aged tu get back around Carpenter in turn three
on the nin th lap, bu t he couldn' t ca tch Cook for
the lead . After 11 laps, Cook finished first, follow ed by Su lliva n and Ca rp enter, Follo wi ng
Coo k in overa llseason po ints wa s Ca rpenter in
second , and the thi rd spot went to Sulliva n.
(Left) J oe Casey (3)
lead s Jimmy Row in
the 250cc
ExpertJlntermediate
class, in which Casey
was victorious, d uring
Vintage/Evolution
motocr oss at
Woodland Motocross
Park in Wash ington.
(Right) Though he w as
outjumped by J ohn ny
Je lderda in the 50cc
(7-8) class, Nic Paluzzi
(17) rode his Cob ra to
the 50cc Mod if ied
victo ry at Starwest
Cyc le Park in Moreno
Valley, Califo rnia.
Results
125 G P: 1. Danielle Sax ma n (Apr); 2. Ke
vin Shcafer (Ho n); 3 .
v
Richard Ma tthews (I·lon) ; 4. No bi lso (A p r l; 5. Stt-' e n Cob b (Hun],
250 G P: 1. Simnn-Pk-m.- Sm ith (Ya m); 2. Kory G ill (Yam ); 3.
T es Chisho lm (Ho n); 4. Steve Sa ucrbrey (Ya m ); 5 . Patri ck Dowd
am
(Yam ).
250 'lINT : 1. Bru ce Bille (Suz); 2. Simon-Pierre Sm ith (Ho n);
3. Petl..TGod Jt"}' m. (Du d.
'
450 S /BK: 1. Alan Sch wen s
Poitra s; 4. Ti m Ki.·a ITri); 5. Scan UMl'lt.
nl·
600 S/ BK: 1. David Coo k (Yam); 2. Mike Su lliv an (Kaw ); 3.
R.ub Carpenter (Y.l m ); 4. MM k Loren tz (Va m ); 5. Jo h n Duga n
(Yam ).
600 S/SPT: 1. D.lVid Coull.(Yol. m); 2. Mik l' Su lliva n ( Kaw}; 3.
Rub C aepc n tee (Ya m ); 4 . Ma rk Lore n tz (Va m ); 5. [a yson Detamore
(Yam ).
650 G P TW : 1. AI. n ~h wcn (Suz) ; 2. Mar k Velasco (Hon); 3.
l
Dave Lanig an (So2) ; 4. Pl·tl·r Nic l.Ot,n (Suz ); 5. Tyll.TSan de ll (5oz).
'
650 PROD TW: 1. Mar k Veg o rs (5uz) ; 2. O liver Jerv is (Suz); 3.
Christian Owens ; 4. Rich Hill (Suz ); 5 . Bill Sp,lTks (Kaw) .
750 S /BK: I . Jo hn Dugan (Suz) ; 2_ Derek Dam on (5 02 ); 3.
Alan Th.t in (Su z); 4. Brent LaRiv il'T('(SU7.);5. Daniel Lippi!l(Suz) .
750 S/SP'T : 1. Chris Townsend {}(aw l; 2. John Dugan (Suz); 3.
Derek Dam o n (Suz) ; 4. G n.'g Bou wens (Suz ); 5. Alan Th a in (Suz) .
BEARS : 1. Bar ry Wr ells.ell (Tri); 2. C h r is Denz ler (Du e); 3.
Robert Fla gg (Dud ; 4. Rick y Bowers (Due) ; 5. Sen ll A very (Dud.
F-2: 1. Rob Ca rpente r (Yam ); 2. Stephe n Sta llma n (Yam) ; 3.
Micha el ~kCu lluu~h (Him); 4. Steve Schu ck (Ya m); 5. JaC(' Botten -
bet'gep
three sh.. drop -offs and climbs. The la st quarter-mile of Run nin g With Scisso rs was repeated,
nd the C rid ers were still stuc k in it.
L The first Expe rts we re able to slas h and d ash.
Later, the test gr ound to a halt. Blue smo ke hun g
ve r the wreckage for an ho ur . Wh en th e clu b
members arrived, the trail was dosed to a void
ca r bo n - m o n o xi d e poisoni ng . Th e te s t was
thrown out beca use some of the riders had not
even started into the trail,
Loop three had so me new tra il, and th e C
rid ers had pre tty mu ch cleared the course. Riders rode tes t four - called "Run, Forest, Run" cold, meaning they had never seen it. A mix of
old Jogging grades and untested tra il made most
of the rid ers use the loud handle with cau tion ,
Dahner s ripped off a 430. Baily had a 447 a nd
Gary Furrennes a 455. Ever yon e else ga rn ere d
more tha n 500.
