Bloom followed Wharton for a few corners
before flying by for second. Bloom th en went
to work on Gilcrease. and aft er a short battle
he went by for the lead . Wharton he ld the
t hi rd-pla ce position for several laps before
falling far off the pace. letting both Kyle Hehr
and Tyler Heuberger slip by. Bloom then took
the win with co nvincing style, with Gilc rease
and , im pressively, Tom Torresdal taking sec ond and th ird. respectively.
In the second m ota , Bloom and Wharton
went into the first corner side by side, with
B l o o m having the i ns ide-line advan tage.
Gilc rease quickly go t into seco nd. but Bloom
had already checked ou t, an d there was no
catching him . Heh r and Heuberger m oved up
to do battle aga in . Th is ti me , Hehr was on fire
after reco veri ng from a ho rrifying crash in the
125cc Ju nior class earlier in the day. and he
event ually left Heube rger in th e du st. Former
top Int er m edi ate-cl ass rider Ben Parke r has
been putt in g in some good rides lat ely , an d he
was m oving rig ht on through th e pac k . Bloo m
took th e m o t o wi n, and the ove ra ll i n t he
B e f o re T h e H i ll c lass w ith a 1-1 sco re.
Gilcrease (2 -2) too k second ove rall. and Heh r
(3 -3) finished an impressive th ird . Rou nding
o ut th e to p fi ve we re Tyler Heu ber ger (4- 4 )
a nd B r itt Davis (S-S ) i n fourth a nd fifth .
respectively.
Parker was the lon e rider in the Up The Hill
Expert class : di tto Rodney Clay in the Up Th e
Hill Amateur clas s. Wharton (2· I ) held on to
tak e the win in the Open Ama teu r cla ss, and
T orr esdal ( 1-2 ) finished second .
Coltin Scott took the vi ctory in the SOcc
(7 -8) class with a I -I tall y. Despi te clocking
the fastest lap times, Ma son Wha rto n crashed
out o f the lea d in both m ot es. but h e still
managed to fi n ish seco nd o n a 3-2 tally . In
thi rd was the Polini -m ounted Zachary Berry m an (2 -3) . XRSO-mount ed Tyler Webb (S-4)
cl aim ed fo urth. and finis hi ng fifth was Sierra
Shirley (7 -S) .
In th e O ld-Timers Novice class, former
Californian Michael Dent on sc o red a hard fought fi rst- place fini sh w ith I - I efforts. He
was fo llo wed by Mi ke An derson (3 -2 ) in sec ond and a di sappointed Bill Nash (2 -DNF) .
who was third ove rall afte r m echanical p roblem s set him back .
Pro Caliber/Phatrix/ lnsane Terrain 's Al ec
Watts overcame tough co m petit io n to take th e
win in the Sup ermini cla ss with a 2 -1 sco re.
Chad Smith ( I -2 ) had to settle fo r second .
and th ird went to Larry Haw s (3 -3) . In fourth
and fifth . resp ectively. we re Cody Williams
(4-4) and Chri s Kolde (6 -S) .
Results
50 (4·6 ): I. Wyatt AgUirre (KTM ); 2. Shade n Nugent (KTM) ; 3.
Cody Smiltl (KTM); 4. Ryder Wait.. (KTM); 5. Ward Wills (Yam).
50 (7-8 ): I. Collin Scoll (KTM ); 2. M a ~on Whart on (Pol): 3
Zachary Berry m.m ( Pol ): 4 . Ty ler Webb (Ho n) : 5. Sierra Sh irle-y
(KTM).
60 (6· 8): I. Mattht'w Bisceqhe (SUl); 2. Coopt', Garza (KTM): )
Tyler W..bb (KTM): 4 , Aaron Mornng /Kaw l : 5. Austin Bender (Hon).
60 (9· 11): I . Mike Pontious (KTM); 2. Mil ct'lf'lI Molzahn (KTM);
3. Tr~ Billu ps (Ka w): 4, Je~mlt1h Pickup (Ka w): 5. Janm Walter
(Hon).
60 OPEN: I. !'Iik .. Ponli ous (KTM) : 2. Mitchell ft'tolzahn (KTM) : 3.
Cooper Garza ( KTM) ; 4 Trevor BiJlup~ (Kaw); 5. Jerem iah Pickup
(Kaw) .
