(Above) Arenacross racing inside W . Virginia's Civic Center was tight.
(Below) Nigel Gale won the Superstreet C and F-2 events at PIR .
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125cc: 1. Chad Bierl e (Kaw) ; 2. Fra nk Kai ser
(Kaw); 3. Jim Bullock (Yam).
200cc: 1. AI Blum (Han); 2. Andy M inte rlong (CA): 3. Steve Swatscheno (C-A).
• 26Occ: 1. Oon Waldbuesser (Yam): 2. Tony M in terlong (C-Al: 3. Jeff Weh rli (C-A).
OPEN: 1. Jeff Picha (Yam); 2. Tom Costello (CCMI:
3. Stave Swatscheno (Yam).
SR: 1. Larry Piakes (Yam): 2. Tom Ja cobe (Han): 3.
U ndo Blu m (Han).
SUPER SR: 1. Rich Waldbue aser (Ya m~ 2. AI
Blum (Hon); 3. Norm Gruber (Yam).
PABST 250 CHALlENGE: 1. M ike Gilkey(C·A) ; 2.
Vern Browne (Yam~ 3. Mark Vonjol (Klw).
PRO: 1. Ver nlIrowne (Yam); 2. Rick G ruberJ ~ n ~
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King rules South
national Raceway (PI R) where Nigel
Gale of Team Double Down from Las
Vegas ; Nevada, uncorked his FJ600
to take impressive wins in the Superstreet C and Form ula Two events.
The Superstreet race was run in
two waves with the A and B bikes
starting approximately 30 seconds
before the second wave of C and D
bikes. Jeff Anderson holeshot the
first wave, but was quickly pu t back
by David Coons' GSXR750 Suzuki.
Mike Williams was first into turn one
on his FJ600 at th e start of the second
wave, but Gale soon passed Williams
and worked h is way up into the A and
B bikes. H e finally took the lead midway into the 15-lap race despite starting some 30 seconds behi nd . Coons
went on to easily win Superstreet B
with Gale taking first place in Su perstreet C. Superstree t A was wo n by
veteran PRRO racer R ichard Coon
on his 900 Ninja. Superstreet D went
to Tim Bergstro m on his RZ-350.
The Stock Prod uctio n race was
a lso run in two waves with Adam
Florio taking Stock A honors on his
Honda 1000R Interceptor. Stock B
a nd the overall win in th e Stock Production race went to Coons on his
Eastside P e rf o r m a n c e ba c k ed
GSXR750 Suzuki. Mich ael Ross holeshot the seco nd wave in Stock Prod uctio n C o n hi s FJ600 wi th Mike
Williams' 600 Ninja brea thing down
his neck. Ro ss gassed it u p to pull
a head of Will ia ms and Norm Ben ed um on an RZ350 unti l lap five.
where Williams p u t Ross back to
second. Williams too k the go ld in
Stock C and the overa ll win wi th
Results
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Bened um l'Yam); 3. Rick Williams (Yam).
F·' : 1. David Coons (Suzl: 2. Kell y Byrd (Yam); 3.
Brien Jader (Suz).
F-2: 1. Nigel Gale (yam): 2. Henry Tecza (Yam): 3.
Mike Williams (Yam) .
F-3: 1. TIm Bergstrom (Yaml: 2. Tom Dahl (Yam~
3. Randy Bechtel (Yam).
NOV: 1. Adam Flor io (Han): 2. Curt is Kawcok.
VINTAGE I: 1. John Scott (Tri): 2. Craig Skinn er
(Tri); 3. Steve Bern ard (Han).
VINTAGE II: 1. LesJohnson (BSA); 2. Kevin Elliot
(yam); 3. Curt Mitchell (BSA).
road race
PEE W EE: 1. Justin Vanderw erf (Vam); 2. Brad
Flament (Vam); 3. Kyo Ybema (Yam).
6Occ: 1. Karter Busse (Yam); 2. J.C. Blu m (y am):
3. Kurt Kromroy (Suz).
SOc 1. Brian Kromroy (Suz); 2. Rob McG ee
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STK A: 1. Adem Flor io (Honl: 2. Richard Kahn
(Kaw ).
STK B: 1. David Coons (Suz): 2. Brian Jode r (Suz);
3. Knut Jen sen (Han).
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STK C: 1. M ike Williams (Kaw); 2. Michael Ross
(Yem): 3. Stave Bern ard (Kaw).
STK D: 1. Norm Benedu m (Vam); 2. Randy Bech ·
tel (Ya m~ 3. Mere Shaller (Ya m~
SUPERST A; 1. Richand Kahn (Kaw): 2. Jeff An derson (HanI: 3. Amovolt Seem (Suzl.
