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... UJ ~ ~ -c o UJ ...J e, e, < CD a CD > CD a ... a :I: e, 00 00 O"l - ,- , 00 >- C\l ~ Eddie In gels (left) and Jim Sisem ore battled in the Scratch ma in at the Cal Expo Speedway. Ingels wound up taking the win. Donald Jacks won the M iddleweight GP and Heavyweight Supersport races, and took third in Middfeweight Superbike at Roebling Road . 12 5 INT: '1. Chr is Niles (Vam); 2. Grayson Goodm an (Yam); 3. Chris Wa~ers (Hon); 4 . M att Chappa (Kaw); 5. Tyler Larso n (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Terry Tinney (Hon); 2. Bill y Wh itley (Cog); 3. Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw); 4. Damon M inor; 5. Corroll Richardson (Cog). 25 0 BEG A : 1. Tracy A ndres; 2. JIm Kindel; 3. John Meskey; 4 . RobertJ onas; 5. Randy Owens. 250 BEG B: 1. Kent Sears ; 2. Tori Hicks; 3. Roger Starnes; 4. Terry M cCurdy; 5. Wally Dan iels. 250 NOV A: 1. Brent J oh nson (Hon); 2. Daniel Mc Kinley; 3. Todd Bates (Hon); 4 . Bill y Edwards; 5. Jeff Testa. 250 NOV B: 1. Chris Bresler; 2. Bria n Vounger (Yam); 3. Scott Brodnax; 4 . Chris Gullaksen; 5. Paul Bishop (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Grayson Goodman (Yam); 2. Jerry Ben ner (Kaw) ; 3. M ichael Lord (Hon); 4. Matt Chapp" (Kaw~ 5. Tim Portz (Kaw ). 250 EX: 1. Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw); 2. Clay Hoenshell ( S uz~ 3. Bill y Whitley (Cog); 4. Terry Tinney (Suz}; 5. Roy Shellenburger . OPEN 500: 1. Mark Benson (Kaw~ 2. Rob Riner (Kaw) ; 3. Eddie Kaufman ( H on~ 4 . Greg Franks (Hon); 5. Bred Randel. OVER 30 INT: 1. Eddie Kaufman (Hon); 2. Dw ight Leatherwood (Hon); 3. Darell Bishop (Hon); 4 . Jerry Hill ISuz); 5. Oanny Higins. OVER 30 EX: 1. J eff Jo n es IHon); 2. Johnny Adams (Han ); 3 . Chest er Czajha wski (Yam ); 4 . Jim Knight; 5. Ed Hays Jr . (Hon). OVER 30 NOV: 1. Doug Fishe r; 2. T.C. Can er (Hon); 3. Dave Allard; 4. Ken Manin; 5. Marco Majka. OVER 25 : 1. Tim Portz (Kaw); 2.Rob Rine r (Kaw ); 3. Chuck DavIs; 4 . Jo ey Hardin; 5. Dan ny King. Jacks racks Roebling RoadRR By Bob Applegate 52 FAULKVILLE, GA, APR. 16-17 Ei gh te en-yera-old Donald J acks turned back row starts into wins in both th e Middlew eight GP and H eavyweight Supe rsport races in AMA/CCS act io n at Roebling Road Ra ceway. Saturday's program saw Florida's racing p o li cern an , Ri ck Shaw , lau nch hi s Yamaha FZRlooO from th e third ro w for the hol eshot in th e Unlimited GP race. It was a dogfight ' for the lead with rookie expert Mik e Sm ith pushing Shaw in th e turns o nly to be outmotored by Shaw 's 1000 on the strai g h t. At the flag it was Shaw by a mere half-a-wheel over th e hard charging Smith 's Suzuki. The Lightweight GP event was a mix of machiries with Atlanta's Cam Roos campaigning a new Yamaha FZR400 to win over Greg Easer on a Honda RS250 and Smith on a Yamaha Rl.'l50. Roos pushed th e new Yamaha to the limit turning consistant I:20 laps for the win . Shaw rounded out his day with a flag -to-flag blitz in th e'IOOKMSoio GTO Endurance race while Troy Sorensen came from the back row to blister 38 other GTU co mpetitor s on th e 1987 Team Uno GTU endurance bike. Honda Hurrica nes commanded the top nine fin ishing positions . in that GTU race. On Sunday, Smith outlasted Jeff Burck for the win in Ligh tweight Superbike. It would prove to be Smith's last good race of the weekend as he cra shed in both the Heavyweight Supersport a n d Middleweight events. " I ran the lowe r fairing to give th e sponsors some credit and wound up dragging it until it picked the front tire up," Smith said about th e 750 crash, then "I was running two-raceold tires and just got cau ght up in the excitemen t and the front end went a way , " h e lamented after seri ousl y damaging his Roswell Honda-sponsored Hurrican e in th e Middleweight fray. . Randy Kirnec