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250 EX' 1 Seen O'Connor ( Hoo ): 2. Brent U~ (Hon l . 3. Anthony Eppe~ (Suz). 4 ·STRK NOV' I . Odvld Noms (Yam). : 4 ·STRK INT 1. Chns Williams (Yam). JR VET NOV: I. Bill ViII410b0s(Hon). JR VETINT: I . Mdll Clfovf'land (Hon): 2. Chns Williams (Yam) . : JR VET EX 1. J imm y Bal~ I K4wj; 2. David Schmidt t Kaw). SR NOV: I . Kirk Stllmf'k (Kaw). SR EXI1NT: 1. Milton Mll f' (Han). Hawkeye Downs Look Out for Gibson! B y B OB S CHUMA CH ER CEDA R RAPIDS. IA . AUG . 9 Round seven of Haw ke ye Downs acti on pull ed in m ore th an 34 0 rid er s, as this was also a Honda and Husqvarn a contingency nigh t . O ne stea d ily imp ro ving rid er fr o m T am a , Iow a , Derek Gibson , pu t o n a good sho w , po stin g wins in bo th the 25 0cc A and 16-24 A cl asses and placin g fou rth in th e 125cc A . In th e 25 0cc A heat. Gibson was ready to g et th e eve n i ng u nd er way . He g rabb ed a great hol eshot . and he held th e lead all the way to th e chec k ers. Greg Br aet work ed hi s way up to a ph ot o -fini sh seco nd , with Na tha n Kimball in th ird . Th e 25 0cc A m ain saw Br aet get a clean hole shot . but Gibso n wa s all over him . Unf or tu natel y , A usti n Raubs and Kimball went down in tum one. By the half-lap m ark . Gib son was run ning fi rst, with Breet seco nd , Kurt M cCabe third and Brian White fourth. Gibson wa s hold ing up well under th e extr em e pressure Braet and McCabe were putting o n hi m . A t rrudm o to , Br aet briefl y went o ff th e t rac k . le t ti ng McCa be by for seco nd. but Bre et came back even m or e determ in ed and beg an ho und ing McCa be. Gibson rem ained in co ntro l and too k the c h ec ke rs all a lon e, wh il e B raet pull ed eve ry tr ick he could to get aro und McCabe . fi nall y puttin g McC abe in third. A nd y Salm was fo urth. Au sti n Kr ess wa st ed no time g ett ing out fro nt in the 16-24 B contest. Loo k in g comfort able and coo lon th is hot Au gust night, Kress took the heat win . foll owed by Br and on Broers in seco nd . It was d ej a vu in the 16 -24 m ain : Kress att acked th e co urse, eager to po und out som e fast lap s. Run ni ng seco nd , C hris Lamphier was ge tting some pressure from Broers, whi ch m ade for a good battle. Kress owned th is m ain from start to fin ish , whil e Br oers took a hardfought second , w ith Lamphi er i n thi rd and David Lengeman in fo urt h. Anamosa, Iow a's Ja cob Shaffer busted out the holeshot in the Ov er 25 B heat. with Ja son Bishop in tow and Mike Davi s running third . Suzuki jockey s Shaffer and Davis eve ntually too k the one and two spots, respectiv ely . As the gate d ropped for the Ov er 2 5 B ma in, J oshua Gilbert was right there, but com ing out of that fi rst turn, Dan Norb y sneak ed throu gh. Dav is' agg ressiveness pai d off. how ever: He m ov ed ahead for th e win , with Gilbe rt seco nd. Norby th ird and Bishop holding on for the fourth spot. Results 50 JR: I. Jam" GoMIV: 2. Jordan Hamish: 3. Brett McLaud: 4 . Lukas Rick: 5. Sam Tinkf'Y 50 SR: I . Mike leonard Jr.: 2. Alex Corkery; 3. Dylan Willis; 4. OoM ld TICknor; 5. Brandon Ferncm . 