Morias, Brown Double Up at Dubya
Vet World Championship
T
he 39th Annual Dubya Vet
World Championship truly
was an international affair over
the November 4-5 weekend with
riders from over 20 countries
filling Glen Helen Raceway to
capacity for two days of racing.
The big attraction for specta
-
tors is always the 30+ Pro class,
but this year, there was real star
power in the 50+ Pasha 125
class, which was promoted and
sponsored by Hollywood stunt-
man Tony "Pasha" Pantera. That
attracted former AMA Pro Mo-
tocross Champions Mike Brown
and Jeremy McGrath, as well
as Doug Dubach, GP star Kurt
Nicoll, and off-road champion Ty
Davis. Of those riders, it sur-
prised no one that Mike Brown
was in the best shape, but he
did have to pass McGrath to
get to the front. Behind them an
all-out war raged in both motos
between Dubach and Nicoll. This
time around, it was Dubach that
got the best of that showdown.
Brown, McGrath and Nicoll
also met in the 50+ Pro class
with much the same result, while
Dubach made his debut in the
60+ Expert class. Dubach made
easy work of that class over
Canadian Pete DeGraff. Other
riders moving up to a new age
classification were KTM test
rider Ryan Morais and Canadian
Mitch Cooke. They traded motos
in the 40+ Pro class with Morais
winning the second moto.
Morais and Cooke came out
again in the 30+ Pro class, but
this time, they had to deal with a
number of younger riders, includ
-
ing Austrian Güenter Schmiding-
er and former WORCS Champion
Giacomo Redondi. Schmidinger
currently works for KTM's test-
ing department in Austria, but
he is no stranger to international
WIND
IN THE
P40
Ty Davis (508) leads the
start of the Pasha 125cc
50+ Pro class, with Jeremy
McGrath (2) running in
second, where he would
finish
. PHOTOS: RON LAWSON
