Mark "Nude" Nud e lman (72) leads a chase pack around Seco nd Creek
Raceway, site of round six of MRA action in Denver, Colo rado.
the se ries crowded each oth er in the ho use
turn on the first lap.
When the light w ent gr een , Turp in was off
like a colt on branding day. Close behind w er e
D an "O ti s" Turn er, Ryan Bur ke , Dennie Burke
and Rich Deem ing. If it wa sn't for D eem ing's
conserv ative edge, th ey w ould have been fourwide going int o th e first re al turn of the race.
Turner, on the inside , sandwiched Ryan into his
Uncle De n n ie , on t he outside. The senior
Bur ke took an outside line off the trac k and
stayed upright, while Dee ming swerved off to
the inside . Turner was able to co ntinue without
leav ing the tra ck , lo sing many places in the
field, but it was the younger Burke , Ryan. w ho
ki ssed the paveme nt .
D ennie and D ee m ing r e- e nt e r ed t he
raceway after the pack had passed and took a
lap or two to get back up to spee d. Deeming
w as a man on the cha rge , p icking up five
positions midway through the race , on a single
lap. And w he re was Ricky Orlando during all
this? O rlando got an unusually bad start - one
that he was thankfu l for after the turn -one
me lee. T he frac as landed Orlando in second,
behind Turpin, w here he stayed for the duratio n.
Turne r, having worked his way back through the
pack, converted the mishap into a th ird-p lace
finish, after coas ting along (having given up on
the seco nd-place spot he ld by Orlando).
At t he finish it was Turp in, O rland o and
Turne r. Mark "The Mile Mo uth" Wood ward had
assumed it wa s young Ryan who caused the
mishap at t he beg inning of the race. Showing
true sportsmanship (as is common among those
in the MRA), Turner corrected Woodward and
made a public apology to Ryan for his aggressive
racing. W hile anyone co uld see it wa s just a
racing mishap, it was st ill refresh ing to see
someone not only take responsibility but
sincerely apologize publicl y fo r any misgiving.
Turner is another class act in the MRApaddoc k.
and built a 10· bikelength lead , but he lost t he
fron t end in t he apex of tur ns thre e and fo ur
and lowsided ou t of the race. Zitur, riding his
Gen eral Enginee ring Honda, held off Kevin and
Jake for his first Pro -class win since 1997 . Zitur
w as t he Dist rict 23 Pro Ch amp ion in 1976,
197B, 1989 and 1997. Afte r a few years off, he 's
getting in to uch with his new Honda 450 by
making changes every wee k to help cut his lap
times down.
The class with the most entries was the Pit
Bike Open class. The 14·rider field was to pped
by Pro riders Kevin and jake. The race was vel)'
en tertai ning, as it included a variety of pit bikes
and featured t he most crashes of the night.
Th e fair race is always spec ial for the District
23 flat-tracke rs. This is the o nly day race at the
short t rack , which poses prob le ms regarding
track conditions. O n Track Prom ot ions had it all
covered with a water truck . brush machine and
vibro packe r. T he track was in top shape , w ith a
nice groove. Many rider s co mmented on how
fast it was : A radar gun clocked so me Pro ride rs
at 60 mph on the straightaways. Rachael Brisb in
did an excellen t job of announcing, and there
were many drawings for the fans throughout
the day.
The ne xt O n Track Promotions race is on
August 28.
R ESULTS
50 OI L· IN) : I. Zach Letendre (Cob): 2. Cole Andenon
(KTM); l . Dust in H udek (KTM); 4 . Matt hew Elliott (KTM): 5.
Roche lle Paul (Y
am). 50 SHAFT: I. Roche lle Paul (Yam); 2.
Amber Letend re (Yilm); 3. Tristan Co burn (Yam) ; 1. Emily
am). 50 MICRO CHAIN:
Gilman (Yam); 5. Dust in Mudek (Y
I. Cole Anderson (Ka w) ; 2. Zach Le t e nd r e (C o b) ; 3.
Matthe w Elliott (Po l); 1. Ethan G ilman (Co b); 5. Am be r
Lete ndre (Pol). 65 MINI: I. Dust in Paul (Kaw); 2. Manhew
Ellio tt (Kaw); 3. Ethan Gilman (Kaw); 4 . C harlott e Mo rr is
(Kaw): 5. Logan Anderson (Kaw) . 80 OPEN: I. Jory Morri s
(Kaw); 2. Jor dan Schleicher (l<4lw): l. Nicholas Mataya (Yam);
4. Lacy Letendre (Kaw); 5. Dustin Paul (!!>< (Hon ): 2. John Conant (Rot): 1. Joe Blockwell (H. D).
RESUL
TS
GTU NOV: I. Da ve Van De weert : 2. To ny Ewan ; 3.
William Steffens ; 4. Jake Latime r; 5. Ant hony Ross. GT U
AM : I. D avid Gallant: 2. Tony Ewan ; 3. Pat rick Lansu; 4 .
Greg Greenwood; 5. Jake Latimer . GTU MO RN VINT: I.
Chuck Shertsline: 2. Randy Ray Miller: 3. Simon Luciow: 4.
Troy Miller; 5. Donna Bowden. GT O N O V: I. Dave Van De
Weert: 2. Dean '¥Vhitinger; 3. Tony Ewa n; 4. William Steffens:
5. Anthony Ross. GT O AM : I. Marv Rosencrans; 2. Doug
itinger.
