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Events (Left) Doug Chiapuzio raced to the overall win at the Rovers Boner Run Hare Scrambles in Red Mountain, Californ ia. (Right) Casey Higgins (290) makes the pas s on Jason Tublewicz (94) for second place In the first 250cc A moto at Hurricane Hill s MX in Clifford, Pennsylvania. D istrict 37 Desert Racing Series,Round 2 1 Chiapuzio on a roll By Shawn Drou in Photo by Pho tos by Grumpy RED MOUNTAIN, CA, JULY 25 he 'annua l Rovers Boner Run took p lace in Red Moun tain on a cle ar Sunday mo rni ng . The ha re scra mbles-style event s tarted in a three-ro ws ta rt fashion with a 2-mile- lo ng bomb ru n that follow ed. Team Green / IMS/ Acerbis / Pro Circu it / Alpi nestars / Answer-bac ked Doug Chiapuz io was not first at the end of the bomb ru n, but he was firs t at the finis h, w here it really counts. " I go t a 'good start and w as thi rd at th e e n d o f th e b o m b ," sa id KX500mounted Ch iapuz io. "There was a combination of some tight and technical terrai n with so me fas t an d wi de-open areas. They dropped the banner a littl e ea rlier than 1 anticipa ted. Usua lly they wait at least one mi nu te before th ey drop the ba n ner. There was a lot of w hoo ps and choppy stuff in the Spa ngler Hills but, other tha n tha t, it was a pretty good course." It wa s no surprise that Vet race r Abe Baum ann was the first man to the end of the bomb. run . Baumann has made a name for himself in th e desert for his stell ar starts. "I go t an excellent start and got the line 1 wa nted ," said Baumann, who also rides a KXSOO. "I was first to the bomb and led the w ho le fir st lap and abo u t hal f of the second lap. Unfortu nately, I lost th e lead due to so me minor m istak es 1made during the race." Baumann 's minor mistak es let Chiapuzio move int o the lead . "I was third for about 10 miles into the race and then mov ed up into second place," said Chiapuzio. "I stayed in second about a lap and a half, behind .Abe Bau mann. Finally, abo ut 15 miles from the finis h, I caught Baumann, who was run ning first a t ihe tim e . During the race, I dropped my bike on a downhill. It was jus t a stupid fall-over. The dust was som ewhat of a problem . But after I was out of the dus t, 1 had a lot more fun. Overall, the temperature was nice and, for the most part, the ride was good." Baumann's prob lem s did n o t end wi th C h iap u zio' s pass . KX250 rider T Steve Hen gev eld also worked his way past the one-time race leader. "I got a lillie bit wa rm and tired, fell over in the rocks and m y bike stalledthat' s how Chiapuzio got in fron t of me," explained Rocket Rex Racing /John Burr Cycles/Smith/VRP-supported Baumann. 'Then I picked up my bike and was following him in his d ust th rou gh a big, long and fast sand wash. Since I couldn't get on top of his d ust, I thought it wa s better to back off and get my composure so tha t 1 could take back over the lead. The trail led us into deep, hard-packed whoo ps . 1 was tired and backed off the th ro tt le a nd that's w hen Hengeveld passed me, ma king me third overall. " Bauma nn's efforts also netted him yet anot he r Ve t Open Ex per t-class win. Hengeveld's efforts gained him an overall position, but the Tea m Gree n speedster was aIready leading the 250cc Expert class whe n he made the pass on Baumann. "It was pretty fas t and th e b igger bikes h a d t h e adva ntage," said Hengeveld abou t the course. " I got a good drop on the ban ner and was abou t fo urth a t th e end o f th e bomb . I ha d p robl em s with th e du st beca use th ere was a lot of single- trac k and the course was fast. Once the dust cleared, I cou ld see w here 1 was go ing. The n, about an eight h of a mile up the bomb, 1 moved ahead of everybody . Bu t then (Ronnie) Schuler, Baumann and Chiapuzio, with their 500s , jus t pulled me . In the first loop , I was right beh ind Baumann and Chiapu zio . I was pushing rea l hard because I wanted to ge t around those two, but wh en 1 tried to pass them, I ran over a big rain rut and crashed." Hen geveld 's main competition, Joey Lanza, was having his ow n problem s as well, but toward the end of the race, as Hengev eld moved up, Lanza m ov ed back due to bike p robl ems. "I got a thr ee-kick start and had a little trouble wi th the dust on the first loop ," said ATK Ame rican's Lanza, who ended up second 2SOcc Expert to Hen geveld. "I was abo ut seventh coming into the pits. I fell ove r and got a flat about five miles after I carne out of the pits. That d ropped me back to 10th. I was second in my class and abo u t one minute behind Hen geveld . All in all, ( had a good ride. " With Lan za off his back and cras hing out of his system , Hengeveld was ab le to relax a little bit and make up time, moving from fourth to second in a short time . "W hen I finall y go t back up on my feet and got my bike started, Ron Schul er had passed me, which put me in fourth," said Hengeveld. "I finally passed Schuler for third when I was going into the pits my first lap. On the second loop , I passed Baumann and stayed right behind Chiapu zio fo r second place," Tea m Green / MS R / S c o tt / I M S -b a e ked Hengeveld said. "The Rover s' race was one of the best races I've raced this yea r." He ngeveld was not the only one who thought the course was top-notch. 