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loo p ha d a lot o f la p pe rs o n the hill,
wit h specta to rs ga thering all over the
p lace. It ended up bei ng ki nd of challen ging, ge tting arou nd them w ith o nly
a sing le tra ck. The wo rs t part of the race
was th e dust fro m the lappers the sec ond tim e around . Th e dust was a huge
fact o r o n the second loo p, becau se as
soon as I we n t ou t of the pits, which w as
a bout tw o m iles af te r the s ta r t, th ere
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were la p pers."
Baum an n had a s imila r experience
w ith the hill and the rest of the loop.
"The d ust was a ma jor fac tor in the
race, espe cially with the lappets." said
th e Jo hn Burr Cycles / Rocket Rex Raeing /VRP / Sm ith- b acked Bau mann . " I
di d n' t ha ve a ny trouble with the bike. It
worked great. I ha ve new po rting an d a
fresh mo tor , so it ran real strong. It d efinitely wasn't the bike's fau lt tha t I came
in seco nd. I think [ jus t go t ou tridden by
Capt."
Wh ile Ca pt a nd Bauma nn w e re battling it ou t u p fron t, Team Gree n's Doug
Chiapuzio was making up time fro m a
me diocre start to head for thi rd ov erall.
"There wa s a lo t of d ust out the re, so
it was ha rd for me to come back from a
bad s tart," said th e An swer /Bell Helme ts /Dunlo p-ba ck ed C hia puzio . 'T d
say I was abou t 20th a t th e end of the
. bomb. [ wa s in th e d ust basicall y the
w ho le race. Af ter the first loop, I go t ou t
of the dust and pa ssed nothing bu t lappers the w ho le en tire second loop ."
Still, C hiapuzio ga rn ere d th e Open
Exper t-class hono rs. Rounding ou t th e
top five behind Ch iap uzio w ere KXSOO
pilots Ron Schu ler a nd Dan Richardson .
One ri d er not rid in g a KXSOO who
p o s t ed a s te ll a r fi n is h w as YZ12 Smounted Matt Murphy, w ho wa s co mpeting in the Expe rt 200cc class .
"T he first lap, 1 pla yed ca tc h -u p : '
said Murphy . "When I came into th e
pits, my pit crew told me [ was 11thoOn
th e second lap, 1 p icked up five position s, movin g me into sixt h."
Finish ing second to Mur phy in th e
200cc class was Kurt Caselli.
"I go t a decen t start and was about
mid pack to the end of th e bo m b, a nd
after th at 1 started passin g a lo t of riders ," said Tea m Green's Caselli. "There
weren ' t ve ry many technical areas in the
co u rse. It was pretty mu ch w ide-o pen
terrain , where yo u co u ld go as fast as
you could. There wasn' t a nyth in g ou t
there to slo w you dow n to o much. It
was a good cou rse . They put in a lo t of
v irgi n tr ails , a nd [ th o u g h t th at was
prett y fun ."
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igelman (Yilm); 3. Thorn,'!' Gih son (Ho n).
A M 250 S R: 1. De n n is Go u l., ny (Ya m) ; 2 . Jon
S h~'m.1.keT ( ICcW); 3. Rob Plourde (Kaw ).
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A M M AG : 1. Tim Bri dwd l ( K,lW); 2. Bo b Pryor
( Kaw) ; 3. !...,n Droke (H us) .
NOV 250: I. Jilson Slin ku rd (KT M); 2. J ~)!' h u a C o ffey
(Yilml ; 3 . Scot.t 5., unort'S ( K.1W).
NOV O PEN : 1. Jim my Sa u t. r (Y:lm) ; 2 . Shan e
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Scrims h irc ( ATK); 3. Kevin Knig h t (K .1W).
NOV O r EN VET: 1. To m Ph(ll'ni x (Y. m); 2. D"ony
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Sc h ul (Ya m); 3. Rodney Fo ster ( KTM).
NOV 200: 1. Michal'! Kem pe ( KT M); 2. Co lt, Ga tt'S
(Y.l m); 3. M ik e Pwdo no vich (Suz) .
NOV 250 VET: 1. C h r i!> Foster ( K.1 W); 2. Kei t h
Murphy (Y.1m); 3. Antho ny Undl"rl'o·oc.ld (H us).
NO V 4-ST RK: 1. Ed Dtiv,,1. Th is faci li ty w as the site of nine ma jo r
(Above Left) Brad Holt (50S) passed Jo hn Lundgre n (45) for the Sports man 600cc victo ry at
the third annu al Ray Hensley Memorial Flat Track, held at the Ante lope Valley Fairgroun ds.
PaulHerma n (68E) placed second a nd To m Horton (55) took third . Lundgre n finished fifth.
