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Glen Helen Raceway Park: Jeff Al essi won the 85cc (12-13) and Supermini c lasses at the
thi rd round of the Maxxi s Stad iumcross August Series in San Bern ard ino , Califo rn ia.
Ca lifo rn ia after a very successful tr ip to both
Pon c a City and the Lor etta Lyn n's N ati on al
Ch ampi on ship s. Mike, w ho h as sta te d he'll
soo n be drop ping the 85cc m ach in es fro m hi s
racin g s ta ble to concen trate sole ly o n 125 cc
and 250c c even ts . went home a w inne r in the
12 5 c c Sc h oo lboy c lass, w h ile hi s y o u nger
brother J eff ace d the 8 5cc ( 12- 13) cl ash .
Th e br oth er s' ti e br eaker ca me in th e 8 5 cc
Supermini eve n t. Mike won th e first ra ce, with
J eff pla ci ng second , But a pr ob lem -plag ue d
s econd moto sent Mike spinn ing dow n to se ve nth pla c e , while Jeff pick ed u p th e sla ck and
marched ho m e the vict o r an d the overall winner , while Mike co uld on ly cla im fourth overall , behind B .J . Bohrer , who wa s second on
th e M axxis / Cy cl e City Yama h a , an d Corey
Costa , who was th ird o n th e JBC jSmithers
Yama ha .
Sean O 'Connor was again the to p Pro on
the e v e n in g's p r ogram , wi n n ing b oth th e
125 cc and 250c c div isio n , both wit h sweep s.
The 19 -r ider 125cc Novice was the largest
event of the n igh t. Chad Geib posted a deci siv e triumph w ith a 1· 2 showing on a Lever
Clothing Ho nda , Run ne r -up Shawn Mo hr was
a close seco nd in the fir st mot o, but he sli pp ed
back to fo urth in the next o uting on his Maxxis
Yama h a. Tha t m oto was t opped by Cha p arral
Yama ha ' s Bu dd y Green e, wh o cla imed third
even t h oug h h e wa s o nl y s e ve n t h in t h e
first rac e.
De lt a Park Racew ay
Bye
Tells the Pack 'Bye!
By J USTI N
W HA RTO N
PORTLAND . O R, AUG . 16
Despite so me stiff co mpetit io n in th e 125c c
Junior cl ass, YZF250 -mounted Cor ey By e nat
got him self out 1n the lead and to ld the rest o f
the pa c k "g oodbye."
In the first mote, J ason Trottier ab sc ond ed
with the ho les hot . bu t By e m ade sho rt work
him an d flew by for the lead. Jason Lyt le als o
got by T ro ttier for second, bu t by the end o f
th e fi rst lap By e al rea dy had a lead o f sev era l
seconds. T he re wa s q ui te a battle goi ng on for
the fourt h -p lace spot , am ong B ro c k Chap pe ll e , Jade Unger, Rya n B rog u ire and Carl
Cuison. Chappelle fo rged through and m ade a
move for fourth . By e took th e wi n, only a few
seco nds ahead of Lytle, in second. Fin ish ing a
d ista nt th ir d was Trottier.
Bye cla imed th e hole shot honors in the
seco n d rno to , but he had it a little toug her th is
tim e around , with Ly tl e was all o ver his re ar
f en de r. T h e two ba ttled and battled, never
more tha n two bi ke lengt hs apa rt. Ly tl e the n
trie d a p ass o n th e outsid e, but By e moved
ov er and held hi m of f. Trav is Broguire was
run ning great in th ird place until he lost co n trol in th e w hoops and fli pp ed over, c om in g
Res u lt s
50 STK (4- 6): J. Cole Gardner (KTM) ; 2. Bradley Taft (Cob) .
50 STK (7-8): I. Lane Gardner (KTM ).
50 MO D (7. 8) : I . Ashton McMillan (Cob) .
6 5 BEG:
1. Kyle Wotack (Kaw).
6 5 (4 -8 ): 1. Jonah Hill (Kaw); 2. Brenden Hernandez (Suz)
6 5 (9 - 11):
1. Mason Sweeden (KTM); 2. Donny Fish (Ka w).
85 BEG: I . J eremy Greene (Yam): 2. Jame s Bishop (Han); 3.
Donny Fish (Kaw).
85 (4 - 11): I. Mason Sweeden [Suz]: 2. David Meade (Suz): 3.
Garrick Nob le (Yam).
85 (12 -13): I. J eff Al essi (Hen] : 2. Sha wn Haye s (KTM);
Jc eethen Hornb ec k ( Yam ); 4. Mar cu s Carr illo (Kl.lw); 5. Th o ma s
Sm ilh (Han).
85 ( 14 - 16 ): I. B.J . Bohrer (Yam): 2. Cory Costa (Yam) : 3. Chad
McMill an (Han).
85 S/MlNI : 1. Je ff A lessi (Han ); 2. B.J . Bohrer (Yam); 3 . Corey
Costa (Yam) ; 4. Mik e A lessi (Ha n); 5 . Dill on J one s (Kaw) .
back up facin g th e wro ng wa y . By e too k th e
c h ec k ers in co nvincin g fash io n , on ce again
fol lo wed by Lytl e in second , while Cha pp elle
t ook th ir d . By e ( 1- 1 ) t oo k th e overa ll w in ,
foll o wed by Lytle (2 -2) and, in the last podium
spo t, Chapp e l le (4 -3 ) . Un g er (5 - 4) took
fou rth , and ro und ing o ut the top fiv e wa s Kyle
Rheault (8- 7).
