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Evans: 3. TristanClaveau; 4. Daniel Lowenthal. 65 (9.11): I. Co lt on Sande rs; 2. Dillan Epste in; 3. Tanner Lovgren: 4. Jonathan Augusta. 85 BEG: I. Nathan Search: 2. Michael Lowenthal; 3. Tylyn Sauce r ; 4 . Con ne r G ree n; 5. Troy Armstrong. 85 NOV: I. Jacob Stiver; 2. Colton Sanders; 3. David Mitchell; 4. Chris Gree n; 5. Conlen Harding. 85 INT: I. Brend an Brady. S/MINI: I. Brandon Brady; 2. Chris Green; 3. Connor Green . SCHBY: I. [ceh Miles: 2. Matty Dow ell. 125 BEG: I. Tyler Thom pson: 2. Brent Reyes; 3. Chad Cra ne; 4. Josh Miles; 5. Israel Garcia. 125 NOV: I. Cory Costa; 2. Chris Dvoracek; 3. Krin Griffih ; 4. Andrew t Vandenberg; 5. Scott Boston. 125 INT: I. Matt Simpson; 2. Matty Dowell. 125 EX: I. Josh Hagey; 2. Corey Wolff; 3. Nick Hamill. 250 BEG: I. Lane Morrison; 2. Billy Ballard; 3. Casey Clark; 4. John Nowack; 5. Nick Kirby. 250 NOV: I. Bryan Norman; 2. Scott Wauon: 3. Tony Prince; 4. Ethan Flores: 5. Chris Dvora ce k. 250 INT: I. Adam Lane; 2. Kyle Jones . 4-STRK NOV: I. Cory Costa; 2. Kruz Griffith . 4·STRK INT: I. Kyle Jones. 4-STRK EX: I. Phil Dowell. VET )0 + BEG: I. Mike Murphy; 2. Richard Wagner. VET )0 + NOV: I. Don Mcl ean; 2. justin Leeds : 3. Dell Posey. VET 30 + INT: I. Willy Galinato; 2. David McCown ; 3. OJ. McGhee . VET )0+ EX: I. Steve Bastin. SR 40 + BEG: I. Scott William 2. Mike Kennedy; 3. J.D. lavicent; 4. Steven s; Penny; 5. Dennis Smit h. SR 40+ NOV: I. Jim Bor en; 2. Victor Lyles; 3. Ron Nozaki. SR 40+ INT: I. D.J. McGhee . SR 40 + EX: I. Phil Dowell; 2. Jack Lawrence; 3. Michael Augusta. SR SO+ NOV: I. Dan Dowding; 2. Mike O'Rourke. RESULTS 50 P/W (4-8): t. Colton Camp (KTM); 2. Michael Von Krusza (KTM); 3. Ducat! Bowe rs (KT M); 4 . Louis Saxby (Yam); 5. Caleb Warn (KTM). SO (4- 6): I. John Bowe r (Y am); 2. Louis 5axby (Yam); 3. Dakota Wheaton (Ya m); 4. Ducati Bowers (Y am); 5. Shae BaH(Y am). 50 (7·8): I. Keith Mulvaney Jr. (KTM); 2. Austin Littler (KTM 3. Colton Camp ); (KTM); 4. Angelo Komuda (KTM); 5. Kory Fogarty (KTM). 65 : I. Oarian Robinson (Suz): 2. Phillip Manchester (KTM 3. ); Tyler Womey (Yam 4. Sean Ballard (KTM); 5. Connor Kelty ): (KTM). JR MINI: J. Brett Bittner (Suz); 2. Darian Robinson (Suz); 3. Kyle Von Krusze (Hon): 4. Brandon Bardo (Kaw); 5. Phillip Manchester (KTM). SR MINI: I. Colton Harriso n (Kaw); 2. Jeremy Medaglia (Hon); 3. Matt Babbitt (Kaw); 4. Jake Eddy (Kaw); 5. R.J. Beck (Kaw). MINI COMB : I. Colton Harrison (Kaw); 2. Matt Babbitt (Kaw); 3. Ken Burger (Kaw); 4. Jeremy Medaglia (Hon); 5. Brandon Phinney (KTM). 125 SCHBY: I. Corey Shipos (Suz); 2. Co lton Har rison (Kaw); 3. Ri hard Paeth (Hen); 4. Louis Tepas (Y c am); 5. Jake Eddy (5uz). 125 BEG: I. Derek Timm (Suz); 2. Jim Pollock (Hon ); 3. K.J. Alnutt (Kaw): 4. Mike Smit h (Suz): 5. Geoff Hubbard (Kaw). 125 NOV: I. Brett loomis (Suz); 2. Louis Tepas (Y am); 3. Brian Wager (Suz); 4. Keenan Bittner (Kaw); 5. Kyl Brassie (Y e am). 125 AM: I. Core y Shipe s (Stn) ; 2. Ryan Nye (Y am); 3. Trevor Middleton (Hon): 4. Eric Kawryga (Kaw); 5. Richard Paeth (Hon). 