Amelia Motor Raceway
Parsons Putts In
a Win
B y S TEVE P ETERSON
~A,VA .OCT.28
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65 (10 -1 1); 1. Cole Boutwell (K"...I: 2. Evan Brock
Cockr~ 1I
(KTM); 3. Tyler Dick inson (Kllw) : 4 . Travi s Sial (Ka lil ).
YT'H 65- 80 : I. J esse Van Penen (Kllw); 2 . BlaRe Mason (Kaw);
3. Kyle H~rwa l d (SUI); 4. Dy lan Demel(Yam) ; 5. Colton Devre (Yam)
80 J R MINI (1.1 1): I . Cole Boutw ell (Yam) ; 2. J" St' Van Patten
(Kaw ); 3. Blane Mason (Kaw); 4. James Ragsdale (Yam) ; 5. Dyla n
o..n~ (Yam) .
80 (14 - 15) ; I . Dr_ Ask_ ( Yam ); 2. T~Grogan (Yam ).
SR MINI ( 12- 15): I. Drew Mk_ ( Yam ): 2.lach RossettJ(Yam) .
MINI 4·STRK 0 ·100: I. Chris Hol lingsworth (Hon ): 2. Michael
Lo Jr. (Hon); 3. Micah Rector (Hon); 4. Tyler Moore (Yam) ; 5. Tyler
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Stmlgth (Hon) .
S/MINI 100: I. Shane Mills (Kaw); 2. Wt"SI~ Didumon (Kaw); 3.
Jona than West (Kaw ); " . Blake Ma s~y ( Yam ): 5. Trevor Grogan
(Yam ).
SCHBY; I. Clinton AmoId (Yam) ; 2. CI"yton Arnold (Yam ); 3.
JuMln Hoistelfl (Han ).
16-2 4 : I. Alan Sanders (Yam); 2. Charl es StIl es ( Yam ): 3 .
Jon4 than Sandm. (Yam ); 4. Jason Cross (Hon) : 5. Brandon Hillel·
Thompson beat Tatham and took th ird ove r all . Hazelwood again pus hed his CR to a well earn ed fift h .
In the Over 40 class, Johnny Borders took
a pair of moto wins ahead of bi ke mechanic
Danny Faulk. South Carolina 's Benny Stone
finished third.
In the Over 48 co ntest , Miss issippi's Steve
Speights won both ra c es and maintained his
NO\I t . ~ Guec:ry (Yam ); 2. lac Babcock (Sut); 3. Just in
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Kipker (Yam) ; 4. Randall Kipk er (Yam); 5. Trey Hoyie (Han).
U!L AM: I. Jon athan West (Suz): 2. Justin Holstein (Hon) ; 3.
Scnen SwICOtd (Yam ): 4. Adllm Rector (Yam) ; 5. Jorrett Chris HllrriI
points lead over Georg ia' s Steve Co rlee .
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Richard Burdett fin ished a strong third.
Florida's Kevin Knight won both Over 25 A
motos, ahead of Tatham and Darryl Heisler.
who seemed to be in co ntention for the win in
the first moto until a tr ip th ro ugh the fence
spo iled his charge and dropped him to fifth.
125 A PRO: I. Oartt StMs (Yam); 2. Jarnu IIpplI1g (Suz); 3.
ChadAndoelwJn(Y am) .
125 B: 1. ...Io!lhua FIncher( Yam): 2. Dusty Sn\pson (Yam ).
125 C: I. Jonllthan West (K aw) ; 2. Chase Gu~y (Yam) ; 3.
Clayton Arnol d (Yam ); 4. T.C. Ught~y (Hon ); 5 . Cli nton Arnold
(Yam ).
J~ 0 : I. JustIn Qoctwin(Yam) ; 2. Adorn Rector ( Yam ); 3. Justln
Kipker (Yam) : 4. Chuck McCord (Yam ); 5. Trey Hoy~ (lion) .
250 A PRO: I. Oorio. Stiles (KT 2. JMlTtl: IlppIng (Sw: ); 3.
M);
..JoshThompson (Suz) ; 4. Lee Tathll m (Yam): 5. Brandon Hm:e1
wood
(Hon) .
