water-towe r
tum , each taking a DNF in the seco nd mote .
In the 80cc class, Ricky Carcia rode his KX60
to a first-mo te wi n, with Je ro nim o Morin righ t
on Carcia's rea r fende r. Morin tried to p ut the
moves on Garcia but cou ld not take him in the
fi rs t mot o . Morin p u ll e d th e seco nd - mote
holes hot and never looked back. Garcia took second and Kawasak i- mo unted Blak e Ru s se ll
c1oi mc'l:l third. Yangnes went 3-4 for third place
o\'erall, with Ram iro Zurita and Blake Russe ll
t.,king fourth ond fUth on the da y.
Alan Obst was the Ov er 30 Novi ce winner,
going 2-1. The Yamaha-mounted Obst wos a ll
over the track in the first moto, trying to chase
d own Richa rd Pupek. Obst stalled his YZ two
times an d Pupek wen t on to take the first·moto
w in . Alfred o Escovar wen t 3-3-3, keep in g joe
Smart a nd Don Ausmus a t bay, Wh en the sec:'
ond moto came aro un d, Obst seemed to be a bit
more relaxl.'d, as he gra bbl.--d the holC5hot a nd
stovc'<.l in first to toke the win . Pu pek held off
E. (Suz) ; 2. Phi l Rlml"!l(YAm); 3. Doc
Ellis (Ho n ); 4. Bill Ru!l5t' l (Yam); 5. Lee Uribfo (Kaw).
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OPEN CASU : 1. Joe Bob Ebers (Su z) ; 2. Bry an Mon ;"' ra ~
(SUZ): 3 . C hnstian Pri d.l (Yam); -4 . W a ll er Bodt' (H <>n): 5 . Phil
Riml"5(Ya.m).
Mark Corsetti east lv claim ed a wire-to-wi re victory at the Stockto '; Motor cycle Club- pro moted
race at the Lodi Cycle Bowl in the Open A shorttrac k main ev en t. Cors etti po wered his w ood Rotax motorcycle to a comman ding victory over
- rivals Kevin Bracer and Jesse Sanchez .
"It's a ro ugh wa y to w in a ra ce, wit hou t
Toby (j o rge nsen ) a nd Rob (Da m ro n) he re ,"
Corse tti sai d . "1 staye d on the thr ottle. ra n it in
real hard , a nd tried not to make any mista kes."
In winni ng, Corse tti held a mar gin of victo ry
of nea rly a q uarter o f a lap ove r Bra ce r a nd
Sanch ez.
Pe Wee Bobby Ca ldei ra served not ice that
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he was the man to beat in the No vice class, and
then he p romptly d ust ed the likes of the very
fast Frank ie Flores a nd th e eq ually aweso me
Brys on Pa yn e o n th e TT co u rs e. Ca ld e ira
returned on the short track with a win as the Pee
w ees we re treated to a run on the big short track
du e to bumpy co nd itio ns on t he sma lle r Pee
Wee tra ck . As o n the s ho rt tr ack, Flor es and
Payne scored the runner-up pos itions, as the flying Caldeira simply cou ld not be caug ht.
Late Mod el Vinta ge-class ride rs bro ught the
crowd to its feet in th e short-trac k main as Jesse
Krey ling overca me a less-than-perfect start to
sco re a co me-f ro m -be hind vic to ry o ve r his
nemeses Steve Ha ll and jesse vuekol. Despi te
slippe ry tra ck cond itions, Kreyling wor ked his
way up thr ough the or de r from abou t fourth to
the rear fend er of leader Hall. Kreyli ng hooked
up strong on the white-flag lap as the two riders
bumped with Kreyling on the insid e pos ition. In
th e process, Ha ll was relegat ed to fifth as the
rest of the pack follo wed Kreyling .
'·1 was running it in a littl e hotte r tha n he
(Ha ll) was on the last lap," Kreylin g said following the race. "He was goi ng real fast , and I got in
under ther e with a wheel, got it sideways. and
we went thr ou gh the turn togeth er . I had to lay
it d own rea l low, an d then it caught a little traction a nd I gav e Stevie a litt le sho u lde r th at I
di d n't wa n t to do. Unfo rtu na tely. that's racing.
elings."
and I hope the re are no hard fe
Results
Short Tlll ck
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P/ W A: 1. Rya n Law CY ;2. Kyle Anselmi (Yam ).
P / W B: 1. T ravis M cCart h y (Ya m); 2. Da n it'lIt' Ca ld l!ir a
(Yaml.
r/w C: I. Bobb y Ca ld rira (Ya.m); 2. Fra nkie Flo ree (Ya m); 3.
Bryson Pa yn l! (Ya m); 4. Sh a nt' Jo n..., (Ya m ); 5. Garrt."1t Ada m
(Yam).
