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whi te flag wa ved , when Swi nk ca me k nocking
Dutch Sport Pa rk
Club Moto S h o rt Track
a nd passed Gre we in th e sandbox switch backs. Grewe held off th e advances o f Crown.
making i t S wink . Gre we a nd Cro wn in th a t
order . Th e overall sta ndings we re the same.
Carnahan a Class Act
at Club Moto ST
Results
B y LARRY WITMER
AUTO ( 4-6) SHAfT: I. Alex Ditton (Yam); 2. ~ Malam y
( Yom ); 3. Logan Ntov (YMTI); 4. Doug Waggoner ( Yarn l: 5. T~
ins
Brown ( Yem) .
AUTO (1 .8) SHAfT: I. Dylan Churdt (Yem); 2. Colton Lonno
(Yom ); 3. Zochory Miston (Yem ); 4. Tyk-t Frese (yam); 5. BriM Netson (Yam ).
AUTO (4·6): I. Doug~ Moline (Cob) ; 2. Kiernan Malam y (Cob);
3. LeviDavis (Cob); 4. Alell Ditton(Cob); 5. Logan Nevins (KTM).
AUTO (7·6): I. Jacob McCra~ (Cob ); 2. Isaac Scheid (Cob) ; 3.
Cody fl\cCleU
an (Cob); 4. Cody Calonan (Co b); 5. ~ron Debecct
(Pol ).
65 BEG: 1. W",ey HerYI~ (Kaw): 2. J ay Ulm on (K_ ): 3.
Ill1l1C Scheid (Kow ); 4 . Taylor Urba wowsk i (Kew) : 5. Cody McCkollan
(Kaw ).
65 (7. 11): I. Brett Wagner (Ka\ll); 2. Adam Behringer (Kaw); 3.
Cod y Davis ( Ko w) ; 4 . Nethen Cisze\ll skl (Kow) : 5 . Etnen Wrigh t
(IW\II).
85 (7 . 11): 1. T.J. Auten (Suz) : 2. fo'wI li euu Jo chocy (Hon): 3.
Eri<: Mill r (Suz); 4 . Jerry Lorenz (YMTI); 5. Sho ne Sewell (Kow).
e
85 (12· 15): I. Josh Lk:hUe (Suz) ; 2. Mall Gow (Yam); 3. Brad
Ripple (SuI): 4. Grllnl /I'Iorelond (Suz) ; 5. Ron Bowe (Yom).
rs
85 BEG: I. Cho!. FJllm ore (Yom ); 2. Justin Robertson (Yllm): 3.
Ryan Boutell (Kaw): 4 . Dwaine Bessl er (Kow): 5. Willard Wood (SUI)
S/MINI: I , Bred Ripple (SUI): 2. Brent Mill er (Hon): 3. fred Kerrle (Hon) ; 4. Matieus.z JlIChllCY (Hon): 5. T.J . Aul en (SUI ).
BLOOMI NGDALE. MI, A PR. 23
Joshua Woods was th e man, ri din g fl awl essly
on his T eam Green /Do wn er ' s Gro v e/Pro Circui t / HJ C Helmet!A lpi nestars KX to wins in the
125cc and 250cc Expert di v ision s as well as
th e new $ Extr em e cl ass.
Dutch Sport Park ' s well -a ttend ed ope ner
wa s su pported b y the Big Four manu fa ctu re rs,
and close to 500 rid er s co m peted fo r th e contingen c y m on ey . The eve nt was sponso red by
the m ulti -line dealership M&M Cycle of K ala m azoo , Mi ch iga n, and John Spea rs and crew
wa s on hand to ass ist riders with the full lin eup
of accessor ies and equipme nt.
In th e n ew M on e y mo to , ca lle d t he $
Extrem e cl ass, Ja y Wag ner coll ect ed the $5 0
holeshot m o ney. Wood s qu ickl y too k over the
lead in the sa ndbox switch ba ck a rea a nd set a
Dutch Sp o rt Park: Brian Swink (125) and Joshua Woods (126) do battle at t he start
of the 250 cc A c o ntest in Bloomingdale, Michigan,
t o rr id pa c e for th e 20 -m in ute m o ta , lea vin g
the pack in his wak e. Wagne r, David Gaylord ,
MCR's Matt Crown and Swick Kawa saki /FMF/
Pro A ctio n/S unstar/ Bra k i ng -s po nsore d K X
pil ot John Pen rod battled for second, ban gin g
bars and go ing fo r th e ru nn er-up sha re o f th e
hu g e pu rs e. W agner and Gayl o rd both suffe red m ec hanic al woes in th e cl os in g stages.
ca rd ing DNFs. Penrod ste ppe d up , m uch to
Crown's d ismay .
"I had some thi ng for Penrod o n the last lap
but I got bo x ed in b y so me lapper s," sa id
Cro wn. "Woods is fl ying t oday, riding smooth
and sma rt ."
Penrod was happy with runner -u p spot.
"I go t a bad start . so mewhere o uts ide the
to p fiv e," he said. "I k ept ch arging towards the
front. This S Extrem e cl ass is gr eat! I'm corn ing ba ck fo r th e competition and m on ey !"
T om O sm ial ow ski ca rded fourth. The hi gh est- placi ng B rider pick ed up a deal er's che ck
; fo r hi s efforts .
Th e b i g w inn er o f t he da y was J o sh
Wood s.
