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KTM-mounted Rick Scharphorn capt ured t he overall victory at the Bear
Creek Enduro in Leota . M ichigan.
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M ike J ones was top Pro at Wyth e
Raceway in Virgi na.
. first over a pair of Yamaha pilots.
Gary Ritchie and Sam Freeze.
Results
PIW: 1. Junior Alvsrnaz (Yam),; 2. Aaron Baker
(Yam); 3. Jake Keeney (Yam); 4. Jene Dawson
(Vam); 5. Michael Hannas (Suz).
60: 1. Brian Sgheiza (Kaw~ 2. Helder Alvernaz
(Kaw); 3. Don Hart (Kaw); 4 . Johnny Murphree
(Kaw); 5. Jeff Gabhart (Kaw).
BO: 1. Dan Hart (yam); 2. Aaron Carvames (Yam);
3. TImmv Alvernaz (Yam); 4. Robert Stevenson
(Yam); 5. Robert Rael (Kaw) .
125 NOV: 1. Pat McDaniel (Kaw~ 2. Mike Sturgill
(Han); 3. Man Lorenzo (Kaw); 4. Bill Fenton (Han).
250 NOV: 1. Armando Alvernaz (Kaw); 2. Pat
McDaniel (Yam~ 3. Greg Soule (Han).
250 JR: 1. Jimmy Higuera (Han); 2. Anthony
M itchell (Han); 3. Greg Soderer (Han); 4. Kenny
Waag(Yam).
500 NOV: 1. Jim McCarter (Yam); 2. Elmira
Alvernaz (yam); 3. Jerry Pestoni (Han); 4. Bob
Me iring (Yam).
OPEN NOV: 1. J im McCarter (yam); 2. Gary
Ritchie (Vam); 3. Sam Freeze (Yam ~ 4. Richard
Barragan (yam).
500 JR: 1. Kevin Crowley (Yam); 2. Bryan
Duniven (Vam); 3. John Pack(Han); 4. Marty Aglibot
(Yam); 5. Danny Ritchie (Yam).
OPEN JR : 1. John Pack (Han); 2. Kevin Crawly
(Yam).
.
500 EX: 1. Ron Brown (Vam); 2. Ricky Smith
(Han); 3. Randy Bereman·(Yam).
VET: 1. lynn George (Yam); 2. Joe Kamm (Vam);
3. Bob Meiring (yam); 4. Tom DiSalvo ITri); Jerry
Pestoni (Han).
.
Jones! Brown top
guns m Virginia MX
By Sam R. Gammon
54
behind Spear each time, but the
relatively new expert fell prey to both
Habacker and Mann 's experience.
Habacker held off Mann for second
in both motos with just a wheel
length separating them in the second
moto. Spear is in total control of the
points chase with 320 points to Ken
Napolitano's 215. Napolitano had a
7-5 this da y.
The 125cc Novice class, despite
qualifying rnotos, really mixed up
the results in th e second rnoto, Jason
Linn's 2-3 was good eno ugh for first
overall while J am es Mangariello's 4·
6 took second. Both first moto
winners in th is class. Chris Brindis
and Bill Minard. ran into trouble.
WYTHEVILLE. VA, JULY 19
Yamaha support rider Mike Jones
rolled into Wythe Raceway. showed
his stuff and went home with the
cash , as he dominated the 125 and
250cc Pro classes. Mike Brown was
the top gun in the Amateur division.
as he rod e Barr's Competition Hondas to two class wins.
.
Robbie Taylor and Mike Bias led
the pack in the 125cc Pro qualifier
with Jones having to work his way
through the pack. At the finish it was
Taylor taking the win and Jones
bumping Bias back to the third spot.
In the main, Jones holeshot and
. sped away from the pack. Mark
Spriggle gated second and maintained the position until the halfway
mark wh en Taylor came charging up
through the pack. Taylor was closing but ran out of time and had to
settle for second.
