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Grattan Raceway Hudson Hawkish B y MARK THOI'IPS ON a.sc 500 EX: I . Deve Boydston (Hus ); 2. Steovl! Tuck~ (BSA) ; 3. Jarn6 Smith (BSA); 4 . Den..Johns(NS) ;~. Tim Swain (Bull . PREM l/W NOV; I . Thoma$ ( ok- (H-O); 2. Joe ROM (lion). !"REM LJW tNT: I . Charln Schank (Mai); 2. Dan ~ (Duel: 3. track it turned ou t to be, w ith a wide uphill st art tha t feeds into a wide firs t tum and the n i nto the woods before return ing to the m otocross track. W ithout an y major changes to th e layout, the MX tra ck was Vintage-fri end ly. with several interesting j umps and plenty of turns. With abundant traction throughout, a m ix of M ichigan loam and sand, rid ers were wishing for fresh, new kn obbies so th ey co uld di g deep in to the dirt. A total of 43 hare scr am bles entrants lined up fo r th e one -hour race, and th ey were sent off cla ss by cl ass at 3D-second intervals. The Sportsma n Intermediate c o n ti n gen t wa s by far the largest cla ss, with 17 entr ies, and rid ers had to com plet e eight hard and fast laps in order to hav e a cha nce of fini shin g in trophy c ontention. Pent on pilot Bobby Lew is did j u st th at , fin i shing a he a d o f Yam eha m o unted Chris J ohn son , Hu sk y m an J ohn Le w i s, Bulta c o j o c k ey Bruc e Patrick, and Maico rid er Ron Wi nge L In Sportsm an Expert compe tition , D avid Keith put his Yamaha ah ead of Cory Suth erland' s Honda and Andy Hardin' s Hu sk y . Tom Ho lscher and Ja m es Smith round ed ou t th e top five. To almost no one's surprise, J eff Sm ith put hi s Can-Am o n top of th e Over 5 0 E xpert cla ss , a h ead of Bul ta c o jo ck ey Denn i s Sp encer . ChrisMak ynen (BSAI. PRf}i\ LJW EX: I. Br.d Kennard (Due) . PREM 500 EX: I. Jeff Snuth (BSA) ; 2. 00,* 1'\cfJVIIII1 (BSA ); 3 . Corily Root (BSA); 4 . PhIl Hanford (BSA). GRAITAN , MI, JUNE 17 Mother Nature hel ped m ak e th e ann ual Grattan AHRMA Na tio nal Mo t ocro ss a pl easant affair. deliv eri ng pl ent y o f ra in in the d ay s be fore. which created a loamy. d ust- free tra c k with only one ma jor mudhole with wh ich riders wou ld have to contend . She also p rov id ed per feet weather . with temperatures in the 70 s. PREM 0PEJ't TW EX: I . Bred Kennard (Tn) ; 2. INS): 3. ~ Rod! (Nor) . Dll v~ Je niK SP'TS MN 125 NOV: 1. Ma re Pepe (Hon) : 2. Jeff Will oughby (Ka_) . SP'T'SMN 125 tNT : I . Ste ve Nece (Hon ); Z. Dan HelngllrtrM:r (Hon); J. Tm Briggs. (tta w): 4. Jock ~ (C-A) : 5. Karsten Dig (Hon) . SP'J"SI'o\N 125 EX.: l. Eric ~ (Han): 2. Bill Hazetrod (Han ); 3. James Sm ith (C·...). . SPf'SMN 250 NOV: 1. ..Joe Hart (Hen); 2. Dove Katzrnryer (Hon ); 3. RIChard Kim (C·A ); 4 . Jeny Morrison (Hon) ; 5. Paul Jenst'n (Hon) . SP'TSMN 250 !NT: I. Robeft Root (Bul): 2. Tom Boyd (Hu l ) ; 3. J effr ey Clar k (Hon) ; 4 . Wilh a m A1e~ (Hon ); 5. Broce Pal!idl. (BuI). SPTSfo\N 250 EX: I. George Fanelli (Han); 2. Matthe w Spigelmy er (Han) : 3. Mark MK k.y (Hon ); 4. EricMuffley (Cl). SP'TSMN 500 NOV: I. Mark Hammond (Yam ); 2. Da vid Fulkerson (MAi) . SP'TSMN 500 !NT: 1. ..IoM L.-m (1'\ai); 2. John LAmbnc k (BSA): 3. Andy Blackburn (CZ) ; 4 . J .T. Southern (Mai); 5. Tim Hardin (Hul). S~ 500 EX 1. Rick Hudson (Mal); 2. Eric : Muffley (Cl); 3. Ed Fllm igen (Cl); 4, Andy Har din (Hul); 5. John Hllrt (Hon) . 