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Local riders were absolutely screaming
around the track here, as Jordan Strickland
annihilated the 85cc (7-11) and 65cc classes,
while Jackson's Mitch Warrens ripped apart
the Over 25 and Over 30 classes.
Results
50 OIL·INJ: l. Jesse Wallers (KTM): 2. Tristan Stumbo (Yom):
3. Brad Meeks (Cob).
50 (4·6): I. David Mohr (Cob): 2. Davey Boysel (KTM): 3. Brad
Meeks (Cob).
50 (7.8): I. Chose Kilborger (Cob): 2. Bloke Hoffman (Cob): J.
Ethan Scarbe'ny (Cob).
65: l. Jordan Strickland (KTM): 2. Dylan Walker (Suz): 3. Blake
Hoffman (Cob).
85 (7-11): I. JOf'don Strickland (KTM): 2. Jocltie Hoover (Suz):
3. Dylan Walker (Suz).
85 (12-15): I. Gabriel Muntz (Hon): 2. Brandon Conkel (Suz): 3.
Kyle Cempbetl (Hon).
85 EXTRA: I. Gabriel Muntz (Hon): 2. Ted Rogers Jr. (Suz); 3.
James Kreitzer (Hon).
125 PRO: I. Jared Grab~1 (Kaw); 2. Carl Custard (Hon): 3.
Travill G~ (Kaw).
125 B: I. Lex Curry (Kow); 2. Jeff Eggleston (KTM): 3. Dole
M"",,", (....).
125 C 0·1: 1. Ryan Persinger (Suz): 2. Jameson Johnson (Kow):
3. Dennis Owens (Hon).
125 C 0-2: 1. Aaron Strickland (Hon): 2. Nick Rupert (Yom): 3.
Shea Shuctte (Yom).
250 PRO: J. Dwight Voltz (Hon): 2. Mark McDaniel (Yam).
250 B: 1. Justin Homer (Hon): 2. Malt Nichols (Hon): 3. Dale
Mussard (Suz).
250 C 0·1: I. Forrest Kelner (Suz): 2. Dovid Romo (Hon): 3.
Aaron Stricklond (Hon).
250 C 0-2: I. Bryan Durham (Kaw); 2. Dan Wilson (Yom): 3.
Scott Cerder (Han).
SCHBY: I. Glibriel Muntz (Hen); 2. Cor! Custard (Hon): 3. Lex
Curry (Kaw).
25 .. A: I. Dlivid Rife (Suz): 2. Dwlghl Voltz (Hon): 3. Trovis
Tracy (Kow).
25. B: I. Mitch WliITeT'lS (Kow): 2. Jonllthlln lson (Hen): 3. John
Goodbum (Kaw).
JO. 8: I. Milch Warrens (Kaw); 2. Dwight Voltz (Hen): 3. MlIrk
McDanIel (Yom).
40.: I. Jeff Miller (Yom): 2. Dale Ringwald (KTM): 3. David
Rome (Hon).
Victorville Motocross Complex
Oldenbrook's
Winning Feat
By MX
DIVA
VICTORVillE, CA. JULY 19
Even really fast Experts can make dumb mistakes. That's what Mike McKay learned at the
fourth round of the Riverside Old· Timers Night
Series. Shaking his head in disbelief for not
paying closer attention to the track conditions.
McKay made an unintentional pass on the yellow nag while committing to a double. This
error in judgment cost him the overall win in
the Over 40 Expert class.
Being docked a lap moved McKay from
first back to ninth in the first moto. His second-moto win was only good enough to rank
fourth overall, behind David Williams (1-2),
Garry Conner (3-3) and Robert "holeshotted
both motos" Esparza (4-4).
Top fast guy Dave Eropkin took advantage
of no competition in the Master B class to hold
back on the start so he could "practice" his
passing skills. Apparently. he didn't need
much practice, since he worked his way
through the entire field of Over 40 and Over
50 Experts before the end of the second lap!
While most riders are happy to "have a
doctor in the field," Paul Leos was less than
thrilled to eat the roost of podiatrist les Oldenbrook as the two battled closely in the Over
50 Novice division. It looked like Leos had a
fighting chance in the second moto, as he
pulled the holeshot, but he couldn't hold off
the KTM-mounted Oldenbrook, who took the
overall with a 1-1 tally. leas (2-2) was second
overall. Herb Kane (3-3) kept the leaders in
sight while looking over his shoulder at Denise
de Vines (5-4) and John Webb (4-5), who
were both in hot pursuit.
Mike Mosca put in a gallant charge from
the rear to place third in the first moto of the
Over 40 Amateur class, behind runner-up
Gregg Pruett and winner John Estes, who
again pulled a big lead over the pack in both
motos for the overall with a 1-1 score. Pruett
wasn't as lucky the second mota, as he stalled
on the start and didn't get started until long
after the second wave had left the gate. This
locked up second for Mosca (3-2) and
bumped Dave Shelton (4-6) to third.
