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'u ,..,.----- -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - ' :1: '" 5 u "" CE .: By Dennis Spears ~ -, ~ ~ ~ ~ l!') o 00 :I: a. 0') ....... ~ 0 ....... .. . . l-< 0.. ~ . Dennis Ostriem won the 125cc and 250cc Pro classes at the Pepsi Chal lenge Series. Here. 250cc B rider Marty McCall um takes on a berm . 250 AM : 1. Derek Brown (Kaw): 2. Mike Trejo (Yam): 3. Emlyn Williams (KIM). 250 PRO: 1. Terry Kyle (Yam ); 2. Jim Mitchell (Hon); 3. Boo Stichter (Kaw). Poovey doubles at indoor STITT By M . Orr ABILENE, TX, MAR. 17 The Open Pro classes proved La be serious business at the Taylor County Coliseum Indoor short track and TT races, 34 Team Scream wins CRRC endurance with a full line-up to fire up th e Abi lene spectators with pl enty of ex citement, dirt track style. James Huddleston got into th e co rner first in th e first Pro flat track heat, but Bill H erndon quickly passed him for th e lead and made th e win look eas y. Huddleston held onto a co m fortable second place a head of Darrin Quinn a nd Mitch H ouden . In heat two, Sammy Sweet got the holeshot ahead of Charlie Orr and David Fisher. But Sweet's motor gave up after four laps of dicing with Orr for th e lead, leaving Orr well ahead of Fisher for the win . Garv Kidd held off Andy West for third place, In the main Orr got the holeshot, followed by Fisher, Herndon and Huddleston. By th e end of lap one th e line up was Herndon, Orr, Huddl eston an d T er ry Poovey, whil e Fish er dropped to fifth . There was a tight three-way battle for th e lead , with Herndon holdin g off Orr a nd Poovey for the first half o f th e ra ce , On lap six , Orr got by H erndon o n th e o u tside, co m in g o ut o f turn two to tak e o ver the l ea~1. On la p seven', Poovey went to (he in side in turn o ne to d rop Hern do n to th ird p lace, the n on lap eig ht use d th e same move o n Orr to ca p ture o ver the lead fo r himself. H ern don th en took th e in side lin e o n la p 10 to regai n second from Orr. T he race end ed with Poovey first, fol low ed by H erndon, O rr a nd Fish er. With another h oleshot, Arlington Honda/Race Ready/LBRT's Orr took th e lead in the Trophy Dash ahead of Herndon, Fisher and Huddleston. Herndon push ed Orr h ard , but co u ld n ' t get by, fini shing half a bikelength behind Orr. The Pro TT heats were split by Gardner Ra cing/Sh oei H elm etssponsored Poovey ahead of Wayn e Brannon, and T eam P a cesetter's H erndon over Fish er. Poovey took th e lead in th e main even t ahead o f Fish er, Bobbv Shaw and H erndon . H erndon took third from Shaw by th e end of lap one, a nd o n lap tw o Shaw went down in th e righthand er. in front o f Orr. It took Orr four laps to work his way back int o fourth place, a nd fo r H erndon it took a n equ al amount of time to get a ro un d Fisher for second. Poovey held o n to the lead wire-to-wire, with H erndon taking a close second . T erry Tripp, a fter losin g horsepower in th e number fou r turn o n th e last lap of th e 250cc Am at eu r sho rt tr ack h eat race, p us hed h is H arl eyDavidson ac ross th e line for th ird behind J ames H arris a nd J erry Funderburg. Tripp ca me back for th e main event to battle with H arris a nd Raymond Hughey for th e lead . On the sixth lap, Tripp finally got aro und Harris on th e outsid e o f turn two to take thewin. H arri s was second whi le Hughey held onto third ahead of Trace Polson . Results TROPHY DASH: 1. Charl ie Orr (Hon); 2. Bill Hern don (Hon~ 3. David Fisher (C·A) . 55 . 50/60: 1. Derick Whitener (Yam); 2. M ike Nichol. son (SUl); 3 . Trey Glasco (Yam ). BO: 1. Clayton Hu ll (SUl ); 2. Bill Richards J r . (Hon); 3. Tim Kay (Kaw) . 125 : 1. Kevin Oubay (C-A ); 2. Trace Pol son (Hon] : 3 . Mike Weedin (Yam ). 