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al tim es to ge t by Beame r, but Beame r turned it
up a notch and sco red a close wi n over May.
Wood s remo un ted to finish thi rd . Sam Allen
and Sam Redmond rounded ou t the top five.
Wh en the ga te d ropped for the second mota ,
May led the charge into tu rn one, with Beamer,
Woo d s, All en and Rob Tie sler giving C hase.
Woods droppe d ou t on lap two. Allen moved
in to second . May co nti n ued to lead, and Beame r
pressur ed Alle n for the ru nner- up spot. Beamer
made his move on the last lap to slip in to secon d, but Ma y cruised home the w in ne r. Beam er,
A lle n, Redmo nd an d Tlesler rounded the top
five.
May a lso co mpeted in the Over 25 d ivis ion,
in w hich he ba ttled with Beamer, Ricky Ham ps hi re and Lee Ta t ha m . In moto one, Bea me r
sco red the su rp rise win over May a nd Ham pshire. Ha mpshi re controlled the second race to
score the w in and the overall over May. Beamer
d id not finis h the second race. Tatha m finish ed
thi rd .
Miami man Eddie Ray sco red a hat trick,
winni ng three classes. Ray swe p t all six mo tos in
the 250cc A, 16-24 and Four -Stroke classes on his
thu mper.
Suz u ki mini ace Davi Mill saps had a fourmo to ro mp in the 80cc (7- 11) a nd Su per m in i
races, tak ing th e wins over Performance Engineering's Matt Boni.
Th o r-backed Kyle Farnell won th e hig hly
competitive 125cc Pro an d 250cc Pro classes by
wi nni ng all four mo tos to take home the lion 's
chunk of the track purse and Suzuki money .
Results
P /W OIL: 1. Kalen Fitzpatrick (Ya m); 2. ja son Cosci a (Yam) ;
3. Andr ew G ravson (Ya m); 4. Andrew Jon1."8 (Yam); 5. Neeko Co nzalez (Yam l. •
P /W (4-6) : 1. Tyle r Moore (Co b); 2. Zac Free be rg (Co b); 3.
Da mon Wa lkl>f(Lem); 4. And rew St.1cker (Lem ); 5. Cullin Ca bre
(Cob).
P /W (7-tH: 1. Colto n Maynard (Cobl; 2. Ryan Lawhorn (Cob);
3. C hase Co u tu re (Co b); 4. Robe rt Tles lcr (Cob); 5. Kenn Hall
(Cob) .
60 (7-9): 1. Co lton Ma ynard (Kaw) ; 2. Dean Dy ess (Ka w): 3.
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Tro y Davi s (K. W); 4. Ol.'T'Ck H.11I(Ka w): 5. Sh,lwn Weech (I(.1w).
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eo (10-11 ): 1. 1.1nMill ett (KTMl ; 2. Aaron Lundy O(.1w ); 3.
jere miah Bright on (Ka w); 4. Larry Par tin (Kaw ); 5. G mett Wood
(KThIl.
80 (7-11): I. Davi Millsaps (Suz); 2. Mat t Boni (K.1w ); 3. Dean
DyL~ (Suz l; -I. Chris Haack (Suz ); 5. Ia n Millett (Ya m) .
80 (12-13): 1. Za c Lu nd y (Ya m); 2. Ja red Kcu nt je!l (Suz); 3.
Matt Pedrero (Suz): 4. Nick McF.ntl'" (Ya m); 5. Jason Rosete (Kawl .
80 (14-15): 1. Eric Stewart (Ya ml ; 2. Ch uckv Hudson (Hon); 3 .
Rud y Bronson (Yam); 4. Casey Pallavi cini ( Ka~); 5. Colby Morton
(Hon) .
S/ MIN 1: 1. Davt MiIlS.1ps (Suz); 2. Matt Boni (Kaw l; 3. be
Lundy (Yam); 4. Eric Stewa r t O<.lw); 5. C h ris Ha cck (Suz l.
125 YI1i: 1. Bria n Grny (Ya m) ; 2. Pau l Pereb ijnos (Ya m); 3.
Tro y Ad am s (Suz ); 4. Au,;i e Lie ber (Ya m); 5. Da rryl Lind (Yam) .
