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Winner Chris Ridgeway (2R) and
Ben Anderson (37) race in the
Perris 2 50cc Novice class. .
Tad ,Goimarac (1) leads Mike Kamphuis (6) and Mitch Boehm (69) through turn one at the newly renovated
Bonneville Raceway, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
in g Lewis, Hawkins then disqual ified Lazor on th e same basis. That
sent Mike Warren, who wo n th e final
qual ifying heat, into th e main event.
After all the co m mo tion , Diem
raced his Blendzall/Keech Video/
Diem 's Cycle Godden to first place
in eac h of the four mains, co rnp leting a sweep of the Spring Championship. T om Burge placed second with
one th ird pl ace finish and three
seconds. W atson com pi le d fi ve
points with a second and three third
place fini shes, while Warren , still
stu n ned to be in th e ma in event,
rounded o ut the field.
Ch ri s Lord, absent for two weeks,
returned to win th e Second Division
main even t. Lord topped Kel vin
H errala in the m ain event after
fini shing second to Herrala in his
heat race.
Marco Morell o won th e Third
Divi sion main event for the second
week in a row. Morello led the race
from start-to-finish , ahead of A.J .
Fab ian and Kelly McMahon.
Results
0 -1 : 1. Warren Diem (Gdn); 2. Tom Burge (Gdn);
3. Steve Watson (Wes); 4. Mike Warren (Jaw) .
0 ·2: 1. Chris Lord (Jaw); 2. Kelyin Herrala (Jaw) ;
3 . Jim McCarthy (Jaw); 4. Kyle Dixson (Jaw).
0-3: 1. Marco Morello (Hon); 2. A.J . Fabian (Jaw);
3. Kelly McMahon (Tri); 4. Rick Deland (Jaw) .
Gardne!L Goimarac gets
gold at ISOnnevile RR
By Teresa Merrill
32
SALT LAKE CITY, UT , MAY 29
Chris Gardner and Tad Goimarac
overcame high winds and bl inding
dust to take wins in the inaugural
U tah Sport Bike Associ ation road
race a t Salt Lake City's ren ovat ed
Bonnevill e Raceway. Mitch Boehm, .
J im Bill in gsl ey, Brock R o berts,
Laird Whit e and T im Quinn a lso
made it to th e winner 's circle in the
rain-shortened event.
Gardner 's win came in th e 750cc
Producti on race, which he led fro m
flag -to- flag. R iding flaw lessly on 'a
1988 Suzu ki GSXR750 eq u ipped
with a n Ontario exhaus t system and
Avon GP tires, Gardner 's cons istent
I:09 lap ti mes were too fast for a ny
cha lle ngers. The 1988 USBA rule
changes m oved prod uction rules .
more in line with AMA Super Sport
rul es,
a llo w i ng
afte r- mar ket
exha us ts, ai rbo x and jetting cha nges.
Surprisingly, second and third pl ace
went to a coul?l e o f hot -running
600cc bikes. Coimarac on a H onda
Hurricane was second across th e lin e
and Billingsley on a Yamaha FZ600
was third.
In Open Production , White
proved he was fully recov ered from
a serious practice crash during last
O ctober's Wendover Four-Hour
Endurance race. White, o n a Suzuki
GSXR II 00 sponsored b y Honda/
Suzuki of Salt Lake/Qua lit y MC
Parts/Barnes Boots/KBER Rad io ,
set an unofficial new course record
of 1:08.28 on his way to th e win.
Ch ri s G ardn er wa s seco nd, 10
seco nds back.
The 600cc Production race was a
thriller , with the finish ing order
. decided in the last turn of th e last
lap. The 1987 U SBA Champion
Goimarac took the early lead, his
Cycles & Sleds-sponsored Hurricane
showi n g i ts top en d su periori ty
do wn the long front straight. Behind
him, Bill ingsley's Quality MC Parts/
Barn es
Bo ots/KBER
Radi o sponsor ed FZ600 was battling it ou t
for second with Boehm's FZR400,
spo nsored by Motorcyclist maga zin e /P irell il K ush ita n iI Sh oei /
Yamaha. By then, th e wind had .
ki cked up a bruta l dust s torm ,
limiting visibility to as little as 25
feet. Billingsley finall y p as sed
Boehm on the sixthIap and began
to hunt Goimarac in th e dust. By lap
nine, Billingsley had caugh t sigh t of
G oimara c ' s lea thers glea m i ng
th rough the dust ahead.
