(Left) David McMechen
(24) leads Michael
Immell (178) in Over 25
BIC action at the IMI
Motorsports Complex in
Erie, Colorado.
McMechen wound up
fourth overall in the
class. and Immell was
runner-up to overall
winner Lon nie
Bredesen.
(Rig ht) At Delta
Speedway in Stockton,
California, Ronnie
Brown (47) cleaned
house in the Pro Expert
and Open Expert mains.
and then ran off wi th
the Dash For Cash win
as well .
O PEN PRO 1. Dusty Fa ulds (Hon); 2. Rlbbi~ JUne!> (Yam ); 3.
PeeeT.ap M·n (1Iun); 4. c.J. lWvin g (Hu n); 5. Bub AOOt'n!. >n( Hun) .
Bredesen uncanny at Erie MX
By Gregory K. Co rns
Photo by Dawn Winczews ki
ERIE. CO JULY 18
.
Eagle, Co lorado's Lonnie Bredesen again made
the two- hour trip d own from the mountains
.
a nd spooked the compe tition as he dominah.-d
the Over 25 B/C and Over 30 B classes for two
overall
w ins
aboard
hi s
Factorv
Connection /Shaklee/Carr era-sponsored Honda
a t the third ro u n d of the Rocky Mou ntain
Motocross Association' s Su mmer Series at th e
IM I Mot orsports Co m p lex, where m ore than
300,000 ton s of sand wer e brough t in to cover
the entire tra ck and provide a technically challengi ng race su rface.
Bredeson ' s fir st -m ot o win in th e Over 25
B/ C class did n't come easily, as he forgo t to tu m
on his gas a nd his Honda shut down a t the drop
of the ga te . Ka w as aki -m oun te d Da vid
McMccb en led the fi rst lap, w it h Mich a el
Immell, Dou g Dunca n and Sha nno n Northrup
giving chase. fmmell made a pass on McMechen
for the lead bu t dumped his YZ400F ha lf a lap
la te r and re li n q u is hed th e le ad ba ck to
McMl"Chen . Down by ha lf a minu te at the sta rt,
Bredl'Sen slowly made his way up throu gh the
pack and wa s in third by midm ot o. Th e sand
appeared to h.'we l i ttI ~ effect on Bredescn , who
rai led the co rn e rs a t fu ll speed and q ui ckly
mnde a ptlSS on Imm ell, and within a lap he got
by McMl"'Chen for the lead . BfL-dt.'SCn crossed the
checkers by a co mfo rtable ma rg in, as Immel!
mad e a last -lap pa ss o n McM ech en ove r th e
high-spt't..'tJo. finis h-line camelback jump for SL"Cond . Dun can and Northru p rounded out the top
five.
Brcdesen snagged the holeshot in moto two,
wit h Dun can , hnmd l a nd Northru p filing int o
pos ition . As the sand wrea ked havoc on Imm ell,
who went dO\\Tla few times , Bredesen managed
to pu ll o u t a l()..sec ond lead by-t he m idwa y
poin t, and wa s in another time zo ne by the finish . Imme ll and Duncan swa p ped ba ck a nd
forth for posi tion. with K.1w
asaki jockey Duncan
gai ni ng the adva nta ge at th e finish . Northrup
and McMl'Chen cloSl..-d out the top five.
Bred esen' s I· I performa nce gave h im the
overa ll. Im m e ll , Du n can , McMech en a n d
No rthrup followl'tl .
Results
50 0.1 · l. A nt hony Griego (Co b); 2. Corry W iLroIt (KThil; 3.
T.). Ko-,·n II lu:ro); 4. Cunnur Obun (Cub ); 5. ).. k j.trobs ( KTM) .
50 0.2: I. T .J. Lu o,:l'ro (Cob); ~ _ GUTt'tt TyrreIlI W.l!;); 3 .
Nalh.Jn DloAnJ~'" (KTM); 4. Ry lf"Y Murphy l r Fn'ils (Kd W); 3 .
e
JtlSt' p h F~>ttl"l'll (Hnn) ; 4. M.ltt H illbu!'Ker (Hon); 5. GalTPt t Link u 'l
(Han) .
