Events
th e w in over fas t a nd s mooth Ho nda CR250
rid er Dave Fink.
In th e Over 50 class, m u lt i- ti me district
cha m p io n Frank Helms of A lto, Mich igan ,
u n cha rac te ris t ically pl a ced run n er-u p , to
Honda-mounted Robert J. C ha pma n Jr.
Local hotsho t Kenny Ryan of Sheri dan kept
his d omina tion of the 250cc B class go ing strong .
Ryan rode his trick ed-out YZ250 like it was on
fire . Ryan often cu ts loo se w ith so me wi ld air time tricks over Mor eland 's big-air jumps.
(Left) Andy Atkins
(90) battles Matt
Karlsen (940) in
250cc A action at t h e
AMA District 25 State
Championships a t
Craig, Colorado.
Atkins ' 2- 1 bettered
Karlsen's 1-2 for t he
overall.
(Right) Corey Davis
o f Ea ton Rap ids,
Michigan, airs o ut
hi s KTM 125 on the
Do u b le Do w n h ill
jump at More land's
Moto c ro ss in
Stanton , Mic hi gan.
wheel as he tried to get underneath him in tum
six, bu t Parri ott di d not flinch . In the new turn
11, Greene made the pass and made it stick, an d
then he set his sights on Mesa .
G reene quickly passed Mesa , a nd Parriott
followed . On the thi rd lap, Mes a again passed
Parriott on the brakes . In the back section, Parriott reg ained second and tried to put som e d istan ce bet ween himself and Mesa . Greene, mean w h ile, ha d s tre tc he d"o u t a co ns id era ble lea d.
Mesa began to fade, and Ma'rk Foster, wh o had
slow ly bee n gai ning o n him , passed him on the
fro nt straig ht as the two rid ers began lap five.
By lap six, the podium positions were d ecided . Gre e ne took th e w in , Parriott fin ishe d an
impressive seco nd , and Mark Fost er captu re d
th ird . M e sa held on to fo urt h d esp it e Je ff
Hagan 's efforts to reel him in be fore the check ers . Jeff Short, the n u mb er-one p late and the
po ints lead er, finished a di sappointing nint h.
Mar k Fost er and Jeff Short d iced for the first
half of the 750cc Superbike con test before Fos ter
stretched out a definitive lead and took the win.
Short fini shed a re spectabl e seco n d , w hile
Ha rl e y Bar nes finish ed a ll a lone in third.
Announcer John Fos gat e took sympathy o n
Barnes and attempted to sta rt a new-bike fund
for Barnes, who is still riding a 1991 GSX-R.
The 250cc Prod uctio n contest proved to be
a n ex citing race. Robert Kennedy won wi th a
whopping eight-s(.'COnd lead after some int ense
d icing wit h Frank Ma z ur, who e v e n tu a ll y
dropp<'ll back to fourth after a battle wit h Kevin
Scott and Chris McG rail. Both riders cam e from
behi nd to pass Mazur, w ho, despite his scra ppy
di sposi tion , wa s un a bl e to la tch o n to eith e r
rider an d d ra ft them at th e checke rs, which is h i ~
usual m.o. Scott fini sh ed seco nd and M cGr ail
finished third.
Novice Roger Sa lm eron won the Formu la
Th ree race after an in tense battle with yo u ng
g un Ha wk Mazzotta . Salmero n, w ho was leading la st month's Form u la Tw o race un til a red
flag set him back a lap to his previou s position
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F-PAC IFlC: 1. DOM Y Grct' ne (Yam ); 2. Bria n Parri ott mon);
3. Mot t.. F~tt'1" CKki (Yam); 2. Mark Kayfez (Yam );
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3. John Go nza la (Y.lm ); 4. Barrnl Broc:lh.4)o;t" (Ya m) ; S. Rober t
Q ifford (Kawl.
600 PRO D: 1. Midwel Earnest (Ya m ); 2. Tim ~I~ (Suz); Stu·
a rt Stratton (Yaml; 4. Ja red Kapooc (Yam) ; 5. Ed Mil.h.Ju.o;(.'It (H o n) .
750 PR O D: 1. Jeff Hagan (Su z ); 2. j..ct.. Van Beck (Suz); 3.
Ind. After a fourth-place finish on Saturday, Yamaha-mounted Ronnie Clark wa s ho ping for a better finish, but a firs t-turn mishap
wit h M ike C hase thwarted th e Alb uquerque,
ew Mexico, native's ef forts. On lap two, Cha d
Zulian utilized his ho rne-t rac k advan tage, se ttlin g into thi rd, ahea d o( Colorado Powers po rtssponsored Josh Kellogg. Karlsen co ntin ue d to
hound At kin s as the two pulted from the field ,
setting a \~:icked and unmatchable pace.
By midmoto, a battl e for fifth between Keith
Ca m pbelt and Wes Hal e end ed with Ca m pbelt
securing the position. Keltng g. fresh off a thirdplace overalt finish the week before at the AMA
Fou r-Stroke National in Denver, and accustomt!d
to the lon ge r moto times, ree led in and passed
Zulian for third with two lap s remaining. Unfortunately, on the last lap, Keltogg's YZ250 experienced clu tch di fficulty , result in g in a premature
retiremen t to the pit s. Atk ins con tinu ed to ma intain his co nsistency, hitting every com er perfectly. Clark pulled up through the pack and ba ttled
with Stro ud for sixth as the fron t-ru n ners began
to weave through lapped traffic . Karlsen slipp<
'll
thre e seconds o ff of Atkins ' pa ce as th e two
crossed the check ers a full half- min ute ahead of
Zu lian in thi rd. Campbell and Hale rou nded ou t
the top five . The overall went to A tkins, with
KarlSen, Campbell, Clark and Ha le following.-
Results
In the 250cc B class , Rya n Rozinski smoked
the field with a dean SWel'P and an im pressive 12second ru n o n seco nd place (or the win o n Sunday . Travis Mullins, Josh Elliot, Lonnie Bre eson
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and Jayson Maynard lo cked up the rem aining
overall finishes. Rozinski finished just as impres-sively in the 125cc B class with another I-I sweep.
