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PANHEAD: Bob Stevenson.
KNUCKLEHEAD: Dennis O'Halioran,
TWIN 2-STROKE: Tracy Miller,
3 CYL 2-STROKE: Donn Lipacomb.
4 CYL 2-VALVE; Michael While,
4 CYL 4-VALVE: Sieve Brocalo,
4 CYL SOHC: Jerry Bugg,
OPEN: SIeve Alistaedl,
MOD
AAlM: Bill Freeman.
AX/M: Dave Mackie,
XUM; Dan Quaranta,
DIM: Deve Dodge,
STK EUMINATOR
AAlS: Jim STruck,
AlS;, Honda Jim McGlynn,
MISS: Ed Circcaria,
E/S; Mike Ragan,
EXS; Jim Rich,
H/ST: Krazy Ed Malkiewicz,
K/XS: Bob Waller,
White wails in CRC
nighttime finale
By Tom Corley
VALENCIA, CA, OCT. 28
Ron Durham took top honors in the Top Fuel class on his nitroburner
Suzuki during the Dragbike Western Finals at L.A. County Raceway.
again pulled the holeshot iri the
second moto, followed by Naughton,
Pounds, Young and Falter. Moore
stretched his lead over Naughton as
Pounds and Young went to battle.
The battle ended on the fourth lap as
Young got by Pounds in the back
section of the track to hold third
place for good. Falter next moved up
to challenge Pounds by the finish
line area; where he mde a successful
passing attempt. However, Pounds repassed Falter down the long wQooped
straight. Not to be outdone, Falter
passed Pounds on the next lap and
remained ahead of him until the
moto's end. Moore took the win with
Naughton, Young, and Falter following. The overall scores were the same
as the last moto finish.
Results
PEE WEE STK: 1, JesseJames(lta); 2, Eric Hawes
(Yam); 3. Mike Gilben (Yam),
PEE WEE MOD: 1, Jesse James (Ita); 2, Mike
Gilben (Yam); 3, Eric Hawes (Yam),
50 STK 6-8; 1, Damon Huffman (Kaw); 2, Ryan
Spurgin (Kaw); 3, Eric Hawes(Kaw),
60 STK 9- 11: " 8ubba Erickson (Kaw); 2, Richard
Saxton (Yam); 3, 8uddy Anlunez (Kaw),
60 MOD: I, Bubba Erickaon (Kaw); 2, Jimmy BUIIon (Han); 3, Buddy Antunez (Kaw),
BO NOV 9-11 STK: 1, Jimmy Bunon (Han); 2,
Steven Kot8jarvi (Kaw); 3. Bubba Erickson (Kaw).
BD NOV 12+ STK; 1, CraigMillar (Suz); 2, Richard
Ba18s(Kaw); 3, Paul Vlach (Yam),
BO NOV 12+ STK: 1. Richard Bales (Kaw); 2,
Jimmy Bunon (Hon); 3, Don Burke (Kawl.
