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Ron Clauson (11X) leads Buzz Moeller (2), AI Sm it h (8) and winner Don
Pike (203) in the OT Expert class at LA C R.
lance Eubank (98) and Earl May ri 71) chase Open A class winner Jon
McCabe through the sand at Croom Raceway.
supportive girlfriend for all their
help.
In th e Women 's Expert mot ocross
class Tami Rice edged out Mindy
Sm ith in total po ints. Rice said,
"Next year will be tough with th e
increase of girls, but I'll defend my
titl e with all I' ve go t."
Other top fini she rs in motocross
were J ason Simmons, SOcc; Ron
Col e, Senior class ; T ony Qualls,
125cc: Todd Broussard, 25Occ: Tom
Smith, 500cc; and Brad McLeod in
th e 500cc Pro class.
Enduro 250cc top rider of th e year
aso n 'Ingersoll thanked CRC and
ellow racers for a terrific year of
events. Other number one plate
winners in enduro were Ri ck Daniel ,
Open cla ss; Ryan Stenberg, Mini;
Donnie
Dan a Bell , Women ;
Sim on e, 20Occ; Randy Bustamante,
Four-Stroke: David .Sweeney, Open
Senior; Harry Keast, 0-250cc Senior;
David LeMaster Jr., Open Vet; and
Ed Mazenko, Super Senior.
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S a rbaco"i blasts Glen
HelenMX
. By Bonnie Warch
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, FEB. 7
Accu rate Cycl e/O 'Nea l/Yamaha
Motor Corp.-sponsored J eff Barbacovi co uld n 't holeshot a mota in th e
125cc Intermediate class but blew by
th e competi tio n to win CRGs Gl en
H elen Motocross.
In the 250cc Pro class Sherman
Oaks H onda rider Bob Kline took
th e overa ll win with a 1-1 score. In
th e first mota Klin e rod e a nearflawless race with no pr essure fro m
behind. Paul Vlach was o n th e rear '
fender of Kline every lap in th e
seco nd moto, waiting for an error
th at never came. Vlach fini shed
second in the rnoto and th e same
overall while Erik Munson wrapped
up third overall with 4-3 finishes.
Results
30
80 BEG: 1. Jason DePano (Hon); 2. Daemon
Jones (Kaw); 3 . Cory Davis (Han); 4. Scan Johnson
(Kaw); 5. Marc Leppert (Suz).
80 NOV: , . Joe DePano (Hon); 2. Jeff Lewis (Suz);
3 . Jack Cox (Kaw); 4. Donald; 5. Aaron Wenstrup
(Yam).
t 25 BEG: t . David Lamomile (Hon); 2. Barry
Karakas (Yamt 3 . Larry Lamomile (Hon); 4 . Alex
Baca (Han); 5. Chris Garcia (Yam).
125 NOV; 1. Jeff Moore (Hon); 2. Eric casas
(Kaw); 3. Tony Sulleck (Kawt 4. Ray Metntosh
(Kawt 5. Jeff Ratzloff (Hon).
'25 tNT: ., Jeff Barbacovi (Vamt 2. Shawn
Hugg ins (Kawt 3 . Harley Hall (Suz); 4. Tony Qualls
(Yam).
250 BEG; t . Darrin Hugg ins (Kawt 2. Joe
Armstrong (Yamt 3. Jeff Voung (Hon); 4. Roger
Linlon (Kaw); 5. Joe Miera (Hon).
250 NOV ; 1. Kensi Suzuki (Va m); 2. Rich
SchUlenberg (SUlt 3. Jeff Moore (Hon ); 4. Rich
callahan (Suz\; 5. Chuck Gimer (Ho n).
250 INT; t . Todd Broussard (Vam); 2. Shawn
Huggins (Kaw); 3 . Shuichi Suzuki (Yam ); 4 . Tony
Qualls (Yamt 5. Doug Allen (Hon).
250 PRO: t . Bob Kline (Hon); 2. Paul Vlach (Hont
3 . Erik Munson lSuzt 4 . M urray Shacke Kord (Suz);
5 . Chr is Lance (Kaw l.
500 BEG: t . Randy Wysocki (Kaw).
500 NOV : t . David Thayer (Hont 2. J ack Kell
(Vam); 3 . Arrrwnd Pon l icelli (Kaw ); 4 . M ike
Rochester (Hon).
