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Th e Open Mon ey cla ss is always a crowd
To m McK inney tor e up th e track on his Honda
favorite, despite the m assive cloud of dust that
Elsinore, topp ing Steve Gibson in both m otos.
ac compan ies it . But wh en th e du st finally set tled , it wa s clear that Harlingen Motor spo rts
In th e B d iv ision, Ric k Dy er set the winnin g
p ac e , with Stev e Park er and B ob B a rn e s
ro unding out th e top three.
In special ex hibiti on races on T hursday.
Suz u k i /MSR ·bac k ed Jo e Bo b Ebers ha d
nail ed the ho leshot. H&H Cycl e Shop /KTM·
the 50cc racers di d som e real bar -banging .
Kellsey Ehmke and Glenn Prestholt diced for
the lead throughout the extra -long rnotos. In
sp o nsored Dan iel M ora le s and Suzuk i of
McAll en's Bri an Monja ras were try ing hard to
ca tc h Eb er s, but he was lon g go ne. Morales
the end, Ehmk e prevailed over Presth olt , Gar rett lopol lo and Heather Christi ansen.
was rid ing well and he ke pt his KTM SX 250 in
front of Monjaras for second place in the first
mota . Monjaras finished a close third , and Bill
In Friday's featured Pro/Am event, aroun d
150 participants tested their skil ls on a corn pletely redesigned tra ck .
Russell was fourth. Th e sec ond- m ot a hol eshot
wen t t o M on jaras, as h e put his DRZ4 00
thumper up fro nt, followed closely by Eber s.
"T h is wa s a rea ll y fun t r ac k , " said Bill
Cus ter of Reno , Ne vada . wh o abscon ded with
Monj aras wa s rid ing exc ell ently, defend ing his
lines and setti ng a fast pace . On the third lap ,
the Old Timer holeshot and slid away for the
Ebers made a pass sti ck and he nailed th e
door shut, end ing Monj aras ' hopes for v ictory.
class win. "I t wa sn 't fi ll ed with hu ge jumps,
where you 'r e in th e air all th e time. Th e sweep-
Ov er on the Pee Wee tra ck . KTM warriors
ing flat -tra ck tum was greaL The off -cambe r
Bobby Bates and B randon Pederson were at it
again , banging bars and exchangi ng m o ta
wins. In the sec ond m ota , Pederson took a soli
sa m ple whil e cha s ing B a t e s . Pede r son
remounted and salvaged second, in fro nt of
Suzuk i ra c er Brandon Davil a. Bates' 2 -1 just
sections brou ght back a lot of fond m em ori es."
80
m : I . Adam
Kowok:zyk (Suz) .
60 NOV: I. Beau Wiegand (Suz ); 2_ Broc Owen. (Hon) ; 3.
KromerPattenon.
125 BEG D-l : 1. Heath Snyder (Yom ); 2. Toby Mnser (Han); 3.
ClI~y ~ .
125 BEG 0 ·2: I. Josh Mottaon (Ka w); 2. Damon lrteher; 3.
Juan Lang (Kew).
125 NOV: I. J a son Gare.. (Hon ) ; 2. Aaron Dot.h (Ka w); 3.
~CoIctna .
125tNT I. Robert Harold (Yam ).
;
125 EX.: I . Kevin fI\cGovem (TM).
250 BEG0-1 : I . Jeff Kov8dt IK_ );2. Jamn M.r. 3. Dustin
-.
250
BEG 0 -2:
t.
J ared Wa sh a ban: 2. Bryon Bro wn; 3. Klis
S...-..
250 NOV: I. Matt ~er (Y4m ): 2_ Bryan Ga mbi ll (Kow): 3.
~e Hamel (Hon ).
250 !NT 1. Matt Vt'efkam p; 2. Ntd<. Baanbndge : 3. John Moore.
:
250 PRO 1. Cliff Cook (KTM); 2. ~v'" McCiovem (Yom) : 3
;
Kenny BdI (Y1m) .
4-5"J'RKr.)OO: I. Qiff Cook; 2. KevmMcGovern; 3. J .T. Roberts
.
VET BEG: I . Tom Lang (Han ).
VET NOV: 1. Steve Arlona; 2. BenMe~; 3. Rick Dyer .
VET INT: I. John Moore (Yam); 2.. Kamikaz e Roberts (Suz); J.
Pet e Hamel (Han).
O f T; 1. Bill Custer (SUI) .
edged out Pederson's 1·2.
This was the Rio Grande Valley MX assocl ation's fina l race on th e Steve Wise-designed
Brownsville track. There is a new tr ac k in th e
works, and it will be located wes t of Los Fres-
nos on Highw ay 803 .
R.su lts
50; I . Bobby Bates(KTM); 2. BrandonPedt-non(KTM); 3. Beendon Davila (Suz ).
80: 1. Dr- Word (Kaw); 2. David Ca vin Petta (Y4m) ; 3. Shea
Fouc hKk (SUl) ; 4. Mrllael Chand ler (Kaw); 5. J on Mason R ~I
(K_) .
OPEN BEG: I . ~ Brodt (Suz); 2.. FOfTftC Fomea (K_);
3 . Noe Qranalb (Suz) ; 4. Manon ~ (Suz) ; 5. Kit Gnffiths(Han) .
OPEN NOV: I. Tim Long (Yam); 2. Austin Hyde (Ka w); 3 .
Andrew Sonchet ( Han); 4. MiguelMarquez (Yom ).
0PEl'IM Y: I. Joe Bob Eberl (Suz); 2..Bry an Monja.res (Stu ); 3.
Deniel fo\ofoles (taM); 4, Bill Russel l (Yam) .
Nid< I(;ngoton(Su<).
50 STK BEG (4· 6 ): 1. Paul Ndscn (Cab); 2..&x DucIf:y (lem):
3. Domien Johnson (KTM); ... T~VOf" HendeBon (Lern): 5. MicheeI
l=moga (KTM).
50 It\OO BEG (" -6): 1. PDulNdson (Cob ); 2. Tomas Hernondel
IKTM).
50 S1l