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third. De Otis and Girard led aft er lap on e,
but Scott Ehlenfeldt m ov ed into third, lookin g for the lead er s. Aft er la p tw o, De Otis
h ad a t h ree - secon d lead , but Eh l enfeldt
closed th e gap an d m ade th e pa ss for the
lea d on lap three. Ehle nfe ldt too k the moto
win , foll owed by De O tis . Girard . Jeremy
Skaare and Ry an Gates.
Mo to two started out th e same , as De Otis
nailed the holeshot once aga in . Eh len feldt
claimed the lead at the end of lap one bu t
wen t down in a comer, and De Otis and Girerd "
went b y. Ehl enfeldt made up for lo st ti me .
however, and regained th e lead and took the
moto a n d t h e ove rall win s. De Otis took
another second, with Girard and Skaare again
pla cing thi rd and fourth . This time, Tom Miller
clai med fifth .
Results
MICR MINI (4-8 ) I : 1. Riley Kroooe 2. Kyle Ohn sorg ; 3 . Dustin
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Thl!'!"outt; 4. William DruKh; 5. Jordan ShU
ll.
/lOCRO MINI (4-8) 2: 1. Andrew LAthe 2. Jordon Kernmem; 3.
:
Jeremy Lamonica ; 4. Jonothlln L.edoire ; 5. Dylan Broatron.
MICRO MINt (4-6) : I. Tyler Beebe ; 2. Bloke Dungey; 3. Kurt
Ohnso rg; 4. J ake Lo~rg : 5. J erem y Martin.
MICRO MINI (7.8) : 1. Cole Seaton ; 2. Trav is Canpa; 3. Justin
Regen Kheid : 4. DustinOv~ ; S. Du,tin Wolff.
PfW: I. Ryan Dungey; 2. Joh n Heinlein III; 3. J lIke Erickson: 4.
Kyle Ohllll1 ; S. Jesse Konga s.
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MIN J R (7· 1I ): 1. Cod y Gilmore: 2. Ryon Dungey; 3. John Hein·
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Rio Grande Valley MX Association: Joe Bob Ebers (10) pulls the second-moto
holeshot In t he Open Intermediate contest, ahead of Walter Bode (1) and
Bryan Monjares (7), in Brownsville, Texas.
VET A :
t . Bryon Hunt
2. Robert Halstead ; 3 . Richan::I Bums; 4
Todd L.enu: 5. Chud; Thompson.
VET B; I . Tony U1ndI; 2. Jon Hoc:i.!Ipp: 3. Ross 'Thom
ptCll\; 4
R~ HIIMOIt: 5. PhillipKarns.
VET c : I. Bob H~lbig; 2. K~yll'l Bums; J . Anthony Kroonf': 4
Gr~ T~niflf';
5. Robftt Housh.
SR 40.. A: I. Randy SeegK; 2. Roger Sc:hd lhammcr; 3. Dana
""""", 4.0.". Gby ""'es (KTM), 4 . 00ni0IEbough (KT M).
60: 1. Jeff Petty (Kow); 2. Ricky Ooroa ( KTMI ; 3 . Jon M.ason
Rus~ (Kaw ) .
80: I. Dr- Word (Kaw): 2. ShN Fouc:hek (Sut); 3. Ricky Gor e
d
(Yam ); 4 . B .J. ShIdds (Kow) ; 5 . Jdf Petty ( Kow l.
OPEI'I BEG : t . Jution ~ (Yam ); 2. Harwy Oem (Yom ); 3 .
Johnny Mocios ( KTM) ; 4 . F~ FonSK. (Kaw); 5 . Da vid Ortega
(Yam ).
125 NOV: I. Tim Ma~y ( Ka w); 2. Ian Earnay (Yem); 3. Levi
Woolverton (Sur) ; 4. Horvq o.\'i$ (Yom ); !i. Fred Escovor(Kaw).
OPENINT: I. Joe Bob Eben (Suz) : 2. Brylln 1'\clnjara (Suz ); 3.
&
Wah Bode (Hon ); 4. Paul ~ (Han ); 5. MIke H~ (HlX').
