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Ray West (44) scored victories in the 250 and 500cc classes at the
Virginia State Fairgrounds' short track in Richmond.
Lavern Bowen won the Senior A
class dropping only 79 points. Kevin
Kunkle won the Senior B class with
a 70 point total.
Another close battle developed in
the Novice class with only one point
again separating first and second.
Raymond Peters rode his Yamaha to
victory dropping 60 points.
Results
PREM: 1. Mike Komer (Man).
EX: 1. Chris Arnold (Yam); 2. Sam Brown (Yam);
3. Cecil Hollien (Yam); 4. Joe Justick (Bet).
ADV: 1. Mike Davis (Yam); 2. Jody Bliss (Yam);
3. George Brinkwart (8etl; 4. Davtd Karst (Yam);
5. Ted Kellogg.
INT: 1. Jeff Bolt (Yam); 2. Mark Penit (Yam); 3.
Mark Swan (Yam).
SR A: 1. Lavern Bowen (Yam); 2. Bob Schrader
(Yam); 3. Gerald Bolt (Han).
SR B: 1. Kevin K.unkle (Bet); 2. Ron Bars (Fan);
3. David Mankey (Fan); 4. Gary Barnes (Man); 5.
Bob KUlneski (Man).
NOV: 1. Raymond Peters (Yam); 2. Scan Garron;
3. George Destaffen (Man); 4. Steve Von Borstel
(Yam); 5. Karl Heise (Yam).
BEG: 1. Lee Poner; 2. Gerald Cormier (Han); 3.
Ralph Wilson.
NOV SPTSMN: 1. Donald Allis.
INT SPTSMN: 1. Charlie Camin (Man).
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.test ;s best at
R;chmondST
By Joe Kelly
48
RICHMOND, VA, JULY I
The Virginia State Fairground's
weekly short track races had an
invasion of riders from Maryland
and Delaware to ·take on the local
competition. Ray West, going for his
fourth track title, showed good form
throughout tbe evening's program,
and took the 250cc main win.
West rode his Kawasaki to the
front position in the first 250cc
qualifier, and stayed there the distance. Jay Williams, recovering from
a leg injury, rode his Honda hard
in challenging, but he had a stiff
tussle with uzuki rider Bill Chalkley. The second 250cc heat was just
about a carbon copy of the first. The
exception was Maryland rider Guy
Stuart, racing a Bultaco, got into a
real skirmish for third, closing a
bike length behind Chalkley at the
finish line. The main event had West
get off first. Jay Williams and
Chalkley stayed tied with the leader
until the halfway mark was passed.
Then West appeared to get a second
wind and bolt away finishing a good
five bike lengths in front. Williams
and Chalkley foHowed.
West came back strong in the 500cc
class. Maryland rider Ray Collings,
on a Harley, tried to give West a run
in the first heat, but West pulled
away to add another victory to .his
already impressive night. Chris
Rickman had been another casualty
in early season racing. He was healed
and ready to go, but his bike
wouldn't cooperate, making him
miss the first heat. He borrowed
fellow racer, Glenn Baar's, Kawasaki
for the second heat.
On the start West jumped and the
race was red flagged and then restarted. Rickman took the lead with
West working his way through the
pack. On the fourth circuit West
caught up and went by. On the last
lap, Rickman made an inside pass
off turn two work for the victory.
Results
250: 1. Ray West (Kawl; 2. Jay Williams (Han);
3. Bill Chalkley (Suz).
500: 1. Ray West (Yam); 2. Chris Rickman (Han);
3. Ray Collins (H-D).
50: 1. Chris Copley (Yam); 2. Kenny Long (SUl);
3. Ben Walters (Suz).
60: 1. Brian Strong (Han); 2. John Nickens (SUl).
80: 1. Brian Strong (Kawl; 2. John Nickens (SUl);
3. Kevin Haas (Han).
Plessinger Score at
Stoneylonesome HS
By Roy Garrett
COLUMBUS, IN, JU E 28
Scott Plessinger grabbed the overall
victory at the Stoneylonesome M.C.'s
hare scramble in Columbus. Plessinger rode his 250cc machine around
the four-mile course consisting of
hills, creeks and tree with almost no
problems to edge out Kurt Hough
for the win.
Plessinger grabbed the lead before
the first check and held it the rest
of the way. Randy Stephenson hung
on to the hard-charging Plessinger
early, but fell off the pace, letting
Hougb move into contention.
Hough caught Pies inger on the
fourth lap and both riders battled for
the rest of the race, until Hough
crashed on the final lap.
When Hough crashed, it allowed Plessinger a little breathing room
and he went on to win by a little
over 30 seconds. In the 250cc class
Plessinger, Hough and Stephenson
lapped all of the riders in the field
except Greg Humphrey and Mike
Forney, who finished first and
second, respectively, in the Open
class.
Results
OPEN: 1. Greg Humphrey; 2. Mike Forney; 3.
Rick Zschiedtich; 4. Joe Nenleton; 5. Tim Smith.
250: 1. Kun Hough; 2. Randy Stephenson; 3.
