B classes ; Matth ew Trefz , in 2S0c c C and Over
2S C com petition ; and Ian Hughes , in th e O ve r
30 C an d Over 40 C classes .
R ESULTS
so Oll. INI (4 .6): I. Aar o n Lindell ; 2. Nicholas
Pry>"",,": 3. J...."" Johnston: 4. Ryder Hanntin Md(jnley. 11>-24 Co '- q .
Kraska; 2. Reid Romer. 3. KyJe Koeberi: 4. Jake Duehn: 5.
Justin Sweet.. 25 + A: I. Kris Nisula; 2. Kyie loYe ; J . Maril:
Johnson: 4. Craig Janzig: S. RickAmanwo. 15 + B: I. Nathan
lerfald ; 2. Mark Korhonen; 3. Nathan [ackste: 4. Je sse
Zimmer, 5. Anthony KamI. 25+ C: I. Matthew Trefz; 2. ./OM
[urctk; 3. Anthony RAd loff; 4. Warren Hanninen: S. Brian
Erickson. 30 + A:. 1. fOc:k Amatu%iO ; 2. Mike Mastin; 3. MJi e
t
Nathe ; 4 . Tim BemkM!hr; 5. DMd Ha tten. 30+ B: I. Jesse
Zimmer; 2. Mark Korhonen: 3. Gera ld Lindvall: 4. Brad
Ca rter: S. Andy Puchne r. 30 + C: I. Ian Hughe s; 2. Lance
Wilson : 3. WafTen Hannine n; 4. Enc LAine: S. Jo hn j urclk.
40 + A:. I. Mike Nathe ; 2. Scott Cripps: 3. Mike Miroeheine; 4.
Ray Osowski S. William Lecaee. 40+ B: I. GerakI UndvaII
:
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2. Robe n Buck; 3. Pe te r Norick ; 4 . Brian Macke n zie ; S.
P:r.trick Duffy. 4 0 + C: I. Ian Hughes ; 2. Don Andenon; 3.
Bre t Vesel; 4 . Jeff Speros; 5. Thomas Lauzon . 45 + A: I.
Jotvvty De Otis. 45+ Ble : I. Dave Pederson; 2. Brad Slagel;
3. Mark 0sv0kI; 4. Joel Draskovkh. 50 + : I. Chuck McKay_
Central Illinois Motorc ycle Club Hil/climb
Stuart McAvoy (83 2 ) leads Marc Gullona in 25 0" Novice action at Hole shot
Mot ocros s Pa rk in Lorange r, L siana .
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Jenner Fast GUy at N eogal
Bv BUD NORTHRUP
NEOGA, IL, JUNE 13
C
ody jenne r came close to winn ing the Fast
Time trophy and money at the Central illi-
nois Motorcycle Club eve nt on Satu rda y night, so
he was primed for a win on Sunday. Come Sunday. je nner d idn't waste any time at all: He flew
his Honda end over end ove r the top in a startling 2.SB6 se co nds. "Fas t And y" Fortner, the
Fast T ime guy th e night before. was his closest
challenge r in the 600c c class, with a very quick
2.68I -second ru n. His closest cha llenge for the
Fast Tim e , however, came in the Ope n class:
Jason North rup br ought his jeff T homas-built
YZl220F Yama ha t o the line , w ith assist ance
from Jenne r. Northrup twisted the th ro ttle to its
full stop position, and the big fou r-cylinder roc ket ed off th e line and blasted up the hill, flying
over the breaker at 70 feet . with just the slightest sideways kick on the rear wheel, and carded
a 2.6 13-second time - th ree-hundredths of a sec ond slower than je nne r 's time!
Northrup d id have a very good day, however
- in fact, he a great weekend, claiming a "dou ble
double " by taking the wins in both the 7SOcc
and O pen classes on each day, runn ing his win
streak on the Kawasaki trip le to nine!
Matt Pe te r s was also a "d o uble d o uble "
w inne r, topping the 2SOcc and 450cc classe s on
both daY' .
T he Neoga clu b also awards a Fast Time
plaque to the fast est of th e Youth riders. "Blazin'
Blake" Cappello , riding a KX8 S, took th e plaque
on t his day with an outstanding 3.643 -second
time to w in th e 85c c Senior Mini class. "jamm in'
joe " McGurer was the on ly other Youth rider to
br eak into th e th rees. Riding his KX6 5 in the
85cc j unio r Mini class, McGurer squ irted over
th e top in 3.942 seconds for th at class w in. In
other Youth action , jeremiah Lyday took the
SOcc-<:lass w in for the second straight day o n his
Cobra , and Brett Kalaher d id the same in the
6Scc class o n his KX60.
