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125 NOV: I. Josh Fittro (Kaw): 2. Matt Cl1Iwford (Suz): 3. Larry
Vasquez (Yam): 4. Mlttt FerMndes (Ka w); 5. Bry an Merk (y am) .
125 INT l. Jacob Sanchel (Suz) : 2. Doug Schm id (Han): 3.
:
Corey Penning ton (Suz ); 4. Df!'rric k And~f$OfI (SuI): 5. Mark Sil va
(Yam).
2SO BEG: I. tee NdMI'Qjlt (Hon) ; 2. Brandon TtnOio ( Kaw): 3.
Kev in Fogolin (Han) : 4. J ason Fretlll~lI ( Kaw); 5 . Jason Phillips
(KTM).
250 NOV : I. Matt Fernandes (Ka w ); 2. Matt Cl1Iwford (Suz) : 3.
AI Canci lla (Yam ): 4 , Scott La Bonte (Yam): 5. Ken Keeen (Yam) .
250 tNT I. Doug Schmid (Han): 2. Scotty Alves (Han); 3. Man..
:
Silva (Yam) : 4 . Nick Wachter (Hon ).
250 PRO: I. Billy Ju rf'Yich (Hon) .
VETBEG: I. Rob Chayez (Hon ); 2. Al len Yturr alde (Han): 3. Rick
Roone y (Hon): 4. Steven Soares (Hon).
VET NOV : I. Chm Blaufus (Suz): 2. David Heese(Suz): 3. Todd
Dagrrwtrl (Hon); 4 . Channing ArNro (Yam ).
rk
VET 1 : 1. Craig King (Yam); 2. Scott La Bon te (Yam): 3. Ken
m
xeeen (Yam ).
NOV : 1. David Hou5e (Sul ): 2. Chris Bl~ufus (Suz) .
OfT INT: I. Greg Doug las (Yam ); 2. Steven Bteke (Yam ).
SPTSMN X: 1. J aco b Sanchez (SUI ); 2. Raymond Neverr c
( Kawl: 3. Larry Vasquel (Y~m ) : 4. Greg Douglas (Yam): 5. Chad
Jacobson (Yam ).
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Colorado State C
hampionships
ThunderV
alley Motocross Park
Sharp's
the Big Cheese
B y S USIE N A EGEL
LAKEWOOD, CO , OCT. 18- 19
Th e John Beav ers Mem or ial SRAC Mo tocross
Sta te Champion ship was held Octob er 18 and
19. a nd it was th e bigg est motoc ros s e ve nt of
the y ear in Col o rado . H o st ed by Co lorado
Moto rsports Pr om oti on s a t Thunder Vall ey
Motocro ss Park i n L ak ew o od, the se ason
final e drew m ore than 800 ra cers. Pe rfect
w eather, a Saturday night barbequ e, a large
Pro purse, and double- points races co m bi ned
to make it a m emorab le weekend.
The huge rider tu rnout forc ed qua lif y ing
ra ce s in· both t he 125c c Pro cl ass an d Vet
Novice class. The 125c c Pros , una ccustomed
to h av in g to qu al ify at a loc al rac e, were espe cially edgy in the qu alifying moto s on Sunday
morning. and m istak es were made. The steep
uphill sta rt narrows to a tight righ t tum around
the t ower and th en dro ps do wn over the hill.
Wh en th e gat e drops, th e racers cha rge up th e
hill and then literally bang ba rs as they fight
fo r position on the turn. A s the 125cc Pro s
c a m e off th e corn er and poured over th e
hill. only 11 riders c ame in to view; one Pro
had gone down and temporarily taken out 20
other bikes!
The 250cc Pro co nte st was a wild run for
the m oney . as was evidenc ed by the fac t th e
winners of motos on e and tw o didn't even fin ish in the top 10 overall . and it was a fitting
end to a ye ar of very close co m pe tition.
In moto one . Brady Sharp grabbed th e
ho lesho t on a Honda but was q uickly passed
by Suzuk i rider Travis Banni ster. O n fi re . Banni st er es tab lished a comma nding lead and
stayed way out fro nt for th e rem ain der of th e
m oto . Mean w hile, th ird - plac ed Matt Karl sen
pulled off the tra ck because of a mechanical
pro blem wi th his Suzuki. That p ut Yamaha
rider Aaron Hill up in third place for a tim e.
Na tio na l AMA racer T ed Ca m p be ll, de sp ite
bein g un famili ar with th e tr ac k and gett ing the
worst gat e pick, worked hi s way th rou gh th e
crowded field up to fourth plac e. on ly to fade
back to sixth plac e because o f arm pump, in
part from th e new Honda he had been g iven
that m orn ing to test . Whi le Sharp hun g on to
second place, Yamaha rid er Bobby Fitch ro de
hard to stay with the top fiv e. and by th e end
of th e moto he ca pt ure d third pla ce . pu shing
Hill bac k to fourth . Another Yamah a rid er .
Wayne Balliett Jr. , took fifth place.
