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JULY 19, 2006 • C Y C L E N E W S 56 BY DAN SCHMITT TOOELE, UT, JUNE 11 M aking a small change from the norm, WERA decided to run this six-hour Nation- al Endurance event on Sunday. Thirty-nine teams came to Utah to meet the challenge on the 3-mile outer course at this shrine to road racing. At 10 a.m., the green flag flew, and two waves of bikes charged down the 3500-foot straightaway. Arnchu Racing led Vesrah Racing, 5150 Racing, Red Star and Team Velocity Racing. Starting from the back of the second wave, Jason Perez, on the Rave Yamaha Racing R1, charged through the field and, by the last corner, drove into the lead on the first lap. During the second lap, Perez put a 10-second g a p b e t w e e n h i m s e l f a n d s e c o n d - p l a c e d Arnchu. By the fifth lap, the Honda R&D rider, on the 1000cc Honda, made his way into second overall, with Matsushima Performance, on the 600cc Suzuki, in third. Fifty minutes into the race, Rave Yamaha ducked into the pits for fuel, turning the lead over to Vesrah Racing. The red flag flew at the one-hour-and-20-minute mark with a rider laying in turn six, oil on the track, and the bike against the barrier some 300 feet down the track. After a brief 15-minute break to clean up the oil and retrieve a few more bikes from around the track, the green flew again, and Rave Yamaha charged into the lead again, with Jay Tanner in control. Neighbor Of The Beast continued to lead the Lightweight Superbike class, as team owner Melissa Berkoff took over. Matsushima Performance and Red Star battled for the lead in the Middleweight Superbike class, swapping leather in every turn. LOC Endurance dominated the Middleweight Superstock class, leading Dalke Motorsports and Team Chicago. At the halfway point, Rave Yamaha led Vesrah and Red Star. One lap down came Arnchu, 5150 Racing and Matsushima Performance. Macheca Motorsports, Honda R&D, LOC Performance and Wizard Racing II rounded out the top 10. The red flag flew again at the four-hour- and-12-minute point, as Arnchu's rider and Suzuki were laying in the middle of turn two. The green flew again after a 25-minute delay, and Rave Yamaha again charged into the lead, f o l l o w e d b y Ve s r a h , Re d S t a r, 5150, Matsushima and Honda R&D. With fast action in the pits, Vesrah Suzuki gained the lead at the five-hour mark, with Rave Yamaha in second and a recovering Arnchu in third. Red Star led the Middleweight Superbike class, one lap up on Matsushima, as LOC held the lead in Middleweight Superstock class, over Team Chicago and Honda HMR. It was going down to the wire as Rave Yamaha ducked into the pits for fuel. There were 20 minutes left in the race. On the gas and flying through traffic, Rave Yamaha stayed ahead of Vesrah Suzuki and captured the victory with a margin of 4.791 seconds. "We have a great rider, Jason Perez," said Rave rider Jay Tanner. "He gave us the lead early on, and then, after the second restart, he made up time and caught Vesrah, and that is what it is all about." CN Bridgestone/WERA National Endurance Series Round 4: Miller Motorsports Park Perez Earns Rave Review! Rave Yamaha Racing won the six-hour WERA National at Miller Motorsports Park. PHOTO BY KEN GOSSOM/MIRROR IMAGES MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK TOOELE, UTAH RESULTS: JUNE 11, 2006 (ROUND 4) O/A: 1. Rave Yamaha Racing (Yam); 2. Vesrah Suzuki (Suz); 3. Arnchu Racing (Suz); 4. Matsushima Performance (Suz); 5. 5150 Racing (Suz); 6. Red Star (Yam); 7. Macheca Motorsports (Kaw); 8. Honda R&D (Hon); 9. Team Maxxis Racing (Suz); 10. Team Velocity Racing (Yam). L/W S/BK: 1. Neighbor Of The Beast (Suz); 2. Twin Works Factory 2 (Kaw); 3. Blue Ridge Performance (Kaw). M/W S/BK: 1. Matsushima Performance (Suz); 2. Red Star (Yam); 3. Cycleworld Kawasaki (Kaw). H/W S/BK: 1. Rave Yamaha Racing (Yam); 2. Vesrah Suzuki (Suz); 3. Macheca Motorsports (Kaw). M/W S/STK: 1. LOC Endurance (Yam); 2. Team Chicago (Yam); 3. Team HMR (Hon). H/W S/STK: 1. Arnchu Racing (Suz); 2. 