Events
But it was Steve "The Thrill" Hill posting the
win. G regory did wha t he had to do by finishing
just ahead of Ledin , wh o edged Richard
Waschek for third place. After the race, Gregory
talked abo ut the points race.
"It keeps happening that way ," Gregory said,
"where I finish just ahead of Mike. I keep adding
a couple more points. It's going to be dose."
Gregory was lucky just to be racing after a terrible crash at Aitkin in which his Ho nda was virtually destroyed. Former vintage dirt track champ ion Jim Eastlee offered Gregory h is 500cc
Yamaha to ride for the rest of the season.
Richa rd Waschek earns the Mos t Improved
Rid er award by win ning the Open Ama teur and
Stock Frame classes. Waschek is also a constant
thr eat in the Vintage Single and Over 30 dasses.
(Left) Mike Ales si
(BO ralls a
O)
Carlsbad corner,
with zac Wray
(540) in ho t
pursuit. Alessi
took the BOcc
Open wi n In his
first attempt, and
Wray was a close
second.
(Right) At Los
Ange les County
Raceway , Elmer
Silfies called the
tune in both
motos to become
the Vet Beg inn er
winner.
Results
MIN I CH A IN: 1. Jaco b Schle icher (KTM); 2. Na tas h,} Bame
l
(Yam); 3. Co nne r And erson (V. m): 4. Cha rlene Morns (Ya m); 5.
Chris Leubershesmer (Suzl .
MINI SHAfT: 1. Trevor Lind (Yam); 2. N.atas ha Same (Ya m);
3. Char letee Murris (Yam ); 4. Chris Laubersheimer (Suz); 5. Conner
A nd erso n (y ,lm).
60: l . Jory Mom ! (Kawl; 2. Jer em y Anderson lK.1w); 3. Lee
MiL (H,In ); 4. Kevin A nd erson (Kaw); 5. N ick Moto ye (K,lW).
'S
OPEN MIN I: 1. JO!l Koch (Ho n ); 2. Jacob M.lta y" (Yam) ; 3.
h
T rav is Henric h" (Ya m ); 4. Lee Mi(' !1( He n): 5 . T ra v is W aschl·k
(f ·l o n ).
&I ; 1. Josh Koch (] Illll); 2. Tr avi s H en richs (Yam); 3. Tra vis
Wa!iChck (Hun); 4. Lee M il~ (Ho n); 5. Brandon Doudt (H on) .
BEG: 1. Brad B.1nist('r (}(a w) ; 2. Troy Solnitsk y (SlIZ)3. Paul
Wrench (Yam ).
Z50 AM : 1. Ad am Henri chs (Yam) ; 2. Willi e Broten ( K.1w) 3.
Troy Johnson (Ya m ); 4. Troy So lni ts ky (Suz); 5. Brad Ban ister
(K.iw).
O rEN AM ; 1. Rich ard Wa!>Chek (Yam); 2. Adam HmricM
(Ya m ); 3. Cory Kleven (Rtx); 4. Steve H ill (H on) ; 5. Brad Ban isM'
(Ka w) .
STK FRM : 1. Richard Wtl~k. (Yam); 2. BOOBecker (Yam) ; 3.
Rick AndU!JOn (Y" m); 4. Steve Doty (Yam l.
VINT SGt: 1. Stev e Duty (Ya m); 2. Bob H.. rm an (Ya m); 3.
Richard Warlek (Ya m); 4. Llo yd TumE'T (yam); 5. Ma tt Ma ttr.on
(Yam).
VINT 1W: 1. Buzz Arnd t (Ya m) ; 2. Dave Koch ( Hon) 3. Fred
Prudhomme (T ri) .
30+: 1. Seeve Hill (Han) ; 2. Tim Gregory (Yam); 3. MikI." l.I."din
(Ya m ); 4. Richard Wao;chek (Ya m); 5. Bob Becker(Ya m) .
40+ : 1. Buzz Arndt IRtx ); 2. Bob Herman (Ya ml; 3. Da ve Koch
(Hon); 4. Uoyd Turner (Rbi ); 5. Mi\tt Mattson (Ya m) .
50+: 1. Buzz Arndt CRt ); 2. Dave Koch (H an); 3. Lloyd Turnx
er{RlJd; 4. Cay lord Ladwig (Ka w); 5. Bob RL'Ynolds (Ya m) .
