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Tim Rut herford (12C) tries to stuff under Vet Pro w inner Ron Turn er
at Ascot. Marc Brooks (4 N) was second in the Vet Pro class.
laps Morgan used a n o ut sid e line to
pass Wil key in a tight tu rn. T he last
lap saw a battle between Washko a nd
Wykoff for fourth which ended whe n
Wykoff lost his fron t end in a turn
and took Washko dow n wi th him.
Jasper too k an easy win over Morga n, Wilkey , Karl Fernandez and
Clement.
Results
80 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Ar ma ndo Overla nd (Kaw); 2.
Ja son W il key (Kaw); 3. Nathan Ellenson (Yam); 4.
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A rmando Fisk (Hon); 5 . M arc Lippen (Su:z)
80 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Craig Sm it h (Suz); 2. David
Rasmussen (Suz); 3 . Eric MytyS (Suz); 4 . Jo hn Reuis
(Hon); 5. Mariana Whit lof (Kaw).
60 : 1. Jason Shirey (Kaw); 2. Brit J ackson (Kawl.
125 J R: 1. Eric Jasper (Hon ); 2. Nick Morgan
(Vam); 3. J im my Wi lkey (Kaw); 4 . Kraig Clement
(Kaw): 5 . M ike Wash ko (Hon).
125 1
NT: 1. Levi Nobl e (Vam); 2. J on Levey (Kaw) ;
3. Dan iel Bush (Hon); 4 . M ike Cox (Kaw ); 5. Steve
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Goslaw (Yam).
250 INT: 1. Ed V itelli ( S uz ~ 2. Ken Faug ht (Yam);
3 . Sean Rei. (Suz).
12 5 PRO: 1. Chr is Voun g (Vam).
250 PRO; 1. M arc Peters (Va m ); 2. Bryan
paqu en e (Han) .
125 BEG : 1. Sam Haw ley (Kaw); 2 Keit h Shover
(Hoo ~ 3 . Chris Kefales (Hon); 4 . Tim Valadez (Hon);
5. Jaime Knox (Yam).
250 BEG; 1. Rudy Chavez (Hont 2. Mike Sokoloff
( Hoo~ 3 . Todd Manin (Kaw); 4 . Tom Cressman
(Hoo~ 5. Pet e Rickerson (Hon ).
500 BEG; 1. Bili W est (Kaw ); 2. Je ff Nissen (KTM);
3 . Rich ard Va ldez (Vam).
500 J R; 1. M icheal Boyer (Hon); 2. M arcus
Gordon (Han ); 3. J eff Jones (Han ).
250 JR : 1. Gary W agn er (Vam); 2. Chr is Ridgway
(Honl; 3 . Steve Stevenson (Kaw ); 4. Ma jor Alford
(Kaw); 5 . Karl Fern andez (Suz).
VET J R: 1. Kent Reed (Han); 2. Tim Willia ms
(Kew ); 3 . John Dow ny (Honl.
Glover grabs gold
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By Ke n Faug ht
G AR DENA, CA, NOV. 20
T ea m Yamaha 's Broc " Go lden Bo y"
G lo ver made a rare appearance a t
Ascot Park tonigh t a nd took both th e
125 a nd 250cc Pro overall wins.
In the first 125cc Pro rno to Kerry
Mulligan hol esh ot Tim Rutherford,
Gl over a nd Cagi va- mo unt ed Pete
Mu rr y. Gl over soo n passe d Rutherford a nd set after Mull igan. On th e
seco nd lap Gl over ca ught u p to
Mulligan a nd began to look for a
way arou nd . Gl over, unfami liar with
th e slippery Ascot track, tried everythi ng to get b y Mulligan but
nothing seemed to be working.
Mu lliga n went o n to take th e win
over G lover, R ut herfo rd, Murry and
Corey Schweitzer.
Second moto action saw Rut herford , ridi ng a borrowed bike, holeshot Mull iga n , Murry and Scheitzer.
Gl over rou nded the corner in seventh
but q uickly adva nced to fou rth by
th e second turn. Rutherford began
to expa nd his lead, ho ping to beat
the m ulti -National Cham p , G lover.
