W h en t h e g a t e d ropp ed fo r th e sec o n d
moto , Bruscella grabbed the hol es hot, fo l low ed by Ow ens and T orres , Despite being the
freshman of the cla ss, Bruscella was proving
he has found the sp eed to ma ke it in the co m-
petiti ve class . For two laps, Bruscella was on
the defense, wit h an experience d Owens glued
to his rear fender. Owens put a cla ssic m ov e
on Brusce lla, squar ing off a c om er and gr ab bing the lead. Mea nwhile , T orres was fendi ng
off Stadden for thi rd. Wi th clea r track ahead,
Owens pu lled out to a sizab le lead. When the
checkered flag waved, Owe ns met it first for a
convincin g win, with Brus cella a solid second .
Torres suc cessfully held Stadden off fo r th ird.
R.sults
50 PfW (4-6): I. Trevor Schm idt (Yam) ; 2. Gunner Biggerstaff
(Yllm ); 3. Dlln lel Voyln (Yam).
50 P/W (7·8 ): 1. Chris Nonas (Yam): 2. MegGn Flores (Y
am).
50 STRTR (4-6): I. Jake Gag (KTM); 2. D.IIniel Dyer (Pol): 3.
ne
Donie] Voyles (KTM); 4. Alexis ViIIl:lrelil (Pol).
50 STRTR (7-8): 1. Mike UndStl (Pol); 2. J ccob Sm ith (Pol); 3.
y
Tyler Clenden en (Pol); 4 . Chris Parker (IITM).
50 STKBEG (4-6): 1. Luke Gutiem: (KTM); 2. fo'IosesUrias (Cob);
3. Gage Miller (Lem); 4. Andrew PoIundo (Pol); 5. NickSerrano(Cob).
50 STK BEG (7-8) : 1. Caden Probst (Pol) ; 2. Tyler Uttl e (Lem);
3. Bryan Dyer (Pot).
50 MOD BEG (4- 6); 1. Moses Uritls (Cob); 2. Jacob Pischke
(Cob): Gertlrdo Roldan (Cob) .
50 MOD BEG (7-8): 1. Ceden Probst (Pot); 2. ,",shtoo Zemichow
(Pol).
50 STK NOV (7· 8): 1. Tommy Madden (Cob); 2. .Jcehee Guenther (KTM) .
50 MOD NOV (7 -8): I. Ryan Schmid t (KTM); 2. Tommy MlIdden
(Cob ); 3. Jeremy McCool (KTM) .
S/ P/W : I. Chandler Ouimette (KTM); 2. Jeremy McCool (KTM).
50 STK (4.6): I. Jacob Pischke (Cob).
50 MOD (4- 6): I. Gerardo Rotden (Cob).
50 STK (7 -8): t. R.J . Hoch (KTM); 2. Jo hnny Jelderda (Han) .
60 STRTR (7-8 ): I. Chandler Ouimette (KlI w); 2. Cody Espudo
(Kaw); 3. Ashton Zem ichow (KlIw).
60 STRTR (6· 11): I. Steve Crawford (Han) ; 2. Ryan Rotundo
(Kaw): 3. Taylor Brady (Kaw).
60 BEG: I. Drake Pleqem en (KTM) ; 2. Ellc Frencfs (Kaw) ; 3.
Prin ce Kap
Leivan, Like
a Jet Plane
Hare S cram b le s
Thi ele 's Turn
at the Wheel
78
Forrester led throu g hout lap tw o . Leiv an
m ov ed aro und T hiele. Coming thro ug h th e pit
a t t he c o n cl us io n o f lap tw o , Fo r res t er . i n
fr ont, rode a whe eli e the len gth of pit ro w, with
Leivan and Thiele right behind.
Lei van fa lte red, hitti ng a ro c k k icked up b y
Forrester and sm as hin g int o a tr ee on a third gear uphill , losin g tw o p ositio n s. Lei van wa s
happ y to esca pe inju ry and continue racing .
"I hit th e tree so hard and square that th e
bik e wen t back war ds, and I had to ru n back
down the hill to get to it ," said Le iv an.
Leiva n m oved back ahead of Jeny Hem ann,
Th iele, and finally Forrester by the end o f the
lap , and then started to pull out a lead . Thiele
m oved up to seco nd, as Forrester faded .
Five miles into lap fo ur, Leivan hit a log
wrong. Th iele on ce again m ov ed around th e
downed Ya maha rider. One m ore ti me, Leiv an
got going and moved ahead by th e end o f th e
lap .