Dahners won his sec on d con secuti ve Cowbell, an event that w ill be rem em bered as one of
the toughest eve r, one w hich favored the ea rly
riders, an d one wh ich every contesta nt woul d
ha ve loved to win.
Results
0 / A: 1. JaSlll\ D,lh IlCrs; 2. KI"Vin B.1i1y; 3. Hrian Be n ne tt. 4.
e .u y Furn'nnl"S 5. John Nielsen; 6. Steve Hou glolnd; 7. Sean Wi!;
son: 8. Tim Mo u nt; 'I . Todd Zi k o!iky; 10. &uT)' Rl'm ple; 11. Dllu g
Vou ng; 12, Sco tt Lathrop ; 13. Scan Mc--d
c:roft; 14. Kelly Bcth.lrd s ;
15. Dav id Rhodes .
AA: I. I.lson Dabners (Kl'MJ; 2. Kevin B,lik'y (Suz); J. Bri.in
Bennett (Slit); 4. Ga ry Furn-nnc-s (Kol );5. Sn'w H.,uK I.md (Vam ).
W
o rEN A: I. Dan a Yeung (lion); 2. Scott Lathro p (SU1.); 3.
51'. Mlodcroft; 4. Ch uc k H
10
olton (Ya m ); 5. J.,kc Hu l!'l' (Kaw).
A UN DER: I. Jo hn I\;icbell (Kaw ); 2. Kelly Bt.t hdrd J; (K. W); 3.
'
1
Stl'Vl' I'.u kl' r.
B OVER: L ion Cris t (5uz) ; 2. Paul Christcf\.';lll\ (Ho n); 3. Eric
Bt'\' (Suz) ; 4. Ou an l' PtotCrs<;In (Suz ); 5. Dwa nl' Tnlmml'1't ( KTM,).
4-STR K EX: I. Da vid R hodl~ (Va m) ; 2. S te\'l' Sve d .lTI,ky
(BBR); 3. Jol!i(l!\ EiI..tl·rlin g (Vam).
VET EX: I. Tim Mount (Hon); 2. J im D u kl "!i (Va m) ; 3. Kl'n
Lea rd (KTM).
SR EX: 1. s..."On O 'BriJ.n; 2 Dam on Ik't' (Suz ); 3. ROllollti Gi sle
Another of the horde of Maico-m oun ted riders on hand, Mitch Kirkpa trick , scored a win in
the 250cc Expert class, finishing ahead of the to p
Open In term ed iat e rider, Fra n k Camp bell.
Campbell got the nod for the posi tion after first mo to winner Ak"X Scho n started off poorly and
couldn' t recover, netti ng second in a come- fro mbehind performance to finish just ahead of 250cc
Intermediate winner Tim Storlie, al though Dale
Jacobus netted the 250cc overall w in a head of
Storli e with cons isten t 1-2 finishes to lead Storlie, Jason Tuf f, Sean Light a nd Scott McAllister
int o the top five ,
Ca sey, rid ing a 1974 Honda CR250 Elsinore ,
faced tough com petition on the way to both of
his overall wins, in the O ver 30 Expert and 250cc
Exp e rt Vintage clas ses , with hili closes t ch a llenges coming in the 250cc Expert-elass mote s.
Cas e y had to fend off Jim Row , the top combined Int ermedia te-class ri.. er, in mo to on e, and
t
fellow Expe rt Sweeten in the second moto. However, Casey held up under the pr ess ur e to notch
his nam e as one of only four two-class win ners
on the day.
Row's imp ressive performances earned the
rider from Eugene, Or egon, the overall lnterm edi at e wi n, ahea d of Walt er Welter and Jon Wall,
w ho rod e a 1974 Yamaha YZ250 to third overa ll.
Th e othe r d ouble cla ss w inne rs were Ken
Burningh am (Four·S tro ke and Over 50 Intemledi ate), Nick Ca ld well (25O Vintage an d Unlimcc
ited ), an d 125cc and Under 40 Evolution wumer
Charles Martin.
\ Ka w),
Results
C OPE.oJ: 1. D.1 ·n Pl'tl'NOn (Suz) ; 2. Jd f Mill s (Suz); 3. M.ltt
"
ffi
KtOOJ;h (SU1.);4. Jl'lf Ik"!ie (Kaw); 5. Harold Dardl.'Cd( ~ ) .
t
C UNDER : 1. WendclI Bil'rsnla (y.1m); 2, JUL Dan i{ (Hn n); 3.
'
'ls
Rich D,lnids (Ho n); 4. Zolk Da niels (H on ); 5. Tim Co rp (Suz).
VET AM ; 1. Ch ris C a l't'y (Suz); 2. DilVid Lore n go (K.1W); 3.
