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Heat. se~i and Scrat ch ma in w inner Bob by Schwartz leads Tuff McBride
and Kevin Krugh at Ascot South Bay Stadium in Gardena.
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took first ov~ra ll , Shaver was second,
Ammons thi rd and Mattox fourt h.
Resu lts
MINI : 1. J.J. All en IKaw) .
125 : 1. Mark Ammons (Han); 2. Raymond Harvey
(Yam); 3. J eff Ledford (Kaw ); 4. Cunis Stephens
(Hon): 5. Many Dyke (Yam). .
250: t , Rebert Hunk apiller (Hon): 2. Jeff Dodgen
(Yam); 3. MIke Shaver (KTM): 4 . Jerry Manox(Hon):
5. Gary Reynolds (Kaw).
OPEN: t . Roben Campbe ll (Hont 2. Grady Jones
(Hus): 3. Donny Wanenbarger (Kaw); 4 . Neal Capps
(Hon t 5. Eddie Keller (Hon).
ENDR: 1. Jackie Davis ( KTM~ 2. Jr . Ak ins (KTM):
3. Tim Brannon (KTM ); 4. Mik e Baker (C-A l: 5.
Charles Drain Jr. (Hus).
U/L AM : 1. Allen Cody (Hon): 2. M ike Shaver
(KTM); 3. Mark Ammons (Hon); 4. Jerry Manox
(Hon); 5. Jeff Ledford (Kaw) .
OVER 30: 1. Dave Holton (KTM): 2 . Kir k
McWilliams (Hon): 3. Ron M ink (Hus): 4 .' Jeff
Sherrod (Suz); 5. Mark Ray (KTM).
Edwards stomps
Sunrise Old Timers MX '
By Sam English
ADELANTO, CA, J UNE 5
Suzuki-mounted David Edwards of
th e Los Angeles Old Timers MX
Club swept through both motos to
lock up th e o vera ll win in the
Am ateur class a t Sunrise Cycle Park.
Edwards d idn't get th e holesh ot in
th e fir st moto but did tak e charge
on th e th ird lap to run off a nd leave
the rest of th e pack to fight for second
place. Robert Jones, Jim Hollon,
Kurt Sofka, Sam En glish a nd Curt
Kentzman enjoyed what proved to be
som e of the closest and fastest racing
so far this year. The first rnoto fin ish
ha~ it Edwards, J ones, English ,
Heintzman and Sofka.
The second mo to also belonged to
Edwards as he went to a wire-to-wire
win, but no runaway thi s mo to as
he was pressed by H eintzman who
finished second for the moto and
third o vera ll. At th e flag it wa s
Edwards, H eintzman, J ones, H ollon
and English.
Expert ac tion' was 'also a thriller
as Steve Dunlop ~ot th e holesh ot a nd
started lapping n ders long before th e
end of th e moto. With Dunlop's easy
win he was moved up to th e Mas ter 's
class for a trial moto and proceeded
to claim third in that class. In th e
first moto acti on th e battle for second
place was between AJ Smith, Hal
Grady and Tom Widick. Good solid
racing for 12 laps and a real clos e
finish had it Dunlop, Sm ith, Widick,
Gra dy, and Moeller.
At the start of the second rnoto
Gary Willison jumped out and never
looked back unti l th e finish.
The overall went to Smith by
virtue of two seconds, Dunlop took
second with a first and third and
Grady got third with a 4-3.
Results
MSTR: 1. Ron W ay (Hon): 2. Bob Dahlgren (Hont
3. David Breetwor (ATK); 4. Fred Collin s (Yam); 5.
George Spea., ng (Hon) .
EX: 1. AI Smit h (Yam); 2. Steve Dunlap (Hon);
3. Hal Grady (Hon); 4 . Tom Widick (Kaw); 5. Gary
Willison (Klw).
AM : 1. Dave Edwards (Suz); 2. Roben Jon es
(Yam); 3. Curt Heintzman (Hon); 4 . Sam Engli sh
(Hon); 5. Jim Hollon (Hon).
NOV: 1. Dennis Smith (Hon); 2. Bill Millspaugh
(Yam); 3. Pete Klassen (Hon); 4. Gilles Vai lancoun
(CZ); 5. John Turdo (Yam).
