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Ov e r The Hill Gang Summer Se rie s
/·5 MX
Penta Gone in Gormanl
By CHRIS
CUMBO
GORMAN, CA, AUG. 29
n the first Over 4S Beginners rnoto, Rick Hatfield's KTM's rear tire slid sideways on the starting line and he lost position . It looked like Steve
Landsberg would take the holeshot straight up
the hill , bu t Ty O shiro r ounded turn one first .
from the outside. Oshiro took it to the checkers
to w in his ninth stra ight mo to of the Summer
Ser ies . Richard Taylor go t stuck in the gate but
charged all the way up to seco nd. Landsberg. running third. sta lled on the 180-degree tum after
the step-up jump. Steve Rongstad then inherited
th ird and put in a fine ride .
In moto two, Taylor finally go t the hole shot.
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O shiro ne eded on e m ore m o to win for a
perfect se ries . but it was not to be : Taylor took
the overall, with O sh iro and Stev e Ro ngstad
sec o nd and third.
"Wh en I finally got ar ound Landsberg, I was
w atching Taylor arou nd a turn ," Oshiro said .
"Taylo r slowly fe ll over. I fell, too. Everyone
passed us. I was tired and did all I could just to
finish behind Taylor."
In the first O ver 45 Novice mote, all eyes
were o n Tim Joseph, who swe pt this venue at
the Gang's last engagem en t. Howeve r. it was
guest rider Jim Emb e rl e who astounded
everyone by nabbing the hoIeshot. David Blosser
was hot on Ebe rle's fender, his YX2S0 throwing
up roost. Jim Ho lman put the power down on
the Honda 450 to get around Blo sse r. Murray
Armstrong tu cked in tight around the first tum
and led the res t of the pack. Arms trong's 4SOcc
Ho nda shot him over the step-up dou ble to pass
Holma n. Bob "Too Tall" Breach go t a horrible
start on his Yamaha 125. Arms trong moved into
the lead. Brea ch held fou rth on lap two. and on
the last lap he passed Armstrong.
In mota two , Arms trong to o k off like he' d
bee n shot o ut of a cannon, b ut he couldn't
make th e first tum . Reid Fran ke had a pictureperfe c t start , le ad ing h is cl ass after a
disappointing first mo to. Fra nke , a strong and
determined rider, now go t a chance to show off
his tru e abilit ies , th o ugh Art Flores and Tim
Josep h gave Fran ke som e co ncern. Arm stro ng
charged back up into third . Joseph captured the
overall wit h two po dium finishes on the day.
In the Over 38 Beginners class, Sean Gin and
Han k Kokosensic too k early and co mmanding
leads, respectively finishing first an d se co nd
overall . Jo hn Hammonds kept the two in sight
but co uldn't catch the m in e ith er mo to .
In the Over 38 Novice class , Michael Penta,
sporting red hand guards, showed the re st o f
his class the fast way around the 1 track. He
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was followed by a hard-charging Randy Green,
who seemed comfortable w ith the tra ck layou t
and jumps . Jim Wentz. returning from an injury.
held third. The ongoing "Mark Davies and Syd
Woods Sho w " saw Davies top the Summer
Series battle between the two. though Woods
showed some finesse ove r the doubles. Davies
place d third overall. behind Penta and Green.
Pe nta froze the crowd with an uncatchable lead
in both motes.
RUU L
TS
Micha e l Pe nta pounded o n the
Ov e r 3 8 No vices at th e Over The
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Hill Gang ra ce a t 1 MX in
Gorma n, California.
KIDS PR O : I. Dylan Bennett; 2. Quirvl Davis: l . Brett
Pie rce . BEG: I. Brian McAuliffe: 2. Kyle Gomez; l . Tom
Gintz . EX : I. MIke Giem ; 2. Mic:hael Raschke ; 3. Mark Stuerl .
P RO : I. Man C leveland ; 2. Duane Pons ; 3. Jim Henn . 38 +
BEG ; I. Sean Gin: 2. Han k Kok~ic;; 3. John Ham monds.
]8 + NOV: I . Mic hae l Penta : 2. Randy Gree n : 3. Ma rk
Davies. 38 + IN T: I. Arnie [hvis; 2. Eric Barr; 3. Shy Moshe .
38 + EX : I. Bruce Criswen; 2. Dan l..lrNhom. 45 + BEG : I.
