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all , and A uten ca me across li ne in 11th to seal up th e da y 's ove rall . Second in th e moto wen t to Du rivag e. wh o ro de a mistake -free ra c e, lea d in g the way fo r h is tea m t o fi n ish third overall; hi s teamm ate Phi l Harris ro lle d hom e in J Oth , and Josh Radi , who left on the last drop , pass m ore th an 40 guys to pla ce 19th ov erall and lock up the last step on th e box. Ma tt Ca rm icha el pl ac ed 12th o ve r all afte r a strong ride , but Conkli n ca me fro m the third gate dr o p to g rab 13th an d sea l up sec on d ov erall with a two -point cushio n. Log Road MX Bron son. M ichigan Results: August 31 , 2003 50 ( 4. 6) SHAFT: 1. Cody Price ; 2. Conno r Kenyon: 3 . Au stin Steinreldt : 4. Andrt'W Bumpus: 5. Jot!y Paugh . rred William s: 2. Bradley Wilson : 3. Jared 50 (7-8) SHAFT: 1. .Je Bennett: 4. Un dsay Mason ; 5. Cody Madsen. 5 0 JR ( 4 · 6 ) : 1. Cody Pri c e: 2. Seth Hamishfeger; 3 . Mit c h Osta fin; 4. AndrE- Bumpu s: 5. Chri stopher Kruger. w 50 SR (7-8): I. Dill on Finley; 2. Nicholes Velie: 3 . Kevin Seeley: 4. Colton Schnake: 5. Cole Ughett i. 65 BEG; I. J oshua Gubics : 2. St' lh Grt't'n; 3. Tyle r Sco tt: 4. Dustin Kemp : 5. Thomas Shepherd 6 5 : I. Taylor Davis: 2. Ken neth Bass; 3 . Tay lor Morris: 4 Zachary Hays: 5. Lewis Hunt. 85 JR: I. Taylor Davis: 2. David Compton; 3 . Kenneth Bass; 4 Eri k Holland: 5. Al adll ir Stewart. 8 5 SR; 1. Brett WagnN; 2. Michele! Chap m an; 3. Cody l ee Davis: 4. Bubbe Cline; 5. Mich ael Seeley. 85 C: 1. Keith Myers; 2. Berrett Mart in: 3. Josh ua Mohr: 4. Dako ta Miller, 5. Andy Fredenbur g. 85 ( 9 - 13) : I. Cameron Martinez ; 2. Bubba Cline; 3. T im Walker, 4 . KlIyla Morri s; 5. Ltchll ry Roch efort . SIM J NI: 1. Robert Koch . TRL BLZ R: I. Ross Gedman; 2. J esse Stanton: 3. Cod y Wal beck: 4 . Allie Brewer; 5. A ngela Denison. 125 JR: I. Travis Sewel l: 2. T.J . A uten Jr .; 3 . J osh RlIdi : 4. Phillip Hanis ; 5. Greg Durivage. 125 A: I. Travis Sewell: 2. Randall Wood ring ; 3 Robbie Conklin; 4. Greg Andrews ; 5. Blak ely Jones . 125 B; I. Jot! Penrod; 2. Phillip Harris: 3. Jer~y Sail: 4. Kedy K~r: 5. Ron Mitchell. 12.5 C: I. W~ley W!e9and: 2. Jayroe Reiners; 3 . Eric Howe: 4 Ted Nelson ; 5. B.J. Rider . 25 0 /0PEN A: I . Randall Woodring ; 2. Brian Gerth. 25 0 /0PEN B: 1. T . J. Autl'fl J r.; 2. Jot! Penrod; 3_LarryShull; 4 Kyle Glass; 5 . M yles Sabrosk y. 250/ 0 PEN C; 1. Josh Baldw in : 2. Robert Cli mfiel d ; 3 . J am es Smith J r.: 4. Ni ck Boers 5. Russ ChemugeL ; WMN J R: I . Kayla Morris ; 2. Jerr ce Mitch ell: 3. Co lleen Mitchell ; 4. Kelci Bas5lIge; 5. Jt"nna Kalinas. WMN SR: I . Katie Aut en; 2. T amm y Siebenll ller, 3 . Jenna KlI li· nes: 4. Ko/lth y Drwitte . 