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Results:
OPEN: I. Troy Smith ; 2. Will Root; 3 .
1IiI\ik~
Cribbs: 4 Chant's
Miller: !> DanGnflrths .
.
OPEN 2· HR (16+ ): I. leonard K~; 2. Brion L..ohrnon; 3. Ene
Dudfok; 4. Bnan Hewe . Don Metz.
D;!>
6!> (7 . 11): I . Robert Wagrwr, Z. Cody Davil.; 3 . Ethan Jtui.e: 4 .
Chance Dd!; !> iun BIowfl .
.
6!> (7-11): 1. Man Sporb; Z. J ek~ ~ 3. Bret Gow~U : 4.
Nktd.tls Ozanidl; 5 . Shllnnon Aegel .
65 (12 · " ): 1. WUHem Hicka; 2. Chris BIowr; 3. Nick Jubb ; 4
Cody Murphy; 5. Nick l.Jrnbef.
105 BfW : 1. Dan~ Z. Lucas Asher; 3. Trevis Toogood : 4
Anthony Stnens; !> Re- Scott..
.
125 : 1. C1.inl Sumner; Z. Chm G41Il; 3. Aaron Wegner: 4. 1'\i<:heeI
~ 5. Treve. T~.
200 JR ( 13. 16): I. Trev ls PrangM ; 2. Jared Wright; J . Ty lM
4. Tim Hobbs; 5. Dan SMItrown .
200: I. Ron Schcuphorn; 2. Aaron Barth; 3. Jason Roeng; 4 Jay
McLeod; 5. Calios Alvarado.
250 : I. Brod Ben}anun; Z. Scott Batday: J. Jason Garland : 4.
Lee Burnett; 5. Syd GaJtt
.
4·ST'RK: I. Rick K~t; 2. Ron Kk-ckner: 3 . ShaMon Jarvis ; 4.
Rick King; 5. JarTIeS Dite1'l'lQM.
VEL I. Steve WiJ1~y : 2 . Paul Gu y ; J . Ma rk Spore: 4 . Paul
Skrzy~lak ; 5 . David BIock~.
SR: I. B~ McCoy ; 2. Clair Parlin: 3. Thoma s Moore ; 4. Mik~
Mann: 5. Byron Kibby .
S/SR: 1. Joh n Bombyk; 2. £mull S Gale; 3. Larry ~kman ; 4. T ed
Kivington; 5. Richard Ward.
l/W TEAM: I. Bry an Dunlap/Jcson Olney; 2. Rick Rinner/Chad
Ebe 3. Nick Egle /Jo hn Woods,
l:
HjW TEAM; I. Eddie K ~n/Ron Ba l z~r; 2. Vic FJeg~I/Brian MaTT:
3. Thoma s Joncktxore/Richard B~lIes.
Scha ibl~
Dixie MX
Stephens
On the Move
B y H OGH G ATL IN
OZARK. AL. APR. 16
J am es Stephens continued hi s successfu l
transit ion from the Mini ranks to the 125cc
class at Dixie MX . The Yamaha rider took the
ove rall win in the 125cc C/ D class . Steph ens
also placed second behind a blazing-fast Jon
Sanders and his Yamaha of -Troy yz in 125cc
Money racing.
Stephen s led th e first 125cc C/D m ota
over Jason Cros s and Dan Co tilla. Th e trio
ke pt their posi ti ons throughout the rnoto and
finished within fiv e seconds of each other.
Stephens ran out front from start to finish
in the seco nd mota. Cotilla went off the track
i n the ba ck section . J er em y Bu c kh a n t ler
m o ved past Coti lla and fo llo wed Cross to th e
checkered flag.
Sanders ba rely edged K aw asak i jockey
Clay Downi ng fo r the h ol esh ot in th e fi r st
12 5cc M o ney heat . We s Tin da ll ran t hi rd .