SUPERST B: 1. Devld Coons (Suz); 2. Rick Wme
(Su"; 3. Kelly Byrd (Yam).
SUPERST C: 1. Nigel Gale (Yaml: 2. Mik e Willi ams (Yam): 3. Henry Tecza (Yam).
SUPERST D: 1. TIm Bergstrom (Yam); 2. Norm
Gale wins P'R
Karter Busse rode to his third consecutive victory, sweeping the 60cc
division, while Suzuki-mounted Brian
Kromroy worked the inside line past
heat winner Ro b McGee in the 80cc
final.
The sl ush and snow bank claimed a
lot of victims in the 125cc final, but
didn't affect Kawasaki -mounted Chad
Bierle, who led flag-to-Ilag, defeating
heat winner Frank Kaiser, Jim Bullock
and Mike Addison.
Surviving a barrage of flying cones
was the key to success for 200cc winner
Al Blu m, who also felt constant incentive fro m Ca n-Am-mounted runnerup Andy Minterlong.
Don Waldbuesser and Tony Minterlong staged a race- long dice in the
250cc final. Waldbuesser clinched it
on the last lap for the sweep as Jeff
Wehrli, Ro b McGee and Tom Grasty
rounded o u t the top five-.
Open class heat winner Glen Salpaka saw red at the start of the fina l,
or at least thought he did and the
hesita tion cost him five positions.
Meanwhile, second heat winner Jeff
P icha, with a last-lap move characteristic of the day's racing, swept past
a Tom Costello/Steve Swatscheno
battle for the win.
Yamaha-mounted Larry P ieko s
p roduced a mistake-free ride from '
start to finis h in the Senior class , keeping Honda-mo u nted Tom Jacobs in
second.
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Stock D.
The Vinta ge and newl y ins ti tu ted
Novice class was run as one ra ce.
J o h n Sco tt 's 750 Triumph sprinted
into the lead until Florio's big Interceptor caught and passed Scott a t the
halfway point. Scott too k the win in
Vintage with Florio taking honors in
Novice.
The last race of the day and o ne of
the most exciting was the Formula
class. All bikes, regardless of displacement, started in a single wave with
Gale's FJ600 taking the holeshot from
Jeff Anderson. Ga le went on to lead
every lapon his Sam's Town, Nevada
Yamaha and Kerker-sponsored FJ600.
At the trophy presentation, Ga le gave
all the credit to Bill Dal y, Dou ble
Do wn 's chief tuner.
Coons got second overall in the
Formula race and took home the
Formula One trophy. Hen ry T ecza,
a lso on Team Do uble Down , Bob
Smith and Ti m Bergstro m went hammer-a nd-tong a ll race long wit h T ecza
finally getti ng th e upper ha nd in th e
closi ng la ps to tak e second in Formu la Two. Wi lliams took a hardfoug h t third and Bergstrom got first
in Form ul a T hree a hea d o f T om
Dah l a nd Rand y Bechtel . a ll on
RZ350s.
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By Gwen Millan
VALDOSTA,GA. JAN.19
J ared King emerged victoriously in the Mini Expert class at
South Georgia MX today, bu t
it wasn't easy .
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As the pack left the start gate there
was already a battle for the lead. Wi th
the first lap underway, Yamaha rider
Derek Youngblood, commanded the
lead, but just barely, with the next
three or four positions right on his
heels. King was second with H onda
Motor Mart of Warner Ro bins. GA /
SpectrolTDR Reeds/ Shod -spo nsored
Ernie Millan third. In fourth was
Derek's brother Daryl , also o n a
Yamaha. The duel for the lead had
become extremely tense, and by lap
two, Millan was first, Derek second,
Daryl third, and King had dropped to
fifth with Yamaha rider Brock Bu lla rd
now fourth. By la p four, Bull a rd 's
constant pressuring paid off as he
too k control of third place. Back in
the pack Alba ny's Ro b H an so n was
steadily catchi ng up af ter a bad sta rt.
D uring the fifth lap, Hanson had
come up on h is Yamaha from last to
fourt h a nd was in third by th e next
lap. Mi llan steadi ly kept the lead but
was feeling the heat. Yamaha-s ponso red Bullard was closi ng on Millan ,
a nd as they went into th e sand pit , a
rider abou t to be lap ped went do wn
a nd Milla n hit him. Bullard then h it
Millan. With Mill an a nd Bullard
rush ing to get $.oi ng a'P!i n. Derek
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