RESU LTS
So, I. je..",i:th lyd .y (C ob) : 2. l ogan Moody (Pol ): 3.
Corey Sc:rogg;ns (KTM); 4. Cbelsea Gill (Hon ); 5. Kaylee Co x
(Hus). 6 5: I. Bre tt Kala her (Kaw); 2. Joe McGur er (Kaw).
8 5 JR: I. Joe McG urer (Kaw): 2. Ca leb Emory (Kaw) ; l .
Drew Dantels (KTM): 4. Jeremy James (Kaw); S.Jake Wood
(Su z). 85 SR : I. Blake Cap pe llo (Kaw) ; 2. ju stin Ja me s
(Kaw): 3. Mike Popham (Yam); 4 . K.ieven Hillard (Kaw) : S.
Shane Gree n (Yam). 125: I. Kevin Bond (Hon ); 2. Bren t
BowRQn (Hon) : 3. Richard Mille r III (Kaw) : 4. AJ. Book
( Kaw); 5. SIw>eGnoen (Yom 200, I. Gonion e;,..., (Kaw) :
).
2. Jake Tackitt (Kaw); 3. Jinvny Cox (Kaw); 4. Ctvis Peten.
(Kaw) . 250: I. Hatt Peters (Han); 2. Jon Creek (Suz); l .
Jared McKay (Yam); 4 . Josh Hingee (Han): S. joh n MIC~e1
Goek en (Yam) . 400 STK: I. jom H ichael Goe ken (Yam); 2.
R-J. Watso n (Ho n) . 4 50: I. Matt Pe ters (KTM); 2. Pau l
Hoi,.,.. (y",,); 3. Cody jee.- (y",,): 4. Cl we Johnoon (Y
om);
5. )on Menrne (Soz) . 600, I. C ody J. n.... (Han) ; 2. IW>y
Fo rt ner (Hon) ; 3. Bre nt Bowman (Kaw); 4. Nate Simen ec
(Hon); S. .ton Monroe (Hon) . 600 4· STRK: I. Butch Fett ln
(KTM): 2. Jake Pop ham (Yam); 3. Hike Peters (Y : 4. Daryl
am)
Jo hnson (Yam) ; S. Jo sh De nson ( KT M). 750: I. Jaso n
N onhrup (Kaw); 2. Paul Hillard (Kaw) ; 3. Daryl Jo hns on
(8SA): 4. Bud N...h",p (lUw). OPEN , I. J=n Nop
(Y : 2. Stl!'te Shafer (H-D). OPEN ST K: I. Jared McKay
am)
(Hon) ; 2. Bud Northrup (Hon) . 40 + : L Marie. Petln (KTM);
2. Kevin McKay (K.aw); 3. Ron Todd (Kaw); 4. We s Jenne r
(Yarn): S. Ste ve Shafer (HoD). 50 + : I. Ron Todd (Kaw); 2.
Bud No n hru p (Hon) . PSH RD : I. Ste ve Shafe r (H · D ).
FAS T TIME YTH: Blake Cap pe llo (Kaw) . FAST T IME:
Cody Jenne r (Hon) .
Hutchinson Corrals His First
LORANGER, LA, JUNE 13
A light, warm breeze, a cloudy sky . and a
/""\mo ist trac k awaited the motoc ross racers
Saturday night at Holeshot MX , just north of
Hammond. Mandeville's Stuart McAvoy le d
Slide ll's jere my Aitke n early in the 12Sccl2 SOcc
No vice co ntest, w hile Michael Haffner, Dustin
Sampe y and Broc Andr e battled for third . Pearl
Rive r r ider Chris Pursell was picking his way
through t he pack in the 250cc Novice class .
Local rider Andre soon put his int ima te knowt edge of his hom e track to w ork and bro ught his
Yamaha past the growling Ho nd as and int o
R ESULTS
so Ol l .IN, : I. Nick Webr e (KTM): 2. Can non Shirah
(Hon) : l . Tyler Corollo (Han) : 4. Kaine Bergerone (Yam): S.
M.a
kayla He rr ing (Hon) . SO (4.6) : I. Ga ge Hut c hinso n
(KTM); 2. Blake Lagarde (KTM); 3. T·Dan Leri lje (Pol): 4.
Kolby John"", (KTM): 5. Cannon Shir:th (KTM). SO (loll), I.
Be nny Bou drea ux (KTM): 2. Jordan Coo le y (KTM); l . T·
Coon Cheramie (Pol) ; .. . Spencer Humphrie (Cob); S. Scott
Mnil (Han) . SR C, I.
