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rider, Sunday's third-placed rider was Yamahamounted Fre d Martinson, w ho lost a hefty 56
points.
The sound of two-strokes and four-strokes
plonking along together may seem strange , but
in reality it's the sound of the future. All curre nt
t rials-bike com panies are deve loping the fourstroke engine to co mply w ith the new fo urst roke-o nly r ule at up com ing Wo rld Trials
Champi onships. Bringing the fee l of the old and
the new togeth e r was the special single-shock
support class that AHRMA included. It allowed
modern riders on mod em bikes to test their
skills and high tec hnology against the styles and
des igns of the past .
Da nie l Leav itt won t he Supp ort class on
bo t h days . Day o ne 's r un ne r- u p was Jim
Ho dge s , and second on day t wo was Ian
Delaney.
RESULTS
BEG : I . John Pischke (Yam): 2. Bill Lawless (Y ; 1.
am)
Chuck De Ran (Y . PREM l./W NOV: I . Gary Collman .
am)
PREM l./W INT: I. Don Kelley (Tri); 2. Bruce Stevens (Tn).
PREM H/W IN T, I. J. W;Iwn (BSA PREM H/W EX, I.
).
Derik BeNoir (Vel) 2. Janson O lhges (AJS); 1. Mike Fen ner
;
(Tn). Ct.SC NOV, I. Rodge, Brophy (Bol). CLSC INT, I.
Bruce Kelley (G.-e). CLSC EX , I. RKk Wolf (Pen), 2. Terry
Sterrett (Sar). MORN C LSC N OV: I. Mike Cates (Suz ); 2.
taoce Maddu x (Hon ); 1. larry Reiter (Yam). MO RN CLSC
INT, I. G. Storlwn (Y
om): 2. Tony Downs (Yom): J. R:ondy
Russel (Yam) . MOR N CLSC EX : I. lane Lea vitt (Bul); 2.
Peter Serek (Y
am); 1. len Sims (Yam). SU P EX: I. Daniel
Leavitt (Bet ); 2. Jim Hodges (Mon ): 1. Mike TKe (Men) .
Scenic Highlands Matasports Park
Hoge Hogs the Wins
By JOHN
KREPS
NEWCOMERSTOWN, OH, MAR. 14
ort he rn O hio racers were finally treated
to some outd oor racing, as the 2004 season opened up at Scenic Highlands in Newcomers town. Mor e than 500 racers passed through
the ga te s, and in typic a l Ohio fash io n, t he
wea ther was q ue st io nable , c hanging quic kly
throughout t he weeke nd . When Sund ay
arrived , the cold had returned, and some dreary weather accompanied it. Though it never
rained very hard , a steady, light drizzle pers isted
throug h much of the day, making for some mise rable motocrosse rs.
One racer who was completely unaffected
by t he drea ry wea the r was Pittsburg h,
Pennsylvania's Kevin Hoge. who made the jump
from the B class to t he A class this year. He
opened up t he District 12 season with fo ur
do minating Pro victories on his Suzuk i RMs.
Hoge was tearing the track apart, no matter
what the condition, and he we nt unchallenged
on the day. Bowenon, O hio 's Tyson Leggett
was able to keep him within sight in the 2S0cc
A mo tos , and G re g Smi t h o f Miam i, West
Virginia, rou nde d out the podium with a couple
o f ha rd-earned t hirds. Le gge tt again put his
Kawasaki in second, behind Hoge, in the 125cc
A mo tes, and this t ime Kawasaki ride r Cody
Calkin s was third. Tom Poling and Vet racer
Eddie Karban rou nded out the top five.
The 12Scc C class filled the entire sta rt ing
gate as the largest class of the day, and Kyle
Herwald of Little Hoc king. O hio , topped the
fie ld wit h co ns istent 3-2 scores . First -moto
winner Ca rl Emshoff could o nly muster 19th in
th e seco nd moto , dr op pi ng h im o ut o f
co nte ntion on the day. Brandon Waggoner put
his Yamaha into second overa ll wit h the secondmo re vict o ry, a nd Jo h n Sluka of nea r by
Uhrichsville , O hio , made his de but o n th e
bigge r bikes with a fine third-p lace overall finish.
Brandon Smith came from Salt Rock, West
Virginia, to take both 2SOc B mote wins over
c
_ local Fletc he r Shry ock and pre vious C -c1ass
racer Bobby Roe n e l. Smith co uld not rep e at
those results in the 12Scc B motos , thoug h, as
Strasb urg, O hio's loch Kaiser proved to be too
m uch on his ne w Yam aha 2S0 F. Kaise r t oo k
both moto wins , over Smit h, and Nick Edgell
put in a great 6-3 ride on his Kawasaki for third .
In the Mini classes, Uhrichsville, O hio, native
Kyle Ditcher picked up right where he left off
last year by winn ing th e 8 Scc Se nio r a nd
Supermi ni classe s. Ditche r had a fight on his
hands, th oug h, as Gree nsburg , Pe nnsylvania's
Tyle r McGoff came to O hio to race hard and
N
win. McGoff was able to do just that by winning
t he firs t Supermini moto, over Ditche r, but
secon d-mo ta problems held the youngster back
while Ditcher comp leted his two class victories
on the day. McGoff was able to place seco nd in
the 85cc (12- 15) class , with Indiana nat ives
Danie l Rocke and Blake Niccu m rounding out
the to p four. Niccum improved two spots in the
Superm ini class after the DNF by McGo ff. and
Daniel Mathe ny put his KTM mini into third .
RESULTS
P{W BEG: I . Gra e Settersu om (KTM); 2. Dytlan Fo x
(KTM); 1. Ash ley Formey (KTM): 4. Gun nar Setters tro m
(KTM): S. Bre tt Bell (KTM). 50 (4- 8 ) OIL-INJ: I. Grae
Settersuom (KTM); 2. Austin Hyndman (KTM); 1. Gu nna r
5ettenlrom (KTH). 50 (4 -6)' I. Br.ody Panenon (ICTM): , .
Rebe rt Re icher ( KT M): 1 . Austin Hynd man (KT M); 4 .
N;choIa, Della Penna (Pol), S. T...,.,. Stine (KTH). SO (7-8),
I . Scottie Slauterbeck (KTM); 2. Tanner Nemeti (KTH) : 3.
Austin Pateos (laM); 4. Joshua Boyd (Sm): 5. Austin Western
(Pol). 65 BEG : I. Scottie Slaute rbeck (KTM); 2. Co h o n
Ande""" (ICTH); J. Dean Barker (ICTH) . 65 (7 -' )' I. josh
Hough (ICT ); 2. H i<:haeI P'" (ICTH ); J . Cade C""," (ICTM):
H
4. Cra ig Mullett (KTM); S. Ryan Perkins (KTM). 65 ( 10 - 11):
I . Dan iel Herriein (KTH): 2. Ryan Hors ley (KTM); 1. Michael
Mahaffey (KTM); 4. Austin Coon (KTM ): S. Brandon Davis
(Suz) . 8 5 (7 - 11) : I. Mitchell Hough (Yam) : 2. C urt Gas ki
(Yam); 1. Sean Kilkenny (Yam); 4. Aust in Coon (KTM); S.
H i<:hoeI MaIWIey (ICTM). 8 5 (7- 11) EXT RA (NON-PTS) ,
I. H itchell Hough (Y~), 2. Jetemy Ng (ICTM): 3. Jo< Hough
h
(ICTM). B5 ( 12 -1 5): I. Kyle Ditchet (Suz): 2. ."..,.. M