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SR: 1. George Lawson; 2. John Gon; 3. Bob
Ceplinger.
SUP SR: 1. Ron Throckmorton; 2. Harold Newell;
3. Joe Heizer.
OPEN: ,. Mike Burkhart; 2. Roger Struckhoff; 3.
Gene Rampani,
200: 1. Rick Matteson; 2. Tim Kuchem; 3. Kevin
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O'Brien.
JR: 1. Steve Leivan; 2. Warren Wilburn; 3. Lance
Mills.
BEG: 1. Raymond Williams; 2. Ken Brandt; 3.
Tom Crimmins.
OVERALL SERIES: 1. Rusty Reynaud (172); 2.
Dale Hulsey (138); 3. Chris Caplinger (87).
Smith bros. win
D-38 Night Team
Race
By Bob and Diane Bell
PLASTER CITY, CA, AUG. 23
The brother team of Bruce and
Leslie Smith took a well-deserved overall victory in the
fourth annual AMA District 38
Fudpucker RacingTeam NightTeam
Race. District President Fud came up
with the idea four years ago to have
. motorcycles team with ATVs in a
two-and-a-half hour desert race,
switching riders each lap. The race
startedatseven o'clock at nighL. Usually only the first two laps are in daylight, after that it's lights on and
hang on.
This year's course was run over a
IO-mile loop of mo tly wide open terrain. A major dust storm blew in just
before the start, but proved to be a
blessing in disguise as the breeze that
followed kept the dust moving oU of
the course.
The drop of the green flag found
Lance Schoonmaker out front and
pulling away. At the end of the first
lap, it was time for the bikes to take
over as Schoonmaker handed the lead
to partner and Open rider Steve Walker. Run.ning second W'ls the incredible
Craig Corda, teamed with 125ccrider
Kirk Hester. Corda wasn't even at the
start line when the flag dropped,
but had worked up to second by
check one. The Smith brothers were
buried back in 25th place.
For the next few laps, the Walkeri
Schoonmaker team held the lead with
Hester and Corda a solid second.
Third overall was a game of shuffle
between the Open teams of Randy
Norman/Doug Roll, Tom Moen/
Greg Bringle and Randy Morales/Tony Dixon. Norman's chances for a
good finish disa'ppeared when his
motor blew all. lap five, leading Morales and Moren to do battle.
Lap six spelled tragedy for Walker.
While running way out front, his
light went ouL. This slowed him to a
crawl and opened the door for Hester
to take the lead. "When I saw the
emblem all. his race pams, I knew it
was Walker," said Hester. "I pulled
way out to the side, so hecouldn't use
my light to ride with. My heart has
never pounded a hard as when I
knew we were leading overall!"
By this poim, no one had even seen
the Smith team coming through the
pack. But by lap six, they were up to
an incredible third overall and suddenly all eyes were all. them. Hester
rode the wheels off of his I25cc Cagiva, but it was no match for the power
of Smith's 490cc Yarrtaha, as on lap
eight, he smoked past for the lead.
At the checkered flag it was Bruce
Smith with the overall and 'Open
class win. "We didn't have a good
start and everybody was kamikaze out
there, but we just worked our way
up," stated Smith afterthe race. Hester
finished an outstanding second overall to take the l25cc class win.
Walker earned third overall and
second Open bike the hard way by
riding the last few laps without a
lighL. "I burned up two bulbs and
ended up in the dark. Lance is a fantastic rider and he kept us up there,"
quipped Walker at the finish.
Eighth overall was the 250cc class
winner Rheynard Morgan (Yamaha)
and Keilh Callen (Honda). Morgan
had run as high as third o"erall
before having unknown problem'
two lap from the finish and dropping back.
Vet class winner Robert McCarter
(Husqvarna) was the la t rider to finish all 10 laps at ninth overall. He
wa followed by the enior cia s
winner. Jack Neeley (M-Star) at 10th
overall.
Results
OPEN EX: 1. Bruce Smith/Leslie Smilh; 2. Sieve
Walker/Lance Schoonmaker; 3. Randy Morales/
Tracey Dixon.
OPEN AM: 1. Steve Clark/Ray Schooley: 2. Bob
Towne/Steve Basin; 3. Bab Buckley/Mitch Thomp·
son.
OPEN NOV: 1. Rohn Elsner/Guy Barrow; 2. Paul
Martin/Jon Colver; 3. Robert Smith/ John Schork.
