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w '" ~ ~ N W :I: U W a: W a: > !Xl a: Z a: w w I- ....I > > !Xl ee ~ ~ 0 0 :I: Q. :I: Q. 0') 00 0') .......4 "' ).!';) .......4 ~ l-o C\$ = l-o -..0 Q.) ~ Kevin Che~ry (443) scored the 500cc Intermediate class win at Los Angele~ CountyBaceway. M izell (44 ); 4 . John Pan eraon (48 ); 5. Gary Price (50 ). INT: 1. St eve Fuja n (5); 2 . Andre Laporte (191; 3 . Pau l Bol en (22); 4 . Aar on Cox 1 ); 5 . Stan Ma chart (24) . 23 EX: 1. Dave Burr is (39); 2. Ki rk Mayfield (4 91. MSTR: 1. Rcl Land (13); 2. All en Guyot (21); 3. David Black (23 ); 4 . Ron lee (24); 5. Sha ne Moor e (27). won certificates lor $400 011 a YZ125. And 200 racers received 198&champ ionship mo tocross jackets lor linish ing in the tor 10% 01 th eir classes. Results Stringer stars at . Central Mississippi MX By Lut her Stowers P EAR L. MS, JAN. 29 :VIike Stri nge r pUI together two moto win s for th e o vera ll Se n io r cl as s win at C en tr al Mi ssis sippi Mot ocros s Assoc iat ion's track. Perfect track co nd itions greeted rid ers for the rirsl ra ce o f th e yea r a fter two co nsecu ti ve race dal es were rained out. In the first moto, Randy Dawson pulled the hotesbor with String er , Jim Allen . and G ary Speaks in tight Io rrnarion. Stringer began pr essuring Dawson immediately with the two riders stretch ing o ut 10 a lO-second lead by th e hallway poi nt in th e race. Under tremendo us pressure (rom Stringer . Dawson bega n to tire and went down in a Tuned co rner. Dawson had trouble gen ing his Kawasa ki restarted. len in g Allen and Speaks slip by. At the nag it was Stringer . Allen . Speaks a nd Daw son . When th e ga te dropped in th e second mow, Stringer jUffiJX'CI ou t to a q uick lea d lea ving Allen. Spea ks and Daw son 10 light lor third. \Vh ile Str inger was 'cr u isin g wit h a co m fortab le lead, Allen and Speaks were du el in g lor seco nd . Speaks was ab le to ma ke his presen ce known 10 Allen b y Slu rring his Suzuki's from wheel u nder Alle n in every turn. O n the th ird lap , Spea ks rook the rough insid e lin e in a hair pin and was able to ou t-accelerate Allen to the next tu rn. All en returned th e fa vo r b y blowing pas t Spea ks two turns later. Allen was able to hold Spea ks back lor the nex t two la ps to fin ish seco n d a nd second overall beh ind Stri nger. Spea ks look th ird in the mot o a nd thi rd overall with Daw so n ro und ing out the to p fou r. In the M ixed Open class. Greg So rg combined a last-la p pass in the first motu w ith " wir e-to-wi re win in the seco n d fo r the overall a class win. Seco nd went to Pat Dan na a nd th ird was taken by a hard-charg ing Mike Moa k. Moa k went down ha rd in the first turn of the first moto and spen t th e entire race maki ng up gro und. Resul ts SR: 1. M ike Str inge r (Hon ); 2. Ji m Allen (Kawl; 3 . Ga ry Speaks (Suz l; 4 . Randy Dawso n (Kaw). 12S EX: 1. Scott Slay (Kawl; 2. P.J . Sorg IHon); 3. Cary Morris (Hon);.4~ M ark Lowrv (Ka w) ., 125 AM : 1. Jonnny Overby (Kaw); 2. Brian Pear son lHon); 3 . Pa1 Danna (Hon); 4 . Keith Davi s (Yam); 5. Mi ke M oa k !yam). M ICRO M INI: 1. Chr is Dawson (Yam); 2. Jeffrey Sm ith (Suz) . OPEN A M : t . Greg Sorg IHonl; 2 . Pat Danna (Honl; 3 . M ike Moa k (Yam); 4 . Beau Seifert (Suz l; 5. Roger Camp (Sull. Koraleskis clean up in MRA Banquet 28 DETROIT, MI.