80 BEG: I. Lucas Medina (Hon) : 2. Erik Momng (Yam); 3. Ch~
Koide fYllm l: 4. Jeflrt')' Pritchard (Honl : 5. Fred Dt-g rlI (Suzl: 5. Kyle Caner (Suz) .
125 J R: I. Brandon Pilot IYdml: 2. Tyler Heuberqer (Hon l; J.
Jason lytle (Hon l: 4 Drew ~ny ( Yam); 5. Seae EkI!'fSOll (Yam ).
125INT. 1. Anthony CelTUtJ (Yam ); 2. Scotty Bloom (Sul).
125 PRO: 1. JalTlf'!l H.a
m,lton tHon): 2. Tim Holas (Yam l
2.50 BEG: 1. Rodney Clay (Hon) : 2. Jon BI.,ke (Honl: J Erik
Bender (Hon); 4 . Jeremy Brown (Suz); 5. Alex Fleck (Sul l.
250 JR: I. Kip Temp leton (Honl : 2. Kyle Hewlffi: (Honl; 3 . Brlln don Pilot (Yam ): 4 Jo n Sh .. mfs (Sul ); 5 . Tom Torrt"'Idosl (Hon).
250 INT: I. Daniel Hamill on (Sw).
250 PRO: 1. Don BiKeglia (Hon) : 2. Tim Holas (Yaml.
OPEN AM: 1. Just in Wharton ( Yam ); 2. Tom T~l (Hon) .
WMN: 1. Cig l Gikrl"lISf' (Hon ): 2. Katie Wharton (GG ); 3. Lad
Cllrdelli (Yam ).
BTH: I. Scotty Bloom (SUl): 2. Ja'>OO Gil c~ase (Hon); 3. Kyle
Hehr (Kaw ); 4. Tyler Heuberger (Hon): 5 . Bntt Davi5 ( Yam ).
UTH A!'l : 1. Rodney Clay (Hon ).
UTH EX: I. Boon Pllrk..r (Hon).
OTH BEG: I. Richdrd Gill um (KTM) : 2. Tom Brezo (Hbg); 3
[knms Child (Han ): 4 . Chdd Allison (Ydm ); 5. Norben l ewis (Yam) .
OTH J R: 1. Just in Brown (SUl ): 2. Michael Ekerson (Hon) ; 3.
Dllry l H.l.. . . kins (Yam) : 4 , MlJrk Hector (KTM).
OT H INT: I. John Ftw'C
kler (SUl) ; 2. Ti m M~i!lsner (Hon) : 3 , Ben
Park er (Hon): 4. Dav," Sc:-hmid (Yam ): 5. Darby Hl!"'Ck (Hon ).
OfT NOV; I . Michael ()Pnton (KTM): 2. ,"\i ke Ande rson (Hon) : 3
Bill N"sh (KTM).
OIT AM: I . Kirk Giggers (Hon): 2. Jf' ff UII..bo (Hon) : J . Rod Mar·
shall (Hon) : 4. Forrest Lytle (Yam ): 5. Keith Wy ff..ls (Yam) .
Orr EX: I. T~ Holl (Yam) : 2. Da....e Eak in (Hon) : 3. R~rt
Reisinger (Yam) ; 4. Mark Hector (KTM) : 5. Mark Spoon er (Hon ).
Costa Mesa Speedway
Brant Wins
the Hard Way
B y ELAINE J ONES
COSTA MESA. CA , SEPT. 13
Scotty Bra nt ca me from th e last -chance quali fi er to wi n the Scratc h m ain event at Co sta
Mesa S peedway . Meanwhile . Shaun Har m at iu k pu lled off a hat trick , as he won h is
th ird Hand ica p main eve nt in as m an y weeks.
In the fir st Scra tch semi, Gary Hick s ca m e
off the po le and led fro m start to finish. Du k ie
Ermolen ko, aboa rd a new bi ke . w as a so lid
second. Bo t h w o u ld adva nce to th e ma in ,
wh il e Mi k e Fa ria and Br ant wo uld have one
more shot in the LCQ.