Jones led Taylor through the first
turn in the 250cc Pro qualifier but
on lap three. Taylor took the lead
and held it to the wi n.
In the main, Jones put his Yamaha
into the lead .at the start and rode
a great race for the win. Taylor gated
second and. kept the pressure on
throughout the race but Jones made
no mistakes.
Brown started his domination of
the Amateur classes by winning the
125cc C qualifier and main events
over Shane Templeton. Brown's
jumping ability quickly put him
well ahead of th e pa ck as he flew
to th e win.
Results
JR MINI: 1. Kevin Addair (Suz); 2. Travis Miller
(Vam); 3. Greg lewis.
SR MI NI: 1. Mike Brown (Han); 2. Chris Cane
(Yam); 3. Chad Lough (Suz).
P/W: 1. Jo hn Voakum (Kaw); 2. Brent laugh
(Kaw); 3. Travis Miller (Kaw).
125 C: 1. Mike Brow n (Han); 2. Shane Templeton
(Han); 3. Steven Ratliff (Han).
125 B: 1. Kevin Walker (Yam); 2. Joe Narder
(Han); 3. Jeff Shuler (Kew).
250 B: 1. Jeff Shuler (Kaw); 2. Larry .Harrison
(Han); 3. Eddie Addair (Han).
250 C: 1. Darryl Bollinger (Han); 2. Tim Jennings
(Kaw~ 3. Steve Litz (Hon~
OPEN AM: 1. Chris Doran (Kaw); 2. David Eller
(Kaw).
SR: 1. Michael Crowe (Han); 2. Danny Eller
(Kaw); 3. D.R. Blissey (Kaw).
250 PRO: 1. Mike Jones (Yam); 2. Robbie Taylor
(Vam); 3. Tommy Martin (Han).
125 PRO: 1. Mike Jones (Vam~ 2. Robbie Taylor
(Vam); 3. Mark Spriggle (Han).
Scharphorn tops
Bear Creek Enduro
By Bob Bergmann
LEOTA, MI, J ULY 19
R ick Scharphorn dropped fiv e
points on his KTM 350 to eas ily tak e
the overall honors at th e second
annual Bear Creek Enduro, put on
by th e Millingston Bulldog Rid ers-,
The event was held in th e Pere
Marquette State Forest with a variety
of single and two track trail s plus
some hills and even mud.
The race was put in jeopardy th e
day before when a careless weekend
warrior ran off the road and stalled
his car. While trying to restart his
car. it backfired and sta rt ed the
woods on fire. A motorcyclist summoned the fire department and even
grabbed rak es and sho vels to help put
the fire out. In all , on ly a ' co up le
miles of trail were burned, and th e
co urse was shortened. The 85 ac tu al
miles of trail were mo stl y dry and
dusty. but water awaited th e riders
at mo st of the checks and resets. .
Brian Lohman was top expert by
dropping nine points on hi s Husky.
. Craig Pi ckett took A High Point
honors by dropping 10 points on his
KX250.
High Point B rider Wes Near put
in a fantastic ride by dropping only
17 points on hi s Husk y. David
Caretta joins the B ranks by taking
C High Point on his KTM .
Results
GRAND C'SHIP; 1. Rick Scharphorn (KTM).
EX H-PT: 1. Brian Lohman (Hus).
A H-PT: 1. Craig Picken (Kaw).
B H-PT: 1. Was Near (Hus).
AA : 1. Alan Randt (Hus); 2. Jeff Hunt (Hus); 3.
Don Metz (C-A); 4. J im Boyne (Hus).
A 125 : 1. Gary Christopher (Cag); 2. AI Fredricks on (KTM).
