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Moose Northern California Championship Enduro Series
Round 2 : Wild Boar Enduro
Brandt Burns his Brand
on the Boar
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served as a warm-up for the loop-two opener,
with check six at 49.3 miles the start of a long
test to check seven , at 64.9 miles. Mer more
than 40 minutes of full be rse rk-mode riding,
Brandt once again edged out Sperle, 3. 1S2 to
3. 171, making up t he tie- breaker de ficit and
putti ng himself in the lead. The two leaders'
do minat ion ove r t he rest of the fiel d was
evident, with eve n the heroic Bauer unable to
stay within a point, his S.273 leading the chase
pa ck over the S.29 9 o f Wo od . Ptarcinski
cont inued to show himself as a rising star, his
S.30S in the thick of the chasers . Sprague also
hung in the chase pack, his S.322 in the midst
of the fast guys.
While all th e lead e rs agr eed t ha t c heck
eight was zeroable, no body was able to tu rn
the trick, and scores of one and two prevailed.
Riders had to exhibit a bit of hustle to zero
check nine at the finish, a task the contenders
easilyaccomplished.
When the final scores were tallied, Brandt's
season was off to an excellent start , his 7.]]5
edging out the 7.345 of Sperle for the overall
and AA win. The A 2S0cc winner, Baue r, was
t he be st of t he rest , his 10 .S08 topping t he
10.S76 of Wood . The II.S98 of A Four-Stroke
winner Ptarcinski rounded out the top
five.
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LEGHORN
NEWlORIA, CA, MAR. 14
A Ite r Brian Sperle's domination of the 2003
r\.Moose Nort hern California Championship
Enduro Se ries, t he quest ion o n eve ryone's
minds was who was going to finish second at
the Wild Boar Enduro, held at the Clear Creek
Management Area near Coali nga, California.
Everyone, that is, exce pt Jordan Brandt , who
showed that his speed is the new gold standard
in AHA District 36 Enduro Competition.
The scoring got started early, with the first
test of the day starting with a check -in located
at 3.0 miles . The tight t rails t h roug h t he
manzanita to check two at 7.4 miles took the
firs t poi nts of th e day, wi th th e KTM 4 S0mounted Spe rle picking up where he left off
last year, his 2.1 33 edging out t he 2.147 of
Suzuki 2S0 rider Brandt . The 3. 1S8 of fellow
Suzuki 2S0 rider Jeff Bauer led the scores of
three, followed by Honda-mounted Adam
Sprague. The 3.203 of KTM rider Dave Wood
rounded out the early leaders.
Check three at 26 .0 was buried in a 19mph section, and it caught a few daydreame rs,
while check four at 39.3 miles checked riders
in to the next test of the day. Brandt gave the
first indication that there was a new sheriff in
town, his 1.]6 at check five making a dent in
his tie-breaker deficit, with Sperle next at 1.41.
Wood could sort of see the two leaders, his
1.74 edging out the 1.77 of Bauer to lead the
chase rs. Honda rider James Pta rcinski started
to make his presenc e felt, his 1.81 the last of
the ones.
The two first-loop tests, however, merely
his first ove rall win in the competitive
Supermini class. The Yamaha pilot aced both
motos; his closest competition came from
fellow yz riders Tyler Schwentker and Travis
McClinton. Gubser and Schwentker both got
arou nd early leader McClinton and finished
one-two, while Bradley Hillman placed third.
In moto two, the fast -starting McClinton
again got the jump on the field, and this time his
lead lasted longe r, but Gubser eventually got
around his nemesis and finished at the head of
the pack for a I -I sweep. McClinton finished
second , but Schwentker got second overall, as
his 2-3 placings bettered McClinton's 4-2 tally.
Hillman (3-4) and Kyle Lemmo n (7·6) filled out
the top five.