125 A: 1. Brian Youn g (yam).
125 C: 1. DMTln Fort in (y.1m); 2. King Smith (Suz ); 3. C haz
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Northe y (Ho n); 4. Pa t Manning (Yam); 5. Kimb all Ward (Hon).
125 PRO; 1. Kyle Parne ll (5uz) ; 2. Billy Wood (Yam); 3. Forrest Butlo,!r U( a w) .
250 A: t. Edd ie Ra y (Ya m); 2. Kyle Farnell (Suz ); 3 . Mi ke
Stevenson (Yam); 4. Brian Young (Ya m); 5. Ronnie Renne r (Yam).
250 B: 1. Tom Parsons (Yam l; 2. Stev e Dumond (Suz); 3. Lee
Tatham (Yam); 4. JoeSnedegar (Suz ); 5. Ryan Dav is (Ka w).
250 C: 1. Jaso n Baker (Yam) ; 2. Jimmy Penski (Yam); 3. Da n
Studstill (H un); 4. Lac Couardo (H unl; S. G1rt Eme eson (Kaw ).
250 PRO: 1. Kyle Farnell (Suz); 2. Kenny Yoh o (Suz ); 3. [e remy Sh uttleworth (Yam); 4. Mike Ste ven son (Ya m); 5. Ronnie Renner (Yam).
16-24: 1. Eddie Ray (Yam); 2. Tim Bantle (Kaw); 3. Spen ce r
Jones (Kaw ); 4. King Smith (Suz) ; 5. Mike Ml"Gourty (Yam) .
25+: 1. Ricky Ha mp shire [H e n ); 2. Ea rl Ma y (Kaw) : 3. Lee
Tatham (Yam ); 4_ Brand o n C unning ha m (Kawl; 5. Ma rcu s Pedrem
(Suz).
30+ ; 1. Earl Ma y (Ka w) : 2. St e w Du m und (Suz) ; 3. Mark
Beamer (Suz); 4. Jeff Lampe ("
';uz); 5. Brad Ruel (Yam) .
35+: 1. Earl May (Kaw ); 2. Ma rk BL'dllllr (Suzl ; 3. Sam Alle n
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(Yam); 4. Robert Tlesler (Hon): 5. Sam Redm ond (Ka w) .
40+: 1. Dre w Justic e (Yam) ; 2. Kevin Wilsu n (Suz); 3. Mike
Reilly (Yam); 4. Cary Beeck er (Ka w ); 5. Rick Thorpe fH on).
50+: 1. Tum Fogg (Yam).
4-STRK 1. Eddie Ray (Ya m ); 2. Jimmy Pens ki (Ya m ); 3. Derek
Keys (Yam).
WMN ; 1. Ang ie Keuntjc5 ( Kaw ); 2. Jessica Patterson (Kaw); 3.
Som me r Wood (K.1W); 4. Ma ris sa Hamp shire (Suz); 5. Bria n na
M illsa~ (Su z).
WillowCreek H
S
No waiting for Letellier
By Brad Jones
FA IRFAX, MO, OCT. 10
In the nin th rou nd of the Forward Motion Series,
Mid west Race Products' Leigh Letellier w asted
no time in walking away w ith his th ird o verall
win of the season.
On the start of the two- hour ha re scra m bles,
YZ400-mo u nted jeff Schneider go t the jump on
the pack of AA riders. Letellier and Jim Brawner
dipped bars right off the line .
'The s tart w as dus ty," Letellier commen ted
la ter . "We w ere go ing a round th e mo to cross
tr ack ~fo re en tering the woods. I figuTt j when
x
we go t in to tho w oods, I'd be ab le to turn it u p."
Ridi ng a brand-new KTM 250, Letellier di d
just that, passing series points lead er Scott Harper an d then stuffing Brawner before o ne of the
big up hills. In the lead wa> Letelli er's bes t riding
buddy, Sch neider, who killed his moto r at the
top of one of the Willo w Creek bl uffs. Letellier
stopped a nd harassed Sch neid er as he tr ied to
rest ar t his big four-s tro ke.
Soon Brawner and H a rper app roa ched .
Letellier took off and rode a t a blistering pace,
lead ing by 45 seco nds at the ha lfway point.
"When I saw Harper and Brawne r coming, I
put th e ha m me r d o wn ," Let ellier said . "T he
bike wa s working great and I rode hard for two
lap s. After th at , I just m e llowed a n d rod e
smooth."
