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CRESP! If you' ve been to t he United States Grand Prix or the American round of the World Superbike Series in the past th ree years, you probably already know about James Crespinel. His commissioned work includes portraits of Mikha il Gorbachev, Mar t ina Navra til ova , Michael Jordan , Brian Bosworth and Steve Largent, in addition to .those of James Dean, Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. He is quickly becoming one of th e most sought aft er competition artists in the United States. Many world class riders themselves own original oil pain tings by Crespinel and now lith ographs of his works are avai lable for both the collector and enthusiast alike, through Cycle News Produc ts. 00 ......-I KEVIN SCHWANTZ During the 1990 Grand Prix seaso n, Kevin Sc hwantz sat on t he pole positio n seven times , won five rounds, and fin ished secon d in the World Cha mpionship. Many feel that 1991 will be th e T exan's yea r. T he orig ina l 7' x 8' oil pai nti ng was completed at the 1991 Dayt ona 200, and the delu xe edition lithographs were signed by Kevin Schwantz at t he 1991 U.S. Gra nd Prix at Lagu na Seca. lickey Fay (13 ) topped three Pro class mains at the Elma Ind oo r Short Track. way. Midwa y through th e race , w illison had com fort a ble IS-seco n d lead o ver G eorge -pearin g, who had wo rked up from a poor tart. Alle n go t a second wind and repassed pearin g a nd sta rted redin g in Wi lli son. lien pulled to wi th in striking di stance of Villison bu t wasn 't able to work throu gh ap ped rid ers as well as th e leader and had o sett le for seco nd at the ch eckered fla g. ipenr ing held o n for th ird over Bea ler. In the Ama teu r clas s, Fred Ka lmick grabbed he holesho t and led lor th ree laps before HIlling off the trac k af ter jamm ing hi s leg J1 a turn a nd aggr ava ti ng an o ld kne e inj u ry. err y Woo dard in heri ted th e lead wit h Dou g od riq ues and David NC'3 1 in (Ow. AI Smith o r ked up fru m a midpark stan a nd crea ted four-rider ba ilie lo r the lead. Rodriques. ooda rd , Nea l and Sm ith were all over eac h th er with Smit h lin all y get ti ng th e uppe r an d wit h a cou p le o f laps remai ni ng . Sm ith eld o n to win wi th Neal seco nd and Man uel erra uo comi ng fro m way back ( 0 ca p tu re u rd , Ala n O lso n had a fiel d day in the Master lass as he got around ea rl y leader J ack Kell nd was never th reatened , Kell , Ala n Ken t a nd im Cas h diced for mo st 01 the 45 mi n u tes ith eac h rider hon in g h is h ig h -sp eed assi ng skills as th ey enco u n tered lap ped iders by the fourth ci rcui t of the track. Kent eld of! Cas h bUI co uld n' t get aro u nd Kelt nd had to sett le fo r th ird. esults ='00\' :1. Co n n ie H uh (Ya m ); 2. Su��vr rohjn~ ( K.aw) : 3. Bill Ibener (Ya m ); -I. J im Swindrll!!. (H u n ); 5. Bob Klau ( Kaw). AM: I. AI Smith (Ya m): 2. O" vid Neal {H o n]: 3. Ma n uel ��rr. no (Ho n); 1. a nnu ~ RtKlt iKlln (Ka w); 5. Mike Ch esb ro o n ). EX: I. G ary Wi ll iM (Kaw ): 2. J ~I( 1.. Allen (Ka w); 3. Ceorge lIl IX'ar ing (H o n) ; 4. R il'h;lTd Rl'a ll'T [ Ynm]: 5. T om Widick am ). MST R: 1. Ala n Olson ( H Ull ): 2. J alk Kl��\I ( Y a m ); ~. Alan em (Ka w);��1. T im (" ~ h (H u n ); !l. Gt"m/(e Ko hl er (KT M). .a hree in a row for Fay I Elma Short Track y Derryl Anderson LMA, IVA, FEB. 24 k ip Van Lee uw e n Ent. z Fa rdi g Ra cin g / la xi rna/ O a kleyI Peiro il i/Lesrer's Machi ne/ II/Works Perf.cbacked Mickey Fay made it tr ee main eveIII wins in a ro w in the Pro lass at the lima In doo r Sh ort Track . The ewly-rerued facility had a su per smoo th. bl ue I"oo\le day su��r face. In heat o ne, Eddie Gnr1!iioh J,{ot the hol eshoL > l1owcd by Shane BULchart, Bruce Scott an d d ( Annen . O n lap two Ann en made a eau ti (ul in side mov e o n SCOlL a nd BUlCharl. lap lalcr he went under Ge rrish to make he (lI1al order Annen , G err ish , Bw chart a nd COlt . Two rid ers in each heal race ear ned ans(n s to the mai n evellt. In heal two , Fay g Ol a faM start o ver Ryan nderson, Wi llie Halpert a nd Charlie Brown . rown ~ O l past H al p ert a nd th e o rde r 'ma ineu the same to the checkers with Fa y o llecti ng th e wi