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Harvey Soule (7 6~) leads Honey Lake
M oto c ross Pari< 's awesome track
announc er, Bob "M ot om outh " Kavakis
(1 6 3 ), who got In the s pirit of t h in g s by
j o inin g in the Fa st 50s event.
hour - long marath on , and ea ch had
th e int ent i on o f wa lking away as
c h a m p i o ns o f th e day. At the las t
trade-off, Mike Northrop gav e a l ast
victorious yell and too k off t o c o rn pl et e hi s la st and w in ni ng lap , fol low ed closely, agai n, by Burlew and
B itz. Th e w in wen t t o t he "d re a m
tea m," f o ll ow ed b y Sou le and B it z,
w ith T iearn ey , Portue and Burl ew ta k ing the th ir d spot.
Matt Kn ese k , sponso red b y Bad seed Clothing , John Bur r Ra c in g ,
Globe and Uni Filter, headed up the
freestyl e demo to entertain the fam i l i e s o ut for a fu n wee kend . Adam
Jones, Luke O 'Brien and a handful of
loc a l N evada FM Xers were o n hand
t o de mons t ra te why so mu ch ta le nt
evo lves fro m north ern Ne vada.
Oth er high li ghts o f t h e w eeken d
w ere th e Fast 5 0 s races . Th is class
has ne v er been run at Hon ey Lake ,
and th e Pee Wee tr ack turned out t o
be perfect t err ain for some "s erious "
and fast 50cc pilots. In th e l8-yearsand -o lder c l ass, Ke nny Lash , Greg
K ing, Trav is Hamm , Harv ey Sou le
and - in keeping with th e element of
fun - Bob " M o t o m o u t h " Kavak i s
entered th e co nte st in an attempt to
ke ep th e l ig h t he a r ted atmosph ere
going . Aboa rd his J er em y McGrath /
Bud Light-back ed bik e, Hamm easily
took the hol esh ot and found himself
seconds ahead of Lash , who was fo llo wed by Cars on Cit y , N ev ada 's K ing .
As Kav ak is cam e aro und on lap tw o ,
leadin g by at lea st 10 seconds , one
was led to wonder whether he had
g ain ed amazing speed or if he had
found an a lternate , shorter course!
K a v a ki s an d Las h spent the entire
m oto head to head in a battle that left
at least one of them face down in the
d i rt. H am m c he cked ou t early an d
us ed Kav ak is' antics of ke epi ng Lash
at bay to his adva nt age an d took the
w in , offic i ally - eve n tho ugh Moto ·
m o ut h ca me across t he fi ni sh lin e
way ahea d o f anyone else ( perhaps
too far ahead .. .).
Su nday morning ro lled around ,
and afte r a beautiful prayer and po em
from No rm a J ean J ean t o r em i n d
eve r yo ne w hy th ey w er e t he re, t h e
firs t 2 50cc Pro rac e took to the lin e.
J eff Northrop , Tiearne y , T omm y
J ean , Robert Beaupre, Ryan McElfi sh,
Tony Evans and J im Bryant were all
set on tak ing home th e tow er in g
" fl o at in g " t r o ph y , whi ch spe n ds a
ye ar with the victor of the 2 50cc Pro
class . Evans can easil y be co mmend ed as th e k ing of ho le sh ots for t h e
day , as hi s speed was almost unholy
up the straightaway in his p ur suit of
the w in. Fo ll o wi ng closel y wer e the
Kawasak i-mounted Jeff Northrop and
Suz uki jockey T iearney ; Ev an s held
th e two o f th em off until Tiea rne y
fina lly m ade his m ove into fir st , and
then Northrop followed sui t , and th e
tw o quickly left Evans with third and
Tommy a cl ose fo urth. Tiearney had
the lead , but j ust ba rely , as Jeff was
wildly lo oking for an opening .
T iearn ey was still out fron t on th e
thi rd l ap . J ef f w as seconds beh ind ,
a n d h e attempted a p ass af ter th e
d oubl e -jum p sect io n, but Ti earn ey
wa s slig htly fast er c om ing o ut of th e
j um ps, and he ma intained his l ead.
