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dropped Dean to third and set o ut after t he leader. Peel kept his VZI25 screaming out front. but 25Occ-mounted Sta vanja was more tha n he cou ld han dle. Sta van ja ma de an off-ca m be r pass fo r the lead on the third lap . Thomas fin ished a lone ly th ir d. compl etin g a Yamaha swee p of the top three overall positions . Re s u lt s P/W (4·6) : I. lack Bell (Yam); 2. Todd Smith (Cob); 3. Damel JohnllOn (Yom). PIW (7-9) : L Luke D.n ie (Cob) : 2. Tim Peregoy (KTM); 3. JltCOb Owens (lIj). P/W OPEN: 1. Luke DaYle (Cpb) ; 2. U1ck Bell (Cob); 3. Anthony Solo' (Pol) . PW 60 : I. Brllndon Bums (Yam ): 2. Cody Landsveril (Yam ): 3 . JasmlJle Thoma!> (Yom ): 4 . Chelsea Osfrowski (Yom ). 60 BEG: I. Luke Deve (fuIw); 2. Ju~hn Birge (Kawl; 3. Kalsey ~Il (Kaw); 4. Hunter Bey.s (Kaw): 5. Ricky Reynolds (KlJw). 60 : 1. Cole Boutwell (KII"'); 2. PatJick Boc-II (Ko...): 3 . tkornc k ~(Kaw ) . 8O B: I.Cole ~(Yllml . 8O C; 1. Petrick B~I (Kaw): 2. See n Collins (Yom) . 80 0 : I. Dernck M.illM (Kaw ); 2. Cole CMrpak (Yam): 3. Kevin Edgar (Han): 4 . Chris Crumb (Swl: 5. Jam" Dn-ilbiss (Han). 125 B: 1. Jordan Peeples (YIlIlTl : 2. Brian Young (Yam): 3. Jtossi) CIlI Pattenon (KIlIw): 4. Jamison Mtln n (Yam): ~ . R~ A llen (Yam ). 125 C: I. Bryan Christophe r (KlI w); 2. Jtl lTM"ll Stephens (Yam ): 3. Ja son Cross (Hen ); 4. Terry Joel! (K"w): 5. MtItt Hernltton (Yam ). 125 D: 1. Chtld Ryan (Kaw); 2. A llen Wood (Kaw); 3. 'Paul Helbling (Kaw); 4. J erem y Long (Kaw): 5. Brad Mawhinney (Yam) . 250 MNY : 1. Kevin Kn ight (Hon) ; 2.. Brien Yo ung (Yam ): J . Daniel Young (Yom ): 4. Ed Kiley (Hen ). 250 B: 1. Jo rdan Peeples (YIlIlTl); 2. Lee Spann (Ka w) : 3. Sco tt Nolin (Kaw) ; 4. TIm Stokes (Yam): 5. Rick y Steverson (Yam) . 250 C: 1. Randy Bevis (Yam) : 2. Sle ven Smith (Yam) ; 3. Michael Perkins (Yam): 4. Elliot Jenk ins (Yam); 5. MarXWebster (Yam ). 250 0 : I. Bobby Rodgers (Hm ); 2. Chris Christ ensen (Hen ); 3. Bruce Al len (Yam ): 4. Chns Barw ick (Sw). YTH: I. Cole Boutwell (Yam) ; 2. Matt Hamilton (Yam ). 16·29: 1. JamISOn Mann (Y1lIlTl1 ; 2. Je-ssica Pa tterson (Kaw); 3. Rodne y Al len (Yam ); 4. Ja son CI'OSlI (Ho n); 5. Br ian Ch ri stop her (Kaw). VET B: 1. Scott Duk e (Yam ); 2. Ste ve Rayborn (Yam ); 3. Tm . Stokes(Y/lIfIl); 4 . Rieky Stevencn (Yam ); 5. Ed Kile y (Hon ). VET C: I. Rhett Peoel (Yam) : 2. Jlm Edgar (Y1Im); 3. Rm1dy Bevis (YIlIlTl : 4. Teny Joe ll (Kaw) : S. Erni e Thomas (Vam ). ) 40 ..: I. Wayn e Sta ... nja (Yam); 2. Rhett PHI (Yam ); 3. Ernie a Tl1orn", s (Yem) ; 4. Roy Dean (Yern): 5. A llen Wood (K_ ). SO I. Larry Brink ley (Yam); 2. Cheri" Wi<: er (Hon) . ..; k HBBY: 1. Bruce Key (Yam); 2_ Stev en Ba rto n ( Suz): 3 . Rick Reynolds (Kaw); 4. MarionThome s ( Suz): 5. Chris McDan iels (Yom) . Eugene Motocross Park "Ma n, I couldn 't beli eve wh at had happened : Harwood said . "Gary was right on m e; then I j ust rem em ber hitting