Briar Bauman started flat-track racing in 2003 and was awarded Most
Impraved Rider and a high-paint traphy at the Chowchilla
Ba rn Burner Series fonale.
Phil Uland (48A) leads his raw into the Sandy Lane Endura in
Green Bank, Ne w Jersey.
while many C-c1ass riders carried points into
the start co nt ro l fo r the sec on d leg and to the
gas stop.
T he second loo p was muc h mo re op e n
te rra in, w ith mor e st art co ntr o ls into fire cuts
and woods tra ils that haven't been used in more
t han 20 years. The club uses start controls and
a single speed avera ge all day. and th is was a
saving grace (or t he new riders w ho could n't
figure ou t timekee ping e quipment. but many
riders made the inevitable co mparisons to "fo ur
hare scram bles stru ng together."
Co mpeti tion was fier ce. KT M 's Lafferty
plac e d lirst in the AA cl ass, be hind Ho es s.
Lafferty has been training hard, and he edged
past East Co ast End uro Association cham ps
Dale Sweigart (o n t ie -bre aker se conds) an d
Rich's brother Jack Lafferty (by two minutes).
Wh ile " Da Cherd " is loo king forw ard to next
week's National, AI Switzer is just com ing back
to racing again th is season, and he took third
in the A Sen ior class, which turned out to be a
huge class a t this ev ent, w ith more tha n
32 finishe rs . Charl ie Sta p le fo rd ' s SS won
the Masters cla ss rathe r ha ndily, over Pete
Parlet t's 67.
T he event wa s successfu l due to t he
excelle nt work of the Meteo r Mot orcycle Club
and tra il boss Dale Fre itas. wh o thanked all his
great club me mbers, the Wharton State For est
and the New Jersey Pineland Commission , the
to wn sh ips of Woo dl and , Was hingt o n and
Tabern acle, the Township Mercy Rescue Squad,
Burlingto n County Amateur Radio Club , an d
the Chatswo rth Fire Company.
To le ar n m o re a bo ut th e cl ub, vis it
t he we bsite at htt p://www.meteo rmc .com/
Mete or.html
R ESULTS
AA: I. Fred Hoess (Hus) ; 2. Rich Lafferty (KTM) 3. Dale
;
Sw eitgart (KT M); 4. Jack l affe rty Jr. (KT M): 5. Mic h ae l
Bra dway (KTM). A 115: I . Steven Kre is (Hu s); 2. Steve
Area (Yam); 3. Marti n Griff (KTN); 4. Tom Kiritsis (Kaw) ; 5.
Edward Fifth (Kaw) . A 100: I. Robert Moho (Kaw); 2. Ed
Ham ilton (Kaw ): 3. Dan Stoppi Jr. (Kaw): 4. O1arIe s Oauretli
(KTM); 5. Brian Webster. A 150: I. Bob Solomon (KTM); 2.
Michael Melniczuk (KTM); 1. Chase Compton (KTM) -4 Eric
; .
C or b in (Yam); 5 . Phil Galardi (Yam ). A OPEN : I . Ken
Yankowski (KTM); 2. Pat Emmons (KTM); 1. Troy McNamee
(KTM); 4 . Bo b Be nne tt (Ha n); 5. David Barnes (Vor). A
'-5TR~ I. Chm Smith (Hen) ; 2. Dan Sh¥pIeu (Hen ); J.
Dennis Zurawski Jr. (Yam); 4. David G lenn (Yam): 5. Ste ve
larkin (Ha n) . A V ET: I . Thomas Fol kl (H us); 2. Gillies
Trepaw;er (Yam); 3. Mike Kowalsky (KTM); 4. Matt Eggleston
(KTM); S. jeff Pritdwd (KTM). A 5'" I. jeff ,"«Mer (Kaw);
2 . Phil Carl in (Han); 3. AI Switzer (Hu s): 4 . Scott Snyd e r
(Hus) ; 5. Cliff Ten ne y (Hon). A S/S R: I . Ric hard Stu art
(Kaw); 2. Thomas Marsh (Hus); 3. Scott Wolfenberger (Hus );
• •)ad< Lalfeny So-. (KTM); S. S,..... Kanya (KTM). B I2S; I.
Bob Sisco (Yam) ; 2. SCOtt Pake ma n (Yam); 1. Jeff Bo o t h
(Y
am); en Lacko (KTM); S. Glenn MMtin (Suz).
Barn Burner Series
Final Round: Chowchilla Fairgrounds
And In Conclusion•.•
By KAREN GOULD
CHOWCHILLA, CA, MAR. 27
T
he winter Barn Burner Series at Chowchill
a
is done for this yea r. The summer Sliding
Sideways Series will begin Sunday. May 30, and
the new winter Bam Burner Se ries (he ld under
the fairgrounds' cover) will begin again in Octobe r. Th is night's racing con cluded wi th an
awards ceremony in which high-po int trophies
w e re awarded to t he top three qualifiers In
each class . The be autiful trophies were taller
t han many o f t he w inners, wi t h t he riders'
names and categories and the date e mblazoned
o n each one . Addit ionally, awa rds were pre se nted to a lot of peo ple who we re instru men tal in planning and orchestrating these races , as
weli as t he Most Improve d Ride r (Briar Bauman), the Racing Family (t he Wood s family), and
more.
