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Larry Whitn ey (318) finished second in the 125cc B (Group 1) race aJ
Minnesota's Elko MX.
.lap, but Delacy left no roo m for
Sisemore to work. At the checkered
it was Delacy, Sisemore, Martin and
Reppert.
Resu lts
Bart Bast (Wes); 2: Jim Sisem ore (W es); 3. M ike
Delacy (Gdn); 4. Eddie Ingels (G-M).
HDCP: 1. Mike Delacy (Gdn); 2. J im Sisemore
(Wes) ; 3 . Steve Manin (Wes); 4 . Shawn Reppen
.•
(Wes) .
0-2: 1. Scott Yarbro ugh (Wes); 2. Mike Kain
(Ja w); 3 . John Grant (Wes); 4 . Harlan Bast Sr .
(Wes) .
0-3: 1. Jess Ochoa Waw); 2. Gary Rossi (Jaw);
3. Derrick Cole (Jaw); 4. Bill Thomas (Jaw).
Donaho dominates
atElko .MX .
By Rolf e Otterness
ELKO, MN, MAY 15
Pat Donaho wrapped up th e overall
in th e Min i H eavyweight cla ss by
taking wins in both motos at th e
Moto Pro Racing-spon sored District
23 event. Brandon Backes pulled
ahead for an early lead in the first
mo to but Donaho bl ew by on the
jump afte r one lap was co mpleted.
Backes stayed clo se to tak e second .
over Cory Keen ey, w ho charged
th rough th e pac k.
Backes surged to th e front oJ the
pa ck as th e seco nd moto bega n .
Donaho and Mike Atkinson closed
in behind as th ey ro unded th e first
turn. With o ne la p co m p le te d,
Backes was still o u t front closely
foll ow ed b y Donah o and Eri c
Metzger. Donaho sq uirted by Backes
to lead o n hi s H onda a nd went on
to tak e the win with a small cush ion
over Backes. Metzger and Atkinson
were a little farther back for th e next
two posi tions.
The 250cc Expert class saw a flash
of green- streak to the first turn as
the y left the line, as J eff Sor enson
motored into th e lead o n a new
Kawasaki. The suspension wasn 't set
up right though and it spit him off
before the end of th e first lap. Chris
Hughes inherited th e lead with Rob
Engstrom cl osing on his Wendt
Racing Corporation-backed Kawasaki. Engstrom had th e speed for the
win but was unfamiliar with th e
250's power and did a face pl ant off
a jump. Hughes regained the lead
while battling with Jim SCOl!. They
swapped places four or five '; tim es,
buiScou took th e checkered flag
fir st. Engstro m recovered for third
with T im Bern loeh r in fourth.
Bernlohr slicedthrough the sand y"
first turn ahead of th e pack in th e
second moto. En gstrom motored by
Berloehr's Suzuki before th e end of
the first lap a nd began to pull away
from his competitors . Hugh es and
then Scott go t by Bernloehr, who
briefly slid out and lo st sight of th e
ride rs ahead of h im before contin uing. Hughes lost hi s front brake o n
th e second lap but managed to hol d
Sco tt off for nearl y the ent ire race.
With on ly three turns left before the
flag, Hughes slipped up and SC
Ol!
went in for seco nd. Scott's 1-2 gave
him the over all o ver th e 3-1 of
Engstrom, with Hughes' 2-3 wrapping up third. Bernlohr again held
fourth. :
Results
YTH: 1. Chad Cunningham; 2. Brandon Backes ;
3. Mike Atkinson .
25 +: 1. Bill Engstrom ; 2. Tim Banyll a; 3 . Mike
Nathe.
PIW MINI: 1. Craig Cunningham; 2. Lance
Cunningham; 3 . Brad lay Kelly.
MIN I LIW: 1. Robbie McDowell; 2. Matt lawrence; 3 . Cra ig Cunningham.
MINI HIW: 1. Pat Donaho; 2. Brandon Backes ; _
3 . Eric Meuger.
SR B: 1. Bill Herzog; 2. Earl Kinsey; 3 . J im
Povolny.
SR EX: 1. Mike Graif; 2. Raben Sele ski; 3 . Larry
Welch.
WDS LIW: 1. Doug Obert; 2. Don Johnson; 3.
Brooks Letonnance.
WDS HfW: 1. Tim Rood; 2. Nord Gregory; 3.
Tim Greg ory . .
.
