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PHOTOS BY CLAY LIGHT Oregon State M otocross Cha mpio ns hip Series Round I: Albany Motorsports Park Horban Rules the Roost! By CLAY LIGHT ALBANY, OR, SEPT. 4 o uthe rn Oregon speedster Michael Horban ruled the roost at the ope ning round of the six-round Oregon State Motocross Championship Ser ies , held at Albany Motorsports S Park . Riding his bra nd-n ew Kawasaki KX250F, Horban was the dominant performer in the 125cc and 250cc Pro classe s, joining 5uzuki rider William See, Cobra-mounted Ben Chappell and yz pilot Mall Wilson as doubl e class winners on the day. Horban has been successful d ur ing t he Wester n and Wh ite Bro t he rs Fou r-Stroke Nationals this season , and the second-year Pro from Grants Pass , Oregon , has stead ily progressed to the top of the Pro ran ks . Althoug h he was the lone Pro r ider in attendance, he did withstand tests from several of the Northwest's top Inte rmediate riders, such as Wilson. Wilson has been the rider to beat all season long in the Inte r med iate and Four-Stroke classes , and he did give Horban challenges in the combined 250cc Pro/Four-Stroke contest. Horban ruled in moto one , but Wilson grabbed the lead at the start of moto two, and it was several laps before Horban got past Wilson . An error on Wilson's part allowed Horban to get by. after Horban had moved up from a poor start to chase down the rider fro m Eugene , and with two laps remaining . he took the lead when W ilson went wide and lost traction. Another racer with a brand-new mount, Junior rider Erik Meusling. stayed in contention for the overall Four -Stro ke-c1ass win, sticking with Horban and Wilson (or several laps. The lead duo , however, pulled away from the 15- year-old Meusling in the later stages , and Me usling finished second overall, aboard his Suzuki. 'ramaha-mounted Zach Taft w asn't far off the leaders' pace, e ither, and with his fourth-place finish he won the ad joined 250cc Intermediate class. Horb an and Wilson ran at the head of the com bined 125cc Pro/Intermediate/Junior field - with 23 riders, one of the day's largest classes but in the end, the outcome was much the same, in Horban's favor. Wilson led the way in the Intermediate class, finishingahead of Robert Wullbrandt and Kevin Petrushkin, while Cody Hockema pre vailed in the junior class. Travis Michael Horban was a double class winner at the opening round of the Oregan State Motocross Championship Se rie s, held at Albony Motorsports Park. Horban captured the overall 125« and 250« Pro-class wins. McClinton, who topped the first junior moro , couldn't repeat his earlier success and placed fourth in mote two, aiding in Hockema's overall wi n o n a 2-2 tall y. McC linton ( 1-4) , Travis Gierke (4-3), Devin Sanger (3-7) and Meusling. who posted a super b win in moto two, filled out the top ffve overall. The Suzuki-mounted See has bee n close to the head of the pack in the Supermini and 8Scc age-group classes th is season, but his overall wins have been few. On this day, the rider from Medford , Oregon, manhandled the competition in both of those classes . See 's I-I tally topped the Supe rmini class - finishing ahead of Colin Baker and Tyler McClinton - and then he came back to capture both motes in the 85cc (12- 13) class. This time Baker prevailed in the 85cc (9- 1I) portion, while Tyler McClinton won the eN adjo ined 85cc ( 14- 16) class. ALBANY MOTORSPORTS PARK ALBANY, OREGON RESULTS: SEPTEMBER 4 , 2004 (ROU 1) ND Matt Wilson soared to the overall 125(c Intermediate, Before The Hill Intermediate and Four-Stroke class wins. Ryan Hopson (180) leads loch Tait (721) and Cody Hockema (106) in the second combined 250« Intermediate/Junior moto. Tait won. P/W (0 . 6) : I. Jacob Crawford (KTH);2. Ryan Burggren (Cob); l . Du sti n Laugh lin (KT M) . P/ W (7-8): I. Ben C h appelle (Cob) ; 2. Breann a Mc Luskie (Cob) ; I . Jo sh Stevens (Hus) . 50 OPEN : I. Ben Chappelle (Cob ); 2. Jacob Crawford (KTM): J. Brea nna McLuskie (Cob) . 65 BEG: I. Bre nnan Stevens (Hus); 2. Brynt Holt (Kaw) . 