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,-------------------------------------,'" w ~ ~ >- '" 5 :I: Q. Lodi Cycle Bowl 5801 E. Morse Road Lodi, California Phone; 209/368-7182 Web site.: Ulww.lodicyclebowl.com Directions; Take a·mile Road off Highways 99 or 5. Get to the east side of Highway 99. Take frontage road north, paralleling the freeway I for half 6 mile, Turn right on Morse Road and Schedule: Saturday nights, gate opens 3 p.m.; practice at 4:30 p.m.; racing at 6 p.m. Sundays, gate opens 8 a.m.; practice at 10 a.m.; racing at noon follow it to the end, about half a mile. General Admission: $10 Clubs/Associations: Lod! Motorcycle Club Track: Blue-groove track; large pit area. Mllior Events: Labor Day Weekend, August 31 to September 1: Toby Jorgenson Memorial, October 19-20 Carbon County Fairgrounds MX: Chris Pinger (65X), Jeremiah Nelson (37X) and the rest of the 250cc Novice class get the green flag at the WORCS Amateur races in Price, Utah. 'Over the pas! {ive decades, the Ledi Cyde Bowl has been a training ground {or several AMA Grand National dirt track, AMA National, and World Championship number·one plate holders, probably the most {amous being Kenny Roberts. " • Lcdi Cyde Bowl Disciplines: TT, Baby Short Track, QuarterMile Short Track Carllon County Flirgrounds MX Facilities: Concessions and restrooms available near grandstand; camping area available - for most two-day events. By KAREN GoOt.ll CRA World Off·Road Championship Amateur Series Round 3: Carbon County Fairgrounds MX Utah Amateurs Get the WOReS Bv KIT PALMER PRICE, UT, II\AY25 he Carbon County Fairgrounds in Price, Utah, hosted the third round of the World Championship Off-Road Series, and a record number of riders turned out for Saturday's Amateur program. The big gathering had a lot to do with the event being a dual-sanctioned race, as points were paid out to both CRA and USRA (Utah Sportsman Riders Association) members. Nearly 600 riders made the trek to Price and did battle on a challenging and fairly technical II-mile course over desert terrain that featured a little bit of everything, such as tight and twisty ravines, ridge trails, short but steep hillclimbs (and drop-offs), wide-open dirt roads, and a fun motocross section. But the word of the day was - dust. Some of the ravine sections were engulfed by the choking dust as the riders Zigzagged through the gorges and silt-filled washes. However, after the riders became spread out, usually after just the first lap, the dust became less of a factor. One of the closest races of the day came in the Senior Over 50 class, where Gas Gas-mounted Randy lindsey edged out Kawasaki rider Butch Odom by 11 seconds after nearly an hour and a half of racing. One of the largest classes of the day, with 22 entrants, was the 250cc Amateur class, but it was Yamaha rider Darrin Tuckett who was all T 86 JUNE 19, 2002' eye I • alone and leading the way at the finish. He finished nearly three minutes ahead of his nearest class rival, c.J. Crim, on a Honda. Crim crossed the finish line just 20 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher, Kawasaki jockey Nick Shurts. Since starting positions for Sunday's Pro race are determined by lap times on Saturday, many of the top Pros competed in Saturday's AAclass races. One of those was the eventual Pro-class winner, Ty Davis. Davis took top overall honors in the Vet, Master and Senior race, but he did have a scare when his YZ250 ran out of gas on the last lap. He managed to borrow some gas and get going again before Suzuki-mounted Robert Naughton could catch him. Naughton would've caught Davis had he not run out of gas as well, as