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z ~ ~ 0 a '": w .. I: « u z s a: al > al 0 0 I- 00 00 ::t: a. ~ ....... ~ r- C'J ....... ...... l-< 0. < Riders blast off the li ne on Rosarito's main drag at the start of the Hilltopper's Rosar it o Beac h 100 Grand Prix. Peter Carroll w on the Open and 600 Supersport classes and finished second in the 750 Supersport race at Riverside International Raceway. way. Also in th e O pen Ex pe rt class Tom Kn app placed third , but fift h overall, behind a pa ir o f 250cc rid ers. Randy Moral es, who was fo urth or fifth o vera ll most of the race, did not finish . R u n n ing a very hot rate was Jeff Kapl an on a H onda 250 in th e 250cc Expert class, who handi ly won hi s class with a third overall finish. Second and third in that class were Jim Wenu of Yamaha of Covina a n d Jack Bongi ovanni of Nelson H ard wood Floors. They fin ished 15th a nd 25t h overall , respectivel y, Expert 250cc Veteran class rid er Wa yn e Martin o f Malcol m Smith Motorcycl es sh o wed h e ca n still dominat e this Grand Prix w ith a fou rt h overa ll fin ish on a Yamaha 250. Martin was th e overa ll Expert Open winn er of three previ ous R osarito Grands Prix. Martin wa s th ird overall a t the w hi te flag and was passed by Kaplan o n th e last lap. Expert l25cc Vet class rider Larry Th ompson won the l25cc ra ce, pl acing sixth overa ll , on a Yamaha . J eff Martinez was right o n Thompso n's heels to fin ish eigh th overa ll and wi n the l25cc Expert class. Greg Fountain, a former Rosarito winner , was th e o n ly other fini sh er in th e I 25cc Expert class. Top Amateur riders were Amateur Open Vet class winner Scott Sm it h o f B.S. Ra cing o n a H onda 500. H e fin ished 13th o verall , o ne place ahead of Matt lack , who wo n the 250cc Amateur class on a H onda. Results 34 OPEN EX: 1. TonyWanket (Hon ): 2. Craig Adams (Hon): 3 . Tom Knapp (Hon); 4. Brian Schmuckl e (Hon); S. James Gochmansky (Yam). OPEN EX VET: 1. Rick Jensen (Hon); 2. Dave Jensen (Yam); 3. Kun Strommer (Yam); 4. Welly Ram irez (Yam). OPEN EX SR: 1. Bill Reams (C·A). 2 50 EX: 1. Jeff Kaplan (Hon); 2. J im W en tz (Yam); 3 . Jack Bon giova nn i ( H on~ 4. Cliff Oakes (Kaw). 250 EX VET: 1. Wa yne Ma n in (Yam); 2. Rick James (Kaw); 3. Jam es Hanson (Hon); 4 . Vince J . Skanduna s (Hon): 5. Steve Woo ll et (SUl). 250 EX SR: 1. Ron Dugan (Yam ); 2. Dave Jac obs (Vam). 125 EX: 1. Je ff M aninel (Hon); 2. Gr eg Foun tain (Vam). 125 EX VET: 1. Larry Thompson (Yam ); 2. Karl Davis (Yam); 3 . ' Paul Vogelsang (Honl; 4. Jam es L Thom as (Yam); 5. And y Tancredi (Vam ). OPEN AM : 1. David Simon (KTM): 2. leonard Kilman (Vam); 3 . Chr is W il insk i (Hon); 4 . Raymond Alvarel (Han); 5. Karl Holmberg (Han). OPEN AM VET: 1. SCOll Smith (Hon); 2. Da'e Linek (Kaw); 3. Roy Westoll; 4. Guy Mosier (Hus). OPEN AM SR: 1. Las Oldenbrook (Hus): 2. Rick Claypoole (Vam); 3 . Ed Denbow (Yam); 4 . J im Ferrand (Hon); 5. Duke Denn is (Yam). 250 AM : 1. Man lack (Hon); 2. Mark Gorgone (KTM); 3 . Matias Arjana (Hon) ; 4 . Javier Salcedo (Hon ). 250 AM VET: 1. Chr is Brooke (Kaw) ; 2. Ron Haase (Hon); 3 . Kevin Hamblin (Yam). 