,~
&I (14-15): 1. Tony Va lde z (Yam); 2. Brandon McCray (Ya m);
3. Aw m ft. .IIIM·rinKiII (Bu n); 4. Jt'n ' m y Rub y (H on ).
S / M IN I: 1. To n y Va ldez (Ya m); 2. uynl;' Re.ad y (Yam); 3 .
Ad.am ft.o.I ltwrinKiU (Hon); 4. Gd lTPtt Lin klDo (Hon); 5. Ma tt H iIItourgl'T (H on ).
SC t-IBY: 1. Mdr (" Wa rm uth (Hu n) ; 2. Ad am Luti l'll (Suz); 3 .
Ryiln Bailey (Ya m ); 4.
Re.ady (Y.a ; 5. &tbtort Qut.' ln (Ydml.
m)
YTH RFoG : 1. kn' my Kirb y ilio n ); ~. Ky le Gibso n U1o n) ; 3.
Jay Lukt-r lH an ); 4. Cudy Hi ll (Kaw); 5. Du sli n Trujillo (Suz) .
I b-24: 1. Md t! Ka r lsl'fl (Yd m); 2. Do u g Le a v itt (Kd W); 3 .
Clifto n Srro ud (Ya m l; of. Mi" e Ch.....,. (S uzl; 5. Tu d d Hn rn in g
(Ydm) .
125 A: I. Mdlt K.u ben (Y;am) ; 2.. Clitio n Siroud (Yd m) ; 3.
Tylt.'f Wdl1u'f (Yam ); 4. Wn Hale lSuz); 5. Darne .E.atun (KIM).
125 B: I. DuuK IN.av itt ( ~ w); 2.. Rya n Roz in !;k i (Ya m) ; 3.
Ch m Longwell (Ka w); 4. Ad am Lu hD e (Y,l m) ; 2. Do ugl.,s Hard in (Ya m); 3. I I.m !!
Ma l'MChlt'r (Yam ).
40 , C: 1. StlTht' n H i ll burg~r (Ya m ); 2. Jim Flochl (Y.. m ); 3.
M.If'" 8.d.nu"!> (Y.:.m) ; 4. C.:arySm ith UC
.1W); 5. Jim Wri gh l (J iun).
O PEN 4-STRK: J. J Qu e nz er (Ydm); 2. Bub Sh'pllt'r (Y,lm) ;
eff
3 . Ha m. M,l r?;(' lt"f (Y.l m) ; 4. M;trk 8,lmrs (Y.lm ); 5. Kurt Dimi ck
h
(Yam) .
W MN : I. Angl' ]d J .I~ it"l l .. (Hon); 2. Llynt' G imon (Suz); 3 .
Ke lly Lon~wdl (litHl)
Brown mows 'em down
at Delta Speedway
By Mike Law
Pho to by Ste wart Barbe r
STOCICTO. •CA. IULY31
Ro tax rid e r Ro nni e Brown o f Pas o Robl es
sou nd ly beat the loca ls as the Stoc kton Motorcycle Clu b brough t back ra cin g to t he Delt a
facili ty after a len gthy absence. Bro wn won the
Pro Expe rt ma in even t in a wire-ta -w ire rout
over riva ls Toby J o r g~nse n and Rob Da mron ,
t hen won th e O pen Expe r t m ain ah ead of
Dam ron a n d Mar k Co rs e tt i. To top o ff hi s
a lre ady perfect ev eni ng, Brown a lso won the
Dash For Cas h, ea rni ng the lio n's sha re of th e
pu rse.
" My stra tegy wa s to ge t the ho leshot a nd
mak e the gu ys be hin d me work for their positions ," S..1id Brown of his mu ltip le wins . ''I' d like
to exprL"OS my than ks to Valley Har ley-Davidson
for putting on this race - it wa s really was gre at ·
a nd to Rod Lake for his help ....-ith my progra m. I
reall y e n joyed ra cin g w it h Tob y Jo rgen se n,
Dt.'C3 U SC he' s a great you ng compe tito r."
