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Brian Carroll flies his Kawasaki KX125 to the 125cc A class victory
at Hurricane Mills MX. Carroll t?j)ped both motos.
Schwartz drifted a little coming off
turn two forcing ,both Pfetzing and
Lucero wide. Oxley, being alert,
went underneath both of them and
took over the number two spot, but
Pfetzing went back around him
before the end of the lap. Pfetzing
turned up the heat on lap two as he
found the drive on the outside.
Schwartz shut the door on him as
they went into turn one on lap three
and Pfetzing bobbled in the heavy
outside dirt. Oxley again took advantage of the situation to move into
econd but once again Pfetzing took
it back.
Pfetzing's bobble cost him and
Schwartz won his 14th South Bay
Stadium main of the season by three
lengths. Pfetzing, Oxley and Lucero
roum;led au t the field.
Earlier it was mentioned that
Shawn Moran, of the British
League's Sheffield Tigers, was on
hand. His teammate, and brother,
Kelly was also there. Kelly, the elder
of the two, showed his stuff early in
the Handicap main.
The event was sparked by two wild
crashes. The first one took place
when Greg Hancock went down
avoiding Walt Farnum. Hancock's
bike took off and flipped down the
track before it collected Bobby Ott
in the chest and cleaned him off his
machine as he went by. All three were
shaken, but they restarted.
Billy Hamill quickly got by Jay
Gianetti on the restart for the lead.
Kelly Moran also got by Gianetti for
the second spot and he began to
pressure the young Hamill. He gave
chase until lap five when he touched
Hamill's rear tire on the middle of
the front chute. Both bikes drove
directly into the wall and another red
flag came out. Hamill made the
restart, but Moran was out with a
shoulder injury.
Once the event was restarted, it was
all Oxley on the Coors/International
Speedway/KLOS/Scolt Goggles/
Cirello Racing Weslake. That was a
major win for Oxley since he had
been penalized 20 yards on the
original start. Shawn Moran took a
distant second with Farnum third.
Results
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SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wes); 2. Rob
Pletting (Wes); 3. Brad Oxley (Wes); 4. Steve
Lucero (Gdn).
HDCP: 1. Brad Oxley (Wes); 2. Shawn Moren
(Gdnl; 3. Wa~ Farnum (Jaw).
SUP: 1. Lee Edwards (Wes); 2. Scan Clark (Jaw);
3. Bernie Tusko (PPT).
Tompkins tops Ace MX
By John Spear
MODENA, NY, JULY 12
Dennis Tompkins and Jason avohelski each won their qualifying
moto in the 125cc Amateur class at
the Ace MX and then battled the
entire second moto before Tompkins
held the lead at the end to take the
overall.
.
Waiting in the wings the entire
mota for a mistake by either of the
leaders was Dennis' brother Herb.
But the mistake never came so Herb
settled for third, his 3-3 score gave
him third overall ahead of John
Wienberg's 2-5 for fourth.
All three Expert classes provided
tight racing with Carlo Coen winning both the 125 and 250cc Expert
classes. In the l25's, Coen pulled out
an early lead and let Rob McCullough (2-2), John Ryan (4-3), Todd
Dippel (5-4) and Ed Foedish (3-5)
swap places behind him all afternoon. Dippel still holds the lead for
the Number One plate with 292
points while Ryan has 255 and
Foedish 230.
Coen won the 250cc Expert class,
but it was tough. In the first moto,
Mike Spear chased him until the last
lap before letting him get away. [n
the second mota, John Ryan held the
lead for the first five laps with Coen
and Spear on his tail. Coen got by
on lap six to take the overall. Ryan
held on for second when Spear was
taken out by a lapped rider who had
fallen on the blind-side of the newlyconstructed tunnel jump. Spear
remounted for third as the top three
had nearly a 4O-second lead on the
next group.
Spear easily won both Open
Expert motos but that didn't affect
the battle behind him, Jim
Habacker, Keith Mann and Kyle
Ellefsen who had a four-rider freighttrain both motos. Ellefsen got off
behind Spear each time, but the
relatively new expert fell prey to both
Habacker and Mann's experience.
Habacker held off Mann [or second
in both motos with JUSt a wheel
length separating them in the second
moto. Spear is in total control o[ the
points chase with 320 points to Ken
Napolitano's 215. Napolitano had a
7-5 this day.
The 125cc Novice class, despite
qualifying motos, really mixed up
the results in the second mota. Jason
Linn's 2-3 was good enough for first
overall while James Mangariello's 46 took second. Both first mow
winners in this class, Chris Brindis
and Bill Minard, ran into trouble.
