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Winner Bill Davis (36) and Andy Pullon (35) lead the pack at the start
of the second 125cc C moto at Dallas Ricker Sports Complex MX.
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250cc overall w inner Tam Topham (2 4) goes underneath second place
f inisher Jay Houser (29) at Beechnut Park MX.
200 A : i. Nor m Greenlee rYam); 2. James Boman
. (Kaw ); 3. Br uce Crany (Yam).
200 B: 1. Tim Herald (Yam); 2. Wayne Int ermill
(Kaw); 3. Bob How ard (Han).
200 C: 1. Geoff Sl uyter (Han); 2. Troy Willbanks
(Han); 3. Ken Murphy (Kaw).
OVER 40 A: 1. Cap Kuney (KTM); 2. Howard
Ut sey (Han); 3. Jeff Rehberg (KTM).
OVER 40 B: 1. Paul Pet ers (Hus); 2. Bill Moore
( Ka w~ 3. Joh n Miller (Han).
OVER 40 C: t . Glenn Graham (Kaw); 2. IDesan
Hoffsc hildt (Han); 3. Terry DeReus (Kaw ).
S/SR: 1. Roger Doreas (KTM ); 2. Ray Hockenberry (Kaw); 3. Duane Gray (Yam).
4-STRK B: 1. Brad Schwanz (Han); 2. Perry
Hannaon (Yam ); 3 . Brian Beardsley (Han).
4-STRK C: 1. Lloyd Bowers (Han); 2. Gr eg
McCully (Han); 3. Duane Hannemah (Han).
WMN: 1. Dian e Kowardy (Yam ~
SPRTMN: 1. Pete Denison (Han); 2. M ike Rogers
(KTM); 3. Jim Thor son (Hus).
Estelle tops
Square Deal ST
By Denny Toaspern
BINGH AMTON, NY, MAY 8
C raig Est elle top ped the O p en
Expert class at the Sq uare Dea l
R iders' seaso n opener short track o n
Mother's Day. Estelle wo n his hea t
and th en slam med into th e lead o ut
of a first turn cru nc h in a wi ld Expe rt
final wi th out so much as a look back.
H is win, on the 'Joe Swanson -tuned
600 H arl ey-Davidson, was as co nvincing as it was prett y. Before the
race, Estelle was overheard expressing hi s preference fo r a cus hion
track, but he obviously adapted well
to the hard, smooth SDR su rface.
Dua ne Veeder and his H onda eked
ou t seco nd over a ha rd-cha rging
Woo d-R ota x mounted A.J. Snoop
aft er a race-long battle whi ch a lso
involved eventua l fourth . pl ace J ay
Skidmore.
In the 250cc Expert final it was
Georgi e Price a nd his Kawasaki over
th e Hond as of Bob Weiss a nd Duane
Veeder.
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In th e Amateur ranks it was a sto ry
book da y for two riders, Brent
Livingston and Ken ny Coolbeth Jr. ,
as th eir first rides in their respe ctive
new bikes netted class wins. L ivingsto n hammered it a t the light and
o n ce free of tra ff ic, clicked off
m istake-free laps for the wi n. A hard
charge brough t Lou DeLousia to the
rear w heel o f second-p la ce Ben
Sag limbeni , with Rob Bibbin s in
fourt h.
Kenny Coo lbeth surv ived a fourthturn mi sh ap in his hea t to win hi s
first 125cc Amateur final.
Resu lts
36
Y-z: 1. Paul Lynch (Yam); 2. Tracy Edwards (Yam).
MIN I: 1. Kenny Coolbeth (Kaw); 2. Paul Lynch
(Kaw ).
125 AM : 1. Kenny Coolbeth (Kaw ); 2.· David
Bell ows (Yam ); 3 . Tim Wea ver (Hon) .
125 EX: 1. Bob Weis s (Han); 2. Jeff Earl (Yam);
3. Bill New kirk (Han).
250 AM : 1. Keith McCaffery (Han); 2. Ed Hidden
(Yam); 3. Lou DeLousia (Suz); 4. Richard Edwards
(Suz).
25D EX: 1. Georgie Price (Kaw); 2. Bob Weis s
(Han); 3. Duane Veeder (Han); 4 . J ay Skidmo re
(Han).
OPEN AM : 1. Bren. Uvin gston (Rtx); 2. Ben '
Sagli mini (Yam); 3. Lou DeLousia (Han); 4. Rob
Bibbin s (H-D); 5. J im Lynch (W-R).
OPEN EX: 1. Craig Estell e (H· D); 2. Duane Veeder
(Han); 3. A.J . Snoop (W- R); 4 . Jay Skidmore (Han).
SR A : 1. Norm Lav iolette (Kaw ); 2. Mark
Korytkowski (Yam); 3. Tom Blachek (W-R).
