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match the pace set by Noble in the second
moto . Swift trailed Partridge in eac h race and
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ended up third overa ll.
E1ex Noble do mina ted both 250cc Begin ner motos. D ean Herrera turn ed o u t to be
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Noble 's cl osest c o m pe titio n , crossing o ve r
second in both rnotos, The raci ng action was
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between Jordan Eubanks and Robert Oakes,
with Euba nks edging out Oakes for third over all.
Noble sta rted out right in the 125cc Beginne r cl ass . t a k in g t he first - m o t o c heckers
ahead of Mike Fog lem an. However, Fog lema n
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c am e bac k fo r th e wi n in m o t o t w o. w h il e
Noble fell back to 13th a nd ended up seventh
for the day.
Trevor Reis too k repeat wins in th e Sup er
Pee Wee class by outpaci ng Kyle Corfman in
both races.
Re is found Joshua Huerta mor e than he
could handle in the 60cc (7 - 11) division . Re is
Leary Not Weary at
OTHG Benefit Race
both motos.
Greg Meyer s co ntinued to sta y ah ead of
the o lder Over 30 Inter m ed iate rid ers and
enjoyed repeat cl ass wi ns. Danny Young hus-
B y C HRIS S AN CHIRICO
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JUNE 23
The Over The Hill Gang hosted a ben efit race
band was able to hold off Chris Swift for se cond overa ll.
R e s u lts
MX K ingdom: Dani el Gifford (89) leads Hogan Hutch ison (9) and Colin Hickman in
the 80cc Jun ior c la s s . Gifford placed fifth In that contest but took the 60cc
overall vic to ry In Adel, Iowa.
1. Jo~huo Bou rgeoIs (S UI ); 2. Mike Fconnollco
(HlX'I); 3. Blake PIourd ( Yam ); 4 . Brandon Gara y ( KbW); 5 . Brad Hur ·
M)( ;
1~(Kow ) .
FIT: I. Ray Pecnecc (tITM); 2. Vicki Golden (Hon); 3. Cedi Ogle
(KTM); 4. Kurtis Wolden (Lem ); 5. Cameron Kirkmon (KTM).
PfW STK (0· 6 ): I. Joshua Forgo (liM); 2. Doniel Overt on (Cob);
3. Matthew QUIntanilla (Cob ); 4 . St~ en l..owubury (Cob); 5. Poul NeI·
son (Cob).
PM STK ( 7. 8) : 1. Nicholas Be yerle (Cob): 2 . Christoph er
om):
Lounsbury (Cob); 3. DylllflSchmoke (Cobl; 4. Kyle Cortmon (Y
5. Toylor Fischer (Cob).
P/W MOD (0·6): I. Joshuo Forgo (tiM ): 2. Poul Nelson (Cob): 3.
Stone Wilson (Cob).
S/PfW: I. TrC'YOl' Rem (Cob): 2. Kyle Cortmon ( Han) ; 3. Chnstopher Lounsbury (Cob) ; 4. COfnffi)n Drown (Hon): 5. Josh ua Fargo
(HM
I·
60 (0 -6) : I. Toylor FISCher (Kow); 2. Donie!Tomeoni (Kaw): 3 .
Brooke Cllmpot. (Kow): 4. CaW)' Horris (Kow): 5. Chris BourgeQIs
ing for seco nd with Clark. Camp wa s kn oc k ing
down some fast lap times as well , th ough not
gr a bbed th ird from Clar k. Reif ca me a cross
t he fi nis h w ith the win . Camp a nd O w en s
round ed o ut the top three.
As if s we e ping th e 25 0 c c Interm edi at e
cl ass wasn 't eno ugh , Reif swung his leg over
his CR125 and swept both 125cc Inte rmed iate
m otos in convincin g fashion.
(K_) .
60 (7· 11): 1. Cha ~ Taba (Vam); 2. Jo\IcMei Herrero (Kaw); 3.
Austin L.ambm (Sw:); 4. ALe Goforth (Han).
Il:
80 BEG: J. AustIn Lombe'rt (Sul); 2. Jee Schryver (Vern): 3 .
Trnor Greel (Y
am): 4. Nathan Dunn (Hon): 5. Nell: Goforth (Han).
80 NOV I. BrMldonEJIl"lJlM'll (Hon ); 2. Mam- Adams (Vam);
:
3. Carlos Adllnle (Vom); 4. Michael Herrero (Kow): 5. Kyle Adorns
(Kow).
80 INT
,tEX: I. Cos Swift (Sw:): 2. Kyle Partridgeo (Suz) : 3. Ju stm
NobIt' (Kow ).
125 (12· IS): I. Marco. Reyn (Vam) .