5150 Racing (Suz); 3. Honda R&D (Hon). BY DAVE BEAUMONT LUCERNE VALLEY, CA, JUNE 10 A fter a four-month recovery from injury, Paul Krause returned to his winning ways at the 19th annual Meltdown European Scram- bles in Lucerne Valley, topping both the Vet Expert and Senior Expert races despite feeling the effects of the long layoff. "My speed felt good, but I'm not in shape," said Krause. "I need to shed some pounds and get back to racing every weekend." The Senior Experts were the first to see Krause's rear fender, as his Malcolm Smith Motorsports/Bridgestone/FMF/Maxima KTM 525 was the first bike to drop into the rocky sand wash after the bomb run. The memory of eight broken ribs and a collapsed lung made him glad to be out front. "I didn't want to take any chances in the dust, so it was great to get the holeshot and ride my own race," said Krause. A quick refueling and a change of numbers were all his KTM needed between races, and Krause lined up with the Vet Experts, hoping for another great start. "This time I missed the kickstarter," he said, "so I was sixth or seventh at the bomb. After that, I slid out in the dust and dropped to about 10th." He worked his way up through the pack and finally took the lead when Ryan Spangler stalled his MSR/Big Gun/Twin Air/Dunlop/BRP Honda 450. " I a l m o s t e n d o e d i n t h e r o c k s , " s a i d Spangler. "I had to shut it down, and it took three or four kicks to get going." Ryan Kudla wowed the spectators in the next race, as he center-punched a greasewood bush and took out some bunting near the finish line while taking the overall win on his IMS/Renthal/No Toil Yamaha YZ250. Justin Morrow took advantage of the technical sections of the 9-mile course to claim second overall and first 125cc Expert on his JBC/Six Six One/Suspension By Jake/GPR Yamaha 125. Third overall went to Amateur Ty Hathaway, on his KTM 525. In his first year of desert racing, Hathaway has won his class consistently, frequently beating the Open Experts as well. Unlike other first-year racers, Hathaway doesn't come from a motocross background. Since the age of 2, he has been involved in bicycle trials, traveling around the country competing in trials events. When he got the urge to race motorcycles, the challenge of the desert terrain beckoned, and now he has a shelf full of trophies and (after this race) a red Expert stripe for his number plate. In the Women's Expert class, Amy Hasten cruised to the win on her new Lipert/ESR/FTD Yamaha YZ250. After some bad luck on her old bike earlier in the year, she knew it was time for a change. "I had to buy some new luck," said Hasten. "I was becoming a regular at Chaparral, ordering parts for my old bike. Finally I got a new bike at Montclair Yamaha, and I love it!" CN RACERS UNDER THE SON MC MELTDOWN EUROPEAN SCRAMBLES LUCERNE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA RESULTS: JUNE 10, 2006 (ROUND 10) VET OPEN EX: 1. Paul Krause (KTM); 2. Ryan Spangler (Hon); 3. Anthony Modica (KTM); 4. Don Campbell (KTM); 5. Greg McGrath (KTM). VET 250 EX: 1. Dean Alexander (Yam); 2. Brian Navratil (Hon); 3. Rex Steerman (Kaw); 4. Brian Davis (Kaw); 5. Furious Stroud (Kaw). SR OPEN EX: 1. Paul Krause (KTM); 2. Cliff Thomas (Hon); 3. Mike Korenwinder (Yam); 4. John Connolly (Hon); 5. Les Lehigh (KTM). SR 250 EX: 1. Kevin Hasten (Yam); 2. John Braasch (Kaw); 3. Doug Phelan (KTM); 4. Richard Chandler Jr. (Yam); 5. Sean Johnson (KTM). MAG OPEN EX: 1. Max Eddy (KTM); 2. Dennis Tipton (Hon); 3. Todd Cornish (KTM); 4. Buddy Bosh (KTM); 5. Caveman Baumann (Hon). MAG 250 EX: 1. Russell Jenkins (Kaw); 2. Keith Jones (GG); 3. Rick Nuss (Yam); 4. Steve Argubright (Kaw); 5. Darrell Moore (KTM). OPEN EX: 1. Luke Orr (Hon); 2. Nicholas Blaise (Hon); 3. Jared Webster (Yam); 4. Brian Sweany (KTM); 5. Jeffrey Bunting (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Ryan Kudla (Yam); 2. Nick Sweany (Suz); 3. Damian Hartman (Hon); 4. Andrew Vandenberg (Hon); 5. Ryan Purdy (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Justin Morrow (Yam); 2. Zach Dodson (Suz); 3. Richard Chandler III (Yam); 4. Nik Abele (KTM). WMN EX: 1. Amy Hasten (Yam); 2. Kendra Hoover (Yam); 3. Heather Gongora (Kaw); 4. Kassia Gray (Kaw). MINI EX: 1. Justin Forsyth (KTM); 2. Justin Imhof (Hon). S/SR EX: 1. Richard Jackson (Hon); 2. Jack Morin (KTM); 3. Ned McNabb (Kaw); 4. Robert Torgerson (KTM); 5. Norm Gaiger (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. Ty Hathaway (KTM); 2. Marc Elmer (Hon); 3. Robert Bland (Hon); 4. Michael Moyer (Hon); 5. Ryan Arnold (Hon). 