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N.w M.uco . Colol'. d o.Wy o.lag . Moa taa••Nol'th Dako t. · So u t h Dako t. · N. b l'..k.·K......· OId. h o•••'I'..... N.w M.~co·COlol'.do.Wyo.i Cenlral Pipeline Firestine, Eng lund at CO state cham ps By Ern ie Ferguson LAKEWOOD, CO, SEPT. 26 The best motocross riders in the state took on th e Lakewood mo to track today. And much to the delight of any racing fa n, the racing was superb in every class. T he racing got under way with the Veteran Ex p ert s. Bruce Sas s, ridin g a Yamaha, finish ed first in both motos, giving him undisputed possession of first pl ace. Bru ce was chased by Cha rles Geist , who finished second in both motos on a Honda. Third p lace was captur~d by Glade Hi ll. In th e 250cc Expert cla ss, Stacy Cook (H on) took the overall with a first place fin ish in moto number one and second in moto two. Stacy was chased all day by Randy Warr en on h is Kawasa ki. Randy too k second p lace overall by finishing fift h in the fir st moto and then racin g to firs t p lace in the second moto. Mike Fr iend (H on) took third overall with two third place efforts. Rick Mo n ks was the 250cc Amateur winner on a Honda. R ick finished 2-3 in the two motos for first overall. Kirk Seiverso n (H on) took second place; taking the first rac e outright and fin ish in g the second ra ce in fou rth place. Third place overall was taken by Jose Goday on a Honda. In the 125cc Experts, a superb rider named Albert Firestine rod e h is Yamaha to a first overall with some dazzling racing. Firestin e finished first in the first moto and second in the last race. Albert was closel y cha llenged all day by Mark Flesia ridi ng another Yama ha . Mark fin ished 2-4. Both Al bert and Ma rk were chased by Ma tt Lindsay riding a Kawa saki. Ma tt raced to a 5-3 for an overall th ird . In th e O pe n Expert class, the race went to th e wire in both motos. T h e gutsy riding of Arlo Eng lund and Bob o Sti ch ter was almost beyond beli ef. These two riders went tire to ti re in both races, with on ly seconds separa tin g them. Englund came o ut th e wi n n er on his Yamaha by ri di ng to a second p lace finish in the first moto and th en beating Bobo out in the last few yards in the seco nd ra ce for th e victory. Both ri ders ga ve a marvelous show of racing and bike handling. T hird place was taken by Chris Sundstro m (H on) . Results VET EX: 1. Bruce Sass (Yam); 2. Charles Geist (Hon); 3. Glade Hill (Hus). VET AM : 1. M ike Moony (Hon); 2. Vic Ziem er (KTM); 3. RlIY Webb . 250 EX: 1. StllCY Cook (Hon); 2. Randy W arren (Kaw); 3. Mike Friend (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Rick Monks (Hon); 2. Kirk Severso n (Hon); 3. Jose Goday (Hon). 125 EX: 1. A lbert Firest ine (Yam); 2. Mark Flesia (ylIm); 3. Matt Lindsa y (Kawl . 125 AM : 1. Carl M art inez (Yam); 2. Bob Lew is (YlIm); 3. Scott Ross (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Arlo Englund (Yam); 2. Boba Stichter (Hon); 2. Chr is Sundstrom (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Dave Leahy (M ai); 2. Scott Gree nwood (Hon); 3. Scatt Folver (Suz). Co leman, Logston, Perrero at Carlsbad MX By Ly nda Torrez CARLSBAD , N M, SE PT. 19 Hobbs, NM, rider Kyle Coleman took h is Yamahas to zhe ) winner's circle in the highly competitive 125 and 250cc Intermediate classes. Good starts and smooth riding were th e key to Kyle's success. Another rider wi th th e same key was Monty Ra ndell (Yam ) who holeshot both 125cc Novice motos a nd ran away with them. In the money classes, Kawasaki supported Scott Logsto n showed he was the man to beat, winning three out of four rnotos. Shaun Perrero on Hondas seemed to be th e only rider who could keep Scott in sight in the 125 a nd 250cc Exper t classes. In the second 250cc moto, he kep t Scott beh in d him the whole race. The two riders were side by side a couple of times, but Shaun shut th e door and kept the lead. A last chance try saw Scott bezerk the finish line jump , making for a p hoto finish . The flagman settled the controversy givin g Shaun the win by about six inches. Shaun took the overall win by his second moto first. Results 125 EX: 1. Scott Logsto n (Kaw); 2. Shaun Perrero (Hon); 3. Randy Seawright (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Shau n Perrero (Hon ); 2. Scott Logsto n (Kaw); 3. Bill O'Mara (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Joe l Craig (M ai). 12 5 INT: 1. Kyle Coleman (Yam); 2. Scott Holl er (Kaw); 3. Larry Montano (Suzl. 2501NT : 1. Kyle Coleman (Yam); 2, Lawson Williams (Yam); 3. M ike Parker (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Steve Fox (KTM); 2. Billy Jensen; 3. Marco Martin (KTM). 125 NOV: 1. Monty Randell (Yam); 2. Michael Dind inger (Yam); 3. Jeff Gore (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Scott Williams (Yam); 2. Don Lyn n Mathas {KTMI; 3. Terry McKean (Kaw) . OVER 30: 1. Steve Fox (KTM); 2. Ma rco Mart in (KTM ). BEG OPEN: 1. Randy Hamlett (Yam); 2. Scott Cooper (Kaw). WOMENS OPEN: 1. Jo Ann Perry (Hon); 2. Kay Atwood (Yam). PEEWEE'I . Shay Manney (Yam); 2. Keith Briggs (Yam); 3. Daylon Roberts (Suz). PEE WEE GIRLS: 1. Chasity Rickma n (Hon); 2. Kathie Spearman (Hon). 80 JR : 1. Kay lom Young (Yam); 2. John Mayers (Yam); 3. M ichael McGary (Suz). 80 SR: 1. Droope r Greenwalt (Yam); 2. Brian Mc Gary (Suz); 3. Darren Brya nt (Yam). (Above) M ark Flesia fl ew to a second place f in ish in the 1 2 5 cc Expert clas s. (Below) Stacy Cook took the 250cc Expert c las s Locals to KS MX titles By Bernie Shaw Photo by Gene Paul Mosler/ Coffeyville Journal COFFEYVILLE, KS, SEPT. 19 Terry H ensl ey p o wered hi s Suzuki to the Cham p ionsh ip in the 125cc ] unior class today at the Cherokee Motocross track. H ensley sta rte d in the middle of the pack, bu t worked his way up in the line. The track was muddy and crowded, but he was determined to get ahead of the Kansas City riders. Craig H igh t took first in th e 250cc Junior class riding a Suzuki. There were lots of sp ills along th e way. The track was muddy, due to three da ys of rain before the race , but it didn 't seem to bother any of the riders. Jerry Post captured the title in the 250cc Senior bracket. Post just turned 16 years old and is making h is way u p to being an Expert. He has been ridin g a bike since he was seven yea rs o ld. H e can ri de on almost any track and take a trophy home. Post had a lot of competition in this race, Bria n North was riding on his back whe el all the way, th ere were times when Po st would fall bac k on th e tigh t turns, but he wo u ld come back harder than- ever. T here was a larg e gro u p of ri ders from Kansas and Okla. to compete in this motocross race. The nex t race at the Cherokee track will be AMA I sanctioned. : J ; I .. , Terry Hensley (307) t o ok the 125cc Novice c lass at Coffeyville's M X.