P/ W MOD; l. A nthuny Fan g (Act l.
P/W MO D B: 1. Chad Coroot- (HM) .
eo A:. 1. BobbyFang (Ka w) .
no 8 : I. Sea n Jont""l(Kaw) .
be C: 1. Lau ren wallace (K.lw); 2. R,, b«ca La w (Kaw); J.
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Charlie Simas (ICTM) .
80 'A: 1. J~ rt'd McWhirte r (H u n ); 2. M ik e Ru" h ( K.iw l; 3.
FTilRkit- LaN' (Su z ); -4. Strwart B.t~r (H o n ): 5. JOt' Hernandez
(Yaml.
flOB: 1. Stt"Vt'Bonsey ~ w); 2. Chrif; Borja!! (Ya m); 3. MichiteJ
Rinaldi ( K. w).
250: 1. frt'ddy Poll (Y.. m ); 2. Ja!tOfl B ughn (Suz); 3. DeTrick
()hb. {Hon.l; 4. Ja:;on Crew ...(Hon); 5. John Cit.'nanzio (Suz).
250 VlST: 1. Chri.. Gi.Jfu5 (H-D>; 2. John Fran k (Bul) ; 3. Jeff
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Co.-ankoff (BuI); 4_Alvin Webbn (Hun); 5. Riley Co .. .
VI"''T -&0+ : 1. Jt"'!>t" Krryli ng (Hon); 2. Tom Booth (Yam); 3.
R.Jlph lft (Tri) ; 4. Tt"!1')' BritmaieT (Hu n); 5. Daryl MU.!lto (Hon).
PRO SP'T: I. M.1rk Cont-tti (W-R); 2. Pau l Sa nbu rn (W·R) ; 1
Jrff Ga bhart (Ru ); 4. Danny CaM')'(Rb:I; S. Levi Gt'nna n (W-Rl.
YET : t. Bob B.lros.a ( Rl x); 2. Jon FounLlin (R tx ); 3. D.l\·id
Worthen (Yam ); 4. Ralph 1.«' (Tri) ; 5. ScottJacql.k"S (KTM) .
80 A: 1. Nic k Moo,," (Ya m ); 2. Stt"W rt Barbt.'t' (H o n); 3. Mik e
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RU!lh (Ka w) ; 4. C hris Borjo !l(Yam): 5. JUt' Hemand l"Z (Yam).
VET: 1. Rob McDnnnell ; 2. Billy Arbog.' ~t (Suz ); 3. Bob
Ca'lt')'(Yam) .
Y1NT: 1. St..... Hall (Yam) ; 2. T(lm Booth (Yam).
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OI'EN R 1. JolTlt'5 I..4-wis (Ya m ); 2. J--- Vankol (Rrx); 3 . Scott
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Taylor (Yam); 4. Ton y Row (Yam).
OPEN C: 1. Derrick Chi" (Ho nl.
By Bra d Letcher
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SIO FALLS, SO JUNE 19
Sha wn Burr roll ed in to th e Sioux Fall s, South
Dakota, sho rt- tra ck races like a torn ad o, flaw lessly taking wins in the Mini 80cc A and Sma ll
Engine classes . Recent ra ins mad e th e track a.
quagmire that d elayed th e races for three hours
before th e bik es co u ld ta ke to th e. tra ck. The
muddy condi tions favo red the motocross riders,
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but the flat-track bre...1:1 - includ ing Burr - did not
let the cond itions hamper thei r pe rforma nces.
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Th e Mini SOcc A class line u p, with Burr
alongside heat winner Justis Lund. Burr gra bbed
the holeshot, a nd Lund a nd Nick Ladd usaw battle d fo r sec ond . Robe rt Th ompson held thi rd
until mid wa y th ro ug h the se cond lap, wh en
Jaso n Sw ift slid by. Burr tr ied to p u ll a-quick
lead , bu t the Yamaha -mo u nted du o of Lund and
Ladd usa w kept him ho ne t. By the midpoint of
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the race, Burr had begu n to pu t so me d istance
betwee n him self a nd the d ogfigh t for seco nd .
Burr took th e first of h is checke red flags , with
Lund maint aining the adva ntage over Ladd usaw
for seco nd . Swift held on to fou rth, a nd Jacob
Ahl mode a last-lap pass on Thompson for fifth .
Burr retu rned to the tra ck on his KXl25 for
the Small Engin e class. Bu rr had settled for a
third in th e hea t ra ce, behind Ryan Deigh ton
a nd Dani elle Beving, bu t he held nothing bock
dunng th e m a in , taki ng anot her hoJesho t in
fro nt of a pa ck of rid ers incl ud ing Deigh ton.
