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mo ve on M arqu ez, b ri ng i ng Vangs nes wi th him. Marquez fini shed th ird . James had to set tl e for fourth. Garcia cl aimed the fi nal spo t. On e of the best races of th e day wa s th e 250cc Novice co ntest. Jake Warren set a fast pace fo r t he loca l bo ys , riding nine perfect la ps until the fi nal lap of the second moto, wh en he fell victim to Bo bb y "Iron " Dumas, wh o came from m idpack and passed Warren throu g h the wh oops and took the chec ke rs, Dumas won the m ot o but Warr en won the war, t akin g fi rs t o ve ra ll. Port M an sf ield ' s A ndy Lester was also a top co nte nde r, but a fir st m ot o cra sh relega te d him to fifth pla ce; he had to cra wl off the tr ack afte r getting ru n ove r tw ice. Lester ' s 5 -3 score gave hi m second ove ra ll fo r th e day , Al fredo Escovar fi nis hed fourth in the seco nd rnoto . > Re s u lt s 50: 1. Brand on Pederson (KT M) : 2. C.J . Lo mbra na (KTM): 3. Lauren Bode (Hon): 4. Shane Kyral (Ynm); 5. Bobb y Betes (KT M). 80; 1. Hect or Collens (Hon): 2. Rick Garcin (Yam ); 3. Rodrig o Rodrigue z (Hon ): 4. Carlos Collens (Kaw): 5. Mike Bauer (Ynm ). OPEN BEG : I. Nee Granados (Suz): 2. MlIrio MlIrt inez (Kaw); 3. Israel Sanchez (Hon ): 4. Ruben unua (Kaw); 5. Gustave MlIrtinez (Suz). 125 NOV : I. Bryan McConn (Hon) ; 2. Dustin Jame s (Hon ); 3. Everett Vongsne s (Han); 4. Mik e Mar qu ez (Yam); 5 . Pedro Wi lbert (Hon ). 250 NOV: I. Jak e Warren (Kaw); 2. Andy Lester (Han); 3. len Esma y (Yll m ); 4. Bobb y Dul'MS (Hon ); 5. A lfredo Escovar (Kaw) . : OPEN INT 1. Joe Bob Eben (Suz) : 2. Bry an Monja rtls (Suz); 3. Phil Rim es (Ytlm ) ; 4 . Christi an Pnde (Y am ); 5. Ces ar Lcmbrene (K aw) . Harris, in seco nd , tried to close to wit hin st ri k ing di stan ce o f Sp en c er Mei neke , b ut Mei nek e stayed in fro nt and to ok the win. Harris ca me over in seco nd , and Hall rou nded th e to p thr ee. In th e seco nd m oto , th e ho leshot went to Mein ek e once aga in, with Hall and Harris fol low ing . Hall and Harr is tri ed to keep Meineke in sight, bu t t he t wo bega n to battl e. w hic h allowed Mein eke to pu ll away from them . Harris pulle d up side by side wit h Hall down the straigh t, but Hall had the inside to the co rner and prevent ed th e pa ss, Hall then put together a pa ir of fast lap s to pu ll aw ay from Harris, who found hi m self rid ing defensively , because T obia s O rli n, out of Stefan El vi n's cam p from Eur op e, wa s clo sing in . Harr is entered a left hander and dumped the bike, which dr op pe d him o ut of co nt ention. Meanwhil e, Hall tried to set his sig hts Mein ek e. but Mei nek e was lo ng gone , pro ving he' s the m a n to beat in th e 125cc Novic e cl ass in this Holid ay Series . At th e c hec ke re d fl a g , Meine ke g rabbed th e swee p, Hall cru ised over in second and Orli n cam e in third. Meineke wasn 't the on ly rider to win four m otos. Nath an Coll ins won four m ot os as well . w inning both mo tos in the 80c c Sup er mini cl ass and both motos in the 80cc ( 14 · 16 ) class . Colli ns wen t virtuall y uncha llenged ; his cl o sest co mpeti to r w as B rett