Events
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flO NOV: 1. Bobby Rom ero (Yam ); 2. Brett Roth il!l (Kaw ); 3.
Ty ler Kalisiak (yilm); 4. Nathan Salg ad o (Va m ); 5. [a mes Turne r
(Kaw l.
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80 IYr: 1. ChaM Meineke (Yam l.
80 EX; 1. 1" 8(" Casilla, (Ya m); 2. Kelly Tloddt'r (Yam ); 3.
JtlllhWlG rant (K.lw ); 4. Tyl t'f Dun can (Ya m); 5. be Wray (Yam) .
S/ MINI: 1. ]l-8l1(" CMlilll'll> (Ya m); 2. Tyler Dun ca n (Va m); 3.
CJ" M(.'im·k.., (Yam ); 4 . Jos hUA G rllnt (Ka wl ; S. Ztc W ra y (Vam ).
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125 BEG: t. DeruUs Van Att.l ( K., W); 2. Ch.ld &1 (Hu!»;3. Ryan
c.m pb d l (Y.l m); 4. Jw;tin Ht."ITJ1lan (Ya m ); 5. Phil S ha M- (Yam ).
125 NOV : 1. Ch.1d Ga umer (Yam ); 2. Ste ve n Hau~hdst i n{'
(Yam) ; 3. Israel Och oa (KTM); 01. Con")' Mu rphy (Hu:.ty
W.tltt"B (Ya m); 4. Chru Sprmlu.-t (Suz); 5. David RaIMC")' (Ya m ).
250 NOV : 1. Ken Block (Kawl ; 2. Co rey Murphy (Y. m); 3.
[aeon Foxe (Bon); 4. Ztch Scuri (Y. m); S. M.att Ha rt (K.1 w).
250 1ST: 1. Bra nd on M~t('ad (Suz); 2. Chm TUrTIlT(Kaw); 3.
Darin Guerne (lGlw).
250 PRO : I. Dusty Wal ten (Ya m); 2. Zeb Arms trong (Ya m).
25. N OV : 1. Darin G ue r n l!' (lCa w) ; 2. David McM echen
(K.1 w); 3. 0uU Wrigh t {Su,d .
30+ BEG: I . Ala n Hill (Kaw) .
30+ NOV: 1. An tho ny Rcee (Y.a 2. Owen Ncid cr (HQft) .
m);
30+ lJ\'T: I. R.lnd y Danylo CKa l; 2. Ken Block (JU w); 3. Tim
w
Ruthnford (Hon ).
40+ NO V: 1. BillCotton (5uz ).
40+ EX; I . o..n M(Qintod (Yam).
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Extreme P rk Hare Scrambles
a
Willow CreekM
otocross Park
Leivan by a wheel
Cheney unchained
By Brad Jo nes
By Clay Light
DREXEL, M OCT. 31
O,
The Extreme Park Ha re Scrambles turned into a
battle betwc'Cn Missouri's to!, pro MXer , Doug
Sto ne, an d Mi ssou ri' s to p off~roade r . Steve
Leivan . In the end , it was Leivan by a whee l at
the 11th rou nd of the Forward Motion Series.
O n th e s ta r t 01 t he McBra nn 's C ycle
Shc-d 100Neal USA-sponsored event, Stone powered his Kawasa ki of Missouri /Thor KX250 in to
the lead.
" 1 haven't done one of these hare scrambles
in years ," Stone said later. "Last time, it too k a
couple of kicks to get the bike to start. This time,
holy cow! - I got the ho!c'Shot:'
Riding with no ~lrk busters and a borrowed
th ree-gallon gas tank, Stone pul led ou t severa l
bike lengths on the first lap. Matt Lane and
Terry Gilliland gave chase . Leigh Letellier and
Leivan we re third and four th. Letellier qu ickly
pa ssed Lan e and Gill iland and th e n stalked
Stone for thr ee laps. Letellier mad e a pass on
Stone, wh o was in the creek, for the lead.
