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Mike Kiedrowski (26) dives under Mike Young at Glen Helen . Kiedrowski
was the overall winner in both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes.
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Eddie Ingels (rear center) celebrates his victory at the inaugural Liberty
Classic Speedway Championship at the Cal Expo Speedway.
Howard wins
Windsor Trials
By Michael Beaudoin
WINDSOR, CANADA, JUN E 26
Gary Howard and Tom Farr ended
up tied in the Expert class at th e th ird
ro u nd of th e Michigan Ontari o
Trial s Association. With 26 points
eac h, Gray won the class with 37
cleans to Farr's 35 cleans. Third was
G reg Moscott with 35 po ints.
The Advanced class winner was
David Richardson with 72 points.
Second was J eff Umsted wi th 84 and
scoring 90 points for third was Al
Davi s.
Mark Alliso n won the Intermediat e class with 45 points over Gr eg
Barl ow with 66. Third was Bill y Ray
Ca udill with 79 poin ts.
T he Senior class win went to Bill
Decker with 14 points' over Marten
Meida's 33-poin t score.
The Novi ce class win went to Steve
Hills with eigh t points.:Second was
Pat Beaudoin with II points and
.rh ird was Dennis Mack with 13. A
close fourth with 14 p oints was
Robert H oward.
Results
EX: 1. Gray Howard (Yam); 2. Tom Farr (Vam);
3. Grag Muscon (Bet).
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ADV; 1. David Richardson (Dss); 2. Jeff Umstead
(yam); 3. AI Davis (Yam).
INT: t . Mark Allison (Yam~2. Greg Barlow lFan);
3. Bill y Ray Caudill (Vam).
SR; t . Bill Decker (Yam); 2. Martin Meida (Yam).
NOV; t . Steve Hills (Yam~ 2. Pat Beaudoin (Fan);
3. Denn is M ick (Yam ~ 4 . Robert Howard (Yam).
Ingels locks up Cal
Expo Speedway
By R.C. Jones
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SACRAMENTO, CA, J UNE 29
Edd ie In gels was crow ned cham pio n
a t th e inaugural Liberty Classic
Championship at Cal Expo Speedway. Ingels had a perfect night with
a win in all five heats, pi cking up
the maximum 15 points. Second was
J im Sisemore with a score of 14
points, third went to Duane Yarrow
and John Houston Jr. was fourth.
The action went to the wire as
Ingels and Sisemore went into the
last race tied in points and faced each
other for th e first and only time.
Ingels, sponsored by Peterich
Cycles/ A&A Racing/Maier/Quaker
State/K&N /Bel l/Champion/Sierra
Products, came out of gate one and
hit tum on e with a wheel length lead
on Sisemore. Ingels exited tum two
taking command of the race. Sise-
more ran a good race for second but
Ingels was the best in to n igh t's
champ ionship.
The first round sta rted with In gels,
Sisemore and Houston pic king up
wins. The third event too k a tum
as J oe Leduc picked up his only win
over Shawn Reppert, Dave Faria and
Bob Hicks. The DNF by H icks
wo uld cost him a chance for th ird
by the end of the ni ght.
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In gels and Sisem or sta rted round
two with wins and Robert Curry
picked up hi s first win over Scott
Yarbrough . Housto n 's fou rth cost
him a chance for secon d overall.
Round three saw Yarrow and Steve
Crawford find th e first of thei r two
wins with Ingel s and Sisemore
co nt in uing th eir perfect rides.
Wh en ro un d fo ur closed o ut
In gels, Sisemore, Yarrow and Craw ford were th e winners and the lin es
were drawn for th e final round.
As ro und five began th e battle was
set for third o vera ll as Yarrow ,
H ouston and Crawford were' all in
the hunt and together in th e same
race. Houston gated th e best and was
first to th e checkered. Yarrow held
on to second finishing third overall.
Crawford 's third pushed him back
into a three way tie for fifth overall.
Steve Orlandi spe nt most of th e
Division T wo race chas ing down
Gar y Stewart for th e wi n. When
Orl andi slipped by o n the ins ide,
Stewart slipped down and fell ou t
of co nte ntio n. Mark Squadri to fin ished second, Ro ry Rundle thi rd and
J ohn Payton fourth.