-jAN. 28 Darren. Bryan and Richard Ko ral eski loo k top ho nors as cla ss ~in ners at th e 5th An n ual MRA awa rds ban q uet. Darren was top racer in th e 250/0pen and 125cc Expert classes, his brother Bryan too k ho me the J1umbe~ o ne spot in the 85ec Expert clas s and the n fathe r, Richar d, won the Vet 25+ class . O ver 400 racers and race ent h usiasts were on ha nd to congra t· ula lC each o the r for their acco mp lishments th is seaso n. Bob Bolenbaugh , wi n ner 01 the Vets 30+ and 250/ 0 pe n In termed iate classes lor 1988, won th e · tra veling H igh Po int tro ph y wi th a combine d tota l 012073 po ints. Paul H uggins, Tom Curcio a nd Paul Rossi eac h won $500 011 certilicate lor a YZ250 lro m Win ners Circle Yamaha in Hill,dal e. Michigan. while Shawn Cas tle a nd Chris Sch wid t 125 EX: 1. Dar r en Koraleski ; 2 . Kevin Korn; 3 . A ndy Michner, 4. J ay Wentzel; 5 . Allen , orne. H t 25 INT: 1. Rick Rol and ; 2. Br ian Campbell; 3. Jam es R. Bor den; 4 . Rick Wal te rspaugh; 5. Pau l Hugg ins. t 25 NOV: 1. Greg St ien ert; 2. Rocky ~h it1a ker; 3. Kevi n Chu rc h; 4 . Dan Lock wood; 5 . Aaron Sm ith . t25 JR: 1. Don Frey; 2. Scott Huggi ns; 3. John lmo ; 4 . Dave Ell is; 5. Je ff Fletch er . 65 : t . J er em y Put nam; 2. Bill y Pierce; 3 . Sha nnan Casto; 4 . Chri s Considine; 5 . Robby Ryda ll . 85 EX: 1. Bry an Kora leski; 2. Chtls Schmidt; 3 . Do ug Lennan; 4. St eve Searl; 5 . Bri an POS 1. 85 NOV : t . Keith Jackson; 2. Darin Gill espie; 3. Roben Kirchoff; 4 . Fred Sype; 5 . Paul Rossi. 50 AUT O: t . Don ny Lapinsk i; 2. Aaron .Wegner;. 3. Nicholas W intersmnh; 4 . W ayne Gu ff ey: 5 . Chtls Considi ne . 250 /OPEN EX.: t . Darren Kora lesk i; 2 . Randy Emrick; 3 . Andy M ichne1'" 4 . Arrdy Kimba ll; 5 . James , h lke. ; E 250/ OPEN INT: t . Bob Bol enba ugh; 2 . ChriS Bar endgret; 3 . Joe Ciss ney; 4 . Jeff Johnson; 5. Ern ie Horvath. . 250 NOV : 1 . Leo M cNabb ; 2 . George Kelley; 3. Ch tl S Williams; 4 . Ron Rife ; 5. Dan Van Thomme. - OPEN NOV : t . Darnell Thomas; 2 . Oan Baumann; 3. Keit h Nevers; 4. Randy Heign ; 5. Bob Heign. SR: t . Tom Hubbard; 2. Dan Post; 3 . Harvev Smith; 4 . Richard Leach ; 5 . Duane Bau mg ras. VET 25+: t . Richard Koral eski; 2. Larry Bovan; 3. M ark. Curtis; 4 . M ark Ja cob: 5. Ted Ben howe r. VETS 30+ : 1. Bob Bolenba ugh; 2 . Brian Evan s; 3 . Ken Ball; 4 . Tim Sm it h; 5. Ray Germain . OLD BK: 1. Steve Sm ith ; 2. Mi ke Schm itz; 3 . Norman lapp; 4. Larry Bovan ; 5. M ike Poll ey . Steffy flies at WoodlandMX By Derryl Anderson WO OD L\ND. WA. J AN. 21 Ma lco m Sm i th / P'to -C irc u it /Enumclaw Suzuki-backed Sco tt Stelly rod e two flawl ess m o to s, as he cla im ed th e overa ll' win in rh e 125cc Pro class at Woodl an d Mo tocr oss Park . Heavy rai ns the nigh t before and durin g mo ta one did n't slow down Steffy, as he held 011 Hon da rider Eric Ha ll. In moto o ne Hall mad e his firs t appeara nce thi s year and sta rted 011 with the hol esho t a head 01 Mike Bell . Scott Grimm. Has on Norton. Steffy and David Bail ey. O n lap two, Bell had a problem and dr opped to last, wh ile Grimm. No rton and Steffy bega n to move tow ard s the front. Steffy was all o ver Grimm and finally got by a lap la ter. Stelfy looked su pe r as he went al ter HalL By lap lour Stel ly took control of the lead . Stelly went o n to the win