16-24 : I. Jere my Sail: 2. Blakely Jones; 3. Scott Schind ler; 4. Breit Williams; 5. Terry K~pple. 2 5. ; I. Dav id A . Gaylo rd; 2. Ch risto pher McMillin: 3 . J ason Fletcher; 4 . Matt Schuelke: 5 . Scott Conway . 30 . BEG: I. Jeflft"y Morris ; 2. Fred Ernsberger: 3 . Bruce Huddleston; 4. Mi ke Jan owski ; 5. Lance Provost. 3 0. : I . David Gaylord: 2. Jason Fle tcher : 3. Dannie Larder, 4. Dion Hlimishft'ger : 5. Randy Hamb lin. 35 . : 1. Charles McConnell: 2. David Johnson; 3. Robert Fryeel: 4. Will iam Vann: 5. Todd Bylsmll . 40 . : 1. James Dlab al; 2. Steve Hollan d; 3. Devld Johnson ; 4. Shay Fisher, 5. Will iam ve nn. 45 . : 1. Rick Walsworth ; 2. Gordon Baird: 3. Monty Craven; 4. Rodne- Baldw in . y 50 +: I . ldrry Stewart: 2. Michael Root; 3 . Greg Bixby . NO N·CUR; 1. Charles McConnell ; 2. Phil ip Shefer; 3. Tyler .Jenk. ins; 4. Mik e Butler: 5. Paul Ransier. Team Races MI NI : 1. David Compton /Nic hee l Chap man/Taylor Da vis : 2. Charles Bloorn/Codle By [smll /ZlI ch Roch efort : 3. Kenny BlIss/T lIylor Davis/Z il ch Heye s: 4. J ason Schum an/ Bubba Cline!Tram pas New man : 5. Kayla MOlT is/Ja rrica Mitchell / Colleen Mitche ll. B /B K : I . T.J . Au te n /J o e Pen r o d /T ravi s Se we ll; 2 . Ma tt Ce rmlc he ef/ Robbie Conklin /To ny D ibb le : 3. Phillip Ha rri s/J o sh Rad i/Gr eg Durivdge: 4. Kyle Glass/ Randy Wood ring/ Jos h Gruppen; 5. Chris McM illin /Ni ck Yoder/Robert Camrleld Northern Cup Motocross Series Round 12: Pine Ridge Raceway Jerominski Checks Out B v P ETE EMM E ATH ELSTANE, W I. AU G . 3 1 Il li no is fast m an Brad J er omin ski made th e fiv e-hou r haul north for the first time to check out Pine Ridg e Rac ewa y , A nd " check out" is what he did , in th e Master s O ver 25 cl ass . J ero m in sk i us ed so me stro ng st art s t o best th e 2 0 - ma n cl a s s, a s h e had hi s Gre at Esc a pe/ So Cal Kawa sa k i out fro n t i n both m otos. Nor m all y , it' s Iro nman Alan J onas w ho' s out in th e lead in the ultrac ompetitive cl ass, but thi s time he had t o co nte nd with Jeromin ski. J onas did tak e sec ond o verall with 2 -2 sco re s, but it was KTM Moto sports fac to ry rider Ken Ma sch who wa s wo rk ing th e hardest in th e pr ed ominantly b iq -b cre cl ass: Masch was riding hi s 125 and wa s o b v io usly ou t hor sepo wer ed down the sta rt ing straight. and he found himself mi red o utside the to p lO on th e sta rt. Mas ch qu ic kl y m ade his way int o th e top 10 and then the t op fiv e, as he consist ent ly trip led through th e rh ythm section, Ch uck Cisler rode in fourth for a lo ng time, ne ver giving an inc h to othe r t op rid er s un til Ma sch cam e al on g to ta k e the po siti on and then ev entually third , B y th en , Jero mi ns ki had ch eck ed ou t fo r the m oto win . Jonas wa s a distant second and Masch th ird. Jerominsk i led th e seco nd m oto fr