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Q rn 9 Come r ace <{ o ~ o wit.h u rn >- lIS CD o .... o W ' r e t aking depos i t s nOK for e ode ' 89 CR m ls - Don' t miss out ! :r Q. 00 00 O"l ...... A ccept ing r esumes now f r om exper ienced riders for t he F re~vh ee l i ng Rac i ng Team . Stand out from t he pack wi th our spec ial graph i cs package .•• for Fr eew heel ing emhers Team m onl y! Josh Larsen (here leading Jim' Sisemore an d Billy Hamill) won his first Division One race at IMS. taking the Handicap ma in over Jesse Finch . a screeching halt, Larsen gOI past Bas t with a lap 10 go and he quickly went after Cir ello . When th e ch eckered ended one 01 the best Han d icap mai ns 01 the season. ir was Cirell o by a bike length over Larsen an d BaSL Results . SCRATCH: 1. Phil Collins (G- Mt 2. Gary Hicks (Wes); 3 . Bart Ba, t (W es); 4 . Bill y Hamill (W es). • HOCP: 1. Trinon O rella (Wes); 2. Josh Larsen (Wes); 3. 8aIrt Bast (W es ); 4 . Greg Hancock (Wes ). 0-2: 1. W ayne Manchester (Wesl; 2. Don Ambrose (Wes); 3 . Johnn y W elker (West; 4. Charles &mo&enko,ewes). 0 · ·3: 1. AJex M ansfiekf (West 2. Tom Moffett U aw ); 3. Ron Kemp (J.w); .. . Glen Haserot (Jawl. Larsen wins first at '.S Speedway By Scott Daloisio o SAN BER NARDINO, CA, AUG. 31 Two-ti me J unior National Champion Josh Larsen made h is firs t nip to a Divisio n One victo ry ci rcl e by wi n n ing the eigh t la p Hand icap main even ' a ' John LaDouceur's Inland M otor Speedway. Larsen, joc keyin g his Vision Street Wear/ T una EnterpriseslBell/Cire llo RacinglTri p p Electric Weslake, trailed SIeve Russell at th e beginnin g 01 th e eight-lap even t, J essee Finch , another former J un ior Nationa l Cham pion. was in thi rd. Doug Bowers was runnin g fourth, bUI wh en he went wide o n lap two , Scotty Brown q u ickly pou nced o n th e situa tion . Billy Hamill, co mi ng Irom th e back yar dage, was slicing h is way through th e pa ck, but a brok en righ t loo tpeg sent him out 01 th e even I a t th e en d 01 the second circuit. La rsen stay ed clo se 10 Ru ssell a nd a t th e end 01 th e lillh go-around, moved in lor th e kill. Russell parked as they ca me 011 ' urn two o n th e sixth lap and Larsen darted lor th e insi de. As Ru ssell was geltin~ straightened OUl, Larsen ca ught a p iece 01 h im and mo ved by lor th e poin t posiuon. Once into th e lead , La rsen pulled away. Finc h came after Russell and as they came olf tum lour and head ed for the whi te nag, he sn uck by on th e ins ide li ne. That is as lar as Finch ~Ol as La rsen had a huge lead and took his firs t Division O ne checkered with room to spare. Finch came home in second wit h Russell edging Bro wn lor third. Bobby Schwaru closed out a successful month 01 August with his lourth IMS win in five o uti ngs. Schwartz went through the Scratch preli minaries without a win a nd Saved the best fo r last in th e lour lap ma in. 011 01 gate two , Schwartz set th e CTI Bra ce/ Bud weiser/ Answer Prod ucts/ Silko lene/R ussell 's Grandsta nds GM into th e lead as soo n as th e ta pes new up. G ary H icks was out in seco nd with Tull McBride third. Steve Lucero, a lormer IMS winner , missed the start badly and was m ired in last. McBride went to th e outside dirt and shocked everyone wh en he blas ted by Hi cks lor th e seco nd spot as th ey exiled th e seco nd tum. Hi cks stayed clo se until McBride got th e drive orror turn four o n the o pe ner and p ut some di sta nce bel ween himsell and th ird place. . Even though McBride had made las t work 01 H icks . Schwam had alrea dy esta blished a hu ge lead and by th e ti me the lour-la p event had co me 10 an end, he had a ha ll stra igh t to spa re. McBride, in his best IMS sho wm g to dal e, finis hed seco nd with H ick s and L ucero rounding out th e field . Results SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz (GMI; 2 . Tuff McBrid e (J aw); 3. Gary Hicks (Well; 4 . Steve Luce ro (GM). HDCP: 1. Josh Larse n (We s); 2. Jessee Finch (GM); 3 . (We.~ 4. Scotty Brown (J aw ). 0-2: 1. Don Odom (Wes); 2. Charles Ermo lenko (W ea); 3 . Tony Gom ez (J aw); 4 . Randall Oance (Ja w). 0-3: 1. Jason Rod< (Jawl: 2. Gary Ackr oyd (Gdnt 3. Rob Barnu m (J aw); 4 . Mike Pinedo (J aw) . Sieve Russell Nunez hai's Bay'ands ST By Mike Vancil FREM O NT. CA, AUG . 