Sha wn M cConn ell is one of the best low lin e ride rs aro und, which he pr oved in th e second sem i by co mi ng from the po le and tak ing
the win w ith a solid ride. Bobb y Schwa rtz. wh o
can r ide any li ne, was second , and he, too ,
would move to the main. Andy Northrup and
Ed Castro wo uld m ov e to the LCQ.
Northrup had th e po le fo r the LCQ . w ith
Castro in two and Fa ria and Brant in th ree and
fo ur. Northrup got the ga te, with Faria and
Brant getting out second and th ird . Faria wa s
out in the d irt; Br ant wen t down low and got
by on the insid e to take over second. On th e
final lap. Brant got underneath Northrup as
th ey hit tum two and reall y m oved him out.
The win was his. and he would advan ce to th e
main.
In th e Scratch mai n, Hicks wa s o n th e
pol e . with Ermolenko in tw o , Schwartz i n
th ree, and Brant and M cConnell in four and
fi v e. Brant went out hard. and nobod y wa s
go ing to catc h him once he got cl ear of the
field. which had pretty much happened by the
time they got through two. Hicks was runn ing
seco nd . and the pressure was on him to see if
he could hold off th e rest of th e field . Ev ery one had pretty much figu red o ut the line of the
night was down on the pol e, and once a rid er
was the re, it was very hard to move him off.
Th ey fre ight-tra ined around, trying to k eep
Br an t i n si g h t. Ermolenko was third , and
McCo nnell and Schwartz rou nded ou t the fie ld.
Th e Handicap Main had Dan ny Perkins
and J ustin Boyle on th e 20 , Harmatiuk alon e
on the 3 0 . McConne ll and Northrup shari ng
the 40. and Brant. Fa ria and Castro on the SO.
On the fi rst attempt , the red flag came o ut on
the first lap when both Bra nt and Fa ria went
into the wa ll. Afte r a bod y inventory an d wit h
some new equipme nt, they lined up agai n .
This time they almost got an other lap in th e
books before the red nag new . thi s time du e to
Perkins and Boyle . The thi rd tim e wa s the
charm ; the sing le- fil e restart had Harmatiuk in
the lead positi on , and tha t was all he needed.
He led all six of the remainin g lap s. Northrup
held off Brant for seco nd , and they were fol lowed by McCon nell. Castro. Boy le and Faria .
Costa Mesa Speedway: Scotty " The
Dom inato r" Bra nt won the Scra tc h ma in
event in Costa Mesa, Californ ia , but he
di d it the har d wa y - by first wi nning the
last -ehance quali fier .
m oun t ed . fini shed in th e runn er -up sp o t.
Kawa sak i j ock ey Richi e Gib son had a good
seco nd mota to ca ptu re third overall.
In th e Unlimited Amateur co ntest. Bobby
Sc ogin was ba ck on his 4S0cc Honda, and
based on his performance, his ba ck is feeling
bette r ; he had two m ota win s to prove it.
Suzuki rider Bradley Richard was runner-up ,
with Yam aha rider Travis Dean rounding out
the top three with a strong second moto.
When almost 200 r id er s can rac e t wo
motos and the paramedics stay id le, that race
can be called a winn er. The spectators were
pum ped and enjoyed the sho w.
Re sults
SC R: I . Scott Bren t (OM); 2. Guy HIc ks (J a w) : 3 Du kit!'
Ennol e nko (J a w): 4. Sha wn McCoo nfO lI (OM): 5. Bobb y Sc hwllru
(J clwl.
HOCP: I. Sha wn Hafl1llllJuk (Jetw): 2 . And y Northru p (J a w): 3
Scon Brant (GM ): 4. Shawn McC
onnell (GMJ; 5. Ed CaslrO(GM
).
SUP: I . Ste ve Murray (J t1w): 2. Rick V., lde'z (Jaw): 3. Ro~rt
Fin kor(J a w): 4 , John Stunkllrd (J a w); 5 . Rich Brock (J lI W).
SUP B: I. Troy Mc Conne ll (GM) : 2. Mike McCarth y (Jaw) ; 3.