Steph ens got roll ing and powered past T indall
on a short str aight. Then he went by Dow nin g
on a la r g e ju m p . Step h e n s se t ou t a f te r
Sanders, but he couldn't ga in any ground on
th e 125 cc specialist .
In th e seco nd rou nd . St ephe ns cam e off
th e lin e right beh in d Sa nde rs. Downing ran
th ird un til he low -sid ed at spee d in a high ban k ed rig ht -ha nder. Sander s took ano ther
so l id w in , w ith St eph en s gi v in g c hase th e
who le way. T inda ll claimed third.
Hond a rid ers Rog er A t k ins o n and Trey
B arnar d led t he fi rst 16 -2 9 mo ta . Runn in g
cl ose behind, Cross carved a tight inside li ne
in the seco nd tum and pa ssed both Atk inson
Le ading th e pac k in m oto two w as 11 year-old Br and on. who took a hug e holeshot
ov er Bamberg and KT M·mounted Gr eg Duri vage, who did not start in th e fi rst m oto afte r a
horr end ou s hig h. sid e in th e first co rn er left
him tra pped under his bike. By th e end of th e
fi rst lap. Brandon and Durivage had a sizable
lead over Bamberg . in t hird . Th e young er
Cooley cam e from dead last to fourth by the
end of th e fi rst lap afte r crashing in th e fi rst
corne r . The fro nt-runne rs co ntin ued to pull
away from th e fi eld , with Dur ivag e p utting
pressure on Brand on every step of th e wa y .
Th e elde r Cooley cou ld n 't sha ke Duriv aq e,
wh o stayed rig ht o n th e leade r's heel s fo r
nearl y th e entire m ota. Du riv age fell off the
pa ce o n th e last lap , whi le Br and on cru ised to
th e check er flag . Duriv age held on fo r second.
while a hard-chargin g Chad Cooley fin ished in
th ird.
"The tra ck is so rough , to said a tired Br an don aft er his m oto win, whic h was especially
well- received, as he had co m peted in the BOcc
(7 - 1 I ) class immed iately before winnin g th e
fina l 60cc m ot a .
and Barnard for the lead . Downing and Atkin son battled ba r to ba r through the wh oop s.
w ith Do wning wrestling secon d fro m A tkinson
b y t h e e n d o f th e lap . Down i n g c hopped
Cross' s huge lea d in half by m oto's end . Ti ndall work ed thr ou gh the fie ld fo r thi rd .
Downi ng took control of the second heat,
with Atkinso n second. Cross put a da ring arm o v er - a rm p a ss o n Atk in son th rou gh th e
w hoop s in an eff ort to stay i n co ntact w ith
Downi ng . Tindall motored by A tk in son at the
hal fw ay po int with an inside pa ss on the fron t
stra ig ht. Downing ke pt the th rottl e pinned to
the finish . besting Cross for the overall wit h 21 sco res. Tind all fini shed th e day with a consisten t 3 -3 . good for th ird overall .
Res ults
PfW (4· 6): I . lack Ben (Cob) ; 2. 0an~1 Johnson (Yam) : 3. Todd
Smith (Cob ).
PfW (7- 9): 1. Brad John son (Cob ); 2. Tyler Cert er (KTM).
P/W 60: I. Brondon Bums (Yam ): 2. Jasmioe Thoma & (Yam )
JR MINI BEG: 1. Christian Tra~ (Kawl .
J R MINI: 1. Derek Miller (Kaw) .
80 C: 1. Jeremy Thoma s (Hon) .
80 0 : 1. Trey Johnson (Kaw); 2. Chris Crumb (Suz ); 3. Jam e &
Oevl lbiu (Hon) .
16 ·29 : J. Clay Downing (Kaw) : 2. Ja son Cross (Hon ); 3. Wl'"S
Tind all (Yam) ; 4 . Roger AtkInson (Hon ): 5. Trey & ma rd ( Hon).
