3 5 . NO V: I. Jerry Gage (Suz) ; 2. Alex Wagh!.'r (Hen ): 3 . Don
Hodgso n (Han); 4. DlJfliel Serio (HOI'l) .
35 . INT; 1. Eric Ceses (Han) ; 2. Dayid OfTlf" (Han).
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3 5 . EX: 1. Mike Newman (Suz).
40 + NOV : 1. Aa ron Garfinkel ( Y.!I ) ; 2. A lell Chellew (Yum) : 3.
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Bob Clark (Yam) ; 4. Marcus Wood s (Hon ); 5. Kenny Walker (Kaw).
40 . INT : 1. Eric Ceses (Hon): 2. Greg Doug las (Yam) ; 3 . J im
lack (Yam ): 4. Stuart Nelson (Hon) .
40. EX: 1. Mike Newman (Soz l.
OT HG 3 0. BEG: 1. Joson Gamb ill (Y.!Im) : 2. Jason Pac heco
( Yll m ): 3. W.!I1t Van Ol den (Yam) ; 4 . Rick Rene! (Kaw) : 5. Victo r
Mach.!ldo (Kaw) .
OTHG3D. NO Y : 1. Aa ron Whit e (Yam ); 2. Dave Cook (Hon): 3.
Stacey Prosser ( Yam ): 4. Louis Webb (Hen ); 5. Mllrit Stll dle (Hoo).
OTHO 30 + INT: 1. Jerry G3Qe ($w ): 2. Bryen Gambill (Yam) ; 3 .
Chdd Little (Yam) : 4. Steven Fosler (Kaw) : 5. Glen Detetcrre (Hen) .
OTHa 30 + EX 1. Aaron M<'l ttson (Hen ); 2. Allen Blanco (Han );
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3. Scott Cumm ings [ Suz]: 4. Steve Woo ledge (Han ): 5. Devtd Ornela s
(Han).
orne 30+ PRO: 1. Steve Bonit a (Han ).
OT HG 38. BEG : 1. Noble Bartow ( Hen] : 2. Mike McMah on
(Yam ); 3 . Steve Nicholso n (K aw) : 4. J eff Coyne ( Yem) ; 5. Jeff Gran d·
!o rr (Yll m ).
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OTHG 38 + NO Y: 1. Cody Landers (Han); 2. Ed Moo~ (Yam) ; 3
Marty Lankf ord (S Ul) ; 4. Ken Golden (Hon ); 5. Greg Gr eenhalgh
(KTM ).
OTHa 38 + INT : I. Al ex Chdlew ( Yam ): 2. Bob Clll rk (Yllm) ; 3.
Aa ron Garfi nk el (Yam ); 4 . Brei,Eckert (Y.!I ).
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orno 38. EX: I. Gary Plaatje (Y.!Im); 2. Mik e Solis (Hon); 3
J im lack (Y.!I ): 4, David Chick (Hon ).
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OTHa 4 5 + BEG: 1. Dutc h Nichol s (Hen) ; 2. Dam- II Burr ( Han );
3 . Dennis Potter (K TM): 4. Barbers Bereemien (Y.!Im ).
orn e 45 . NOV : 1. Max Goode (Han ): 2. J.!I~ Kubo (Yam );
3. Bill y Budd (KTM): 4. Leroy Frencard (KTM ): 5. Ed Sherman (K TM) .
O THG 45 . INT: I. J ohn Tr aver so (Yam ); 2. Ken ny Walk er
(Kll w); 3. Kl"nny Faulds (Hen): 4 . Mik e Chauncey (Hon) : 5. J erry
Tucker (Yam) .
orna 45 . EX: I. Alle n McGehee (Hon ); 2. T im Alarcon (Yll m );
3 . Randy Law (Suzl .
12 5 NOV D·l : 1. Jacob Sanchez (Suz): 2. Curti s Roe (Yam) ; 3.
J ohnny Kersl.!lke (Yllm): 4. Corey Penning ton (Suz): 5. Dale Black
( Yam ).
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12 5 NOV 0·2: 1. J esse Holt Jr. (Y.!I ) : 2. Jo sh Ge ssin (Yam ); 3
Ed Whitecott on (K aw): 4. J arred Holt (Yam): 5. Jo hn Sftg.!lri.!l (Y.!I ) .