250 EX: 1. Rheynard Morgan/Keith Callen; 2.
Mark McNulty/Greg Gibbs; 3. Jeff Boyd/Chris
Bigelow.
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250 AM: 1. Ron Beany/Hersh Deck: 2. Tom Gai·
an/Scott Prather; 3. Andy Wetzel/Scan Smith.
250 NOV: 1. Kregg Ham/Dave Morford; 2. Rob
Taylor/Don Ransdell; 3. Craig Britt/Mitch Rickart.
125 EX: 1. Kirk Hester/Craig Cordca; 2. Bob Bell/
Greg Row; 3. Tony Darr/Kelly Hori.
125 NOV: 1. Oave Tubbs/Mike Bickle; 2. Mike
Pendley/Brian Crittendon.
VET EX: 1, Robert McCarter/Coy Brigman; 2.
Terry Stauwald/Jeff Enz; 3. Scott McClintock/
David Collier.
VET AM: 1. Floyd Hudson/John Wellnitz,
VET NOV: 1. Thomas Sullivan/Howard Carey III;
2. Ken Tubbs/Jim Terral; 3. Ike Foss/Jes Rosales.
5R EX: 1. Jack Neeley/Dan Johnson; 2. Roger
Adsit/Billy Adsit; 3. Chuck Nelson/Hal Drew.
5R AM: 1. Mike Govern/Mike Maxwell.
55: 1. Himey Means/Bob Thompson; 2. Richard
Bird/Robert Haime.
BEG: 1. Ray Baker/EricSargent; 2. Bill Engstrom.
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S.I.R. MX
By Jay Marcell
KE T, WA, A G.8
Joe Howard piloted his Honda
CR to 2-1 moLO finishes and
wrapped up the overall victory in the 80cc Novice class at
Seattle International Raceway motocross.
In the first moto, Trent Rice blew
into the lead ahead of Howard, Eri
Balshaw, Joe Del Vecchio and Mike
Koehn. By the halfway point, Del
Vecchio had moved into the lead,
while Rice had dropped back to fourth
and was being pressured by Justin
Homan. At the finish, it was Del Vecchio hanging on for the win, followed by Howard, Belshaw, Homan
and Koehn.
In the second moto, Homan LOok
the holeshot ahead of Del Vechio,
Howard, Robert Wissinger and Belshow. In the first turn, Del Vecchio
crashed and had problems restarting
his bike, dropping him back to dead
last. Shortly after, Howard motored
by Homan, taking over the lead,
while Bel how slipped into third.
Coming from behind, Del Vecchio
labored hi way back up to fourth. In
the end, it was Howard out in front,
collecting the overall, followed by
Belshow, Homan and Koehn.
Results
PEE WEE: 1. Kris Conner (Yam); 2. Bren Boehm
(Han): 3. Oax Folk lHon).
60 BEG: 1. Jeff Backus (SUl).
601NT: 1. 2ach Taylor(Kaw); 2. Aaron Schweiger
(Kaw).
SO BEG: 1. Cody Cawley (Kaw): 2. Shane Chapman; 3. Robert lahara (Yam).
SO NOV: 1. Joel Howard (Han); 2. Eric Belshaw
(Yam); 3. Justin Homan (Yam).
SO INT: 1. Rod Tapia (SUl); 2. Manhew Schwiger
(Yam).
125 NOV: 1. Doug Leach (Kaw)p 2. ;Joey Belshaw
(Yam): 3. Jay Marcell (Han).
125 INT: 1. Jeff Jacobson; 2. Jason Crandell
(SUl); 3. Jim Conet (SUl).
125 EX: 1. Lance Smail (Kaw); 2. Wayne Dixon
(Han); 3. John Vanderberg (Kaw).
2501NT: 1. Dan Engelke(Hon);·2. Kevin Miraglia;
3. Jim Myers (SUl).
250 EX: 1. Mike Greenwood (Han); 2. Jim Pit·
tman (Hon); 3. Wayne Dixon.
OPEN NOV: 1. Dan Jansen; 2. Don Spragua; 3.
Jeff Call (Han).
OPEN tNT: 1. Ken Workman lHon); 2. Mitch Trotter ()Hon); 3. Kevin Miraglio.
OTH INT: 1. Ted Abernathy (yam); 2. Steve Taylor
(Yam); 3. Steve Johnson.
OTH EX: 1. Eugene Tom; w. Ken Yort