125 B 0 ·1 : 1. James Wakef ield ; 2. Larry Whitney
3. Gr eg Tesch .
125 B 0-2: 1. Ricky Schugel; 2. Darren Chelin ;
3. Raben Wallskog.
125 B 0 -3 : 1. Jerrod Fonune; 2. Tony Kohner;
3. Dan Bruneau .
125 1NT 1. Donn ie Or eskov ich ; 2. Chad Reinhart;
:
3 . Chris Chri stensen.
125 EX: 1. Robbie Engstrom; 2. Chad W ine cke;
3. Greg Nelson.
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250 B D ~ 1: 1. Jo el Morrisette; 2. Jason .M ill er;
3 . Ja ime Olsen.
250 B 0-2: 1. Tony Kohn er; 2. Keith Boehlke;
3. Doug Schulze.
. .
250 INT: 1. M ike Anderson; 2. Jon Dullum; 3 .
Steve Swenson.
250 EX: 1. J im Scott Jr .; 2. Rob Engstrom; 3 .
Chris Hughes.
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OPEN B: 1. Dave Schm iesing; 2. Chr is Hinds;
3 . Kevin Perd ew.
OPEN INT: 1. Dave Grende; 2. Rick lillemo; 3 .
Gary Pangburn.
OPEN EX: 1. Jeff Sor ens en; 2. J erry Schulze;
3. Scott Miller.
Holland hauls at
Butterfield MX
By Ken Faug ht
TEMECULA, CA, MAY. 15
Honda-mounted Christian Holland
capitalized on two .holeshots to win,
th e I25cc Beginner class in round five
of the CMC/Dodge Trucks Spring
MX Classic at Butterfield.
.
First moto action saw Holland
grab the ea r ly lead o ver Eddie
Patterson, Edw ard J ay, Len Sellers
and Marcus Myles. Patterson quickl y
took co mm and of th e lead with
.B olland and Jay close behind. As a
three way battle for the lead started
to shape up, Ja y p itched hi s Suzuki
and dropped out of th e top 10. Jay's
mistake allowed Jeff Deigaudio to
move into fifth.
.
At th e halfway point th ings reall y
started to pi ck up. H olland pa ssed
Patterson with Sellers cra shing and
taking ou t Myles and Deigaudio,
That handed-Brian Wilcox thud over
Keith Shadof and Thad Men. Peter-
Bra d Slo an (1 0V) leads To m Lym an (L11) and Bri an Legg (23) en rou te
t o t he 500cc Junior cla ss victory in the Sprin g MX Classic at Butterfield .
son chased Holland to the checkers
with Holland taking the win.
Second moto action saw Holland
grab the earl y lead followed by Jay,
Men, Barry Karakus and Sellers.
Patterson was involved in a pileup
and started almost dead last. Up front
Jay started to pres sure Holland, but
Holland was riding smooth and
didn 't give Jay any room to pass.
Holland managed to hold off Jay for
th e win with Shadof sliding in to
fourt h over Karakus. .
In 500cc Pro action Kawasakimo unted J o hnny Pos ca rocketed out
of th e gate to lead Mar c Peters, Jim
Rutherford, Kenny Garni ca and
Vincent DeLuca.· Posca immedi at ely
started to pull away whi le Dan Berg
made a mad dash towards th e front
aft er getting stu ck in th e ga te and
starting last . On th e sixth lap Berg
moved into third behind Peters, th en
h is front end wash ed out. Berg
quickl y remounted and with four
laps remaining Berg had charged
into second a nd set hi s sights on
Posca. Berg reeled in Posca to take
th ew~ ,
.
At th e start of the second moto
Berg h olesh ot Posca, Rutherford,
DeLuca and J oe Stem. Peters , who
ga ted seven th, rapidly picked .up
po siti ons and by the halfway point
was fo urth. Up front Berg expanded '
his lead, while a cracked pipe slowed
Posca 's charge. With four laps
remaining Peters found his wa y pas t
DeLuca and took over third. Berg
took th e win and th e overall ahead
o f P o sca, Peters , DeLuca and
Garnica.
Resul t s
80 BEG: 1. Jimmy Buttler (Suz); 2. Paul Doremus
(S uz); 3 . Daemon Jones (Ka w) ; 4 . Armando
• Overland (Kaw); 5. Tracy Asher (Suz).
80 J R: 1. Jeff lewis (Suz); 2. Brian TeelS (Kaw);
3. Donald Upton (Kaw); 4 . Edward Jay (Suz); 5.
Ryan Daly (Kaw).
