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C E'MElN T S wa s on the gas, securing a 20-bikelength lead over sec ond place ve ry ea rly on the first lap of th e Shootout. Behind him , Ed Lis w as be ing challeng ed by Mart ine z, w ho had worked his w ay u p to t hir d by the end of the firs t lap . Halfway th rough lap two, Mart inez mane uvered around Lis to take o ver se cond and started to close the gap to Pihokke n. Marti nez managed to catch Pihokken w ith a late -braking maneuver into t urn seven and challenged him in every corner t here afte r. The two rod e side by side down the straightaways, wit h Ma rtinez attempting to pass Pihokken around the o utside of every corner, but Pihokken was able to hold his advantage and kee p the lead. On the w hite-nag lap, Pihokke n was all by himself out front after Martinez crashed in the tu rn t hree/fou r ch icane . He was ab le to re enter the ra ce , but he co uldn ' t regain his position. Piho kken co ntinue d to lead the final laps , with out challe nge . He crossed the finish line with a big, big gap over second-placed Lis. Alva ro Tol e d o fin ished thi rd , foll o w ed by Michael Rouleau and Martinez. Piho kken also wo n the first race of the day, t he GTO , after t a king t he le ad fr o m h is te ammate Lis on lap tw o and dominat ing the entire race from that point forward. Marti nez was ye t aga in t he biggest w inne r of the day, taking ho me a total of six first-place tro ph ies. H e w o n t he Un lim it e d Su p e r s po r t , Mid dl e w e ight Su persport , H e av yw e ight Supersport, Middleweight Supe rb ike a nd Middlewe ight Grand Prix races. Ba r ne s wo n the GT U race after pas sing holes hot artist Greg Melka fo r the lead on the fir st la p . Fr o m t h en on , Barn es was untouchable. He cras hed ou t of the lead d uring the Middleweight Superspo rt race, putti ng an early end to his day and any chances of taki ng home Yamaha con tingency money. In fact , no Yama ha - m o u nted racer won an y o f t he weeke nd 's events , resu lting in a no - payo ut weekend for Yamaha con tingencies. Steve Leckie shone again in t he Amateur Light w e ight classe s, tak ing ho me first -pl ace tro phies in all fou r of his classes. He nailed the le ad early in all of his ra ce s and simp ly dominated th e rest of t he fie ld all the way to the fini sh line . He w o n th e GT Lights, Lightw e ight Grand Prix, Lightweight Superbike and Lightweigh t Supersport classes. RESULTS AM GTO : I. Carl Cohe n (Suz); 2. Joe Mart ins (Sur): 3. Ch arle s Nonhe y (Suz); 4. Vict or C hirino (Ho n); 5. Jose 6 Padron (Hon). EX GTO: I. Jim Pihokken (Suz); 2. Marco Martinez (Suz); 3. Edward Us (Suz); 4. Michael Rouleau (Suz); 5. John Die rickx (Due). AM GT LIGHTS : I. Steve Lec kie {Suz]: 2. Joshua Day (Hon); 3. Bruce Akioka (Suz); 4. Charles Mop ps (Suz); 5. Adam Loeffler (Hon). EX GT LIGHTS : I. Ste phen Servis (Suz): 2. John Costa (Bue): 3. Igort Del Haya (Suz): 4. Stephen Bolde n (Suz); 5. Werner Lortz (Suz). AM GTU : I. VICtor Chirino (Hon): 2. Armando Ferrer (Due): 3. Zo lta n Bo ros (Ho n); 4. Charles Miller (Ho n); 5. Aaro n Eldridge (Kaw). EX GTU : I. Michael Bames (Yam 2. Marco ): Man ine z (Hon); 3. Greg Melka (Yam); 4. Michael Ro uleau (Suz): 5. Jim Pihokke n (Suz). 