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Zach Clement catches some air en route to the overall win at Stock Ranch,
site of the th ird round of the Rocky Mountain Trials Association
Championship Series.
Rocky Mountain Trials Association Championship Series
Round 3: Stock Ranch
Clement Takes Stockl
By GEORGE PENNINGTON
CANON CITY, CO, APR. 18
T
ough sections and a long. t echnical loo p set
t he stage for ro u nd th re e of t he Ro c ky
Mo unta in Tri als Associatio n's C ham pio nshi p
Series , he ld at the Stock Ranch in sou th ce ntra l
Co lorado. Gas Gas-mou nt ed Za ch Cle me nt
was unfazed by the cha llenging con ditions as he
sco rched the course and the competitio n. beat ing seco nd -place finisher Ste vie Darrow by 31
points. Looking smooth and confident, Clem ent
method ically attacked th e sections, jumpi ng o ut
to a 14-po int lead at the conclusion o f th e first
loop, and he was never challenged thereafter.
Th e Montesa-rnount ed D arr ow put in his best
ri de of the season, top ping third-place finisher
Chad White by a convincing nine po ints. White
act ually had a very good third loo p, finishing on
16 , co mpared to th e 19 tally of Darrow and the
I 3 tally of Clem e nt , but it was n' t enough to
clo se the gap.
Th e Sen ior Advanced class was decided in a
shoe to ut between Tra cy Zentz and Tom
T hom pson . Afte r t he first loo p , Ze ntz had
ca rded a six, handily es tablishing a five -po int
margin over T ho mpson's I I po ints . Ken White
w as on 12, and Tho mas Hedwall was o n 13. It
see m e d t he fig ht wo ul d be fo r seco nd .
Thompson , tho ugh, was not go ing to settle fo r
seco nd easily, po sting a three -poi nt sco re
against th e six carded by Zentz. Hedwall also
hung in the re, posting a five , but the class win
was going to go to the victo r of the third loo p.
Kno wing the w in was on the line, Zen tz rose to
t he occasion and rode a nea rly flaw les s third
loo p , fin ish ing w it h a two -po int score and
secu ri ng t he win , ove r Thom pson , by five
points . Hedwall hung in fo r third on the day.
The long loop too k its toll o n th e Amate ur
and Novi ce classe s. Rid ing on ly two loops (to
preve nt ride rs fro m timing o ut), the Amateur
class provided the largest turnout - as well as
t he m o st DN Fs . Topping t he fie ld of 19
entrants, David Koerwitz had his wo rk cut out
for him. A first-loop score of 13 had him tie d
for second with Greg Smith , beh ind T. Mohler,
who wa s lea d ing t he way w it h a solid 10.
Koerwitz then po sted a class-lead ing sco re of
six on th e se con d loo p to w ra p up t he w in.
Mohler dropped back to second with a 12-po int
sco re, w hile Andr e w Parker, rid ing a 1974
TY 175, snea ked in fo r the final podium po sition.
RESULTS
EXHI8: L MMk Mann iko . JR A:. I. Tyler Pennington; 2.
Maggie Kunz. NOV: I. jeremy Wynn; 2. Brian Hagler: 3. Keifer
.
Jacobson; 4. Mike Moore; S. Cory Willoughby AM : I. David
Koerwitt: 2. T. Mohler. 3. Andrew Parker; -4 Greg Smith; 5.
.
Tim Battreal. INT: I . TIITlWillbanks 2. George Pemington; 3.
:
Pat YOlXlg: 4. Mark Dujmovic; S. Ke-.in O ·Leary. AnV: I. Ian
Smith; 2. Greg Howie. EX: I. Mike Young: 2. Keith Busch : 3.
ohn Sinks. C 'SHIP CL: I.
Brian Koerwitz: 4. james Sinks: S. J
Zac h C lement ; 2. Stevie Darrow; 3. Chad White; 4 . Kevin
Busch . VET: L Steve Darrow; 2. Mike Buchholz. SR INT: I.
Jeff Payne; 2. Russ Todd; 3. RonAnderson; 4. Brian Esche ; 5. Jim
Plumb. SR ADV: 1. Tracy Zentz ; 2. Tom Thompson ; 3 .
Thomas Hedwall ; 4 . Ken Wh ite ; 5. ,Al an Duke .
1
U.S. Eastern Motocross Spring Series
Round 5: Elizabeth City MX
Martin, Horrocks
Dice It Up at Elizabeth Cityl
By GREG SUMNER
ELIZABETH CITY, NC, APR. 18
I
t was a hot and sunny day, but the com petition w as even honer, with 350 ride rs eager to
com pet e at ro und five of th e U.S. East ern
Mo tocross Spring Series presented by Liquid
Perfo rm ance. T he sand track w as perfect fo r
the ea rly motos; then it wo r ke d into dee p,
sandy brea king bumps and ever-changing lines
late r o n.
