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Marc Wadd le (594) and Ross .Johnston (3 1 6 ) get close in the first 125cc
B moto at Hillbilly Hills just ahead of w inner Todd Neal (718) .
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Garth Brow (15) and Charles Freeman (6C) battled fiercely in the Open
Pro class short t rack main event at Riverside Spee~way. Brow won .
Brow wins Riverside ST
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By Loren & Barbara Williams
TRAVELERS REST, SC, SEPT. 27
Charles Freem an a nd Camel Pro
rider Garth Brow put on quite a
show during Open Pro short tra ck
racing at Riverside Speedway in
Travelers Rest, with the nod going
to Brow in both th e heat race and
the main event.
Brow was firs t off th e line in th e
Open Pro heat, followed by. Freeman. The first couple of laps the race
looked like an easy win for Brow,
but Freem an edged ever closer and
at th e midway point Freeman 's
Yamaha began to nip at th e heel s
of Brow's Paul Steverson H onda.
Despite the fact th at he was riding
without brakes, Freeman got a wh eel
on Brow a few times, but the checkers
unfurled before he cou ld get the job
doni
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Brow agai n was first off th e line
a t th e start of th e Open Pro main.
Fr eeman im me dia te l y m o ved to
Brow's righ t, hoping to force Brow
off th e fast, outside line.
H alfway th rough lap two, Freeman pulled a hea d and rem ained
th ere for the next six laps, teetering
on the brink of co nt ro l. Brow was
content to wait and wa tch for a
weak ness.
On lap seven , Brow approached
turn one hi gh, o n the ou tside lin e,
and when Freeman dr ifted u p , Brow
sq uared off th e corner and zip ped
underneath. Freeman po ured on the '
ju ice in a last-d i tch a tt em pt to
sa lvage h is lead , b ut Brow also
cra nked on the throttle. Wh en th ey
cro ssed the fin ish line three laps
later, Freem an was as close as Brow 's
shado w, bu t he was still in second.
Ya ma h a-mo u nted Ken ne th Ba rr
fin ished third. '
Mot ocrosser Richa rd Cope came
down fro m North Caroli na to win
two MX events - the Open Amateur
class a nd the 250cc Ama teur division
- then surprised everyo ne by claiming a third victory in the 500cc
Amateu r short track race aboard a
borrowed Hond a CR500.
Cope wa s second off th e line in
th e sho rt track heat race, just behind
L o r en Wi llia m s, b u t h e passed
.Willia ms on lap two and was go ne.
In the oval main event there was
no questio n about the o u tco me .
Co pe leaped to the front when the
green flag flew, putting d istance
be tween h imself and Williams,while
Benson Metcalf started third on a
Honda motocrosser. Metcalf passed
Williams wi th two laps left to set th e
fini shing order.
Results
26
50 : Jason Hartin (M M ); 2 . Paul Justus (Hon).
3. Bryan Head (Hon).
P;W: 1. Jimmy Briggs (Kaw ); 2. Chris Pena
(Kaw); 3. Part rick Brown (Kaw).
JR MI NI; 1. Jimmy Br iggs (Kaw); 2. Chris Pena
(Kaw); 3. Bill Cain (Kaw).
SR MINI : 1. Tracey Barnen (Kaw ); 2. St acey
Barnen (Kaw); 3. St eve Burd en e (Kaw ).
125 NOV: 1. Rob Bell (Hon); 2. Shon e Davis
(Kaw); 3. Rex Barn es (Hon).
12 5 AM : 1. Chris Tucker (Yam); 2. Chu ck
Blackmon (Cog); 3. Steve How ard (Kaw).
250 NOV: 1. Scon Run ion (Hon); 2. Tim Causey
(Hon); 3. Dan Farr ar (Hon).
250 AM : 1. Richard Cope (SUl); 2. Eddie Joh nson
(SUl ); 3. Zane Ban on (Kaw).
OPEN: t. Rich ard Cope (Kaw ); 2. Jimmy Pitcock
(Hon); 3. Keit h Newm an (Hon).
