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(Kaw): 5. Ben Varnes (Kaw) .
125 : 1. Shane Lander s (Kaw); 2. Bryan Graybea l
(Hon); 3. David Stanfeild (Suz); 4 . Harry Freiman
(Kaw ); 5. Scott Huff (Han); 6. Charle s Goad (Varni.
200 : 1. Greg Voge l (Han); 2. Douglas Smith.
250: 1. Bart Schmulbach (Han) ; 2. Stacey '
Shelton (Kaw); 3. Dan Cart er (Han); 4 . Dana NcNeil
(Han); 5. Tom Sutton (Honl; 6. Greg Call ey (Yam);
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5. Jon Roberts (Han); 6. Wymond Schl eyhahn
(Honl; 7. Audi e Huff Jr . (H-D); 8. Ole Ibsen (ATK);
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TERRE HA UTE, IN , J UNE 7
Tea m Green 's Steve Childress do m inated four motos of ac tio n as he
cla imed overa ll victories in th e 250cc
B Stock a nd Modified classe s a t C&S
Sports Concepts Pro Ca liber-hosted
AMA/Honda Mideast Am at eur Area
Qualifier.
Mark Stahlman took the lead in
moto one of th e 250cc B Stock class
as Brad Thompson, Bob Milkovi ch
a nd Childress also raced around the '
co urse a t the front of th e pack.
Childress moved into third, leaving
Stahlman and Thompson, to fight
it out. Childress gassed it and took
over the lead, then easily stretched
it out. Stahlman had problems in the
whoops which moved Thompson up
to second.
Thompson timed the ga te correctl y in moto two as he bombarded
a round turn one followed by Sta hlman , Marvin Sipes and Milkovich .
Ch ildress h ad a poor st art , but
quickly regrouped and started moving through the pack, Thompson
went down putting Stahlman in first
as Childress had worked hi s way into
•second and wa s applying pressure to
Stahlman. Childress slid out in a wet
corner and dropped to thi rd as
Thompson mov ed into seco n d.
Thompson crashed short ly aft er that
'moving Childress up one position.
Childress took th e lead onl y a few
feet from th e white flag and th en held
on for th e win. .
Billy Fosnock wa s th e early lea der
in the first round of ac tio n in th e
125cc A as he wa s ch ased by Bill y
Davis, Robert Motsinger , a nd Derrick Ro e. Motsinger pushed Davis
around the course as Fosnock had
lproblems in a corner and dropped
'to fourth, putting Davis ou t fron r
followed by Motsinger and Roe.
'Fosnock got past Ro e to go into
th ird. but Roe never gave up and th e
' d'u o fought for th e position. The
Fosnock-Roe battle ended when R oe .
~ras h ed a t the end of th e tabl etop
jump.
. Motsinger was trying everywhe re
on the co urse to go by Dav is. The
du o raced side-by-side with Davis
hold ing th e leading-edg e. Mo tsinger
crashed tak ing th e hea t off of Davis.
-Short ly aft er tha t Davi s also cras hed
ra nd Fosn ock moved into th e lead
follow ed by Motsinger and Roe.
Fosnock wa s pressured for first by
£Mo tsinger, then Mot singer mad e a n
mi da ir pass to take the lead. Roe the n
too k th e insi de line o n a turn a nd
moved into second. T he checkered
j fell with Motsinger firs t, Roe second
and Fosn ock thi rd .
Mo tsinger grabbed the holesh ot in
mo to two, but Fosn ock gassed it in to
the lead. Motsin ger and Fosn ock
ba ttled for th e lead, then Mot sin ger
went down as Fosn ock cras hed into
hi m . Roe took ove r th e lead as
Motsinge r dropped to fourth and
Fosnock fifth,
Motsin ger closed the gap o n Roe.
Motsinge r hung close to Roe's rear
wheel and the duo raced around the
course in an inten se duel for the win .
Roe went too wide in a turn as
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Ma rk Melton (693 ) wo n the
125cc Pro -Am cla ss at the
M ideast Qualif ier.
Motsinger took th e inside lin e to take
th e lead. Motsinger stretched out hi s
lead by th e white flag lap and scored
the win with Roe finishing second.
Results
25>: 1. Tim Sm ith (Kaw); 2. Bill Sweeney (Vam);
3. Tim Borgfi eld (Han); 4. Mark Greenley (Vam);
5. M ichael Taylor (Honl .
125 PRO·AM: 1. Mark Melton (Vam); 2. Robert
Motsinger (Yam); 3 . Derrick Roe (Kaw); 4 . Connie
Feist (Han); 5. Merk Sw eedney (Varni.
OPEN B: 1. Richard Robins on (Han); 2. Weyne
Johnny Bowers (63) leads J im Chapman and Dallas Baer (80) in the
750cc Expert class at Trail-Way short track in Hanover. Pennsylvania .