n. H eat th ree saw 0011 Montgomery get th e o lesl1ot alt e-ad of La nce Spo nberg, Troy ose. Kirk Strong and Eric Ri ckm an . By lap ree, Rose had ta ken o ver th e lead whil e po nbcrg an d Montgomcr y balt led back a nd nh over second, swa p p ing pos it io ns somemes two to three times a la p. A (ru strat ed lrong was righ l behind th e balt le bu t bet ween e two o f them th ey wen 'n 't leavin g any ope ni ngs . At the, fini sh it was Rose wi th the win o ver Sp o nbe rg , Morugomerv. Strong and Rickman. T he Pro B mai n (sem i) adva nced Stro ng and M ontgom ery 10 the main. In th e main event. Fay go t a no ther grea t sta rt and wa s fo llo wed by Annen , Stro ng . who ca me from ou tside in the back row , th en Rose. Gerr ish. And erson , Bro wn and M on tgom ery . Bro wn sta ll ed in turn tw o b u t qui ck ly restarted. . And ers on tri ed 10 pa ss G err is h severa l times befor e Gerr ish left a n o pe n ing on lap six. AI th e checkered flag it was Fay with th e win ov er An nen , Str on g , Ro se, Anderso n , Gerri sh , Bu tcha rt , Sponber g, Bro wn a nd Montgom er y. The 250ec B mai n was won by Dave T a ylor who was fol lo wed by Mark Pa terson and Jcrry So uthworth. In the 250cc A ma in C hr is Kucklick gOI the in it ia l lead ahead of Steve Pruzi nski. Skip Du ncan , J ason En derso n, Dave Taylo r 3m I the o the r rid ers. Pru zinski and Duncan chased Kuckli ck (or five la ps, then on the last la p in tur n four Kuckl ick went too wid e and both Pru ziu ski a nd Duncan got by. At the chec kered !lag it was Pr u zinski, first ��ollowed by Dunca n , Kuckl ick, Enderso n and the others. RANDY MAMOLA Born on November 10, 1959, Rand y Mamola began his raci ng career at the age of 12, and raced intern ationally in New Zealand when he was only 15 years old. In 1987 he surprised th e sporti ng world by annou ncing that he wo uld rid e for Cagiva , an Italian motorcycle manu facturer. Randy_ha s come wit hin a few points of the World Cham pionship no fewer than four' tim es, and has finis hed third twice. He is one of th e few wh o has raced for each of th e four Jap anese factories. He has won a total of .13 Gra nd Prix and has finished on the ros trum 57 tim es . This fine piece of art was created in Crespinel' s st udio and is a slightly different image of th e one that was painted at t he U.S. Grand Prix in 1989 at Laguna Seca. (please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery) Resul ts .~ o STK : 1. Kylr Bunger (Ya m ); 2. Sron Far di g (Ya m ); ~. Na lh ;1Il Frrningtl (Ya m ). .~ O MO D: I. Kylr Ba ngt"l (Ya m ); 2. Isaac Songer (Yam) ; ~ . Dana Glen (Ya m ). f.o: I. J a kt" Holden ( Kaw ); 2. SnKlter vernon (I1j ). KO: I. Ch rist ian Vernon (Ka w ): 2. j a ke H ol den ( Kaw j: 3. jut' Len z ( Ka w ). . 12.'J H: l. Ma rk Pa ue rso n (H o n ): 2. Frank Marker (Ya m); :I. Rr ll( e Bm wn (Ho n ). 1:5 A: 1. JOt" w ad e (I-Ion ); 2, C h ristia n vernon [ H o n ]: ~ . j t'u y Southwonh (l Ion ). 250 R: t. Da ve T aylor (H a n): 2. Ma rk Paterson (Yam) : 3. J rrr y Sllu th w orth (H o n ). 250 A: I. Sieve P r u / i tl ~ki (lion ); 2. Ski p Duncan (linn ): 3. Ch ri ~ Kurk lirk (Ya m ). OPEN 8 : 1. Craig Ann abl e (Ha n); 2. Aarnn w agoner (Ya m ); 3. j t-f( :'I/t"wmn (lion). O PE N A: I. 51t'vt' Pr u / in !'ok i (H un ); 2. Tim Mitch rll (li n n ): S. R il'L. Burr heu (Ya m). +30 R: I. Dave G rn!'o n'"lo .... (lin n ): 2. Troy 7.t'hniM (Ho n ); 3. Dt-nni!lo Arm ~lr lln g (Yam ). +~O A: I. n on Mlmt l(llmf'IY(11(111); 2. Will i,' Halpert t H o n ); 3. Ti m Mil r hdl {H o n] . +,10: I. Milt' An nen Ilion ): 2. Dick Wall I!-Inn); 3. Ro n Sc hill ckt" (Ya m ). SR: I. L yle f>c1l M"y Hfon ): 2. Dan Mf \.; lTthy (Hon]: 3. Bu..k RII!u'ns (l in n ). Vtl': T SGt.: 1. Skip Duncan (li o n): 2. Dennis Arm!lolrnn~ ( R.~ A); 3 . Lor en O u n l')' {H o n ]. Vt NT 'rw. 1. RIK [Mf'!'o l RSA); 2. Mii< Ha rrie t (T d); 3. I t' G;uy Beach (Tri ). O PEN MX: I. Oit'k W;t11 lIinn ): 2. Dan ~fcr~rt h y (Ho n): .1. TUI Mallll!t ( Hun). .ld O PE N PR O B: I. W ill ie H alpert IR lx); 2. Bru ee Sco u (R tx ): 3. Eru- Rickma n (R tx). . . O PEN PR O A: I. M ickr'Y Fay (H , OJ: 2. Jdl Annen {W. R); ~. Kirk SnonK (R1X): 4. 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