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EVENTS
for third aroun d Todd Costley, aboard his
gorgeously
su n burst ·pain t ed
Yama ha
YZF 1000R I supported by Vanmar Racing.
Turpin's seco nd -place finish may have
destroyed his goal of pitching the perfect season,
but it did secure him the MRA championship and
the number-one plate for 2005 .
O ther racers to sec ure their 20 04
champ ionships were Simon Lucio w , i n the
Modem Vintage GTU class, and webmaster and
major cont r ibutor to " Racing to Save Lives "
David Gallant. in the Amateur GTU class.
Another notable event of the day was the
runn ing of Mark " T he Mile H igh Mouth "
Woodward in the Modern Vintage GTO
contest. Rid ing a Ho nda RTD I000 borrowed
from Karl Frakes. Woodward was able to score
a solid finish, maintaining his competition status
within the club. Frakes was also competing on
his Modern Vintage Yamaha FZRIOOO.
T he event clo sed out with a barb ecu e to
cele bra te " C o r ne r Worker App reciat ion
Weekend ," with free beer provided by Brec k's
Brewery through Skinny Racing.
RESULTS
GTU NOV; I. Jake urimer, 2. Euge ne Bazyt; l . Tony
Ewart: 04 . Marcus Frison; 5. Bruce Baca. GTU AM : I. Luke
Johnston ; 2. C o rb in Swan ; 3. Gr eg G re enwood ; 04 . Travis
Steffens ; S. Eugene Buyt. GTO NOV: I. Travis Steffens; 2.
Mike Hene eseedt : 3. Euge ne Bazy!; 04 . D ar in Schwartl; S.
Marcu s Friso n . G T O A M: I. Marv Rosencran s; 2. Luke
Johnston; 3. Corbin Swan ; 04. Greg Gr @e
nwood; 5. Eugene
llazyt MORN VINT GTU , I. Simon I.u6ow; 2. lOny Mata;
l . Tim Young ; 04 . fUndy Ray Miller; 5. C huc k Shet tshne .
HORN VINT GT O : I. Aaron Petrie ; 2. Karl Frakes; 3.
Simon Wciow; 04 . Randy Ray Miller; 5. Dan Quattire . HIW
SlS PT: I. Martin Sims: 2. Brad Hendry; l . Shannon Moham ;
04. Luke Johnston: 5. Dmd Lambert. HJW SlS PT: I. MMtin
Sims ; 2. Mike Applegate : l . Corbin Swan ; 4. Shannon
Mcham; S. David Umbert. OPEN S/ S PT: I. Brad Hendry;
2. Rich De e ming: 3. Huk N udelman; 4. Crash lowe ; 5.
Dennie Burke . HJW SlBK.: I. Martin Sims; 2. Brad Hendry;
3. Stwmon Holum; 04 . Corbin Swan ; S. Luke Johnston. HJW
SlBK: I. Mart in Sims; 2. Mike App*egate : 3. David Lambert;
04 . Crash lowe; S. Shannon Holum. OPEN SlBK.: I. Dan
Turner, 2. RickyOrlando; 3. Shane Turpin; 4. Todd Cosney: S.
Rich D@e
ming . srrw GTU: I . D ale Murph y; 2. Micha e l
Fogarty ; 3. Jeff Bernard; 4. Sean Bratt: S. Rex Shim..
GTO: I. Jon Glaefk e ; 2. Jim Bre we r; 3. Ben Fox: 04 . Sean
Keeler: 5 . Jay Hollman . RO TR : I. Dan Turn e r ; 2. Sha ne
TUrpin 3. RickyOrlando; 4.Shane Cahill; 5. Todd C ostley.
;
Lance Vincent (82S) had a classic ba"le with longtime rival Dillon Van Way
(6) in the J un ior Su permin i class a t round th ree of the Extreme Sports
Entertainment 2004 Holesho t Series in Sp lendora, Texas.
Ind iana State Hillclimb Championships
Pleasure Riders C1ubgrounds
Extreme Sports Entertainment 2004 Holeshot Series
Round 3: San Jacinto MX Park
Fortner Fast, Gockens Golden
at Indy Championships
By BUD NORTHRUP
CAYUGA,IN, SEPT. 19
he Pleas ure Riders hosted the 2004 Indiana
State Hillclimb C hamp ion sh ips , an d 132
riders came to challenge the ir roc k-hard, rutted, ISS-foo t hill, wh ich gave many very good
riders a lot of gr ief. " Fast Andy " Fortner
emerged as the top rider of the day. and the
"Golde n Gockens" eme rged once more as t he
most successful family.