Rotha s, wh o wrapped up secon d in bo th cla sses. Result s Perris Rac eway 50 (4· 6) STK: I. Mason Mill (Cob); 2. J .D. Ebberu (C ob); 3. .fere tt Cllrmody (KTM). Mei neke Dom i n a tes at Per r is B y KENNY M ORRIS PERRIS, CA, OCT. 29 Spen cer Mein ek e put on a domin ating perfor m an ce, winning four moto s to earn the v ictories in bot h th e 125 cc Novice class and the Sch ool bo y cl ass at the fir st roun d of the Ho liday Series at Perris Raceway . The gate dr opped fo r t he 12 5 cc Novic e cl ass, and Mei ne ke grabbed the holeshot , with Je ff Harris, Randa ll Hall and Chase Meineke in to w. Spencer loo ked very fast and fluld on th e first few laps, wh ich allo wed hi m to pull away from the pa ck . Meanw hile, a batt le was shap ing up for the third posi ti on. Chase Mein ek e wa s looking to make a pas s on Hall . Th e bat ti e reached a hi gh-speed sectio n, where Ch ase got a litt le too cl ose to Hall and th eir tires go t ta ng le d u p, w h ic h resulted in an ac ro b at ic crash fo r Cha se ; thou gh he di d get up and wal k off the tra c k un der hi s ow n power, he didn't retu rn to action. 50 (7. 8) STK : I . Vick i Golden (HM); 2. Ryem Sharrow (Cob): 3. Kurt iS Walden (Cob ). 50 (4-6) MOD : 1. Mason Mill (Cob) . 60 BEG: I. R.J. Hoch (KllW); 2. Mick ie Voyl", (Ka w); 3. Mo !lOn Sweeden (KTM): 4. ....rmand c Aguilar (Kaw) ; 5. R.J . Barth ol omew (Kaw). 60 (9·1 1): I . Joh nny Jelderda (KTM); 2. Mlcllll el Hall (Kaw) ; 3 Kyl e Bohtlnnlln (Ktlw). 60 OPEN 1. Micha el Hall (Ktlw): 2. Joh nny J elderdll (KT M); 3 : R.J . Hoch (Kaw ); 4. MGlKmSweeden (KTM ). 80 BEG: I. Don Green (Kow) ; 2. Jake C" nada (Suz); 3. Drake f't ogema n (Yam ); 4. ErIc Francis (Suz); 5. EJIUlbeth BlIsh (Yll m) . 60 (9· 11): I . Shawn Hay", (Yam ); 2. Chad Gorel (SUI): 3. Cod y Titbof (Suz); 4. B.J . Bohrer (Yam) ; 5. J lIke Hulett (Ktl w). 80 (12·13 ): I. 'la c Wroy (Yllm); 2. Drew Colli ns (Ytlm); 3. Cody Bohannan(Kaw). 80 (14. 16): I. Ntllha n Collin, (Yam); 2. Breit Rothll , (SUI); 3 Tyson Talkington ( Yam) ; 4. Rlll'ldy Hill (YMn) . S/ M1NI: 1. Nll ih an Collin s (Yom); 2. Btett Rotha. (Suz): 3. Sha wn Hayes (Ytlm); 4. B.J . Boh rer (Yam); 5. Chad Gores (Suz) . 125 BEG: I. Garrett .... drews (Yam): 2. Robert Golden (Han ): 3. n Ryan Senine (YlIm); 4. Elizabe th Bash ( Yam); 5. Phillip Tu cke r (Yam ). 125 SCHBY: I. Spe nce r Mein ek e (Yam ); 2 . Ryan McPh ill ips (Yam) ; 3. Randa ll Hall ( Yam ); 4. T yl er Kali siak ( Kaw) : 5. Chase Memeke (Yam ). 125 NOV: 1. Spencer ~ineke (Yam ): 2. Randall Hall (Yam ); 3. Tob ias Or hn (KTM); 4. Ryan McPhillips (YMn ); 5. Je ff Htlm l ( Ytlm). 125 INT : 1. Chad (Jamar (Hon ); 2. Donnie Fuller (Yam): 3. Chnstopher Morcell (Yll m ); 4. Robert Bergman (Hon ). 250 BEG: I. Eric Ek strand (Yam ): 2. Bruce Roberts (YlIm): 3. Kevin Allen (Hon ): 4. J~ Cost& (Yam). 250 NOV: I. J eff HlIm s (Yam); 2. DlIvid Dymond (Hon): 3. J uan Solvaherral (Ynm ). • 250 PRO: 1. Nice Meui (Ytlm) . 25+ BEG: 1. Robert Modi Cti (Han); 2. Mik e WHson (Han) . 30+ BEQ: I . ....t Sprecher (Yll m ); 2. Antoin Dailey (Kawl: 3. Joe r Parsons (Hon) . 3D. NOV: I . An thon y Rose (Hon); 2. Ja y Siddall (Hon). 35+ INT : I. Jeff Scott (Yam) . 