Events
fo r th e w in, ah ea d o f Moon. Richard s n ip p ed
(Left) Adam Ove rcash prepares t o
slip under Ove r 40 conte nder
Hen ry Muller in combined rac ing
at Birch Cree k Motorsports Par k.
Overcash wa s in a cl ass by
himself in the B classes , po st ing
a pe rf ect four-moto swee p to take
both the 125cc B - and 250cc Bcl ass wi ns.
(Right) High-flying TIm No bles
raced to victory in the Pro class
at the Intermountain Fairgrounds
MX in McArthur, California.
crushed pipe, kept him out of the winner's circle,
and Matheis ' 1-2 sco re was good. for th e overall The 165 riders who mad e the trek to Honda
Hills for Hallow een couldn 't hav e as ked for bet ter weather or track conditions . It proved to be
Results
Leadbeater (Kawl; 4. Ma rcu s WiUi.!; (K.. •. ); 5. N.lthan Heskett
n ,
50 : 1. C hance Pe ll itt eri (Suz); 2 . Darryl Jo h nson (Su z ); 3.
Michacl C Urry {Yam l.
50 (4-6): i, Stt-vI.'fl (",ood (K"fM); 2. CamI'T'On Chl1o. (PoI); 3. Rya n
Cartcr Uworth (KTM);S. Lauren Hitc (JaM).
SO(7 -8) : 1. Ryan Sm ith (K1"M) ; 2. Thomas R~ (C,>b); 3.
Josh Nick1e!l(Co b); 4. Wain'!"Patton (I(TM ); 5. Alex So (Cob).
u;
f{J (7-9): 1. o..""on Pilkin~ton (Ka w); 2. W ilIiilm Du ffy (}(1j\.f );
3. Brad Haar (I(aw); 4. Ryan Smith (KTM); 5. Tn.-y lliJl (Kawl.
fiO 0 0-1n. 1. F.arl Si1ri (K.l w ); 2. Du.'itin Ho lt ( Kol W) .
so(7·11): 1. DI.-von Pilkington (Kaw ); 2. David Mitche ll (Su.z); 3.
William Du ffy (Suz); 4. WCSOI Co ins Olo n) ; S. Ryan Rtzwan. .. (l(.lW).
.
80 0 2·13>: 1. Sa m Fitzwatt>r ( Ka w ); 2. De41 n Day (Yam) ; J.
Andrew Sartorius IHo n); 4. Ryan Tibodean (Ya m) ; 5. Z.acha ry
Tu mer (Kaw ).
ec (14-15>:1. Brandon Engle (Su z) .
flO 0: 1. Pn-stnn Blah- (K.1W) ; 2. M...tlww Thumas (Yam ); 3.
t
RUSM'll Grefll (J(aw); 4. Md vi n Cla m p (Ka w l; 5. ja m es Oamp
(KTM1.
(K,aw ).
a n outstanding au tumn day of racing.
Results
r / w 50: 1. Br-.\,JI,,'y Baker (Ya m ); 2. Ak. . R,llai {Yam}; 3. Con.
nI..- La vm.ln (Y",m); ~ . JaJ StiJIwt"lJ Its (Y.a ).
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Birch Creek Motorsports ParIl
In
termountainFairgrounds MX
Overcash cashes in
Noblestrees a win at
Intermountain Motocross
SCHBY : 1. Andy Will iard (Yaml; 3.
Tra m Wa rd (Kaw); 4. Rick BoifIK'5O-lon); 5. Na tha n WiJm tSuz).
25+ A: I. RKha rd Rob inSiron,(Hun) .
25+ B: 1. Rob BinSrruln (Ya m); 2. Bry an t To "," (Ka w) ; 3.
Roland Lohr (I-t n.l 4. Rick RU5.'lcll (Hun); 5. MOirkBl i~ (KTM).
o ;
] (}+ A : 1. Richard Robi ni'illfl (f-Io n ); 2. Donn~ U.wn ('(OIm).