O rEN PRO; 1. Eri c Brouhard (Rtx) ; 2. Randy Tri plett (&x); 3.
v erdeen Lang land (l -Ion); 4. Willie Broten (Rt:d .
carlsbad Raceway
Alessi conquers Carlsbad
By Kirk Chandler
CARLSBAD, CA, AUG. 21
Wi th the entire mini pac k in h is wa ke, Mik e
Alessi man hand led his 10< around the high80
speed Ca rls bad circ u it. Aless i w on both 80cc
Open mot es, though he was hounded all day by
CMXR's top mini p ilot, Zac Wray.
The first-mot e holeshot went to Alessi. He
wa s followed by Corey Gus tafson an d Ma teo
Saffe n. Wray was mired m id pack and was getting rea d justed to riding his 80 after just completing his first·cv er 125cc Novice mo to. Wray
sliced his way throu gh Sa ffon a nd G ustafson,
and th en set his sights un Alessi. A lE~ssi was railing, ove rjum ping the infield tabl etop by 30 feet
and ba rely sto ppi ng in time for the next hairpi n
comer. Wray was on a mission an d d id n' t wa nt
to be beaten on his ho me track, and he d idn' t
ca re who was in front of him. He put his head
down and mus cled his YZSO throu gh the roughes t lines an d dcplctt..-d Alessi's lead conside rab ly.
The two mini pilots left the crowd on its feet in
a mazeme nt. They were wide open through the
grandstand sweeper and on the ragged edge the
entire mota. Alessi wo n the moto, but the scc~
ond moto would be inte res ting if \ Vray could
muster a sta rt a nd not give Alessi a six-second
hea d start. Third in the mota w e n t to 80c e
Novice mota winner Corey Gustafson.
In the star t uf the second moto, AIt...-ssi slid
through the first turn first, "ith Wray in second,
and the fun began. For four lap s, the two riders
were withi n one second of eac h o ther, th ei r
sty les co nflicting in every way: Alessi was
smooth an d precise, Wray fast and ruthless. O n
a number of occasions , Wray cha rged u p the
ins ide an d sho wed a whee l to Alessi, but Alessi
wou ld cou nte r by hold ing it on loriger into the
infield table top . The white flag came out and it
looked like the race could go to either rider . The
leaders caught la pped tra ffic right in the infield
section. Alessi got around w hile Wray was left
ou t to dry . Aless i used this littl e ad va ntage to
pull his le ad on t he l ina l lap . An ex ha us ted
Wray , who had jus t done tw o motos ba ck to
back, finishL"d abou t five seco nds behind Alessi.
Thi rd in the mo ta went to 80cc Novice win ner
l;yl er Keefe, w h o ben efited fr om a fa ll by
Gust afson on lap three to tak e the class ove rall.
Results
50
80 BEG: I . Ca nd ic... Mot sha ge n (Yilm );2. Brett Lal'5tm (K.:Jw).
80 NOV: 1. Ty ler K~f ... (Ya m); 2. Corey Gustafson (Yam ); 3 .
MatroSaffon (Yam).
8001'EN: 1. Milr.{" Ail_i (Ka w); 2. bc Wra v (Yaml.
125 BEG : 1. Justi n Hmnan (Ka w ); 2. Stev"e Orloff (Yam); J .
Shawn Foil (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. Mi ke Cla r k (Yam); 2. Jim Krcmpp (Ya m); 3. Brian
Salle (Hun).
y
125 NOV : I. Pe ter Leo (Suz ); 2. IV.1n Na va rre tte il ion); J . Zac
Wra y (Y,lm) .
250 NOV: I . Jl'ff David ()(aw); 2. Wf'S Ma rg .ln U lo n); 3. Ryan
SIl"nht--rg(Y.1m ).
..
OP EN NO V: I. Ste ve Ise nho w er (Ya m ); 2. Bill Ju stice' (Ya m);
3. John Ta ylor (Ya m) .
125 INT: I. Ja kt" Elkins (Yam ); 2. JOl>h Tupa (Ya m) ; 3. j ua n
Diq;o Saffon nt (H an) 2 Malcolm M cM.w.y (Yam);
3. JOllhTupa ph{"nCarlin ( Ka w); 5. Richa rd Pal."th IH on ).
SR MINI: 1. Ryan McK{" yo n (5uz); 2. Billy Myers (Ho n ); 3.
n
Ja!lO Do vl e (Ya m); 4 . Aaron Sc herdin (H o n). 5. David [oh nson
n
(K.1w).
