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first race ever on a Suzuki, and in the
nea r future I'm sure yo u' ll see me ba ck
up front. I want to thank Nielson Enterprises ; Te d stu ck with m e . And Up
Front Promotions' Bill Spa rks is really
a nice guy, and he 's do ne a lot fo r me."
T he 14- 2 4 cla ss w inner w as
J apeth S usl e e o f Nokomi s, Illinoi s ,
s ponsored by RC D Motorsports , Pro Grip a nd Bo ye s e n.
"I finally got out smooth a nd rode
m y o wn ra c e ," S us lee sa id . "I like th e
tra c k th is year. It's be en a whi le since
I ha ve been up here , but I hope to be
ba ck a t th e ne xt race in two weeks. "
" It' s a litt le tough ru nning with
those 400s when I'm o n a 125, but I
gave it all I had ." said runner -up Jake
Shaw, who is backed by Pro Circuit
and Torque Center. "But Japeth wa s
r un n in g a real good r a c e , and I
couldn 't catch him ."
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Mendm Fli"ruund.
Mendola. Illinois
Results: Moy 13, 2000 (Round 1 of 71
50 J R: 1. Durk Roper. 2. Ja son Paris; 3 . Antho ny
Halst ead ; 4 . Cody J oly; 5 . John Krau se.
50 SR : 1. J ose ph T arv er; 2. Vaug hn Mays ; 3 .
Steve n Page: 4 . Drew Yenench: 5 . J oshu a Paris.
6 5 : 1. J oe Leazerettc: 2 . Adam Tara ra ; 3 . J os eph
Ta rver; 4. Jeff Rittne r; 5. Tyler Ba ylis .
85 J R: I. Ro bert Chada ; 2. J oe Lazzaretto ; 3. TY
Tyrell; 4. J onathan Six; 5. Alex Maas s.
85 SR: 1. Ryan Poult er: 2. Tad Tyrell: 3. Chris
Lezzaretto: 4 . Matt Stokes : 5 . John Cofra n.
12 5 A: 1. David Gettel; 2 .
Thoma s
Ho fm a st e r;
3.
Brand on Bartz ; 4 . Greg Breet :
5. Eron Ezerins.
12 5 B·l : 1. Ross Martin ;
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Mendota Fairgrounds: Tom Hofmaster (83) flew to the 250cc A
victo ry and was also the 125cc A runner-up beh ind
Dave Oeltel at the ope ning round of the Megacross
Shootout Se ries in Men dota , Illinois .
2 . J ose p h Dav i s; 3 . Gl e nn
Manning; 4. Daniel Caldwell; 5.
Adam Flint.
125 B-2 : 1. Ryan Poulter;
2 . Chad J ohn son ; 3 . Ja k o b
Sha w ; 4 . Japeth Sus lee; 5 .
Chris Murray.
125 C: 1. J oel Smith; 2 .
Cody Fra utschy; 3 . J erem y
Hal e ; 4 . Jeremy M c Co y; 5.
Daniel Mangan Dew itt .
25 0 A : 1. T h oma s
Hofm aster; 2. Eron Ezerins: 3.
Nate Eslin ge r; 4.
Al e x
Rossetto ; 5. Andrew Th yberg.
250 B: I. Chad Jo hnson;
2. Dan iel Caldw ell ; 3. Ja peth
Suslee: 4 . Bo bb y J o n e s; 5 .
Chad Pisto le.
250
C· I :
I.
Lu k e
Kasynsk i; 2. Ryan John son; 3 .
Bobb y G i ll e sp i e; 4 . Jo hn
Selby ; 5. Nathan Erne t.
250
C· 2 ;
I.
Matt
Entw istl e; 2. Tadd Hammerich;
3. T i m oth y Ree ska : 4 .
An t hon y Me yers ; 5 . Je rry
Osterdoc k .
14 ·24/ SCHB V: I. J apet h
Su sl ee ; 2 . Jakob Shaw; 3.
G l enn Mannin g ; 4 . J o seph
Dav is: 5. luke P1ym .
25+ A : 1. Eron Ezerin s; 2.
A l ex Ro ssetto : 3 . Bu rt on
Lavens: 4 . Ji m Randa; 5 . J eff
Melcher.
25 ... B: 1. Bobb y J ones; 2.
J ohn Con ley; 3 . Doug Harm s:
4 . Shaw n Chris t en ; 5 . T y ler
Krume r.
30... A : I . Alex Ro ssett o;
2. Tim Fili ppi; 3. Ro y Nafzger;
4. J im Rand a; 5. Erik s Ezerins.
30 ... B: 1. Bobby J ones; 2.
Kevin l ee; 3. Chuck Lough; 4.
Ala n
A imo ne ;
5.
Tim
lancaster.
35 ... A : 1. Roy Nafzger; 2.
Rusty Ott ; 3. Rick Grebn er; 4 .
G reg
Ha zdr a; 5. D a v i d
Puch anc h.
40...: I. David Thoma s; 2.
Roy Bittner; 3. Loren Cook ; 4.
Gerhard Ward; 5. Dave Suslee.
O PEN /4 ·STRK : I. Co ry
Sno w; 2. Rusty O tt ; 3 . Tim
Fili ppi ; 4 . J ason Colman ; 5 .
Erik s Ezerins.
