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Tecnosel Carolina U serie llra s Round 8 G MX Park :Top un Cooke burns 'em . up By Kirk Johnson IRONSTATION, NC, JUNE 27 t th e eig hth round of the 1999 Tecno sel Ca rolina Ult ras eri es, held at T op Gun M X P ark , omin ou sly dark clouds loomed ove r head throughou t the da y, bu t Stephen Co ok e did not let th e inclement wea th er d am pen hi s spirits, managing to eke out a win in the very co m petit ive SOcc (7-11) d iv ision . In th e firs t SOcc (7-11) m ot o, Davin P rice g ra b b ed th e h ol esh o t. Su zukim ounted Coo ke , Jak e Po sey and Matt Scarboro w ere all in tow. Price' s lead wa s sho rt- live d , ho w ever, as an earlymoto fall forced him to play catch-up the rest of the moto. Cooke th en assu med th e lead, w ith Posey hot o n h is heels . C la y Will ett slip ped past Scarboro in to third by midm ot o. Posey closed to wi thi n s triking d ista nce and m ade a move on Cooke entering the triple-triple sec tion. As the two entered the first set of triples, Posey w as right be side Cooke. Both went for the double. Coo ke got ov er it cleanly but Pose y cased the jump, g iving the Suzuki rid e r a s lig h t advantage . Posey remained close the res t of the moto bu t never mounted a nother challenge. As th e checkered flag fell, Cooke too k the wi n, with Pos ey a clo se seco nd . Price was able to move into the final podium position late in th e mot o but wa s unable to m a ke a run on th e leaders . Willett took fourth and Sca rboro rounded ou t the top five. The co m p lex io n of th e co u r se changed completely for moto two aft er a brief bu t hea vy storm made negotiating the tr ack quite treacherou s . The s lick conditions did not seem to bother Price, as he again grabbed the holeshot. Scar- A • en en en 42 boro gated in second , with Pos ey, Willett and Cooke giving chase. Pri ce looked to have th e tr ack mastered until a s ligh t mi scu e ju st p a st halfwa y . That w a s a ll th e Ya ma ha mounted Posey needed and he mast er full y worked his w ay past Scarboro and o nto the rear fend er of the Suzuki pilot. Cooke then moved up to challenge Scarboro for third . Wit h th e laps winding d own, Pos ey had the win in his hands, only to see it slip away in "Chester's Hairpin" as he fell victim to th e di sintegrating cond iti ons . Price na vi gated by th e d o wned rider and took the win in moto tw o. Th e . overall was up for grabs now, as Cooke had displaced Scarboro and moved int o third . P o sey h ad a li tt le troubl e remountin g, and Cooke m ade his w ay by for seco nd and the ove ra ll w in. Posey recovered for third, with Scarboro ma intainin g fourth. Fifth w ent to Will ett, who never came to terms w ith the track. Team Gre en /Kawa saki o f C as tonia / Fox / FMF's Joshu a Su m mey w as a lso o n fire at Top Gun, takin g tw o hard-fou ght w ins . His first wi n came in the highly competitive Schoolboy class. Gating poorly in m oto tw o, Summey still wen t 1-2 for th e overa ll wi n. Matt Barn es took second overa ll. Barnes had bad luck inmoto one bu t made up for it in mo to two, taki ng the holesh ot and jettin g away for the win. Rounding ou t