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Polo Hare Scrambles: Stev e Leivan sto mp ed the com petition at th e Polo roun d of the Missouri Hare Sc rambles Cha m pio ns hip Series , sc orin g his f ourth ove rall vi ctory In a row . a t rai ned all da y . w ith Murr ay gett ing h is th ird class wi n of th e yea r. Ta yl or was nex t on a new KTM 450 . w hile Spud round ed out the cla ss pod ium and th e top 10 ove rall. W ith a la p t o go, Leiv an sto p pe d for • splash of fu el and wa s qu ickl y on hi s way. Th e last pa ss through th e now ro ug h an d rock y t im be r w as anti c lima c t ic f o r Leiva n , as h e stret ch ed his lead by anoth er 50 seco nds and took the win to solid ify his position at the front o f th e p oints r ac e . Le iva n ha s f ou nd hi s g roove and reali zes tha t th is is a good tim e to be on a roll. "T he last fou r race s hav e been good fo r m e," Leiva n said. "My bi k es have been great, so all I hav e t o do is keep working hard and bei ng pr epar ed for Sunda y aftern oon." Ru n ne r -up h onors w e nt t o Sto n e , wh o main ta i ned his ste ad y c us h io n o ve r Thi ele until the checkered lIag. " I didn 't know how I would do tod ay . since I hadn 't ridden for a while," Sto ne ad mitted. " but it wo rke d out all right. " T hiele had a lon ely ri de th e m ajor ity of th e w ay . Th e lea ding d uo got away from him early . but Thiele m aintain ed a big lead on the r est o f t he pa ck a nd m enti on ed th at " th is Polo Ha re Scra mb le s Po lo. M issou ri Resu lt s: Augu st 10, 2003 (Round 111 O/A: 1. SIeve Leiven (Yllm ); 2. Doug Ston e (Hen): 3. Chris Thi ele (Yll m ): 4. Caleb Wohletz ( Yll m): 5. Chris Nesbitt (Kaw); 6. Trllc y Bauman (KTM) : 7. lars (Hon): 8. Josh MurrllY (KTM): 9. Devld Teytor (KTM); 10. Jon Simons (HU5). AA : I. Dou g Sto ne ( Hen): 2. Chris Th iele ( Yll m): 3. Caleb Wohletz (Yam); 4. Chris Nesbitt (Kaw ); 5. Tf'lIcy Bauman (KTM). A : 1. Josh Murray (KTM); 2. David Taylor (KTM); 3. Jo n Simons (Hus); 4. Kevin Boyte (Hon); 5. Jeff Kueche nrneister (Ytlm ). 20 0 B: 1. Andre..... Smith (KTM); 2. Zll ck Brya nt (Sua]: 3, Brandon Vaughn (KTM); 4. Adam Wells (Suz]: 5. Todd Sellring (KTM). 250 B : 1. Gary Wolf (Kaw): 2. Todd Corwi n (KTM ); 3. Seen Henion ( Yam ); 4. Damian Mahoney (Hon); 5. AI Hejlek (KlIw). O PEN B: I. Mark Kendall (KTM); 2. Mit chell Moore (Yam ); 3. Matt Sellars (KTM): 4. D..... eyne Parish (KTM); 5. Marty Sm ith (KTM ). 4-STRK B: 1. Ralph Gerding (Yam ); 2. Bob Searing (Yam) ; 3. Michlle l Brlld y (Yam ); 4. Gary Pilant (Hon); 5. Tim $tapons ki ( Yam). VET: 1. GlIry Mittetberg (Yll m ); 2. Elston Moore (Yam ); 3. John Snchnoth (KTM); 4. Neal Scenks (KTM): 5. Steve Cre..... s (Kaw ). en SR: I . Kreg Simons ( Yam ): 2. Brad Bernett ( Yam ): 3 . Steve McWhorter (KTM) : 4. Tom Eidam (Yam) : 5. David Wells (Suzl. S/ SR: I. Mik e Stanfield ( KTM ); 2. Ron L('55 (KT M); 3. Rick Whelove (KTM); 4. Eric Hensen (Hon ); 5. Tom Rogers (K TM) . WMN: 1. Michele Eldam (KTM); 2. Donna ~ (YlIm) . JR: 1. Cameron Mittelberg (Yam) : 2. Nicholas WHliams (KlIw); 3. KeIfer Rosier (YlIm ); 4 . Bud Moore (Sua]: !l. Nick Bryant (SUl ). 