Pingree, Janssen jam at
James Bond Jr. Supercross
By J e si J one s
GREATFALLS, MT, AUG. 7
David Pingree's Prima l Impulse Suzuki an d Erik
Janssen 's F&S Suzu ki combined. to take thr ee of
the top four Pro sp ots in th e James Bon d Jr.
Memorial Sup ercross he ld at th e Rainbo w
Motorsports Complex in Grea t Falls. The annual
event, which provid es a large pu rse, brought in
riders from Mo ntana and the Rocky Mountain
area , The pr omoter s drew exce lle nt su p po rt
from local a nd nation al sp on sors, as we ll as local
TV and. press cove rage. Spectators saw plen ty of
action in man y classes on the fast outdoo r track,
whic h feat ur ed se veral lo ng double a nd trip le
jumps and timing secti ons. Mot her N ature provided mo re than ade q ua te moisture for the weIlp repped track. After an excellent in tr oduction, a
mom ent of silence was observed. in honor of fallen rid ers from the Grea t Falls area.
While Pingree dom inated the race from the
drop of the checkered flag, he experienced challenges from three ride rs.
In the firs t 250cc m o to , Hond a rid er Rick
Bun ch pulled the holeshot, followed closely by
Janssen, on a F&S/Factory Connec tion /GSMXS
Suzuki; Co rey Erhar d t. on a Kawasaki; and Pingree, on the Primal Impulse / Bill's Pipes / Bell
Suzuki . Whil e the figh t for second a nd th ird
place was taking place in fron t of Pingree, Bunch
was able to pull a lead. After Pingree made his
way thro ugh traffic, he passed Bunch, w ho was
also quick ly passed by Ja nssen , Erhardt a nd
Honda-mounted Jo n Dull u m . Erhardt th en
ca ught Janssen when he mistimed a jump, going
on to p u ll a lead for a comfor ta b le seco nd .
Janssen a nd Du llum exchanged passes several
times, with Janssen finally maki ng a good blockpass and taking thir d on lap seven .
Ping ree p u lled the ho les hot in the second
250cc mot o, with Janssen in close pursuit and
Bun ch a few lengths behind. Pingree pulled a
quick lead and both Pingree an d Janss en comfort ably held their pos itions for the rest of the
race. Erhard t passed Bunch in the timing section
and took th ird .
Res ults
50 r/w JR': 1. T)'ler Bergren (l.lh; 4.
Lee Johnson.
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250 B: 1. Sh a ne Rich.udson; 2. Don a ld Davis; 3. Troy G ro w.
250 C: L C had Se nn; 2. Mike Dl.JfSy 3. Joey N ielson; 4. David
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Moo n; 5. Billy Lon!!;
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2..'iO D: 1 Bill DiG inrg io; 2. John [Jt·ntun; 3. Du sti n Mt-S>;t'r ; 4.
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Rt)~rt Blackm an; 5. To ny Cnly.
VET B: 1. Joh n Ha nfo rd ; 2. Do n.lld Dowis; 3. Diivid Rl>dmo nd .
VET C: I. Ch dd 5eft n; 2. Antho n y Wuod; 3. jol ," Gt-ntry; 4.
M
Bry.l n Ge rst enb urg; 5. Mike Tedschi.
40 +: 1. Dan.l B.I'ba ri; 2. Ern ie Th o m as.
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HBDY: 1. T ho mas Wickham; 2. 5.1 m Boyer; 3. A nd y Wickham.
Kuhn racks one up at
Hungry Valley
By Ch ris S a n chirico
GORMAN, CA,JULY25
On " hot sum mer da y, 175 Vet riders decid ed to
have some fun in the sun and dirt a t the Hun gry
Valley MX tr ack, and Philip Kuhn p ut in two
strong mot os to top 14 hu ngry rid ers in the Over
The Hill Gang Novice class. The day was filled
wit h some very tight racing, as moto two ended
in a photo finish. Kuhn , Mike Schulhof, Richard
Renken and Spike Racing' s Robert Byn on mixed
it up in both moto s.