Richard Taylor : 2. Ty O sh iro ; l . Steve Rongstad . 45 + NOV:
I. T im Jo se ph ; 2. Murray Armstron g; 3. Bo b Blake . 45 +
IN T: I. C hris Cumbo : 2. Duane Quale: 3. MI( Rodgers. 45 +
EX : I. Jeff Blill: ; 2. George Jimenez ; 3. Marty We st e rma n.
45 + P RO : I. Mark Andef'SOfl; 2. Jo hn Gree nwa y; 3. Chuck
Lund e . SUP: I . Co le McCl eary, 2 . Jo n Sprague : 3. w.w.
Car rogon .
AMA District 6 Poin ts Race
Hurricane Hills Sports Center
SANDERSON
CLIFFORD, PA, AUG. 29
othe r Nature cooperated on Sunday w ith
a pretty warm and humid day for the Dist r ict 6 points race at Hurricane Hills Sports
Center, w hich was a re lief for the riders who
had attended t he previous night's supe rcro ss
race. Due to t he humid ity. ride rs had to ta ke
e xtra care to stay hydrated.
Andrew Mikolaichik, a loca l ride r from West
P ittston , Pe n nsyl va n ia , topped the 250cc
Novice class wit h a perfect I-I tally.
Miko laichik got the holes hot and early lead
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in the first outing, w ith Michael Tyrell . Andy
HolI, Joe Liparela and Robert Anderson trailing.
When the lead riders hit the bac k of the trac k
on lap two , Tyrell was o u t front , while
Miko laich ik had droppe d bac k to second ;
Liparela and Mike Link had advanced to third
and fourth . w hile Ho ll dropped back to fifth.
After 2 I laps, Mikolaichik closed th e gap on
Tyrell to a couple o f bi ke lengths and made
se ve ra l attempts to pass but couldn't get it
done . While they were battling. Lipare la was
alone in third. and Hall moved back up t o
fourth after passing Link. Mikolaichik made the
pass on Tyrell on the finish-line double to start
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the third lap. Tyrell was relegated to ru nne r-up.
Mikolaichik rode sma rt and pus hed Tyrell w ide
in the next corner to make sure his pass stuck .
After that. Miko laichik slow ly pulled away and
took the firs t-mota w in w ith a fi ve- second
adva ntage. Ty r e ll. Lipa re la , Ho ll an d Link
rou nde d out the top five.
Tyrell got his Ho nda out fro nt on the start o f
the final moto, followed by Miko laichik, Link.
Dan Buske a nd Pau l Att an a s ia. Tyr ell and
Mikolaichik quickly pulled away from the rest o f
th e 14-rider field and were go ne by the end of
lap two. Link was hold ing down th ird when
Liparela charged fro m an outside-the-top -five
start to come up to fourth. Attanasia was a solid
fifth. In almo st a replay of the first moto, Tyrell
and Mikola ichi k were only sepa rated by a
couple of bikelengths, but it took Mikolaichik a
little longer this t ime out to pass Tyrell for the
lead ; the pass came o n the final lap. on the lo ng
infield straight preced ing the rhythm section.
Tyrell was relegated to sec o nd . Mikolaichik held
the poin t to the checkers. Tyrell, Llparela. Link
and Attanasia rounded out th e top five.
Mikolaichik topped the 2SOcc Novice division
with a perfect I- I sco re. Tyrell's cons istent 2·2
talfy netted him runner-up, and Uparela rounded
o ut the podium with his 3-3 efforts .
RESULTS
50 PfW: I . De anna H icks (KTM) ; 2 . Tyler Co lac h ino
(KTM); l . Bra ndon Tuite (Yam); 4 . Cody "froasr (Kaw) . 5 0
(4 . 6) ; I. Bethan y Ruhf (C ob): 2. Unco ln Broo kens (KTN ); 3.
Sean Knoll (KTM); 4 . De nnis W ilso n (Ho n): S. Corey Mo tt
(Hon). 50 (1 -B); I. Jesse Dre isbach (Sur) : 2. Kayla Boorom
(KTM); 3. Danny C~ach ino (KTM); 4 . Joe Ide (KTM). FAST
50s: I. Sean Wa llace (Hon) ; 2. Mars hall Hurd (Suz); J . Bryan
Zabrowski (Hon) ; 4 . Michael Tyrre ll (Ho n): 5. Kevin H icks Jr.
(Kaw) . 6S (7 -9) , I. Sean BaJiaod(KTM); 2. Da