250 AM: 1. Chris Morrow (Yam); 2. Clayton Lyon (Suz); 3. Steven Sileski (Yam); 4. Daniel Kelly (Hon). 125 AM: 1. Matthew Bodkin (KTM); 2. Jack Moore (KTM); 3. Kevin Dajongh (KTM); 4. Danny Modica (Suz); 5. James Jenkins (Yam). WMN AM: 1. Tricia Lane (Hon); 2. Devon Rich (KTM); 3. Stacy Doerksen (KTM); 4. Sheri Kibbe (Kaw). MINI AM: 1. Garrett Forsyth (KTM). VET OPEN AM: 1. Jim Spotts (KTM); 2. Curt Yaney (KTM); 3. Don Grassman (KTM); 4. Steven Dunn (Hon); 5. Curtis Newman (Hon). VET 250 AM: 1. Sean Hastings (Yam); 2. Gavin Gruenberg (Yam); 3. Joe King (Kaw); 4. Steve Dumont (Yam); 5. Chris Esparza (Kaw). SR OPEN AM: 1. Sehon Powers (KTM); 2. John Sides (Hon); 3. Steve Williams (KTM); 4. Ken Reber (KTM); 5. Dave Adama (Yam). SR 250 AM: 1. Bruce Hall (Yam); 2. Rob Kraft (Yam); 3. Mark Smith (Yam); 4. Matt Landfield (Yam); 5. Michael Hayne (Kaw). MAG OPEN AM: 1. Matt Zoerb (KTM); 2. William Davis (KTM); 3. Gary Beck (KTM); 4. Brian Cross (Hus); 5. Gary Shafer (Kaw). MAG 250 AM: 1. Gregg Thompson (Kaw); 2. Mark Anondson (Yam); 3. Doug McPherson (Yam); 4. Thomas Gruenberg (Yam); 5. Ron Kenyan (KTM). OPEN NOV: 1. Shawn Blair (KTM); 2. Cody Madlem (Hon); 3. Richard Nelson (Yam); 4. Nathan Rohrer (Kaw); 5. Richard Williams (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Miller (Hon); 2. Kyle Meester (KTM); 3. Justin Gruenberg (Yam); 4. Danny Dodds (Yam); 5. Andrew Whitehead (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Trevor Watson (KTM); 2. Garrett Wilkey (KTM); 3. Zac Bader (Kaw); 4. Robby Kraft (Yam); 5. Russell Landfield (Yam). WMN NOV: 1. Patricia Irceo (Hon); 2. Stephanie Phelan (Yam); 3. Joanna Kaczmarek (Kaw). MINI NOV: 1. Justin Lantz (Hon); 2. Michael Watson (Hon); 3. Tyler Little (Hon); 4. Zach Sizelove (Hon); 5. Tyler McWilliams (Kaw). VET OPEN NOV: 1. David Gladhill (Yam); 2. Mike Bader (Hon); 3. Jeff Stokes (Hon); 4. Nadim Eid (Yam); 5. Marcus Vallejos (Yam). VET 250 NOV: 1. Kent Purser (Yam); 2. Jeff Misener (Yam); 3. Ami Tabak (Kaw); 4. John Simon (Hon); 5. Matthew McGowan (Hon). SR OPEN NOV: 1. Alex Rodriguez (Yam); 2. Fred Heitzmann (Yam); 3. Jeff Gifford (Yam); 4. Brett Fratus (Hon); 5. Cipriano Iliano (Hon). SR 250 NOV: 1. Chris Foster (Yam); 2. Brett Turley (Kaw); 3. Martin Serna (Kaw); 4. Wendell Smith (Yam); 5. Jeffrey Eiler (KTM). MAG OPEN NOV: 1. Byron Purdy (KTM); 2. Steven Peterson (Suz); 3. Terry Hawkins (Hus); 4. George Varner (Hon); 5. John Davis (KTM). MAG 250 NOV: 1. Terry Pickens (Hon); 2. Mike Davis (Hon); 3. Gerry Skiner (Kaw). OPEN BEG: 1. Ryan Hasbrouck (Kaw); 2. Scott Griffith (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Kevin Dunn (Suz); 2. Jason Harper (Yam); 3. Derek Roslie (Hon); 4. Kyle Rounds (Hon); 5. Matt Finkle (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Cody Sides (Kaw); 2. Martin Serna (Kaw); 3. Bradley Rutledge (Suz); 4. Richard Fogwell (KTM). MINI BEG: 1. Jonathan Sandoval (Yam); 2. Aaron Free (KTM); 3. Gabe Chapman (Kaw); 4. Adam Peterson (Kaw). SR OPEN BEG: 1. Michael Free (KTM); 2. Ken Meester (KTM); 3. William Hawes (Hon); 4. Ken Evartt (KTM); 5. Robert Blachley (Kaw). SR 250 BEG: 1. Paul Larch (Kaw); 2. Ty Nester (Yam). AMA District 37 Desert Championship Series Round 10: Racers Under The Son MC Meltdown European Scrambles Krause, Kudla Conquer the Meltdown Paul Krause was the winner of Racers Under The Son MC's Meltdown European Scrambles, a.k.a. round 10 of the AMA District 37 Desert Championship Series. PHOTO BY JOHN SIMON

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