With 22 main events to run and an awards
ce re mo ny to finish too , no time was wa sted
getti ng riders on the track. Bro nson Bauman
a nd Weasel Hickm an con t inue d the ir 65cc
competition ; the two have run neck and neck
throughout the series . This night's win and this
high point went to Hickman , with a six-point
lead.
Jus t in Pe tz finished se co nd in t he 85cc
Novice class on the night, with Briar taking the
win and the high-point trophy. Pe tz took t he
to p trophy in the 80cc Youth class.
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Michae l Sanchez returned this week to claim
victory in the 1000c Modified and Open FourSt ro ke classes. De nnis Trentman finished both
races in the second spot. The Curry father-andson team als o re tu rne d t o com pete in t he
100cc Stock Adu lt class a nd gave everyone
something to watch as they worked the trac k
and each other tu rn after t urn . It was Dad's
tum to win, but it was son Jon who went home
with t he high-po int tro ph y. Jack Haye s t ook
hom e the 100cc Mo difie d Ad ult high-po int
trophy and the night's win as well.
Larry Clover was the winner and high-point
cham p in the I25cc Novice class. He also too k
high poi nts In the Two -Cyl inder Vint age and
Vintage Nov ice classes . Ro d Halst e ad t o o k
home the 2S0c Novice high point. AI Ludwigse n
took the Senior high-point trophy hom e with
him , and Joh nny Larso n took hom e t he O ldTime r Expert and Vintage Expe rt high-poi nt
t ro ph ies . Mike Poulso n was th e Ol d-T ime r
Novice high-point winner.
Bob Hill, Donnie Howard and Nick Moore
came out of turn one in that o rder in the
Money race . Moo re tried hard to ge t around
Howard, but his back wheel was spinning while
Ho wa rd 's and Hill's were getting t ract ion .
Wheel· t o-wheel co mp etit io n ensued until
Howard fell coming out of turn three. Moore
secured the second spot and again attem pted
to get around Hill. but Hill kept the inside line
closed, a nd Moore , unable t o ge t en o ug h
40th Anniversary
tracti on to pass him o n t he outside, finished
second . The Stockton Honda-Y
amaha/Arai/Pinit
Motorspo rts/Sier ra Water/Mo ther's Polishes sponsored Moo re was awarded w ith a trophy
for winning the most Money races d uring the
series.
RESULTS
65 NOV: I. Weasel H ickman : 2. Bronson Bauman . 8S
NOV: I . Bria r Bauman ; 2. Dan ielle C a lde ira; 1. Bobby
Caldeira. YTH 100 STK: I. Bobby Caldei ra; 2. Jerry King.
YTH 100 H O D: I. Michael Sanchez ; 2. Dennis Trentman.
O PE N 4 · S T RK: I. Michae l Sanchez; 2. Den nis Trentman .
ADU LT 100 5TI(, I. - Dod- Curry; 2. jon Cu,..,. ADULT
100 MOD ; I . jack H. ,.,.. 115 NO V; I. Uny ao-. 2S0
EX: I . Austin Helwi g. O fT NOV: I . Mike Poul son. OfT
EX : I. jotvvty lanon. SR: I. AI L..udwigsen. BRAKELESS :
I. Stu Cardon. VlNT EX: I . johmy Larson . H NY: I . Bob
Hill; 2. Nic:k Moore.
Cent ral Oregon Motocrass Se ries
Round 4 : Madras Motocross
Currier's
Speedy
&~,!:~ryl
MADRAS, OR, MAR. 27
ashington's Landon Currier delivered a
b low to t he co mpe titio n in t he 85 ce
age-grou p and Supermini contests w ith a fou rfor-fou r win talty at Madras Motocro ss, site of
rou nd fou r of the CM C -san ct io ned Centra l
O regon Motocross Se ries. The Yamaha-mounted rider from Brush Prairie had tough competit ion in bot h classes, bu t in th e e nd , Cu rrie r
prevailed .
Currier's first win came in t he 85cc age gr o up co ntest. W hile Cu rrier d idn't get th e
starts he 'd ho ped for, he moved to the head of
the pack early on in both motos. Mall DeAtley
and ano ther Suzuki rider, Ben Anglen, were the
only riders to lead Currier all day long. Currier,
however, had an answer for their challe nges.
Anglen placed second to Currier in both ascc
age-group metes , although Anglen, in his final
day of 8 Scc co mpe t it ion , st ill came away a
winner. Anglen, from near by Culver, won the
adjoined 14-16 class t o trail 12- 13 winner
C ur r ie r b ut finish ahead of a tr io o f 8 5cc
(12- 13) riders - DeAtle y, Tyler Schwentker
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