spo nso red its second eve nt of th e yea r. along
with Precision Li ne Mo torspo rts . an accessory
shop in the no rt hwes t m et ro are a. N umerous
prizes ranging fro m accessories to free passes
at Pro Ka rt were handed o ut to the lu cky ra eers . Saturday also featured th e u su all y well pre p p ed . w ell -m a in t a in ed practi c e co urse,
despite th e drought th at has hit the reg ion .
In the fir st 250cc A rnoto , Povolny rip ped
t he ho leshot and was n ev er se ri o us ly c hal lenged on his N ielse n/Fly CR. Na te B rou ghton
was second ou t of the gate and ran second the
en t ire m oto , u su all y t w o or thr ee seconds
b e hind Pov oln y . O n each lap . B r ou g h t o n
reeled in Povolny slightly in the sa nd-wash
wh o o p s ec tion o n h i s MS R/ Maxi ma /Pro
Act io n / Moto Pri mo /EVS ·backed YZ 250 , bu t
Povolny wo uld pull away everywhere else. At
the fi nish . it was Povolny with a co uple of sec o nds on Brou ght on . in seco nd . Vete ran speed ste r Bru c e Gates wa s th ird on a YZ250, m ulti ti me Di str ict 23 A c ham p Sco tt J end ro placed
fo urth , and Ry an Sta lbe rge r took fift h.
In m ot o two . Broug hto n and Hartfor d. W is co ns in' s Matt Mai er t ook th e first turn side by
side , wi th Mai er squeaking o ut the ho lesh ot.
Broug hton c h al len ged Mai er w hile Pov oln y
ro de in th ird . bu t Mai er rema ined steady an d
held the lead for m or e th an th ree la ps . By the
fo urth la p, Po vol n y ha d pas sed Broug hton and
was afte r Maier. O n lap four . Po voln y passed
M a ier an d hel d o n fo r th e moto w in , w hich
also secured the overall . Maier m ade up fo r
his first -mote 14th to take second . Brou gh ton
was thi rd. J en d ro wa s fou rth aga in: St al berger
was fifth . and E ric Ko walik t oo k sixth on a
borrowed KTM 200.
Matt Ahlers nabbed the 250cc B firs t-mote
holeshot on a GPS Racing CR250. with Trevor
Tuma close behind on a M ote Prime CR250.
T uma took the lead afte r the first lap and fin ished fi ve secon ds ahead of A h le r. Grani t e
Falls. W isc o n sin ' s Brandon Parlia ment w as
th ird . M ik e Hasel tien was fourth . and St e ven
Benn ett wa s fi ft h.
B en n ett g r ab bed th e m ot a -tw o ho lesh ot,
with Ryan Zuege and Joe Kidd in tow . T uma
score d a DNF. Ahl er s qu ickl y t ook secon d
and th en pa ssed Bennett on lap tw o and took
th e m ot a and o ve ra ll w in . foll owed by Bennett,
Par liament . Trev oe Schuster and Rob Okonek.
Parli ament wa s secon d overa ll. and Benn ett
was thi rd .
Res ults
MICRO O ll-INJ (4·6): 1. Brod y Penm... : 2. Ron Decker: J. Con n
4 Logan Hegn... 5. Ty ler Gesl.
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MICRO OIL· INJ (1· 6 ): 1. T...y lor Lukkllri; 2. .Jeecn Fem; 3. Alell
Millf"r; 4. M... ison FIIJ
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km" n: 5. Gin" J orgt'n son.
MICRO CHAIN ( 4-6 ): l. Jak e Slew...rt: 2. J lIll Son Brown ; 3. Reid
Zaborow ski: 4. Jt':o>M' Solh..id; 5. AI('11 Iv~ s .
MICRO CHAIN (7· 6): I. T"'OIl1'f Rinkf'n ; 2. Tay lor G... st: J. Lucas
H~gnll : 4, John T (Vam).
'70s SGL: 1. Adam Weiss (V m]: 2. Bill Reynolds ( Yam ): 3. Rick
Reynolds (V... ) : 4. Larry Weiss ( Han ); 5. Melvin Brown (Tri ).
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SR 50. ; 1. Mike Keane (V m ); 2. ~ I v in Brown (Tri ): J. R~n
Mille r (Bul); 4 Joe Rl:'" ynoids (V m); 5. Donnit' Hughes (Tn ).
L e isure TIme
GP
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AUTO I: l. HuntPI' We-stp l: 2. Ttt'VOf" Ccc per; J. Brodie Taylo r;
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4 TylN Hugh es: 5 . De... Schesser
AUTO 2: I. T"ylar Routh; 2. Jo'tCOb Collins : 3. Bred uwlnieckt':
Baker Racks Up
Double W ins at
State MX C'sh i p s
4. .kff Henson : 5. Josh Bough
AUTO 3: 1. Karsten Kt'fY'y; 2. Jesse Malf'y: J. Devlf'l Sc~r;
4 Ethan Compton: 5. Alex Michaels .
AUTO 4. 1. ~vi Radcliff .
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65 ; 1. Colton Ch a prne n: 2. J osh Blx lo" ; J. Blak e NIccum ; 4
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Will iam Re... er: 5. N.sthan C... J*wlI.
80 OPEN: I. Bnindon Ross; 2. C1c'Iyton Clart..: J. M.i t' Bfonder;4
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Stev e SquIre; 5. Brc'ld Bowen.
65 J R: 1. Danny Rock e; 2. Chnstian Tt' lker; J. David Hughes; 4
Austm Crouch; 5. wuhem Ruder.
85 SR: I. St t""lt' Squire: 2. Kirier 8c'Inl t'f ; J. NICk K~f'St")' ; 4. Brad
~en; 5. CI
ayton Knok..
