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85 (7 -11): I. Mik Weese: 2. Eric Espe; 3. Travis Fresseu o. 4 e Cody Agler: 5. [)Pvin Reed. 85 (9- 12) : I. Randy Oi Bartolo: 2. Travis Fresse uc; 3. Adlln Berg; 4. Kerry Moo ~: 5. ,"\ik~ Wees e . D onny Schmit Amateur Day Memorial Race Spring Creek MX Broughton Tops Donny Schmit MemorialMX B y GE ORGE AND K AREN H ODKINSON MillVILLE. MN. AUG. 15 An ast oundin g J 200- p lus A m at eur entran t s inva ded th e gro unds near Mill ville. Minnesot a . for th e Do nny Sc hm it A m ateu r Da y Memor ial Ra c e on t he sa m e w ee k end as th e 125 ccl 250cc Pro Natio nal s. Thi s number of entries would hav e mad e m o st Am at eur Nati on a ls prou d j us t a f ew yea rs a go . and th e y al l showed up on th e Fr iday befor e the big sho w t o c o m pe t e o n nearl y the same c o u rse o n wh ich the bi g name s wo uld co m pet e. A m azin gl y . a ll th e classe s did ge t i n both t he i r motos . altho ug h th e seco nd m otos we re a lit tl e bit shorter th an the first ones , due t o tim e co ns t r a in ts . Th e Sp ri ng C re ek cou r se wa s onc e aga in pe rfect, than k s to Joh n Martin and th e High W inder s Club , and even w ith th e huge num bers of rid ers on th e co urse, it was m aintain ed well throughout the day. Satur day would featu re open pr actic e for the A mateurs , so th ey c o uld get ev en m or e pleasur e from th e Sp rin g Creek co urse. Sup er c ross /A m ate u r N ationa l/O utdoo r Natio nal announcer E rv Br au n provi ded c om mentary, as did Nationa l A renacross voice Tim Cotter. Th is was th e m em ori al race for D onn y Schmit. tw o-time Wo rld MX Ch am pion. who hailed fr om Minneso t a. Sc h mi t was st ruc k do wn early in life due to ap lastic anemia . just ove r seve n years ago . T h is e ve nt w a s a lso r o u nd ei g h t of th e Spri ng Creek Super Series and was spo nso red by Scott USA. Dunl op and Fox . who ga ve out num erou s pri zes to th e competitors on han d . T he biggest cla ss of the day was th e 125cc C cl ass. wit h 12 4 ent rants ! A s ex pected . numerous classes had to be sp lit into heat s, with a fin al ma in -event rac e. O ne such class was th e 250cc A class , whi ch had 52 entries and had t o be d iv ided int o two heat s. At the start of heat one , Brandon Beabout of San An to nio . T ex as. got th e ho leshot . but his lead was sho rt- li ved, as Josh Mast m oved his KTM into th e lead . M ast led until the sec ond lap . when loca l A rid er and previous Dis tr ict 23 cham p Sc ott Je ndro moved int o the lead in the deep sand wash. Jend ro went on for th e m ot a win , putting m ore than nine sec ond s o n th e field . M ast p la ced seco nd , with Bruc e Gates th ird . J o e Muell er fou rt h , an d Will iam Ursic of Sce ne ry Hill. Pennsy lvania . fifth on an RM. Heat t wo was won by a loca l former Di strict 23 cha mp as well . as Nate Broughton go t the holesh ot and dom inated th e heat on his Mo to Prime/Pro Action/MSR/Maxi ma- ba cked