A 200: 1. lou Lipka (Vam); 2. Bryan Dull (Vam);
. 3. Bruce Lavher (Kaw); 4. Tom Densmore (C-A);
5. Jim M it chell (Kaw).
A 250: 1. Kevin All en (Hus): 2. Brad Malon (Hus);
3. John Korsog (Kaw); 4 . Ron Sampson (Hus); 5.
Tom Klausler (Hon),
A OPEN: 1. Bob Bean (KTM) 2. Steven Maclean
(Kaw); 3. Dan Griswo ld (Hus); 4 . Jim Keyes (Hus);
5. Ken Brown (C-A).
A SR: 1. St eve Smigiel (Hus); 2. Niel Scharphorn
(Hus); 3. Carl Scharphorn (KTM); 4. Per lillemoen
(M ·S); 5. Ron Sape (KTM).
A4-STRK: 1. Stanley Greer (Han); 2. Doug Hodge
(Hus); 3 . Dennis Chester; 4 . Marc Neiner (Han) .
WMN: 1. Gale Est efan (KTM); 2. Toni Capretia
(C-A); 3. Lou Homan (Hus).
S/SR : 1. Corky Root (C-A); 2. Ted DelSolar (PIn);
3. Lewis Beanie (Hus).
B 125: 1. Jesse Williams (Hon); 2. Rick Borns
(Cag); 3. Harry McAllister (Hus).
B 200: 1. Jim Krist (Kaw); 2. Gene Brewer (Vam);
3. Eric Darmon (Kaw); 4. Carl Irving (Kaw); 5. Mark
Pufpeff .
B 250: 1. Scan Cun iss (Hus); 2. Steve Miner
(Hus); 3. Brian light (Kaw); 4. Craig Williams (Hus);
5. Jeff Broml ey (Vam).
B OPEN: 1. Mike Woods (Hus); 2. Fred Fischmeister (Hus) ; 3 . Robert Roy (Han); 4. Dan
Hoeksema (Hus); 5. Paul Falene (Han).
B SR: 1. Harold Hall (Hus); 2. John Schu lte (Kaw); •
3. James McVicar (Kaw); 4. John Bombyk (Hus);
5. Gary Dell (Kaw).
B 4-STRK: 1. Frank Phillips (Han); 2. Jim Cain
( H o n~ 3. Dan Kat (Han); 4 . Mike We isner (Han);
5. Tom Ederer (Han).
C 200: 1. John Hicks (Yam) 2. Flip Jendre (C·
A); 3. Joseph Kenly (Hus).
COPEN: 1. Mike Mayo (Hon~ 2. Robert Long
(Hus); 3. Ron Stuan (Han); 4. Don Spencer (Hus);
5. Glenn Madigan (Han).
.
B TEAM PTS: 1. Bay Banery (B5); 2. Ray C's
(101 ); 3. Gearheads (113); 4. Husky Shop (124);
5. Kawboys (15B).
A TEAM PTS: 1. Red Hot Roosters (4 2); 2. Kool
Jerks (56); 3. Teamsters (69); 4. Whoop-de-Doos
(7 1).
Tompkins, Nilvoshelski
tops at Ace Motocross
By John Spear
MODENA, NY, JULY 12
Dennis Tompkins and J ason Navoshelski each won their qualifying
mota in the 125cc Amateur class at
th e Ace MX 'and then battled the'
entire second moto before Tompkins
held the lead at the end of take the
overall.
. Waiting in the wings th e entire
moto for a mistake by either of the
leaders was Dennis' brother Herb.
But the mistake never came so Herb
settl ed 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
class es. In the 125s, 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)
swa p 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 rnoto,
Mike Spear chased him until the last
lap before letting him get away. In
the second moto, J ohn 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 new lyconstructeduunnel jump. Spear
remounted for third as the top three
had nearly a 40-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
125 EX: 1. Carlo Coen (Kaw~ 2. Rob McCullough
(Yam); 3. John Ryan (Kaw); 4 . Ed Foedish (Yam);
5. Todd Dippel (Suz).
250 EX: 1. Carlo Coen (Kaw); 2. Mike Spear
(Kaw); 3. John Ryan (Kaw); 4. Rob McCullough
(Yam); 5. Keith Mann (Yam).