20 0 C: I. J im Will iams (Ka w) : 2. Br andon Hu ber (KTM) : 3. Lance Hees (KTM): 4. John Rohleder ( Yam); 5. Brenden Mah oney (Hen). O PEN C: I. David Bre..... ete r (Ka..... ): 2. Rick Hoover (Suz); 3. Cha rl('s Hcc rrne nn (Kaw): 4 . Je ff Butl er (Suz): 5. Chris Will iams (Hon). BEG: I . Kory Christensen (Hon); 2. Curtis Howell (Suz); 3. Tim Skinner (Suz); 4. Barry Harris (KTM): 5. Eric Broadway (Yam) . venn yea r's race seemed to ug her than last yea r to m e." Wo hl etz carded a fo urth , Nesbi tt hel d o n for fifth , and Ba uman was the top KTM ride r. in sixt h. Despite tak ing a big tumb le on the las t lap w hile d icing w ith B aum an . ISDE bo und Va lin rem ount ed fo r seven th overa ll. Go ing eiqht- nlne - ] 0 were A-class com bata nts Josh Mu rray , his bro ther -in -law D avid Taylor , an d Leban o n Hu sq v arn a/ Kl ot z-b ack ed Jon " Sp ud " S im o ns . T h e th r e e ride r s fre l qht - Clawson Motorsports/CMA Bounty Hunter MX Series Round 4: Hanford Fairgrounds well and ga ve onlookers a cha nc e to gauge the speed of th e up -and- comers. Th e I 25cc Interm ediat es did a good job of making thi ng s interesti ng. Ky le Gr iffith c am e up from T aft and proc eeded to win the open ing mo t o . He w a s trail ed by T em p l et o n ' s Westo n A rthurs , w ho has m ade a ha b it o f bein g right in th e th ick of thing s. Leo Tidwell had a di sastro us first m oto th at saw him finish o utsi de th e to p 10, but he didn 't let that pu t a dampe r on hi s det erminati on: He rode th e sec ond rac e with a vengean c e and beat Griffith fo r th e win. It was enoug h to vault hi m into th e to p five ove ra ll . Griffith an d Arthurs fini shed second a nd th ir d, re spec t ively , in t he fin al m ot o and first and sec on d ove rall . Greg Karman n had a gre at firs t m oto in the 250cc Int erm ediat e cla ss, co m ing up w ith the w in. but he was unab le to duplic at e tha t suc · c ess th e second time o ut. Cons istency and speed seemed to be th e best rec ipe for suc cess, as w as ev id enc ed b y Hanfo rd ' s ow n J am es Leon . Th e y o ung Ho nd a rider , w ho only recently m o ved up fro m the Nov ic e cla ss, showed am azing po ise on hi s way to 2- 1 fin ish es and th e ove rall w in . Rig ht behind him HA NFO RD, CA . AUG . 9 Th e Ameri can Herit age Di ct ionar y gives two defin iti ons for the word dom ination. T he fi rst is, "Co ntrol or pow er ove r ano th er or oth ers ." Th e sec ond is, "T he exercise of suc h co ntro l o r po wer ." It doesn 't matter wh ich defin itio n yo u pr efer , bec ause they both sum up wha t Centra l Cali f orn ia m ot o cr o ss fa ns saw at ro und four of the Bounty Hunter Series. , Th e weath er was ty pica l of A ug ust in th e San J oaq uin Vall ey : hot and na st y . Th e CMA was com m itted to p romoti ng th e rac e, tho ug h, and a stro ng radio and pri nt ad vertising ca m ~ pai gn pa id off. In ad ditio n to alm