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By Jo Jo Racer
Photo by Photo Dude
(Above left) At Joll y Rogers Motorsport s Park in Lempster, New Hampsh ire , Don Prevost
(19U) cl ears the way as defending Open Pro po ints cham pion J. Mark Thomas (1) gets a
fr ee ride to the top of the groove, compliments of Prevo st.
(Abov e right) Open Expert ride r Dave Hamel took fli ght at the Nightingale Hare & Hound in
Fernley, Nevada , crossing the fin ish line first for the overall win .
reported a not iceable in cr ease in th e o ve ra ll
grades of 'the kid s in the program. That mak es us
feel good .
As for last night's practice and today' s races,
we hope to raise about 10 pe rcen t of operation
HOPE' s ann ual budget of $100,000. And one
thin g's for sure: We can count on the Mxers to
help us out. The KTMXA riders, other are a raeer s, a nd fans are her e in Jackson to sho w th at
they care. We love 'em, respect 'em, and know
that we can count on 'em. They're good peo ple always hav e been, a lways w ill be. It's their
nature."
Asked wha t HOPE stood for, Coope r stated
with prid e. "Helping Others Prepare for Excellence... HOPE l"
In 125cc B actio n. Honda rider [amaal Bond
won both the fou r-la p heat and the eig ht-la p
main to take the win . Then , in th e 125cc A contest , hard-driving Suzuki pilot Brent Brush beat
seco nd-place finisher Damon Prince and thirdplace rider Mitchell Moor e. Brush let it all han g
out, winning the heat and the ma in.
Throughout th e 16-24 co n test, Bond and .
Brush went aft er one a no ther as if they w er e
two mean a lley cats eng aged in a clawfest over
a fresh slab of sa lmo n . Brush and Bond were
side by sid e through th e fir st turn, and th ey
stayed that way. The in ten sity of th eir scuffl e
drew racers from the pit s up to the spectators'
fence an d had the crowd straining for a bett er
view .
On laps four and five, both Brush and Bond
turned eight row s of whoops into two gr acefu l
swoo ps, d earing the section with two thrustss of
the thro ttle. On lap six, Brush mad e a calcu lated
move on <1 long, sweeping curv e in the mid section of the tra ck, intending to slas h pas t Bond on
the high side of the berm - but the berm did n't
bite. Brush faltered for no mor e than a tenth of a
secon d, bu t Bond s hot ahead a bout six b ike
len gths and whippe d hi s hi gh- fl ying Honda
sideways across the finis h-line tableto p to take
the checkered in a show-stop ping victory.
Results
50 (4-8): 1. Alex Ray (C ob ); 2. Chari ty Broo ks (Lem); 3. Luke
Hob5IOrlt; 4. Kt-vin Bu r k<1l1~ 5 . Tr avi s Fl1"l.'1IIan (Kaw ).
25() A: 1. Jaso n Pt"1T)' (5uz) ; 2. Buddy Akers (Suz).
250 B: I. GilVin Burkman; 2. JAmaill Bond (Ho n); 3. Will iam
Sma llw ood (Suz).
250 C: 1. Hl'ath E lli ~ (Ya m ); 2. Na thiln Brasher (Yam); 3.
Natha n C oo ke (H u n ); 4. Joe y An g lin (H o n ); 5. Mitch C a n ley
(H on) .
125 BEG: 1. ' ,l su n Ho n ll.I 8d iley (}(.a w ).
16-24: I. Jamaal Bond (H on ); 2. Brent Brosh (Suz); 3 . Gavi n
Bur kma n; 4. Hea th Elfut (Yam) ; 5. Bria n Weaver (Yam ).
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McGirr whirs to the wins
By Brad Todd
LEMPSTER, NH, OCT. 9
It was another very compe titive night in lempster, New Hampshire, as seve ral New Eng land
Dirt Track Seri es regula rs d iced it up with th e
late-season riders.
In th e Super Senior con test, Robert McGirr
from No rwa lk, Conn ecticut. mad e his late-season pilgrimage to Jolly Rogers, and this time he
was putting on a flat-track clinic. Track regular
Da ve Bette nco urt of East Bridgewa ter, Massach usetts, m an a g ed to get t he holesho t of
ho les hot s in th e m a in a nd, h a vin g watched
McGirr dri ve away from him in the first mota,
he mad e his Honda take up all of the preferred
line for the first three laps , until McGirr got his
Yam aha sorted out. Then it was McGirr's tum.
He put hi s YZ into turn t h ree ve ry h ot a nd
und er Bett en court. Both bi ke s got very sideways, but skill an d ex perience pr eva iled , a nd
both bikes sho t d own the fron t straig ht side by
side . McGirr gained the upper hand down the
back stretch and nev er looked back. John "Yogi"
Hild ebrand , on a BSA, round ed out th e top
three.
In the 60cc heat , Shane Narbonne of Low ell,
Massachusetts, chased Manchester, New Hampshire's Troy Estabrook the entir e race, but he took
the holeshot in the fea ture and crossed the finis h
lin e fir st . KX-mounted Estabrook was seco nd,
a nd Alex Guilbeault, also on a KX, was third .
In the Open Pro event, McGirr again was the
class of the field . showing Shawn Morin of Goffstown, New Hampshire, and Bettencou rt the
fast way aro u nd the fifth- mile circuit. Except for
a few slides , no one go t in any trou ble, bu t the
raci ng ac tion was si m p ly awesom e, with a
group of e ight ri d er s racing wheel to wheel
thro ug hout the entire second mota. A three-bike
ba ttle between Hond a rid er Don Prevost, Rich
Beaurcgua rd an d defend ing points champion J.
Mark Thomas prod uced some hairy moments.
'" knew h e [Prevostl wa s in a hur r y. "
Thomas said after the race. " He has a hot dat e
later!"
Results
>0 A : 1. T yle r Odenh.J.lI (Yam); 2. Travi s Fri e nd; 3. Beau
Lirette (Ya m); 4 . ' af'Mi Bead!. Templcton (Suz); 5 . Bran don Be u..
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50 B: 1. A manda Mo rea u (Yam>; 2. Chris Todd Kt"CIlC (H o n).
50 S R: 1. James Rispoli (Lem ); 2. Troy Est.brook (lY w); 3.
Bren t Lvs ka w a (Lc m): 4. z.ch G ra nd maison (Yam); 5. [ob n Od e nha D (Ad).
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W: 1. Shan..- Nar bonne; 2. Tro y Estab roo k (.:awl; 3. All"llC u il·
beau lt (lY w ); 4. Cory H ild dlrand (K.lw); 5. John OdnllaD (Act ).
tID AM . 1. Wayne Wagn eT (Ho n ); 2. M ike. Wagnl'r (Act ); 3.
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Andy Rt. dd in gt on (Yam ); 4. Cra ig Starzyn.'lki ()(a wl; 5. Gabe Rand
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()(aw).
AD U LT 100 : 1. Sco t! Armstrong C o n ); 2. Sh a w n Mori n
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!Han); 3. Scan Ha rv ey (Ho n); 4. Dou g la s Bailey (Hon).
125 A M : 1. Brt"Ilt H icks ; 2. Scott A nnstTl'lng lH on ); 3. C ra iJ1;
Sta rz y nsk i (K.o. w): 4. Wa yne Wagn er
