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Sweeten got the holesho t with Collings and Miller on his ' rear wheel.
Price again came from the back to
move to second on la p five and the
top positions were set,
Results
80: Roy Miller (Yam).
125: 1. Georgie Price (Hon~ 2. Gary Clark (Honl.
250: 1. Georgie Price (Hon~ 2. Eddie Hidden
(yam l; 3. Gene Kaczka (Hon l.
500: 1. Roy Collings (H-Dl; 2. Bob Swe et en (HD); 3. Georgie Price (H· Dl; 4 . Mark M iller (Yam).
OPEN PRO: 1. Bob Sweeten (H-Dl; 2. Georg ie
Price (H·D); 3. Roy Collings (H-D); 4 . Mark M iller
(Yaml; 5. Gene Kaczka (Han).
Granlund grabs gold
at Baylanils MX
By Mike Vancil
Jeff Hecox, riding a vintage Ducati 250, took the w in in the Lightweight
250cc division during Sears Point's Classic Road Race.
Chr ist ian (YamI; 3. Brian Post (Kaw) .
65 : 1. Greg Rand (Kaw ): 2. Brad Ritch ie (Kawl;
3. Eric Bowman (Kaw l.
U W A: 1. Mark M usselman (Han); 2. Jon Ag in
(Han); 3. Derr ick Roe (Kaw) .
HIW A: 1. M ark Mu sselm an (Hon ); 2. Jon Ag in
(Han): 3. Jim Jones (Han).
Roper wins Sears Point
Classic Road Race
By Michael Green
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SONOMA , CA, AUG. 29
Dave Ro per and his Team Ob solete
Ma tchl ess G50 won a ha rd-fough t
ba ttl e to take th e Classic Bikesponsored Hi storic 500cc GP at Sears
Point Intern at ion al Raceway d ur ing
round eig ht of th e AHRMAlCVRG
Ch ampionship Historic Series.
Pete J ohnson pu lled the hol eshot
with hi s Fast by Ferraci-prepared
Drixton-H onda, while CVRG 500cc
points leader Dan Phillips took u p
th e seco nd spo t on a BSA B50,
followed by Roper and local favori te
Crai g McLean with' th e Motorcycles
Un Itd .lCas tr ol /Sh oei -s p on sored
Matchless G50. Fifth' a wa y was
Roper's teammate Mar co Pol o, also
G 50 mounted, but fifth turned to
sevent h by turn six as th e 350
Aerrnacc hi : of Mork Racing's Fred
Mork , and the 250 WCBR-Ducati of
Mike Green shot by.
Roper moved around Phillips
whil e McL ean hung back until he
and his tire s were up to temperature.
Out of six and on up to seven , th e
Johnson/ Roper du el put some distan ce on Phillips, McLean and the
two lightweight machines of Mork
and Gr een.
By turn 10, McLean was on th e
move, and by turn two had pa ssed
Phillips and was aft er the leaders. H e
then out-braked th em both into turn
seven . By lap four, Phillips was a
lonely fourth , while Sportsman 500
leader Dav e Walden, on a TIOO
Triumph , m ov ed into fifth . A
few scant seconds behind, a no ther
great race was going o n between
Mork, Green and. Pol o. The two
lightweight riders held off th e G50
for so me laps, but fin all y Pol o got
Gr een on the long run to seven .
As Po lo pas sed, Green jumped
into th e G50s' draft, and would ou tbra ke him and take the spot back
again, foll owing Mork 's 350 down
to I I. By nin e, however, Pol o wo uld
aga in horsepower by Gr een , but not
Mork, and again Gr een would ou tbrak e into I I. This went on for som e
time, but finally Po lo was round
Mork, taking Gr een with him.
The two stretched o ut their lead
over Mork, but Green was now not
ab le to make a pass that would stick.
Later Mork dropped another spot
overall as th e second place Sportsman 500 BSA of J ames Ban ke went
past. Back up front the battle raged
with each of the three taking turns
lead in g. McLea n, how ever, was
credited wi th the mos t laps as he led
across the start/finish line the most.
On lap eight out o f turn 10,
McL ean 's race looked as thou gh it
would end as th e back-end bro ke
loose, sendi ng h im into a fu ll lock
slide, co mplete wi th rear wheel in
th e dirt an d feet up, and all over 100
mph. Dick Mann later said, "T hat
wo uld look good for an y dirt track."