ENDR: 1. Scon Runion (Hon);, 2. Scon Heath
(Hon); 3. Tony Burden e (Kaw).
SR MEN: 1. Jerry McCarson . (Hon); 2. Tony
Coggins (Yam); 3. M ichael Brown (Hon).
FT/ 250 PRO: 1. Chuck Blackmon (Cog); 2. Dayne
Pierantoni (Yam) .
FT/ AM : 1. Richard Cope (Hon ); 2. Ben son
Metcalf (Hon); 3. Loren W ill iams (Kaw); 4 . Joey
Toll ison (H-D).
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FT/ PRO: 1. Gart h Brow (Kaw); 2. Char les .
Freeman (Yam); 3. Kenneth Barr (Yaml; 4 . Tom
Sisson (Yam); 5. Jack Surber (Yam).
Neal nabs win at
Hillbilly Hills MX
By Gary Crider
· MACON, GA , OCT. 4
T odd Neal ear ned the wi n in th e
· hard-fought l25cc B class at Hillbilly
Hills MX in round fi ve o f th e
Georgia/Alab ama Fall Series.
Fr eewheeling
H onda-ba ck ed
Neal's series mo te -winning strea k
came to an end inthe first moto. Neal
go t awa y fifth beh ind four o the r
H onda riders a nd had to spe n d
severa l laps fightin g past Roswell
H onda' s Tom my Bilz a nd Lonni e
Brown to secure third position. On
th e last lap, Neal went by Dan
L ipscomb fo r second, but R oss
J ohnston was in com ma nd of the
lead and wo n over Neal.
Neal had no trouble wi nning the
fin al moto a nd claimed top go ld.
J ohnston 's 1-3 tally earn ed runneru p honor s and moved hi m up o ne
notch in th e sta ndings to second wi th
· 192 po int s beh ind Neal's 247 total.
Jason Coleman caught fire in mo to
two to pos t 6-2 for th ird overall a hea d
of Paul Cl ine and Bilz.
johnston came back to win the
250<:c B division with a 1-3 sco re over
Earnest H arbin' s 4-2. Co leman ran
into trouble early in moto one and
finish ed 10th, but stor med to th e wi n
in rnot o two to ne t sixth overa ll.
J oh ns ton leads the series, 15 points
over Ha rbin.
T ony Mo rris led th e start of th e
first 250cc C rnoto but crashed on
lap three and limped to a 12th p lace
finish with an injured h ip. Kip p
Brule' took over th e lead but soon
stalled hi s engine and gave the
position to Paxton Owens. Michael
H enderson. took over on the next lap
a nd held o n to wi n over Ti m H awkins, Brule' and Owen s.
MOlO two saw Hawkins edge
Henderson for the moto win and the
overa ll while Brule' claimed third
p lace gold over Owen s. Morris was
unab le to ride the second moto but
held on to second in the point race
behind Hawki ns.
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The 250cc/ Open A class saw
plenty of close racing but David '
Kelley managed a perfect score over
Joe Rogers and Darryl H eisler.
Heisler leads the series by two points
over Rogers.
Chance Matthews saw h is perfect
series record come to an end in the
fir st Senior Mini rnoto when his
Suzuki 's rear tire went flat , dropping
him Irom first to an eventual seventh
place finish. Fellow Suzuki pilot
Johnny Dean claimed top honors via
hi s 1-2 score 'over Brian Stokes' 23 and Matthews' 7-1.
Results
51 MINI: 1. Man Walker (SUl); 2. Sean Mo rga n
(Yam); 3. Man Boone (Yam).
65 M INI: 1. Ryan Reynolds (Kaw); 2. Danny
Haynes (Kaw); 3 . Dam ien Brown (Kaw); 4 . Patrick
Hlzet (Kaw ); 5. Gary Kell um (Kaw).
JR MINI : 1. Ryan Reynolds (Hon); 2. Danny
Haynes (Kaw); 3 . Jason Grier (yam); 4 . Brandon
Pendley (Yam); 5. Damien Brown (Kaw) .
