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Randy Texte r (6 5) lead s Rob M ajeski off turn four and t o the checkered
flag in the 600cc Expert class at Trail-Way Speedw ay .
Sam Ermolenko. 's how n here leading Gary Hicks at Speedway USA. won '
the Scratch main by a bike length at Costa Mesa.
took charge with Maurer second and
Reed now in 'third. Reed moved by
Maurer to take over second while
Agin was a no show.
"I slid down in a corner and hurt
my knee and had to take a DNF,"
commented a disappointed Agin.
Childress clung to the lead for the
win while Reed claimed second and
Maurer third.
Maurer shot into the lead and was
unstoppable in moro two followed
by Childress, Agin and Reed. Childress and Reed tried their luck at
catching Maurer but Maurer styled
it, maintaining first. Childress tried
on the outside to go by Reed but Reed
hung to second. Maurer earned the
checkered followed by Reed and
Childress.
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Lenny Sauer gassed it on the start
of moto one with 23 riders in the
Senior Mini class followed by Joe
Woodfork, Joshua Steel and Shane
Peck . Steel grabbed the lead on lap
two through the whoops to remain
first at the checkered with Sauer and
Woodfork filing by for second and
third.
The second moto saw Robbie
Sturgill with the lead but Steel went
by for another win. Sturgill, . in
second, went down in the whoops
but managed to hold off Sauer and
finished second.
Results
250 A: 1. Steve Childress (Kaw); 2. Joseph
Maurer (Hon); 3. Chuck Reed (Kaw).
250 B: 1. James Eickel (Yam); 2. Norm Hardy
(Hon); 3. Manual Arn old (Kaw).
PIW: 1. Jeremy Berwan~er (Vam); 2. Mark
Burkhart (Vam); 3. Melissa WIlliams (Yam).
125 A: 1. Joe Maurer (Hon); 2. Chuck Reed(Kaw);
3. Steve Childress (Kaw).
60 : 1. Greg Rand (Kaw); 2. Patrick McPherson
(Kaw); 3. Ron Durrer (Kaw).
125 B: 1. James Eickel (Yam); 2. James King
(Kaw); 3. Carl Williams (Kaw).
OPEN B: 1. Richard Robinson (Hon): 2. Allen
Centerbury (Kaw ); 3. Brian Kohl (KTM).
SR MINI : 1. Josh Steel (Kaw); 2. Lanny Sauer
(Kaw); 3. Robbie Sturgill (Kaw).
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JR MINI : 1. Greg Rand (Vam); 2. Uriah Fisk (Vam);
3. Patrick McPherson (Kew).
SCHBV: 1. Richie Carpenter (Kaw); 2. Jerry Fyffe
(Kaw); 3. Josh Steele (Kaw).
SR: 1. Mike Tradway (Hon); 2. Gerald Bennen
(Hon); 3. Larry Evener (Hon).
Ott's hot at
Speedway USA
By Scott Daloisio
40
VICTORVILLE, CA, APR. 17
Bobby Ott, like most of the other
speedway riders, contemplatedturning back and going home on his way
to Speedway USA on Sunday afternoon. The trek through the mountains on Cajon Pass featured rain,
fog and cold temperatures. Fortunately, Ott decided to forge ahead
and he found sunshine and a warm
afternoon on the other side of the
mountains. He also found his way
to the Scratch main checkered £lag
i before any of his four competitors. .
'fhe'casuaIty list of big name riders
was loaded on Sunday afternoon.
. Sam Errnolenko, Gary Hicks, Alan
Christian, Bobby Schwartz and Dubb
Ferrell were eliminated from Scratch
competition in their heat race.
Ott, on the STP/Cirello Racing
Godden, got the jump from gate four
the first time the main was started
but Louis Kossuth spun out, forcing
Billy Hamill to lay it down in the
first bend and out came a red £lag.
The entire field restarted and Kossuth pushed his Weslake into turn
one first.
Ott was on the outside and he used
the dirt to power himself past
Kossuth as they came off turn two.
