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Bostrom enjoyed. His start was perfect and he took the lead. Falling -in behind was Johnny Murphree. ' Lap-after-lap the two battled for the lead. Murphree would close the gap with hard, con tro lled slides in the corners only to lose ground to Bostrom on the straights. Third place was nearly a half-lap behind at the finish. Murphree was able to grab a win in th e 60cc Junior final on his smaller second bike but he had to keep the pressure applied for secondplace Jeff Gabhart was not far off the pace. Results P/w 550 0 -1 : 1. Danny Vickers (Yam); 2. Christopher Canepa (Yam); 3. David Silva (Yam); 4 . Michael Patterson (Yaml. P/w 50 0 -2 : 1. Max Peters (Yam ~ 2. Steve Rossi (Vam); 3. Brian Gonzales (Yam); 4, Ryan Ledon (Yam), , P/w 50 JR/EX: 1. Tony Souza (Yam); 2. Jake Keeney (Yam); 3. Lance Arnold (Yam); 4. Jesse Dawso n (Vam). MINI60 NOV: 1. Junior Alvernaz (Kaw); 2. Shaun Russell (Kaw); 3, John Dawson (Kaw); 4 . Craig Gonzales (Kaw); 5. M ichael Smathers (Kaw). M INI 60 JR: 1. Johnny Murphree (Kaw); 2, Jeff Gabhan (Kaw), M INI BOJR/EX: 1. Ben Bostrom (Han); 2. Johnny M urphree (Kaw); 3, Eric Bostrom (Han); 4, Tim Alvern az (Yam): 5, Jesse Sanchez (Vam), 250 NOV: 1. Garnett Estes (Vam); 2. Norman Looney (Yam ~ 3, Dan McGee (Vam). 250 JR/EX: 1. Jake Zemke (Yam); 2. Gene Morgan (Yam); 3. Lonnie Pauley (Yam). 500 NOV 0 ·1 : 1. John Gonzales (Yam); 2. Richie Sanch ez (Han); 3. Bob M iering (RlX); 4 , Doug Samora (Yam); 5. Larry Crawford (Yam), 500 NOV 0 -2: 1. Bill Tiernan (Han); 2. Stacy Ledou (Vam); 3. Danny Delmenico (Yam); 4 , Dwayne Francisco (Han); 5, Tom Tyrrell (Yam), 500 JR: 1. Armando Alvernaz (Yam); 2. Greg Soderer (Yam); 3. Raney Cechetto (Yam); 4 . Larry Greene (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Anthony Giammanco (Yam); 2. Eric Larson (Han); 3. Mark Corseni (RlX); 4 . Rick Cremona (Yam) . VET: 1, Dave Bostrom (Rtx~ 2. Tracy Dawso n (Yam~ 3. James Hodgrin (Yam); 4 . John Dawson (Yam~ 5. Tom Tyrrell (Yam), Kehoe carves up A.P.£. Speedway By Todd Kroh G REEN E, NY, MAY 21 Joh n Kehoe stormed the field to have his best night ever at the eighth-mile oval of Action Park East Speedway as he won the Handicap main event. Warren Diem won his second consecutive division one Scratch main even t. Kehoe topped his heat race and placed second in the semi to vault him into the main event. Kehoe took a wire-to-wire victory as he pushed his Trader Jack's/Castrol/Shoei/IM Leathers/ AB Racing Godden to the head of the pack on the first lap of the main event and never looked back. Off the 30 yard line Kehoe passed 20-yarder Mike Buman on lap one and before Buman went down in turn four of lap two , almost causing a wild fracas. Buman dropped his machine next to Len McBride and right in front of an oncom ing train of riders battling for position. Mark Edwards, in fourth at the time, took the low road while George Lazor and Diem squeezed between the downed Buman and the wal l, both escaped unscatched, Diem moved into third ahead of Lazor and Edwards. While all this was happening Kehoe built a huge lead over McBride and the rest of the field and was never headed. .In Scratch racing Diem piloted his Bl en d zal lz Keech Video/ Diem's Cycle Godden to the Don Hawkins' checkered ahead of Tom Burge, John Lewis and Len Dillion . Dillio n had been having a super evening and appeared ready to take Diem to task but a tight first turn gave Diem , Burge and Lewis th e ad vantage. Burge bega n to mount a ch arge on Diem during laps two and three, chasing him into the corners trying to close the gal?' However, Diem would extend his margin on each , straight to'offset Burge's effort. Don Madison was the only rider left standing after one lap of the Divi sion T wo main even t. The restart proved fait hful as Madison snatched the ~te and won convincinly for his first win of the season, eclipsing Kelvin Herrala. Marco Morello gave a consistent showing in Division Three co mp<;tition and finished ahead of Rick Deland and AJ Fabian. Resu lts 0 ·1 : 1. Waren Diem (Gdn); 2. Tom Burg e (Gdn); 3, John Lewis (Wes); 4, Len Dillon (Gdn), HDCP: 1. John Kehoe (Gdn~ 2. Len McBride (Jaw) ; 3. Warren Diem (Gdn); 4. George Lazor (J aw); 5, Mark Edwards (Gdn). 