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I AMA Gold Star Series Round 2: Washougal Motocross Park (Left) Kawasaki Jo c k ey Chris Johnson was a twoclass w inner at Washougal Motocross Park's season opener, posting victories In the aoee (7-11) and Supenninl classes. (Below righ t ) Jake Anstett won the eoee (9 -11 ) class and finished second In the aGcc (7- 1 1) class at rou nd two of the AM A Gold Star Series. S T O RY AN D P HO T O S B Y CLA Y l i GHT WASHOUGAL, WA, APR. 22 ~es pi t e inc re di b ly mudd y co ndi~ t io ns , we ll over 400 riders fro m thr e e s tates were o n ha nd fo r Wa s hou g al Motoc ro s s Park's season open e r, wh ich doubled as ro und two of the AMA Gold Star Serie s . Hometown boy Chris J ohnso n waxed the c ompetition in wh a t was on e of the few doub le-cla ss victo ries , pos ting the 80 cc (7 -1 1 ) and Sup ermin i (7 -II) victories aboard his Kawasaki. Heavy rain o ve rni g h t made the track a s lippery mess du ring the early stages of practice, bu t p rior to the com p letio n of th e sessions the cou rse ha d tu rned nearly perfect. The first to tackle the fam ous AMA National course were the c o m b ine d 80cc D age -group contestants . Za c h Carlin put his Ho nd a out in front of the 23rider field , foll ow ed by Yamaha mounted John Alden and KX jockey Sc ott y Blo om . Ca rlin and Bloom finished one-two, although bot h posted wins in their re s p e ct ive c lasse s , as Ca rlin topped the 80cc (7 -11) portion and Bloo m the 80cc ( 12 - 15) div ision , in both m ot os a nd overa ll as well. Honda -mounte d Er ic Lon e y o ve rc a me an opening -lap cra s h in th e first 125cc Pro moto to finish fourth and then led the abb reviated threelap second moto from wire to wire to s nare an overall win fo r the rider from Kelso , Washington . Oregon 's Mike Storm led Loney and the rest of t he field a t the unleashing of moto one , b ut Storm's impressive performance in the supertacky conditions came t o a p re m a t u re halt on lap thre e . Wit h a la rg e le ad in hand, Storm's CR s kidded to a stop, a tt ributed to bottom -end failure. "My bik e was go ing a lot fa s t er than I was ," sa id St orm , a member of th e SMP jum p team. "The track wa s d rying out great. It doesn't get m uch be tt e r than it wa s ." In S t o r m 's a bse nce , Ho n da rider Br ia n Zlo ck took t he point position until Pro Ca liber Suzukibacked T r a v is Murphy moved up to challenge . Murp hy made a move to nab the lead on lap three, and he rema ine d there to the finish, winn ing w ith a comfortable margin. Ano ther of th e many CR pilots in th e field , Kyle Van in t he end, Yamaha -mounted John Hueber p re va iled. Bryan Thi bedea u , Huber and J ames Hamilton waged a ' bruta l battle in th e first moto, which went in Hamilton 's fav or , while Todd Blan ch a rd netted third . Ho wev er , none of the three started moto two , and Huber , who fini s h e d fourth in moto on e, took command of the B porti on, tra iling Pros Loney and lin dema n to the finish to garner the 5 clas s ov era ll via 4 -1 placings. Adrian Carmicha el (5-3 ) wa s second overall , a he a d o f Jesse Meiers (7 -2) . O rego n's Anthony Ce rru ti (6-6) and Don Perrie (12-4) filled ou t the top five . Johnson's first of two overa ll wins on