Stuart McAvoy (Hon): 2. Marc Gullotu. (Han); 3. p.J. Sacco
(Yom) 4. Rag... 50"", (y",,). OP EN BEG: I. Dillon Tau",
:
(Hon ); 2. Christ ian Cas e (Yam); 3. Wy att Juno t (Yam); 4 .
AnIon &J!anj (y",,): 5. Scott Und>ey (Han) . OP EN EX, I.
Coy Ho bgood (Hon) ; 2. Josh FufT (Yam): l . Jato Varnad o
(Yam) ; 4 (T IE) Ju o n Manue l (Hon)/Jo se ph Russell (Kaw) .
HBBY: I. Sean Hum phre y (Yam): 2 . Ryan Soto (Yam); 3.
Kenneth Edwards (Yam).
*'
Arkansas State Cha m pio ns hip Motocross Seri es
Round , : Donaldson MX Park
Thurman Thumps 'eml
Holeshot Motocross Park
Bv Rov JENKINS
fo r fou rt h. Twice Fooshee landed hard on the
big infield ste p-up jump, and the second time
almo st sen t him over the bars. Th at' s w hen
Lacoste mad e his move into the lead, though
Fooshee fought him every step o f the way wh ile
shak ing off the cobwebs from his wh ip lash .
Dufren e eventually mo ved into second, behi nd
Lacoste a nd in fr o n t of Wagely and Do d d .
Meanwh ile , Foosh ee was pulled out by his dad
to see if he was o kay. but he re -joined the race
and managed to finish fifth.
Fooshee suffered a bad sta rt in the second
moto and watched helplessly as Lacoste used a
holeshot to run away from Wagely, Dodd and
the rest of the pack . Lacoste scored the doublemoto sweep, with Fooshee finishing in fourth,
beh ind Wagely and Dodd.
T-Do n Le ri lle cased a double and went
down w h ile le a di n g the SOcc (4 . 6) class ,
surrendering the lead to Gage Hutch inso n.
Lerille qu ickly remounted but pulled o ff again
when he d iscovered a severely be nt brake. By
the time he got bac k in the race, Hutchinson
had won the first moto en route to his firs t
overall victory.
" It was my first wi n in the 4 ·6 cla ss ,"
Hutchinson said. "I'd like to thank my mom and
dad , God , and Papa ,"
th ird. McAvoy cra shed out o f the top five on
the last lap, allowing Aitken to take the lead . At
the chec kered flag, Aitken was able to hold off
the late charge of Purs ell to ta ke the win in th e
2SOcc class. while Andre won the 12Scc class in
th ird spot. McAvoy sta yed u p in the second
mo to for a victo ry in fro nt of Aitke n, Haffner
and Purse ll.
Dust in Fooshee got the early le ad in the
SOcc Open class , in front of Corey Lacoste and
Dillon Dufren e . In th e first moto, they put on
the most spirited race of the night, w ith Lacost e
show ing a w hee l and Fooshee pulling away,
again and aga in . Dufrene kept third sec ure ,
w h ile Kirby Dodd and Stephen Wagely raced
Bv CHUCK BALL
DONALDSON, AR, JUNE 13
he inaugura l Arkansas Sta te C hamp ion ship
Series got o ff to a gran d start as nearly 300
entrants made the ir way to D o nal d so n ,
Arka nsas , for rou nd one. With sponsors such as
Troy Lee Designs , Amso il, KawasakVYamaha of
Russellville , Kawasaki of Fayetteville, Cycle &
Mar ine Supercenter. Tuc ke r Ro cky, and Pr o
Acti on Suspension , things are looking up for
motocross rac ing in Arkansas.
Rocket ing out o f t he gate in the h ighly
competitive 12Sc c Novice A class was Fort
Smith , Ar kansas' justin T hurman, aboard his
RM·Z 2S0 , just ahead o f Zach Hue tt and R.D.
jo h nso n . As Thurm an q uickly got go ing out
fr o nt , the pack beh ind sta rt e d thinning o ut .
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Hon da -m o u nted Hue tt ro de co nsis te nt ly to
re m ain in second for t he re ma inder of t he
m oto , be hind t he winn er, T h u rm an. jo r d an
Thomas and jo hnso n came ho m e th ird and
fo urt h, respectively.
Moto two was much the same, as Thurman
absconded with the holeshot again and se t out
for the checkers. Aga in , Huett gave chase,
followed t his t ime by Randall McKenzie and
Dustin johnson. That order remained the sam e
to the end, and Thurman scored his first overall
of the day.
In the Schoolboy class, Th urman once again
gated nearly pe rfectly, ge tting ou t fro nt and
checking out, and leaving the ba ttling behind
him to R.D . , Aust in Hum bard and Cole
Shuffield . R.D . pushed and pushed until he
broke free fro m Suzuki joc keys Humbard and
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