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fir st check . The course snake d th rough pum p- kins a s well as giant spiders and their webs before race rs co uld rece ive the ir chec k mark. Big Valley Honda's Berryman was conti nu- ing to stretch out his lead in dus t-free cond itions whil e the res t of the riders were sorting th em selves out. Bry ant lost sev eral positions when hi s la rge c ostume hat got c au ght on a tree , ripping him co m p lete ly o ff his mot or cycle. '" du ck ed under a tr ee . b ut I wa sn 't low enoug h, and it rip ped m y nec k ba ck war ds and me o ff the bike: recounted Br yant. In t h is c ase , th e Cat in th e H at di dn ' t come back : Bryant' s neck wa s in too m uc h pain, so he called it a day. Sam Key in he rited second , foll ow ed by Chad Martin, Fain and Mich ael Berenbak . The ra cers mad e the ir wa y down se ve ra l roc ky ledg e-fill ed c a n yo n s t o e n te r a " h a u n t e d house" checkp oint. Aft er navigatin g thr ough a large " ce m etery," rac er s had to ente r a ve ry dark haunted house fili ed with some (perhaps ov ere xube ra nt) ghos ts and go blins ( l.e. . check workers). "One ghost shot Siliy Stri ng right into my n ose," Fa in lamented . Enteri n g the p it s, Berryma n had a threem in u t e lead o ve r K e y a nd Ma rt i n . N e xt thro ug h was Fain, who had lost all the water o ut o f hi s Ca m elb ak . Berenb ak , Bryant , J ere- my "T iger " Wh ite and Josh Wil son fol lowed, Wi th tem peratures in the lo w 90s and a very c h alle ng in g co urse , fa t igu e sta rte d t o set in, sepa ratin g th e rac ers on th e second loo p . Berry m an was still enj oying a co m fo rta ble lead unt il he c ras hed in a ca nyon , an d his bi k e we nt o ve r a led ge. " I j us t tipped o ve r ," Ber ryman rep or t ed , 60 NOV: 1. J esse Gore ; 2. Kyle Princ e; 3 . u mdon Cohen : 4. Brock CRlwford : 5. Tyler HYmlIn . 60 AM:. I. K)'~ Town~ 2. Ross Wahon. 60 EX : 1. T ro )' A ma cker; 2 . Matthew Wat son ; 3 . Tan ner Tremo i~ . 60 NOV: I. GlI ~Y Sm ith; 2. Kody Mouta fKlas; 3. Anthony Montoya ; 4. J ason Cha pma n ; 5. Daemon Pecceero . 80 AM; 1. lack Rile y : 2. Ta nner Da vis; 3. T yl er Pil:omo: 4 . A/ekandra Reid; 5. Cod)' Rhodes . 60 EX 1. J oshull Morros; 2. Ross Neely; 3. Eri c Ama cker; 4 . K)' ~ O'Brien; 5. Cody Morri s. 125 NOV: I. Chris Manzini ; 2. Keith NewmlIn : 3. Seth Joh nson: 4 . Jeff Simons; 5. T)' Carmichae l. 125 AJ'r,; 1. Daniel Williams; 2. Tro )' Chernoff . 125 EX; I . Chris Jones; 2. Eric Hatch. 250 NOV:. I. Mak R~; 2. Dona ld Stidham; 3. Thomll S u y: 4 Kyle Davenport; 5. Scott Comelius . 250 AM; 1. Bill Wh.,len; 2. Tim HiU; 3. Reese Rigsby . 2SOEX: I. Sam Key : 2. Sean Berryman; 3 . Michael Bereobek: 4. Ja!tOO A losi; 5. Reece Hon ea. 4· STRK NOV : 1. Dustin Persetsk y; 2. Cole Epperson: 3 . Ken Skog erson: 4. Mik e Epps; 5. Mi ke Fowler. 4 -STRK AM:. 1. Jo sh Steck line; 2. Sh.,wn MacDo nald ; 3 . Tho mas Bakte r; 4, Jeff Sleck line: 5. Loren Chilson. 