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Kawasaki-mounted Cooter McClure (311) got the holeshot at the start
of the 250cc Amateur class at the Stepp Mill MX, and held on to win.
Brian Manley cla imed runaway wins in both the 125 and 250cc Pro
divisions at the NMA qua lifier, held at Blythe Raceway.
Spangler claims Mid·
,
Ohio MX win
By Bob Eckert
LEXINGTON, OH, APR. 19
Over 130 rid ers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana competed in II clas ses at the Mid-Ohio
Motorcycle Park on East er Sunday.
This was th e first race of Mid-Ohio's
four-race Holiday Seri es and almost
every class had close raci ng with lots
of lead cha nges.
The 250cc Open Pro class sa w Dal e
Spangler claim hi s th ird stra igh t Pro
class win. but not without a dogfigh t. Span gler , Ha rold Robison ,
J on Agi n, Greg Wh eeler and Dave
Hand swa pped positi ons and stayed
tigh t for the full 20 m inutes a nd two
laps of both mo LOS. The final tall y
saw Spa ngler followed by Robi son ,
Agin , Wh eeler a nd Hand. The 125cc
P ro class once aga in offered two
moLOS of nip a nd tu ck racin g with
Joe Maurer a nd Pennsylvani a's Brett
Sa lander joining the previous group.
H and nipped Spa ng ler, end ing his
wi nn ing streak, with Agin, Maurer
and Salender ta king th ird throug h
fifth.
T he troph y classes offered even
more handleb ar-t o-h andl eba r racin g. The 125cc B clas s saw Mik e
Wh eeler over Ed Snyder with Mall
Kelley in close pursu it . In the 125cc
C class, Mike Sn yder aced both mo LOS
LO tak e the win over Kur t Kadas and
J err y Barl ow.
T he 250cc B class ac tion was'
pro ba bly th e closes t racing all day
wit h Wh eeler edgi ng Bob by Ball inger and Gene Morr ison. Seldom were
these first two guys more tha n a bik e
len gth apa rt. Barry Kirtl ey led Kurt
Kad as and Dennis Armstrong hom e
in th e 250cc.C class.
Consistent rid ing brought Mall
Kell ey th e Open B win over J eff
Hillis a nd Donald Revels j r., whil e
Dave Gl enn ca ptured the Sen ior over
Mike J ohnson and Gen e Morr iso n.
Brad Ritchie, J.D. Collins a nd
G lenn Delong ra n first th rough thi rd
in th e Junior Min is whil e Mik e
Howell led Jason Balas and Tim
Bak er home in the Senior Minis.
Ritchie also won th e 0-65cc class over
Bryan Bellinger a nd Karl SCOll IV.
Results
250 OPEN s : 1. Dal e Spang ler (Kaw); 2. Harold
Robin son fSuz); 3 . Jon Ag in (Hon); 4 . Gr eg Wh eeler
(Han); 5 . David Hand (Honl .
12 5 s : 1. David Hand (Honl ; 2. Dale Spangl er
(Kaw); 3. Jon Ag in (Han); 4 . Joseph Mauer (Han);
5. Bren Salandar (Kaw ).
OPEN B: 1. Man Kalley (Han); 2. Jeff Hillis (Yam);
3. Donald Revels Jr . (Han); 4 . Jeff Cox (Han); 5 .
Ron Shaffer (Yam).
250 B: 1. Mike Wheeler (Han); 2. Raben Ball inger
(Honl; 3 . Gene MOl'rison (Han ); 4 . John Hill (Hon);
5 . Don Caudill (Kaw) .
250 C: 1. Barry Kinley (Hon); 2. Kun Kadas (Yam );
3 . Denn is Armstrong (Hus); 4 . Kenn eth Frank (Hon);
5. Bill Royce (Hon).
SR: 1. Dave Glen n (Hon): 2. M icha el Joh nson
(Hus); 3. Gene Morriso n (Hon); 4 . Martin Popovich
(Yam): 5. Ray Flanagan (Husl.
125 B: 1. M ike Wheeler (Han); 2. Ed Snyd er
(Kaw ): 3. Man Kelley ( H o n~ 4. Tony Boyas (Hon);
5. Michael Cain (Yam).
12 5 C: 1. M ike Snyder (Hon ); 2. Kun Kadas( Yam);
3 . Jer ry Barlow (Hon); 4. Jeff Sharp (ya m); 5. Ryan
Markham (Hon ).
4 -STRK: 1. M ichael Jo hnson ( H us~ 2. Bret Slan e
(Hon); 3. Jeff Bart ram IHan); 4 . David W illiam s
(Hon); 5. Dale Collins (Han).
SR MINI : 1. M ike Howell (Hon); 2. Jason Balas
(Hon ); 3. Tim Baker (Yam); 4 . Kevin Sw eeney (Kaw) ;
5. Chris Lofland (Suz).
J R MINI : 1. Brad Ritchie (Yam); 2. J .D. Coll in s
(Yam): 3. Glenn DeLon g (Kaw) .