40. BEG: 1. Tim Williams (Ktl w); 2. Mark SPf!Ck (Kaw); 3. Peter Golden ( Han); 4. Dtlm d Bums (Sul) . McArthurMX C. Clement s Show s 'em No Clemency By R UPERT X. PEllETI MCARTHUR, O H, O CT. 2 1 Rad no r, O hi o' s Cra ig Cle me nt s showed his opponents no mercy at one of the last out doo r races of the District 11 seaso n. The Yama ham oun ted racer clea ned up in two cla sses with brillia nt rides at t his h illside circuit o uts ide McA rthur, where pr om ot er T ab Th ompson and his American Motosports crew had a dan dy of a t rack read y fo r th e 200 hard y rid er s who att ended th is cool, fall mo to cross eve nt. However, Cle me nts had to e a rn every m oto w in . He fo ught off th e fei sty Kuchle r twi ns to take the m ot o wi ns . In fact , in th e 250cc A class , Clemen ts also had to contend with th e fath er of th e tw ins. Ti m , wh o jumped on a ~ a w a sa k i to join the fun . Cle me nts do m inated the cl ass, howev er , and Scott Kuchler took a well -earned seco nd . with T on y Robm son third . in the 125cc A cl ass, Sha un Kuc hler took t he runn er -up spot beh in d C lemen ts , w ith David Rife in thi rd . Rife was later vi ctor iou s in the 16 -24 class, w hile sp eed ster Dav id Herb pl aced second and KTM·mounted T ommy Lay ma n was th ird . Nick Carro ll once again di sp layed his m astery of 125cc ma ch ines, je tti ng his YZ 125 to the fro nt of both the 125 cc B and Sch oolboy class es. Lev i Kilba rge r cran ked his KTM 6 5 home firs t in the 65 cc 7- 11 class, while Bran don B o rg en grasped t he rein s o f t he Mi ni Ju nior di vision. Th ou gh Jeff Eg gl eston wo n the 125cc C· cla ss o verall, the ma gni fi cent lies brothers bet tied u p fron t all m ot o lon g; eve ntu all y, Shawn li es not ch ed sec ond pla ce. hi s brother T odd score d fo urt h and th eir o ther br other Josh took fifth- a super sibling perf ormance. J ack son ' s Brian T ur ck strode to th e fr ont o f t he 250cc B clas s , sli cing hi s K X 2 5 0 , arou nd the slip pery ci rc uit , while Grove City 's " King " Rich ar d Robi nson too k bo th th e O ver 25 and Over 30 class hon ors. Res u lt s 50 (4·6) : I . Walke r Brig htwell III (Cob); 2. Blake Hoffm an (Co b); 3. Tyl~r Fife (Co b). 50 (7-8 ): I. Shawn Rile (Cob); 2. Ky le Cottri ll (Cob) ; 3. ....ex I Rattli (Cob) . 65 : I. Levi Kilb Grger ( KTM); 2. Cti T Carr (K aw) ; 3. Marku s ey Willi s (K.IIw) . 60 (7·1 1): I. Brandon 80fgen (Suz) ; 2. levi Kil barge r (Suz ); 3. Joey Leadbetl ter (SUI) . 60 (12-15): I. Michelel WilIan:l (Suz ): 2. Treavis Poynter (KlIw); 3. Eri c Walls (Yam) . SCHBY 125: I. Nick Carroll ( Yam) : 2. .Iered Grabiel (Kll W); 3. Derrick Arledge (SuI). I~ ....: 1. Craig clements (Yom); 2. Shoun Kuc hler (Hon) : 3. David Rile (Suz). 125 B: 1. Nic k ClIrro1l (Yam); 2. Jtlr ed Gttlbiel (Kaw); 3. Derric k _.(... . ). 