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... O a: ClC- -...,...-::=-..... ~~~---------::--= ~ w J: (J) a: w ~ o z -c l< w III >- III ~ c, Mik e M edv ek o v , ab oard h i s Hi nd s' Ka wa saki- backed Husky 250, gave Bingman tro uble ea rly in both Over 25 races , and so did loc al veteran fast guy Rod Hook, but Bi ngm an persevere d for two conv inc ing class victo ries. T he I 25c c B class fea tured some grea t racing , with speeds ter Br ian Bidd le and Stev en Chap m an giv ing Bin gman tr oub le as well. Brandon Bo rgen ran off wit h a nic e win in the Mini J uni or cla ss aboard his Suzuk i RM80 , wh il e J oey Leadb eat er bested Borg en in the 65cc class . Chuc k Hetrick took a well -earned w in in the O ver 40 class, beating ou t Mark Matheis , a Honda Hil ls regular. Co m pe ti tion Acce ssorie s' Mi k e Cam pbell easily stormed to a co uple of A· c1ass victories aboa rd his trusty Yamaha s. Resu lt s 125 A: 1. Mik e Campbell (Yam ); 2. Jason CMterline (Hen ). 125 B: I. Rob Bingme n (Yam): 2. Sleven Chapman (Han); 3. Biddl~ (Han). 125 C- l : I. Josh Gunn (Suz); 2. William Ha!l (Hon); 3. Charles Rinery (Kaw). 125 C·2 : 1. Tom Campbell (Hon): 2. Brion Griglby (Sul ); 3. Jimmy McKnight (Yam). Brion Clark County Fairgrounds: Rob Williams (12X), Brett Beyer (98) and Jason Sente ll (79) tear up the track in Springfield, Ohio. Beyer took the 600cc Expert win . Clark County Fairgro unds Re sult s 750 EX: I. George Roeder (H-D) ; 2. Chris Evans (H. D); 3. Willie McCoy (H-D); 4. Brett Be~ (H.D) ; 5. .mson Sentell (H·D) . 600 EX: 1. Brett Beye r ( Rt l); 2. Sam lowe (Rtl ); 3 . Rob Williams (Rb ): 4 Donnie Stew ard (Rn): 5. Guill Huss (Ra) . 600 PRO·SPT: I. Ja:lOf'l Goodwin (Rll); 2. Bryan Smith (Rtx); 3. Broodon l.ounon (Rtx) : 4. Dan Bond (Rtx) 5. John Vanderkooi (RbI:). 250 PRO-SPT: I. Brian Vmeenl (Hon): 2. Brandon Laursen (Rtx); 3 . Joh n Homillon ( Han): 4. Timmy Mit chell (Rtl); 5. BMn !"Iayo (Han). Roeder Motors to the Win By BERT A ND T YLER S HEPA RD SPRINGFIELD, O H, APR . 30 " I k new he was th ere th e wh ole ra ce. but I had 'the ho leshot and m ad e it to ug h on him ." said Geo rg e Roeder, refe rring t o Ca nadian Chris Eva ns, wh o more tha n kept Roede r honest as th e tw o blast ed their way aro und th e Cla rk Co un ty Fai rg round s. Roed er ta ste d vict ory at the 37th annua l O hio raci ng seaso n's ope ner, pro moted by the 90-year -o ld Da yt o n Mot or cycle Clu b. If Ro eder owns th e 750cc cla ss in O hio. the n Brett Beyer owns the 600cc Expert divi sio n . Th e high school m ath teache r fr om Os hkosh, Wis consin. fend ed off Jason Sentell . Sam Lowe and Rob Williams for th e money. T he 250cc and 600c c Pro-S port d ivisions were won by Jason Goodwin and Brian Vi n- Froz en Ocean Motocross Park O'Connor, Kiniry Hot a t Frozen Ocean By S UE DENMAN ce nt. re sp e ctivel y. Pro-Spo rt race rs Vince nt. Brya n Smith and Good w i n to p pe d t he i r hea t s. Ma ny of t he Ex pe rt s were pulling double du ty . ho ping to ma ke both the 600cc and 750cc ma ins. Beyer and Sentell , among others . accom plished thi s goa l. winn ing th e two 600cc Ex pert heats and fin ishing in the runner-up spot in the two 750 cc heats . Roeder took co ntro