Bevin g, !.addusa w a nd Swift. The sid e-by -side
battle for second be tween Deighton and Bevi ng
let Burr begin to slip awoy. Deigh ton had seco nd
until th e end o f t he t hi rd lap. w he n Bevi ng
snea ked by . Deighton retaliated o ne lap la te r
and reg ained th e lost position .
Me an wh il e, Laddusaw wa s h old ing a n
adva ntage over Sw ift a nd a n und e rpo wered
Keith joh nson . Burr extended his lead and wen t
on to cla im his seco nd main-event win of the
ni gh t. Bevi n s: ha d found her w ay a r o u nd
Deighton with one lap to go and held on to take
second , wi th Swift and johnson filli ng out the
top five.
Burr had his han ds full for the 2SOcc A-class
race because he was lined up to start on the second row . Heat ",.inn ers Roger Wasson and Tom
.
'Kevem es, alon g with Scott Stu der and Danielle
Beving, led the pack into the first corne r. Burr' s
125 was no match for the po wer of the 250s on
the supermoist tra ck. Even so, Burr was ru nni ng
jus t insi de th e top 10 wit h a pa ck of six rid ers.
Kevernes and Beving batt led lap a fter lap . As
the race neared the fina l thr ee laps. Scott Studer
began to eat into Wasso n's lead, and Bevin g was
a pp lying m ore pressu re t ha n Kev erncs cou ld
handle. Bevin g mad e the pass int o thi rd with
one la p rem aining. Stude r came alongside Wasson through tum three on the final lap but could
not ma ke the pas....;. Wasson squea ked 'by, takin g
the checker s, followed by Stude r, Bev in g an d
Kcve rnes. Burr fin ish ed in 10th after rubbin g
plastic with bikes twice the size of his.
Results
50: 1. AIe,x lorgere e t Hon): 2. Denk Laddusew (Ka wl: 3.
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Luke Lambrecht (Suz) ; 4. Brady Rri nke (H o n ); 5. Tan ne r Tra cy
(Kaw ).
60: 1. Anthony B.aun'l' (Kawl ; 2. Rya n Degen (Ka w); 3. CJJeb .
Sulli v.an (Kaw ); 4. Ab Jorgt.'ll:lOn(Cob): 5. Colby H.lnohfieJd (Kaw).
80 k 1. Shawn Burr (K.lw ); 2. ]W.lr. Lu nd (Yolm); 3. Nic k Lad du. a w (Yam ); 4. Jaso n Swift (Ho n); 5. l.lcob A hl (I(.oIwl
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80 D: 1. Derik Laddusaw (K.1 l; 2. Colton Tn-nd l! Cl<.lw ); 1·
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Cod v Pow eU ( K.aw); -I. Ca.ld>.,SuUivan (Kaw); 5. Anthony Sa uer
(Ya~).
L/W: 1. Sh.twn Burr ()(a wl; 2. Danielle Beving (K.1w); 3 . Ryan
rkighton (Hon ); 4. Nkk Llddu"o1w ("(;tom); 5. J.l!ilm Swift (Hon).
250 A: 1. Ro g e r Wa~!iOn ( Kaw); 2. Sco t t Srud ..r (Y.lm ); 3.
Da nielle Bevin p;(Hon); 4_Tom KC'\?rnl."'l(Ho n): 5. Adam Sy lvt'Stt"l'
(Yam!.
O P EN A TT: 1. Todd [)oughrrty ( H o n); 2. Ddna Walkt'r
(Yam); 3. Sootl Studn (Yam); 4_Chm BuaI (Y.un):5. EricSorlit"t'l.
O PE'" A:. 1. RogeT Wa ..son (K,aw l; 2. Scot t Stu dC'f (Yam); 3.
Joh n Mom!!> (!R Ilion); 2. CJ- lk'Ving (Hon): 3.
Pne Tapkin (Hu n); 4. lk*, Bl,Iyd (Ho nl.
Patao rocks Las Vegas
By Dic k Goodw in
lASVEGAS, NY,JULY3
Shane Patao, the Ha wa iia n hot rod who ca lls L 1S
Vl.'g<1S his seco nd home, showed up at ~l S Vegas
Spee d way and smo kc'<.l the 80cc (7-11) class .
Pa tao leaped uu t in front of race one. ahead
of Patri ck Pro vencher a nd Wes ley Har ris, who
mad e a fast pa ss for St.'Cond in the bowl . Patao
was ou t fron t .and motorin g as he carved up the
course while bu ild ing up 0 big leod . Ha rris was
solid in st.'Cond while .1 little furth er back a great
du e l fo r thi r d was taking pl a ce be tw e e n
Pro ve nc her a n d C h ri s Ren zi. Pa ta o romped
home a head of Harris, as Provencher won the
figh t for third .