Horban , th e son o f former AMA Grand
Nat ional TT Expert Robert Horban, got a
me dio cre st art In the first co mb ined 125cc
Pro/Intermediate/Junior contest, but it didn't
take long for t he up-and-coming teenager to
take co mmand . Nathan Whitlow, one of the
two Intennediates in the field of 16 riders , held
the point position for several laps before losing
out to Horban; Wh itlow got the w o rst of a
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ClUd C REEK MANAGEMENT AREA
NEW IDRIA, CAUFORNIA
RESULTS: MARCH 14, 2004 (ROUND 2)
A O/k 1.)onIan Bnnd c 2. Brian Sperle : 3. Jeff Bauer,
4. DavKfWood; S. James PtarcinskJ. AA: l, J
ordan Br;mdt
(Suz); 2. Brian Sperle (KTM); 3, Da vid Wood (KTM). A
0-100: I. Bobby He,...- (KTM): 2. Ryan GouldWead (KTH):
l . Craig Simpson (KTM); 4. William Roussel (KTM). A 250:
four-way shootout and trailed Horban, Aaron
McClinton and Kevin Petrush kin at mot a 's end .
Horban quickly jumped out front at the start
of moto two, and the Yamaha YZ2S0 F rider
remai ned there to the finish. Whitlow wasn't
far o ff t he Pro's pa ce, and by virtue o f his
second-place finish, he garnered the overall
Inte rmediate win. ahead of Matt Wilson .
Though Wilson was the top-placing Junior rider
in the second contest, amato-one DNF ended
his chances of a top placing overa ll. The Juniorclas s w in w e nt Aaron's w ay, fo llowed by
Hu sqvarna-mounted Nick Randk lev (3-3 ),
Robert Wullbrandt (4-4), Shane Skiles (S-6) and
Petrushkin (2-10).
Fo rme r minicycle speedster Ryan Huege
hasn't raced all that much th is wi nter, bu t it
appe ared the 17-year-old from Yamhill ,
Oregon, hadn't lost much speed. Huege was
the fastest rider on the trac k in the combined
250cc Pro/Intermediate con test, even beat ing
Horban to the finish in both metes. The oofy
ride r In the tw o motos to head Huege w as
Yamaha rider Garret Melton . Ho w e ve r,
Melton's lead was brief at best , as the Honda-
APRIL7, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS
I. Jeff Bauer (Suz); 2. Joel Burkett
(Yam ); 3. Jerry' Talbot (Yam ) ; 4.
Ma tt he w Workman (Suz) ; 5 .
Rodney Goehring (Hon) . A OPEN:
I. Chris Hansen (KTN) ; 2. Chris
Gh lone (H en) : J . Troy Winslow
(KTH) : 4. Eric lyIer (Han): S. Adam
Achepohl (KTN) . A 4- STRK: I.
James Pt ar c inskl (H on); 2. Ro n
W igingt on (H o n) ; 3. Brody
Borgogno (K T M) ; 1 . Michul
Ch ristensen (Hon) ; S. Steven Poor
(Hon) . A VET: I. Adam Sprague
( Ho n); 2. Ronald Da y ( Ho n) ; 3.
Jas on Edie (Yam) ; 4. Jeff Wilson
(Kaw) ; S. Jeff Howard (Yam) . A
WMN : I. Heather Wilson (Kaw) ; 2.
Michele Eidam (KTM); 1. Barbara
Mihovich (KTH). A SR: I . William
Blocher (KT N); 2. James Curry
(KTH ): 3. Duke Lambert (KTM): 4.
Bob Stene (Yam) ; S. Todd W InSlow
(KTM). A S/SR: l. Mike Ste rling
(Han): 2. J..... o.tem.y (KTM); 3.
Hugo Z we u loot (KTM); 4. Peter
Prichard (KTM); S . Richa rd Ada n
(KTM). A GENT: I. Donald Owe
(KTM) ; 2. William Craig (KTM). B
C IA: I. Jeff Mendes; 2. Greg Taylor;
3. Tyler Smith; 4. Russell W. Allen; S.
Mark Den ney. B 0-200: I. Kevin
MihovKh (KTH) . B 150 : I . Russell
W. Allen (Ya m); 2. Kelly Purdy
(KTH) : 3. Mvk H"" (Ko
w): 4. Rkk
Roon e y (Ho n) ; S . Wa lt er Lu n n
(Yam). B O PEN : I . Jeff Mendes
( KTH) ; 2. Tyle r Sm ith ( KT H ); 3.
Jacob t1ahleo' (Han); 4. RDbe