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Kevin Cherry piloted his Honda to two come-from-behind wins in t he
250cc Novice class at the Las Vegas International Raceway.
JR: 1. Trey We lls IKaw ); 2. Paul Steagall (Han);
3 . jos hua Cook (KTM ); 4 . St ephen Reed (Han); 5.
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Larry Peavy Jr. (Kaw l.
S/SR : 1. John Burg ard IHu s); 2. M ike M enou
IKTM); 3 . Fred meeks IHon); 4. Ed J ohn son (Kaw );
5. J im Ar mishaw (Han).
125 C: 1. Thomas Earl (Han); 2. Car l Derou en
(Han); 3 . David Budlong (Han); 4. Charles LaDew
(Han); 5. Scon A ltazan IHon) .
200 C: 1. Glenn Trostl e (Yam); 2. Peter Davino "
(Kaw); 3 . M icah Easte rli ng (Ka wJ; 4 . Randal
Streit man er (Yam); 5. Larry M clellan (Yam ).
2 50 C: 1. Keith Clar k ISuz); 2. Kell y Chach er e
(Hus); 3 . Chr is Cessna (Yam); 4 . Wa itu s Den ham
(C-A); 5. Steve Sizemore (C-A).
OPEN C: 1. Jimmy Bordelon (Han); 2. Gilbert
Dancy (Hus ); 3 . Stephen Pair (Han); 4 . Edwa rd
Brock (Hus); 5. Rich ard St roop e (Hus).
Cherry charges to
las Vegas MX win
By Dick Goodwin
LA S VEGAS ~ NV , MA R . 13
H onda -m ounted Kevin Ch erry
topped th e 250cc Novice class a t Las
Vegas Internation al Racewa y an d h e
d id i t th e hard w ay by co m ing from
midpack in both mo tos to win .
Cherry wa s nowh ere to be seen
when Brian Storment led J oe Warni ck , Ray Bellows a nd th e res t o f th e
pack through turn o ne in th e fir st
m oto, Cherry fi nally got goi ng and
started p icking off riders, o ne by o ne.
Afte r a co uple of lap s he h ad el bowed
hi s way into secon d a nd was hounding Storme nt fo r th e lead. T h ey
. co llided j us t past the big to we r j ump ·
a nd Storment we nt down. Cherry
kept going for the victory. although
Warnick did come u p to cha llen ge
in the lat er stages of th e ra ce.
Cherry d idn 't start much better in
moto two. as Joe Warnick led J eff
Murphy a nd CorneH Canter o u t .of
th e gate. Warnick immediately o vershot th e first berm and Murphy took
co nt ro l of the ra ce. Cherry was buried
midpack b ut coming o n stro n g. After
a cou ple of laps M u rp h y dropped it
in the "S" turns and slid to seven th .
Dann y Dotson in herited th e lea d bu t
Cherry was comi ng o n lik e a runaway tra in, made a midair pass fo r
seco nd o ff a j u m p a nd the n bla sted
p ast Dotson with a n insid e p ass in
th e back sw i tchbacks to tak e the lead
a nd th e win . T wo fir st pl ace fini sh es
earned Cherr y the win in th e day's
overall results, wi th Wa rnick , Dot. so n an d Bobby Hunt fill ing o u t. th e
next three spots.
In th e Junior Cycles class J ason
Partridge j us t flat buried th e co mpetition in th e good-sized class. At
th e start of moto o ne J o hn Men g and
Ste ven H owe led th e rest of th e pack
into tu rn o ne, bu t Partr idge worked
his way past everyone o n the first lap
. a nd was soon long gone . Meng and
H o we were in a p retty good fig ht for
second. until Me ng was ab le to p u ll
away a nd ta ke ru n ne r-up.
M eng , H o we an d Michael Las ko witz took the ea rly lead in race two.
Again, Part rid ge was p icking off
com petitors. It took him a n extra lap
to break free th is time, but th e res u lts
were still th e sa me - a nother b ig
lead a nd anothe r easy w in . Meng a n d
H owe a lso stayed co nsistent an d th e
fin al resu lts s howed E de lwe iss sponsored Partridge wi th th e o verall,
foll owed b y Men g , H o w e a n d
Mi chael L ask owit z.
Results
PIW: 1. Rand y Fin ch J r . (Yam); 2. M arcu s
Montag ue (Yam); 3. Der ek Bru ndage (Yam); 4 .
J esse J ames W ill iam s (Yam); 5 . Mo nte M onta gu e
(Yam).
