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Eddie Ingels leads Mike Delacy and crew at t he Gold Count ry Speedw ay
in Auburn, Californ ia; Ingels w on the Scrat ch main event.
Grayson Hart won the 125cc Pro
class of the Albany, Oregon SX.
Results
60 NOV/ JR: 1. John A. Murphree (Kaw) ; 2.
Junior Alvarnal (Kaw); 3. Helder Alvernal (Kaw) ;
4. !katt Po.er (Yam): 5. Kennath Cypriano Jr .
(Kaw).
80 NOV: 1. Eric Bostrom (Han); 2. Steven Hlebo
(SUl); 3. Tim Avlernal (Yam); 4. Justin Ownbey
(Kawl.
80 JR /EX: 1. John Murphree (Kaw) ; 2. Matthew
Wa it (Kaw); 3. Jaka Zamke (Yam); 4. Ban Bostrom
(Han); 5. Manin Montes (Kaw ).
250 NOV: I .JohnA. Hlebo III (Han); 2. H.P. Myatt
(Yam); 3. Robby Pecihoto (Kaw~ 4. Troy Watts
(Yam); 5. Chad McBrida (Yam).
Z50 JR: 1. Jake Zemke (Yam); 2. Tim Wsllace
(yam).
VET NOV: 1. Raben Me ir ing (W·R).
VET JR: 1. William Rider (Han).
VET EX: 1. Frank Nye (Yam).
500 OPEN NOV: 1. Sam Lomanto (Hon );2. Raben
Me ir ing (W-R); 3. David Freeze.
500 OPEN JR: 1. Steve Stewan (Ya m~ 2. Tim
Salby (Han); 3. David Sanchez (Hon~ 4 . Sta n Mo rr is
(Han); 5. Garyy M ilewski (Yam ).
500 OPEN EX: 1. Bobby McDowell (Han); 2. Steve
Mayfield (W·R); 3. Kevin Bricker (H-D); 4. Jo n P.
Nunez (C·A~ 5. Joel D. green (W-R).
PRO·AM: 1. Bobby McDowell (Hon~ 2. Bryan
McDowell (W·R ~ 3. Joe l D. Green (W-R); 4 . Ma rk
Corsetti (W-R); 5. Stev e Raymond' (W-R).
Hart, Graves hot
atAlbanySX
By Clay Light
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AL BANY, OR, MAY 21
R o un d three o f the Motocross
Nort hwes t-sa nctio ned North wes t
Mo tocross Championship Series saw
Grayson H art and T on y Gr aves net
wins at Albany Supercross. H art held
Graves off in both 125cc Pro motos
for a I-I win while Gr aves took
advantage of a cras h by Mik e La rso n
in th e second 250cc Pro moto to card
an overall win 'via 2-1 performances:
La rso n , riding a Suzuki, launched
into the lead at th e drop of th e gate
in the first 250cc Pro co ntest with
H art ru n ni ng second ahea d of Phil
La rso n, Graves, Kawasaki-mounted
G ary Beyer a nd Darren Rogers.
Larson push ed hi s way into a co mfor table six-second lead by the second
lap as Hart an d Gra ves waged a battle
for second in whi ch Graves co ntroll ed after nabbing H art o n the
th ird of 10 laps. Graves made up an
incredible deficit to wh ittle Mik e
La rson's lead to a second with th ree
la ps re mai ni ng, but he co u ld n't
make a pass. Hart held third all to
him self while a battle for fourth
between Beyer , Rogers, Don Bisceglia and Phil Larson went Beyer's
way in th e later stages.
Mik e Larson darted to the front
of the pack at the start of the seco nd
contest. Hart ran second with Graves
running midpack. Graves 'q u ickly
overtook several riders in one swoop
and nabbed Hart to set his sights on
Mike Larson. Larson appeared to be
well on hi s way to a win, but he
crashed and Graves was in th e right
pl ace at the right tim e and earn ed
the overall win via 2-1 performances
aboa rd the White Brothers/Max im a/
O 'Neal -sponsored H onda. Larson
(1-3), Hart (3-2), Rogers (5-4) and
Biscegli a (7-5) rounded ou t th e top
five.
