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Scott Johnson pi lots his Yamaha FZ750 to a third place finish in the Open
Stock Production class at Willow Springs Raceway.
lowed by Ta tsu m i. On th e seco nd lap
T atsum i cra shed in turn two end ing
an y hopes of a win. '
" I j us t ra n it in 100 ha rd . I go t
side ways in turn five o n th e fir st la p , I
g ues s th e heat got 10 m y tires," Ta tsu mi sa id. " It wa s m y fa u lt." R o n
Sha rp a nd Graig Beech er ba ttl ed fo r
second pl ace with T at surn i o ut o f th e
wa y and finished in th at or~er.
.
Ca rdillo coll ected a S100 gi ft certi fica te from La Habra Yam aha for his
wm .
Roloff triples at
ARRA Willow
By Dylan Code
RO SAMO N D. CA. JULY 7
T emperatures in the 1000 Frange kept lap limes high and
competitors sli ding on 1300
asphalt at Willow Springs for
32
a n ARRA road ra ce. In the combin ed
750cc and Open Super street class
Kenny Kopeck y and his GPz900R
N inja took th e holeshot and held it 10
turn eight where J eff Stern (Suz)
passed for th e lea d ; Stern went on to
win a full stra ig h taway ahead. Terry
Statum fini shed th ird overall on his
600cc Superstreet bike entered as a
750, far a head of th e remaining field.
The 600cc Superstree t event was
Statum 's al l the wa y. Ea rl Ro lo ff had
fit his GPz600R Ninja with IS-inch
wheel s front a nd rear an d batt led
with David Morris for seco nd pl ace
until lap two when Ro lo ff to ok th e
lead in turn nine. Mooris stuck close
for th e entire race but wa s u nable 10
regain seco nd place.
Th e 750cc and O pen Stock Production was a n u neventfu l race with
Roloff tak ing th e ea rly lead followed
by Kopecky. bo th o n 900 N inja s.
SCOII Joh nson beat the rem ainder o f
th e Open bikes o n hi s FZ750 to tak e
thi rd overa ll. T he ra ce sp rea d o u t
w it h a t least eight seco nds between
th e to p th ree riders a t th e finish.
T he largest field of th e da y was in
600cc Modified P rodu ction with 33
riders co ntesti ng th e event. Steve
Ca rd illo p icked up an ea rly lead w ith
Sco tt J ohnson . Earl Rol off a nd G ary
Ta tsu m i engagi ng in a fou r-way duel
fo r th e lead. Rol off m oved in for a
cha lle nge o n lap three and got by for
th e lead. re ta ining it th ro u g h th e
fo urth lap when th e race wa s red
£lagged du e to a crash in turn five .
The event was ca ll ed an d th e final
order wa s Roloff. Cardillo, Johnson
a n d T atsumi a t th e flag.
Formula One sa w Stern tak e th e
lead a nd waste no time with th e field.
stretch in g it o u t each la p . Kopeck y.
holdin g down seco nd spot. wa s overtaken by Keith West on la p four . pulling a co m forta ble two-second cus h ion. Kopecky go t a seco nd wind a nd
tri ed a la st-la p charge stra tegy falling
sh ort by only five feet.
Newcomer John Dum ke ho leshot
750cc and Open Modifi ed Producti on
for hi s momen t of g lory until th e
experienc e of Roloff a nd Kopeck y
took com mand on th e first la p . Dumke
held thi rd unt il lap th ree when Scott
J ohnson slipped to tak e hi s seco nd
thi rd o vera ll o n hi s FZ and first in th e
750cc class.
T he 600cc Box Stoc k race began
..... ith. auoW:l' .Ca tdi l lAb o~ llo t . Iol-••
.... .
(Off icial results not avai lable from
A RR A.)
Green, Zirbel,
Dunken win at
Oregon IT
By Clay Light
CLACKAMAS. OR, J ULY 5
Honda 's Randy Green and last
week's O rego n TT Regiona l
winner Mickey Fa y, fought it
out LO the end in th e Expert
co rner pass 10 overtake G reen for the
brass. Zirbel a lso got a shock wh en
T ay lor and R ick Albee (BBRP/ C ircle
A Trucking/H-D ) motored pa st in
th e Juni or Dash. Albee shook o ff
Taylor 10 win by a sma ll margin ,
Husqvarna 5 l 0-mo unted J im Servo
d id a grea t job o f hold in g o ff fell ow
hea t wi n ner Ji m Dunken to wi n th e
Novice T roph y Da sh. Servo was.
however. booed by the 1500 spectators when h e merely gave the trophy
girl a h ug. while Jun io r winner Albee
a nd Expert w in ner Fay d id much
hetter.
Ma in eve nts were kick ed o ff by th e
customary No vice 10-la p fin al wh ich
saw Servo co ming ri ght back from
h is dash win to lead th e main over
Dunken (Beaver to n H on ), Ri ck Msch icowsk i (H -D) a n d Mart y Shippy
(Yam) . Servo had no o ne to race with
until th e halfway point in the l O- Iap
finale. Dunken ca rved th e di stance
between himself a nd lead er Dunken
10 pull withi n a wh eel la te in th e ra ce.
