the chec ke rs fi rst. but Camde n worked all th e
way up to a close second. Kerr ca ptured third,
ahead of Hunt and Dillingh am .
Ca mden soare d to a m o nster hol esh ot to
begin m ot a two . Kerr was seco nd . but he was
soo n di spla ced by DiS im on e. Hunt and Jacob
J on es du k ed it out fo r fo urt h. Camden kept
th e wh eel side down and won th e m ot o . DiSimone was a soli d seco nd . A fter a great bar -t o b ar sc ra p for t h i r d . K err took t h ir d f ro m
Dill in gh am . Ca mden to ok th e tro phy . D iS i m o ne was ce mente d in second ov era ll , and
K err fi n is he d third overa ll, ah ead o f Chri s
Dillingh am.
T he co mb ined 125cc Inte rm ediate and
125cc/ 250cc Pro co ntest provided some of the
w ilde st acti on and faste st raci ng of the night.
Pro Brent Kle inman put his big YZ out in front
of race one, with Interm ediates Derek Costella
and Jeff Eide right on his back knobbies. Ultra fast Inte rmediate Mar k Hermann soo n fo rce d
his way into third and immediately challenged
Kl einma n and Costell a for the lead . T he top
th ree sliced arou nd the track in a freigh t tr ain
th at turned int o a tr ain wreck at the hairp in tum
before the freeway section, scatte ring all thr ee
across th e tr ack. Pro David Fl or es and Eid e,
already engaged in a wild scramble. suddenly
d iscovered their du el was fo r first place. The
three forme r leaders scrambled bac k onto thei r
bikes. frant icall y tryi ng to claw their way back
to the top . Herma nn was the m ost success fu l,
figh ting his way back to third . Coste lla was also
on fire until a spectacu lar "Fly ing W" over the
flni sh -Hne tabl etop resulted in a high -speed get·
off th at left him in one piece bu t out for the
duration. Flores ba rely held off Eide to win the
race. and Her m an n le d Inter m ed iat e Don ni e
Full er th rough the pipes.
Kl einman nail ed an oth er hol eshot to start
the second sta nza. Herm ann , th en Eide. and
then Fl ores fi led past Klei nma n, who was pe rhap s feeli ng th e effec ts of his firs t-mo ta cras h.
The top th ree wer e j ust tooting a lo ng, w ith
Hermann as lead lo comotiv e. Fl or es passed
Eide, only to be repasse d. Then Eid e inc hed
c loser to Herm an n. Th e last t wo lap s wer e
abo ut as close as it get s. but Herma nn j ust
bar el y edged Eide at th e chec ke rs for the fir st
and second ove ra ll 125cc Interm ed iate ti tles,
resp ectiv ely . Dav id Fl or es shot ac ross just
behind them to top th e Pro cla ss.
Results
50 BEG: t. Buandon Brown (Pol) ; 2. O.,lton De vie (Pol) : 3 . Dylen
Stahl (Pol) : 4. Cole Nanney (Cob); 5. Ch" se Marrs (Cob).
50 NOV: I. Br"ndon Hem sley (KTM) .
50 JNT: 1. Z" ch"ry Fussell (Cob ).
50 OPEN: I. Dalton O"vi!l (pol ).
60 BEG: 1. Brandon Brown (Pol); 2. E.J . Roge~ (KlIw) ; 3. Derek
Rogef$ (K" w); 4 . JuSlis Kimbrough (K"w) : 5 . Josh Rosen (K" w) .
60 NOV: 1. C"meron Rod riguez (KTM).
60 1
NT: I . Mi ctule l Stark (K"",, ).
80 BEG: l. A ndr" Camden (Suz ): 2. Domi nic DiSi~ (Hon ); 3.
Timoth y Kerr ( Hon); 4 . Chris Dillingham (Y"m); 5 . J ustin Hunt ( f{., w) .
SO NOV: I. Steptwln ClIfTlden (Kaw); 2. Corey BeGdle (Suz ); 3.
Patrick Provencher (SUl ); 4. Dcmeuc Cin ll no (Hon ); 5. Tony Esposito
("").
80 INT : 1. Jcshue La f ount aine (Suz); 2. T y Morro w (Suz): 3.
Mich " eJ Parke r (Yam) .
80 O PEN: 1. Jos hull laFou nta ine ( Suz); 2. Step ha n Camden
(Kaw) : 3. Dom ini c Cim ino (Hon) : 4. To ny Cllputo (Hon ) ; 5_ To ny
Esposi to (Sul) .