4· STRK EX: I. Je~my WhIte . OPEN NOV: I. Henry Avis; 2. Nate Wakeling : 3 . Larry Rod rigue z; 4. Adam Burre ; 5. Jo hn Dufresne. OPEN AM: I. Luk e Fletcher; 2 . Er ic L ; 3 . Robert Zc nc ki; 4 ON Steve Gra ndint'tli: 5. Richerd Rich. OPEN EX: I. Nick Fain: 2. J osh Wilson: 3. Andy Jt:'n ny: 4. Add m Thi ssen: 5. Cherley Leiss. WMN : l. Elysio Ulric h. 30 .. NOV: I. Sc ott Garrett ; 2. Ernie Florez; 3. Chris J e st, 4. J. D. Paterson : 5 . Dean Oyrr 30, AM: 1. Chris Duran: 2. Je ff Whil e; 3 . Seth WiJlill m s; 4. Jnh n Marc hini: 5 . Jim Mdclntyre. 30 + EX: I. Titan McK ibben ; 2. Paul Zieg ler: 3 . Paul Mud d : 4. Scott Ingersol; 5. Dolf venkesteree . 40... NOV: I. Demel Spring ; 2. Andy Wade: 3 . Chris Se eqon dol. lor ; 4. Dav id Kostelny: 5. Dave Strick ler. 40 + AM: I, Craig Olsen; 2. Brian Spe rsch: 3. Seen Zimmerma n: 4, R~rt Velasquez. 40 . EX I, Ron Lawson: 2. Larry Wright: 3. Paul Emerson; 4. Gil : Gne ve: 5. Donnit' Bird SO. NOV: I. Rick McDermid; 2. Randy Hodg es; 3. Ron Ford. SO. AM: I. Ross Ross; 2. AI Frei. SO EX: I. Pete Prichard ; 2. Jim Leer: 3. Bruce TCllOOI . 60... 1. Steve Cam pbell; 2. J im Ports: 3. Don Hopkl1ls; 4. Doug: las Sco tt it ba ck onto th e trai l." K ey ca p ita li zed o n Be rry m a n 's m ist a k e Pe rr is Ra c eway and gra b be d th e lead, a n d h e qu i c k l y A C hange o f Seaso ns, A C hange of Ser ies seized up, which handed third to Berenbak . B v MIKE " S IR S MILEY " R VER A t th e fini sh , K ey still held a o ne- m inute lead o ve r Be r rym an , wh o wa s fo ll ow ed b y Ber en bak , Ch ris J one s and Fa in . Wh ite held PERRIS, CA . OCT. 26 Th e Perr is Hol id ay Ser ies k ic k ed off wit h a on for sixth. ahead of Wils on , Titan McKibben, D irt Bi ke Magazin e's Ron Lawson , and Larry Wright. In t h e 80 c c E x p er t cl a ss , Josh M o rr o s scored another run away vict ory , followed b y Ross Neely and Eric Amacker. Jack Crawford topped Ty Trem aine for the 50cc (7 and Up ) w in . Th er e was not a sing le DN F rec or ded in any' m inib ik e racel Results f ..... O/A; 1. Sli m Key: 2. Sean Berry ma n; 3. Michael Berenbak : 4. Chris Jones: 5. Nick Fetn: 6. J erem y White; 7. Jo sh Wil son; 8 . Titan Mc Kibben: 9. Ron Lawson: 10 . Larry Wright. 50 ( 0- 6 ): 1. Tu c k er Ler rfeu : 2. Ken n eth Worley ; 3 . Cars on Lehouillie r; 4. C.J. Fe~lI : 5. We$ton Minnick . 50 ( 7..): I. .Jack Crll wford; 2. Ty Tremaine ; 3. Cory Chapman: 4. Cody Burke : 5 . Hunter Kelly. MINI EXHIB: I. Danyl Unde rwood ; 2. Chance Beek ot; 3 . J acob Epperson; 4. J.,cob Paterson. (5 -4) . Maxx Touw (7 -5) finished fifth overall . Th e 125cc Novice class had th e largest gate of the day , with 22 riders pois ed for the gate to drop. In the first m ote, Justin Wark man cl a imed th e win after ed g in g o ut Dana Dre ier for th e hol esh ot. D reier j umped at the opportunity to ride a new 2004 YZ250 F from ano ther ra cer an d didn't even bot h er signi n g up t o c o ntest h i s usu al Min i - cl a s s ra n ks abo ard his 80c c ma ch ines. Dreier sta lled ju st a few laps int o th e race but qu ickly restarted t he thumper and , af t er d ropp in g to ninth , wo rk ed his way up to a fi fth- place finish . Kurtis Kaelin m