Events
(Left) Not even a torrential
downpour could rain on
thei r parade: From left to
rig ht, 65cc champ Brady
Orr, 50cc v ictor Alle n Bra dy,
85c c J un io r melster Matt
Kuykendall, a nd Kenny Dal e
• Or r, w inner of t he 85cc
Sen io r and Superm in i titl es,
a ccept their awards for the
Tennessee S ta te StadiaCr oss Championship
Series. The final ro u nd was
rained out, but the
c hampio ns re ig ned anyway.
(Right) Mark Corsetti (50Z )
was the Over A short-track
w inner at t he Lodi Cycle
Bowl in California.
30+ A: I. Mark Ca rrison (Suz); 2. Shane Va ug h n (Kaw): 3.
Cooms (Suz},
Results
r / w: 1.
Wm i.
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Michael McA ut hur (Cob); 2. Luke Davie (Cob); 3.
30+ B/ C: 1. Da rre ll Bigham (Suzl ; 2. Kenn e th Wh ite (Ho n); 3.
Kend al l M .l liL'T (Hon); 4. Joe Herna ndez (Ya m ); 5. Cod y Anselmi (Ho n).
80 B: 1. Steve Bon-ey (Ka w); 2. Ch ri (Hon); 4. Tim Ad ams (Suz) ; 5. j im BodKi n (Rtx).
O PEN A: 1. Ma rk Co m ·tt i (W -R); 2. Rllb Da mron (Hbg) ; 3.
Kevin Bricker (H on ); 4. Jeff Ga bhart (CCM); 5. Shawn Ragg io (Rbt) .
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O rEN B: 1. Bra ndon Cama h..l (HmO; 2. Scott COf'S(1 (W· R);
3. Jaso n Paol i (Ho n); 4. Je!lllC Vankol (Rtx); 5. Ton y R(1Se (Yam l.
O PEN C: 1. Bert Ber na d es (Rtx); 2. Scott Jacqul'S (Honl; 3.
Gary King (Rbt); 4. Kl' n Nero (Rtx ); 5. Robt.-rtNo rmli (y am) .
PRO SfPI': 1. Danny Casey (Rbc); 2. ShaWIl Ragg io (Rtx ); 3. Jeff
G.lbhart (Ce M); 4. An thony Gia m milIlCO(Rtx); 5. Marty WeililLr
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(Rtx ).
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P /W STK A: 1. Chad COOl'(Ya m ); 2. Kyle Anse lmi (Yam ); 3.
Dan ie lle Ca ld e ira (Yam ); 4. Rya n Law (Yam); 5. Bobby Ca ld e ira
(Ya m ).
P /W STK B: 1. Frankie Ao n.'8 (Yilml; 2. Jdmie Pa hel (Yam) .
r /w STK C : 1. Co ll'to n Ga linski (Ya m ); 2. Bry an t C a lUld o
(Suz ); 3. j am l."S Will iam s (yam).
r / W MO D: 1. C o le to n Ga lin:oki (KTM); 2. Da v id Sh arkey
(Cob).
60 A: 1. Cody An.wlmi (Kaw); 2. Sea n JOflL'S (Ka w ).
60 B: 1. Lauren Wa llan" (Kaw) .
60 C: 1. Fra nkie Garci a n<.lW); 2. Retx'CCa Law (Ka w ).
80 A: 1. Nic k Moore (Yaml ; 2. Bobby Fon~ (Ka w); 3. Fra nkie
Lan l' ISu z).
HO B: 1. Chris Bor)as (Yam) .
250: 1. Freddy P(lli (Ho n); 2. Jaso n Grewe (Suz ).
VET: 1. Ro b McDonnell (H·D); 2. Will ia m Ride r (H o n ); 3 .
D"vid Worthen (Ya m ); 4. Billy Arbogast (Suz) .
VtNT : 1. Stev e Ha ll (Yam) ; 2. Milr k Biscardi (Yam) .
OPEN: 1. Michelle D iSalvtl (W· R); 2. Tony Rose (Ya m ); 3 .
Ha r lu nd Johnson (KTM); 4. Ma rk Bisc.1rdi (Yam) .
M Supercross Park
urray
Ezell and Orr wage war
By Dav id H. Screws
MURRAY, KY, OCT. 16
With th ~ Kentu cky Tennessee MX Association's
poin ts series wind ing d own, Tyson Ezell and
Brad y Orr contin ued their seasonlo ng, backand-forth battl e to see w ho will reig n as t he
KTMXA's 6Scc (7-11) points series champ .
On a pleasan t Saturday afternoo n, just outs ide o f Murra y, Ken tu ck y, t he two yo u th s
mounted their KTMs and took on the challenge
of the tight, techni cal, tire-hookin' clay 01 the .6mile Murray Supercross track. At stake were the
first-place points in race 21 of the KTMXA's 23rou nd championship point s·series.
When the startin g gate fell for the seven~lap
ma in, 13 screaming 65cc hornets all vied for the
holes hot. As they ap p roa che d the end 01 th e
stra ig h taway, on e ad rena line -p u mped you ng
hornet zigged when he sho uld have zagged, and
he wiped out . KTMs and Kawa saki s swerved
and slid , bobbled and bounced as the young riders tried to maintain control of their machines.
Four riders went down - Ezell amon g them. Orr
escaped unscathed .
Ca p ita liz ing on the chaos, O rr took th e
holes hot, geared down hard into the first turn,
aire d ou t a small tab letop and then let 'er rip,
never looking back.