125 MNY: I. Jon Sand (Yam) : 2. JD~& Stephen& ( Yam) ; 3 .
ers
Wes Tinda ll (Yam ); 4 . Clay Downing (Kaw) .
125 C: I. James Stephens ( Yam ); 2. Jason Cross (Hon); 3. Dan
Coli lla (Hon) .
125 0 : I. J~remy Buckh anller (Hoo).
OPEN MNY: I. Alan Sand... s (Yam); 2. Brent Carroll ( Yam) : 3.
r
Chen Senn (Yam).
25OC : 1. Dan CotJlla (Han) .
250 D : I. Trey Barnard (Han) ; 2. Brint Simpson (Kaw) .
VET C: 1. Marty RkhDrck (Hoo) ; 2. Gr.edy Hefldrill (Yam ).
HBBY: I. St"'\1~ Barton (Sw: ); 2. Ray Ingall s ( Yam) ; 3. Crady
Hendrix (Yam ): 4 , Danny Curnbtl'" (Hon); 5. JI'"fl'"mYThoma s (Hon) .
40+: I. Grady Hendnl (Yam) ; 2. Ray Roddy (Suz).
Re sults
5 1 JR: I. Joseph L Porcelli (KT""); 2. Jaret:t J . Pescl; 3. Danie'l
R. Ayott~; 4. Seth Cnvoe: 5. Zachary Taylor.
5 1 SR: 1. Tommy R icht~; 2. Kyll'" Straube; 3. Enc J . Ko vach
(KTM); 4 . Matt J . Kovach (KTMj ; 5. O~ ShDn~.
5 1 SHAFT (4· 6) : 1. Jos eph L POf' i (Yam ); 2. J acob Vcn
cell
Dyk e (Yam ): 3. D4niel R. Ayotte (Yam ); 4. Kyl~ Breithart (Yam) ; S.
Deen Taylor ( Yam ).
5 1 SHAfT (7-6) : I. ~jamin Van Slambro (Yam) ; 2. Michael
Forl'"man (Yam) ; 3. Enc J . KoY
adJ (Vam): 4. Jack D . fo'unik ey (Yam) ;
5. Matt J . Kovach (Yam) .
60 : 1. Bre nden Coo l...y (KTM) ; 2. Ch ad E. Cooley (Kaw) ; 3.
UK:NuyL Bambl'"rg (Kaw); 4 . Austin Lett (Kawl : 5. Torin B. Gunthfof
(Kaw) .
(7· 11): 1. Adam Harder'l (Kalil) ; 2. Greg J . D!Il v . (Yam) ;
3 . NICholas Hiltz (Kew): 4 _ Oevid E. Bocon ( Yam ): 5 . Brandon C~
(Kawl.
60 (1 2- 15): 1. Marcu s J . Sh4vM (Han ); 2. Brandon H. Butzin
(Han) ; 3 . KyI~ Rothgeb (Han) ; 4. Canaan M.. Helk e (Vam); 5. Be
ett
BourdDge (K aw).
60 C: I. Kyl~ W. /"\oulton ( Kaw); 2. RYlln Wal son ( Yom); 3
Glenn Cam wath (SulJ; 4. T(l'"VOf J. C14rk (Yam): 50, Adorn Drabri.
eo
Baja Acres
Cooley & Cooley
Railroad ' e m at Baj a
( Ka .... .
)
125 JR: I . Nathan J. Woodward (Yam ); 2 . Ronald A. Bowl'"fs Jr.
( Yam ); 3. C~ L HooYff (Yam ); 4. Alan J . Buu lf1 (Han ); 5. Knstofer
SaVInO (Han).
