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and Hovanic were on the 50. When the flag dropped. the crowd saw some exciting speed way action. Hanson held off the other hard charging riders to take the win. Twin -cam rider Sherman took seco nd , and McAfee was third. Re sul ts 60 (0.8) BEG: 1. Zachary ~ (K.....). 60 (9. 11) NOV: I. NictIolo Boker (KTM). s 60 (9· ll) INT: I. Greg fOUls (Kow). 80 BEG: 1. ...Icn:S4n H~ ( Yam) ; 2. Dayton H" (Honl; 3. Kyte Bal5don ( Yam) ; 4. KeYJnWell s (Han) . 80 NOV: J. Dustin PIpes (Ka.... ; 2. Kurtls Beley ( Yam ). ) 80 INT I . Cal;e)' Hlnl(rl (Suz). : 80 EX; I. Mike Ak-ssi (Yam) . 125 BEG: I. NICk Balidon (KTM) : 2. Mic:haeI G~ (Hon): 3. NICk WIlCOll (Suz): 4. Mawll Bragdon(Sud : 5. StevenBales (Suzl. 250 BEG: I. Sha....n Baucom: 2. Mall Gaines (Hon) : 3. Jason Galtle$ (Yam ). l ) NOV: I. Sam Killou (IYJ.... : 2. Dave lundIn (Ka.... ; 3. Chad S0mmerville (Hon) ; 4. Craig RanMll s; 5. Marc Werny u (Hon ). INT: I. Dan DP.Nuuo (Hon ); 2. Skip Gumn (tW.... ; 3 . ~ Al ford ) (Hon ). PRO: I. Craig Trugl io (Ka....; 2. Richard Sazama (Han) . ) VETBEG: I. Bill Summers (KTM). VETNOV: I. Robert Craigo (Yam ): 2. Den JorM!'S (Ka.... . ) VETINT: I . Damel DeNuuo (Hon ): 2. Rick Barkowsk y (Hon) . VET PRO: I. Johnny Souza (Hon); 2. Henry Armmdanz (Hon ). NO I. M.1rk He....k lns; 2. NICk Wikoll (KTM) ; 3. Slt!veLa.... V: (Ka..... ) INT I . Randy La.... (Sul) . : WMN: I. Keule Gray IKe .....). TEAM 60·80: I. Mik e AI~/Du~n Pip" (Yam) ; 2. Ky ll" Bals· don/NICk Balsdon (Yom) : J. Wn Hill /K l"vin WI"IIs (Hon); 4. Zach ary ) Swnml"r$/Jl"ff Slm monl (Ka.... : 5. Stl"ven Hem andl" z/ Casey Hinson (Yam) . TEAM SJ7T'SMN: I. Craig Truglio/ Crll ig Ranells; 2. Damll" y/Man. cha (Hon) ; 3 . Baucom /Sommervale (Hon) : 4 . BaIU/Sftm perlll es (Hon) . Results SCR: l. Brl"ndan fmnnaey (J a.... ; 2. J OI" Hovan ic (J II.... : 3. ) l Shanefi\cAJ (J a.... . 1"f: ) ) ) HDCP: I. Mike Hamon (J a....; 2. Tom ShI"rman (J a.... : 3. 5h anl" McAJI"I"{Je..... ) L ucife r 's Lad d e r S e e Va Later, Gary S later Orr O rr B y R o y K AYS EAST PALESTINE. OH . JULY 16 Si sson vill e. West Vi rg inia's Gary Slater made th e trip to Lucifer 's La dd er in East Palestine, O hio. He li ned up for his very firs t try at th is wi de-open. jump-fill ed hill, pegged th e th ro ttle in th e hole and left it wi de open ove r all th e jumps to lay down a 7 .8 79-second run and set a fast tim e tha t wou ld ho ld up th rou gh bo th rou nds of the big 600cc Mod ifi ed class for th e win and th e only seve n-second run of th e da y . Moth er Nature was very unki nd on thi s hill cl i mb d ay , rain in g a b out eve ry half-ho u r throughou t the event. Th e falr -w eether riders stayed hom e, but th e real cl imbers ca me out in for ce and put on one of th e bes t sho ws of the seaso n. David Pric e fro m Baltimore made th e dri ve all th e way to Ohio to sho w off his newly cre ated monoshock Open-class T riumph. Price was not to be denied. and he too k ho me the win. over Mike Laue's big four -cylinder Suzuki. At th e other end of the displacement spectrum. Colby McCutcheon wen t first in round one of the Junior Mini 85 cc class and wowed the crowd with a full -hill run at 12.85 sec onds. The next rid er up was class points leader Zack Guyan. on his quick Suzuki, and he was up to the challenge. He stayed close with a 12_97second run . Th e duo held on to the top tw o spots throughout the entire round . By the time round two started . the hill had been tho roughly