McLean late r commented th at , "T he
tir es were goi ng aw a y. " After
McL ean 's dirt tracking, Ro per took
co mma nd followed by J ohnson to
th e fin ish.
in the F-75oo class neit her Roper
or J ohnson had any luck wi th both
o f their three-cyl inders dropping
out. Eric Swo rtsfigure pulled th e
hol eshot to lead every la p wit h hi s
ex-BoTT Norton Comman do, beating o ut Rob Tuluie (also Norton
mounted) by a health y mar gin.
In Lightweight actio n, J eff H ecox
took th e win follo wed by Dav e
Wald en and Gr een.
Results
RACE 1
L/W 350: 1. Cra ig McLean (Nor); 2. Br et
Morshead (Duel; 3. Fred Mark (Aer l; 4 . M arco Polo
(AJS); 5. Scott Obermu ller (Due).
U W 25 0: 1. J eff Hecox (Due); 2. Dave Wa lden
(Due); 3. Mike Green (Due); 4 . Michael Moo re (Han);
5. Tom Rienecker (Due).
SPTSMN 7 50 / 6 50: 1. Eric Sw ort sf igur e (Nor);
2. Rob Tu luie (Nor ); 3. Tod Raff ert y (Nor); 4. Robert
Smit h ITr;); 5. Ed M eagor (H-D).
PRE-WA R: 1. Beno Rodi (BSAI .
O/ A : 1. Er ic Swortsfigure; 2. Rob Tuluie; 3. Tod
Rafferty; 4. Craig Mc Lean; 5. Jeff Hecox.
RACE 2
0 / A ; 1. Dave Roper; 2. Pete Johnson; 3. Craig
M cLean; 4. Dan Phillips; 5. Dave Wal den .
PRE 50: 1. Beno Rodi (Indl : 2. Jo hn Ray (Veil.
500 GP: 1. Dave Roper (Mch); 2. Pete Johnson
(D-Hl; 3. Craig Mc Lean (Mat); 4. Dan Phillips (BSA);
5. Marco Polo (Mal).
SPTSMN 500: 1. Dave Wa lden ITri~ 2. James
Banke ( BSA~ 3. Dan cartwright.
Price rolls to
Middleford ST win
By Woody Miller
SEAFORD, DE, AUG . 28
Newl y crowned Amat eur Nat ional
Ch ampion Georgie Price fell sho rt
in a bid to be th e first rider of the .
year to win three features in o ne
evening at Middleford.
Pri ce had decisive victories in th e
125 and 250cc fin al s, but Roy Collin gs won a dogfight agai nst Bob
Sweeten and Pri ce for th e win in th e
500cc class. Collings and Miller
jumped out front with Swee ten
di spl a cing Mi ll er o n la p tw o .
Sweeten reeled in Collings and th e
two began swappin g th e lead .
In the meantime, Price made a
daring outside mov e work to get by
Mill er and set out after the leaders.
Pri ce caug ht the lead ers with two
laps to go, but Collings was not to
be denied as he took the win over
Sweeten.
Sweeten turned things aro und in
the Open P ro final a nd stopped
FREMONT, CA, AUG. 28
N iclas Granlund, a transplanted
Swede mot ocrosser, waited for just
th e ri gh t minute a nd th e ri~ht
opport un ity to zap the competition
in hi s second moto and also gamer
th e o verall in the Open Junior class.
His pass was on the white flag lap
in the second moto after he had
followed Gary Jaehne. Twenty feet
after getting th e white flag, the lead
du o negoti at ed a 1800 , high -banked
berm and head ed down a short
straig ht th at had a peaked jump in
it. Gran lund was bein g careful a ll
even ing d ue to injuries and came o ut
a length behind j aehne o n th e exit
of the 1800 berm. Granlund landed
cleaner off the jump, seemed to be
pointed correctly at the en tra nce of
the next left-hander and clea rl y had
mo re mo mentum than h is o pponent. Grandlu nd started to follow
Jaeh ne bu t 'a t the last mom ent darted
dow n low in th e corne r and a ppea red
to catch J aehne by surp rise. The next
obstacle was th e roc kers and again
the mom entum was Granlunds'. The
checkers fluttered on Granlund then
Jaehne and th en J on Nicolaus, in
th at order. An even ing overa ll first
was aw arded to Granlund o n th e
basis of hi s 3-1 performance while
second pl ace went to Ja ehne for his
2-2 ou tings. J on Nicol aus got third
for his 4-3 rides.