With Letellier long gone, Schneide r wor ked
his way pas t Brawner a nd H arper for second
overall.
"I cras hed in pra ctice and hit m y head ," said
Schneider, a chiropractor from the Kansas City
area . "I wa s kind of in a fog the first cou p le of
lap>, but after a while, I starle d really pick in g up
the pace. I had a grea t rid e. Th e cou rse was aweso me!"
Results: October 10, 1999
AA: I. Ldgh Letellier (KTM); 2. Jeff Schneider (Yam); 3. Scott
Har per (Ya m); 4. Jim Drawncr (y am).
A: t . John Gibkr (Ya m); 2. Larry Barge r (Kaw): 3. Brad Barnett (Ya m); 4. Eric Hansen (B on); 5. Nathan Looney (Ya m).
B: 1. Tige Lamb (fIon); 2. Ad rian Bryant (A TK); 3. Bill Gon; ki
(KTM ); 4. JOI.' Rogers (KTM); 5. Paul Dipasquale (G-C)
105: I. Justin Jac kson (Kaw) ; 2. Brad Taylo r (Ka w).
200: 1. Tom Lase (Ho n); 2. [ames Luk... (KTM); 3. Bryan Do nley (KTM); 4. Steve C hilders (KTM).
250: 1. Brad jones (Yam); 2. C aret h Jo yce (KT M); 3. Brad Bt07.
(Hun); 4. Dav id Russell (Hon); 5. John Newm yer (Ka w).
35+: 1. Jim Dittmer (KTM).
SO.o.: 1. C ary Russe l1 (Ho n): 2. Bob Copela n d (Ka w); 3 . Jim
Letellier (K'Th 1); 4. Jo hn Ayen (Kaw) .
TR: 1. JO· Eato n (H un); 2. Chris Bittle (Ka w): 3. Stev e Shea rer
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(Yam ); 4. Barry Harris (Kawl; 5. Mike Roman tum (Non) .
K C Dirt Riders H climb
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Sheets' four to the wins
By Bud Northrup
MOUNTVERNON, IL, OCT, 10
Brent Stewar t from Galva , Illinois, picked up
his third Fas t Time of th e year at the King City
Dirt Rid er s hill o n October 10. Riding a [acks o n
Performa nce-m od ified KTM 380, th e ve teran
rider flew over the 230-foot hi ll in a blaz ing
4.524 secon ds to take a conv incing w in in the
400cc clas s and a lso set the ove rall fast time for
the e vent. Mark Sha fer was clo ses t to him in
the class, toppin g the hi ll in 4.923 seconds o n
hi s ol d YZ400 for secon d pla ce , wit h Ma lt
Peters ru nning third on his CR301 in 4.977 seconds.
But it w a s one of th e yo un g g uns, Scott
"Scoo te r" Sheet s, who - every o ne was ta lk in g
a b o ut a t d a y ' s e n d . T he 15 -y e ar -old r id e r
entered fou r classes and wen t to the wi ns in all
four, and his 4.630-second tim e in the Pus hr od
class w as the second-f astes t time of the da y.
Scooter's firs t wi n came in the 200cc class on
his 1985 KDX200, a nd it was very meaningful.
Cou p led with his w in earlier in th e resched uled
rained -ou t climb, this win pu shed him into the
top spo t in th e seaso n's poi nts ra ce, ahead of
Ch ris Rivers, who finished in th ird pla ce in both
events.
Sheets' second win came in the Open class .
Scooter's uncl e, "Flyin' Bob" Fish er, had just s u f~
fered a broken collarbone in the previous race,
and young Sheet s was riding his Su perio r Cy cle
Spo rtster. And ride it he di d , na iling a 4.669-seca nd time for the win, w ell ahead of Lane "lightni ng " Schultz and his 5.005-second time on his
Norton 850.
Scoote r w a s n ' t d one with Uncl e Bo b :s
H arl ey, 'how ever. H e re turned in th e Pu s hrod
clas s and flew the big ma chine over the top in a
blistering 4.630 seconds for th e win, again edging Schu ltz, who p ut his snortin' No rton over in
a ve ry good 4.732 seconds for the seco nd spot.
(Above left ) Scott Sheets flew to four class wins at the King City Dirt Rid ers Hill cli mb in
Mount Vern on, Illi noi s.