0 -65 : 1. Brad Ritchie (Kaw); 2. Bryan Bellinger
(Han ); 3. Karl Scon (Kaw ); 4 . Tim Cobb (Kaw) .
Shay cleans up
SundanceMX
By Peggy Adam ic
NE GLEY, OH , AP R. 19
Honda-m o un ted J ohn Shay ripped
th rou gh both motos of th e combine d
125/ 250/0pen A class as Sund a nce
Pa rk p la yed ho st to t he Easte r
Sunda y race rs.
T he newl y-open ed . a ll- na tu ra lterrain track was no match for Shay
as the JB Race Prod l Andrews Ho nda
rider blasted past Barn ey Barnett a nd
J im Deutsch to take over the top spot
after one lap. Shay sett led into the
lead foll owed by Barnell a nd Mark
Sm ith Cycle's Chuck N icho lson .
Nicholson worked h is way from a
six th pl ace stan passin g Deut sch and
Steve Gard in er to gain control of
th ird.
Barnett was o ut front o nce agai n
to start the second moto, however,
this time Shay wasted littl e time as
he we n t pas t the fro nt run ner
th rough the second tu rn . After that,
it was a pure Shay ru naway. Dale
Tay lor took third from Deu tsch
m id wa y thro ugh the moto with
Gard iner pass ing Deu tsch for fourt h
a nd third overa ll.
Bill Pi zin o mounted his 250cc
Yam ah a a nd grab bed the holes hot to
start th e first moto of the 250cc B
class . Pizzino was follo wed throug h
th e first turn by Ri ck Boep ple , Bob
Wea rsh ey a nd Ken Fra nken berrv.
Wear shey a nd Fra nkenberry q uic kly
passed Boep pl e. Wear shey pressu red
Pizzino and by the second lap had
tak en control of the LOp spot. Pizzino
was not abou t LO give in and the tire to-tire race Ior first ended when
Wea rsh ey sta lled hi s bike a la p and
a half later, allowing Pizzin o LO
rega in first. Wears hey an d Frankenberr y fi nished seco nd an d third ,
respectively.
Pizzin o, Frankenberry and Boeppl e rode through the first turn as the
second moto got underway. Pizzi no
rod e flawl essly throug hout the ent ire
moto LO grab the double moto win
with Frankenberry holding onto
second. Kawasaki-mounted Blaine
Du ecaster moved through th e pack
of rid ers LO ta ke third.
Gall oway (Hon); 5 . Rick Storv (Yam).
P/ W: 1. J immy Brigg s .(Kaw); 2. Phill ip Hayes
(3 6); 3 . Conn Ma son (Kaw).
SR MINI : 1. Steve Burd ene (Kawl; 2. Danny
Gr avel ey (Suz); 3. Trever Levitt (Han ).
250 AM : 1. Cooter M cCl ur e (Kaw ).
OPEN AM : 1. Steve Starn ess (Kaw); 2. Bobby
Oavis (Kaw) .
250 NOV: 1. Steven Edwards (Kaw) ; 2. Tony
Bridges (Han); 3 . Tony Rhodes (Hon).
Resul ts
PALMDALE, CA, AP R. 12
Honda factory rid er Micky Dymond
romped to th e 125cc Pro win (and
th e overall Pro win as well) a t today's
CRC MX a t L.A. Co unty Raceway.
J ohnn y Zahrt look h is K-Z H onda
th rough bot h moLOS a t th e head of
the 250cc Pros to get first money in
that class.
The 500cc P ros featured a clas h
between Eric Marnock a nd Brian
Che resh ko ff. Chereshko ff, co ming
ou t of a self-im posed three year layoff
and rid ing a borrowed bi ke, stayed
just a head of Ma rn ock for the entire
rno to to p ick u p first.
Ma rn och too k moto two as Cheresh ko ff look ed a bit tired. Chereshkoff had fun , th ough , a nd vows to
start working o ut a nd get ready for
a rene wed ca mpaign.
Old friends a nd ri vals were back
a t it as ano ther semi-retired rider, J eff
Barbacovi, came o ut to co ntes t the
125cc Interm ediat e race wit h bu ddy
Bubba Erickson. The two sp lit mo tos
wi th Erickso n gelling the second win
a nd th e overa ll. R a n dall O wen
do m ina ted the 250cc Interm ediat e
event goi ng fro m two hol esh ots LO
two wins and th e overall wi thout a
hitch . No one had a clear shot at the
500cc Int ermed iat e wi n until th e
po ints were to talled a t the end of
rno ro two. Greg Ziegler added three
an d o ne a nd came up wi th a first.
Results
BO 12 · 15 : 1. Ben Fraley (Kaw ); 2. Jo seph Gerdes
(Yam): 3. Jason Larue (Suz).
12 51250 / 0 PEN A : 1. John Shay (Han); 2.
Barn ey Barnen (Hon); 3. Steve Gardiner (Hon l·
125 B: 1. Chuck Adams (Hon); 2. Patr ick W ill iams
(Han).
125 SCHBY: 1. Brad Quear (Hon); 2. Chr iss
Gr asso (Hon); 3 . James Wagner (Hon ),
250 B: 1. Bill Pizzino (Yam); 2. Ken Frankenberry
(Han); 3. Bob Spivak (Hon).