l of the first 750cc heal. Sentell was second , fo llowed home by Wi llie McCoy, Kyle Long. Chris Huss and Tom Mc Grane . Evans too k the win in th e faster of the two qu alifiers. Dave Ray burn came home thi rd . behind Beye r. Bo b Knapp finished fou rth , in fro nt of Wi liiams and Cory Roth. Th e 250 c c Pro-Sport m a in belonged to Vinc ent, flag to flag. Brand on Laursen , John Ham ilt on an d Timmy M it chell battled fo r sec on d . La ursen sec ured second at the checkers , w ith Hami lton in his shadow. In t he 600cc E xp ert m a in , B ey er ga ted perfec tl y . Sent ell and W illiams followed Beyer int o the cus hion, and th en Low e joi ned th em to m ak e it a quartet. At hal fway , Sentell tr ied too hard in turn two and low -sided . Willia m s and Low e pass ed by and set out aft er Bey er, bu t Beyer was go ne. Lo we took sec ond fr om Williams with tw o laps to go. In th e 6 00 c c m a in . G o odwi n a nd Da n B on d led t h e fie l d i n to t he fi r st tu rn . T h e n ew est m embe r of t he "Mi ch ig an M afi a " • Bry an Smi th . wa s on th e m ov e afte r a lessth an -perfect sta rt, wor k ing his wa y into third. Vincent' s ho pe s o f winning both of th e Pro Expert fin als wen t up in a cloud of du st in a tum- tw o get-off. Goodwin co ntrolled th e po int po siti on for th e rem aini ng laps. Smith's drive put him in sec ond at the fi nish. Laursen had th e best ove rall sho wi ng of the tw o Pro-S port even ts: a seco nd and a th ird. In th e 750c c Ex pert m ain. Roede r wouid not be denied , and th e tw o lengths that he had on Evans at the start would be the deciding fact or in th e race's outco m e. Eva ns gave the cro wd what th ey cam e for, riding deeper and deeper int o the turns and closing on Roed er. A t th e start of the fifth lap, Eva ns' and Roeder's lines in tu m tw o intersected. Evan s too k th e lead for a few hund red feel. Roed er blas ted by Evan s one m ore time, and Evans had to settle for sec ond . McC oy put in a great ride to fin ish third . 64 J UNE 2 1 , 2000' .c y c I III AU BUR N. NY, MAY 14 T h e District 3 m o t o cro ss race at Frozen O c ean was als o a Lo re tta Ly nn 's Northeast area qualifier. sponso red by Scott USA. The tr ack co nditi ons were decent. considering th e large amount of ra in the week p rio r to the r a c e . Th e track agree d wi th Man che ster Honda's Shane O'Connor. who easily swept all four motos in the 250cc Exp ert and COllegebo y cl asse s and dom in ated all t he rac i ng acti on. T he t r a ck c o nd it i o n s also ag reed w it h Tea m Green ride r Bo b K ini ry , who went I - I in the 85 cc Modi fied (9 - 13) cl ass. Kini ry hel d a large lead fo r m ost of th e rac e. fo ll ow ed by Kyl e Ch isho lm , Jo sh Li chtle and Ric k y Renner, who all pu t in co nsiste nt rides. K in ir y also co mpeted in the Schoo lboy cl ass, whi ch featu red jsom e of th e best ra ci ng action of th e da y. Bil ly Li ch tl e won th e first m ote , followed by Jack Carpenter and Kin iry . which set th e st age for a second -m ot a sho w down. At the start of th e seco nd mote, Kiniry and Li c h tl e both got a m id pack start. runn ing fourth and fifth but m oving toward th e front. Th ey came together in