30. NOV: 1. Olive Ka tzmeyer (Hon ): 2. Jerry oYornaon (Hon) ; 3. Mike Allen (HWI ; 4_ Paul J ensen ) (Hon ); 5. J eff Willo ughby (KG w). 30. INT : I . Thor Lo pe r (au): 2. Wil liam Alexande r (Hon) ; 3. Bruce Pa trick (Bul) : 4. Jeffrey Clark (Hon); 5. J im McCullo<: (Hon ). h 30. EX I. Eric Muffley (CZ) ; 2. Qeorge Fanelli : (Hon) ; 3. David Keith (Mai); 4. Fritz Kling (Mal): 5. Mam- Sp igelm yer (Hon ). 40. NOV: I. Mike Alle n (Hu, ): 2. J~ Hart (Hon ): 3. Mar k Ha m mon d (Ya m ) ; 4. Fu ·d Kling (""" i). 40. INT: I. J e~ Cla rk (Hon) ; 2. J im McCul· loc h (Hon ) ; 3 . Rick J ones (Pen ) : 4 . .Mark Ne l!Mm (Mai); 5. Tm Hllrdin (Hus) . 40. EX: I . Rick Hudson (Mal ); 2. ~ Mackay (Hon ): 3. Mike Zimmerman (Mai ); 4_ Andy Harcbn (Hus). 50. NOV: I. Norm CatTOll (Hus ); 2. Duane Rid· dle (BS A); 3 . Lorry Willoughby (Man ): 4 _ Jim Hart (1lSA). Re s u lt s SJrTSMN NOV: I. Da l ~ Pettijoh n (all); 2. Lela nd fo\alt~ws (Ou): 3 . .Mic:hof!IBligh t (Hul); 4 . Rod Philli ps (Ou). SPTS.MN INT: I. Bobby L-.s (Pen ); 2. Chns Jotmon (Yam ); 3. John Lewia (Hus) ; 4 . Bruce Patrlck (Bul); 5. Ran Winget (Mal). S PTS MN EX; I. Da vid Ke ith (Ya m) ; 2. Cory S u t h ~ rland (Hon ): 3. Andy Har din (H ul) ; 4. Torn Ho lac her COa,); 5. Jame. Smith (C ·A ). PRE.M. INT : I. Charlet Schank (Mai ): 2. ChnsM.a kynen (BSA ); J. Brion Weber ( BSA ). PREM EX: I . Claude /l'\cElvain (BSA 2. Willard Root (BSA.): 3. ); Brad Kennard (BSA). CLSC INT: I. Dale Schmutl!ler (Hen): 2. OMnis Brown (Ore); 3. Thomu """ (1lSA1. NOV 1. Paul JerDen (Hon ); 2. Ju:wI Pease (Hen ). : 50. NOV: 1. Ene Rktwdson.. 50. INT: 1. Rick Aguilar (Ou). 50. EJC 1. JdI Smil!> (C·AI; 2. 0..-.. s".nc.. (Bull. . 50. INT: I. Bud Auma n (.Mai) : 2 . Kim Arm · IUOng (fl\al) ; 3. Jack Hendler(HUI); 4 . Kenneth Ross (Hon) : 5. Karl Papc.onhagen (Pm). 50. EX; I. J ean Ra m , a y (Ma i) : 2. ~nni s Grattan Raceway: Ontario's Rick Hudson (6A) got hawkish, p reying on the competition and f lying to the w in in every m ot o ot both t he Sportsman 500cc Expert and Over 40 Expert c lasses at the AHRMA N at ion al M oto cross in Grattan. Mi c hig an, Ju st 159 entrants came to race - a drop in atte ndance from pri or years. In all but a few cla sse s, o nly ha lf the start line was put to use due to th e redu ced tu rnou t. Grattan always gets a number of Canadian entries. Rick Hudson fr om O n ta rio powered his 450cc Maico to bo th Ove r 4 0 Expert m ot o wi ns. a head o f Ho nda El si no re pil ot M ark Mackay , Ma ic o ~m oun t e d M ik e Zim merman . and Husk y ma n Andy Hardin . Hud son co llect ed the hol eshot s and sim ply disap peared , and M ackay was rid ing w ith a rece ntly broken foot and not at full speed . Hudson the n repeated hi s moto-swee p per forma nce in th e Spo rtsm an 500ce Exp ert c ontest , w ith E ric Mu ffl ey an d Ca li fornian Ed Spencer (Bul) ; 3 . Wn Willil (Hu s ); 4 . Roy I"'\.aley (fo\ai): 5. Jmy R~erts (CO'l). 60. NOV : 1. Wayne 1"oc:utI ( BSA) . 60. INT: I. Clint Swafford (H u,) ; 2. u-Iand lope< (0..1. 60. EX : 1. Jeff SmIth (85 ,4.) 