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TDyota Official Truck of
Glen Helen Raceway
125 NOV: 1. Matthew Simmons (Suzl: 2. Brandon Stooksbury
(YlIm); 3. Tim Heath (ylIm): 4. Brllndon Moore (YlIm); 5. Brandon
Du~k(Yam).
125 INT: I. Shllwn Clark (Kaw); 2. Jesse MlIler (Hon); 3. T.J.
BllIke (YlIm); 4. Justin Sessink (Hon).5. Rylln Messmer (Yam).
125 PRO: I. Jim Chester (Suz); 2. Nick Metcalf (Suz); 3. MIke
KlItln (Yam); 4. DlIvey Yezek (Yam); 5. Brkin Milson (Kaw).
250 NOV: 1. Brandon Stooksbury (Yam): 2. Child Foley (Hon);
3. Chuck Stewllrt (Suz); 4. Jllred Karshner (Yam); 5. Rod Comer
(Kaw).
250 INT; I. Ryan Sipes (Kow): 2. Jesse MJlJer (Han); 3. Brad
Abele (Yam): 4. Chip Prinz (Han); 5. Andy Metzger (Hon).
250 PRO; I. Nick Metcalf (Suz): 2. Jim Chester (Suz); 3. Mike
KlIlIn (Yllm); 4. JlImle Brockmlln (Hon); 5. Olive)' Yezek (Yllm).
Competition Park
Bootsma Gives 'em
the Boot
By JOHN BETHEA
March I 8, 100 I
SAN JACINTO, CA, FEB. 2
Tony Bootsma rode a Kawasaki to the tightly
competitive 125cc Beginner-class victory at
the second round of Competjtion Park's No
Fear Clothing Race Series, highlighting the
only Friday night motocross program in
Southern California.
There were three different moto winners in
the class of a dozen racers. That's right -
three! That is because Competition Park has
gone back a quarter of a century to the original motocross format of racing three motos for
every class every week, which was the norm
until 1975, when the two-moto format was
instituted to give riders longer races.
"We still give longer races, too" says the
park's general manager, former pro
motocross racer Ron Turner, "five or six laps
per race, per round, which has been very popular with the riders. We're aiming to re-insti-
tute Friday night as the kickoff for weekend
warriors, which established such tracks as
Ascot Park, Corona Raceway, Irwindale Race-
way and Indian Dunes as the top night tracks
in the Southland years ago."
Turner - the winningest pro motocross
rider ever in America, with more than 700
documented victories - hooked on with the
facility nestled at the foot of Mount San Jacinto last fall and has now added a completely
new speedway/TT flat-track course, in addition to a separate Pee Wee track. The entire
facility is now open daily for practice.
Bootsma joined Yamaha riders Ryan
Hughes and Blake Wade as moto winners in
the 125cc Beginners, but his more-consistent
performances garnered the overall. He fin-
ished third in the first race, behind Hughes and
Yamaha rider Justin Mills, and then won the
middle moto and finished up in second place,
behind Wade, in the third.
AMA Membership Required
Gates
Open: 6:00 am
Sign-up: Opens 6:00 am
Practice: 8 am
Race: at 9 am
Sun. gate fee $1 0
6·12 $5
5 & under FREE
$30. POST ENTRY ONLY
(Plus $10.00 per class Loretta Lynn fee)
Classes:
AMATEUR:
YOUTH:
125ccA
125cc AlPro Sport
125cc B Stock
125cc B Modified
5 Icc 4-6yr
51 cc 4-6yr AMA Stock Class I
51 cc 7-8yr AMA Stock Class 2
65cc Stock 10-1 Iyr
250/0pen A
65cc Modified 7-11 yr
2501 Open AlPro Sport 85cc Stock 7-lltr
250/0pen B Stock
85cc Stock 12-13yr
2501 Open B Modified 85cc Modified 9-13yr
Four Stroke 201-650cc 85cc Modified 14.15yr
Plus 25
105cc Super Mini 12-15yr
VetA Plus 30
125cc Stock 12-15yr
Vet B/C Plus 30
I25cc Modified 12-15yr
Senior Plus 40
Masters Plus 50
WOMEN:
125cc C Stock
80-105cc 12-15yr
I25cc C Modified
lOSee, I25cc & up
2501 Open C
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The 250cc Beginner showdown was also a
close encounter, even though, on paper,
Matt Mintz looked to be the easy winner with a
)-)-) combination. Steven Perry spent nearly
half the first moto and almost two laps of the
third in the lead, only to be caught and passed
by Mintz.
Chris Davis, who rides a Yamaha spon~ sored by the L.A.
i looked like he was
County Fire Department,
going to burn up the 80cc
~ Beginners when he won the first race, taking
~ over the lead from Chad Nye on the third lap.
: But that debt was repaid in the second moto
i1:when Nye passed Davis midway through, set-
C. ting up a tie-breaking third-moto showdown.
(, In that one, Nye took early command and
: rode his TMC Racing Honda to the overall.
Despite taking a Friday night off due to
heavy rains, the No Fear Clothing Series wiil
stili go the full six events.
"We'll just finish up a week later than
expected," stated Turner. "And don't forget,
every entry gets a drawing ticket each week
for No Fear clothing or other items to be given
away in addition to the series' prizes."
Results
P/W (4.6); l. Luke Gutierrez (KTM): 2. Austln Aguilllr (Yllm); 3.
Cody Boker (KTM).
P/W (7·8): I. Jake Pischko (Cob): 2. J.D. Ebberts (Cob); 3.
Jllcob Cline (KTM).
60 BEG: 1. Tommy Mcdden (Kaw); 2. Daniel Arredondo
3. Marvin Andel30n (Kaw).
(K~w):
80 BEG: I. Chad Nye (Hon); 2. Chris Dllvis (Yom): 3. Mike Perry
(Yllm).
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80 (12-13): I. Justin Yoast (Kow): 2. Bruce Marada (Yam).
125 BEG: I. Tony Bootsma (Kllw): 2. RYlln Hughes (Vam); 3.
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BiElke Wilde (Yam).
250 BEG: I. MIltt Mintz (Yllm): 2. Steven Perry (Yllm): 3. Dovld
Sellon (Yam),
INT: 1. Olive Russell (Han).
PRO: l. Brilin McCulluch (Han).
25... AM: I. Petrick GonSlllves (Vam).
VET BEG: I. Syd Woods (Yllm).
AM; 1. Bernard Unhassobisclly (Yam).
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