'The Rovers fou nd some interesting terrain and some pretty good virgin la nd ac ross Teagle Wash," said Bau ma nn. "Tha t a rea was pretty bea t up and choppy, bu t they fou nd so me good trails. You could tell they pu t a lot of effort into ma kin g a good course. The co u rs e wasn 't too difficu lt , w hich 1 tho ught was good for the summertime." Like th e O pe n an d 250cc Exper t classes, the Senio r 250cc Expert di vision is usually an all-ou t battl e between the Gas Gas of C ha rl ie Barn e y a nd the YZ250 of Kevin Has ten . On th is d ay, Hasten was the man on top in the Senior ranks, but it was not easy by any means. " I got a good star t," said Hasten. " I thou ght I was go ing to be the first one to the end of the bomb. Then I loo ked to m y lef t a nd then righ t an d saw tw o Open-class bikes. O n the second loop , I kep t looking behind me for Cha rlie Barney. I fell over a coup le of times by not go ing fast enoug h. I could have kept a better pace, bu t I was ge tting tired . The course was so mewhat demanding, ye t not too difficult, but it was perfect riding for thi s time of year." While the two-loopers were ba ttling the rigors of a second go-around on the Rovers' loop, the one-loop racers were just finishing up their da y. Pro Circuit / IMS /Smith /Joh n Burr Cycles / KX80mounted Jeff Dillon had hopes of a class win in th e 80cc Expert class until his yea rlong nemesis got the better of him , but the race was not over ye t. "I wa s leading the 80cc cla ss until Trav is Wagschall passed me," sai d Dillon. 'Then we d iced back and forth and Wagsc ha ll cr as he d re all y h ard . I sto pped to see if he was okay and then we diced so me mor e. Th en so me thi ng hap pen ed to Travis' bike and I led the rest of th e way . It was a fun cou rse . It had a lot of rocks and a good varie ty of terrain . The dust mad e it ha rd to see . I hit a ca ctus and g ot a flat tire. Other than the flat, I had a good rid e." eN Rovers Hare Scramb les Red Mountain, California Res ults: Ju ly 25, 1999 (Round 21 of 35) Two Loops OPEN EX: 1. Doug C hiap uz io (Ka w ): 2. Ro n Schu ler (Kaw ): 3. Bre nt Farre ll (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. Oilvid McCord . 250 EX: I. Steve Henge feld (K.1W); 2. joe y Lan za (ATK) ; 3. Luke DodSl..m (Kawl. 250 AM: I. Pu tter As hford ; 2. Ron w ar ren. 125 EX: 1. Mor ga n Crawfo rd (Kaw); 2. Kurt Ca selli (Kaw). . • VET O PEN EX: 1. Abe Ba u man n (Kaw) : 2. Da n G un ter. VET 25 0 EX: 1. Jon Spaeth (Kaw): 2. Jo n Parks IHonj: 3. Dave Earll . S R 250 EX: 1. Ke v in Ha st en (Ya m ); 2. C ha rlie Barney (C-G l. One Loop . 80 EX: 1. Jeff Dillon ; 2. Travis Wagsch.. n. 80 AM: 1. Sha wn Drouin; 2. Josh Roach. 80 NO V: 1. Jonatha n Lanza. 12 5 BEG : 1. Bra d Price ; 2. Ju nio r Pue : 3. Jam es Furnish. 250 BEG: 1. Billy Adams. OPEN BEG: 1. Ma rk Lawrence: 2. Arden Edqell ; 3. Da n McCov . OPEN"NOV : 1. Davi d Sikorski; 2. Don Halla rd. VET OP EN EX: 1. Sid Payne. VET OPEl'~ NOV: 1. Jon Ta vlor; 2. Jon Mcv icker; 3. Da rla Lyons. . VET O PEN BEG : 1. Howa rd Shadwell: 2. Ca rl Gerace; 3. Randy Rea mes. VET 250 BEG: 1. Juan Popet e. S R EX: 1. Karl Hei bromer: 2. Sli m Tesh : 3. Da ve Johnson. S/S R: 1. Ra y Ban fi e ld ; 2. Roy Wasts m ; 3 . Al Guzma n. WMN M f: 1. Vanessa Cra wfo rd . WMN NO V: 1. Cou rtney Has ten . MAG: 1. Law William. San tichCyclesG P M rand rixof otocross: HurricaneHillsS portsC enter Higgins hammers Hurricane By Jim Sanderson CLIFFORD, PA, AUG. I asey Higgins d ominated the 250cc Open A class at th e 17th annual Santich Cycles Grand Pri x of Mot ocross and AMA Dist rict 6 points race hosted bv Tom Hurd Prom otions at the Hurrican~ Hill s Sports Center. Ju st over 250 racers signed up to race 23 races. Following the regul ar race program was the 17th annual Santich Cycle Gra nd Prix of Motocross, whi ch featu red 3D-minu te motos for the A, Band C classes, and a 2D-minute moto for the Mini class. Track conditions were nearly perfect. Jason Tublewic z pil oted his Suz u ki through th e 90-degree left-hand fir st turn ah ead of the pack, but h e relinqu ished the lead to Jason Kear five turns into lap on e . The running ord er was Kear, Tublewicz, Mark Tiesler, Richa rd Hev erly and Higgins. Higgins got a bad start and had to work his way up to the front. Kear had a six-second advantage by the sta rt of lap two . Higgins pa ssed Heverly on lap two to take fourth. Kear increased his lead to eigh t seconds by the start of lap thr ee, but Higgins was now th ir d , and p ressuring Tublewicz. 43 C

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