Dust in Pipes, without question one of t he
fastest Mini riders in central California, made his
big- bike debut aboard a sh iny new Honda
C RF250 R. He go ' off t o a slightly rocky start
w he n he stalled the bike in 'he first I25cc Y
outh
moto; a hot four-str oke can be tric ky, but it's
even worse whe n you're not yet tall enough to
touch both feet to the ground! While Jeff Alessi
dom inated bot h mote s. Pipes rebounded to
finish second in the final outing, which vaulted
him into fo urt h overall in th e class. Finishing
second and third we re Michael Dunnagan (2-4)
and Kevin Wells (3-5 ).
Pipes also e nte red the 12Scc Novice class,
wher e th ings we nt a litt le more smoothly. He
rode on the outs kirts of the top five and then
moved from fifth to second in t he first moto,
beh ind Yamaha· mounted Sleven Hembree, also
a new Novice. In moto two, Hembree got the
early lead , w ith Pipes run ning second - until he
made a clean pass and the n held the lead to the
chec kers , taking the ove rall victory. Not bad for
a first day.
RESULTS
50 FIT: I. Christopher Torres (Pol). 50 (5 .6): I. Brianne
James ; 2. Callion McHaney (Cob): 3. Luke Grue tzma cher. 50
(7 .S): I. Chase McCullough (KTM). 50 OPEN: I. Callion
McH ane y (Co b ); 2. Luke Gru etzmac he r. 50 ADULT: I.
Robe rt Alquist (Han); 2. Brian Alquist (Han); 3. Brad Ely
(Kaw): 4. Cody Woods: 5. 5tephen Roung,"","& (Hon). 65
( 5. 8 ): I. William Mc Haney (SUz.) . 65 ( 9 .1 1): I. Rio
Ccerreras (KTM). 65 INT: I. Kyle TIgef't (KTM). 65 X : I.
Kyle T ige rt (KTM). 85 BEG : I . Corey He pne r (Yam); 2.
Taylor McCullough (Yam); 3. Jordan McCullough (SUz.); of.
HaRand Ethridge (Yam); 5. Ctwies Sheeu (Suz). 85 NOV : I.
Kyle Tigert (KTM); 2. Brian Alquis t (Yam); 3. Jack ie Ive s
(Y",,). B5 X, I. jackie lves (y",,); 2. Brian Nquo, (y",,); 3.
Corey Hepner (Yam ). 125 YT H: I. Jeff Alessi (Hon); 2.
Michael Dun nagan (Yam) ; 3. Kevin Wells (Hon) ; of. Dustin
Pipes (Hon) ; 5. Ryan Bush (Hon). 125 BEG: I. AJ . Maul
(Suz) ; 2. Rkhanl H"""", (Suz ); 3. Col"n johNon (Yom); 4.
Timmy Kopp l (Yam); S. Jack ie Ives (Yam). 12 5 NOV: I .
Dustin Pipes (Hon); 2. Steven Hembree (Yam); 3. Michael
Du"""8'" (y",,); 4. Kevin Wel. (Hon); 5. Ry>n BuY> (Hon) .
2 50 BEG : I. Mike Ellison (Suz); 2. Erik Arnesen (Yam); 3.
Timm y Koppi (Yam); of. Justin Schell (Yam); 5 . Adam Lee
(Hon). 250 NOV , I. 5' ..... Hembon (Hon). 250 C, I. Chri>
B _ (Kaw); 2. Man Grill&' (Hon ); 3. JON""" Callowoy
(Han); of. Scott AMon (Yam); S. Mike Skuggs (Yam). 250 D:
I. Bob Roben Vhgne< (y",,). PRETEEN , I. ea,.y Steele
(Kaw); 2. Keenan Sanden (Kaw); 3. Zach Steele (Suz); of. be
Reddell (KTM); S. Taylor Miller (Su z) . YT H : I . Cody
Patterson (Yam); 2. David Melton (Yam); 1. jonathan Dove
(Yam); of. Tommy Lo ve (Kaw) ; S. Jaco b Patterson (Kaw) .