the gro und hard. My g rip ca me off. l've never had any th ing like th at happen to me befo re." Harwood 's misfortune aided Terlecki in takin g the overall w in , although in all fairn ess, Terlec k i had so me m om en tu m go ing when Harwood 's crash occurred . Hon d a rider s Neil Ni ght en gal e and J eff Pay ne battled throug hou t both rnotos fo r the overall Int ermedi ate win . Payn e took co ntrol in the later st ages to fin ish ahead of Yam aha YZ4 2 6 rid er Ry an Koozer . th e Four -S trok e Expert -cla ss winn er . and Harwood . th e second- plac ed Pro . Terl ecki came back in the co mbi ned Before T he H ill /Up T he Hill clas s a nd so u n d l y th rashed the co mpetition in m oto one . Yama he-mounted Marc Melendrez trailed Terlecki at the finis h. while a close-knit fo ursom e battl ed for the top positi on in the Before Th e Hill class: Ryan Th ompson . J ake Praus, Sean Ught and Stan Stai d. Th e Ho nd a -m ou nted Th ompson took it. behind Terlecki and Melendr ez. T erleck i wasn 't as fortun ate in moto tw o , runn ing midpack at th e start and then spend ing much of the mo ta playing catc h-up. Terleck i quickly forged fo rward, bu t the Suzuki ride r had expended all his energ y in his com efr o m - beh in d rid e and co ul dn ' t get a ro u n d Kooz er, although Terl ecki still netted th e overall win , sin ce Koozer had turned in a lesser performa n c e i n m oto one . Pra us w o n th e Before The Hill portion . ahead o f Thompson ( 1-4) and Bria n Bod tker (4- 2) . Yamaha- mounted Cod y Cruml ey netted the ove rall win in the 80 cc Junior class, po sting come-from -beh in d performances in both m ot os to relegate fast -starti ng K yl e Th ompson to second overall. Crum ley fini shed seco nd to Ricky Wuori in m ot o one , but in moto two he d ispla ced T ho m pso n and Mall Fo ut s to nab the overall with 2 - 1 perfo rm ances. Shippensburg Speedway: What to give Mom for Mother's Day? Dallas Baer (34A) • who won the Over 30 class (as well as the 500cc A Two-Valve contest) " gave his mother a flag lap around the circuit i n Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Shippensburg Speedway Baer Gives 'em a Headache at S'burg ST 50 ST K : I . Ce me ron Ni ck elson (Lem): 2 . Garr ett Palahnic k 60 BEG: I. Deven Bol in (KTM); 2. T yler McCli nlon (Kow); 3. Scott Zwick er. 60 JR: I. .J ered Wood (KTM) . 60 SR: I. Kyle Thompson (KTM); 2. TflIvis McCl inton (Kaw): 3. Mi ke Thompson. 80 BEG 0 -1 : 1. JeslloeWuon (Hon) ; 2. Kyl e Adk IM (Hon ); 3 . Matt Wilson. 80 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. J .T . Swaffor d (Yom); 2. J esse F1esk itch ; 3 . ov Zach Md...iI rm . 60 JR: 1. Cody Crum ley (Yam) ; 2. Ky le Thompson (Hon) ; 3 . Rick y Wuori (Hon) . MINI OPEN: 1. Ricky Wuori ( Hen); 2. Cody Crum ley (Yern): 3 . Jesse Wuori . Wft\N: 1. Cristina Classen {Kowl: 2. Jennifer o.,vichon (Kaw ): 3 . .J eesrce Ch ilden (Yam ). 