•
MINI COM B: 1. Billy Myers 1th great racing wea ther, proved to De
just the ticket for great racing at this WNYMA~
sanctioOt.--d race.
The firs t moto started off wit h a Kuh n
ho les ho t, with Nigel Martin, Jesse Millcy and
Don Tay lo r in ho t pu rsuit. Milley was soon
passed by Ta ylor , Do nny Willia ms and Jared
Bierly . Me an whil e, Ku hn and Ma rt in broke
away from the rest of the pack. Over a tab letop,
Ma rtin took a grea t line, ta king the ins idc a nd
jumping ove r to the outside in a clean pass ove r
Kuhn. Kuhn tried to retaliate but coul d n't make
a pass stick, Mea nw hile, Taylor and Willia ms
we re involved in their own race for third, while
Bierly held fifth an d Milley sixth . On the last lap ,
Kuhn mad e a cha rge for t he lead, com ing up
side by side wi th Martin . He made the pass by
taking an outside line on a downhill tab letop,
an d captured the lead tha t he held to the check ers , comi ng a\\'ay wi th the fi rst~m oto vic tory.
Mar tin held strong in secon d . Taylor, who had
been runn ing thi rd , suffered sa me problems on
the last lap , dro pping back to sixth . Thi s gave
Williams th ird, Milley (who made the pass on
the last lap as well) fourth, and Bierly fifth.
In the seco nd mota, Taylor grab bt.>d the early
lead , followed by Milley, Kuhn , Bierly and Mar tin. As Taylor tried to ope n up a lead , Milley
an d Ku hn sw a p ped positi on s ba ck a nd for th
until Kuhn eventually mad e a n inside-line pa s~
stick. Martin mana ged to wo rk his way up into
fou rth, whil e Bodey Nico ls passed. Bier ly to take
fifth . Milley a nd Kuhn mov ed up to cha llenge
Taylor, producing an exciting thr ee-bik e race for
the lead. On one of th e ma nv downhilIs, Kuhn
railed the berm on the ou tside, passing Tay lor
for the lead . Ku hn beg an to open it up, whi le
Taylor ended up all by himself in seco nd, with
Milley ba ck in third . Meanwhile, Nicols was
3 . Ben Ritt er (Ya m) ; 4. Andrew Scherdm (Hon); 5. lescn Do y le
(Yam l.
125 SC H BY: 1. Brandon Kuhn (Y.l m ); 2. Don n y Willi.l m s
(Ytlm ); 3. Daniel Spl~nek (Ya m ); 4, Don Taylor (Yam ); 5. Brian
CroU!K" (KTM).
125 BEG I. Bret t Stephen (Ka w )i 2. Brycl' Steffen (Kawl; 3.
Ryiln BL'I~ (Ya m); 4. Tom Tr ilux (Suz); 5. Dt.-I't.'k VanOrd (H o n).
125 N OV : 1. Brian Crouse (KTMI; 2. Jutlh Utberg lK .1WI; 3 .
WiII i;lm Rel' ct" (Ya m); 4. Patrick G rPe n{" (Hon): 5. Bill Bancov
(Ya m) . .
125 AM: 1. Brandon Kuhn (Y;lm l; 2. J"-.... Mi lle y (Ka w); 3.
Dllnny W illi am" (Ya m ); 4. Do n Tay lo r (Ya m); 5. Nigl'l Moirtin
(Suz) .
125 EX: 1. Cory N icols (Suz); 2. Tim Pu.'1telak (Ka w l; 3. Ste ve
C.ulo (Ya m) .
250 OPEN BEG: 1. Jim Hoffm-r (Ya m); 2. r~ton RoM (Ka w );
3. Jo hn Swabi k (Kaw); 4. Gi anca rlo Gi an n ini (Ka w) ; 5. D.wid
SwooP'!'lSuz ).
250 O PEN NOV: 1. Marc LobdI."1I (Hon); 2. Rob Co lliM (Ho n );
3. Jeff Rai<;t"f(H on ); 4. Pa ul Se n tinea l (Ka w ); 5. Jeff Sopal. (Suz).
250 OrEN A M : 1. Mark Kl t"in (Yolm ); 2 . Da v~ W illiams
(Yam); 3. Mar k Murphy (Ya m ); 4. Jim Klick (Kaw); 5. Chri...tophet'
MOSt,·r(lCaw)...
