AMA Pacific Northwest Motocross Championship Series
Round I: Washougal Motocross Park
Hill and Huffman's Dominating Independence Day!
BY CLAY LIGHT
WASHOUGAL, WA, JULY 4
rego n's Ryan Huffman has been o n a ram page lately in th e Northwest. And so it
went at the opening round of the AMA Pacific
Northwest Motocross Championship Series , as
the Yamaha rider easily won the 125cc and
250cc Pro classes at Washougal Motocross Par k.
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H uffman's wins came by large margins in all
fo ur of his motos, po cketing the ride r from
Roseburg a substant ial amount of cash and
continge ncy m on e y. as all o f t he majo r
manufacturers have chipped In for the series.
Nearty 600 riders from six western sta tes were
on hand for the series opener, although few
were as dom ina nt as Huffma n. or as
Wash ington 's Jo sh Hill, who again proved he 's a
force to be reckoned with by scoring
convincing wins in the 125cc. 250cc and Before
The Hill B classes.
competition in the Over 40 A class, winn ing both
motes, though Danyl Zu mstei n nearly caught
Holt in moto two, despite stalling his Honda and
co ming fro m ne ar the bac k o f th e field. Eric
Potter (3-3), Alan Evans (4-4) and O regon's Rod
Kentner (5-5) completed the top fIVe.
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Hillwent six for six to eclipse Huffman's mark
on the day. The most impressive thing about the
14-year-ol d Hill was his performance in t he
second 125cc N B moto: Gat ing in the sec o nd
wave o f riders, Hill nearly worked his way
through all of the A riders (with the exception of
Huffman), wh o had started so me 14 seconds
ahead of him. Had the A and B riders started all
WASHOUGAL MOTOCROSS PARK
W ASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON
RESULTS: JULY 4, 2004 (ROUND 1)
at o nce , the ou tcome could have been
interes ting. but in all fairness, Huffman was also
51 (4 -6) STK: l. Conner Mitchell (Cob); 2. Tristan
C h arbo nne au (Co b) ; 1. Senne tt Fer ris (KTM); .. . Ryd er
Watt. (Pol) ; S. T')'>ten Fry. (KTM). 51 (7 -8 ) STK , I. M",
on top of his game and probably would have had
an answer (or the fonner minicycle champion.
Suzuki-mounted Brett Boeh m was the rider
w ho stuck closest to Huffman in the 2SDcc Pro
class. Having earlier topped an Impre ssive field
o f rid e rs in the O ve r 25 Pro class , Bo e hm
placed seco nd to Huffman in both 250cc Pro
rnotos to also pocket a substantial chun k of
change . Honda -mo unted C alifo rn ian Jo sh
Cavanaugh, wh o the day pri or had won the
Wh ite Brothers Four-5troke Nat ional here ,
co uld n't repeat his earlier success and finished
third overall with 4-5 finishes .
HIli was also r e m ar kabl e in the 25 0cc B
class . H ill init ially st r uggle d with the fast starting Miles Warren, but Warren co uldn't stay
Harris (Co b); 2. Coltin Scott (KTM); 1. Darian San aye i
(KTM); ... Chance Blackburn (IITM) ; S. Co rey Hood (Kaw).
51 (4 -8) Oll~INJ : I. Jackson Mills (Yam); 2. Ashley Teel
(Hon) ; 1. Jared Bryan (KTM); ... Riley Brist (yam); S. Jw tin
Habe rloc k (Yam). 65 (7-8): I. Jwtin HIli (KTM); 2. De vin
Har r iman (KT M) ; 1. Matthew Bisce glia (SUI); .. . A1yas
WardlUS (KTM); S. Cody Mecham (KTM). 65 (9.11): I.
Brad Frace (KTM); 2. Hunte r Evanson (Suz); 1. Rook JeweH
(Kaw ): 4. Cccper Gana (KTM); S. Hud.... Knoll (KTM). 85
BEG (7- 11), I. Ryan w.kh (Kaw): 2. B'YC. Strom (Han): 3.
Jame s A1theide (SUI ); .. . Chase Underhill (SUl) ; S. Cole
Hock ema (SUl). 85 BEG ( 11.1 5): l. Mitch Dunn (Y~) ; 2.
KaJeb Basney (Han); 1. Jer emiah Pickup (Yam); ... Dallas
He at er (SUl); S. Bre ndan Ramir el (Hon). 85 (7.11): I.
Landon C ur rier (Yam); 2. Alec Vt'ans (SU ; 1. Cotey Cox
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(Hen) : 4. Brad Frace (Yam): S. AustIn gcse (S
(Yam); 1. Heid i Koerschgen (Hon) ; ... JeM! Wilson (Suz S.
);
Melissa ~tz (yarn). BTH B: I. Josh Hill ('tam ); 2. Sam
De Atley (Suz) : 1. Guy Tow (Hon); .. . Brendan Ritzman
(Yam); S. Dan iel Krick (Han). BTH C: I. Wes Jo hnso n
(Kaw): 2. Col. JK k>on (Kaw): 3. GMy H.... (Kaw ); 4. Cody
Hockema (Yam); S. Chris Anderson (Yam). 15+ Al B: I.