No vicfl Bryso n Pa yn e won th e fir st of the
three Pee Wl"'e classes despite the late cha rges of
Co lton Ga lin ski . Speedy Jess Ga rcia wo n th e
Junior main ha nds d ow n ov er Da ni ell e and
Bubby Cald eira. w hile Ryan Law outd ista nced
the dis trict's finest in the Expert ma in.
Dc:ipite a super holeshot by Lauren Wa llace,
Sea n Jon es shu t d own the co m pe ti tio n in th e
60cc class. leading all but the first lap a nd winning by a comfo rtable margin. Honorable men tion, how~v er, goes to C rider Frankie Garda,
wh o fin ished th ird beh ind Steve Bon sey a nd
ahead of B riders Cody Anse lmi and wallace, in
that ord er .
Open B rid ers s tag ed an all-o u t war, with
Jason Paoli eme rging the winner . Paoli scored
t he s ta rt, wi th a very ag g ressive Armand o
Rodriguez and David Morgan in hot pursuit.
With Paoli out fro nt, Morg an immediately twisted the throttle and dropped Rodriguez to third.
a n d Bra nd on Carn ahan exec u te d th e sa me
man eu ver o ne lap late r. Morgan wa s d earl y
dosing-on the leader, but Paoli cruised to victory by a margin of severa l bike lengt hs .
Ralph Lee reaped the ben efit of a false start
in the OVl"T40 Vintage main as fellow Triumph
rider jerry Kenned y was ba nis hed to the penalty
line. Kenned y co uld only play ca tch- up as Lee
feat hered the dutch of his 4O-inch er into the lead
and circle d th e tra ck pe rfectl y for the Hl-Ia p
fi na le in the a ll- Brttts h- twt n eve n t. Le e now
ad vances to the Expert ranks.
Results
r /w A: 1. Ryan Law (Yam); 2. Anthu ny Fun/; (Ya m ); 3. Ch.id
CI_(Yam) ; 4. Kyle Arn.t.
-Imi (Yam); 5. Llun-n Wal l.Kt.- (Ya m) .
r /w B: 1. Jes s Garcia (Yam) ; 2. IJiIn ·lle C1 1dei ra (Yam); 3 .
llobby CllJt..ir.a (Y.am); 4. Fra nk M!- Ru n."!> (Y m)
r / w C: 1. B~n Paynt' (Yam) ; 2. Coltun Ga lin..k:i (Yam) ; 3.
Brya n l c.lz.ddo (SmJ; 4. Jdml"SWilliolm'l (Y.amJ.
llfr. I. Sean Jones (Ka w) ; 2. Steve Bon!Ot'y lK.aw) ; 3. Fran"i~'
Can.id (Kdw ); 4. Cody An'ol.· t K.:aw ); 5. Lauren W,lIl.I{'t' (K4lw ).
lmi
RO; 1. Nic k M{\Ofe'(yam); 2. Fr...n kie Lan e (Suz) ; 3. Ste ve B
unst'y (lU w); 4. SII'Wd rt B.lI .'f (H u n ).
b
2,.';0: 1. Bran d o n Ca rna ha n (Ya m) ; 2. Jd!lt)n GrewI!' (SU7.); 3.
DI'rrkk O hls (Hu n); 4. & 'ft Bt.·n lol t.!> (C · A).
d "
VET A: I. Hono ld Itl AAi (f1u n); 2. B
o
ut>
(Ydln ); 3 . Billy
Arbugast tlh ( K.t w ).
hO ( 10-11) : 1. Ry,ln Shonyu (K.1w);::!. Tr.1YtA)bSlln (K.Jw l.
till (7-11) : 1. Rubt·rt C ru n lt,y (Ya m ); 2. Wi...... Cu in.. (Kilw) ; 3.
ZJch A I\'e,lr UG.1W); 4. Luc.t. ..B,lUl'r (K.lw) ; 5. llr.:ad H.IM (K. v).
.
H
HI) 112-13 ): 1. R.m dy Nt 'wkirk (Kaw); 2. David Bau.-r (K. W);
1
3. W t'!'> Gauld in ( Ktlw); 4. S It·pht·n S h~lolf (S U7.); 5 . Jus h Tl' rry
(t-In n) .