30 + B: 1. Mark M.Jthds (Yam ); 2. Rod Hook (Suz); J. Kevin
H ildebrand
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DANVlLLE. YA, NaY. 14
Salisbu ry, No r th C a r o lin a's Ad am Overcash
rode his bra nd -new pair of Hon das to a perfect
fou r-mota swee p in the h ighl y competitive 125cc
Band 250cc B di visi o ns over a healthy tu rn ou t
o f riders, as the fin al Birch Creek event o f the
ye a r a lso se rv ed as th e openi n g round of th e
Mid -Atlanti c Winter Series.
In the 12See B class, S<'COnd went to Kawasa kimou n ted Isha Wood. It h asn't been too long
sin ce Wood wa s on m inibikes, bu t he is quickly
ge lli ng faste r on th e bi g bikes. just as Wood
mad e the podium with a pa ir of second-plac e
showings, j oshua Benfield remained a steady
third throughout the day to make the final podium s tep . C h ris Ro b erts laid o u t a co u p le of
fourth-pla ce rides , feod ing off Step hen Barnes.
Yamaha of Lumberton's Ja.o;;(m Bryant couldn't
get his groove on in the 125cc B class , but he su re
made u p for it in the 250cc B class . Bryant gave
chase to Overca."ih but en ded the da y with a very
res pecta ble runner-up finish. jason Gree r fou nd
him on the podium with a solid 3-3 score.
",If
TI,e 125ccC class.had a huge field of 29 riders.
In both mot,,,,, Suzuki rid er Scott Sartorius was
showing the way, and his day just got better. Not
only did he gra b two perfect holesh ots, he led a
la rge field a ll d ay long . Cliff Cobb gat ed well
th ro ughou t thc d ay and even tu ally s lid into a
comfortab le second -place ride in both motos, taking tha t position overall Bran don Watso n rounded out the top three, behind Sartorius and Cob b,
although Wal<;on was unable to crack into the top
three in either moto, relying on consis tency. local
rider jimmy Long nabbed fourth on the day , edging out Pennsylvania Ho nda rider Matt Richey.
By 'J o hn Silva
MCARTIlUR, CA, OCT. 31
Former AMA National and Supcrcross co m pe titor Tim Nobles topped the Vet Professional a nd
com bined 125cc/ 250cc Pro classes while raci ng
in th e sh ad o w of s pec tacu la r Mou n t Sh asta a t
the Int erm ou n ta in Mo tocr o s s Champions hip
race, hel d o n th e Int erm ou n ta in Fairgrou nds.
Th e even t drew a good tu rn ou t of ra cers a nd
fans , a nd it boa sted. huge co m m un ity s u p port ,
wi th even t sponsors hi p, money and priz es from
man y sources, including Stanley's Muffl er, Win
Riv er Casi no , Redd in g Ya ma h a, Cu n ni n gha m
Fenci ng. Pepsi and more than 30 other co n tri b u tors.
As the firs t Professi onal-elass moto got under
way , Kurt Favre stole the holesh ot on his Honda
and se t a blistering pa ce that let the fans know
this wa s so m e serio u s m ot o cro s s. Yam ah a mounted DarrclJ Valasek tried to put pr essure on
the leader but soon found himself in a pickl c, as
he was hou nded from beh ind by the third --placed
rid er, Nobles. Meanw kile, Doug Lind gren, Larry
McKee and Todd Boyd hit the high berms ha rd,
d oing their best to keep the lead ers in sight.
The secon d lap turned sour for Valase k, who
bo bbled a nd let Nob les by. No bles spen t the
_ t two laps chasing d own Favre, and he foun d
nex
an opening as the lead ers began the fourth lap of
the ID-Ia p race. Sud d enly Nobles spra ng into the
- lead , a nd on ce ou t fro nt , he quick ly le ft the field
be h ind a nd eventually w o n t he m o to goi ng
away . Fa v r e fi n ish ed s eco n d, fo ll o w ed b y
McKee, Lind gre n and Boyd , while early leader
Valasek fad ed to a ~ix th-place finish.
Hare for th ird .
Results
P/ W 0: 1. Kyl(' Moon (KTM); 2. Colt"C 1Sl..-Y (KTM ).
_ r / W B: I . M ich.ld
McArthur (Cob) ; 2. KcndcdlMa so n {Cobl .