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J R CYC STK 6-B: 1. Randy Fin ch J r. (Kaw ).
J R CYC STK 9-11 : 1. J ason Partr idg e (Kaw); 2.
John M eng (Kaw); 3. Steven Howe IKaw ):. 4 .
Michael Laskowitz (Kaw ); 5. Chad Norton (Kaw) .
J R CYC MOD OPEN: 1. John M eng .
BO STK NOV 12 -1 6 : 1. M ike Gil bert IYaml; 2.
Sant one DeCoIIHon); 3 . Frankie Vill egas IHon ); 4 .
Eddie Holl and ISu z).
aD STK INT: 1. Damon Huffman ISuz ).
aD OPEN 9- 11 : 1. Gr eg Yearsley IKaw ); 2. John
M eng (Yam); 3. Jason Panri dge (Kaw); 4 . Steven
How e (Kaw); 5 . M ike Laskowitz (Kaw ).
M OD OPEN: 1. Damo n Huffman (Suz); 2. M ike
Gilb ert (Yam ); 3. Eddie Holl and (Suz); 4. Frank ie
Villegas (Han); 5 . Ryan Taylo r IKaw ).
125 NOV B: 1. J ason Steph ens (Han); 2. Jason
All en (Han); 3. John Ber rest (Yam); 4. Richard Sil va
IHon): 5 . Rick McK ee IHon).
125 NOV A : 1. Brian Lane (Han); 2. Jef f Murph y
(Han); 3 . Ryan Taylor (Kaw): 4. G r e~ Hadges (Han ).
125 INT: 1. Ch ris Trickle (Han); 7 . King Rich ard
Saxton IYam); 3 . Derek Titus (Suz).
125 PRO: 1. T.L. Taylor (Kaw) .
2 50 NOV : 1. Kevin Cherry (Han); 2. J oe Wa rn ick
(Yam); 3 . Dann y Dot son (Han); 4 . Bobby Hun t IYam);
5. Br ian Stormen t (Yam).
2501NT: 1. Ch ris Tr ickle (Hon) ; 2. Ki ng Rich ard
Saxt on (ya m); 3 . A lex Hi ll (Hon); 4 . Br ad Simc ox
(Han): 5. Kevin Bart len (Kaw).
250 PRO: 1. Scan Underwood (Suz).
500 NOV: 1. David Butt (Hont; 2. M artin A nsorge
(Han); 3 . Larry Willia ms (Han); 4. Rob J ud d (Han);
5 . Seon Br un dage (Yam).
500 INT: 1. Chris Trick le (Hon ); 2. Kev in Bart lett
(Kaw); 3. Larry Tashiro (Han) .
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S NET: 1. Alex Hill (Hon); 2 . Man in Ans orge
(Han); 3 . Barr y Hi ll (Han); 4 . Gene M ason IHon);
5. Rich ard Hanna Jr. (Ha n).
VET: 1. Barry Hill (Han); 2. J im Fikes (Han); 3.
Gary Year sley; 4. Jim Keetin (Han); 5 . Bill y Reid
(Han).
VET PRO: 1. Randy Reese.
WMN : 1. Kita Mohr (Kaw): 2. J ulie Riddle (Kaw) ;
3. Stacy Treat IKawl; 4 . Mary A nn Gusakov (Han);
5. Carr ie Hit e (Han).
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Bradshaw squeaks to
Goodtimes MX win
By Warren E. Domke
SAN ANT~NIO . TX, MAR. 19
H onda pi lots Andy Brad shaw a nd
J ack Beckham went a t it tooth a nd
na il in th e Ex pert class at G oodtimes
Motorsports Pa rk 's fir st n ight race
of th e sp ri ng racing season. When
i t was over, eac h had tak en a m oto ,
bu t Br adsh aw h ad won the a ll imp ortant seco n d o ne for first
o vera ll.
Bradsh aw had th e bett er sta rts in
both m otos, b ut Beckham was able
to p ass late in th e fir st moto a n d too k
a commandi ng lea d. Bradsh aw ho leshot the seco n d rou nd, sh u tt ing th e
door o n h is rival-and stay ing in front.
Beckh a m to ok a very close seco n d. :
In th e 250cc Int ermediat e class Jeff
Johnson rode a Honda to hi s first
class victory , aci ng both motos a nd
just missi n g th e ho leshot over th e
experts. " I ' m really exci ted abou t
this," Joh nson said. ''' 1 had a rea lly
good race with T o n y H ernan dez in
the first moto, a nd enjo yed riding
with Ea rl Ing ra m a nd J o n Ben nett."
