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,--------------------------------,en 5 :I: C. W o in '" ~ en OJ ~ ~ ~ c. Honda Hills Motorsports Park: Brian Gonser flew to first-place finishes in both the Over 25 and Over 30 classes at round three of the Honda Hills Friday Night Series in linville, Ohio. Honda Hills Motorsporls Park Biddies Brave at Honda Hills MX BY RUPERT X. PELLETT LINVILLE, OH, JUNE 14 At round three of the Honda Hills Friday Night Series, the father-and-son squad of Richard "Dick" Biddle and Eric "E-Dog" Biddle tore up the rolling hills and high banks of the famed motocross circuit, each taking both a win and a runner-up in their respective classes. Dad Dick did his work in the Over 40 and the Open classes, whisking his YZ426F in for the one-moto-format win in the elderly gentlemen's class and taking a back seat to Aaron Madinger and his Buckeye Powersports' CR450F in the Open class. Madinger would Willy Browning (Suz). 250 B: J. Eric Biddle (Han); 2. Jake Denny (Suz); 3. Travis Ruckman (Yam). 16-24: 1. Shane Fluharty (Yam); 2. ErIc Biddle (Hon); 3. Travis Ruckman (Y"m). 25+: 1. Brian Gonser (Hon); 2. Aaron Medinger (Hon): 3. Rob Bingman (Yam). 30+: 1. Brian Gonser (Hon); 2. Rolllnd LDhr Jr. (Hon); 3. Jllmey Johnson (Hon). 40+: I. Dick Biddie (Yllm); 2. Mark Matheis (Yam); 3. Marc Reeves (Hon). OPEN: 1. Allron Medinger (Hon); 2. Dick Biddle (Yam); 3. Phil Dodsen (Han). Las Vegas Motor Speedway BY DICK GOODWIN LAS VEGAS, NV, JUNE 15 The ranks of the combined 85cc Stock race were teeming with talent at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, site of the second round of the eight-round Club Moto "Beat The Heat" sum- The younger Biddle, Eric, was hard on the gas all night at this popular Friday night series contest. The faster of the Biddle duo stormed home the winner in the 250cc B race and held on for second place in the 16-24 class, behind winner Shane Fluharty. Zanesville's Fluharty had a terrific night, as mer night motocross series, on Saturday, June 15. None were faster than the Prince Prince Kapahulehua, that is ~ the Suzuki speedster from Pahrump, Nevada. But some were close - real close! Fellow Suzuki star Jared Partridge blasted off the gate to lead yet another Suzuki pilot, Alex Matteson, and the rest of the field out into round-one action. Kapahulehua moved great evening at this Central Ohio locale. He powered his Buckeye Powers ports-backed CR450F to victories in the Over 25 and Over quickly, jumping into second straight away. 30 classes. Gonser was pretty humble about place. Out in front, Partridge stretched his the whole evening. "I got out to good starts, held the throttle on as long as I CQuld, then cruised in," he lead, as Kapahulehua and Caputo continued the war for second. E.J. Rogers, Matteson and recounted. "Some of my competitors said they'd be breathing down my neck tonight; I told 'em to brush their teeth first!" Mitchell Hubbs once again displayed his Breaking up the sea of yellow was Honda hot- shoe Tony Caputo, battling away in third Austin Parr were scrapping for fourth. Despite all the hard racing, positions remained unchanged, with Partridge leading Kapahulehua and Caputo through the pipes and Rogers hanging on to fourth. mastery of this natural-terrain course. winning Caputo rode red right out in front to start in style in the Pee Wee 50cc Shaft-Drive class. the second half. Kapahulehua and Partridge set out to chase him down. Caputo slipped 'n' dipped, and then it was just Kapahulehua and The Pro classes were all about Gavin Gracyk on this night. The Team Green superstar ran off with both the 125cc and 250cc A-class wins, although "Wild" Willy Browning gave him a hard time in the 125cc A race and Travis Hartshorn made Gracyk work for the win in the 250cc A contest. fought his way past and into the lead by lap