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0-40 AM: J. Chad Eppig (Hon): 2. Chris Walther
(Hon); 3 . Bill Ma;
(Hon) ; 3 . Ch risto pher Ja mes (Yam ).
40 . AM ; J. Lyle Beech (Vam) : 2. Dave Eppig
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Wil d Willy Wows 'em
(Hon); 3. Bill Grubin (Hon).
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By R UPERT X .
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40 + INT: 1. Frank Campbell {Mai}; 2. Kenn y
McCann ( Yam ); 3. Terry Hem ness (K aw) .
40. EX; J. Greg Rodgers (Mai): 2. Mark Koon12
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10
(Vam); 3. Matt Waldron (Hus).
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5 0 . : I. Terry Hem ness (Ke ..... ); 2. Erick Krask
(Vam): 3. Dan Glenn (Hus).
Q.
4 · STRK AM : 1. Lyle Beec h (Yam ); 2. Dustin
McBride (Vam): 3. HansMay (Vam).
PEu.ErT
BLANCHESTER, OH , APR . 1
In a pattern familiar to tho se in AJtI\I\ Distr ict
11, many of th e usual suspects came out and
e a rned the wins and th e Su zuki buc ks e t
round five of the Suzuk i Spri ng Series , in Blan -
chester. Ohio . Most nota bly. many were mem-
4 · STRK INT : 1. Kenny McCann (Yam).
4 ·STRK EX : 1. Monty Price (Yam ).
bers o f the larg e and success f u l F&S
motocross racing team.
Ant e lo p e V a lley Fa irgrou nds
Tearing up the newl y renovat ed circuit was
one "Wild" Willy Browning, wh o stepped up
recently fro m the Youth ranks to the Amateur
Chaussee C a she s In
he 'll be a force to be reckoned with in th e Pro
By GREG ROBERTSO N
ranks in the future. Browning d idn't simply win
a co uple of classes, he ann ihilated the co rnpe -
ranks. Th is highly enthusiastic racer proved
ti tian with qu ick starts and abso lutely furious
LA NCASTER , CA , APR. J 3
J er em y Chaussee wa l ked off w ith nearly
$2000 st uffed in hi s p oc k ets after literall y
coming ' from behind to win both the 125cc
and 250cc Pro classes during the Rosamond
riding , setti ng a pace that no ne of the other
com pet itors were a ble to match . He handily
won the 16 -24 d ivision and the 125 cc B class,
both aboa rd his F&S Suzuk i RM 125 .
Th e Pro classes belonged to Cha rlie Dunaway, another F& S Suzuki standou t. Du naway
Foster Freeze-sponsored ope ning round of the
Hem m e Motorsports Antelope Valley StadiumCross Series , held at the A ntelope Valley Fair-
Ant e lope Valle y Fairground s : Stev en Eugenio (365), Jeremy Chaussee (441 ), Raymond
Smith (224), Se an O 'Con n o r (9) and Gerrit Ord e lm an (718) launch off the line In the 125cc
Pro class In Lancaster, California. Chausee took the w in ,
grou nds .
When th e gate slammed the dirt to signal
the start of t h e si n g l e 125cc Pro moto ,
YZ250F- mounted Gerrit Ordelman absconded
wit h the ho le s hot o ve r Chaussee , S teven
Eugenio, Robbie King and the rest of the field.
Chaussee latched on to Ordelman and the two
front -runners were soon distancing themselves
from the pack. After five laps of eati ng Ordel m an's roost at close range , Chaussee tried a
tricky inside pass that ended up with both rid-
ers on the gro und . Chaussee was quickly up
and away. while Ordelman went from second
place to last before getting his bike restarted.
In a unique twist , the ra ce was ha lted at
the midwa y point an d th e ride rs were lined
back up in single file, with the leader going to
t he back of the li ne . T he former le ader is
rewarded with cas h for each pa ss mad e during
the seco nd hal f of the race, and if he' s truly
t h e fas test, i t w ill show . E ug enio le d th e
rest art , follow ed by T ravis Smith and Ray -
mond Smith. Ch au ssee wa s o n a mission,
coming from last place to hound Eugenio for
th e l e a d after ju st o n e lap . A lap l at e r,
Chaussee was ou t front, and he pull ed away
for a mos t co nvincing win. Euge nio took the
second -pla ce m oney , ov er Travis Smith .
Yama ha -mounted Sea n O 'Connor claimed
fo urth, over Ordelma n and Ryan Orr.
