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who was way out in fro nt. Fin ish ing third ove rall was Kawa sak i rider Charles Platt J r. (4 -3 ),
and fo urth over all was ano ther K awasaki rider .
by th e name of Jason Chav ez (3 ·4 ). Kawa sak i
joc ke y M atth ew Gahrman n (6 -5) t o o k fifth
overall, and rou ndi ng o ut the fie ld wa s KT M
pilot Br ian Lau l (5 · 6) .
A nother rid er wh o sho wed lots of speed on
the ro ug h tr ack w as Kawa sa ki ri der Ma rcu s
Hodge, who ha ils from Lake Hopat cong, New
Je rsey . Hod ge tore up the 85cc ( 10 - 1 1) class
with a strong 1-1 ove rall fin ish . His spee d has
no w increased dr am aticall y sinc e his fi rst trip
to Lo retta Lynn' s a c ouple of weeks ago . He
eas ily s we p t th e cl as s, o v er Suz u ki rid er s
Frank Lett ieri (2 -2) and Je sse Kuzbyt (3- 3) .
Kuzbyt go t g re at sta rts all day , bu t th e heat
brou ght on by Le tt ieri and Hodge made him
fall back , sinc e this was his fir st week end back
raci ng aft er b reak in g his c oll arbo ne in J uly .
Ta ki ng fo urth beh ind th ese three fast ra c er s
was another Suz uki rid er, Mi cha el Sow a (5 -4) ,
a n d tr ailin g b e h i n d f o r fift h o v e r a ll w as
Kawasaki p ilot M ich ael Mack epr ang (7 -5 ).
Suz uki ride rs w ere look ing g rea t o n th is
day in the Youth cla sses. FMF rid er Cha rle s
Ell is m ade a strong c ome bac k in the sec ond
m o te of the I 25cc Pro Ex pert class to tak e the
overall win with a 3 - 1 finish. Peter Dev lin to ok
t w o d omin ati n g o ve ra ll w i n s i n th e 8 5 c c
(1 4 - 15) and Sup erm in i cl asses. M icha el T ip pin Jr. went 2 -3 in th e 125 c c Novi ce cl ass to
ta k e the o verall win , barely ahead of Yam aha
rider J ohn Burlew . J osep h Boehler went 2- 1 in
th e Ov er 25 A m at eur cl as s for th e overall win
and als o went 3 -3 for third overall in th e fast
250cc Amateu r cla ss.
Re sults
65 (7-9): I. Tyler WOU'I y (taM) ; 2. o"milln Krllu 50e (IITM); 3.
e
Chll rlu Plo tt J r . ( Kll w) ; 4 . J u a n Chav ~ l ( Kll W) : 5 . Mlltlh ew
Gahnmnn (KlIw) .
65 (10 -11) : 1. Frllnk letberi (Sw:): 2. ~ Kwbyt (KTM) : ] .
i
Bryan Weimer ( taM): 4. Taytor Chausky (taM) : 5. K~ ...n O'laughlin
(Kew).
85 (t()'Il): 1. MaraJs Hodge (Ka.. ): 2. Frank ~ (Sw); 3.
Jesse Kuzbyt (5w:) ; 4 . fo\K:haeI Sowa (Sw.) : 5. ~ Mack eprang
( t( ll W).
85 ( 12-13) : 1. Bryll n Wal~ (Ka w): 2. Adam BIesing (Suz:): 3.
T~ Gr ant (Hon) : 4. Robert Ma l ki~w lCZ (Ka ....'): 5. Dakotll Kes!>l
er
(Kawl ·
a5 (14·15 ): 1. Peter ~vhn (Suz.); 2. Thomas Wonsk i (Vam) : 3.
Anthony Roth (SUI ): 4. MicMel Tip pin Jr . (SuI): 5. Br andon Taylor
(""I.
S/MINI: 1. Peter Dev lin (Su I ): 2. Ad am Bk-ssing (Sw): 3. Robert
Malkiew icz (Kll W): 4. Anthon y Roth (Sw:) ; 5. Bryan Culbertson (Ka"' 1
125 PRO!EX : I . Charles Ellis (SuI); 2. Chris Hunter (Hon) : 3. Ty
Wallace (Vam) : 4. Jason Harper (Stu) ; 5. Jdmes Mcllv aine (Sw ).
125 AM 1. John Giantooio (Kaw) : 2. Je sse Festens uoe (Kdw);
:
J, Ja50fl vtneucc (Kll w): 4. Tll ylor Murph y (Sw); 5. .koremy Weniger
(Vam ).
