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AMA California State Motocross Championships Glen Helen Raceway Park PHOTOS BV JOHN BE THEA .- Shouting Matches By JOHN BETHEA SAN BERNARDINO, CA, OCT. 2·3 rom the sounds of it - both on and off the F track - one might won der whet her they we re friends or not . as Jarod Minor and Larry Re ese had wo rds - loud o nes - at th e AMA Yamaha Cal iforn ia State Mo tocr oss C ha mp ionsh ips at Glen Helen Raceway. Minor and Reese's first 2S0cc Inter mediate mot o o n Sunday mo rning was abo ut as goo d as it gets in racing. They tra ded the lead several t im es for two laps . hove r ing side by side betw een passes in a thriller. "It's always fun racing against him [Minor]," said Reese, w ho tu rns 18 this mo nth. "because w henever I'm alongside him or he's just behind me , he alway s st art s ye lling at me . And he st a rt s laughin g at me whe n he passe s . And when I pass him , he starts yelling, 'I'm go nna get you , I'm gonna ge t you!' It was cool ! I don't yell back, I just go - it makes me go faste r!" And speed up Reese did, pulling away and t o t he w in and, even tually, the class ch am pio nship. Minor was r un ner-u p in the four-mota , tw o-day program. "We've kn own each ot he r fo r a w hile, a nd I t ry t o intim idate him [by ye lling] , " Minor e xplained. The 125cc Intermed iate was the most hotly co ntested class of the weekend, with Reese and Mino r in the hunt. Jo ining t he m was Michae l Par ke r, w ho had been battl ing a bug fo r th e previo us two weeks. He awoke Saturday with a fever but insisted on racing thr ee classes . Afte r reti ring fro m the first 250cc B moto and the n sweeping the Fo ur-Stro ke B class, Parker aimed fo r the big prize : the 12Scc B class. Saturday 's sh owdown had Utah 's De vin Sullivan w inning the first mo to, w ith Parke r, fighting off the illness, in second . Parker managed a holeshot in the second stanza but co uldn't ho ld o n to th e le ad , as Sullivan too k it. But th en C hase Sc onyers , pil ot ing t he H onda o f Sta tesboro/Star Plates by Fuzzy/Lo w Co untry Machinery Hon da, ca pt ure d the numbe r-on e spot in the Ope n Pro -Am, followed by Gart h "Rodeo" Brow in sec o nd. In the O pe n Pro main even t , Sconye rs lo w side d in t urn o ne o n lap th ree, allowi ng the wily veteran Pro Bro w to claim the to p spot. Le w is Smith led fro m sta rt to finish in the Senior B (Ov er 45) division. Returning to racing afte r an injury, Art Dent ran in seco nd place for five laps before Vern Mo rt o n eased by him and maintained a hold o n t hat pos ition . O n the Fuzzy fro nt , Fuzzy Hutt o co ntinued his w inn ing streak in th e Vintage 250c c class. With onl y one race left in the se aso n, th er e is m uch talk of toppling him from his lofty perch. (He' s ne ver lost a Vintage 250cc heat or main a t Mid-C aro lin a. ) So fa r, howe ver, t he sc he mes and dr e am s of his fellow Vintage racers of "fe lling th e Fuzz " have remaine d but a me re fant asy. RESU LTS 50 SHAFT: I . Matthew Jackson (He n): 2. Bust e r Widene r (Hon); 3. Hayes Sanden (Hon): 4. Holly Blackmon 40 Sullivan hit a patc h of mud and spit himself off and back to fo urth. A bo lt ca me loos e o n his pipe, and that, too , began to nag him. " It d id n't lose po w e r, but it wa s ma king funny sou nds," ex plained Sullivan, who moved back up to th ird but t he n faded to fourth. "I got frust rated. I got burned out and ran out of e nergy." "I'm just sick, " mota-w inne r Par ker sa id before collapsing into a chair, his head spinning. Reco ve red and sm iling o n Sunday, Park e r knew he just had to stay close to Sullivan in the final two mo tes. and when he grabbed the lead in th e t hird race , he he ld it for t w o la ps . Ho weve r, his friend SuIHvan snatched it awa y