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winner. A rmada rode his Hond a CR250 (nearly an evol utio n m od el) "li ke he stole it: In th e
first m ot o . Zol i Beren yi of Al be rta had Arma da
in h is sights fo r another att em p t at a pa ss
when he ove rju mped the fin ish -line ju mp and
c rashed hard . B ereny i was th ro ug h for the
week end. but Armada was not. Washington 's
Fred Sess ions and Sierra' s Gen e " Higgi" Hig ginbotham k ep t him hon est and eve n pushed
him som e - but not much .
The Las Vegas ro und (ro und 12 ) has been
ca nce le d du e to ci rc ums t anc es beyond an y one's c ontrol. Round 13 is still sc heduled for
Oc tober 25 and 26 in Vict orvill e, Cali fo rn ia .
A M.: 1. Mike Down~y: 2 . Ross Clarke·Davi, : 3 . Gmham Lunny ; 4
Rob Mc::Lean: 5. L~ Sacnders
B lack fo ot Motocross Pa rk
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6 0 . EX: l. Bob Krllh ; 2. Joe Corder. 3 . Bart K!."Iogg : 4. UlU·
renee St. Pierre: 5. Art Colvin .
7 0+ AM: 1. Norm Arm stro ng.
EX: I. Brien Prcch nevy : 2 . Marcel Pallings: 3 . Norman Eberle; 4.
Richard Hawryl uk; 5. Lou Maffret .
MSTR A: I. Enc McKenna: 2. ZoIi Berenyi J r.: 3 . Mark Kat"Stner:
4 J im Gilson ; 5 . Robert Fahey .
MSTR B: 1. Cameron Swist; 2. John Eikel; 3 . Hardy Hartwig : 4.
Liood Dumontier: 5. Kip T empl eton .
50 + NOV: I . ~rtul Hansen; 2. Kyle Montgomery .
50 . AM; I. James Peterson: 2. Uoyd Carr; 3 . Kl"ith Konlngen; 4
Ome-rRlngut"lte.
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50 + EX: I. Jl" rf Kis.<'ingef 2. AI Gill: J. Fred Parton; 4. John Mur ·
phl"y : 5. Ed Perriton .
50+ MSTR : I. Gdry Chase: 2. Doug HaUl"k ; 3 Don Tocher: 4
StI"Vf"Macl'lddo : 5. WlIyne D'Bteoess
60 + NOV: I . Scott W<1lker; 2 . Dan Nelson .
6 0 + AM: J. Dav id Sehl: 2. Mi ke Dobb ins.
Calgary. Alberta. Canada
Resu lt s : Augu st 16 · 17. 2 0 0 3 (Round 10J
NOV : t. Broc k T umb utl ; 2. Dnen Swanson;
Gre-gRo berts: 5. Stephen Mausolf.
7 0. EX: 1. Tony Armad a: 2. Fred Sessjons: 3. Gene Higglnboth .
am ; 4. loli Bereny i Sf.
3. Gordon Howe; 4
65 BEG: 1. Josh Hough : 2. Quentin J one s; 3. Max Ch urch; 4.
Jal:ob Collin s: 5 . Joey Dedeeinmkk .
65 : I. Mitchell Houg h: 2. Vaughn Mays: 3, .Jec e Owen: 4. Calvin
Davis : 5. John Redding .
85 JR: I. Danny Rocke ; 2. Damon Coll ins; 3 . Anthony Knv i; 4 .
Ry,~," P<1dqett5. Derrick Holpuch .
85 SR; I . J e cc b Rowland: 2. Josh Ivers : 3. DIllon Hall; 4 . Adam
Te rera : 5 . K<1rl Koch .
125 A: 1 Shawn Clark: 2 . Derek Leist : 3. "Thomas Bradley : 4 .
Deems Dooley : 5. Robert Motsinger.
125
I. Chris Short; 2. Adam Decker: 3. Jordan Feigffibaum;
4. TraVISFrailey : 5. Drew.klt
125 0 : 1. Zach Toney: 2. Jason Royer; 3. Scott Peters: 4_Jared
Hoots: 5 . Ryan Lewlyes
250 A: I. Shawn Clar k ; 2. Derek Leist; J. Addm Wright 4 Den .
nis Dooley : 5. Wayne Ginder .
