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points on his vintage Bultaco . The runne r-up.
who was also riding e xt remely well , w as 12year-old Gas Gas 80 rider Andrew O ldar, with a
very solid pe rlonnance of 19 points. Back on 39
po ints in th ird was the c urrent IO-year-old
National Champ ion Eric Storz, on a She rco 125.
Kent Gr a ham did a grea t jo b in th e
Advanced class, losing just 15 points. Runner-up
Pete Croft dr opped 24 on his Mont es a. C live
Hannon was third with a total of 29 points.
The closest contest was in the Masters class,
w hi c h p uts r id ers through t he ha rdest
Advanced sec tion s and t he e as ies t Expert
zo ne s . Toyota Raci ng De ve lo p m e nt t e a m
member Dave Pyle an d fo rm er fa ct o ry
Kawa saki facto ry ride r a nd Mot o- Ventures
ow ner Gary laPlante finished o n five and six
points for first and second, respecti vely. These
guys rod e together all day, knowing tha t every
point co unts , yet the y were all smiles and very
he lpful t o each other. Sco ring t hird just one
more point down with seven was Brad Hannon.
Winning the Expe rt class with a goo d lead
o n I I po ints was Tom Ham a nn. In second,
down ano ther five po ints . was Kevin No rton
with 16. Anthony Sandoval dropped 22 points
for third.
The lo ne Pro-class rider, Ken ny Strob , lost
30 points on a to ughe r co urse, but he had no
competition; it would have been interesting to
see how he w oul d 've fin ished ag a ins t th e
Expe rts , had the tw o classes ridde n the same
course - whic h migh t ma ke sense in futu re
contests.
STTARS SUPErmoto Winter Ser ies
Round 3: Grange Motor Speedway
Trachy Puts Call on Hold
By JAMEY BLUNT
APPLE VAWY, CA,
FEB, 22
D
espite what was best decribed as a "de luge: round three of the STTARS Supermoto Winter Ser ies at Grange Motor Speedway in Apple Valiey, California, was a "go ." You
see, su perrnoto r uns com e rain o r shine ,
according to moto guru Do n C ane t . Upon
pulli ng though t he gates to Grange , it wa s
ap paren t the track had superb design , as the
water runoff was excellent . By the completion
of pract ice, the 100 ent rants on hand saw the
rain gods back off the water throttle and de liver a dry track. This in tum sent race rs back to
the already ove rworked Moto Connection
crew to have tires changed back to dry setups.
By I:30 p.rn., the heats had been complete d
without incident, and 2 p.rn. wo uld see th e first
of eight main eve nts.
By virtu e of his heat-r ace victory, Motostrano.com/Cytomax's Cory Call sat on po le
for the start of the 450cc main. Call was tied in
po ints for th e series le ad with Ha hm
Motosports/Troy Lee Des ign's Gary Trachy. O n
the start, Trachy got the jump and immediately
took Call's line away as they entered tu m one.
Call ran second , with Justin Ross th ird ,
Kawasa ki's Brandon Cu rrie fourth , Maxxis'
Greg Trachy fifth, and number-one plate holder
Mark Cernicky sixth. Call was glued to Gary 's
back fe nde r. Cernicky went do wn as t he y
entered the dirt section.
By lap two, the leaders had a 3.7-second
gap over th ird, and Greg had gotten by Currie
and w as go ing after Ross. On t he t hird lap.
Trachy displaced Ross for third. and Dunlop's
Cemicky, who re -joined the race in ninth . put
his head down and start ed to move forward.
Gary and Call wer e ve ry evenly matched, and
th e start determ ined t he outcome. At the
checke red nag, it was Gary, Call, Greg , Ross
and Cernicky.
The 2S0c c class is heating up, e specially
with the factory Kawasaki presence . Del Arno
Motorsports/FMF's Pablo Veglia is the thorn in
Kawasaki 's s ide . Ho w ev e r. Veglia and
Kawasaki's Jeff Mat iasevich both went down in
the heat race, giving them lesse r starting
positlons for the main. The heat-race winner,
Currie Enterpri ses' Currie, prevailed , despite
pressure allthe way from Veglia.
C all had on e more shot at Gary in t he
O pe n Expe rt ma in. It was 46 degre es and
driuling when Can et threw the nag. Gary shot
into the lead, followed by Varner Motosports'
juan Benavidez and Call. Gary was starting to
get away, wh ile Call tried to find a way around
Benavidez. On lap four, Call finally got by for
second and we nt after Gary. By lap six, Call
had caught up to Gary, but he couldn't find a
way aro und . Meanwh ile, Moto Connections'
Chuck McCarty w as qu iet ly moving up
th rough the pack, eventually finishing fou rt h,
ahead of Cernicky. Call's final atte mpt to get
past Gary came exiting turn 16 and head ing to
the checkers , whe re he lite rally re ached out
and pulled himself past Gary. Due to grabb ing
t he other machine , Ca ll w as pe nalized and
given second spot.