65 JR: I. Jor d" n Ihlf' ; 2. Sern Piffick: 3. Skyler Rath; 4 , Mike Leonard Jr.: 5. Austyn Pow ffS 65 SR: I . Jed ~4n: 2. ColIn Weber; 3. Levi Weuve; 4. John FISher; 5. Levi Kipp. 65 JR: I. Jed ~ : 2. Jordan lile: 3. Nathan F~: 4. John FISher;5 . Bobby Hamon. 85 SR: I . Brock M.urph 2. Kyle Williams; 3. Bradlf')'~: y; " Curt Pfalzral: 5. Ty,," ~. SlMJNI 1. Brock Murphy: 2. Tyler ..Ier15efl: 3. John Martem.; 4 : Ma ~ wf'1I ROf'thIisbf'fgt' : 5. Brady Steggall. r 125 A: 1. GrqI Brart: 2. Austin Raubs; 3. Kurt McCilbe; 4. Derf'k Gibson; 5. N4th4n Kimb4l1 . 125 B: I. MIchael Vittetoe; 2. Ch4d Bl4nk : 3 . Brent Duffe; 4 Blake Martinson; 5. .Jonas Morgan 125 C: 1. Bobby Klein: 2. logan 8oll hoefer: 3. Louie Reuskffi: 4. Kyle Freymiller: 5. Lanson Rich. 250 A: I . Derek G ~ ; 2. GrqI Breet, 3. Kurt McCabe; 4. Andy Salrn: 5. AlAtIn Raubs. 250 B: 1. Brent OuHe: 2. Kyle Kerns; 3. Dillon Rice; 4 . Tyler Riegl~r: 5. Jonathan Bf'ld lng. 250 C: I . Shaun Myers; 2. BenJ4min Hawbaker; 3. Jc-rnny Mat · ~; 4 . Josh Hf'Hf'ffierl . OPEN: 1. Andy Salm: 2. Todd Black: 3. Damn Huggins: 4 . K~ in MIller; 5. M4rc He" . WMN: I . Rochelle Chllm owski; 2. Brinn Murphy: 3. Bobbilynn Huff; 4. Kaitl yn Delecky; 5. Briann Stilt'S. SCHBY: I . Blake Martinson: 2. Michael Vittetoe: 3. Chad Blank: 4. Jonas Moorgan; 5. Kyl ~ Willillm s. 16-24 A: I . Derek Gibson; 2. Kurt McCabe; 3. And y Salm; 4. Nathan Kimball: 5. Randy Hanson. 16·24 B: 1. Austin Kress; 2. Brllndon Broers: 3. Chris Lamphier: 4. David Lengem4n; 5. Jerem y Solberg. 25.. A : 1. Grf'g Braf'l ; 2. Jf'rf'm y Glnster: 3. J im U nd s~y : 4 . Kf!vin MIller: 5. Rod Hawkins. 25. B: I . Mike Davis; 2. Joshua Gilbert; 3. Dan Norby; 4. Jason Bishop: 5. Jacob Shaffer. 30.. A: I. Rick Mun:;on: 2. Todd Black: 3. Dennis Vitlf'toe: 4. Damn Huggins; 5. Ji m Lindsf'y. 30. B: 1. Brian Sowd~r1I : 2. Michael Sierens; 3. Barry Ream: 4. Russ Mullinnix: 5. Scoll Guiter. 40. A: I. Rick Munson; 2. Dennis Vittetoe: 3. Terry Chumblf'Y; 4. Bob Schumachf'r; 5. Frank 8oYf'r. 40. B: 1. Gary Schultz: 2. .krome Beckley; 3. Shawn Kintzle: 4 David Ja<:obs. East Bend M oto rsports Seebeck Comes Back B y MARK N EUENS EAST BE ND . NC . AUG . 