250 B : I. Stephen Simmooeau; 2. Wesley Lawrence: 3. Chad
Canter ; 4. Justin Fonner. 5. Troy Den.
25 0 C: 1. Jordan Feigenba um: 2. Mic hael Simmonea u : 3. Trav is
W<1It; 4 . Ja mie Feul: 5 . Shane Cole.
25 0 0 : I. Jason Shields : 2. Clay c.urie: 3. Shawn Hill is; 4 Robbie G..ekle: 5. Robert Spence.
WM N: I. Whitne y Mi ller: 2. Br ianna Mahon ; 3. T<1r<1 Stolz ; 4.
Shy la Willidm son: 5. Samantha Reed.
SCHBY: 1. Josh Durbin; 2. Adam Dec ker: 3. Jeremiah Johnson:
4 Chad Center: 5. Drew Jett.
14 -2 4: I. Derek Leist; 2. Tho mas Bradk-y: 3. Jam..s Gre~am;
4 Wayne Ginder: 5. Derek Birk enk amp .
25+ A : I. Robert Mots ingl"r ; 2. Rickey Klin ko w; 3. Darin Duits·
man .
25 + B: I. Scott Goodman ; 2. Patrick Brasier:3. Michael Ke5sler;
4 . Andrew Bro wn; 5. ,\\a tt Borg ic .
30+
A; 1. Robert Motsinge r: 2. Nick ThomllS : 3. Brian Stapl eton:
4 Cr< g Fruit: 5. Chris Caplinger
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30. B; I. Scott Goodman ; 2. Brett Ul wren<:e 3. Rocen Coonol ·
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ly: 4 Jeff Mille r; 5 Keith Allen
35 +: I. Gary Adam s; 2. Sleven Shank : 3. Chris C<1plinger; 4 . Ray
Coburn ; 5. Sco tt Rippey .
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40 + A: 1. Gary . "dcIm s: 2. Steven Shank : 3. Rick Wiu ke ; 4 Scali
Lei"': 5. David Welsh.
40+ B; 1. Gerald Ham son; 2. Chd r\~ Nke: J Steven Subic k : 4
Jim Alt'xander. 5. Ray Corl>um
50+ : I . Gary Sheeert; 2. Mik e Chase.
VINT: J. John Y~I~y : 2. Kt>ith Qlivl"r: 3. Kyl~ Henton; 4. Ru~1I
Edwards: 5. Brett Dietrich.
4·S TRK A ; 1. Nic k Mardi s: 2 . Jc1!ioOO Moor..: 3. K..vin Pocmk h: 4
Brock Lenkow: 5. Jo hn Newkirk
4·S TRK 8 : I. Bryce WlI ltt"Mi: 2 , Drew .Jeckson; J. Chris Ohl: 4
Ada m weedmen: 5. Bredee Saxby .
OPEN: 1. Nick Thoma s; 2. Gary A dams: 3 . MlIlI Pursl~y; 4 Nick
Daniels : 5. Micah Thack er
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lIIini SuperSeries
Round 8: Lincoln Trail Motosports
AMP SuperS
ummerSeries
Round 5: Hollister H 6P Track
ills
Hot-and-Cold
Running Motos!
Bet on Welsh!
By BRo e MIKEL
CASEY, IL, AUG. 17
In Illinoi s. the y say if you don 't li k e the weat her. j ust sti c k arou nd a whil e, and it'll chanqe.
This was the case with rou nd eigh t of th e lIIini
Sup er Serie s. After wh at seemed lik e weeks of
ni c e . coo l w ea t h er , th e he a t o f summe r
sho wed up fo r this eve n t. Wi th tem peratures in
the 90s for th e fir st set of m ot os. th e ra cin g
was not the on ly th ing tha t was hot. At the end
of the first set of rnotos, while the tra ck crew
was at work. so was Mother N ature: A sto rm
blew in and soa ked th e track . At one tim e. th e
wind a n d r a i n were blowing so ha r d, you
cou ldn't eve n see across th e tr ack ! It loo k ed
certain that th e races wo uld be called. but the
LTM crew we nt bac k to work after the sho wers
an d d id th e best th ey co u ld wi th th e t rac k.