waved th e flag for H ar ley-Davidson in th e Supertwins ra ce, beating out a fast field of Ducati s and Moto Guzzis for th e number on e spot. Young Donald Jacks snooked th e old man , Rick Sahw, in a last lap, last turn pass that netted the Suzukimounted rider a dramatic win. Shaw , Smith and Jacks swa pped leads in a superfast freight train race with Smith braking later and later into fast turn on e until cras hing in turn two . Shaw led J acks on th e final la p com ing out of turn nine, doing a radi cal tai l-shaking maneuv er to try and get Ja cks out of th e draft, but Ja cks shot by for th e win. " It was a loss of mom entum for R ick, I saw it com ing and go t him wh en he moved over to .hJ:eak the dr aft " said a wi ser-thari-his-years J acks. Hot novi ce David Kamps pi cked up two wins after a lesson-learnin g cras h earlier in the weekend . Kamps rod e hi s H onda Hurricane to victory in Middleweight GP Novi ce and Middl eweight Supersport Novice. Paul Bray, still hot from Dayton a, defeated Cam Roos a nd Donald J acks in Middleweight Superbike Expert action with Russell Moffitt .Iourth and " Ironman" David Cl yde rounding out the top five. Clyde rod e th e wh eels off of everything in hi s trailer, entering seven events and finishing in the top five in all but one. Resu lts U/L GP: 1. Rick Shaw (Yam); 2. M ike Smi th (Suz); 3. M ark Walsh (Suz); 4. aueort Von Lignau (Vaml; 5. Buddy Keller (SOli . U/L S/SPRT: 1. M ike Smith (Suz); 2. William Savain (Suz); 3. David Clyde (Suz). . LIW GP EX/ NOV: 1. Cam Roos (Vaml ; 2. Greg Esser (Hon); 3, Mike Sm ith (Vam): 4 . Lapsley Hope (ya m); 5. Joe Cole (Hon). • 100 K ENDUR GTO: 1. Rick Shaw(Vam): 2. Rudolf Von Ligna u (Suz); 3. David Clyde (Hon); 4. Buddy Kell er (Suz); 5. Fran k Kin sey (Vam). lOO K ENDUR GTU: 1. Troy Sorensen (Hon); 2. Wilham . Savain (Hon); 3. David Clyde (Hon) ; 4 . Newt on Hest on (Hon); 5. M ich ael Barnes (Hon) , LIW S/ BK EX/NOV: 1. M ike Smit h IVam); 2. J eff Burc k (Suz); 3. Jam es Ronan (Vam); 4 . Bill Kra nenberg (Suz); 5. G. Flagg (Kaw) . • HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Doug Kidd (Suz); 2. Roger Minor (Hon); 3. Jo hn Cox (Yam); 4. Roberl Bradley (Suz); 5. John Dierickx (Suz). . H/W S/SPRT EX: 1. Donald Ja cks (Suz); 2. Rick Shaw (Suz): 3. Russell Moffitt (Hon); 4. Rudolf Von Llgnau (Suz); 5. David Clyde (Suz). SITW EX/NOV: 1. Randy Kirnec (H-D); 2. Frank Shockley (Due); 3. Peter Calles (Due); 4. James Emory (Due); 5. Stan Fr iduss (MG ). M IW S/BK NOV: 1. Mark M it che ll (Hon); 2. D ~vld Kamps (Hon); 3. Todd Hoge (Hon); 4. Danny Mo nor (Hen): 5. Donald Panon (Hon). MIW S/BK EX: 1. Pau l Brav (Hon); 2. Com Roos (Vam~ 3. Donald Jacks (Hon); 4. Russell Moffitt (Honl; 5. David Clyde (Hon). MIW GP NOV: 1. David Kamps (Hon); 2. Todd Hoge (Hon); 3. Dona ld Panon (Hon); 4. Roger M inor (Hon); 5. Joe Cole (Hon). MIW GP EX: 1. Dona ld Jac ks (Hon); 2. Paul Bray (Hon); 3. Russell Moff itt (Hon); 4 . Cam Roes (Yam); 5. DaVId Clyde (Hon). MIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. David Kamps (Hon); 2. Todd Hoge (Hon); 3. 'Roger M in or (Hen); 4 . Tim Trimble (Kaw); 5. Tod Roman (Yam). MIW S/ SPRT EX: 1. Russell Moffitt (Hon~ 2. David Clyde (Suz~ 3. William Savain (Hon)' 4 Patrick Johnson (Hon); 5. Wm Beesch (Hon). • . .HIW S/BK NOV: 1. Roger M inor (Suz); 2. Doug K.dd (Suz); 3. John Costa (Suz); 4. John Cox (Yam~ 5. John Dier ickx (Suz). HIW S/BK EX: 1. Mark W alsh (Suz); 2. Rudolf Von Lignau (Yam~ 3. Donald Jacks ( Suz~ 4 . Rick Shaw (SOl); 4 . Danny Roben s (Suz). Ingels blasts Cal Expo Speedway By R. C . Jones SACRAMENTO, CA, AP R. 27 Eddi e In gels blasted his way to a Scratch main victory while Steve Crawford held off the charging Jim Sisemore to win hi s first Handicap main thi s season as racing resumed aft er rain cancelled two weeks of speedway actio n at the Ca l Expo