While Ott was taking over the point,
Oxley, the previous week's winner,
went to work on Hamill and before
the end of the first circuit he had
gotten by for third.
Ott opened it up on lap two while
Oxley began to apply the heat to
Kossuth. Oxley never could get by
but he did almost advance to second
at the finish and Kossuth almost
moved up to first. Just a few feet after
he had taken the Don Robinson
checkered £lag, Ott's muffler broke
loose. If that had happened 10 feet
sooner he would have been
disqualified. .
Like the Scratch main, the Handicap main had a hard time getting
underway. An early crash involving
Jessee Finch and Hamill brought the
proceedings to a haIt. The entire field
restarted but things failed to get far
before Walt Farnum, Gary Hicks and
Eddie 'Castro bit the dust and out
came another red.
Everyone but Castro made the
second restart and the race, even
though there were a ' few more red _
flags , went without the . benefit of
another halt. Finch, who got on the
program as a reserve and won his
two preliminary events, set the
tempo early on over Larsen and
Kevin Krugh.
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Larsen quickly got by Finch but
less than two laps later, he went wide
out of turn four and handed the point
position back to the young charger..
This time Finch staked his GM to
first and never looked back. That was
a good omen as'what was happening
behind him was anything but
artistic.
Hicks hit the dirt on lap five and
pulled to the infield. Krugh, who was
doing a great job of holding back
Hamill, went down late in the event.
The attrition rate seemed to be
catching. One lap from the finish,
Farnum joined the crowded infield
when he slid out in turn three. By
the time the checkered came out, it
was Find, with room to spare over
'survivors Larsen, Hamill and Eddie
Ingels. .
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Results
SCRATCH: 1. Bobby on (Gdn); 2. Louis Kossuth
(Wes); 3. Brad Oxley (Wes).
HDCP: 1. Jessee Finch (GM); 2. Keith Larsen
(Jaw): 3. Billy Hamill (Wes).
0-2: 1. Tony Bienert (Gdn); 2. Kelcey Gordon
(Wes); 3. Steve Russell (Wes).
0 -3: 1. Mike Reed (Wes); 2. George Armas (Jaw) ;
3. Johnny Griffins (H-D).
J R: 1. Danny Wright (Wes).
MATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 2. Sam
Ermolenko (PPT).
Texter hot at frigid
Trail-Way ST
By Len Breech
HANOVER, PA, APR. 16.
With temperatures dipping into the
30s, the close finishes in many classes
kept the action hot as Trail-Way
Speedway hosted their third short
track race of the season, with Randy
Texter taking two wins.
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Texter took his third straight
season win in the 750cc Expert class
and stopped the Majeski family 600cc
winning streak at three with his win
over a very ' close Rob Majeski.
Another season long win streak was
halted, as Paul Southard finally held
off Kevin Varnes in the 200cc Amateur class. John Winsett upper his
season long win streak in the 55 class
to four.
Lew Woods led a closely bunched
field of Texter, Rob Majeski, Georgie
Price, and Ken Coolbeth and the rest
of the 600cc Expert class. Texter took
the lead as they ended the second lap.
A lap later, Rob Majeski went into
the runner-up slot, while Woods
drifted into a race long battle for
third with Price and Tom Majeski.
Rob Majeski closed the gap on
Texter for the lead in the late laps,
while the others were using every
portion of race track in their battle
for third. Coming off four, Texter
got a little better drive, and won by .
a length.
For closeness, the 250cc Experts get
the award, as the top four ran the
race like they were hooked to each
other with bungi cords. Tom Cerciello took the lead from Georgie
Price, and Mike Klopp, with Dave
Duhanine joiriing in a few laps later.
Price took the lead on the third lap,
with Klopp taking over the next lap,
and Price regaining the lead two laps
later. Duhaine had closed into a very
close fourth, with Randy Texter - .
working his way up from the third
row to pressure Duhaine. As they
took the white flag, Klopp's coil
went out, and so did he, and Price
held on to win by a length.