soaked by the rai n , but the se t w o young c hargers we r e n o t rattled. McCutcheon blas ted up th e hill in an incredib le ti me of 1 1.789 seconds. Th en it was Guyan 's tum . Zack had his race face on , an d he nail ed a great -looking ru n, very straig ht and quick - but not qu ick enough. His tim e of 12.406 seconds he ld up for second on the day . but McCutch eon ' s too k th e we ll-deserved victory. T he you ng Ray Bert ovich of Avella . Penn syl va nia , was also a crowd favo ri te . He m ade two fu ll -hill run s after having to use a milk crate to balance his new Honda 80 in th e hol e . Bertov ich ca ptured third with a 14 .54 · sec ond run in ro und tw o . S a l mon Fairgrounds Fennessey, Hanson Take ISRA Derby B y S HANE McAFEE SA1J'I0N. ID . JULY I Montana spee dway race rs Brendan Fenn essey and Mike Hanson bo th ca ptured m ain -even t wi ns at th e a nnual Bu dweiser Inte rmount ain Speed way Rac ers Association Derby race at t he Sal m on F a irg round s ro deo arena . The ra c e is held every year before the Sal mon River Days Demolition De rby , in front of a pa cked gra ndstand. The track was perfectly prepared by Tom Sherman. Mike lanutto and Marty Shefts , and it was the site of some grea t speedw ay racing . In t he fi r st Scra tc h heat, " Sm o ki n' Joe" Ho v a n i c fro m Portla nd, Oregon, took t h e direct tra nsfer to th e m ain . Fen nessey won the second Sc ra tch heat. In t he Sc ratch consi , Hanso n too k the wi n . Th e rid er s who tra nsferred to the Scratch m ai n via runner-up per forman c es were Rick Cla rk. Sha ne M cA fee and T om Sherman. Th e fi rst Handi ca p heat was won by Sherm an , w ho started on th e 50 -ya rd lin e; Cla rk wa s secon d . In heat tw o , Fenn essey took th e w in . also from the 50 . with She fts seco nd . The co nsi w a s w on b y H an son . H ovan i c an d McAfee fini shed third in th eir heat s. and th ey wo uld be rou nding o ut th e seven-ri der field in the ma in. Th e li neup for th e Scratch main had Sher m an on th e po le, Fen nessey in tw o, Clark in thr ee, McAfee in four, Hanson in fiv e and Hov · anic in six . T here were four different lead ers in t he fou r-la p d ash . Clark and Ha nson w ent dow n hard . Wh en th e dust ha d clea red. Fennessey had pull ed out th e win . Oregon's Hovank was sec ond, and McAfee was th ird. Se ve n rid er s li ned up for t he Hand ica p m ain event. Clark. HlJnson and Shefts were o n th e 30-yard line. Sherman. McAfee. Fennessey Lucifer's Ladder: Gary Slater flies to the t o p ti m e of the day an d the 600cc Modified-class win In East Palestine, Ohio. 400 MOD I. Scou Camp bell (Yam ): 2. Bill Burken Jr . (Yll m ): 3. : Pete BurtU (Sw). 600 MO D : l. Gllry SillIer (Hon ): 2. Carl Goodman (KII....) : 3. Sco tt Thoma s (Hon ); 4 . Greg Th om pson (Ka .... ; 5. Rona ld Rygel ) (Ka .... . ) OPEN MOD. l. David Price (Tn ): 2. Mlk t' LAue (Sw): 3. Frank Oiler (Kaw). 125 SISTK.: 1. Brad Pulver (Han) ; 2. Jacob Latk ovtc: (Hon) ; 3 . Alan Pall"nno (Kaw) , 400 S/STK; I. Frank Bertovich (Hen): 2. Gllry Bauer (Yam ): 3. G1eMW4lteB (Yam): 4. Pool Pott'lJl"l'" (Hen ); 5. iII'll 8ur'lnt'f (Sul) . OPENSISTl<, I. ......" _ I"""), 2. RonoIdRygol (Kaw ), 3. GeorgeR~ (Yom ) SR 40 . : 1. KI"R Bonnema (Yam); 2. Ene Fn:rwald ( Hoo): 3 . Terry Cunn~ FI+Sr TIME: Gary SIoter (Hon). G le n Hele n Raceway Park Eierstedt Stomps REM Summer Series B y ROCKY HASH Results JR MINI: l. Colby McCutcheon (Han); 2. lack Guy an (Suz): 3. Raymond Bertov III (Hen). ich SR MINI: I. John B~ (Yam) ; 2. ShDWfl John son (YIIm ); 3. Cody CWVlingh.am (Hon) . 