LCMC Desert Scra mble s
While age and expe rience worke d well for
th e o ve rall A m ateur win . youth and exube rance prevai led in the Novices . Fi rst -yea r race r
Berend Lakem an was ru nning th ir d Novice
ove rall off the bo mb but m anaged to pick off
the other two riders in front of hi m before he
cam e into th e pits . The 14 -year-old Lakeman
pi loted h i s GS3 /Mom -backed KTM t o fi rst
overall Novic e , alon g with the win in th e
0 -200cc Novice class . Eric Fa ught was the
second Novice to fi nish overall and took top
honors in the Fou r-Str o ke Novice divi sio n .
aboa rd his Yamaha.
125cc's Enough for
Stormin' Norman!
By
KAND Y T HO RNTON
RED MOUNTAIN . CA . SEPT . 21
On a racecourse that definitely favored bigger bore bikes , Kenda ll No rman became one of
the few riders to overall an AMA D ist ri ct 3 7
desert race on a 125cc bike. At round 13 of
t he A M A D istrict 37 D ese rt Cha m p io ns h ip
Serie s. Norman had a g reat one -kick start off
th e bomb o n his GS3 /S m ith/66 1 Ho nda bu t
fo un d h im self runni ng eig ht h , behi nd ma ny
larg er bikes. He started pi cki ng off ot her rid ers, but he co uld n' t get pas t Mike Childress.
on the K X500 .
"I caught Child ress on the first loo p. but it
w as to o du st y . and I cou ld n' t get by h im ,"
re co u nt ed Norman . "A ft er t he p its . I tr ied
so me differ en t lin es and w as a b le to pa ss
him ."
No rm an ro d e sm oo t h l y afte r t hat and
cl aim ed to p honors in the 200cc Ex pert clas s.
alo ng w ith th e overall win .
Er ic Sed o r t ho ug ht h e' d be sitti ng thi s
round o ut wi th a bro ken bike , but his frie nd
A nna J o Sega le stepped up and offe red her
YZ250 so Sedo r co u ld stay in the hu nt for a
top num ber p late in the Vet 250cc Ex pert d iv ision . Segale' s Yama ha proved to be a qoo d luc k c harm for Sedor.
"I had a reall y good sta rt but crashed har d
in a whoo ps sec t io n ; I was able to get right
back on it. thoug h: said Sedo r. "I reall y liked
th is co urse, an d I wan t to tha nk A nna for letti ng m e borrow her bike."
Sedor finished first in th e Vet 250cc d iv isio n, wh ile William " Lyn" Ken t and Dave Oli vas finished second and th ird . respectively .
Th irty -six -year-o ld Greg M cGrath ru ns with
the yo ung g uns in th e Four-Str o ke Amateur
d ivision. and on th is Sunda y. age and expe rience trium phed . McGrath led the A ma teu r line
fro m the hole shot off the bo m b to the fin ish on
a bra nd -spa nk ing-new KTM 52 5 .
"I got th e ho leshot off th e bomb and kept
th e hammer do wn," said McGr ath . '" swapped
pl ac es o f c o u p l e of ti m es w ith 234x o n a
YZ250 [J eff Stei ner] bu t wa s able to get the
lead back on a bik e th at has less th an three
ho urs on it! "
Stei ner fin ish ed seco nd Ama te ur o ve rall
and first in the 250c c Am ateur cl ass .
A no ther KTM jockey, Mike Hast ings, ran
awa y with t he win in th e Se n io r (Ove r 4 0 )
2 50cc Amateur cla ss.
" I wen t left off th e bomb and so me ho w
found myself in no dust." stated Hast ings. "I
tri ed to ju st ride smooth. After the pi ts, I got a
second w ind and j ust went for it. "
The Sen ior (O ver 40 ) Op en A m ateu r win
went to Matt Shook. on his XR650.
Re sults
a lA: I. K~ nd~ 1I No rma n (Hon): 2. Chris. Blais. (HOI'll : 3 . Paul
($w ): ~. Paul Shafer (K.Ilw )
O PEN EX: 1. l ack Dods on (Kaw) : 2. Mike Baskin (KTM) : 3.
,"\ikl" Childres.s (Ka ..... ): 4. Jot.y Blentoo (Han) : 5. Lee Bunting (Ka ..... )
25 0 EX: J. Luk e Dodso n (Suz); 2. Elmer Sy mo ns ( KTM): 3
Nichol as Bl.llis (Hon ); 4. Matt Eddy (Y
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VET OPENAM: 1. Odrrin Peterson (Han ): 2. D.slt' McC~ (Han):
3. M.ik~ Frencn (KTM ); 4. Paul Buc k les (Kaw l : 5. .kff Tra ... r (Yam ).
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VET 250 AM; J. D4n Olson (y .Ilm ): 2. Chris Esparza (K.Ilw) ; 3.
Richard Chandl~r (Yam) ; 4 Kevin Bentley (Hon ); 5. Frank Wacht~r
(Yam ).
