Carsten battled closely for the number-one spot. He e nded up
with 3-3 finishes in that class. De ngler can get by anybod y, and
he is a ride r to be ta ken serious ly. Ncllvatne , riding a new Honda
CRF250R fo r the first time . rode the four-stro ke to a sixth -place
finish overall on the tough and rutted track. He also rod e we ll in
the Ove r 25 Expert class, going 3-11 for another sixt h-overall
finish.
I
Kenny Landerman and th e excellent cre w (ro m Racew ay
Par k put on an outstand ing event of excit ing racing fo r their
29th -se ason opener. It was a great day, and Zupko and forme r
Pro Mickey Kessler maintained the track well all day.
RESULTS
65 (7. 9): I. Luke Re nzland (Kaw) ; 2. Ch ris C anning (Kaw); 3. Ant hony
Maimone (Kaw ). 65 (10- 11): I. Brett Forman (KTM): 2. Michael Ung ( Kaw ); 3.
TaWn Distefano (Suz). 85 (7- 11): I. Luke Renzland ( Kaw) ; 2. Michael Mackepr.!llg
(Kaw); l . T immy Vog e l (50, ). 8S (12. ll), I. Ryan Gainey (50, ); 2. Kody Rt ~ (Sw); l . joel DengIe.-(Hon). 250 H OV, I. Troy Melarnon (y",,);
2. J~than Bronne (Yam) ; 3. Brett Ughtne r (Yam). 150 AM: I. Anthony FonW'la
(Han ); 2. Dave Marques (Han ); 3. Scott Edwdrds (Yam). 150 PRO /EX : I. Ty
Wallace (Han ); 2. Barry Carsten (Suz) ; 3. Richard SchmKft (Han) . SC HBY: I.
Craig Dube (Kaw); 2. Mike Ge n a (Suz); 3. Tom Wonski (Yam) . ClGBY: I.
And rew Pingnotti (Hon); 2. Stephen Hunter (Han); 3. Anthony Fon tana (Hon).
15 + AM: I. Dave Marques (Han); 2. Jason Dineen (Han); l . Chris Pepe (Yam).
15 + EX: I. Ty Wal lace (Han); 2. RichardSchmidt (Hon) ; 3. Rich ie Zup ko (KTH).
30 + NOV: I. Bruce Burdg e (Yam); 2. James Kusmide r (Han); l . Jesse Po/ini
(Y
am) . 30 + AM: I. Justin LopaJo(Hon ); 2. Jason l uty (Hon) ; l . O rlando Carvajal
(Y
am) . 30 + EX: I. Barry Carsten (Suz); 2. Richie Zup ko (KTM); 3. Jim Kapitan
(Ha n). 40 + AM : I. Kevin Blanc (Ha n); 2. John Mo rr isroe (Yam) ; l . Mark
am); 2. Ed Fcedlsh (Yam); 3. Rich
l onie wski (Hon ). 40 + EX: I. Gregg Tumer (Y
Rossiter (Hoo ).
Idaho State Series
Round' , Day 2: Glenn 's Ferry Mota-X Track
Henderson Holds
Them OH
By DAVE ROUN5EVELLE
GLfNN 'S FERRY, ID, MAR. 14
S
unday brought great weather and even better tr ack condition s fo r day two of the season opener of the Idaho State
Series . Yamaha of Blackfoo t's Chris Henderson showed that he
has the skill and co ndit ioning to manhandle his Yamaha 450 F to
victory in the 250cc Pro class. Henderson be sted all competitors
as he took the class wit h a holes ho t in t he first mo ta and a
chase-'em-down-from -behind viaory in the second mota.
He nde rso n snat ched the first -mot a ho les ho t , w ith Ryan
Alteme ir and Ta llen Elq uist in tow. Elqu ist go t by b o th
Henderson and A1teme ir to take the lead by the second lap.
Henders on w ouldn 't be in se cond long, as he co nst a nt ly
pressured Elqu ist and finally got by. Then he started to stretch
out a small lead . A1temeir was able to take second away from
Elquist on the last lap. Henderson took the win .
Elquist absco nded with t he ho lesho t in mota two, whi le
Henderson was caught at the back of the pack. Henderson had
to work to ge t around Alte mei r, and the tw o passed eac h other
a cou ple of times befor e Henderson pulled away slightly. Willie
Bosse rman was battling with Elquist , but he spun o ut, ena bling
He nd erso n to ge t by an d chase d o wn Elqui st for t he lead .
Hen der son too k his time and made a clean pass in the Scorner
o n the last lap to take the hard- fought win and the overall on a
I- I tally. Elq uist (3-2) too k sec ond overall. ove r A1temeir (2- 3).
Th e Sup e rm ini class enables fans to loo k a littl e into t he
fut ure to see the next possible gro up of Pros . Cory Dutton took
t he early le ad in t he first Supe rmini mo ta class. w ith Ch uck
Niels on on his rear fe nder. The tw o fle et ride rs pu lled awa y
slightly from the res t of the pack, and t he ir battle wa s o nly
beg inning. N ielson was tripling t he last sectio n of the rhythm
secti on , but tripling the m mad e him go deep into the corner,
w hile Dutt on was do ubling the jump but ho lding the inside line
as they hea de d into the whoops. Nie lsen w o uld fly by Dutton
o n the jum p and go deep into the comer, w hile Dutto n wou ld
ta ke the inside and make up time by going around the co rner in
t he sho rt e st d istanc e. Dutt o n was ab le to ho ld off the flying
Nielson for the first-mo ta w in.
The second moto found Nie lson ripp ing the holeshot, with
Dutton in tow. Nielson wo uld run in the lead the entire mot o,
but he could hea r and see Dutton putting pressur e on him.
Niel son took t he w in and t he o verall with a 2·1 tally, over
Dunon ( 1-2).
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