Fortner too k t he
w in in the
ultracompet itive 600cc class on his CRSoo with
a second-ro und ride of -1.844 se conds, which
also earned him the Fast Time Award for the
day. He had to come from beh ind for the win.
as Cod y jenner took the first-round lead with a
4.849-second ride on his Honda, o nly to see
Fortner slip u nd e r him by a m e re five thousandths of a second. Th e slightest blip of
the throttle can mean th e differe nce betwee n a
champ ionsh ip and seco nd place . jenner laid it
all on the line, try ing to catch Fonner on his
second ride , but he crashed at I 10 feet . Jared
McKay was the only othe r rider to break into
the fou rs , placing t h ird in t he class w it h a
4.96 7-second run on his KXS40.
The Gocken fam ily had a very good day ,
with 9·year-old Matt leading the way, winning
bot h classes he entered . Rid ing his KTM SO,
yo ung Matt thrille d th e crowd by topping the
hillon his first ride in 8. 193 second s for the win.
Chelsea Gill was the on ly other rider in the
class to stop the clocks , and she did it tw ice, the
second time in a very good 8.594 seconds.
Matt retu rned in the 65cc class to top the
hill twice - the only rider in the class to see the
top - and claimed that win with a 7.799-second
run on his KX6S.
John Michael Gocken, IS, snared th e 400cc
Stock-class championsh ip w ith a fine 5.3 39second run on his YZ2S0. with dist rict po ints
leader R.J. Watson runn ing second w ith a 5,4 3Bsecond t ime on his Yamaha. jo hn also placed
second in the 4SOc class and third in the 2SOc
c
c
class . His 12-ye ar.old sister Dust! completed
the lamily trophy day with a fourth-place finish
T
56
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srrw
The Mini Warz
in the 8Scc Senior Mini class.
Veteran riders Ron Todd and Steve Shafer
both enjoyed double wins . To dd , 5 I, took his
first w in in the Senior (O ve r 40) class with a
second-round S.02 +second ride to overtake
Distr ict IS hillclimb re feree Scott Petty for the
title. Petty had set the first -round time to beat
at 5.880 second s for the lead at half-time, and
improved it to 5.394 se co nds on the se cond
round but had to settle lo r second place . Todd
brou ght his vintage KX500 back in the Super
Senior (Over 50) contest and won that one as
well, with a time of 6.003 seconds . Billy Pears on
was seco nd fastest on his 400cc Suzuki. with a
6. I30-second time .
Shafer claimed his t it les on his smoot hrunn ing Har ley in the Open a nd Pushrod
classes. turn ing in times of 5.611 seconds and
5.860 seconds, respectively. R.D. Miller II w as
second in both classes on his big Harley, posting
times of 5.914 and 6.5S7 seconds.
By Doc Mmoy
SPLENDORA, TX, SEPT. 19
T
R ESULTS
50 AUTO : I . Mat t G o eke n (KT M); 2. Chelsea Gill
(Cob); 1. Kolt Kinsler (KTM ); 4. Cole Garriott (Pol); S. Garett
Hol ycr o ss (KT M) . 65 : I. Matt G o e ke n (Kaw} ; 2. l ogan
Moody (Kaw); 1. Bre tt Kalaher (Kaw); 4. Chelsea Gill (Kaw) ;
S. Lauren ShJifer (Ha n). 85 JR: I. Ca leb Emory (Kaw); 2
Chris Pet e rs (Yam); l . Jake Wood (Suz); 4. D rew D anie ls
(KTM); S. Jeremy James (Kaw) . 8 5 S R: I . Blake Cappello
(Kaw); 2. Just in James (Kaw) ; 3. Mike Popham {Yam -4. Dusti
};
Go e ke n (Ka w) ; 5. Shane G r e e n (Yam) . 12 5 : I. Bre n t
Bo w man (Ha n); 2. Mike Pop h am (Yam); l . Bub b a Bo nd
(Hon); 04 . Paul Han (Hus); S. R.D. Miller III (Kaw) . 200: I .
Bubba Bond (Kaw ): 2. Jake Tackitt (Kaw); 1. Chris Pe ters
(Kaw) : 04 , Gordon Green (Kaw): 5. Kefth Klett (Kaw ). 2 50 : I.
Jeff Moore (Kaw) ; 2. Mvi<. Schroeder (Y
am); 1. Joh n Michael
Goeken (Yam 4. Jared McKay (Yam); 5. Josh Mingee (Hon) .
);
4 0 0 STK: I. Jo hn Micha el Goc ke n (Yam); 2. RJ. Watson
(Hon) ; l . Paul Han (Hus): 4. Mark Schroeder (Yam) ; 5. Jeff
Moore (Kaw ). 45 0: I. Cody Jenner (Yam 2. John Michael
);
arn); 04 . Paul H iftard (Y
am); 5.
Goe ken (Hon) ; 3. MIke Peters (Y
Ron lOdd (Su.). 600, I. Andy Fonne< (Han): 2. Cody Jenne<
(Han) : J . JN ed McKay (Kaw) : • . jo