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; .. == ~ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . I _ . _ . _ . _ ~ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ Western hotline t 00 t:- O) 1""""4 • Winner Scott Burnworth leads run ners-up John Whelchel (98) and Steve Sc hmitz 129) at t he Racing World NMA Qua lifier. . A pair of AME Minicycle Associatio'n riders di ce over the Dunes ' t ower ju mp. Swearinger sweeps AME Junior Cycles By J ud y Greenberg VA LENC IA . CA.JUN E 16 Shawn Davis took a com m and ing lead in th e first lap of the 83cc Sto ck 12-yea rs and over Juniors Friday night with Am eri can t: 36 • Mot ocr oss Enterprises Mini cycle Associat ion . Skip Godinez held strong to second, as Ric k Ho ug hta ling closed in from behind . W hen Da vis went down in th e tower turn . Godinez moved in front . Ma rk Davenport br oke throu gh a th ree -way ba ttle a nd settled int o th ird . lea ving Bob W oosley and Tony Nagy in a whee l-to-w hee l co nfro nta tio n for th e ne xt two la ps. Nagy sa w his way a ro und in the mini swee pe r . bu t th en lost it a t th e tower tu rn . Now it was Davis a nd W oosley d ud ing through the esses, emerging with Davis in front . T he n ag came out fo r Godinez . as Daven port fai led in a last attempt to ta ke second from Hought a ling as they crossed the fini sh . The second time . Davis ran awa y in the first lap . Ho ughta ling took over second after a brief encounter with Bob bv Nelson . The pressure mo u nt ed as N~lson tried to ma ke it back , bu t t he stage was set fo r Houghtaling . Nagy . Godinez and Davenp~rt m ixed it up a ll over the co urse with Nagy finish ing fou rt h . Raym ond Swea ringer ravaged t he cou rse . ta king doub le wins for the Stoc k a nd Modi fied J un ior Cycle Int ermed ia tes as his brother s. visiting from Georgia . loo ked on . In the first moto of t he Modified . Swea rin ger too k t he holesho t. feeli ng immedi a te heat fro m Wa lt Armenda riz. It was tig ht o n the do wn hill with Arm enda riz getting by, but before long Swearinger had it bac k and pulled ou t to a stea dy lead. Armenda riz went down W hen rou nding the m ini sweepe r . Larry Turner go t by. Cart Tignino lost third -yith bike troub le . .. ' • _ _ • _ " _ . ' •• -- -- ------ - ------------ Turner took com ma nd of mo to two a nd J ohnn ie with Swearinger Rodriguez on his rail. Swea rin ger Turner downhill as passed Armendariz made th e sa me move o n Rod rigu ez. From th ere on th e ra ce belonged to Swearinge r . Ju st as Armenda riz put th e sq ueeze o n Turner he went down : but was up in tim e to finis h th ird. Results . PEe WEe MOO : Ju stin Souza l$ uzl. PEe w ee STOCK: 1. Ma tt Blacklock (ltj}: 2. Daniel Lamb lIndl; 3. Jo seph Frock lInd l. JR CYCLE MOD EX: Gary S,;la gy; ISu,). JR CYCLE MOD · INT: 1. Ray Sw earinger ISuz); 2. Larry Turner (Suz): 3. Wa lt Armenda rizlltJl . JR CYCLE MO D JR S: 1. Mous e M cCoy Utj}; 2. W alt Ricky Duma (Suz!. JR CYCLE STOCK INT: 1. Rav Sw earinger (Sull; 2. Wa lt Armendar iz Uti) 3. Johnn ie Rod riQuez (Suz). ; JR CYCLE MOD J RS: 1. Mouse M cCoy IIljl: 2. Ricky Duma (Suzl . JR CYCLE BEG STOCK: 1. Todd Tevlor ISuzl; 2. J eff Anderson (Han). 