two. Provencher and Raymond Carvalho were fighting bar to bar for second. Geib worked up a huge lead and coasted to win number two and the overall 125cc Novice crown. topping Provencher, Higdon and Tobias. Results The Prince of Fast post an impressive seventh spot in the overflow-capacity Over 30 class, as well. he also captured the 125cc B-division victory. Brian "The Gonse" Gonser had another Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Jared Partridge was the winner of the 85cc Stock (12-13) division at the second round of the Club Moto "Beat The Heat" summer night motocross series in Las Vegas, Nevada. Partridge fighting over the lead way out in front. Matteson, Kurtis Gierer and Tracon Kirk were in a wild duel for third. Kapahuiehua held off the charging Partridge to take the win and first overall in the 85cc Stock (7-11) class, Norwich, Ohio's Haven Holdcroft was Partridge topped the 85 Stock (12-13) portion ,besting Matteson and Rogers, while Timothy Kerr led Chris Renzi in the 85cc Stock (14-16) wins on his Rod Holdcroft-tuned machines. division. Results P/W 50: J. Mitchell Rubbs (Yam); 2. Logan Piccirillo (Yam): 3. Jacob Skinner (Vam). 65: 1. HllVen Holdcroft (KTM); 2. Marcus Willis (KTM); 3. Ryan Neff (Kaw). 80 (7- J I): 1. Haven Holdcroft (Suz); 2. Ax! Moler (Han); 3. Krls Nelson (Suz). 80 (12-i5): 1. T.J. Hartshorn (Hon); 2. Brandon Borgen (Kaw); 3. Gabriel Muntz (Hon). 125 A: I. Gavin Gracyk (Kaw); 2. Willy Browning (Suz); 3. Andy WlIllln:l(KTM). 125 B: i. Shane Auharty (Yam); 2. Rob Bingman (Yam); 3. Jake Denny (Suz). 250 A: I. Gavill Gracyk (Kaw): 2. Travl, Hartshorn (Yam); 3. 74 JULY 24,2002· cue I e Chad Geib gobbled up the 125cc Novice class, normally a busy and competitive group. He shot off the gate to lead race one. Patrick Provencher, Kris Higdon and Casey Tobias were giving chase. Geib kept the heat on and pretty soon only Provencher was keeping him in sight. When race one closed, Geib had the win, with Provencher and Tobias trailing. Making a bid for the overall, Provencher exploded off the line to lead race two. Geib wasn't haVing any of that, though, and he n e _ os that regularly race at the NOMADs venue. Stuckey imposed a handicap on himself for the start of both motos and allowed the entire class to start and get around the first sweeping turn and into the first, tight, hairpin corner before he left the start line. He then proceeded to catch and pass the entire field of respected Amateur racers. At the end of the first lap of each six-lap moto, he would be in the third position. At the end of the second lap, he'd be in first place, with a commanding lead. Over the next four laps, Stuckey would literally "pilot" his Honda CR250 to a huge lead. The NOMADs track is filled with jumps, bumps and depressions to test the riders' skills. Stuckey made these many obstacles on the track look easy by using the first jump or bump in the straightaways to leap over most of the remaining obstacles, and then using the backward slope of one of the last obstacles as a landing ramp. He would often land in the middle of the jumps, bumps or depressions briefly then jump out and over the next set of I obstacles, "leapfrogging" down the straights. Many of the faster racers at NOMADs do this, but no one did it as often, further, higher, or as consistently as Stuckey did on this Sunday. "Yeah, Stuckey's fast, but that's because he only rides on half the track," noted one spectator in the viewing stands. referring to how often Stuckey was in the air, avoiding the track obstacles. As Stuckey bounced around the track for the easy win in both motos on his way to the first-overall finish, a tight race for second place continued behind him. Developing Amateur Randy Fuller passed Bill Bodello on the third lap and held him off to the end of moto one for a close second-place finish. In moto two, it was Bodello's turn to hold off Fuller, who hounded Bodello relentlessly until the last lap, when Fuller briefly got around on the inside of him, two corners from the finish. Bodello, however, would not let Fuller keep the spot, and he returned the pass in the last ahead of Derek Rogers and Andrew Iovino. unbeatable, besting all competitors in the 80cc (7-11) and 65cc classes, with double 50 BEG: 1. Fmnk Gould 111 (Kaw); 2. Kenze Johnson (KTM); 3. Austin Holbert (Pol); 4. Mason Bilker (Pol); 5. Nicky Parrish (KTM). 