on his way to the wins on a perfect nigh t for
motocross.
In the 12Scc B class, which was ru n with the
125cc A class, Hartshorn took the holes ho t a nd
never looked back. Series points lead er Tom
Moore got ca ug ht in a battl e between A rid er
Jim Chapman a nd B riders Derek Sturgell and
Ch ris Leadbea ter . YZ-mou nted Moor e passed
the Suzuki-mounted Leadbeater and Kawasaki
jockey Sturgell. Moor e then went to work on
Chapman and his CRI25. These two circled the
track togeth er for a coup le of lap s befor e Moore
was finally able to make hi s move . By the time
Moore made it into second, th ou gh, Hartshorn
was gone.
Hartshorn's victory was mad e more sweet
by the fact that he has had his difficulties in the
125cc B class during this series. For the last couple of rou nd s, Hartshorn has had to chase down
Moor e a nd then, once in the lead , he has gone
down a nd handed it back to Moore. Toni ght,
thou gh , there wo uld be no suc h occurrence, as
Hartshorn rode perfect ly. Following Hart shorn
and Moor e across the finish wer e Stu rge ll, KX
rid er Jason Branson a nd Leadbeater.
In the 16-24 class, Ha rtshorn put his YZ400
ou t front and , !..o u pf (Yam); 2. Dakota lone,
(Yam); 3. Kyle Comell ; 2. Ant hony Cerra' do (Po l); 3. Shawn Rilt' (Cob) ; • . Kyle Co ttri ll (KTMI; 5. Br.m dun
Wht'e1.lnd (KTM )_
50 (7-l.'l): 1. Kn !-2-1 : I. T ra\'i'i H.nt.JlOfJl (Yam) ; 2. Tra ve, Ruckman (Yam);
3 . Brian Biddle (fIon); -I. Jacoh \f oming!; tar (Hon); 5 . N athan
8 u!lo kirk (Hun).
25. : I. Tom Moo r c (Yam ); 2. Brvanr Torres (K.J,w ); 3. Rob
Mirac k- (Yam); • . I.l'ilm Brai bon (!(a wl;· 5. R~lland Lohr (H(m l.
,JO. : 1. Kevm Hilde-brand (Sud; l.. Rudney fluuk (llt'n); 3. J,....
Collinll (K
,.M) ; -I Mark M.1thcis (Yam); 5. M.1rk Bliss (K.1W).
-10. : L Billlt-a kt" (Ydm); 2. \fa r!.. M.atht'i!lo (Ya m) ; 3 . Jl....
Collin.. ( KT'M ); -I. Steve Wollam (Hen): 5. Daniel Wolf .. (}(.Wl ).
.
50+: 1. ("otT
hard LWr(Kaw); 2. Gary \fums (K olW ).
125 A: 1. J.lIllt'l> Cb.1pl11.in(Hun); 2. Ma tt Robinson ( lion).
m)
125 B: 1. Tra\'"'' H artsh orn t m Bran son (Kaw ); 5. Ch ris Leedbeater lSuz ).
,
125 C /O-I : 1. Tim Kt'lly (Hun); 2. Thorn...s Englt"ha rl (Hu n) ; 3.
Jo hn Wi M·nb.l rl-\l r (Va m ); -I. Cl u b Co uch (Yam); S. Eric Bid dlt'
·
(Hl, n) .
125 C / 0-2 : 1. Hri.tn Creen (Suzl; 2. Brad Ward (Suz); 3. Da vid
s
Hor lache r (Yd m ); -I. Io sh llc (Sin ); 5. Josh Smiley (Yam) .
1St) B: 1. Tom Moon' (Ya m); 2. Rob Mira d t· (y am) ; 3. Brya n t
Tom'!' (K,IW ); 4. Kevin Hild ebrand (5uz); 5. Nathan Wills (Suz ).
250 C: 1. Timothy SUM (K.1W 2. [a mi e Tripll'tt (Hun); 3 .
);
Bryan Wulfurd Ow w ); 4. Thomas Engleha rt a -jtm ); 5. Crai); R.ltdi
(Y.lm) .
OP EN : 1. Dave Stoneburner (Ya m ); 2. Hart Barok (I·it'"); 3.
Scott Murrisun (Y.lm); 4. D onald Persavant ( K.1w ); 5. Brock C h.lIl·
dk'l' (Kaw).
l ...
4·STR K: 1. Bill Lt-dkt' (Ydm); 2. Dav e Stonebu rne r (Yiu n) ; 3 .
Sco tt Morriso n (Yam); 4. Brian Da niso n (Hon).
Blizzard - and friends- warm
up Frozen Ocean
B
YSUEDENMAN
AUBURN,NY,JULY24
Friends and family came to wa tch and race in
the Jon Right m ire Memorial Race a t Frozen
Ocean Stadi umcross. Righ tmi re, 24, raced for
10 yea rs an d finis hed out fro nt in the Expert
classes at Frozen Ocean Stadi umcross races for
more than four years, and he was in the poi nts
lead in Jul y of 1998 when he died in a crash on
a pra ct ice mot ocross tr ack in Groton. N ew
Yor k. In Jon 's memory, a special Budd y Race
was conduc te d at t he Mem ori al Race'. Eac h
team cons isted of fou r rid ers, to symbo lize the
shared friendsh ip that Rightmire e njoyed wit h
his fell ow rid er s. Riders w er e e ncou raged to
join tog e ther in teams, to support eac h ot he r
the way Rightmire su pported his friends. Rider s were sco red as a tea m, co m bi ni ng maineven t finishes, with the lowest-scoring team the
winners .
Fathers and sons, brothers a nd fri e nds
signed up for t he eve nt. At t h e e n d o f the
eveni ng, whe n the resul ts we re in, the first- place
tea m had th ree firs t-p lace w in ners a nd o ne
third-place finisher, for a combined sco re of six.
Mernbe rsof the wi nning team inclu ded: Chad
Dunning, with a first -place finish in the 60cC"
class; his brother Cod y, with a first-pl ace finish
in the SOcc class ; Case y Higgins, wh o won the
250cc Expert class; and Jason Doyle, wh o placed
Ryan Blizzard easily won the 50cc race at
the Jon Rightmire Memorial Race at
Frozen Ocean Stadiumcross in Auburn,
New York, He rece ived a trophy and a ki ss
from Jon's sister Angel a after taking the
checkered fla g.
third in the SOcc class. In seco nd place, with a
combined sco re of nine, was the team of Bobby
Butler, w ith a firs t-p lace fi nis h in the 125cc
Novice class; Ryan Blizzard, with a first-place
finish in the 50cc class; Joh n Harkness, with a
third-place finish in the 250cc Amateur class;
and T.J. Bell, with a fourth-place finish in the
i 25cc·Novice class.
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