M o rE."J : 1. n .lnil'! BUIIChl"!' ( K., W); 2. M., I'("\l" W.ldlt-y (Hun );
3. Da vid s.:a r.- (J-I,.n ); of Bntt Dave , U:; IW); 5. Cody C orh ra n t K.w d.
.
.
i25 RFG : I . Lt"i IdcJ,.;,r;.n nl" n l; 2. Re~ C lk'S (Y.l m ); 3. Clin t
o
C",lIk y (Vam) ; 4. Bri." , Wujc i~ (Y.l m ); S. An t h, .n)' Sullivan fVdm ).
125 NO V: I. C h,1d Oa\'i!> ( K,1W); 2. ~hJ,. t·v Suutl", rl .md (Ya m );
3. G rdn t ru);h (Y.m ll; 4 . A.twn Smith ( V a ~); 5. JU!ltin G t\'!o m
M
(Su z ).
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125 O PE!\ A M : I. G ra n l
ru~h
IV(I(., W); 4 I.N .n Sm ith (Y.1m );5. Bri,tIl Ri~J;<1n (5u z ).
CO M!> t: T : I . Billv Cu..-ev (Y.l m ).
2.. BEG : I. D.w i,J U 1W
';(1
I:O:;,\w l; 2. J.1ml~ Ce rney (Ht' n ); 3.
h ·.l n V a u ~ h " n ( K.l w ); 4 . M.u lt Vr7.,,1t (Y,lm l; 5. Je"'t.·ph Wh itt·
(Him).
rrd"
250 :'\Io \': I , D.uTf.'l1
U:;.l W); 2. MolU I'hilli ~ (Y.l m l; 3
Jw.h n B,:n 'lolrd (fllll \ ); 4. RJ
..-hT.' ylllr 1K. w); 5. r .ltrkk MIll" lo:;.ul.
,
250 O PE" A M : 1. Fr.ln.. H yl .m .l t KT :\Il ; 2. JU!OIin a..·rn .1TGil ..... (Hn n); 4. Ke
(Abo ve left) Dav id Henderson' (72) sets his s ig hts on Jeff Newsom (99) on his wa y to the
w in in hi s Expert-class debut at Circleville Raceway Park in Ohio.
(Above ri ght) At Starwest Cycle Park 's Summer Night Series, Nick Garza pu t two more
class victories under his belt, winning both the SOcc (4-6) Stock and Mod if ied contests.
o
Old dogs, new track
By Kev in S. Mitchell
Sf A,'JTON. ML JULY 25
Vin tage bikes took cen ter stag e as th e District 14
Vinta ge Se ries m ad e it s a n n ua l stop at Moreland 's Mot ocr oss.
Vin tage racin g co nsis ts o f three basic classes.
Vint age, whi ch is for 1974-and-ea rlie r bik es, is
limi ted to 7-inch fro n t and 4~i nch rea r suspens ion travel. per A RM HA rul e s. Evolut ion (or
Dr y Dogs) is m ostl y fo r 1981-an d -older cycles
wit h drum brak l."S, lin klt.Ss rear suspension an d
'
'
air cooli ng. Inn ovati on (or Bom~r) is for 1989and-olde r cyclt..'S. Th e bik es may be old, but the
ride~ range in agt:' fro m 16 un u p to "d o n' t \'I
ran t
to say. " A ll three classes run in th e mo rning
sc hedu le , with the Vinta ge co u rse rerouted
around the lar ges t jumps.
It is an incTl-dible sig ht to see these old but
bea u tifully res tored bikes o n a modem tra ck .
Mo tocr o sser s push th em to limits fa r beyo nd
..ere new . M.1ny
a nything im.1 gi nt.~ when thl~y \;'
riders jump them as far as th e modern bikes .
Co rv Sutherland of Gr.lllliv ille, Mi chigan,
flew on "his Ho nd.1 450 four-stroke to defeat Vinta g e cha irman Tom H o ls ch e r o f Clar kston ,
Mich igan,
Kevin Mitchell took the hole-ho t in the first
Evol u tio n m o to , o n ly to be p a'ssed by A llen
Don ath and Terr y Pig g o tt on t he firs t lap .
