AMP Outlaw Winter Nationals Ind oo r Dirt Track Series
Round 3: Paul Battles Arena
Pair
By DAN
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Kings Tops in Tunica
MAHONY
TUNICA, MS, NOV 6
.
A MA National Championship contender Rich
t-'\t< ing showed them the way aro und at
round three of th e AMP Indoor Sho rt Track
Series, held at the Paul Battles Arena co mp lex
in the rivers ide gam bling Mecca of Tunica, Mississippi , d irectly adjacent to the host hotel, the
lovely and hospitable Delta Plantation Inn, King
ma de the long tow down from Dysart , Iowa ,
payoff with a win in the O pe n Pro short-track
final, wh ile his Pro-Am son Aaron tried, in vain,
t o get around t he veteran . King the elder
appeared to jump the starter once, and the
event was red -flagged, but , even to Rich's ow n
su rp rise , th e re sta rt was staged accordi ng to
t he orig inal lineup o rde r. If t he re 's one thing
yo u learn on the tough GN C circuit, it 's to
never turn down a gift.
On the restart, Rich was go ne in a flash of
KT M orange . C lam ped to his re ar fe nde r,
ho w eve r, wa s King t he you nge r, making th at
o ra nge streak a bikel e ngth lo nger. H on da mo unte d Marc Williams, who was having an upand- down night, fou ght his w ay th ro ugh to third,
but there was no catc hing the "King Express."
just befo re the final, Rich had put Aaron to
work changing Aaron's rear tire from a Goodyear
to a Maxxis, while Rich put a new cut on his own
Go o dye ar. When asked later a bout the t ire
switch , Kingreplied: "The kid's hungry to beat his
dad - [but) we galla make him work for it!"
Jeremy Hinkle brought his lawton Brace &
Lim b Ho nda home fo urt h , just ahead of Rob
McUndon, who had earl ier engaged in a rubbing
duel w ith Aaron to beat him in their heat race.
The winner of that heat , Clay Hull, had to drive
back to Texas in a bad mood after his Ro tax
took a poop and he finished last in the final.
The younger (and taller!) Kinggot his revenge
in the O pe n Pro TT final, handing defeat to
Florida's McUndon , Poppa King, and Hull.
Forme r ca r-jum pe r-with-a n-X R7S0 Bubba
Blackw ell came up from Lou isiana to take the
victory in the hotly con te sted O pe n Amateur
d ivision . The antsy riders made for several
restarts before mak ing o ne lap. but at the en d
of t hat round , Blackw e ll and his be a ut ifu lly
turned-out Rotax were in fron t , and that 's
where they stayed. Ho nda rider Travis Hull and
Van Rayborn pushed and shoved each other fo r
most of the distance , with runner-up going to
Travis. Veteran Frank Bartram finished fo urth ,
followed by Anthony Verano and C hris England .
Roy Hinkle w on a tough Vintage 600cc main.
over Engla nd , series class le a d e r Kevin
Ellingswo rt h , Jo hn Richards and Frank Spang ler,
McLindan finished last after thr ow ing a chain on
his BSA single whi le challenging for the lea d .
Heat races were won by Hinkle and MeLindan.
In Open A ma te u r TT act io n , Pepp e r
Melin do n too k t he win over David Klimls,
Verano and England .
Walter Bart ram scored the victory in t he
125 - 250 cc combined ma in e ve nt. England
finished second, over wild ma n Verano. justin
Elswick's Ho nd a ha d o il comi ng out of bad
places, re legating him to fo urt h overall .
RESULTS
P/W SO A: I. Coltoo Cameron (Pol); 2. Jacob Robinson
(Ho n); 3. Ho pe Robinson (Ho n); on (KTM); 2. Jonlan ' "": 3. Tuck
...
Larrieu . B 50: I . Joe Harne y (KTM); 2. Ange la Pascarella
(Hon) ; l . Matthew Clayton . C 50: I. Chad Huffman (KTM);
2. Kae li Creso n (KTM); 3. Paige W ilso n (Lem) . B 6S: I.
Zachary T. Summers (KTM); 2. Just in Mackie; J . Nick Price
(Kaw). C 65 : I. Tony Ger.t (Kaw); 2. Kyle Mufler ; 3. Kaltlyn
We rn e y. A 80 : I . Josh MOrTOS (Kaw); 2. Jonathan Davis
(KT M); 3. Jo e y Pas c ar ell a ( KT M) . B 8 0 : I. Mic hae l
Be tt e nco urt (Kaw); 2. David Ken ned y (Hon) ; 3. Sleven
God man (Yam). C 8 0: I. Eric Habenicht (Ho n); 2.Travis
Barbo za (Suz); 3. Ben Gray (Suz). BEG 4-ST RK: I. Aaron
T
wiggs (Hon) ; 2. Chad Brou gnlon (Suz); 3. Randy Ander1on .