Results
C'SHIP; 1. Eddie Ingels (G· M ) '5 pts; 2. Jim
Sisemore (Wes) , 4; 3. Duane Varrow (Was) '2;
4. John Houston Jr. (Jaw) , 0; 5. (TIE) Steve
Crawford (Was)/Mike Solis (Wes)/Shawn Reppert
(Wes) 9.
D·2 : 1. Steve Orlandi (Gdn); 2. Mark Squadr ito
(J aw); 3. Rory Rundle (Wes); 4. John Payton (Jaw) .
D-3 : t . Brian Holland (Jaw); 2. Mike 2irkle (Jaw);
3. Tom Castagnola (Jaw); 4. Nick Collin (Jaw) .
Berg blasts Glen
HelenMX
.By Ken Faught
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JULY.IO
Roko Sports/O 'N eal/Clark Kawasa ki / E n zo -sp o ns o re d Dan Berg
piloted his big-bore KX to two easy
wins in the 500cc Pro cla ss in round
one of the CMC Summer Series at
Glen Helen OHV Park, topping
Gary Sailor and Robbie Lo vas.
When the gate dropped at the start
of the first rnoto Berg holeshot Marc
Peters, Lovas, Greg Nash and Tom
Webb. Berg immediat ely opened up
a co mfortable lead as Peters fell and
dropped to se venth . As Peters
stru ggled to catch up Sailors began
pressuring Lov as , who qui ckly
tu rn ed up the throttle to stay ahead
of Sailors . On th e last lap Sailors
, found a smoo th line close to th e edge
of th e track a nd sho t past Lovas for
second. Berg took the win almost 15
secon ds ah ead of Sailors, while
Peters had worked back up to fourth
ahea d of Nash .
Berg again grabbed the early lead
at th e sta rt o f th e seco n d mota
followed by Webb , Nash, Sailors and
Lovas. Na sh worked his way into
second with Sailors ta king com mand
o f third. As th e race progressed
Sai lors began reeling Nash in and
at th e halfway point was three bik e
lengths behind second. Wi th only a
few la ps rem aining Sai lors found his
way into the runner-up posit ion.
Berg took th e easy win over Sa ilors,
Nas h, Peters a nd Lo vas.
- At th e sta rt of th e first 250cc
Intermediate moto Scott Takacs got
th e ear ly jump to lead Ken Erb, John
Edwards, Sco tt Stra ngio, and Steve
Sibell in to th e first turn. Exiting th e
first turn Takacs slid off th e track,
dropping ba ck several positions and
handing Erb th e lead . Erb soon lost
th e lead as Strangio picked up two
positions to tak e over first. The top
five con tinued to swa p positions
several times with Erb eventuall y
taking th e win over Sibell , Edwards,
J eff Fine and Strangio.
Second-mote acti on saw Erb again
hol esho t Edw ards, Stra ngio, Fine
and Sibell . Fine quickl y worked hi s
way past Strangio on a rough downhill, and shor tly after being passed
by Fine, Strangio fell back to sixth,
moving Sibell to fourth.
Up front Erb and Edwards started
to go at it with neither rider giving
an in ch. With only two laps remaining the duo banged bars and went
down, su rren der in g the lead to
Takacs. The pair quickly got up, but
it was too late , Takacs took th e win
ov er Fine, Edwards, Sibell and
Stra ngio.
A 4-2 score gave Fine the overall
win. Edwards was second with his
pair of thirds, while Sibell's 2-4
netted him third overall.
Results
6Occ: 1. Eric Schnell (Kaw); 2. Jason Shirey
(Kaw); 3. Paulita (Kaw); 4 . Reginald Mitchell (Kaw);
5. Kendall Goodrich (Kaw).
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80 BEG: t . Steven Knox (Yam); 2. Jimmy Butter
(Suz); 3. Eric Haug (Kaw~ 4. Marrio Whitlock (Kaw);
5. Mrc Lippert (Suz).
BO JR: t . Ryan Doty (Kaw~ 2. Jeff Lewis (Suz);
3. Joey DePano (Han); 4. Stave Hergeveld (Kaw);
5. Greg Schnell (Kaw).
BOINT: t. Damon Huffman (Suz~ 2. Chris Kefalas
(Han); 3. Eric Chavira (Han); 4 . Steve Mitchell (Han);
5. Mike Metzger (Suz).
BOOPEN; t . Jason DePano (Han).