YTH: 1. J,"-'S. ica Patterson O Patterson (Ka w ); 2. Ctay Downin g O(.aw l; 3.
ica
Ky le Hoch stetler (K,aw ) .
125 C : I. Ch.l~· Livin gs ton (Sl.lz.) 2. A rt Stro mberg (~m); 3.
;
Da n Cotilla (H Im) ; 4. Ja.lI. n Cn", . u-In n); 5. Stl"V C'fl Sm ith (Y" m ).
' J
.
125 0: 1. Wilson H un te-r (Ya m) ; 2. Ho rner Nelson (Ho n l; 3
Jl.'fl. m y Long (Kaw); 4. Elizabet h Ha nn en ma n (Kawl .
·
250 MNY : I . Eddil.· Ray (Ya m); 2. Jon Sa nd ers (Yam );-3. ,.lfm,:>
Mo rri son (Ya m ).
250 B: 1. Kyle Hochstetler (!: 1. Icrry Tew (Y.lm) ; 2. lGp Vann (Ya m ); 3. Ma rk Evan...
(H u n).
HBBY: 1. Tim Smith (Ho n); 2. Bud d y Thomas (Suz) .
w
40+: 1. [erry Te (Yam) ; 2. I..m y McArth u r (Kawl ; 3. Hal Hask·
in.. (Hon ); 4. Arthur Stromberg (Hon) ; 5. Wl'S!cy McKinl'll'Y (Yam).
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1 Bowl
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Jurevich jams
By Mike Van cil
KINGCITY, CA. NOV. 14
Com pe ting in the CMA/O'Neal Coas tal Serlc'S,
KTM ridc'!' Bill jurevi ch experienced a nearly perfect d ay a t th e 101 Bo w l, th e p icturesqu e ra ce
cou rse bordered ' by High way 101, a municipal
g o lf co u r se and th e Mon terey C o u n ty Fa ir groun ds. Th e Intermed iates and Professional rid ·
ers eJected to rid e in a combined cla ss. In moto
o ne, YZ250 rider Sam Sa wdey was th e firs t to
reach the left·hand , high-banked switchback tum,
DixieMX
ahead of Nathan Wood s, on a KTM. The very next
tum claimed them both. The machines had to be
untangled before the riders could rejoin the race.
Patterson's daily double
lead . Behind him were Suzuki rider Nick Scott
By Hugh Gatlin
and Yama ha- mounted Travis Ma rks.
O n la p tw o of th e seven...J.ap m ot a , M arks
foun d a fast er line th ro ugh the w hoop sec tio n
OZARK,AL,NOY.7
Jessica Patte rson too k h er KXl25 to a p air of
wins at Dixie MX. Th e Team Green rid er pla ced
first overa ll in the Youth d iv is io n a n d a lso
claimed. the victory in 125c c B racing. Another
Kawasak i ride r, Clay Down ing, finished second
to Pa tterson in bo th events.
Chase Livingston put his Suzuki out front in
the first Youth moto, followed by Patterson, who
look the lead early on the first lap an d maintained
it u nt il the finish. Downin g mo ved in to second ,
and Livin gston rounded out the top three.
Downin g mad e his bid for th e ove ra ll win b y
naili ng d o wn the second -mo to hol esh ot . Patt er-
son had the hard-packed track wired an d passed
q u ickl y fo r th e lead . Downi n g fell a nd had to
corne back fro m th e m idd Je of th e pa ck . While
Pa tt erson rod e a way with th e w in , Downing
recovered for second, an d Steven Smith knocked
Liv in g ston o u t of an o veraU podiu m fini sh b y
taking third in the mot o .
Livingston Jed th e first 12See C m ota o ver Art
Stromberg and Beau Pierce. The w hoop section
w as a str o ngpoin t fo r Pierce, a s h e drove hi s
Yarnall. past Stro mberg for second. A lap later he
,
o vertoo k Livingston thr ough th~ sa me secti on for
th e lead . Livings ton sh ot ba ck past on the next
straigh t. Th en Pierce rod e over a berm and went
d o wn. Livi n gston too k th e checke rs , ahead of
Stro mberg. After an c'ilrly-moto fall, jaso n Cross
worked his way back into the p icture for third .