250 B: l , C~ Stiles (Yam ); 2. Lee Spann (Kaw ); 3. Jo-hua
FlOdlet (Yam ); 4 . Brian Md...eod (Sull.
250 C: I. Mart. Smith (Hon) : 2. 'r.c. Lightsey (G·G); 3. lac 8Gbcoc:k (Suz) ; 4 . Milan Ham s (Suz); 5. David Moon (Hon).
250 D: 1. Ene Nelson ( lion) ; 2. ChIIirkos Dfmmt (KT M) : 3. J ustin
Terry (Yam ); 4. Kip Vann (Yam ): 5. Beau Pierce (Yam ).
OPEN: I . Terry Herring (Hon) ; 2. Bill y Saltl"' (Hon); 3. Jason
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Elliott (lion ); 4. Ja met Warren (Hon); 5. Glenn Turner ( Yam) .
4·STRK: I. Josh Thompson (Yam) ; 2. Kip Vann (Yam) .
25. A: I. Kevin Knight (Han): 2. Lee Tatham (Yll m ); 3. Darryl
Hl"'l ller (Yam ); 4. ...Iol"'y HargtO'o' e (Hon) : 5. Mich ael HoftrruIn ( Yam) .
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25+ B; I. l.l"'e Spann (Kaw ); 2. Jllm" Golden (Yam): ) , Jason
Thornt on (Kaw); 4. JOl"' Nil"' lIl"'n(Yam ).
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30. : I. Jam es MorrIson (Yam ); 2. JarTIH Golden (Yam ); 3. Paul
McCIl"'lIan (Hon ); 4. Ricky Steverson ( Yam); 5. Clul rtes De ment
(KTM).
35+: 1.Mlke Hamlhon (Sw:): 2. Benny St~ (Yam): 3. Thoma s
HlIlIiburton (Kow).
40. : I. Johnn y Borders (Kaw): 2. Danny Faulk (Hon) : 3. Benny
StMe (Yam ); 4 Reuben Bua (Kaw ); 5. A1 McWiIlillms (Yam) .
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48+: I. Sin e Speghls (Yam ): 2. Steve Corlee (Suz ); 3. Rkhatd
Burden (Kaw); 4. Doug lawson (Hon ); 5. Allan Founllliin (Kaw) .
In mini act ion . the usual suspects were at
the fr o nt agai n . Dr ew Askew destroyed th e
80cc (1 4-15) class as well as th e Senior Minis.
Cole Boutwell again laid waste to bo th the
Ju nior Mi nis and the 65cc ( 10-1 1) class . The
65cc (7-9) win wen t to Tennessee's Cameron
Ston e. Michael McArthur wo n both races in th e
50cc (7 -9) cla ss. an d the 50c c (4- 6) hon or s
went to Georgia 's Miles Th orn ton.
Th e Sc hoolboy class was dom inate d by
the Arnold brothers. Th e Fl orid a spee d sters
split m ot o win s. with Clint on take th e ove ra ll
ahead of Clay ton .
Results
50 OIL· INJ : I. Miles Thorn ton (VAn'll; 2. Byron OdJlll'd (Yam): 3.
Price MlIrtin (Yam); 4. Hunt~ ~ks (Yam ): 5. Hunter Boles (Yam ).
50 (4 -6) ; I. Miles Thornton (Cob ); 2 . Price f'\a rtln (Cob); 3 . Tren ·
Ion McMI hen (HM); 4. Michael Norris (Cob); 5. ByronDilIllrd (Cob).
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50 (7· 9 ): I. Michael McArthw (Cob ): 2 . Dylon Bea sley (Cob); 3 .
TImothy Simonton (KTM): 4 . Koiby Beam (Hul): 5. Christopher NeI·
son C
Hon).
65 (7 ·9): 1. R. CaflWlUl Stone (KTM): 2. Derrick Miller ( Kaw): 3.
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Th e Northeast Speedway Racing Associa tion
i n cooperation with Steve Peterson o f
NASCAR organized a Speedway Bike exh ib ition ra c e at the MotoCiter.com Pro -Am Flat
T ra ck Rac e at Amelia Raceway .