125 BEG: I. Nick Whitel1ey (Yam); 2. Carl Plum lee (Vam); 3 Aa ron Vaughn. • 125 JR : 1. Ryan Th om pson (Hon); 2. Nic k Clarno (Yam ): 3 . J ustin Thurmo n. 250 BEG: 1. J oel DeoWol1 (Suz); 2. ~ason Elliot (Hen ); 3. EVlln Writer (Kll wl. 250 JR: 1. Ma~ M~lendrez (Vam ); 2. Aa ron Th urman (KlIw); 3. David Elliot 250 PRO: I. Gary Terleck i (Sw): 2. J erem y Harwood (Kaw); 3 . Ryan Koozer. BTH : I. Jake PraUl (Hon) ; 2. Ryan ~ (Hon): 3 . Brian Bodtker (Yam) . urn: I. Gary Terlec ki (Sw:) : 2. More Melendrez (Yam); 3 . E... n . a Writer . ,-- - - - -- ------------------- - - - - - ----,'" CJ ::; S o ~ o o I c, Eugene Motocross Part<: Jeremy Harwood (68 ) leads Gary Terlecki (128) and Ne il Nightengale (272) in the second 250Cc Pro moto in Eugene, Oregon, Te rlecki took t he class v ictory and Harwood placed second overall. 50 J UNE t4, 2000' eye • III nevv s SHIPPENSBUR G. PA, MAY 14 Dall a s Ba er w as t h e only Expert rider t o em erge from Shippensburg Speedway's Moth er' s Da y sho rt -trac k eve nt w ith a pai r of wins, taking the Ov er 30 and 500cc A T wo -Val ve vic to ries. After Baer easily won the Ove r 30 contest on his Baer Racing /Ba ttle field Cyclesspo nso red Rotax over Bru ce Miller and Nick Taylo r. he sto pped to give his moth er, Mary, one of the slo west vic to ry laps in history. A fter n ume ro us ribb ings earli er over his inability to find first gear on th e start, Ji m Haas m an ag ed to re me m be r where f ir st was and ma de it work in the 500 cc final, taking the lead from Baer as they entered th e first tum on the seco nd la p, wi th T aylor, Greg Sassam an and Steve Heiser close beh ind. Then the fun started: Sassaman fell in the second tu m , and Taylor dro pped out on the th ird lap . On the fourth lap . Haas dr ifted high in the fourth tum, letting Baer into the lead. On the fu llowing lap . Haas pull ed in with a deflating rear tir e, leaving Baer to coast to the win , follow ed by Heiser. J ar ed M e es t o o k th e form er Mik e Mc Kee/Don ni e Mullen 250cc Pro Sp ort-win nin g Suzuki to a win in th e 25 0cc A cl ass and seco nd in the Sport sm an class . Bob Sweeten had th e Metro Racin g Honda in front of Rau n Wood, Mees and Rick y Winsett at t he sta rt of th e 250cc A fin al. The fro nt three ran nose to tail for most of the race, with Mees putting th e Michaers Classic H-D / 3M Suzuki into second as he ente red th e fi rst tum o n the sixth lap and getting under Sweeten as they exited the second tu rn and pu lli ng away . In the Sportsman fi nal . Sw eeten pu t his 600 ahead of a group of 250s led by Cor ey Horm es, W ood an d Mees. Thi s t ime , Me es sta rte d hi s cha rge earli er, tak ing th ird in th e th ird turn on lap three and th en second off tum tw o on the fifth lap, but he ran out of time to get close enough to challenge Sweet en . While J ohn Lewis did his usual disappearing act on his ABBA Heati ng and A/C-spon sored Yama ha i n th e 8 5cc (7 · 1 1) cl ass . a good b att le f or