(Above right) Jeremy Cook (60) battles with David Ginolfi (16) for second place in the
second 125cc B moto at Hurricane Hills Sports Cente r in Clifford, Pennsylvan ia.
sho rt-track eve nts w hich we re he ld on the open~
ing nigh t of the fa ir from 1967 to 1975. Th ose
races wer e promoted by the legendary l.C. Agnjani an a nd drew 400 250cc rid e rs to co me te
before a sold-out gra nds tand. This race was promote d by AHRM A ra cer Tom H orton . wh o
raced in those eve nts more than 25 yea rs ag o,
a nd mo re than 100 entra n ts raced on a threeeig h ths-mi le o val in front of a la rge , fe st ive
cro w d , bu t it was Martv Lewi s w ho rea llv let
loos e, takin g wins in both the Senior (Ove~ 50l
and Sportsma n 750cc classes.
Ken Ne tto's Ca n-A m led th e huge field of
Sportsman 250cc rid ers to the firs t turn. Bulraco
riders Ho rto n, Brad Holt. Manny Crume tt, N ick
N a ssi si a n d Jeff Le s le y fo llowed . Crumc t t
sneaked by Holt on the third lap, and Lesley
nipped Nassisi on the fifth and final lap. The
fina l order was N e tto , Horto n, Cr u mett, Holt
and Leslev .
H olt cove red th e Sportsman 600cc cla ss,
almost going flag to flag. Paul Herman grabbed
second ov er Horton, but on the second lap , an
aggre ssive Horton rode insid e of Herm a n in
tu rn o ne . Herma n retaliated o n lap four and
held seco nd to the chec kers. Crumett was fou rth
and john Lundgren finished fifth.
Tr iumph rid ers Dennis Pireh iro an d Ma rty
Lewi s bla st ed in to th e lead in th e Sp ortsma n
750cc main. Horton, on a Yamaha, pa ssed PirehiTO on lap thr ee and set sail after Lewis, but Lewi s'
thu ndering twin w as first to the finish line . BSA-
mounted Larry Earhart worked through the field
forthird,and Pirehirograbbed fnurth.
SD FIA presiden t an d longti me competito r
Jim McMurren bested the Classic 250cc main on
a Harl ey Sprint. Bul taco rider Lesley and Suzu ki
twin rid er Horton had a sp irited dice for run ner-
up. Horton prevailed at the flag, followed by
Lesley and Ossa jockey Rich Trait in fourth.
In the Senior (O ver SO) class, Lewis took his
seco nd wi n of the day. McMurren finish ed secon d , w hile Wa rren Adams was third.
In the Classic 500/ 75Occ contest, Gary Davis,
nn a 500 cc Triumph,. grabbed the early lead.
Chris Rud y passed Davis on the seco nd goaround, while jeff Apple's 350cc Harley Sprint
was a close third. Rody droppc'd the big V twin
out of fo ur in to the hay bales on the third lap.
A llen McBee powered by Davis for th e w in .
Apple was third, and Clark Edtington placed
fou rth.
The reall y old guys in .the Supcr Senior race
wer e o nce ag ain led by Micky A lzo la. Hank Corsio fini shed second, a nd Tom Ho wa rd pla ced
third.
Pa ul H~rm an ' s fin e s ho w ing in th e 600cc
race was a pre view of th ings to co rne. Hennan's
Yam a ha jumped to J commandi ng lend in th e
'70s Sing les and he was never h ea d ~ . The lar ge
field had a lot of tight rocing but little position
cha ng ing . Horton did pa ss Jeff Johnson for third
on the las t lap , w hile Ron Hinton rod e fo r second all the wa y.
VET 35+: 1. Tom Ho rton (i-lo n l; 2. Ken Nl·tlll (Ya m); 3. G n 'g
Wilburn (H nn); 4. Jeff Lesley(Bull; 5. Brian ClJdklory (Y<1 m )
SR 50+ ~ I. M.u ty Lewis (Tri); 2. Jim Mc M um."Tl (H-D); 3. warrvn Adams (Tri ); 4 Rich Bre wer (BSA I; 5. G.lry Duckl't1 (Ho nl.
S /SR tttl+ : 1. Mid'l'Y 1\1;1'<.1" (Tril : 2. H.m k Co sio C
BSA); 3.
Tom Ho wa rd ITn ); 4. M.Il'!'>hall knn i ll~s (Ya m); 5. Larry H.l ml~"
(Tr i).
'70s SGL: I. Paul Her ma n (y " m); 2. Ron Hin ton (Ya m ); 3.
Tum Ho rto n C
Hun); 4. [e ff Juhn.o;un (Tri); 5. Paul Cu l"o ll (Y" m) .