C 4 ·S T RK: I. Josh Duck; 2. Tyler Brumit; 3. Kyle Fraser. B
GRLS : I. Kacy Martine z (Hoo); 2. Kasle Creson (KTM); 3.
Bro o ke Hodge s (KTM). C GRL S : I . He at her Pickering
(Hon); 2. Rebecca Bailey; 3. Kalie Nelson (Kaw).
After ba"ling for 14 laps in the
SOcc A race at round nine of the
District 36 Motion Pro Youth Cross
Country Championship Series,
Adam Johnson (4) and Jordan Fish
(5) came up smiling in the first and
second spots.
Promato Promotion 321 Min i Worriors Event
321 Moto
Brown Blasts to Victoryl
By JUSTIN
WHARTON
WOODLAND, WA, NOV 6
.
t's official: 32 1 Moto in Woodland , Wash ington , has reopened its doors. The crew at Pro moto Pro mo tio ns moved their base from the
Clark County Fairgrounds' Woodland Arena for
the winter months. Until their new facility is up
and runn ing. they will be hold ing all events here.
For the ir fir s t event of the year, they
dec ided to onty run 50s, so as not to affect the
National Arenacross event over the w eekend.
The largest r a c e of the d a y, t h e SOc c
Beginner class. saw Torsenn Brow n put his KTM
in the winners' circle , leading the IS-lap main
event from wire to wire. Top quali fiers Kyle
Joh nso n and Corbin Kes le r strugg le d in the
main eve nt. le aving Tyr u s Anc he t a , w ho
I
struggled in his qualifier, to finish second. Kesler
too k thir d, Matthew Baher finished fourth, and
Jordan Halverson took fifth .
Another full class. the SOcc Open Beg inners ,
saw another w in by Brown, w ho dom inated
both his qual ifier and the main event. Kesler
fared slightly better in the O pen Beginne r class.
taking second place . Ancheta took third .
Halverson took fourth. and despite many falls.
Joshua Ramberg managed a fifth.
RESULTS
50 BEG O ll-INJ: I. Tristan Bond (Hon ). 50 BEG: I.
Torsenn Brown (KTM); 2. Tyrus Ancheta (KTM); 3. Corbi n
KesJB (KTM); 4. Matthew Baher (KTM); 5. jordan Halverson
(KTH). 50 OPEN BEG: I. Torsenn Brown (KTM); 2. Corbin
Kesler (KTM); l . Tyrus Ancheta (KTM); 4. Jord an Hatverson
(KTM); S. Josh ua Ramberg (KTM). SO (7 -8) : I. Bre ndan
Staley (KTM). SOOP EN: I. Breodan Staley (KTM).
Racing Enterprises Motorsports Saturday Motocross
Glen Helen Raceway Park
Cheever, Alamangos Ace
REM Saturday MX
By ROCKY
HASH
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, NOV 6
.
D
acing Ente rprises Mot orsports' winter-long
I'st re ak of rain- free raci ng co nt inu ed t his
week, as a large tu rn out of riders en joyed a
cool but bright , sun ny day that made for excel lent racing act ion on the course.
Te am Gold fish(Tro y Lee D e s ign s-b acke d
Craig Cheever has been turning in a bunch of
strong pe rform ances late fy in the 250c c Junior
ranks , and this week he put up the impos sibleto -beat 2- 1 sco res to earn the overall class win
fo r th e da y, In moto o ne , Yam aha YZ4S0 Fmou nted Broc Armbruster scored the win . with
Cheever a close second. Ben Baines , Justin Falk
and Tyle r Ruiz filled out the top five slo ts. In the
seco nd mo ta, Ar mb ruster jumped o ut fro nt
with the ho leshot and loo ked stro ng as he held
the lead to just past the halfway po int ; then
disaster str uck, as he cras hed at the botto m of
the huge downhill. C heever was right there to
take advantage of the situation, and he rode off
for the easy moto win and, with it, the overall .
Baine s took second , with Ruiz right behi nd him
in third . Armbruster recovered for fo urt h, while
Falk ro lled in fifth. O n the day, the overall win
went to C he eve r wi th his 2-1 efforts, while
Baine s (3-2 ) was t he ru nn er-u p. Armbruster
( 1-4), Ruiz (5-3) and Falk (4- 5) filled out the top
five positions .
As the season ha s go ne by, th e O ve r ...0