How well did th ey do? Th e rid ers were ab le to
comp let e th ei r m o t e s . and th at' s a lw ays a
good th ing!
W ith suc h differ ent t rac k co n d it io ns fo r
eac h m ot o , one mig ht thi nk t ha t th e resu lt s
wo uld cha nge d ra stica ll y . Or do m o st rid ers
do the sam e in th e d ry and th e wet? O ne of
the few classes th at di dn't ha ve to worry about
th at w as th e 50s , w hich m anag ed to ge t in
both of thei r m otos before the ski es let loo se.
Th e 65cc cla ss did not run the seco nd m ot e:
th e other class es all made it to th e li ne.
O ne name that k ept com ing to th e top in
both th e 50 cc and 65 c c classe s was Owen
Moto sp ort s rid e r J a c e Ow en . Hav ing j u st
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Ly nn's, O wen showe d wh y he's one of Illino is'
fastest up -end -c orn inq riders.
In the 50cc event. Owen was out fron t and
tr uck ing in the fir st mota . O wen p la ced his
KTM in th e front spot and remained there to
th e chec ke red flag . Behi nd Owen . KT M rider
Josh Hou gh had his o rang e machin e on th e
g as, but he co uldn' t match Owen ' s p ac e in
thi s m ota . KTM ride r J ac o b Co llins crossed
th e fi nish line in th ird .
O n th e li ne for the seco nd m ot a . many rid ers looked ready to take the fir st -plac e positio n a way f ro m Owen . Wh en t h e gate
d ropped. it was ce rta i n th at O wen was n't
going to give up th e top spo t with o ut a fight.
Owen again p ut h i s KTM o u t f ron t w it h a
strong ride. tak ing the m ota and ove ra ll wi ns.
Hough crossed th e finis h li ne in sec ond pl ace.
giv ing h im second for th e m oto and second
ove rall. Th e third -pl ac e fi nisher fo r the m ota
was Cobra rider Reese M iller. who co uld only
m ana ge a sixth -place finish in th e first m ot e .
so he ende d up fou rth overal l. Coll ins ke pt the
leade rs in sig ht and fini sh ed fourth f or th e
m ot a but third overall.
In the 65cc cl ass, Owen pick ed up wh ere
he left off, pl acin g hi s Suzuki in the fron t of the
pack, and he appe ared to have the spee d to
add ano ther win for th e day. However , tw o rid ers had other ideas . KTM ride r Mi tche ll Hough
had hi s bike in th e groove and wa nted th e win
at thi s round of th e IIlini Series. Mitchell put in
g reat rides for th e m ota wins and th e overall
vi ct ory. KTM rider Vaughn Mays k ept hi m in
sig h t b ut c o u ldn ' t m ak e a pass o n thi s day
and had to sett le for second in both m ot os and
ove rall . Third overall went to Owen, but don 't
th ink he'll be happ y wit h that; loo k for him to
get a wi n soo n.
The big gest cla ss of th e day wa s the 12 5cc
C class. Th e first moto began with a big fi rst turn crash. Lu ckil y , all the riders got up and
walked away fr om it. The cla ss was also th e
fir st to have to ta ckle the mud in th e second
se t of m ot o s. T he sec o nd -mo ta s t a r t wa s
clean . a nd Yama ha rid er Ch ris Sh ort had
th ings und er co ntro l, j ust as he had in th e first
sta nz a. Sh ort was lik e the ma ilman: Rain or
shine . he deli vered! Instead of m ail , he dellvered tw o mota w ins, and t hat was wh at he
n eeded for the o ve r all . Suzuki ri der Adam
Deck er fin ished sec o nd ove rall , and Yamaha
ri der J ordan Feigenbaum finished th ird o verall .