125 NOV : I. MJchdel Tippin Jr . lSuzI: 2. John Burl~w (Vam ); 3
Nick Lecerenze (Sui): 4 Kri"ltop~r Baldwin ( Vam ): 5. ft\a;rk Rutan
(Vll m).
250 PRO/EX: 1. T y
(Hon ); 2. Chris Hunter (Hen ): 3.
Joel Dengle r (Hon ]: 4 , John Schneider (Hon] : 5. JII!IOn Harper (SUI) .
250 AM : I . Mikf' Emick (Vdm ): 2. Kyle Whrite nour (KTM) ; 3.
Josep h Boehler (SUI): 4. J ake Mll S5dro (Hon}: 5. Sercio Sled ( Vam ).
250 NOV: I . Patrick Ma ~s im i ll no ( Vam ); 2. Mi cha el Fethersto n
(Vam): J. J eeon Bro wn (Hon ); 4 . Jona than Fodo r (Ha n) : 5. David
Am mendola (HUll) .
SCHBV; l. Taylo r Murphy (SUI) ; 2. Ni c k Lecereoze (SUI) ; 3.
Thoma s Won~k i (Vam): 4. Robert Jimenez J r. (Vom): 5. Ronn ie Stew,
en (Hon ).
ClGBV: I. John Gllln tonio (Kaw ); 2. Stan Szmyd (Yam); 3. Ryan
SeenO' laugh lin (Sw): 4 . Jason Villati co (Kaw ): 5. .Jesse Fesrensune
(Kll w).
25. EX: J. J oel Dengler (Hon): 2. Ty WlIlld ce (Hon ): 3. J ohn
Schn~ld~r ( Hon): 4. James Mcl lvlllOe ( Suz ); 5. Michael Lafferty
(KTM)
25_ AM 1. Joseph Boenler (Suz); 2. J ustin Lo pdlo (Hon) : ], Bob
;
lA~nk (Vdm ): 4. Orlando Carn jll l ( Vdm ): 5 . Don Brown (Hon ).
30.. EX: 1. Richard Zupk o (Vam) : 2. J ll mes Mcllvdine (Suz); 3.
Jerry Seip Sr. (Han); 4. G~ Tumer (Vam ): 5. Larry Harper (Vam ).
30 .. AJIL J. Orlando Cd,.".lIjlll ( Vdm) ; 2. Juslln Lopalo (Hon ): 3
JIIWfl Luty (Vam ): 4 Don Brow n (Hon): 5. AIIX"rt Pen,," (Han) .
30.. NO V: I . Bruce Burdg~ (Vll m ): 2. Ddv id Ammendola (Han );
3. Ooug Wordb<"rg (Hon) : 4 . An lhony Cou lia nid is (Hon ): 5. Allred
Batelli (Hon) .
40. EX : I. J~rry Seip Sr . (Hon ): 2. Gr eg Turner (Vll m ): 3
Richard Rossetter (VlI m ): 4. Ken Bordzuk (Han ); 5. K~vin Mesidh
(lion).
40.. S!SR : I . .kffrey Mesler(Vam ): 2. Wllhdm Petriui (Vam ); 3
Byron CultX"rtson j Hon ): 4 . Dav id Cugno (Vam ): 5. Chris Tiem~y
wenece
IHan ).
Jac k Pine Enduro
Bersano Rings In w ith
Cowbe ll C las s i c Win
sta te har e scram bles cham p io ns Blai r Ber san o
and Ch ris Ga llt.
T he La nsing Motor c y cl e Club laid o ut a
co u rse j us t shy o f 70 miles in leng th . T he
no rth ern Michiga n terrain greeted riders with
sandy co nd itions , w ith a num be r of who o ps
mixed in . In betw een . t he cl ub fo und t hr ee
sections of " old" tra il . which too k poi nts away
fr om a ll t he r ide r s . J u s t ove r 130 r i d e r s
att end ed th e Cowbell Classic .
Th e rac e featured seven chec kpoi nts . The
sec ond chec k wa s th e first to tak e po int s awa y
fro m M ich igan ' s fin est. FMF Su zuk i/ Sm ith /
Maxxis T ires/Lowe' s Racin g 's Bersan o c arded
a three. Luc a and T eam Green ride r Gall t also
hit the c he c k , d ro p pi ng a th ree. T he seri es
po int s leader, KTM U SA rid er Mi ch ael Keen ,
expe rience d brak e problem s but still m anaged
a t h r ee a t t h i s c h a ll e n g i n g early c h e c k .