125 A:. 1. JDntil'"Broc
kman (Hon) ; 2. Chad Mill~ (Han ); 3 . Chad
J. Shl'"nnan (Suz); 4. 5Nn P. Con~y (Yam).
125 B: 1. Nathlln J . Woodw ard ( Yam); 2. Jdf W. Swnme ....
(Sw); 3. RIChar FNerky (Han ): 4. Brandon J . Curry (Yam ); 5. Chad
d
M. Hauser (Kaw).
125 C: I. Mik e Ke~ (Suz) : 2. Joshua D . Helfll~ln ( Yam) ; 3.
.Joe Willough by (Hen ); 4. Justin He lnleln (Yam) : 5. Jason Sh~nnlI n
(Hon) .
250 A; I. Chad L Mil~r (Han ); 2. Todd Raska ($w); J. Sean P.
Conley (Yam ).
250 B : 1. Trt1VOf A . Gundlach (Yam ); 2. RICh ..Johruon (Kaw); 3.
Danlcn Swig... t (KlI w) ; 4. Creg He ise l ( Kaw); 5. Nichol a s Karl off
r
(Yam) .
250 C: I. Adrian Lag~st (Kaw); 2. Cil'"Ol'gt1 Black (Hon) : 3 . Matt
E. Myshoc: (Yam ); 4 Bill Kobus (KoII w); 5. Don Cromw~1I (Suz).
k
16-24; 1. Chad J . Sherman (Suz) ; 2. Richerd F~ley (Hon) : 3
Jdf W. Summers (Suz).
25 . : I. B ill Van Vugt (Han ); 2. Todd Reska (SUI): 3 . Mik e
McClo (Kaw): 4 . Jose ph L Porcelli (Hon); 5. CurtiS C. McCoo~1t
ud
B y B .J . SMITH
MIWNGTON . MI . MAY 13
Th e Co oley b rothers , Brandon and C h ad .
rolled into Baja Acres on Mother 's Da y week end to na b first - and second -pla ce fi nishes ,
respectively . in the 60cc (7 - 1 I ) cla ss.
"Our [L o r etta Lynn ' s] area q ualifier at
Dutch Sport Park go t floo ded out. so we head ed over here Ito Baja Acres] . where it's a little
sandier, " said the broth ers' fath er of how well
Baja Ac res soa ked up a week ' s worth of rain fall.
Chad Coo ley led the 16-rider fiel d into the
fir st co mer at th e sta rt of m oto one , fo llo wed
by KTM rider Bran don Cool ey and Kawasa ki
jockey Zachary Bam berg . Chad. 9. wa s m ak ing hi s olde r brother work for th e lead po sition
before he crashed in a sti ck y corne r tow ar d
the end of lap on e.
"I let off the gas and got caug ht up in th e
mu d.· the you nger Cooley said of his get- off.
Chad q u ickly remounted . fell into p lace
rig ht behind h is brother Brand on and tri ed to
get close eno ug h to m ak e a m ove. Chad went
down again. though. on lap th ree. and all but
handed the win to Bran do n.
(" TM).
30+: I. Kreg D . Bigelow (Han); 2. David Moegle (Yam ): 3. Sean
Rayna rd (Hon ); 4. Jl1m~ s R. Pric~ J r. (Han ): 5. Dave R. Howa rd
(Yam ).
35 +: I. Krl'"g D. Blg ...ow ( Hon); 2. Jam" J . Dlabal (Hon) ; 3.
l
Scott D. Cun ll" (Hon) ; 4. Bob G. Nunl~y (Yam) : 5. Paul J . 8l'"fljamin
(Kaw) .
40 +: I . Scott D. C u ",i~ (Hon ); 2. JlI~.lver~ (Kaw); 3. Jeff rey
A. BaM (Hon): 4. Jerry G. Rekowski (Kaw ); 5. Bob L Lewis (Yam) .
50. : 1. Ronald E. Sag ... (Hon); 2. Guy Winonrackky (Hon ): 3.
Fred J. KJI~ ( Yam) ; 4, \l,'illwn D. FOIler (Yam ); 5. Martin H. Mac·
Donald (Yam ).