Wes t Coast Mo to rs ports -backed Donald
Upton snared th e holeshot in the sing le 250cc
Pro mo to , over Lanny Turne r, Chau ssee and
J ustin Acker. Chau ssee was all over Upton,
and he finally mad e th e pass just prior to the
midwa y restart, where he would once a ga in
have to start in last place .
60 (12 ·13) : 1. Tye Hames (Kaw); 2. Casey Logan (Kaw); 3.
Kev Bey (Y
.,
am); 4. Bmwin McGinnis (Yam).
80 (14· 16): I . Gil Eaquivel (Yam) ; 2. Jerid Kautz (Yam).
S/MI:'!I: I. Corey Berantz(Yam): 2. ~ Tertian (Sul); 3. Ten·
ner I..angham (lUlw); 4 . Keith Robinson (Kalil); 5. TY Hemme (Sul ).
Q
'.11M 1. Benue Kelly(Y
:
am); 2. Be<:kJ Kenngott(Yam); 3. Melis·
N RaIb (Hon); 4. Jamte LAman (Ptaw).
125 BEG: t. Jess AIbrec:q (Yam ); 2. Tr.m1'\ehtenan (Yam); 3.
Daniel Hendrix (Hon); 4. Steven Perry (Yam) ; 5. Leonard EJwell
(Yaml .
125 NOV: I. Riey Bedunger (Yam) ; 2. Cory RedInuI (Y ): 3.
am
Ray Parb (Yam ); 4. Ra Henwne(Yam ); 5. OW Av«y (Yam) .
123 IHT; I. TIm Weigand (Hon): 2. lAB Undstrom (Hon); 3.
Scott How (Vam): 4. Shane Srruth (Yam ): 5. Chaz Smith (Yam).
e
am
125 PRO: I. ~y Chausaee (Hon ); 2. St~ Eugenio (Y );
3. Tr. vts Smith (Hon ); 4_s-n O·Cormor (Yam ); 5. Raymond Smith
(Vam).
SCHBY; 1. COl')' Redlnu, (Yam) ; 2. Rick Hernrne (Vam): 3.
Richard Euben b (Sul) .
Z50 BEG: I. Leonard EJw (Vam): 2. MJke KJ
ell
au. (Sw:): 3.
Benny Hemler (Hen) ; 4. ~ Horton (Yam ): 5. Stewn Hau1lck
(Hen).
230 NOV: I. Damian Baker (KT 2. Bobby Steffan (Vam); 3.
M);
Matt Bundy (Ka lil): 4. Jonathan Belding (Hon); 5. Brad Dawson (Suz).
250 IHT: 1. l.ers Und strom (Hon) : 2. Tm Wlrigand (Hon) ; 3 .
Shane Smith (V
am); 4. Nic:Hensley (Yam ).
250 PRO: 1. Jeremy Qauuee (Hon); 2. Donald {Jp1M (Suz); 3.
Gemt Ordelman (Vam): 4. Steven Eugenio (Y
am); 5. Travlt Smith
(Hon).
JR VET BEG: I. Jay Cochran (Hon); 2. Sam ~ia (Hoo).
JR VET NOV: 1. Brad DaWKln (Suz); 2. Michael Kautz (Hon): 3.
Shll.nnon Powell (V ): 4. Cain Smead (Y
am
em).
JR VETINT 1. Damian Baker (KTM); 2. Ed Redrncln.
:
VET BEG: 1. John Hedget (Hon); 2. Nick Santano (Suz ) ; 3.
0Gna Kdlttrom (Vam); 4. Rob Edwards (KaW)i 5. Mark Davit (Vam).
am).
VETINT I. Ed Redrncln: 2. Mltrk Brooks (V
:
em); 2. BernardUnhassobi.c:ay (Vam): 3 .
SR: I. Mark Brooks (V
Mjke Blddllngmeler (Hon); 4 . Rick Parkt (Hon); 5. Tom Burgeaa
(Y
am).
Upton had the po le position on th e restart,
and he led Ordelman , Eug en io , Turner and
Dirt Country
Tra vis Smith . Cha ussee wa s all th e way up
Leadbeater Leads
Better at Dirt Country
into th ird pla ce, beh ind Up ton and Or delman,
by the third circuit of the supercross layout.
O rde lman got s ideways co ming out of a tum,
Motorsports Pa rk
and that was all Chaussee needed to slip into
second place. Cha ussee railed around Upton
By RUPERT X , PEllEIT
on the penultimate lap to secure his second
class win of the night on h is Gomez
Chris "Led Man* Leadbeater was on the mo ve
Raci ng /Renthal /Scott/Pro Circui t -backed
Honda . Upton held off a determined Ordelman
at the checkers for second, with Eugenio and
Smith rounding out the top five.