I ~ (16-25): I. JoshUIIWnt (Vom): 2. D.!Ivid Mey~ (Kllw): 3.
L.ucali R~ (Hon).
125 BEG: I. Kl!r'lny VK5e'ls (Y
llm): 2. Aubriona Dunn (Yom); 3.
Dovid K unk~t (Vam ); 4. Eric Hammer (Yom); 5. Neal DeGonn o
(Vam).
125 NOV I. Marcos Reyes (Yam); 2. Shown Foley (Yam).
:
125 INT l. Bill Lonlnovlch (Yom): 2. Joshua West (yam); 3. Cory
:
y
e
Crtss(Y
am); 4. J uan Diego Saffon(Hon): 5. Dev GlIllagher(Kow).
250 BEG: 1. Elell Noble (Kaw): 2. Dee n Herrero (SUl); 3 . Jorde n
Eubanks (HM): 4. Robt'tt Oakn (Kaw): 5. Joey """'tt~ (Hon ).
VET BEG (30. ): I. J~y MettlC' (Han): 2. Tim Gill rd (Yom).
a
VET NOV (30+): t . ~an Herrero (Su%) 2. Darin Sharp (Su:): 3.
;
~woyne Smith (Kow).
VET [NT (30+): I. Greg ~ers (Kaw); 2. Danny Y
ounghusband
Swift (Suz) : 4. Deve Gallagher (Kaw).
(V
ern): 3.
VET BEG (40+) : 1. Rick Sander. (Ka w): 2_ Neal DeGanno
(V
am); 3. Peter 00Idm (Han ).
VET NOV(40+): t. Poul Elling~n (Hon).
VET INT (40..): 1. Doniel Smith (Han ); 2. Ron Howell (Suz); 3.
Rudy ColtAMdo (Hon) .
Th e fir st -timers in the 50cc a nd 60cc
cl asses typ ica ll y race on th e Min i track, but
they dec ided they wan ted an o ppo rtunity to
race on the big tra ck . Every on e of little gu ys
and girls did an exce llent job of negotiatin g all
th e big j um ps and ruts , putting in great rid es.
Result s
50 STRTR (4.6):
t. Joke Gagne (KTM) ,2. Dan Iv'oyles
;
(Pol): 3 .
Alellis Villarea l (Pol).
50 STRTR (7 ·8) : I . MikeLindsay (Pol): 2. Chris Parker (KTM); 3.
Ty Clenden (Pol).
50 PfW (4· 6 ): t. Au!t in PoIi elh (Y ); 2. Gunnar B+ggerstaff
l
om
(Yam); 3 . Trevor Smidt. (Yam).
50 PfVJ (7 -8): t. Chris Uamos (Yllm); 2. MPg Aores (Yam); 3.
an
Man Schwebel (Yllm ).
50 STK BEG (4· 6 ): t, Luke Gullerre: (KTM): 2. Blake Novehch
(KTM); 3. Paul NeiBOfl (Cob); 4. Shane McNabb (KTM)
50 MOO BEG (4-6) : t. GeraJdo Roldan (Cob); 2. Paul Nelson
(Cob).
50 STK BEG (7 .8) : I. Ceden Probst (Pol); 2. Trey Dement (Pol);
3. AndrewMulgrew (Cob).
50 M.OD BEG (7 .8 ): t. Ceden Probst (Pol): 2. D.!IJton Cam pbell
(K'T
M): 3. Ty UttJe (Lem ).
SOSTK NOV: 1 .~ U rie.(Cob) .
50 STK NOV (7 ·8 ): I. Ryon Schmid! (KTM): 2. Tommy fo\odden
(Cob): 3. Tyler Hem! (KTM).
50 MOONOV (7- 8 ); 1. Jeremy McCool (KTM) 2. Tommy Mad·
:
den (Cob).
S/P!W I . ChandlerQumetle (KTM): 2. Dalton CompbeIl (KTM).
:
50 B/TRKSTK (4. 6): I. Jacob Plschke (Cob).
50 B{TRK /"\00 (4. 6 ): t. Geroldo Roldan (Cob).
50 e(TRK MOO (7·8 ); t. Johnny Jeldetd o (Cob); 2. R.J. Hoch
em.
Perris Raceway
(KT"'I.
No Barriers for Reif
60 STRTR (7 .8 ): I. Chandler Qu~e (Kaw): 2. ,lo\Nr.e Voyl
n
(K_); 3. 80IIy Brink~ I....); 4. Cody _
(....).