J eff's second attempt was more suc c essful, as he chose to go high and
wide on a berm and m ad e it out just
ahead of Ti earn ey. Northrop heaved
hi s bike forw ard and was now being
c ha se d for th e first-pl ac e position .
T he riders were so close tog eth er that
it w as almost difficu lt to d et erm in e
w he re th e K awasak i ende d and th e
Suzu ki sta rt ed .
As Jeff came around f or h is l as t
l a p , Tiearney wasn't making th ings
easy for him, and as the two rounded
Clubhouse Corner , Jeff almost lost
his fr ont pos iti on when T iearney
attempted t o pass him on the inside,
but J eff managed to close the gap
befo re Tiearney co ul d get thro ugh.
The two continued to battl e it o ut
for th e rema inder of the moto. T h e
w in wen t to Jeff Northrop , with a very
cl o se T i e a rn ey i n se c on d . Tomm y
J ean , Bry ant and Evans rounded ou t
th e to p fi ve.
Hone, Lake Motocross Pl rk
Milford , Californ ia
Results: October 4-5 , Z003
60 B EG: 1. A m and a Bohl (Pol) ; 2 . J oey Mott
(Ka w) ; 3. Patrick Brown (KTM ).
60 JR : 1. Garrett Baxte r (Kaw) ; 2. Brian Sjogren
(KTM); 3. Rick y Goddard (Suz); 4. Zach Spano.
80 BEG : 1. Br i an Sjog ren (Y am ) ; 2 . Rand y
B roo k s ( Ya m) ; 3 . J a me s Fu g a n ( Hon) ; 4 . Ia n
J eff went 1-1 a nd T iea rney 2 -2,
an d this sec ure d th e overall fo r J eff
as w ell as m a k in g h im th e pro u d
owner of the hug e flo at ing tro ph y.
The last it em on the age nda for th e
w e ekend was t h e Da sh Fo r Cas h.
W ith $600 f o r fi rs t p la c e , $ 300 for
second and $ 100 fo r thi rd , the purse
drew a lo t of big b ik es to the sta rt.
Luke Pour chot, Bitz, Soule, McElfish ,
T ommy Je an , Je f f N orth rop and
T i earney we re a mong the eage r
group going fo r the wi n . All the riders
had to do was one lap - but one lap
a r o u nd Ho n ey L ak e g i v e s a w hole
ne w m eaning to "j ust on e lap "!
Th e gate dropped, and nearly 2 0
rid er s blasted off the start. Ti earney
wanted th e win m ore th an any othe r
rid er, and by the lo ok of th ings · he
had more than a five-s econd lead on
th e pa ck · that w in wa s h is. T iearn ey
took t he t op h on ors , w ith J eff a nd
Mc Elfish close behind in second and
th ird, resp ect ive ly .
Th e w eek end w a s dedi ca ted to
honoring and celebra ti ng a very spe c ial person who lived to rid e, and his
deat h was a l oss n o t only to his
friends and fam il y but to m ore people
than anyone c a n beg in t o imagin e.
Freddy was a v er y famil y -or iented
person , and as thi s ev ent cont inues
yea r after ye a r , there is a strong
em phasis on families and th eir active
inv olve ment i n motoc ross and the
spo rt as a w hole . Th is i s a ti me to
ce le bra te a uniqu e indi vi d ual as we ll
as y our fam ily by do in g so met h ing
yo u a ll lo ve. Th os e at H on ey Lake
could n't have been happi er wi t h th e
suc cess of th e day and feel priv il eged
to have host ed this param ount eve nt.
" ... You stop and th ink t o real iz e
that he is not gone. He is more her e
th an eve r. Ma ybe not in sight, but for
sure in eac h and eve ryo ne 's h eart
and m ind. That is something no one
ca n eve r t ake away ." - Norm a J ean
Jean
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Ha rriso n (Ka w); 5 . Zach Spano .
80 JR : 1. Chr is Wear (Suz ); 2. Matt Hazel (Yam);
3 . Bra ndo n B axter; 4 . J arro d Spa no ; 5 . T ravi s Pitt
(S uz) .
8 0 INT: I . Ty ler York (S uz) ; 2 . M ik e Sy lvestri
(Hon): 3 . Dak ot a May (Yam); 4 . J osh Morros (Kew) .