the day came in the 80cc (7- 11 ) class , one of the few classes run early e no ug h in th e pr ogram to run both m oto s . J ohns on took adv anta ge of Ka wa s ak i jo ck ey Shawn Haberlo c k's m echanical m isfortune in m oto one to (L eft) Jenny Pray decimated the Womenls class in Washougal, Washington, despite i nc red i bly muddy condit ions. Dyken , followed Murphy's fo rward surg e through traffic to a lso displace Zlock, fin ishing second. Zlock , Loney an d Kawa saki-mounted Tys on Lindeman filled the top five at moto's end. Moto two was held amid pouring ra in , b ut Lo ne y found the conditions to his liking and stayed upright to lead Lindema n to the finish. Of the ni ne sta rters, only two finis he d th e race . The 12 5cc 5 class ra n com bined with the ir Profe s s ional comrad es, a nd net a win in the day's best tra ck conditions. Ha be rloc k 's le a d was a brief one, as hi s KX suc c umbed to moto r problems and the rider from Portland, Oregon , wa s finish ed for the da y. Johns o n went o n a I -I ram pa ge to snare the ov e rall win , followed by J a ke Anst ett, Jake Pon ce and Sean Fitzgera ld, th e only four riders in the division to finish moto two . In the 80cc ( 12- 15 ) moto, Honda -m ou nte d Anthony Veto matched Johnson 's performances by a lso storming to a II sweep. Tyson Jansen (4-3) finish ed second overall to Veto , trailed by Or egon's J es s e Wuori (2 -6). Mike Prownier (8 -2) and Mike Passarge (9-5) . Johnson and Veto again went he ad to head in the com b ined Sup e rm in i class. J o hn so n ' s s e cond overall win cue I e in the Supermini (7 -11 ) class c a m e with an other 1- 1 sweep , while Veto was t h e crea m of th e cro p in the Supermin i (12- 15 ) class . In th e 250cc Pro c la ss, Don Bisce gli a s p lit m o t o win s with fellow Bea ver State ride r Forrest T ransue. Bisceg lia pulled the trigger fastest to le a d the first m oto (he ld amid ste ady ra infa ll) a nd then used his mud -riding expe rtis e to be a t Terry Hamness and Trans ue . Bisc eg lia led the first three laps of moto two. However, Tra nsue took command on th e fo urth a nd final ci rc uit. Bisceglia , though, gamered the overall win, a head of Transue (3-1) , Ya ma ha rider Ma tthew Punn (5- 3), Ma rs ha ll Favre (6 -4) and Hamness (2-DNS ). Bis ce glia also won the single- m oto Over 30 Pro class , ahead of Hamness and Jay Jackson . CN Washougal Motocross Peril Washougal , Washington Resulb: Apri l 22, 2001 [Round 21 50 ( 4 - 6) S TK : I. T y l er Han s en ( C o b); 2. Matthew Bisceglia (Cob) ; 3. Ju stin Spink (KTM); 4. Matthew Shirl ey (KTM); 5. Kasey Wallace (Pol ). 50 (4 -8 ) Ol l -INJ : 1. Chri sti an Blair (Yam): 2. Bradley Hab erl ock (Yam) . 50 (7-8 ) STK: 1. Dyl a n Sum me rli n (Cob); 2. Kyle Hu ffm an ( !lTM) ; 3 . Ry an De n ny (!lT M) ; 4 . Be nja m i n Back ma n (KTM); 5 . Ben n ett Gardne r (Was ). 60 ( 7- 8) : 1. T yle r Hal weiger (Kaw) ; 2 . Co ry Green (Kaw ); 3. Ben Baldasan o (Kaw) ; 4. Catey Cox (KTM) : 5 . Austin Rose (Kaw). 60 (9 - 1 I ) ; I. Jake An stett (!lTM); 2. Cody Short (Kaw) ; 3. Dami en Walton (Kaw ); 4 . Taylo r Wilso n (Kaw); 5. Jos hua Sm ith (Kaw ). 80 (7-11); I. Chris John son (!law) ; 2. J ak e An st ett ( K a w ) ; 3 . Ja ke Pon ce ( Ka w) ; 4 . Sea n Fitzgerald (Kaw); 5. Brett Os a ke (Ka w) . 