Garrett Gora co mp letely domi nated th e 80cc Mini Beginner div ision two class. Gora took over the
lead in each moto by the time the
front runners were through th e
rockers right after turn two.
Results
80 MINI BEG 0 -1: 1. Rodney Jeter (Kaw); 2.
Shawn Yuill (Suz); 3. Jimmy Molica (Yam); 4. Albert
Iniguez (Kaw); 5. John Romanoff (Han).
80 M INI BEG 0-2; 1. Garren Gora (Han); 2. Peter
Urfer (Han); 3. Gary Otterstedt (Han); 4. Kurt
Goddard (YamI; 5. Danny We nger (Han).
BO MI NI J R: 1. Kenny Nolan (Kaw); 2. Jeff
Gladieux (Han); 3. Ken Spence (Yam~ 4. John
Peavler (Yam).
125 BEG: 1. Duane Anderson (Honl; 2. Sha ne
Wright (Hon); 3 . Mark Fitzs immons (SUzO; 4 . Tyron
Farley (Ka w); 5. William Banhan (Yam).
125 JR: 1. Pat Gomm (Hon ~ 2. Lance Lycero
(Yam); 3. Tyler Hummel (Suz); 4. Jimmy Williams
(Han); 5. Mike Powell (Han).
250 BEG: 1. Steve cassar (Yam); 2. Kenny
Madden (Kaw); 3. Todd Thomas (Han); 4. Sam
Weber (Kaw ); 5. Kevin Gaddis (Yam).
250 JR: 1. Mark Kerl ing (Han); 2. Don Mendenhall ( Suz~ 3. J im Alwyn (Suzl; 4. Bill Maloney (Han);
5. Tary! We inrick (Hon~
250 INT: 1. Jesse Brita in ( K aw~ 2. Dave Rogers
(Honl; 3. Eric Pucelik (Han).
250 PRO: 1. Gary Rabe (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Wenger
(Han).
OPEN BEG: 1. Brian Dickey (KTM); 2. John Lea
(Han); 3. Shannon Humphreys (Yaml; 4. David
Davis (Han); 5. Ken Kadlubowski (Han).
OPEN JR: 1. Niclas Granlund (Kaw); 2. Gary
Jaehne (Kaw); 3. Jon Nicolaus (Kaw); 4. Baron
Sumter (Kaw); 5. Jeffrey Powell (Han).
VET JR: 1. Tom Quirk (Han); 2. Don Matheson
(Hon l; 3. Stephen Scof ield (Han); 4. Ken Waddell
(Yaml; 5. Rich Krosk e (YamI.
VET INT: 1. Gary Jaehne (Kaw ); 2. Harry Belli citt i
(Yam).
VET MS TR: 1. Phil Dougl as (KTM); 2. Duane
Hugh es (Han); 3. Lerry Baker (Honl .
McLean,.Spear swap
Modena MX wins
By John Spear
MODENA, NY, AUG. 23
Dave McLean a n d Mike Spear
swa pped wins and seconds in the
250cc and O p en Expert classes
during MX racing in Modena.
McLean's 2-1 took the 250cc class
win to Spear's 1-3. Ro b McC ullo ugh,
with a pair of holeshots, claimed
third with a 3-2 finish.
It was just the opposite in the
Open class. Spear finished with a
2-1 while McLean £inished 1-2 as the
pair easily outdistanced the field.
Keith Mann 's consistent rides gave
him third overa ll with a 3-3 da y.
In th e Senior Expert division ,
Wayne Edmonds made on e of his
infrequent a ppeara nces this year,
rolling to a pair of firsts to o utduel
Bud Kozinor and Tom March.
George Brayneck won the 250cc
Amateur class with a perfect I-I ride,
easily win ning his qual ifying heat
a nd ta king th e second moto as well.
Mario DeMarco, th e winner of the
other qualifyin g moto, took secon d
with a 1-4 aft ernoon while Kerry
Blackwell, wh o chased Brayneck in
the seco nd moto, was third with a
4-2 to just edge Cosino Napolitano's
3-3 afternoon.