"I had a great day !" he decl ared. " My dad
and I we re adding up th e winnin g s, and it
came to ove r $ I 000. Th at will help m e with
th e trave li ng [andl gas m on ey . lim co nt esting
the Ca nadian Pro Se ries , a lo ng w ith so me
selected Pro Nation al s. Th is $ Extreme clas s
is a great idea ~ good m oney up for grab s, and
you g et to run for th e full 20 minutes . The
tr ac k k eep s yo u on yo ur game, with th e ruts,
whoops and sand . I wou ld like to th ank Th e
T r ainin g Roo m fo r getti ng m e i n to great
shape."
In th e Ov er 25 divis ion , Brian Sw ink wen t
1- 1 for th e overall on hi s Kaw asak i, bu t n ot
w ith o ut a great battl e wi th Cr ow n an d J ohn
G re we . F ox S uz u k i 's Grew e snared t he
hol eshot and led m ost of the fir st m oto , only
to be reeled in by Sw ink and Cro w n in the
clo sin g sta ge s. Gr ew e ro ck ed t he secondm ot o ho leshot and led all the w ay until th e
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B y MI KE LAw
U VERMORE, CA ,APR. 22
Ren o , N e v ad a ' s Brand on C arn a h an pro v ed
h e ' s a fo r c e t o b e rec k oned with when h e
sco red a wire -to -w ir e route o ver Di str ict 36 ' s
fin est on th e Uvermore dirt. Carnahan sim ply
pa ced hims elf and rod e sm oothly in a calc ulated manner . which prov ed to b e th e h ot
stra tegy; all the competition could do was play
catch- up .
" T he tra ck i s g ettin g better every week .
and it 's reall y a gr eat place to ra ce," said Carnahan . "T o night it wa s a litt le bump y , whi c h
rea lly lev eled the pla y ing fie ld. Wit h t hat in
m ind , I tr ied to ada pt to the track rath er than
figh t it . It reall y paid off, and I'm really jazzed."
Pee Wee A riva ls Bob by Caldeira and Jess
Garci a br ou gh t th e c ro wd to its feet w it h a dra matic tro phy da sh that litera ll y cam e down to
a pho to fini sh. Caldeira blasted into th e lead ,
wi th Garc ia in hot pursuit. Ca lde ira inc reased
his lead , wh ich appea red to be in surmount abl e
by ab out th e th ird lap. Despite the wi de m argi n, Garcia ra n a much sma ller racet rack and
passed the lead er o n th e f ifth lap . Ca ldei ra
immed iately ret ook th e lead , but Garci a wa s
cli nging tig htly to his rea r fende r. When t he
whi te flag flew , the du o ran down th e str aig ht
in an even hea t, with Caldeira p ouring on the
horsepower and goin g wide into the fina l co rn er . Garcia , pla yi ng it c oo l , ran insid e and
ni pp ed Ca lde ira by m er e in ch es at th e fla g.
CCM rider Eri c T urner bailed hard at the
start of the Open C ma in e ve nt. w hi c h sen t
rid er s sca tte r ing everywhere. Frank o Han nah
timed th e restart perfectly and j umped in to th e
lead . w ith J unya Ko no and Joe C erro cl ose
b e h i n d . While Han n ah pulle d a w ay , Brad
Sp en c er c hallenged the o ther tw o front -ru n n e r s on · h i s haul in g H on d a . Spe n c er r od e
e xtre mely close to t he p ole and gave Cerro
w ha t a p pea re d to be a little ta p an d th en
m o v ed into third . K on o h eld o n t o sec o nd ,
desp it e Sp encer's c hallenges in th e tu rn s. At
th e finish. Hannah wa s th e win ner, foll ow ed by
Kana and Spen cer .
An th on y Sig ala spun th e rear wh eel of his
Hon d a o f f t he li ne to tak e t he l ead i n th e
250c c Vintage ma in ah ead of very determined
Bultac o rid er s J o e Ho o g e rh y d e and J ohn
Frank. Sig ala rod e sm ooth ly and extend ed his
lead, but by the halfw ay flag s he had ap pa rently lost an expans io n -c ha mber bo lt, wh ic h
c aused th e pipe to sway wild ly from si de to
125 ( 12· 15) : 1. N icho la s A d am s
(Kaw); 2. Tom Q5mialowski (Suz);·3. DlInny
Beckett (K ll W): 4 . Bred Smith (Hon) : 5. Bred
Modjewskl (SUI ).
16·24: I. Tre vor Gundlac h (Yllm ): 2.
dustin Brueeeeu ( Yam) ; 3. Wayne Bennett
(Hon); 4. Greg Foster (Kll \ll); 5. Jacob Cook
(Yam ).
25. : I. Brian Swink (Kow) ; 2 . Jo hn
Grewe ( Ko w ) ; 3 . Matt Cro wn ( Ko w) : 4 .
Dav id Glly lo rd (Kow ) ; 5 . Ga r y Sch royer
(Yam ).
30.: I. John Grew e ( Suz); 2. Matt
Crown (KII\II): 3. Larry Witmer (Suz); 4 . Rob
Taylor (Ka\ll); 5. Darren Borcherding (Yam ).
35. : 1. Rick Walsworth (Hon); 2. David
Mo ck ( Yam ): 3 . J ames Dlobol (Hon ); 4 .
Scott CUITi(' (Hon): 5. Victor Edgll r (Suz) .
40. : I . Larry Wit m er (SUI) ; 2. Rick
Wol sworth (Hon); J. Scott Curm- (Hon ): 4
Davi d Joh nson (Hon ); 5. Jeff Beerbower
(Vam ).
M Y EXTRM; 1. ...Ioshua Woods (Kaw);
2. John Penrod (I