At th e half wa y mark , G lover passed
Mu rry a nd Mull igan and bega n to
decrease Rutherford 's lead. The fina l
few la ps saw a n intense battle for th e
lead as G lover would get a wheel in
on Ru th erford and then Rutherford
wo u ld sligh tly pu ll away. With j ust
seconds left in .the race, Glover put
a tricky pass o n Ruth erford near the I
finish a nd too k the mot o win a hea d
o f Ru therford, Mull igan , Schei tzer
a nd Murry. A 2-1 score ga ve G lover
the overall , Mulligan was second
wit h 1-3 fin ish es a nd R utherford was
thi rd with a 3-2 ta ll y.
Yamaha-mounted Ron T urner led
Mulligan, G lover, Mu rry and Bryan
Paq uette around the first corner in
the 250cc Pro class. In the second
tu rn Murry found a way by Mulligan
w hil e G lover sho t in to second.
Turner soo n fell, handi ng Murry th e
lead over Gl over, Mull igan, Paquette
a nd J erry Black. Towards th e end of
the second lap Paq uette dropped his
H onda, advancing Corey Schweitzer
to fifth . At the halfway po int G lover
passed Mu rry and Turner was back
into fourth afte r passing Black .
Murry event ua lly dro pped back to ·
fourth where he fin ished behind
Gl over, Mulligan and Turner.
Once again T u rner grabbed th e
early lead in moto two over Mulliga n , G lover a nd Paq uette. After a
drop-off Gl over passed Mulligan a nd
started chasing T urner. On th e third
lap Gl over j um ped pas t Turner a nd
moved into the lead. Glover went on
to take th e win over Turner, Mulligan, Paquette, and Black. Gl over
. top ped th e class wi th a I- I score,
Turner's 3-2 n e tt ed h im seco nd
overa ll a nd a 2-3 earned Mu lli gan
thi rd.
Result s
250 PRO: 1. Brae Glov er (Vam); 2. Ron Turn er
(Vam); 3. Ker ry M ulligan (Han); 4 .J erry Black (Hon);
5 . Pete Murry (Cag).
500 PRO: 1. Marc Peters (Yam); 2. Andrew Buck
(Kaw) .
250 INT; 1. Ken Faught (Vam); 2. Dan Barn en
(Suz).
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BO BEG 0 -1 : 1. Armand o Over land (Kaw); 2. Eric
Koesterer (Hon); 3. M arc Lippe rt (Suzl ; 4. Nathan
Ell ert son (Yam); 5 . Pau l Ito (Vam).
SOBEG 0 ·2: 1. lwori Odom (Suz); 2. Corey A ust in
(Yam); 3. Kev in O'Br ien (Suz); 4. Marcu s Falc on ler i
(Kaw) ; 5. Ryan Thack er (Yam).
BO J R; 1. Dona ld Upton (Kaw ); 2. Curt is Gavin
(Han); 3 . Aaron W enstrup (Vam ).
60: 1. J ason Sh irey (Kaw) .
BO EX: 1. J eff Gralton (Vam).
125 J R: 1. Man eo Coest ino (Cag); 2. Chris
Ridgway (Kaw ); 3 . Scan Hoffman (Hon); 4 . Derek
M eyer (Han); 5. Bry an Holdren (Han) .
125 BEG 0 ·1 ; 1. Scon A rn old (Han); 2. Curtis
Gavin (Han); 3 . A I Queir os (Han); 4 . At hon y Rose
(Han); 5. Rick Larecy (Suz).
125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Tim Valadez (Han); 2. Dou glas
Srooks (Vam); 3. Dave Lee (Suz); 4 . Keith Gibson
ISuzl ; 5. John Bell (Han).
500 J R: 1. Kevin Lopa (Han ); 2. Bob Wagner
(Hoo ); 3 . Jo hn Cameron (Kaw ); 4 . Jeff J ones (Han );
5 . John Herrin (Hon).
500 BEG: 1. W illi larth (M · S); 2. Dean Talve ra
(KTM); 3 . Ron Seaman (Han); 4 . AI Quei ros (Ma i).
A DULT M INI; 1. Skipper Godin ez (Han); 2. Mike
Ayline (Vam).
12 5 PRO: 1. Broc Glover (Yam); 2. Kerry Mulligan
(Han); 3 . Tim Ruth erford (Han ); 4 . Corey Schw eitzer
(Hon); 5. Pete Murry (Cag).