Don ath went on to the w in, follow ed by Piggott,
Rob Gilroy an d Mit chl' l!. In m o to two, Pig gott
took the sta rt on h is perft'Ct Maico 490, on ly to
have Do na th Oy by right a fter the Gravi ty Cavity jum p. DonJ th again won, taking the o verall .
The Inn o va tio n cl ass had a hu g e tu rn o u t,
w ith 2 1 bikl.~ com pt.:'ting . Kevin Piggott made it
loo k easy as he cru isl:;"d to v icto ry on hi s 1989
Hond a C RSOO. Piggot t also won tht:! No ncu rre nt cla ss overa ll on th e same bike.
Th e regul a r classes a lso p u t on a great show.
In t he Wome n 's class, Van essa M c D on ald
d efeated Linda Miller and Tristin Hansen to \\;n
th e overall . Th e Over 40 rid ers may be over ol ,
D
hu t t hey art' no t at a ll slow . Lo ng tim e
motocrosse r Cary Saya of Scottville, Mich igan,
rodt' his Honda to first ov er Kaw as.l ki-mou n ted
Ken Pt.'trill o o f Watl'rford , Mich igan, and john
Love of SI. johns, M ich igan .
Result s
50 S H AfT: 1. Zlch ,\ry Ba ""l t'r (Y.l m); 2. Austi n L. :'\Id<;,lln
(Y"ml ; J. N.. 1nl'th Rt. >"1 (Yolm l; 4. MICh.1l'1 r l.· lI""I," (Yaml; 5. Ju..•
T
1
<
d.Jn Dt'muft""< (Y" m) .
1
50 BEG : I. Eri<:So- J,. (Ya m) ; 2. T••mml' Richtt.'T III (Yam); J .
n
C h ri..tuphl"l' Elko Jr . (Ya m ); -I. Ju.·y Duon ISuz) ; 5. s..·th C rivac."
(YMTl .
I
50 JR: 1. J .lml~ Sch n.,u~ (Cob ); 2. Au ..lin L Nd~ ," (u,",l; 3.
Dou~il' M" lu w tCo b l; 4. Wilby C., tl~ (KT Ml.
50 SR: 1. Domi nic lu i (Cob); 2. Bria n D. r arsl (Cob l; 3. M.ltI
W.1I
"'1Il(Cob ); 4. ~hc."h.k'i ROAA (Cub) ; 5. S!"w o",lv (C ob ).
n(}: I. Dn m in ic lu i (Kdw l; 2. Bri.ln D. P.l p:! w ); S. Billy La~ (K.>! YIo').
Ml. l BEG : 1. An thony I. T" nOl"l' (Y,lm ); 2. R,-.ckySndl (Ya m) ; 3.
JO..hU.l Smi th ()(,"'.; ); 4. St u, ITt A lt·lt'..l ndd (Ho n l; 5. Matil'u !>Z J.Kh.1cy(H lm)
IIU (7-1 1): 1. T .) . Au h' n Jr . (511".); 2 . Jucl J " ~l·r (K,I W); 3 .
\.1a llh,'W L. H".,~ (Y" m) ; 4 . Br,' ndon COOll'y ( 1(.1W) ; 5. Billy LlI'~en
( K.!w).
so 02-151: 1. Mil ch- T . Dt' f\' in (V.l m ); 2. Kylt ' R. All ing (Ho n );
3. r a tr k k R. Pl.'lrillo (I(.,W ); 4. N ;llh,mid B,ll'{ln (Y,l m ).
C
12.j A: 1. 1,·rt·m iah Slayton (S IIZ).
1,25 B: I. Bri.ln L. Sc::h u ik m. lIl ( K.l w) ; 2. JI...h C u n ll in l;h" m
(Ya ml ; 3. Jud d Ba ~ I"di (K,lW); 4 . Bran dun Frit h (H o n ); 5. Ryan
D.lT~ic (Su z ).
'
12.. C : 1. TII.lY ll1' >lmq u i" t ( H .\II ); 2.lord,m W,,~S()n (Ka w ); 3.
"
D.w id j . Sw.u :l.l'IlJ ru bt.'t (Y.lml; 4. h:.lymn lld M,'din.1 (Yoln l ); 5. & 'n
Oa~tlt·(SIl7.) .
12.. JR: 1. Bri.l1ISt:huit,·m.1I\ (I(, IW); 2. Kyle B.l ~l ad i (Vam ).