Livi ngston was ted n o time in the seco nd
heat and led fro m sta rt to fini sh. Dan Co li lla wa s
nowhere to be seen in the firs t ra ce, but he ca me
to life in round tw o fo r a seco n d- p lac e finish.
St r o m be r g ' s co n s is t e n t 2- 3 ta ll y n e tted th e
Yama ha rid er second overall , a hea d o f Co tilla .
In Vet C ra cin g , Jackie Co o k p ut hi s 125cc
Yama h a up ag ains t th e Hond a 250s o f Da vid
Moon an d Ma rty Richa rds. Coo k had his small-
Mean while, Jurevic h b u rs t a head into a large
and took over secon d place. Saw dey and Woods
w ere b a ck up a n d closi ng th e gap to th ird-
placed Scott. Marks was closing on ju revi ch.
Sa wd ey to ok th ird by lap five, but th e re
w a sn't e nough time fo r h im to ge t n ear th e
fr on t-runners . Mark s ca me ri ght u p o n the
lead er, Jurevich , in th e w hoop section, b u t Jure-
vich applied more thro ttle. Marks stepped off in
the rig ht-hander after the triple jump - the same
com er that had clai med Sawdey and Woods on
la p on e - an d the outcome wa s se ttled . Th e hard-
cha rging Yamaha rid er pi cked it up and finished
seco n d . Sawd ey ca me in th ird , fo ll o wed by
Woods. Sco tt fad ed from a bes t po sition of sec-
ond to fifth a t the finish.
In mot o tw o, Tra vis Ma rks wic kt..'ti it in to the
lead prior to the first comer . By the tim e the ra cer s rea ch ed the second co rner , Ju re v ic h ha d
"" ssed Mar ks. Then Sawdey followed suit, and
h e im[l) ediate ly beg a n to ch a lle n ge Jurevich .
Sa w dey p ull ed a b l o c k · p a s ~ o n Ju re v ich a nd
too k th e lead . Marks a lso mo ved u p a spo t, int o
seco nd . At the end of lap one, the lead was held
by Sa wdey , a nd he -was fo llowed by Marks,
Jurevi ch and Scott . Woods did no t sta rt .
Sawdey an d Marks tried to block-pas s eac h
other and tan gled . jurevich za pped them both
a n d ga ined a la rg e lea d . Th e Ya m a ha riders
w ere unhurt, a n d Marks wa s ab le to pi ck h is
mach ine up and ge t goi ng befor e Sawdey . Scott
con tinu ed to cir cu la te in fo u rt h place. Sa wd ey
used a block-pass an d motored ahea d o f Marks.
Toward th e en d of th e mo to , af ter Marks and
Sawdey had run in to eac h other severa l times,
Marks got back by Sawdey .
Jurevich was again the winner. Marks came
to the ch l.'Ckcrs second, an d Saw de y was third .
Sco tt a vo id ed all th e exci ting pa int-s wapping
and m oto red home fourth.
bo re m achine o n th e p ipe a n d h e 'grabbed th e
Results
firs t-mo to start. By the halfway point, Moon had
P/ W
BEC : 1. Au sti n Aynn (KTM) .
P/W SO NOV : 1. Dyld n Trujillo (KTM t
MIN I 60 BEG: 1. Ma tlh t' w W ilIi.ams (KTM I; 2. Josh ua Duppo ng (KTM) ; 3. Mich.l el Chavez; (Ka w ).
60 NOV: 1. Ty lLor Truji llo (KTM I.
XOBEG: 1. Eric Pina (Ya m); 2. Tylt.'TTrujili o (Yam ); 3. Ch.l r!ie
Hartz e ll (H o n) ; 4. Ja co b Sa nchez (Ya m) ; 5. Ma tthew Wi ll iilm ll
picked u p the p ace an d closed in o n the leader,
bu t Cook ke p t th e throttle p in ned for th e w in
ov er Moo n a nd Rich ard s.
Moo n ma de g o od use o f hi s h o r sepower
a dva n ta ge a n d r oo s ted to t h e second ·moto
holeshol. C