In moto one, RM-moun ted new com er N ick
Dally gra bbed the holeshot , but his lea d wa s
short-lived, as 5chulhof a nd Kuh n pounced into
first and seco nd . Dally wo uld eve ntually finish
. 10th. In the lead, Schulhof was bein g pressured
by Ku h n. Tim Farley was slicing thr ou gh the
pack after a poor start. Bob Morales worked his
YZ into thi rd and waged a heat ed ba ttle wi th
Byn on to secu re the position , and then Far ley
ente red the fray. Mean wh ile, up front, Ku hn's
relen tless pressure paid off as he di ved insid e
5chulhof to take the lead . The ru nnin g orde r was
no w Ku h n, Schu lhofa n d Fa rley, who ha d
p icke d off bo th Morales an d Byn on . Moral es
th re w a ch ain w h ile runnin g in four th a nd
wal ked hi s bike to the fin is h line to avo id a
DNF. On the last la p, the battle for the lead
in tensified , as Sch ulhof d espe ra tely so ugh t a
way arou nd Kuh n, who den ied all attempts and
too k the checkers . Schu lhof locked down second , and Farley was third .
At 'the drop of the gate in mota two, KXmoun ted Kuhn took the lead . Kuhn did his best
to d istanc e himself from the field. Again, there
was a d ogfigh t for se co nd, be tween Ren ke n, .
Eric Gunther, Bynon and 5chulhof. Bynon ma de
a move on Gu n th er th rou g h the whoo ps to
claim third. Kuhn was proceed ing to check out,
with Renken in seco nd a nd Bynon in th ird . The
man on the move was YZ125-mo u nted Schulhof, w ho got ca ug ht n a ppi n g on th e gate.
Renk en began to reel in the distant Kuhn , chopp in g awa y a t his large lead . On the last lap ,
Renken moved up to Kuhn's rear wheel. As the
duo fou gh t fo r t he wi n, t hey en cou nte red
la pped traffic. Renken not only showed Kuhn a
wh ee l in every turn, he st uc k a hand leba r in
there as well. The two screamed down the front
straightaway to the checkered flag, and Renken
took the win by half a knob by. Kuhn 's 1-2 gave
him the ove rall , Renken 's 6-1 was good enough
for seco nd , and Bynon's 4-3 secured the last of
the plastic.
Res ults
BEG: 1. Mik e W.lI'd; 2. ja son Dodd: 3. Jack Ta n ner; 4. Chris
Ga nz; 5. Danell Turner.
NO V: 1. Philip Kuhn; 2. Richard Renken : 3. Robert Bunycn, 4.
T im Fa rk'y; 5. Mik e Schulh o f
INT : 1. Shawn Pe lhdm ; 2. Kip Co n tre ras; 3. Nick K.1IMnd ris;
4. Kenard Lipsco mb . 5. Jo hn Rizz o .
EX: 1. Darri n Stoffar; 2. Steve Pia llt1ni; 3. Bru ce Cr isw e ll; 4.
Chris. S,l nch irico; 5. T im McEnk'l.'.
PRO : 1. Cra ig D.IVis; 2. W illy Mu sgr ave; 3. Ruh Eng le; 4. Jim
Henn; S. 8.1m Sim nn.s ,
38+ BEG : 1. Mark Kre u tze r; 2. G reg o ry Guer!; 3. Ma rte
McM illan ; 4. Bi1IlJillings ; 5. [kiln To w nsend.
JM+ NOV : I. Bill Kockman; 2. Joh n Cu m n; 3. C hu ck Elsea ; 4.
Pat Lav~pt're; 5. Reid Fra nke .
38+ INT : 1. Bob Gu nn ; 2. Rob Tu w nlt·y; 3. Joh n Mars hilll; 4.
