Events
Mark Hall
rod e
fl awlessly
to both
moto wins
in the
Over 40
Expert
class at
REM's
Fall
Satu rday
MX Series
at Glen
Helen
Raceway.
r id e i n seco nd, w h ile Ehlers maintain ed th ird . Arzouman was met hod ically ma rc hi ng forwa rd, and he went
around Boyd to take over fou rt h a nd
moved in on Ehlers in third. When the
two-laps sig nal was given, Arzouman
made his move and went by Ehler s in
the back canyon to take over th ird .
When the white flag came out, Hall
was seven seconds out front and cru ising. Scott still rode in second , onl y now
he was towing Arzouman around in
his shadow. When the checkers came
out, Hall wa s the first rider to see it, as
he took the -m o to win co mfo rtab ly .
Arzouma n found a way around Scott
on th e la st circuit to claim seco n d .
Ehlers ro de in for fourth, w hile Boyd
held off a la te-ch argin g Bou lware fo r
fifth.
O n the day, the overall win wen t to
Hall by virtue of his perfect 1-1 finishes.
A rzouman took hom e th e runn er-up
hon ors with his solid 3-2 rides. Ehlers
fini shed up in third after pos ting 2-4
scores, while Scott put up a 6-3 tally for
four th . Boulware filled out the top five
CI/I
after going 5-6 for the day.
Glen Helen Racew ay Park
San Berna rd ino, California
Resu lts: September 18, 1999
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Mark Hall
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By Rocky Hash
Photo by Mitch Evans
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 18
ith a la rge turnou t of racers and
Mother Nature providi ng un seaso na bly coo l 75-degree weather,
Racing Enterprises Motor sports kicke d
off th ei r ann ua l RK cha i ns /AMP
Res e arch Fall Saturday Mo to cro s s
Series. The re was tig ht racing in many
of the classes , but one of the best contests of the day was in the very-competitive Over 40 Expert division, in which
Mark Ha ll pushed h is YZ2S0 to two
hard-fough t moto victories for the overall ho nors on the day.
Whe n the racers laun ched off the line
for th e firs t moto, it was Dennis Boulwa re dropping the hammer the hardest
and nailing a perfect holeshot, Behin d
him, Hall positioned himself in seco nd ,
while Jeff Arzouman shoved his Yamaha up int o third . When the racers completed th e fir st la p , Ken Eh lers r an
fourth, and Doug' Boyd filled out the top
five.
Out front, Boulware mai ntained his
advantage, alt hough Hall was keeping
him honest, back on ly about five bike
lengt hs . Arzouman kep t the d uo in sight
while riding stro ng in third . One rid er
on the move was Thousand Oaks Yamaha pilot Steve Roark, who had moved
from near last up to fifth by the third
la p.
As the race neared the halfw ay ma rk,
Hall closed th e ga p on Boulware, and
W
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g:
eTek Sandlawd (Ya m ).
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25... BEG : 1. James Standardi (Ya m ); 2. jeremy
Martin (Han); 3. Groff Arnold (Yam); 4. Chris Herrin
(Ya m); 5. Gary Taylor (Hon).
250 tNT: l. Rvan johnson (Yam ); 2. Tod d Nelson
(Ya m); 3. Chris Tavlor (Ka w).
125 INT: 1. ReveUe Harrison (KTM); 2. Tun Olson
(Ha n); 3. Cliff Jen nings (Yam).
PRO: I. Craig Davis (Yam); 2. Willy Mus gra ve
(Ya m); 3. Paul Kellen (Ya m); 4. Larry Brooks (Hon ): 5.
Terry Fowler (Yam) .
VET (NT: 1. De nny Da vidow (Kaw): 2. Bryan
Daniel (Bon); 3. Dirk Davidow ( Ka w ): 4. Ke n Mallow
(Kaw ): 5. Bob Johnson ( K.,w).
VET J R: I. Mikl" Horton (Ya m ); 2. Mike Hib ner
(Ya m ); 3. je Scott (Yam) ; 4, Sam Ramirez (Yam); 5. Bob
ff
Morales (K.3w).
VET BEG: 1. Kevin Johnso n (Ha n); 2, Steve Stearns
(Ya rn): 3. Jeff Roehm (Suz): 4. Rob McDani el (l<.1w); 5.
Brian Pap palardo (Yam ),
40 + JR: t . Mi tch Eva ns (Knw) : 2. Je ff Newman
(Ydm); 3. Nick Co stello (Yam); 4. Cary Gon zales (KTM);
5. Rick Peterson (I-Ionl.
40+ tNT: 1. Rud y Cha vez (llon ): 2. Wayne We lls
(Ho n): 3. Rand y Skinner (Suz): 4. 500tt Mays (KTM) ; 5.
Alan McKay (Yam).
40+ EX: 1. Marj", H all (Ya m) ; 2 . Jeff Ar z ouman
(Yam) ; 3. Ken Eh le rs (Yam); 4. Ca ry Sco tt (Yam) ; 5.
Denn is Boulw are (Ka w).
50+ tNT: 1. Steve Jennings (Yam); 2. Sam Eng lish
( I(.,W); 3. Buzz Moell er (Yam).
40+ MSTR: 1. Rich Eiers tedt (Ydm); 2. Rick John son
(He n): 3. Pa rry K lassen (Yam); 4. Jeff Haa se (Ya m); 5.
william Ama radio (YAm) .