the comer and Ki niry went dow n . Li c htle set o ff after th e race leader , Ca rpenter. K iniry rej oined th e ra ce and chased dow n Ca rpe nter and Lichtle by the finish, bu t he co uld n' t make the pass. Carpe nter held off Li c htl e for the win . Li cht le c am e in seco nd. fo llow ed closely by Kiniry . In th e 125 Ex pert cl ass, Dave Burger st arted o u t wit h th e l e a d i n b o th m ot o s, b u t Mi chael Stev en son , who tra veled all th e wa y from Broo k svill e, Florida, wasn't going hom e in seco nd ; he passed Bu rger in bo th m ot os for easy vict ori es. Burger rode consistently t o fi nish second , follo wed b y Ma tth ew Hunt and Jason Fox . Shan e Barthol f also r an away wi th easy m oto wi ns, in the 125 cc B M odi fied class. ov er Carpenter. Thomas Sc ott -S m ith and Sonny Nighman . Result s P/W : l . Logan All en (Yll ml : 2. Nathan Couse (Yam); 3. Mike Romm el (Yam ); 4 , Chad Gray (Yom); 5. Marae Mo/IcEwen (Yllm). 50 (4·6) ; I. Kyle .Jeckecn (Cob); 2. Zach Hetfield (KTM ) ; 3 Patrick Borek (Cob): 4 Connor Webb (Cob) 50 (7 ·6) : 1. Zilch Mllu ro (Cob); 2. Zachary Rosch (Cob); 3. Mitch Hale (KTM): 4. John Borek Jr. (Cob). JR MINI: 1. R ~ky Renner (KTM); 2. Seen Hackley (Kow); 3. Troy 8tIpp Jr. (Kow): 4. Mike Calle (KTM); 5. Shawn Clawson (KTMI. JR MINI 60 : 1. Troy Bepp Jr . (Kaw): 2. Mlllt Fhnt (Yam ); 3. Mike Caie (Kll w); 4 , Odvid WeLngGrten (Kow); 5. Man Guill oll (Kow) . SR MINI: I . Milch Dougherty Jr . (Yam ); 2. Scott $eIlD (Kaw ): 3. AHen Robinson (Kaw); 4. Tyler Medaglia (Hon): 5, Jordan Crawford (Yam ). MINI COMB: I. Bob Kiniry (Kaw); 2. Kyle Chilholm (Kowl; 3. Josh l.ichtle ($w): 4 . Rick y Renner (Yam); 5. Jason Doyle (Yllm). neuvs Fro ze n Ocean Motocross Park: Shane O'Connor hits the berm on hi s way to an eff ortless win in the 250cc Expert class in AUburn, New York. SR MINI NOV: 1. Brian Cook (KlI w); 2. Anthony FIeld (Yam ): 3. Kyle Shampine (Kaw): 4. Brian Sedlec k (Kaw); 5 . Ethen Senecal (Suz). S/ MINI (12-15): I. Kyle Chisholm (Kaw): 2. Josh ti chtte (Suz): 3. Bna n Bagley (Kaw); 4 . MIchael HalUnlln (Kaw); 5. Tyler Durmebier (Yam). 125 ( 12· 15): 1. Billy Lichtle (Sur ); 2. Jock Carpenter (Hon) ; 3. Bob Kiniry (Kew) : 4 Sonny Nighmlln (KlIw ): 5. Richard White (K llw ). CLGBY: I. Shane O 'Connor (Hon); 2. Shawn Nun (Suz): 3. Ricky Conlr.y (Han): 4. c. J . Talorski (Suz): 5. MlItt Hibbard (Suz). 125 NO V: I . Roger Newto n (Yll m ); 2 . Christop her Ra m ~ey (Yam) : 3 , Jeff Whaley (Yom); 4. Jason L.nalle (Sw); 5. John Laroche (Kll w). 125 NIl: I. ShanE' Bartholl (Kaw): 2. Jack Carpenter (Hon ): 3. Thomas Scou·Smlth (YM'll; 4 . Sonny Highman (Kaw ): 5. Ricky Conley (Hon) . 125 EX: I. MIchael Stevenson (YIHn): 2. Dave Burger (Kll w); 3. Marm- Hunt ($w); 4 . Joson Fox (Hon); 5. Shaun McGi~y ( Hon). 250 NOV: I . Dylan Van Or-dlI (YlIm) : 2. Dave Terwiltiger (YlIm); n 3. .Jesse perry (Hen ); 4 , Greg Guilfoil Jr . (Y" m): 5. Brian Loven (Han ). 250 NIl: I. Jason Turco (Yam); 2. Matt Hibbdrd (Suz): 3. Bren don Dumblewlkl (Yam): 4 , SI~ Edwardl (Hon); 5. Chris Lenzi (Suz). 250 EX: I. Shane O'Connor (Hon): 2. Shawn Nutt (Suz): 3. Dave Burger (Kow); 4. Shoun McGibney (Hon) ; 5. Geoff Ingersoll (Yam) . 