500 INT; 1. Tom Webb (Hon ).
VET BEG: 1. David M innick (KTM I; 2. Jouhn ·
Downey (Yam); 3 . Bob Zimmon lHon); 4 . Randy
Evans (Suz); 5. Robert Wyckoff (Kaw).
VET NOV: .t Charlie Martin (Vam); 2. Ross
Johnson (Hon); 3 . Jack Kell (Yam); 4. Dennis Ryan
(Yam); 5. Gordon Hechler (Hon) .
VET INT: t. Ken Dickson (Hon); 2. Brad Williams
(Kaw) ; 3. Frank Mierau (Hon); 4 . Charlie Strong;
5. Bruce Berger (Kaw) .
VET EX; t . Jef Harrion lKawl; 2. Ken Ratzloff
(Hon); 3. Jay Irwin IHon); 4 . Steve Word (Yam);
5. Joel Harrien (Kaw) .
SR INT: 1. R.D. Tuzinski (Hon).
SR EX: 1. Bill Carr (ATK).
WMN NOV; t . Kathy Jo Erp (Hon).
WMN INT: t . Tina lahrt (Hon).
WMN EX: I . Tami Rice (Suz); 2. Dana Evenson
(Yam); 3 . Mindy Sm ith (Kaw ); 4. Sherry Lowery
(Hont 5. Brenda Conner (Suz).
Andrews, Hand top
Richfield AX
By Peggy Adamic
RICHFIELD, CO , FEB. 5-6
H onda riders Fred Andrews a n d
David Hand were winners at the
R ichfield Indoo r
Mo tocr oss.
An d re ws dominated Sa tu rd ay's
acti on while Hand was the win ner
in Frida y n ight's event.
In Friday's fin al Andrews cras hed
o u t with H and ta ki ng the wi n
followed by H arold Robiso n and J oe
Maurer.
In th e Satu rday afternoon final it
was once again Andrews and H and
dicing for th e win with Andrews th e
eventua l winner foll owed by Hand
a nd Maurer.
With 26 riders competin g Saturday
night four seven-l ap heat races were
required. Hand had to settle for
second in heat on e behind Robison.
. In heat two Steve Robinson inched
out Barney Barnett at the checkers
while Maurer took heat three from
Steve Gilland. Andrews took th e
victory in heat fo ur with J ohn Ru per
behind in second.
At the start of the fin al H an d
rou ted hi s Honda into th e first turn
first foll owed by Andrews, Gilland,
Barnett and Ruper. Within a lap
Andrews worked his way around
H and and began pi cking off lapped
riders within four laps of th e l O-lap
race. Riders not knowing they were
being lapped caused some problems
for bo th Andrews and H and, but th e
two weaved th eir way through traffic
to the ' checke re d fl ag. Andrews
grabbed th e win followed by Hand,
while Gilland held onto third for the
entire race. Maurer moved from a
mid-pack star t to fini sh less than a
bike len gth behind Gilland.
Results
FRI; t . David Hand (Hon); 2. Harold Robison(Suz);
3. Joe Maurer (Hont 4. Barney Bamen (Hon ); 5.
Bob Wershey (Hon).
SAT: ' . Fred Andrews (Hon); 2. Hand ; 3. Maurer;
4 . Barnett.
SAT P.M .: t . Andrews; 2. Hand ; 3 . Steve Gilland
(Hon ); 4 . Maurer; 5 . Barnett.
Mann, McCabe,
ReinhoH on top at
CroomMX
By Ath ie Sanders
BROOKSVILLE, FL, FEB. 7
Bobby J ay Mann, John Reinholtand
J on McCabe nailed overall wins in
the 125cc A, 250cc A and Open A
classes during round two of th e Boyese n Engineering/Yamah a /Scottsponsored, SuperSports promotedFlorida February Seri es at Croom
Raceway.
.
VPE/ Boyesen T echnical Cen ter/
PJl backed-Mann nail ed th e holeshot at the start of th e firstl25cc mota
wi th Marcus Pedrero, Brian McElroy
a n d John Kitsch pushin g . from
behind. Mann pulled a little space
but Kitsch charged until he was
sitti ng on Mann 's back door. As th e
two leaders di ced, McElroy reeled
th em in and left Kurtis Barron in th e
distance to set the pace for the rest
of the pack.