125 A: 1. Robbit' Con klin; 2. Terry Bl...ke Jr .: J. Tr e vis Se ....ell: 4
Adc'l Yoder: 5. Brad Ripple.
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125 B: 1. Matt C... n ichll el; 2. D.snny Mll ch..ll ; 3. KeIth Gr... t; 4
Tylr:-rLoc k ; 5. TyIPI' Stdnley .
125 C: I. Brandon Thorn,S!. 2. Enc Howe: J. Ry an FoIlm ... ; 4
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Brandon Goodm ... : 5. Eric Follmer .
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HIW A : 1. Br ed Rippl e; 2. Terry Blllkt' Jr.; 3. Don a...k"r; 4. J im
Royko: 5. Mik e Zylstr e.
HIW B: I. Paul McCoy : 2. Aa ron C"rmich"'l"l; J. Nick V
odf'r; 4
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Eric Nighting ale: 5. Mall BI.. e.
HIW C: 1. Kt'vin K... rasias: 2. Eric Howl"; J. Ed LDv..ly; 4. De vid
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Yurko; 5. Marl<. Sll linc'l5.
WMN: I . Heathe r Zyls tra: 2. K... diSf"' u ndst'y; 3. Jt'flmfl!'r Squirl";
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4 . Kl"lst'y Nannen g... 5. Jack ie Som bke .
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well: 2. Ronnie Hipn er: J . Ty ll:'"r loc k; 4. Bren12 - 15; 1. Sh... e Sto
don Ross: 5. MatiSlagle.
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16 -24 : I. Adam Yoder; 2. Ben Gr... es; 3. Kl"nny Bonn; 4. J... ea
Thompson: 5. Joh n Leedy.
25. A : 1. Don BIlker: 2. J t'll Moore : 3. Shewn McLochlin; 4. J"f1
Weir ; 5. Matt Burn:U
25. B: I. Nic k Yodt'r; 2. Phil H... dy ; 3. 51"In Mock ; 4. G... ron
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Anglt' my t'r; 5. BI1 n Mummert .
30 . A : 1. Don & krr, 2. Coonii!' Feist; 3. J l:'"ffMoore; 4. J t'll Ford;
B y D ON B ROWNING
M EDARYVILL E . IN . SEPT . 7
Nearly 400 rid ers b attled fo r th e top spo ts in
th eir resp ect iv e classes o n one o f t he M id west' s t ou gh est tr ack. Leisure Tim e is 10 0 perc ent san d, but th e cl ub revamped th e tra ck
by building m onster tableto ps and th en adding
clay to all th e fac es and la nding ar eas, an d
this drew positive co m me nts from th e rid er s.
Don Baker was th e only double-cla ss win ne r on th e day. Th e Ho nd a r id er clicke d o ff
fou r m ot a win s to take top ho nor s in th e Over
25 A and Over 30 A c lasses.
Robbie Co nk lin and Brad Ripp le co ntes ted
the 125cc A and Hea vyweight A classes . In
the I 25cc A cla ss, Rip ple to ok hi s Suzu ki to
the poi n t an d h eld th e lea d to cl aim the win in
m ot a one . Co nk lin foll o wed cl osely aboa rd his
Suzuki to tak e runner- up . In th e second m ot o .
Co nk lin and Ripple enjoyed some ver y h eated
racing , op ening a la rge lead o ve r th e rest o f
the pack . With o ne lap to go . Ripple and Co n k lin came tog eth er; Co nk li n ret ain ed his lead
and took the o ve rall, while Ripp le co ul d only
salvage 1 1th , which gave hi m fi ft h o ve ra ll .
In the Hea vyw eigh t A class . Rippl e carded
ba ck ·to-back w in s to tak e the overall . whi le
5. Kl"lIy~
30 . B: 1. Duallf' Griffi s: 2. Rod Nesius; J. Eric Nighhn!I...e: 4
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Jerry Konopasek ; 5. Ke...n Kirschgf'ssnf" .
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D... l.a O 'MaRl; 5. Fred ROleruch.
50..: I. Ed Brideogroom: 2. Tim Gr...... ~s: J. Raben leW IS; 4. Roy
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EAST BEND. NC , SEPT. 7
Th er e was some great Sunday r aci n g fo r
ro und 13 of the AMA Dis trict 29 Summer/ Fall
Series an d ro und three of the Ex treme Fact ory
Gra nd Ch am p ion-ship Ser ies. In the I O·r id er
250 c c A class. Jim Neese took the overa ll
with I -I fi nishes - bu t he had to wor k for it.
Pau l J ustu s and Dou g Earls too k early leads,
but Neese lik es to wea r his co m pe titio n down.
Neese took the to p spot from Ea rls in th e fir st
m ot o and from Justu s in th e second . Justus
to ok second o ve rall , foll o wed by Earls in th ird .
Beh ind th em . A da m Ove rcas h and M icha el
Martin ha d a g rea t race going on for the fo urth
spo t. Ma rti n took th e spo t, over Overca sh , in
m ot o one, but Ov erc ash took the spo t in the
second m ot a to tak e fou rth overa ll.
Martin had a better race in the Over 30 A
cla ss, t akin g the overall after swapping up
w ith Scott ie Shipley . Jeff Belch er ca me ba c k
from a fi ft h -spot fini sh in the fir st m ot a to fi nish th ird in th e seco nd outing and gamer th ird
o ve ra ll . over Rand y Beas ley, wh o went 4 -4 for
Trail-Way S p e e d w a y: Jim Chapman (7 2) and B ill Reynolds (11 H ) battled all r ace long f o r
the lead a nd the w in in t h e 750cc Sportsman c lass at the AHMRA Northeast Reg iona l Short
T rac k event in Hanover. Pennsylvania .
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