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Cycle News 1985 07 24

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HANDICAP: 1. Mark Zeisl er; 2. Rocky Robinson ; 3. Ron McG ill ; 4 . M ike De lacy; 5 . J im Sisemore; 6 . Mike Parsons . SECOND DIV : 1. Jeff Holmes: 2. Stu M cDaniel: 3. DerekOorresteyn; 4, Rick Stephens; 5. Scan McNei l; Ma rk Oay. ' THIRD DIV: 1. Kenn Sjostrand; 2. Doug Mignano; 3 ,"Chris Paulson; 4 . Terry Knis s; 5. Tom Castagnola ; 6. Jeff Sa ntos . JR: 1. Ken Wagner; 2. Dustin Schroeder; 3. Eric Chambers; 4 . Tomm y Hedden ; 5 . Craig Reed; 6 . Bobby Hedden . WE SAID THERE WERE THREE GOOD REASONS ~TO BE ON A :HONDA. 500cc INTERCEPTOR FOR THE 1985 AFM ROAD RACE SEASON. HERE'S THREE WINNERS THAT AGREE: Sisemore tops both mains at Auburn ROUND 1 DON BIAVA! By Jann Houston PUT HIS MARI N MOTORSP-ORT SPONSOR HONDA 500cc INTERCEPTOR INTO THE W INNER' S CIRCLE A T ROUND ON E OF THE HONDA 500cc INTERCEPTOR SERIES OPENER. AUB URN , CA, J UN E 28 Longtime N orCal Speed way fans rem ember littl e Jimmy Sisemore, a top-ranked Junior who co m pe ted with L an ce Kin g , Steve Lu cero, and th e Bast Brothers back a bou t 1977 a t th e Ca l Expo facility in Sacrame nto. Sisemore dropped from th e Spee dway scene for reasons beyon d h is co n tro l a bo u t eig h t yea rs ago. La te la st season he sig ne d u p for the la st few events a t Auburn, a nd went on to excel a t th e Bak er sfield track whi ch ran last fa ll. It was clear th en th at he still kn ew how to do it . Riding hi s Maely mach in e a t Auburn to n ig h t he did wh at no o ne else had don e at Auburn in recent memory, and certa in ly not th is seaso n ; he won both th e Division One main even ts. In fact, he won five o u t o f six even ts he com pe ted in, taking a second in his Scrat ch heal. Current fifth in the NorCal point sta ndi n gs , this yo ung man, who will be Ztlon j ul y Zl , ison hi s way to th e top in th e Speed way world. In th e H andicap main event, it wa s Mike Par sons who gr abbed th e early lead, huggin g th e pole wh ile receiving immediate, never-ending p ressure from S ise mo re , w ho co n tin ua lly attempted to move o n th e insi de under Par sons. wh o sh u t h im o ff on the first three tri es. Sisemore's pe rsista nce paid o ff go ing into turn two o f th e chec kered fla g lap, wh ere he took th e lead usin g the exact method he had a ttem p ted ea rlier, Ior cingParsons to settle for second . Ha rlan Bast, jr. was third. Coming from the num ber two position a t the sta rt o f th e Scra tch main , Sisemore go t a sta rt that even he found ha rd to bel ieve, forcing Pal Linn in th e po le positi on o u t wide into seco nd . Sisemore rode th e out side , and threw in a few joh n Cook style wh eel ies o n th e last lap to take a cro wd -p leasing wi n . -Ba r t Ba st wa s third , whi le brother Harlan , jr. too k wh at wa s le ft after exper ie n c ing mech anical p roblem s on th e first la p . Vance Felicia led th e Divi sion T wo main for th e first three laps , unril Derek Dorrestevn o n hi s bea u tifu l Godden mo ved on th e in side, smooth as silk, to take th e lead a nd th e win . Sto rm iri' St u McDani el mad e a last -lap move o n Ri ch Sim pson to tak e an other Division T h ree main even t, In junior ac tion , which is what a lot of fans a t Auburn co me to see. newcom er, Gabe Elder held off Bobbv Hedden in a close main. • Results SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Jim Sisemore: 2. Pat Linn; 3 . Bart Bast; 4. Harl an Bast J r. HA NDICAP: 1. J im Sisemo re; 2. Mike Parsons; 3. Harlan Bast Jr .; 4. David Faria Jr .; 5 . Mike Delacy; 6. RoCk Robinson. y DIV TW O: 1. Derek Dorr esteyn; 2. Vance Felici o; 3. Ron Comb s; 4 . Jeff Brown; 5. Jerry Bland; 6. Ron Ar lt. D1 THREE: 1. St uart Mc Daniel; 2. Rich Simpson; V 3. W alt Beven s; 4. Doug M ignano; 5. Ted Scruggs; 6. M ike Kasper . JR: 1. Gabe Elder; 2. Bobby Hedden ; 3. Du stin Schroeder; 4 . Ken W agner; 5. Ernie Morris Jr .; 6. Mike Knopf. ROUND 2 RICHARD MOORE! TOOK THE LEAD ON HIS HONDA 500cc INTERCEPTOR SPONSORED BY TUSTIN HONDA AN D NEVER LOOK ED BACK AS HE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE IN FIRST PLAC E. / ROUND 3 STEVE REYNOSA! RODE HIS HON DA 500 cc INTERCEPTOR TO A COM MANDING LEA D AN D VICTORY DURING THE THIRD ROUND OF THE HONDA 500 cc INTERCEPTOR A FM SERIES. RACE SCHEDULE: ROUNDS ROUND 6 ROUND 7 FINAL ROUND JULY 28 AUG. 18 SEP.22 NOV. 9-10 ~: .~ 1 ,-- -....LINE HONDA FOLLOW THE LEADER Rick Johnson and Broc Glover use PJ1 lubricants to sweep both 2S0cc and SOOcc classes at the Red Bud Buchanan National Motocross Special thanlcs to mechanics Cliff Lett and Jon RosentIe/. ,ukfor Pf1, tbe exact hi-performance blend ofoils and lubricants thatfactory race teams useon theirwinning race hikes. 31

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