125 GP: I. Joshua Day (Hon); 2. Steve Wenner (Hon); 3. Scon Cocc olio (Hon): 4. Roger Rojas (Ho n); 5. luis He rrera (Hon). AM UW GP: I. Steve Lec kie (Suz); 2. Joshua Day (Hon); 3. Charles Mopp s (Suz ): 4. Isaac Velazq uez (Suz); 5. Darr en Co ulson (Apr). EX l/W GP : I. Ste ve Wen ner (Hon); 2. Igon De l Haya (Suz); 3. Ste phe n Bolden (Suz): 4. Brian Gordon (Suz): 5. John Costa (Bue). AM M/W GP : I. Victo r Ch irino (Ho n): 2. Zoltan Bor os (Hon); 3. Reb ert Gr ignon (Yam); 4. Charl es Mille r (Hon): 5. Dolejsi Proko p (Hon). EX M/W GP : I. Marco Mart ine z (Hon); 2. Dar re n Mulvaney (Suz); 3. Christopher Cummi ngs (Yam 4. Rodolfc Ramire z (So2): 5. Steve Vento ); (Kaw). U/L GP: I. Jim Pihokken (Suz); 2. Edwar d lis (Suz); 3. Alvaro Toledo (Suz); 4. Michae l Rouleau (Suz); 5. Marco Man inez (SU ). AM ULTRA L/W S /BK: I. Karl Loeffler I (Suz); 2. John Groove r ( Kaw ); 3. Darr en Co ulson (Apr); 4. Geo ffrey Gedd es (Yam EX ULTRA UW S/BK: I. Shawn ). Sundheim (Hon); 2. Duane Francis (Tri); 3. Steve Nort o n (Han ); 4. Robert Seymour (Kaw): 5. Andrew Hamblin (Bue ). UW VINT: I. Rudolf Schachinger (Hon); 2. Tash Zarvalas (Ho n); 3. Sakis Vasilopoulo s (Ya m). H/W VINT: I. Rudolf Schachinger (laY). AM U/L S/SPT: I. Carl Cohen (Suz); 2. Armando Ferrer (Due); 3. Victor Chirino (He n): 4. Charles Northey (Suz); S. Patrick Erickson (Suz). EX U/ L SISPT: I. Marco Mart ine z (Suz): 2. Edward Lis (Suz); 3. Ant hony Cabre ra (Suz); 4. Alvaro Toledo (Suz); 5. Bowe Herron (Suz). AM lJW S/SPT: I. Ste ve Leckie (Suz); 2. Bruce Akioka (Suz); 3. Steven Walker (Sue): 4. Isaac Velazquez (Suz). EX l/W S/SPT: I. Stephen Se rvis (Suz); 2. Dave Gabert (Suz); 3. Edward Alvarado (Suz): 4. Stephen Bolden (Suz) . AM M!W S/SPT: I. Armando Ferrer (Due): 2. VICto r Chirino (Hon); 3. Zo ltan Boros (Hon); 4. Carlos Ruiz (Hon); 5. Miguel Tomas (Yam EX M/W S/SPT: I. Marco Martinez (Ha n); 2. Greg ). Melka (Yam 3. Michael Rouleau (Suz); 4. Jim Pihokken (Suz): ); 5. Darr en Mulvaney (So2). AM H/W S/SPT: I. Arma ndo Ferre r (Due): 2. Charles Northey (So2); 3. Robert Grignon (Yam); 4. Robert D'Angelo (Suz); 5. Patrick Erickson (Suz). EX HIW S/SPT: I. Marco Mart inez (Suz): 2. Jim Pihokke n (Suz): 3. Michael Rouleau (Suz): 4. Anthony Cabre ra (Suz); 5. Edward Us (Suz). AM SfTW: I. Gary Grant (Hon): 2. Eric Me net rier (Apr); 3. Curt Suskevich (Hon); 4. Scon Sutherland (Due); 5. Martin Pillot (Hon). EX S{TW: I. John Dierickx (Due); 2. John Costa (Due); 3. Les Moscar iello (Apr) ; 4. Andre w Hamblin (Bue). AM L/W F·40: I. Bruce Akioka (Suz); 2. Mar k Te nn (Yam); 3. Karl Loeffler (Suz); 4 . Jan Jar dine (Hon); S. Tim May (Suz). EX UW F40: I. John Costa (Bue): 2. Werner Lurtz (502): 3. Thomas Haykin (Suz); 4. Brian Gord on (Suz); S. Dave Gabert (Suz). AM F-40: I. Ro be rt D'Angelo [Suz]: 2. Carlos Ruiz (Hon): 3. Keith Joy (Yam); 4. Keith Jones (Yam) 5. Bruce Akioka (Suz). EX F-40 : ; I. Jesus La Rosa (Suz). EX I../W S/BK : I. Igort Del Haya (Suz); 2. Jo hn Cost a (Bue); 3. Stephen Bo lde n (Suz); 4 . Stephe n Servis (Suz). AM LJWSl