ost 500 rac ers and th eir fam ilies, wal k ·i n fans ca me o ut in for ce . Th e g randsta n ds were pa ck ed, and the fenc es were lin ed th ree people deep all th e way around th e tr ack . Th ey received a nice r eturn o n th e ir inves[men t, as t hey got t o w at ch a lo c al fa vorite turn in a leg en d a ry perfo rm an ce. For th e Hanfo rd round, the orga nizers ran th e In t e rm ed ia t e classe s o n second ga t es behind t he Pro clas ses. Th e form at work ed 66 S EPTEMBER 17. 2003' 0:: U 0:: I e n e Hanford Fairgrounds Hanford . California Results: August 9, 2003 (Round 4) 5 0 FIT: I. Tyler Amos (KTM): 2. Tom my Battelle (Hon). 5 0 (0. 6): 1. Kal('b Kessinger (KTM): 2. Logan Baker (KTM). 5 0 (7 .8 ): 1. Michael Maze (Cob) ; 2. Joseph ReynOlds (KTM): 3. Jenmter Burto n (KT M); 4. Rom ey Miramontes (Pol) ; 5, Bruce Mau (KTM). 50 OPEN: 1. Michael Maze (Cob ); 2. Joseph Reynolds (KTM); 3. Romey Miramo nt('s (po l); 4 . Bruc e Milu (KT M): 5. Jennifer Burt on (KTM). XR50 : 1. Gunnar Jepe rneen (Hon) : 2. Je eneoe Philley (Han); 3. Katrina Antles (Hon); 4. Joa quin Gontllles (Hon). 65 (0 -8): 1. Justin Jones (Kaw); 2. Romey Miramon tes (Ka.....); 3. Daniel D(' La Mora (Ktl w); 4 . Trent Nicholson (KTM): 5. logan Baker (SUl) . 65 (9. 11): I. Tyler Nicholson (KTM): 2. Joshua Diercks (Kaw) : 3. Tyler Wymo re (Suz): 4. Cody Clogston (Kaw ): 5. J ustin Brown (Kaw). 65 NOV : 1. Damon Iwanaga (Kaw); 2. Travis Bachman (Suz): 3. Michael MlIze (KTM) ; 4 . Jo seph Reynolds (KTM): 5. Cody Washington (Kaw ). 6 5 INT: 1. Tyl er Bereme n (KTM). 1. Tyle r Beremen (KTM) ; 2. Michtle l Maze (KTM) ; 3. Lan65 don Sulljvan (KT M): 4. Damon Iwanaga (Ka w): 5. Cody Clogston (Kllw ). 8 5 BEG 0 ·1 : I. Joaquin Vasquez (Y~m ) ; 2. Dyl an FOll (Suz); 3. x: "Domination" B y EoDIE G RA VEU NE wa s A rthurs , w hose 3-2 sc ore ne tt ed him his seco nd run ner -up fin ish of th e nigh t . Jerem y Chaussee tr avel ed north fr om Cel tforma' s high desert and m ade an immed iat e impact by wi nning both m ot os of th e 125 cc Pro cl ass. A fte r som e time of f, local ace David Boothe return ed to ac tio n, pic ki ng up where he left off. Riding a Clawson Mot or sport s/ Syn di c ete YZ250F. he went 3 -2 for seco nd in the cla ss and a direct tr an sfer int o th e m ain event. Right b ehin d h im was aren acr o ss sta r Jeff WilI oh , on his familiar Su zuki. T he 2 50cc Pro cla ss p rovi de d a si g n o f things to co me. Ru sty Ho ll end . the curr ent un d ispu t ed king o f Cen -C al . wa s out of hi s m i nd . He ro de hi s C RF4 50R t o c o n vt nc lnq w ins in both mot o s. Com ing in sec o nd and third were W illoh an d Cha ussee . T he surpris e of the cl a ss w as fo u rth -p la ce f in ish er J o sh Co x: Du e to a k nee surgery, the Fre sno resident lost his chan c e to m ak e a big impress ion in th e Interm ediate class ; upon recoveri ng , he ded icated himself to t raini ng an d turned Pro , re surfacing at Hanfo rd , and thou gh he had a shak y fi rst m ota , he c am e back with a third in th e second . proving th at he's rig ht where he belon gs. Let' s fast - forw ar d to the m ain event . T he sing le-fi le start had Rusty Holl and way behind everybody else. Th e fir st lap was a whi rlwind . Ride rs ba t tled , tryi ng t o sprea d th em selves apart . Robby Baptista took th e earl y lead . but Jeremy Cha us see ca me by halfw ay th rou g h t he ra c e . Ho ll an d made q u ick w o rk o f t he fie ld ; he was all the wa y u p t o th i rd by th e t ime Chaussee go t o ut fro n t. A ft er ca tc h ing Baptista. he set h is sig hts on first p lac e. He set th e trap in a sharp right-han de r right in front of th e grands t ands . Rusty is an arenacrosse r; in ot he r word s. he' s no t afra id to make co ntact. He we nt undern eath Cha ussee, banging bar s as he di d so , b ut the m ov e went so ur, and th ey bo th crashed. Ba pt ista had st ayed close enoug h to c apitalize on this mishap. and he recl aim ed th e lead . Holl and got go ing aga in first, only lo sing one posit ion. Within a lap , he passe d Bapti sta for the lead and cru ise d the r est o f t he way h ome. E v en w it h a hand i c apped sta rt and a cr ash , the o utcome was nev er really in dou bt. Holland tri pl ed th rou gh rhyth m secti ons , st aye d lower over the jumps, blitzed th e whoops. and j ust generally went a lot fas ter tha n anyone else . Th e Clawson capt ain was tr uly domin an t. vv s Hanf ord Fairgrounds: Som ebody sto p hi m! Rusty Holland has all of th e momentu m going hi s way in th e Bo un ty Hunter Series; he won bo th 250cc Pro mot o s at roun d fo u r in Hanf ord, Californ ia. Archer Mo.ze(Yom ): 4. Nick Gonnion (Hon): 5. Travis Mullin s (Han). 85 BEG 0 ·2: I. Garrett Jones (Kaw); 2. Jessy Arthurs (Hen ): 3. Stephen Perettc (Ka w ); 4. .Iackle lves (Yll m ): 5. Micha('1 Perettc (Ka.....). 85 B/W : 1. Kyle Hoglln [Hen ). 85 NOV : I. Kyle Kessinger (Yam); 2. J.B . Buller (Yam ): 3. Jerry COl ( Yam): 4. Blak e Gimbartl (Hon) ; 5. Michael Orr (Yam). 85 INT : l . Nicolas Baker (Yam); 2. Dustin Pipes (Hon ). 85 X: I. Nicolas Baker (Yllm) ; 2. Dustin Pipes (Hen) ; 3. Kyle K('sslnger (Yam) : 4. J.B . Buller (Yam); 5. Kyle Hogan (Hen). 125 YTH: l. Ronnie Vasquez ( Yam); 2. Chris Pouer (Hen); 3. Matthew Rios (Hon) ; 4. Kyl(' Orth (Yam) : 5. Troy TIdw('1I(Yam ). 125 BEG 0 ·1 : I. Chris Potte r (Hon ): 2. Lerry Vasquez (Yll m ): 3 . Cyle Teal (Kaw) : 4. Kruz Griffi th (Hen): 5. Brian Herkenrtder (Yam). 125 BEG 0· 2: 1. Seth Hickm an (SUl) ; 2. Jorda n Witrado (Yam); 3. Brent Harmon ( Yam ); 4. Richard Harm on (Suz); 5. Brian Silva (Hon). 125 NO V 0 -1: 1. Nathan Brock (Yam); 2. Chris Podergots (Suz); 3. Eric Ralls (Yam): 4. Sleven Hembree (Yam) : 5. Brent Merric k (Suz). 125 NOV 0 ·2 : 1. Michael Dunnagan (Yam ); 2. Ronnie Vasquez ( Yll m); 3. Jared Pack (Hon) : 4. Erik Arizme ndi (Yam) ; 5. J .J. Kar. mann (Yam ). 1251NT: 1. Kyl e Griffi th (Hon ); 2. Weston Arthu rs (Hon); 3. Joe l Roberts (Yam); 4. Shawn Burtt (Yam ): 5. Leo T1dw('11 (Yam ). 