For more information on loc al rac ing and
th e 1IIin i Super Series , check ou t www.ltm offroa d.co m .
th e sand had not been mi xed in wi th th e soil
ye t, an d the nor m all y p r edict ab le Ho ll ister
tra ck set u p c o m p lete ly differe nt ly . T yp ica l
sand -wh oop co ndi tions were th e order of th e
da y , a n d m a n y r id ing s t yl e s had to b e
changed in qu ic k fashio n. Ho wev er, as p re d ict ed , eve ryone ada pte d and re aliz ed trac k
c ond itions woul d only im prove in the upc om ing races .
In aocc Beg inne r action . Zach McFarland
and T y ler Fu rne ss came in tied for the series
points lead . W ith a tw o -division format in
pla c e. McFarland aced his firs t m ot a in Divisia n On e , while Furness too k fourth in Div isio n Tw o. The tw o th en went head to head in
the seco nd moto. and M cFarland ca me awa y
w ith th e best scor e. going I -7 for fourt h on the
d a y and earn in g t h e c h a m p io n sh ip in th e
pro c ess. F urn ess had tr o u bl es, as he went
down on th e sec ond lap and ended up 12th
v ia a 4 ·1 3 ta lly . W ill McDon ou gh to ok th e
over a ll o n the da y wi th a I- I score. Drew
T hom as ( 2 · 2) a n d Br iar M cC orkl e (3· 5)
rounded out the top thr ee.
Ca l J ohn son edge d out Co nno r McFarland
for the 60cc Begi nner -class cha m pio nsh ip. as
J ohn son , wh o ca me in tw o p o ints beh ind .
ended up wi nning by a scant th ree poin t s fo llow in g a 1 -9 m ota sc o re fo r fou rth o ve ral l.
McFa rlan d . who strugg led in both m ot os, still
ended up seco nd overall in th e series cham p ionship afte r chec k ing in with a 10 -6 score for
eig hth o n th e da y . Derek B ee too k th e w in
w ith a pair of seco nds o n th e day , while J ustin
Bonita (4·1) and D eva n C a ro t h e rs ( 6 ·3 )
rou nded o ut the top th ree .
By JIM AND J USTIN ENOS
HOLLI STER . CA , AU G. 17
T he Beg inner cla ss is fam ou s fo r fea turing a
fairl y w ide range of ta lent. and th e nat ural goal
is to impro ve co ntinually with each and every
rac e in order to m ove up in class eventually .
For J ames Wels h. the fifth and fina l round of
th e 2003 AM P Super Summer Series served
as another step ping ston e toward ful fill ing that
goal , as he t opped a 20- ride r fie ld of 125 c c
Begin ner s at th e Hollister Hills GP Tra ck .
D esp it e not b ein g a c o n t e n d e r fo r th e
series' ove rall cham pio nshi p. Welsh st ill ca me
ou t det ermined and turned a pai r of top- five
starts into a 1-2 m ot a sco re on the day for th e
ove ral l. After t aki ng th e fi rst- moto win. Welsh
tuc ke d in behind ho les hot art ist Der ick Lan e
early on in th e seco nd m ot a. Thr ou ghou t th e
m ot a. the two challe nged each other. swa pping
th e lead on several occasio ns. How ev er . Lane.
who fini shed 15th in th e first rn oto . had not h ing to lose and let it all ha ng out, even tuall y
ta k ing th e victory. Fo llowing Wels h wa s M ike
Wi lson , who m ustered up a consistent 3 -3 on
t he day f o r sec o n d ov e r all. Se ries poin ts
leader Ma tthew K irkpa tri ck enj oy ed a fairly
co m fo rta ble point s lead co m ing into th e fi na l
and rou nded out th e to p three wi th a co nserv ati ve 5 -4 effort. Most im port antl y , Kir kpatrick
wen t hom e wi th th e 125cc B egin ner Su per
Sum m er Seri es c ham p io nship title.
Rid ers were treat ed t o a new loo k at th e
faci lity, as th e sta t e-owned tr ack rec eiv ed a
face- lift by wa y of m ore th an 30 loads of sand
bro ug ht in thro ugh out th e last several m on ths.
Bein g the fi rst rac e since the add ition, co nditi ons were very differen t. due to the fact th at
Hollister H ills GP T rack
Hollister. California
Results: August 17, 2003 (Round 5 of 5J
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