se c o n d w a s sh apin g up be twe en Bry an Arm stro ng . J oh n Lon g a nd Eva n Bae r. After running nose to tail fo r m ore th an half th e race. Lon g took second as th ey entered the firs t tum on th e fifth lap . with Baer tak ing thi rd by the third tu m . There were numerous double winners among the B riders. Jesse Long became the first rider to repeat in the 65cc class as he held off his brother John for the win. and he also won the 50ce (7· 8) class. John Lewis again destroy ed the 85cc (711) cla ss, leading by four lengths heading into the third tum on the opening lap and adding to the m argin with each passing lap ; he later had some competit ion from Mees before pulling away in the 100cc Four -Stroke class. Jason Isennock easily destroyed the 250cc and 600cc B classes. Results so OII.·INJ: I. Tyler Kidwell (YIlIlTlf, 4. ..JohnSessamen (Yam) : 5. LeeComl y (Yam ). 250 A: 1. Ja red Men (Su d : 2. Bob Sweeten (Hen ): 3. Raun Wood (Hen ); 4 . Ricky Win sett (KTM); 5. Chns Klinef elter (Hon) . 250 B: I. J ason bennock (Hon ); 2. Doug Reinert (KTM) ; 3. JIfl'l Dor emus (Yam): 4. Zech Celeutt (Kaw); 5. RickPrice (Hen). 500 A 2-VAI.VE: I . Dalla s Beer (Yam) ; 2. Steve Heiser (Yam ); 3. Jim H/lI/lIs (Yam ); 4 . Ni ck Tay lor (Yam) ; 5. Greg Sassaman (Yam) . 600 A: I. Ricky WinleU (Ru): 2. Bob Sweeten (Ru) ; 3. J ared Mees ( Suz): 4. BJII Still well (KT M) ; 5. A aron Hump hrey (Rtx) . 600 B: 1. J ason tsenncc k (RtIl) : 2. Reye Goad (Rtx) ; J . Bill Bor am (Yllm) ; 4. John Rlvelro (YIlIlTl ; 5. Georg e Bry ant (Hen) . ) 750 A: I . J oh n Yurejefcic J r. (Yll m) ; 2. Mike Keene (Yam) . 30..: 1. Dalles Beer (Rot); 2. Bru ce Miller (ATK); 3. Nick Taylor (Kaw); 4 . Raye Good ( Rot); 5. John o., vis (Hen) . 40..: 1. Mi ke Kean e (Hbg) ; 2. Rick Price (Hen); 3. John Davis (Hon ); 4. Dav id Higg ins (Rot); 5. BiDHebden (Han). SP'T'SMN: I. Bob s-eten (Rtx); 2. J ared Met-t (Sw); 3. Ccny Hermes (Hon); 4. RaW'! Wood ( Hon) : 5 . /l'\ike BflIbson ( Rtx ). 5CW'I B Y lEN B REECH (Lem): 3. Bart Gnffith (Vam ). EUGENE. OR, MAY 21 Suzuki -mounted Gary Terlecki . a second -year Professional fro m Silverton, Or egon , topple d t h e com pe tition in t he co m bi ne d 250 c c Pro/Intermed iate class at th e second race of t h e Su m m e r M ot o c ro ss Se ri es at E u g en e Mo toc ross Park . Terlec ki's 25 0cc Pro-cla ss win was a hard eamed one for th e 25-year-old, as lo ca l rider Jerem y Harwood pressured Terlecki th ro ugh out th e fi rst m ot o, though th e co ntest wen t in Terl ecki' s favo r. Mot o two , however, wa s a differ ent story : Harwood co llected the holeshot lau rel s an d led T erl ec ki for m an y laps. Feelin g th e heat from the elder of the two racing Terleck i br oth er s (Rya n is the othe r), Ha rwood c ras he d whil e T erlecki w as ho t o n h is rear w hee l. Ha rw ood too k a nast y tum ble , and, wh ile th e Kawasaki pilot eve ntually rem ount ed , four rid ers sepa rated T erleck i from Har wood at rn ot o 's end. (J. 11) : 1. John Lrwil (Yam ); 2. John Long (Hen); 3. E... n e Beer ( Yam) ; 4. BryIlO Armstrong ( Hon) ; 5. RJ. Hart (Hen ). 