250 AM SR: 1. Gary Tepner (Hon); 2. Wendell Rapp(Vam ). OPEN NOV: 1. Rick Collins (Hon): 2. Duane Miller (Kaw); 3. Raymond L Beasl ey (KTM); 4. Chr is Duncan (Han); 5 . Bruc e A . Young (Hon). OPEN NOV VET: 1. Allie Russell (Hon); 2. Ted Griffin (Hon ); 3. Freder ick Dean e (Hon); 4 . Mark Davis (Vam): 5 . Tom Ciancino (KTM). OPEN NOV SR: 1. Glenn M ill er (KTM): 2. M ichae l Tracy (Han); 3. Barry Simon (Han); 4. J im Ch izmar (Hus). . 250 NOV: 1. Wa rre n Win (Vam); 2. Waiter A . W r ight (Vam); 3 . Tom Sanders (Suz); 4. Pau l Bern ard (Yam); 5. J uan J . Ort iz (Hon). 250 NOV VET: 1. Ted Mount(Hon ): 2. Dou g Smit h (Hon); 3 . Rick Vaughn (Yam); 4. Ron W . McF adden (Hon ~ 5. David Diab le (Kaw). 250 NOV SR: 1. Frank "Harlan (Vam): 2. Steve Dunlap (Han ); 3 . AI Forbes; 4 . James Pow ell (Hon); • 5. Rick Lamb (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Daryl Hawkin s (Hon): 2. Brad Kelly (Hon); 3 . Shawn McE lvogu e (Suz). 125 NOVIVET/SR : 1. J im Dahlin ( H on ~ 2. Dale Pickard (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Bill Kube s (Hon); 2. Brad Hutchison (Hon); 3 . Kenneth W . Rapp (Hon); 4. Cal Myers; 5 . James Peralta (KTM ). OPEN BEG VET: 1. Mike Duval (Hon); 2. Edward P. Robertson tHan); 3. Tony Franco. OPEN BEG SR: 1. Denn is D. W ilson (Han). 250 BEG: 1. N/A; 2. Terry Brown (Hon); 3 . J im Alben (Hon); 4. Scott Adams (Hon); 5. David Kimbrell (Han ). 250 BEG VET: 1. Je ffr ey Green (Hon): 2. Dan J . Egesdahl (yam); 3 . John R. Oldenbrook (Hon ); 4. Bruce Hoerning (Hon ). 250 BEG SR: 1. Je ffrey Green (Hon); 2. Dan J . Egesdahl (Yam); 3. John R. Oldenbrook (Hon); 4. Bruce Hoerning (Han). 250 BEG SR: 1. Larry Popp (Hon): 2. An Seymour (Hus); 3 . lee Cannon (SUl): 4. Theodore Win (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Da.id A. Jones (Kaw) ; 2. Steve Olden brook (Hon): 3. Jason McGuire (Yam); 4. Sean Endicott (Vam); 5 . Jeremy Hoern ing (Hon). 125 BEG VETI SR: 1. Brandon M . Reeves (Hon). 0 1A GP: 1. Chris J . Pion (Hon); 2. John Jackson (Hon); 3. Steven Colucc i (Yam); 4 . William R. Ferguson (Hon): 5 . Octavia Valle (Han). U/ClFD OPEN VET: 1. Jon F. Miller (Vam); 2. Tom Proben (Hon); 3 . Chr is Cantwell (Yam); 4. Ronald J . Chuba (Hus): 5. Ben Gr eenwood (Hon). U/CLFD OPEN SR: 1. Steve Morris ( H u s~ 2. Raul Gut ierrez tHon); 3. Terry Brueske (Hon). U/ClFD 250: 1. Jeff Coffman (Vam); 2. Fred Conover (Kaw); 3. Roben W hite (Hon); 4 . Ron Swanzbaugh (Hon ~ 5. Ban Henson (Yam). U/CLFD 125: 1. Bill Boyer I H on~ 2. Casey Hall ahan (Kawt 3 . A lex Stu ebner (Hoo); 4 . Thomas R. Hard ing (Cagl; 5. Ma rk S. Nu nel (SUl). WMN : 1. J ill ion Roth (Hon); 2. Susa n M . Wilday I KTM~ 3. Coll een Reilly. BEG 0 -80: 1. Gr an t Ga spar (Yam); 2. Kenny M iller (Vam). U/CLFD 0·80: 1. Derek Jones (Vam); 2. J im Carmona tKaw); 3 . Stev e M arl en tHan); 4. Delwin Reynold s ( H on~ 5. Pedro Tam ayo (Kaw). Carroll springs ahea d a t Eas ter Riverside RR By Brian Catterson RI VER SID E, CA, APR. 2-3 arroll won th e Open and Peter C 600cc Supersport classes a t th e AFM So uth 's first race o f the season a t R iverside Intern a tio nal Raceway, co llecting $ 1300 in Suzuki. co nti nge nc ies in th e p rocess. Riding Vance & Hines Suzu ki s for th e first time, Carroll took th e lead on th e first lap o f th e O pen Supersport race from Mike