did Team Suzuki rider Rodney Smith and Steve Hatch. Naughton scrounged up some fuel to finished third overall, behind Davis and Honda rider Dax Billings. KTM rider Rick Daniel finished fourth overall, while Master Expert-class winner Chuck Sun rounded out the top five overall. Motocrosser Jeff Willoh tried his hand at off-road racing at Price and did quite well. The Honda rider finished second overall in the 250cc/Open Amateur/Expert/ AA race, a few minutes behind Russell Pearson and a couple of minutes ahead of Northern California racer Craig Wesner. Joey Lanza finished fourth. eN n • _ S Price, Utah Results: May 25, 2002 (Round 3 of &1 WMN; 1. Kelly Vancey (KTM); 2. Carol Williams (YlIm); 3. Brendll JlInkowski (Yam); 4. Amber Naughton (Suz); 5. Eileen Turner (YlIm). P/W; 1. Kilian Woder (Pol); 2. Cloy Gishey (KTM); 3. Bryson Palllcios (Han); 4. HlIrley Anderson (Hon); 5. S<:ottie Keoyne (KTM). 60 NOV: 1. Weston Christensen (Kaw); 2. Bryce Spring (Kew); 3. CllIY Davies (Kaw); 4. Angelo Tanner (Kaw); 5. Kyle Prince (Kaw). 80 NOV: 1. Chas Covert (Kaw); 2. Jonathan Lanza (Yam); 3. Sean Geiser (Yam); 4. ZlIkk Jones (Yam); 5. Jonathan Smith. 80 AM: 1. Jamie Lanza (Hon); 2. Todd Christensen (Kaw); 3. Corey Coyne (Yam); 4. Justin Gibson (Vom); 5. Daniel McDonald (Hon). 60 EX: 1. Justin Soule (Kaw); 2. Chris Johnson (KlIw); 3. Chad Martin (Hon); 4. Joshua Morros (Kaw); 5. Kyle Behling (Vom). 125 NOV; 1. Kaleb Washbum (Vam); 2. Chad Mlirtin (Yam); 3. Ricky Dietrich (Suz); 4. Greg Jensen (Yam); 5. Nostrom Victor (Yam). 125 AM: 1. Nick Thompson (KTM); 2. Landon Sherwood (KTM): 3. Jevon Weeks (KTM); 4. Broc Warwood (KTM): 5. Brock Wilson (KTM). 125 EX: 1. Jason Orndorff (KTM); 2. Chris Mass (Kaw); 3. Jacob Clark (Hon); 4. Jeff Klino (Vom); 5. David Boaz (KTM). 125 AA: I. Kurt Caselli (KTM); 2. Kyle Kischer (KTM); 3. Bobby Garrison (Vom); 4. Kevin Harshman (KTM); 5. Cassidy Anderson (Vom). 250 NOV; 1. Gus Adams (Vam); 2. Joy Cemberlan (Hon); 3. Chris Pinger (Hon); 4. Jeremy Newman (Yam); 5. Brett Henrie (Kaw). 250 AM: 1. Darrin Tuckett (Yam); 2. c.J. Crim (Hon); 3. Nick Shurtz (Kaw); 4. James Maltbie (Yam); 5. Burke Crllghead (Yam). 250 EX: 1. J.R. Mason (Suz); 2. Haydon Fenwick (GG): 3. Ryan Anderson (Vam); 4. Chad Gottfredson (Yam); 5. Luke Baca (Yam). 250 AA: 1. Russell Pearson (Yam); 2. Jeff Wllloh (Hon); 3. Craig Wesner (Kaw); 4. Joey Lanza (KTM); 5. Morgan Cr.!~wford (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Jake Shivers (KTM); 2. Shone Owen (KTM); 3. Jarrad Pavkov (Yam); 4. Jason Barnes (KTM); 5. Mike Marl.. (KTM). OPEN AM: 1. Phillip Yeager (KTM): 2. Kit Palmer (Suz); 3. Derek Kirkwood (Han); 4. Ryan Allred (KTM); 5. Cosey Voungberg (Kaw). OPEN EX; 1. Rob Phillips (KTM); 2. Jared Buoy (KTM); 3. George Follis (KTM); 4. Jeff Lundgreen (Kaw); 5. Mark Lundgreen (Kaw). OPEN AA: 1. Josh Howard (KTM); 2. Cody Voung (Hus); 3. Dustin Headman (KTM). 4·STRK NOV: 1. Rodney Jerrett (Yam); 2. Chris Winn (Yam); 3. Scott Ellis (Yam); 4. Rodney Anderson (Yam); 5. Steve Harkle (Hus). 4-STRK AM: 1. Jeramie Young (Yam); 2. Erik Weslover (Can); 3. Scott Miller (Yem); 4. Brandon Wilson (YlIm); 5. Tim Rasmussen (Hon). 4-STRK EX: 1. Jason Fox (Can); 2. Rex Mike (Vom): 3. Randy Smith (KTM); 4. Monty Price (KTM); 5. Jeremy Havens (Yem). 