the top three wa s Yamaha-mo un ted Aaron Sta ncil, w ho took the runner-up position in m ot o one an d -a third in the se co nd outing . Summey's second class win came in the 125 B division. Summey had to contend with the likes of Dani el Tesh and Doug Earls in moto one. Both w ere close eno ug h to capitalize on a mi scue, bu t Summey would never falter. Stancil and Barnes gave chase' in th e seco nd race. The racer from Stanley, North Carolina , again p ro ve d to be too to u g h for th e competition. Summey went 0-1) for the da y. Stancil took the ru nn er-u p po sitio n w ith 4-2 scores, and th ir d overa ll was Doug Earls, going (3-4). CN Top Gun MX Park Iron Stat ion , North Caro lina Results: June 27, 1999 (Rou nd 8) 50 (4·6) : 1. Cod y Ro bb in s (C ob); 2. Se t h Qu esinberry (KTM); 3. Trev or Barrett (Cob); 4. jose ph Finn ey (KTM). 50 ( 7 ~8) : 1. Seamu s McK eon (Cob) ; 2. Hu n te r Jen nings IKaw ): 3. Brad ley Bu nch (Co b) ; 4. Tre vo r Hovi s (.K1'M); 5. Austin Stroupe (Cob). (Above left) Matt Barnes (16) grabs the holes ho t in th e second mot o of the 125cc Schoolboy cl ass , ahead of Jason Wiley (17), Joshua Summey (7) and Aaro n Stanc il (8), at Top Gun MX Park. Barnes won the.moto, but Summey took the ov erall. (Above righ t) Brett Daugherty wheelies on his way to the win in the 250cc Nov ice con tes t at ro und four of th e Yamaha Dealers Series at Glen Helen Raceway. Daughe rty also took the Four-Stro ke Nov ice victory. 50 SHAFT: 1. Co dy Robb in s (Ya m ); 2. T re vor Barre tt (Yam) . 60 (7-9): 1. Austin Stro upe (KTM ); 2. Bradley Bu nch (Kaw): 3. H unter Je nni ngs (Kaw): 4. Stephen Hernande z (KTM ); 5. Sea mus M cKI.On ( Ka w ). ' 60 (10 ~ 11): 1. Clay Willt'tt (Kaw): 2. Ad am Ro w e (Ka w): 3. Jerem y McClu re IKaw ). 80 (7·11) : 1. Stephe n Coo ke (Suz ); 2. Dav in Pri ce tSuz) : 3. Jake Posey (Yarn): 4. Ma tt Scarboro (Yam ); 5. Clay Willett IKaw ). . 80 (12~13): 1. Steven Shoaf (Suz ); 2. Myles Dun lap (Horn , 3. Michael G. Willis II (Vam ); 4. Derrick J. Gau se (5uz ); 5. Clvde Roberts (Kaw). 80 04'. 15): 1. Blak e H o vis (Ha n) ; 2. Zac ha ry Kutsche nko (Suz) : 3. Malcol m Klepp (Ha n); 4. Ryan Burkett (Yam ); 5. Ronn ie Ling (Yam). 80 0: t. Sha ne Ke ndrick (Ka w ); 2. Ca sey Sh a w (Hon), 3. Tyler Rowe (Ka w ): 4. Corey Richey (Hon): 5. Lori Zim mer ma n (Suz). S/MIN I: 1. Steve n Sho a f (s uz); 2. Blake H ov is (Han); 3. Michael C . Willi s II (Yam); 4, Ronnie Ling (Ya m); 5. Myles Dunlap (Ha n). SCH BY: 1. joshua Sum mey (Ka w ): 2. Ma tt Barn es (Kaw): 3. Aaro n Sta ncil (Yam ); 4. Nicholas Var go (Suz): 5. Zac ha ry Kutschenko (Suz }. 125 A: 1. Chuck Shirley (Ya m); 2. ]ared Black (Yam); 3. Tro y 1.. C risp (s uz ); 4. Pa ul Ju st u s (Suz): 5. Ch ris Withers (H us) . 125 B: t. Joshua Sum mey (Ke w): 2. Aa ro n Sta ncil (Yam); 3. Doug Earls (5uz) ; 4. Casey Barn es (Suz); 5. Matt Barnes IKaw) . 125 C= 1. Terrell Collins (Suz); 2. John Guke r (KTM); 3. Bobby Hon ack (Ka w): 4. Jaso n Wiley (Yam); 5. Jaso n Tucker (5oz) . 125 0: 1. JOE'YCornell (Vam ); 2. Zack Pigg (Yam ); 3. Je rem y Parsons (Kaw ); 4. Alla n Whisnant (Ha n); 5. Ja ke Stre ngth (Kaw). d 250 A: I. Ie re Black (Vam); 2. Chuck Shirley (Yam); 3. Troy L. Crisp (Suz) : 4. Bria n Lan e (Ya m); 5. Pau l Justu s (Suz). 