Hart and Graves' battle resumed
at the drop of the gate in th e first
125cc Pro moto in which Hart held
a slim advantage com ing out of the
first tum. Graves did all he cou ld
at tak ing the lead from H art but was
doomed for the number two spot at
th e co mp letio n foll ow ed by Eric
Hall, Beyer and Ro ger s.
Hart gated well in moto two and
used it to hi s advantage by motori n g
in to a huge lead in th e early stage s
as Dana Anderson ran second and
Beyer th ird. Graves 1';1 0 near last o n
lap one, but picked off Kenny Ol sen ,
Rogers, Beyer, Biscegli a a nd fin all y
Hall to set ou t after H ar t. G ra ves
ma de up a lot of gro und a nd attempted to pass Hart, but came up short
at the finish giv ing H art the win on
the Hillsboro H onda/ Sm ith/PBI
H on da over Graves' 2-2 s howi n~s .
H all netted th ird after 3-3 rid es wh ile
Bisceglia and Beyer were fourth and
fifth.
Results
250 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Han); 2. M ike Larson
(SUl); 3. Grayson Han (Han); 4 . Darr en Rogers
(Han); 5. Don Bisceglia (Han).
125 PRO: 1. Grayson Han (Han); 2. Tony Grav es
(Han); 3. Eric Hall (Han); 4. Don Biscegl ia (Han);
5. Gary Beyer (Kaw).
250 INT: 1. Steva Sm ith (Suz); 2. Rod Kellar (Han);
3. Troy Stawan (Han); 4. Laa Capps (SUl ); 5. Ty
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Birdwell (Han).
125 INT: 1. Ty Birdwell (Han); 2. Adam Wa st
(Han); 3. Ernia Robens (Han); 4. Scan Hickson
(Kaw); 5. Dann is McConnell (Han).
250 JR: 1. Bratt Biarak (Vam); 2. Stave Hill s
(Vam); 3. Kevin Veager (Yam).
125 JR : 1. Brett Biere k (Yam ); 2. M ike Hamness
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(Kaw); 3. Rich Browning (Vam).
250 BEG: 1. Matt Barnhan (Kaw); 2. Tom Marlin .
(Han); 3. Rod Comstock (Kaw l.
125 BEG: 1. Jamia Boffman (Kaw); 2. Kan
Ballmore (Hon); 3. Dan Crook (Kaw).
3Q-40 s: 1. M itch Kirkpa tr ick (Kaw ); 2. Dave
Eakin (Hon ~ 3. Craig Praus (Han ).
3Q-40 B: 1. Vince Figora (Han); 2. Rick Rabens
(Va m~ 3. Doug W iley (Hon).
30-40 C: 1. Bla ine Hanson (Ka w ); 2. Mitt Harden
(Suz); 3. Dan Meeker (Han).
80 INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Vam); 2. Jason
McCormick (Kaw) .
Ingels, Sisemore good
at Gold Country Spdwy
By R.C . Jones
AU BUR N, CA, MAY 20
Edd ie Ingels took th e Scratch mai n
victory and Jim Sisemore won th e
H andicap main at th e Gol d Coun try
Speedway. John Payton won his first
Di vision Two main this year and J ess
Ochoa dominated Division Three
with his win.