60~ (9 ·1 1): l. Matt ~ (Kaw) ; 2. RYMl Rotundo (Kaw);
3. SI~e Crallfford(Hon).
60 BEG: 1. Drake P1agemon (KTM): 2. Eric f rancis (Kaw); 3.
Justin Jeffers(KTMI ; 4. Austin lu:no (Kow); 5. Sandy Vance (Kaw).
60 NOV I. o..ro. Keomoy(KTM); 2. JoIro>y ......... (KTM 3.
;
);
Dono0.- (KTMI; 4. G INT: t. Randy DonyIo(K_ ); 2. Ouenf:~ (Kaw).
30. EX: I. J oel Seals (Hon): 2. Craig Canoy (Hon).
40. BEG: t. Kl!r'l Green (Yern).
40. NOV: I. BIll Cotton (Sw:); 2. Bart BlimheD(K_).
g l ue d to h is Hondll fo r sev eral la p s. T he n
Richie Owens ca ught up to the battle between
Jaramillo and Cla rk. Owens sla mmed to the
inside of a com er to m ake th e pass on Clark .
A few corne rs lat er, Owens took third from
Jaramillo by keeping the bike lowe r over the
Te mecula Motorspo rts 90 -foot double. With so
large a lead , Reif was a ble to put it on cruise
control with two laps remaining. At the chec kered na g , Reif too k a convincing win, with
Camp a solid se cond and Owens third after a
g reat comeback ride.
When th e ga te dropped fo r the s econd
moto. Reif reeled off a perfect holeshot, with
Camp and Clark following. With his very dis ti ncti ve and ex ci tin g rid ing sty le , Reif once
again began to pull away from the pack. Raccue
O ne f o r the Gifford
With hi s patent ed m ov e to the in sid e, Owens
60 (7. 11): 1. J oshu o Huerta (Kaw): 2. Trevor Reis (Kow): 3
Ce~ Cocfmen (KTM): 4. De, ota Gamer (K.!w): 5 . Justin Morgen
k
A UGUST 23, 2000'
MXKlngdo m
fast enough to ca tch Reif. Camp eventua lly
shook Clark , while Owens ca ught up to Clark.
(Cob ).
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L.eovelle: 5. Bred t+epp.
250 C; l . ..Ie Chapmen ; 2. Scott Gurter; 3. Dormh Shodravan;
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4. Dovid Brewer; 5. Sl~e KOC"th.
500 A: I. Don Hun; 2. Robert Palmet'.
WMN: 1. Avery PtouI:y; 2. rlllany Wm..
IJINT I. Keolly Wagner; 2. Brodley Kennard; 3. Stevm Porter; 4.
:
Terry Sorenson; 5 . Mark Hint's .
BMBR: I. David Downey 2. Dove J ock!tOn.
;
Gle n Hel en Ra c e wa y P a rk
tr ail ed Huert a in both races after fending off
th e adva nces of Cameron Corfman thr oughout
INTR TO
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30. B; I. Offill Gadey; 2. Gralg Flock: 3. Bred Morgan; 4 . Paul
Campbell; 5. Pal Nickel.
40+ A: I. Wilh. Van Zee ; 2. J im Hickmon ; 3. Tim Powell; 4.
Robert Pebner: 5. Dave Jo ckson.
125 A: t. ~I Kock: 2. K~ln Holst",,"; 3 . Jer emy Rie-sen
berg ; 4. Brandoo Hoff 5. Andy 801m
;
.
125 B: I. Ben Malff; 2. Austln Quinn; 3. J ustin 5"cK~ 4. Brion
K1ug; 5. ~ Paulsen.
125 C: I. Tommy Robinson: 2. 1'\ichee1 Hamon ; 3. Kyle Olson; 4.
,Yw,tt Kruse: 5. John Houston
250 A: 1. Anthony Wenck: 2. David Brommel; 3 . ~d Koch;
4. BrandonHot!; 5. Andy Sabn .
250 8 : I . KeVin Palmer; 2. Brien Klug: 3. Curtis Pruitt; 4. Bin
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B y MARK D . B ONNEl.L
ADa, lA, JULY 13
As the crowd filled th e sta nds at the Dalla s
Cou nty Fa irg round s, it wa s cle a r thal th is
series would be th e be st ye t. Well ove r 200
racers were ready to put on quile a show for
the th ousands of fans in att endance. The heat
races wen t quickly and left th e near- capa city
cro wd an ti cipating some exciti ng m ain -ev ent
acti on .
In t he alway s -ex ctnnq 65c c cla ss, th e
crowde d field of riders motored ar ound t he
new bo wl tum and down the stad ium wh oop
sectio n, with bikes four ab reast over the fi nish
lin e. The sco rers wer e glad they did not hav e
to keep tra ck the first time by. Ricky Draper
he ld a two -second lead ove r Dan ie l Gifford
a nd the rest of the field. On the last lap, Gifford was ab le to go low in th e last two co me rs
and co me out ab out th ree inches in the lead at
the fin ish lin e. Ja cob Pow ley , J u stin Avi s and
Davi d Do wney J r. were not far behind, round -
ing out the top five.