SR M INI: 1. Jo hnny Dean (SUl); 2. Brian Stokes
(Hon); 3. Cha nce Matthews (SUl); 4 . Peanut Ulrich
(SUl); 5. Kevin Billings (Kaw ).
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S/MINI : 1. cha nce Manhews (SUl); 2. Ryan
Reynolds (Han); 3 . Johnny Dean (Suz); 4 . Kevin
Bill ing s (Kaw ); 5. Brian Raymond (Kaw).
125 C: 1. Kevin Beaver(Yam); 2. Kevin Thompson
(Kaw); 3 . Chris Baker (Hon); 4 . M ickey Wa lden
(Yam); 5. DeWayne Walker (Hon).
2S0 C: t . Tim Hawki ns (SUl) ; 2. M ichael
Hender son (Hon); 3. Kipp Brule' (Yaml 4 . Paxton
;
Owens (Hon); 5 . J ohn K. Jones (Ho n).
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125 B: 1. Todd Neal (Hon); 2. Ross Johnston
(Hon): 3. J ason Coleman (Hon); 4 . Paul Cline (Hon);
. 5. Tommy Bill (Hon).
250 B: 1. Ross J ohn ston (Hon); 2. Earn est Harbin
Jr . (Hon); 3 . Kevin Dollar jKaw) ; 4 . Brian Robert son
(Hon); 5. Kelly Denn is (Kaw ).
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OPEN B: 1. Kevin Brul e' (Hon); 2. John Trissell
(Hon); 3. Leon Smith (Hon); 4. Jay McClellan (Yam);
5. Dan Lipscomb (Honl
SR: 1. Keyi n Brul e' (Ron); 2. Jay McClellan (Yam);
3. lIenny Durroug h (M- S); 4 . Ray Carroll (Yam);
the whi te flag ca me out Willock
turned up th e wi ck o n hi s FZ600 to
pass Ross and take fourth overall and
first in Middleweight Production.
Mcintyre finished well up front wi th
·Lee taking second. Mueller was
third.
The Heavyweight Supersport race
saw Mcintyre pull a nother holeshot
ahead of Carlo Rao, Lee and James
Cox. By lap two McIntyre had three
seconds on Rao and Cox pushed his
wa y past Lee to take third. Thomas
Eatman was m oving quickly
through the pack 'a fter a poor start.
Turning I:16 laps, Mclntyre sprinted
home to his second win. Rao, two
and a half seconds back, took second
overa ll and first in Middleweight
Su persport with Cox taking third
overall for second in Middleweigh t.
Eatman, riding with a cast on his
left arm , took a well deserved third
in class on his RZ350.
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In Vintage ac tio n John Scott
sho wed wh y he is the clas s cha mp
with a wire-to-wire win over Steve
May. Scott rode hi s Triumph T -120
to the fini sh line 12 seconds a hea d
of May's SO H C H onda. Battling it
o u t in thi rd pl ace for the ent ire race
was Mike H a ra court a n d J i m
· DeRosa . DeR osa led H ar acour r's
Norton Atlas until lap five when
DeR osa made a mi stak e. H ara co urt
led th e next five wit h DeR osa's R5 Yamaha stuck to hi s back fender.
Whe n the checkered flag cam e out,
H ara cou rt had seco nd overall a nd
second in class with DeRosa taking
th ird overall for firs t in V i nta~e 2.
5. Dale Deaton (Yam).
Results
ENDR: 1. Leon Smith (Hon); 2. Mark Morgan
(Yam); 3. M ike Schinkel (Yam).
125 A: 1. Sean Dukes (Hon); 2. Darry l Heisler
(Hon); 3. J oe Rogers (Hon).
2S0/0PEN A: 1. David Kell ey (Yam); 2. Jo e
U/L S/ BK: 1. Robert Utley (SUl ); 2. Dougl as
Scheider (Yam); 3 . Steve Jensen (Kaw ); 4. Stu
Morrison (Kaw); 5 . Jeff And erson (Suz).