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officia ls look brilliant as he ca p tured
th e m a in . Cha rl es Ermol enko ,
yo unger brot her of the Briti sh
Leagu e's " Sudden Sam " won his
first main in Division T hree.
Res ults
Schwartz sweeps
Ascot Speedway
SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wes ); 2. Eddie
Castro (West 3. Gary Hicks (Wes ); 4 . Steve Lucero
(Gdn).
HDCP: 1. Bern ie Tusko (J aw ); 2. Trinon Cirella
(Wes); 3. Scotty Brown (Jaw ); 4 . Eddie Castro
(Wes ).
0 -2 : 1. Kevin Jordan (Jaw); 2. John McCaughey
(Wes); 3. Kelly Inman (Wes).
0 -3 : 1. Charles Ermolenko (J aw) ; 2. Gary
Ackroyd (Gdn); 3. Jim Blan (J aw l.
By Scott Daloisio'
GARDEN A, CA, J UNE 2
Schwartz, who guided hi s Budwei ser/C. T .!. Brace/STP / K&N /
Cirell o Racing Weslake to victories
in heat a nd sem i, had th e lead wh en
a red flag sto pped th e proceedings
for Gary Hicks and Steve Lucero
when they went down o n lap two.
Everybody res tarted a n d H icks
narro wl y edged Sch wartz to the first
turn. T he teenage rider held the
poi nt until th e back ch ute wh en
vetera n Sch wartz slipped by o n th e
ou tside. Just behind th e lead du o
were Lucero and Eddie Castro and
they were engaged in a heated battle
for thi rd.
That all came to a n en d wh en
Cas tro sho t to the in sid e and, in o ne
spectacu lar move, go t past Lucero
a nd the restarted Hi cks.
T he dim in uti ve Castro se t h is
sigh ts on the lead er , but Schwartz
was not to be denied. Hicks waited
back at seco nd a nd he pulled alo ngSIde Castro as th ey took th e whi te
flag , but Castro slammed th e throttle
open a nd fought off the challe nge.
Schwartz won, chased by Castro,
HI cks a nd Lucero.
Bernie Tusko , who has com pe ted
off a nd o n since 1985, has apparently
fo u nd himself a top-notch ride.
Getting a sho t a t the Division One
riders failed to scare Tusko. H e got
by Bill y Gray before th e end of th e
open ing circuit of th e H andicap
main and never looked back.
While Tusko was racing away on
the KEZY/ Pro Design Jawa, the lo ng
yardage riders were looking for a
clear path to th e front of the field .
Gray was in second, but Trinon
Cir ello, Sco tt y Brown a nd Sco tt
Brant were set to mak e a charge.
Brant 'd ro p ped from the hunt
before th e halfwa y point wi th a
broken machine. Cirello and Brown
advanced past Gray on lap seven but
it was far too late for them to hav e
any cha nce of catching the streaking
Tusko. .
Gray's woes continued wh en he
fell in turn four just before the white
Ilag.Tusko had no problems on the
final revolution and he scored an
easy win. Cirello had another
impressive outing and took seco nd
with Brown third on a brand new
Jawa.
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Impressive-looking rookie Kevin
Jordan was promoted to Divis ion
Two for th e night and made the
Ham!" goes i,:!side of Kelly Inman during act ion at Speedway USA
Vi ctorvIlle. Hamill won the Scrat ch and Han di cap mains.
Hamill hammers
Speedway USA
By Scott Da loisio
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VICTORVILLE, CA, J UN E 4
Bil ly Hamill had a tough night a t
Speedway USA. H e sta rted th e evening off wi th a crash in a heat race
and he ended the evening with a
cras h, but sa ndwic hed in between
were wi ns in both the H andicap and
Scra tch main even ts.
. Wh en H amill brought his Speedwa y U SA/ Va nce & Hin es/STP /
Monrovia Diesel/Quak er Stat e Weslak e to th e line for th e Scratch main,
he had never cap tured a Scratch main
in hi s career. Referee Dennis De'Tem ple released j he starting ga te and
Hamill blazed into th e lead inch es
ahead of Bobby Schwartz and Steve
Lucero, Lucero passed Schwartz off
tu rn two bu t Schwartz took it back
when th ey reached turn three.