In m oto tw o of th e 250cc Pro class. Brady
once again was fi rst off the gate to cl aim th e
hol eshot , and th is time he held everyone else
off for more tha n half the rac e befor e Campbell finally got around him. with Karl sen trailin g behind th e tw o le ad ers . Th en Bannist er ,
th e winn er o f the fir st rnoto , cras he d ha rd
c o m ing d own Horsepower H ill . lea vi ng th e
door wide op en for three Yam aha race rs - Hill ,
Balliett and Matt Wh itmarsh - to battl e it out
for the fourth spot.
Back up front . Campbell had n o soone r
sett led into firs t pl ace than Karlsen blazed past
both Brady and Cam p be ll to cl a im th e t o p
spo t. Once in the lea d , Ka rlse n j ust chec k ed
ou t , and no one c ould c a t c h him . Wh il e
Cam p bell held a c o mfort able sec ond pla c e.
the next three po siti ons were stil l up for gra bs.
Whitmarsh c apitalized on the o ppo rt unit y and
passed Sharp to take third. Sharp dropped to
fourth. and Hill rounded out the top fiv e.
At th e end of the day. with 250cc A m ot o
finishes the likes of 6 and 2. 8 and 3 . 2 and 4 .
and 4 and 6 . on ly a c om p ute r co uld have fig ur ed o ut th e final resul t s. Consistency ru led ,
and th e hol eshot king . Sharp. took home th e
2 5 0cc Pro fi r st -p lac e mon ey , Campbe l l
snagged sec ond , Balliett lock ed up th ird , Hill
c am e ou t in fourth , and Wh itmarsh captured
fifth .
Thunder Valley Motocross Park
Lakewood. Colorado
Res ults : Octobe r 18 -19. 2003
5 0 STK (4. 6): I. Greer Marsha ll (Pol): 2. Kel~y Hoog (Hon): 3 .
Devan Burley (Cob); 4 . Hay den lng ino (KTM): 5. Devan Game (Pol).
SO STK (7 .8): I. Tanner Winela nd (Cob): 2. Jonathan Collins
(KT M) ; 3. Jake Riggle (KTM): 4 . Daniel McKun e (KTM ): 5. Russ lanne
(KT M) .
50 2· STRKj4 -STR K (4· 8): I. Dillon Pelkol a (Ho n): 2. LuCB S
Linn (Hon) : 3. Chris Kinney (Hon); 4. Kelsey Hoog (Hon) ; 5. Dalton
Rll l.ll"' (Hoo ).
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50 OIL-INJ (4-8) : 1. Brrtney Gallegos ( Yll m ): 2. Joshua Swan
(Yltm); 3. Nicole [)"yis (Cob): 4. Austin Powell (Yllm): 5. Zachary
Snok e (Yam).
50 0011\8: I. Tonner W'lfleland (Cob ): 2. Gavin Silver (Cob): 3.
Jllke Riggle (KTM): 4. ..JonathanCollins (KTM) : 5. Tevan Fultz (KTM).
6S (7-9): I. Austyn Keller (KTM): 2. COOOOf 0 1501'1 (Kaw ).
65 (1 0 . 11): I. Tod d Bann ister (KTM) : 2. Dy lan Wineland
(K T.....); 3 . Cody NobI" (KT M) : 4. Mike $pa llooe (SuI): 5. Zach Arm ·
strong (Kaw ).
65 COMB (7· 11): I. Dy"'n Wineland (KTM): 2. Thomas Cone
(Ka w); 3. ChIls Hein~y (KTM): 4. Connor Olson ( KlI w): 5. Mi chael
G~(Kaw) .
85 NOV (7. 11): I. Brian Wil son (Han) : 2. Nltthan Deandrea
(Yam) ;
3. Tyler ValPntine (Hoo) : 4. Mich ael Riner (SuI): 5. Kf'n lon
Grn=nwood (SuI) .
85 NOV ( 12- 13): I. Dylan Nobles ( Yam ): 2. Brandon Edwards
(Yam) ; 3. Joey Olson (KTM); 4. Ryan Moser (Yam) ; 5. Wade Simpson
(Yam) .
85 NOV (1 4--15 ): I. J ason Leeper (Yam): 2. Bryan Osif (Kaw );
3 . Sha n~ Selby (Yam ): 4. Raymo nd Mon tes (Han) : 5. Amy Kwak
(Yam) .
85 COMB (7. 11): I. Tod d Bannister (KT M) : 2. Cody Silyer
(K aw); 3. Kyle Herma n (Ho n): 4, Cole Shondeck (Ha n) : 5. Forrt' st
0 1500 (Hon).
85 ADV (7· 11): I. Todd Bllnn ister (KTM); 2. Ty ler D ill~y (Han);
3. Co le Sho ndec k ( Hon) : 4. Forr esl O lson (H o n ): 5. Cody Silyer
(KlI w) .