125 MOD 1. John Bunnl"f (TM); 2. ~er Klin ( Yam ): 3. [)on . : e aid Haney (Hen ). 250 MOD 1. Frltnk Bertovich (Hen ): 2. Jeffrey Campbell (YIIm ); : 3. G~ Thompson (Hon); 4. Ken O' Brien (Yam) : 5. Gary Pasolins · k i (Han ). ,. . -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------, 'to:" w :I: '" o ~ a: ~ in ~ .. Salmon Fairgrounds: Rich Cl a rk lead s Herb Worford, To m Sherman , " Sm o k ln' Joe" H ovanic a nd Carso n Shefts in ISR A De rb y action In S almon , Id aho. 56 A UGUST 30. 2000 ' cu e I e n e _ s (KTM). SAN BERNARDINO. CA. J ULY 17 After winni ng the openi ng ro und of Raci ng Enterp ri ses Motorsports ' secon d an n ual N o F ea r /White Bro thers / Acerbis / DSP/ Sm it h . ba cked Summer series . fo rm er facto ry p ilot Ric h Eierstedt took co ntro l of th e points chase d u ring round t wo , as h e d om in at ed both m ot os of Ove r 40 Masters acti on to earn th e overall class honors on th e day . At th e sta rt of m oto on e, Eierstedt bl asted hi s big K T M thump er o u t fr on t fo r th e ho lesho l. Fo rmer N at ion al Cha m p io n Ga r y J on es tu cked his KTM SX250 in to second. whil e Ma rc Crosby had hi s YZ4 26F booming in th ird. DSP' s Will ie Amaradio and D ennis Bo ulware fill ed out th e top fiv e at the end of lap on e, Straight awa y , Ei erstedt p ut a two sec ond gap on Jones , who in tum was three seconds in front of Cro sby . By lap th ree, Ama · radi o had cl o sed in o n Crosby. and the two ra cers lock ed up in a due l fo r th ird. Ei ersted t wa s ste ady ou t fro nt and he stretched his lead to five seconds over Jones, wh o rode all alo ne in sec o nd. Yama ha rider Je ffery Haa se was m oving forward quick ly , and he took over fifth at th e halfway mark. Cr os by go t th e best of th e battle for third when Amarad io went down in a tight tum just after th e sta rt/fin ish line. He rem ounted in fifth . all ow ing Haa se to take ov er fourth . Ei erstedt co nti nued strong all th e wa y to th e c heckers, and he too k th e m ot o wi n with 10 seco nds to spa re. Jones lo ped in all alon e for sec ond. while Haa se made a last · lap pa ss on Crosb y for th ird . Amarad io fille d out the to p five . Crosby ri pped th e hol esh ot in m ot o tw o . with Jones in second and Eier st edt in third. Haa se an d Wh it e Brothers rider M a rk Hall fille d out t he t op fiv e. Ei er st edt wa st ed no tim e, and b y lap two he had t ak en over th e point. J ones disp laced Cr osby and m oved into sec ond o n la p three. Ei erst edt was putting on a cl ini c out fron t. and he stret ched his lead to 15 seco nd s by the halfw ay m ark . A t th is po int, Jones fell off the pa c e dr am ati call y . and he dropped ou t of the top fiv e. Cro sby and Haase arg ued ov er sec ond place for th e rem aind er of th e m ot o, with Crosby hold ing on to the po sition tenaciously . MXA's George Kohler cam e forward late i n t he co n test and t o o k over fourth, whi le A mara djo m oved up to fi fth after a poor start. When th e che ckers ca me o u t. Eierst edt won th e m oto handil y . Cr o sb y fi n- ished hi s stro ng rid e in seco nd , whil e Haa se was ag ain third, K ohl er and Amarad io were fourt h and fifth . res pectively. On th e day . Ei erstedt's pe rfect I - I finishes were good for th e overa ll class vict ory . Crosb y ea rne d seco n d with hi s 4-2 scores, wh il e H aa se w a s t hi rd after posting a 3 -3 tally . Jones (2 -7 ) took fourth. and A ma radio ( 5-5) filled out the top five . Re sults 80 BEG: I . J aton Pipkin (Hon); 2. Otris ~ (Ka.... . l 80 JR: I. J irrwny PIItndt ( Yarn) XR100: I. Chns Corum ( Han) ; 2. RyIWl Corum (Hon): 3. Randy Sblner (Hen) : 4. Eric CIItO( Yam ); 5. Jerry Motta (Han) . 