YZ250 . Eddie Ray o f Miami. Fl orida . r a n a lo ne ly second for most of the r ace and fin ished t h e r e . well beh ind B ro ug h ton . Mall Om ann . o n a YZ2 50 . took third. w ith Sc ott Ehl enfeldt fou rt h on a KTM 250 and 125cc A overall wi nne r Ian Matthews of Sa n A n tonio. Texas. fifth in this heat. In the 250cc A final. Broughto n was the o ne to beat. He grabbed the holes ho t and never looked ba ck , looking primed for Sun day 's Pro Na tional. Jendro was second but nev er challe nged B ro ughton fo r t h e lead . Gates was thi rd . with Ray fourth and Omann fifth . Th e Co nsi rac e was won by N ati on al Pro co mpe tito r A us tin S quires of Ca li fornia . Squ ires m issed the fi nal due to problems in the he at, b ut he d o m in at ed t he Ca nsi and went on to qualify fo r th e 40 -ma n main event in the Pro Nationa l o n Sunday . Th e Superm in i c lass h a d 3 7 e ntri e s . Ca m eron Lan sin g of M cH enry , Illin oi s, t ook the early lead o n a KX85. only to have loca l tough competitor Chad Schmid t tak e over th e lead in the deep sand-was h sec tion. Schmidt wo n the t hree- lap first mot o with ease , and Casey F isher took sec o nd . wit h Mike K ru ger th ird, Spri ng Cree k 's own Al ex Mart in fou rt h and Ben Brommel fifth . Mot o t wo sa w M ik e Matway of Lit ch fiel d, Illino is, tak e th e holesh ot, in front of Bro m m el and the r est of the fie ld. Sc hm idt u sed h is hom e -field adv ant age to take over the lead in the wh oop s again. Sc hmi dt went on to w in the t wo -la p m o to . as we ll as the overall. Yuta h Ikeg aya of J apan placed sec ond in the mota on an FS S Suzuk i: Ikeg aya was one of sev en Japanese riders st aying in the area and c on testi ng th is eve nt. T hird in the m ot a went t o B ro m me l . fo llo wed by F ish er and H ay at o Deg uc hi , also of J apan . Spring Creek MX M illville. Minnesota Re sults: August 15. 2003 MICRO O IU NJ (4 ·6) : I. Zilc h Will iamson: 2. Brody Penman: 3. Ron Decker: 4 . logan Hegna: 5. Tyl er Dolney. MICRO OIL·INJ (7 ·8): 1. Tay lor Lukk ari: 2. Logan Callahan; 3. Keenan Strom 4, Ken Thompson. MICRO CHAIN ( 4.6) : 1. Jesse Solhaid: 2. Jake Stewart . 3. Jex . son Brown: 4. R..id Zaboroo wski; 5. Ja mes Roth wdl MICRO CHAIN (7 -8): I . Clarion Chapewski: 2. Lucas Hegna: 3. Jak e Burbech: 4. h ytor Witt: 5. Riley Paules 65 (7 -9 ): 1. Clarion Cha piewski ; 2. Jeremy Mart in ; 3 . Jak e l..oberg: 4 . MaBh all Pilgram; 5 . Zach Coons. 65 (10.11 ): 1. Devin Reed: 2. Gavin Faith : 3. J ustin Craft; 4 Cody Slum; 5. Jake Sorensen. 85 (12. 15): 1. T~y Cana rd; 2. Randy Oi Bartolo: 3. Ben Breenm el: 4 . A lek McJrtin 5. Col e Matthew s. ; S/MJNI: 1. Chad Schmidt; 2. Cas ey Fisher ; 3 . Ben Brom~l : 4 Ale1l. Ma rtin ; 5. Mike KNg~. 125 A: 1. Ian Ma tth l"WS; 2. Brandon Hoff:), J(lcob Bostrom : 4, J~w JOM500: 5. Kri'S Papworth. 