Results
PfW BEG: 1.1l\k:haeIRucker (taM): 2. Robert RecIddI (Kaw) ; 3.
James WlJc:ox (yam); 4. Austm Jordan (KTM): 5. Nethen McWhiner
(KTM).
P/W S/STK (0-6): I. Damian Tacket; 2. Casey Bematz (KTM); 3.
J unior Delgado.
M).
P/W S/STK (7.8): 1. Colton Sanden (KT
P/WMOD (0·6): I. Damian TltCket; 2. Casey Bernatt.
SIP/W (0.9): 1. Colton ~ (KIM).
X~ (0.9 ): I. JUltin Shepard (Hon): 2. OJ . Jeffery (Hon) : 3.
Cok GCllTll'!Z (Hon); 4 Austin Hobbs (Hon) .
XR~O ( I O·l ~) : I. TylOr Hemme (Hon): 2. TeyJor Keltstrom
(Hon) .
XR50(16+): I. Travis Methenial (Hon); 2. Jess A1bfecq (Hon).
65 BEG: I. Blake Uniack (Kaw); 2. RYAll Simonia (Kaw); 3.
Heath Rowillolld (KTM); 4. Nicholas Buccler (KTM) ; 5. Moisea J oya
(Kew).
6~ (9 -11) : I. Armando Aguilar (Ko..., ); 2. Taylor Kellstrom
M).
(KT 3. Garrett Lilly (KTM);4 . J ustin Eubanka (KT
M);
rrR90/XR70: I. Joey Schmeling; 2. Ruben Ortiz: 3. Candice
Bey.
P/W 80 : I. Buddy Allen (Vam): 2. Joshue Berry (Yam); 3.
Nkholaa Godfnoy (Vam).
tm); 2. Brett Harmon (K_); 3. Broc
80 BEG: I. Blake Harber (Y
arn).
Stewlll't (Vam); 4. lack Fulmer (Vam); 5. Matthew Hendrix(Y
80 (7· 11)= I , Cory Berllnu (Vam); 2. BI)'« Teman (Suz) ; 3.
Tanner l.angham (Kaw): 4. Mike Garcie (Varn): 5. Tylor Hemme
....
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BLANCHESTER, OH, MAR . 3 1
MAY 16, 2001 •
cu
e
I
e
Mini Sen ior crown.
The Sc hoolboy d iv is ion was owned by
James " Clubber" Lang , who cruised home for
the overall on his Honda CR 125 .
Results
50 (7.8): I. Christian Telker (KTM); 2. Nick Whitaker (KTM): 3.
Chod Bedard (Cob ).
6~ : I. R ~ \J,,'hlte (Kaw); 2. Steven Moog" (KTM 3. Kyl..
);
Burlie (KTM) .
8~ (7 -11): 1. Kyle Smith (Suz) ; 2. Cod! Adams (Sul) ; 3. Robert
White (Kaw).
80 (9· 13 ): I. Kyle Smith (Suz) ; 2. Pat Mau ie (Kaw); 3 . Cedi
....
(ltII w) : 2. Allen Raul (K_); 3. Jon
123 A: I. Ovta Whitcraft (Suz) ; 2. Chuck Reed (Suz ): 3. Doug
Gall (Swl.
125 B: 1. Cory Smith (Yam); 2. Robert Mobley(Y
am): 3. J Omel
Lang (Hon).
125 C; L Brandon Moen (Vam); 2. Rocl Henning (Hon); 3. David
Helm(Y
am).
250 A: I. Chrit Whitaeft (Suz); 2. Doug Gell (SuI); 3. David
Whlta eh (Suz).
250 B: 1. K.... Ross (Vam): 2. Cory Smith (Y ); 3. Robert M0bam
ley (Y
om).
250 C: 1. Jami @Allen (Vam): 2. Brandon Durbeck (Vam) ; 3.
Loren O'Cal1 (Suz).
SCHBV: 1. J emes Lang (Hon): 2. eMa Couch (Vam): 3. Alex
Rotsi (Kaw).
16-24: t. Doug Gall (Suz); 2. OviI l...eedb9ter (Vam): 3. ..John
Kinnernyff (Hut) .
25. : 1. Kevin Hildebrand (Suz): 2. Krit ROIl (Vam); 3. David
Alexander (Hon ).