9 It was a great Saturday night for roun d eight of the AMA District 29 Summer/Fall Series in East Bend. Ky le Hep ner nabbed the holeshot in th e first 125cc C mota . He was fo llowe d c lo se l y by F orr e st Se e b e c k and J u s ti n Mc Brayer . Seebeck slid out o n the double and fell to the back of the pa c k . M cBrayer too k over seco nd, fo llowed by James Kennedy . A good rain sho wer starte d . but it d id not stop the co m petitiveness out on th e tr ack . As the track got slic k. McBray er slip ped up . letti ng K enn ed y ta k e t he second sp o t as t he wh it e fla g fl e w . M eanwhile . See b eck h ad work ed his wa y bac k up to th e back fender of M cBray er. Hepn e r w as ho ld in g steady o ut fron t. and Seebe ck trie d to j um p past McBray er for third . but Mc Brayer grabbed a handful of thrott le and staye d side by side wi th Seebeck . Th en Seebeck slid wide in a slick turn , letti ng M cBrayer ho ld on to third. Ken ned y sli d o ut o n the last lap . letting McB rayer and Seebeck by . Hepner took the chec kered flag . foll owed by M cBr ay er . See beck . A .J . Bo w l in g a nd Kennedy . Th e rain sto pped after a co uple of m otes. and the staff at East Bend work ed the track so that everyone co uld kee p rac ing . In the seco nd 125cc C m o to , Larry Ewell ( who had arri ved late and had no t co m peted in the fi rst m oto ) took th e lead. wit h Seebeck right behi nd him. Seebeck was try ing to get by , and as they went into the start area , Seebec k barr eled his four-stroke by E well. Hep ner, in third, wa s wat ching the racing go ing on in front of him . Seebeck didn't m ak e any m is takes and took the ch eck ered fl ag fi rst . fol low ed by Ewell . Seebeck too k fi rst overall w ith a 3 - 1 tall y . foll ow ed by Hepn er (1 -3) . Th ird overa ll went to Mc Brayer, wi th a 2 -4 finis h. Kenn edy took fourth w ith a 5 -5 sho w ing . Ewell took sixth overall , due to his DNS in the fir st m ot a , and Bowl ing had a bad crash and took a DN F in the seco nd m oto . Re sults 50 SHA FT: I. Ky~ Mltchf'lI; 2. Malik Mi~ . 50 (4 -6) : I . Will f'kCrackffi; 2. Brandon B1ackw~ldef ; 3. Morg4n Brown; 4 Malik Milf'!o . y; 50 (7·8) : I . Dylan Camngf'i, 2. Bla k~ Lewis; 3. Marcus Bf'aslfo 4 . Jordan Smith; 5. C4leb Smith. 65 (7·9 ): I. Zach ~wberry: 2. Jimm ie Dunn: 3 . Dylan Camnger; 4. Blake Dills: 5. Darryl Johnson. 65 ( 10- 11): 1. Nick Poole. 65 (7 - 11): 1. Thomas Neuens : 2. Nick Peele: 3. Justin Shimminger; 4. Thomas Sullivan; 5. l.ech Newberry. 85 (12· 13): I . Ross Combs; 2. Gjenn Balfour. h : 85 ( 14 · 15): 1. JO!I Thomas: 2. Trey Dobson 3. Andrew Smith: 4 . Tyler Shimming er. 85 0 : I. Taylor Combs; 2. Rick Sc ott; 3. Cody King; 4. Aaron Briggs. r S/MINI: I. Josh Thoma s; 2. Jc- emy Reid; 3. Tr4Y Dobson ; 4 Andrew Smith. Ull MINI: 1. G ~nn Balfour; 2. Thomas Neeens: 3. Marc Willi4ms. 125 A : 1. Brandon Uingdon ; 2. Michael Thomas. 125 B: I . David Growe; 2. Jonathan Balfour; 3. Jacob Evans. 125 C: I. FOfT'nl Seebeck: 2. Kyle Hepner: 3. Justin McBrayer: 4 . James Kenrn!'dy 5. ~y : 125 D: I . Anthony Laporte; 2. Je~ Smith: 3. Kevin Singl~a ry . 250 A: I . Brandon Langdon; 2. Weslf'y SaPP: 3. Jeb G" sklll; 4 Mlchdel Thorn4S 5. Jordan Lrg~tle . : 250 B: I . (M vld Growe. 