Motocross
Final Round: Branson
NMA BRANSON MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Branson USA
Branson, Missouri
Results: October 1-3, 1999
KTM RA C E Of CHA MP S: 1. Mik e Aless i; 2.
Dennis Jon o n; 3. Z ach Os bo rne: 4. Cole See ly: 5. Ron ny
lack .
son
50 ST K (4·6) : 1. Dakota C a r ne r (Cob); 2. G ra nt
Ransdell (Lem ): 3. Eli To ma c (Co b); 4. Bry ce Ste wa rt
(Co b); 5. Brett Downey <
Cob ).
50 MOO (-1-6): 1. 0 .111.0ta Ga mer (Cob); 2. G ra n t
Ran s d e ll (Le m) : 3. Bret t Downey (C o b) : -I. Dy lan
Schmc ke (KTM):.5. El.i To ma c (Cob) .
50 STK (7.&): 1. Colton n., ilt>y '
50 M O D (7·8 ): 1. Nic Pal uzzi (Cob); 2. D.}. Ell is
(Co b): 3. Colton Baile y (Co b) ; -I. Mich a e l Mc A rth u r
(Cob): 5. Tre vor Rei s (Cob).
;0 5 /PIW (6-9) : 1. Bu bba Crosby (Co b): 2. Co lto n
Bail ey (Cob): 3. D .). Ellis (Co b); -I. }.ll.· Ericksc..n (Co b); 5.
Stev e n Squire (KT M) .
65 STK (6.&): 1. Ty Bow e rv O<.tw); 2. Co lton Bailey
(Kaw): 3. Ben Le Ma y (KTM ); 4. D .J. Ellis (KTM) ; 5 .
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Ma d ison Hambrigh t (Kaw).
65 MOO (6-8 ): 1. Ty Bowen> ( I(., W); 2. Ben LaM.1Y
(KTM); 3. Co lh m U"i1t'y d hard
luck in most of the 125cc Pro motos.
Ho wever, Hale d idn't leave em pty ha nd ed . He re tu rn e d fo r the o verall
250cc Pro victory lat er in the d ay, to p-
p in g the hard -cha rging Fr ancis, Sto ne
and ick Metcalf .
In the 12Scc Intermed iat e clas s, th ere
we re two se pa rate w in ne rs, with Ryan
Dirks winni ng the Stoc k d ivis ion a nd
Ch ris Istre the Mod ified class. However,
arguably the quickest rid er in the class
was rookie Co lt Humphrey, w ho won
m an y of th e mo t e s but ex perienced
probl em s in s o me o f th e o t he rs .
Humphrey' s inconsistency dropped him
to third (in the Stock co ntes t) and fifth
(in the Modified class) in his 125cc Intermed iat e deb u t.
" 1 raced 80s for Hond a of H oust on,
but Su z uki hired u s on fo r 2000, "
Humphrey sa id . " I just go t my bikes Frid av . Thi s is mv firs t race on a 125."
"N u merous "classes of minicycles we re
run during the week, with Team Green
racer Jonath an Kerr an d Matt Burri s facing off in the 80ec 02-13) class. After all
was sai d a nd do ne , eac h left sharing a
cha m pionship tit le: Bu rris too k ho me
the Mo dified ti tle, Kerr took home the
Stock title.
Kerr loo ked to be on his way to a second title in the Supermini division, but
mech ani cal gremlins stopped his cha rge.
"We had transmission pro blem s, and
the shift for k stu ck in third gear: ' Kerr
said .
In the end, Roy Hor ton took the victory, w hile Kerr nursed it hom e for the
second- place finish .
As ex pected , a hu ge turnout of Pee
Wee s were in atten dance, an d the older
grou p produced thr ee se pa rate w inn ers.
Bubba Crosby to p p ed th e Su p er Pee
Wee d ivision, w hil e AC Racin g teamma tes Mich a el H all a n d N ic Palu z zi
each too k home a title in th e 50cc (7-8)
Stock and Mod ified d ivisions.
In the yo u nger g ro u p, Co bra rid er s
dominat ed the field, w ith Dak ot a Garner sweeping bo th the Stock and Mod ified (4-6) d ivisio ns, w hile Gran t Ra nsd ell w as th e closest ru nner- u p in each
race, follow ed by wor ld-class mountainbike racer Jo hn Toma c's so n Eli, w ho
piloted his AC Racing-backl'n (Y,1m); 4. Aaron C levela nd
(Ya m); 5. Lance Roe
schl ein (1(,1\'1.') .
125 N O V 5TK: 1. Brandon Beabo u t (Ya m); 2. M.J.
Do dso n (Ya m); 3. Ni k Hen s le y (Ya m ): 4. Ry an
Humphrey (He n): 5. Nick y Barr (Ya m).
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125 NOV MOD : 1. Brand on Beabo u t (Ya m) ; 2.