50 STK (4·6): 1. Brandon Russ (KTM); 2. Cody Rogers (Pol); 3. Jeffrey Willson (KTM). 50 STK (7·8): I. Cole Nanney (Cob): 2. Bobby Hardin (KTM); 3. Shllne Lant (Pol); 4. Cody Howard (KTM); 5. Tllnner Blood (KTM). 50 OPEN: I. Cole N"nney (Cob); 2. Bobby Hardin (KTM); 3, Brllndon Russ (KTM); 4. Cody Rogers (Pol); 5. Cody Howard (KTM). 65 BEG: I. Shai-Anthony Glnden (Kaw); 2. LDnnle Evans (KTM): 3. Mlchllel Ott Cmig (KllIw); 4. Potric:k HInners (Kow); 5. Christian Osiecki (KllW). 65 STK (7·9): 1. Casey Mello (KTM): 2. Delton Davis (Kaw): 3. KlIlilln Wader (K.llw). 65 STK (iO·ll): i. Garrett Bowers (KllW), 65 OPEN: 1. GlIrrett Bowers (Kaw); 2. Shal-Anthony Ginden (Kaw); 3. P"trIck Hinners (Kow); 4. Dolton DavIs (KTM); 5. Killian Wader (Kaw). 85 BEG: I. Eric Thomlls (Han); 2. Blake Stoullrd (Yam); 3. Brllndon Navarrette (Hon); 4. Tyler Coyner (Suz); 5. Michllel VIl5qUez (Han). 85 STK (7.11): I. Prince Kapahulehua (Suz); 2. Derek Rogers (KllW): 3. And~ Iovino (Yllm); 4. Tony Caputo (Hon); 5. Shaun Harrison (Sul). 85 STK (12-13): 1. Jared Partridge (SUl); 2. Alex Matteson (Suz); 3. E.J. Rogers (Kaw); 4. KurtIs Gierer (Han); 5. Austln Parr (S",). 85 STK (14-16): I. Tunothy Kerr (Hon): 2. Chris Renzi (Yllm); 3. Jenll Ellis (Sul). 85 OPEN: i. Prince Kllpllhulehua (Suz); 2. Tracon Kirk (Yam); 3 . Alex Matteson {&ttl; 4. Kurtis Gierer (Hon); 5. Austin Pllrr (Suz). 125 BEG: i. Kelley Gross (Hon): 2. BrIan Broughton (Hon); 3. \!incent Zampa (SUl); 4. Kyle Hoover (Hon): 5. Russell Waltets (KTfoI). 125 NO\!: I. Chad Geib (SUl): 2. Patrick Provencher (Suz); 3. Kris Higdon (Yam); 4. Casey Tobias; 5. Willlf': Ungermlln (Kaw). 125 PRO: l. R"ymond C"rv.lliho (Hon). 125 SCHBY: I. Mlc:hllf':1 Parker (Yam): 2. Patrick Provencher (Suz): 3. Krls Higdon (Yllm); 4. Nathan Ambrose (Suz). 250 BEG: \. Casey Rodman (Yllm): 2. Danny Church (Yam). 25+ BEG: i, Ronnie Thacker (Suz). 25+ NO\!: i. Robert Otto (KTM); 2. JllSO!\ Kenzevlch (Yam). 30+ NO\!: 1. Shllwn SZf':p (KTM): 2. Craig StJwyer (Han); 3. Bert Kohler (Yam): 4. David Reichert (Yllm), 30+ INT: I, Chris Champlin (Han): 2. Randle Reesf': (Kaw): 3, Domon Wasden (Yam). 40+ BEG: 1. J.R. Broughton (Yam). 40... NOV: 1, David Coynf':r (Yllm): 2. Mike Snyder (KTM). Open class, which is generally regarded as being one of the two fastest Amateur classes NOMADs Motorcycle and ATV Club comer to secure the overall second-place trophy in a dramatic finish. Stuckey A-Fixin' to Win at NOMADs MX The next scheduled race at NOMADs, on August 25, will be the start of an eight-race By ROBERT K. SIERRA VISTA, AZ, JUNE 16 Local valley resident Tom Stuckey, a licensed professional motocross racer, demonstrated his talents at the NOMADs' track on Sunday. He showed up to race in the Pro class, but that class didn't have enough participants. so he opted instead to compete in the Big Bike series held in conjunction with another motocross venue, Mammoth Raceway, located near San Manual, Arizona. Racers in all divisions will compete approx.imately every two weeks, alternating between the two motocross facilities to determine overall series class champions. Results 50 BEG: J. Spencf':r POCklltd (Yam); 2. Matthew Miles (Suz). PlYBK: 1. Ricky BUf':schel (Suz); 2. JeffTey Foss (Hon); 3. Rylln Richard (Sul).

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