SR B: 1. James Reese (Kaw); 2. M ichael Cord er io
(C-A); 3. Joe Gould (Han).
Topham tops .
Beechnut Park MX
By Henry Muller
MT. AIRY, NC, AP R. 17
Mar k IV H onda 's Ta m Topha m
charged back from a second moto
cras h to ca tch T win City Kawasaki 's
Jay Hauser and complete a four mo to
sweep of th e 125 and 250cc classes
a t Beech n ut Park MX.
T he openi ng '250cc moto showed
Topha m 's intent ions as he quickly
motored away fro m a ba ttl e between
Rob ert Patton and Ha user. At th e
halfway Topha m held a six-seco nd
cus hion as H a user' d ispl aced Patto n '
a nd sett led into a p ace that eq ualed
_Top ha m. T he top th ree positio ns
were set with Da vid Monda y ta king
fourt h.
Moto two saw Top ha m a nd
Hauser in a ba ttl e that lasted until
Topham lowsided and dropped to
third. Topham spe nt th ree la p s
"reeling in Pa tto n and H auser, taki ng
th e lead th rough the camelbacks.
H auser finished seco nd a head of
Pa tto n a nd Ran dy Bull in.
Topham 's sweep conti nued as he
took the lead earl y in both 125cc
mOlOS and never looked back. Lee
Coomes and Dean Wa rd kept th e
racing interesting as th ey dueled in
both motos with Coomes successfu lly clinchi ng second.
Mark Du r h a m wh eeli ed hi s
Yamaha to a double moto win in th e
500cc class with Ho nda of Winston
Sa lem 's J err y Robertson edging J.D.
Ho rton for second.
Mini class action was a Kawasa ki
affair as Kenny Fri th and Keith York
d id battle in bo th the Senior Mini
a nd Super Mini classes . Frith was the
ear ly leader in th e first Super Min i
rno fo wit h York and J ason Freed in
pursuit. York used the whoops to
move into the lead with Fri th return in g the a vor two laps la ter. Fri th
went on to win ' the mot o o ver York
an d Freed.
Frith topped th e second mo to over
York, then fini sh ed off the Sen ior
Min i class as well followed by Yor k
and Matthew Freed.
Results
JR MIN I: 1. Manhew Freed (Kaw ); 2. Wesley
Ward (Han).
SR M INI: 1. Kenn y Frit h ' (Kaw); 2. Keith York
(Kaw ); 3. Manhew Freed (Kaw ).
S/M INI: 1. Kenny Fr ith (Kaw ); 2. Keith York
(Kaw ); 3. J ason Freed (Kaw ).
125 : 1. Tam Topham (Han); 2. Lee Coomes (Yam);
3. Dean Ward (Han).
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250 : t. Tam Topham (Han); 2.Jay Hauser (Kaw);
3. Raben Pan on (Yam).
500: 1. Mark Durh am (Yam); 2. Jerry Robens on
(Han); 3. J. D. Honan (Yam).
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Howard fantastic at
_Memphis Trials
By Michael .Beaudoin
ME MP H IS, MI, MAY 15
Gary H oward was th e win ner in th e
Expert class with a fan tastic ride of
10 poin ts a t the Ben t Fenders T rial s
Club 's event. Second was Sam Markley wi th 48 and Greg Kris t was th ird
wi th 57 points.
J eff Umstead won th e Advanced
class wi th 36 points. Second was Ron
R uss o n a Beta with 49 a nd Brian
Ahe rns was -third wi th 58 poi n ts.
In the Intermed ia te class Ken
Sprague won a close battle over Brad
Bouch er. Both riders had 26 points ,
but Sprague won it wi th 33 cleans
to Bo uch er 's 29. Brad 's brother Scott
Bouch er was third with 30 poin ts.
T he Senior cla ss winner was T ad
Mu scott wi th 31 po ints, Ed L ogan
was second with 36 a nd with 61
po ints for th ird was J ohn Cline.
An oth er tiein the No vice class sa w
thewin going to Denn is Mich over
Steve Hills. Each accum ulated 15
po ints but Mich won with 33 cleans
to Hills' 32. T hi rd went to Lesyor
Mason wi th 19 po ints .
Shorlridge,ChHdress
win Dallas Ricker MX
By Gary Crider
KINGSP ORT , TN, MAY 8
Round two of the Gea r/Oury/Burger Chef-sponsored Victory Sports
$50,000 Mega -Series at the Dallas
Ri cker Sports Complex MX .sa w
Chris Shortridge edge J eff Lyo ns for
top honors in fierce Ope n Amateur
raci ng . Kawasak i's Steve Chi ldress
won bo th A divisions whi le Shortri dge return ed for an easy win in
the Enduro class .