125 BEG: l. ChN Warn (Han) ; 2. MatI Wares (Kaw); 3. Ryan Amaradio (y om) ; 4 .JohnMinert (Yam) ;~. Paul -'-'-on (Suz) . 125 JR : I. And y Bakkl"R (Yam) ; 2. Scott Davis (Hoo): 3. Mac Burroughs (Hul ): 4. Frank Masi (Yam): 5. Oms Avery (Yam). 125 tNT; l. KevinJerwung (Yam) ; 2. Tm Obon (Hon): 3. Cliff s J l"Mings (Yam); 4 . R.J . Johnson ( Hon):~. Ene ~ (Suz). 250 BEG: I. Mdy Sunderland (Suz): 2. Aaron HurII"y (Han): 3. Chris HI"IrtI (y arn) : 4 Dennis ~ (Yam) : 5. Dav id f'l"tcofl (Han ). 250 JR : I. Mik e Hart (Hus): 2. M.lltt Hart (Hus): 3. Brian Stoner (KTI'I) . PRO: I. Will y Muagrllv l" ( Han) ; 2. Craig Smith ( Yem ); 3. Pllul Kl"lien (Yam) . 25. BEG: I . JI"ff Shu man (Yam): 2. Eri c Sherma n ( Yam): 3. Herb Smith (Yom): 4. J . Robert .NIodl (Hon); 5. Ryan Morri s (Yam ), ca 25. J R: I. Rocky Hash (Yam ): 2. Mark Gerlach (Ka.... ; 3. Randy ) Ibarra (Suz): 4. Steve Minton (Hon); 5. Er ic ccreec ( Yam). VET BEG: 1. Ric Allen (Su,z): 2. Kev in KOI"slag (Yam) ; 3. Jamie YOUl1g (Hon) ; 4. Michll el Hillion (Ka....; 5. J ason Chisum (Sw). ) VET J R: I. Scott Davll (Hon): 2. Jeff Roehm (Yam ): 3. Doug Randers (Yam ): 4 . Matt Burroug hs (Hus); 5. Chill y Whil e (G· G). VET INT I. Jim Heen (Hon ); 2. Brad Roberts (Koll"W); 3. Ken Mal· : low (KIl.... ; 4. Chris Sanchi rico (K......); 5. Fred Nichols ( Yam) . ) 40. JR : l. Frank Vill a (Suz ); 2. Ruben Alvarltdo (Yam): 3. Gary J . Gonzales (Mai) : 4. GfI"g Whitfi eld (KT M) : 5. Bob Barnett (Yam). 40. INT I. Jim Whil l" (Yam ); 2. Jeff Nl"WTMn (Yam): 3. Gn!g : Erickson (KTM); 4, Brian Davi l (Hon l ; 5. Gary Bowden( Yem) . 40. EX: L Rob Hl"al y (Y am) : 2 . T im Tu ck er (Yam): 3. Ken Ehlers (Yam ); 4 . TI"'dKu kla (Yam) ; ~. Gary Scheidl r (Yam). e 40. MSTR: l. Rich Eientedl (KTMl: 2. Marc Crosby (Yam); 3. Jeffery Haase ( Yam l: 4. Gary Jonn (KTM); 5. WUlie Am4rodio (Yam). ~ .. MSlR: l. Tom Whil e (Ka.... ; 2. Alan Olson (Han ); 3. Jody ) Weisel (Yam ); 4. 8I"ngt Johan ason (KT M. : 5, Ray Piyrskl (YIIm). ) S u n s e t Ramb lers MX Custard's Piece of the Pie By K URT M OSHER GAUON. OH . J ULY 16 Th e ro lling hills of north ce ntr al O hi o c am e al iv e for th e th ird ro und of the Sun set Ramblers Summer Series. Ricky Custa rd m ade it a perfect 1- 1 score in th e 250cc B class, over hard-cha rgi ng challenge rs Ken Wa rd and Da vid San drid ge . Th e Ka wasaki· mou n t ed Custa rd ha d a na sty spill i n th e fi rs t m oto . due to t r ac k watering. and gave up th e l ead t o Honda m ount ed Todd "Todz illa" Muntz. " No wa y aft er he went do wn was he getting t he lead back : sa id Muntz lat er . " No way, bab y ." In m ot a tw o, how ever . Cus ta rd pu ll ed th e ho leshot in a very crowded first turn and never looked ba ck o n hi s way t o th e second- moto win and th e overa ll . Ja son Rogers ran away , uncontested, with the 25 0cc Pro pu rse. In t he 125cc Pr o cl ass , T o ny Robin so n too k th e fi rst- moto win, ove r Rogers. Luck was on Rog ers' side in m ot a tw o; Jason wa s dead last aft er lap o ne. but Rob inso n su ff ere d a DNF . and Roge rs went on to take th e seco ndm oto win and th e overall. Adam La pe c rui sed to a perfect sco re in

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