Ingels, aboard his ' A8cAlPeterich
Cycles /Champion /Maier Mfg.sponsored GM, pulled th e ga te of th e
year with a roller that sent th e tape
quivering as it went up. Ingels was
so clo se to breaking th e tape he had
to duck his head after th e tape
bounced off h is wh eel wh en he
pulled h is flying start. Bart Bast was
in gate three, and managed to stay
close to In gels as th ey dove into turn
one. Mike Dela cy, beat en to th e turn
by Ingels and Bast, had to deal with
Sisem ore who was co ming out of
gate four and ready to put the squeeze
on through the turn. Si semore
missed th e groove a nd went wide as
Ingels led Bast thro ug h th e first goaround. Delacy lost co ntrol a lap
later and drop~ off th e pace and
into a fight. with Sisemore the rest
of th e race. Ingels and Bast kept it
wh eel-to- wh eel the rest of the race
with Ingels clos ing th e door on Bast
every tim e Bast tried to stick a wh eel
in. Ingels took the checkered first,
Bast second and Delacy held off
Sisemore for th ird.
Shawn Reppert took th e early lead
in the Handicap main, but Sisemore
was able to ge t a qu ick ru n th rough
th e traffi c and pass Reppert fo r the
win. It wasn 't until th e last lap that
Sisemore go t around Rep pert wh en
he pu ta wheel on Reppert to move
past on th e inside in the last turn.
Sisemore, sponsored by Truma n
Bailey/ Arai /Oilzall and Sm it h Goggles, firs.t had to ge t pas t Robert
Curry and Perr y Sherman when Bast
a n d Robinson too k th eir ra ce
th rough. Bast a nd Rocky Rob in son
also fou ght their way pas t Sh erman
and Curry to fini sh three and four.
J ohn Payton had an. easy run from
th e O-yard line in th e Division Two
main . Scott Yarbrough kept Mike
Kain in a to ug h battle for second for
most of the race until Kain go t
around.
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Eddie Ingels (GM); 2. Ban Bast
(Was); 3. M ike Delacy (Gdn); 4. Jim Sisemore
(Wes). .
HDCP: 1. J im Sisemore (Was ); 2. Shawn Rappen
(Was); 3. Ban Bast (Was); 4 . Rocky Robinson (Was) .
0 ·2: 1. John Payton (Jaw) ; 2. Mika Kain (Jaw) ;
3. Scott Varbrough (Wes); 4. Rick Swalley (Jaw) .
0 ·3 : 1. Jass Ochoa (J aw); 2. Derr ick Cole (Jaw);
3. Stave Ma nynse (Jaw).
JR: 1. Dust in Schroeder; 2. Tomm y Heddan ; ·3.
' Shawn Jackson; 4 . M ike Jones.
Hopperstad wins three
in Colorado Road Race
By Judith K. Dom inick
DENVER , CO , MAY 15
John H oppers tad took first pl ace
honor s in the Rac e of th e Rockies,
for th e second co nsecutive Mountain
Roadracing Association road race of
th e season at Denv er's Second Creek
Raceway.
Race of the Rockies, sponsored by
American Roofing Supply, is th e
MRA 's version of California's Formula USA, and was the feature event
of th e day.
Hopperstad, the defending MRA
champion, mounted on his Boulder
Yam aha /Motorcycle Parts Center
South/Shoe ilBG Oils-sponsored
Yamaha FZR750, came off th e start
in fifth and had to play chase for
seven of the 12-lap event before
finally catching and passing another
Yamaha-m ounted rider , St eve
Wands. H opper stad 's ot her wins
came in 750cc Superb ike and in
Open Su perbike o n his FZR IOOO
aft er a furi ous bat tle with Boulder
Motor sports West rid er Geoff Cesmat
on GSXR IIOO. Cesm at and H opperstad thrilled th e crowd with a sensatio nal l O-Iap duel of hors epower
and o utstanding rid ing a bi lity.
In other Superbike act io n, ].T.
T erry posted a spectacu lar win in
600cc Superbi ke on h is stock Honda
Hurricane. The 450cc Superbike saw
Loveland Yamaha-Suzuki rider Dan
T urner run away o n his Yama ha
FZR400.
The Supersport classes saw very
hea ted ac tio n because of th e Suzuki
co nt ingency money o n the line.