10Sec OPEN: 1. Rick J urado (Yaml ; 2. Jac k Greenberg (Suzf 3. J ohn McClure (Yam). 83cc MOD INT: 1. Ron Eversole (SUI ); 2. Jack Greenberg ISUll: 3. John McClure (Yam). B3cc MOD J RS 12 .... : 1. Shaw n Davis (Yam l; 2. Rick Ju rado (Yam); 3. Pat W alsh (Yaml B3cc STOCK JRS 12 1-: 1. Rick Houghtaling (Suzl; 2. Shaw n DaVIS(Yaml ; 3. Sk ip Godmez (Suz) 83cc MOD JRS g-11: 1. Walt Ar mendariz (SuII; 2 . Todd Parker (SUI); 3 John Gersjes (Yaml 8Jc c STOCK J RS 9-" DIV 1: Gary S"lagYl ISu,). 83cc STOCK JR S DIV 2: 1. Larry Turner (SUI); 2. John Ger SIt:."S (Yaml; 3. LoUIS Nagy lYam l 83cc MOO BEG 12 +: 1. Brand Johnson tHocU; 2. Richard Esterw ald (Yam); 3. Clyd e Yoko i (Honl B3cc STOCK BEG 12 .. : 1. John Young (S UI); 2. Jerry Loaiza lYaml; 3 R. a ryan Bi r (Yaml. e 83cc STOCK BEG 9-11: 1. Jason Davenpo rt l Yam): 2 Tim Thomason (Yam); 3. Erik Eckert (Hon) Burnworth blast s NMA qualifiers By Keith Cle m o ns T RA BUCO CA NYON , CA . J UNE I I The Nati on al Minicycle Association ad de d real cha lle nge to th e lat est of their W est Coast qu ali fiers by tu rn ing the mini m oto m en loose on the ins. o u ts, ups a nd downs of Racing W orld's Prochalleng ing Califo rn ia co urse . The two -day event was on ly one of 68 simila r NMA qualifier s held a t th e sa me time through out th e Un ited S l~ ~~ ~ ~d .the World all Jead ing up to , thc Yam aha Grand Nationa ls to be held at Pon ca City, OK in August. R&D-spo nsored Scott Burnwo rt h drove up fro m San Diego to kick the soc ks off the 22 other ent ries in the 83cc Modified Expert ra ce . His two to p ch a llengers. seco nd - a nd third p lace ta kers J ohn Whelchel a nd Sreve Schm it z a re both Suzuki -sp onsored Iact orv riders so Burnworth had a handf~ 1 of hot compet ition . However , Burnworth is a t libert y to trick up his engine within NMA regul at ion s. whil e \ \' he lchel a nd Schm itz mu st keep thei r since a faClory motors stoc k. sponso rshi p rcquiremeru a llows for modi ficat ion in the suspension o nly. In die first m oro , Burnworth domin ated the ent ire raee. Yamaha fac to ry-spo nso red Eri c Kehoe followed Burnworth through the turns to place second a nd Schmitz and Whelc hel. ca ug ht be hind la pped tra ffic . went home t hird an d fou rt h. T he second time out Burnwort h aga in m astered the m ot o until the final la p whe n Whe lchel , ru nni ng in second , a nd Sc hmitz in th ird . eac h foun d a line by a nd lef t Bu rn wort h wit h a third plac e fin ish . Tota l points left' himwit h the overa ll first place win however. and Whelch el and Schmitz too k second and thir d for t he day . . Keh oe finis hed fourt h . In the o p inio n of a select few (mostly parents ). the bes t event of the da y was th e Pel" \ Vee race . The new names made th c NMA scene as a pa ir o f fourvear -olds . who'd never been in a race before . tri ed their hand a t bec oming m ight y mo to men for th e first time . Sin ce all Pee W ees trophy a nywa y. th ey co uld n't lose . Ni ck y Pou nd s looked like a Pro as he ra cc'd to the he a d of th e pa ck a nd sta ved o ut