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Spring C reek
MX
Ebers Over A ll
Beloy Belays the W in
By G ARY O BER
By G EORGE AND KAREN H ODKINSON
BROWNSVIUE, TX , APR. 30
Kawa saki ·mounted Tim Maley had a good
day of raci ng at the Rio Grande Valley MX
MILLVILLE, MN . A PR. 30
Th e first Super Series race went ov er big . lit ·
era lly, as well over 900 entra nts made it out
fo r the first m oto cr o ss race o f th e y ea r at
Sp ring Cr eek . Rem ark abl y , all ride rs in all
cl asses ran their sche duled num ber of laps .
due to good plann ing and track mod ifi cations
by owner John Marti n.
J am es Pov olny m ade the red -eye tr ip from
th e Ch ica go Su per cross th e night before to
Spring Creek , and , aboa rd his Dr. Medsk er/
To m Mor gan Racing Hondas . he went o n to
tak e ove rall w in s tha t we re noth ing sho rt of
hard ·eamed - over Pro A cti on "s Cory Keeney ·
in both the 125cc A and 250cc A classes .
A msoil's Kevin Bel oy took th e 16·24 A class victory aboa rd his CR250 , ahead of th e
22 ·ride r field. In m ot o one, Billy Edmon son ,
on a Powerba nd Racing CR250, beat th e rest
o f th e field to tum one , with Eri c Padelford
sec o n d o n a Dakota C o. Lum b er /Bill ' s
Pipes/GPS Racin g CR250 , Mike Kann third on
a Pro Ac tio n/ Sinisalo CR250 and South Dakota rid er Tod d Fl etch er fourth i n th e ear ly
going . After the first lap , Edmonson held th e
lea d , but Belo y rapi dly m o ved t h ro ug h the
pack and into second . Er ic Kow ali k was also
on the m o v e , bur st i ng into third on h is
Mototrix RM25 0. Both Bel oy an d Kowalik
pa ssed Edmonson on lap .two in th e sandwash
secti on. Beloy then went on to ta k e th e m oto
w in with rel at ive ease. Kowalik was seco nd ,
Matt Omann took th ird , Ed m onson was fourth,
and Todd Fletc her pla ced fifth.
In m o to tw o , Todd Sc hultz blitzed to th e
hol eshot on hi s KX , with Kann second, Aetch er th ird a nd K ow alik fo urth . After o ne lap .
th ou gh , Kann was on top and he eve ntuall y
took th e m olo win , making up for a fir st -moto
DNF. Beloy once aga in m oved through traffi c
to cla im second . Kow al ik was th ird , Omann
fourt h and Schuitz fifth.
T he Superm in i class is a new one in Di stric t 23 th is yea r, and 16 racers showed up
to c o m p ete. J o h n De Otis ha d the q uick
cl utch han d in m oto one on his Ed ina Realt y / E xtr em e Grap hic s/lten Ch ev -b ac ked
CR80 , .beating the fie ld to tum one . J erem y
Girard ran second. and J on Stadsvold wa s
Ass o c iat io n , finis hi ng firs t in the a lwa ys aggressive 125cc Novice cla ss. The first-moto
holeshot went to Levi Woolverton, who then
set th e pac e, wit h onl y Ian Esma y mana gin g
to keep up . Woolverto n wo n th e rn oto , fo l lowed by Esmay, Male y , Mike Marquez and
Ev erett Vang snes.
T he seco n d m o to feat ur ed a repea t
ho les ho t by Wo olv ert on , but a seco n d- la p
mi st ak e put h im o n th e g ro u n d. E sm a y
assumed the lead , with Mal ey m o vin g up to
secon d an d Va n g sn e s taki ng o ve r th ird .
Wool vert on was now in fourth. O n the third
lap , Wool vert on passed Vang snes and m oved
into th ir d , wh ere he finished o ut the m ot o .
Meanwh ile, Maley reeled in Esmay an d th en
made th e pa ss on th e fina l lap to wi n the
m oto. Yam aha -m o unted Harvey Da vi s fi n ·
ished fourth, and Tim Long was fifth .