250: 1. Terr y Tripp (H·D); 2. James Har ris (Han) ; 3 . Raymond Hughey (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. Bryan J ack son (Hon); 2. Tomm y Nicholson (SUl); 3 . Melvin Clay (H-D). OPEN PRO: 1. Terr y Poovey (H -D ); 2 . Bill Herndon (Hon); 3. Charl ie Orr (Hon ). TT 50 / 60: 1. Deric kWh iten er (Hon); 2. Mi ke Nichol son ($ uz); 3 . Tre y Glasco (Yam). BO: 1. Clayto n H ull (SUl); 2. Bill RichardJr. (Ho n): 3 . Tra ce Pol son (Hon ). 250 : 1. Bobb y $ haw (Su z); 2. James Harris (Ho n); 3. Rick Parson (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Bry a n Jackson (Hon ); 2. Karl Kle me nt (Hon ); 3 . Randy Pancake (Yam ). OPEN PRO: 1. TerryPooveyIH ·D ); 2 . Bi ll Herndon (Hon); 3. Dav id Fi sher (C-A) . CO L LEG E STATIO N. T X. MAR. 17 The first Central Road Ra cing Club en d ura nce ra ce of th e yea r a t T exas World Speedway wa s a big success . With 47 en tries. nearly everyo ne could find someone to ra ce with in th e fourhour-long even t. Houston Kaw a saki (H WP ) led th e fir st hour then T eam Scream (750cc Int erceptor ) took th e lead and held if for th e rest of th e race. Riders Brian Craver. Mike Ryan & R ichard Pr esco tt o f Roy's Racing were hotl y pursued by Roy Thoma a n d WI'S G oggan on a three-year-old Vision (1\I\ \'S). T homa a nd Goggan were never more than one la p behind Team Scream a nd fini shed seco nd by onl y 40 seco n ds. T h e rac e for third overall was a lso heavilv co n tested bvTearn Racerhack (MWi». T eam L;'an (e B !lOOF) a nd Crossroads Racing (FJ 6(0). T eam Lean ri der s Glenn Heintschel a nd J imm y Brand wer e sponso red by . Round Bunch Yamaha. These teams swa p pe d po siti ons every hour with Tea m Racerbark finishin g third o vera ll a nd fir st in class. foll ow ed bv Tea m Lean (firs t HWS ) a nd Cross'roads Racing (second ;\IWP ). Don 't Panic Racing finish ed sixth o vera ll o n a Ka wasa ki 750 Turbo th at wobbled so much it gave specta to rs so meth ing to panic about. Riders Keith a nd Richard Coker were spon sor ed by Cycle System of Au stin, Texas. This wa s their fir st ra ce o n the bike. so they didn 't have en o ug h time before-h and to sort o u t th eir handl ing p robl em s. Your In On It Ra cing (RZ 350) with sup po rt from ND Spark Plugs ron rin ue d th eir winning tradition by lx-aring arch rival Austin Sport Cycles (Seen 400 ) by 0 11(' lap. Riders Jeff Crawfo rd, " BB" - Montema yor and Dennis Spears were ecs ta tic when a five-lap penall y was withdrawn. The class win mak es four in a row for Your In On It. including the eiglll hour rain race in T exas \\'o rld Speedwa y a nd th e four hour race a t the Road At lanta G rand Nationa l Finals. Results Team Scr eam (HWP); 2. Roy's Racing (MWS); 3. Team Racerback (MWP); 4 . Tea m Lean (HWS); 5. Crossr oad s Racing (MWP); 6. Don 't Panic Racing (HWP ); 7 . Pure Sport Racing (HW P); 8 . Good Tim e (M W P); 9 . Your In On It (LWP) 10. Au st in Span Cycl es fLWP) ; 11 . Ocelot Racing (HW S); 12. Silver Bullet (LW P); 13 . Sedate Racing (HWP): 14 . FL Racing (MWS ); 15 . MSS Racing (LWP). Ostriem takes Pepsi Pro win By Patrick Jaquish 1\IABTON, WA , MAR. 10 The seco nd race of th e Pep si Challenge Seri es wa s held at Mabton Dunes under su n ny skies attracting over 150 riders the a ll -sa nd track , wh ich wa s ru n backwards from th e no rm al direction. T h e firs t 250cc P ro mor o p ro vided the best race o f th e day as Dennis O st ri em (Suz) pull ed th e hol esh ot wi th Andy Tudor (KT ;\I )close behind. For si x la p s th e tw o di ced until T udor fina lly passed O srricm o n th e first t urn sweeper. T udo r secnu-d 10 haw victory a ll loc ked up . bu t O stri em d idn' t gi ve up. On Ih e last la p . bo th riders we re side- by-side in a sha rp rig h t ha nd b erm. wh en T udor went off th e rrack, lett in g Ostriern by for th e win . Ron Pomero y (Suz) cr u ised in for third . with Jay Bird (Ya m) lak ing fourth. 