125 B: I. Cody Gilmore: 2. Andrew J ackson: 3. Natha n Rund- ha .... : 4. Jason Johnson: 5. Blake M.!Irtinson. g lson ; 4 . J e ll 125 C: 1. Tyk-r Wayt: 2 . Brandon Larson ; 3. Cla y Nf" Vanvleet: 5. .Jared Wang 250 A: [ Natha n Brought on : 2 . Scott .kndro; 3 . Bruce Gates: 4 Eddi...Rav: 5. Mati Omann 250 B: I. Cody Gilmore: 2. Trevor Monb: 3. Sdg e Foster: 4 Den Holmes: S. Trevor Schuster. 250 C: I , Brian Davis; 2. William Robertson; 3. Aaron Benson: .: Ty l~r Wayt 5. Kyle 6ormlInn. WMN : I. Philo P~tricig ; 2. Apr il Hodg es: 3. De nm Russ~lI : .: Nalissa Wi~nke; 5. Kyl ie Abra hamso n. SCHBY: 1 Cody Gilmore: 2. Brandon Hees: 3. Andll" w Jackson: 4. Spencer Dally ; 5. Jesse Frassettc. 16 ·2 4 A: 1. Nathan Broughton; 2. Seen .Jendro: 3. Matt Oman n; 4. JI's!>t'Johnson; 5. .... J Bumqardner. ell 16·24 B: I. Trevor Monks; 2. Sage Foster; 3 . Clayton Feint' : 4 . Doug Bakken . 5, Jason Johnson. 16-24 C; I. Brandon Larson : 2. Ase Phillips; 3. Clay Nelson; 4 Garrett Green: 5. Brian Hoover 25. A: 1. Mik e Luoma; 2. Bruce Gates; 3. Dan Luloff; 4. Todd Fb-tcher: 5. Jo hn Merwin. 25. B ; 1 Richard Kissner; 2. Jason Joh nson; 3. Pal Ait'lla ndt' r; 4. Mil tt K i ~t'r ; 5 . Joel Baye r! 25. C: I . Ky le Borm ann; 2. Steve Rolla ; 3. [ ri c Bartl..ne : .: Travis Hoyt; 5. Wilde Hunter VET A: 1. Bruce Gates: 2. Dan Luloff; 3. Matt Bteiser: 4. Craig Schwarz:5. Kim Houde. VET B: I, Sco tt Sep kovic : 2. J ere mte Rem ha rt: 3 . (harlt's Kiland: 4 Tom Krause: 5. Ryan Jom s VET C; J. Charles Jon del: 2. Dwight Haqqard : 3. Sean Hoven; 4 Mik.. Schmi dt: 5. Ji m Svoboda. 40 . A: 1. Donny Bor mickson; 2. Kim Houde: 3. Fred Neue; 4 Tim Bart ylla; 5. Mike McCutcheon. 40 . B: 1. Ross Maeda: 2. Ron Heppner; 3. Scott Sepkovic; .: Shay Fisher; 5. KeVIn Nolan. 40 . C: I . Tom Ohnsorg: 2. Chuck Neevm: 3. Randolp h Dnewer; 4. Roy Jergensen: 5. Keith Dobbratz . 50. ; 1. John Teiden: 2. Jerry Bumgardner; 3. Dave Carlson; 4. Mike Edwards; 5. Mont t" Barnes. MRAN Desert Racing Series Round 8: Camp Valley Cowboys Bearcross Gosnell Wrestles the Bear B y M IKE C O W NS EAGLE VA LLEY. NV . A UG . 16 T he eig hth ro und of the M RA N Dese rt Rac ing Series headed t o the Ca m p Valley Co wboys "Bea r cro ss " o u ts i de Pi o c h e , Ne vada. Th e Camp Vall ey Cowboys are m ade up of T eam Yama ha's Russ and Nick Pearson , thei r co usin Davi d Pear son fro m Tea m Kawa saki. and the rest of th e Pear son cl an . On th e fam ily ranc h. th ey d esign ed o n e o f t h e to u g h es t 6 - m ile layouts M RAN ha s faced in ye ars. T he Pear sons used th eir ISDE experience and develope d a m otocro ss tr ack . th en ran the ride rs throug h th e trees and the n th ro ug h the "sli ckest" sectio n (through the cow pastu re). Th e m ornin g started off wi th an Uncl assi fied rac e to g ive th e ride rs an opport uni ty to get a fi rst -ha nd loo k at th e cou rse that wo uld c ause havoc o n the 500 MRAN entrants who wo uld challenge th e Bea rcross. Foll ow ing th e Uncla ssified rac e were the Minis and Super minis. the Four -St rokes and 125s . and the Vet cla ss. and finishing the da y off were the heavy hitters. the Open and 250cc classes. Th e S ea