MontI' ft\cKf'OO (JlI W); 4. Jim Lavender (J aw); 5. ( illri G41 (J a w)
0fy
Bremen Race Park
Smith, Bunker
Gun 'em Down
Re sult s
50 SHAFT: I. Bradrn Bunker (Vam) ; 2. Cohon Ford (Yam); 3.
Brey Shaw (Yam ); 4 . Payton Morgan (Yam): 5. Ju ly Turn er (Yam ).
50 HON/K TM QIL·lf'l J : I. Jimmy Hawkins (Hon) ; 2. Donavan
Simmons (KTM).
50 (4· 6) : I. Alec Rigg ilu (KTM) ; 2. Brady M1n.... d (KTM) ; 3.
n
Thoma s Knott (Pol); 4. Caleb Sullivan (Hut); 5. Bailey Croom (KTM).
50 (7· 8): I. Timoth y Thorn (KTM); 2. Austin Elder (KTM); 3.
Colton Ford (KTM) : 4, Jimmy Ha......kins (KTM); 5. Brantley Mu'9rave
(KTM).
50 OPEN: I. Timot hy Thom (KTM); 2. Austin Eider (KTM); 3.
Colton Ford (KT M) ; 4 Brlln lley Mu ~ rtl v l!'! (KTM ); 5. Kyle Hurston
(KTM)
65 (7·9) : I. Byron Dillard (Sw) : 2. Austin Walls (KTM) : 3. Corey
Davis (Kaw ); 4. Austin Elder (KTM): 5. Timoth y Tho rn (KTM).
65 (10· 11): I . Dillon McGullitln (KllW 2. Jakt' Bradford (Kaw);
):
3. Matthew Buckner.
PRETEEN 60-80: 1. Taylor Smith (Hon ): 2. Nic Kimsey (KTM);
3. Tyler Tramm ell (KTM): 4, Caffilkn Frame (Kaw) ; 5. Byron Dillard
B y F AT B ILLY
BREMEN. GA . SEPT. 13
Slightly cooler weat her greeted the racers this
weeken d . but the raci ng wa s still red -hot. As
usua l, th e track was prepped to the max and
rea dy for the Satu rday nigh t contest. Sig nup
lines were lo ng . bu t w hen th e prog ram got
unde r way . everyone was glued to the fence.
The first race of th e evening was one of th e
best. Th e gate dr opped for th e SOcc Shaft
cl ass, and the battle was on . Braden Bu nk er .
on his A tlanta A uto Brokers Yama ha. won th e
fir st mota , and his main rival. Colton Ford.
pl aced fifth. Th e second moto w as won by
Ford, but Bunker was a sol id second, sec uring
the ove rall win . Brey Shaw 's consistency was
good for th e th ird podium po sition . Bunker
was pumped up after hi s first overall win .
Th e 50cc Open cl ass wasted no time at
the gate drop, and KTM rider Timothy Thom
took the overall win . Aus tin Eld er won the sec o nd m oto, but his first -m ot a third kept him in
th e runner -up spo t overa ll . Colton Fo rd w as
the third -place fin isher ove rall in the all -KT M
cla ss.
Fi rst-time overall winn ers were the talk of
the eveni ng. Taylor Sm ith used his LSD-tuned
RHS Racing Honda ma chine to win two over alls . In th e 8Scc (7 - I I ) cla ss. Smith too k the
ove rall. with Cha s Gib son . on hi s Gib son Rac ing Kawasa k i. finishing second by sq ueaking
o ut a win in the second m o ta. Suz uki pi lot
Michael Agan wa s steady for the final pod ium
position . Th e Preteen 60 ·80cc class suffered
from "Smith overload, " as he took tw o run away mota wins. Nic Kimsey fought a good
fig ht for second o verall on his KTM . but T y ler
T ramm ell . also KTM -m ounted . ke pt Kim sey
hon est wi th a solid th ird .
The 80 cc Beg inner cl ass was o ne of th e
biggest ga tes of the eve ni ng . Kaw asak i jockey
Sco tt Nov ak was lock ed in a battl e w ith Honda
rid er Lo ck lin Bray. Novak's seco nd -mo ta win
sea le d the deal for the o ve ra ll win. Yam aha
r i d er Co d y G en t ry wa s stea dy w ith thi rd
ove rall.
