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In north em Illinois. th e Pushr od class has
bec ome a fa vori te for riders and fan s wh o lov e
to see - and h ear - th e battle between th e
Amer ic an Harl eys and th e British Triump hs ,
BSA s and Norton s. It' s a real " blas t fr om the
pas t" when they run.
For the first half of th e race . Hinson pulled
out a few bike lengths eac h la p. while he av y
fa vorite Levi Gill was work ing his wa y up from
a not- so -grea t start.
" He [Hin son] was rid ing real fast. said Gill.
"1was surprised how good Casey was ri d ing."
By th e time Gill m an aged t o move in t o
second . Hin son o wned a co m ma ndi ng lea d.
" I ke p t wonderi ng . 'Ho w much longer
before they c atch m e?' " Hinso n said .
But th ey never did. Hinson wen t on for the
first- mote victory. in front of Gill. Br ison Pederson and th e ha rd -c harging Robby Baptista .
P u s h rod S erie s Final Results
Oj A: 1. Jacob Ba il~ ( H·D) ; 2. W~ Sch ulu (H· D); 3. Lene
Schultz (Nor) : 4 . Josh C4mrf (Tn): 5. BID My~rs (H·D): 6. Dan Wal·
stad (Tn) ; 1. Tun Wiggms (Tri ): 8. Scott ShMs Jr . (H.D) ; 9 . Jewica
WaIst«! (Tn) ; 10 . Butch FetteB (H-D).
G le n Helen Racewa y P a rk
In the second rnoto, Gill rod e h is green
Kaw asak i to the holesho t, w ith Hin son in tow.
Hin son sta lked Gill for a few lap s and the n
made hi s m ov e t hro ug h a series of r o ll i ng
jumps.
" Rid i ng a 12 5 is ha rd becau se they a re
tall ," Hin son explai ned , " and sometimes you
Obeso Bests ' em
By BETH LAR OCK
SAN BER NARDINO , CA . JU LY 21
Gle n Hel en ' s t r ac k m an ag er , Lori Ya rne ll,
deci ded it was time to gi ve th e IMS St adiumcross rid ers some variety , so her tr ack pe rso nnel m odifi ed t he tra ck to run in th e opposite
di recti on th an in pr evi ous rou nds of the series
- and 125 cc Nov ice Gabe Ob eso and th e new
track lay ou t got alo ng j ust fine . O beso o ver aile d the eve nt w ith 1-2 fi nishes.
go to put you r foot o ut and you ca n' t to uc h
the ground and yo u start to thin k yo u're going
t o fal l. But when I passed Gill , I j ust stood up
and railed the berm fr om the ou ts ide . The n I
c arried m or e m om entum into the roll ers and
passed him at the e nd."
A fte r th e pass, Hin son started t o ope n a
sm all lead ove r Gill .
" I bobbl ed back th er e before th e r ollers.
and the k id j ust flew past m e." Gill said . " He
was rid ing real good, and I just m ade a mi stak e. "
From that poi nt on, Hin son held his gro und
and went on t o clai m th e m ota w in and th e
ov erall vi ct ory in the 125cc Novice division,
th e fir st ever fo r t he C l awson M ot or
Sp ort s /O 'Nee l/ Scott -back ed you ngs te r from
Mad era , Ca lifomia .
in g him . Obese came through th e first tum in
fourth. How ever, before the fir st lap wa s over,
O beso had passed both Avery and Harri s and
m oved in to sec ond. Obeso hounded Mur ph y
fo r the rest of the m ot a , bu t to no avail. Murphy was no t willing t o give up th e number -on e
position.
Murphy's 3 -1 fi nishes placed him in second ove rall . Obeso claimed fi rst ov erall . Harr is
captured third in the second m ota and th ird
overall.
Obeso explained th at he had experienced
m ec hanical problems at the sta rt of th e second mota.
"Th e bi k e just bog ged do wn and didn't pu ll
out of the gate, so they got a jum p on me ," he
said . " I co u ldn 't ma ke it u p on Co rey . Oh ,
well , I go t th e overall . I' ve go t something to be
ha ppy abou t:
Re sults
P/W SHA FT: 1. Joey G u !ierr~l (Yom); 2. Jos hua Ric hardson
(YlIm) : 3. Storm Wlllk er (Yam) .
P/WMOD (7 ·8 ): I. R.J. Hoch (KTM) .
P/W STK ( 4· 6): 1. Shawn Gntten (KTM): 2. Moses Urill s (Cob) :
3. Andr~w Mulgrew (Cob).
P/W STK (7· 8): I. Sammy Martln ~z (KTM): 2. N ig~ 1 J ohn sen
(KTM).
P/W OPEN: I. R.J. Hoch (KTM): 2. Shown Grmen (KTM ): 3.
Andrew Mulgrt'w (Cob); 4. Nigel Johnson (KT M) .