Results
50 0.1 : 1. A nthony G riego (Co b ); 2. C oby ML '1 (Co bl ; 3.
'1.·k.
Corey Wilcox (K'Thf ); 4. Jake Jacob!> (KTM); 5. Conntlr O I!i(>('I (Cob) .
50 0.2: 1. Co lter Dimid (Pol l; 2. Nath.m DeAndrea (KTM ); 3.
T.). LuC'M'O (KTM>; 4. Rylt. y Murphy (Cob ); 5. Fom.'!Ot Olson (Cob).
50 0-3: 1. A us ty n Keller (Suz l; 2. N ico ll" Wil cox (Ya m) ; J.
Robi n Richard,.o n (Suz).
50 [)..4 . 1. Co lter IJimkk (Pol); 2. Anthon y C ril'gO (Cob) ; 3. T .J.
LuC\"TO OCTM); 4. Coby Mreb (C(lb); 5. Nath.ln DeAndre.. ( Kl'M ).
60 (7-9): 1. Brrtt Prw..'SSO (Sud; 2. Lo,1:iln Hixon (Suz); 3.
Cody Boyd (fIon); 4. Brett rru~ (Kaw l; 5. Au...tin Boyd (Yam ).
80 (12·1 3): 1. Lan ce H iser (Ya m ); 2. Kyll" Stroud (y.lm); 3.
Plott.-r FreI.!Io (Ya m) ; 4. Jao;cph ff:otters (Hon); 5. Woley Selb y (yam).
SO 114-15 ): 1. T re n t Paul!'1OT\ (5 u z ); 2 . Add m Ft".. th m n j;i11
Ulon); 3.Jus tin 't."I'ISen (Suz); 4. Brandon McGr ay (Yam ); 5. Tony
Valdez (Ya m ).
S /M L'II : I. Lance Hiser (yo1m); 2. Levi Jl"R."C."n (Suz); 3. Tony
Vald ez (Yam ); 4. Trent Paulo;c.-n (Suz'); S. Lngol" Hixon (Suz).
Yrn BEG:1. jeremy Kirby {I-jon); 2 JWolin Dikc:5(Yam ); 3. W~
k-ySelby (Yam ); 4_Tommy Gris wnkt a!Ouw).
30+ A : 1. Keith Campbcll n (Koi ); 5. Da vid McMl"Chen
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(Ka.w ).
JO+ C : 1. Mik e H ibb. (Kaw ); 2. Mark M Marsdtk-r (Yam ); 3. iIl Bedell (Yam ); 3. Eric
R.Say" (Yam); 4. Collin M. C n.,.-nno p (Kaw); 5. Su nny Snyd er (I-11m).
80 (1· 111: 1. Da nie l J. Auhteybroo k (Ka w ); 2. Adam Harden
tKaw): 3. Brad M . K i e~tl'r (Yam); 4. M,lh'usz ,.l ch.1CY(Hon); 5.
Brandon Cooley (Kaw l.
80 (12· 15): I. Ro na ld A . Bowe rs Jr . (Yam ); 2-. [ak c J. Marsack
(Yam) ; 3. BI1."llI A. M ille r C nn ); 4. Jos hua A. Sm ith (Kaw).
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125 j R: I. Corey ] . Da vis (KTM); 2. Bra ndon Mushin l'ki (Suz);
3. Mike R Ford (y " m ).
125 B; 1. Ryan Dar g il"{Suz l; 2. Mike A. Ha yn Cli(Hun); 3. Ma tt
K. Ford (Kaw l; 4 . CroT\ J. Davi e (K'rM); 5. ~t1 Klomp [ Ka w) .
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125 C : 1. Elijah M. RO!lt"nbeTg (Kd, At L1ck-<'quipped YZF-Rl.
Fans were paying special attention to Wyeth
Jackson on her Advantage Cellular ZX9 . The
Mountain View event was hl. first competition
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ride since she fractured her sho ulder on a practice
ride on July 4. She was rid ing qui te well but the
rid ers picked up the pace, leavi ng he r in ninth
place, right behi nd Marty Sims . On lap seven, it
was Jackson whom the leaders had corne up on in
the "Dragon Slide" (turns seve n thro ugh nin e, a
fas t , technical series of turns with ele va tio n
changes). As Jack.<;Qn came out of turn nine on to
the front straight. there was a frenzy among the
. top.three riders to ge t around her . At the start of
the final lap , Turpin was able to ga in a mtrol, leaving Orla ndo in second, with Dan Turner in third.
Results
NOV GTU : I. Jeffrey
Bunif~
(Ho n) 2. Mich
hcr
(Due); 3. Mark Eric k!lO (Ka w) ; 4. Jam es McKay (Yam); 5. rC'Tf)'
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Black (Suzl.
l /W 5 /BK: 1.C raig Wrig h t (RRM); 2. Mich.wl 'llll Klud t.
M /W S /SPT 1 1. Ro bert C h ri!ltman (Yam l; 2 . C reg Abbott
(Ya m) ; 3 . Bob by M.it M'k (Hon) ; 4. Don Bru nl'" (Ka w) ; 5. Pedro
l
Bravo (Yam).