The first two laps in mo to one of
Open Amateur act io n saw J immy
Leach holding th e lead under intense
pressur e from J eff Lyons. On la p
three of th e five-lap mo to Sho rtri dge
moved up to mak e it a th ree-wa y
battle for the lead and, a t o ne point,
all th ree racers were airbo rne to·
ge ther over a j ump. One la p la ter,
Leach had dropped to third a nd
Lyons had th e lead over Shortridge.
Lyo ns held on for th e win o ver Shortridge and Leac h.
The trio ret urned in mot o two for
another wh eel-to-whee l fight for the
lead. Shortr idge led at the sta rt but.
a second-la p sp ill set him back to
third sp ot, giving th e point pos iti on
to Leach with Lyons clo se beh ind.
Leach a nd Lyons diced all moto, but
a late-m ote charge by Sh ortridge
netted th e win and th e overall. Lyons
tallied 1-3 for second over Leach's
3-2. Yam aha of J ohnson Cit y-backed
Lyons leads th e series by two points
over Shortridge.
The openi ng Senio r (30+) moto
saw a nother three-way brawl as Steve
Lady grabbed th e holesh ot, Series
leader Steve Lewis a nd T erry Johnson spent the early momen ts swa pping th e second position back and
fort h . Lady stalled his H onda's en gine on lap two, giving the lead to
Lewis. Lady was quickl y back in the
hunt a nd rega ined th e front position
whe n Lewis sp un oUL On th e last
lap, Lady went ou t of control in the
triple jumps and saw Lewis go by
for th e win. Lady recovered to finish
third behind J ohnson.
J ohnson won moto two to claim
th e overall honors over Lewis' 1-2.
La dy sta lled in turn o ne a t the start
but ca me back to fin ish fourth,
netting fourt h overa ll behind Phillip
Blan ton.
Results
N/CUR (PRE 'B6 BIKE): 1. Jeff laFleur (Han);
2. A llen Buchanan (Han); 3. Thomas Many (Yam);
4. Joh nn y Hatf ield (Han); 5. Chr is Arn old (Kaw ).
ENDR: 1. Chris Shortridge (Kaw ); 2. Char les
Bur leson (Han); 3. Johnny Rasar (Kaw ); 4. Brian
Jo nes (Kaw); 5. David Dixson (Cag).
65 MINI : 1. J immy Briggs (Kaw); 2. Brent Lough
(Kaw ); 3. Timothy Jennings (Kew ); 4. J ake Morris
(Kaw ).
J R MINI : 1. Brent Lough (Suz); 2. Stacey Lane
(Kaw); 3. Brin Armstr0".\l (Han).
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SR MINI : 1. Loren Wi lli ams (Yam); 2. Todd Parker
(Suz); 3. Bo M orr is (Kaw); 4. Brian Hall (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. Bill Davis (Han); 2. J eff Taylor (Kaw);
3 . Scon Callebs (Kaw); 4. Tony Smith (Han); 5. Alan
Sparks (Kaw).
250 C: 1. Billy Adkins (Han); 2_ J ames Hayes
( H on~ 3. David Cox (KTM); 4 . Chad Viers (Yam);
5. M ike How ard (Kaw ).
125 B: 1. M ike Tolliv er (Kaw); 2. Chad Lough
(Suz); 3. Mike Brown (Kaw); 4 . Lee Coomes (Yam);
5. Eddie Adda ir (Yam).
250 B: 1. M ike Brown (Kaw ); 2. J eff Shu ler (Kaw );
3. Owain M ill er (Kaw); 4 . Chad Lough (Suz); 5.
Eddie Adda ir (Yam).
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OPEN AM : 1. Chr is Shon r idge (Kaw); 2. Jeff
Lyons (Kaw ); 3. Ji mmr Leach (Kaw); 4. Chad Vie rs
(Kaw); 5. Denn is Seal (Kaw).
SR (30.): 1. Terry Johnson (Han); 2. Steve Lew is
(Yam); 3. Phill ip Blanton (Kaw); 4. Steve Lady (Kaw );
5. David Alben Sr. (Cag).
12 5 A: 1. Steve Childr ess (Kaw ); 2. David Alben
J r. (Cag).
250 / 0PEN A : 1. Steve Childr ess (Kaw ); 2. David
Al ben Jr . (Cag); 3. St eve Lewis (Yam).
Coleman, Moree sweep
Devil's Ridge MX
By Henry Muller
SANFORD, NC , APR. 24
Ru st y Coleman dominated th e
Senior Mini class while Hank Mor ee
swept the 125cc Schoolboy and 125cc
Amateu r divisions in round four of
the N.A.M.E. Spri ng Nationa l MX
Series a t Devil's Ridge MX.
AXO's Coleman jammed to .the