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12 5 INT : I. Kyl e Kent (K.!I ): 2. Chad Shimon (Yam) : 3. Antho·
ny Monigllo (Yam): 4. Jarred Morri son (Yam): 5. J ak e Osbo rne (Han).
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12 5 PRO : 1. Adam Miller (Y.!I ) : 2. Da vid G.!I5sin (Yam) : 3 .
TT , Enzwe (KT M); 4. Brian Hulsey (Suz).
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2 50 BEG: I. Micha el Barnett (Yam); 2. Richard Magoll on (Yam);
3. Kenny wolc ott (Yam) : 4. Heather Wilson (Kaw); 5. Aaron Graves
(Han) .
25 0 NO V; 1. Greg Fouts (Yom) : 2. Noah Hulst (Sm): 3 . Matthew
Willi.!lms (Y.!I ); 4. Dom inic MlIn:h~wk.!l (Hen ); 5. Scott Pullin (Hen).
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NT: I. Dustin Somogyi (Yam ); 2. Trevor Doni.!lk (Y.!I ) ; 3.
Cr.!lig Wesner (Kaw): 4. Roscoe Groy (KTM); 5. Korey Heess (Han) .
250 PRO; I. Ada m Mill er (Y.!I ); 2. Billy Ju rey ich (Hon ); 3 .
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Day id Gassin (Yam ); 4. Paul Temmerman (KT M) .
50 0 BEG: I. Mike Wilson (Y.!I ); 2. Joseph Gonzales (Yam ).
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4 -S TRK OPEN: 1. Scott Pull in (Hon) : 2. Roscoe Gray (Hon).
UIL: 1. Jacob Sanche z (SUl) ; 2 . J ohnny Ker slek e (Yam ).
WMN: 1. Alell ah Pearson (Han); 2. Kell ie Cunn (Kaw ).
SCHBY: 1. Curtis RO<' (Yam ); 2. Kyle Kent (Ka w) ; 3 . Beau Wiegan d (Yam ): 4. Carey Pennington (Suz); 5. Chad Crawford (SUl) .
25 + BEG: I . Hf'llthe r Wilson (Kaw): 2. Mik e Wilson (Yam); 3.
Aa ron Grave s (Ho n) : 4. Tim othy Bu rkett (Hen ): 5 . Gilbert Range l
(Hon) .
25. NOV : I. Ed Whitecott on (K.!Iw): 2. Robert Beever (Yam ): 3 .
Chn!! Becv ar (Han).
25. INT : 1. Craig we sher (Kaw): 2. Bryan Nee (Y.!Im): 3. Je ff
Merrill (Han ).
25. EX: I. Steve Wooledge (Hon ).
30. BEG: I . Kazi Man:hewka (Hco): 2. J.!I5Of\ AlIJItin (Hon); 3.
Bran do n Capdepon (Kaw ); 4. Grag Pac e (Y.!I ): 5 . Jef r Grandstaff
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(Y!lm) .
3 0. NO Y : 1. Shawn Fisher (Y.!Im) : 2. Ste...e Ju mp (Ka w); 3.
Steven Foster (Yam); 4. Keyin O' Conn or (Han) .
3D. Il'l T: I. Allen Blanc o (Han ); 2. David Chick (Hon): 3. A aron
Mattson (Hen): 4 Alld n McGehee (Hon)
30+ PRO : I. Steve Bonita (Han); 2. Joh n Blair (Han) : 3. Chick ·
en Brewer (Hon ).
Beckett J r. for fo urth. Th e pa ss put him two
points ah ead of Fis her, giving him his first Pro
ti tl e.
Th e tension was hig h after the Coors Li ght
Suzuki team protes ted Va lad e' s fir st -m ota fi n ish . Va lade was secon d , but Su zuki arg ue d
that Va lade had ju m p ed on a red -cross fla g to
gai n th at posi t io n . V a lad e ' s se co n d w as
red u c ed t o fo u rt h, m ak i n g th e p o in t s ..ace
tighter.
After the seco nd rno to, the Bl ac kfoo t and
Su zuk i te ams w a it e d at t h e fi nish li n e .
The wou ld-be c h am ps wai ted for a de ci sion .
O fficials re viewed the finis h , fi na lly ann ounc in g th at Valad e had gotten Beckett by a wheel.
T hat g a ve Va la de t he t w o - p o i nt edge h e
ne ed ed .