With six Speedwa y bik es and on e Junior
Sp eedwa y bike in the pits , th ree round s of
pr actice were organized to acclimate the riders
to th e 44 0 -y ard . D- shap ed . bank ed . hard pack ed cl ay oval.
Kemp emerged as th e faste st and al so the
mos t spe ctacular ri der, wit h huge c o r ne r
sli des , wheelies and a couple of laydowns. The
New York riders were picking up considerable
speed eac h lap but th ey m issed one practice
sessio n du e to the gear/ chassis changes.
Ride rs lined up five abreast fo r th e fou r -lap
heat. wi th Steve " Flash" Sunde rla nd on po le
and Eri c " Fl y wheel" Sherwood, Russ " Home r"
Cornell , ICE National Champion Ronny "ICE man " Kemp and J oel Pars ons next t o hi m .
Chi p "W ild Ch ild" Lengle was on the IO -ya rd
line o n hi s 100cc Junior Sp eedway bike.
Kemp and Parsons di ced with Comell for the
fi rst tw o laps; Kemp was dominating the final
lap until turn three, when he " moto crossed "
tum four and th e grassy runoff. giving Parsons
th e win , follow ed b y Corn ell . Sh erw o od .
Kem p . Sund erland and Lengl e.
Th e buzz in the pits and the stands was all
about th e full-throttle sid eways act io n of the
Speedway bikes com pa red to the fl at -t rack
bike s. A cu rio us c ro wd form ed a ro u nd t he
Speedway b ik es in the pits, asking so many
qu estion s th at th e ride rs ans wering them were
alm ost prev ent ed fro m pr ep ping for th e ma in .
Th e fo ur- lap m ain-event lin eu p wa s in th e
finishing orde r of the heat, with Lengle aga in
on the 10. alt hough his smooth riding style
kept him from being la p pe d in t h e heat.
d esp it e his l00cc pow er. The fl agged sta rt
was aggress ive. Par so ns, o n the po le , an d
Kemp, o n the o uts ide , were fi rst to the first
co rner , with Co rn ell t ry ing to sp li t th e pa ir.
Kemp was on a mission and was leading b y
the back straight, and he led th erea fte r until
tum th ree on th e wh ite -flag lap. Kemp ca rried
a ton of speed int o th e tum , and it c arr ied him
high into th e cus hio n an d he almost had co ntr ol at the berm. but when th e bike caug ht ai r
ov er the berm and he hit th e de w-wet g ras s, it
wa s ov er
he tumbl ed . with th e bik e lay ing
do wn, and he rolled up to th e spect ato r fence .
A ll th e whi le. " Putt Putt " Parsons wa s doing
any thi ng but living up t o hi s ni cknam e. He
had been pa cin g Kemp, and now he took an
exciting win over a clo sing Co rne ll , Sherw ood,
Sunderland and Lengle.
Kemp got up and pushed hi s bike back to
th e pits with so m e assi stance . He was very
d isappointed and dejected , but he joined in
th e huge applause fr om the fans and rid er s
alike for Parsons .
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Re s u lt s
SPDWY: I. Joel PatxJnS (Jaw); 2. Russ Comdl (GM); 3. Rick
SIvrwood (Jaw); 4 , Sene Sunderland (J _ I; 5. Chip Leng~ (Hon) ; 6.
RonnieKemp (Jaw).
Sta rwest Motocross Park
Carlson Cashes In
B y Mi KE AND B ARBARA p AUJ ZZJ
MORENO VALLEY, CA. OCT. 28
Th e start of the Fall Contingency Series at
Starwest brought out some new talent an d
som e lo ca l favo rites . Local Pro ride r D ann y
Carlson earned so me extra cas h, as he was
able to take bo th ho leshots and uncontested
wins in the 12 5cc Pro class. Suz uki- backed
Carl son , who was t esting his new Supe rcr oss
bike for 200 I. looked gre at as he pr ov ed he
will be one to watc h in the 125cc West Division Su percross Seri es. Joel Nelson was t he
only ri de r who was ab le to kee p Ca rlso n in
sig ht, ta ki ng th e seco n d~ p lace po siti on in each
m ot o. T he ba ttl e for third between J oe Hargett
and Br ia n M cCu ll och wen t to Hargett in the
fi rst m ot a . In th e second mota , th e battle
intensi fied; McCulloch was able to get by Har ·
gett for th ird place and th ird overall .