250 B: 1. Daniel Tesh (Suz): 2. Doug Earls (Suz); 3. Casey Barnes (5uz); 4. jerry Stra nge (Ya m); 5. Scotty H ill (Yam). 250 C: 1. Rick Rika rd Jr. (Suz); 2. John Gu ker (KTM); 3. Chandler Joyn er (Ha n); 4. Timot hy Ca mp (Suz) ; 5. Chad Popov ich.(Yam). 250 D: 1. Henry Hern and ez (Hon); 2 Joey Cornell (Yam); 3. Cha rlie Morrow (Hon); 4. Robert Lilze (Ha n); 5. Thad Freeman (Yam). 2S+ A: 1. Benjamin Rutled ge (Ya m); 2. Troy L Crisp (Suz ): 3. Larry Spa r ks (5uz) ; 4. Joh n Fan n (K aw) : 5. Chris Withers (H us). 25+ B: 1. Stev e Stroupe IKaw): 2. Da vid Tu cke r (Suz): 3. Andrew Mitchell (Suz); 4. ]immy Pitcock (Suz ); 5. Harry Stanford (ATK). 25+ C: 1. WiUiam Herber t (Yam); 2 Howa rd Ma xey (Ya m); 3. Chris Win kler (Suz ): 4. Tom Lind ema n (KTM); 5. Curtis McClu re (Hus) . 30+ A: 1. Larry Spa rks (Suz ); 2. David Eller (Ka w) : 3. Er ic M ai nes s (H o n ): 4 . Rick Ca tuc cio (K a w ): 5. Thoma s R. Perki ns Jr. (Suz ). . 30+ B: 1. Fran k Koen ig Jr. (KTM); 2. Jimm y Pitcock (Suz ); 3. Da vid Tucker (Suz); 4. Keith Ne vers IKa w ): 5. ]cffTomlinso n (Yam). 30+ C: 1. Ste ve C ha mbe rs (Ka w): 2. Bret Gip son (Ha n); 3. William Lauver (Ha n); 4. Robert Brown (Kaw): 5. Steve FL<.h (Ha n). 35+: 1. Thomas R. Perkins Jr. (Suz); 2 Keith Ne vers IKaw): 3. Steve Cha m~rs (K.1w ); 4. Bob Maner (Ha n); 5. Rick Caruccio (Kaw). 40+: 1. Ca r l Va rgo (Suz): 2. Rick Rika rd (Suz): 3. Gen e Simmons (Ho nk 4. Bob Ma ne r (Ha n); 5. Robe rt Strengt h ( Ka w). UlL AM: 1. Dan iel Tes h (Suz); 2. Scotty Hill (Yam); 3. Jock Bethel (Kaw). . UlL C/o: 1. Rick Rikard Jr. (5uz); 2. Chad Popo vich (Ya m); 3. Terrell Collins (Suz): 4. Bobby Honeck ()(aw ); 5. Pau l McKnigh t (Ha n). 4-STR K: 1. Jeff Toml inson (Yam ); 2. Ryan Hankins (Yam); 3. Travis Collins (Yam ). Yamaha Dealers Series Round 4: Glen Helen Raceway Daugherty on top By Beth & Bob laRock SAN BERNARDINO, CA,JULYII ig h temperatures a t Glen Helen Racew ay did not coo l down the racing int ensi ty for round four of the five ro und Yamaha Dealer's Series. On e o f the more heavily con tes te d classes of th e series has been the 250cc Nov ice, a n d Su n day's even t was no excep t ion . Alvino Ga rci a seiz ed th e holeshot in the firs t mota bu t lost several positions after he and Mark Valcore bum pe d co ming o ut of the first turn. Valeo re led the field comi ng out of tu m two, followed closely by Jake Yetta and Brett Da ug he rty. At th e end of th e firs t la p , Yello h a d ta ken the le a d , wit h Daughe rty and Valeore in tow . The rest of th e pack was le ft in th e ir d ust. Daughe rty ca ptu red th e lead o n lap th ree, blasting past Yetto in fro nt of the tow er and leavin g Yetta and Valeore to battle. Valeore con tin ued to look for an opening a n d fo un d o ne in Bu dd's Creek , g rabbing th e n umber-two positio n. Bot h Da ugherty and Valeore got cau g ht in lappers d uring the last hal f of the w hit e-fla g lap, elimi nating the possibility of Valeore reclaiming first. Daugher ty crossed the finish li ne fi rst, followed by Valeore and Yetto . H

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