Vala de d is m issed th e first -m ot a pro test
and tried to fo c us on his win .
"We had a few littl e problem s afte r the first
m ot o here, but n o bi g deal, " said Valad e. " I
brought home the cha m pion sh ip ; th at ' s all
that ma tt ers ."
In th e firs t moto, Team Lab el It Yamaha 's
Rob M cC ulloug h gra bbed the hol esho t , with
Pie rce Ch am be r la in second and t eam m a t e
J oel Saarits in third , M ik e Isl an d also go t a
good start , Chambe rlain m o v ed into the lead ,
with Isl and in second . Saa rits was out of the
race earl y with a m ec ha nic al problem . Fisher
go t a decent start and quick ly wor ked hi s way
int o third . Cha m be r lain held off Islan d w hil e
Fisher cl osed in o n th e lea de rs . Valade, who
got a midpack sta rt , caught F is her and was
ru nn ing fou rth .
Chamberlain sta rted to pull away a li ttle
whi le Island tried to kee p Fis her at bay , Fish er
Canadian National Motocross Series
Round 8: Walton National MXTrack
Roy Reigns Again,
Valade Clinches
His First
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A ft er a disappointing week end in fro nt of his
ho m eto wn Quebec crowd , B lack fo ot Ho nd a' s
Jea n-Sebastien Roy ca me out. grabbed bo th
holesho ts , led from sta rt to finish and clea nly
won bo th m otes in Wal ton to clin ch his th ird
250cc ti tl e a t ro u n d eight of t h e Ca nadian
Na tional Motocross Series.
Wh il e Ro y ' s teamma te Damon H uff m an
had a c ha nce at the ti tl e in Wa lton, a pa ir o f
first -t urn crashes forced Hu ffm an to ba tt le hi s
way back in bo th m o tos.
Roy grabbed the holeshot in the first 250cc
moto , with Ri chmond Raci n g ' s Colton Fee ciott i in second. A first - tu rn pi leu p le ft both
Decker and Huffman at th e ba ck o f the pack.
It wa sn't long before Ro y pulled awa y , Lange
pa s se d Fac c iotti f or s ec o n d . A s t r i n g o f
Kawasakis ma d e u p th e top five . Fa cciotti
held on to third, w ith Kawasak i j oc k ey Ryan
Sip es in fourth, D usty K latt in fift h and Brad
Hagset h in sixth. Kla tt fo llowed Sip es c losely
until Sipes slid out and Kl att got by . He passed
Fa c ct ott! for third . B y midmot o , Ro y ' s lea d
had gro wn. Lange wa s running a c om fo rtable
second , with K latt a fair d istan c e back in thir d .
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25 0 PRO : 1, .Jee n -Sebesuen Roy (Han): 2. Dusty KllItt (Hon); 3 .
EV.!In l...Ilughridge (Suz): 4. Dercy Lange (K lI w); 5. Dam on Huffm an
(Hon) .
125 EAST PRO: 1. Derric k Fisher (Suz): 2. Mike lslend (Yam);
3 . Pierce Che mbe rlein (Y.!Im ): 4. Randy vetede (Hon); 5 . Brad Smith
IKTM) .
CANA DIA N NA TION AL MOTOCROSS SERIES FINAl STA NDINGS
(A fter 8 of 8 rounds ): 25 0 PRO : I. Je en-Sebesuen Roy (Han); 2.
Da mon Huffm an (Ho n) ; 3. Cr.!lig Decker (Ya m ) ; 4 . Darc y Lenqe
(Kaw): 5. Even Laug hridge (SUl).
12 5 EAST PRO : I. R.!Indy V.!II.!lde (Hon) : 2. Derri ck Fisher (Suz ); 3 .
Pierce Chamberill in (Y.!I ); 4 Ryan Lock hart (K TM) ; 5. Mike Island
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Walton National MX Track: Jean-Sebastien Roy (1) gets the ho leshot in the fir st 250cc
Pro moto, in front of Dusty Klatt (12), Brad Hagseth (3), Darcy Lange (20) and the rest of the
pack, at the final round of the Canadian Nat ional Motocross Series in Walton, Ontario.
Walton National MX Track
Wa lto n. Ontario. Canada
Result s : August 17 , 200 3 (Round Bl
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Ma chin e Ra cing Honda ' s Chu ck M esley
passed Fa cciott i fo r fourth.