M;u k Junt"l ; 5. R\lht."l1: Vo n Schneid. ru.
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38+ EX: 1. Rick Purce ll; 2. Jeff Blix; 3 . Jam t-S Copped~e; 4. Da n
Tuwn~nd; 5. Jef f M.hon.
JH+ PRO : t . Ala n DeI.lrge; 2. R\ld Robt-rtso n; 3. Rick Jo hnso n;
4. Da vid Fu nt e§; 5. Keith Hensle y.
SUP : L Tim O lson; 2. Stew Piattoni; 3. Do m inic G ay ta n; 4. ,
BrUl"e C nswell. 5 Adr uin C lo m \l
As t h e checkers wave for t he end o f t he
second Over The Hill Gang Nov ice moto,
P h ilip Kuhn (204 ) p ushes p ast Robert
Ren ken (447) in a photo finish, and t hat' s
h o w t he overa ll re sults went in th e books
at the Hungry Valley MX track in Gorman,
California.
Lykke the toast of Toasted HS
By Tory Briggs
BELLINGHAM, WA,AUG. I
Reversi ng his fortu nes over the last thr ee races,
Lynnwood Yamaha's David Lykke pulled out a
clo se w in ov er KTM ' s Jason Dah ners a t th e
Toasted Ha re Scra mble s, ho st ed at Ha nncgan
Speedway by the Mount Baker Motorcycle Club .
Perhaps inspi red by his imminent wedding, or
maybe just tired of placing second behind Dah ners, Lykke took over the point from ea rly lead er
Jason Rain es in the first hou r,
- The trio of Lykke. Dahners and Raines was
quick to run awa y from th e rest of the field ,
though the Kawa saki-ba cked Rain es retired wi th
carb ur et ion prob lem s s ho rt ly af ter ge tti n g
passed by Ly kke. How e ver , Lyk ke co u ldn't
sha ke Dah ners, who pa tien tly stalked the Yamaha pilot, staying within yar ds, onl y to fall during
his atte mpt to pass as the race near ed the finish.
Lynn wo od 's Ryan Van Dyken was caught
by Skagit Pow ersp or!' s Jake Hul se befor e the
halfway poin t, and they also stayed close until
Hu lse dropped his KX just before the checkpo int
an d let Van Dyken slip away. Hu lse d id not
fad e, however, a nd Motorcycle Wor ks of Renton 's Joe Wade was unable to complete his late
charge in the A Over class.
Aa ron Wilso n thu mped his YZ400 to six th
overa ll, just edgi ng Auro ra Suzuk i tea m cap tain
Sean Wilson .
The fam iliar course used every inch of availab le trail on the Hanncgan Speedway property,
comb ining th e tw isties with as m uc h of the
motocross track sections an d the ban ked oval as
possible. Recent rain s helped cont rol the sometimes blind ing dust on the trails, bu t par ts of the
trac k sections were pretty d ry, In typ ical MBMC
fash ion, David Smith and Dana John son pu t on
a we ll-orga nized and smooth-ru nn ing event that
pleased all , while Sara h Van Dyk en d id her
us ua l swift and accurate job of scori ng.
Undefeated Ste ve Co bb , Sco tt Weber a nd
Bria n Wa tson con tin ue d to d om inate the Vet
Ama teur, Senior Expert and Sportsman classes ,
respecti vely. Jon Crist has on ly missed first once
this yea r in the B Over d ivision , returning to the
pos t this race. Sen ior Ama teur Robert McCollough finally went one better than his string of
second s, as the pr eviou sly undefea ted Tim Kidd
suffered a DNF.
Res ults
0 / A: 1. David Lykke (Y.lm) ; 2. J.1S Dnhners (KTM ); 3. Ryan
OIl
Van Dvken (Yam) ; 4. Jake Hu lse (Ka w); 5. Ioe W.lde (Yam) .
A'A: 1. David Lykkc (Ya m ); 2. Jaso n Dahncrs (1