D.ln fk m .lT (!-lon); 4. Tod d Lynn (KT M); 5. Ray Kl'![er (Su z),
d
4 ~ST R K AM : I. Way n l' Cotts (Ya m ); 2. Gt 'org l' MC',lden
(Yam ); 3. Rick Tho mJ'!'On (Iwu rt h; 3. MallOn
\
Powl'll; 4. Jaso n Aasl a nd ; 5. Alex Ada ms
PRE-t970 INT: I. Otris tu p hcr Jal\l l"!i(Ya m); 2. D'lI'TCI Kilg ore
(Ya m ); 3. Kl'l\ Burn ingh am (85Al.
PRE.-197U EX: I. Jay 1..l (M.li).
c1
125INT : 1. Ray Horton (Ho n ).
125 EX: 1. Chri~Ci!i l1l'll IC-A ).
Z5{) AM : 1. N ick Ca ldwell (Ma D; 2. Juli~ Swee t... (Bon); 3.
n
Michdt:- COli (Yam ); 4. Tim T ru d l·.1U (Kaw ); 5. Ky le Wf'bst er (H an) .
I
2SO L'IT: I. Jim my Row Ulon); 2. Wall er Wd ter (H o n); 3. Jon
W"IJ (Yam ).
250 EX: 1. Joe Cd!'CY(Hon); 2. O\:nnis SWl"Ct n (f-Ion ); 3. Ryan
e
Andet'Wn (BuH; 4. Jn hn Mim:ut le (Hu n).
O PE;'l AM : 1. Dino Med ina (CZ) ; 2. Brian Wry (CZl .
O PE-'\! NT: 1. Marty Wt,ltc r (Hon); 2. John Ad ams (Y.unJ; 3.
Dana Sals m a n (Yam) ; 4. G nOS Ma ttoon (CZ); 5. Jo hn Matt oun (CZ).
4-STR K INT: 1. Ke n Burnin gh am (BSA) ; 2. Marty W eltl'r ~
n~on); 3. R.1Y Stipe (H on).
30+ A M: 1. Kl'1l Harl an (Yam ); 2. Glenn Stover (Yam ); 3. Bill
Metcalf (Suz) ,
30+ INT : 1. lu hn Ada ms (Ynm ); 2. Ra y H o r to n (Ho n); 3.
Mar ty Welter (H on ).
30+ EX: 1. JU Casq (Hon).
l'
40+ A M: 1. Tim Trudl'au (Kaw ); 2. Din" Ml-d ina (CZ); 3.
Brian Wry (eZ); 4. JilY Hamilton (Ho n).
40+ lNT : 1. Kl-'ith Wcb!>te (H o n ); 2. 0<111.1 Salsm a n (Ya m); 3.
r
John Mall oon (CZ) ; 4. Darrel Kilgore (Yam); 5. Bill Bro w n ;
J . Re id Saa rio
(ez).
INT: 1. Di ck Stid h am (H on); 2. Rodf;er Billt! (Suz) ; 3.
Ralp h G ar k (lion ).
f>O+ AM : 1. Norm Duvall (Vam) .
WMN AM : 1. Tina H.ulan (Va m); 2. Julil' S,1
lsman (Yam); 3.
Arlila Co le (Ya m ).
WMN lNT : 1. Julil' SWt'CIt'l\(Hun).
Evo lu ti o n
125 1NT : 1. Tim Co ug h lin (Suz) .
125 AM; 1. C ha rles Marti n (Ya m); 2. Jeff Rose (Ya m ); 3. An dy
5cht'Cn (Suz).
250 AM : 1. Co lby C am pbe ll (Ynm); 2. George- Bclangrr (Ma D;
3 . C har ll.."S Martin (Yam ); 4. Jim Mun ger (MaO; 5. Jilck Rua (H on) .
250 Il'II'"T: 1. Dale Jacobus (Yam ); 2. Tim Storlie o-to n); 3. Jaso n
T uff (Hon); ·t ~an Light (Bu ll; 5. Scott McAlli slt.'I'(Mai) .
250 EX: 1. M itch Kirkpa tri ck (MJ.il .
O P EN A M: 1. John Kitty (Hus); 2. Kyle Jo h nso n (Hu s ); 3 .
Robt-rt Sch u lz (I-IU5); 4. Jack Ru a (H o n); 5. Steve EylC!> (Suz).
O Pf.!'l INT : 1. Frank Ca m pbe ll (Ma i); 2. Alex Schon (H us) : 3.
Scou McAllister (MaD ; 4. C h r ibto p he r Jam n (Ya m); 5 . Kenny
Brynn (Mili).
O P EN EX: 1. Scoll Tyll.·r (Mdi);2 Kurt Stl"Vl'l\li (Ya m ); 3. Dt-nnis S Wt'CIl'l1(Ma il; 4. Jay Lad (M ail ; 5. Kary Kra he l (Mai ).
