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'A tkins smokes 'em
at Smoky Mt. MX
By Terry Cook
PI G EO !\' FO RGE , T!\' , AP R. 6
Rand y Atkins rode a wa y with a
smoo th win as he bested th e
best o f th e com petit io n a t
Smoky Mt. Mot ocross Pa rk here
Sunday. The an io n was very intense
and a stro ng field of competitors were
o n hand to try to ta ke the trophies
ho me. In the 12Scc A class, At kins, on
a Kawa sa ki, o utra n Scott G ru bb o n a
Cycle Wo rld Yamaha .
T he race wa s not w ithout inci dent
when S teve Sh in leve r o n a Yamaha
wen t fo r it a ll and en ded up cras hi ng
o ver a tall jump. T his a llowed Cl a yto n Mo yers to ta ke o ver th e lead.
H o wever , the fir st moro wa s won by
Grubb. In th e seco n d rnoto, Atkins
pull ed o u t a n ea rly lead a nd never
looked back to win th e o vera ll.
Robbie Campbell won th e o vera ll
in th e 2S0cc class. In th e fir st moto,
Campbell (Ya ma ha) a nd Steve Shinl ever battled for th e hol esh ot. When
th e dust clea red o n a bo u t th e fifth
jump, an d halfway arou nd th e tra ck ,
it wa s Sh in leve r holding down a
sma ll lead . Brent Cole (Ya maha ) a nd
Neal Ca p ps raced for th e third posi tion with both ri de rs pulling a wheel
o n th e o the r across th e jumps and
tu rns. T ha t wa s decid ed when Capps
and h is H onda crashed; Cole went o n
to ta ke third overal l.
Gru bb , w ho finished second o vera ll in the 12Scc A class, said " The
track is in th e best condition yet,
before you kn ew it yo u were ru nni ng
wide open a n d sa ili ng 60 feet in the
air."
Results
PRO CLASS 1ST MOTO: 1. Robert Hunkapilla r
(Kawl: 2 . David Reynolds (Yam): 3 . Von Sm it h (Cag).
PRO CLASS 2ND MOTO: 1. Vo n Smi th (Gag): 2.
MIke Goolsby (Kaw): 3 . Tom Bratcher (Kaw) .
SR MINI: 1. Mi ke Padgett (Kaw) : 2 . Ray Boruff
(Kaw) : 3. Chad Lough (Yam).
JR MIN I: 1. Kev in Adda ir (Yam ); 2. Jordan Moneymaker (Kawl: 3. J . J . Allen (Yaml.
250: 1. Robbie Campbell (Yam); 2. Steve Sh i nlever (Yam); 3. Brent Cole (Yam l.
ENDURO : 1. Rand y Farr iss (KTM ): 2. Jeff Hens ley
(Hon ): 3. Dana Thorton (Yam).
SR: 1. Bill Lem ka (Suz): 2. Rand y Wolfe lYam): 3 .
Craig Care y (Kaw) .
125 A : 1. Randy Atk ins (Kaw) : 2. Scott Grubb
(Yam); 3 . Clay ton Moyers (Kaw) .
125 B: 1. Bill Barton (Kaw) : 2. Dan ny Beck (Kaw) ;
3. Chr is Wi lson (Yam ).
Peterson 'pounds
AscotMX
By Mitch Friedman
GARD EN A, CA, AP R . 2
T eam Swol en Act iv ewea rs
T odd Peterson won four out of
four moto s to take both th e 250
a nd 500cc Pro overa ll class wins
a t th e fir st round of th e Conti nenta l
Motosports C lub/S uzuki Spri ng Clas sic, a lso spo nsored by Dodge T rucks .
R iders had to ba tt le th e dus t at Asco t
Pa rk as th e dav o f th e eve n t wa s hot
a nd windy a mi th e track d ry.
In th e fi rs t 250cc P ro rno to , Peterso n was beat to th e fir st turn by M Star-mou nt ed Pete M urray, wh o led
th e way fo r half a la p , unti l Peterson
got by ana started to pull away o n h is
H onda . Murra y, Rob T ron e a n d
" Wild Will ie" S u rr a tt were goi ng a t
i t for th ird spot. The three o f th em
went the entire mot a in th at order ,
with Murray hold ing seco nd place by
two bikes o ver T rone and Surratt . In
mota two, Peterson timed th e sta rt
gat e p erf ectl y a nd beat everyo ne to
turn o ne . Surratt was second a nd
gain ing o n Peterson , but went wid e
in a turn o n lap tw o , leav ing Peterson
to m ot o r away for th e win. Surratt
was seco nd with Murra y third , an d
second o verall. Surratt ea rned th ird
in th e o vera ll sta nd ings.
Peterso n took th e stan of bo th
SOOcc m ot o s a nd never looked back as
h e went wi re-to -wire in ea ch m or o for
th e overall wi n. Trone a nd i\lu rra y
fi ni sh ed second a nd third o vera ll; a ll
three riders were separated by a bo ut
two bikeleng th s in both moro s,
Resu lts
60 BEG: 1. Richard Wal sh (Kaw) : 2. Je ff Wliloh
(Kaw) : 3. Shawn M cin tosh (Kawl.
BO BEG DIV 1: 1. Sam Hawley (Kaw) : 2 . David
Jensen (Kaw ): 3 . Eric Mytys (Suzl .