" I co uldn' t even see the tra ck at
times, a ll I could do was try to follow
Go im arac's shiny leathers /and hope
he kn ew which way th e track goes,"
Billingsley said. On the last la p,
Bill ingsley went to th e o u tside In
turn nine a nd got on the gas early,
bea ting Goimarac across the lin e by
a few feet.
The 400 and 600cc Superbi ke races
were the most eventfu l o f the da y.
On th e ninth lap o f th e 400cc race,
Boehm tri ed a last dit ch pass on the
inside of leader Gardner in turn o ne.
Gardner was alread y commi tted to
h is line and th e two riders q uickly
fou nd out th at th ey both cou ld n' t
occ u py the same pl ace at the same
tim e. The resulting co llisio n sent
Gardner sliding o rr into the grass
unhurt. Boehm took the win fol lowed b y Mountain R o adra cing
Associa tion racer G reg Nichols a nd
Fred Paiz, both also o n FZR400s.
Results
NOV : 1. Tim Qu inn (Suz); 2. Tim J ackson ISuz);
3. Richard Chr istopher (Hon).
250 PROD: 1. Brock Roberts (Kaw) .
400 PROD: 1. Mitch Boehm (Yam).
600 PROD: 1. J im Billingsley (Yam ); 2. Tad
Goimarac (Hon); 3. Mitch Boehm (Yam).
750 PROD: 1. Chr is Gardner (Suz); 2. Tad
Goimarac (Hon~ 3 . J im Billingsley (Yam).
OPEN PROD: 1. Laird Wh ite (Suz); 2. Chr is
Gardner (Suz).
250 S/BK: 1. Brock Roberts (Kawl.
400 S/BK: 1. Mitch Boehm (Yam~ 2. Greg
Nichols (Yam): 3. Fred Paiz (Yam).
60D S/BK: 1. Tad Goimarac (Hon); 2. Jim
Billingsley (yam): 3 , Mitch Boehm (Yam).
Arnet aces
Perris MX
By David Procida
PERRIS, CA, MAY 30
Su zu ki-mo u nted Ed Arnet used a 2I score to claim th e overa ll victory
in th e 250cc Pro class a t Pro Circuit
Racing 's Memorial Da y bash a t
Perri s Racew ay. Not only were th e
Pros racing for th e reg u la r purse, but
a $100 bounty was o ffered for the first
rid er to clear a new tabletop jump.
In moto o ne Ron Turner holesh ot
and led th e pack o u t onto the track.
Turner swiftly guided his Yamaha
through the bowl corner and made
hi s bid for th e tabletop, bu t co uld
not ~et th e height needed to clear it.
Cagiva rider Mik e Young was close
behind Turner with Eric Browne in
hot pursuit. They were more than
conc erned with each other than th e
tabletop and failed to clear it a lso.
For five laps no one wo uld claim th e
$100 bounty. Then on lap six, Marc
Peters went up and over, clearing th e
jump with just inc hes to spa re.
Meanwhil e, u p at th e fron t, Young
had gone down a nd fell back to fifth
behind Turner, Browne, Arn et a nd
Peters. At th e halfway po int Arnet
had moved ahead of Browne wit h
Young doing th e same a few co rners
later. Arnet reeled in Turner on lap
six, a nd the two riders pulled away
from Young. Amet pressed T urner
but the seasoned vetera n held him
of£. Turner took th e checkered flag
on the nex t la p with Arnet, Young,
Bro wne and Jim Ch amberlain fin ishing in th e top five positio ns.
In mot o two Arnet powered a lo ng
the o utside berm to take th e lead from
T u rner with Browne "ho lding o ff
Y oun ~ for third . Arnet would pull
away III th e tight stuff, o nly to ha ve
Turner reel him back in o n th e
straigh ts. You ng kept the lead ers in
sight as Bro wn e, holding o rr th e
conti n uo us cha rge of T erry Fowler ,
fell to fourth. As th e mo to near ed
the en d, T u rner and Young were
tu cked in right behind Ar n et.
Bro wne develo ped problem s a nd fell
off th e pace with Fowler now in
fourth : Arnet led a three-m an freight
train head ing for th e finish line and
took th e checkered flag for th e overall
win. Turner 's 1-2 secured h im seco nd
overa ll with Young next in line with
a pa ir of thirds.