Results
125 EX: 1. Carlo Coen (Kaw); 2. Rob McCullough
(Vam); 3. John Ryan (Kaw); 4. Ed Foedish (Vam);
5. Todd Dippel (SUI).
250 EX; 1. Carlo Coen (Kaw); 2. Mike Spear
(Kaw); 3. .John Ryan (Kaw); 4. Rob McCullough
(Vam); 5. Keith Mann (Vam).
OPEN EX: 1. Mike Spear (Kaw); 2. Jim Habacker
(Hon); 3. Keith Mann (yam); 4. Kyle Ellefsen (Kaw);
5. Ken Napolitano (Hon).
125 AM: 1. Dennis Tompkins; 2. Jason Navoshelski; 3. Herb Tompkins; 4. John Wienberg; 5.
Mike Bilencky.
250 AM: 1. Da.. Daub; 2. Greg Bastel<; 3. John
Sigisomondi; 4. Mike Bilardello; 5. Mike Ratto.
OPEN AM: 1. Larry Debany (Hon); 2. Mike Rano
(Hon); 3. Daniel Ale.ander (Hon); 4. Tim Waurishuk
(Hon); 5. Frank Pokorny (Hon).
125 NOV: 1. Jason Unn; 2. James Mangariello;
3. Tom Lambert; 4. Derek Oefonce; 5. Darin Molnar.
.SR AM: 1. Payson Richardson (Kaw); 2. Peter
Picard (Han); 3. Richard Morton (Han): 4. William
Kaup.onen (Vam); 5. Peter KUlelka (Honl.
S/SR AM: 1. Richard Golden (Vam); 2. Sal
Benanti (Honl; 3. Radford Miller (Hon).
SR MINI: 1. Bruce Calkin (Kaw); 2. Jody Mitchall
(Han); 3. Bren Marlseia (Kaw); 4. James O'Hara
(Han); 5. Danny Dangerfield (Han).
JR MINI: 1. CanOlr Gurnee (Kaw); 2. James Glynn
(Hon); 3. Chris Robson (Han); 4. Francisco Sierra
(Vam); 5. Gary Brennan (Kaw).
Norris nails OMC
Short Track win
By Mike Thuleen
BOISE, rD, JULY 7
O'Neal/KaI-Gard/K&NIT&D Racing/Ken
Lenon/Wendi/Elmer
Moore/Sam Hutch inson -assis ted
Junior
ational competitor Troy
orris deIe:1ted Joel Huskey to gain
victory in the Open Expert main at
Owyhee M.e. hart track.
Huskey Auto-Electric-supported
Huskey powered his Honda into the
Open Expert main lead ahead of
Norris, John Colton, Todd Peugh,
Rod Reynolds and JeH Russell.
Reynolds was mounted on a 250 after
encountering mechanical woes on
his big-bore machine.
Throughout the first laps, Norris
and Huskey clashed, but Norris was
unsuccessful in his attempts to fight
past Huskey. Midway throu~h,
however, Huskey bobbled corrung
out of a corner, miraculously saving
a near bail, but the damage was done,
as Norris took advantage of this
mishap for the lead.
Norris went on to take the win by
an impressive margin, while Huskey
fought off Reynolds and Peugh to
control second. Reynolds, who had
worked up through the pack, lost
third place to a determined Peugh
on the last lap, as Peugh managed
a tricky pass to lead Reynolds,
Russell and Colton across the finish
line.
Miller Products/K&N Carl's
CycleslTeam BRT-supported Reynolds discovered more success in the
250cc Expert main, controlling it
wire-to-wire for an exciting win. Not
[ar behind was Peugh, aboard the
John Colton-tuned Kawasaki, who
held off Russell and desert pro Ron
Wehr, making his first Boise short
track appearance on the Anderson
Custom Applications/Smith Goggles/Rod Reynolds/Hi-Point Racing USA-modified CR250 Honda.
Cycle Nuts 'n' Bolts-sponsored
Pete Keller hammered his "Hondasaki" to the 125cc Expert main win
ahead of Jamie Steelsmith, despite
the Honda CRl25-mounted Steelsmith's best attempts to catch the
rampaging Keller.
In I25cc B action, Richie Reynolds
gained the upper hand from SCOll
McPherson early on to garner first
over·McPherson and a hungry pack
of 125cc B riders.
Results
OPEN EX: 1. Troy Norris (Han); 2. Joel Huskey
(Hon); 3. Todd Peugh (:tam); 4. Rod Reynolds (Kaw);
5. Jeff Russell (RIX).
250 EX: 1. Rod Reynolds (Kaw); 2. Todd Peugh
(Kaw); 3. Jeff Russell (Vam); 4. Ron Wehr (Hon).