an aged a second -place fi nish, with M2 R/ Schmi dt Performan ce' s Kar son Kavan agh in th e third spot . In m ot o tw o , D reier abscon ded wi th th e ho les hot, an d a b attl e ens ued b etween h im an d Wa rk ma n, who eve ntua lly ca me up wi th th e w in for th e ov era ll , w ith D reier in secon d sp ot. K aeli n f i nishe d f ou rt h i n mo to t w o , beh ind Ca ll away Mo torspor t s' Cor ey Clinedi n s t . an d hi s 2 -4 sc o re gave him sec o n d o ve ra ll. D re ier fini sh ed third overa ll an d was ready to give up his 80cc ma ch ines for a new thum pe r. Aaron Ma xwell sneake d into fou rt h o ve ra ll w it h hi s 6 · 5 finish es, and Cl in ed in st fin ished fift h overall wit h his 12 -3 efforts . Brett Moscr op had no troubl e putting his n e w K X2 50 F o u t i n fr o n t i n b oth 12 5 c c Schoo lboy m oto s fo r a I -I swee p and th e ' o ve rall. Clin ed in st c am e ba c k for m ore, and hi s 4 -2 sco re garne red seco n d o ve rall , ahead redes igned tr ack that incl uded a double-dou - ble-doubl e-triple sectio n. Andrew Frank os, on his Z Racing -ba cked KTM , rode to a I- I sweep in the 60cc (6 ·8 ) cla ss while bei ng ch ased by Andre w Silv erste in and his Mid -Cities Ho nda in bo th m ot os. B ryce Co rds sli pp ed to a 3 -4 sc or e bu t sti ll mana ge d th ir d ov era ll. Sa v age Motorsport s ride r Cody Bak er slipped to a 4 -5 for fourth overa ll. Platinum O ne -b ac ke d Brad y Ki esel grabbed thir d in m ot o two afte r placin g sev en th in m ot o one to round out t h e to p fiv e o ve ra ll. Team G ree n r id e r Mi c h a el Hall w a s in atte ndance. and he claimed the 80 cc ( 12- 13) class ov era ll wi th b ack -to- back m ot o win s. Ha hm Motorsp orts r i d e r Pa r k e r E c k m a n moved into sec ond o v erall with 4 -2 fi nishes, wh ile A LBA Suzuk i rider Col to n Manwiil fin- of Maxw eli (2 -4 ) . wh o traded fini shes with Evan Menen (5- 3) and Dan e Masoner (7- 5) . Results 50 STK (4· 6 ): I. Gil Saba lza; 2. Rodl~ While : 3. MJchlld Don- 50 MOD (4· 6): I. Gil Sebelz e: 2. Rodie While ; 3. R)'an Surrll t1: 4 Michael Don·BlIss: 5. J ose Ceja 50 STK (7· 8): I. Bry ce Cord s ( KT M): 2. Mi chae l vtctcnen (KTM): 3. Steven Gibson (KTM) : 4. Tristan Post (Cob); 5. Cody Beker (Pol). SO MOD (7 ·8) : I. Brad)' Kie'seI (Pol); 2. Cod)' Baker (Pol): 3 . Bryce Cord!. (KTM ); 4 Tris tan Post (Cob): 5. .Joven Pulgar (Pol). 50 OPEN: I. Mik e Victorian. 50 S/PfW: I. Darr dl \Vhite (Cob); 2. Brad)' Kiesfol (Pol): 3. ../ovan Pulg.llr (Pol). 60 BEG: I. Derik Brooks (Kaw) : 2. Brandon W.Ilrd (KClw l: 3. Der. ~l Whil e (K.Ilw). 6 0 (6- 8): I . Andr ~ \1/ Franko s (K TM) : 2. And re w Suvers tem (Hon) ; 3. Bry ce Cords (KTM): 4. Cody Bake r (Pol) ; 5. BRidy Ki~1 (Pol) 60 (9 · 11): I . Bry ce Stewart (KTM): 2. Stevffi Tokarsk i (Kaw): 3. Colt Hubbs (KTM): 4. M.Ilson McBrid e (Kllw): 5. Gal'Te Eckma n (Hen). t 60 OPEN: I. M.Ilson McBride (Kaw): 2. Nilro Johnson (KTM) ; 3 . And rew Silvers tein (K.Ilw ); 4. And rew Frankos (KTM) : 5. Ga~1 Ec k man (Hon). 