In m ot o two, Ro y aga in got th e hol esho t.
Huffm an again go t caught up in th e firs t turn
an d restarted in last place, Roy start ed to pull
away , bu t Vi si on One Su zuki 's Ev an Laughri dge kept hi m in sight. Klatt wa s ru nni ng in
th i rd i n sid e t he fi rst lap . Huffma n c h a rg ed
throug h the pack, c atc hing th e top 10 qu ickly .
Kiatt ro de alo ne in thi rd un til Huffman c aught
u p , mad e t h e pass a n d se t hi s sig hts on
La ugh ridge. He ma de the pass w ith a few laps
rema in ing , bu t Ro y wa s too fa r ahead fo r Huff m an to c atc h.
Fo r Ro y , it was a gr eat way to win his th ird
ti tl e.
" I just seem to be go ing fa ster," said Roy .
" I feel go od . I feel confi dent . For th e la st co up ie o f years I' ve be en riding th e sam e bik e,
been worki ng with th e same peop le, th e same
m echanic · it 's been rea lly good fo r me."
Th e 125c c title ra ce d idn't end so cl ean ly .
Randy Va lad e led defen di ng c h am p De r ric k
Fi sh er by o nly 1 1 po int s. A ft er w inni n g the
fi rst m ot o , Fi sher c rashe d o ff the sta rt in th e
secon d o u ti ng . He c h a rge d b ac k t o fin ish
th ird, but it wasn't eno ugh . Va lad e ma de a fin ish -line pa ss on Riv er sid e Yamaha 's Da nny
B y A LUS ON K ENNEDY
an d Va lade b oth passed Island . Fish er reeled
in Cha m be r la in an d m oved into first. Th en
Valade passed Chamberlain for second . Fisher
took the win , fo llo wed by Valade and Cham berl ain .
F ish er was happy with th e w in but k new
Valade's seco n d- place finish m eant the po in ts
race wa s st ill ti g ht .
W hen th e p ack tu rne d the first co rne r in
m o t e two , Fi sh er was o n th e ground in last
p lac e. He p assed 18 r id er s in th e fi rst lap.
M e a nwh i l e , Cha mberl ai n gra bb e d the
ho tesh o t , with Islan d in second . Islan d made
th e pass o n Cham be rla in a nd le d fo r a fe w
la p s , S i pes go t b y C ha m be rla i n an d th en
Island , tak in g over th e lead. Mea nwhile, Fis he r
was c h arg ing th rou gh th e pack , loo k ing fo r
Valade and the leaders. He passed Val ade for
eig hth and k ep t moving. Sipes was alone out
fro nt . w ith Island in second . Fis he r fou gh t his
way into th ird . Vala de was also worki ng his
way up, catching Beckett at the fin ish line fo r
fo urth place and ed ging ou t Fi sher fo r th e titl e.
AUBURN ,NY,AUG ,20
Th e st ands at Frozen Oc ean Motoc ross Park
swe ll ed to sta n d inq -roo m -o nly capa city with
sp ecta tor s looking to catc h a g limpse of several nat ional moto cross sta rs at this ye ar's big
Summ er Supercross Cla ssic in A uburn, New
Yo rk , in cl u din g loc al CNYM RA and WNYMA
super sta rs suc h as Itha ca , New York 's Pauly
Ca rpe n ter. The 2002 E ast Coas t and Wes t
Coast National Fou r -St r ok e Cha mpion and
newly c ro wned 2003 West Coas t Four -Stroke
Ch am pion rod e his b ig , red Wh ite B rothers
Honda In to b attl e. Clintonda le, N ew Yo rk ' s
Ry an Mills piloted hi s Amso il Honda in biq -ai r
sup po rt, Mor e than 40 str ong Pro rid er s from
si x st at es w e r e r e ad y t o co m p e te o n th is
Wedn esda y nig ht und er the ligh ts.
Th e track was t weak ed to perfec tion , and
the m or e than 20 125 c c Expert s wer e divided
into tw o d ivi sions , wi th winn er s getting ga te
cho ice fo r the feat ure. Mil ls and Bob Ki n iry
were on the 125cc pip e big -t ime, as eac h took
top di vi sion ho no rs . ( Kiniry wou ld la te r hav e
th e 125cc Da sh For C ash all but de p osit ed
wh en he was side li ned with m echanical problem s. taki ng him out o f b oth the D ash Fo r
Cas h and th e 125c c Exp ert feature.)