Minnig, w ho fell to fo urth b eh ind 'event u a l seco nd -p lace fini sh er Charles Pi ttm an a nd th ird p lace Curtis Adams. In the 600cc Supersport race, Carroll passed ea rly leader Charl es Pittman , th en cl ipped th e dirt at th e edge of the track in th e esses wh ile . tr ying to pa ss Formula 40 class rid er Denny Doherty on hi s in famous 1972 Kaw asaki 900 Zl. Unda u nted, th e former en du ra nce Na tio na l cha m p ion cru ised to th e win o n hi s Pirell i Demon-shod Suzu ki, wi th David Cl yde fin ish ing seco nd on a H o nda a nd Steve Cardi llo ta king th in! on a nother Suzu ki. AF M President C urtis Maddo x saw this weekend as a n unique opport unity to use Ri verside's 2.6 mile NASCAR co urs e. "S ince Riverside is go in g to be bulldozed pretty soon, it was o ur last ch ance to ru n o n a co urse thi s fast ," he said. Curtis Maddox won th e 250 G P ra ce, a nd finished second beh ind Vance Spech t in the Form ul a Two race held la ter in th e day; both riders . rode Yamaha TZ250s. Da vid Par e pu t in two fine pe rformances, p lac109 third in bo th races on hi s H onda RS250. J ames H enderson finish ed seco n d in th e 250 GP race, but dropped ou t o f th e Formula T wo eve n t after he rode o ff th e track , flat spott ing both rims a nd cracking th e fra me of hi s Yamaha T Z250. Mark Ash to n seized h is Ya m aha TZ250 a p proach ing turn six during th e 250 GP race a nd su ffered a broken co lla rbo ne. A la rge field o f vintage ri de rs tu rned o u t for th e weekend, w ith most of th em co m ing down from th e San Francisco Bay area. They were led to th e chec kere d flag by Sco tt Borem , Micha el Green a n d J eff H ecox ; th e top three rid ers were a ll on Du cati singles. No rt he rn Californian Phil Kress wo n three classes - the O pen G P , Fo rmu la One and O pe n Su pe rstreet - o n h is L arry Kr ess R a cin g / Mich elin ICRT-sponsored Yamah a FZR750 an d FZR l OOO. Former Tea m Nord ica / Roberts AMA 250 GP rider Ca l Rayborn led from start- to-finish to wi n th e final ra ce of th e da y - 750cc Supersport - which was marred by a ho rren d o us accident o n the m ile-long back stra ig h t. The cras h occurred when Mike Minn ig rear-ended a la p ped Formu la Sing les cla ss en tra n t: th e impact was so viol ent th a t the rea r wh eel of the si ng le was co m p lete ly torn o ff, Am azi ng ly , n eit her rid er was serio us ly inj ured. " It was crazy o u t th ere," exclai me d a very vocal R ayborn a t th e manda to ry rid ers' meet in g following th e race, " the re was (debris) a ll over th e track !" Ra yborn was adamant in his belief that th e race shou ld h ave been redflagged , a n d Maddo x threat en ed to fine h im $50 if he wou ldn' t be quiet. Seco n d pl a ce fini sh er Ca rroll agree d, say i n g th e situation wa s " p oorly don e." T he re were 'repor ts o f co rner workers and a ca r cross ing th e track in front of rid ers ap p roac h in g them a t nea rl y 150 mph. Thi rd pl ace a t th e checkers fell to Ch arl es P ittman , who lik e a ll th e o thers in the 18-rid er field ro de a Suzuki GSXR750. A ra ce-l o n g battl e fo r fo u rt h posi tion was resolved o ff the track whe n Mark T homas was disq ua lified for