In an amazing co meback from a
near-fa tal cras h two weeks previous
at Puebl o Raceway, Deiter. Lane
po sted a convincing win in 600cc
Supersport.
The 750cc Su persport saw Loveland's Dan Turner and Cycles of
'Bo u lder-sponso red Ricky Orlando
dice back and forth for all 10 laps
with Turner making a great last-lap
charge to cash in for his second win
of the day .
Orlando returned in Open Supersport to totally dominate the race
from green to checkered and collect
the Suzuki bucks.
Formula Colorado is the MRA's
most unique cla ss allowing . up to
500cc two-stroke singles; 600cc four~
stro ke si ngles; 400cc tw o- stroke
twins; or 450cc fo ur-stroke twins.
Ton y St engel , riding a radi cal
Yamaha YZ490, ca ptur ed the win.
Result s
450 SB: 1. Dan Turner (Yam); 2. Grog Smith
(yam ); 3. John Hopperstad (Yam).
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600 SB: 1. J.T. Terry (Han ); 2. John Hopperstad
(yam ); 3. Danny Walkar (Han).
750 SB: 1. Jo hn Hopperstad (Yam); 2. Don Hough
(Yam); 3. Geoff COsmat (SUl ).
OPEN SB: 1. John Hopperstad (Ya m~ 2. Geoff
Cesmat (SUl ); 3. J.T. Terry (Han).
ROTR: 1. John Hopperstad (Vam); 2. Dan Turner
(Suz); 3. Geoff Cesmat (Suz).
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600 S/SPRT: 1. Deitar Lana (Han); 2. Danny
Walkar (Han); 3. Ricky Orl ando (Suz).
650 S/SPRT: 1. Dailer Lana (Han); 2. Danny
W alkar (Han); 3. Rickv Orlando (Suz).
750 S/SPRT: 1. Dan Turnar (Suz); 2. Ricky
Orlando (Suz); 3. Oeitar Lane (Suz).
OPEN S/SPRT: 1. Ricky Orlando (SUl); 2. Dan .
Turn er (Suz); 3. Guy Clasan (SUl).
F·C O: 1. Tony Stangel (Vam); 2. Rod Brueska
(Yam); 3. Saan Balaun (Vam).
AM OPEN: 1. Bruca Hofsas (Suz); 2. Peter
Corranza (Suz); 3. Jim Brown (Han).
A M 600 OPEN: 1. Ma rk McKenny (Yam); 2. Jim
Forington (Han); 3. Tom Fisher (Ha n).
NOV OPEN: 1. Bruca Hotsas (Suz); 2. Patar
Carranza (Suz); 3. Ron Rathbun (Suz).
NOV 600 UNDER: 1. Tom Fis har (Han); 2. Mark
McKenny (Vam); 3. Bobby O'dal(Kaw).
Spangler romps
AmherstMKBy Peggy Adamic
AMH ERST, OH, MAY 8
Dal e Spangler scored do uble moto
victories in the combined 125/ 250/
O pen A class thi s weekend when
Amherst Mead o wlar ks M.e. Club
opened their ga tes for the seaso n to
156 riders. Both motos were come- fro m -be hi nd wi ns fo r th e T eam
Green -backed rider.
Ron Dunfee shot off th e line to
start rnoto one wi th Mar cus Sellards
in hot pursuit. Spang ler was midpack . Dunfee held th e lead as
Spa ngler began pi ckin g off the rider s
ahea d of him and, by the third lap,
was cha llenging Barney Barnett for
third. Once past Barnett, Spangler
moved in on th e two front runners
and made it a three-way race for first,
Sellards took the lead with Spangler
also passing Dunfee less than a lap
later. Sellards came up short over the
triples and Spangler and Dunfee
grabbed the top two spots with
Sellards ba ck in third. Spangler
quickly began putting distance on
th e group of nders behind. Better
than 20 seconds pa ssed before Dunfee, Sellards a nd Barnett passed