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urricane Hills Sports Center
Plotts paramount at
Penn State MX
By Jim P. Sa nderson
CLIFFORD, PA,SEPT. 19
Damien Plolts, the 1999 250cc-Open A/P ro
Sport Ama teur Natio na l Ch ampion, dominated
the 125cc, 250cc and Over 25 Open Expert classat the 17th annual Tonv D. MX Schools /Pennsyl van ia Sta te Championships. hosted by Tom
Hurd Pro mo tio ns at the Hurricane Hills Sports
Center. Track con d itio ns were excellent, consid ering Hu rrica ne Floyd d um ped more tha n five
inches of rain on northeastern Pennsylvania two
da ys prio r to th e event. More tha~ 450 rid e rs
sig ned up to race the 25 classes sla ted for the
day's program.
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Plotts got a good jump off the gate and piloted his Yamaha YZl25 through the 90-degree left
firs t turn an d never loo ked back. Tra iling him
were Pa ul Corey, Jim McIl va ine, josh Sterri tt
an d Jason Kear . Plotts had a four-seco nd advantage over Co rey by the start of lap two. Near the
hal fway mark of lap two, Casey Higgins passed
Kea r fo r fift h. Th e top five s p read o u t an d
rem ained unchanged un til the last la p, when
Higgins passed Sterritt for fourth just before the
finis h line. Plott s took the chec kered flag w ith a
I 3-second advan tage, Round ing ou t the top five
we re Co rey, Mcilvaine, Higgins a nd Sterri tt.
Ryan Mills nailed the holeshot in the second
125cc Expert moto, with McIlvaine, Plotts, Sterr it t a nd Pa u l Was Hn in tow . Pl otts qu ick ly
pa ssed Mcil va ine fo r seco nd hal fw ay through
the first lap. Co rey passed Was lin fo r fifth and
then got by Sterritt for fourth by the end of lap
two. Plotts passed Mills for the lead just before
the start of la p three, Plotts fini shed th e mot o
with a five-s econd lead, tra iled bv Mills, Mcil vain e, Corey a nd Hi ggins. Plot ts earned the
ove ra ll with his 1-1 sC( Te . Ro u ndi ng o u t the
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12See Expert po dium were Mcilvaine and Corey.
Jere my Couk go t a hu ge jump on the pack in
the first 125cc B moto , na iled the hok'Shot. took
the ea rly lead and never loo ked back. Tra ili ng
hi m were Matthew Coy le, Wayne Fir e, Tra vil"
Hesketh and jordan jackson. Cook had a lO-second lead by the end of tap one. By tap three. the
top five were Cook, Fire, Hes keth, Jackson and
Rich Co nley . Cook wo n the mot o with a I3-second lead . Roundi ng out the top five were Fire,
Results
jackson, Heskethand jimmer Miller.
SPTSM:\l 25U: I. K~'n Nl'tto I e -A ); 2. Tom Htlrton (Buh; 3.
~l,ln ny Cru ml'tt IBul); 4 _Br'ld Iiolt m u ll ; 5. Jd f L...~I{'y mu\).
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ST'TSMN t>llt ; I. Br.ll! lI u ll (lI o n); 2. r ,lUl Hl'rm, ln tt l\,n ); 3.
Tom Ho rtnn (Ji lin); 4. Man ny Cru ml'H (Bull; 5. Ju hn Lund J.\ft.·n
(Hu n).
SrTS Ml\; i511: I. M.lrty Lt'w i~ (Tri); 2. TlIm Hut ton (Tn ); J.
L.1ITY E.lrh.ut (BSA); 4. Dcn n i ~ r iTl'hiro (TrD; 5. Brian Cn.lkll'y
(Y.lml .
C L"C 2.'il.l: I. Jim Mt'Murtl'n (H-Dl; 2. Tum I lor tun (5u z); 3.
Jdt" l.l"llcy ((lull ; ·1, Rich Tr;lit (}.; 'll; 5. Jilek AU.'lmu'llBuH.
C L"C O PEN: I. G,lry Da\ 'i!; (Tril; 2. BUlch Co('kr,l n (Tri);':;
D.uy l Fmtt'!' nrH; 4_elln.. Appll' (Tnl.
C L" 511017~1: 1. AlIl'Il Md\"_ (Al'rl, 2. Gary D.wi'l (Tn) ; 3
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Id f Appl~' (i I-D); 4. CI.lrl.. ~l! linJ.\ton (Tri ); 5. Dilv id Brown m SA).
James McN eil camt.>d holeshot honors in the
Sl"Cond 12See B moto. Coo k, David Ginolfi, Fire
nnd Joh n M cKean were in tnw . The top fou r
remained the sam e throug h la p two, wi th Gent'
Nighman moving up to fifth . On lap thrc Nigh,",
man dropped out of tlu, top five a nd Hesketh
wa s now fifth . McN eil managed to hold Coo k off
to ge t the mot o win. Coo k, Ginolfi, Fire and Hesketh rounded o ut the top five.. Cook earned the
ov erall with a 1-2 score, Taking the two remai ning podium spots we re Fire a nd McNeil.
