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By Michael Tarter
CORONA, CA, SEPT. 17
TDD/CD!
The promoters have decided to
pay money back to the Class 8
Three-Wheelers and Class 3
Odysseys. The two classes had
spectators at the edge of their seats, as
they would aggressively position themselves going into turn one.
Dean Sundahl, riding for American
Honda, cleaned house as be took the
overall wins in both oval and off-road
ew.Dts. During the oval Class 8, Sundahl and Mupn USA-sponsmed Derek
Davidson bad tbe dice of the evening.
It appeared that Davidson was going
to take the overall, until tum four with
one lap to go, where Sundahl made his
move to take the win. Rob Selvy held
off a hard charging American Honda·
sponaored Mark Weixeldorfer, who
had a bad start, for third overall.
It was Bob Morris who edged out
Jack Kelly with a 2-1 over Kelly's 1-2
score in the Odyssey Class 5 oval to
, take tbe overall.
Both beats of the ATV off road Class
8 race contained enough thrills and excitement to bring anyone out to Corona.
Sundahl again took the holes hot
with Weixeldorfer and Jeff Springman
in a drafting position. The three riders
were pulling away as if they were in a
separate class from the rest of the
pack. Halfway through the two heats,
Sundahl would show everyone just how
much power his highly modified
ATC250R had. as he pulled a five second lead over Wax and wheelied 40
yards down the back straightaway. The
two riders showed their perfection as
they rode a flawless race followed by
Springman and Mike Chester.
The Class 5 Odyssey off-road race
was also a tight race. Rory Holiday was
running out front when he was black
flagged due to losing the gas cap and
having gas flying around. At that
time,' the duo of Bob Morris and
Roberto Cortez took over. Holiday was
back in the race and driving anxiously
to catch the other drivers, bilt he again
had trouble with the cap. Morris drove
to a perfect 1-1 score, besting Cortez's
2·2. Both drivers had a good night.
Curt Sparks, who was victorious in
the Class 4 oval. has been signed by
American Honda to ride on their
higbly successful team. Congratualtions
CurtI
Corona Raceway bas been doing an
excellent job preparing the track and
organizing the events on Thursday
nights. If you've wanted to see fast,
competitive ATVs, this is it!
ATI'
Results
OVAl3-WHEEl
ClASS 1. Ron Ilyoro; 2. ~ _ _
ClASS 4: 1. Curt St-t