The 250cc N ovi ce class had a n
exc ep tio n a lly exci tin g co n test in
which p laces cha nged ha nd s severa l
t im e s. R o bert R ed d i n g a nd hi s
Su zu ki ' domi na ted th e fi rst mo to ,
fi nishing a head of th e pack a nd
tra iled by Allan Zueh l o n a H onda.
Redd in g started th e seco nd moto
with a ho lesh ot, but bum ped bars
with another rider an d we nt down
in th e hairpin s. When it was a ll ove r.
Reddi ng m an aged to com e back to
sixth p lace. H onda -m ounted Lamee
Tabass i wo n the mo to . Zu ehl again
finish ed secon d which gave him fir st
o vera ll in th e class. Redd ing finish ed
th ird ov era ll, tra ili ng Zu ehl a n d
Kei th Shaefer. who cap tured seco n d
overa ll.
Results
12 5 NOV: 1. Chad Chr ist ian IYam ): 2. Ma rcos
Pepper IHon ): 3. Greg Cernosek (Yam); 4. Tim
Henn ig (Kaw); 5. Chr is Ryan (Kaw) .
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125 INT: 1. Eric HoV (Han); 2. W ill iam Mc Donal d
IHon).
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250 NOV : 1. A ll an Zuehl (Han); 2. Keit h Schae fer
IHon); 3 . Robert Redd ing (Suz); 4 . Lam ee Tabassi
(Han); 5 . Guy Hipsher (Han).
P/W: 1. Heath er Payn e (Suz).
M INI MINI : 1. Jason Mo ses (Kaw) .
125 BEG: 1. Rod Gent ry (Kaw); 2. Troy M ike sha
IKaw); 3 . Pa ul Payne (Yam); 4 . Mario Hesles (Kaw) ;
5 . Shawn Bengham (Han).
MINI SR BEG: 1. Mike Mu eller IKaw); 2. Ja son
Carpe (Kaw ).
M INI SR: 1. Rowdy Flanagan (Kaw) ; 2. Ja mes
Mitchell (Kaw) ; 3 . Dust in Traylor (Han ).
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125 OPEN: 1. Chris Ryan (Kaw ): 2. J immy Linle
(Suz).
250 INT: 1. Jeff J ohn son IHon); 2. Earl Ingram
(Kaw); 3 . Ton y Hern andez (Kaw) ; 4 . Jon Benn en
(KTM ).
EX: 1. Andy Bradsh aw (Han); 2. Jack Beckham
(HanD; 3 . Randy Gr een h ill (Kaw) . .
2 50 OPEN: 1. Kris Gain es (Kaw l; 2. Karl Ingram
(Kaw) .
250 BEG: 1. George Hipsher ISuz); 2. J on Ball
(Kawl: 3. Glenn Szostak (Su z); 4 . Ton y Galan (Han);
5. Rowdy Sun on (Han).
'wanaga tops
MontereyST
By Mike Vancil
MONT E R EY, CA , MAR. 19
Paul Iwanaga came back a fter missing a wee k a nd p icked up rig h t where
h e left off w it h tw o victo r ies
in the fin a l n igh t of short tra ck
a ction a t th e Monterey Co u n ty
Fai rgro unds.
Iwa na/p . took h is H o nda fourstro ke s lll~ le. sp o n sored b y Lee
R aci n g , R icha rd Braq u et Ra cing
a nd Adva ntage ATV. to two perfect
rides in th e II -la p heat race and th e
13-la p fina l. In each ra ce the hard
riding of R o ta x-m o un ted Jimmy
H iguera , sponso red by Va ls' Plu mbin g a nd J &J Trucki ng, forced Iwa naga to keep th e gas o n hard th e whole
d istan ce. Kevin Crow ly, w ho is
backed by T hompson 's Audio /Video
Stu dio, was th e third pl acer o n his
. Yamaha in both th e hea t an d final.
It wa s all to J ohn Pack i n th e 500cc
. Jun ior, 600cc Junior a n d the DashFor-Cash events. In a ll , he enjoyed
two h eat race vic to ries, tw o final
wins a nd the added " buc ks" DashFor-Cash event. Pack was th e leader
in eac h event by the time he rea ched
th e first tu rn. Pa tr ick Vacch ieri got
by G ary Vincelet in the midstages of
eac h race for seco nd in a ll three
classes. :
Results
PIW: 1. M ich ael Hannas ISuz); 2. Jesse Dawson
(Yam); 3. ~m M ill er (Yam).