Ramsey na iled the holeshot aga in
in th e 125cc main and quickly pull ed
away fr om the pa ck , tra il ed b y
Kahle y , Z a v a tt a ro , Lip per t a n d
Ad am s . Klemock and Gregory we re
battling for six th . About halfway into
lap one, Ze vatt aro passe d Ka hle y fo r
second . The n Klem o c k p a s s e d
Adams fo r fifth and then Lippe rt fo r
fo urth . Lippe rt dr opped to fifth. Ram sey's lead wa s a ga in a whop ping 16
seconds by the e nd of la p o ne .
Th e top two rema ined th e same at
the start of la p two , but the battl e was
on fo r th e re m a inde r of the to p five,
a nd they swa p ped ba ck a nd forth . By
hal fwa y into lap t w o, Lip p e rt h ad
wo rked his way ba ck up to third and
wa s p utt ing p ressu re o n Za va tt a ro .
Ka hl ey m o v ed ba c k up t o fo urt h ,
whi le Klemock d ropped ba c k to fifth .
Lip pe rt got Ze va tt aro for seco nd in
the bowl turn just before the start of
lap three . Zava ttaro dropped to third .
When the whi te flag cam e out ,
Ramsey and Lippert had ch e ck ed out,
while Darius Wadia had worked his
wa y up to third . Kah le y held fo urt h
a nd Zev attaro had d ro p ped to fifth .
Rams e y ea s ily won the 125c c ma in
wi th m o re than a 20 -second lea d.
Roundi ng o ut th e top five were lippert. Wad ia , Kah ley an d Zav attar o ,
Mat t he w Houg e n t og ler go t t h e
ju mp of th e gate a nd ro unded the first
tu rn o ut in fro nt in the aoc c (7- 11)
h ea t ra c e , wh ich wo u ld d e t erm in e
ga te p ic k fo r th e ma in s u perc ross
e ve n t. Rounding o u t th e t op f iv e
going through the first turn were Eri c
Frantz , Scott Ziegler, Ma rk Alb em y
and Tyler Cla rk . Fra ntz bo bbl ed in the
doubles section fo llowi ng the whoop
section and d rop ped b a c k to fo urth ,
but h e ma naged t o wo rk his way
back t o se co n d by t h e la s t lap .
Hougentog ler took the white flag with
an e ight-second lead an d then easily
won th e heat, tra iled by Frantz , Albe m y, Ziegler and Cla rk .
EVlnsville RacewIY
Evlnsville, Pennsylvanil
Results: May 6, 2000
P/W ( 4 - 6) : I . Hu n t er Bo ehr et ; 2 . D arle n
Robinson.
P/W (7 ·8) : I. Ron Bardo.
50 ( 4- 6) : 1. Blak e Wadsworth.
50 (7 -8): I . Jon Reber; 2. Frank Lett ieri .Jr.: 3.
Cody Shreck.
60 (7· 9 ) : 1. Er ic Wison; 2 . Jo rda n Mann; 3 .
Frank Letti eri J r.; 4 . Shawn Hutt a; 5. Ty ler Clark.
60 (1 0 -1 1): 1. Matt Ho ugen to g ler; 2 . Scott
Ziegler; 3. Scott Coleman .
80 (7- 1 1): 1. Matt Hougentogler: 2. Eric Frantz;
3 . Scott Ziegler: 4 . Mark Albemy; 5. Tyle r Clark .
85 ( 12 - 13) : 1. Bryan Smith; 2. A ustin Weaver;
3. Kyle Dunkl eberger; 4. Jake Feaster; 5. Kyle Perry.
85 ( 14 - 15): 1. Zach Feaster; 2 . Ja m ie Colem an;
3. Justin Meixsell : 4 . Brian Hundl ey.
S/MI N I : 1. A ustin Weave r; 2 . Kyle Perry ; 3 .
Bryan Sm ith.
125 A : 1. Ric h Br ungard; 2 . Brya n Cragle; 3 .
Curt Wright.
125 B : 1. Ron Berganano; 2. Derek Christensen;
3. Zach Micklea .
125 C: 1. Chris Ramsey; 2 . Co le Lipper t ; 3 .
Darius Wadia ; 4. Scott Kahle y; 5. Matt Zevettar o.
250 B : 1. Ron Berganano; 2 . Ed Holo lob ; 3 .
Bruce Sharp; 4 . Ken Schnatte r.
250
1. Jo hn Schnetter: 2. Mike Faust; 3. Alex
Kosatsc hkow ; 4 . Sig Wisniewskie ; 5. Darius Wadl e.
SCHBY : 1. Derek Christensen; 2. Cole Lipp ert; 3 .
Ron Bardo.
CLGBY: 1. Ron Berganano ; 2. Bryan Cragle; 3 .
Matt Bartho lome w; 4. Bruce Sharp ; 5. Zach Mik lea.
25. A : I . Curt Wrig ht; 2. Richa rd Bru nga rd; 3.
Phil Dowell .
30 ... B: 1. Bob Semme l; 2. Garth Krady; 3 . Ji m
Sanderso n.
3 0 ... C: 1. Russ Lansbury ; 2. Jod y Parks; 3. Matt
Rutt : 4 . Tom Gregory.
40 +: 1. Garth Kardy; 2. Tim Nowroski.
VINT S/ SR: 1. Woody Com mander.
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