50+ M ST R: 1. A la n O lson ( He n) : 2. De n nis
McAdam (Hon ): 3. Beng t Joh 'ln sson (Yam); 4, Ala n
Rohraba chcr (K.1W); 5. Ray Pis,usk.i (He n).
Muddy C Raceway
reek
Neeland
Teshfresh
By Barbara Will iam s
BLOUNTVILLE, TN, SEPT. 12
ou nd 13 of the AM A u.s. Mega
Series turned ou t to be "Rookie
Day" at Muddy Creek Racew ay.
Barr 's Com petition/Pro-Action / Bridgesto ne' s Da niel Tesh of Sugar G rove,
No r th Caroli na, took th e w in in th e
250cc A cla s s w it h 1- 1 fi nis hes, a n d
Jim ' s Ho nda of Kingsport's Ha ns Neel
ended u p wit h th e 12Scc A overa ll
even though he did n't win eit he r moto,
Neel wa s a lso runner-u p to Tesh in the
2S0cc A con test , making Neel th e bigmoney winner in Mega Series pro payoff.
R
Neel has been racing in the A ranks
for less than a yea r, an d Tesh is jus t now
ge tling his feet wet after two seasons of
terrorizing the B classes.
Nearly 500 riders enjoyed perfect racing conditions on th e lo n g , lo a m y
Muddv Creek track .
Tesh's RM
.250 handled the track with
no problem in both 250cc A motos. Tesh
absconded with the holeshot in the first
moto a nd held off all cha llenges from
veteran Jim Chester, w ho found himse lf
being swarmed by Neel an d Paul Justu s.
While Chester was occu pied wi th Neel
a nd Justus, Tesh cruised to th e mot o
win . Justus came ac ross the lin e next,
fo llowed by Chester, Neel a nd KTM
rider Shawn Prather.
Chester had the hot sta rt on the second round, wi th Tes h superglued to his
fender. Tes h stayed on the atta ck, hunt- '
ing for an opening, and wh en he found
one , he pow er ed through for the lead
and his first A-class win on a big tra ck.
Ju stus had mash ed his knee ea rlier
when he and ano ther racer bumped on
the start, and he wa s not a fact or in this
moto. N ee! took his place in second at
the finish line by passing Chester, thereby earn ing second overall.
Jered Black and Brian Raymond ba ttled for fourth . Black earned that pos i- .
tion, with Raym ond not far to his south
to round out the top five.
If Tesh 's 250cc A effort was a dream
race, it turned int o a nightmare in the
first 12Sec A moto when he had to take a
DNF to repair his bike.
"There was a pr oblem with the clutch
box," explained Tesh, "Ha lfway through
the first lap, the bike started to coast and
the gea rs wouldn't enga ge at all."
In Tesh 's first-mota absence, Prat her
took th e mot o w in, follow ed by Neel,
Justus, Raym ond and Chester .
In the se co nd 12Scc A mo to, both
Tesh and C hes te r were hea ding th e
field . Jim's bu lldo g grip on the lead wa s
not to be pried loose this time, and the
best Tesh cou ld d o wa s stay close .
Earl y in the moto Pra ther was able to
get a wheel on Tesh, but going into the
w hoops in the woo ds section, Prather
crashed and ga ve Tesh so me welcome
racin g roo m. Prather eventua lly recovered to finis h fifth, while Neel skipped
acro ss the line in th ird, ahea d of Raym o nd Pr ath e r . Pr ath er go t hi s ac t
together later in the Ove r 25 A class and
waxed Chester in both m ot os for th e
overall win .
Neel 's 2-3 finis hes we re good for the
12Scc A overall wi n , to his surp rise.
Ha ns' dad, Victory Spor ts a nno u ncer
Reggie Neel, had a little fu n wi th him,
telling him that so meone had p rotested
his second-moto finis h. 0 one had, but
fo r a while H a n s m ad e h im se lf real
scarce with his payoff.
At the little-guy end of the spec tru m,
ationaI SOcc (4-6) Champion Ian Tret tel showed his stuff by winning th at
class in a g reat battle w it h a no ther
nationa l conte nde r , Co dv Robb ins .
Thou gh the final results sho wed Ian tak ing the win with 1-1 finishes, it wa sn 't
all that cut and dried. Cody got the seco n d-rno to h ol esh ot and hel d off th e
champ for ha lf of the race. Once Trett el
broke through into clean ai r, however,
th er e wa s no s to p p in g him . Robb in s
stayed close in the runner-up spo t, follo w ed by Da ko ta Matthews for third
eN
overall.
Mud dy Creek Raceway
Blountville, Tennessee
Results: September 12, 1999 (Rou nd 13)
50 (406): I. Ian Trettel (Cob); 2. Cod y Robbi ns (Cob);
3. Dakota Mathe ws (Cob); 4. Chris Good ma n (Cob); 5.
Set h Ca ldwell (Cob) .
so (7ยท8): I. D.). Elli, (Cob) ; 2. Les Smith (Co b); 3.
Benjam in De nto n (Cob); 4. Patri ck Johnson (KTM); 5 .
Dustin Ch andler (Cob) .
50 S HAFT: 1. Cody Robbins (Ya m) ; 2. Colton