80 (12·15 ) ; I. A ntho ny Veto (Han ); 2 . T ysen Jan sen ( Han) ; 3 . J es se Wu o ri (Ha n ) ; 4 . Mike Prowin ger (Hon ); 5 . Mike Passarge (Yam) . 80 0 (7-1 1) : I. Zach Carli n (Han) ; 2 . Au stin Rose (Ka w); 3. Dam ien Walto n (Kaw) ; 4 . Cortland Quarles (Yam ); 5 . Corey Veto (Yam). 800 (12·15) ; I. Scotty Bloom (!la w) ; 2. John Alden (Yam ) ; 3. Ga ry Hehr ( Kaw) ; 4 . M isty Sho rt (5 uz); 5 . Cory Smi th (Kaw) . S/MI NI (7 · 1 1): I. Chris J ohn son (Ke w): 2. Sean Fitzgera ld (K aw ) ; 3 . Ja k e Pon ce ( Kaw ); 4 . Kyle lauderm ilk (Kaw) ; 5. J esse Wildm an (Kaw ). S/ MI NI ( 12 - 15 ) ; I. A nthony Veto (Han); 2. Mike Pro w nl er (H an ); 3 . Jesse Wuori (Ha n); 4 . J ac ob Gerding (Yam) ; 5. Tysen Jan sen (Han ). 125 PR O : 1 . Eri c l an e y ( Ha n ); 2 . Ty so n Lin dem an ( Kaw ); 3. T ra vis Mu rphy (Suz) ; 4. Kyl e Van Dyk en (Hon ): 5: Bria n Zlock (Han). 125 B : 1. Ja hn Hu ber ( Yam ) ; 2 . A d ri a n Car mic hae l (Ya m) ; 3 . J e s se Me ie rs ( Ha n) ; 4 . Antho ny Cerr uti (Yam ); 5 . Don Perrie (Han) . 125 C Dvl : 1. Rya n Bru b eck ( Ha n) ; 2 . Ran Co b le nt z (Ha n ) ; 3 . Bra dy Fr y ( Han ) ; 4 . J a son lauderm ilk (Han ); 5 . Robert WuJlb randt (Suz). 12 5 C 0 -2 ; I. Chr is Ho lum (Yam ); 2. Randa ll le w is ( Yam); 3 . Ca rey Barth ( Yam) ; 4 . J ared McA llis ter (Yam) ; 5. Kory Huffman (Kaw). 12 5 D: 1. Ben Vauthier (Yam ); 2. Dustin Harv in (Han); 3. Andy Gustafsan (Sua): 4 . Jeremy Brubeck (Han); 5. Brent Olson (Suz). 25 0 PRO: 1. Dan Bi sc egl ia (Han ) : 2. Forrest Tra nsue (Ya m ); 3 . Matt Punn (Ya m) ; 4 . Marshall Favre (Yam); 5 . Terry l ee Hamne ss (Suz-). 250/0PEN B ; 1. Sc ott She rre ll ( Han); 2. Tye Crandall ( Han ); 3 . David McCollum ; 4 . James Mille r (Han); 5. J oe Broc kway (Yam ). 2 5 0 / 0 PEN C: 1. J ason Thom as (Suz); 2. Jack Gilmore (Kew): 3. J eff Payne (Han); 4 . Paul Kitc hen (Yam ); 5 . Dennis Hagara (Yam) . 2 50 /0PEN 0: 1. l arr y Brunette ( Ha n); 2 . Brandon Anders (Kaw) ; 3. Aaron Galli ngtan (Han ); 4. A ndy Byrne (Yam) ; 5 . Ben McVittit (Han). 8TH B/C: 1. Ryan Brubeck ( Han) ; 2 . Jesse Meiers (Han) ; 3 . Ad rian Carmichael (Yam ); 4 . J ohn Huber (Yam); 5. Eric Green (Hon) . BTH 0: 1. Bob Brown (Yam ); 2. Thom as Hudlow (S uz); 3 . Kr i s McBride (Suz) ; 4 . Bruce Lalonde (Han) . WMN: 1. J en n y Pra y (Ya m ) ; 2. Jill Th oma s (Ya m) ; 3 . J en ny Wilsan (S uz ) ; 4 . Da nielle Hal e (Hen) ; 5 . J essica McVittie (Yam) . 25. AlB; I. Jody Wame (!lTM) ; 2. Matt Gable (Han) ; 3. Ryan Van Dyk en (Han) . 2 5. C: 1. Steve Perry (Hen) ; 2. Greg Gipe (Hon) ; 3. Rex Spencer (Han) . 3 0 . A : I . D on Bi sc e g lia ( He n) ; 2 . T erry Hamn ess (Suz); 3. Ja y Jac kso n (Yam): 4 . Bil l Kent (Hon) ; 5. Darryl Zum pstein (Han) . 30. 8: 1. David Schm id (Han); 2. James Mille r (Han ); 3 . J eff J ahnson (Yam) ; 4 . Don Perrle (Han) ; 5 . John Svenson (Yam) . 30. C: 1. Sean Munroe (Ka w) ; 2. Ken Darro n (Ka w) ; 3. Tim Lem as (Han) . 40. A : 1. Bill Kent (Han ); 2. Mik e Perry (Suz); 3. Darryl Zump stein (Han) . 40 . B: 1. Jim Schae fer (Han); 2. Terry Hamness Sr. (Yam ); 3 . Brian Gadd is (Hon) . 40 . C: 1. Andy Jensen ( Ho n); 2 . Br ian Hall (Hon); 3. Curti s Paulson (Kaw ). nevvs MAY 16, 200 1 63

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