BK: I. Steve leckie (Suz); 2. Bruce Akioka (Suz): 3. Charles Mop ps (Suz); 4. Andres Toledo (Suz). AM M/W S/BK: I. Vietor Chirine (Hon); 2. Zchan Bor os (Hon); 3. Robert Grignon (Yam); 4. C harles Mille r (Hon ); 5. Miguel Tomas (Ya m). EX MIW S /BK : I. Marco Maninez (Hon); 2. Greg Melka (Yam 3. Jim Pihokken ): (Suz); 4. Darre n Mulvaney (Suz); 5. Barrett l ong (Y am). AM HIW S/BK: I. Jose Mor eau (Suz); 2. Vietor Ch irino (Hon); 3. Armand o Ferre r (Due); 4. Charles Northey (So2); 5. Patrick Erickson (Suz). EX H/W S/ BK: I. Marco Mart inez (Suz); 2. Edward Us (Suz); 3. John Dierickx (Due). AM THNDRBK: I. Mar k Tenn (Yam); 2. Rudolf Schaching er (Lav); 3. Jan Jardine (Hon): 4. Donny Wright (Kaw); 5. Ches te r Hamblin (Sue). EX THNORBK: I. Andrew Hamblin (Bue); 2. Igort Del Haya (Suz); 3. Jose ph Bruce (Ho n): 4. Alle n Orozco (Suz); 5. John Costa (Bue). Riverside Old-Timers Motocross Borono Oaks Oldsters Occupy the Oaksl By HOMER EUBANKS RAMONA, CA AUG. 29 he Rive r si de O ld-Tim e rs Mot ocross bro ught its traveling show to Baron a Oaks, with 33 riders ranging in age fro m 40 to 70 years old c om peting in N o vice , Am a t e ur, Expe rt , Mast e r A and Maste r B classifications , ROTMX is one of 13 chap ters in the Internatio nal Ol d-Timers Motocr os s Associa tion and boasts 300 me mbe rs after on ly four years as a club . Th e club 's goal is fo r riders to have fun wh ile bei ng co mpetitive in t heir classes - and the group puts on some very com petitive racing, Willy Musgrave both had fun and pro ved to be com pe titive as he mas tered th e Mast er A co ntes t w ith repeat w ins over Dave Ero pkin. T 68 Kurt Sofka jr. took repeat thirds in class. Th e B class and t he Expe rt s were o n th e co urse with th e A ride rs , and Exp e rt Ste ve Donald so n go t a chance t o dice wi th Ross Th o mp so n of t he Maste r B class, Do nalds o n was able to hold Thom pson off until midrace , when he we nt a bit wide in a corner, allowing the ever-present Th omp so n to slip underneath. Lance McRobe rts to o k home se con d in th e Master B division. Don aldso n was th e be st o f the Expe rts, riding his Yamaha to repeat victories over jo hn Timme rmans. Third wen t to Kenny Camp bell. Th e re wer e three riders in the Expert Over SO field . Richard Kashner t ook the w in after losing ro und one to jack Garland. Gar land went OOOBER20, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 1-2 for second overall, and Bill Shultz was th ird. RESULTS In the Exp e rt Over 60 class, t he yo ungest AM : I. Terry Tate (Hon); 2. Jim Male (Hon); 3. Kevin Brooks (Yam 4. Thomas Ortiz (Yam);5. Phillip Maust (Ho n). ); AM 50 + : I. Morrow Flee t (Yam 2. Ray Simmo ns (KTM). ); NOV: I. Don Jense n (Hon); 2. Bob Walpert (Yam) 3. Mike ; Pro bst (Yam); 4. Richar d Meske (Hon ); 5. Leon Rando lph (Kaw). NOV 50 + : I. Bob Alloy (Kaw). MSTR A: I. Willy Musgrave (Yam 2. Dave Ero pkin (Hon ); 3. Kun Sofka Jr. ); (Ya m ). MSTR B: I. Ro ss Th omps on (Ho n): 2. lance McRobe ns (Yam) EX: I. Richar d Kashne r (Ho n): 2. Joh n . Timmer mans (Hon); 3. Kenny Campbell (Ho n). EX 50 + : I. Richard Kashner (Hon); 2. Jack Garland (Hoo); 