Kozinor, Phil Callaci and Mike
Ra tto battled each other from th e
drop of the gate in the Open Ama teur
divis ion. Kozinor took the overa ll via
his 3-1 afternoo n. Ca lla ci end ed up
2-2 for second and Ratto fini shed 13 for thi rd.
Results
250 EX: 1. Dave McL ean (Hon ~ 2. Mike Spear
(Kaw ); 3. Rob McCullough (Yam); 4 . Jo hn Ryan
(Kaw); 5. Mik e Speckm an (Yam).
OPEN EX: 1. Mike Spear (Kaw); 2. Dave Mc Lean
(Hon); 3 . Keit h Mann (Yam); 4 . Ken Napolit an o
(Han); 5. J im Habach er (Han).
125 AM ; 1. Scott Brad shaw (Han); 2. Rich Str id
(Kaw); 3. Chad O'Hara (Han ); 4 . Mario DeMarco .
(Yam); 5. Jason Miller (Kaw ).
250 AM : 1. George Brayneck; 2. Mario DeMarco;
3. Kenny Blackwell ; 4. Cosino Napol itano; 5. David
Saab.
OPEN AM : 1. Bud Kozinor (Kaw l; 2. Phi l Callac l
(Kaw); 3. M ike Ratto (Hon l; 4 . Frank Pokorny (Han);
5. Don Consiglio (Han).
SR EX: 1. Wayne Edmonds (Kaw); 2. 8ud Kozinor
( Kaw~ 3. Tom Marsh (Han); 4. Rich Hamilton (Hon~
5. Rodolfo Amorisono (Kaw).
S/SR EX: 1. John DiDomenico (Kaw); 2. Rich
Gerber (Yam); 3. Erick Guenkel (Yam); 4. Rich Str id
(Kaw ~ 5. Dan Gerardi (Han).
12 5 NOV: 1. Jason unn (Suz); 2. Tom Lambert
(Han); 3. James Coy (yam); 4. Bert Picarello (Kaw);
5. W ill iam M inard (Honl.
SR MINI: 1. Bruce calkin (Kawl; 2. David Picarello
(Han); 3. Chris Povall (Yam); 4. Jaso n Linn (Suz);
5. Lincoln Morehead (Suz).
JR MINI: 1. Cart er Gurn ee (Kaw) ; 2. Keith
Troccoli (Kaw); 3. Chad Robson (Hon~ 4 . J usuda
Bannan (Hon); 5 . Franc isco Sier ra (Yam).
SR A M : 1. Warren Rutherford (C·AI; 2. Richard
Nortan (Han); 3. Payson Richardson (Kawl; 4 .
William Haputmon (Ya m); 5. John Sa mms" (Hon) .
S/SR AM : 1. Satroras Katsanvakis (Yam); 2. Sal
Benant i (Han); 3. Clovis Gayett e (Yam); 4. Radford
Mill er (Han).
Blood bags Baylands'
Pro MX honors
By Mike Vancil
FREMO NT , CA, AUG. 26
Clayton Blood, who is not that
frequent of a competitor at Baylands,
returned to show that he still cou ld
beat the assembled professionals on
hand. The victory was decisive in
that he won both motos over formidable competition at the weekl y CMC
sanctioned night motocross.
In the first moto Blood was not
the leader into the first comer but
he soon reeled in point rider Gary
Rabe, aboard a Kawasaki sponsored
by Rock Oil, After Shocks and Moore
& Son KTM. The lead change came
at the ap proach to the formidable
tabletop jump and from . that point
on Malcolm Smith Racin g/ J o rgensen Su spension Research/ Dublin
Kawasaki-sponsored Blood, never
had to look back.
In th e second moto Bruce Manzoni
made hi s pr esence felt and he had
th e lead until exiting th e first corner.
It was again Blood in the lead at tha t
poin t and he never relinquished the
advantage. Ra be came closer to
making a pass than he did in th e first
moto but Blood used all the right
mov es to block such a maneuver.
Although Manzoni was riding well
he could not hold off the persistent
Glenn Harrison. Bloods' two wins
were followed by Ra be's dual secon d
p lace finishes.