Results
40+ NOV: J. Danny Mamles: 2. Merk Toguchi: 3. Cam Climeron;
4. Don Sliwinski: 5. Ollie Hequembourg.
40+ AM: 1. John Estes: 2. Michael Mosca: 3. Dave Shelton: 4.
Spencer Tutty: 5. Mike Fanelli.
40.. EX: 1. o.,vid Williams: 2. Garry Connt;r: 3. Robert Espal'Ul;
4. Mike McKay: 5. Mar<:us Crider.
50.. NOV; I. Les Oldenbrook; 2. Paul Leos; 3. Herb Kant;; 4.
Deni$t: de Vines: 5. Jotvl Webb.
50.. ~; 1. Jot; Red: 2. Dennis Tooman: 3. Bruce HooYer; 4. Phil
Blitck: 5. Chock Woody.
50· EX.: 1. Kirk F~an; 2. Gary Willison; 3. Mikt; Chesbr"o.
MSTR B; 1 Dove Eropkin.
King City Hillclimb
Crazy Jake, Northrup
Are No Turkeys
By BUD NORTHRUP
MOUNT VERNON, Il, JULY 19
Young Jacob "Crazy Jake" Tackitt was the
fastest of the fast at the King City Dirt Riders
Saturday night hillclimb near Mount Vernon,
Illinois, on July 19. Riding Gayle Jenkins'
CR500, Tackitt new over the top of the 180foot hill in a blistering 3.751 seconds on his
first ride to win the 600cc class and also a
beautiful Fast Time trophy and the $200 cash
prize that goes with it. This is no ordinary
CR500, though - it has an "automatic" clutch
by Rev-Loc. which Jenkins has fine-tuned to
perfection. The bike nies out of the hole with
no wheel spin and applies the power to the
ground as needed. Jenkins also has sponsor
support from TNT Action Sports, Jansen
Machine, Precision Metal and MX Tech
Shocks. Jenkins brought the Honda back and
rode it himself to the win in the Super Senior
class with a very quick 4.201-second run.
Butch Fetters was Tackitt's closest chal~
lenger in the 600cc class with a 3.84! -second
run. followed by Jared McKay, Andy Fortner
and Jon Creek.
Tackitt's evening wasn't perfect. however:
Riding his KDX200, he had one of the most
unusual crashes in anyone's memory. Flying
high over the top of the hill, he landed on a
roosting wild turkey - the bird, not the whiskey
- and he and his bike were tossed into a
painful end-over-end fall down the hill. The
turkey, minus. a lot of tail feathers, escaped
into the woods, but the KDX could not make it
back to the line for the second run.
Jason Northrup was the only double-class
winner of the evening. His first win came in the
Open Class, where he rode the Jeff Thomasbuilt FJ 1220 over the top in 4.155 seconds for
the win. Jim Redpath claimed second with a
good 4.263-second run on his KZlOOO, and
Harley riders Randy "Buzz" Green, Steve
Shafer and R.D. Miller filled out the top five.
Northrup's second win came in the
Pushrod class, where he rode his BOOcc Triumph for the first time, taking a 4.331-second
win. The class was extremely close, as Harley
riders Green and Shafer finished second and
third with times of 4.346 and 4.350 seconds,
respectively.
After a midpack start in moto one, Alves
was in the lead by lap three, as Coty Loudenburg and Stan Finney, running one~two, got
caught napping, and Alves zapped them both
in one slick move at the end of a rhythm section. Alves then put a gap on the field while
Finney maintained the second spot. Steven
Hernandez also made his way by Loudenburg
to round out the top three at the finish.
In moto two, Finney got the jump on the
field, with Alves and Hernandez in tow. However, Alves once again wanted nothing but the
lead, so he displaced Finney before the completion of the second lap. Hernandez followed
suit and took second, but he found reeling in
Alves a difficult task. However, his secondplace finish gave him the runner-up spot overall, while Finney (3-2) rounded out the top
three on the evening.
Hernandez returned in the 125cc Intermediate class and bettered his 250cc Intermediate performance with a strong 2-1 effort. The
Suzuki pilot utilized good starts, including a
holeshot in moto two, to take the overall on
the evening, as first-moto winner Greg Kar·
mann had to rebound from a second-moto
first·turn crash. Karmann clawed his way up
to fourth and was rewarded with second overall on the evening. Anthony Maniglia rounded
out the top three with a consistent 3-3 tally.