OPEN EX: 1. Mike Spear (Kaw); 2. Jim Habacker
(Han); 3. Keith Mann (Vam); 4. Kyle Ellefsen (Kaw);
5. Ken Napol itano (Hon) .
12 5 AM ~ 1. Dennis Tompkins ; 2. Ja son Navo-
shelski; 3. Herb Tompkins; 4. Joh n W ienberg; 5.
M ike Bil encky.
250 AM : 1. Dave Daub; 2. Greg Bast ek; 3. John
Sigisomondi; 4 . M ike Bilardello; 5 . M ike Rano .
OPEN AM : 1. Larry Debany (Han); 2. M ike Rano
(Han); 3. Dani el Ale.ander (Han); 4. Tim Waur ishu k
(Han); 5. Frank Pokorny (Han).
125 NOV: 1. Jason Linn ; 2. James Manga r iello ;
3. Tom Lambert 4 . Oerek Oefonce; 5. Darin M olnar .
SR AM : 1. Payson Richardson (Kaw); 2. Peter
Picard (Han); 3. Richard Monon (Han); 4. William
Kauptonen (Yam); 5. Peter Kuzelka (Han).
S/SR AM ; 1. Richard Golden (Yam~ 2. Sal
Benanti (Han); 3. Radford Miller (Han).
SR MINI : 1. Bruce Calkin (Kaw); 2. Jody Mitchell
(Hon~ 3. Bren Maraseia (Kaw); 4. James O'Hara
(Han); 5. Danny Dangerfield (Honl.
JR MI NI: 1. Carter Gurnee (Kaw); 2. James Glynn
(Hon); 3 . Chris Robson (Hon); 4 . Francisco Sierra
(Yam); 5. Gary Brennan (Kaw).
Stanford stomps
Perris MX
By Terry Whytal
PERRIS. CA, JULY 18
Suzuki Country rider Jeff Stanford
powered his 250cc RM to a convincmg win in th e Pro class at the SMX
MX at Perris.
Stanford had his hands full holding off fellow SCR pilot Tony Spear
and Kawasaki-mounted Ed Arnet,
Arnet pulled to the early lead in
round one with Stanford trailing in
the number two position. Nearing
the halfway point Arnet seemed to
tir e and Stanford moved into th e
lead. At the checkers it was Stanford,
Arnet and Spear claiming the top
three positions.
Moto two was a near replay but
this time Stanford moved to the lead
sooner and danced to the win. Arnet
was second overall with Spear third.
Ulf Johansson was flawless in the
250cc Intermediate class. Johansson
put his Honda in front early in each
moto and was never headed. Hondamounted Ri ck Grant picked up
second overall ahead of Richard
Calsidillas on another Honda.
In the Vet Expert division Pete
Vetrano benefited from hard riding
and some bad luck on the part of
his competitors. Vetrano powered
his Yamaha to the lead over Keith
Ehlers and Art Olivier. Olivier 'DNF
• due to mechanical problems and
Ehlers took an off-track excursion.
handing Vetrano an easy win.
Olivier was back in round two and
reached the checkers first as Ehlers
and . Vetrano argued over second.
Vetrano held off the hard pressing
Eh lers to post a 1-2 score and clinch
the overall win. Ehlers took second
for the day with Olivier's 6-3 good
enough for third.
Results
PRO: 1. Jeff Stanford (Suz); 2. Ed Arn et (Kaw);
3. Tony Spear (Suz).
OPEN INT: 1. Mike Hooker (Han).
250 INT: 1. Ulf Johansson (Han); 2. Rick Grant
(Han); 3. Richard Calsidillas (Han).
125 INT: 1. Ron Mowry (Han); 2. Scon Connelly
(Suz); 3. Randy Danylo (Kaw).
VET EX: 1. Pete Vetrano (Vam); 2. Keith Ehlers
(Yam); 3. Art Olivier (Han).
VET INT: 1. Robert Fortier (Han); 2. A llan Egbert
(Han); 3. Don Abdella (MSn.