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VET PRO: 1. Ron Turn er (Yam); 2. M arc Brooks
(Hon) .
125 INT: 1. Da n iel Bush (H onl; 2. Dav id
Wodaszew ski (Han); 3. Kevin Bussey (Kaw); 4 .
Charl ie Brown (Kaw); 5. Hira Yamam oto (Yam).
25 0 JR : 1. Ton rad Rodriqu ez (Vam ); 2. Cliff Wall s
(Han); 3 . Gary Wagn er (Vam); 4 . J im Car ley (Kaw );
5. J eff Green ISu z).
VET J R: 1. Bob A rell ano (Han).
VET INT: 1. Lou Gonzales (Han).
2 50 BEG 0 - 1; 1. Rudy Chavez (Han); 2. Mike
Sokolo ff (Hon); 3. Tim W illiams (Kaw) ; 4 . Craig
Wilkinson (Hon); 5 . Joe Uribe (Hon) .
250 BEG 0 · 2: 1. Kyle r David (Yam ); 2. Chr is Parks
(Han); 3. M ichael Barone (Hon); 4. John Hamacher
(Kaw); 5 . Dona ld Urbanek (Vam).
Rich Truchin ski finishe d second beh ind Rich Taylor in the 125cc Pro
class at th e Wild Turkey Grand Prix at L.A. County Raceway.
Zahrf wins
Wild Turkey GP
By Terry Rezek
PAL MDAL E, CA, NOV . 22
Ca lifornia Racing Clu b (CRC) held
its Wild T urkey Grand Prix at Los
Angeles Co unty Raceway today, and
the sing le 45 minute moto, dead
engine star t format brought out many
rid ers, including several that were
getti ng rea dy for the Ba rstow-toVegas desert race. Kenn y Zahrt was
top Pro .
Open P ro J im Co ffey had th e
heaviest sta rti ng foot in th e Pro class
a nd went into turn one wi th the lead.
Rod Richardso n a nd desert end uro
ace Larry Roeseler were the quickest
250s off the lin e. The P ro s arid
Intermedi at es were combi ned by
d isplacemen t,a nd I25ccInterm ediate
J eff Barbacovi got th e holesh o t,
fo llo wed by l 25cc Pr o Rich T aylor.
Co ffey led the 500s all the wa y for
an eas y wi n. Richardson led to lap
five the n dropped o ut. Roeseler led
briefly bu t slo wed short ly thereaft er
a nd just lim ped around for a finish .
H e was testing sus pe nsion on hi s
Kaw asak is and this one was set too
soft for the slam -ba ng motocros s style
course. By th is ti me , Zahrt had
recovered fro m a n ex tre mely ra re
m ulti -kick sta rt and had moved i nto
the 250cc Pro lead . Zahrt went on
for the wi n and more poi nts for his
q uest for two number o ne pla tes.
T a ylor took the l 25cc Pro win.
Barbaco vi avoided co n flict with hi s
hol eshot a nd led all th e way in sp ite
of an old leg injury, aggravated by
contact with a rock during practice.
Tony Q uall s was riding with ca u tio n
after a big cra sh last week a nd finis hed
th ird.
Tim T elford was back in action
in th e 250cc In termed ia te event .
T elford , o u t for severa l months with
broken bones, startedcau tio usly, the n
warmed to the task and mov ed up
stead ily, ta king the lead in th e second
hal f of the race. H e kep t moving up
right into th e win.
Intermedi at e (50Occ) T om Smith
go t the holesh ot ri ght behind th e Pro
lead er. H e fad ed a bit as th e race wor e
o n , event ua lly fini shing fo urth. J oh n
Greenway was off the line seco nd and
q ui ckly moved up to the 500cc
Int ermed iate lead to stay there for th e
wi n. Jim Send elbach didn 't have a
good start bu tgo ts tro nger andworked
his way to second by the tim e the
black a nd white fell.
George Andrews read th e starter ..
perfectl y in the 500cc No vice race and
was movin g a t th e fir st tw i tch of th e
flag. Andrews had a 50 foot lead by
th e tim e th e pack ent ered th e second
t ~Hn. H e kept !: stead)' pa ce and wa s
never cha llenge d on his way to th e
victory circl e a nd the 500cc Novice
wi n.
