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A tr io of new Na t io nal numb er ho ld ers
went to the front of the 600cc A final, led by
M ullen, with Wi n sett and Phil U bhart close
behind. The front trio pulled seve ral lengths
over the rem ainder of the field. After halfway.
Winsett pressured Mullen to go faster, putting
Ubhart a few le ngths back in th ei r closely
fought battle. With a lap to go . Winsett tapped
Mullen's ABBA Serv ices/B randyw ine Collision
Rotax with his fron t tire, but both remained
upright and unfazed .
Winsett returned later to claim the run-whet ya -brung Sportsman class. Ace Phillips pu t
Mullen's machine in the lead over Wood. Mees,
Ce ntral Oh io Competitio n Riders M otocross: Egan Rosell wo n three out of four motos
to take both the 50Cc (4-6) and (4-8) class victories at round fo ur of th e SuzukVF&S Spring
Series In Sugar Gro ve, Ohio.
ho m e fo r the 12 5 cc Ban d 16 -24cl ass victories , winning th ree of fo ur
motos. Co ry Sm ith almost sp o ile d
Brown i ng 's da y b y j a m ming h is
Yamaha of Tro y -b a c k ed YZ1 2 5 in
with 1-2 fi n i she s , bu t Brown in g 's
decisi v e 2 - 1 d ispla y w o n th e d ay .
Smith would get his , however; hi s 2 - 1
ta ll y in t h e 250cc B class bested
Honda rider Travis Ward.
Fast Bo ys -bac k ed Jason K ing
" Kong" ran off h is first- ev er doubleclass victory . In the 12 5cc C cl ass ,
the pack of novices gav e K ing little
trouble as he pee led off tw o win s on
h is oran ge - colo red Mugen Hond a
CR 125. T he 250cc C class provid ed
King with more of a challenge, but his
3 - 1 results held up , as first-moto win ner Tim Haning ex perienc ed second mo t o diff icu lti es and Mike Z izzo 's
st unni ng 2- 3 show ing sti ll allowed
K ing the win in th is 3 6-rider fiel d.
In the money class, the usual sus p ec t s grabbed the w ins - and th e
cash . Mi k e "Mo' Mo ney " Morgan han dled th e O ver 25 A cla ss with dizzy in g speed and old-school sty le, wh ile
Ch uc k y " Farm bo y" Reed swept th e
O ver 30 A divi sion , besting second placed Morgan.
T renton 's Chad "Ice" Wa lker con tinued his im pressive win strea k. The
KTM rider captured an amazing th ree
classes , driving home with fi rst- pla ce
trophie s from th e Over 25 and 30 B
classes and the O pen cl ass.
" King" Richard Robinson was v ic t ori ous in the O ver 40 cla ss. Yamaha
rider J eff rey Cott rell and James Burt on enga ged in moto warfare; Cott rell
( 2 -3) garn er ed seco nd on th e day,
wh il e Burton ( 5- 2) scream ed his
Suzuk i home for third.
O n e of the region's fastest 11year-olds , Fa irborn's Kyle Sm ith ,
mast er e d t w o cla sses . H e bested
Danny Kosm erl (2-2) to take the Mini
J unior cla ss with a 1-1 showing , and
later he wh isked his KTM SX 65 in for
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bestin g Levi K ilb a rg e r ( 3 -3 ) an d
St even Ma ges (1 -5).
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50 ( 4· 6 ) : I. Egan Rosell (Cob) : 2. Bl ake
Hoffman (Co b); 3. Hunter Brightwell (Cob).
50 (4· 8): I. Egan Rosell (Vam) : 2. Blake
Hoffman (Yam ); 3. Colin Thoma s (Yam) .
50 (7-8) : I. E. Walker Brightwell (Cob); 2. Alex
Ratai (Cob) ; 3. David Truske (Cob) .
65 : 1. K yl e Sm i th ( KT M); 2 . L evi Ki l ba rge r
(KTM): 3. Steven Mages (KTM).
80 ( 7· 1 1): 1. Kyl e SmIt h (Sue): 2. Danny
Kasmerl (Kaw) ; 3 . Robert White (K aw).
80 ( 12· 15): I. Michael Willard (Su,); 2. Zach
Am es (Suz); 3. Pat Massie (Kaw ).
1 2 5 A : 1. C ha rlie Dunaw a y (S uz) ; 2. C hris
Whitcraft (Su,); 3. Doug Gall (Suz).
125 B: 1. Willy Brown ing (Suz) : 2. Cory Smith
(Vam); 3. Cody Longwell (Vam).