125 EX: 1. Pete Keller (H·K); 2. Jamie Steelsmilh
(Honl.
125 B: 1. Richie Reynolds (Hon); 2. Scon
McPherson (Hon).
Carroll cruises at
Clifford MX
By Thom Veety
CLIFFORD, PA, JULY 5
Brian Carroll took his Kawasakis to
a pair of moto wins in 125cc Expert
action and a first and third in the
250cc Expert class at Hurricane Hills
Sports Center.
Yamaha-mounted Rob McCullough and Carroll hit the first turn
in moto one together, and it was
McCullough out first with the
holeshot and early lead. But Carroll
was not to be denied and was on the
gas and around McCullough for the
lead by the tart of lap three. Jimmy
McIlvane held third ahead of Dennis
Decker, Pete Hichens and Ray
Desiderio.
While Carroll and McCullough
battled up front, there was another
battle going on -for third between
McIlvane and Hichens. They battled
wheel-to-wheel with McIlvane holding his own until the halfway point
'when Hichens was able to take his
new Suzuki into third and another
battle with McCullough. Hichens
won that battle also and took a
second p\;ice finish behind Carroll
who had built himself a good lead
while the war went on behind him.
Carroll smoked the pack to the first
corner in moto two and worked on
another good lead with McCullough
safe in second and McIlvane and
Hichens battling wheel-to-wheel for
the entire eight lap moto. Mdlvane
would jump a little farlher hut
Hichens would be on the gas and
catch right back up. Finally at the
finish line jump Hicbens set up and
passed McIlvane in the air [or the
lead at the checkers [or third behind
Carroll and McCullough.
Tommy Haines took the holeshot
in the first 250cc A moto with Carroll
in second followed by Mdlvane, Bob
Eichlin, mike Spear and Mike Twifold. Haines held the lead for three
laps before Carroll was able to get
around him for the lead. McIlvane
still held third but Spear was in the
groove and moved ahead of Eichlin
with Twiford and McCullough
battling for fifth. Spear continued to
pour it on and was soon around
McIlvane and Haines in second.
Carroll had built a good lead and
took the win with Spear finishi,ng
'second ahead of Haines, Twiford,
Eichlin and Mdlvane.
Moto two saw Twiford grab the
early lead followed by Spear, Haines,
McIlvane, Dave Echkbart and Carroll. Spear took over the lead on lap
three and held on for the win and
the overall. Twiford finished second
ahead of Carroll, Haines, McI1vane
and Eichlin.
Results
125 A: 1. Brian Carroll (Kaw); 2. Rob McCullough
(yem); 3. Pete Hichens (SUI).
125 B: 1. Man Bond (Hon); 2. Peter Ja..remski
(Hon); 3. Tony Gamliani (KIW).
125 C: 1. Mirit Perricelli (KIW); 2. Douglass
Williams (Han); 3. Pat Trowbridge (Vern).
250 A: 1. Mike Spear (Kaw); 2. Brian Carroll
(KIW); 3. Michael Twiford (Kaw).
250 B: 1. Kevin Steinbrenner (Kaw); 2. Richard
Rousseau (Varni; 3. Scan Sladovnik (Han).
250 C: 1. Tom Unmln (Kaw); 2. Joe Manin (Han);
3. Bob Perrone (Hon).
OPEN A: 1. Mike Spear (Kaw); 2. Jerry Seip(Hon);
3. Phil Car'in (Han).
OPEN B: 1. Peter Jastrenski (Hon); 2. Jim Nagy
(Kaw); 3. Nils Tribu. (Klw).
SR A: 1. Bud Kosimor (Kaw); 2. Jeff Matlack
(Vam); 3. Paul Eckhan (SUI).
SR B: 1. Eyvind Boyesen (SUI); 2. Rodollo
Amoresona (Kaw); 3. Reymond Wilkens (Kaw).
S/SR: 1. William Malone (Hon); 2. John
Didomenico (Kaw); 3. Walter lynch (Yam).
25+: 1. Michael Twiford (Kaw); 2. Phil Carlin
(Hon); 3. Jerry Seip (Han).
SR MINI A: 1. Eric Bow (Kaw); 2. Jeff Vagloski
(Yam); 3. Ty Wallace (Honl.
MINI JR BO: 1. Wayne Scan (Hon); 2. Newt Shartt
(SUI); 3. Din Burnan (Kaw).
MINI JR 60: 1. Chad Kresge (Kaw); 2. Scan
Rock_II (Kaw); 3. Andrew Fallon (Kaw).
