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Bryan Villella dominated t he 600cc Pro class w ith a f lag-to-flag main
event w in at the Putman County Short Track.
Shan Moore won the Master class
at the Sandsprings trials.
Results
overa ll. Aaron Sto ut , riding a H uksy,
raced in the runner-u p position all .
race long whi le Carner clai m ed
thi rd.
In the 200cc class R ick H older was
the fastes t rider. H older took control
of th e heat race on lap th ree and ra n
a wa y for th e win. To m 's Cycle
Repair rider Andy H interlong rod e
his Can-Am to second aft er leading
the first two la ps. Suzu ki-m ounted
Denn is Morsch ro unded out the to p
three.
H o lder rode hi s Suzuki to the
overall in th e final , lead in g from th e
green Iigh t to the checkered flag.
Hinterlong and Mors ch rode the race
in second a nd thi rd, respectively.
Cycle Craft Yama ha-spdns ored
Don Wa ldbuesser led every la p he
raced in the 250cc class. H is Yamaha
pulled hol eshot s in the heat and final
to carry him to the wins. Hogwash/
T om's Cycle Repair/ Co m petition
Cycl es-spo n sored G reg R ich ards ,
spent bo th races in second p lace an d
J ohn Brink er earned thi rd in bo th
races.
The Sen ior class win went to Tom
J acobs. J acobs led all of the laps in
the heat race. Behind him came the
H o n da . of Mi ke Du gan ,. w hi le
T riu mph -mounted Steve Brinker
made a last la p pass for th ird p lace.
J acob s pulled the holesho t in the,
main a nd stayed ou t in front the
entire'race. Du gan ma de a six th lap
pass to move in to the ru nner-up slo t.
Mike Hornyan rou nded out the top
three.
Results
M INI: '1. Mike Gibson (Kaw ); 2. Casey Aick (Hon).
200; 1. Aick Holder (Suz); 2. And y Hinterlo ng
(C-A); 3. Denn is M orsch (Suz); 4 . J erry Larson
(Han); 5 . Brent Da nnen berg (Han) .
.
25 0 ; 1. Do n Waldbu es ser (Yam ); 2. Gr eg
Richards (Kaw) ; 3 . John Brinker; 4. Steve Br inker
(Yam ); 5 . Aon Lane (Kaw ).
OPEN: 1. Charlott e Mo set ick (Han); 2. Aa ro n
Sto ut (Hus); 3 . J eff Carn er (Hus); 4 . Ter ry Bailey
(BSA); 5 . To m Lawsha (C-A).
SA: 1. Tom Jacobs (Han); 2. M ike Dugan (Han);
3 .-Mi ke Horny an (Yam); 4 . Lon ni e Vard ell (Hus);
5. Steve Br ink er (Tri).
S/ SA: 1. Aichard W aldbu esser (Yam); 2. Doug
Gr aham (Yam); 3 . Chick Baruff i (Yam).
EXH IB: 1. Charlie J acobs (Han); 2. Charlotte
M osetick (Yam); 3. Do n W aldbuesser (Hon ); 4 . Rick '
Holder; 5. Aaron St ou t (Hus ),
Villella powers in
Putnam County ST
By Dave Hoenig
46
SATSU MA, FL , FEB. 24
Bryan Vill ella cont inued hi s dom ination of th e 600cc Pro class with
a flag -to-flag win in th e Pu tn am
Co unty Sh ort Track, ro und two of
'the AMA Pros Dirt Track Series.
Roger Durkee a nd Clint Vahsholtz
wo n the 250cc Pro an d P ro -Am
classes, respec tively.
. Nicky H ayden began th e Amat eur
raci ng with 'a win in th e 5 Icc class.
T ommy Hayden took th e 65cc race,
wh ile Brian Strong edge d Ken CooIbeth in the 85cc di vision.
Geo rge Pri ce and Stro ng du eled
th e entire race in teh I25cc Ama teur
race with Price th e winner. Price
came back in th e 250cc clas s to beat
La rry Peagram and Bob Milom. T he
600cc Amateur final was all Peagra m, while Bart Schm u lba ch passe d
David Flowers for second. Flowers
. came back to run away wi th the
Senior class , w in n i n ~ o ver Ken
McConnell and J eff Chisharn.
T he 16- a nd l7-y ear-old Pro-Ams
started off the P ro racing portion of
the program with Clint Vahs ho ltz
leadi ng all the way. Jason Fletcher
worked his way throug h the pack to
take second.
T he 250cc P ro final was all Roger
Durk ee. H e led each of the eigh t laps
in the fina l over T ed Boody and Kris
Kiser.
T he largest field was again in the
600cc Pro division, which boas ted 30
riders. T he 600cc heat races went to
Steve More hea d, Don Wilson , Villella and Keith J acobsen .
The first q ua rter-fi na l had a lot
of action wi th Robert Lewis sett ing
the pace for David Miller and Morehead . Moreh ead /?ot into a vicio us
tank slapper exit mg turn two and
fell. Lewis took the win wi th Will
Davis movin g around Mi ller for the
last tran sfer to th e main .