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'25 BEG D-' ; 1. Mike Scan (Suz); 2. Craig Smith "
(Suz); 3 . Bobby Graham (Han); 4. Shawn Tuohey
(Yam); 5. Mike Cordonas.
'25 BEG D-2; 1. Chuck Uppert (Suz); 2. John
Specht (Han); 3. M ike Mount (Han); 4. Tim Gnoch
(Suz); 5. Mario Nieves (Han).
'25 JR: 1. Chris Kefalas (Han); 2. Travis Cory
(Han); 3. Tiger Garcia (Han); 4 . Chris Evans (Kaw);
5. Ryan Johnson (Han).
. 125 INT: ·1. Jon Levey (Hon~ 2. Jaime Morabito
(Yam); 3. Justin Sousa (Yam ~ 4. Robert Shipman
(Yam); 5. Cole Gress (Kaw).
'25 PRO: t . Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw t 2. Kyle
Lewis (Han); 3. Phil Lewrence (Yamt 4 . Jeremy
. McGrath (Yam); 5. Mike Pascarella (Han).
250 BEG: t . Kenny Sommer (Kaw); 2. Joe Acuna
(Han); 3. Don Vallier (Yam); 4. Danny Ruddy (Yam);",
5. Mark BecltSmith (Suz).
250 JR: t . Gary Wagner (Yam); 2. Bill Sauro
(Han); 3. Kevin Geyer (Yamt 4 . Mike Finch (Han);
5. Chr is Murphy (Han).
250 INT: t . Jeff Fine (Han); 2. John Edwards
(Han); 3. Steve Sibell (Yam); 4. Scan Strangio
(Yam); 5. Scan Takacs (Suz).
250 PRO: i . Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw ); 2. Ron
Turne r (Yam); 3. Terry Fowler (Han); 4. M ike Voung ~
(Cag); 5. Paul Vlach (Han).
500 BEG: , . Ron Gilbert (Han); 2. Chr is Wilconslti
(Han); 3. Tom Lyman (Han); 4. Ronald Wans (Han);
5. Bria n Legg (Han).
500 JR; 1. Jim Al exander (Han); 2. Don Grart
(Kaw); 3. Ted Mchugh (Han); 4. Scan Osborn (Han);
5. Frank Horton (Han).
500 INT: 1. Tony Bienert (Han); 2. Greg Pierce
(Kaw); 3 . Br ian Margen (Han); 4 . Bill Erb (Han);
5. Steve Coster (Han).
500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw); 2. Gary Sailors
(Kaw); 3. Greg Nash (Kaw); 4 . Marc Peters (Vam);
5. Robbie Lovas (Yam).
VET JR: 1. John DiCaula (Suz); 2. Jack Landers
(Han); 3. Bob Durham (Vam); 4. Brian Anderson .
(Vam); 5. Joe Whitely (Vam).
VET INT; t . Bob Post (Han); 2. Brad Sloan (Han).
VET MSTR: t . Bob Bland (Han).
VET PRO: r. Ron Turner (Vam); 2. Mike Kordyak
(KTM); 3. Robert Tippit (Kaw); 4 . Joe Stern (Suz);
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5. Vincent Deluca (Han).
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Knippenberg nails
l awrenceburg ST
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By Steven E. Smith
LAWRENCEBURG, IN , JULY I ~
Brian Knippenberg, riding for Jack
&Jill Shop, fought orr a fierce attack
waged by th e number-two man
Matthew Auxier to win the 80cc class
at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Knippenberg If-lined an earl y lead .bu t
Auxier tried at every turn to find a
way around th e leader. Knippenberg
slammed th e door every time.
Auxier managed to get alongside
in the straight, only to tra il through
the turns and Knippenberg took the
flag. Another local rider, Sam Lowe,
and Gary Stogsdill had it out for the
third spot WIth Lowe out front at
the flag.
In the 250cc class battle, Pat .
Behrle, sponsored by Western Hills
Honda, climbed out front and stayed
there by a length, leaving the racing.'
to those behind him. Joe and Mark
Bastin, along with Phil Palrner.,
traded back and forth with Joe Bastin
in second down to the last lap when
Palmer managed to push around for.
a second-place finish. Joe held down,
the third spot, followed by Mark.
Robert Craig, riding for Western