Racetown 395 ROTMX Grand Prix
Racetown 395 Motorcycle Park
Hoover Sweeps to ROTMX
Racetown GP Victory
By ROCKY
Kawasaki pilot Bob McCue, In fifth.
Kenny Campbell was clearly the best of the
Amateur-class race rs in att endance , as he won
by a comfortab le margi n. Pau l Carruthers
enjoyed his Sunday at the races, as he put in a
fine ride for second place aboard his Cycle News
Yamaha, while Kawasak i jockey Ste ve Phillips
rolled in third. Randy Bruce claimed the fourth
slot , and Terry Tate was fifth.
Phil Black put In a stellar ride o n the grueling
and challeng ing track, as he led the Over 60
Amateur fiel d from start to fin ish for the
conv indng win. Bruce Co rne ll and Frank Derby
quarreled over the runner-up slot for mos t of
the day. and in the end it wa s Cornell edging
out Der by for th e pos ition at the checke red
flag. Chuck Woody claimed fourth place , and
BUll Moeller loped in fifth .
The Over 50 Expert class was the stomping
gro und for Jack Roten, as he put in an excellent
ride aboard his Yamaha to take the win. Richard
Kastner was the best of the rest, as he took a
well-deserv ed second. in front of th ird -place
finis her Ph il C ruz . Jimmy Lavorci a nd Bill
Schultz finished up fourth and fifth, respectiv ely.
HASH
ADElANTO, CA, JULY 18
T
he Riverside chapter of the O ld -Tim e rs
Motocross club turned up for the second
summer Racetown Grand Prix event en masse ,
which provided deep competition in nearly
eve ry class. With the ir guest status at the event,
the RO TMX members were given the honor of
being placed in the first race , which meant a lot,
as temperatu res soared into the three-dig it
range later in t he day.
The racers we re divided up Into three lines,
and each took off w ith the tradit ional Grand
Prix starting procedure; engines running and
clutch hand on helmets, awa iting the wave of
the green flag by the starter, w ho on this day
made th ings e xtra challenging by delay ing his
"wave" for w hat se e me d like ages, t o keep
riders o n their toes , literally.
Bruce Hoover bested a rat her large field of
Over 50 Amateu r competitors, using the timetested formula of a good start and consistent
rid ing. Hoover led at the e nd of lap one , and by
the time the chec kered nag came ou t at the end
of the 45·minute contest, he had stretched his
lead to more than 30 seconds. George Spear ing
and Marr ow Fleet raced close ly for most of the
contest , wit h Spe ar ing e dging Fleet out fo r
second place. Tomas Smith rolled in fourth ,
w hile Ray Simmons filled out the to p five.
Anothe r large class was the Novice class. in
which Honda rider Jim Male prevailed after putting
in an excellent ride. 1horn Lyons put another red
bike up from . as he took se cond aboard his
CRF450R. Bob Walpert broke up the Ho nda
strea k by putting In an exce llent ride aboar d his
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amaha for third. John O kon took fourth, ahead of
OIA GRAND CHAM P: Craig Shen igo (Yam). AA: I.
Joh n Burg ar d (H us); 2 . Michae l Bra dw ay (H o n) ; 3. Jo hn
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Dan Stappl Jr. ( KTM); l . Robe rt Moh n (Kaw ): ... Gabe
Goodman (KTM). A 1S0: I . Demis Zurawski Jr. (KTM); 2.
Rob Solo mon (KTM); 3, Brian Russ ell (Hon ). A OPEN: I.
Jacob Willi ams (GG ); 2 . Mar k Moy e r (AT K); 3. Jay Dean
(KTM) . A 4-STRI(, I. Adam Garo f"", (y",,); 1. M"" Roll
(Yam); J . David Glem (Yam); .. . Tim Nocera (Hon) . A VET:
I. Mike Kowalsky (KTH): 2. Steve Green (KTM); J . Ken Law
(Hon); g S,. (KTM); 3. Ron Ram>ey (KTM) . B SISR : I. John Di
Child a (KTM); 2. Robert Shughart (Kaw) . WMN: I . Nicole
Barnes (H o n); 2. Lissa Ars e nau lt (Kaw) . MSTR: I . Jac k
lafferty Sr. (KTM); 2. Jac k Mit che ll (KTM); 3. Karl lagus
(Hon ). C 200: I. Mike Perucki (KTM); 2. TIm G rove (Kaw ).
C 1 50 : I. Rory Tete r (Hon). C OPEN : I. Rich We ntle l
(KTM); 2. Mike Thorsen (KTM); 3. Jerry N ielsen (KTM); 1.
TIm Falls (Hon ); S. Donovan Cad de ll (KTM). C 4-.STRK: I .
Wesley Bower (Yam); 2. Ray Newswanger (KTM) ; 3. Tom my
Bauche rio (Yam). C VET: I. Jeff Betton (Hon ); 2. Bill Ne idigh
(KTM): 3. Roy Dille r (KTM); 1. Scon Kirby (Suz); S. Bill
Rhymes (Suz). C SR: I. Dave Bittner (Kaw); 2. Richard Runty
(KTM); 3. Dougl" Thonen (Suz) .