Brooks (Kaw); 3. Brent A tw eIl IKaw); 4. Craig Fruit
(Han); 5. A ndy Hardi n (KTM).
125 B MO D: 1. Mike Layne (Suz); 2. Travis
Kobush (Han); 3. Ryan Smith (Yam); 4. John
Hatfield (Suz); 5. Tommy Whit ney (Han),
250 A : 1. Mike Stahlman (Yam); 2. Jo n Agin
(Han); 3. Rod Marshall (Kaw); 4. Bill Abr igo (Kawl ;
5. St eve Ezell (Han).
125 B STK: 1. Mike Layne (Suz); 2 . Travis Kobush
(Han); 3. Mike Stahlman (Suz): 4. Ryan Sm ith
(Vam); 5. J ody Cooper (Han).
250 B MOD : 1. Steve Childress (Kaw); 2. J on
Darmon (Vam); 3. Wayne Caswell (Vam); 4 . Scott
Atwell (Suz); 5. Bob M il kovich (Vam).
OPEN A : 1. M ike Sta hlma n (Vam); 2. Lee
Will ingham (Han); 3 . Mark Greenley (Yam); 4 . Steve
Ezell (Kaw ).
250 OPEN PRO-AM : 1. Conn ie FeiS1 (Vam); 2.
Steve Ezell (Han); 3. Mark Melton (Yam).
125 A: 1. Robert Mo tsinger (Yam); 2 . Derrick Roe
(Kaw); 3. Rod Marshall (Kaw); 4. Jon Agin (Han);
· 555. Billy Fosnock (Suz).
250 B STK: 1. Stevie Childress (Kaw); 2. Br ian
Taylor (Yam); 3. Ma rk Stah lma n (Suz); 4 . Joe Subert
(Yam); 5. Brad Thompson (Kaw) .
Cerciello captures
Trail-Way ST
By Len Breech
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HANOVER, PA , J UNE 6
With a pair of seco nds a nd a win
in the 600cc Expert cl ass, T om
Cer ci ello to ok home the largest
portion of Trail- Way Speedway 's
purse. Cerciello's win has to rank as
a classic in this area. Competition
was so .close that the top rid er in
District-7 could o n ly ge t third
alternate.
At th e start of the main Senior class
winner, Rich ard Foard su p risingly
took the lead for th e first lap over
Dale Gingrich, Randy Texter, Cerciello a nd Tom Maj eski. T exter took
first as they entered th e third turn
on th e next lap, with David Mill er
tak ing third ab o ut the sa me tim e.
Mill er fell on th e following lap,
whi le Cerciell o moved into second.
Gingrich kept in a lonesom e th ird
sp ot th rough out th e race, while Tom
Maj eski, David . Reeves a nd R ob
Maj eski got into a baili e over fou rt h
spot tha t lasted the rem ainder of the
race.
Durin g the latter stages, T exte r
a nd Cerc iello tra ded the lead several
tim es, with Cerciello getti ng th e
better drive off th e fourth turn on
th e fin al lap to ta ke th e win.
Tex ter had a fai rl y easy time winn ing the 750cc Expert class, while
Cerciell o a nd Er ic George tra ded
seco nd back and fo rt h un til Cerciello
clai med th e.spot for good with three
la ps left. Althou gh he.closed up th e
gap on T ex ter's Eastern Dealers
(H a rl e y- Da vidso n ) Ass oci at io nsponsored XR 750, he still fell over
10 yards short.
Texter again led th e 250cc Experts,
foll ow ed this time by Mike Varnes.
Dal e Gingrich, Ben Nachamer and
Cerciello. Gingri ch took second at
th e end of th e opening la p , while
Cerci ello and Machamer slipped past
Barnes on the second lap. Gingrich
go t by T exter o n the sixth lap, while
Cerciell o mo ved by T ext er on th e
following lap for seco nd spo t.
After so me co nfus ion over a bri efly
thrown red flag, Kevin Varnes and
Mik e Sponseller resumed th eir bailie
for 85cc class su premacy with Varn es
ta king th e lead throughou t th e race
with Sponselle r nipping a t his heel s.'
On th e final lap, Sponsell er got th e
better dri ve off of th e last turn to just
eke o u t the win.
Again H arold ,Dorsey wa s th e
piv ot ial rider in the Amateur ra n ks
as h is not riding th e 200cc class
open ed the door for another rider to
win, Dorsey' s low side a t the start
of the 600cc Amateur event took
himself a nd Dave Smith out of the
even t. H e did take what is becoming
his usual win in th e 250cc class,
beating Smith by about 30 yards. The
200cc class saw Brian Strong take th e
lead from Pau l So utha rd , J eff Kehne
and Mike Walton. While th e front
duo pulled away, th e remaining
order stayed th e same. With three
laps left , So u thard slipped into th e
lead, keeping Strong as a shadow.