Chic k-fil-N Extre m e Fac tory/Re ntha l/ Pro
Act ion/jar rnins-sponsore d Mike Mart in pulle d
th e ho le s ho t in t he first 12Scc A rno to , bu t
Serious Race w are/Li q uid Performance/Tota l
Con tro l SuspensionNP Fuels/Sundance Racing's
Isha Woo d took the lead over the tab letop o n
lap on e . Wo od , test ing a C RF25 0 , ca m e up
sho rt o n the tri ple and cased it har d, injuring his
knee . Me a n w hil e , C DR /Fred ric ksburg
Mo t o r s po rt s -b a c ke d KTM r ide r Ran d y
Rodney Horrocks (7S7) cuts inside on Michael Martin (24) as the two
battle in the 125cc A class at round five of the U.S. Eastern
Motocross Spring Series.
N e w kir k, runn ing t hird , had Answ e r/ FMFbacked Suzuki joc key Rod ney Horr o cks all over
him, At th e en d of lap two, Ho rroc ks to o k th e
inside line over the finish-line dou ble and too k
over th ird . Afte r a four-lap batt le, Woo d finally
bro ke free from Martin , w hile Horrocks and
Newkirk ree led in Martin. O n the last turn at
th e e nd of lap five, Ho rrocks w e nt inside o n
Mart in and too k second. New kirk took o ver
t hird a nd went afte r Horrocks. At the finish
line , the o rder was Wood, Ho rrocks, New kirk,
Mart in an d Allen Alfo rd , w ho just e dge d o ut
Erik Pfeiffer for fifth.
In mot o tw o , Mar tin absconded wi th t he
hol e s ho t , w it h N ewki rk hot o n his he e ls .
Follo w ing were Ho rrocks, Alford and Wood.
Ma r ti n sta rte d to che c k out . O n la p two ,
H or roc ks t o o k seco nd from N e w ki r k.
Ho rroc ks chased down Mart in, and they batt led
ba c k and fo rth . On lap fou r, Ho rroc ks
hamm e red ov e r t he finis h- line do ubl e a nd
se cured the lead. Ne w kirk ca ught Mart in, and
they swapped position s a coup le of times d uring
the final two of the seve n laps; Mart in prevailed
for second. Ho rroc ks earned the overa ll with a
2- 1 tally, and Wood secured se cond overall with
a 1-4 sco re . Marti n's 4-2 e ffor ts were go od
e noug h for third. Newki rk 's consistent th irds
e arn ed him fo urt h overall, an d Pfe iffer 's 6- S
ta lly edge d ou t Alford's 5- 6 fo r fifth.
Martin we nt on to take both moto wins in the
250cc A class. Horrocks (3-2) took second place.
Wood s (2- 3) ea rne d third . Honda o f
High poi nt/D asco Tra nsp o rt ' s Scottie Shipley
(5-4) captured fourth. C. Dean Days (4-5) was fifth .
In O ver 35 act ion, Pfe iffer go t the holeshot .
Shipley go t a horre ndo us start o ut ch ar ge d
thro ugh the pack and took the lead to sta rt lap
th ree. Th e fro nt -r unne rs sw appe d po sitions
th ree o r fo ur time s until Shipley se cured th e
lead and took the win .
Shipley got the moto-two holeshot, with Pfeiffer
on his hee ls, but Shipley checked ou t to w in the
second mo to as well. Pfeiffer held on for second
overall. Jim Ley (4-3) scored third. Alford (3-4) took
fourth, and Dwight L Fraser (7-5) was fifth.
RESULTS
P!W STK (4. 8) : I. Dillon Knigh t (Hon); 2 . Gar r e tt
Marchand (KTM); 3. Benjamin Hinlde (KTM) 4. Mark NIJV\alIy
;
50 STK
(Yam) ; S. Da kota Pfiz enm ayer (Yam).
(4-6 ), I. Garre n HMCMnd (KTM) 2. Grego<)" Bell (KTM): J.
;
Benj am in Hinkle (Cob); -4 Kamin Horsley (Cob); 5. Dustin
.
Creech (KTM). 50 STK (7,8) : I. Auron Smith (Pol): 2.
Davidson (Pol) ; 3. jonathan Newton (KTM); 4. Tyler Salas; 5.
Ben Freocs (Cob). 65 (7.9) , I. Ja