250 EX: I. Ga ry Robertson (Suz); 2. Tim Pu st elalo.O Barbn- (K.1w); 5. LaJlC1!' 8.lil ey (H o n).
SR A : 1. Curt HoluT (YA
m); 2. Bria n Tremlay (KTht> ; J. Bryan
Philbrick (Ya m) .
V[J\,'T/ WfY5: 1. Wayne Bart>er (Kaw ); 2. Jl."ff Langn- Hlo n); 3.
Ron Waif (Yam); 4. ~ 8ddey (Ka w l; 5. Min: Gia n nini (Ka w ).
ers fell. Second pla ce ca me do wn to a battle of
the 125cc machines, as Hall kept his Suzu ki just
ahea d of the Honda of Brian Merrill up unti l the
white-flag lap, when Mer rill block-passe d Hall
while exiting the whoo p section to earn the position. Blake held on for fourth, over Dally.
Silfies powered to the second- moto holeshot,
ahead of Hall and Merrill. By lap two , Silfies had
a five-seco nd cushion ove r Hall, and by the end
of the moto he had tripled th e gap. Ha ll an d
Merrill would argue ove r the runner~up positi on
for the entire moto, with Hall provin g to be a little stronger thi s tim e out to go 3-2 for second
pla ce. Blake and Farr rounded out the top five.
Bre nt Gill iam led th e 125cc Intermed iate
d ass for a little over a lap before Todd Gosselaar
used a te xtb ook bl ock-pass to stea l th e lead .
Gilliam re p as sed Go sselaar and th e n w ent
d o wn . Gosselaar co ul dn' t avoi d Gillia m a nd
they both ended up on the gro und, wit h Matt
Armstrong inheriting the lead . Armstrong fell at
th e ba se of the ever-and -und er a sh or t time
la ter, handing the lead ba ck ove r to Gilliam,
wh o ended up takin g the win just ahead of John - er Faulkner, Armstrong and Gosselaa r.
Gilliam got the second -moto start. Gosse laar
go t a round Arms tro ng on the ope ning lap for
second. Gosselaa r closed in on Gilliam, only to
lose his' front end in a turn. Gilliam mot ored
aw ay wit h the win. Gosselaar went down again
and called it a nigh t, whi le Arm strong went 3-2
for second over-the 2~3 of Fau lkner.
Results
r/ W
BEG : 1. Devin wit-on (KTM).
UEG : 1. N ick Fran co (Yam ); 2. TylerOdam (Yam) ;
3. Tily lo r F.lmer (Yam ).
P/W ADV: 1. M.llt h",w Por p (HM); 2. Eri, Kah ler (feTI.f) .
P/ W 60: 1. C ha nd ler Qu imettl' (KTM ).
P/W HO: 1. Br.lndi H,Im; (y, l m).
5/ P/W (461: 1. Kt"ith Rob in50n (Co b); 2. Ch and l{" Quimett{"
r
r/w YAM
(KTM).
S/ P/W (79): 1. C hri:;lo phe r Brack et (KTM) ; 2. Kyle Kessinger
3. KlI"Vin Carroll (KTM).
bO BEG : 1. :lack Will1tlms (Kaw); 2. Cameron C'
.aJ!>bv (Kaw );
3. Na than Search ( K.1w) .
.
60 (48): I . Sh.IWll BuUl'!"OColw 2. Dvl.lll Pt"ffibertnn (Ka w l.
);
60 (91U: 1. Preston Lundin (KTM ); i Patrick Carroll ( K.1w ); 3.
Andy Dela tg {" (}(aw).
80 BEG: 1. Kasey Morris (Ka w); 2. Jus tin M orro w (y a m); 3N ick Simp!o'On (Hon); 4. Tanner Langham (Ka w); 5. Daniel Ca g 1{"
(Hun).
80 (7111: 1. Tylt Haml. S(Kaw); 2 Sl\awn Mohr (Ya m) ; 3 . Nic k
"
Siln ch n (Suz).
80 (1213) : 1. Da vid Norris (H on) ; 2. Bn-nnan McGinnis (Yam);
3. Rickv Kroll (Ya m) .
sO (1416): 1. Ga rrett Warren (J(aw); 2 Maltht"w J.:t"Uy mon);
3. Mitchell Al!>Obrook ( Kaw).
S / M INI : 1. G arrett Wa rr e n (Kaw); 2. Mitchdl Al!>Obrook
(lion); 3. Jos.h Ht'S5 (Ka w) .