250 C: 1. Rob Scan (Honl ; 2. Chr is Sponsell er
(Suzl; 3 . Dave Travis (Hon).
OPEN B: 1. Biff Brodner (KTM); 2. Steve Pr ice
(Hon); 3 . Bill Ward (Kaw ).
SA 1: 1. Bl a in e Ou eca ster (Kaw); 2. Ken
Frank enb erry (Hon ); 3 . Henry Hauen st ein (Hon ).
SR 2: 1. Bill Szew czyk (Hus ); 2. Fred Double
(Honl; 3. Duane Marnin (Yam).
EXTRA; 1. Joh n Shay (Honl ; 2. Chu ck Nich ol son
(Honl ; 3. Chuc k Adams (Hon l.
Cowen bests
Stepp Mill MX
By Loren & Barbara Williams
T RAVEL ERS R EST , SC, APR. 25
In spi teof a cro wd slim med by o ther
bi)? races thi s weekend, com pe titive
sp ir its were undampen ed a t Stepp
Mill . Severa l sho rt trackers were in
a t tenda nce. a nd T omm y Co wan
powered hi s Bill y Poll ey-prep ar ed
H o nda to the chec kers, bestin g
Ken neth Ba rr , Da yn Pier antoni ,
George Ga llo way a nd Rick Sto ry.
T he rivalry betw een Min i riders
J im m y Briggs a nd Ph ill ip Ha yes
co n tin ued, with Briggs taking th e
Pee Wee class and H ayes gra bbing
the Junior Mini honors.
Runn in g for the 50 bo n us th is
ti me was the 250cc Nov ice class, a nd
did th ey pu t o n a showl Tony
Bridges, on a bra nd new Honda, wo n
the quali fier a nd left Steven Edwards
seco nd p lace, bu t in the main , second
choice of gate was good eno ug h for
Edwards, as he got to th e first turn
before Bridges a nd never let him past.
The two provided p lenty of ac tio n
all the wav arou nd the track, but
Edwards never let him get his foot
in th e door long eno ug h to kick it
open , a nd in the end Edwards left
50 richer.
Results
S/ MINI : 1. Chr is Flow e (Yam): 2. J onath an
Sen tel l (Yaml.
J R MI NI: 1. Ph ill ip Hayes (Hon); 2. J im my Brigg s
(Kaw); 3 . Con n Mason (Kaw).
12 5 A M : 1. A ll en Barne s (Yam); 2. Steve Howard
(Kaw ).
12 5 NOV: 1. M an Rut ledge (Honl; 2. Paul Dalton
(Kaw) ; 3 . Gary Dalton (Hon).
ST: 1. Tomm y Cowan (Han); 2. Kenneth Barr
(Yam); 3 . Oayn Pieranton i (Ya m); 4 . George
Dymond takes CRC
lACRwin
By Terry Rezek
PIW B: 1. Chris Panek (Yam).
60 O-B YRS: 1. Levi Blu .
60 9- 11 YRS: 1. David St inchfIeld (Kaw) .
80 STK BEG: 1. Ryan Lam b (Suz); 2. Richard
Higgenbo t ham (Kaw); 3. Ad am W att ers (Han).
80 STK NOV: 1. Colin Cout o (Yam); 2. Jeff Ratzloff
(Han); 3 . Dane Broesel (Kaw).
VINT: 1. Bob A lvis (Yam): 2. Ron Aldr ich (C2I;
3. Jacques But eau (CZ).
VET BEG: 1. Ron Cole;'2 . Den nis Carlisle (Kaw);
3 . Roy Harvey (Hon).
VET NOV : 1. Fr an k M ier a u (Yam) ; 2. J eff
M inde rho ut (Hon); 3 , Bob A rellano (Han).
VET INT: 1. Mark Raiche (Suz).
VET EX: 1. Roben Tem ple (Ha n); 2. Bob Dahlgren
(Hon); 3 . Err ol Leduc (Han).
W MN NOV: 1. Tina Zahrt (Kaw); 2. Sheila Mor etz
(Kaw ); 3 . Laru a W arn ecke (Han).
W M N INT: 1. Mi ndy Sm it h (Kaw "): 2. J uli Putm an
(Yam); 3. K.O. Half hill (Kaw).
12 5 BEG : 1. David Je nse n (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Carli sle
(Kaw ); 3 , Steve Smo lnesky (Kaw) .
125 NOV: 1. Scott Hoffman (Hon l; 2. J eff Finch;
3 . Eddi e Sub ias (Han).
125 INT: 1. Bubb a Er ic kson (SUl); 2. J eff
Baracovi; 3 . Tony Quall s (Han).
125 PRO: M icky Dymond (Hon).
250 BEG: 1. bill Saur o (Yam); 2. Earl Wan ers
( H o n~ 3 . Luc ky Fei nstein (Kaw).
2 50 NOV : 1. Phill ip Wurster (Han ); 2. Mark Gray
(Han ); 3 . Adam Pont ious (Hon ).