\25 BEG: 1. J.,5OI1 Cli Mer (Hon); 2. Kri s Higdon (Y"m); 3. Ch.,.j
Geib (Yam) : 4 . Travis Jackson (Hon) ; 5. Mott Kerr (Yam).
125 NOV: 1. Robby Woods (Suz); 2. John $t"fford ( Y" m); 3. Jon
Atk in (Han): 4. MIltt Scott ( Y" m ): 5. Br"ndon E.,sley (y.,m).
125 INT: 1. Mllrk Ht'ml" nn ( Han ); 2. Jeff 5de (Han ); 3. Donnie
Full er ( Y" m ): 4. Derek CosIell" (Suz) .
125 /2 50 PRO : 1. O"vid Flo res (K" w ); 2. Brent Kl elnm" n (Yam);
3. O"nny Cooper ( Suz).
250 BEG: 1. A.!Iron Byrd ( Y" m ): 2. George Kontsonbos (Kaw); 3.
John Ritsko (Y" m ); 4. Chuc k Sessions (Kaw ); 5 . M.!tthew Dud5mT\1In (Yam).
600 A: 1. Jake John son (Rtx); 2. Mik e Varnes (RIJI); 3. Jared
Mee"S (Rtx ); 4. Mike Brebson (Rtx); 5. Bob Sweeten (Rtx).
600 B: 1. Scott Slade (MtIil: 2. Ray Greenland ( Yam ): 3. Jo hn
Rivelro (Yam); 4. Travis Sennett (Yam) .
600 PRO: I. J"ke Johnson (ROt): 2. Mi ke vernes (Rtx ): 3. Tom
McGr,,~ (Rvc): 4. Donn ie Mullen (W. R); 5 . Ken YOl:k-r (Rue).
750 A: 1. Roy Keegan (Y"m ).
30. : I. Bob Swee ten (Rtx) ; 2. 0 ,,11" 5 Beer (Rb:): 3. Dave Sm ith
(Yam) ; 4. Bruce Mlli er (A T K): 5. Bill Broml ey (W.R).
40 ..; I. Bruce Mlllf'r (AT K): 2. Mik e Keene (Hbg ): 3. Don Weiss
Jr . (Yi'lITl): 4. RAy Gre-e nd ( Y" m).
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SPTSMN : I . .Jered Mees [Rtx}: 2. Shew n Beer (Rtx ): 3. Re un
Wood ( Hon ): 4. J im m y Owen s (Rtx ): 5. Bryan Douglas (Rtx).
Res ults
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I. Bletr Berseno: 2. Aar on Wegner ; 3. Corey C" lk ins; 4.
Paul Guy; 5 . Steve Will ey; 6. Bred BenJamin: 7. Travis Tudelh out ; 8.
J" son Garland; 9 . Rick Kent; 10. Clint Hammerle.
L{W TEAM: I. Keith PlIgel/ Ch"d Ebel: 2. Bryen Dunlap/J ason
Olney ; 3. Cory MorrisfTodd Trowbridge .
HfWTEAM: I. Ed KeenJRon B.:Ilzer, 2. Scott Blll'd"y/Scott Luc,,;
3. Sydney G,,1I /0an Reed
1
OPEN: 1. Will Root: 2. K"r1 Tebe e u; 3. J"mes Smith ; 4. Mik e
Cnbbs.
65 (7-1 1): I. T yler Hill; 2. Devid Merrill ; 3. Cod y Wh"ley; 4. Ten
Blo wer: 5. Bruce Heightch_ .
85 (7. 11): 1. Nichol"s Oz"nich; 2. J " ke Em ede ; 3 . Shannon
Flegel ; 4. Z"ck J" me~; 5 . T im Beldwm .
:
85 (12 . 15) : 1. Will Hick s; 2. Do ug Reed 3. Derek Wrig ht ; 4
.Ie nd Pohl; 5 . Ni ck Ju bb .
ID B(W : l , Tr"vis Toogood; 2. An thony Steven s: 3. Ross Sco tt;
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4. St"CY Erned e; 5. T yler Guggemos
125: I . "'"ron Wegner: 2. Tr" vis Tudethout ; 3 . Br"ndon Reed; 4
Robert Cri bbs; 5. Dan Bull.
200 JR : 1. Travis Prenger : 2. Ty ler Scha ible; 3 . Thoma s Ernede :
4. Core y Devis: 5. Chris Wiedys.
200: 1. Mik e stepute: 2. Brien Howes.