Bill Caps hew; 4. Kelvin Thomas; 5. Kevin
Wehmiller.
200: 1. Brian Stoughton; 2. Devin Priddy.
125: 1. Joe Novicki; 2. James Hough; 3. Ben
Breedlove; 4. Will McGarry; 5. Tony Vanet.
MINI: 1. Mike Miller; 2. Andy Cregg; 3, Nathan
Gaskill.
SR: 1. Dick Miller; 2. Steve Ferry; 3. Bill McGarry;
4. Bill Clark; 5. Ted Novicki.
S/SR: 1. Roy Garren; 2. Frank Bornhoffer.
Halstead hammers
Motosporfs MX
By Bill Holt
BYRON, IL, JUNE 28
Richard Halstead came to Motosports Park with a seriou race face
and proceeded LO accomplish something that is not done often. Halstead
faced Junior Jackson in both the 125
and 250cc A.cJasses and came out on
top in both classes.
Halstead couldn't catch the highflying Jackson in the first 125cc A
moto and settled for second, but in
the second moto Halstead found the
fast line and took the overall victory
with a win. Ken Kemper used a 43 day to hold down the third spot.
Halstead aced Jackson in both of the
250cc A motos to take a solid overall
victory with Wayne Wekzier following them home in both motos.
David Bergquist continued his
winning ways in the 80cc Junior
with back-LO-back moLO wins over
Jeff Faley (2-2) and Jason Bardoner
(3-3). The 80cc Senior class also went
to a double winner, Dan Albright.
Albright led a do~fight for the second
spot between Bnan Cook (3-2) and
Chuck Whitesell (2-3).
The 125cc B class was big enough
to split. That set the stage for Scott
Jurgenson who took the 125cc B
Division One overall with a 1-2 day
over Richard Gibson (2-3) and Jeff
Mercer (5-4). The second set of the
125cc B's belonged to Darrin Hill.
Hill took the overall with a 1-2 day
over Eron Salzmann (6-1) and Keith
Petrri (2-6).
Mark Wright was the class of the
250cc B's. Wright aced both motos
to take the overall win over Ken
Kototka (3-2) and Ken Juster (7-4).
Victor Paskus grabbed the Senior
class overall over Wayne Welzier (12) and Jer~y Jenson (3-3). It was
Marvin Weimken winning both
moLOS of the Super Seniors LO take
the overall victory ahead of Jim Ricci
(2-2) and Michael Michell (3-3).
Results
80 JR: 1. David Bergquist; 2. Jeff Faley; 3. Jason
Bardoner.
80 SR: 1. Dan Albright; 2. Brian Cook; 3. Chuck
Whiesell.
125 B 0-1: 1. Scan Jurgenson; 2. Richard
Gibson; 3. Jeff Mercer.
125 0-2: 1. Darrin Hill; 2. Eran Salzmann; 3.
Keith Petri.
250 B: 1. Mark Wright; 2. Ken Kototka; 3. Ken
Juster.
SR: 1. Vietor Paskus; 2. Wayne Welzier; 3. Jerry
Jenson.
S/SR: 1. Marvin Wiemken; 2. Jim Ricci; 3.
Michael Micheli.
125 A: 1. Richard L. Halstead; 2. Junior Jackson;
3. Kenneth Kempen.
250 A: 1. Richard Halsted; 2. Junior Jackson;
3. Wayne Wekzier.
OPEN: 1. Bill Clark; 2. Vietor Paskus; 3. Gerhard
Ward.
Janokowsld smokes
Delta MX
DELTA, OH, JUNE 27
Senior rider Tom Jankowski blasted
hi Yamaha past the pack to win the
second moLO of the afternoon at the
Glass City Motosport Park. This
vi CLOry, combined with his earlier
second place finish assured him of
the overall trophy.
The evening classes were run
under perfect conditions. The 125
and 250cc A action delivered a classic
confrontation between Hondaarmed Mark Beamer and Kawasakimounted Jay Wentzel. The first moto
of the 125cc class saw Wentzel nail
the holeshot. A first lap miscalculation however, not only cost Wentzel the lead, but dropped him back .
into the pack as Bill Robinson, Steve
Robinson and Mark Beamer flew by.
Bill Robinson's lead was short-lived,
as Beamer £logged his Honda into
first place. Steve Robinson bulled h_is
Kawasaki into second and set his
sights on the leader. Beamer rooe
consistently until he got sideways in
a series of whoops and allowed Steve
Robinson to pull even'. The two
determined riders diced their way to
the checkered £lag with Beamer
inching out the win. Steve Robinson
was right on his fender; with Bill
Robinson claiming third. Wentzel
had regrouped enough to take fourth
ahead of KTM rider Terry Ramsey.
MOLO two of the 125cc competition, once again, saw Wentzel power
to the first turn with the lead, only
this time the EP Performance and
Michner Industries-sponsored rider
refused to falter. Beamer dogged but
Wentzel found the good lines, rode
consistently and took the checkered
£lag. Beamer, who was snapping at
Wentzel's rear tire to the bitter end,
garnered second, followed by Steve
Robinson, Terry Ramsey and Bill
Robinson. Beamer's 1-2 finish gave
him the overall win.