Dun ken madea las t lap pass on Servo
to nab th ewin while Servo. Mschicowski . Todd Gary (Yam) an d Tricia
L yons (Ya m) ro u n ded th e top five a t
th e co m p letion . .
Th e Junior Ma in event was m uch
m ore exci ting - Zirbel . Bu gsy Boo th
(H-D). Robert H orban (Rtx) , Albee
a nd Randy Roose (H -D) filled th e top
five slot s comi ng down th e hill o n th e
firs t o f 12 laps. Zirbel didn 't spe n d
m uc h time in traffic a nd soon wa s
m errily o n his way to what a p peared
10 be a routine win. But H orban wa s
o n -the-move a nd n abbed Booth late
in th e race 10 sett le into second wh ile
Booth a nd Albee dueled for th ird
a head o f A.J . Eschwig (H a n) a nd
Triumph 750 pilot Steve Kendig .
H orban did a ll he co u ld to narrow
th e gap but ra n o u t of time a n d
ea rned second place behind points
lea der Zirbel. Third went to Booth
o ver Albee. Eschwig, Kendig a n d
Waters.
Na tional Number 73 Del Schnitzer
a nd fell ow Washing tonians Green
a nd Fa y filled th e top three co min g
o u t o f turn on e o n th e fir st lap of
Ex pe rt com peti tion. but Green was
righ t th er e to take 'i t away. lea ving
Sch nitzer 10 fend o rr ad va nces from
Fay, J ohn W in cewi ca a nd Sea tt le's .
Kirk Strong (Hon 600 ). Fa y d isplaced
Sch ni tzer as did sensa tio na l Wi ncewi cz, who wa s m ak in g hi s debut ride
on th e ex- Bra d Hurst Trium p h 750.
Main event a t th e Oregon Sidewinders Professi ona l TT c1u bgro u n ds .
Green beat Fay for th e Ex pe r t win
whi le Marty Zir bel topped th e Jun ior
Main a board his Tri u m p h 750 a nd
J im Dunken (H o n) to pped the Novice
ra n ks.
Ti me tr ia ls had on lv liv e ride rs ti mResults
EX: 1. RandyGreen(Hon ); 2. M ickey Fay (Han); 3.
in g in the l -l-secon d 'bra cket, whi ch
Je ff Campbell (H-D).
in cluded G reen 's even ing fas t ti m e o f
JR: 1. Marty Zir bel (Tri); 2. Bob Horba n (RlX); 3.
14.72 o n a 600 H o nda. Larry Legarra
Bugsby Booth (H-D).
NOV : 1. J im Dunken (Hon); 2. Jim Servo (Hu s); 3.
(Tri 750) posted a 14.87 whi le Nation Rick Msch icowski (H-D).
a l Num ber 70 J effrey' Campbe ll (H-D
560) and Fa y (600 H on ) roun ded o ut
th e fina l spots in the fou r rider Expert
trophy da sh with 14.90 and 14.91 timin gs. Californian Bill y Taylor (Tri
750) posted Jun ior fa st ti me wi th a
14.92.
By Terry Whytal
T he sem is were qu ite th ri lli ng.
especially th e five-la p J un ior swa p lPERRIS. CA . J ULY 6
est th at transfered th e fin al th ree to
Ed Arnet once again lopped a
th e 12-rid ermain. Tay lor (H i-Po int/
Lough field of Perris 250cc Pro
PJI /Sh el l/NGK/A d a m s Tri ) led
ride rs a t th is week 's SMX ra ce.
Washington ia ns Ronnie Wat ers (Hon
Yamaha-mounted Amet battled
600 ). J o h n Clay ton (Yam) a nd Kenny
Wh ea ton (Han), but o n ly th e top
wi th J ohn Pasca (a lso rid ing a YZ). in
th ree in th e l O-rid er semi wou ld make
both m ot os. Arnet ex tende d hi s lead
th e final grid. which went to T aylor
o ver th e 12-rider field through out the
race to w in with a co m fo rta ble lead .
o ver Waters and Cl ayton. A si ngle
Pasca pick ed up th e seco nd -place
Ex pert sem i put th e final si x whiteshare of th e cas h with Kawasaki rider
p late riders in to the 15-lap Ex pe rt
Main . Campbell (L illie/Sim pson /
Joh n Conney rounding O U I th e to p
Min . Spri n g wa te r/ Hv O 560) , j eff
three.
H arsh a (Pa u l' s Sport Center/ Yam)
T im H anna push ed hi s H onda 10
th e 250cc In term ed ia te class win a fter
a nd National Number 8 1 Duane Ger ra rd Jed a hoarde o f fast g u ys th at
duel in g w ith event ua l ru n ner -u p
in cluded Mike Sull ivan (Tr i 750 ) a nd
Loren Pochi rowski. H anna was fir st
rookies Ryan Fish er a nd Fra n k Cra ne
to the ch eckers each moto as H o ndamounted Poch irowski took th e Ilag
Jr. Cra ne ble w th e fina l ticket whe n
second ahead o f Pete Vetra no (Hon),
M ike Ogles bee carved past.