Closest of the Amateur classes, as
usual, was the 200s, as Paul Southard
and Kevin Varnes pulled away from
the pack and ran side-by-side for
most of the final. Southard ran a low,
tight line with Varnes beside him,
looking for a mistake that never
came, as he won by a length. Jim
Lynch was lucky to even be in the
top five in the 600cc Amateur final,
after he stalled on the line at the start,
but a four rider crash brought
everyone back. Dallas Baer grabbed
the lead from Lynch, Jerry Hash,
with Darryl Baer moving into fourth
after the second lap. While Dallas
Baer 'a nd Lynch replayed their heat
race for the second Trail-Way event,
Wayne Franklin moved into fourth,
while Jill Lautenbacher moved up
to challenge DarryI Baer for fifth.
Baer held off Lynch until the final
lap, when Lynch slipped by on .the
back straight. But Baer had a little
better drive coming off the final tum
and slipped by for the win.
Rich Mellinger took his third
straight 250cc Amateur final in
rather easy fashion. Eddie Hidden
moved up from a bad start to methodically pick off one rider after another,
finally getting by Mike Walton on
the final lap to take second.
Results
750 EX: 1. Randy Texter (H-D); 2. Clarence Bull
(Vam); 3. Tom Cerciello (Tri); 4. J oe Gately (Tri).
55 : 1.JohnWinsen(Vam); 2. Dan Halligan (Vamt
3. Paul Lynch (Vam).
SR: 1. J oe Gately (Tri): 2. Joe Heberling (Yam).
600 AM: 1. Dallas Baer (Yam); 2. Jim Lynch (Rtx);
3. J erry Hash (Vam); 4 . Wayne Franklin (W-Rt 6.
Jill Lautenbacher (H-D).
90 EX: 1. Ken Ccolbath (Kaw).
90 AM : 1. Ricky Wi nsen (Vam); 2. Jere Alex ander
(Kaw); 3. Roy M ill er (Yam); 4. Robert Miller (Yamt
5. Paul Lynch (Hon).
200 AM : 1. Paul Southard (Hon); 2. Kevin Varnes
(Vam); 3. Jerry Isola (Kaw); 4 . Mike Thomas (Suz);
5. Roger Marioawiz (Han).
250 EX: 1. Georgie Price (Kaw); 2. Tom Cerciallo
(yam); 3. Dave Duhaine (Suz); 4. Randy Texter (HD); 5. Mike Varnes (Suz).
25 0AM: 1. Rich Mellinger (Vam); 2. Eddie Hiddan
.(Vam); 3. Mike Wal ton (Vam); 4. Randy Buzzard
(Hon); 5. Jill Laute nbacher (Hon).
. 600 EX: 1. Randy Texter (H-D); 2. Rob Majeski
(H-D); 3. Georgie Price (ATK); 4. Tom Majeski (HD); 5. Lew Woods (Rtx).
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Nelson, Andris share
honors at Baylands MX
By Mike Vancil
FREMONT, CA, APR. 6
Jon Nelson and Kelly Andris won
the 250 and 500cc Pro classes, respec tively, at the first CMC-sanctioned
race of 1988 at Baylands Raceway
Park.
O£( the line first in both 250cc Pro
motos was Eric Sandstrom on a Kawasaki. By the second lap Nelson
had come from fourth to grab the
lead and in his wake it was Andris
on a Hi-Point/ Arai/Torco Oils/Pro .
Circuit Raci n g/ Ren th al Handlebars-sponsored Yamaha. At the end
of each moto the ' first four places
were the same: Nelson.Andris, John
Dauth on a Honda and Sandstrom.
Nelson is sponsored by Fox Racing,
Team U.S., Smith Goggles, Dublin
Kawasaki, Arai and Serrano Designs.
The 500cc Pro class motos were
equally exciting as again the overall
winner had to catch the early leaders
and then withstand late race challenges. Andris capped both motos
but in each he had to work hard to
get by holeshot artist Bruce Manzoni.