10 A bad start in th e second moto kept T udo r fro m cha lleng ing Ostri em, wh o led wire-to-w ir e. Ponu-ro y rode ha rd for a we ll -ea rned second a nd Tudo r sa lvaged h im self a th ird. Bill Nels on (H o n) led th e sta rt o f th e fir st 250cc B mot o, In his wak e fo llowed Brian Bow ers. Brad Ellis. Kip Ken yon . a nd Ron Th alh eimer. Nels on. Bowers and Ellis quickl y separated themselv es from th e pack , with Nelson building up a good lead as Ell is cl osed in o n second -placer Bowers. W ith less tha n a lap 10 go, Bowers went o ff th e tra ck. giving second to Ell is. At th e start o f th e seco nd moto, Bowers gassed int o the lead with Nelson and Ellis close beh ind. Elli s passed Nelson . th en closed in on Bowers. Elli s fin all y took th e lead when Bowers crash ed . With hi s 2- 1 finish es, th e o vera ll went to Ellis with Nelson second and Bowers third . Results 250 PRO: 1. Dennis O st riem (Suz); 2. Ron Pomeroy (SUl); 3 . Andy Tudo r (KTM) . 250 A : 1. Doug Hafs os (SUl); 2. Kev in Log sdo n (Yam); 3 . Den nis Poole (Yam I. 250 B: 1, Brad Ell is (Hon) ; 2. Bi ll Nel son (Ho n); 3 . Br ian Bowers (Hon). 250 C: 1. Jim Henn (KTM ); 2. Steve Kollmar (Yam); 3 . Doug Homer (SUl). OPEN A : 1. Mat Miller (Hon) ; 2. Pat Jaquis h (Hen): 3 . St eve M itchell (M -S). OPEN B: 1. Ken Bailey IKTM); 2 . J im Hamlin (M ail; 3 . Cris Berg er (Hon). SPTSMN: 1. J eff Ander son (Ho n); 2. Fran k Lamb (Hus ); 3. Frank M ianeck i (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Denn is Ostriem (Su zl; 2 . Craig Stan away (Kaw ); 3. Steve Cooper (KTM) . 125 A: 1. Jamie Munson (Kaw ); 2 . Matt Wilcox (S Ul ); 3 . Rob Copeland (SUl). 12 5 B: 1. Scott Reiman (Yam); 2, Tye Fleming (KTM) ; 3. Br ian Huppert (Yam). 125 C OW I: 1. Rod Virden (Kaw); 2. John Cooper (Kaw); 3 . M ike Roberts (Kaw) ; 4 . Willie M iller (KIM). 125 C DIV II: 1. Jim Larson (Yam) ; 2. DennyWhitsen (Kaw ); 3. Todd McNeight (Hon); 4 . Jerry Garza Jr. (Ho n). OT A:. 1. Jim Monegan (Hon ); 2 . Bob Harrison (M ai ). OT B: 1. Ron Monroe(Yam); 2. Oon Darl ing (Hon). OTHG A : 1. Ken Bailey (KTM) : 2 . Fred Parton . (Yam) . OTHG B: 1. Ron Hine s (KTM ); 2. Nathan Fauth tKaw). 80 B: 1. David Foster (Hon); 2. Matt worees IKaw); 3 . Da nny Whitsett (Kaw). 80 c : 1. Dan iel Bergstrom (Yam); 2. Billy Moya (Yam); 3 . Jeff Bailey (Yam ). Naughton on top at Las Vegas MX LAS VEGAS, N\'. FEB . 17 An enthusiastic crowd of over 700 peop le c heered on 172 racers at the Las Vegas Motocro ss P a rk Sunday and saw R o bert Naughton beat Kurt H enrick sen in th e I 25cc P ro class a fter some hard-foug ht ra cing. In the en d, though, it wa s Scott Underwood who managed to slip into second overall. Eri c Sa ckett fini shed third. In th e 250cc Pro class. there was a tight battle between Sean Steele, Lenny G iger and Ri ck y Ruppert. Wh en th e dust had sett led , St eele was found leading th e pack a t the checkere d flag , whil e Dav e Townsend managed taking seco n d. Ruppert en ded up losing his seat. Fiv e riders were o n th e sta rt ing line for th e 500cc Pro ra ce, a nd a fte r all th e racing wa s done, Bill y Hill was found lead in g- th e pa ck. H ill en ded up winning . whi le T im Spark s, An th ony Pasqual ouo , Barry Hill a nd Don Fuller followed . Th e la rgest class o f the da y was th e 80cc Stock N ovi ce 12+ ro u nd- u p -26 riders wer e biding for th e win but o n ly o ne was fast enough to claim it th at wa s Chr is Pocin o. Tra iling in Pocin o dust were David Griego, La nce T ay lo r. Jeff H odge, Dan McNutt and J eff Ca ldwel l. Results PEEWEe NOV: 1. M an Camden ; 2 . J ustin Gain es; 3 . Th eresa Gr iego; 4 . Nich ola s Barson; 5. Billy Eiste r; 6. Ada m Burnham ; 7 . Tre vor Ellingham. PEE WEE INT: 1. Ja son Ps"r idg e; 2 . Br ian Barn son ; 3. Bas il Tha cker ; 4 . Gr eg Zar at iegui; 5. J immy Gr iego. JR eve STK NOV 6-B: 1. Basil Thacker; 2. Bria n Bamson; 3. Jason Partridge.

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