In th e 80cc Beg inner ( 12- 16 ) class, D on
Gr een t ook th e first-moto ho leshot and t he
early iead . foll ow ed by ne w ta len t Kai Gavi t
and Bu ddy Greene . D on Green was in total
c o ntro l as he t oo k t he chec ke re d fla g , followed by Ga vit and Bu ddy Green e. In th e seco nd m ot a , Do n Green again took the lead,
with Gavit not too far behind . Green once
again was able to hold off Gavit for the win .
Gavit took seco nd . and Buddy Greene, experienc ing so me m echanical problems. was not
able to hold on to third. Shawn Hillion took
over to round out the top three.
Bruce Rutherford and Nick Paluzzi t ook
home some hard-earn ed KTM c o nt ingenc y
m oney. Rutherford took both moto win s in the
60cc (9 - II ) division . fo llowed by Marcus Carrillo and Patrick Ha ney . Pal u zzi took both
m ota wins in the yo unger division of 60cc riders. Bryan Briley raced hi s KTM 65 c c for the
fir st ti m e and finished seco nd , beh ind Paluzzi.
to also earn some c onti ngenc y money.
Re sults
Small TnKk
50 ( 4 ·6 ) SHAFT; I . J ackson Ryan (SUI): 2 . Sto rm Wlli ker
(Yam): 3. Balyze Pothe ( Yam ).
50 (7- 8) SHAFT: 1. Matthew Schwebel (Yam) .
50 STK STRTR ( 4 ·6 ) ; I. Ryan Sande rs ( KTM) ; 2. MItchell
McDonald (HM); J . Jack son Ryan (Sw ).
50 STK STRTR (1. 8) : I. Tren ton Teele (HMl ; 2. Taylor Hllhn
(K I .
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50 STK BEG (4·6 ): I . Paul Nl"'Ison (Cob ); 2. Nick Serrenc (Cob):
3. T yler Nichols (KTM) .
50 MOD BEG (4· 6) : I . Paul Nelson (Cob): 2. Brllndon Scharer
(Cob ); 3. Stone Wil son (Cob) .
50 STK BEG (7-8): I . PreS Kelly (Pol) ; 2. Bra dl~ Pappalardo
ion
(HM): 3. Nigel Joh nson (KTM).
50 MOD BEG (1 .8) : I. Dallon Campbell (KTM) ; 2. Nigel Johnson (KTM); 3. Chad Morales (Cob ).
SlPfW; 1. Da lton Campbe ll (KT M) : 2. Dylen EVlIns (Cob) ; 3.
Stone Wilson (Cob).
Main Trac:k
50 (4-6) ; I. Daniel PaluUl (Cob ); 2. Carlos Don (Cob}.
50 (7 ·8): I. NiCk Plll uzzi (Cob ): 2. Jal'ne5 FrigO (Cob) ; 3. Sha
wn
Gritten (KTM); 4. Jemny McCool (KTM); 5. Bryan Briley (Coo) .
60 STRTR: I. J&lTll!Sf eusceee (Kaw)
60 (6-8) : I. NICk PahJUI (Kaw): 2. Bry an BriH!oY (KTM); J. Jeremy /t\cCooi (KlIwl ; 4 . Tommy Madden ( Kaw): 5. Dan)el Atredondo
(Kow )
60 (9- 11): I. Bruce Rutherford (KTM.) ; 2. Marcus CIIITII~ (Kaw);
3. Patrick Haney (Kaw ): 4 R.J . & rthotom_ (Kaw); 5. R.J. Hodl
(Kaw ).
80 BEG (0 - 11): I. Kal Pattison (KaVl); 2. Cru Supan (Kaw); 3.
Nfck Brown (K_ ); 4. Brenden SrNlh (lion) .