Anot he r cl a ss tha t kept th e fan s o n the
edges of their sea ts was the 250 cc AlB main.
Ton y Wenck, the owner of the new Wi nt erset
facility, to o k a we ll-nee ded bre a k from his
tr ack work to show everyone th at he has not
forgo tte n how to go fast - o r ta ke hom e the
first -pla ce ca sh. On lap two, Dav id Br ommel
wa s a ble to pu t a pa ss on Sou th Da kota 's
Michae l Koch . Brandon Hoff and Andy Sal m
rounded out the top five.
In the Over 25 B cla ss, Matthew Ericson of
nearby Minburn, Iowa , was able to hold off
Chad Apl in a nd Paul Campbe ll wh ile T,J .
White ba ttled with Lore n Booze ll and Sc ott
Guiler.
The Over 30 B cla ss provided some good
action, a s Denis Giley an d Craig Flack mixed
it up with the Over 30 A riders, leaV District
ing
22 pres ident Brad Morga n, Pau l Ca mbel and
Pat Nickel to d ice for the th ird through fifth
pos itions.
With ride rs from five states pu tting on an
exce llent show , all of the spe cllltors left with
at Glen Helen to rai se m on ey fo r Chet Dyre son. who was inju red earlier this yea r. Lon g
B ea c h Molorsp o rts and co u nt l e ss others
don ated products to be raffled off , ra is ing
close to $20,000 for the sing le father of three
great kids. Former Nationa l Cha mp Jeff "Fro"
Emig signed autographs a nd chatted with the
fan s, de spite th e obvi ou s pain from his recent
back injury .
Harry Lea ry us ed his 28 years of BMX
experience and endu rance to lead th e Over
38 Exp erts to the overa ll victory . Pro -Valve
KX pilot Mart y West erman grabbed a mon o
ste r ho lesh ot. In pursu it w er e Rick Purcell,
Greg Green , Dave Sh elton and Weston Reid.
At th e conclusion of lap on e , West erman had
a 10- bi ke -length le ad , wh ile Pu rc e ll was
hold in g up Dan Can e va and Gr e en . YZmounted J eff Mas on wa s c har ging thr ough
t he field at a f u r ious pa c e . W e sl erman
e njoye d a s lig ht cu sh ion , wh ile Purc ell ,
Can e va and M aso n were wh eel t o wheel ,
j ousting fo r second. Can eva wa s stick ing a
wh eelan Pur cell in ev ery corn er, but every
tim e he tried to make a m ov e, Mason was
showing him his front rubber. Th e trio reeled
in Westerman, and a four-wa y battle for firs t
erupte d . M ason pass ed Caneva for th ird and
im me diate ly dived to the inside of Purcell for
second . With two la ps to go , Mason to ok the
lead fr o m Weste rma n in the ca ro usel turn .
Wes te rm an co uld no t m a inta in the pace and
went fr om fi r st to fourth in on ly two t urn s. A s
the le ad ers l oo k the white fl ag , t he run ning
orde r was M ason , Purcell , Canev a, Wester m a n a nd , f rom o u t o f n ow h e r e , Di r t
Wurx/Axo- ba ck ed Lear y. On th e last lap ,
C a ne va we nt off th e tra ck , a n d Lea r y
charge d fro m fi ft h to seco nd w ith two turn s
to go.
"I don 't think I am faster than these guy s,
bu t I do th in k I a m in better s ha pe ," said
Leary, a personal tra iner .
A t th e end of lap one in m ota two . th e run n ing ord er w a s Ca r l Ga zafy . W est erman ,
Caneva and Leary . Ma son aga in suffered a
poo r start and was charging through the field .
Gazafy bu ilt up a sizable lead but then faded .
Mason sliced through the field and into sec ·
and place, and seemed to have th e ov erall in
the bag . Lea ry wa ited until the last la p an d
the n charge d. With ha lf a la p to go, Leary
lau nc hed his CR pa st Maso n on th e step·u p
jump for the lea d. Gaza fy surprised the critic s
an d held on for the moto win. Mason had to
se ttle for third and second overa ll on the da y.
But the da y belo nged to Leary , who went 2-2
sm il es on their fac es. .
for th e overall .
R.sults
Results
50 J R; I. Bobby Hanson ; 2. Jake Whaley; 3. Skyler Rath: 4.
c ody _
; 5. Col