In the first m ot o o f th e c o m bi ne d 250c c
Pro and Int ermediate race. Randy Lewis c ame
into th e co rner firs t, but Joey Ma nc u so and
Don Bisc eglia got around him befor e th ey had
even cle are d th e first co rne r! B isc egli a and
Ma n cu so battl ed fi erc ely fo r fi v e lap s before
Mancuso got aro und th e for m er Nationa l ride r.
Bi sceg lia went fo r the lead with a renewed
e ff o rt, a n d the two ra c ed toge ther to th e
che c k ers, with Man cuso p ic k ing up th e win . In
a heated ra c e fo r thi rd , Pro rid er Tim Ho las
edge d o ut the top Int er m ed ia t e ri der , J os h
J oh nson .
In th e se c ond rn ot o , B isc eg lia ran a wa y
w i th ho l e s h o t , but th e S a i n t J ohn 's
Honda/ A xo / A xis Limited -sponsor ed Man cu so
got by a few laps la ter. Th e tw o battled all th e
way t o th e che c ke rs. n ev er lett in g up. Th e
T eam Mot o Outfi tters/MSR/Sc ott/Pro Mo ti on
S us pe nsion -b acke d Jos h Johnson h ad an
incr ed ibl e mota goi ng on in thir d, but a ho rrify in g last -lap c ras h ended his day. Man cu so
took the win , with Bi sc eglia in secon d, an d
Ho la s took third .
M an cu so ( 1- 1) too k t he w in in th e Pr o
c lass , wit h B isceg l ia (2 - 2) in seco n d and
Hol as (3 -3 ) th ird. In th e Interm edi at e cl ass,
it was Lewi s ( 2- 2 ) w ith th e w in, whil e D avis
Sibley (4-1) too k second , and Raym Conke y
(3 -3) took third .
Los Banos Fa i rg rounds: Briar McCork le
topped th e 60cc Beg inners and 80cc
Beg inners at round seven of the AMP
Top Gun Summer-X Series in
Los Bano s, Californ ia.
KTM pilot Ma r k B ra den c hecke d in w ith
ano ther so lid r ide in th e 60cc Beginner cl ass
with a pair of sec onds on the evening . Brad en
tuc ked in beh ind Mc Corkle in both out ings and
stayed wit hin st r i k in g di st an c e, bu t h e wa s
never able to m ak e a serio us c ha lle nge for th e
lead spo t. Third went to Cal Johnson , who uti liz ed good st arts in both m ot o s and pulled o ff
a 4 -3 effo rt on the even ing .
In 80cc Beg i n ne r Divisi on One actio n ,
McCork le t ook a wi re -t o -wire victory in moto
one y et found Kason Gonza les out in fro nt in
m ot o tw o . Gonzales, wh o finished third in the
first on e, managed to keep McCorkle at ba y
th e en tire moto fo r th e win and finis hed wi th
second o vera ll on the ev en ing. Th ird wen t to
Ya m a h a - mo u n t e d Wi ll M cDono ugh , who
toughed out a 2 -3 score afte r go ing dow n in
moto two and c om ing throug h the pa ck fro m
dead last.
Buck Fo rd made his sec ond appea rance of
th e serie s an d ca me away wit h th e win in the
Su pe rmini class. Fo rd , who ap pears to be fully
heal ed from a wris t injury he incu rred pr ior to
the st art o f t he ser ies, put his Kawa saki out
fro n t ea rly i n both co n te s t s. A tas cade ro 's
B ryce Huffman , w ho also c am e o ut fo r h is
seco nd appeara nce of th e series, gave c hase,
but Ford we nt on to ac e both motos ahead of
the 16 -rider fi eld . H uffm an (2- 2 ) and Jarred
Holt (3 -4 ) rou nd ed out the top three.
J oey Har ris contin ued his winning way s in
the 80 cc Int erm ediat e ran k s and ap pea rs to be
a shoo -in fo r a se r ies c h a m p io n ship . Har ris
fai led to w in eith er m oto yet cam e away with
th e most consist ent score, and his 2-2 out ing
proved enough. Ford wo n the first one , but a
m idp ack st art in m ot a two was j ust too mu ch
to overc ome and h e ended up w ith se co nd
overall via a 1-3 m ot o sco re . Huffm an wen t
down in moto one y et still mustered a fou rt h place finish , only to retu rn in m o t o two and
t ak e a wi r e -t o -w i re vi ctory , ne tt ing h imself
thir d overall on the evening.
Stan F inney rode to double -mote wi ns to
tak e the top ho nors in the 250cc Interm ed iat e
class. Th e Hon da pil ot held of f the c ha rge s of
Rick Berhorst , w ho t o ok sec o n d in the fir st
one , an d Danny Harris in th e second one to
seal t he v ic t o r y . Ha r r is ' efforts ea rned h im
second overall via a 3 - 2 score , with Ber horst
ro unding out the top th ree w ith a 2· 3 ta lly .
Re sults
50 (4 -6): I . Shaden Nugent (KTM); 2. A ndrew Curry (KTM) : 3.
Ward Will s (Yam) ; 4 . SeM Reyes (Han); 5. Andre w Nessel (Han).
50 (7 ·8) : I. Co ltin Sc oll (K TM) ; 2. Mason Whart o n (Pol); 3 .
T ravis Th ompso n (KTM): 4. Sierra Shirley {KTM ): 5. Keltin Boyk in
(Hue] .
60 (6 -B): I . Matt hew Bi scegli a (Suz); 2. Tyler Webb (KTM): 3.
Nathan Heck (Xe w]: 4 . Haro ld Live ly III (Ka w); 5 . Ni c k Man cu so
(Kd w) .
60 (9- 11): 1. Mit chell Molz