125 BEG : I. N ick Jl'f'5Oll (y a m) ; 2. Od rrin Chisholm (Ho n); 3.
Ry an Thurlo w ( K"w) ; 4 . Ryan G risby (Hon) ; 5. Kyl e Robertson
(KT~l);
(Suz).
125 NOV: 1. Nick c.li (Ya m); 2. Bob ArM1!< (Ya m ); 3. Bm n
Kranz (YZ ); 4. Moltt Simpl:iOn(Han) ; 5. Ryan Rit"!>!> (Yam).
losA
ngeles County R cew y
a a
They dance to Elmer's tune
By Greg .Robertson
PALMDALE, CA,SErrA
YZ2S0- mo u n te d El mer Silfies w as s i mp ly
u nt ou cha bl e as he ou tran th e co m pe tition in
both motes to claim the Vet Beginner-c lass overall win at Los Angeles Co unty Racewa y during
the TruTec-sponsored ro und of California R a c~
ing Club's 5.1tur da y night mo locross.
Rick Farr was quickest out of the gate to lead
Nick Dally and Bob Blake early in moto one. By
th e end of the firs t la p, it was Da lly hol di ng
down the top spo t, with Silfies already up into
sc'COnd place. Silfies outbra ked Dally for the lead
as Jon Ha ll mad e his way around Blak e for third
after a bad start.
With a dear track ahead of him , Silfies easily '
pu t 10 secon ds on the field by the time the check-
l 25lNT: 1. Bmil GiIl i.lm (ya m ); 2. Mtltt Arm...tro ng (Ya m) ; 3.
Jo hm-r Faulkner (Ya m); 4. Todd ~......Ia.ilr (lion) .
125 PRO: 1. Rich Truchin.<;kj (Yam).
250 BEG : 1. Robby Errett (Ya m) ; 2 . Bry an Ward (Yam) ; 3.
Bobb y Kelle r (Ya m I; 4. Mik.{" Maul{" (laM); 5. Shawn Mdntosh
(Yam).
250 N O V: I . Ge'ra rd Patin (Ya m) ; 2 . Erik Jt"f"'On (Ka w ); 3. Scil
Chisho lm (Honl; 4. Jobl1nMOllO n ( Ka w).
ha
250 lNT : 1. C h ri" Ret..,j (Ka w) .
JR VET NO V: l. Ed Bt.-rnal (Ho nl; 2. Pa "ha Afshar (Ya m); 3.
Da vi d Williams C n ).
Ho
JR VET INT; I . Chris RL"(."Cl (Ka w );2. Rabbi,' Dunham (Yam ).
VET BEG : 1. E1 m~r Si lfi l~ (Yam );
Jun Hil ll (Suz ); 3. Brian
Me rri ll (H on); 4 . Boh Blak.. (Kaw l; 5. Rick Farr (Yam ).
VET NOV: I. Ed Bt.'r nd l (!fon); 2. GMy Har .ld a (Ktlw ); 3.
Pa s h a Afsha r (Yaml; 4. Ra y Ritz ier ( K.1W); 5. Da vi d Wi ll ia ms
(Hon ).
VET !NT: I. Lt>o Sa ul (Yam); 2. R. d y Wil kin s (Ya m).
m
VET EXPRO; 1. Jon Zlhrt (Ka w); 2. Rich Truchinski (Yam) .
SR tN T : I. Bob D unh.l m (Yam ); 2. MJrc Prin ce (Ya m) ; 3 .
Kt>nnyKop"Cky (Ka w ).
SR EX: 1. Dave Shelton (Yam ).
O tT NOV: 1. Da ve Ru tled ge (Ho n); 2. H ill Gr(Suz); 3.
Charles How t"1I (Yam ); 4 . A ndy Flum (Ya m ); 5. Dun Mei ner
(Yam ).
EX : 1: Larry Williarru; (Ya m) ; 2. M ike Chl"Sbro (Ya m ); 3.
He rbert Ali t'll (J(.lW); 4. Bob Dunham (Yam).
O t T MSTR A : 1. $l e vI." CL1rk (Kaw).
OIT MSffi B: 1. Ernie J.:opau (Yam ).
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