125 PRO: I. Jerem y Chaussee (Yam ); 2. Devld Boothe (Yam ); 3. Jeff Willoh (SUl): 4. Bnen Hulsey (Suz) ; 5. Travis Smith (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Nick Fisher (Hen); 2. Alle n woodward (Hon); 3. Jorden Henry ( Yam ); 4. Robert Hille (Yam ); 5. Cody Anderson (Yam) . 25 0 NOV : 1. Ryen Darrigo ( Yam ); 2. Brett Brewer (Suz); 3. David Nichol s (Yam ); 4. Landon WilCOll (YlIm) ; 5. Dan Jones (Kaw) . 250 INT; 1. James leon (Hon ): 2. Weston Arthurs (Hen); 3. Kyle Jo nes (Yam ): 4 . Greg Karm ann (Yam); 5. Jeff Merrill (Hon) . 250 PRO : 1. Rusty Holland (Hon); 2. Jeff Willoh (Suz): 3. Jere my Chaussee (Yam ); 4. Josh Cox (Yam): 5. Jess Medley (Hon). 25 ·29 INTIEX: 1. Tony Toste (Yam ); 2. Leo Tidwell (Yam) : 3. Gary Riekki (Hen). VET BEG: 1. Jeff Thiesen (Kaw ); 2. Eddie Gravelin (Suz): 3. e Steven Hill (Hon ): 4. Mik e Antles (Yarn] , VET NOV : I. Rick Steiner (Hen); 2. Dan Jones (Kaw). VET INT : I. Tony Test e (Yam l: 2. Gary Riekki (Han). VET PRO: 1. Jo hn Blair (Hon); 2. Frank Dam ley (Hoo ); 3. J.R. Mason (Suz). OfT NOV ; I . Frank Macal uso (Hon); 2. Sam Furli n [S uz]: 3 Craig Heredia (Yam) ; 4 . J(,ff Stallings (Yam ); 5. Joe Fuhnng (Hen). OfT tNT: I. Greg Dougills (Yam) . SPTS fo'tN I. Greg Kudl ac (Yam) ; 2. Rick Steiner (Hon) : 3. Alle n Woodward ( Hon); 4 , J .J . Karma nn (Yam); 5. All ron Alo nzo (Hon). BNTY HNTR: I . Rusty Holland (Hon ); 2. Robby Bepnsta (Hon); 3. .Jerem y Chaussee (Yam ); 4. Jeff Wilioh (Suz); 5. Brian Hulsey (Suz); 6. Josh COl (Yam) ; 7. David Boot he (Hon) ; 8. Jess Medley (Hon): 9. Kyle Griffith (Hon); 10. Travis Smith (Hon) ; II . Matt Gaines (Hon): 12. Paul Temmerman (KTM). x. CMC Cactus State Motocross Series Round 2: Flagstaff Fairgrounds Kalos Shows 'em, Soldevere Soldiers On B y R OBERT V AN D AMME FLA GSTAFF. A Z, AUG . 10 Shau n K alas took top hon or s in th e Pro cl ass at the second ro und of th e CMC Cactus State M ot oc ro ss Ser ies, p resen t ed by J im Bog ar d RV, Pref erred Door, AEO. Mot ow ork s. Th e Pit , N orthl and Mot orsp orts and Truck Rec ycl er s. Meanwhil e, Mark So ldevere ca m e away wi th th e overall in the ] 25 cc J unior Division T wo , w h il e Troy A ll en p revail ed in 12 5c c J unior Divis ion One . Chri s Blose had to work a little to ga rn er the ove rall in the Schoolboy division . Co ol er weat h er rewa rd ed participants w ho made th e trek to the northern part of Arizon a for CMC's first v isit to the fairgrounds. K alos pull ed ho leshot s in both Pro m ot os and rode lIawlessly to capture the ove rall. Th e K a lo s T echniq ues/P it Enterpris es -ba ck ed Kalo s also to ok t he op port unity to d em on st rate to se veral of his students , wh o we re] th ere c o m p eti ng in t heir ow n cl asses , t he prop er way to negoti ate through th e aren a · i style rac ec ourse. Seco nd went to T eam Soli · l taire' s Mi ch ael Bl ose, w ho wa s do ing some testin g befor e returnin g to the O utdoor N ati on al Ser ies . " We p ut t ogeth er a YZ2 50 F to try in the nex t rac e in Mill v ill e," said Bl o se . wh o has

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