H/W PROD: 1. M icha el Mcintyre (Yam); 2. Alan
Roger s (Hon); 3 . Darr yl He isler (Ho n).
Mcintyre magic
at Firebird RR
By Michael Ross
CHANDLE R, AZ, SEPT. 27
Mich ael Mclntyre used h is Pepsi!
M.L. Yam aha-sponsored FZR750 to
d isap pear from the pack in th e
Hea vyweigh t Production and Heavyweight Su persport classe s toda y a t
Firebi rd Raceway.
The sta n o f the P roduction class .
race saw Mclntyre gra b th e ho lesho t
and lead Ala n Lee, J am es Mu ell er
a nd Michael Ross into turn o ne.
McIntyre steadily pulled clea r of Lee
as Ross put Mueller's GSXR 7SO back
to thi rd on lap . two of the 10 la p
sprint. By lap four McIntyre was ou t
of reach but Mu eller, Lee and Ross
were in a tight group wi th Scan
Will ock moving in to join th e battle.
Ross. Oil an FJ600. passed Lee a nd
Muel ler several times in the closing
laps but couldn 't make it stick . When
Lee (Suz) ; 3 . Jam es Mu e ller (Suz); 4 . Ma rk Hen sle y
(Yam).
H/W S/ SPRT: 1. M ich ael Mcintyre (Yam); 2.
Alan Lee (SUl); 3. Gary Burn ham (Yam).
H/W S/BK : 1. Kelly Byrd (Yam); 2. Willie Adams
(SUl); 3. Kye Gunn (Hon); 4. Ad am Flor io (SUl);
5. Diane Dietzel (Kaw) .
M /W PROD: t , Scott Willoc k (Yam); 2. M ichael
Ross (Yam); 3. Derek Mulligan (Hon); 4. Thomas
Eatma n (Ya m); 5 . St u M or rison (Ya m).
M /W S/SPRT: 1. Carlo Rao (Yam); 2. James Cox
IYa m); 3 . Thom as Eat man (Yam) ; 3. Dougla s
Sch eider (Ya m); 5 . J im DeRosa (Yam ).
M / W S/B K: 1. Diane Dietzel (Kaw); 2.. Scon
Willock (Yam); 3. J ames Cox (Yam); 4. Thomas
Eatman (Han); 5. Tom Fujibayashi
[Kawl,
V W PROD: 1. Rick Blander (Yam); 2. Tim Sheedy
(Yam); 3. Doug Lindsay (Yam).
V W S/BK : 1. Mark Hensley (Yam); 2. Dale
Wh elan (Yam); 3 . M arc Shaffer (Yam ); 4 . loren
Poole (Kaw); 5. Rick Blander (Yam).
V W A / C S/B K: 1. J ack Baker (Yam); 2. Joe
She lton (Yam); 3 . Bill Ingli s (Yam); 4 . Ste v e Pierce
(Hon); 5. Thom as Dahl (Hon).
F-1: 1. Robert Utley ISul); 2. Stu Morr ison (Kaw);
3. Jeff An derson (SUl); 4 . Jim Nelson (SUl).
F-2;.I . Thomas Eatman I tjon~ 2. Carlo Rao( Yamt. •
3. Tom ~ uj i ba y a sh i (Kaw); 4 . Jack Baker (Yam): 5.
Bi ll Inglis (Yam).
F-3 : 1. Tom Dahl (Yam); 2. Mark Hensley (Yam);
3 . Dale Whelan (Yam); 4 . Marc Shaffer (Yam); 5.
Rick Blander (Yam).
· F-99: 1. Larry Grapentine (Yam) : 2. Don Jackson
(Yam ): 3 . Paul Calvert (Yam); 4. Steve May (Yam);
5. Brian Fawkes (Yam).
S /TW : 1. John Scott (Tri); 2. Mik e Haracoutt
(Nor); 3. Steve Pierce (Hon); 4. Bill Mclain ( H o n~
5 Phil Stephens (Lav).
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VINT 1: 1. John Scon (Tr;); 2. M,ke Haracourt
(Nor).
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