The 250c started in the second row
of the Novice race and Mike McCarley
got a bad sta rt, but by lap five, he
had the 250cc and th e overall lead.
H e kept the 250cc lead and took the
250ccNovicewin, bu thegot surprised
o n th e overall. Ryan Carlis le topped
th e 125cc Novice event .
The same forma t held for all th e
races, so 500cc rid er Allen Gra m was
first Beginner o ut on th e track. G rant
had tro u ble a nd dropped ou t, giving
the lead to Byron Green e, whoha pp ily
took it and th e 500cc Beginner win .
Lonne Adams had the 250cc Beginner
cla ss lead by the end of the first lap.
Adams q uickl y d ispensed wi th all the
500s and took the overall o n lap four.
H e went o n for an easy win. Sco tt
P~kare k p icked up the I25cc Begi riner
W tn.
Melanie Parkes go bbled th e
competi tio n in th e Woman 's class.
Gettin g a si ng le kick startshe rocketed
into turn o ne well ahea d of th e othe r
women a nd had no trouble pulling '
fur the r ahead in each lap. At the end
of 45 minu tes, she fin ished more than
a min ut e ahea d of second p lace. She
also rode the regular l25 cc Beginner,
fin ish ing eigh th o ut of 13th.
Zahrt built hi s points lead with a
win in the Vets Expert race wit h
Roeseler p icking up second. Dal e
Ti ttl em eir cemented his lead early in
the Vets Novice event a nd took the
wm.
Results
80BEG: 1.Vietor Banuelos(Kaw); 2.Scott Jo hnson
(Kaw ); 3. Ja son DePan o.
SO NOV : 1. J im my Cham ber lin IHon) ; 2. Jas on
Sim ons (Kaw); 3. Adam Waners (Kaw ).
80 EX: 1. Dustin Evans (Kaw).
VET BEG : 1. Denni s Carl isle (Kaw ); 2. Phil Davy
(KTM ); 3 . J ohn M anhews.
VeT NOV: 1. Dal e Tlttt emier (Hon). 2. Kirk Benke
(Hon); 3. Dean Taylor (Han).
VET INT: 1. Trach Hrach (Hon); 2. Ken Dickson
(VSP); 3 . Sob A1vins (Hus).
VET EX: 1. Ken Zahrt (Han); 2. Larry Roeseler
(Kaw) ; 3 . Tom We bb (Yam ).
SR BEG: 1. Bill W elt man (Han); 2. Ed Piazza.
SRNOV: I .RobertUnville(Suz);2. EdwardsSubias
(Han); 3 . J im Cooke.
SR EX: 1. Tom Pear l; 2. Bob M illner (Hon); 3 .
Robert Mennell (Hon) .
WMN : 1. M elanie Parkes (Va m~ 2. Sheila Moretz
(Kaw); 3 . Tea l Nakama.
12 5 BEG: 1. Scon Pekarek (Suz); 2. David
Mos kovitz (Han); 3 . Raben Muckleroy.
250 BEG: 1. Lonne Ad am s (Han); 2. M ichael
Schw ake; 3. Todd Clark .
500 BEG: 1. Byron Greene (Vam); 2. W ill Zart h
(M ·S ); 3. Dan iel Gui n.
125 NOV; 1. Ryan Car li sl e (Kaw ); 2. Eddie Subias
(Han); 3 . Jo el Torkarsk y (Han).
25 0 NOV : 1. M ike M cCarley; 2. J ack Law re nce
(Vam); 3 . Er ic Bush (Suzl .
500 NOV: 1. Georg e A ndr ews IHon); 2. David
O' B(ien (Hon); 3. David Simo n (KTM ).
1251 NT: 1. Jeff Barba covi (Vam); 2. Dust in Evans
(Kaw); 3 . Ton y Qualls (Han).
250 INT: 1. Tim Telford (Han); 2. Glen Com mans;
3 . Merle Hamm er.
500 INT: 1. John Greenway; 2. J im Sendelbach;
3 . Randy Com mans (Han).
125 PRO: 1. Rich Taylor; 2. Rich Truchinski (Han).
250 PRO: 1. Ken lahrt (Han); 2. Donald Kra nkhn;
3 . Bob Stephenson (Hon).
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500 PRO; 1. J im Coffe y; 2. Srad Mcleod (Hon ).
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