Beamer had the upper hand in the
250 class as he had outdistanced his
rivals LO take a first moto victory;
Wentzel took second.
It boiled down to a Beamer/
Wentzel face-off in the last moto.
Wentzel rocketed to turn one in front·
with Beamer in hot pursuit. For three
laps the two fighters battled before
Wentzel started to put some distance
between them. Beamer began to fade,
and by lap four, he was in a dogfight for second with James
Schroeder and Chuck Loy. When the
white £lag came out, Wentzel had a
30 yard lead and Beamer had his
hands full holding on to second. On
the last lap, fighting to maintain his
position, Beamer went down. Wentzel took the win, and the overall.
James Schroeder (third overall),
Chuck Loy (second overall), Michael
. Schroder and Steve Robinson
rounded out tbe top five, while
Beamer had fallen to ninth.
Results
50 AUTO: 1. Jason Trout (Yam); 2. Chris
Considine (Yem); 3. Randy Valade (Yam); 4. Jason
McDonald (Han); 5. Michae' Mercer (Yam).
65: 1. Man Muimoff (Kaw); 2. Travis Petersol)
(Kaw); 3. Ryan Valade (Kawl; 4. Howard DuRusse"
(Kaw); 5. James Post (Kawl.
80 JR (7-11): 1. Justin Jarren (Yam); 2. Jeremy
Jarren (Yam); 3. Man Muimoff (Kaw); 4. Travis.
Peterson (Kaw~ 5. Howard DuRussell (Kaw).
80 NOV: 1. Troy Hoskins (Kaw); 2. Jonathal\
Houde (Yam): 3. Glen Tosto (Kawl.
80 SR (12-15): 1. Stephen Faber (Han); 2. Todd
Piechowski (Kaw); 3. Jamal Khan (Hon); 3. Rick
Sayers (Suz); 4. Jason Faulkner (Han).
125 JR: 1. Rick Sayers (Yam); 2. Brad Lech (Han);
3. Terry McCaleb (Hon); 4. Jason Faulkner (Kaw);
5. Raben Thompson (Han).
125 A: 1. Mark Beamer (Han); 2. Jay Wentzell
(Kaw); 3. Steve Robinson (Kaw); 4. Bill Robinson
(Honl; 5. Terry Ramsey (KTMI.
125 B: 1. Tracy Krum (Kaw); 2. James SchmidulZ
(Yam); 3. Rob Schroyer (Kawl; 4. Raben Patchin
(Han); 5. Tim Nyitray (Kaw).
125 C: 1.Jason Evens (Han); 2. Brad Lech (Hon~
3. Michael Youngpeter (Honl; 4. Randy Schwarzman (Yam); 5. Rob Ratcliff (Kawl.
250 A: 1. Jay Wentzell (Kaw); 2. Chuck loy (Kawf
3. James Schroeder (Yam); 4. Michael Schroder
(Han); 5. Steve Robinson (Kaw).
250 B: 1. Michael Hill (Hon); 2. David Brickslet'
(Kaw); 3. Steve Bates (Yam); 4. Kevin Peterson
(Han); 5. Scan Spencer (Kawl.
25OC: 1. Dennie Barr (Yaml; 2. Paul Lewis (Yam);
3. Jack Medley (Kaw); 4. Greg Dutcher (Yam); 5:
Jeff Mercer (Han).
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OPEN A: 1. Dave Glenn (Han) 2. Max Marsh
(Kaw); 3. Eric Klement (Yam).
OPEN B: 1. Larry Heinl (Husl; 2. Todd Goetz
(KTM); 3. Keith McDonald (Han); 4. Charles
McConnell (M-S); 5. Daniel Post (Kaw).
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WOODS (30+d): 1. Dave Glenn (Han); 2. Howard
DuRussell (Han) 3. Don Lynn (Han); 4. Gordon Baird
(Kaw); 5. Emben Beckers (Han).
SR (40+): 1. Tom Jankowski (Yam); 2. Dennis
Lappin (Han); 3. Karl Papenhagen (Yam); 4. Charles
McConnell (M-SI; 5. Charles Ramsey (Yam).
Spangler, Hand split
OIRMX
By Peggy Adamic
RAVENNA, OH, JUNE 21
The battle wore on between Dale
Spangler and David Hand, each
winning one moto of the combined
125/250/0pen A class at Ohio Inter
national Raceway.
Spangler and Hand grabbed the
top two spots in the first moLO when
Mike Boggia crashed in the first turn
at the start of the first moto. Within
a half lap, Hand had routed past
Spangler with Carl Hand and Barry
Coy third and fourth. Hand and
Spangler held their positions for one
and a half laps. Ti rn Deutsch and
Chuck Nicholson filed in Carl Han~
when Barney Barnett lost conrrol o(
hi-s Honda and Barty Coy dropped
LO midpack. A lap later, Spangle
shot past Hand, who also had'
become a victim of slick track
conditions. Spangler rode flawless
the remainder of the seven lap moto.
Boggio grabbed the lead to start
the second moto followed by Carl
Hand, Deutsch, Dave Hand and
