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full ga tes for every round of the series . There were
four huge 50cc divisions, and all were filled to
capacity with promising up-and-coming riders .
In the Pee W"" junior Z class (specifically for
Yama ha Pws, Suzuki Juniors and Honda 7-0;;),
Bre tt Schopp narrowly claimed the series ti tle
with one win and four second-place finishes , over
Jerrold Colvin in second. The next 50cc d ivision,
the Beginner class for 4- to 6-year-o lds tha t does
not res trict the type of 50cc min icyd e used, was
wo n by Cobra-mo unted S.year-old Ty Keenom,
w ho scored a per fect wi n reco rd a nd walked
away with first-place honors. Jared Ney took secq.n d with a one-point adva ntage over Stuart
Luper in third . Keeno m olso went home with the
Beginner (7-9) overall, with HM r ider Keith
Knight sq ueaking in second over Cha d Smith.
Finally, the SOcc Novice division saw Lem rider
Dyla n Ncy use cons istent top-t hree finis hes to
win a clear vi ctory ove r fast guys Austi n Howell
and jared Lang in seco nd and third, respectively.
The 65cc Begi nn e r an d Novice division s
were no le s exciting. as Ncthario Jon es finished
s
stro ng , win ni ng the las t three rou nds o f the
series en route to the 65cc Beg inne r title. Sea n
Stommel used a gu a~ et of secon d- place finishes
to ed ge out Michael Su llivan for seco nd. Finish in g seco nd in last yea r's KB Fall Se ries 65cc
Novice d ivision, Matthew Spencer went a ll out
to claim th e overa ll this time around , winni ng
five ou t of the six rou nd s. Spencer's a dva ncement to Interme iate will leav e the door op en in
d
the upcoming 1999 Fall Se ries for Beau Wiegand
and joey Harris, who finished seco nd and third.
A record number of 85cc 8- to 1 2~yea r-o l d
Begi n ne rs tu rne d o ut fo r t he Spri ng Se ries ,
pro mp ting two d iv isio ns a t three of the s ix
rounds. When the points were tallied , "Radical"
Ryan Reffner Lodged out Yuba O ty's Bradley Kelly
by one point for the class title, with Stenson Womack earning third with cons istent top-10 finishes .
In the SScc (13-16) Beginner class, the title
was similarly decided by a one-point final difference, as Roseville Cvcle's • i ck Rich a rd son
used three wins, one St.:cond and two th irds to
.
d efeat Danny Harris' two wins, th ree seconds
an d one third. They will turn over the Beginner
class to james Spa rhawk, who claimed thi rd , as
they will advance to the Novice category. Adam
Kowalczyk, 1J. dominated the 85cc Novice division. w hich allows novice riders up to 16 years
old. Even after us ing the last round as his throwaway race, Kowalczyk end ed up with a 19·point
advan tage ove r Kawa saki - mou n te d Ada m
Bushe y in seco nd a nd jason Weckerly in third .
Kowalczyk is definitely ready to ma ke his p resence known in the Intermedia te divisio n.
Results
125/250
Pro
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OFF INTERSTATE 81 (Whitney Point)
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WEEKEND SCHEDULE
50 P/W JR 1. 8ret l Schorp (Yam) ; 2. IC1T,ld Col vin (Yam) ; 3.
jolkl' R... nllld!l (Yam ); 4. David Colli tSu;r); 5. Brl'lt Fdk im.lYa m) .
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5Ol~) BFC : I. Ty Kt"t'n um lCo b) ;2. [a n.. Ney lKTM) ;3. Stu-.J
a rt LUptT (Cub ); 4. jacob Thom p!llln (KTM); 5. Brad v tecent (Bus ).
50 (7-9) BEG: 1. Ty Ke
enom ,Cub); 2. Ke ith Klli~hl (BM); 3.
Ch ad Smith (Cob) ; 4. Brett Hamm an (I