3. BillSchultz (Yam). EX 60 +: I. Phil Black (Hon): 2. Frank Derb y (Han ); 3. Chuck Woody (KTM); 4. Bruce Cor nell (Hon). ride r was 60 and the oldest was 70. Sixty-threeyea r-old Ph il Blac k t ook repeat w ins, over "yo ungste r " Frank De rb y, 60, fo r the overall hon o rs. Chuck Woody finished t hird in mota one, and fo urt h place went to Bruce Co rn ell. (Bot h Woody and Cornell elec ted not to race mota two .) MX West Spring Series Rou nd 3: Fernley Inte rna tional Raceway Bellamy Bests the Fern By ROBERT BEAUPRE FERNLEY, NV, AUG. 29 ame ro n Be llamy o utlasted the res t of the I25cc Inter med iate class unde r brutal con dit ion s, includ ing 95-degree heat and 20-m inute matos, to take the victory at ro und th ree of the MX West Spring Series. Ther e was a collective groan from the Pro and Ime rmediat e riders when race o rgan izers anno unce d that each division wou ld go 10 laps in eac h mo ta, This mea nt races longer than 20 minutes on Fern ley' s devastating sand circ uit . In addit io n, t he fore c ast predi c t e d a hig h tem peratu re of 95 degrees. T he firs t 125cc Int ermed iat e mo to began w ith Casey Dean out fro nt. Bellamy put his Big Valley Ho nd a-backed C RF into seco nd place early in the moto. Dean began stre tch ing o ut a lead, and he held an advantage of a few seconds by midmota, loo king strong despite the he at . However, around t he halfw ay po int , De an tangled with another rider fro m the first gate of Pros and handed the lead to Be llamy. Bellamy held a modest lead over th e new seco nd-place rider, jake Neu ffe r, w hile De an re mounted in fo urt h. The remain ing laps saw several co mpe titors drop out due to the heat , but Bellamy stretched his advantage to claim th e m ota vic tory. N e u n e r ca me in a few secon ds behind in second place , wh ile De an moved up to take third , T he se cond mot e bega n w ith Andrew Valde z in the le ad. Valdez had cras he d o ut of the first mo ta, but he seemed inte nt on making up for that as he po unded th ro ugh the Fe rnley sand . Valde z so on pulle d o ut a few seconds from second-place rider Dean and third -placed Bellam y. The q uestion now was whether Dean wo uld pass Valdez for t he le ad ; if he d id, he wou ld secu re t he overall wi n - provided Bellam y rem ained in t hird. How eve r, Valdez ne ve r le t u p t he pac e , a nd De an s taye d in seco nd, giving Bellamy his first overall win as an Inte r med iat e via a 1-3 sco re . Dean's 3-2 tally C earned him seco nd overal l. '" was riding as strong as I could, and I felt good," Bellamy said following the second mo ta . "I kep t up the pace for abou t fo ur laps and the n rode it in for the safe win." In the 6Scc ranks, Chase Eichele led the way at t he top of th e Int erme d iat e class . Eich ele rode his PJI/Tag/Boyese n/Du nlop/Spy-b acked KTM 65 im pre ssively thro ugh ou t t he day , de spite the course 's battered co nd ition in the later part of the afternoon. He ended the day w ith a I- I score. "It was roug h," Eichele said, refe rring to the co urse after his second-mota victory. The series will resume in two weeks at the RMX circuit just o utside of Re no, Nevada. RESULTS 50 (4-6 ) PRVTR: I. Dylan Gallie n : 2. Amanda Hubrid; 3. Christian Anderso n. 50 (4-6) FCTRY: I. Jonat han Mayo. 50 (7 +) PRVTR : I. Jordan Schult z; 2. St eve Vawt er; 2. Taylor Koschella. SO (7 + ) FCTRY: I. Clay Amezq uita: 2. Aus t in Ch ing; 3. Hu nter Ro be rts . 