Lyle ; 3. Corbin Swan: 4. David Gallant ; 5. Dean "Wh
GTO MO RN VINT: I. Aaron Petrie; 2. Karl Fra kes; 3. Randy
Ray Mille r; 4 . Erik Peat ; 5. Simon Luciow. M/W SlS PT: I.
Martin Sims ; 2 . Bra d H e nd ry; 3 . Dav id Ga llant; 1 . Pedro
Bravo ; 5. Greg Greenwood. H/W S/S PT: I. Robert Jensen ;
2. Mike Applegate ; 3. Crash Lowe ; 4. Corbin Swan ; 5. Jeff
Grace . OPEN S/S PT: I. Robert Jen sen ; 2. Rich Deemi ng: 3.
Mike Appleg ate ; 4 . Den nie Burke ; 5. David Gossett. M/W
5 /81{: I . Ped ro Bravo ; 2. Mart in Sims; 3. Crash Lowe : 4 .
Brad Hend ry ; 5 . David Lam bert. H/ W S/B K: I . Mike
App/eg3te ; 2. Mart in Sims; 3. David Lambert; 4. Jim Brewer;
5. Jeff Grace . OPEN Sl BK: I. Shane Turpin; 2. Dan Tumer;
3. Ricky Orlando ; 1 . Ryan Burke ; 5. Rich Deeming. ROR: I.
Shane Tu rp in ; 2. Ric ky Orlando : l . D an Turn e r ; 4 . Shane
Cahill; 5. Mike Applegate.
Jory Morris was the w inner of the ascc Mini and aocc Open classes at the
Isanti County Fairgrounds in Cambridge, Minnesota.
'sa nti County fairgrounds
Jory Gets the
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CAMBRIDGE, MN, JULY 25
S
ilve r Lake 's jol)' Morris wo n bo th the 85ee
Mini an d 80cc Open classes at th e Isa nti
Co unty Fair race in Cambridge , Minnesota.
In t he 85cc Min i race , Morris t o ok the
holeshot, over points leader Co nner Anderson,
and never look ed back. Morris used a fast entry
into the corners and a hard d rive ou t to sea l the
victo ry o ve r Jo rdan Schleic he r an d Nicho las
Mataya. with Anderso n running in fourth.
The 80cc Open race st arted as a car bo n
co py of the previou s race , exce pt w hile running
in secon d , try ing t o c hase d o w n Mo rr is,
Ander son cras he d in t urn thre e , sto pping the
race . Ande rso n retired to the pits, while Morris
70
t o o k th e le a d o n th e re star t and he ld o ff
Kawasaki- mou nte d Schle icher a nd Yamah amount ed Nicholas Mataya. T he tw o victories
for the 12-year-old Morris we re his first since
the indoor season earlier in the year.
Kevin Anderson scored a convincing viaory
in the O pe n Pro class, w inning both his heat and
the main. T he Honda rider looked stron g as he
took t he holes hot and ke pt a goo d lead over
th e 10·ride r fie ld. Early dicing between Jake
Mataya and josh Koch sen t the m backwa rd, and
ve ter a ns Da n Z it u r and Billy H o fm e ist er
se cure d secon d and th ird, resp ec tive ly. New
Market , Minnesota's Wil lie Brote n t ook his
Cro w n Fund ing Ya m a ha into fo u rt h after
tangling wit h Ho fme ister in turn two on the first
lap, w hich made Bro te n go high and off th e
pace. To the delight of the crowd, Kevin did a
huge victory w hee lie after taking the checkers.
In the SO
Scc Pro class, Zitur was handed the
lead wh e n t he hard- charging Bro te n crashed
out on lap seven . Brote n had taken the holeshot
SEPTEMBER 1,2004 • CYCLE NEWS
Plea5 ure Rider5 Hil/c1imb
McKay More
Than Okay at
Cayugat
By BUD NORTHRUP
CAYUGA, IN, JULY 25
D
espite a painful crash, jared McKay had a
good weeke nd at th e Ple asure Ride rs'
doubleheader week end. He was a do uble-class
winne r o n Sat urday night , taking the w ins in
both the 600cc and Open Stock classe s, but
Mar k Sch roe de r r uined his pe rfe ct night by
beating him in the 250cc class and taking th e
Fast T ime aw ard . McKay was second, beh ind
Schroeder, in both the 250cc class and the Fast
Ti me contest . H e also cr ashe d ha rd o n his
CRF450 R in t he Open Stock class , pa infully
40th Anniversary
twist ing his knee and damaging his bike bad ly
enough that it cou ld not run on Sunday.
O n Sunday, McKay was obvious ly st ill in pain
as he walked - we ll, limped · arou nd, but you
couldn't tell it fro m the way he rode.
First, McKay wo n the 2S0c c class w ith a
4,430·secon d time on his YZ250 • just e nough
to e dge Schroed e r, w ho had to se tt le fo r
second wit h a 4A40 ·second run o n his Yamaha.
Riding his KX540 in the 600cc class, McKay
won again, w it h a 4.23 1·second ride in th e
second rou nd, overta king "Fast Andy" Fortner,
w ho had post ed a 4.2 79·s econd class-le ad ing
fast time in the first round . The time wo uld also
hold up for the Fast Time of the day.
McKay wasn't quite done yet, howeve r, as he
cam e bac k to win the King Of The Hill shootout
for the 10 fastest ride rs. giving him three class
wins and the Fast Time - a perfect day!
Schroeder d id get a w in o n Sund ay to go
w it h his Fast Ti me w in of the night befo re ,
