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Desert Silver State Series Campbell, Hengeveld Awesome in Arizona The Honda riders get their first win at the Parker 250 STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARK KARIYA ed pulling in a little bit, so I had to pick up the pace," Campbell said. Indeed, at the end of two laps, Campbell had I0 minutes over the Cody/Grider entry, 12 minutes over the Childress/Dempsey Honda and 16 minutes over the Braun/Gosnell team. The N I machine of Campbell and Hengeveld's charged to the finish without incident, unlike many of the other teams' bikes. Childress reported hitting the midway point with a four-minute lead in the FourStroke Pro class, good for second overall, behind the Campbell/Hengeveld XR. However, Braun and Gosnell were able to work their SuperMex/Advanced Chiropractic/Needham Realty 450 MXC past the XR's Only/O'NeaI/Goat-backed T eam Honda's Johnny Campbell and Steve Hengeveld earned their first-ever Parker win in convincing fashion, as the defending champions of Best in the Desert's Silver State Series dominated the Golden West Cycle Parker 250 to kick off the 2005 season. The Precision Concepts/Dunlop/Honda Pro Oils XR650R-mounted duo completed the three-lap, 232-mile race in 4 hours, I0 minutes and 7 seconds. But perhaps the main topic of the day was the perfect racing conditions. The rains that had inundated Southern California (making a mess of the supercross at Anaheim) provided the ideal amount of water in the Arizona desert, which made for a rare dust-free day in the desert. "Riding a desert race when everything's wet and loamy and you've got traction everywhere is just awesome," Hengeveld said. Campbell agreed. "We don't get to race like that all the time, more like once every I0 years," Cambell said. "It's absolutely perfect. You couldn't ask for a better mix. It made it easy to pass the lappers, the four-wheelers and stuff, and our Precision Conceptsprepped bike just worked so good. We had the advantage today, for sure." Hengeveld was second off the line and chased early leader Kendall Norman - who was teamed with Robby Bell on a second American Honda entry - for about 30 miles until Norman cartwheeled the bike, incurring major bike damage and suffering enough personal injury to send him to the hospital for treatment, leaving Bell to ride the rest of the race in order to salvage some points. Bell, however, would also crash heavily near the end of the race, though he was able to get to the finish 17th overall and fourth Open Pro. Clint Braun and Malt After that, Hengeveld was Gosnell (shown) finished on his own and finished the second overall. first lap with a comfortable three-minute lead over the Quinn Cody/Andy Grider KTM team, four minutes over the Mike Childress/Chuck Dempsey XR650R duo and five minutes over Clint Braun/Matt Gosnell, who traded their usual KTM 250 for a 450 that they got two days before the race and entered in Four-Stroke Pro for the first time. Hengeveld rode anothHonda 650 by lap two to take the class er half-lap to the alternate pit and gave win and second overall with about four the bike to Campbell to finish the race. minutes to spare. "I maintained [their cushion), then I Grider ended up breaking the oil-level think N 14 [the Cody/Grider team) startsight glass on the engine case of his Red 32 JANUARY 26, 2005 • CYCLE NEWS Bull/Precision Concepts/IMS 525 MXC, losing most of the lubricant and forcing a time-consuming pit stop to fix it. That cost him and Cody two positions in the overall standings, though they retained runner-up status in Open Pro. Taber Murphy and Brian Pinard rounded out the top five and were third Open Pro on their Temecula Motorsports/ MSR/IMS XR650R, despite losing a shifter and Pinard tearing up his clutch hand's pinkie finger in a low-side. eN GOLDEN WEST CYCLE PARKER, ARIZONA RESULTS: JANUARY 7, 2004 (ROUND lOF 8) O/A: I. Johnny CampbelVSteve Hengeveld (Hon) ":10:07; 2. Clint BraUf\lMatt Gosnell (KTM) 4:24:06; 3. MIke Childress/Chuck Dempsey (Hon) 4:28: 12: 1. Quim Cody/Mdy G....... (KTM) 4,31,47, S. Tabe' Mu",hyl8rian Pinard (Hon) 4:+4:59: 6. Ryan Spangler (Hon) 4:46:] I: 7. Jason Trubey (Yam) 4:53:51; 8. Shaun Hanson/Joe Picchiottino{Terry Picchiottino (Han) H7,14; 9. M;ke C)"/Chad Shupp (NA) 4:58:05; 10. Brian Melsheimer/Matthew lang (Yam) H9,38. OPEN PRO: I. Johnny CampbelVSteve Hengeveld (Hon); 2. Qu;nn Cody/Mdy Gride, (KTM); 3. Tabe< Mu'Phy/llrian P;naro (Han). 250 PRO: I. Anthony CastilkJIPatrick K.. Wel~ (Y;un). FOUR-STROKE PRO: I. Clint BraurVMan Gosnell (KTM); 1. Mike Childress/Chuck Dempsey (Hon); 3. Jason Lindstrom/Jimmy McKay (Hon). 30+ PRO: I. Nick Daily/David Warren (Hon). 40+ PRO: I. Charlie 8ameylSteve Pitts (ATK). OPEN EX: I. Scott Herweg/Chris Ray (Kaw). 250 EX: I. Brian Melsheimer/Matthew "lang (Yam); 1. Kyle Hearold/Jason Tyer/ArCy Vance (Yam). FOUR·STROKE EX: I. Mike Cyr/Chad Shupp (NA); 1. Brad Clayton/Shawn Copeland/Brian Maynard (Hon): 3. Steve Bailor/Bob Stubbe/Brett Stubbe (Hon). 30+ EX: I. Shaun Hanson/Joe PicchiottinofTerry Picchlottino (Hon); 1. Marty Seefried/Richard Seefried/Mark Simpson (Han): 3. David J. Dunn/Jerry HerlinglWil1iam M. O'Hara (KTM). lS+ EX: I. De.si Wolfe/Alan Violette (Yam): 1. Paul Buckles/Scott Perkins/Morgan Pierce (Kaw); 3. Mack GoeI"Jon ",n., (Hon). 40+ EX: I. Bud Chapman/Cody G,eme\If,ed Robens (KTM); 2. Kev;n M)Ton Olen/Jodie Partain (KTM); 3. Barry Van FouaniRkh ZajK (Hon). SO+ EX: I. Dennis FirestonelHimey Means (Hon). IRONMAN EX: I. Ryan Spangier (Hon); 1. J""'" Trubey (Yam); 3. Steve Luly (Hon). OPEN AM: I. David Meldrum/Allen NeweJVDonakt Gibson Ward III (Han). 250 AM: I. Dino Martinez/Andy Tiilbot (Suz); 1. Jennifer FurmarVHeather Gongora/Angela House (Han); 3. Alison URozalOen~e Toyloc/lori Tayloe (KTM). FOUR·STROKE AM: I. Aaron Wyckoff/Michael Wy (Han). IRONMAN AM, I. Jeery )one> J' (N/A); 2. Kyle Hucldebridge (N/A); 3. Adam McCam~h (Hon).

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