The next ro und will be held March 14. CN
RESULTS
G RAN G E MOTOR SPEEDWAY
KIDS: I. Morgan Tanke ; 2. Krrsun Bennet ; ) , Brianna
Bemet. NOV: I , Taylor Wynne; 2. Joe Goodson; 3. Nick ole
Tanke (Mon) . SP TSMN: I. Daniel Le avitt (Bet); 2. Chri s
Henry (GG ); 3. Ste ve Storz (She); .of. Richard Zinsmann. IN T:
I. lane Leavitt (Bul); 2. And re w Old ar (GG); J . Eric Storz
(She) ; .of. Michael Wenger. AD V: I. Kent G raham ; 2. Pete
Croft (Moo) ; 3. Clive HaMon; .of. Todd Bennett. MSTR: I.
Dave Pyle (GG); 2. GMy UP1ante (GG); 1. Brad Hannon; 4.
Reed Da vis . EX : I. Tom Hamann; 2. Kevin N o rton; 3.
Anthony S>ndovaI; 4. ..... Geyer. PRO , I. Kenny Suob.
ApPLE VAUEY, CALIFORN IA
R ESULTS: FEBRUAR Y
Simpso n Sponsorship Series
Round 2: Austin-Del Valle MX Park
Clark, Perry
Kings of
A-DVMX
By
r.o, JONES
AUSTIN, rx. FEB, B
strong e ffort turned t he new Aust in-De l
Motocross Park into an exce llent race
course o n Sunday, despite three da ys of rain.
With no pract ice o n Saturday due to t rac k
work, an ext ra hour was adde d Sunday. The
more than I30 riders who braved the cold got a
big jump in t he six-rac e Simpson Spons o rship
Se ries.
Kal p Clark got a brea k when Cod y Smith
e
had pro blem s in the first SOcc Junior more and
dro pped to last. Smith came back to dust the
field in mo to two and claim fifth overall , while
Clark topped the rest of th e fie ld for second in
the moto and first overall. Chris Johnson too k
second by chasing Clark home in bot h mot es,
and Christ ian Bosada fo llowe d him tw ice for
third.
Michae l Perry dom inated th e 80cc Se nior
and 8Scc O pe n classes, w ith Lind say Mye rs
placing second in both classes. Michael Webe r
was t hird in t he 80cc Sen ior con test . Cla rk
made Myers work har der in th e e scc Ope n
eve nt by taking se co nd in t he first moto , but
Mye rs too k it in the se cond mo to for second
ove rall.
A
~a1le
Gary lrochy (357) and Cory Call (62) were this close all doy at round
three of the STTARS Supermoto Winter Series.
Myers got he r first-p lace t ro phy in t he
Wome n's Non-Pre class, winning both motos in
fro nt of se rie s le a de r Kayl e y Bailey, w h o
cras hed her Yamaha in the 12Scc Novice race
and rode a borro wed Kawasaki care fully to a
pair of seconds.
In the 12Scc Novice class, Sean Morgen sen
took two moto wi ns against a pretty stro ng
field, with Mat t Mye rs placing second with a
fourth and a second. Logan Smith had a seco nd
and a fo urt h . leaving him t hird for t he day.
Behind them , Dre w Mitschke got third in the
first moto and fifth in the se cond fo r fourt h
overall, and the co nsisten t jo rdan Kruse 's pair
of sixes put him fifth.
Th e two la rge st classe s o f t he da y we re
young-rider classes : The 125cc Beginner class
had 13 rid e rs , led wi re to w ire by Marcus
Russe ll, and the 60cc Senior class had 10 riders,
led by C ody Briggs. Ce sar Zam bran o too k
se cond in 12Scc Beginn er w it h a 3-2 ru n,
followed by Ramiro Palacios, with a second and
a fifth. Clark (3-2) was runn e r-up in t he 60cc
Se nior clash, ahead of Bos ada (2-3), Robert
Adcoc k and Kody Hanse.
The ride rs who contested both rounds are
in t he driver 's se at w hen it comes to po ints .
Perry leads the 85cc Open class with two wins;
t hough the t o p fo ur rid e r s ha ve run bo th
ro und s, Pe rry le ads Du st in Sm it h by 14, as
Dustin was fourth at both rou nds. Be hind him
are Ric ky Kop p w ith 30 po int s an d Tayle r
Bustillos with 28 points. Perry leads Weber in
the SOcc Senior points stand ings by 15 points.
t hough We ber has run bo th rounds, too . J.J.
Pecsok is tied with Michael Haby in the l2Scc
Expe rt class and wit h Ian Math ews in 2S0cc
Expert. Austin Miller is out front in the 2SOcc
Intermediate class. with Brandon johnso n and
Marc Coo k in seco nd and th ird.
RESULTS
50 (4-6): I. Kaitlyn Mor row (KTM); 2. Elijah Bustillos
(KTM); 1. Ty Huckaby (KTM); 4. Hunte' Neal (KTM): S. Jose
LWs GaMn J'. (KTM). SO (7-8), l. be Mc8