60 BEG : I. Ta ylor Koschella; 2. Willy Kazen ; 3. Matthew Buscay. 60 JR: I. J osh Davis; 2. Justin Collie; 3. Anthony Walsh. 60 INT: I. Chase Eichele; 2. Ricky Godd ard. 80 BEG: I. Jake Novotn y; 2. Jaro d Woolford; 3. Jus t in C o llie . BO JR : I. Bra nd o n Gilmartin ; 2. Ryan Joy; 3. Dylan Baue r. 80 INT: I. Ada m Co nway ; 2. Wayne Appleton; 3. Zak Rile y. S/M INI : I. Wayne Appleton; 2. Zak Riley; 3. Adam Conway. 125 BEG: I. Joh n Nielsen: 2. Jeff Burch; 3. Jonathan Ste phens . 125 JR: I. Tyson Dines; 2. jace Angus; 3. Mitchell Carvolth. 125 INT: I. Cameron Bellamy: 2. Casey Dean; 3. Jake Neuffe!'". 125 PRO : I. James Sparhawk; 2. Tommy Jean ; 3. J.l. Bitt. 250 BEG : I. Ma tt Sredy; 2. Bran do n MacF arl an e ; 3. Tyler Carm ichael. 250 JR: I. Tre y Taylor; 2. Ben Arrate ; 3. Jon Beaumont. 250 INT: I. Tunle Wikoff; 2. Jason Alosi; 3. Co op er Muns on . 250 PRO : I. Ty Ca rs o n; 2. Robert Bea upre; 3. Justin Mastatka. WMN : I. Miche lle Skender; 2. Robbie Cortez; 3. Brooklin Hall. SCHBY: I. Andre w Valdez; 2. Jason A1osi; 3. Scott Polan. 25 + BEG: I. Chris Dyer; 2. Dave Mor rison; 3. Joel Y oung. 25 + JR: I. Troy Haw kins; 2. Eric Nyborg; 3. Sean Mille r. 25 + INT: I. Turtle Wikoff; 2. Josh Jaco bs: 3. Eric Gillen. 30 + BEG: I. Ch ris Dyer ; 2. Greg Ferguson ; 3. Gary Zahniser. 30+ JR: I. Troy Hawkins; 2. Darrell Phillips; 3. Sean Mille r. 30 + INT: I. Antho ny Pulera; 2. Je re my Evans; 3. Anthony Fagundes. 30 + PRO: I. Justin Mastalka; 2. Shawn Hybarger; 3. Randy Maga. 40 + JR: I. Mike Walsh; 2. Chris Shapiro; 3. James Rabyor. 40 + INT: I. Peter Mayforth; 2. De nnis Bickell: 3. Jay Heying. 40 + EX: I. Gilbert Chick; 2. Brian Eatherly; 3. Jay O 'Neal. 50 + : I. Russ Wyant: 2. Jeff Carson; 3. John Dirickson. OPEN BIBK: I. Donny Robem; 2. Kevin De Carli: 3. Ri hard Carl. c East Coast Enduro Association Enduro Series Round 13: Bee hive End uro Lafferty Takes the Beehive by a Hair By CHUCK MARLER MAURICETOWN, NJ, AUG . 29 ich Lafferty narrowly beat Mike Bradway by r\one emergency second fo r the overall AAclass win at round 13 of the East Coast Enduro Association Enduro Series - a.k.a. the 32nd annual Beehive Enduro - in sout h New Je rsey. Laf ferty has been racing the Nationa l Enduro Series this year and doing well, but in the sand and trees of jersey, he was an odd s-on favorite to take top o 40th Anniversary honors . Rich's brother Jack Lafferty fiiled in the number-three spot . A technical er ro r on the part of th e club had o ne checkpo int clock se t o ne minute early, w hich res ulted in two checkpoint scores being thrown out. This left Rich tied with Bradway at six po ints apiece; the tie was broken o nty by Rich's score of 404 emergency seconds to Bradway's 40S, which netted Rich the Grand Champ ion title. Th e Co m pe t it io n Dirt Riders have been

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