" I wa s cha sing Stone," Letellier said. "1
expected him to be fast at fIrst, maybe even erratic. He was riding reall y smooth and controlled .
Leh'an tried to pass me on the third lap . We went
down this big hill. I heard him yelling. The next
th ing I knew, he was rolling a round on the
gro u nd . Then, in the creek, Stone go t behind
some lappers . I took a different line and mad e the
pass. When we grit back to the motocross track
and hit the whoops, he went right back by me.
Stone pu lled aw ay from Lete llier and wa s
also a good two minutes a head of Leivan at the
hallway point. It looked like it would be an easy
victory for Stone. However. Leivan, wh o is notoriou s for la te charges, reeled in Lete llier and
moved into second when Letellier got stuck in
the creek. Leivan charged hard and ca ugh t Stone
on the final lap, and then took the lead with half
a lap to go.
" Leivan p ass ed me in the cree k ," Sto ne
reported. "I thou ght if I could hang with him , I
mi ght get him back in t he w ho ops . A lapper
held me back ju st e nough, e n te ring the MX
track, that I couldn't get him . He was no slouch
on the MX track."
The two riders came through the final check
fende r to tire. with Leivan the v.;nner.
In the Trai l Racer class, Kawa:;aki ace Scott
"Sticker Kit" Henion took the holeshot and ran
out fro nt for mos t of the even t, ahead of Chris
Bittle and John Christopher on his Letko KTM
200. Bittle worked past Henion with a lap to go,
onl y to hav e his chain fall off. Henion retook the
lead for an easy win over Christopher.
"I had Doug Stone of Stone Works reva lve
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ADRAS, OR, NOV. 14
Yamaha-mounted Dave Cheney was hottcr than
t he uns ea sonable 75-d eg ree mid-N ovembcr
weat her in his two -cl as s domi nation of the
motocross action at the Willow Creek Motocross
Park in central Oregon. Desp ite incred ibly tough
compctition ;Cheney won in his Over 40 Expert class debut. Then the rid er from 'Red mond, Oregon, fina lized his doubl e class romp with a win
ill the 250cc Junior class, both coming with 1-1
swee ps for the Vet Gear /A uto Ima ge·backed
Chene y, who was just three da ys shy of his 40th
birth day.
Perh aps the winn ingest ride r in the Over 40
class th is season has bee n 1978 Na tion al Four Stroke Motocross Champion Rod Kentner. H ow~
ever, Kentne r wa tched his win streak come to an
end when Cheney topped both motos to nab the
overall win. Yamah a YZ400 rider Ron Hudson,
wh o fini shed fo u rth in th e firs t mot o behind
Ch eney, Dave Huerta and Kentner, finished sec·
ond in mot o two to nab secon d overa ll via 4~2
perlonnances to lead Kentner (3-3), John Ayers
(5-1) and Hu erta (2-7).
Nev Laborde, wh o wa s the da y's lon e PrDfessional rid er, ran away \\.i th the first combined.
125cc Pro / 25Occ Jun ior contest, lead ing Che ney
to the finish , alth ough the bu zz in the pits afterward was about C aliforni an Brad Pa lme r' s
amazing 125-foot leap 01 the fInish -line double
ju m p, a fea t pre viou sly u nattempted . Palme r
wa s in jured s lig h t ly up on land in g , bu t h e
received the crowd's ap pIalLc;;.e and then received
t he ho nor o f th e d ouble jum p being du bbed
"Palmer Jump."
Laborde 's no-sh ow in moto two was attr ibuted to a broken clu tch cab le, dnd it aid ed in
Cheney's runaway win. Cheney got the jum p on
the field a nd led his closest competitor, Alle n
Tomp kins, and the top 250cc Novice rider. Sean
Light, from the get-go . KTM-moun ted Michael
Warren ga ted poorly bu t clawed his way in to
th ird to trail double moto win ner O ,eney a nd
Tompkins, who was second overall in the 250cc
Junior class with 3-2 placings, to finish ahea d of
Warren (4-3) and 250cc Novi ce winn er Light.