!:Itl ( 14-15) : I. Jdlr.t' Furn.lCl· tV.lm) ; 2. Sh'wn Mlllsin~l"f (Ho n) ;
3. ';Wil'f Sih'a rrey (Suz); 4. Mdtlhe w Buyer tSuz); 5. Ton i Muol"l'
(Ydm) .
80 D : 1. Brad Ih n!iOn (Su z );~. Te rry m perm dn IK.. w ): 3.
I.l..tln I'opt" (SU7.): 4 OC'vin H aq;ett (lton); 5. Brian An~d (Kaw) .
S / M lN l; 1. Sh.'PIM>fI SlMwf (Sud; 2. Rdndy :'ok>wlr.lrk (!C.aw); 3.
David Bolu" (K.1 l; " J.a1r.1!' Fum.K1' (Y.am); 5. 10'0hTerrv t Hu n) .
w
SCHBY : I. J~ Brvan t (Ydm ); 2. Brdndon W.~ (Y...m ); 3.
'dmes B.1mes (SUZ); 4. ~btt' Rt!'Vno kb (Ya m) ; 5. WiUwm l:>rbcoI.l
(Sud .
.
125 A : oJ . eNd Newton (Y~m); 2. C h fL A n.oJ:~ (Yn ( Yam) ; 5. Brya n Nicltcltl'r (Ya m ); 3.
BruU" Ang:l'I (Ya m) ; 4. M.nk l-Iarri'ol.lh (Hon); 5. Dt'ft"1t Whittil'ld
(H on) .
250 A : 1. \i.. r!o. Wajo;m·, (Yam); 2. Mike' Aool'1"Wli (suz ); 3 .
Sco tt Shipl~)" (Ya m ); 4. C h r i!; An !>te dd (Ya m) ; 5. C hdd Nt'""I "n
(Ya m) .
250 B: 1. Jalootlll 8.lldwi,n (Yam) ; 2. Man'" Wt.. >d(Ya m ); 3. fot'Y
Anthony (Suz ); 4. Ja~n Crawford ~uz); 5. J Da r'd1ld~; U ' (KTM) ;
3 . St.1CI"Y Co mptu n CKaw) ; 4 . 8r ;td Porl(' rfie1d (Su z) ; 5 . LeM..r
Coc hra n (H un)
30+ A: 1. Scott Sh ip le y (Ya m); 2. Todd Mdr~hd ll cSu z ); 3.
Rick y JIlY ( H t.~l : 'I. Do nn it' M\!;h 'r (Yam ).
l'\"
30+ B/ C: 1. Ru ss Pkke U (Yam); Z. Da vid Hubsun (YilOl); 3 .
.
.1W); 5. Ma rku .. S.' nd~'"" (Ho n) .
Ikt· Dt. J.I~t'r (Suz ); 4. Jim u -y OC
35+: 1. Ricky Ju yce ( It"K); 2. Jay lIolUM'r (Yam); 3. Va nn C lb~on (H ,lf\); 4. Du n nit· FoIttl'f (Ya m ); 5. Gl'l'gory Lykcn.'1(Suz).
010+; I. J\..to DtoJ.l~er (StJz); 2. Gn,; Dr N.,\.1I(Suz) ; 3. Stl"Vl" Col;"T\ It"f (yllm ); 4. Nic k Al len ( K1"M); 5. JO!ot'ph Ogle lSuz).
O I'EN / 4-STR K: I . Ru ' Plckt"tt (Yam) ; 2. Jay Hauser (Yam) ; 3.
David Howerton (Yam); 4. B.arry Nt ·IM (Yam ); 5 . M ik~ C u rry
lf\
(y,l m).
U /L: l. Eric CtlJI (Y.am) ; 2 . J.a'Kln B.t. dwi n (Y. m) ; 3 . B.J.
l
l-Iunl5ingn ~; of RaIcIWt0l"t.-1 !Sul); S. Bryan M
en
_ Cl>
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