65 (0 -8): I. WERA Sportsman Series Ca rolina Mo torsports Riding the Storm By PARKER LIllY KERSHAW, SC, AUG. 28-29 ugust is hurricane season in the Caro linas. The weather can turn ugly in a matter of hours . It's also time for WERA to descend on Carolina Motorsports fo r its So utheast Meet. Nestled in the hills just north of historic Cam- A d e n, So uth Ca ro lina, CMS is a 2.23-mile, 14 · turn circuit . The weekend started o ut with beautiful wea ther. In Vintage Four. Kyle Campbell put his Hon d a 750« into fir st place . He he ld this Bradley Phillips won the 500(c GP on his BMW ond also the Vintage Four contest at the WERA Sportsman Series event in Kershaw, South Carolina. 58 o a OBER 20, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS posi tio n until t he red flag came out o n lap three. Unfort unately, he was unable to make the restart due to a mechanical failure. At the restart, Bradley Phillips was running fourth on the track and first in Vintage Four. He moved past Mark Morrow on lap four and maintained 40th Anniversary RJ. Leach (KTM); 2. Jere m y Wilton (KTM); J . Alan Burggren (KTH) . 6 S (9-1 1) : I. T.Jyn Taylor (KTM): 2. Nolan Beyer (KTM); 3. Co by Ayres (KTM). 65 OPEN : I. Nolan Beyer (KT M): 2. R.J. Le ach (KTM); J . Talyn Taylor (KTM). 8 5 BEG: I. Daniel Bobo (Hon ); 2. Je rad Dacus (Kaw) ; J . Eddy Duncan (Yam). 8 5 (9 - 1 1): I. Colin Bake r (Yam); 2. Glenn Pre sth olt (SUl) ; J . Sie rra Bragg (Yam) . 8 5 ( 12- ll): I. William See (Sul ); 2. Charl ie McCarthy (Kaw). 8 5 ( 14- 16): I. Tyler McClinton (Yam). Sl MIN I: L William See (Sul ); 2. Coli n Baker (Yam); l . Tyle r McClinton (Yam). 125 BEG: I . Chris Mc Da niel (KTM ); 2. Cody She hon (SUl) ; J . Ea rl McCaslin (Yam). 115 JR: I. Cody Hockerna (Yam); 2. Travis McClinton (Yam); J. Travis Gierke (Yam). 125 INT: I. Matt W ils on (Ya m ) ; 2. Robert Wullbrand t (SUl ) ; l . Kev in Pe tru shkln (Yam). 125 PRO : I. Michael Horban (Kaw) . 15 0 B EG: I. Bryan Sllearer (Kaw) ; 2. Addison Tague (Yam); l . Matt Ellefson (Ho n). 1 50 JR.: 1. Ryan Hopson (Suz); 2. Scott Smith ( Kaw ): J. Scott Wdson (Yam). 250 INT: I. Zach Taft (Y . 150 PRO : I. Michae l Horban (Kaw) . OP EN am) AM: L Za ch Tait (Yam); 2. Ryan Hopson (Suz): J . Jeremy Mclain (Yam). OP EN PRO: I. J.R Me usling (SU WMN: l). l. He idi Koerschgen (Hon ); 2. Sierra Bragg (Yam); J . C he ryl Whelchel (Hon). BTH )R : I. Cody Hoc ke ma (Yam); 2 . Tra vis McClinton (Yam); J . Erik Meusling (SUl). BTH INT: I. Man Wilson (Yam); 2. Aaro n McClinton (Yam); l . Kevin Petru sh kin (Yam). 25+ INT: I. Rick Walling (Yam); 2. Rod Tryon (H o n) . ]0+ JR : I . Keith Be ns on (Yam); 2. Mike Dahlman (Ho n); l . Matt Papulski (Kaw ). l O+ INT: I. Scott Smith (Kaw) ; 2. Dave Shepard (Hon ). lO + EX : I . Ed Smith (Hon). ]0 + PRO : I. Roby Leach (Yam); 2. Rick Walling (Yam): J. Rod Tryon (Hon) . 40 + JR: I. Brad Hilton (Hon) ; 2 . Mark Smith (KTM); J. Steve Fidler (Hon ). 40 + INT: I. Grant Brown (Yam); 2. Dean Bidd le (Yam); l . Gary Bonds (Hon). 40 + EX : I. Kelty Whelchel (Hon) . 40 + MN Y: I. Jeff MacD on ald (Hon) ; 2. Joe Case y (Hon) ; l . Dave Shepard (Hon). 50+ : I. JR Meusling (Suz); 2. Steve Haze (Kaw): 3. Gary Bonds (Hon) . 4 · ST RK: I. Matt Wilso n (Yam): 2. Erik Meusling (Suz); J . Gr.ult Hays (Yam). his lead in the class to take the win. Royce Eaton took the second spot on a Ducati 750cc , while jack Houman put his Norton on the last rostrum positlon, As day two dawned. tropica l storm Gaston closed in o n Carolina Motorsports. With the deluge of rain, many of the races ran four laps instead o f the regu lar six. However, the C Superb ike Expert and Novice classes were run together for a six-lap race. Both groups started toget he r, w it h C hris Normand taking t he holeshot in turn o ne . By lap two, Brandon Parrish , who was racing in the Novice group, came through the Expert field to take the lead. Aaron Bell pushed to keep Parrish's Yamaha in sight but was unable to get through the top three Experts. As the checkered flag dropped , Parrish took the first position on the track to win both the race and the Novice class. Bell put his Suzuki in seco nd , while Todd Yaros too k third . In the Expert class, Normand took the win aboard his Kawasaki 636, while Bo Morgan and Chris Stevenson rounded out the podium. Parrish went on to show his wet-weather skills by winning the B Superstock Novice , B Superbike Novice, C Supers tock Novice and

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