KTM rid er Brand yn Ja s. a n d Nic ko la s
McMill en battl ed in the sOcc Ad van ced class,
but tha t was only d uri ng the ea rly portions of
each mot o, as the Cob ra -mo u n ted McMill en
pullc-d away from Jasa in the later stages of the
motos to take the class vi ctory with his 1 ~ 1
showings. Jasa netted second, ahead of Polin imounted Dylan Stone (3-3) and KTM ride r Kip
Olkow ski (4-1).
Those riders cam e back to aga in go head to
head in t h e 60 cc Novice cl ass. The lo ne
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(Above left ) Doug Sto ne (87B) leads the
AA class at t he Extreme Park Hare
Scramb les event in Drexel , MissourI.
(Ab ove right) Rhett Joh nson (57) flew to
both 60cc moto wins at the Will ow Creek
Motocross Park in Madra s, Oregon.
Ad va nced rider. Rhet t Jo h nson . sco red both
moto wins to lead Blake Anglen (2~ ]) , wh o was
the Novice winner, ahead of McMillen (1-2), [asa
(3-3), Olkowski (5-1 ) and Stone (6-5).
Results
50 ADV: 1. Nicholas McM illen (Cobl; 2. Brandyn [asa (KTMI;
3. Dvlan Stone (Pol).
•00 ADV: 1. Rho. Johmon o<.wl.
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60 I'OV: 1. Blak AngJen (laM); 2. f':icI<.oWt McMiIk-n (Cob );
3, Brandyn J.lSa (laM).
80 NOV: 1. Bn ndon Kentner (Yam); 2. Ben Ang lm (Suz..I; 3.
D.tnnyCotit.a (Kaw).
t25 ;"\jOV 1. X.l n l ig ht ( K.t w); 2. A.ron Ha s ton (Suz); 3.
:
1 us tin YOWtJI,; (Sou).
125 JR:1. Cody Rkhcldt'rler (Yarn) .
125 PRO: 1. Xev Labord,' (K.lwt
125/ 250 BEG: 1. Ja.h Juhf\!lOn (li on ); 2. Aolirofl I-Wton (Suz);
3. M.l" c-.-y (Suzl .
250 SOY: 1. Robert Knigh t (Yam) ; 2. Pal Berry (Suz); 3. Dav1d
CO&ota(Hon) .
250 JR: I. Dilve Chent-y (Y.a
m); 2. Allen Tompku'l!i UC.lw); 3.
Mike Warren (K'TM ).
O PEN : 1. Ron Hudson (Yaml ; 2. CLtreJ\Q:' Jdl,,",lR (Hon) ; 3.
Jerry Scott (Ho n).
40+ EX: I. o..w Q\enc."Y (Yam) ; 2. Ron Hud!OOR (Yant>; 3. Rod
Knllnef (l-Um).
-10+AM: I. Rick HeTbst C on) ; 2. r ollt 8li' ry (Suz l.
B
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VET A..\t 1. Jim Sanden; 2. Dun Walkc.T; 3. Mike Kilby .
50+: I. StlRny Ndf (Hon l.
S mrocks Hare a H
ha
nd ound
Ondas takes the
black-and-white
By Shawn Drou in
REDMOUNTAIN, CA, SEPT 26
.
The Shamrocks Hart:~ and Hound too k place in
Red Mountain on a nice, hot summer dav. The
event started at exactly 10 a.m. The bo~b wa s
di fficu lt because of all t he bu shes; howe ver,
many riders thought the \;rgin terrain mad e for
a good race course.
Team Green/FMF/MSR /Shoei-ba cked Dave
Ondas took his KX500 to the overa ll win , ahead
of second-place finisher Abe Bau ma nn.
"I go t a medi um sta rt and was about fifth or
s ix th to th e end of the b omb," sa id Ondas.