rchl ight Nugg et Ca sin o /IMS / Na t io na l C ycl e Parts -backed Jesse Can epa had a full morning of racing. as he was com peting in the fir st th ree ra ces . In th e Sup ermini r a ce. Canepa battl ed with th e o t he r 80 c c Experts before pulling away for the overall in th e Mini race . O nce that race ended. Can epa h eaded to th e starting lin e t o hop o n h i s KX J 25 for his third rac e in a row. Battling a littl e fatigue . Canepa still finished fourth in th e 125cc Amateur class . "I j u st wan t to thank the Pears ons for putti ng on a fun. tight and ve ry c ha lle nging rac e" Canepa said . T he 250 cc - c lass p o i n t s leade r . C lin t B rau n , b ac k ed by A nswer , Bea m Des igns , GPR . Scott and Pa rts Direct. added to his poin ts lead with his seve nth fir st -pl ace fin ish in the 250cc class thi s year. " I reall y enjoyed the creek crossi ngs , th e gr asstra ck and all th e m ud," Bra un said. "Most of all . J wa s very p leased on how well- o rqa nized the event was ." In the Unclassified and Fou r -Stro k e race, Brau n borrowed Russ Pearso n's pr actic e bike and fini shed second in both races . T hen he ju mped back on his YZ250 for th e 250cc rac e and finished firs t in class and second overall and , m ost im po rta ntly , added a rac e-and -a - ha lf poi nts lead to his ta lly on his road to the 2003 250cc cha m pions hi p . T he biggest advan tage t o c on t est ing the Unclassi fied r ac e is to see the co u rse and chec k out the lin es. Br aun needed that edva n tage to ma ke th e pass for the win in th e 250cc clas s. "J aso n Rob in son slowed up for th e creek crossi ng ," Braun rec ou nt ed , "a nd I used th e tree stump I fo und this m ornin g to jump th e creek and make th e pass for the win ." Th e big ges t winn er o f the da y was Pro Ci rcuit /Moose / Fac to ry Effex - bac ked rider Matt Gosnell , who wo n three of the fiv e rac es. Three firs t overalls - why not co ntes t all five rac es? " I'm no t an old guy for the Vet rac e, and I'm too old fo r the Mi ni race ," Gosnell poi nt ed out . Th e bi ggest challe nge Gos nell had to fac e was dea ling with the st ubbom wild bill y goat tha t was roa ming the Pearson Ran ch, whi ch c aused Gos nell t o wrec k in the trees dur ing the Four -Stro k e race . Gosne ll sta rted th e morning by w inning the Uncl assified race with ease. In the Fo ur-Stroke rac e. Gosnell faced c ha ll enges fr om his little brother Zac h, who won the Limited Four-Strok e class , but Braun had Matt wo rking hard all day . Matt wa s sitting I gO points back in third for the O pen cha m pio nship . and when the d ust settled afte r t he Open rac e, Matt's goal was accom plis hed : He cl osed t he gap be tween D ave F ry ( fi rs t i n poin ts ) . wh o battled the flu and finis hed fifth. and Ma c Ste wart . wh o fini she d second . T he po i n ts ga p i s within 60 am on g th ese t op MR A N r ac ers hea din g into th e G ra n d Pri x Series. T he nex t r ac e is th e Bush w hack er s MC Knuck