0-2. 1. Don Madison (Jawl; 2.Kelvin Herrala (Jaw) ; 3, Kyle Dixson (Jaw) . . 0 -3 : 1, Marco Morello (Hon~ 2. Rick Delan d (Jaw); 3, AJ Fabian (Jaw); 4. Kelly McMahon (Tri). l- ~ X o ::> « LL. Z W >< e >- '" 0 0 I- :I: e, 00 00 0") .. ~ ~ ~ Ridgway r oosts at AscotMX CU s:: ~ By Ken Faught GARDENA, CA, MAY 27 Kawasaki -mounted Chris Ridgwa y used a perfect score to top Cagiva's • Matteo Coestino and win the 125cc Junior clas s overall in Ascot 's Friday Night MX action. In the first mota Coestino sho t to the early lead followed clo sely by Ridgway, Marc Laidler, Tiger Garcia a nd Keith Gibson. Ridgway quickly found his way around Coestino and pulled away as the Cagiva pi lot struggled to hold off Laidler. As the ra ce progressed Laidl er dropped off the pace, giving Ridgway some breathing room. At th e halfway point Karl Fernandez took command of fifth after Gibson fell back to eighth. Ridgway cruised to an easy win ahead of Coestino, Laidler, Garcia and Fernandez. Second mota action saw Eri c JasPer, who finished seventh in moto one, holeshot Ridgeway, Coestino, Jaime Knox and Garcia. On the first lap Ridgway attempted to take over the lead by stuffing Jasper to the finish line turn. Jasper heard him coming and quickly changed lines, almost taking out the Kawasaki pilot. On the following lap Ridgway found his way around Jasper over a step-up jump and slipped into first. Ridgway idled to another convincing win over Jasper, Coestino, and Knox. Fernandez finished fifth after displacing Garcia. R idgway's pair of wins gave him the overall, Coestino placed second with 3-2 scores and J aspe r netted third overall with a 7- 2. In Vintage class action Matt Hilgenberg piloted his Bu ltaco to a clean holeshot over John McManaway , Terry Pratt, Len Anderson and Kenny Sykes to lead the start of the first moto. McManaway immediately took first from Hilgenberg and then the duo proceeded to open up a comfortable lead. With only two laps remaining Anderson fell back to fifth, advancing Sykes to fourth. McManaway took his Yamaha to the checkers first ahead of Hilgenberg, Pra tt, Sykes and Anderson. In the second mota McManaway gated perfectly to lead Hilgenberg, Pratt, Sykes and LO!"Jle Hartley. Hartley faded back to seventh which allowed Chris Johnson to break into the top five. Once into fifthlohnson set his sights on Sykes an within a couple of laps was hounding the rear fender of Sykes' Greeves. McMa naway took ano ther runaway win for the overall victory ahead of Hilgenberg and P ratt. Johnson managed to beat out Sykes for fourth at the finish. Results 50 : 1. Corey Hoeft (Yam); 2. Shaw n Igercic (Yam); 3. Chri s McNatt (Yam). ' 60: 1. Jeff W illoh (Kaw ); 2. Jason Sh ir ey (Kaw); 3, Paulita (Kaw ); 4. Reggie Mitc hell (Kaw ). BEG 0 -1 : 1. David Kelsey ( Ka w~ 2. Arm ando Over land (Kaw~ 3. J ohn Ruiz (Han); 4 .Jason Shirey (Yam); 5. Marc Lippen (Suz). BEG 0 -2 : 1. Keno Deary (Kaw~ 2. Shewn O' Bri en (Yam); 3. Mariano Whitlock (Kaw); 4. Jay Rabjohn (Yam~ 5. Raben Best (Kaw). JR; 1. Jeff Willoh (Kaw); 2. Bri an TeelS (Kaw); 3. Kevin Russell (Kaw~ eo eo eo ~ Regg ie M itchell (2 2 M) looks over in t ime to see 80cc Beg inner rider Ch ris Brenes go by during mini action at Ascot Park. ADLT MINI : 1. Brian Hall (Suz); 2. Hope Braselow (Kaw); 3, Scott Charles (Kaw). 125 BEG 0·1 : 1. Tony Barr ant (Han); 2. Chuck Uppen (Suz); 3. Chris Chavez (Han); 4. Adam Jones (Kaw~ 5, Kevin Melbreck (Yam). 125 BEG 0·2. 1. Greg Lanegan (Kaw); 2. Rod Summer (Cag); 3. Mike Buff (Yam); 4. Cunis Smalley (Hon~ 5. Skip Early (Han). 125 JR: 1. Chris Ridgway (Kaw~ 2. Matteo Coestino (Cag~ 3. Eric J asper (Hon ~ 4 . Jaime Knox (Yam); 5. Karl Fernandez (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Randy Moody (Hon~ 2. Daniel Bush (Han); 3. Scott Takacs (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Willie Surr att (Cag). 250 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Don Vallier (Yam); 2. Todd Manin (Kaw); 3. Paul Kawalslis (Yam); 4. Ray Eberlin (Suz); 5, Ti m Williams (Kaw). 