12S EX: I. Jason Doyle Belleville Endu ro Team Hillc/imb Tackitt Makes It Triplets at Belleville By BUD NORTHRUP BELLEVILLE, IL, AUG. 8 e tw ee n his tw o class wins and the Fast Time awar d, "Crazy Jake" Tackitt made it "triplets" at Belleville . It was a Revloc Day at the Belleville Enduro Team's hillclimb, held at their c1 ubgrounds just outside Belleville, Illinois. Tackitt, riding one of Ga yle Je nk ins ' C RSOOs w ith th e Re vl o c auto matic clutch, turned the fastest t ime of the day with a 4,478-second, high-flying ride in the first round of action. No one could match that t ime all day, and the yo ung gun from Mou nt Vernon took the 600cc-c1ass win and the Fast Time awa rd . His closest comp e titor was Josh Denso n , w ho se 540 cc Kawasak i w as also carrying a Revl oc clutch; De nson carded a fine 4.505-secon d run for the second-place cash. In t h ird plac e w as Brent Bo w ma n , Tac kitt ' s "tea mmate ," who also rides a je nkins Revl oceq uipped Hond a. Bowman to pped the hill in 4.549 seco nd s t o make it a o ne- tw o -t hre e sweep for the Revloc bikes. Tackitt was also a double-class winner, as he rode his old but still fast KDX200 to the win in th e 200cc class w ith a 5.20S -se cond t ime , while Jimmy Cox finis hed seco nd o n his KDX in S.349 second s. Young Mike Popham also enjoyed a doublewin day. taking his first in the 85cc Se nior Mini class. Riding his YZ85, Popham topped the hill in 5.728 seconds on his first ride, and no one in the class could match him, with Kieven Hillard claiming seco nd o n his KX8S w it h a 5.93 9se co nd ride in t he seco nd ro und . Pop ham's 5.889-second time on his second ro und wo uld B Richard Paeth (lSI) and Corey Shipos (353) waged a great mota-one battle in the 125cc Schoolboy class at round 17 of WNYMA action at Frozen Ocean Moto Park. We stern New York Motocross Association Inc. Round' 7: Frozen Ocean Mota Park Shipos Comes In •••First By LARRY WOOSTER AUBURN, NY, AUG. B T he W NYMA sai led into Fro zen O cean Mot o Park for t he 10 th Summ e r Se ries race, prese nted by O neWest Clot hing, under sunny skies. The Den man family had the big, loamy, pro fessionally des igned, 1.5-mile course groomed for motoc ross action. Eighteen 125cc 5cho o lboy ( 12- 15) ride rs pinned it wide op e n at the drop of the gate , wit h Adam Niles gra bbing the holeshot, over C orey Shipo s a nd Br ia n Wage r, but N ile s washed w ide, allow ing Shipos to snag the lead . Shipos was on the gas and leading over the big 10 ,OOO-galion ta bleto p jum p, w it h Richard Paeth , Wager, Matt Bab bitt and Niles in to w. Whe n Shipos slippe d up, Pae th pounced and took the lead for a lap, until Co lton Harrison h it h is st ride, pa ssing Wager, Bab bitt a nd Shipos in a lap and a half. The n, afte r a great be rm -to -be rm battl e, Harrison w rest led th e lead away from Paeth by wha ling the outside cushions of the corners while Pae th opted to na vigat e his wa y t hro ugh t he d e e p insid e grooves , Harr ison aired it out every chance he could , and while Shipos slowly began to reel him in at the end , he had to settle for seco nd whe n time ran o ut. Paeth stayed on pat h for th ird, w ith Babbitt and Wager we ighing in with to p-five finishes . l oui s Te pas ro de fast an d batt led hard with Wager but settled for sixth. N ile s, Ja ke