250 D: I. ~ k Sf'hffi: 2. J immie Dunn: 3. Mike Sulllv4 n. WMN: I . Eli n Willi4ms SCHBY: I. Kyle Hepner: 2 . Jon4th4n Balfour; 3. Jacob EvaM : 4 . Forrnt Seececk: 5. .Alstin McBray" . 25. A:. I . AndrewM.lt heU c . 25· C: I . Mark Neuens. 30.. A: 1. Russ Pidl.ett ; 2. AtIdrN MJtd'l ll: 3. Randy Be4*>,. e )0.. B: I . Donald White: 2. Lee M4rtin; 3. Paige Cavines. 30.. C: I . R4ndy Smith; 2. Mark ~ 35..: I. Barry Nf'lson: 2. Run Pickett 3. Paige CaVln n&. 40..: I. Barry Nelton ; 2. Steve Chambf'rs; 3. Thomas Pf'rklns; 4 John Balfour; 5. Bob Marwr. 4 ·STRK: I . TImoth y Simpson. e,ton. U ILN'c.I .JamesShirl~ . La s Veg as Motor Speedw ay Caputo KOs t h e Novices B y D ICK G OO DWIN LAS VEGAS. NV. AUG. 9 M in ic ycl e rid er T o ny Caputo , m ov in g up to m i x it up w ith th e big d o gs in t h e 12 5 c c Novice cl ass, did pr et t y well in his ma iden effo rt . at ro und thr ee of the Cl ub MX Beat The Heat Series . He ende d up winning th e cl ass. It's hard to sta rt off any better than that. Brand on Nav arrette, the pr e -race p ic k , yank ed th e ope ning holeshot , with Caputo and J acob Pool e right behind hi m . Th en began the frantic shuffling, as Poo le fo rged into the lead ; th en Navarrette took it back , and Br enn an Stewart jo i ned th e lea d tr i o . N a v a rr ette Las Vegas Motor Speed w ay: Chad Geib topped the 250cc Nov ice class at roun d three of the Club MX Beat The Heat Series in Las Vegas. 30. BEG: 1. N'9~1 T lJC k~ (Hon): 2. Chad Hunwards.en (Yam): 3. Kf'lth Hlnklf' (Kaw). 30_ NOV: 1. Travis Bryanl (Yllm): 2. Craig Sawyer (Hon): 3. Terr')' Roach (Yllm). 30_ INT: I. John Labrecbe (Hon); 2. Jc-H Cf'TT'Inlsky (Kaw): 3 Steve Budds (Yam). 40.. BEG: 1. Kffi Hall (Kaw). r 40.. NOV: I. Kurt Nelson (Y4m); 2. Ken Mot tln (Han). dropped it in the co me r before the finish line, giving the lead to Stewart . who bo bbled short ly the reafter. Now all Ca put o had to do was pass Poole to start th e white-flag lap with th e lead. Ca puto roll ed to an easy win , with Pool e and Stewart foll owi ng . Navarrette bl asted o ff to start the secon d hal f . a head of Ca pu to an d E ric Ca m p be ll . Poole w a s o n the m o ve , a nd h e soon d ispla ced Campbell for th ird . Ou t in fron t. Nav arrett e was keeping it up rig ht th is time and setting a bl ister in g pace. Caputo was hang in g with hi m , but he cou ldn't q uit e fi nd the extra pu sh to get by. A lat e surge ca rried him cl ose , but Navarrett e too k th e w in . Capu to 's close seco nd earned him the overall 125 cc Novic e cro wn , ho wever . Campbell eme rged fro m a batt le w ith Poo le and Eric Th omas to capture third , as well as th ird overa ll , beh ind Navar rette . It was all Cam ero n Rodriguez in th e 85c c O pen cl ass. as the Yam ah a hotsh oe