Ezell regained his com pos u re , kic ke d his
KTM back to life and , like a man on a mission,
meth odically picked his way thr ough the pack.
It took a ta nkfu l o f persistence, pati en ce an d
d esire for the you ng rider to make an impr essive
come back. And he did .
By the white-flag lap , the fans were on their
feet , poi n ting and che ering, as Ezell took the
inside of a corner and sho t past the Kawasak i of
Chase Thomas to take over second place. With
less than one lap to go, Ezell set his sights on Orr
and piloted his 65cc hornet to wilhin a few bike
lengths of Orr's rear fende r.
Ho wever, too much th ro ttle and too litt le
traction tossed Ezell as he legged into a steeply
banked corner in the midsecti on of the track. He
was up as quickly as he 'd gone dow n, bu t it
wasn' t quite qu ick eno ugh. Ezell man aged to
save a second-place finish, just slightly ahead of
Thoma s. Orr took the win .
Ezell and Orr then sadd led their 65cc KTMs
and waged war agains t the big boys in the 85cc
Junior class. (Who says you can't roller-ska te in.a
buffalo herd ?) Ezell, who is also in another battle
with the 85cc Suzuki-mounted. Austin Wells for
first place in the 85cc Junior class, kep t himself
focused and his 65cc machine upright to take
home first-place honors in the 85cc Junior main.
Orr managed to ride smart and finished fou rth.
Not to be ou tdo ne by the "youngun," as he
calls his younger brother. Kenny Dale Orr rode
his Suz uki of Paris-sponsored bike in his usual
smo o th, flow in g, li ne-orien ted s ty le to tak e
hom e the firs t-pla ce points in bo th th e 85cc
Senior an d Supermini classes.
Results
BEG: I. Kei th Wa l1,1L"e ; 2. Mike Po llard;
3. Brian
Wa llace ;
4.
BI"('tlI Cox; 5 . Eric Atkinso n .
50 (4·8): 1. Preston Sera tt (Cob ); 2. Alex Roly (C ob ); 3. Drew
Suratt (Cob ); 4. Pau l Ragon (Le m); 5. j us tin Scr ews ( Le m ).
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65 (7-11): 1. Brdd y Orr (Ig Lov ins
(Ya m).
125 A: 1. Darnol BlankMl sh ip (Su z); 2. Mitchell Moo re (Hon);
3. Mike Brandon (Yam l.
12.'; B: 1. Ch ris Burk('('TI(y a m); 2. Eric Klinkha m mer (Suz) ; 3.
Geo ff T ravi... (Ya m ); 4, Aa ron Jon e5 (y a m ); 5. Ala n Wea therford
(Hon ).
125 C: 1. G reg Ha m m on d (H o n) ; 2. Jos h C ro ley (Ya ml;~ .
Kl'vin Field s (Ya m ); 4. Eric Powe ll (Ka w); 5. Matthe w Bet. tC(Yam l.
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250 B: I. C h r is Bu r keen (Ya m ); 2, Groff T rav is (Ya m) ; 3.
David YOungL'f(y am) ; 4. JallOn Kra us (Suz ); 5. Mike Mou re CHonl.
250 C: 1. Greg Ha mmon d (Hon); 2. To ny Tr avis (Yam) ; 3.
Mike Sch.lffl'r (Suz ); 4. J.D. Swain (Ho n); 5. jaso n Ricket l:.'> (Suz l.
16-24: I. C hris Burkeen (y am ); 2. Geoff Trnvi... (Y"m ); 3 . josh
C roley (Yam) ; 4. Aa ron Jones (Yam) .
25+: 1. Lon nil' Evans (Yam ); 2. Jaso n Krau s (Suz) ; 3. Ronnie
,
Ray (Honl; 4. Sha ne Vaughn (Ka w); 5. Dav id Younger (Yam )
30+ : 1. Lon nie Evans (Yam) ; 2. P.lul Pu ck ett CKaw); 3. Kenneth White (};o n); 4. Mike Scha ffer (Yam); S. Mik e G.lrrison (Suz).
40+ : 1. Ron n ie Roly (Ho n); 2. Ken neth Wh ite (Ha n).
WMN: 1. MdUisa Bailey (Ka w ); 2. Sherry Crittendon (Kaw) .
Barona O Raceway
aks
Rich pours it on
By Homer Eubanks
RAMONA, CA, OCT. 24
The end of the 21-race Barona Oaks seaso n is
drawing near, so whe n a mak e-up event pr esen ted itself, man y champions hip conte nde rs
came ou t \r\;,th hopes of earni ng valuable series
point s. In the 2S0cc No vice class, Stev e Rich
poured it on to come from behind and take both
moto wins and the overall class victory.
Working in a class of seven ride rs, Rich had
to earn his win. Rich go t a slow start in moto one
and found himself in sixth. Jayson Monro e was
out fron t, with Brandon Bailey pr essu ring him.
Bailey grabbc-d the lead on the second lap, and
Rich wa s in fifth. Rich picked up his pace on the
last tw o laps and crossed ove r second a t the
w h ite flag. Bail ey lost his locu s and dropped
back to fourth, giving the lead and the eventual
win to Rich .
In the second moto, Rich foll o wed Mik e
Hopst er and Monroe into turn one. During the
first-lap shuffle, Rich mana ged to slip up on the
front two, and as they lou ght over the lead , Rich
managed to slip past both 01 them. On ce ou t
fron t, Rich headed straig h t to the checkered ,
with Hopster closing up at the end but havin g to
settle for second.
Jim Schmidutz pu t it togethe r in the Vet
Intermediate divi sion. Series points lead er Greg