Harl in gen Suzuki /MSR -b ack ed J o e Bo b
Eb ers was the m an to beat in the O pen Inter·
m ed iate d ivision, go ing 1 an d I for the day. In
th e first m oto , Brownsv ill e Sp o rt s Ce n ter
Hond a ride r Walter Bode pull ed the holeshot ,
but the d ry tr ack was slick and Bode we nt
down hard, taki ng Suzuki of McAllen' s Bry an
Mo njaras with him . Both rem ou nted and fi nish ed o ut th e m ota , wi t h M on j ara s passin g
Mike Heggie and Paul Pederson to fini sh sec ond. Bode also passed Pederson to tak e third
in the fir st m ot o .
Th e seco nd · moto ho leshot went to Ebers ,
and he slo wly pull ed away from Monj aras and
Bode. When the chec kers fell, Ebers had a 20·
second l e ad over Mo nj aras . The " Fl y i n g
Farmer" finished thi rd , foll owed by Pederson
and Heggie.
J ulia n Ba rre ra Sali na s wa s th e Beginnerclas s wi nner, goi ng I and 1 fo r the da y. But
the real race was fo r second pl ace, betw een
KTM ri der J o hnn y Macias and Da vi s. Th ese
guys were mi xing it up lap after lap, and Davi s
even briefly challenged Salinas, out he co uld
not m a ke th e pas s . Dav i s w ent 2 ·2 and
Ma ci as went 3 · 3 .
50 .JUNE 7 . 2000'
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III; 4. Brett Nag~l ; 5. J ede Dung~y .
MINI JR (9·1 3): 1. Cody GillT1Ol'e: 2. .Jede Dungey ; 3. Andrew
Spofford:4 . Ryon Gilbert; 5. Jesse Aanerud.
MINI SR (12 . 15) : I. Scott EhIenfto1dt: 2. .hremy Girard ; 3 . R5I'1dy
Henson; 4 . Thomas MJlI~r, 5. Jemny SkOlll'e.
S/ MlNI (12- t!i) : 1. Scott EhIenf ldt; 2. John De Otis: 3. Jeremy
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Girllrd; 4. Jer~y Ska llre; 5. "Thomos Miller.
YTH: 1. Jnse J oh nson : 2 . Br ett Ohl and ; 3 . Tra vl, Oe lH
en; 4.
BcDd Knospe; 5. Ton y Tralder .
16·24 A: I. Kevin Bdoy ; 2. Eric Kowalik: 3 . Man OmaM; 4.
Mik e SchuIu:; 5. Todd fktchltr.
16-2 4 B: 1• .H!dO 'Connor; 2. ..Ierftny Stuber; 3. Dusm Axlho.n:
4. Trav is Pamow ; 5. Jacob Neas.
16-24 C: 1. Core y ~m.: 2. Ben Stuber; 3. Kart BIoonqu lst; 4.
Scott Hogy 5. Nick Bdchef.
:
25. A.:. 1. Bruc e Gain; 2. Crolg Schwartz.: 3 . Mik e ..Iotv1aon: 4.
Scott SteM; 5. Morle y Madtebon.
25. B: 1. Thomos Petenon; 2. Rick PmI stick er; 3. ~ L.et-bens;
4. rmMItchell; 5. Tom Krause.
25+ C; 1. Chad Anderson; 2. r im Kuru: 3. Jeff Ba l'ttvnan; 4. Don
Sdvnadt: !i. LenarHinea..
VET A.:. I. Scott Stetnle; 2. &yan Hunt 3. Dan Wolf; 4, Dona
Hunt;5. Donn Borntcbon..
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VET B: I. Rick Pleilsbcbr; 2. Tom Krauae 3. TIITl M..itchdl; .c
;
Don Bolte: So. Troy Brown.
VET C_I : 1. TIITl Kuru ; 2. Scou ~errrum; J. Brad Jot.,.cn; 4.
Sean Roberbon;5. St~ Busby.