Villella make it look easy in the
second q uarter-fi na l, fin is h ing
ahead of T ed Bood y.
T he thi rd quarter-fin al went to
Rand y T ext er, who beat Bill Newkirk , and Keith J acob sen ra n away
with the last quarter-final , fin ishi ng
well ahead of Ken Coo lbeth.
T he semi moved just the winners
to th e fina l. Bob Sweeten got the
ticket o ut of sem i o ne wh ile Morehead recovered fro m his heat race fall
by winnin g semi two .
.
Villella cha rged to the front of j h e
main event leaving all th e hardfought action behind him. Davis,
Lewis and Bood y du eled over seco nd
as Steve Morehead charged from h is
second-ro w start. At the halfway
poi n t, Ville lla was. in control with
Davi s, Lewis, Morehead and J a y
Skidmore behi nd. O ne lap later
Bood y regained fifth . Most of the
passing was finished at that poi nt,
but Morehead continued to move up ,
takin g second fro m Davis on lap
ei~h t. T he fina l order was set with
VIlle lla o n top over Mo rehea d ,
Davis, Lewis, Bood y and Skid more.
50 : 1. Nicky Hayden; 2. Beau Brasw ell; 3. Je nn y
Hayden .
. 65 : 1. Tom my Hayden ; 2. Char les Fonte rot .
B5: 1. Brian Strong; 2. Ken Coolb eth , Jr.; 3 .
Charles Fonterot ; 4 . Tom m y Hayden .
12 5 AM: 1. Georg e Price; 2. Brian Strong .
25 0 A M : 1. Georg e Price; 2. Larry Peagram ; 3 .
Bob M il am; 4 . M ark Burc h.
600 AM : 1. Larry Peagram; 2. Bart Sch mulbach;
3. David Flow ers; 4 . M ike Green; 5. Gernand o
Gutierrez.
SA A M : 1. David 'Flow ers; 2. Ken McCon nell ;
3 . J eff Ch isham; 4. Fern ando Gut ierr ez.
PAO-AM: 1. Cli nt Vahsholtz (Atx); 2. Jason
Fletcher (Atx ); 3 . Brian TIllson (W -A); 4. Don M art in
(Atx); 5. Shad Aeink e (Han ).
2 50 PAO: 1. Aoger Du rkee (Han); 2. Ted Boody
(Yam); 3 . Kr is Kiser (Han); 4. Kirk Hayes (Han); 5. ·
Greg J oop (C·A).
600 PAO: 1. Bryan . Vill ell a (W · A); 2. Steve
M orehead (W ·A); 3 . W ill Davis (H· D); 4. Aobert
Lew is (H·D); 5 . Ted Boody (H-D).
Moore smokes
Okie Trials .
By R.D. Allman
SAN DSPR INGS, OK, FEB. 21
Team K&N 's Sha n Moore (T subaki/
Yamahalube/ Ma1c
olm Sm ith) took
an 18-point victory over Charles
Ma llow a t the seco n d ro u n d of
Ok lahoma 's Ob served T ria ls Championshi p Series. T he ex-pro mo to. cro sser used his skills to o utdistance
Ma ll ow a n d th ird place , Betamounted Mike Cono ver a t wha t most
co nsidered th e tou gh est event of th e
year.
Wh ile Moo re was win ning th e
Master class Andre ' LaPorte bested
the Intermedi at e class in hi s first rid e
since mov ing u p from Amat eur.
- Second pl ace fin isher Ga ry Wesson
tied LaP orte o n observa tio n points
but los t ou t in th e tie breaker on
nu mber of clea ns. .
Tommy Moore won the Amateur
cla ss over John G udgel and J ohn
Patterson. This class has been one
of the mos t competitive and it was
also decided by a tie break er.
Results
M STR; 1. Shan M oor e (Yam ); 2. Charles M all ow
(Yain ); 3 . M ike Conover (Bet).
EX: 1. Gabe Miz ell (Ma n); 2. Aon Lee (Yam ).
TNT: 1. A ndre laPorte (Yam ); 2. Gary W esson
(Ma n); 3 . Stan Machart (Yam).
A M : 1. Tom Mo ore (Yam); 2. John Gud gel (Bet);
3. J oh n Pan erson (Yam) .
.
NOV: 1. Pau l Bol en (Yam ); 2. Todd Joh nso n
(Yam); 3 . David Bolen (Yam).
AOOK: 1. Pe.e Kin ney (Yam ); 2. Ma rk M cKee
(Yam); 3 . Aick Lockridg e.
Shaw dominates
MorosoRR
ByJoe McKay
W. PALM BEACH , FL , FEB. 7
R ick Shaw cap tured top hon or s in
the 50-Mile GTO endurance race,
Un li m ited Su persport, Un lim ited
G P, a nd took first pl ace in th e $ 1000
Sho o t-Ou t at Moro so Motorsports
Park. Cycle Riders of Orlando rider
Donald J ack s was the only other
multiple win ner with first pl ace
fini shes in Middl eweight G P and
Mid dleweight Superbike.