Ad a m Burris (Yam ); 3. Ni k Hensley (Y.lm ); 4. J. Dod so n
(Yarn): 5. Nick y Barr (Yam ).
125 MOD INT: I. C h r is hare (Ka w): 2. jus ti n
Bra y to n ( K aw): 3. Brc n t Mill e r (Ya m); 4. Mic a h
Thibodeau x (Yam); 5. Co lt Hu mph rey (Suz) .
125 l1'. ST K: 1. Ryan Dirks (Yam); 2. Ethan Bates
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(Yam); 3. Co lt Hu m p hrey (Suz ); 4. Bria n Beh na n (Su7o);
5. Ky le C.U TO (Yam).
125 PR O : I. La nce Jon e s (Ya m); 2. Bri a n S to ne
(K., W); 3. Ad am Zarda (Y.lm); 4. Cory Fran cis (Yam); 5.
Na tha n Hale (Y.,m ).
125 O PEN NON-PRO : 1. Bre n t Mille r (Ya m ); 2.
Dan ny Waldrop (Ya m); 3. Etha n Bat es (Yam); 4. Micah
Th ibod eau x (Yam ); 5. Ch ris I!>tn ' (Kaw).
25 0 BEG : 1. Jo e C oach...r (Yol m) ; 2. Pa ul G re en
IHo n): 3. Patri ck Murray (Hon); 4. Jdy!'lJO Co tte r (Kaw):
5. Ken Jord an (KTM).
%SO NOV STK: 1. Cody Rhein lander (fio n); 2. MJ .
Dodson (Yam); 3. Chase Dunfe (Yam); 4. Brian Tha cker
e
(Yam); 5. Shawn Stuart (Yam) .
250 NOV: 1. Cody Rheinl an d er (Ho n): 2. M.J.
Dodson (Yam ); 3. Sha~ Stuart (Yam); 4. 1':i},; Henslev
(Ya m); 5. Brian Tha cker (Ya m) .
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250 INT STK: I. Ryan Di r ks (Ya m) ; 2. Mica h
Thibodeaux (Ya m) ; 3. A n thonv Milk.s (Ho nk 4. Jack
McMurro u gh (Yam); 5. Brent M iilt-I'(Ya m) .
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250 INT M O D: 1. Jeff Burk ett (Ya m) ; 2. An thonv
Mi lk s t Hon): 3. Jack M cMu rrou gh (Y.,m) ; 4. J.,peth
Suslo (Yam);-S. Bren t Miller (Yam).
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250 PRO : 1. Nat han Ha le (Ya m) ; 2. Co ry Fra ncis
(Su z): 3. Brian Sto ne (Kaw): 4. Nic k Mdcal ( (Suz ): 5 .
waylcn Litch fireld (Suz).
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250 O rE N NON-PltO: I. Cody Rhcmtander (He n):
2. [apctb Sus lce (Yam ); 3. Ryan Dirks (Ya m ); -I. Mica h
Thibodeaux (Yam ); 5. 5h.·V{" Howel l {Kaw ).
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2 5+ A : 1. Mi ke Lu o ma ( He n): 2. Dwa in Ca r te r
(Yam); 3. Lan ce JOnl>S (Ya m) .
2S+ B: 1. Ch ris lA-,lS (Y,l m); 2. Fran z Hyla nd (KTM);
3. M ich .1cl Vla o;ic (5 u7o); 4. Rub R.l wlin s (Y" m ); 5. Randy
Sou thard (Su7o)
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30+ A : 1. Bryan Emig (5ul: ); 2. L l~ Br., nJl·nb u rg
(Yam); 3. Chris Caplingt'r (Yam) ; 4. M.tr k Ra kt·~ t raw
(Y,lm) ; 5. Eu~ene Sp rcu tels (K.1W).
3 0 + 8 : 1. Ric k Kir k ( K,lW) ; 2. Kt-'n ny Do n d:ooo n
(Ho n ); 3. J,lck Lam bert (Y., m) ; 4. Rob Schnt-idt-'r (Ho n);
5. Allen H.l ynes (Y,l m ).
35+ A: l. Mark R.lkt.>St r'lw (Ya m) ; 2. c.uy Moms
(Han); 3. StC'\'t"n Sp rt.>u tl'1s (K.n.v); 4. Kri.. M" 'l;.ln (I(.lW).
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35+ B: 1. J.l ck L.1 bt' rt (Y.,m); 2. Rk k Kirk (K.1W); p.
m
Lonn ie Th o m...s (Kaw ); 4. M.u k Co ld lw r (Hl.IIl); 5. Stt.'ve
W.lltm.l n (Yam>.
010 +: 1. DaVt" Osborn (H on ); 2. Fll' tcher Lam be rt
(Hu:i); 3. Steve McCo mbs (Yam); 4. S.:tJlt Evans (Y.l m) ;
5. Kel vin Th o mas (KTM).