SR OPEN AM: I. Matt Shook (Hon): 2. M.i k~ Kimb.llll (Hon) : 3 .
MoIlnuel Ac~ ... s (KTM) ; 4. Will Lighth~art (KTM) ; 5. Gilbert A!'hdo wn
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(KTM).
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SR 250 AM: I. Mjk~ Ha!iotings (KTM) : 2. Dean Manuel (Y.Il ) : 3
Rob Kr.llft (Yam ): 4. Paurveutrem (Yam ); 5. J ohn Kerrigan (KTM) .
MAG OPEN AM: J. us Willis (Yam ): 2 . Dennis Lytle (Hon)
MAG 2 50 AJol.: I . Roger Van Matte (K aw); 2. Tom Purdy (Yam) .
OPEN NOV: I . Chris Mahon ey (Yam ); 2. Colbu rn Ingl ~ (Han)
250 NOV; I. Craig Hatfi~ ld (Han); 2. Jeffrey Do (Y.Ilm ); 3. Brien
Benton (Han ); 4. Bnen Beaumon t (Yam) : 5. Jason Sh.lltwell (Yam ).
4·STRK NO V; 1. Eric F.Ilught (Yam) : 2. Sco tt Lyn ch (Han): 3.
Ryen Sl~nde ll (Y.Il ): 4. Adam McCamm ish (Yam): 5. Jon Jo hnsen
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(KTM) .
0·20 0 NO V: I. Berend Lake man (KTM): 2. Malt Sears (Kaw): J
Je ff Bun tin g (Kaw) : 4. Randy Lesovsk y (KTM): 5. Kevin Sweet (K.Il ).
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MINI NOV: I. T revor Watson (Kaw).
WMN NOV: 1. Kim Lynch (Han): 2. Sabrina Whit~; 3. Mic h~lIe
Klinger (Hon): 4. .Jeneu e Player (Kaw) .
VET O PEN NOV : I. Ch ris Shea (Han); 2. An dr ew Mc D.Iln iel
(Y.Ilm); 3. Frank Rodr iguez (Kaw): 4. Tim Morgan (Kaw).
VET 250 NOV : I. Ke ith Mitch e ll ( Yam): 2 . Rich a rd Wa g n~r
(Yam ): 3. T im Ale~ ande r (Ha n): 4. Phil Dunn (Kaw ); 5. A ntho ny Delm.llge (Han ).
SR OPEN NOV: I. Mart y Barker (Kaw): 2. Paul Cates (KTM) : 3.
J im Smeta na (Yam ); 4. Ken Greenfield (Kaw); 5. Alan H~MI~y (Y.Il ) .
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SR 250 NOV: J. Ste... Rinker J r. (Han ): 2. Marc Wam~r (Y.Ilm );
3. K~n Ridgf"lll.llY (K.Ilw ); 4 , W~ndell Smith (Y.Il ): 5. .kffr~ y H~i n~
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(Ha n).
MA G OPE N NO V: 1. Tom Vo tav a ( Yam ): 2. T erry Cal d well
(KTM): 3. Wayne Mit che ll (Hon ); 4. Steve Huntzinger (KTM); 5. Eric
Arrrmrong (KTM).
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MAG 250 NOV : I. Doug MdcPhe rson (Yam ): 2. Ronald Keny on
(KTM); 3. Mi ke Murra y (Yam ): 4. Mik~ Devis (KTM).
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OPEN BEG: I. Chns Leishffiw.
SR 40 . 0 : I. Joh n J.Ilcobs: 2. Gr~ Doyle : 3. Richa rd Mi lr5 : 4
and co ng ratul ate the racer s on thei r accom plis hm ents. Also lendi ng a ha nd in the packed
hou se we re reps fro m series spon sor s Gear
Head and CK MotoX raci ng .
First up on the number -one- plate roll call
were the litt le guys. Ba il ey M il am brought
home th e plate in the 50cc division by winning
th e 50cc (4 -6 ) clas s on his Kem Co un ty KTM
of Ba kersfl eld/ Bre nt os Cycl e/ Mom and Dad backed KTM . Jonah Hill was not on hand . but
he nevertheless earned his pla te in th e 65 cc
division by taking th e 65 cc (0 -8 ) cla ss on his
K awa saki K X6 5 . Ric ha rd Sterl ing took h i s
PVK /P r o -Te c /Spy /Pro-G i p /661 - back ed
K awas aki KX to a number -on e plate in the
ho tly contested 85 cc division by tak ing th e
win the C cla ss by a me re two po ints.
N e xt up were t he bi g . b i ke s . In t h e
12 5cc divisio n . K en da ll Norm an p ick ed up
the number-on e plate by topp ing the B cla ss
o n his Ho nd a C R 12 5 . An ecs ta t ic A nd rew
T e rr y t o ok h om e th e 250c c pl at e by top p i n g th e C cl ass o n h is C a l Coas t / Cyc le
Gea r/S pe ed Wren ch Hon da CR250 . A ustin
Boyd wa s given his plate for topp ing the Four St rok e divisi on ' s B cla ss o n his Ch ap arral /
M aco Equi pm ent Rentals/Gu i lt y /MzR /FMF bac ked Yam aha YZ250 F.