80 BEG ( 12· 16) : I. Don Gr('('fl (Kaw); 2. K" , Gam ( lion ); 3
CimIon Tuck er ( Yam) ; 4 . ShawnHillJon ( Yam) ; 5. Chad DaVIS (Kaw).
80 (1).11): 1. Jenathan Arana (Yam) : 2 . SI\awn Hoyes (Hen ); 3.
Danny GonUlles (Sw.); 4 , Parkei' Edunan (Hon ): 5. Chr.. Tatt (Kaw).
8 0 (12-1 3) : 1. Jerred Browne ( Yam): 2. DJ?\OI Colims (Yam ).
80 ( 14. 16 ): I. Nathan Cc:Jllns (Yam) : 2. Andr_ Pellie (Kaw ); 3.
GUEsquiv el ( Yam )
125 BEG ; I. Enk Fauscet!e ( Yam ); 2. Ryan Shroeder (YIIn\ ); 3.
John Pecaec (Kaw): 4. PhUlipTuck er (Yom ).
125 NOV: 1. Brandon Prahm (Hon); 2. Bryon Ehnnlln (Kaw); 3.
Danie! Teft (K aw) ; 4 . Myles Richmond ( Hon ): 5. J arred Hensley
(Hon) .
125 INT: I. Kyl~ Locke ( Yom) ; 2. Nik Hensley (Han ); J. Ben
RMnsarlll1 ( Yam) : 4 , AlvlIlO Garclll (lion).
125 PRO: I. Danny Carlso n (SUl ): 2. JOl"'I Nel son (Yaml ; 3.
Brian McCulloch ( Hon) : 4. Joe Hargett (Suz); 5. Brandon Staddan
( Yam ).
250 BEG: 1. Andr e Lopez (Yam) .
250 NOV: I. Joshua Bordt-n (Yam).
Las Veg as Motor Sp eedway
K eala m a kia
Kracklin' Hot
B y DI CK G OODWIN
LAS VEGAS. NV, OCT. 29
Ceda r City , Utah's Brandon Kealamakia jour neyed down to th e Las Vegas Motor Speedway
o n October 29th to torch the c ompetition in
the com bined 60cc contest. He igni ted off th e
start line, ro cketing out to a quick lead, with
Jeagher LaFountain e , Lance Kinshella and
Dylan Henderson giving c h a se . As Keala makia stead ily improved his lead , LaFoun·
taine was settl ing into a not-to-be-challenged
sec ond place. Hend erson and Dill an Glenden nin g were go ing t oe to toe fo r th ird. Keala makia waltzed home with th e win. laFountaine rac ed hard for sec ond ( and fi r st 6 - t o
8 -year-o ld). Glendenning ended up rounding
out the podium in third.
Another exp losi ve start had Kealamakia
ou t in front for round two. Once aga i n ,
laFountaine was dogging him, with KinshelJa
and Jena Ellis also in the hunt. K ealam ak ia
was in th e zone as he left the fie ld in ta tters
o nce agai n . LaFounta ine, zi p ping along in
seco nd . was pulling a du plicate dom ination on
the 6 - to 8 -year-ol ds . Kea la makia score d
a no t her m on s t er wi n , hea d i ng Ellis a nd
Andrew Iovino in the 9 - to Il -year·old div isio n, whil e LaFounta in e t o p ped H ender son
and Glend enning among th e 6 - to 8 -year -old s.
Th e 125cc and 25 0cc No vices cra nke d it
up together in a sing le gate and, surpr isingly,
pulled off some of th e day' s best raci ng . with
the 250cc horsepower adva nt age bei ng negat ·
ed so m ew ha t b y th e tigh t confi nes of t he
track . Horse pow er rul ed at th e sta rt, wi th
250 c c N ovic e G reg Zara t iegu i wh ippin g it
thr oug h th e fi r st turn . Th e 12 5 s ba r ke d
through the en sui ng tu rn s, wit h Kr is Higdon
ta k in g over th e lead and John Stafford jumping into second. Damon Wasden brou 9h t his