The shadow go t a lillie bit better
dri ve exiting th e final turn, as Strong
scored th e wi n by a length.
The 600cc Amateur class looked
almos t as nasty as th e Experts, since
almost all of the top Amateurs now
have a " th under machine" , After
Dorsey's o pening lap get-o ff, Johnn y
Bo wer s took th e lead from J im
Lyn ch , J im Cha p ma n, Dall as Baer
an d Ro y Coll in s. Wh il e Bow er s
pu lled a littl e d istance in front of the
eve r -c h a n g i n g p ack . Baer too k
seco nd a t th e end of th e seco nd la p ,
whi le Co ll ins moved into th ird as
th ey began th e fin al three laps,
di spl acing Lynch for seco nd as th ey
began th e fin al lap.
Even the normall y seda te 55cc class
got in to the close ness bit to nig ht.
John Win set t too k th e lead from h is
cous in, a nd class winner th e pas t six
tim es, Ricky a t th e star t. Ri ck y too k
the lead as the pa ir began th e third
lap . R icky bagg ed th e win by five
ya rds in the clo sest finis h in th is clas s
in a few yea rs.
Results
750 EX: 1. Randy Texter (H-D); 2. Tom Cerciello
(Tri); 3 . Eric George (Tri); 4 . Jo e Gately (Tri); 5.
Brian Hall (Yam).
600 AM : 1. Joh nny Bowers (Yam); 2. Roy Collins
(H-D); 3. Jim Lynch (Rtx); 4 . Jim Chapman (H-D);
5. Dallas Baer (Vam).
SR: 1.llichard Foard (W ·RI; 2. Bob Babcock (Honl;
3. Joe Heberling (Yam); 4 . Harol Hillard (Yam); 5.
Jim Reigner (Yaml .
55 : 1. Ricky Winsett (Yam); 2. John Winsett
(Yaml; 3. Dan Halligan (Vam); 4. Arthur Lynch
(Varni; 5. Brad Kress (Vam).
85 EX: 1. M ike Sponseller (Han); 2. Kevin Varnes
(Yam); 3 . Chuck Wrecs ics (Yam).
85 AM : 1. Bri an Strong (Kaw ).
65: 1. Rick W insett (Kaw); 2. Randy Shank (Kaw).
200 AM : 1. Brian Strong (Kawl ; 2. Paul Southard
(Kawl; 3. J eff Kehn e (Han); 4 . Mik e Walton (Yam);
5. Gary Clark (Han).
25 0 EX: 1. Dale Gingrich (Yam); 2. Tom Cerci ello
(Yaml; 3 . Randy Texte r (H·O); 4 . Ben M achamer
(Varni; 5. M ike Varnes (Yam).
250AM: 1. Harold Dorsey (Han); 2. Dave Smith
(Varni; 3. Gary Foard (Vam); 4. Eddie Hidden (Vam);
5 . Barry Wolfe (Yaml .
600 EX: 1. Tom Cerciello (Yaml: 2. Randy Texter
(H-D); 3. Dale Gingrich (Vam;; 4. Tom Majeski
(Yam); 5. David Reeves (Rtx).
Buehl bags Pro-Caliber
MX Qualifier
By Susan Willian
TERRE HAUTE, IN, J UNE 6
C&S Sports Concepts, Pro-Caliber
hosted th e Mideast H onda/ AMA
You th Ar ea Qualifier as Ohio's
J erom y Bueh l dominat ed th e 85cc
Sto ck a nd Modified ( 14~ 15 ) with four
moto wins.
: In moto one of th e 85cc Stock (1416 ) class , T eam Gr een /S cottsp onsored Bueh l was hot off th e ga te
a nd a ro und turn one in th e lead as
Marty Vau ghn ra n a close seco nd.
Vaug hn went down as Doug Flinner
took adva ntage of th e situa tio n to
move in to th e second place slo t.
Vaughn was back underw ay a nd ,
closed in o n Flinner , th en th e pair
co ll ided in a turn. Buehl was able
to stretch o u t a sizable lead by the
checkered as Vaughn managed a
serond foll ow ed by Flinner.
Va ug hn was q ui ckest a t the start
of mot o two, rou nd ing th e first turn
a hea d o f Bu ehl. Bu ehl p a ssed
Vau ghn ea rly in lap o n e, then
cras hed p ut ting Vau ghn back in to
th e fro nt spo t wi th di stan ce between
h im self a nd seco nd ' pl ace Buehl. '
Vaug h n lat er cr a sh ed a llo wi ng
Bu ehl to regain th e lead. Buehl
bobbled throug h the was hb oa rds,
but held the front posit ion to the flag
as Vaug hn pas sed the chec kered in
second fo llowed by Flin ner.
Buehl was agai n in charge of moto
one of th e 85cc Modi fied (14-15) o n
, hi s Barr Co m pe ti tio n-ba cked bike.
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