'i
2StIOPEN A : 1. k n'1Tli.,h Slny l"n ISu z ).
2.'iU OPEN B: L j.lmit· R. Ut','k t'u (5 u 7.); 2. J.1m l... R. Ta y lur
(Y.l m ); 3. Rya n D.lI'F; e (Suz ); 4. Jon D. u >F;,m (Yam ); 5. Sh.1I\~ CDt...ti c (KTM ); 2. Mkh ,lc! Langloi!> (H n n);
Cj()
3 . Je...h W,lld ro n (Hun) ; 4 . C h.,..-I Wa h.·I"'< ; 5 . Will iam W . Swims
(K., W).
1&--24: 1. Frank Jlln~ml..ch (V.lm l; 2. Jun D. u,.;.m IYam ); 3.
H.lu~r (lt.· rl Vl'r p llull'n
(f·lon ); 3 . J"ml"!'R. v ens (y ,\m) ; 4 . Dar in woo d cock (H " n ); 5. David
Fink (Hu n).
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\'I ~'T: 1. Cury Su lhl 'rloll':1 (Hun); 2. Tom M . Hnl ' Ohio
YSR Lea gue's 199 9 Enthusia st Racing Series,
ht"ld a t Ci rcl~\'ilIt! Rareway Par k, as he' made his
Expert-division debut.
"Q u itt' a pe rformance, and quite a rider,"
co m ml'n ted OYL foundt.·r jeff Arend .
H e n d ers o n' s performance wa s es pecially
rem ar kabl e cons idering he s tarted in the Novice
c11SS on ly a month ago in ro u nd four. sweepi ng
..
tile Super Spurt ~l nd Supcrbike cIasSl.'S.
But Hen derso n wasn't the on ly action un the
track. Th e s kill of the pa rtici pa nts is inc reasing
w ith each rou nd. Th e kn ee -to-dbo w b u m ping,
occasional lo w · si d es an d off-trac k t"xcu rs ions
show tha t these big rid t"rs are s tarti ng to p'us h
th eir m in i·m oto rcy cl e s to the e dge o f tlwir
t"n vd opes, suc h as Day ton, Oh io's jeff Newsom
of Ragi n' Racin' , wh o was in ho t p ursui t of Hen~
d erson in the sl'Con d Super Spo rt sprin t, or Jord an Re id , Hen d erson's team mate. who edged
closer to that p ro mot ion to th e Expert div ision
"
with thrl.C wi n.....
A not her rider of no te is 14-ve a r -ol d Jo el
Ha mmond of Springfield. Ohio, ~ho wo n the
first Novice Stock s p rin t o f the da y.
" I' ve bee n dreaming of racing bikes si nct' I
was small," said Ha m mon d , w ho 's ~n watching his father Jerry race in W£RA com pe tition
for years.
Jim DiVitto ri o , of He sche m u ra Racing in
Pitts hu rgh, mad e th e three- hou r drive from th t'
Iro n City.
"Ir s worth it for the track an d for the people,"
said DiVittorio. "It's the pt..-'O ple that make it,"
Af ter suffering a broken cr a n k at the la s t
ro und of competitio n. Rick Fr ee m a l' s Co rner
Racing team from Colu mbus. Ohio, re turned.
"W ith all th e wo rk , we were hopin g to get
better and mo re s tab le perfo r mance fro m the
bi ke," Solid Fret' mal. "We d id ."
Co mer's Rob Res tifo wen t on to post his first
win in the seco nd No\;ce Stock sprint af ter some
very dose racin g w ith Joel Hammond.
" 1 felt so me thi ng tag the back of my leg in
tu rn one," ~l i d Rt.Stifo. "Then I turned b.1 to
'
ck
look a nd joe l was go ne."
Both ride rs suspect it was Hammond ' s frontbrak e lever tha t Restifo felt, as Ham mond lo st
th e fron t end and took a pr etty good slam.
Firs t- tim e r David And r ian of C o lu m b us
joine d h is Qua zzymoto friends on the track after
buy ing his YSR I.l st mo n th, and newcomer Brad ·
Do d d of Marion, O hio, bro ug ht his pai r of YSR' ~
to C Rr af te r seeing new s of the OY L o n the
Team Ca larThl ri Web site.