80 BEG DIV 2: 1. Dan Forester (Kaw): 2. Ray
Mcintosh (Kaw ); 3 . Jason Breen (Kaw l.
BO JR : 1. Donny Font eyn (Yam) : 2. Chr is Ridge wa y (Kaw l.
80 INT: 1. Kevi n Byssen (Yaml.
80 EXP: 1. Terry Swanson (Yam ).
125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Steve Lamben (Kaw): 2. Don
Moore (DM C); 3. Brian Kerr (Hon) .
125 BEG DIV 2 : 1. Roben Kong (Kaw) : 2 . M ike
Keck (Hon): 3. David Lee (Yam ).
125 BEG DIV 3 : 1. Lyle Thompson (Yam): 2. Rog er
Hammonds (Suz); 3. Don Forester (Hon).
125 JR DIV 1: 1. Dav id Wodaszewski (Kaw): 2 .
David Bysh (Honl: 3. Chris Spa rks (Kawl.
125 JR DIV 2 : 1. David Dye (Hon ): 2. Larry Laye
(Hon): 3 . Gu y Deckert (Kaw) .
125 1NT 1. Nick y Pounds (Suz): 2. Danny Barnett
:
(Hon); 3. Char lie Brown (Kaw) .
125 PRO: 1. Willie Surran (Hon ); 2. Ron Turner
(Yam ); 3 . Tim Rutherford (Kaw) .
250 BEG DIV 1: ,.. Tom Lym an (Yam ); 2. Joe
Norkin (Hon); 3 . Feriu Vill arreal (Hon).
250 BEG DIV 2 : 1. Ron Hofer (Kaw): 2. RoyWelch
(Hon): 3. Aaron Torres (Suz).
25 0 BEG DlV 3 : 1. A ndrew Van Hevren (Kaw) : 2 .
Ronn ie Lee (Kaw) ; 3. Ti m Williams (Yam).
250JR: 1. GuyDecken (Suz); 2 . Jeff Bruce (Hon);
3 . Ken Faugh t (Yam).
250 INT: 1. Chris Boice (Han) ; 2 . John McGinnis
(Hon) : 3. Skip Godi nez (Kaw).
250 PRO: 1. Todd Peter son (Hon) ; 2. Pete M urr ay
(M -S); 3 . Will ie Surr att (Hon ).
500 BEG: 1. Patr ick Mc Donough (Hon); 2. Richard
Gas elin (Hon); 3. Johnny Delaney tHon ).
500 JR : 1. John Stapleton (Yam ): 2. Dewayne Ray
(Han); 3. Jerry Zimmer (Han) .
SOO INT: 1. John McGinnis (Han); 2. Roger Guard
(Hon): 3 . Greg Pierce (Yam) .
500 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Hon ): 2. Rob Trone
(Hon): 3. Pete Murray (M - S).
OT J R: 1. M iclay Robbins (Hon).
VET JR : 1. Brad Sloan (Ha n); 2. Lou is Spr incer
(Yam k 3. Rich Hansen ( H on~.
VET INT: 1. Vietor Triepke (Yam).
VET MASTER: 1. Rick Jo hnson (Hon ).
VET PRO: 1. Joe Stern (Yam ).
Faria takes IMS
speedway win
By Scott Daloisio
SAN BER!\'ARDlNO, CA , AP R. 9
For th e seco n d week in a ro w
" Flyin ' Mike" Faria push ed
his J awa to a convincing victory in th e Scratch main even t a t
J ohn La Douceur's Inland Mo torcycl e Speed way . But th e most im p ressi ve p erforman ce o f th e ni ght went to
a l fi-yea r-o ld rider. Gary Hick s, th e
you nges t rid er on th e tra ck , sco red
th ree rela tivelv easv victo ries incl u din g th e m ain a n th e H andi cap side o f
th e p rog ram.
On openi ng n ight a t IM S, H ick s
(Milne Bros. Weslak e) took the Seco nd
Division main event and looked so
good in doi ng it that h e wa s bu mped
up to Secon d Division last Wednesda y. In h is heat ra ce h e came o ff the
10 a nd made it look eas y for his fir st
win o f th e night. T hat prompted
o ffic ia ls to set him ba ck to yards to
mak e it eas ier o n his co m pe ti tio n in
th e semi. The ex tra 10 proved no
hi nd era nce a s he wa lked awa y aga in .
In the mai n , H icks was sti ll o ff the
10 but he had a ste llar field behi nd
him i ncluding Faria , Alan " CraI Y"
C hristian and Mark Dwver. L ike a n .
old bi lliards master, H icks simply
seemed to cha lk up h is cue and do the
job once agai n . Hicks ran a sm ooth
race up front a nd was never cha llenged. Denn y Scopelli te a nd R ich
Swea ney were h is closest p ursuers at
th e beg inning as they sta rte d 10 ya rds
behind th e yo u ng cha rge r. Hick s ra n
off fro m th e pack while Sw eaney and
Scope llire had to dea l with ba ck yardage riders Dw yer , Fari a an d Chri stia n . Faria went for th e cush io n , but
i t wa s Dw yer wh o made th e fir st
im pact by gettin g pa st Scopell it e.
Fa ri a a n d Ch ri stian co u ld o n ly
a dva nce as far as fourth a nd fifth
w h ile Dw yer took seco nd fro m S weaney a t th e white. Dwyer co u ld advance
no farther in the remaining lap a nd
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