2. Roy Male y ; (Mai); 3 . Cork y Root (BuI). W.MN NOV: I. Ann BarTow (Pen) . WMN INT: 1. Sondra Rou (Hon ). Lewis on the Loose CARLSBA D , CA, JUNE 24 At the fi nal round of the six-race Mo toPro/ ASV Spring Series at Ca rlsba d Race way , class cham pionship s were on the li ne, pushi ng th e riders to ne w li mits on th e slick, two -m inuteand-30 -second-long tr ack. In th e Vet Ov er 40 Nov ic e cla ss, Chris Dan iel took th e ove rall win and wrapped up th e cham pionship in one fell swo op . As th e pack of rid er s roc k et ed down th e Carlsbad starting chu te , it was a chaotic affair. When the pack sorted itself out afte r tw o co rner s, Ji m Hud son . a boa rd a Ya m aha , h a d ta ke n th e lead, ahea d of Dani el and J im Myer son . Hudson began t o in ch away fr o m th e pack, a nd D a ni el be ga n to leave M yerson alo ne in third. As th e lead duo took off, Myer son was cau ght from beh ind by Stev e Mc Kel· lar, who th en dogged Myerson fo r a little ov er tw o lap s bef ore shooting into the th ird position on the nex t·to-Iast Lap . A t the fi nis h, Hudson was the w inner, D an iel was a close second, and McKe llar fought off My erso n for third. Ju st as in th e first mota , Hudson m an aged to grab the lead of the pack right from th e getgo , and he looked likely to have the overall in th e bag , but Daniel was no t go ing to give up on th e first lap. Daniel was soon glued to Hud· son 's back t ir e, and the tw o battled for the lead and th e overall. Meanwhile, thi rd pla c e was up for gra bs . M yerson was th ird for th e first tw o laps , but he went down and lost four positions. Th e heir to th e th ird positi on was David Abelsen, and he held it for on e lap befor e Honda pil ot Ke n Smith took over th e positi on fo r good o n the fo urt h lap. Back at the fro nt, Dan iel put a charge on Hudson on the fourth lap , taki ng t he lead and su bse· quen tly the m oto wi n, the overall for the day , and the cham pions hip for th e seaso n. Hudso n came across in seco nd fo r seco nd overall. By MARK THOMPSON PORTLAN D, Ml , J UNE 18 T he day afte r th e A HRMA N ati on al M otocross in Gratta n, Vintage ra c er s tr av el ed 3 0 miles south t o try out t he Portl and t rac k th ey ' d heard so muc h abou t. A nd wha t it a g re at ....---- - - - - - - - - - - ----,z s Q. ~ " I- II: :i ~ 5 J: Q. Re sults CLSe 250 EX: I . Dan Johns (AJS); 2. Stev e Tu<: er (BSA). k CLSe 500 NOV: I . Wayne Mount (BSA ); 2. Du-Riddle ( BSA.); 3. Jeff Krupp (BSA ). CLSC 500 INT 1. Cra ig Ca mpbell (Tri); 2 . Ron Winget (BSA) . : 42 AUGUST 9 .2000' cue • e Daniel Decimates the Pack B y KIRK CHAl'IDLER Muffley still co llected so me fi rst -place hardware by aci ng both Over 30 Expert m ot os o n his CZ. ahea d of Hond a-mounted George Pa ne lli a nd California n D a v i d Ke ith , o n a Maico. In Over 50 Expert competition , Jea n Ram · say put tog eth er a pa ir of th irds on his Maico to collect the wi n when fir st -m oto winne r Den nis Spencer. on a Bu ltaco, and seco nd -mota winner Phil Han ford, on a CCM , co uld n 't find the consistency button. David Boyd stun, owner o f AMS Racing , m ade the lo ng haul fr om Arizo na to sw eep both Classic 500cc Expert m oto s on his 1967 Husk y 360, whi le Thor Lo per tra veled just as far to collect the Ov er 30 Inte rm edi ate win on his Ossa Phantom. The larg est class of the day, with 13 riders