NON -CUR: 1. Doug A1
dmnan (Kaw); 2. Josh Cil'"fwa (Sw.); 3.
lds
Curti s C. McConnell (Kaw ); 4. Ted Woods (Yam ).
Starwest Motocross Park
Loop Out Front at
Starwest MX
B y J'o\IKE AN D B A RBA RA P AUIZZI
MORENO VA LL EY, CA . MAY 13
At Starwest Motoc ross Park . Jeff Loo p sta rted
th e ni g ht ou t b y g ra bbing th e hol eshot and
leadin g the pack of l 25cc Nov ice s. Loo p wa s
und er pr essur e from Ryan Campbell , but after
a few lap s Loo p was ab le to relieve that p ressure and cru ise in for the win. with Cam pbe ll
taking second and Nate Ram sden th ird.
The sec ond m oto sa w a re pea t start by
loop. but th is tim e AC Raci ng/Thor/ FMF ride r
Bry an Ehrman was kn o ck in g at th e d o o r.
Loop was able to keep the door shut for all
seven laps to ta k e th e wi n an d th e ove ra ll .
Second ov erall went to Ca m pbe ll and th ird to
Ehrman.
In the Vet cl ass, Jerry Hensley grabbed the
first -rnoto ho leshot and th e fi rst-m oto win, followed by Rob Wexl er and Greg Pierce. Hensley
had a tou gh er second m ot o; Wexler took th e
lead . fo ll owed by Pierc e. It d idn 't tak e lo ng .
howeve r, before Hensley wa s able to work his
way bac k into fir st for the win and the ov erall.
Th ere was a lot of act ion in the Mini classes,
with Drew Collins going 1· 1 in the 80cc Begin ner ( )2- 16 ) class. The battle for second was on
betw een D on G reen a nd An d rew Guzman .
Green to ok the second po sition in the first
rnoto, with Guzm an not far behind . In the seco nd rno to , Guzm an decided he would swi tc h
pos itions with Green and take the overall. Brett
Rothas was untouchable in the Supermini class .
Rothas was not only fas t, he showed smooth
sty le and fla wless riding . Sha wn Hayes also
showed the same sm oo th sty le. as he do mi nat ed the 60cc (9 - 1I ) class . with Cod y Tithof taking second and Scott Noble third.
The Pee We e cl a sse s proved that " stze
do esn 't ma tter, " as 5-year·old Da niel Paluzzi
took the first-mote win after a close race with
Brooke Boha non in the SOcc (4- 6) class . In the
second mota. Paluzz i to ok t he lead . but
Bohanon was o n the move to take over his
position. Paluzzi was able to ho ld off Bohan on
until a last-lap slide-out. whic h was all Bohano n
needed to tak e the lead and the overa ll.
In the 50cc ( 7 - 8 ) class . No l een / J oh n
Burr/Troy Lee-back ed Nick Palu zzi wen t ) - 1
for th e overall win . followed by J ames F rigo
Jr . and Bry an Br iley .
Re sults
Sman Track
PW/50 JR (4· 6 ): I. Megan F1orl'"s (Yam ); 2. Kory Bard (Yam ); 3.
Ciunnf!f Biggerstaff (Yam ): 4. TrevOf' Schm idt (Yam); 5. Trevor H~
dmon (SUl l .
PW/ 50 JR (7·6 ): 1. JO!Il'"ph Dorzok (SUI ); 2. Matthew Schw...bel
(Yam ).
50 STK STRTR (4· 6): I. Taylor Graffam (Lem ): 2. Trevor Henderson (Lem); 3 . Kyl.and BIShop (Su I) ; 4 . Bl.JIn~ Schv~rngs (Yam ); 5.
~ Silverst...n (Yam ).
i
50 5Th STRTR (7·8) : I. Dyla n Evans (l.e'm ); 2. Cody Howell
('-'m ).