destro yed th e co m petition in both motos. E.J . Rog ers sho t off th e lin e to lead Bra ndo n Cam p bell and D e g an Ste wa r t a s r a c e act io n b egan . Rod rigu ez was me thodi cally picking off riders as he m ad e hi s way to the fro nt. Cam ero n fought past Rogers to lead the troop s into lap t wo . T hen it was all over, as he set sail for hom e. Rogers fini shed a very respect abl e sec ond . and J effrey Lewis led the rest of the pack throu gh the pipes. Rod riguez na iled th e second -half start . but Ro g ers su r p rise d h im w ith a q uick pas s . Cam eron reta li ated alm os t im med ia tely , as Brand on passed Chandl er Mon k s to cha llenge Ro ger s fo r seco nd . Rod rig uez o pe ne d u p a heft y lead to tak e m oto two easil y and sew up the 85cc Open titl e. A noth er solid effo rt gave Rogers seco nd ove rall , lead in g Stew art and Blake Sto uard in th e final result s. Kentucky D irt Trac k Series Yo p p o n Top! B y BOBBY Lewis MARION. KY, AUG. 9 Gene Yopp was in top form as th e Kentuck y Di rt Track Series returned to Ma rion . Den nis Porter nailed the start as the Senio r cl ass h it t urn o ne . Po rt er led th e way , wi t h Yopp in second. loo kin g fo r an openi ng . Yopp went to the inside and too k the lead with two laps to go . Yopp then stayed on the groove to tak e the win , over Porter and Dave Brown . Yopp rem oun ted to tak e on the Vet cl ass as w ell , a nd he was th e runn er -up, beh ind cl ass w inner Bill Gruw ell. Dean Fau lkner was a tight third . over Brown . Faul kn er and Port er also record ed wins, in th e ' 7 0 s Si ng les and Li ght Vi ntag e classes . respect ivel y . Nick M cFadden used hol eshot s to power aw ay to win s in th e 50<:c Au tomati c cl asses, in both th e short trac k and n . Ja cob Morris g ated in seco nd and held t hat spot at t he che ck ered nag eac h ti me o ut. T ra v is Zapfe had to earn th ird the hard way , as he cam e from the back of the pack in bot h m ot e s, Luke Baird . Dyl an Do ug las. Vanc e Ad amson and Kevin Neal finished out th e running o rde r. J ake Lewis to o k dominati ng w in s in th e 50cc Ch ain and 65 cc rank s befor e gra bbing the lead and even tua l win in th e 85cc IT final. He kept Jo nathan Heiden at bay for the eig ht laps as th ey distance d the mselves fr o m th e field . Nikki Spore cam e through 10 grab fo urt h fro m Cody Br own. Heiden foll owed Patrick Pyle to seco nd in th e 200cc Pro -Am class befo re powering away fo r th e 85 cc sho rt -t ra ck w in . Sp o re pa ssed Lew is for secon d , with Brown pl acin g fourt h . A aron Ladd and T yl er Porter hooked up in the O pen class, wi th Lad d ge tt ing th e w in eac h time out. D ak ot a Si m mons topp ed bo th t he Mad Dog and 250cc A ma teu r cl asses. Bill A gnew wa s a th ree-ti m e winn er on the night, sco ring the O pen A m ateur IT win and th e Tr ail Rider short -track and TI vic to ries . Re s ul t s 50 BEG; I. Mason &ker (KTM): 2. KyifoKirby (KTM): 3. Adam Yocum (L.em) . 