with Hall and the o thers in tow . In mota two Steffy carn e.out Flying and went wire-to-wi re wi th Hall a nd Bell playing ca tch up. Nonon, Ba iley and Grimm ba ttled lor a . whil e then Nonon retired. At the ch eckered na!: it was SteHY' Bell. Ha ll. Gr imm a nd Ba iley. . In mot o o ne 01 the Up The H ill class Ra ce T ech .lMt. Hood Honda 's Ro n Westl ak e gra bbed the early lead follow ed by Mar k Bennett . Dennis Sweeten. Mi ke Kates and Brian Perry . Ben nen pushed Westlak e lor two laps. lhen Sweeten a nd Kates got by. Westlak e went o n to th e win a nd th e rest of th e o rde r remained the same. Woodla nd Ho nda's Ben nett took cont rol 01 mo ta two ahead of Perry. Sweeten , \Vestlake and Kates. \\'estlake moved into secon d o n lap two and trie d to catch Bennett to no ava il. At the finish it wa s Bennen . \Vestl a ke. Sweete n. Ka tes and Perry. .The overa ll we m West la ke and the Bennen. Results 50 : 1. Jason Hanso n; 2 . Ty ler Kava ney. 60 (6 ·8 ): 1. M ike Sm ith: 2. Ty ler Kava nev . 60 19·1 t ): 1. Br ett Boehm; 2. Kevi n Eaki n; 3. Je ff W eyr auch . 80 BEG: t . Br ett Boehm ; 2 . Pat Endsl ey; 3 . Scott W a1son; 4 . Ch isu m Long ; 5 . Chris Swa n tek. 80 JR: 1. Ben Rhoades; 2. Vv lam Nguyen: 3 . M o·nl Y Har r is. 80 INT: 1. Tr avis Ber ry; 2. Tr oy Kibble; 3. Dest ry Scott. t 25 BEG: 1. J ustin Sm ith; 2 . Sam Sulent ic; 3. Glen No li n; 4. Brian Zlock.; 5 . Gerry Howard. t 25 JR: t . Justin Homa n; 2 . Craig Rudg e; 3. Sha ne W est; 4 . Ben Kei pke; 5. Daren Strun k... t 25 INT: 1. Chr is Dineen; 2. Seon Hickso n; 3. Richard Br25~~~b;'1 ~~~~~tli~ i:r~ i~O:;MCLaUghlin; 3 . Gr eg K~%~t;J~:Jt~~pSf"~Pleton; 2 . Doug Orkn ey; 3 . Shawn La250 1NT 1. Ron W estl ake; 2. Terry Hamness; 3 . Denn y : Fenne ll. OPEN BEG: 1. Me lvin Orkney; 2 . Les Benn ett . OPEN J R: 1. Troy Yeo . OPEN INT: t . Ma rk Benn ett; 2. M il ch Trc n er .: UlH: t . Ron W estla ke; 2 . M ark. Bennett.: 3. Denn is Sweeten. OTH A : t . Garry Roe ste !. OTH B: 1. J ay loundagin ; 2. Ron Ken t; 3 . J im Harr is. OTH C: t . Garry Radfo rd; 2. Maurice Reynolds; 3 . Rusty Crist. aT EX t . Jim Lamkin ; 2 . Bob Reed; 3 . Roger Kn ight . : a T AM: t . J i m Newman; 2. Norm Duva ll . OT NOV: 1. Ge ne Ch itt im ; 2. Ke n Knight; 3. Ray Williams . t 25 PRO: 1. Sco tt Steffy; 2 . Er je Hall; 3 . M ike Bell . 250 PRO: 1. St eve Smit h; 2 . Kenny Olson. OPEN PRO: 1. Scott Williams . Besozzi tops LACR MX By Terry Rezek PALM DAL E. CA. JAN. 22 Ugo Besozzi was th e overa ll winner in today's 125cc Beginner class at CRC 's MX races a t Lo s Angeles County Racewa y. . Mark Thomas had the lead lit moro o ne 01 th e 125cc Beginner race by lap two a nd held it for th e win despi te a last-m in ute cha llenge by seco nd-place fin ish er BesozzL Thomas had a rotten start in mo io two and event uall y d ropped out wh ile Besozzi too k th e immediate lead a nd went a ll the way to wi n the moio a nd the overall. Tony Barranri led lo r the enti re first 125cc Novic e mo ta excep t for o ne short per iod . By lap two , J ason Melto n was in a very tigh t secon d an d pushing Barran ti. Every tim e Mel ton tried to pass, Barranti found just a Iin le mo re spee d and held the lead lor th e entire eig ht lap race. In (he last la p, Meha n held off a ttempti ng a pass until the last turn, then moun ted a cha rge in th e last 20 yards that