80 INT 12+ STK: .1, Chris Cole (Kaw); 2, Sean
Delvanne (Kaw); 3, Robby Gordon (Kaw),
SO INT 12+ MOD; 1. Jeff Capt (Kaw); 2, Mike
Kiedrowski (Kaw); 3, Chris Cole (Kaw),
SO EX 12+ STK: 1, Bobby Moore (Kaw); 2, Raben
Naughlon (Kaw); 3, Mika Young (Yam),
SO EX 12+ MOD: 1, Bobby M_e (K1ow); 2, Cory
Faller (Kaw); 3, Nicky Pounds (Suz),
105 OPEN: 1, Bobby Moore (Kaw); 2, John Moran
(Yam); 3, Craig N~lson (Kaw),
125 NOV STK: 1. Lance Barnett (Kaw); 2, Dan
Crouch (Yam); 3, Jason Davenpon (Suz),
125 NOV MOD: 1, Dan Crouch (Yam); 2, Randy
G81ica (Suz~ 3. Gary Lacy (Yam),
125 INT STK: 1, John Ray (Suz); 2, Marl< Dacker
(Yam); 3, Shawn Hillon (Kaw),
125 INT MOD: 1, John Ray (Suz); 2, Brandon
Schnalder (Cog); 3, Shawn Hillon (Kaw),
125 PRO STK; 1, Raben Mason (Yam),
125 PRO MOD; 1, Raben Maaon (Yam),
Durham, Gero,
captureAMA
Dragbike wins
LITTLE ROCK, CA, QCT. 31
Responding to the call for a
good turnout for the last event
of the year, Southern California Pro, Semi Pro and ET Racing cyclists turned out in good numbers for the AMA Dragbike third
annual Western Finals at L.A. County
Raceway near Palmdale. Riddled lVith upsets, the Professional compl;tition had everybody
guessing from the start. In Top Fuel,
a smoking gatejob by Gary Fernandes
of Sacramento (number five qual),
trailered number one qualifier Nigel
Patrick of Huntington Beach, and
number three qualifier (last event
winner), Russ Glashan of Las Vegas
Honda-Kawasaki, broke against the
number seven qualified Harley of R.
Mitchell- turning the entire' tone of
the event.
In other round-one Top Fuel action, the Suzuki nitroburner ridden
by Ron Durham, of Durham-Wright
Racing, stopped the Rawlings Motor
Maniacs injected H-D with (:Iyde
aboard 8.62 153.84 to 10.78-132. and
Clark Sargis on the Rivera Engineering "The Shop" Kawasaki, outran
the supercharged Rawlings Harley
with Keith Ruxton up by an 8.53157.61 mph to 9.683-142.18 margin.
In second round action, Durham
made the best of the round with a win
over Sargis 8.56-12.36 while Mitchell
was defeated by Fernandes 9.14-14.08.
On the final, Durham blazed to an
8.97 win as Fernandes shut off at midtrack. Taking nothing away from
Durham's three-round TF victory"
Fernandes effort was a credit to his
new turbo-nitrous combination.
Pro Stock, which is usually a week
show in East Coast AMA dragbike
racing, proved excellent at the Western Finals with seven entries.
In round one, number four qualifier Marc McMahan advanced as Thomas Hadri Hardin broke, number
three qualifier Anthony D. Anderson
of Los Angeles advanced at the expenseof M. Eric Marsh's Suzuki from
Los Altos (reigning Western Pro Stock
Divisional Champion) as the Suzuki
broke (Anderson ran 9.13-146.18). I!1
the third pairing, number two quahfier, Jeffrey Davis Kawasaki from
Canoga Park, on the Hot Bike Magazine entry, stopped number five qualifier Lee Hayes after Hayes broke.
Number one qualifier Rick Gero eased
thru on the bye.
In round two, Gero's Advanced
Machine, Giordano's Bakery of Newark, New Jersey Suzuki, outran the
Anthony Anderson Suzuki with a
9.05 to Anderson's 16.05, and Jeffrey
Davis's JDS Enterprises, Arias, Performance Machine Kawasaki, made
t!:le finals by defeating the Marc McMahan Z with a hairsbreadth margin
9.45-9.50.
Results
STREET KING TROPHIES
SHOVELHEAD: Rick Cox,
HD CROSS: Charly Fagan,
SPORTSTER: Jim Keller,
October was the month for the
local nighttime tracks to end
their 1983 season. Ascot had
their final event on the 12th
and just this week California Racing
Club hosted the show. It was also one
of two last chances to qualify for the
San Diego Amateur Supercross.
A four-man 250cc Pro class might
be considered small yet a good battle
developed. After taking a few hard
knocks from the competition,
O'Neal/International Yamaha rider
Mark White emerged as the overall
winner. Malcolm Smith/Allec Bros.
Vince McMahon frequents OCIR and
Corona but rarely does he race against
the valley boys at the Dunes. McMahon was out to increase his CRC
points and would like to walk off
with the cash prize that is awarded to
the three Pro class leaders. Taking
the first moto lead was White who led
Robert Laughlin, Jon