60 (0· 8): I. GllTTick Noble (Kaw ); 2. Max Ladieu (Kow): 3. Mar·
Results
50 (0. 6) BEG : 1. Zachary SummeB (Pol): 2. JJ . Valles (KTM).
50 (7. 8 ) BEG: 1. Ja m~s C ulbe rtso n ( KTM); 3 . D.J . Brown
(KTM): 4. Kayle Machado (Yam) .
50 (1.8) NOV; I . ~ VM1 ."\eock- (Cob) .
60 (0 .8) BEG: I. David Fee (Kaw ): 2. David Meade : 3. Dustin
Moody (Kaw ); 4 . Charles Sotelo (KTM): 5. Zachary Sunwnen (Kaw).
60 (0..8) NOV: I. KyleKetSIlgeI" (KTM); 2. Daniel ~ (y llrTl).
60 (9- 11) BEG: I. Britta ny K8Singer.
60 (9· 11) NOV: 1. Nichol as Baker (KTM); 2. Joshua Duppong
(KTM); 3. Mike Meode (KlIw); 4. Andr_ DesilltgUll (PIT
M).
60 (9· 11) INT 1. Dustin Pipes (Kaw).
:
60 (9. 11) EX: 1. Mike Alnsi (PITM).
60 X: 1. Mik e Alessj (PITM): 2. Nick Baker (KTM): 3 . Charles
Sotelo (KTM.).
80 X; I. J~ Alessi (Yam) .
80 BEG: 1. Tristan Valencia (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Senderscn (Yam) ; 3.
Jared Pack (Hen); 4. Jorda n Henry (Yam): 5. Ethan flares (Sul) .
80 NOV: 1. Dustin Pipes (Kaw): 2. Nathan Brock (Sw:); 3. Kyle
Zarr ( Yam ); 4. M. ke Meade (Kaw); 5. Kri s Burch (Kaw).
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80 INT 1. Jeff Alessi (Yam) : 2. Casey Hin son (SuL).
:
80 EX: 1. M.ike Aleui (Yam ).
B/W 1. Billy Couch (Hen ).
:
125 BEG 0 ·1 : I. Mron Armbruster (lion ); 2. Nothan We'Jne'f (Yam):
3. ChrisW~y (Yam); 4. Kyle Miller (Suz ): 5. Byron Wenzel(Yam).
125 BEG D·2: I. Robert Herrera (Suz); 2. Adorn Welch (Yom) ; 3.
London Wilcox (Suz); 4. Jemes Bone (Yam); 5. .Jescn Herrera (Yam ).
125 NOV: 1. Ceeey Hinson (Suz): 2. Levi Gill (Kow ); 3. M ich ll~1
Brock (Yam) ; 4. Robby Beptiete (Hon) : 5. Brison Pederson ( Yam) .
125 INT : I. Scooter McCormac k (Suz).
250 BEG: I. Malt Gllin es (Han); 2. Note Mortensen: 3. Jason
Gaines (Yam) : 4. Michael Ke mp~ (KTM) : 5. Luke Leuuc (Kaw).
250 NOV: I. Morglln Crll wford (Kaw ): 2. Joy leDuc (KllW).
SPTSMN X: I. Morgan Crawford (Kaw); 2. Robby Bepuste (Hon ):
3. COM'y Hinson (Suz).
VET BEG: 1. Joh n Campise (Han ): 2. Durbin Loren (Yllm) ; 3.
Joseph Zoelhn (Suz) .
VETINT 1. Doug Belcher (Hon).
;
VETPRO: I. Randy Alvar ado (Hon).
NOV: 1. RandGll Hol~ (Hon) .
Glen Helen Raceway Park: Ry a n Rei ss (7 11) absco n ded w ith the h o les h o t o n the resta rt
o f t he f ir st 125cc Novice m oto , f o ll o wed b y Riley Beckinger (522), Jeff Harris (611 ).
Corey Murphy (728, beh in d Harris) an d Gabe Obeso (76 1) , but Obeso wo n
t he c lass v ictory w it h a 1- 2 punch, in San Bernardino, California .
Obeso seized th e fi rst -m ota hol eshot , w ith
Joey Campise and J eff Harris in pursuit. Several r ide rs c r as he d o n t he fir st lap , w h ic h
resul ted in a rest art .
Sinisalo/MX Rider/RK Chains/ J ason J on es
Racing/Motul -back ed Obe so wa s dis mayed at
having to resta rt th e mota.
"You never kn ow wha t can happen , he
po inted out. "You hol eshot th e fi rst one . everythin g co uld change fo r th e second sta rt ."