Lucero caugh t up to Sch wartz a nd
they were dead even a t the end of
th e fir st circuit, in turn two o n lap
th ree. Tha t let Sch wartz by wi th Brad
Oxley also taking adva ntage of th e
miscu e. Hamill wa s oblivious to all
of the passing behind him and won
his firs t-ever Scratch main by a
com fortable margin over Schwartz,
Oxley a nd Lucero .
Things were a little tougher o n
Hamill in th e Handicap main as he
had to co me from th e 40-yard line.
Kell y Inman, Kelcey Gordon a nd
Greg H ancock were th e initial pa ce
setters but th e H amill steamroller
was running down th e pack. Mik e
Maz zacane replaced Hancock in
third o n the first circu it. Inman went
down in turn two on the second lap
and that gave Gordon the lead.
Hamill found his way to third on
th e se cond lap. Lap-after-lap
Hamill leaned on second-pla c~
Mazzacane, who refused to budge.
Mazzacane held Hamill at bay until
the fifth lap when he slid off th e
groove. Hamill got by Mazzacane
and a lap-and-a-half later he took th e
lead when Gordon spun out in turn
one. Hamill led the remainder of th e
way for the win ahead of Schwartz
a nd Oxley. After he loo k th e chec k-'
ered, H amill h it th e turn-one d irt for
the second time.
Results
SCRATCH : 1. Billy Ham ill (Wes): 2. Bobby
Schwanz (Wes~ 3. Brad Oxley (Wes t 4. Steve
Lucero (Gdn).
HDCP: t . Bill y Hamill (Wes); 2. Bobby Schwanz
(Wes); 3. Brad Oxley (Was); 4 . M ike Mazzacane
(Wes).
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0 -2: 1. Bobby Cody (Jawt 2. David Perry (Wes );
3. Archie Perez (Gdn).
0-3: 1. Jim Blan (Jaw); 2. Chr is McGee (Wes);
3. Gary Ackroyd (Gdn).
Shumate shines at
Ponca City MX
By Jenny Balles
PONCA CITY, OK , JUNE 5
Brett Shumate ra n away wi th th e
250cc Expert overall a t Ponca City.
First moto action saw Steve Bayles
fir st off the line with Clint :Tones a nd
Shumate close beh ind all aboard
.Hondas. J ones soo n motored past
Ba yles and into th e lead . Bu t it didn't
tak e long before Sh u ma te passed
th em both in mid-ai r, o ver a j u mp,
th rus ti ng himself into th e le ad
posi tio n.
As Jones a nd Bayles battled for
seco nd, ' Yamaha rider l Whisperi n
Sm ith came from behind and managed to get past both riders, putting
himself in second positi on. By th e
third lap of th e IO-lap race, Shumate
was beyond striking distance with
Smith in a comfortabl e sec o n d ,
followed by Bayles. Positions stayed
th e sa me until th e chec kered.
T he secon d moto was just as
exc i ting with J ones stealing th e
hol esh ot followed closel y by Shuma te, Cagiva-mounted Robbie Clauss,
a nd Bayles. J ones' lead was -shortlived as Shumate, o nce again, flew
Into th e lead over a jump, leaving
J ones in seco n d and Clauss
following.
By the second lap, Bayles had
passed Clauss and began pressuring
J ones for second position. As Shumate stretched his lead, Bayles motored
past Jones and int o second pl ace.
A determined Smith regained
co n tro l after a fir st-lap accident and
started gas sing his way through the
pack. He quickly moved up a position at a time, until he was in a
comfortable third place.
Sh umate went on to another moto
~ nd overall win, followed by Bayles
In second and a hard earned third
place finish for Sm ith.
Results
25 0 EX: 1. Bren Shumate (Hon); 2. Steve Bayles
(Hon t 3. Wh i_rin Smith (Yam).
PIW: 1. Bubba Ellis (Yam); 2. Eli Slater (Yam)'
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3. Clint Bowyer (Yam).
125 EX: 1. Cliff Palmer (Honl; 2. Robbie Clauss
(Cag).
BEG: 1. Kevin Panon (KX); 2. Richard Legg (Yam);
3. Jon Derek Owe ns (KX).
2 50 NOV: 1. Kenny Howard (KX); 2. M ik e
Ada mson (Hon); 3 . R.D. P"'erson (Hon).
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