1rVhen I came in to the pits , I was running second and right behind Baumann. Abo ut hall a
mile into the loop. I passed Baumann. My bike
ran gre at a nd ha s performed well th e whole
year. I d idn 't hav e a ny get-offs and everyt hing
wen t great. I really liked how they mark~ the
course and the variety of terrain."
Befor e passin g Baum ann, how ever , Ondas
fIrst had to pass fellow KXSOO p ilots Jeff Ca pt
a nd Da n Richardson, wh o w ere co m pe ti ng
aga inst race lead er Baumann in the O pen Vet
Expert class.
" It too k me a while to pass them beca us e
they are really good riders," said Ondas about
passing all three rid ers . "Becau se the first loop
was easier than the seco nd , I d id most of my
passtn g there. There were some pr etty tech nical,
rocky hilts on the seco nd loop. I rod e consis tent
a nd didn 't try to rid e over my head , and I jus t
had a good race."
Baumann may not have won the overall , but
he moved on e step clo~er to wrapping up the
Vet Open cha mp ions h ip . Still , Bau ma nn is in
close com pe tition with Capt fo r the title thi s
year. The title will most likely be decided at the
final round. in December.
"I got a goo d start and was the first one to
the end of the bo mb," said Ba uma nn, who is
usually the first one to the end of the bom b ru n.
"After the bo mb, the course took you th rough
some tight canyo ns an d so me sand hill s. The
canyons got rea lly du sty , so it was hard for pe0ple to ca tch up to me. The first loop , I was just
basically tryin g to stay ahead of everyon e. I really liked the first loop. The y had a lot of singletrack trails o n t he s id es o f mountains and
through the hills. (liked the fact that they d idn 't
p ut too many whoops in the course. I came into
the pits running firs t overall. My d ub ga ve me a
grea t pit. It was quick. The SL'COnd loop got kind
of rocky, bu t it wasn't too hard. I go t a little hot
and tired , and tha t' s when Dave Ondas ca ugh t
up to me. We got in to the Spa ngler Hills and
there was on e sa nd- wash canyo n tha t was a little whooped out . It wa s fifth -gear terrain, and
the ca nyo n had steep wa lls to bo th side s, a nd
rocks. Ond as pulle up next to me; I looked at
d
hi m and he at me, and we wer e both lin] fifth
gear, pinn ed wide-open, going in to the mouth of
the canyon. Then I was th ink ing, 'Should I keep
it pinned or not ?' and then I thought , 'Not,' but I
chickened out a nd let him pass. Maybe tha t's
age speaking. He's you ng and can afford to get
off, and I can 't. After that , he just took off, and I
was thinkin g, 'Why d id I let him go by? Now I
have to eat his dust"
As it turn s ou t, e ve ryone a te Ondas' du st.
Richardson beat out Cap t to finish second in the
Ve t Open Exp e rt class. The Team Green du o
mad e it four K.X 500 ~ in the top five.
Resull s
Loop O ne
MO EX: 1. Jt'ff Dtllun (K.lw); 2. Trnvi" W,, ~ha l (Suz).
80 AM : 1. Lee BUllting (K,a
w).
VET OPE.~ EX 1. Sid rayne (ATK).
:
S /SR EX: 1. AI GUZl1\oln (Kaw) ; 2. Ec.l Bulin (Kaw); 3. Don
Vover (Hon).
• SR OrEN EX: 1. Dave John.. (Ano.
'oOn
SR O PEN AM: 1. Karl fl l.'1 lbronI1l!'d Hon).
MAG A.\-1 1. Ru ben Ga rcid (Yam); 2. Ca rl Baldwin (Yam ); 3.
:
Tom Ya tl'5 {ATK).
MAG NOV : 1. Susu b hll (Kdw).
WMN NOV : 1. Arnie Moli nn Ukon l.
SR 250 BEG: I. ~Lt.rk L.Tlter (Yarn) .
HO NO V: 1. Conry-Wo lf (Kaw ).
WM:-.I AM: I. Va~ Cra wfo rd (Kaw ).
VET 2SO NOV : r. Br-"'Iey HolY(Hon ).