Fa y o ut rode G reen in the three- lap
George Kohl er ha d a to u gh day.
.Expert Trophy D a sh . roaking a Jast •. o. o Pj Qg oQQtp_ Y.eJ.~I;1 o aIJQ . Open
tt;!.
Arnetclaims Perris
Saturday win
o
Novice races on the cha llengin g Perris track a nd topping three of four
rnotos. In O pen Novice ac tio n Kohler
pu t hi s Kawa saki o u t front ea rly to
h ead Yamaha rider Greg Whitfield
a nd Mai co pil ot J ose H ernandez in
th e fina l posti ng.
Kohl er had a bit more trouble in
th e Vet race as Terry' Dav is pushed
h is H onda to th e firs t m oto win a nd
nearly ca ugh t Kohler o n th e last lap
of rnoto two . Davi s ear ned the runneru p h ono rs as J im Beltinck cr uised his
Ya ma ha in fo r thi rd ove ra ll.
H onda- mounted Brian Corneli us
swe p t both 125cc Beg inner rno to s.
Kawa saki ri der Tam i Ri ce kept th e
p ress ure o n from seco nd but had to
se ule for the runner-up spot a t th e
finish. Th ird overall went 10 Suzuki
rider Cra ig Coons.
Results
250 PRO: 1. Ed A rnet (Yam); 2. John Pasca (Yam);
3. John Conney (Kaw ).
250 1NT 1. Tim Hann a ( Hon ~; 2. Loren Pochiowski
:
(Han); 3. Pete Vetrano I Hon~.
~2 5 INT: 1. Jimmy Palm er (Kaw) ; 2. B.J. M illspaugh (Kaw); 3. Scott M urp hy (Kaw).
OPEN NOV: 1. Georg e Kohler (Kaw); 2. Greg
Wh itfield (Vam); 3. J ose Herna ndez (Ma i).
250 NOV: 1. Tom Gilj e (Yam); 2. Todd Heug el
(Han); 3. Glen Linnet IVam).
125 NOV: 1. M ike Rambo (Suz); 2. Todd Kabets y
IKaw ); 3. Robert lovas (Kaw) .
VET EX: 1. Georg e Kohler (Kaw); 2. Terry Davis
(Han ); 3. J im Belt icnk (Yam).
VET INT: 1.John TartagliaIHon); 2. Wa yne Cornelious (KTM ).
VET NOV: 1. Tom Conra d (Hus); 2. Dale Tang ier
(Suz).
250 BEG: 1. M icha el Machuga ( H on~ 2. David
Shea IVam ).
125 BEG: 1. Brian Cornelious(Hon); 2. Tami Rtce
IKaw): 3. Craig Coons (Suz).
BO BEG: 1. Br ian Wilson (Suz~ 2. Brad Dussault
(Kew) .
Schlag, Vohland
take Sand Hill
opener
By Sally Sidewinder
BR E NT WOOD. CA . J ULY 7
Joey Schlag and Tyson Vohland
came away the big win ners in
the Sand Hi lt Su m me r Series
O pen er al Bren twood. Schlag
wo n the Open class an d Vohla nd
ca me away wit h th e double in the 125
a nd 250cc class.
It wa s L arr y D a s h ie l , how ev er,
taki ng th e ea rly lea d in the O p en
class, but Sch lag wa sn 't far behind .
Schlag passed Dashiel in th e w hoops
an d h eld th e lead to th e fi n ish . The
second rn oto was a repeat o f th e fir st
with th e Contra Costa H onda p ilo t
taking th e o vera ll.
Ret u r n i n g a fte r severa l su rgeries
from a previous fall a nd rid ing with a
steel rod in h is leg . Kim o Casey too k
th e hol eshot in th e 125cc P ro class.
Vo h la n d qu ickl y got by o n th e fir st
lap a n d ma inta ined a huge lead to
th e finish with Mik e Reimers taking
seco nd and Casey third. Reimers holeshot the second m oto with Kimo and
Vo h la nd in lO W. but once again Vohland ro ok co m ma n d. Kimo threw
away a solid second place when he
cras he d in a mudho le a n d Reim ers
regained second place.
Vohla nd a lso grabbed the holeshot
in th e 250cc Pro class a nd kep t a safe
lead throughout both rnotos. Dashiel
took seco nd place.
Results
DPEN: 1. Joe y Schlag (Han); 2. Larry Dash iel (Han);
3. Gary Smith (Han ).
125 PRO: 1. Tyso n Voh land (Vam); 2. M ike Reimer s(Kawl .
250 PRO: 1. Tyson Vohland (Yam); 2. Larr y Dashiel (Han).
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Suzuki Night at
Buffalo
DALLAS. TX. J ULY 6
Area 'Su zuki dealers and their
fami li es got in free a nd were