80 BE G : 1. Steven Ba u er ; 2 . Charle s Wh itle lso y ; 3 . Le il Thors tenso n: 4 , Troy Wall ach; 5 . Chris Gau me r. 80 (0 - 11): I. Drew Weaver: 2. Bry ce Stewart : 3. Everett Helccmo: 4 . Cod)' Eapodc: 5. Christo pher Zobel. k 80 ( 12. 13) : I. Michael Hall (Kaw ); 2. Park e r Ec: man (Hon) : 3. Colton Manwill (Suz ): 4. Drake Rainier (Kaw): 5 , Mau Tcc w (Yam) . 80 ( 14- 16) : 1. Robert Franke; 2. Phill ip Thorstensen: 3. Jordan Detainer: 4 . Cory Gultett; 5. Clint Dyerson. 80 OPEN: I. Phil Th orstenson (Yam) ; 2. Mich ael Hall (Kaw): 3 . De ne J ackson (Hon): 4 . Robert France (Yam): 5. Devin Roth (Hon) . 80 S/ Ml NI: I. Dene J ackso n (He n): 2. Phil Thorstenson (VlIm ): 3 . Dr ew Weaver (Kaw); 4 . Mi chael Hall (Kaw): 5. Peeker Eckmen (Hen). 80 WMN: 1. Am ll nda Brewster. 125 SCHBY: 1. Brett Moscrop ; 2. Co re)' Clined inst : 3. A aron Mallw ell : 4 . Eve n Menen; 5. Dene Masoner. 125 BEG: I. Aaron Tun~ll : 2. Bria n Tra ve r: 3. lach Wh~[er: 4 . J am ison Mcl4 vn; 5. Brett v a lenuno . 125 NOV: 1. J ustin Warkman; 2. Kurtis K.,~lin : 3. Dana Dre lt' r; 4. AIl I"OflMlI11welJ: 5. Corey Clined mst. 125INT: 1. lac Wra)': 2. Cas Swift; 3. See n Murph y. 125 OPEN: I. Cas Swift; 2. Shawn Higham ; 3. Seen Murph y. O: 125 PR 1. Justirl Kee~y: 2. Dennis Ewing : 3 . Mati Stephf!r1S. 250 BEG: 1. Jerod Wilson; 2. Bria n Ripk a; 3. Shawn Hammon · tree ; 4. Ad ron Co~; 5. Roger Wargone r. 250 NOV: 1. Kurtis K.Ildie : 2. Mik e Cundari; 3. Scott Martin ; 4. Aaron Cooke ; 5. Cody Mondano. 2501NT: 1. B.J. Bum. 250 PRO 1. Justin Keeney : 2. Bryon Jar "millo ; 3 . J.B. Lavender . : 25+ NOV: I. Mik e Ryer (Y.Ilm ). 2 5+ EX: I. M.Ilo Clevel.llnd (HOI'll . 30 + BEG: 1. Dave Murph y (Yll m). 30. NOV: 1. Brllndon Beever (Suz): 2. Greg Kolrn (Hon): 3 . Rick EJli on (Hon). s 30 + INT: 1. Rob Weliler (Hen). 30 + EX I. Dave Schmi dt (Kaw). ; 4 0 + NOV : 1. Rand)' Green (Yam): 2. Syd Wood s ( Yam): 3. Greg Travel (Hon). : 40 .. EX 1. Doug Frank os (Hen). W alden P la y b o y s Motocross Jo Jo Beats the U nbeatable! B v M ICHA El JAMES NEWBURGH, NY, OCT. 26 Perris Raceway: Justin War kman (157) grabs the flrst-m o t o h olesho t en route to a 1-1 rout of t he 125c c No vi c e c las s at the open ing ro und of the 2003 Perr is Hol iday Series. Wald en Pl a yboy s Motocross: A t the fina l District 34 race o f th e season in Newburgh, New Yo rk , Mi c h ael James led t he early portion of the Ov er 40 B c ontest. C li nedi ns t t o fi n ish thi rd o ve r all , a head o f Bess . "but m y bik e feli off a ledge, and I co uldn't get stre tc hed out a one -minu te lea d whil e Berryman remou nted. M artin was cl osing in on th e leaders until his bike sucked in so m e di rt and ished with a 3 -3 for th ird overa ll, ahea d o f West Coast De molitlon -backed D rak e Rain ier T ho u g h th e skies thr eat en ed , t h e showe rs nev er fell , and thu s th e 120 0 rid ers in attendan ce at the fin al D istrict 3 4 race o f th e sea so n at Wald en we re grant ed a last ga sp o f motocross in p erfec t c on dit io ns. The tr ack - built by Jeff Di rago and run by J ack Stroup was p erfect , and a bl ast t o ra c e o n! Man y cue I e N ES C ra ce