carried h im to the win by a wh eel len gth. Melto n too k the lead im med ia tely in mot a two and hel d it into la p four whe n he slid o ut and dropped to lifth. Jason Simmons grabbed the lead and held it to win the mo ta. Melt on quickly worked his way back a nd linished th ird lor the moto. Tha t was a ll he needed lor the o vera ll win . In term ed iate racer Derr ick w il lis do mina ted the 125cc class, cha rgi ng from ga te 10 nag in both rno tos, T ony Q ualls was back to cha llenge the 250ec Int ermed iat e class. He had his hands lull in both mow s. In mo ta o ne . Adam Pontio u s go t the ho leshot lo llowed by Ken Neitzel. Q ua lls got a midpack start and had to light to ga in on Pontious by lap live. Rig ht a t the start 01 lap eig ht. Qualls ch ar ged a lon gsid e th e leader. then do vejnsi de th ro ug h the next turn 10 come up with the lead and tak e th e molO. J oh n G reenw3\"came in at ~o n d. Qualls'too k th e immediate lead in molO two and led all th e way lor anot her strong win rollo wed by Neit zel, Po ntio u's and Gr eenway. Gr eenway caugh l the wave in rhe middle of the race and q u ickly closed o n gua lls. They were nose 10 toes for the nex t Cave laps but Quall s ' tayed coo l a nd uprig ht and too k the win and the overa ll. Tom Q uall s ma intained hi s lock on the Senior Begi nn er class with a two mota wi n in lh e Ancie nt and Hon o rable d ivision. He was ha nded an easy victory whe n Terry Rezek th rew a cha in severa l ti mes in the same lap befor e retiring . In th e Pro race. Jell Barb aco vi and T im T elfor d had their ow n batt le goi ng . Barbac:ovi went wire 10 wire in bo th mOlDS for an easy win as Telford seemed to tire by th e latt er ha II 01each moto. Results BEG : 1. Dan Kin g (Hon); 2. Aaron Wa snea IKaw ); 3 . Sha w n O'Brien (Suzl; 4. Ross A ndie Devl in !yam); 5. Joey Ciroceo (Hon l. 80 NOV : t . M igh ty Marc Lippe" (Suzi. 80 BIG WH L: 1. Ch uck Parker (Kawl. SR BEG: .1. Tom Qu all s (Yaml ; 2 . Dal Calais IKaw); 3 . T.rry Rezek {Suzl . Robert Huston (l ef t ) and Tim Schmelyun (right) took top honors at the Trail-Way Awards Banquet. SR INT: 1. Steve Du nl ap (Kaw ). SR EX: t . J eft y Pur kett (Kaw ); 2. Bob M ill ner (Hon). VET BEG: t . Tom Clu tt er (Kaw); 2 . Dav id Voge l (Hon); 3 . Tim Hiltn er (Hon); 4 . M icha el Bourassa (Yam); 5. Jon Nelson (Hon) . VET INT: 1. Todd Peter son (Yam); 2 . Char lie St rong; 3 . M ark Matteson {Hon); 4. Ran dy A nderso n (ya ml ; 5. Russ Hoffman (Hon). VET EX: t . Dave Pott s (Hon ); 2. Russell Gar cia (Yam). W MN NOV: t . Ter ry Ryall s (Hon) . WMN INT: t . Lori Hedstrom tHon). W MN EX: t . Katy Sen ger (Hon ). ~ 12 5 BEG: t . Ugo Besozzi (Kaw); 2 . Randa ll Lippie (Suz); 3 . M ichael Gilmore (Suzl: 4 . Kevin O 'Srien (Hon ); 5. Han s Yeager (Hon ). . t 2 5 NOV : 1. J ason M ehan (Kaw ); 2. Jason Simmons (Kaw); 3. Chr is Valdes (Kaw); 4. Ton v Bar ranti (Ho n); 5. Danny Sa nch ez III (Su z). 12 5 INT: t . Derridc W ill is (Kaw); 2. J eff RatzJoff (Hon); 3. Cra ig Cherry lCag); 4 . Scott Hoffman . 250 BEG: t . Ran dy ,PaUl, Wysocki (Kaw); .2. Dust in Householder IKawl; 3. M ike Pich ett e (Ho nl: 4 . Mike Fren ier (Hon); 5 . Ron Hupfeld tHon) . 2 50 NOV : t . Eddie Davis (Ya m); 2. Todd Peterso n (Yam); 3 . Mi ke Geim (Hon); 4 . Ma rk Fields (Yam ); 5. Nick Santana (y am) . • 250 INT: 1. Tony Qu all s (Ya m); 2 . John Gr eenway (Hon ); 3 . Ada m Ponti ou s (Honl; 4 . Ken NellZell Kaw) . 