In th e 125c c Expert m ai n, St ev e Mertens
and Casey Clark got out fr ont early, Mills had
Dav e Gin o lfi on his in sid e and So nny N igh m an , Ry an Dudek and Gerrit Ordelman on his
o uts ide . mak ing for ti ght rac in g c on d it io n s.
M er t en s w ent d own in th e second c o rner,
while Ginolfi muscled his way pas t and pass ed
Clark at th e same time to take the lead . Mill s
was now o n th e m o ve, picking his wa y up to
th ird and then se c o nd and c h a ll en g in g the
leader,
Jum ping ou t fro nt onc e agai n. M ill s look ed
un stoppab le un til , whil e extend in g his lead , he
planted hi s face whil e co rne r ing an d lost valu ab le gro und, Gmolfl . Clark and Dylan Lord got
pas t M ill s, bu t th e bad news for th em wa s th at
Mills' Hond a did n' t stall out , and he wa s in hot
pu rsuit. Mill s was second in a heartbeat an d all
over Gino lfi in less than a lap , c ha lleng ing fo r
an d even tua ll y tak in g the lead, Mills pl ac ed
first , o v er the late-rn oto har d -ch argi ng efforts
of M erten s, wh o p la ced se co n d . Ginolfi laid
clai m to thi rd pl ace. Lo rd and Clark rounded
ou t th e top fi ve.
T he big 250cc Exp ert class als o fo llowed
th e tw o -d iv ls to n heat-r a c e fo rmat f or gate
c hoice in the feat ure . Mills and Ca rp ente r each
won their divisi o n,
In the 250cc Exp ert fea ture, Mills was out
fr on t by a tire nub over Carpe nte r an d Gre g
Pamart. wit h high -sp eed chaos on th eir tal l.
Go in g six -w ide beh ind th e leaders were Or del man , Thoma s B urton, Clint Shea ly , Cha rl es
E lli s, Clark and Ginolfi , hugging th at inside
groove. Mills held a slight lead o ver Carpent er,
who wa s fa ster thr ough th e long whoops section. bu t he lost gro und on oth er parts of the
tr ac k to Mills,
Th e crowd went wild as th ese two local fa st
fan fa vo rit es du e led it ou t eve ry sing le lap.
Carpente r pull ed bar to ba r sev er al times by
j us t wh aling o ff the c ap s o f the c h all en gin g
w hoops sec tio n , but Mills wa s ab le to buzz saw th rough lapped traffi c just a litt le easier.
On th e fin al lap , Mi lls had a heartbeat o f
lea d a s th ey t o ok th e w hite flag , and they
s t a g ed an in stant Froz en O c ean Summ er
S upe rc ross Clas sic battle to th e c heckere d
fla g . Ca rp enter once aga in pu lled bar to bar
with Mills. Th ese two gu y s ju st wou ldn 't let o ff
th e th r ottle o n e bi t. Mills wa s h ook ing fast
th roug h th e in side li n es in th e fi n al c orners,
a n d Ca rp enter wa s pushing t hat cus hion ,
keep ing thi ngs extrem ely cl ose.
At th e end , Mi lls t ook first pla c e w ith a
ver y stro ng ride, barely edg in g out Carpenter.
Clark put in a super effo rt to claim third place,
and O rd elman and Ellis to ok th e other top-five
places.
Rum or has it th at Carpenter ju st sig ned u p
to represent Team Green in 2004 on the A re·
nac ro ss and National tour, aboard a ful l -ti m e
fa ctory -ba cked Kawasaki K XF 250 fo ur -stro ke .
Wh at a loss tha t w ill be for T eam Honda, wh en
Ca rpe nter finall y get s the type of factory de al
h e h as ea rne d ove r th e pa st tw o years as
Nation al Fo ur -Strok e Ch am pio n, Ma yb e Mills
will be nefit fro m th is an d ge t some added sup p ort f o r h is Amso il Hc nda - sp on sor ed r id e .
These tw o riders have pu sh ed and r ippe d th e
MX en ve lo pe wide ope n , wh ile ot her rid ers are
satisfi ed just bei n g able to lic k th e en ve lope.
Th e Froz en Ocea n staff and CN YMRA and
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