Edd y, j o e y Ke e fe a nd Tod d Tho mpson filled out the top 10. Be fo re mot e two , t he start ing area an d some of the faces of the jumps we re groomed during t he Thunder Alley Kawasaki intermiss ion fe st ivities . Th e co rne rs w e re le ft ripe w ith att itu de-adjust ing deep grooves inside and fat cushions on the outsides, wh ile the wide area in betw ee n was still strudeled w ith multiple lines to choose from . Sp e nce rville , O nt a r io , C a nada ' s Tyle r Griesseier made the motoc ross migration south in sea rch of so me co mp etitio n. Gri e ss e ier gra b bed t he seco nd -m oto hol e sho t, ove r Shipo s, Babb itt and Harriso n. Griesse ier go t loos e and reshu ffled t he pac k of riders, and now Harr iso n was leading Shipos , Griesseier and his fellow O ntarian Keenan Bittner over the tab le top . Babb it t , Ken Burge r a nd www. be ct I96 .co m -spo nso re d r ide r Eddy co nt inu ed t rying t o o ut jump a nd o utco rne r eac h ot her while jockeying for fifth. Shipos too k the lead away from Harrison by ripping throug h the extra-deep inside grooves, allowing him to carry more speed than Harrison exiting into the jumps and r hyth m sections . Bitt ne r w as a distant th ird, busy holding off challenges from Ba bbitt and Grie sse ier, w hile Tepas, Pae th , Burger and Eddy we re bar to ta nk to bar to ta nk w it h no sign of letti ng up, each on e in searc h of a top-10 finish. Shipos (2- 1) claimed first ove rall, edging out Harrison ( 1-2) in second ove rall, and Paeth (3-3) collected third overall. Tepas (6-6) and Eddy (8-5) rounded out the top five overall. Wager (S-9), Bitt ner ( 13-4), Babbitt (4- 13), Niles (7-11) and Burge r ( 12-7) earned top-10 finishes for all the ir hard work . The W NMYA re tur ns to Frozen Ocean Moto Par k o n O ct o be r 24 fo r th e final t ime in 2004 . (Y am); 2. Richard Chater (KTM); 3. lyle r Medaglia (Yam 4. ); Mike Ayen (KTM); 5. Brae Don nison (Yam). 2S0/0PEN BEG: I. Michael Dauler (Y am); 2. Tom Preston (Y am): 3. Doug Foster (Y am); 4. Robb Mann (KTM); 5. Nick Di Salvo (Y am). 25D/OPEN NOV: I. Jason Tuccio (Yam 2. jerem y ): Gree n (Hon); 3. Keith Dart (Y am); 4. Ben Caves (Y am); 5. Camer on Schmid (Yam 25D/O PEN AM: I. Brian Coo k ). (Hon); 2. Joseph Fam ish Jr. (Y am); 3. Ryan Nye (Yam 4. Ron ); Bragg (Suz); 5. Dale Ayers (Hon) . 250 /0PEN EX: I. Don Schm idt (Ho n); 2. Tyler Medaglia (Yam): 3, Jason Doyle (Y am); 4. Broc Donnison (Y am); 5. Mikey Silvarole (Y am). am); 16· 24 COMB: I, Mike Ayen (KTM); 2. Jesse Repass (Y 3. Bobby But le r (Hon ); 4. Brian Coo k (Ha n); 5. Trevo r Middleton (Hon). 25 + A: I. Don Schmidt (Han ); 2. Chris Lenzi (Hon): 3. Darryl Smith (Kaw); 4. Dan Field (Hon); 5. 5teven Dunton (Han ). 25 + B: I. Chadd Groome (Hon); 2. Keith Dart (Yam); 3. Mike Myers (Suz); 4. Dan Robinson (Ya 5. Jason Cossey (Hen). VET: I. Don Schmidt (Hen); m): 2. Darryl Smith (Kaw); 3. Dan Field (Hon); 4. Ron Nye (Hon); 5. Jeff Fregoe (Hon). SR B: I. Aaron Bushingham (Hon); 2. Dean Demb inski (Yam 3. Don Clarke (Y ); am); 4. Mike Myers (Suz); 5. Jose ph Fam ish Jr. (Yam). SR C: I. Ro bb Mann (KTM); 2. Mike Murp hy (KTM); 3. Doug Foster (Y ; 4. am) Anthony Komuda (Hon): 5. Lee Smith (Yam) 40 +: I. Dave . Jackson (Hon); 2. Greg Guilfoil (Han ); 3. Monroe Osbo me (KTH). also have been good enough for the win. Popham came right back in the 12Scc class on his YZl2S and posted a 4.966-second time , again on his first ride, and again his time held up for the win. Bowman was the runner-up with a good S.098-second time on his CR 125. jeff jack came over fro m Iowa to ride and was quite succe ssful, with o ne class win and two seco nds. His win came in the O pen Stoc k class. in which his 4.977-second f irst-round ride on his KX500 w as goo d en oug h to bea t the Dist rict 17 class po ints leade r, Jar ed McKay, who claimed seco nd with a 5,278-seco nd time on his CRF450R thumper. jack also took seco nd place in the 400 cc Stock class, beh ind winner Rod Kalahe r, and he also ro de his KXSOO to seco nd place in the Sen ior class, w it h Mar k Peters claiming t he win, The tw o top Se nio r riders actually tied for first with identical 5.009seco nd time s, but Peters took the w in with a S.0 4 3-seco nd t ie -b reake r r ide , w hile j ac k carded a 5. I83-second time. In o t he r Yo ut h-cl ass actio n , Th om as Groodnick took the 50cc Automatic-class w in, Brett Kalahe r was t he 65cc-c1ass winner, and District 17 points leader Caleb Emo ry was the faste st in the 85cc Junior Miniclass. RESULTS 50 AUTO: I. Thomas Grood nick; 2. Jere miah Lyday; 3. logan Moody; 4. Dakota Watson ; S. Garrett Holycross. 65 : I. Brett Kalaher; 2. Che lsea Gill; 3. jess ica Coon . 85 JR: I. Cale b Emory; 2. Drew Daniels; 3. Chris Peters ; 4. Jeremy James; S. Sch uyler Kalaher; 85 SR: I. Mike Popham; 2. Kieven Hill rd; 3. Blake Cappello: 4. Just in James. 125: I. a Mike Popham; 2. Brent Bowman : 3. Danny Schuman: 4. Josh Mingee : S. Bubba Bond. 200: I. Jake Tackitt ; 2. Jimmy Cox; 3. Chris Peters. 250: I. Jared McKay; 2. Justin Hanna; 3. Matt Peters ; 4. James Kalaher; 5. Josh Mingee . 450: I. Cody Jenner; 2. Matt Peters ; 3. Paul Hillard; 4. Mike Peters; 5. John O sbo rn . 600: I. Jake Tackitt; 2. jos h De nson; 3. Brent Bowman: 4. Jared McKay; S. Cody Jenner. 600 4-STRK : I. Boots We be r; 2. Jo sh Denson: 3. Mar k Pete rs ; "!. Mike Pete rs; 5. Matt Peters. 750: I. Wade Schultz; 2. Paul Hill rd : a 3. Ro nn y Ge isser t ; 4 . Boo ts We be r. OPEN : I. Mike Schobert; 2. Wade Schultz: 3. Kevin McKay. PSHRO: I. Kevin Mc.Kay. SR: I. Mark Peters: 2. Jeff Jack; 3. Ron Todd : 4. Kevin McKay; 5. john Os born . S/SR : I. Ron Tod d; 2. Boo ts Webe r. 4 00 STK : I. Rod Kalaher; 2. Jeff Jack; 3. Robby Noyes; 4. R.J. Watson; S. Charles Mathewson. OPEN STK : I. Jeff Jack; 2. Jared McKay; 3. Jon Vallandingham. FAST TIME: Jake Tackitt (Hon). Pro-Am Motocross Washing ton Town & Country Fairgroun ds Mr. DeMuth and Mr. Johnson Go to Washington By ROBERT JONES WASHINGTON, MO, AUG. 8 C OOl nights and warm, sunny days w ith gentle breezes - sounds like South e rn Califor- www.cyclenews.com nia, but it happened in Washington , Missouri, d u r ing t he I I th run ning of t he Pr o -Am Motocross at the Washington Town & Co untry Fair, where more than 8000 spectato rs enjoyed the great weathe r and the Pro-Am act ion . CYCLE NEWS • SEPTEMBER 15,2004 83

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