4-STRK AA: 1. Nick Pellrson (Yam); 2. Taber Murphy (Hon); 3. Sean Reddish (Han); 4. Robert Settles (Hon); 5. Kelly Voncey (KTM). VET 30. NOV: 1. Justin Phillips (Vam); 2. Troy Dyer (KTM); 3. Ed Givens (Hon): 4. Eric Wright (KTM); 5. Brian Hurst (Hon). VET 30. AM; 1. Bill Phelps (Hon): 2. Clint Corter (Vam); 3. Dave Reese (Vam); 4. Jeff Good (KTM); 5. Kyle Krause (Han). VET 30. EX; 1. Dax Billings (Hon); 2. Rick Daniei (KTM): 3. George Follis (KTM); 4. J.R. Mason (Suz); 5. Jon Parks (GG). VET 30. AA: 1. Ty Devis (Yam); 2. Robert Naughton (502); 3. Jesse Ochoa (KTM); 4. Rodney Smith (Suz); 5. Steve Hatch (Suz). MSTR 40. NOV; 1. Ron Voung (Kaw); 2. Miles Fnmdsen (Kaw); 3. Tim Barker (Hon); 4. Koby Kischer (KTM); 5. Craig Bell (Vam). MSTR 40. AM; 1. Don Good (KTM); 2. Rolph Collins (Kaw); 3. Mike Cleveland (Kaw); 4. Kit Palmer (Yam); 5. Jim Savage (Yam). MSTR 40. EX: 1. Chuck Sun (KTM): 2. Steve Swetscheno (Han); 3. Tom Shivers (KTM); 4. Bill Sharpe (Vam); 5. Jeff Johnson (Vom). SR 50+: 1. Randy Undsey (GG): 2. Butch Odom (Kaw); 3. Preston Gerber (KTM); 4. Robert Whitcomb (Yam); 5. Kerry Chartier (Vam). aSRA 25+ NOV: 1. Chris Davis (Yam); 2. Kevin Nielsen (Yam); 3. Patrick Lodd (KTM); 4. Jason Perkins (Kaw); 5. Justin Peck (KTM). OSRA 25+ AM: 1. Shane Bartholomew (YlIm); 2. Vem Reay (KTM); 3. Kurt Kearsley (Kaw); 4. Chris Green (Yam); 5. Kelly Mutchler (Kaw). USRA 25+ EX: 1. Justin Deschamps (Yllm); 2. George Follis (KTM); 3. Bert Bradford (KTM); 4. JlIyson Densley (Hon); 5. Tyler TIpton (KTM). OSRA 35+ NOV: 1. Mike Stlluffer (Hon); 2. Tracy Branson (Kaw); 3. Charlie Jensen (KTM); 4. Doug Johnson (KTM); 5. Burke Winnie (Kaw). USRA 35. AM: 1. Ron Zobell (Vam); 2. Kay Cliidwell (YDm); 3. Trent Davies (Hen); 4. Cory Sorensen (Hen). USRA 35+ EX: I. Bruce Hansen (Han); 2. Steve Lundgreen (Kaw). USRA 45+: I. Td Goim8rac (KTM); 2, Paul Bradshaw (KTM); 3. Curtis Churchtown (Hbg); 4. Brian Tuckett (KTM); 5. Brad Medico (Hon). QSRA BMBR: 1. Stephen Dansie (Yam). TEAM: 1. Jonathan Weisman/Kyle Krause (Hen); 2. Ched Martin/Brian Perker (Yam); 3. Greg Kline/Patrie He81y (Yam); 4. Ryen Etlrl/Ryan Allred (KTM); 5. Kurt KearsleyjKevln Engle (Kaw), Salmon Valley Speedway Hansen Hooks a Salmon Victory By BAMBI McAFEE SALMON, ID, MAY 4 The first of the 2002 Salmon Valley Speedway flat-track races was a good one. It was held at the Lemhi County Fairgrounds. A new track surface was taken from the half-mUe track and laid on the quarter·mile and eighth·mile tracks. Marty Shefts and Tom Sherman were the track prep men, and they did an excellent job with the new surface. The SOcc, 125cc, 250cc, Open Pro, and Speedway motorcycle classes were run, as usual (along with three car classes). Despite cloudy skies, a good crowd showed up for the Saturday night races under the lights. The first heat of the ISRAfWlldside Sports Yamaha-sponsored races saw Montana's Brendan "Wildman" Fennessey, just coming back from a broken ~nkle last season, take control on the new surface and place first in heat one on his bikeboneyard.com-backed laydown Jawa. Marty "Madman" Shefts took second on his Coach Works Jawa. Third went to Shane "Captain Sideways" McAfee, on his Cycle Sleds & Saws Jawa. Fourth went to "Crazy" Carson Shefts, also on a Coach Works Jawa. In heat two, Trent Hansen took his Herb Worford "War Pony" Racing Jawa to first place. He was followed by Tom "The Shermlnator" Sherman, aboard his Sherman Construction Jawa. Third place went to "Flyin'" Mark Van Zuyen, and fourth went to former East Coast speedway rider Todd Hunter, on his Weslake. Hunter now makes his home in Montana, riding the Intermountain Speedway Racers Association (Idaho and Montana) circuit. The Speedway main event saw eight riders in two rows dice for the evening's first-place trophy and honors. McAfee shot from gate four to lead the first lap of the main, with Van Zuyen in second, followed by six more "Iongwinter crazed" riders in hot pursuit. On lap two, McAfee was still In the lead, with back-

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