le Bu st er IV in Pioch e. Nevad a . Camp Valley C o w b o y s Bearcros s Eagle Valley. Nevada Results: August 16, 2003 (R ound OJ P/W 50 NOV : l. Devan Moon (KTM); 2. Gunnar Cerdmal (KTM); 3. Jo natha n Lonk s {KTM ). P/W 50 AM: 1. Hunter Tyler (Han): 2. Austin Uvreri (Hen} . P/W 50 EX; l. Derek Ch....ney (KTM): 2. Alf'(" H..rsh (KTM). J R MIMI 60 NOV: 1. Chris Davis (Kaw): 2. Cody Marl in (Kaw); 3. Kody Livreri (KTM). JR MINI 60 AM; 1. Chad Wright (Kaw) JR MINI 60 EX; I. Gregory Tucke r (KTM); 2. Tyler Penneweu (KTM) : 3. Blaine Conrad (KTM) Si MlN I 80 NOV : I. lach Watson (Hoo): 2, Curt Lammert (Kalil ): 3 . .4,~el Kortepet er (Yam ), Si MIi'll 80 AM: I. Brenda n Turnage (KdW): 2. Pierce Wirt hlin (Yam ); 3. Jonatha n Davis (Yam) . S/M.JNI80 EX: I. Jesse Canepa (Kaw): 2. Cody Wallis (Yam): 3. Justin Walli s (SUl) . 125 NOV : 1. Bre nda n Tu rnag e (Yam ): 2. Phill ip Cam p eau (KTM); 3. Calvin Whipp le (KlI w). 125 AM: 1. Brett Barnes (Yam); 2. Ga~n Saye (Yam); 3. Chris Garrett (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. R.J . Kempl~ ( Yam) : 2. T yler Flipp in (Yem ): 3, Colton Isoen (Ka w). 25 0 AM: I . J ames Gleson (Yam). 250 EX: I. Clint Breen (Yam); 2. Jona lha n Martll~l (KTM): 3. Jason Robinson (Yam) . O PEN NOV : I . Raym ond Heilli s (KTM ); 2. James Hougland (Yam) : 3. Ken Man (Yam) . O PEN AM: I. Todd Davis (KTM ) O PEN EX: 1. Man Gosnell (Yam) : 2. Mac Stewart (KTM); 3. Joey Morley (KTM). ONDER 4-STRK AM: 1. Jor di2 Greager (Yam) . n ONDER 4 ·STRK EX : I. llIch Gosndl (Yam ): 2. Damo n Gill (Yam ); 3. Denny Falls (Yam) . e 4-STRK OIL NOV; I . l.1Jk .Jencser (Yam) ; 2. Greg Minarchan (Han) 4 ·S T RK LTD NO V; I. Ja red Rosado ( Yam ); 2. Kirk Slr ong (KTM); 3. Bradley Bertqes ( Yam ). 4 ·STRK AM: 1. Geoff Pierce (Hon) ; 2. Cody Wilco~ (Yam): 3. Korm Vaughn (Yam ). 4 ·STRK EX: I. Matt Gosn~U ( Yam ): 2. Cli nt Braun (Yam) : 3. Scott Glim p (KTM ). WMN: 1. Jam ie Waters (Hon) ; 2. Caroline Santoro (Han). 30. NOV : 1. Steven Fraser (KTM) ; 2. Tor ell Lynd (KTM ); 3. Jo hn Catavino (Yam ) 3 0. AM : 1. David Newton (Yam ): 2. Anthony Levren (KTM); 3. Rick Williams (Kaw). 3 0+ CiP I . Todd Abrot ow ski (KTM) : 2. Richard Hersh (Hon); 3 : David Dunn (Han). 35. NOV : J. Chris Hardy (KTM ): 2. J oson Myr on (KTM ): 3. Jack Kirche fer (KTM ). 35 . AM; 1. Mike Will s (KTM): 2. Warren Mitchell (Yam ); 3. Tor· rell Huber (Yam ). 35. CiP 1. Travis Epperson (KTM); 2. Scott Glim p (KTM ): 3. : Glenn Taylor (KTM) 40 + NOV: I. Dave Wolf (Suz); 2. Mkha..1CalTO (Yam ); 3. Tim Ji Bradford (Han). 40+ CiP: 1. Don Benson (Hon ): 2. Deve Wil son (KTM): 3. Glenn Warren (Hoe). 45. NOV; I . Chris Cole (KTM). 45+ AM; 1. Joe Jones (KTM): 2. Robert Adams (KTM). 45+ CiP: 1. Robert Morley ( KTM). Camp Valley Cowboys Beareross: Ma tt Gosnell overcame challenges rang ing from h is little brother to a wild billy goal 10 become t he w inningesl rider o n Ihe day at r ound e ight of the MRAN Desert Rac ing Series i n Eag le Valley , Nevada. c ue e n eo vv s SEPTEMBER 24, 2003 61