om sta rt to finish . Jonas took sec ond , Masch wa s third , an d Frank Weis s nev er gave up , fin ishing a con sistent 5-5 for fourth ov erall. Cisler (4 -8) rounded o ut the top fiv e. Je rom ins ki was also entered in th e 125cc A and 250cc A cla sses, but in th ose co n tests the lon gtim e Kawasak i rid er had his han ds full wi th M ichigander Jes se Zambon . In the fir st 12 5c c Amato, Za mbon got a sec ond -pla ce start. beh ind an other Kawasak i rider, Jeremy Hackba rth, an d with Craig Wa llace and Jerominski in tow. Zambon ra n down Hack barth on th e straightaway after th e fin ishlin e j um p. Wa llace fe ll ba ck in t he pack as J er o m i n sk i t o o k third . wi t h M a sch clos e behi nd , J erom in sk i seem ed to be hel d bac k by Hackbarth, allowing Mas ch to gain som e grou nd on th e l eade r s. As soo n as M asch appeared t o be i n th e hunt , his front end sli pped out from undern eath him through th e s w itch bac k s, se nd ing the KT M ri der t o th e ground and allow ing Er ic We is s to ta k e ov er fo urth. Soo n afte r th at, Jerom inski got around Hackbarth for seco nd. but it was too litt le, too late. and he had to settle for seco nd, behind Zambo n. " I go t an ave rage st art off of th e concrete to day ," J ero m ins ki said . " I'm not th e greatest off o f the c ement, bu t I was ri g ht th ere with t hem in th e firs t m ot a . I was behind Ha c k bart h, and I kind of gave him a little present , as I let h im ge t ar ound t he o u ts ide , and I c ou ld 've tak en advantag e of tha t right away o n th e fi rst lap , bu t I didn 't, and I pai d th e price for it, as Zambon got away . I did eve ntu all y ge t aro und Hackbart h, bu t Jesse was to o far ahead. " "J eremy grab bed the holeshot , and I was ri g h t behind h im ," Zambon re c o unte d , " an d he's to ugh to pas s - especi all y on th is track but I got a lo ng next t o hi m , and I sat down aft er th e fin ish line and let the bi k e dig in th e sand down th e straight and outpo wered him to th e co rn er." Hackbarth sett led for thi rd , and Weiss was fourth , ahead of J ake La Count. Zambon got th e ear ly lead in th e seco nd m ot o, with Hackbarth seco nd and J erominsk i th ird . Zambon look ed strong for th e firs t few lap s as he led J erominski through the va lley sect ion . Jerominski made up some gr oun d on Zarnbon. but Zam bo n wa s on, and he too k th e bec k -to -be ck wi n . Je ro m inski settled for sec ond and second overall . " I got to give m y hat off t o Pine Ridg e Race way ," J erom insk i sa id , all sm il es . " We sat down and look ed at th e m ap y este rday. and we had a lot of choices to run to today , be ing it was Labor Da y Week end, You k now , th is is way th e hell up nort h, but I heard gr eat thing s about this plac e, and I'm just going to spread th e word to othe r riders that th is pl ac e is re ally awesome, and I plan on being back here, I'd lik e to thank some of m y sponsors th at h elp m e o u t ; t h ey ar e Great E scap e Kawasa k i in Cry st al La ke , Ill inois , SoC al , HRP, Paint Can Designs~ FMF and Gaeme." Pine Ridge Racewa y A the lstane. Wi sconsin R esults. August 3 1. 