Portland International Raceway
NOV: I. Jim Male (Hon); 2. Thorn l yons (Hon); l . Bob
Wa lpert (Yam); 1. John O kon (Hon) ; S. Bob McC ue (Kaw).
am) ; 3.
AM : I . Kenny Campbell (Hon) ; 2. Paul Carrut hers (Y
St eve Phillips (Kaw) ; 1. Randy Bru ce (H o n); S. Terry Tate
(Hon) . EX: I . lance McRoberts (Y;un); 2. Steve DonakI son
(Yam); 3. Jo hn Estes (Y;un); .of. Ed Wolleson (Hon) . MSTR A:
I . Kurt Sotka Jr. (Y;un). MST R B: I. Dave Erop kin (Hon ); 2.
Marc John son (SU1). 50 + NO V: I. Steve Pop joy (Hon) ; 2.
Steve C art e r (Yam) ; 3 . John O ko n . 5 0 + AM : I . Bruce
Hoov er (Hon); 2. George Spearing (Yarn); 3. Morrow Fleet
(Yam); 1. Tomas Smith (Y;un); S. Ray Simmon s (KTM) . 50 +
EX: I. Jack Rote n (Y;un); 2. Richard Kastner (Han); 3. Phil
Crul (Hon) ; 1. Jimmy lavord (Hon); S. Bill Schultz (Yam).
50 + MST R B: I. Bill Maxim (Kaw). 60 + AM : I. Phil Black
(Hon); 2 . Bruce Cornell (H o n); 3. Fran k De rb y (He n): 1 .
Chuck Woody (KTM); S. Buu Moe lle r (Y;un).
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Oechtse (y",,); 4 . MA Spige!meye (KTM); S. Jac k ~eny J' .
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(KTM). A 115 : I. Tom IGritsis (Kaw ); 2. Steve h ett (Yam); 3.
Dean Speoc ... (KTM). A 100: I. Ryan M, CMthy (KTM); 1.
PORTlAND, OR, JULY 18
Shenigo Saddles Up
for a SORR Victory
ra ig Shen lgo , t he 2002 AMA Dist r ict 7
C hampion , got t he o pport unity t o show
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wha t he's made of by dropping a mere IB points
10 on what prove d to be a tou gh co urse at this
§ . year's Foggy Mountain Enduro, edging past Joh n
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Burgard and Mike Bradway on tie-breaker points.
Burgard and several other to p ride rs burne d
chec k two, wh ich the club threw o ut when the
mileage proved to be off a fraction of a tenth.
Floo ding th e week pri or to the even t and
rain on the morning of the endu ro turned what
the Susqueh anna O ff-Road Riders inte nded to
be a rea sonable r un in the mo untai ns o f
Pe nnsylvania into a grueling te st for the C-c1ass
riders. Trad ing the lead back and fort h In the
moming tests , Ryan McCarthy edged past Dan
Stop pi Jr. in the long aftern oo n tes t to take first
in the A Med ium Ught class, wh ile AI "Nimble
Fingers" Switzer took first place in the A Se nior
class w it h 24 points, w inning on t ie br ea ker s
over second-placed Eric Koeller.
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RESULTS
R ESULTS
Foggy Moun tain Breakdown Enduro
5usquehanna Off Road Riders
Brian Cad dell contested the B
Heavy (Open) class at the Foggy
Mountain Brea kdow n Enduro in
Blaine, Pe nnsylvania.
weather was terr ib le, " re lated B He avy
contender Brian Ca dde ll. "Yo u co uldn ' t se e
through the goggles, and it was raining too hard
not to wear them. T he first se cti on cou ldn't
have been more slick, even with snow and ice.
It was kind of interesting how the different soils
and slime con sistency in differen t areas allowed
for different amounts of traction. You cou ld be
in o ne area w ith no traction, and 200 yards
away you have the same tra il that looks the
same that you could hook up and fly through."
Rich Wetze l scored first place in th e C
Heavy class.
"Th e first loop was slimy, but [there we re]
no mud holes to speak of," said Wetzel. "The
second loop had a lot more ro cks, so it held up
better. Heck , we even saw the sun come out.
Not to mention the cool temps were great.
Great setu p for parking and a gre at trail. I had a
great time, and I will go back ne xt year, for
sure. Good job, SaM!"
SEPTEMBER 1,2004 • CYCLE NEWS
ort land Internat ional Raceway hosted a rar e
Sunday mot ocros s race , aside from the usual
Thursday night races . Anothe r twist was throw n
in when the announcer to ld everyone that ther e
wou ld be an extended tra ck for th e day, with
the course winding through the parking lot , GPstyle . Most ride rs agree d th e t ra ck was awe so me, but it was ob vio us no o ne liked the
weather : As te mpe ratures wavered aro und t he
cen tury mark. ride rs were dropping like flies in
every mo ta. Also , just to make it even mo re
challenging. they made it a three-mota format.
Polini-mou nted Zach Be rryman didn't let the
heat get to him, as he won all three SO (7-S)
cc
motos to take the overall w in. And rew Nessel
suffere d a cra sh in his first mo ta but kep t it
upr ight in the re st of his motes to take secon d
overa ll o n h is JlW Designs -b a c ked Po lin i,
scoring 4-2·2 mot a finishes. Taking th ird was
Tyler Mille r (3- 3- 3), and t he top-scoring gi