Th e olher big gest cl ass of th e night was
the 125 cc Beg inn er di v ision. KTM -m o unted
S tev e Hunt won both moto s i n sty le . w ith
Ka wasa k i rider Al ec Bryant second . Douglas
Bail ey . in his fi rst 12Scc rid e, rode his KTM in
for the last pod ium spot.
The You th di visio n wa s the pr op ert y of
Ho nda p ilot Cla y ton Hen derson , ret urni n g
aft er a knee inj ury. Tr avi s Laird, also Honda -
(Sw l.
80 BEG: I. Sco tt Novak (Kaw): 2. Lock lin Bray (Hon) : 3. Cody
Gentry (Yam) ; 4. Blake B~w~r (Yam): 5 . Brian Rheon (Hon ).
85 (7· 11): I. Tayl or Sm ith (Hon ); 2. Chas Gibson (Ka w); 3.
Michael Agan (Suz): 4. Andr_ R~ ( Yam ).
80 ( 12· 15): 1. Cash Bamhan (KIl w); 2. Brett Barrow ( Yam ): 3.
Michael Bomer (Suz) : 4. Dy illn Riels (Suz ); 5 . Kyle tvey (Han).
StMlNI 80·10 5: I. ~ Petit (Suz): 2. Micha el Bonner (Suzl: 3.
Dy lan Rios (Stu); 4. Da~l Fnck S (Hon): 5. Brett Barrow (Yam)
UIL NIt : 1. Bobby Scogin tHorl ); 2. Bradiey Richard (Suz): 3.
Tra vis Dean ( Yam): 4 . MIlson Sealock {Kawl.
125 BEG: 1. Steve Hunt (KTM); 2. Alec Bryll nt (Ka wl : 3 . Dougla~ Bailey (KTM): 4. G~ Peterson (Yam); 5. Austll\ ~ (Hon).
125A: I. Dash Lyle ttbl): 2. D.C. ThomMon (KTM ).
125 B: I. Br-ad RICh (Suz).
ley
ard
125 C: 1. Clayton Hendenon (Hon ): 2. ~rern y Ukeo~ (Yam) ; 3.
Bobby Scogin (Hon l; 4, TravISLaird (Hon) : 5. Chris ClI stle (Hon).
250 BEG: 1. Nathan Dover (Kaw) : 2. Jeff Dowda (Hon): 3. Kyle
Cutl (Hon ); 4. Jason Tubbs (Hon); 5. Brllndon Bryllnl (Sul) .
250 A: I. Dash Lyle (Han ); 2. D.C. Thomason (KTM).
250 B: I. Mason Sealock (Kaw).
250 C: 1. Bobby ScogUl (Hon): 2. Brandon Anderson (Yll m ): 3.
Josh ChIlndler (Hon); 4 . WiUiam PlrM!' (Sul); 5 . R055 Go5Se'l1 (Kaw).
ITH: 1. Clayto n Henderson (Hon): 2. Trllv i ~ Laird (Hen }; 3.
Rich ie Gi bson (Kaw): 4 Kenny HIck s ( Kaw) : 5. Do ug las Bail ey
(KTM).
25. : I . Greg F'f"terson (Yam) .
30 +: 1. Gooch Cougar (Hon): 2. Michael Henderson tHon l ; 3.
Bill y Atk inson (Hon): 4 . Russ Castle (Hon).
35+: 1. Michael Hend..rson (Hon): 2. Stanley Dowdd ( Hon) : 3.
Joseph Wright (Yllm) ; 4. Billy Alk inson (Han): 5. Brylln Traylor (Hon).
Superstition OHV Ar ea
Belew
Blew 'em Away!
B y R OBIN D AVIS
EL CENT RO. CA . SEPT. 13
Dewey Belew blew away the co m peti tion and
dom inat ed the field as he too k th e ove rall win
and first Vet E xpert in th e AM A Distr ict 38
Sidew ind ers Mot orspo rts N ight Hare 'n ' Hound
at the Superstiti on O HV A rea nea r EI Centro.
Call fo m le . on September 13.
Be l ew got th e j u m p a n d b eat Lo ren
B re m en Race Park: Tayl or Smith logs some frequ ent-flyer miles dur in g Moto-Madness
act ion in Bre men , Georgia.
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