(A bo ve ri ght) At the Kraut Cup Trial - round seven of the PITS " Good Old Days"
Champions hip Series , held in Cisco Grove in th e high Sierras of Californ ia - Harri son
Oswald rode to a second-place finish in the Junio r Novice div is ion .
Sheets was se t to complete a clean sweep as
he brought his CR50 0 to the lin e in th e Stock
class . He di d it in style, as his 4.893-second time
was incred ibly im pressive - nearly half a second
quicker tha n the se co nd -p laced rid er , Shafer,
a n d far bet ter than th e grea t ma jor ity of the
modified m o to rcycles running . Th e youngster
w ith the movie-star good loo ks from Sparlan d ,
Illinoi s, w ill lo ng rem em ber this da y - an d the
"Flyin' Fish" ma y ha ve a hard tim e ge tti ng his
Spo rtstcr back!
Ma rk Go od man [ r . had a dou ble-win day to
ce lebra te . This yo u ng g u n fro m Ind iana po lis
claimed th e 250cc cla ss win o n his KX250 with
a go od 4.723-second ride, bes ting Kev in Ca ppell o, w ho h ad d eli ver ed a 4.8 24-second time
on his KX250. Andy Fortner join ed the four -second club w i t h a 4 .865- se co nd time on h is
RM250 .
Go od ma n 's se cond w in ca me in the 600cc
class, in which he blazed ove r the top in 4.646
second s on his CRSOO to tak e the wi n . For tn er
ra n seco nd on his JPC CR500 in 4.723 seco nds .
Bu tch Fetters \,'Vas also quick, running his Hond a
over the top in 4.907 seconds for thi rd pla ce.
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Result s
50 AUTO: 1. Blake Cappello (Lt-m ); 2. Dy lan Brady (Suz); 3 .
Ju sti n Moore (KTM); 4. Ho lly H aye (Suz); 5. Zach C ru bb (Lern ).
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85 YTH : 1. Jacob Tac ki tt (Ya m ); 2. Nick Ma yo (Hon): 3.
Da mon May olHon); 4. ja red H.:t es (1<4Iw); 5. josh Den son (K. W).
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200: I. Sco tt Shee ts Jr. (Ka w) : 2. Pa ul Hart (H us): 3. Ch ris
Rivers (Ya m); 4. Be
cke Williams (Kaw): 5. Jamb Tackitt ( Ka w ).
250; t . Ma rk Goodman Jr. (K. W); 2. Kevin Ca ppe llo (l( a w); 3.
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And y Fortner (Suz); 4. Matt Peters (Hon) ; 5. [un C n.~k (Honl.
400: 1. Brent Stewart (KTM ); 2. Mark Shafer (y a m); 3. Matt
Peters (H un); 4. John Pott er (Suz l; 5. Doug Campbell (H usl.
600 ; 1. Mar k Goodman Jr. (H o n): 2. Andy Fortner (Ho n): 3.
Butch Fetters (Hu n); 4. Kelly Brad y (Ho n); 5. Ma rk Peters (KTM ).
750; 1. Lane Sch ul tz (Ya m); 2. Andy Fortner (Ka w ): 3. Cory
Shuler (Kaw) ; 4. Bill Star k (Ya m ); 5. JU!lh C1fril->f (Tri).
O PEN : I. Sco tt Shee ts Jr . (H-D ); 2. Lan e Sch ultz (Nor); 3.
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R.lOdy C n"t- (H- D); 4. St"Vl' Shaf er IH-D); 5. Jncu b B.1il'Y (Tri).
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PROD : 1. Sco tt Shl'Cts (H -D); 2. Lan e Sch ultz (No r); 3. Tim
Wi~n'l (Tri); 4. Bruce rlt.'Shl'l"(Tri) ; 5. Ra nd y Gn."t'I\ (H- Dl.
SR: I. Kevin Weaver mon); 2. Tim Wil-";giru; (Tri ); 3. Kevin
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Mc1<4ly (Kaw ); 4. Dwight Curr an (Y. m ).
STK: 1. Sco tt Shl'ets (Ho n); 2. Ma rk Shall'r (K."l wl; 3. G reg Joy
(Ka wl; 4. Doug C.1mp bcU (Yam); 5. Paul Hart