28 The short trackers were surprised to lea rn tha t they were to race o n the brand new 3/16 mi le short track a, Baylands Ra ceway Park instead 01 th e customary bi-weekl y 1/7 m ile facility but when th e mo tors quieted and the checkers Iast new i t was 500cc Pro Jon Nunez and his Harl ey-Davidson that look top hon ors. The competition was not light as Dan McDo n nell , a lso H -D mo unted , David Sanchez on a Honda a nd Rand y Bererna n on a Ro ta x a ll wo rked 'a best Nu nez. The heat race was a clear indication that Nunez was serious abo ut winning th e first ever motorcycle race on the new oval. H e won both his races fro m seco nd place starts. He did not assume th e lead until th e h ea t a nd fina l were a' lea st tw o laps o ld. Fro m that point o n he was uncontested. Finishing seco nd bo th times OUI was McDonnell . Bro th er acts got into th e program as Dan and Don Han dominated th e 80cc Min i Expert class and Dav id a nd Sam Freeze grabbed a ll th e hon ors in th e Vetera n class . The Hart brothers were chased har d a ll th e way by 60cc Expert Jeff Gabhart, The Freeze boys p ut o n q uit e a show lor the fan s. These two com prised the class and . as soo n as o ne of th em ass umed a lead he wo uld loo k lo r the o ther a nd mo tion lor a pas s. At ti mes it was com ica l, but th e sp urn of speed 10 gel into th e lead were rea l and it was a wo nder that nei ther o ne fell . It wasn 't a photo finish in th e fina l as David won. Results PIW 50 JR : 1. M icha el Pett ersen IYam); 2. Bria n GOrwlli es (Yam). PIW 50 EX: 1. Tony Souza Jr. (yam). , 60 M INI JR: 1. Craig Gonzales (Kawl; 2. Jason Thompson (Yaml. 60 M INI EX: t . Jeff Gabhart (Kaw l. 80 MIN I EX: 1. Dan Hart (Kaw l; 2. Don Hart (Yam ). 250 NOV; r. J ake Zemke (Yam); 2. M ichelle DiSalvo (Yam) . 600 JR : 1. Kevin Gonzal es (Han): 2. David Freeze (Yam ); 3 . Joh n Gonzales (Yam): 4 . Bob Me ir ing (H-O); S. Sam Freeze (Yam). 600 NOV : 1. Tom DiSalvO (Tri l; 2. Rich ie San chez (Hon l; 3 . Larry Crawford (Yam l. 600 PRO: 1. Jon Nunez IM-O): 2. Dan McDonnell (H· 0 ): 3. DavM:t Sanche z (Hon): 4 . Randy Ber ema n (Roc). VET: 1. Devid Freeze (Yarnl:; 2. Sam Freeze (Yaml. V1NT: 1. Ray M at ara (C-zt 2. Dan Gonz.aln (Han): 3. Oavtd Tucker (SLat 4 . Richard Darne ll (Bul). 0 .0. PRO: 1. Roger Paulson (Hon); 2. Chllen Beltran (Han); 3 . Dennis Bettran Jr. (Hont: 4 . Tom Gilliam lHon). Auzenne assai's Bay'ands ST By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, SE PT. 2 Going into the 12-lap linal, Alle n Auzenne kn ew that hi s toughest co mpe ti tio n was going to co me from Alloy McBee, th e eight-la p heat racer winner. At th e start, it was Elmira Alvernaz o n a Yamaha wh o led into th e first co rner. While th e six-rider pa ck was sorti ng o ut. Alvernaz kept th e point. GOing into th e first comer 01 lap three, McBee put his Yamaha o n a n inside line a nd too k th e lead away lrom Alv erna z. On th e backstret ch , Auz enne powered by Alvemaz and th e ba ttle lor the wi n was set bet ween the same riders wh o diced back and for th in th e heat ra ce. It was a rep lay of th e heal race lrom lap lour un ti l lap I I as McBee and Auzen ne tra ded the lea d ma n y tim es . McBee had m ore co nfidence go ing into th e co m ers a nd was making hi s passes that way. Auzenne seem ed to hook up better coming off the comers and mad e his pas ses th ere. On th e 11th lap McBee stepped o Il, wh il e in th e lead , in turn three. Auzenne kep t on his wheels a nd motored home wit h th e wi n. Jack Winans rode a steady race a nd was FREEWHEELING HONDA-BMW 873 BankheadHighway Mableton, Georgia (404) 948-0616 NIKS MX PISTONS Manufactured by !P1tJ@arcltJ@~~ These Hi Performance pistons are manufactured to the latest orig inal . equ ipment specifications to insure qUality equal to or better than original equ ipment. For all the latest models of 80cc , 125cc, 250cc and 500cc In sizes from standard to .060 oversize. Call or write for your free catalog and decals- NIKS DISTRIBUTING .. [P!tJ@NX 8311 Chetle Ave.,. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 (213)693-2746 Who 'd id how? He,", results. 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