"I've bt'en wan tin g to race ' em for a w hile,"
1
Dod d s. id . obvio us ly ha p py to have a pl ace to
do so .
Eve n Ar en d 's Yo ung Ski pper Racing Team
had a new g ues t rider: Tim Gerwin.
" Bri n gs to mind a bald·faced W oo kie on a
poc ke t-bi ke," obscrvl. d Arend.
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ett .
OPEN JR: 1. Moruy Pnce .
O PEN INT: 1. Ken Pal tvni er.
BTH : I. !'¥ti ", CMT 2..Tyl er Bro m s; J . Ri<:h'lI'd Pa ir\,; 4. R.O .
k
DII;
s/srr
M
ountain V CycleP
iew
ark
Friend to the end
By Greg Rodgers
By Bil " Woo vis" Swartz
250 JR: I. Er ic Friend : 2., Matt Hllnh'r ; 3. ].1lJllt· VolTwdl ; 4
Cbod Hu s ton.
O r EN BEG: 1. Mike I Ut'm'm~ n ; 2. J.lm l"!> Tn ll; 3. Tod d ruck-
SANDY,OR AUG. 29
,
Eric Friend put on ins pired rides o n his way to
the overall wins in both the 250cc Junio r and
O ver 2S B c1d s~~ a t Mou nt ain View Cycle Park.
Riders were greeted by a cloudy morning a nd
fll:;"rfect Cascade Mountain Range foothills dirt.
For morning p ractice, conditions cou ld not have
been better. Towa rd the end o f practice. there
w as a ligh t dri zzle. This W.1S no t a p roblem,
since the tra ck absorbed it w ell. an d no add itional watering by the track crew was nt."t.-dl'li for th e
rema inde r of th e d ay . Opera to rs Keith a nlJ
Jenn y Hewitt and tra ck crl:;"\<\' ch ief Mike Ca rro ll
th r ew a curve to t he compe ti to rs, as t h e y
rt:>verscd the direction of th e track. New secti ons
we re also added to the a lways-c hall e nging
co u r s e, lo ca te d ju st minu tes from beaut i ful
downtow n Sa ndy, O regon , in the s hadow o f
Mo u nt H(x)d .
Eric Friend , owne r of Whit e Kn uck le Racin g
of Po rtla nd , Oregon, p ut his Hond a ou t in fro n t
of the 250cc C and Over 25 B cla sses a ll da y long.
In moto one o f the 250cc C class, Fri end o vercame so me traffic a nd a b ra ke check fro m .1n
u n ide n tified Ho nd a 500 rider to tak e the w in ,
l'lig ing out Jay ue Varwcll.
In mot o tw o, Fr iend wa~ in the winner's cir cle again afte r some Per~istent co m pe titio n from
Matt Hunter, whom Frie n d ma naged to pass for
th e lead lat e in th e mo ta , gh i ng him th e overall.
Mot o one of the Over 25 clas s p ro ved a little
tou gher, a s the always-fast Ken Pa lfenier go t th e
holt'Shot ah ead of Friend a nd led until th l.' last
lap , whereupon Pa lfcn ier slid o u t, handing the
w in to Friend . A fte r twisting hi s knee in the
fi~t-m()to crash, Palfenier was not p resen t at the
start of moto two, w hich Friend led wire to " ;re
for the ov erall in that class, also.
Monty Price, out o f Wood land , Washington,
made a rar e appearance here at Mo untain View
Cycle r a rk, apparently to protl"Ct h is Mot ocr oss
Northwest po ints lead . After Price administered
hu ge , H ar l ey -Da v i d son ~ s ty l e kicks to lig h t up
the big Kawasa ki, it was discovered he was rid ·
in g a Su pe rio r Sleeve an d Mach ine of Clackamas, O regon /Cha rlie Brown-prep pt.>d Ka wa~l ki
500 with a Superio r Sleeve 550cc ki t. Price anni- '
hi I.l ted th e competition throughou t th e day on
th is monstl:;"r.
Results
P IW \4-h) I . J.lk e Ripky; 2. Ce... y R.' ync>r; 3. I',IUI Nl'Isu n; 4
i
A II....n Fl'lIc r .
I' /W (n-H): 1. AIl"C Watls; 2. J......hll ,' BI.llld; 3. N"th.l n Tt...\.