125 C: 1. Je ff Eggleston (KTMl : 2. Shtlwo lie s (Suz) : 3. Jon lson (Hon) . bo th Hen son and Davidow went by on lap two and dropped him to third. O ut front. Henson bega n to put a little d istanc e betw een himself and Davidow . Galv ez pushed aro und Melt on and took o ver fourth at t he hal fw ay m ark . Henso n' s bli st erin g pa ce a p peared to wear him d own la te in the contest, and Davidow beg an to c reep u p t o w a rd hi m . W he n the whi te nag ca me out , o nly th ree bi ke length s separated th e fro nt duo . While Henson' s last lap was a bit ragged , it was effective, as he m ana ged to ho ld off Davidow to the chec kers for the m ot o win by a bi k e lengt h. Riihimak i rod e in all alon e for th i rd. wh ile Gal vez was fourt h an d M elt on fifth . Davidow ripped a ni ce hol esh ot in moto two aboa rd his Kaw asaki KX 250 . Mel ton once again gated well and he jock eyed into secon d, w hi le Hen son ro d e third. To dd Hea g st ed t slip ped into fourth, and Riihi ma k i was fifth as th e racer s cleared th e scoring sect io n for the firs t ti me . Whe n the pa ck ap peared out of the ba ck ca nyon fo r th e fi rst time , Davidow sti ll held the p o in t , but the re we re bi g c ha nges behind him, as fi rst- mota w inne r Henson was now ru nn ing dea d la st afte r h ittin g t he di rt . David ow took advantag e of the situat ion and p u t a f i v e - seco nd gap on M elton b y th e halfw ay mark. Riihi m ak i was als o moving up , and he secu red the fourth slot, while Galvez moved into fifth after a poo r start. David ow was making no m istakes o ut front. Hen son charge d forward thro ug h th e pack and was up to th ird wh en th e wh ite nag cam e out. On the last lap , Hen so n passe d M elton a nd ca me within tw o b ike le ngths of David ow . but he ca me up sho rt and was for ced to sett le for seco nd . Riihimaki rod e in fou rt h , and Galvez ca me in fift h . Wi th his solid second-moto win, Dav id ow ( 2 · 1) earned th e class w in o n the day. Hen so n' s 1-2 rides were next best, whil e Riihimak i's 3·4 scor es were good for th e thirdp lace b ra ss, M elton (5 ·3) wa s fourth, an d Galvez (4·5 ) fil led out the to p five . Results 80 BEG: I . Jason Lecher (Yam). 125 BEG ; 1. J ohnn y Calia ( Ya m ); 2. Jo hn Mi nert (Hon ); 3. Jason Relumo (SUI) ; 4 . Ryan Amaradio (Yam): 5 . Josh Lecher (Hon). 125 JR: I. Kevin Holmes (Suz); 2. Malt Anderson (TM); 3. Mike v Wyrick (Yam) ; 4. Chris .... t'fY (Yam ); 5. Bnen Potter (Hon). 250 BEG: I. Denn is Mapes (Kaw): 2. Chris Hernn (Yam) ; 3. Shone Mint er (KTM); 4. Ross Monreal (Kaw); 5. Kyl e Fowl er (Yam ). 250 JR: I. Bnen Stoner (KTM) : 2. Robert werscney (Yom); 3. Todd Kutcher (Hon ) . 250 INT : I. Revelle Harrison (KT M). PRO : 1. Tony Ame redic (Ytlm ); 2 . Terry Fowler (Yam): 3. Crll ig D.!Iv is (KIM); 4 . Ryan Orr ( Yam); 5. Paul Kellen (Yam). 25. BEG: I. Herb Srmth (Yll m); 2. Mike Odom (Hon) : 3. Kenny Myers (YlIm ). 25. JR : 1. Rock y Hash (Hon); 2. Ron Wiley (YMn ). 25. INT: I. Darcy McKenna (YlIm ): 2. Jel'tlffie Mage (Yam) . VET BEG; I . Robert Cum m Ins (Yam ); 2. Scott Murph y (Yam); 3. Mich tlel Hillion (K aw) ; 4 . Randy Ski nner ( Ho n); 5. Dan Bonfiglio (Yam ). VET JR : 1. Denn y Davidow (Kaw ); 2. Chuck Henson (Hon); 3. Lor Riih imll ki (Yll m); 4 . Joe Melton (Yam) ; 5 . Ste n Gll l~ez (SuI). VET INT : 1. Kenn y Mall ow (Kow); 2. J ll 50n Gardner (KIM); 3. Gary Herede (Yam ); 4. Ji m Ntleg le (Kaw); 5. A less and ro .... see u e (Yam ). 