()...4() AM : 1. Ow.rll"SM.utin (Volm); 2. Tyler Ca r l'lOn (Bu)); 3.
Jo hn Ki tty (Hus);4. Co lby Ca m p be ll (Vam ); 5. Chris Walthl."T (H on) ,
Q-40 INT: 1. Sco tt M cAll is h: r (Ma i ); 2. Ch ristopher Ja m es
'
(Va m ); 3. Tim Coughlin (So2) .
4{)... A M: 1. Ray Fi:.h t-' (MIlil; 2. Mo Luehm an n (Yam ); 3. Eric
r
Kra~k (Yam ); 4. Robert Schulz (H us) ; 5. Hd l\tl May (H us).
(>0+
4{)+ [NT: 1. Kl.-nny BI)'1U\(MaO; 2. Fran k Ca m p be ll (Mai.); 3,
Dale Jac:o !l (Yam ); 4. Bill Brown (Ya m ).
bu
40 + EX: 1. Jesse Buckl ey (Yam) ; 2. M itch Kirkpa tri ck (MJ.O.
4-STR K EX: 1. Mo nty Price (Yam); 2. Jl"'l.'ll' Buck ley (Ya m).
4-STRK AM : 1. Rog er Warnt.·r (H o n); 2. Gle nn KaI.'la (Yam);
3. [u rcd Lipplt"g Ol> (Va m); 4. Rip Jo n es (Ya m) ; 5. Tim Courson
(H en ).
WM:"oJ A M: 1. j e
ssica Osterma n (Yam ).
U /L: 1, Nick Ca ld we ll (Mai); 2. Bill Ml'Ica lf (Suz) .
S
tarwest Cycle P rk
a
Jelderdajumps to victory
By Tony Alessi
MORENO VALLEY, CA OCT. 30
,
"Jum ping " Johnny [e lderd a literall y jumped to
victory and raised the bar in the Pet:' Wee ranks
with an upset victory over World Champion Nic
Pa luzzi in the 50cc (7-8) di vision during round
tw o of the Starwest Fall Con ting ency Se ries,
held a t Starw est Cycle Park.
In th e firs t Pee Wee (7-8) co n test, Pa luzzi
pulled his usual holes hot, but instead of pulli ng
away for the wi n, Johnny [elderda ca me knock in g a t th e d oor - an d Paluzzi di dn 't have a n
a nswer. jeld erda chose to jump a 6O-foo t double
jump on th e ba ck stra ighta way, p assin g and
pulling away from Paluzzi in th e opening mot o.
In th e sec ond moto, Pa luzzi was again o u t
fron t, and this tim e it looked like he had don e
his hom ewor k bem'cen motos; he wa s stepp ing
up and also performing the same double jum p
as Jelderda . But Jelderda had one more trick up
h i s s le e ve, a n d th a t was to dou b le ~doubl e
thro ugh a ll fou r jumps on the ba ck stra ightaway
- a stunt that's never before bee n performed by
any Pee Wee race r. jeld erda Sl't up Palu7 just
..zi
after the ha lfway mark, the n pulled the trigger
an d pu lled a.way to sco re the mu to and the ove rall victory.
Paluzzi raced alone in second, bro ken-heart·
ed, for the re ma inder of the mot o, be hind the
nigh t's cham p, Joh nny Jeld erd a.
Th is event ma rked the return o f Sta rwest's
local top pro, Danny Carlson, w ho was sporting
new colors ,
"The new Suzukis are gre at and super-fas t,"
Carlson said . "After I beat Travis Pastra na at the
RM Cup in the first hea t race and had podium
finis hes the res t of the week, Suzu ki offered us a
program for 2000 that will help us achieve some
of our goa ls for the mille nn ium."
Ca rlson rode unchallen ged th rou gh ou t the
course of both combi ned 125cc Intenned ii1 te and
Pro races. Ca rlso n topped Matt Hopkins in the
Pro class an d Int er mediates Steve Eugenio and
Brandon Milst ead for the night's top pod ium
posi tion ,
Results
Small Tuck
50 STRTR H-6): 1. Jal.-ob P. (IcrM); 2. Nick 5erTllno (IcrM); 3.
Zlcha ry S. (KTM).
50 STRTR (7-8): 1. Jus tin Rodrigu ez (IcrM); 2. Tommy Fraijo
(Vam) .
50 J R (4- 6): 1. Mos es Uri as (Yam ); 2. Du ,tin r. (Vam); 3.
Mega n A o res (Ya m ).
50 STK 8 (O-tl) : 1. R.J. Hoc h (KTM) ; 2. Jam es Frigo (Cob) ; 3.
Jarrod S. (IcrM).
50 STK BEG (4-6): 1. Moses Uri as (Cob); 2. Jt!re m y McCool
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