2003 (Round 12) P!W JR ; 1. Coli n Hll SS; 2. A.J. Woller; 3 . Adam Reek ; 4. Daki n Coons; 5. Nicholas Randrup . P/W SR: I. Christo pher Benavi des; 2. Ryan Nystrom : 3 . Cody Severi neen: 4, Derek Simpson: 5. Bradley Blom qu ist. MINI 6.5: I. Sco tt McConnell : 2. Ben Peterson: 3 . Hunter Ny stro m; 4 . Zach Coons; 5 . Luk ll s Katers. MINI JR: 1. Dylan Koth ; 2. Scott McConnell: 3. Zach Tum er: 4. Ben Peterson ; 5. Henry Isabelle. flUNI SR; 1. ZaChary Kenning; 2. Bri an Collins; 3. Jesse Frll sset · to: 4. Travis Frassetlo ; 5. Cillyton Vonmoos . 125 JR ; 1. Brilln Collin s; 2. J ustin Gang l: 3 . Jesse Frasseuo : 4 Steven Eberhar dt; 5 . Ryan Hughson. w " " w ~ c, ~ ~ .. I P i n e R idge Raceway: Brad J eromin ski (57) mad e the five-h our t r ip from Illinois t o the G reat W hit e North (w ell, Athe lstane, Wisconsin), w he re he f inished first overall in the Masters Over 25 class and se cond o ve ra ll i n b oth the 125cc A and 250cc A classe s, 125 A : I. Jesse Zambon ; 2. Brad J eromi nski ; 3 . J t'rerrty Hac k barth : 4. Ken Masch: 5. J ak e La Count. 125 B: I . Tyler Jenem e: 2. Brian Collins; 3 . Aaron Stroebel : 4 John Antsberger; 5. Cody l..lIdowski. 12.5 C 0 ·1 ; I. Ju stin Gangl; 2. Cheston lilley: 3 . Dustin Maes; 4 .Jemes Diobik : 5 . Cbese Clover 125 C 0 ·2 : 1. llIrry Zeugner:2. Eric Uren: 3. Richard Gougle; 4 Scott Batterman: 5. Mitchell Barrette. 250 A: 1. Jesse Zembcn: 2. Brad .krominski ; 3. Alan Jona s: 4. Jeremy Ho/K'kbarth 5. Chuck Cisler. ; 2 50 B : I. J ere mi Srmth: 2. Jacob Collins: 3. Er ic Peters; 4 . Nathan Sprang : 5. Cory Smidel. 250 C: I . Todd Everard: 2. Vincent Mageslro: 3. Brad Smith : 4. Scott Young; 5. Richard Gaugl e. O PEN; I . Jesse Zem bon ; 2. Eric Weise: ) . Lance Wollin : 4 . Frank Weiss: 5. Martm Lecm, SPTSMN A : I. Eric Weise; 2. J eremy HlIc kba rth; 3 . J ak e La Coun t; 4. Cr"ig Wallace; 5 . Cody Will s. SPTSMN B/ C; 1. Jeremi Smith : 2. Ja cob Colli n,; 3 . Ty ler Jen erna; 4. Ryan Zuege; 5. J ake Dobbrall: . WMN. I. Heather Roach; 2. Kimberly !son; 3. Keylen Pellmll nn; : 4. Hali Be-rg; 5. A licia Heuner. MSTR 2 5 +: I. Brad Jerom insk i; 2. Alan J onas; 3 . Ken Masl'h; 4. Frank Weiss; 5. Chuc k Cisler . VET 30 . A ; I. Alan Jo nas; 2. Frank Weiss; 3. Stecy And erson; 4. Matthew Frasch: 5. Dave Wender. V ET 3 0. B: I. John Antsbe rger ; 2. Sc ott Grah am ; 3 . Sk ip Dwyer ; 4. Rob Hoefert; 5. Pete Emme . SR 40 +: 1. Todd Sny der ; 2. Sha wn O 'Brien; 3 . Devid Pennebecker; 4. Rebert Edler; 5. Skip Dwyer. SR 50 . : I. Doug Baumann: 2. John Meehan: 3 . Leo Sieber: 4 . Marshalyn Meehan; 5. J ames Hackba rth . NON·CUR; 1. Shawn O'Brien; 2. Tony Dorman: 3. Mike Dorm an; 4. Ja mie Wotrub a; 5 . Eric Laedke. Z· FIDDY : l. Kevin McNi ff: 2. Ai el! Lerdsnos: 3. Ryne Has, : 4 Chase Clove r; 5 . Craig Wallace. m in i and Sc hoolboy classes. Je ff raced a th ird class , th e 8 5cc ( 12- 13 ), and won th at one . Anothe r rider who too k thr ee spills (tho ugh with far less injurio us res u l ts ) w as J a r ed Minor, who is no rmally a fr ont -runne r in an y eve nt he's co ntes ti ng . However, rid i ng the supercross track for the fi rst ti me in th e series may have alte red his rhythm , and he crashed th rice in th e first 250cc Interm ed iate moto, ye t he still fin ished second to Josh Edwa rds , on the Everfast Racing Yam aha. W hen Minor go t his ac t tog eth er in the sec o nd rou nd and pl aced h is No ma d ik Clothing Honda in fi rst at th e fi nish, he still gra bbed th e talles t trophy on the day , In th e Money rac es, Sean O ' Connor ag ain won th e 25 0 cc Ex pert cla ss on his J BC / IM S Hon da. with David Fl o res seco nd on a sim ilar m ach ine spo nso red by Hun tington Honda . How ev er, O'Conn or m et m ore t han h is m at ch in th e 12 5cc Exper t cl ass wh en Ca le Wa ll ac e wh ipp ed hi s MSR /S ho ei KTM in to ove rdrive and led the fir st encount er from st art to finish , wi th O 'Conno r, rid ing a bo rr ow ed bik e, in seco nd . Apparently m or e used to the new mount b y the sec ond race, O 'Conno r led for th ree laps, wit h Walla c e right on his ta il. A c o up le of exchang es fo r f ir st p lac e showed th ey were do ing more th an ju st sparring , so wh en the y tangled and both we nt down , it was a race to see who could get go ing first. O 'C on nor was fi rst u p , but Wall ac e w as c harg ing again . Wh en W all ace ca me to pass him again, O ' Co nno r wa s the onl y one to fall , and Wal lace m ot ored home the w inn er , ma king it a sweep . Glen Helen Ra c eway Park The Third Time's Not Always a Charm B v JOHN B ETHEA Res ults SAN B ERNARDINO, CA , AUG, 22 Perhaps it wa s an om en wh en Mi cha el Leib cras hed during pr act ice at th e fourth round of th e Maxxi s Stadium-X Fr iday Nights in August Series at Gl en Helen Rac ew ay Park. Fact o ry Hon da' s J eff Al essi walked over to see how he was, and J eff swa tted M icha el o n th e back when he got up and was apparentl y ok ay. So when he j um ped ou t of the gate in the 85cc Co m bo co nt est and was hol d ing fifth overall bu t fir st in his cl ass, all seem ed well - until th e seco nd lap, when he crash ed again - thi s tim e not as h ard . He remount ed in fourth in the 85cc (4 -1 1) class and even tuall y worked his way back