25+ I\M : 1. Matt O'Rourke (Kaw); 2. John Feihenc II (Yam ); 3. Dormnick Cittadino (Hon) ; 4. Jo hn Kraeger (SUl) ; 5. Chris Carr [Suz) 25+ EX: I. Tom Cole (Kaw): 2. Darryl Smith (Kaw); 3. Kevin Brown (Kaw): 4. Mork Klein (Yllm ); 5. Joe Dlbelle (Hon) . 40 ..: 1. Bart Lucas (Yam) : 2. David Ahouse (Yom); 3. Kevin Amo Sr. (KTM): 4. Greg Guillo il Sr. (Hon); 5. Elden Housinqer (Hon). SR NOV: I. David Ceno (Yam ); 2. Tim McNlIUy Sf. (Kow ); 3. Monroe Osborne (Suz); 4. BarryJames (KTM) : 5. Chuck Jeyne (Yom) . SR EX: I. Deve Burger (KlIw): 2. Dan Fleld (Kaw); 3. Bart Locos (Yam). Ho nda H ill s Motorsport s Park B ingman Stings 'em By R UPERT X . PEllETT U NVILLE, O H A PR. 22 Rob Bingm an of nearb y Hebr o n pulled off th e ra ces of his life at Hond a Hill s MX. The to wtru ck d ri ver and pa rt-time bo dy - shop m an sla p pe d his YZ 125s t o a pa ir of cl as s wi n s u nd er m o ist a nd coo l co nditions. T h is 3 0 year-o ld faci lity and its mostly na tural -t errai n motocross ci rc uit recent ly received a healthy down pou r of rain, and th e tac ky race surface seemed to be to Bingm an' s liking . Bingma n 's T ravis - t u ne d Ya m a has screamed to g reat sta rts in all four m ot os of the Over 25 and 125cc B classes . 250 A: 1. Mike Campbell (Yllm) . 250 B: I . Trllvil W"rd (Yllm) : 2 . Jeremy Ramsey (Hon ); 3. Tommy Layman (Yam) . 250 C: I. Mik~ Medvekov t Hus]: 2. Jason Cernpbeu (Yam ): 3 Mike Black (Kaw) SCHBY: 1. Andy WHI.:Ird (KTM); 2. Ty ler Worlit ell (Yom); 3. Casey Livingston (Kaw). 16 ·24 : 1. Travis Ruckman ( SUl): 2. Joey neveun ( Hon); 3. Travis Ward (Hon). 25+ : 1. Rob Bingman (Yam) : 2. Mike Medvekov (HUll): 3. Ivan Henderson ( Han). 30 +: I. Richard Robms on (Hon); 2 . Rick Ruuell ( Hon): 3. George Fand h (Yam) 40... J. Chuck tktrick (Yam ): 2. ftI.ark Matheis (Yam): 3. RIChard : '"""'" l Han). W alden Playboys Mills G r i n ds ' em U p By M ICHAEL JAMES NEWBURGH, NY, MAY 14 A lth ou gh it ra ined th e day befo re, th e tra ck dried up perfectl y and some of the m ost ferocious ra ci ng in rec ent m em ory took place at the Wa lde n Suzu ki -sp o ns ored Moth er' s Day race . Barry Carsten and Sc ott Carte r venture d o u t t o do battle aga ins t Carlo Coen at hi s hom e tra ck. Fourteen -yea r -old Ryan M ill s was riding at Natio nal-level speed, surp ris ing both Ca rsten and Carter as we ll as th e asto nished c row d of o nl o o k ers. Mills d om i n ated t he 125c c A cl ass. whil e Coen took th e Over 25 A win and Cars ten took th e Over 30 A victory. Th e mo t o o f th e d ay wa s th e 125cc A class. M ills rod e lik e a ma n possessed . He flew over, around and thr ough obsta cl es, sidewa ys. on th e fro nt wheel and feet off the pegs li k e a w ild m an . Carst e n and Ja mes M cN eil follow ed. Mc N ei l fad ed , and Carte r m o ved up into th e to p th ree. Carsten was tryin g to ma k e t im e o n t he hig h -fl yin g M ills. It wa s a ll fo r naught. as the k id was ob vious ly out to pro ve he was for real. Nobody doubted tha t when he fi nished nearl y 10 seconds cl ear of th e nettonally rank ed Carsten. Carter wa s an out -o f-contro l thi rd in both m ot o s, f ig h t ing ga mely to k eep his spol. Ma rk Wu ndrack and Te rry Fink le ro unded out th e t op fiv e.