on lap thr ee . Parker fought back, and as they d rag-raced int o a hair pin , ne ith er s hut 0 ((. SulUvan ra n o ut of track first and had to tu rn in front of Parker, w ho clippe d his rear tire and highside d , lea ving him lying o n the track for seve ral minutes. After win ning the mot a (and later the overall), Sullivan sped to Parke r's pit to see how he was. He was met by Parke r 's fat he r, who ins isted th e incide nt had be en inten tional. Par ke r' s dad coole d off, tho ugh, when the racers shoo k hands as Michae l said, "It was just part of racing, Dad." No yelling req uired . eN GLEN HELEN RACEWAY PARK SAN BERNAR DINO , CAUFORNIA RESULTS: OCTOBER 2-3, 2004 50 SHAFT: I. Cameron Bash (Yam); 2. Jake Koe hnke (Yam); 3. Braxton Taylor (Yam) 50 STK (4-6): I. Mit chell . Epste in (KTM); 2. Travis Hoffman (Pol); 3. Cameron Bash (Yam); 4. Braxto n Taylor (Y am); 5. Gil Sabalza (Cob). 50 STK (7-8) : I. Jose Ce ja (KTM): 2. Bradley Taft (KTM): 3. Jake Koehnke (Yam). 50 MOO (4-6): I. Mitchell Epstein (KTM); 2. Gil Sabalza (Cob); 3. Travis Hoffman (Pol). 50 MOD (7-8): I. Jose Ceja (KTM): 2. Bradley Taft (KTM): 3. Jovan Pulgar (Pol); 4. Octavian Martinez (KTM 65 (4-8): ). I. Cod y Bake r (KT M); 2. Brad ley Taft (KTM); 3. Starr Savage (KT M); 4. Tristan Post (Kaw); 5. Apollo Santos (Suz). 65 (9-11): I. Joey Savatgy (KTM); 2. Jeremy McCoo l (Kaw) ; 3. Oill n Epstein (Suz); 4. Ryan Boydstun (Kaw). 85 a BEG: I. Brett Bussey (Yam); 2. Cody Reiter (Y am); 3. Man. Limbourne (Kaw); 4. Kyl Yarnell (Y e am): 5. Cod y Baker (KTM). 85 (4- 11): I. Dill n Kuntz (Hon): 2. Jeremy McCool o (Yam). 50/60 2-STRK: I. Ryan Rutland (Kaw); 2. Dillon Jackson (Kaw); 3. Tyler Treadaway (Kaw); 4. Manton Smoak (KTM); 5. Bradley Beach (Kaw). 50/60 4-STRK: I. Dill n o Jackso n (He n): 2. Ryan Rutland (Ho n); 3. Bradley Beach (Hon) ; 4. Co dy Flee ne r (Hon). 85 : I. Tre ay Shinaber ry (Yam); 2. Dillon Jackson (Kaw); 3. Tyler Treadaway (Kaw). 70/804-STRK: I. Tyler Chavis (Hon): 2. Blake l omas (Ha n); e 3. KaitlMclane (Hon). MX MIN I: 1. Tyl r Chavis (Kaw); 2. Marst on Smo ak (Kaw) ; 3. Ryan Rutland (Yam); -1 . Kaitl Mclane (Hon); 5. Luis Quinces (Hon). 125: I. Zach Olliff (Hon); 2. Payton Sassaman (Hon). 200 4- ST RK: I. Taylor Estes (Han). 250 : I. Justin Davis (Hon); 2. bch Olliff (Hon) . MX: I. Clayto n Weeks (Hon); 2. Johnny Patton (Hon); 3. Wade Lomas (Hon); -1 . Jimmy Clark Jr. (Suz); 5. Tim Parsons (Hus). OPEN NOV: I. Charlie Williams (Rot); 2. Payton Sassaman (Hen): 3. lee Blackmon (Hon): 4. Clayton Wee ks (Ho n); 5. Jo hnny Patt on (Ho n). O P EN AM: I. Cha rlie Will iams (Rot); 2 . C har lie Sabat ka Sr. ( Ha n); 3. Bre tt Sassaman (Hon); 4. Charlie Sabatka Jr. (Hon); 5. Zach Olliff (Hon). VINT 150: I. Fuzzy Hutt o (Hon); 2. l ee Blackmon (Yam) 3. larry Lore nz (Suz); -1. David Harley (Yam). VINT : OPEN: I. Tommy Sisson (Yam) 2. Frank Mclane (Hen) : 3. ; John Parker (Yam). SR 45+ A: L Uoyd Widener (Rot); 2. Charlie Sabatka Sr. (Hen) : 3. Speedy Davis (Ho n); 4. John Parker (Ya S. Wende ll Peggie (Rot). SR 45 + B: L Lewis m); Smith (Yam) 2. Vern Mort on (Hon); 3. Art Dent (Hon): 4. ; larry Lorenz (Y am); 5. Jim Steverson (Y am). SR 50 + 250 : I. Vern Morton (Hon); 2. Mike Graff (Suz); 3. l ar ry Loren z (Suz). OPEN PRO-AM : I. Chase Sconyers (Hon); 2. Gart h Brow (Yam); 3. He nry Perr itt (He n): 4. Tadpole Pulliam (Hon); 5. Justin Davis (Hon). OPEN PRO : I. Gart h Brow (Yam) 2. Henry Perritt (Hon); 3. Justin Davis (Hon); -1. J. R. ; James (Rot); 5. Chase Sconyers (Hon). NOVEMBER 17,2004 • CYCLE NEWS (Kaw); 3. Garrett Jackson (KTM). 85 (12-13): I. Con nor Penha ll (Kaw); 2. Dalton Brow n (KTM) 3. Hunter Lent (KTM) 85 (14-16): I. ; . Cody Jeffries (Suz); 2. Joshua la wre nce (Hon); J. Randy Merrill (Suz); -1 Kyle Bohannan (Yam); . 