to seco nd bef or e the chec kers , closing o n d iv isi on leader D anie l Sanders ' Mot ohead Suzuk i. Tw o ra ces lat er , Leib was out again, taking on the Supermini s. When Mi ke A les si plac ed hi s Honda in the lead early , with his br other J eff in seco nd, this rac e seem ed all but ove r. Le ib m ov e d into a so l i d th i rd a nd h el d it th rough lap fou r - when he ca tapulte d him self to th e turf for the third tim e, and th is th ird time was not a cha rm; it was a broken femur, and th e re mainde r o f hi s 2003 se ason a p pears o ver. Agai n , J eff wa s th e fir st rid er to chec k o ut hi s friend; this ti m e there was no pat on th e bac k . . As ex pec te d. th e Al essis ag ain swep t th e pr ogram , taking first and seco nd in th e Sup er - 50 STK (4 .6 ): 1. Cole Gardner (Cob ): 2. Cody Gorfy (Cob ): 3. Trev Hernandez (KTM). or 50 STK(7·8): 1. Lane Gardner (KlM). 50 MOD 1. Ryan Matte r (KTM) . : cue I e 65 BEG: I. Caleb Tanguay (Kaw). 65 (4· 8) : 1. Brenden Hemandez . 65 (9 - 1 1): 1. Dav id Mead e (Co b) ; 2. Donny Fi ,h (KlIw) : 3 . Midwlel Leib (Kaw) . 65 BEG: 1. Donn y Fish (Kaw) . 65 (4- 11): I. Daniel Sande rs (Sw ): 2. David MplIdr (Sw); 3 . GlImck Noble (YlIm ): 4. M)chael Leib (Kaw). 85 ( 12-13 ): 1. J df Ale ssi (Han ): 2. J onlllhlln Hornbeck (Yam) ; 3. MlIrcus Canillo (Kaw ): 4. D.J. Noerr (Hon ). 85 ( 14 -] 6 ): 1. Cory Costa (Yam) . S/MJNI: 1. Mike Alessi (Han); 2. J e-ffA lessi (Hon): 3 . Cory Costa (Yam); 4. Jonathan Hombeck; 5. Di llon Jon es (Ka w). 125 SCHBY: I . Mike Aleu i (Hon) : 2. Jdf A1e i (Hon); 3 . J eff u loop (Sw); 4. Chad Gores (Sw): 5. T yson Tlilkingt on (Hon) . 125 BEG: I. Brian Traver (y lI m): 2. Brent Highllm (KlI w); 3 . Paul laRocque (Yam); 4. Jesse Lewis (Y" m ); 5 . Kevin Glenn Jr . (Yam) . 125 NOV: 1. Shewn Mohr (YlIm); 2. Tyson Talk ington (Han); 3 . Spenser Wernl i (Yam ); 4. Shawn Hillion (Yam ); 5 . Ad rian Feliciano (Yam ). 125 1 NT: 1. Josh Brown (Hon) : 2. Jason Jeffr ey (Kaw ): 3 . Kyle Griffith (Han); 4. Jo sh Edwards (Yam) ; 5. Steven Cizar (Yam ). 125 EX: I. Colliew allace (K TM ); 2. Cody Kreuss (Yam ); 3. Stoan O'Co nno r: 4. Brandon MHstelld (YlIm). 250 BEG: 1. Michael QuirOl (Han). 25 0 NOV: 1. Tyl er Roberts (KTM) : 2. Chad Geib (Suz): 3 . Brett Dim anno (Yam) : 4 . Mik e Lund ari (Yam): 5. Aida De La ClIiv ga. 2501 NT; 1. Jared Minor (Hon) ; 2. Jos h Edwards (Yam) . 25 0 EX: 1. Seli n O'Connor (Han); 2. David Flores (Hon) . 4- STRK NOV: I. EVlln Dieteric h (Ha n) . 4·ST RK INT: L Chris Willia ms (Yam ). 4·STR K EX; I. Rob bie King (YlIm ). JR VET INT; 1. Chris WlIlillm s (Yam ). VET NOV; l. J oe Hernandez (Han). VET INT : 1. Rob Wexler (KTM). SR NOV: 1. Kirk Shimek (Kaw) SR INT : 1. Mi lton Mize (Han ). n e vv s O CTOBER t , 2003 71

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