50 STK BEG (4 ·6): 1. Dani... Ov~rton (Cob) ; 2. Caden Probst
1
(KTM); 3. Cody..Jones (Cob) ; 4 . CaIT~tt Jac kson (Cob) ; 5. Carm Don
(Cob ).
50 MOD BEG (4- 6): 1. Can ~ Ovl'"ftOn (Cob ); 2. Carrl'"lt Jack son
(Cob ); 3. Cody Jones (Cob) ; 4. M...gan floKos (taM); 5. NICk Smcno
(Cob )
50 STK BEG (7 -6 ): 1. Sh awn Grln ...
n
(KTM ); 2. Bill y Mu sgrav~ (KTM): 3. Mason
$wHden (KTM I: 4. Cadefl Probs t (Po' ); 5.
Ryan SdvTUdt (KTM).
50 STK MOD (7·8): I . Bill y 1t\usgra\l~
(KT M) : 2_ Sha wn Grillen (KTM); 3. ft\a;son
SWftden (KTM): 4 . Jerem y McCool (KTM); 5.
J_
Scia!fa (Cob) .
50 STK B NOV (0- 8) : I. Samm Mary
m...l (KT M): 2. Tcmm y Madden (Cob)
50 MOD B NOV (0-8): I . Tommy Mad·
dl'"n (Cob ).
S
IPtv-' (6·9): I. Jemny McC ool (KTM) :
2. Dahan CampbeU (Kl'M) .
Main Tr.sck
50 ( 4·6) : t. Brook~ Bohanon (Cob) : 2.
DaNd Paluzzi (Cob) : 3. Dozer Hall (Cob) : 4
Gerardo Roidon (Cob) .
50 (7 ·6) : 1. N ick Pal uu l (C ob) ; 2.
James fngo Jr , (Cob ); 3 . Bryan Bnky (Cob) ;
4 . K~ft Silva (KT M): 5. Quad Chaae (Cob).
60 STRT R ( 6 ·9) : 1. Brittney Rowell
(KTM); 2. Tra vis N~ashman (Kaw): 3. Tyler
N~ashman (KTM) .
60 (6- 8) : I. Jotvlny ~ (KTM) : 2.
Nick Paluzzi (Kaw): 3. Davk1 Fak:on (Kaw): 4.
R o~rto Ci ti f'rre z (KTM); 5. T~rr~n O'O...U
u
(Kaw ).
60 (9 -1 1): 1. Shawn Hayes (KTM): 2 .
Cody Tlthof (KTM); 3, Scott NobI~ (KlI w); 4.
Copper Hall (KTM); 5. Ryan Rowell (KTM) .
6 0 BE G (O· I I ): 1. An tho ny Rond on
(Yam) ; 2. Br~nt Bohc non ( Hon); 3 , Patrick
Haney ( Yam ): 4 . Michael Loder (Yam ): 5 .
David Falcon (HOI'l .
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,
80 BECi ( 12· 16 ): I . Dr~w Col lins (Yam );
2. And rew Ciulman (K aw ); 3. Don Cir een
Baja A cres: Brandon Cooley (23) leads the 60cc (7-11 )
(KlI w): 4. Shane McCorke ll ( Yam ): 5. Matt
Ortega (Hon).
fi e ld in Millington, Michigan, wh ile Greg Durivage (24)
60 (0. 11): I. Jona tkan Arana (Kow): 2.
t ries the in s id e and Chad Cooley (behind Durivage)
Shawn Mohr ( Yam ).
60 ( 12·13): I. Kl'"nny Clark (Yam ); 2.
h its the d irt. B ro t h er s Brandon and Chad took f irst
Mlcha~1 Ra in~ s (K aw): J. Kam~ron Sliva
and second overall in t h e class.
(Yam ); 4. Ju stm HiIIigt!'r (YlIm ).
80 (14- 16) : 1. Chad Win ton (Yam): 2.
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