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Parts Unlimit ed Minimot o S upercross National couple of Wonder Warthog capes were spotted flapping arou nd as we ll. The "main event" was a team race in a Motocross des Nations format. Each team had a larger clutch bike, a midsize bike , and a 50cc bike. Stanton won the mota , but the best overall score and bragging rights went to Chad Pede rso n, Denny Ste phenson and David Pingree . eN LAs VEGAS ORLEANS ARENA LAs VEGAS, NEVADA RE SULTS: APRIL 3 0, 2 0 0 4 XTREM E: I. l evi Humphry; 2. De rek Akiona; l . Kurt Furo mot o; 4. Jason Bascon ; S. Brian Floyd . WMN : I. Delane y Rend ; 2. Jamie Utd e; 3. Brittany White; 4. Wendy Hassle r S. Kim Martin. STOCK 50: I. Bryan Piccirelli; 2. Josh Camden; 3. Duan e Bro wn : 4. N ick Saia; 5. Clint Bra un. 50 MO D AM: I . Justin Anderson; 2. Ben Hunkins; 3. Joel Murph y; 4. Steve Lovazzano ; S. Kurt Furo mot o. 50 MO D PRO: I. Tommy Hc fmasten 2. Jeremy McGra th; 3. Guy Cooper, 4. David Pingree; S. Fran z Elliott . MID -S IZE D MOD AM : I. Mike Col lier; 2. Josh Camden; 3. Dennis Humphry; 4. Ryan Ulbrich; 5. Rob Wexler. MID ·SIZED MOO P RO : I. Jeremy McGrath ; 2. Mike N o rthro p; 3. David Pingree 4. Guy Coo per; 5. Buddy Antunez. C LUT CH MOD AM: I. Casey Stancil; 2. Larry Kuebler; 3. Phil Tinstman; 4. Brian Bechtel; 5. De re k Charbonneau. C LUTCH H O D PRO: I. Jeremy McG rath ; 2. Brad Hagseth; 3. Jeff Stanton: 4. Buddy Ant unez ; 5. Rich Taylor. Minimoto Su pe rcro ss inside the Las Vegas O rleans Arena w as a success w ith lots of action a nd lots of stars. Kurt Furomoto (218), Mark Delorenzo (213) and a horde of 50cc Modified·mounted Amateurs do ba"le. MI NIMOTO DES NATiONS: I. Chad Pedersen . Den ny Stephenson. David Pingree . Hig TilTl-E! Hal:lcyard Ral:ing STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN e n backyard minibike racing started out with big /l ittle even ts like "Langtown ," w ho wou ld have thought all th is p laying wo uld le ad to a full- o n minibi ke supe rcross in Las Vegas in a full arena wit h riders like Je re my McGrath, Jeff Emig, Jeff Stanton and Guy Cooper all on the track at once? Welcome to the Parts Unlimited Minimoto Supercross National, a unique experiment that turned out right. The eve nt drew 384 entries on the trickest minibikes you'll find, and the Orleans Arena was just about full with 5200 in the stan ds. The eve nt also featured a vendor's row of minibike gadgets and tricks with companies like Sana and Red Baron showing off the ir goo ds. To make the pro gram even more fun, Michelle Stephenson (formerly Miss Aren across) brought three umbrella girls, and Aaron Smith of Oh io did ramp-to-ramp backflips o n his TTR 90 . Practice and qualifying we re held in the afternoon, and the night program was all racing. Rob Buydos (new -hire announcer for outdoo r nationa ls) and ESPN's Jamie Little were the announc ers , but both got out on the track and raced themselves. Little had the Women's class won, but she fell on the last lap. The best race was SOcc Mod Pro, W 46 whe re Guy Cooper, on one of his trick Extreme Minis, led just abo ut the whole mota with Jere my McGrath charging hard up from a weak start to get on his fender, but Tommy Hoffmaster was right o n McGrath and made a last-lap pass on them both for the win. There was also a class just for sponsors, which is important in a new branch of the sport since a lot of the sponsors specialize /-MY 19,2004 • CYC LE N EWS in mini parts , and of co urse they ride, too . The event also made room for a little more sill iness than a usual supercross. A cou ple of Fre nch guys were clowning aro und on the track in a gorillasuit, and a 40th Anniversary (Top) Jere my McGroth (2) leods race w inne r T omm)' Hoffmoste r (581 ) ond Jimmy Lewis (S27) in the 50cc Modified Pro eless, (Above - from left to right) McGrath , Hoffmoster ond Cooper celebra te their 2- 1-3 finish in the finol.