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N 00 en .... > ro I- • ::J I- .0 Q) U- rn ~ w Z > I- « ". ,. - (Above) David Pinkosky came away a winner in the 201 -250cc class. (Right) Chris Botsko took the 0-200cc Modified class hands down, Pinkosky tops Willow Springs opener By Terry Rezek WILLOW SPRINGS . CA , JAN. 17 Willow Springs International Raceway, horne of Sports car and motorcycle roadracing, opened a new chapter in its racing activities with a twomile off-road course designed for dune buggy events. Two Antelope Valley residents, Dennis andChris Botsko, saw that the course would also be ideal for three-wheel racing. 18 Through an arrangement with the Tumbleweed Off-Road Racing association, sponsors of the inaugural buggy race, three-wheelers were added to the program and drew as many entries as did the cars . The course was very fast with the 250s turning lap times only 35 seconds slower than the Baja Bugs . In the 201 ·250cc class. David Pinkosky took his stocker into the first tum in mote-one 10 yards ahead of anyone else and had 10 seconds over the pack before the end of lap one. Bob Clutter tried several times to close the gap between himself and Pinkosky and made a valiant effort when th e white flag came ou t. Clutter was begin ning to move up at a steady pace but ran out of time an d was for ced to settle for second. Clutter took 'an irhirleliiat'e leiid ' in I mota two and rode aggressively to take first . He DNF in moto one and so was not in contention for the overall win. Pinkosky knew that second would earn him the overall but it wasn't easy. Dennis Botsko had finished th ird an d was right beh ind Pinkosky looking for that better second moto finish that would give him the win . The speed of the course and the short five lap races were no t in favor of anyone catching up and tim e ran out. With one and two placings. Pinkosky took the overall win . Winners in the 0-200cc Stock and Mod ified classes were Mark Dainty and Chris Botsko, Chris and Dennis Bo tsko should be congratulated for th fine job they did in putting this event together in less than five weeks. Will ow Springs ha s the potential to be a major part of SoCal three-wheel racing. If you th ink you' d like to see mor e of these events, you migh t 'call Chris Botsko at Chris's ATC parts in Lit tlerock . CA , 8051 944.312 3.• '11' ~ "1" " , . ..... .1,1', r Seal ta kes ATV victory at Southways Race Park By Maureen Daspit Daniels PI CAYUNE. MS, J AN. 2 Ed d ie Sea l, a Honda 185 rider, 'rode to victory Saturday night a bo ve five other riders in his class a t Southwa ys Race Pa rk . Charles Formby o n a 250 wa s a llo we d to ra ce wit h th e 185s. alt hough h e would be troph ied separate ly p rov idin g h e fin ish ed a head of th e I 85cc class riders. Track co ndi tions were roug h fo llowi n g afte rnoon ra in fa ll in th e area. In th e first heat. Formby was forced to start in th e last place grid position . Short ly a fte r th e start , Formby had a lrea dy mo ved into th e lead. T im my Craft o n hi s H onda 185 was o ut in front en d ing th e fir st lap with Eddie Sea l close behind. On th e third lap. Sea l passed C ra ft. With No la n Ogles bee sta ble in third at this point. Mar k Po we an d R obert Brando n ba tt led for fourth. Brandon made a sly move. passing Pow e o n th e fou rt h la p . Positi ons stayed th e sa me unt il the wh i te flag lap when Bran do n. a fter steadily ga ini ng o n Ogles~ee', rriade ' Ili's' "m o Ve ) 100b" t'h'ird .' Oglesbe e fin ished fo urt h followed by Powe. In th e seco nd hea t, Formby sta rte d mu ch furth er back th an in th e fir st , o nce agai n led th e 185s en di ng th e first lap. Bran don held fir st this heat, fo llowed by O gl esbee. Sea l an d Craft battled s tea dily a nd both pas sed O glesb ee o n th e second lap. On th e fourth ta p . Sea l a nd C ra ft passed Bra ndon. but Cra ft h ad troubl e as h e a n d h is ma ch in e we n t o ver, as he an d Sea l fo ught for the lead . Seal slo wed down to make sure Craft wa s a lrigh t. Ogl esb ee took th e lead foll ow ed by Brandon o n lap five-Seal ca ugh t up into fir st wh ere h e remained. Oglesbee followed in second . Brandon third. Powe an d J ames R. Lewis m et th e chec kered fourth an d fifth , respectively. Formby, the 250 rider: fi n ishe d a head of a ll o the r riders, In th e final heat . Sea l passed Brandon for th e lead o n th e six th lap an d h eld it to th e chec kered fla g. Brandon was followed byCraft. PoweandOglesbee. South way s Race Park's short track races a re run every Saturday night now . a n d h as recentl y includ ed m oto rcycl es. A tenrat i ve ra ce dat e for th e seco nd Satu rday ni ght in June is in th e wo rk in gs for So u th ways' su m me rt ime short track cham p io nsh ip . A $ 10.000 purse an d ex tra large trophi es will be gi ven fo r th at race. C lasses will incl u de m o torcycles, th ree-wh eelers. Odysseys and go-carts. For m ore informa tio n, ca ll 60 11 798:'8296, C .. - : , ) I ' , < , 1 , . I I 1 .