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Mike De lacy takes the inside while Jim Sisemore and Scratch winner
John Houston Jr. 'go high during Gold Country Speedway action.
,Henry Rodarte took victories in the 50cc Lightweight Stock and Modified
Expert classes at Oxnard. '
250 AM 1. Ja sen Yound (KX ); 2. M ichael Lord
(Hon); 3. Jon Garner (KX ).
125 INT: 1. Ricky Walker (Hon); 2. J.D. Walke r
(Yam); 3. Jason Owens (Kx).
125 NOV: 1. Bruce Ohagan (Yam); 2. Kevi n
CaUahan (Hon); 3. Ron A insworth (KX).
OUTLAW : 1. Jason Young (KX); 2. Kenny Heward
3. Michael Lord (Hon).
M INI JR: 1. Robbie Reyna rd (KX ); 2. Clint Lath am
(KX ); Robbie Skaggs (KX).
MINI OPEN: 1. Heath Kir kland (Hon); 2. Jar ed
Hambe (Hon); 3. Clint Carlton (Hon).
MINI MINI : 1. Cli nt Hatha m (KX); 2. Robbie
Reynard (KX); 3. Robbie Skaggs (KX).
OPEN: 1. Greg Brown (Hon); 2. Rob M cQua ry
(Yam ). 3. David Joe Cooper (Hon).
MI NI SR: 1. Heat h Kir kland (Hon ); 2. Trey Ow ans
(KX); 3. Ja red Hamby (Hon).
OVER 25 & 30: 1. Greg Brown (Hon); 2. David
Spears (KX); 3. Larry Byers (Suz).
· ohansson jumps to
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SMXwin
By David Procida
56
PE RRIS, CA, JUNE 4
In th e openi ng round, Jody Weisel,
aboard a H onda MX-Action tricked
ou t Yamaha, holesho t the entire class
with Johansson and Chuck Minert
in close company. J ohansson closed
to the rear fender of Weisel and th e
two p ulled away from Minert , who
was now bein g ' p r essu red b y
Ya ma ha -mo u n ted Marvin Olson
a n d Mi ssi on Yam ah a -r ider Bob
Ri chard.
The battle for th e lead co nt inued
as J oharisson stuck his front tir e ·
inside of Weisel time and tim e again
on ly to be denied the lead slo t.
Behind the lead pair, a battle was
forming Ior the number th ree posi tion, as Minert was trying desperately to hol d off the charges of Olson.
The next three slots were occupi ed
by Richard, Jay Biery and Gene
Powel.
.
Weisel and J ohansson carried th eir
battle clear to the finish line wi th
Weisel less than a half bi ke's length
in front. O lson was next, having
slipped by Minert lat e in th e race ,
and Richard rounded out the top five
spots.'
.
In mo to two , Weisel again took
the holesh ot and once again it was
J ohansson and Minert hot o n hi s
. heels. Weisel hel d onto th e lead for
three laps befor e J ohansson, after
waiting and watching, made his bid
for the lead.
It was now Weisel doing the
chasing with Mi nert, Olson, and
Ri chard in fro nt of a large pack of
riders. Late in the rno to, Weisel
dropped back into the chase pack and
O lson closed to almost challenging
distance as the moto came to an end.
Johansson took the win and over all with Olson's 3-2 overall finish
good for seco nd.
In Vet Expert action, Ala n O lson
put ' his Pro Circuit' Kawasaki into
the limelight wi th a pair of come
from beh in d win s. H onda pilo t Kurt
Goldie follow ed the KX rider to the
checkered flag in each mo to with
Greg Berg to th ird in mo to one, a nd
fourth in m oto two. Berg recently
tu rned expert less than a month ago
and has been running con sistently
in front of the class holding off Pete
Vetrano, Terry-Ca ble's Terry Davis
and a large group of o ther ri ders
today.
Vet Intermediate rider Mark H oward, rod e to an overall victory by
winning moto two after a third pl ace
showing in moto one. Riding an
Open class Honda , Tony Feldhaus
went 2-4 for second overa ll wh ile
Whi te Bro s. rider Mark Granberg put
hi s Honda CR250 into third overall
with a 5-2 outing. Rounding ou t the
top five were Rudy Chavez a nd
KX250-mounted Rex Wh ite.
Results
M INIINT: 1. Tony Amarakio (Yam).
M INI BEG: 1. Randy Ben en (Kaw); 2. Bernard
Leit ner (ATKI.
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125 BEG: 1. Trevor Barkar (Yam); 2. Adam Jo nes
(Kaw); 3. Dar ryl Dobbins (Hon).
125 NOV: 1. Travis Mu sselman (Hon); 2. J im
Bacon (Hon); 3. Gregg Smit h (Hon).