125 C: I. Jason King (Hen) : 2. Mik e Zizzo { Hon):
3. Bri an Schlechty (Suz).
250 A: 1. Charlie Dunaway (Suz): 2. Chuck Reed
(Sue): 3. Tom Kelley (Sua).
2 5 0 B : 1. Co ry Sm it h (Ya m); 2. Travis Ward
(Han); 3. Mark Kisser (Yam) .
250
1. Jason King (Hon): 2. Mik e Zizzo (Hon);
3. Jahn Adki ns J r. (Yam) .
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SCHBV : 1. Derrick Ar ledge (Sue}: 2. MIke
Willard (Suz): 3. Cody Longwell (Vam).
16 -24 : 1. Willy Brownin g (Suz); 2. Duane Evans
(Yam) ; 3. Travis Ward (Han) .
25 + A : 1. Mik e Morgan (5uz); 2. Curt Rehmert
(Suz): 3. Mikey Blair (Suz).
25 + B: 1. Chad Wa lke r (KTM) ; 2. Dave Horn
(Sua): 3. Ty Walke (Suz).
30 + A : 1. Chuck Reed (Suz); 2. Mik e Mor gan
(Suz): 3. Mark Roop(Vam).
30 + B : 1. Chad Walker (KTM) ; 2 . Joey Ford
Winsett and Ubhart. On the second lap. Philli ps
drIft ed hig h In tu rn fo ur. lett ing Winsett and
Wood by. Once In front. Winsett check ed out ,
leavin g Mees, Wood and Ubhart to fight over
second. Mees j ust took second from Ub hart.
After wi nning the 125cc cla ss. Cory Long
set up a battle for an Amateur double win in
the 250 cc B clas s with 600cc B winner Doug
MacDowell . At the start. MacDowell and J ason
Palmer to ok th e lead on the sam e YZ40 0Fs
they used in th e 600cc cl ass over Greg Sim. m ers and Long . Aft er waiting for a few laps.
Long went into third on th e third lap and into
second on th e following la p . Lo ng finally
worked up to Mac Dowe ll on the last two laps,
but h e couldn' t get b y - until MacDowell
leaned a little too m uch enteri ng tu m th ree on
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Barona Oaks MX co ntinues to draw mor e riders as word gets out that the tra ck is up and
running ag ain . The large turnout of riders provid ed the crowd wi t h pl enty of herd-foug ht
motocross action.
Tod d Mitchell ju mped on top of the po d ium in both the 250cc Expe rt and Pro classes.
Mitcheil was ab le to k eep Sean Th orn ton at
bay in both classes. Feeling he was ready to
take on the old Pro, Mitchell then lined up with
Ron Lec hien in the Vetera n Expert d ivisio n.
Mitcheil. howe ver, found out he wou ld need a
litt l e m ore pract i c e b efo re ma tch i ng up
against Lec hien aga in.
In t he 12 5cc Inte rmedia te class , Da vid
Me yer s was again a sta ndo ut. Me ye rs had to
settle for seco nd. behi nd J esse Casill as. but
Me ye rs ea rned the second spo t after besting
Cory Ma com ber' s effort. Macomber took the
other podium spot. whil e Jon Meyers finished
fourth on t h e day . Fifth wen t to RIchar d
Al bach .
Th e biggest class of the week end was the
the final lap . giving Long th e win,
Other Ex pert wins went to Jim Haas in the
500cc class, Mees in the 750cc class , Lowell
Wherl ey in th e Ove r 30 class and Steve Heiser
A lbert Heredi a m an aged to take the overall
after kee ping David Kenla n III at bay in both
in the Over 40 class.
Josh Standiford took his first win in the
wh ile J ustin Morgan bested Jos h King 's effort
to take fourth overall .
50 cc Oil -Inj ecte d class. whi le Bailey Spence
won the 50cc (4· 6) clas s and Derek Hersh the
50cc (7-8) class, crossing the line side by side
in the com bined final. Jo hn Long easily won
the 65 cc contest, Jo nathan Jordan took the
8 5cc (1 2 - 15 ) v icto ry and Austin Greenland
topped the 8xc (7 - 11) grou p.
Casey Harris rode h is Kawasak i to the
ove rall win in t he Ju nior Cycle class. Iva n
Ramirez took second in the class, whic h had a
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50 OIL·IN,J I. Josh Standiford (Yam) ; 2. Ethan Allen (yam ); 3.
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Casaidy Heiser (Yarn ); 4 . Jarob Keeney (Yarn ); 5 . Tyler Haas (Yam) .
'" (4-6), I. ",u.y ."..,.,. (Lem ); 2. Elhon A1I