To bri ng the presentatio ns to a cl ose, the
ser ies' eld er -statesm en divisi on lead er s were
calle d to the podium. In the Vet Over 3 0 class.
St eve Basti n u sed his T RE / O v erd ri ve/ J & P
Racin g Hond a CRF4 50 R to tak e th e number one pla te by topping the B class. Steve Raw son grabbed the Sen ior Ove r 40 number -on e
p late by tak ing the to p honors in th e A class
on his Noleen/O 'Ne aI/ Ko lbe Cycl es rid e. Ven era ble series fixture Je rry Valdez snagge d the
p late in th e Sen ior Over 50 d ivi si on o n h is
TR/The Racer s' Ed ge-ba ck ed Honda CR250
by goi ng at it in the C cl ass.
In addit ion to the accol ad es and aw ard s
hand ed out to the racers, series officia l Nat e
Sciacq ua went over som e c ha nges that are
schedu led to be instituted next year . incl ud ing
elim inati ng a sepa ra te ser ie s en try fee and
race m in imum in an effort to gamer m or e rid ers to m ake a run for the co veted number-on e
division pl ates in nex t year's AMA Southern
Calif orn ia Champion ship Motocr oss Serie s.
DeemsSm ith.
SR 50. C: I. Jerry Valdel.
D e lt a P a r k Raceway
Huffm a n Hammers
the Competition
By J USTIN
PORT LAND. OR. SEPT. 25
Makin g a rare appear ance at Delta Park . Ryan
Huffman dom ina ted every m oto of th e 125 cc
and 250cc Pro classe s.
In th e 125c c Pro cl ass. Huffma n do m inated
from the fir st lap un ti l the checke rs . Ja me s
Hamilton and T rev or Bro ok s battl ed for sec ond pla ce . w ith Bro ok s getti ng the upper ha nd
in the seco nd rnot o, holding off Hamilton and
Ti m Ho las. Despite bei ng a Del ta Park veter an , Hola s had a rough time o n thi s da y, as he
had some fast competitors to contend with.
The Washougal MX Park /No Fear /Scott -spon sored Huffman won with 1- 1 fini shes. Brooks
(3 -2) too k seco nd . and Ham ilt on (2 -3) ended
up th ird . Hol as (4 -4) was a lonel y fourth.
Fo rme r Nati o na l rider Don Biscegl ia be at
ou t the rest of the racers to the firs t co rn er
in th e 2 50 c c Pro class. A ft e r th e st art s ,
tho ugh , th ere was no stoppi ng Huffman , as he
fought his way int o the lead by th e end of the
f i r st lap bo th t im es out. Huffma n ama zed
every o ne wh en in th e firs t m oto he bec ame
the fir st rid er of the year to d ouble th e singleto-tab letop section afte r the fini sh lin e. For the
peopl e who have never seen it , the ta ll singl e
is in a com er. an d it is alm ost 60 feet to the
tabletop - and Huffman di d it on the in side !
Bis ceglia was Huffm an's cl osest co mpetit io n.
sta y i n g a lmo st o n pace with Huffman th e
wh ole night. Man cuso tried to stick w ith Huffm an but alw ays m essed up on the jumps, and
he end ed up hurting himself in th e second
moto and pulling off the track. Huffman ( I - I)
took the win with style, followed by the MX
Plus -bac ke d Bisceg li a (3 -2) in second and
Holas ( 4 - 3) i n th ird . F in ishing fourth wa s
Man cuso (3 -DNF).
Th e Wo men's cl ass had som e un us ua lly
exci ting action, desp it e th e fac t that only th ree
rider s stuck around to co m p ete. In the firs t
m o t o , Laci Ca rde lli an d Mary Rad m ach e r
raced off the lin e tog ethe r, while Katie Wharton sta ll ed right o ff th e lin e. Radmache r left
Carde lli behi nd and garne red the lead . Wha rton took o f f w ith fi re a nd d et erminat io n ,
alm ost a lap down , and aft er sever al laps she
had c aught and passed Card elli_Wharton then
Final Poin ts S tand ings
PfW (4 ·6 ); I. Bailey Milam .
P/W (7· 9) : 1. Bill y Ross.
65 (0 ·8 ): I . Jo nah Hill ; 2. Nichola s Fr.llnco .
65 (9- 11): 1. Collo n Sanders.
65 D: I . Mich.llel Rucke r: 2. Tylyn Saucer: 3 . Se.lln Hoope r.
85 C: I . Richard St~rli ng ; 2. Tyler Enti ckn .llp.
8 5 D: 1. David Mitchell : 2. Au sti n Sm il h: 3 . J oshu.ll MHes: 4.
K ~vin Vonderm.llrk ; 5. Con len Harding.
S{MINI: 1. Richard St~r ling: 2. Tylt'r Enli ck nop.
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