50 (4·6) : I. Ch4iS5Ol'l Cozzeru. (Pol): 2. Tyler Sch~ (KTM). u 50 17·8): I. Conner Monks (Cob); 2. .... stln Holben (Pol): 3. .!d · tr~ Willson (KTM). 50 OPEN: I. Conner Monks (Cob); 2. Tyler Schlei (KTM); 3 Austlfl Holbert (Pol) . ,'o\ID-Sl 4· STRK: \. Tessa Lon~ury (Han): 2. Conner Cummings (Hon). 65 BEG: \. Brntney Enlhley (KTM): 2. Kyw O'B""" (KTM); 3. Justm tecer c (KTM). 65 (1· 9): I. Killian Wooer (Kltw): 2. Shltne Lant 1Sw:): 3. Mason """""",, (lIT "'). 65 ( 10·1 1): I . Casf'y .'o\ello (KTM). 65 OPEN: I . Casey Mello ( KTM); 2. Shane Lant (Suz ); J . M45Ol"l Rodrig uez (KTM) . 85 BEG: I. C.J. Hinkle (Yam): 2. Curt Lamffiffl (Yaml; 3. Dtog an Stl'W4rt (Yam). 85 (7- 11): I. Jeffrey lewis (Kaw); 2. Tyler Coy~ (Sw ); 3. Jakf' Schlei (SUl ). 85 ( 12· 13): 1. Cameron Rodriguez (Yam); 2. E.J. Roger1l(Kaw): 3. Ch4ndler Monks (Yltm). l1 85 (14 · 16) : I. B lak ~ Sto uard (Yam ): 2. Bra ndon Campbil" (KTM) 85 OPEN: I. Cameron Rodriguez (Yam); 2. E.J. Rog~ rs (Kaw): 3. Degan Stewdrt (Y4m). 125 SCHBY (13· 16): I. Brock Bryant (Yaml: 2. Brllndon Navarrette (Kaw); 3. Eric Campbd l (KTM). 125 BEG: 1. Brock Bryant (Yam): 2. Justin Gibson (KTM); 3. Joshua Jerkins (Yam) . 125 NOV: 1. Tony Caputo (Kaw): 2. Brandon Navnrrf'll f' (Kaw): 3. Eric Campbell (KTM). 125 PR 1. Anthony Eppers (Yam). O: 250 BEG: I . Kylf' Mcloughlin (Hon): 2. Rob Hamilton (Han): J. Dustin Chrislunas (Yllm). 250 NOV: 1. Chad Geib (SUZ) : 2. Dominic Desimone (Hon); 3. Travis Bryant (Yam). 250 INT: 1. John Labre<:he (Hon) . 250 PR I. Jacob Kinney (Han). O: OPEN B/BK : 1. Dominic Du im one (Hon); 2. Tony Caputo (Kaw); 3. Brf'nnan Stewart (KTM). 25. BEG: I. Shawn Vaught (Yam): 2. Ron Brill!y (Han ). cue I e n Results Short Track 50 SHAFT: 1. Nick McFaddooon (Yam): 2. JlIcob Morris (Vam): 3. Travis l apfre (Hon): 4 . Luke Baird (Yam): 5. Dylan Douglas (Hon). 50 CHAIN: I . J4ke Lewis (Cob); 2. Ethan Gillim (Cob). 65: I. Jake L~w is (Suz); 2. Nathan Vowell (KllW); 3. Brianna Neill (Yam). 85: 1. Jon4than Heiden (Yam); 2. Nikki Sporf' (Han): 3. Jake Lewis (Suz): 4. Cody Brown (Hon). XRIOOSTK: I . April Ladd (Hon): 2. Scotty Stelnwagner (Han). MAD DOG: 1. Dakota Simmons (Yam). 200 I\M.: I. Matt Paterson (Han). 200 PRO-I\M.: 1. Patnck Pylf' (Suz): 2. Jonathan Hf'idf'n (Y4m). TR: 1. Bill Agnf'w (KTM). 250 AM: 1. Dakota Simmons (Yam). OPEN PRO-AM: 1. All ron Ladd (Hon): 2. Tylf' Porter {KTM). OPEN PRO: 1. .... aron Ladd (Hon). VET 30 . : 1. Bill Gruwell (Hon ): 2. Gf'ne Yopp (Hon): 3. Delln F4ulkner (Hon); 4 Dave Brown (Hon). SR 40..' 1. Gene Yopp (Hon); 2. Dennis Portf'r (ATh): 3. Dave Brown (Hon). e vv s S EPT EMB ER 1 7 . 2003 71

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