VET C-2: 1. Mike "'cUrthy; 2. Bob ~ 3. Anthony Ktoone;
4. &on 0eIljf:n;!i. Mik e Twnadiff _
SR 40 . A.:. I. Mike Groif; 2. Randy~; 3. Robet1: SeInId : 4.
Jerry Schultz; 4. fred F~son; 5. Herold Gooch.
SR 40 . B: 1. Todd Rypb; 2. Brion Byrne : 3 . Jonoth4n Hcdo pp ;
.c. Lonny Brown: 5. BryIUl Wienke.
SR 40. C: I . Sterling Hinds; 2. Dan Sc hra ufnag e l; 3. Daneth
Jukulen ; 4 . Mike ctvisty: 5. Gary Schildgen.
S/SR 5C).: I. David Kno.pe; 2. Mik e ChrDty: 3 . Jim Qenevan; 4 .
Doug BaumoM; So. Richard ven Brtmer.
WMN: I . Shel ly Kano ; 2. Samantha Hogy ; 3 . Jennifer 8n.IMette;
4 . Kristin Juday; 5. Na lJssa Wienke .
12!i A: I . J omn Povolny: 2 . Cory Keene y: J . Mjk~ KllM : 4 .
Brent St~: 5 . Cory Senpml.
125 B· I : 1. Matt Blai5ef; 2. Ton y Traxler; 3 . Dustin Axthan ; 4 .
J ason Kle ppen ; 5 . A ustin Holm.
125 B·2 : 1. Brett Ohhmd ; 2 . Tra vl, Oe llien: 3 . Derek Osterberg;
4. J erem y Stuber; 5 . Tyler Thompson.
125 C- 1; L C0I1In RlQelman; 2. Mike Hosdtlne; 3. Karl Vonkno-
belsdofff 4 . Brian O'Keef e; 5 . Jeremy Barrett .
:
125 C·2: 1. Jesse$honk: 2. Nick Betcher; 3. Zach Schreufnogd;
4 . Nale LH ; 5 . Cor~y $e ll.
125 C·3 : 1. Mike Boltolfson ; 2 . Aoron Benson; 3 . Stt'Ye Bennrl;
4 . Kurt Honer : 5 . Matt Cemoch.
250 A.; 1. J ame s PovoIny; 2. COl)" K~; 3. Eric Kowalik; 4
Kevin Odo y; !i. Bmll SI ~
2!iO B: l. Thomu Peterson; 2. .H!dO'Connor: 3 . Btod Knospe; 4
Guy Brown 5 . Matt LHbena.
;
2!iO C: I . Rob Pahl; 2. J ustm Oenbook; 3 . Ben Stuber; 4 . Ryan
Jennch: 5. Scotl: Determan.
Red Bud Track and Trai l
Snyder W i ns 0-14
Women 's C'ship
B y B ART N EWI'IAN
BUCHANAN, MI, MA Y 7
Red Bud Track and Trail hosted round one of
th e Girl Gea r Woman's State Championship
Ser ies. Co mpan y own er Gay Holmes was in
attendan ce to tak e in the racin g acti on as well
as pa ss o ut prizes to the to p fini shers.
I n mota o ne , d efe nd ing N a t i o na l a n d
Mic h igan State W o m e n ' s Ch am pi o n Sara
Whi tm ore nail ed the holeshot in the Women's
Sen ior class, ahead of J essica Sn yd er and
Jessica Foste r, whil e Cara Chada and K elsie
B e r n h ol t z led t h e W o m e n ' s Junior cl as s
th ro ug h t urn o n e . Wh itm o re a n d Sn yde r
turned on th e after burners and ope ned a nice
lead over Foster and Je ssica Beerbower , who
were figh ti ng over third. It looked as th ough
Snyd er had th e ad vant age o ve r t he m an y
large jumps , but Whitm or e' s outstand ing co rneri ng speed proved to m ake th e di fference ,
and she took the wi n ove r Sny der with a fiv esecond cushion. Foste r rode well and held on
to th ir d , ov er th e alwa ys -tough Beer bower .
Shellie Charboneau made a last- lap push to
ov ertake Gaylinn Montg omery for fifth before
the fi nish line. In the Women 's J unior class,