125 INT: 1. Robert Ship man (Yam); 2. Buddy
Mor gan (Suz) 3.Scon Br iSlol (Hon ).
OUTLAW: 1. Jerem y McG rath (Yam).
250 BEG: 1. Ray Eberl in (Suz) 2. Richard Vargo
(Hon) 3. M ark Granb erg (Hon).
250 NOV: 1. BiU Sauro (Hon); 2. Rich Callahan
(Suz); 3. W.J . Bradbu ry (Hon).
250 INT: 1. Steve Pianoni (Suzl; 2. Rick Gran t
(Hon); 3. Ron Mowry (Hon ).
25 0 PRO 1. Craig Davis (Yam); 2. Ulf Johansson
(Hon); 3. Tony Spear (Suz).
OPEN BEG: 1. Greg Wh itf ield (Yam).
OPEN NOV: 1. Rusty Hann ah (Hon); 2. Norma
Schiel (Kaw) .
OPEN INT: 1. Bill Keefe (Kaw ).
OPEN PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (ATK).
VET NOV: 1. Bla in e J acklin (Yam); 2: W.J .
Bradbury (Hon); 3. John Ritchie (Hon).
VET INT: 1. M ark How ard (Hon); 2. Tony Feldhaus
(Hon); 3. J ohn Ri1ch ie (Hon).
VET EX: 1. Alan Olson (Kaw); 2. Kirt Goldie(Hon);
3. Gregory Berg (Hon).
OLD TIMER: 1. Bengt J ohansson (Hon) 2. M arvin
Olson (Yam); 3. Jody Weisel(~ on).
Trauter takes
Onxard Mini RR
By T .D . Deatherage
OXNARD , CA, JUNE 5
First Ch oice Racing's David Trauter
was the man to beat in th e highly
co m p eti ti ve Middlew eigh t 50cc
Expert Stock class agains t a hardchargi ng Steve George at the SREpromoted Min i road races at Oxnard;
Trauter topped the field for the
overall win by tak ing command early
in both his .heat s and never rel inq uis hing the l ead . George was not
only tryi ng to keep pressure on
Trau ter bu t also kept busy as o ther
riders were trying to make a move
on his position. Yamaha rider Joel
Randel put together a 4-3 tally to
land third overall.
. In Middleweight 50cc Novi ce
Modi fied racing Peter Yurfest waged
war with Car l Essl, who captured
second in the first heat, and J ua n
Gonzales, who coll ected second place
in the second heat. 'By way of th e
second heat scores the overall win ner
was Yurfest, Go nzales was second .
and Essl third overa ll.
Ellen Taylor was the queen of the
50cc Stock Begin ner Ladie s class by
taking both heat wins in front of Top
Fl igh t/J R Hess-sponsored Tina
Moss.
:
In 80cc Middleweight E xo t ic
Expert co mpetitio n , Don Canet rode.
his Kawasaki KX80 to the overa ll win
ahead of Motorcycl ist magazin e
sta ffer Nick Ienatsch on a YSR-based
machine w ith a Yamaha YZ80
engine shoe-ho rned into the frame.
In the first hea t, Ienatsch took
com ma nd 'of the lead and held off
cha lle nges from Canet un ti l th e
eig hth lap when the Kawasak i rider
found a way around the Yamaha
pilo t for the lead. Canet held o n to
the number one spo t all the wa y to
the checkers.
. .'.
T he second heat had Canet taking
the -lead ear ly and staying th ere to
th e fin ish . Ien a tsch la n d ed th e
n umbe r two overa ll positi on for the
day .
H enry Rodarte piloted hi s
Yam ah a to th e overa ll victor y by.
tak in g bo th heat wins in the 50cc
Li ghtweight Mod ified Expert class
aga ins t arc h rival Dennis H orton ,
wh o had to settle for second in each
race.
Results
LIGHTW EIGHT
50 STK BEG: 1. Yuichi Furu kawa (Yam); 2.
Nivaldo Lopes (Yam).
50 MO D BEG: 1. Emil io Gonzales (Yam ); 2. Kevin
Sen ior (Yam); 3. Robert Dur an (Yam); 4 . Jay
Robinson (Ya m ); 5 . Scon Stenb erg (Yam ).
50 STK NOV: 1. Gary Garn er (Yam).
50 MOD NOV: 1. Gary Garn er (Yam).
50 STK EX: 1. Henry Rodarta (Yam).
50 MOD EX: 1. Henry Rodarte (Yam); 2. Denn is
Horto n (Yam).
MI DDLEW EIGHT
50 STK BEG: 1. John Benavente (Yam); 2. Robert
Robertson (Yam ); 3. Robert Rodart e (Yam); 4. Bill
Fr isk (Yam); 5. J im M axwe ll (Yam).