85 (12· 15): 1. Cory l.ong (Hon); 2..Jona than.Jordlln (Han). IOO 4-STRK: 1. John Uowis (Hon); 2. Ja~ ~ (Hm ); 3. ft\erk Stambaugh (Hon); 4. DougReinert (Hen): 5. Mik e Jensen (Hon ). 125 B: 1. Zach Calcutt (Hm ): 2. Ben Ludlow (Hen); 3. Ben Gli s- as Re su lts B y CLAY LIGHT 65: I. J esse Lon (KTM); 2. J oh n Long ( ~w ) ; 3. EV4l1 Beet g (Kew); 4. MIChael Standiford (K aw); 5. Joey Park s (Kawl . (Yam) ; 2..Josh Standiford (Yam ); 3 . Mall Harval (Vern): 4. Bailey Spence (Yam ): 5 . Derek Hersh (Yam ). SO(4. 6 ): I . Beil ey Spenc e (l.em) ; 2. Cameron T)'Wl" (l.em ). 50 (7 ·8 ), I..ku< Long (Lom) , 2. Bmt Pugh (Lom), 3. Tyl... Kicto.voeU (It'm ); 4 . Mit ch HllIl'V (Act). at Will o w Spr ings In t ernational Ra c e way Graves Boxes Up Another One B Y ERIC V INCENT ROSAMOND , CA . MAY 20-2 1 Chuck Grav es rode to anoth er convi nci ng vic tory in the Toy ota Cup 2000 Unlimited Formu la One Grand Prix race during th e fifth round of Willow Sprin gs Motor cycl e Clu b action at Wil low Spr ings Intern ati on al Raceway. Graves beat Curtis Ad am s into th e first turn wi th hi s Gr aves M ot or spo rts -spon sored Yama ha Rl. Bry an Kovarick eme rged in th ird pla ce off t he line. Co m pleti ng th e first lap , Kovarick drafted and passed Ad am s on th e fro nt straight. Just as q uic k ly . A dams fou nd himself pushed back another spot as he was passed by a ch arging Mar c Palazzo. Roun d ing th e fast tu m -tw o sweepe r, Palazzo found his wa y pa st Kovari ck early on lap three. However, Kovar ick was on a mi ssion , and he got pa st Palazzo on th e front stra ight to start lap fo ur . For th e next five lap s of th e lO -lap event. Palazzo wa s stuc k on Ko var ick's rear tire. But m idwa y t hrou gh lap n in e , Palazzo slow ed, leav ing Kov ar ick with eno ug h of an adv antage to c ross th e lin e in second , be hi nd Graves, with Palazzo ta king thi rd. It was Palazzo' s best career fin ish in f ormu la On e, and he expressed his gratification after the race. "Fi nally, after eight year s of raci ng. I'm up on th e victory pod ium, he said . Graves had no proble m ca pturing th e win in th e Ontario Mota Tech ;Team Hewitt For · mula T wo GP. He was first off the lin e again , thi s time w it h Jer em y T oye runn in g sec o nd and Palazz o i n th ird . Alm o st immediately, Graves began ope ning the gap on his com· petitor s. Palazzo m ade an atte mpt to get past Toye ro undi ng tu rn tw o on th e third lap, but he w asn 't abl e to m ak e th e move. With no changes in the to p th ree fo r the ' remainder of the six- lap race, Graves took the wi n. followed by Toye in second and Palazzo in th ird . Tho se same three racer s dominated the Gra ves Moto rsports 650cc Su perbik e event. Graves again snared the ho lesho t. with Toye It