2 50 PRO: t . Je ff Barbacovi (Yam); 2 . Tim Telford. 500 BEG: 1. Danny M cKee (Hon); 2 . Steve Sc hr obsdorl (Ho n); 3 . Ti m Store y (Hon). 500 NOV: t . Charlie St rong; 2. Dar us A nge kls (Ho n). 500 INT: 1. Kevin Cher ry (Hon); 2. Eric Seide r (Hon). Rider s honored at Trail·Way Awards Banquet Len Breech YORK, PA. J AN. 14 More th an 450 peo p le a ttended the Trail-Way Speed way's 19th Annual Awards Ban q uet. this year held a t th e o ld main bu ild ing o n the gro unds of the York Fairgrounds. Awards were presen ted to short track and motocr oss , a long with street stock riders and m icro sprint riders. Alt er a stomach lill ing meal ca tered by Martin 's of York. it was o n to the bu siness at hand. Top mo tocr oss award winner was Tim SchmeJyu n wh o took two class tro p hies , the Open Expert and 25·Plus. Next was Robert Huston wh o again topped the 250cc Expe rt class lor th e third strai !\ht year and fin ished second to SchmeJyun to the O pen Expert sta nd ings . The Yentz er brothers also topped . a class . wi th Jellery ta king top honors in th e 80 (14-15) cla ss. wi th Rod ney taki ng the 125cc A class. T op sho rt tra ck wi nner. Geor~e Pri ce. was no t in atten da nce, as he was raang in a shan track in th e Carolinas th is weekend The Winsen co usi ns topped all three of the Mini classes. with J ohn easi ly wi nni ng th e 55cc class . Rickey moving up to win the 90cc Amateur class alter taki ng th e 55cc ti tle last year. a nd Todd taking the 90cc Expert ti tle. Results SHORT TRA CK 491 55 : 1. John Wi nsett 1 . 65 : t . M ike Hacker (2). 90 EX.: 1. Todd W insett 1331; 2. Randy Shank (2 7). 90 A M : t . Rick ey Winsett (76t 2 . Robert Miller (56). 200 AM : t . Kevin Var nes (59 ); 2 . Gary Cla rk (38 ); 3. Pau l So ut hard (3 t ). 250 EX: 1. Georgie Price (94 1; 2. Mike Varnes (13); 3 . Oave Duhaine (8 7). 250 A M : 1. Eddi e Hidden (84) ; 2. Chuck WrBCSM:s (18); 3. Ke nny Yoder (15). 600 EX: 1. Ceorgle Price (871; 2. J im Hollister (56t 3_ Robb ie M aj eski (54 ); 4 . Pau l Crumli ng (SOl; 5. Tom Cerci ello l491 . 600 AM : t . Dall as Baer 1 83); 2 . Je rry Hu h (5 t); 3. W ayne Fran klin (441;4 . J ohn Salerno (34). 750 EX: 1. Cla rence Bull (491; 2. Joe Gately (38); SR: t . J oe Hebe rli ng (34); 2. Bob Babcock (13 1 . MOTOCROS S 56 : 1. Dav id M izen ko (9 ); 2. Am ber Hug hes (5 1. 66: 1. W illi am Sn ook (14 ); 2 . Dev in Trexler (t 31. 80 (7 . t t): t . Robe rt Hum mer 11I(18); 2 . J ustin Ander son (t 7 ); 3. Kevin Trimme r ( t 7 ). 80 ( t 2 · t 3) : 1. Rodn ey Het heringt on (321; 2. Ian William s (2 t ); 3. Damlen Plott s (20) . 80 (t 4- t 61: t . Jeffery Yentzer (961; 2. M ich ael Be.r (53 1 ; Robert Str avin sky (5 t ). 25 0 A : 1. Robe rt Hu ston (48); 2. Kurti s Barr on (3 6); 3 . TIm Ben isderf er (35 ), 250 B: 1. Dan Reinhart (73 ); 2 . Jose ph M iller (7t); 3 . Edward Hoov er (601 4. Don eld An drews (45): 250 C: 1. John Frye (1 32); 2. Kerry BoIhng er (1 t 7); 3 . Terry Habec ker (1 t 3 1:: 4 . Je rr ey Str ayer (10t I; 5. Carl M ill er (98). .. 12 5 A; 1. Rod ney Yemze r (35 ); 2. Kurtis Barron (331; 3. Keith Ba nta (29) . t25 B: 1. M att Deardorfl l57t 2. Donald Andrews (51 );; 3 . Michael 8aer (49 ); 4 . Davtd Se~ (45).

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