50 STK NOV: 1. Greg Rutl and (Yam); 2. Carl Essl
(Yam ).
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50 MOD NOV: 1. Pet er Yurl est (Yam); 2. J uan
Gon zales (Yam); 3. Carl Essl(Yam); 4. Jun ior Dur an
(Yam).
50 STK EX: 1. David Traut er (Yam ); 2. Stav e
George (Yam); 3. Joel Randel (Yam): 4. Mark
Mc Donald (Yam); 5. Stev e Dyer (Yam).
50 MOD EX: 1. M ark McD onald (Yam); 2. Gary
Drew (Yam); 3. Steve George (BCW); 4. Ken Peters
(Yaml; 5. Thom as Petrr is (Yam).
HEAVYWE IGHT '
MOD NOV: 1. Tony Karvasek (Yam); 2. Rick W all
(Yam); 3. Mike Flint (Yam).
EXOTIC
.
50 M OD NOV: 1. Tim Till man (Hon).
BO M OD MIW EX: 1. Don Cane t (Kaw); 2. Nick
lenat sch (Yam).
BO MOD HIW EX: 1. John Van Keeken (Kaw ).
WM N 50 STK BEG: 1. Ellen Taylor (Yam); 2. Tina
Moss (Yam).
Houston hammers
Gold Country Spdwy
By R.C .Jones
AUB URN, CA, JUNE 3
J ohn H ouston Jr. blasted to victo ry
for the second week in a ro w aboard
his Fashion a nd H air/Coca Col a/
Trick/ Bell / Co dy Racing-prepared
J awa in the H andicap main event
and Mik e Delacy roa red to hi s first
Scratch main win at Gold Country
Speedway.
.
Shaw n Rep pert too k the ear ly lead
as the H andica p main unfolded. Bob
Hicks and Houston were fighting for
second and both riders wanted to use
th e o u tside line. As H icks an d
H ouston banged wheels out of turn
two, Hicks dropped back and H ouston went aft er Reppert. Houston
moved pa st Reppert through turn
four and took th e lead as the white
flag came o u t. Wh en H ouston came
o ut of turn four for the checkered
he grabbed too m uch traction, sending him wildly down the track and
towards the waIL H ou ston stayed on
th e gas for the win and sla m med into
th e wa ll just over the start-finish line.
Reppert and Rob inson raced dow n
th e main stra igh t with Reppert able
to hold off Robinson for seco nd,
Del acy, aboard the Aria / Ca li f
P lumbing/M icro Mach Godden/
H &S Cycles-sponsored Godden , shot
o u t of ga te one an d held the in side
rai l th rough the fir st lap. Ji m
Sisem ore moved into secon d but was
relegated to th e o u tside line by
Delacy. Rocky Robins on, sq ueezed
ou t of the battle for the lead in the
first turn, worked past H ouston for
th ird and went after Sisemore. On
th e n ext la p R o b in so n , with a
brilliant move, slipped pa st Sisemore
into seco nd and starte d pressing
Delacy. Delacy was enjoying his lead
for the next two laps and all Robinso n co u ld do was to knock o n
Delacy's back door before Delacy
closed the gat e. At th e fini sh it was
Delac y, Robinson, Sisem ore and
H ouston .
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Mi ke Delacy (Gdn ); 2. Rocky
Robinson {Wes); 3 . Jim Sisemore (W es); 4. John
Houston Jr. (Jaw).
HDCP: 1. John Houston Jr . (Jaw): 2. Shawn
Rappert (Wes): 3. Bob Hicks (W es); 4 . Eddie Ingel s
(GM) .
0 -2: 1. Scon Yarbrough (Wesl; 2. Joh n Payton
(Jaw); 3. Rory ' Rundle (Wes); 4. Ron Porteous
(Jaw) .
0 -3: 1. Dereck Col e (Jaw); 2. Jess Ochoa (Jaw);
4 . M ike Browne (W es); 4 . Rich M ignano (Jaw).
longergan tackles
Ascot Motocross
By Ken Faught
GA R DENA, CA, J UNE 10
Kawasaki-mounted Greg Longergan
capi taliz ed on two good starts to
sweep both motos in division two of
the 125cc Beginner class to clinch the
overall victory at Asco t Park.
In the firs t moto Craig Smith got
the early drop on the ga le to lead
Longergan, Skip Early, Steve T rujillo and Rodn ey Os ma n around th e
first tu rn . Ear ly q u ick ly forced his
way into secon d an d then proceeded
to stuff Smi th in the following berm.
Smi th bar ely recovered after ha ving
Earl y tap h is front en d and struggle