250 : I. Blair BeBllOO 2. Bred Benj"mln ; 3. J " SOll GlI rland : 4
;
Bob Bergman : 5. MlItt Hams .
4·STRK: 1. Corey CAlk ins.
VET: I . Peul Guy ; 2. Steve Willey ; 3 . Cli nt Hamm erle: 4. Scott
Curtiss ; 5. Mark Spore .
SR: I. Ken Johnson : 2. Brett McCoy ; 3. Mike MIInn ; 4. Buu Rrvelt: 5. ""'rk Becker .
S/SR : I. Dennis G" le: 2. Ted Kilvmgton; 3. PeT tnteroen.
2·HR OPEN: 1. Ron Sc herphom; 2. Eric Dudek ; 3. Bnen South ·
worth ; 4. Kim M"hncke ; 5. W" lter Penr nck.
D ist ric t 14 Hare Sc rambles Series
Bersano Still Perfect
B y A ARON BARTH
PORTLAND. MI. SEPT . 24
The Port land T rail Riders hosted their annual
Mark Kn o x M em ori al Har e Scramble s, and
dis tr ict ride rs from all over th e stat e ca m e to
do battle o n the 3 .3 -mile cou rse. W ith only
thre e round s remaining , th e com petitio n was
start ing to get fie rc e.
Fact ory Gas Gas ride r Blai r Bersano cap tured his eighth ove rall victory of the season
and increased hi s po ints lead . Th e amy rid er
to com plete 20 la ps. Be rs a no wa s sim p ly
u ntou ch a bl e . T he He bo /G o ld e n Spectro /
B a l d y ' s A llbike / Lowe Raci ng -s u ppo r ted
Bersano laid waste to the fie ld of co mpeti tors .
Behind Be rsa no , th in gs reall y heated up .
KTM 400-mo unte d Corey Calki ns and Yamaha 12 5cc pil ot A aro n Weg ne r d iced m ost of
the day . Both riders are batt li ng for the fi nal
podium pos it io n o n th e year. Wit h sta rting
pos itions o ne m in ut e ap art , eac h rider co u ld
ga uge whe re th e ot her rider was o n th e tr ack.
J ust after p itti ng , M oo se/ Am soil / Lan sing
Cycle/ Enduro Eng ineering / FMF- backed Corey
Ca lkins sta lle d hi s m ighty four-stro k e. In the
process of refiring the beast, Wegn er made up
enough tim e to catc h Calkins. Boyesen[Twin
A ir/ RK Cha ins/WER/ O 'Neal-supported Weg ner dueled with Calkins for the rem aining hour ,
swap pi ng po sit ion s a number of tim es, w it h
both riders relaxi ng whil e in the wood s porti on
of the co urse. Each rid er le t it all hang out
when they were on the m otocro ss tr ack .
A t the fini sh , Wegn er fini shed j ust seconds
in front of Calk in s. When tim es were adj usted,
Wegn er edged Ca lki ns by j ust ov er one minute
for second o ve ra ll. F ourth and fifth overa ll
were th e battling vete ran riders Paul Guy and
Stev e Will ey . This pair kep t it cl ose the enti re
race. Guy go t th e nod by 4 5 seconds at the
fla g . G u y g a i ne d va lu ab l e p oint s t oward
retain ing hi s num ber -one plate .
In the Super Sen ior cla ss. KTM-mounted
Denni s Gale sold iered hi s 125cc ma ch ine to
the t op spot . co m p let ing 16 la ps . Ya m a ha
four -stroke pilot Te d Kilv ing to n fi nished sec on d , and end uro ace Per Li lle moen rod e hi s
Suzuki 250 to finis h third on th e day .
In the Minis , the top overall winner was Will
Hick s. who came out of the 85 cc (12- 15) cl ass.
Nick Ozanich edged out series do m inator Jak e
"T he Snak e" Em ede fo r th e to p 8 5cc (7- 11)
honors. Travis T oog ood topped a six-rider field
for th e 105cc Big Wh eel·c1 ass vi ctory , and
T yler Hill won the 65cc (7 - 11) class .
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LOCAL TALE NT
BRIAN NEWBERRY
BIRTHDATE • •.••• ••.• •J uly 9, 19 72
RESIDENCE •. •• .••C hillicot he , Ohio
OCCUPAnON . . .• . .Line Techn ic ia n,
YSK Corporation
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Four-Wheelers, H ome Remodeli ng
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