Going into th e fifth and final circui t, Leiva n
stop ped for gas . Desp ite only be ing stopped for
seve n seconds, Leivan was o vertak en by Thiele
fo r the fou rth time. This time, however, Thiele
u sed all the good li nes and slo wed th e pa ce in
th e t igh t st u ff t o k eep th e four -strok e p il ot
behind him. Th iele won by a m ere bik e length.
"Usuall y wh en St eve gets beh ind m e, I try
t o h au l
and end up o n th e gr oun d ," s ai d
Th iele. "T his tim e, I ju st tr ied to not c rash an y.
He p as sed m e a bu n ch o f t im e s t o da y b u t
c rashed a lot , too ."
Third ov erall went to A -cla ss winner Rusty
Re yn au d . Fo r res t er fi ni sh ed f o u r th , w hil e
Hem ann - th e only other rider to com plete fiv e
lep s . rou nded out the top five.
COLLINS, MO , J UNE 18
SCR/Yamaha WR4 00 rider Stev e Leivan ca rded th e overall victo ry at ro und six of the Missouri Hare Sc ra m bles Champ ion ship . Th is was
Leivan 's fourth win o f the seaso n, positi oni ng
hi m fo r a run at his eighth c ha m pionship.
The Brush Buster boys laid out a 15 .5-m ile
course for 225 co ntesta nts. Due to rain, im paired
vision and lack of brakes were m aj or prob lems.
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Fast F ridays S p e e dwa y: " Fly in ' " Mike Faria (9) leads B art Bast (87) a nd Bobby Hed d e n
(301) in t h e Scrat c h m a in en r o u t e t o two main -e v e nt w ins in A uburn, Ca li f ornia.
Leiv an held th e lead after th e second lap,
bla sti ng throu g h th e pit s and o pe ning a lead .
Nesbitt opted to pit . surrendering second to For·
rester, who also blew through with out pitting.
When Nesbitt h ad j u st gotten up t o spee d on lap th ree, he wa s met b y For rest er, who
had had seco nd thou ghts about need ing gas
and wa s go ing in the oppos ite d irection .
w saw him 1F0rrester i com in g tow ard s m e,
,
but I co uldn 't really b elie ve he wou ld be go ing
backward s," Nesbi tt said . "I tri ed to get over
as fa r as I co uld so we didn 't h it , and I j ust
bare ly got out of the way."
Leiv an kn ew that w ith nob od y on hi s tail, it
was ti me to m ak e a ru n.
Nesbitt held seco nd for nearly half of the fin al
lap , but he was forced to slow down wh en he lost
his rear brak es. Forrester charged p ast Nesbitt .
With a fi na l da sh t hr o ug h the roc k s and
ruts, Leivan p ut hi s 5 8 t h c ar ee r w in in th e
boo ks . fin ishi n g th e eve nt w ith a
t wo-minu t e m argin of victory .
Forre ster pu t in a stro ng runner-up ride, fi nishing with a t wo minut e cu shio n over N esb itt. who
r oun d ed o u t th e po d iu m p o si ·
ti on s.
Re sult s
M issouri Hare Scram b le s Championship Series: A t the
sixth ro und of the series, in Collins, Missouri, Steve Lei van
made like a jet p lane and fl ew t o h is f o urth w in of th e season,
n
e
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O/ A: 1. Steve Leivan (YlIm); 2. Brandon For·
rester (Yom) ; 3. Chr is Nesbill (Ka w): 4. Aa ro n
Shll w (Yam ): 5. Bob by Duncan (Yam) ; 6. Chris
Thie le (Kaw ); 7. Kevin Borts (SU , 8 . Rick Kinke·
I)
lallr (Yam); 9 . Kevin Boy le (Ha n); 10. Charles
Thiele (K4W).
AA : I . Brtlndon Forrester (Y"m) : 2. Chri s
Nesbit! (KlIw ); 3. Bobby Duncan (Yam): 4. Chris
Thiele (Kaw): 5. Kevin Boyle (Han).
A: I. Kevi n Bori s (SUl ): 2. Rick Kin keill ar
(Yam ): 3 . Mati Wei s (Yom ); 4 . Gary Mitte lberg
(Yam); 5. Brad Barnell (Yam).
125 B: 1. Z" ch Mabery ( Han ) ; 2 . J lIm es
Sloan (Yom) : 3. Mik e Rozier (Y" m ): 4. Tim Short
(KTM):: 5. Jeremy Wisecup (Yam) .
200 B: I. Robert Armo n (KlI w); 2. Weston
Bll ir (KTM); 3. Dustin Wisecup (Kaw): 4. D"vid
Von Holten (KTM); 5. Sean Ptllmer (KTM).
250 B: 1. Aaro n Shtl w (Ya m) ; 2 . Char les
Thiele (K