Fairgrounds. Ing els, aboard his Peterich Cycles/ Quaker State/K&N Filters/Sierra Prod ucts/ Bell-sponsored GM cam e ou t of the dreaded gate three, and was able to ga te first to take a slight lead over John Houston. Sisemore, from gate four, kept pa ce using the o utside cushio n through the first corner as H ouston, from the pole, stayed to th e in side of Ingels. The . battle between Ingels and Houston went on for two la ps and it was anyon e's race until Ingels was able to slip to the inside to force Houston to ride the outside groove. Sisemore waited patiently then snuck past Houston for the second spot wh en Houston drove too hard on th e outside looking for the traction to . keep Ingels from slip ping away. By lap three Ingels was In contro l of the lead, taki ng the win with Sisemore, Houston and Mike Solis following. Crawford moved pas t Scott McN~il and Shawn Rep pert duri ng the first lap to score a convincing win in the Handicap main event. Crawford, sponsored by C huck 'Miller and H &S Cycles, finished second in both of th e early ro unds and was no t about to be caught in this race. With a clear track Crawford dia led' it in early and cru ised to an easy win . Sisemore fought his way through to finish second after a to ugh battle with Robert Curry and Shawn Reppert to put on a late ch arge trying to catch Crawford. Cu rry ba ttled wit h In gels for the last two lap s com ing out on top with a th ird pl ace finish . Resul ts SCRATCH: 1. Eddie Ingels (G M ~ 2. J im Sisemore (Wes); 3. Jo hn Hou ston (Jaw); 4. Mike Solis (Was~ HDCP: 1. Steve Crawford (Wes); 2. J im Sisemore (Was); 3. Roben Curry (Wes); 4 . Eddie Ingels (MG). SCRATCH: 1. Steve Me rl in '(Was); 2. Bobby Hedden (Wes); 3. M ike Parson s (Wes ~ 4 . Roben Curry (Wes). HDCP: 1. John Houston (Jaw); 2. Bob Hedden (Wes); 3. Mark Day (Wes). • 0 ·2; 1. Dan Sweeton; 2. Bry an Barr ett . 0 -3 : 1. Jo hn Pierce; 2. Mike Browne; 3. Rick Swa lley; 4. Ron Clevenger. JR: 1. Dustin Schroeder; 2. Tommy Hedden. Good s weeps Kincaid Park MX opener By M. R. Edge AN CH O RAGE, AK. APR. 24 Suzuki Arctic Cat Motorspor tssponsored Joe Good won every moto he entered today to take overall wins in the P ro and l25cc Expert classes at the Alaska Motorcycle Racing Association's MX season opener at Kincaid Park. Good spent the winter .riding in the "Lower 48" and was in top shape compared to his competition. New bikes and rusty bodies converged on the sandy trac k, littered still with a few patches of snow. .Wh ile Good was ru nning away with the wi n in th e P ro cl a ss, Kawasa ki of Anchorage 's Ralph . Blanch ard led the pa ck around in . second p lace. It wasn 't easy through. Blanchard lost second place in mo to two after an off-the-track excursion. He returned in fourth place and with only two laps remaini ng passed Todd H aney to regain second. Blanchard' s first moto second earned hi m second overa ll while Maney took third overall. In the 250cc Expert class, Blanchard aced everyone to win both motos. The early season always brings a few surprises. The day's surprise was Zack 's Yogurtsponsored Leif Forsythe. It was his first ride on a 250 and as an Expert, and Forsythe beat the largest class of the day to claim second in both motos. Forsythe is only l5-years-old and borrowed his father's bi ke after his l25cc broke. Leif's fat her Eric fin ished fifth in the Vetera n class and brothers Ian and Cam eron claimed the top two spots in the 80cc Novice class. Good ha d an even easier go of it wh ile win ni ng the l 25cc Expert class. Good lapped up to third pl ace. Only secon d place Bill Sandstro m went fast enough to avoi d being lap ped. Results 50 NOV: 1. Joshua Larsen (Yam); 2. Tyrone McDavid (Yam); 3 . An ton io Pedro (Yam). 60 NOV: 1. Josh Rambur (Kaw); 2. Joey . - ., (Kawl; 3. Mac Smit h (Kaw).

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