30 + : I. 0arryI Heisler (Yam); 2. C hris Long (Hon); 3. Kenny
Stowe (Suz); of. Troy Miller (Su z); S. Rickey Allen (Ha n) .
4 0+ : I. Dave Cra in (Yam); 2. Scott AMon (Yam); 3. Chris
Lo ng (Han); of. Mike Taylor (KTM); S. Ed Williams (Kaw).
OP EN 4· S T RK: 1. Joe Lo ve (BBR); 2. Robert Chandler
(Hoo ); 3. Jos h Dorough (Hon) ; of. Chad P10wman (Hon); 5.
Darian Golden (Kaw).
Santa's Sprocket MX Series
Round 3: Mesquite Moto-X Park
It's Stephens' Day on
Saint Stephen's Day
By DICK GOODWIN
Ward, Gordie Turn In
CornerWins
By MAnHEw HOLT
after the midway point , Horton bo bbled, and
Gordie moved int o second. On the final lap,
Franks made a small mi st ak e t hat allowed
Gordie to come ar ound him and ta ke th e
che ckered nag for the moto w in, followed by
Franks in second and Horton in t hird.
MESQUITE, NV DEC. 26
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T
he 80ce Beginner class is unpredictable at
best. Howe ver, usually the front-runne rs t hose closi ng in on a mov e to the age-gr oup
divisions - te nd to show more cons isten cy, And
so it was at Mesquit e Moto- X Park, as De re k
Stephe ns made a statement. right in the middle
of the Santa's Sprock et Series, with two strong
rides to captu re the BOcc Beginner crow n.
D ust in Wi ns chel st orm e d off w ith t he
opening-mete holeshot but promptly dro pped
it in the first comer. 80 Eato n took over the
lead, wi t h Stephe ns o n the gas in seco nd .
Stephe ns e lbowed his way into the lead, while
Nat Sto ne cipher fought past Eaton to claim
second. Stephens was on a tear out in front ,
and now Jimm y Roy b attled th ro ugh int o
second. Stephens ke pt increas ing his lead e n
ro ute to the win, and Roy held off Stonecipher
for second.
Winschel pulled ano the r holeshot in mot o
two , but th is time he kept it upright . Eaton and
Roy gave chase . Stephens was surging forward ,
picking off ride rs one by one. By the second lap,
he had o nly Winschel to beat · but that was
easier said than done. W inschel wouldn't fold,
and Stephens c hased him the entir e race .
Finally, on the wh ite-nag lap, Ste phe ns made the
pass and just edged Winschel at the line to take
home th e 80cc Beginner crown . Roy finished
th ird but ear ned sec ond overall. beat ing out
Austin Murdock and Kyle Murdock.
T he 12Scc Junio r class wa s all Cam e ron
Rodrigue z, as the forme r minicycle hots hoe is
start ing to get comfortab le o n t he b igger
machines. Rodriguez , charging hard, led Robe rt
Imo ndi, R.J. Kemple and Viet o r Imo ndi o n the
fast and intense first lap. Rod riguez kicked it
up a gear, and w he n Robe rt wen t do wn in a
co r ner, it a ppea r e d to be all o ve r. Then
Rodriguez we nt do wn, and Kemple took the
lead. Rod riguez got back up, charged hard and
took t he le ad bac k on the wh it e -flag lap .
Michael Carde r made a late bid and almost got
second from Kemple .
Rodriguez led Kemp le as the second ha lf
started . Carder and Victor passed and rep assed
o ne another, fight ing for third . Kemple dr opped
Patrick Provencher (818) gets the holeshot ahead of eventual winner JeH
Alessi (801) and Dalton Dimick (909) in 12S" Intermediate action at round
two of the Santa 's Sprocket MX Series.