Shaw and teammate Bill Kell y
started the 50 miler o n their Yam aha
1000 s wi th Kell y o u t in front.
Rudolp h Von Lignau held down
th ird p lace ' with J oh n Choat e in
fo urt h. Sh aw and Kell y ma naged to
stay within two bike lengths of each
o ther as th ey took turns leading the
field . Scot t Cantrell worked hi s way
through the field aft er a bad start but
cras hed. Ch oa te also wen t off his bi ke
a t: over 140 mp h and brok e his
collarbo ne and hi s shoulder. Greg
Esser wor ked hi s way past all bu t the
fron t three rid ers.
At th e flag it was Sha w by himself
as . Kell y had dropped o u t. w it h
mech an ical pr ob lems. Von Lignaur
was seco n d, and Gl enn Carlson
fini shed four bi ke lengths in front
of Esser.
New ton H eston 'led th e GTU
riders to the checkered flag by a wide
margin as he wen t wire-to -wire. Bill
Savain , David Kamps, Robby Costa,
Mike Barn es, and Mi ke Lehning also
fin ished on th e lead lap. The only
cha llenge H eston had came from
J ohn Fran ce before he crashed in the
esses on la p three.
.
In th e Li ghtweight G P it was all
Esser. Esser had an easy run to th e
checkered flag over Bill Kran enb erg ,
Sta n Pollock and Mike Sp ra dlin/
In H eav ywei ght Su pers ports
Anth on y Weadon went o u t in front
of Shaw and Cur t Kicklighter, but
Weado n was black-flagged on th e
th ird la p with an oil leak . Bru ce
Osborn slipped by Shaw and Kickligh ter as did Todd Hunt. At the flag
it was. Osborn, H unt, Shaw and
Kickl igh ter, wh ile J ohn Cox led the
novice riders as he fin ished fifth
overa ll.
In Middleweight Superbi ke actio n
Don ald J acks pu lled the holeshot
and never looked bac k. Heston 'and
Mark Pastir battled for second th e
who le eight laps foll ow ed by Dan
Warren and Mark Dalton. David
Kamps and Robb y Costa battled for
first p lace in th e No vice class with
Kamps comi ng o u t on top.
In H eavyweight Superbike action
Kevin Blai s sh pped aro und Mark
Ch in , Gl enn Carl son and T odd
H unt o n his way to first p lace. At
th e chec kered flag Blai s was 25
seconds ahea d of the field. J o hn
Cost a led n o vi ce rider s Na tha n
Donoh ew a nd Dan Farley for th e first
six la ps wih Don oh ew closin g th e
ga p but not getting by.
.
Sh aw and Ca nt rell battled for the
lead in Un li mi ted Superbike actio n
wtih Shaw com ing o ut on top. Both
were followed by Ch in, Glenn Carl son, and Von Li ngau.
In the Shoot- O ut it was Sha w all
th e way with Cantrell right o n hi s
rear fend er. Chin beat o ut Blais for
th ird by two bik e leng ths.
Results
GTO : 1. Ric k Sh aw (Yam ); 2 . Rudo lph Von Lignau
(S uz); 3 . Gl enn Car lson .
GTU: 1. Newton Hesto n (Han); 2. Bill Svain (Han );
3 . David Kamps (Han).
L/W GP EX: 1. Gr eg Esser (Ha n); 2. Bill
Kran enb er g (Suz); 3. Sta n Pollock (Yam) .
NV: 1. J oe Cole (Han); 2. Aon Stone (Han); 3.
Ben jam in Stowers (Yam).
H/ W S/ SPAT EX: 1. Bru ce Osborn (Suz); 2. Todd
. Hun. (Kaw); 3. Aick Shaw (Suz).
.
NV: 1. J ohn Cox (Yam); 2. Nat han Donohew
.
(Yam ); 3 . J am es Niebrzydowski (Suz).
M / W S/BK EX: 1. Donald J acks (Han); 2. Newton
Hest on (Han); 3 . M ark Past ir (Yam).
NY:: 1. David Kamps (Han); 2. Aobby Costa (Hon);
3 . Georg e Matthews (Hon).
U/ L S/ SPAT EX: 1. Aick Shaw (Suz); 2. Mark
Aeyno lds (Suz).
NV: 1. M ichael M ontgomery (Suz); 2. Ted Dake
.
(Suz); 3 . John Diericky.
M / W S/SPAT EX: 1. Dan W arr en (Han ); 2. Bill
Savain (Han); 3 . M ar k Dalton (Han).
NV: 1. Igor Del Haya (Han); 2. David Kamps (Han);
3. M ike Barnes (Han ).
HIW S/B K EX: 1. Kevin Blais (Kaw); 2. Glann
Car lson (Yam); 3. M ark Chin (Yam).
NV: 1. Jo hn Costa (Suz); 2. Nat han Donohew
. (Yam); 3. Dan Farl ey (Suz).
LIW S/ BK EX: 1. Mike Spradlin (Yam); 2. Bill
Kra nenberg; 3. Ji m Ronan (Yam).