250 BEG 0 · 2: 1. Kevin Melbreck (Yam); 2. Mike Hanman (Han); 3. Kenny Yorks (Yam); 4 . Ty Underwood (Han); 5. Ron Underwood (Kaw). 250 JR: 1. Keven Lopa (Hon~ 2. Chris Ridgway (Yam); 3, Brian D. Nail (Han); 4 . Dennis Chafe (Yam); 5. Donny "The Man" Maeda (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Jim Dominici (Han); 2. Tony Fuller (Suz); 3, Perr in Perez (Han); 4. Kelly Meyers Jr. (Han); 5. Pat Womack (Han). 250 PRO; 1. Dan Berg (Kaw); 2. Ron Turner (Vam); 3. Willie Surrett (Cag); 4. Bob Kline (Han); 5, Rick J ohnson (Han), 500 BEG: 1. Keit h Phelan (Han); 2. Ron Edwards (Honf; 3, C. Fair (Kaw ); 4. Henry Walt ers (Han); 5. D.R. McClain (Vam). 500 JR: 1. Tom Lyman (Han); 2. Ron Gilben (Han); 3. Ron Seaman (Han); 4 . Brad Sloan (Han); 5, Willie Zenh (M · S). 500 INT: 1. D. Scott Bishop (Hon~ 2. Clifton Fredricks (Kaw). 500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw) , , VET JR: 1. Tim Williams (Kaw); 2. John DiCiaula (Suz); 3, Jim Stentz (Yam); 4. Keith Phelan (Han); 5, Jack Landers (Han), VET INT: 1. Larry Forbis (Suz), VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Yam); 2. Rick Johnson (Han). VINT: 1. John McManaway (Yam); 2. Matt Hilgenberg ( Bul~ 3. Terry Pratt (CZ); 4. Kenny Sykes (SRV); 5. Chris Johnson (CZ). Pryor fastest at Thrasherland MX By Michael Ross GLENDALE, AZ, MAY 21 Kawasaki-mounted "FIyin' " Brian Pryor set the pace last night in the Expert Sweepstakes race during the first round of q ualifying for the Po nca City National. Pryor's only competition was Honda-mounted Kerry Mulligan. Mulligan stayed close during the early laps but Pryor easily controlled the race up front and moved away whe n he wanted. Although P ryo r d i d lose the second mo ta of the 250cc Stock race when he fell on lap six of the ninelap moto, Mulligan p icked up the moto win. Roger Jones' challenging track and cool evening temperatures greeted a ligh t turnout for this first NMA Qualifier to be he ld in the area. The Junior cycles got things rolling as Drai Nichols smoked the first 60cc moto. Nichols led the first lap as Justin Crachy moved into the second spot in the four-lap rnato. Before Crachy could move in on Nichols, he fell in a deeply rutted right-hander, giving second place to Dylan Guthrie. Nichols finished first followed by a distant Guthrie with Travis Williams taking third. B.]. Parrish holeshot moto two but Jason Mathews (who didn 't race in moto one) grabbed the lead and ran away from the field, winning by 10 seconds. Parrish took second but withdrew his name from the scoring sheets. Crachy took third at the flag for first overall. Joe Weber stole the show during race two with a wire-to-wire win in the 250cc Novice class. Alvin Yellowhair held pat in second to take the runner-up spot at the flag. Kawasaki-mounted Weber holeshot moto two and pulled out a seven second advantage over Brad Barde's Suzuki by the halfway J??int. Yellowhair moved up from fifth at th e start ' to third by lap five. On lap six Alvin took second from Bardes but ran out of laps before he could reel ' in Weber, They finished in that order. Mini Amateur action saw David Pingree's Kawasaki holeshot moto one while Novices Derek Giest, Terry Kennedy and Jason Tice piled up in the first turn. Pat McMullen took the lead from Pingree on lap one and started to pull away. McMullen went on to win the six-lap moto four seconds ahead of Pingree and Steve , Andrich. Pingree took the second moto holeshot but McMullen put the moves on Pingree to take over the lead when Pingree crashed. David quickly rem o u nted and charged through the field to score third behind McMullen and Andrich. There was plenty of drama on track in the 125cc Novice race. Moto one saw Jeff Griffin ho leshot the start and lead Shawn Cisco, Dave Parker and Earl Goudreau into tum one. By the second lar Griffin was firmly in first ahead 0 Scott Moore, Earl Goudreau and Keith Noyes. Parker fell back to sixth. Goudreau took over third on lap five after a tussle with Noyes and Cisco. On the last lap of the eight-lap 35

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