30+: I. Ke¥!n HlIdebrand (Suz) ; 2. Chad Wllolker (KTM): 3. J eff
CottrdI (Yam).
y
40. : 1. Jeff Cottrell (Vam); 2. Mart Berberich (Hon ); 3. Brad
H_
brothers. were relegated to the runner -up
spo t s o n the podium by Dunawa y , th ough
both seemed content with their finishes. Chris
Whitcraft charged hard for second in both the
125cc and 250cc A classes , while his brother
David fi nished th ird in both divisions.
Though he didn 't claim any Suzuki bucks ,
Jackson's Ma rk Kiser scored some shiny tro-
phies. The upstart racer from southern Ohio
50 (4-8): I . Torrrny ~ (V
am); 2. Hunlef BrqrtweI (Yam);
3. Ryan ~ (Yem).
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).
M (12. 15): I. Pat Ma_
Dunla p (Hon).
was apparent as he swept both the 125 cc and
250cc A classes. Yet another couple of F&S
supers ta rs , t he fas t and ta lented Whitcraft
(Hon).
OPEN: I. ChriJ l.eadbea ter (Vam) ; 2. Chad Walker (KTM); 3.
om).
Ted Bar (V
was on the gas hard, a nd he toppled local
favorite Chad "Ice " Walker to take the Over 25
B class. He la ter held on for two mota wins in
250cc B competition, whi le local hero Steve
J ones ran strong for second on his Honda . Not
crying ov er sp il t milk, Walker spa n ke d the
field in the Open and Over 3 0 B con tests .
Pat Ma ssi e silence d th e 8 5 c c (12-1 5)
crowd, running fast aboard hi s KX85 and best ing M ich ael Willard . However , Willard cam e
back to haul hi s Suzuki big -wheel 80 in for the
Schoolboy-class win .
Suzuki -m ounted Lor en O 'Ca ll handled th e
250cc C class with style.
Mike Morgan brought his RM250 ho me for
a few po pular wins. The Sandyv ille , West Virginia, nati ve sto le off with the Ov er 25 A and
Ov er 30 A ov eralls, The Over 40 class was
owned by F& S Suzuki factory mechanic Ronnie Rehmert, who pil oted his RM in fo r th e old -
timers' victory , beating out Yamaha-mount ed
fast guy Jeff Cottrell .
Christian Telk er once again walked off with
th e 50cc (7 -8) win, while Egan Rosell scor ed
wins in th e 50cc (4- 8) Oi l-Inj ected and 50cc
(4-6) cla sses. Fas t yo ung man Robert Whi te
sai led to the 65cc·class win, and Brian Bond
nailed dow n the 125cc C victory aboard his
CRI25.
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'"
s
at Dirt Country . The 16 - y ear-old put t he
moves on the Open class, winning the race in
>
lC
styl e. He didn't have an easy go of it, though,
as Chad "Ice" Walker was also on the gas on
his four-strok e KTM. Riding his trusty Yam aha
YZ42 6F. Leadbea ter used smart lin es and fast
r id in g to hold off t he c ra fty Wal ke r, wh o
plac ed second, ahead of Ted Bair.
Lead beat er had another go od ri de in the
16 -24 divisio n, but Dou g Gall was too much
to handl e, as th e Pro and his Suzuki RM250
~
Q.
were a ble to fight off the ad van ces of Lead·
beater's boo m ing 4 26 to tak e th e win.
Gall was im press ive in the Pro classe s as
well , not ching a third in the 125 cc A money
class and second in 250cc A com petition, but
the A clas ses belonged on thi s da y to Chris
"Milk Man " Whitcraft, who delivered his goods
efficiently, smoking off with both the A -clas s
victo ries over a stacked field.
Kevin "R eMax · Hil debrand on c e again
stomped a couple of age classes. The thirty something home dealer snatched the Over 25
and Over 30 class wins away from a talen ted
crew of older guys . Jeff Cottrell. on hi s Yama ·
ha, stomped all ove r th e Over 40 clas s.
Ch ri st ia n Telker of Ind iana showed the
Buckeye boys a thing or two as he ran off with
the 50cc (7-8) cl ass on his KTM.
).
In the minicycle ranks, Kyle Sm ith charged
on his RM80 to take two 85 cc classes, while
Pat "T he Master " Massie cl ai m ed th e 85cc
is co ncurre ntly competing in the EA Sports
Supercross series while still charging hard in
local Su nday races. Duneway's dominance
n
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Dirt Country Motorsports Parte Two Schoolboys c las h i n B lancheste r, Oh io .