'VET Of'E"l SOV: 1. Bry s.oot (Hu.); 2. John~Vid.e:r (Vorl .
An
VET O PEN BF
..G: I. How.rd Sh.adw ell (Hon); 2. Jerry Ford
"-fon); 3 . Rex Robe.-r..on (}"lMl.
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SR 250 AM: 1. Gl ry Coartside (ya m).
250 BEG : 1. Tra vi, Se ym our ( Hon ); 2. Richard Cochrolln
(Kaw); 3. Billy Adam... (Yam ).
OI'E.~ BEG: 1. William law (Kaw) ; 2. Eric KL')"oCf (Kaw ).
VET 2SOBEG: I. l.lrry Waterhoulill' ( JCTh{) ; 2. I..ouH.- Romo Jr.
(Yam); 3.
PauJ (Yam).
125 BEG: 1. Bnonl M.anlTN (YolI m); 2. Caml!'fOl\ Bn.oWt·r (1r (Hon): 3.
Ted Kalna J (Hon).
WMN NOV : 1. Emily ~ (Kaw).
SR O rEN N OV : 1. Do na ld Knighl (K.1W); 2. Lu ke To~
,"us); 3. H(l!i.(J(aw l.
125 AM: 1. Ru bo'l1 Ba..n (Ya m); 2. Grq\ Sigwin~ (Su z ).
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SR o r EN AM : 1. k ny Coffl'Y (Hon ); 2. lMac Hull (Ho n); 3Rick Ovnby (Ho n).
\
SR 2SO 1\.1 : 1. RClbPktu rde oc.w); 2. Stt"V1!' Dillon (Kaw); 3.
Dan id Bamli'tt.
4· ST RK EX: 1. Mik l' Ko re n w onder (Ya m); 2. Lon Brand
(Hon); 3. Robert Bamum {Yaml .
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4·STR K A M : 1. Kurt Ma nn (Ya m) ; 2. To ny ~ Co rdoba
(Yam); 3. Da vid Prnch.
....STRK NOV : 1. Ru...tyCO(If"; (ya m); 2. Ma tt B~t'T (Ya m).
250 EX: 1. S«ow Hen~k1 ( K.1w ); 2. Luke Du.hon (Kaw); 3.
Nick Biarow ( KTM).
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VET 250 EX: 1. Jon PoliOO ( Ka w); 2. Dea n Ale lUl dc.-r(Yam); 3.
n
unce
John 5p.1dh (Kdw ).
250 A!od: 1. Eric C.udilLo (K.wl; 2. Ron W~ (Kaw);3. Dan
c.mpbell (l(a w).
VET 250 A.\ot: 1. ~ LiAAf'tt (Yam); 2. Morgan P!lt"fU (Suz);
3. Tim Spiteth (J(,) w).
SR 2SO EX: 1. Kevi n t1ol5"- (Ya m); 2. Charlil!' Banw. (Kaw);
TI
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3. Scott Andenon (Yam).
SR O f"E'l: EX: 1. SIne Otis (Kaw) ; 2. Mi k M~ (Kaw ); 3.
Rud y Abele (Kaw).
MA G EX: 1. Bill Ma xim (lC.aw l; 2. Emil' Mnoi an ( K.1w ); 3.
Skve Frenna.n OGaw).
MAG A~ : 1. JaInl"!'i Vrillrtte (K. w); 2. Victor Romero (Han);
3. Bob Pryor (Kaw ).
250 NOV : 1. Ja'OOn Sl in kard (KN); 2. Richard Rutig ligno
(Kaw ); 3. Mik 1I.Lt.1'!J\all (Hon).
YET O PEN NOV: I. Jo hn Ma Ka t (Ho n ); 2. Tom Phoenix
(Yam ); 3. Rodnt.-y Fotitl. ( K'Thf) .
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125 NO V: 1. Mich.td Kempe (JaM); 2. Cllle Ca te. (Yam) .
WMN EX: 1. Erin lal'M"R(Yam); 2. K.!!Io.'>it' G ray U