·
r/w (7·''1: 1. Fr'lnkie B"na ; 2. ril i~t! AI1l.J l·f' 1I.1m ilt'>ll 3. Eric TUl"lll'r; 4.
O
;
J.lml'S Holm·lI .
S / M IN I: I. !kn S..n ·nd ....·ll; 2. Eric."Tuml·r; 3. Willil' Brvmll.
W M N : 1. Cici G i lcrt",, ~,
12.'1 BEG : 1. 1.1"'," H.llIey ; 2 . R.D . H' llI; 3 . A"fl," Bu lI,·r ; 4
BriilnM"<:k
.
)25 JR: I. J;lo;,r;;n Lu u mis; 2. Mikt· Cam .lI; 3. T rt"\'u r Bn .u k!t; 4
Cu r ti!> Sm ith .
125 INT: 1. D'- lid MC'CClllum; 2. Da n Hl'Will .
25t1 BEG : I. Justin ROOmoln; 2.. Tom M ilh~nbur~l'r; 3 . Rk k
[),.'R0'<.1; 4. Scott A I.:!
I'Tl
H illI
25+ B: 1. Eric Fne lld ; 2. J,UIUI' VMwe ll; 3. r Imy Clll-.; 4. K.... n
l
r .llh ·ni l"!'.
2.' C: L Ai ele
\ Vee entry in a box and jus t picked ou t o ne, an d
the winner was Ryan Shorrow,"
Ka:-oey Mo rris ma y have been runner·up in
the 80cc ( 7~ 11 ) Beg inner class. bu t Morris' seco nd ~place finish was all .he needed to \\Tap up
the championship.
" I have 162 p oints, " Morris pointed o u t,
"and th at 's all I need ed to win ,"
Shawn H ayes po sted thl:;" overall win in the
H
Occ Begi n ne r (through 11 ) class on his RP Mbacked YZ80 Yamaha. Danny Gon Ll lez m..
lde a
strong d ebut with th ird ove rall.
"This is my first SOccrace ," Gonzalez sa id . " 1
like m y 80 be tter the n my 60cc bike,"
Gonza les returned to take thl:;" overa ll 60cc (DB) class w in, while Hayes fo ug ht off a ha rd cha rgi ng Mike Mead e a nd A r izona 's Jerem y
johnson for top hon or s in the 60cc (9· 11) class.
Results
p
S m all Tra ck
STR TR (4--6): I. D.lltun C.' mpbt"ll ( KTM); 2. D.lllil'1 P. (Cub); 3.
Cad {"n Prob!;t (f(TM ); 4. Co lt· Youn g (Lcm ); 5. \10St.~ Ur i.1S (Cob).
~"RTR (7-8): 1. C oJ v YI'II I\~ (Cu b) .
50 STK BEG (4-6): ·1. Nkhul"!l G.uL1 (Cub); 2. S;, m lld M,u Z"C ilry Pillow (KT M );
"h
5. Br,ldlt· l' Ik:k l (KT M ).
~ll 5TK B W· K): 1. J,lm ('!i Fri~o (C o b) ; 2 . I,l kt· Menl.knh.1I1
(KTM ); 3. Jo!o a Nub ll' (KTM 1.
hu
50 ST K BEG (i·tO: 1. Kl·vi n Sm yj (KTM ); 2. R.I. Ho ch (KTM );
3 . Br~Mn H.lil,·y (Co b); 4. M.ITCt) A~ u i l ;\r (KT M); 5. Pa ul Pil,.·n l,l!>
tilll'z (KTM ); 3 , )t' rt' m y McC(>l l (KT M); 4,
l
(....
'ThO .
JR 5ll1 4-6): 1. Mu..t."!' H.M.. (Y.l m ); 2. Ml1ttlll"w Se
:hul·bt:l (V,l m l.
JR 5t117-8): I. Ry"n 5ho rrow (Y,l m ).
.
50 MOD BEG (4-M : 1. Nkh o l.1S GM U (C ub I; 2 . kn·m y
McC ou l (KTM ).
TM
50 MOD BEG (70S): 1. Kl"lin Smyj tKT\1 ); 2. R.I. Hoch U< );
3. IIl!>h Mds.. -y (KTM); 4 . Tyl~r Hl't.'T!o IKTM I; 5. MollCU Altu ilM
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