.
BO INT: 1. Chris Kefalas (Han); 2. Eri c Chavira
(Hon ); 3 . Raymond Hensley (Suz).
BG WHl: 1.Bryan Tay lor (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Taylor
(Kaw~ 3 . Rodney Taylor (Kaw).
.
125 BEG: 1. Chr ist ian Holland (Han); 2. Edward
Jay (Suz); 3 . Tha d Merz (Yam); 4. Keith Shadof
(Suz); 5 . Barry Karakus (Yam).
125 JR : 1. Scott Takac s (Suzl ; 2. Chris Kefala.
(Han); 3. Eric Jasper (Han); 4. Matt Polasky (Kaw);
5 . Ray Mcintosh (Kaw).
125 INT: 1. Paul Cortez (Hon); 2. Bria n Celhoun
(Kaw); 3 . Jason Campbell (Yam ); 4. Daniel Bush
(Han); 5 . Dan Barnett (Suz). .
125 PRO: 1. Bader Manneh (Cag); 2. John Bland
(Hon) .
25 0 BEG: 1. Bill Binette (Hon); 2. Jim Langston
(Yain) ; 3 . Rich M ihalie (Yam); 4. Mark Beckwith
(Suz); 5 . Ricky zeigler (Han) .
25 0 JR: 1. Scott Takacs (Suz); 2. Raben Drew
(Yam); 3. Tommy Chacon (Yam); 4 . Ben Anderson
(Hon); 5. Mike Washko (Hon).
250 INT: 1. Robbie Lova. (Yaml; 2. Jon Levey
(Suz); 3. David Benedetti (Suz~ 4 . Ron Mowry
(Kaw); 5. Ken Faught (Yam ).
.
.
250 PRO; 1. Willie Surratt (Ceg); 2. Ron Turner
(Yam); 3 . Mike Hooker (Han); 4. Den Zehn (Han);
5 . Manin KIDsner (Yam).
500 BEG: 1. Bill Benette (Han); 2. Rob Edwards
(Han); 3. Bryce Richardson (Hon); 4 . Franko Honan
(Hon); 5. Brian Legg (Han).
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5OOJR: 1. Brad Sloan (Hon); 2. Rob Gilbert(Hon); •
3 . Tom lyman (Han); 4. Major Alford (Kawl.
500 INT: 1. Keith Johnson (Kaw).
500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw); 2. Johnny Posca
(Kaw); 3. Marc Peters (Yam); 4 . Vincent Del uca
(Han); 5 . Denn y Garn ica (Han).
VET JR : 1. Dan Swa in (Yam); 2. Joe Nork in (Yam);
3 . John Hoegel (Han); 4. Keith Phelan (Han); 5.
Tommy Hane r (Suz),
VET INT: 1. Bob Post (Han); 2. Brad Sloan (Han).
VET MSTR : 1. Bob Bland (Han).
VET PRO: .1 . Ron Turner (Yam); 2. Vincent
Deluca (Han); 3. Joe Stern (Yam); 4 . Baby Tipp it
(Kaw); 5. Ed Wolleson (Yam).
Cel'ciello claims'two
at Linda's Spdwy ST
By Len Breech
JONESTOWN, PA. MAY 14
On its third race of its initial season,
Linda's Speedway finally got some
cooperation from the weather as over
80 motorcycles signed in to do battle
on th e lightening quick oval. After
each class ran its 15 lap, final , the
big winner was Tom Cerciello who
battled Tom Maj eski the entire 15
laps for the 600cc Expert win, and
played with th e 750 field for ano ther
easy win on his Sponsored By Pop
machines. H e also pi cked up a very
close second in the 250cc Experts,
getting edged by Mike Varnes bya
length. .
.
After four heats pared the 24' rider
clas s down to 16 for th e 600cc Expert
final, Cerciello took the lead from
Tom Maje ski, Georgie Price, Scottie
Mohan and Rob Majeski. While the
pair of Toms pulled a little distance
on ' the others, Rob Majeski moved
into fourth 'and pressured Price for
third, until his Harley stri p ped a
belt. While Tom Majeski kept no
more than a length back, he couldn't
find the hole he needed to take th e
lead.
The experi ment with 15 lap finals '
ma y be reduced a little for th e two
strokes by th e next ra ce on June 18.
This was very apparent in th e 250cc
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