rs m ade th e trek to th e facility in up stat e New Yo rk to get their fina l fix on. Fo rm er minicy cJe terr or Jay "J o .Jo " Well er serv ed noti ced to the Pro cl asses th at he w ill be a force to be rec kon ed with in 2004 , by beati ng th e " u nbea tabl e" KTM/ Mo ro ney 's / GS 3 -sp ons or ed C ar lo Coe n fo r th e 25 0 cc A / Pro w in . W h il e W ell er los t m o t o o ne t o Coen 's relen tl ess pr essu re, Well er returne d th e fav or in m oto tw o, t ak ing th e convinc in g w in and the o vera ll for the 250cc A /P ro class. Well er is turning pro in 200 4 . Weller co nti nued hi s do m inance in the very c o m p eti ti ve C oll eg eb o y class , wi th wir e -to wire wins in bo th m ot os. J ohn Lawrenc e kept W eller hon est i n bot h t he Co l lege boy and 25 0cc A/Pro cla sses. In the Ov er 30 Nov ice cl ass , Wh ite ston e's Ye rnehe -mounted Ric hi e Valdez sco red do u ble-mota w in s with fl aw less riding and c areful pass es. Coe n co nti nued his domina nce in the O ve r 25 A and Ov er 30 A cl asses with double-rnoto wi n s in each. Hon da -m ount ed Kenn y B lac k we ll gave c hase all day but couldn 't main t ain Co en's la ser -preci sio n rid in g . Co en dissected the track li ke a surgeon. using his KTM 250 SX as a scalpel. The Over 4 0 B riders pu t on the best sho w o f their seaso n, as sa v age riva l ri es reach ed th e boi ling po int. J eff Roberto, last ye ar' s Over 40 C cha m pio n, wa s emb roi led in a batt le for the B vc lass cham pio nshi p. Although his riva l had p oi nted out, Roberto need ed to gain seven po in ts to pa ss him and win the ti tle . With so m u ch o n th e line , Roberto w as c a ut io u s off both starts, wh ich were do minated by KTM · mounted Mich ael J am es, th e W alden tr ac k c ha m p io n in th e class. Rob erto m ad e ca reful passes an d st ay ed c o n sist en t. Ev en th ough Glen A rud in i won both rn otos, Roberto w as close eno ug h t o fi nish second o verall an d ga in th e exact amount o f po ints he need ed to wi n his second ch am pio nship in a row ! In th e Over 40 A class. "Po ppe Joe - Fritz shot his bo om in g Honda CRF450R into th e lead , fig hti ng o ff lo ts o f pr essu re fr om hi s c h am p io n sh i p r ival , Ho n da r i d e r Ph il De So usa , and th e eve r -p res ent Ra lph Sca nnapieco. B y da y' s end , th e c h am p io nshi p was De Sous a's for the taki ng , and he, too , rose to the c ha lle nge and went home with the win and the overall. A ft er t he las t rac er h ad crossed the li ne , th e light faded q uick ly on the horizon , but th e m emo r ies o f ra c in g o n a p erf ect t rack w i ll k eep the N orth east rac ers c om fy d uring th e lon g w inte r hi bemation. Results 65 (10·11 ): I. J ustin Barela (KT M) : 2. Alell Gille spie (KTM) ; 3. Cody Renalend (Su:z) . J R MINI: 1. J usti n Bar cill (K TM) ; 2. Ray l eybov ich (Kaw): 3. A,J . Catanz.IlfO (Kaw) . MINI ( 11. 15) : 1. Brian Mulcllh )' (Yam) ; 2. Mark lindsey (Hon) ; 3 . Mike Stry ker (Suz ). nevvs NOVEMB ER 26. 2003 55

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