fro nt to win . Ryan Clark p..d ale d as fast as he co u ld but co u ldn' t ca tch tri ck y Ni ck y so he sett led for second a t the. end of the ra ce . Richard Sexton ba ttled Cooky Basczy for t hird bu t Cook y just co u ld n't u nsu rp the throne from Richa rd who wo n the bout. Basczy's hi ke had tro ub le runnIng the secon d ti me a rou nd so his dad j u m pt' d into ac tion with a hel pful kick -start a nd a pee, wI'I' pu sh but when front running Pou nds, seco nd p lace Cla rk , a nd Sa xton in t h ird ca me twisting th rou g h th e turns . a ll three co llide d with Cook y a nd pop a nd everyo ne wen t d own toge the r . Sax to n was th e first to gt·t unt an g led a nd t he edg e put h im acros s th e fini sh first for th e win a nd th e ove ra ll. DG ' spon sored Kevin Heisser fin ished seco nd bu t p laced only th ird overal l and second for the day went to Ni cky Pounds. MXer Stearns tops Speedway 1. 1. 7 IT By Rod Eschenburg CHU LA VISTA , CA . J U NE 9 Morocrosser Mike Stea rns u pset t he who le applecart last Frid ay night at Speedway 117 as he went wire to wire in the 250cc 'TT Main Event wit h his CZ motocross bike to tak e the measure of a good field . First wee k winner Eddie Beeson was right with Stearns in the ea rly go ing bu t co uld not keep u p th e pace in t he final two laps of th e 12·!apper and sett led fo r a ' co mforta ble seco nd ah ead of firs t tim er Eddie Pendlet on. In the Open Ma in it was the "O ld Pro " Jim McMurren giving a riding lesson to W ard Ring in the la te laps to slip by for a close win . The Mo ney Ra ce' was all Al Gl over (WI:IO had m issed th e sta rt of th e 250cc regular Main) with th e rea l race for seco nd . as agai n McMurren used h is ex pe rie nce to get by Beeson for a close seco nd . The ATCs .h ad a re al good nigh t wit h the ou tstanding race series bei ng th e Ope n Cl a ss where former m oto crosser Mark We ixeldorfer fina lly beat ou t arch (bu t frien d ly) riva l Dean Su nda hl in stra ight m otos. It m arked the first time ever that Sundahl has ' been beaten in a class tha t he fin ished in a t Speedway 117. Results TT MOTORCYCLES 250cc 1st HT: AI Glover (Yam) 2nd HT: Edd ie Beeson {Yaml SEMI : AI F;nan (CZI MAIN: 1. Mik e Stearns (e ZI; 2. Eddie Beeson (Yaml; 3. Eddie Pendleton IYaml . OPEN 1st HT: J im McMurr en (Yam) 2nd HT: Wa rd Ring (v ern SEMI : J ohn Kent (Yaml MAI N: 1. J im Mc Mu rren (Yam); 2. Wa rd Ring (Yam); 3. J .A. M itchell (Yaml . COM BINED M ONEY RACE: 1. AI Glover IYam); 2. . J im McMun en (Yaml; 3. Edd ie Beeson (Yam). ALL TERRAIN CYCLES WO MENS OPEN: 1. M art e Man e; 2. Vicki Coulter; 3. Lisa Lippincott . 70c c MOD : t . Larry Praetor ; 2. J ohn linn; 3. Steve J ohnson . 90cc STOCK : 1. Terry Henry; 2. Steve W righ t. 70ce STOCK : 1. Terry Gilbert ; 2. Linda Lippincott. 91cc-112cc : 1. J im Babb itt; 2. M ark DeConl; 3. Phil Finch . 113-132cc: 1. M ike Hardin g; 2. Perry Tho mpson; 3. M ike Davis. 133cc -open; 1. M ark W eixeldo rf er 2. Oean Sundahl: 3. Bob W illiams. ATC M ONEY RACE: 1. Bob W ;n;ams: 2. M ark W eixeldorfer; 3. Dean Sundah l. . -

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