Brett Boehm (Suz); 2. Monty Ware (Hon); 1. Taft Matherly
{Yam) . Matt Williams (Yam); 5. Eric KIng (Yam). 15 + C:
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I . Greg McFarland (Yam); 2. Tate Matherly (Yam); 1. Jack
Gilmore (Hon ); ... Bill Baldwin (Yam); S. Kevin larson (Suz).
at Hill's pace for more than a couple of laps.
and he finished 10 seconds be hind Hill In both
motos. Oregon's Ad am Metzler. rid ing one of
the few two-strokes in the field of 21 riders,
used ) -) finishes to net third ove rall.
Yamaha pilot Landon Curr ier was also a to p
Wa shington's Jo sh Hill hammered
th e competition in the 125cc and
250cc B classes at Washougal
Motocross Pa rk .
performer. The rider from nearby Brush Prairie
cl ea ned h o us e in the 8 5 c c (9 - 1 I) and
Superm ini (9- 1 I) classes. 5uzuk i ri d er Alec
Watts was Currier 's close st co mpe tition and
finished second in both classes .
Oregon's Dan ny Gubser w o n the 22-rider
8Scc ( 12- 15) class , beating C alifornian Gared
Steinke and Chris Howell. Gubser was also a frontrunner in the Supermini ( 12-15) class, but Shawn
Haberlock dropped Gubser to second overall.
Yamaha r ider Ted Holt ham m e re d the
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AUBURN, CA, JULY 2
o r me r Ju nio r and no w Youth N a t io nal
Ch am pio n Bryan Yarrow began t he 20 04
speedway racing season riding for the Coventry
Bees of the British Pre mier League . Return ing
home last week after getting his fe et we t
aga inst the wo rld 's most co mpet it ive op po ne nts , Yarrow was ted litt le t ime showing that
he is rapid ly becoming an American rider to be
reckoned with by taking the Scratch main-event
win against a trio of America 's finest champions.
Yarrow drew lane assignment two and had
t hree-time Na tion al Champion " Flyin' Mike "
Faria on t he insi de of him , in gri d one. To
Yarrow 's right we re Bo b by "T he Blaze"
Hedden and then current 5RA U.S. C hampi on
Scott Brant . O n the start, it looked like the
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T.J. Fowler is hoo ke d up o n his way to his third win of the season at Fast
Fridays Speedway in Auburn, California.
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PHOTOS BY ClAY U GHT
40th Anniversary
Oregon's Ryan Huffman
dominated the 125cc and 2 50cc
Pro cla sses at the opening round
of the AMA Pacific Northwest
Championship Series.
10 + A: I. Terry lee Hamness (Hon); 2. Bob Me lloy (Hon);
2. Jason Matthewl (Han) ; .. . Monty Ware (Hon ): S. Kevin
White (Hon) . 30 + B: I. Taft Matherly (Yam); 2. Robert
Burt is (Hon ): 1. JOfI Milte nbe rger (Kaw); .. . Cory Hardy
(Kaw); 5. Terrence McDowell (KTH). 10 + C: I. Uoyd
"lce pel (Hon) ; 2. Scott Fritts (Han) ; 1. Tate Matherly (Yam);
4. Jen Sherri/fs (5",): S. KendoIl HoMen (Hen ). 4 0 + A, I .
Ted Holt (Yam): 2. Daryl Zumstein (Hon ); 1 . Eric Potter
(Hon) ; ... Alan Evans (Yam); S. Rod Kentner (KTM). 40 +
8 : I. Andrew Wells (Kaw) ; 2. Rusty luft (Ya m ); 1.
T he o d o r e Webber (Yam) ; .. . Scot t Be rg re n (Yam ); 5.
laFaye McCarver (Hon) . 40 + C: I. Ron Lutman (Ho n); 2.
Jake Oli n (Kaw) ; 1. Je ffre y Rogers (Yam); .. . Todd Hess
(Kaw); S. Dave Renner (Hon) .
even-gating q uart et were destined to create a
pileup in the tum -two dirt , but sudde nly Yarrow
converged fro m the ser um and too k the lead
down the back chu te .
" I fe lt a little bump coming out of two ,"
Yarrow reported, "but oth er th an t hat, all I
could see was clear track out ahead, and so I
just went for it!"
Faria had the pole but was operating on a
bo rrowe d engine and immediately started to
fall o ff the pace after the initial lap. Hed den had
a good line co m ing off the first corner but
couldn't find a way aro und the fleet yo ungster
and ended up with a solid seco nd- place run .
Brant was o n the gas and stayed close to t he
leade rs, but his o utside-lane start ultimately led
to a third-place finish. After just the ninth week
of racing in the 2004 season, Yarrow became
the seventh different winner of the event.
TJ. Fowle r contin ues to ru n roughshod over
the Handicap fie ld , taking his thir d victory in just
his fifth week of Division One racing. After
winning from the zero- and 10-yard lines, this
time Fowle r made it stand up fro m the 20,
lea ding all six la p s ju st a hea d of Ra n dy