Scharph orn and Randt fo llow ed just a litt le off
the pace, c ardi ng fours.
Rider s rem ain ed on tim e at chec ks th ree
an d fou r. Lead ing up to the seco nd ga s, th e
riders rod e almost 30 m iles of CCC trail. Ju st
pr ior to the sec tio n 's end , the cl ub surprised
m an y o f th e rid er s b y th rowi ng them o n to a
ver y tight and cha lle nging trail. Barel y m issing
th eir mi nute, Bersano and Keen eac h dropped
one po int. Sch ar phorn, Luc a and Gallt eac h
c arded a o ne, as we ll. Th e tr ail -savvy Randt
squeake d into th e chec k with a one j ust bef ore
the check ers fl ip ped th e c ards .
Check six wa s very un eventful. with m ost
riders zero ing the chec k .
Th e fina l check was the deci ding fac tor in
the ra ce. Bersano was onc e again th e fa stest,
dr opping 4 :21 9 . Keen an d Luca cro ssed th e
fl a g s w i th id en t i c al s co r es o f 4 : 24 5 .
Sch arph orn and Gallt were th e o nly other rid ers to pass through the check with fours.
Wh en th e sco res were tabu lat ed , Bers an o
add ed a seco nd Co wbell trophy to his co llection of pre stigious awa rds. Bersan o was one of
fou r riders to drop eight po ints on th e day.
"l t's been a few ye ars sinc e my last victory
her e li n 19 9 91: Bers ano c ommente d . " It is
reall y nic e to do it aga in ."
Th e runner -up wa s Luc a, wh o j ust m issed
th e win by 11 hu ndredths of a seco nd .
GNCC c om petit or Gallt surprised his fell ow
ra cers with his finish. Gallt was the only rider
near th e top who didn 't use a hiqh -t ech co m pu ter to keep tim e.
" Yeah, I k ept tim e tod ay with a wristw atch
and m y ro ute sheet, " Gall t stated . "I basica lly
ro de from co mer to co rn er."
K ee n w as t he fin a l ride r w ith an e ig h t .
Scharph orn fo llow ed wit h the lo west nin e for
fifth ove rall .
Re sults
0 /1'1 : I . Blair Bt'T!\ano: 2. Sco tt Luc e: 3 . Chris Gatlt: 4 . Michll el
Keen: 5. Ron Scharphom: 6. Atdn Randt; 7. Vic Flegel: B. A.lron Barth:
9, Cody Ma!'>l in: 10, Jot' MIlpt's
AA H·PT: Scott Luce.
A H·PT: A.lr on Barm.
B H·PT: Tim oth y Leathers.
C H · PT: Adron Wrigh t.
M : 1. Chri s Glin t; 2. Michael Keen; 3. Ron Schdrphor"n: 4. A llin
Randl ; 5. Joe ,.\dPf>S
250 A: I. Seen Ban:lay .
200 A : 1. Nick Zambon : 2. Dllvid Vandecar, J. Jon Turner: 4 .
Ron Tetloff ; 5. Thoma~ Emede
.
VET A : 1. Russ Norm,,"; 2. Randy Woodwdrd ; 3. Mark ~k~r: 4.
Slmnis Proc bow
OPEN A : I . KIm Mahnke ; 2. David Krick .
SR A : I . TerTy Wilton : 2. Rob Roy : 3. Mike Martin : 4 lance lar ·
son: 5. Paul Buch~r.
4 -STRK A : I. Cody Mllstin: 2. Todd Wals.....orth : 3 . SIeve Parker :
4 J .R. Hines.
:
200 B: J. Rob Frank : 2. BI)'M Mar.>h 3. Amanda MartIn ; 4. Ross
Scott 5. Tom Zettel.
250 B: I. Brf'lt Beck~r; 2. Travis Krist ; 3. A3run Brllbb ; 4, Brad
~ker.
OPEN B: I . Phil [),avis: 2. Doug Norlin ; 3 , Ja~ Kt'enihan; -4
David Tripp : 5. Dav" Kube.
VET B; I . JII50fl Ct~; 2. BII~tt Ba~ : 3 . Ken KessM'r.
SR B: I . Rob Parrot; 2. Ja ck Drummond: 3 . Mark Spence : 4
Jerry ~kel ; 5. Rock FOil
4·$TRK B: 1. RYll n l.owrMn : 2. Tyler Fox : 3. Bcy