passi ng Jeff H agan under a wav ing yellow flag. H agan , who won three races a t a recent AFM meeti ng a t Sears Po int, sa id that T homas " took adva ntage of the situa tio n," exp la in ing that both he and Thomas slo wed down at th e cras h site, but that T homas got ba ck on th e ga s sooner and passed him. R a yb o rn , riding h is To m H ouse worth - tun ed , De l Amo S uzu k il Du n lop/S hoeil Ba tes / R K/ Dyn o-J et/Lynn Vick Products/KalG ardzSu pertra p p /S u nset R acingsponsored Suzu ki G SXR750, pi cked up $750 for th e wi n. Results ENDUR: Jeff Harris /Scott Eichberger (Suz); 2. Pedro Ben itez /Eric Van Marter (Suz); 3. Dan Craney/Curt Giese (Suz). OPEN S/SPRT: 1. Peter Carroll (SUl); 2. Charles Pitman (Suz); 3 . Cunis Adams (Suz); 4 . Michael Minnig (SUl); 5. Chuc k Below (SUl) . 750S/SPRT: 1. Calvin Rayborn III (Suz): 2. Peter Carroll (Suz); 3 . Charles Pittman (Suz); 4. Jeff Hagan (Suz); 5 . Chuck Graves (Suz). . 600S/SPRT: 1. Peter Carroll (SUl); 2. David Clyde (Hon); 3. Steve Cardillo (SUl): 4 . David Deveau (SUl): 5. Dean Mizdal (Suz). OPEN 51ST: 1. Phil Kres s(V am); 2. A aron Reuger (SUl): 3. Denny Doh eny (Kaw) . 750 51ST: 1. Joe Prnmen (SUl); 2. Dale Kieffer (Yam); 3 . Chuck Graves (Kaw): 4. Chuck Below (SUl); 5. Walter Nitta (SUl) . 600 51ST: 1. Mark McDaniel (Han); 2. John Fryer (Yam): 3 . Oavid Clyde (Suz); 4. Dean Mildal (SUl~ 5. David Devea u (Suz). 450 5 1ST: 1. M ark Schuben (Vam ~ 2. Randy Borg (Vam); 3. Keizo Su io (Yam); 4. Da.id Stoddard (Yam). 250 51ST: 1. Kirk Hoeppner (Kaw); 2. Joe Sol is (Kaw); 3. M ichae l Earnest (Kawt 4 . J eff Hoeppner (Kaw): 5. Char les SCOll(Kaw). 750 PROD: 1. Jeff Hagan (Suz): 2. Thoma . Dahl ( S Ul~ 3 . Peter Deleo ( S uz~ 4. Keit h Adams ( S uz~ 5 . Eric McDonell (Suz). 600 PROD: 1. J im Piall (Hon): 2. Kirk H iII (Suz~ 3 . David Deveau (Suz); 4 . J eff JungSlen (Hon); 5. J ip Cadoux (Kaw) . 450 PROD: 1. David Robens (Han): 2. Randy Borg (Yam). 250 PROD: 1. Neil Low en (Kaw); 2. Charles Scon IKaw); 3 . M icha el Earnast (Kaw): 4. Joe Sol is (Kaw ); 5 . Mark Nolen (Kaw). OPEN GP: 1. Phil Kress (Vam): 2. Jeff Hagan (SUl ); 3 . Denn y Doheny (Kaw). 250 GP: 1. Cunis M addox (Yam): 2. James Hend erson (Yam); 3 . David Pare (Han); 4. Dave Busb y (Yam); 5. Eric Kondo (Vam). F- l : 1. Ph il Kress (Yam): 2. How ard Berry (Suz): 3 . Vance Specht (Yam); 4 . Nobor u Narizuka (Yam); 5. Anton io Atwater (Suz). F-2 : 1. Vance Specht (Vam): 2. Curt is Maddox (Vam); 3 . pave Pare (Hon); 4. Er ic Kondo (Yam); 5. Al exander White (Han). F-4 : 1. Kirk Hoeppn er (Kaw ): 2. Jeff Hoeppne r (Kaw l; 3 . Thomas Grossman (Kaw ). F·SGl: 1. Craig Mclean (Hon); 2. Michael Angel (Vam); 3. steve Jolly (Vam). F-TW OPEN: 1. Arthur Chambers (Due). F-TW 750: 1. Aaron Rueger (Due); 2. Raben Sinclair (Due). . 650 TW : 1. Marshall Browne (Kaw): 2. David Kneale (Kaw); 3 . David Edwards (Kaw) ; 4 . Eddie Brush (Kaw) . F-40: 1. Ray Adams (Suz); 2. Denny Doherty (Kaw) ; 3. Gerald Jackson; 4 . Jim Sm ith (SUl); 5. Arthur Chambers (Due). VI NT: 1. Scon Borem (Due); 2. M ichael Green (Duel ; 3 . Jeff Hecox (Due); 4. Bret Morshead (Duet 5. Fred Mork (Aar ). SDCAR : 1. Peter Braade l John Stocklain (Yamt

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