Thunder Valley MX Park: Brandon
Hi ghtower (36) lead s Adam Harvey (131) ,
Aaron Hill (791) and the rest of the pac k
in a qualify ing round of th e 125c c Pro
c lass at the Co lorado State Champio nship
In Lake woo d.
85 AnV (12. 13 ): 1. Aaron McC lintock (Hon) ; 2. Travi s Stichter
(Suz);
3. Jus tin
Deck er (Yll m) : 4. Derek Anderson (Kalil).
85 AnV (14· 15): 1. Michael Hende rson (Yam); 2. Tmvis Morri s
(Yam ); 3. Tr oy Boles (Yam ); 4. Benj amin Gi ese (Ya m ): 5. Lan c e
Evelttt (Yam ).
85 S/ M1NI NOV ( 12. 15) : I. Dyl lt n Nob le s (Yam ); 2, T y ler
J m lll"'l'l (Han ); 3. Joey O lson (Hon): 4. Ryan Moser (Yam ): 5. J ason
Leeper (Yam) .
85 8 / Mi NI AnV (12-15): 1. A aron McClintoc k (Han ): 2. Micha el
Henderson (Yam): 3. Bryc e Shonde<: (Hon ): 4. T ravis Stich ter ($w):
k
5. Tro y Boles (Yam ).
OPEN BEG : 1. Anthon y Ma tth~w s (Yam) : 2. Jus ti n Hcn suen
(Hon) : 3. J ason LJlberg ( Yam ): 4, Aksel Lange (Ka w): S. Brad ley
Hawk (KT M) .
OPEN ( 14. 2 4) : 1. Kyle Summer (K TM) : 2 . Shane Deeceruc
(Sw:): 3. Denk Brewster (Yam): 4. Adam Hartl ey (j'ion); 5. Russell
J
Pike (Yam ).
OPEN ( 12- 15): I. ~y l~ Caldcnni (Yam ): 2. Hunt~ Meyer (yllm) :
3. Rustin Meyer (Suzl: 4. Keith Na~1 (Yam): 5. Bry ce Shonde<:k
125 A : I. Mati Karl sen (SuI ); 2. Wayne Bellje tt J r. (Yam): 3.
Adron Hill (Yam): 4. Ja~ Carlson (Yam) : 5 . And~ Atkins (Yam) .
125 B: I . Wesley Selby (Yam) : 2. [)e rik Bre wster ( Yam ); 3 .
Travis Dun ivent (Ka w) : 4. Ji m Elzingll (KTM) : 5. Russell MansafID~
($w I.
125 NOV : I. Terrence Birch (Yam ); 2. Blake Morris (Yam) ; 3.
Mik~ Osbcme (Yam) : 4. David Bud ik (Kaw); S. Will Gibson (Sul).
125 ( 12· 15): 1. Hunter Mey er (Yam); 2. Kyl~ SumrlW'f'S (KTM);
3. Kyle Celdennt (Yam ): 4 . Kei th Neeq el (Yam ): 5 . JUltlO Jobe
(Hon l.
W/II\ A: I. UndRy Jtlino (Suz): 2. Ashley Baha m (Han); 3.
N
Michael.ll Gonzalez (Suz) : 4 . Jenny Mortimer (Yam ): 5. Amy Rogers
(Yll m).
WMN B: I . Amber ~tand (Kaw ): 2. Mandy Catal.llno (Yam) ;
3. Robyn Morgan (Yam); 4. Moalis.ll BroKh (Kaw); 5. Rose Bromberg
(KTM).
125 ( 14-24): I. Adam Hartley (Hon): 2. Trevor Monks (Suz): 3.
Ryan Hohl~r (Yam): 4. Qui nn Donathan (KT M ): 5 . Hunter Mey~r
(Yam).
250 A; I. Brady Sha.rp (Han); 2. Ted Campbell (Hon): 3. Wayne
Balliett J r. (Yam); 4. Aaron Hill (Yam) : 5. Matt 'W11ilmD~ (Yltm ).
250 B: I. W"ley Selby (Yam): 2. Carl Fritz (Yam): 3. Peter
Atwater (Yam ): 4. Ryan Fetter (Kaw); 5. Grady Huff (lion).
250 NO V: I. Justin Pike (Yam) ; 2. Nicholas Kummet (Hon) : 3.
Mike Mackeage (Hon ): 4. Russell Tillman (Hon); 5. Chri s Doughty
(Yam).
250 (1 2 - 15): I. Ky le Coli de rin i ( Yll m): 2. Qu inn Donalhan
(KT M); 3. Brandon Belisle (Ka w).
25 0 (1 4 .2 4) : I. Rus..o;ell Pike (Yam ): 2. JoshUll Ledoener (Hon):
3. Kyle Calderini (Yam ): 4. Wes Man5hllck (Yam ); 5. Cody Bethauer
(Honl .
WM NO V : 1. Nua Sanfilippo (Han ); 2. Chrislel Allen (Hon ); 3.
Jennirer Schacht (Yllm ); 4. Laun-n Volenli r (!