Arnet returned to action in the
Open Pro cla ss where he added two
more rnoto wins to hi s total. Greg
Sm ith and Je rry J erkowsky finished
.in th e 2' 3 positions in both rnotos
for second and third respe ctiv ely.
Results
VET EX: 1. Alan Olson (Kaw) ; 2. Gregory Berg
(Kaw): 3 . Pete Vetrano (Suz).
VET INT: 1. Mark Matheis (Hon ); 2. Steve Clark
(Hon ~ 3 . Lee Amaredio Jr. (Yam).
VET NOV : 1. Jack Phinn (Hon ); 2. Rudy Stark
(Yam); 3 . W .J. Bradbury (Honl.
OT: 1. Alan Olson (Kaw): 2. Bengt Johansson
(Hon ~ 3 . Robert O'Connor (Hon ).
2SO PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Suz); 2 , Ron Turner (Yam);
3 . Mike Young (Cog).
12 5 PRO: 1. Cra ig Canoy (Hon ): 2. Todd Compbell
(KTM); 3. Stefve Phillips (Suz).
OPEN PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Yam ); 2. Greg Smith
(Hon); 3 . Jerry Jerkowsky (Ron).
250 INT: 1. Tracy Monterone (Yam); 2. Steven
M . Sibell (Yam~ 3 . Scon Takacs (Suz).
12 5 INT: 1. Randy Moody (Hon): 2. Raymond
Anthony (Hon); 3 . Charli e Flippen (Kaw).
OPEN NOV : 1. Mark Stroup (Hon).
2SO NOV 0 -1 : 1, Chr is Ridgeway (Yam); 2. Jack
Phinn (Hon); 3. Ben Adn erson (Hon).
2SO NOV 0 ·2; 1. John McCormick (Hon): 2.
Char lie Gilmore (Yam); 3 . Mike Graham (Hon).
125 NOV : 1. Mark Higham (Kaw) ; 2. Ja ime Knox
(Yam); 3 . Roger Saenz (Yam).
125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Robert Laine (Hon); 2. Edward
Jay (Suz); 3 . Alex Baca (Hon).
125 BEG 0-2: 1. Tim Hallisay (Yam~ 2. Rick Lee
(Yam): 3 . Mike Mount (Hon).
250 BEG 0-1 : 1. Rich Mahalic (Yam): 2. Don
Vallier (Yam); 3 . Ricky Zeigler (Honl.
250 BEG 0 -2 : 1, Mark Hill (Hon); 2. Duncan
Jones (Yam); 3 , Dale Criske (Yam).
,OPEN BEG: 1. Dayid Troost (Kaw) ; 2. Mike
Feulner (Hon); 3 . Chris Scon (Hon) .
80 INT: 1. Rav Hensley ISuz); 2. Pat McMillen
(Kaw); 3. Tony Amaradio (Yam).
80 NOV : 1. Greg Schnell (Kaw) ; 2. BrianTeets
(Kaw); 3. Dayid Clifford (Kaw).
80 BEG: 1. Er ic Schnell (Kaw) : 2. Steven Knox (Yam); 3. Paul Doremus IHon) .
Sisemore hot at
Cal Expo Speedway
By RC Jones
SACRAMENTO, CA. MAY 25
Jim Sisemore wo n the Scra tch and
H andicap mai ns on the Ca l Expo
Speedway track, becomin g the first
d ouble ma in event w in ner th is
season.
As the H a ndica p main began ,
Sisemore was starti ng o n the 50 with
Eddie In gels next to him. Sise more
had the insi de o n In gels a t th e start
a nd was able to keep In gels out on
the o u tside cus hion as they entered
the first turn. Mike Ka in was on the
zero-ya rd li ne and he ld the lead over
Mike So lis th ro ugh th e first two laps.
On lap three Sise more raced past
Rob ert Curry a nd Da ve Far ia to put
the p ressu re o n Solis. Kain drifted
wide in tum one, a llowing Solis and
Sise more to mo ve in . Sise more,
ridin g h is T rum an Ba il ey/ Ara i/
Oi lza ll / A&A R a cin g -spon sored
Weslak e, blasted past So lis as they
went through the next tum. Ingels
a lso flew past chas ing Sisemore.
Sisemore th en roc keted past Kain
and into th e lead , and in th e last turn
Ingels slipped past Kain and into the