Near th e end of the mow McElroy
dov e by Kitsch on the ins ide and
moved in on th e leader but didn 't
get by. Mann clai med the win with
McElro y and Kitsch no t far beh ind.
Barron and William Dill ro u nded
ou t the top five.
Mann hol eshot ' mow two with
Kitsch , McElroy, John Agin and
Will iam Dzielak stacked behind.
Mann, Kitsch and McElroy pulled
sligh tly away lO battle for the lead.
Midway through th e mota McElroy
stopped dead and ended up pushing
th e bike back to the pits. Kitsch put
some moves on Mann and charged
into the lead and claimed th e win
with Mann moments behind. Dzielak, Agia and Ibill Wallin finished
th ird through fifth, respectively.
Mann appeared to have total
cont ro l of th e 250cc A class. H e held
hi s line to win th e first rnoto and
left J ohn Reinholt to fight off Kitsch
for second.
In mow two Reinholt nailed the
lead but had Mann churning up the
track ri gh t behind him. Mann had
to fold up his chances for the win
because of a broken foot peg, as
Reinholt claimed th e win followed
by Kitsch and Jon McCabe. Mann
did manage to finish sixth for third
overa ll behind Reinholt and Kitsch.
VPE/Boyesen Technical Center/
ScottiAn swer/Kal-Gard-sponsored
McCabe head ed into th e first turn
with Bob Sorrenson at his side at the
start of th e first Open A moto, but
John Am erman rocketed out between them to ride out front. McCabe
passed Amerman on the first lap,
then pulled away to cru ise to the
mota win.
Stahlman got the lead but at the
start of the second mo ta McCabe
plowed th ro u gh th e deep, sandy
track and was soo n on Stahlman's
rear tir e. Stahlman nearl y landed the
win, but McCabe pas sed him just
before the fini sh line to claim the
WIn.
Results
'25 A ; t . Bobby Mann (Kaw); 2. John Kitsch
(Kaw); 3. William Dzielak (Hon).
250 B; t . John Reinholt (Suz); 2. John Kitsch
(Kaw) ; 3 . Bobby Mann (Kaw).
OPEN A ; t . Jon McCabe (Hon); 2. Bob Sorenson
(KTM); 3. Brad Bolton (Yam).
BO(7-"): 1. Tony Haynes (Yam); 2. Zegin Brl un
(Kaw) .
80 (' 2·'5): 1. Daryl Voungblood (Kawl; 2. J l son
Fowler IKaw ); 3. Anthony Paggio (Kaw) .
'25 B; t . Wes Keenum (Vam); 2. Greg Deri ckaon
(Kawl; 3. Doug Iddings tHon).
'25
1. Doug Conrad (Kawl; 2. Julio Chiong
(Vam); 3. Jon carver (Yam).
250 B; 1. Jeffrey Lampe(Hon); 2. Jeff Finkh ousen
(Vam); 3. Pat McLain (Kaw).
250
t . Don Mathie..r (yam); 2. Jon Grant
(Hon ); 3. Donald Leddy (Yam ).
500 NOV : 'l . Rick Perry (Yam); 2. William Watkins
tHon); 3. Joseph Zimecki (Hon).
+25 : 1. John Amerman (Han); 2. Bob Sorenson
(KTM ); 3. Tim Ealy (Yaml.
SR: t . Don Mathiesen (Vam); 2. Donald Leddy
(Yam ); 3. Dave Wagner (Yam).
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Pike smokes
Palmdale OTMX
By Sa m English
PALMDALE, CA, FEB. 14
Old T im er Expert Don Pike came
from Las Vegas to L.A. County
Race way and blew away the competit ion in co nvi nci ng style.
Pike's eigh th -place start at the first
turn in mota o ne was not what " I
had in mind." he sai d when the race
was over. " I reall y had to push hard
to pas s th ese guys, th ey're fast and
th e track was redesi gned with more
jumps, so it was more like a supercross tra ck, but well prepared."
After six laps int o th e 10 lap mota,
Pike snuck by Dwayne Boyer, who
finished third, and on the eighth lap
passed Jim Martens for first over a
double jump in front of the
grandstands.
In mota two , Hal Grady got the
holeshot followed by Martens, Boyer,
Pike and 16 other hard-charging
experts. Pike worked up to first then
pulled away for th e victory.
The first mota action in the Novi ce