o n th e line, was th e Sportsman 250cc Inter m ediate c o n t est. J effrey Clark and Ro be rt Root tr aded moto wins, with Root's 1-3 score beating out M ichig an ' s T om Boyd and Clark (or th e wi n. (1lSA). C a r ls b ad Raceway A HRMA National H a re Scra m b les S e ri e s Aanigen taking the next two spots . CLSC 125 NOV: I. Pa ul J~nsen (Hon ); 2. Wayne Ran tz (Hon) ; 3. J ason Pe45e (Hon) . CLSC 125 INT: I. Andy Black burn (Cl) ; 2. Dan Behr (DKW); 3. Donnie Warf (Hon) . CLSC 125 EX; I. Ed Fla nige n (Cl); 2. Tom Boy d (Hu,) ; 3. Dav id Keith (Vam) . CLSC 250 NOV: I . Wayn~ Rentz(Hon) CLSC 250 INT: I. Tho r Loprr (Ou); 2. Te ny C II1~' (On ); 3. Rich.1rd Anderson ( Hul) ; 4 . Don Baker (AJ S): 5. Chris Ma kynen asc Results AHRMA National Hare Scrambles Series: Cory Sutherland (944) flies h is Honda to a second-place fi nis h in t he Sportsman Expert contest at t he Portland, M ic h igan. ro u nd of t h e A HRMA Nationa l Ha re Scrambles Se ries. neVIl's 80 BEQ: 1. Cody Brownfteld (Hon) : 2. U nd o Anderson (Hon ): 3. Eric $lrTvnon, (Ko!Iw) 80 NOV: I. Kd len Kerbs (Yl!lm ). 125 BEG: I. Tiffany Holtm an (Yam) ; 2. Skip Benedict (Han) ; J. Nick Ewing (SuI). 125 NOV: I. Antonio H ~mandez (Hon); 2. Ivan Nayam!1te (Hon ); 3. ~il ZWing (Yam ) , 125 INT: I. Clift .hmings (Yam ): 2. Kevin J~mllngs (Yam ); 3. Adam FlChtdman (Yam ). 250 BEG: I. Manuel Ruil Jr. (Hon); 2. Tim Lyons: 3. AleJandro VizcaJoo (Hon) . 250 1'tOY: 1. Juon Bouc:her ( K.ow) ; 2 . Rob Ciuuo J r. (Yam); 3 . Ehon Yat" (Hon ). OPEN PRO /AM: I. ~y Iinlet (Hen); 2. ~e Murray (Hon ); J . J im Cha mberlain (Hon) . VET30. BEQ: I. Don CUMingha m (Han); 2. John Grou (Hon ); J . Mitch Straub (Kaw) . VET 30... NOV: I. PhWip /l'\rtchoeU (Hon ); 2. AIesardo .-\uonti (Yam ); 3. Milano ScbodIer (Hon ). VET 30. !NT: I. Woody Ca rlson (Suz ): 2. Mark ~ (Hon); 3. Tm ~ (Yam ). VET 40...NOV: I. Chra Danilet; 2. J im Hudson (Yam ); 3. Kt'fl Smrth (Hon ) . VET40. 1/'iT: 1. Lorry Feud (Yam): 2. Wllbarn Pram (Kaw); 3. """' '''ncoa ('''''). VET 40 . MSTR: I. D.R. Ofment (TM.) 2. Allen OrtIz (Hon); 3. ; Rob WUshire (Yam) . VET50. !NT: I. Bruce FomllSh (Yam) : 2. Gary Cogdill (Hon)_ VET 50. MSTR: 1. Be ng l Johan.MJI1 (KTM.); 2. Horst Lettner (Sw:) ; 3. Ray P1sankl (Han). W.MN 1. Tiffan y Holt m a n (Va m); 2 . K. fll!'fl Arcaris (Ka w) : J . : Heether Snuth. 4 ·$TRK NOV: 1...IoM Tayb (Ya m ); 2. /'I\IIrcuI Hav ...a (Yarn) ; 3. Allen M.cKay (Yam) . 4 ·STRK EX: 1. Phillip Zeiger (Yam) . BMBR NOV: I. Don Stent'rsoll (Hu, ); 2. K~lth Smith (Hon) ; 3. DonWallace (Sut ). Las Vegas Motor Spe edway Rodriguez Rocks Vegas By DICK G OO DWIN LAS VEGAS, NV, JUNE 24 KTM ki cker Camron Rodriguez went on a tear in La s Vegas o n Saturday night, ca pp ing his efforts with a str o ng win in moto tw o to earn th e overall 6 0cc (9·1 1) Stock tr oph y . He started off on the right foot , taking the hol eshot ahead of fellow KTM pilots Freddie Scarlett, Sean Th ompson and 60cc ( 6· S) hotshoe Za cha ry Fu ssell . Th ompson made th e fi r st move , d i sp atch i ng Sca rlett a nd t he n hounding Rodrigu ez fo r th e lead . Rod ri g uez wa s able to bea t off Th ompson 's aggr essive m o v e s for m o r e t h an half th e r a c e unt il Thom pson zapped him in th e ca nyon tum. Mea n while , Fu s sell was enjoyi ng a n ins pi red rid e, pu lli ng into th ird behind th e big bo ys. Th ompson fi nished off the rac e str ong, leading the determin ed Rodrigu ez across the line. Fu ssell too k a solid thi rd . ahead of Scarlett, (6 ·8) co m petitor Dy lan Henderson, and Joey Martinez. Rodrig ue z dupli c at ed h is ra ce -o ne m ag ic by sna ppi ng th e hole sh ot, ahead of Br an son Angulo. Henderson was on th e ga s, forcin g his way into second before th e fi rst la p was over. Freddie Sca rlett was able to make th e pass on Henderson as lap one was end ing, wi th Ma xy Fost er, A ng ulo and Martinez in a dogfi ght for fourth. Rodrigu ez, smell ing th e overall, stood on it an d opened up a m on st er cushion o n the rest of the fiel d . Rod riguez wen t on to wi n race tw o w ith ease and ca p tu re the 60c c (g . J I ) Sto c k titl e. Scarl ett wa s a stro ng second for seco nd o ve ra ll , ahea d o f Hen d ers on , who wrapped up th e 60c c ( 6·8) Stock ov erall . Wh ile th e J unio r Cy cle warriors were resting. Mi chael Park er was show ing the fast way aroun d th e track to all of th e m in icycl e rid ers. He ex ploded from th e gate in race o ne, inv it i ng C hris Re n z i , Cory B e a d l e , Pa t ric k Prove ncher and th e rest to play " cat ch -m e- ifyo u -c an ." Prov enc her made the bes t effort, fighting hi s way into seco nd - only to discover Parke r wa s long go ne. Park er smoked ac ross the fi nish li ne with a huge lead for th e win . It w a s mu ch close r fo r secon d, wi t h Casey T obias edging A nthony Hart and Provencher. Parker took it out again to start the second half, leading Bead le and Hart out onto the course. He proved just as invincible as in race on e, w ith Bead le, Hart and Renzi scrapping ov er sec ond . Park er t ook rac e two in ano ther run away, locking up th e 80cc ( 12- 13) Stoc k cr ow n . Beadle c am e acros s in sec o nd , but Hart' s close th ird sec u re d sec o nd ov eral l. Tobias edg ed Provencher, and he claim ed fir st o verall in the 80cc ( 14- 16) Stock class. Sean Thompson used a pair of o nes t o take the measure of th e 80c c (g - J J ) di vision. Results P/W (4-6) STK: I . Michael uChas.e (Pol ); 2. Dalton Davis (Pol): 3. Hal~ Holt (ATK ). P/W (7·8) STK: I. Zachary FU' 5("1I (Cob ); 2. Robe11 Campbell (Pol) ; 3. Joshua Byington (Cob): 4 , Br1!'l1 Proctor (KTM); 5. Justin Pankrau (Pol) . P/W (4 ·8) OPEN: I . Zacha ry FUI~U (Cob ); 2 . Bretl ProctOf (KTM); 3. Joshua Bymgton (Cob) ; 4. Da lton Davi, (Pol) ; 5. M.ichael uChll'~ (Pol). 60 (6 ·8) STK: 1. Dylan Hende rso n (KTM); 2. Zac hary Fussell (KTM). 60 (9· 11) STK: I. Ca mron Rodrig~z (KTM); 2. Fredd ie Sc arlett (KTM) ; 3, Ma xy FOlter (Ya m ); 4. J~y Mart ine z (KTM) ; 5. Sfoan Thompson (KTM). 60 (6 · 11) OPEN; I. Cllrnron R odrjgu~z (KTM); 2. Malty Rakk Fo,ter (Yam) ; 3. Freddlp Sca rlell (KTM); 4 . Bran son Angu lo (Ka w); 5. Joey M.ortlnez (KTM). 80 (7 -11) STK: 1. Se lin Thompson (Suz ); 2. Anthony Hendenon (Sw. ); 3. Cloy Cutler (KG 4 . B.J . Clay (KGw ) ;~. Cory Con:Iefo (Kaw) . w); 80 ( 12· 13) $TK : I. Mil:ha el Park~ (Ya m ); 2. Anthony Hart (Ka w): 3. Patric k Provencher (Suz); 4 CQfy Bead le (Sw:): 5. Chris Renzi(Suzl.

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