40. JR : I . Robert Manno (Kaw ); 2. Lee....mere dlc (Ytlm); 3. Bob ff Sullivan (Han) : 4. CU Houser (KT M); 5. Michlle l Rigdon (Hon). 40. INT ; I. Bill Heney (Suz); 2. Greg Doug las (Hon) ; 3. Mark Melnyk. (Hon); 4 . Greg Eri ckso n (KTM) ; 5. Bob Barnett ( Yam). 40. EX: 1. Brian Daniel (Hon) ; 2. Rob Healy (Yll m ); 3. Randy MInie r (KIM); 4. [).,n A ustin (Ytlm); 5. George Ja ckman (Yam). 40. MSTR 1. Rich Elere red t (KT M); 2. Jeff Surwell (YMn) : 3. : Jef frey Heese ( Yam) ; 4. Willi e .... eredic ( Yam ); 5. George Kohle r m (Suz). 50. MS TR: I. Tom Whit e (Kaw): 2. Roy P1ia rski (Hon); 3. Dennl s Mc .... am (Kaw); 4 . Lar s larison (KT M): 5. Beng t Joh tlnsson d (K TM). Mesquite Raceway 250 .... I. Crll'9 Clements (YlIm ); 2. Scott Kuch ler (Hon ); 3. Tony : Robinson (Kll W). 250 B : 1. Bri on Turck (K aw ); 2. J er em y Barnett (Suz): 3 . Tomm y LayrMn ( tIT M) . Taylo r Torche s M e s q uite Gl en Hele n Raceway Park B y D ICK GOOO WlN D a vido w - and H o w ! at RE M Satu rday MX MESQUITE, NV, NOV . 5 Ju st upriver from Las Vegas and a blink from Utah . t he new ly m inte d M esquite Racew ay , ope rati ng und er t he ausp ices of th e l io n M otocro ss A sso ci at ion and back ed b y th e Mesquite Resort and Casino Association, held one of its first m otocro ss races on Sund ay. On th is da y . Josh T ayl or was the man, lay in g cl aim to the fast est rider on th e tra ck . How ever, Sky ler Harris, th e oth er 125 cc Pro in att en· dan ce, pushed him every step of th e way , Open Interm ediate Jared Buoy led T ayl or , Harr is and the rest of th e field to the fir st tum. T ayl o r passed for th e lead ; th en Harri s took ove r seco nd and p assed T ay lo r to take the po int. Harris and T aylor left every one behind bu t ea ch other. T aylor finally made a pass stic k on lap six in the turns afte r the fini sh line . Har ri s staged a d et ermined c o mebac k b ut came up sho rt , sett li ng for seco nd . Jace Kirk claimed t hird (a nd f ir st In termed iat e ) by a la rge m argin . Inte rmediates ru led the start of race two, as Ki rk and Buoy bra cketed the Pro, Harris, By ROCKY H IIS H Glen Helen Raceway Part<: Denny Davidow (23) took the second-moto win and t he Vet Ju nior over all class win in San Bernardino , California. 46 N OVEM B ER 2 9 , 2000' cue I e n e vv s SAN BERNA RDINO, CA , OCT. 28 Becau se of the t radi tio nally lo ng m otos and cha ile nging tra ck d esign , a large turnout of savvy racers used Racin g Enterprises Motor· spo rt s' weekl y Saturda y m otocross as a tune· up for the upcom ing White Brothers World Vet Cha m pionships. O ne of t he best contests of the day wa s the Vet Junior di vision , in whic h Denn y David ow p reva iled in th e all -i mportant second m ot o to earn th e ove rall cl ass hon ors on the day . Wh en things got goi ng in m oto one, Yam aha rid er Lor Rii himaki was out fro nt wi th th e hole shot. Honda CR250·mounted Chuck Hen· so n tuc k ed up in to second , w hile Da vid ow held th ird. At the end of lap one, J oe Melto n rod e in fourth, and Stan Galvez had his Suzuki in fifth . Riihimaki 's lead was short· lived, as

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