Ryan Riess go t th e hol eshot o n th e rest art ,
but Obeso, Harri s and Riley Bec k inger stayed
cl ose . During th e first lap, Obeso pa ssed Riess
fo r the lead . Th e firs t four riders ci rculated the
tra ck in freight -train configuration for laps one
through three. O n lap four, Riess got c aug ht
beh ind a lap pe r and Beckinger took ov er second. Riess los t ano ther pos it io n when Corey
M urp hy snea ked int o th ird .
Obeso crossed th e finish lin e in first , with
Bec k in ger and Murphy close beh ind.
" Som e g u y c rashe d righ t in fro nt of m e ,
an d his bik e fli pped and ran int o my hand ,"
said th e N o leen / Ax o/Twi st ed/N -St yl e- spo n sored Murphy . "A ft er th e resta rt . I worked to
get my timing back and wo rk m y way up ."
" It was hard ," admitted O ne Night Ra cin g/N ati onwid e C ycl e' s Beckinger. " A lot of
peopl e t ryin g t o bl ock-pass m e - I j ust k ep t
tr ying. He [RiessI didn't ma k e th e do uble. and
I did. so I go t around him. I j ust want ed to get
around him witho ut getting hurt."
" I ju st tried t o get around the gu y in fron t of
m e and pull a gap," Ob eso said . " I didn 't do it
th e way I wa nted to , but it' s a win - I guess I
sho uld tak e it. I got arm pump in th at race: I
think I'v e been putting too much pressure Ion
m yself] to do good lat ely . I just need to ride
m y rid e, ha ve more fun."
Obeso see med a little too relaxed at the
start of th e secon d m ot o . Murphy seized th e
holeshot , wi th Harris and Chris Avery shadow-
Orr
Rock Rive r Riders H illcl i m b
to
Bailey Comes Home
with Pushrod Trophy
B y BUD NORTHRUP
POLO . IL. JULY 16
Young Ja cob Bail ey . 15. is the 2000 Push rod
Seri es cha mpion in Illi nois. Th e series is spo n sored jointl y by th e Roc k Rive r Riders of Polo .
Ill inois, and the Variety Rid ers of Otta wa. Illi noi s. Th e point s winn er of the series is award ed a beau t ifu l , 5 -foot -ta ll travel ing tr oph y to
keep for a yea r, and also a ve ry nice plaque to
keep for ev er .
Th e series is now 4 years o ld, and already
th e travelin g tr ophy has resided in thr ee differ ent st ates . Kal eb Northrup won the trophy th e
fi rst tw o yea rs on hi s BOOcc Triumph and took
it hom e to Wo od bury, Minnesot a. La st yea r,
Wade Sc hu ltz, on hi s 1200cc Harl ey . took th e
series titl e and the t ro p hy hom e t o Lisbon.
Iowa . Now Bai ley ha s it at home in Earlville,
Illinois - not far from where its tra vel s began
four years ago .
Young gun Bail ey rides a ma ssiv e 160Bcc
Harley bu ilt b y his father, T err y . He cl aim ed
th e titl e b y takin g a w in and a third at th e
Rock River Ride r climbs and fini shing fourth at
the Var iety Ride rs climb. Last year's winner ,
Wade Schultz , finish ed sec ond in th e series on
his Harley. and hi s brother Lan e Schultz fin ished th ird on his Norton 850 .
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(Kaw): 4. Zachery Pillow (Kll W); 5. Bred Borden (Kll W
).
60 (9· 11): I. Scott Noble (Kaw): 2. Jemes Bi shop (Kaw) : 3.
Tred McMahon (Kow).
60 BEG: I. M.8tthew Richard50fl (Kaw ): 2. Ma Vega (HOI'l): 3.
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C1JSCllni llo
Kevin Sanbo rn (Kaw); 4 . Brandon Salas (Yam); 5. Andr ~w Yarn ell
( K.llw) .
80 (4- 11): 1. Justin Mulford (Hon): 2. B.J. Bohrer (Yam ).
60 (12 ·1 3) : 1. Kenny Clark (Yam).
80 ( 14- 16): 1. Steven Hoy le.
125 BE G: I. Da vid Dy mo nd ( Hon ) : 2. J ason Je rni gll n
(Hen) ; 3. Doug Co~y (Yam) ; 4 . Jennifer Caputo (Suz): 5. Steve
Perry (Yam) .
125 NOV: 1. Gabe Obese (Yam); 2. Cor~y Murph y (Hon):
3. Jeff Harm (Yam) ; 4 . Riley Becking er (Yam ): 5 . Chris A very
(Yam)
125 INT: 1. Sean O' Conner (Yam): 2. St~ Haughetstlne
(Yllm) ; J . Erik Meyer (Yam ); 4. Nic k !tJvllrez (Hon): 5. David
Sullins (Yam ).
125 PRO: L Jeremy ChalJ5Se'e (Han): 2. Selin P&QeI (Kew);
3. Jennifer Caputo (Sul).
250 BEG: 1. Phil D'Amtwll (I