5. Jordan Borowski (Yam) 85 S/M INI: I. Cody . Jeffri e s (Suz); 2. Dou glas Fre nch (KTM); l . Dalton Brown (KTM); -1 . Connor Penhall (Kaw); 5. Dill n Kuntz (Hon). 115 BEG: I. Jake Reiter o (Yam); 2. Gr eg Groule ff Jr. (Suz) ; 3. Co dy Boh annan (Yam); 4. Jerem y Stinett (Kaw); S. Drake Rainier (Hon). 11 5 NOV: I. KyleReiter (Y am); 2. Trey Kenlon (Kaw): l . Trevor Decker (Hon); 4. Douglas Fre nch (KTM); 5. Andrew Yarne ll (Yam). 125 INT: I. De vin Sullivan (He n): 2. Larry Reese (Hon); 3. Ryan Penh aU ( Kaw); -1 . Jared Minor (Yam) ; 5. To mmy McAdams (Suz). 150 BEG: I. Aaron Berkovarz (Hon); 2. Jo hn Beaver (Hon). 150 NOV : I. Cra ig Cheeve r (Y am); 2. Michael Qu iroz (Yam) ; . 3. Jason Charlier (Hon); -1 . Bobby Hesse (Yam) 150 INT: I. larry Re e se ( Han) ; 2. Jared In a shaw of camaraderie, Devin Sullivan Minor (Yam); 3. Brys Kuntz (Yam): 4 . Chri s (80) and Michael Parker shake hands Ayen (Han) ; 5. Steve Stanley (Yam). 4-STRK after a heated mota'battle left the la tte r BEG: I. Drake Rainier (He n): 2. Kyle Gomez (Ho n) . 4 -STRK NOV: I. Andrew Yar nell lying on the tra ck. (Yam). 4-STRK INT: I. Mi hael Parker (Hon); c 2. Ryan Penhall (Kaw); 3. Shaun Higham (Yam); -1 Tommy McAdams (Suz); S. Brandon Boswo rt h (Kaw). . Craig McCall (Hon ). 30+ NOV: I. Eric Warrington (Hon); WMN BEG: I. Mariana Harding (Kaw). WMN INT: L 2. Jonny Benskin (Hon); 3. Chuck Penny (Y am). 30 + INT: EI_&sh (Kaw 2. TonyaElben (Suz). SCHBY(IJ-16), ): I. Eddy Jay (Hon); 2. Rob Wexler (Hon); L Steve Stanley I. De vin Sullivan (Hon); 2. Jared Minor (Yam); 3. Dane (Yam) 30 + EX: I. Craig McCall (Hon); 2. David Schmidt . Jackson (Y am); 4. Anthony Charett e (KTM); 5. Greg Grouleff (Kaw). 40 + NOV: I. Jim Boren (Yam); 2. Syd Woo ds Jr. (Suz). 15 + NOV: I. Eric Warrington (Hon). 15 + INT: (Y am); 3. Dave Blosser (Y am). 40 + INT: L Chuck Penny I. Eddy Jay (Hon). 25 + EX: I. Matt Cleveland (Hon); 2. (Yam);2. Frank Wright (Yam); 3. Mike Nash (Suz). llllnl Series Makeup Ra ce: Lincoln Tra il Motosports Hays Has His Way By BRoe MIKEL CASEY, IL, SEPT. 2S T he lIIini Series is one of the biggest - if no t the biggest - series in Illino is. Featuring fac- to ry co nti nge ncy fro m all t he big moto rcycle manu facturers, it almos t always d raws lots of racers. However, th is was a makeu p race that was not o n the schedu le, and a Satur day race at t hat . As othe r tra cks in th e area we re run ning programs at the same time , this cou ld ex plain the low rider turnout. Neve rth e less, it o nly takes two ride rs fo r a race to break out, and this day's events showed that no matte r how many riders are at the track , the racing can still be w ide open and to ugh. Did you eve r have the best ride ever, only to have another rider have o ne that's just a little bett er? That was the case fo r Socal Yamaha rider Korey Hawkins, w ho was o n the gas in the 14-24 40th Anniversary B class. moving around the track with the speed that wou ld have surely won almost any class on this day. T he bad news fo r Haw kins was that James Hays was competi ng in his class. Co ming off the win in the 250cc B class. Hays wa nte d to make it a clea n sweep fo r the day. Hays set a pace that Hawkins just could not mat ch, taking both mot o w ins and the overall. Haw kins was runner-u p in both motos and overall. O ne moment that everyone could have done w it hout cam e in the 65c c class , w he n Brian O benchain crashed hard and did not ge t up. The track para medics worked hard o n Brian, but at times he was unresponsive ! Th e lif ght crew e-fli came in and took him to t he ho spital. Please remember Brian in your prayers. RESULTS MIN I I: I. Cale b Wilson: 2. Dillon Wallace; 3. Brian Obenchain. MIN I 2: I. Dalton Foerste r. 2. Tyler Hayden; 3. Spenser Roe. 50 JR: I. Braden Meyer. 2. Dalton Edwar ds; 3.

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