Kawasaki jockey Joey Harris stretched his
lead in the BOcc Intermediate class with an
overall victory on the evening. After having
three straight rounds of close battles with Luke
Layton, Harris found that Layton was a noshow at round four, but Atascadero resident
Bryce Huffman made the journey north to
keep Harris honest. Harris took an unchal~
lenged wire-to-wire victory in moto one, with
Ricky Rinauro and Marcus Bradshaw rounding
out the top three. However, in moto two, Huffman, who finished fourth in the first one.
grabbed the holeshot and held off Harris for a
lap. Once by, Harris still had Huffman on his
tail the entire moto, but he never gave up the
spot. Huffman finished up second overall on
the evening, while Bradshaw (3-3) rounded
out the top three.
Results
50 AurO: 1. Jeremiah Lyday (Cob): 2, Mlltl Gocken (Act): 3.
GorreU Holycross (KTM): 4. Logan Moody (Pol): 5. Chelsell Gill (Hon).
65: I. Joe McGurer (Kaw): 2. Drew Daniels (KTM): 3. Jake
Wood (Kaw): 4. Nick Green (KTM); 5. Mott Gocken (KlIw).
85 JR: I. Shane Green (Yam): 2. Drt;w Dlinieis (KTM): 3. Blake
Cappello (Kew): 4. Chris Peters (Vern): 5. Joe McGurer (Kaw).
85 SR: J. Mike Popham (Yam); 2. Steven Joe Weaver (Kaw); 3.
Nick Burke (Kaw): 4. Richard Miller III (Hon); 5. Cody Rankin (~).
125: 1. Damon MlIyo (Suz); 2. Brent Bowman (Hon); 3. Josh
M.ing~ (Hen): 4. Nick Mayo (St.a.): 5. Billy Tom Henes (Hon).
200: I. Curti$ Moore (Kaw): 2. Gordon Gtl!f!n (Kaw); 3. Jacob
Tackitt (Kaw): 4. Mike Peters (Kaw): 5. Trevis Sandy (Kllw).
250: I. Jared McKay (Yam): 2. Jon Cref!k (Suz); 3 Matt Pete~
(Hon): 4 Butch Fetlers (Han): 5 John Mkhael Goeken (Yam).
450: I. Mott Peters (KTM): 2. Chos Bone (Yam): 3. Greg Joy
(Yam): 4 Paul Hillard (Yam): 5. Josh Denson (Yam).
600: 1 Jacob Tackitt (Hen): 2. Butch Fellers (Kaw); 3. Jared
McKay (Kaw); 4 Andy Fortner (Kaw): 5. Jon Cref!k (Suz)
600 4·STRK I. Blitch Fetters (KTM): 2. Mork Peters (KTM): )
Bud Northrup (ATK).
750: I. Andy Fortner (Kow): 2. Paul Hillard (Kaw): 3. Jason
Northrup (Kew).
OPEN: 1 Jason Northrup (Yam): 2. Jim Redpath (Kaw): 3.
Randy Green (H·D): 4. Steve Shafer (H-D): 5. R.D. Miller II (H-D).
SR: I, Steve Shafer (Han): 2. Mark Pelers (KTM); 3. Gayle Jenk·
ins (Hon): 4. Kevin McKay (Kaw): 5. Sieve DlIvis (Hon).
S/SR: I. Geyle Jenkins (Han): 2. Bud Northrup (Tri).
PSHRD: I. Jason Northrup (Tri): 2. Randy Green (H-D): ) Steve
Shafer (H.D).
400 STK: 1 John Michael Gocken (Yam): 2. R.J. Watson (Hon):
) Gary Edmison (Suzl: 4. Paul Hart (Hus): 5. Joe Eilts (Hon).
OPEN STK I Garv Edmison (Yam); 2. Greg Joy (Yam): 3
Chns Bone 'Yam I; 4 Bud' Northrup (ATK)
F.-.sr TIME: Jacob Tackitt (Hen).
Results
50 P'W JR: I. James Carothers (KTM): 2 Justin Hart (KTM): 3
Justln B.,.e (Yam).
50,4·61: I. INrick Sliva (Pol): 2 Tallon Newman ILem): 3
Logon Baker (Pol): 4 Clayton Tucker (Pol): 5. TraVIS Nealon (KTM)
50 0·8):
"\ark Braden (Pot): 2. Cal Johnson (pol): 3. RJ
·"\endez (KTM); 4 Paul D'Ereditzl (Pol); 5. Jeff~y Carothers (Pol).
50 OPEN: I. ,"\ark Braden (Pol): 2. R.J. Mendez (KTM): 3. Clil
Johnson (Pol): 4. Gunnar Sigler (KTM); 5. JelJ~y Cerothe~ (Pol)
60 BEG: 1. Bnar McCorkle (KlIw): 2. Mark Braden (KTM): 3 Col
Johnson (KTM); 4. Devan Carothers (KTM); 5. Spencer McCorkle
(Kaw).
60 NOV: I. Demon Iwonaga (Kow); 2. Mich