S /P/W : I. Brian Sjogren; 2 . Tu cke r Le rrleu : 3 .
Garrett Brough ton; 4 . Jacob Pruett.
S /M. I N I : L Josh u a M o rr o s (Ka w); 2 . M i ke
Sylvestri (Ha n); 3 . Dakot a May ( Yam ): 4 . Br and on
Ba xte r (Yam ); 5 . Ad am Co nwa y (Yam).
12 5 B EG: 1. J ak e Pou rch ot (Hen]: 2 . B randon
Lotz ( K a w); 3 . C h ris Hawk s ( Ya m ); 4. J orda n
McD ermot (Yam): 5. Du stin Gregg .
125 JR : I. Kyle Pott er (Yam) ; 2 . Sco tt Polan; 3 .
Ry an H azen (Ho n ); 4 . J ohn Lee (Ya m) ; 5 . N ic k
Frank lin.
125 I N T : 1. J .L. B it z (S uz ) ; 2 . Zac Peeble s
(Yam ); 3. Ju st in Soule (Kaw) ; 4. Nate Vanderma de
(Yam ); 5 . N ic Vande rma de (Yam) .
12 5 PRO : 1. T omm y Jean (S uz) ; 2 . M ike
No rt hrop (Yam) .
250 BEG : 1. E r i k Yo he y ( Ya m); 2 . J on
Bea umo nt (Hon); 3 . J on Belsher (Han) ; 4 . Lu ke Lane
( Ka w).
2 5 0 J R: 1. K .C . D ean e ( Yam): 2. E ri c k Deliz
(H a n ); 3 . Ly l e And er son (Y am ) ; 4 . Ch ad Ma rt in
(KTM ); 5. Dan Steele (Han).
250 I N T : 1. Aaron H ar v e y ( Yam ) ; 2 . Dav id
Mowery (Hon) ; 3 . Matt Hinkel (Yam) ; 4 . Lu ke O'Brien
(Suz): 5. Dyl an Mur dock (KTM ).
25 0 PRO : 1. J eff No rt h rop (K aw ): 2 . Nathan
Ti eamey (Suz); 3 . Tommy J ean (Suz); 4. Ji m B ryant
(Han); 5 . T on y Eva ns (Han).
WMN : I. Norma J ean J ean ( Yam ): 2 . Chrys t al
Ponsock (Yam) ; 3 . Sabri na Wosick (Hon) ; 4 . Nic ole
Hazen (Kaw).
25 .. JR: 1. Dan St eele (Ho n) ; 2 . Fred Moreno
(Yam ); 3 . T ony Fagun des ; 4 . Ky le Wyant (Yam ).
30 . B EG: 1. A dria n W eb st er ( Ho n) ; 2 . Tom
Cha tt in: 3 . Scott Garrett (Yam) ; 4 . Barr y Thi es sen
(Hon); 5 . Don Bri nta (Yam) .
30. J R: 1. Dan Steele; 2 . Erik Mo reno (Yam ); 3 .
T on y Baugh .
3 0 . INT : 1. Ry an Ha rtm a n ( S uz ); 2 . T o n y
F ag u nd es (C an) ; 3 . E r ic Coo k ( Yam); 4 . Ma rvi n
Sm all (Yam ).
30 .. EX : 1. Chris Ponsac k (Suz) .
38 + PRO : 1. Darryl Haney (Su z) .
OP EN SUP: I . J.L. Bitz (Suz) ; 2. Zec Peebles: 3.
J ustin Soul e (Suz); 4. Dy lan Murdoc k (KT M); 5 . Lyle
Anderson (Yam).
4 0 . JR : 1. Curt is Belsher (KTM ); 2 . Dan Steele
(Han) ; 3 . J im Deane (Yam); 4 . Wayne Weaver (Han);
5 . Don Pond ano (Kaw).
40 . I N T : 1. Ra nd y J enn in gs ( Ho n) : 2 . M ik e
Mie ra s (KTM ) ; 3 . De nn is B ic k ell ( Ho n) ; 4 . M ar k
Smi th (KTM); 5 . Dave Keil (Yam) .
40. EX: 1. E