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Yamaharider Rick Shaw (79) lead s the $1000 Shoot-Out at Moroso
Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach. Florida.
Shaw, Pennington, Heston
& Ashmead s torm Moroso
By Joe McKay
Yamaha YZ250WR-mounted Grant Palenske charged to th ird overa ll at
t he VCMC Qua lifier Enduro in Red Mountain . California .
his mac hi ne O Ul front and in sur e the win.
Seco nd a nd third rema in ed in tact as the firs t
mow ended, a nd la ki ng fourth after a sixt hplace start .....as T imot hy Lo zaw. Mark J ohnso n wo rked h is way throu gh traff ic a fter a
poor start 10 clai m a well-ea rned fifth.
'The second mot o o nce agai n wen t 10 Kiesel
a t the sta rt with T ay lor o nce aga in knoc ki ng
o n hi s door. This tim e th ird was Lee Mart in
III . a nd divi ng in deep to th e ins ide was
Anthon y Brooks. J ohnson in fifth had a better
star t th is time wh ile Mezie was lucked back
abo u t n in th . I. di d n't tak e Mezie lon g 10
rt'w perat e th o ugh and by th e second lap he
W ;15 In third a nd provin g to be a probl em for
the lead er s. On (he wh ite nag lap Meaie wa s
in seco nd and d osing in fast on Kiesel. Steve
Richburg was in fifth now 'a fter Brook s had
sl ipped down a few notch es. The checkered
£lag was o ut a nd it was Mezie in front o nce
aga in . Kiesel , T aylor , Martin and R ichburgrounded o u t the top five.
The Sen ior ,Mon ey class had close to 30
ride rs goi ng C th e purse and gra bbi ng
or
rorurol and leading th e wa y around th e tra ck
was Kyle Tallent w ith Jeffery Hughes in tow .
T hi rd a nd fourth were being di ced o ut by Ron
Han cock a nd Kiesel with Woody Str ick land
dosi ng on th em . Halfw ay through th e mOlo
Ha n('oc k made a pass stick after nu mero us
tri... o n Hugh es. KIesel dropped 10 fifth while
Strick la nd wasted no time mO\o'in g to third.
leavin g fourth for G eor!':e Munson . At the end
of the mo. o T allent had no trouble capturi ng
Ihi s win . Han cock held seco nd and Munson
pullt'd th ird away from Strickland.
Co nrad Eig ne ma n n led the seco nd mota
with Han cock and Tallent close behind. In
fourth was J im Marchant as Donald Uddy
waited for the cha nce to mak e h is move o n
Mar ch ant. With th e mon ey pa yback go ing six
pl aces per malO Hughes was still in co nte ntion in sixth spot. hi s fin ish for th e fir st mot a
a lso. A lap was all Tallent needt'd to move
past Hancock to cha lleng e the lead er . As th e
mot a ended position s remained intact except
for sixth wh en Stri ckland dO\'e in under
Hughes to fin ish in th e laSl mon ey· pa yin g
spot.
Results
30
PIW: 1. Donald Leddy; 2. Stacey StoUer; 3 . Gregory Din i.
Jr .; 4 . Jeremy Caudill; 5. Ronn ie W ilkes.
MIN I BEG: 1. Shan e Hanna ; 2. Ron nie Anderson; 3 . Mike
Tovel.
MINI A: 1, Br ian List .
MINI B: 1. Chris Brown .
MINI C: 1. Michael D'Amico ; 2. Jaso n Brow n; 3. Deal
Ar nold; 4 . Lonnie Bucch i; 5 . Jona thon Burrell.
100: 1. Chris Brow n .
12 5 A: 1, Ande rs Svenso n.
12 5 B: 1. Kevi n Jorsh; 2. Bobby Moriarty; 3 . Ben Sander s;
4 . Barry Sander s; 5. Gary All red.
125 C: 1. Vinny Carqu illo ; .2. Charles New ; 3 . Steve
Brad ley; 4. Tim Ends ley; 5 . DaVId Bashert.
125 8EG : 1. Mike Flannagan; 2. Tom Stampley; 3. Oliv er
Mertens; 4 . Joey Renna
· 250 AlOPEN A : 1. John Collins; 2. Todd Voder; 3 . Karl
Krichbaum .
250 B: 1. Adam Smit h; 2. Todd Gardner; 3 . David
KUll.hauun; 4 . Jon Gran t 5 . Richard Russell .
250 C: 1. Mik e M elle; 2. 80b Kiesel; 3 . J erry Taylor ;
4. Timothy Lozaw ; 5. Sieve Richburg.
15 -24 : 1. Andr ea Sl 8Venson; 2. Jerry Taylor; 3 . Barry
Sande rs.
25 ... 1. David Kumausen; 2 . John Gillespte; 3 .Joe Cart ier ;
:
4 . StlMln R~burg; 5. Mitcheil Holst ein .
SR: 1. Conrad Etgenmann; 2. David Incbert '; 3 . M icha el
CortMno 4 . Donald Leddy; 5. Robert Colo n.
;
OPEN NOV : 1. Jo hn Giliesp te; 2. M arty Pon erf ield; 3 .
Joe Hottman; 4 . Rosco BoUlWen; 5. Steve W agner .
SR S 1ST MOTO : 1. Kyle Tallent,; 2. Ron Hancock; 3.
GltOI"ge Munson; 4 . Woody Str icklanct 5 . Bob Kiesel.
SR • 2ND MOTO : 1. Conrad Eigen ma nn; 2. Kyle Tall ent;
3 . Ron Hancoc k; 4. Jim Marchant ; 5 . Dona ld Leddy.
Ogilvie wins VCMC
Qualifier Enduro
By Kit Palmer
RED MO UN TAIN, CA, JA N. 29
Honda XR600 -moumed Bru ce Ogil vie was
th e overa ll winner at th e AMA/ Distric. 37,
Ventura Co unty Motor cycle Club Qual ifier
Enduro. O g ilv ie, th e 1988 Bar sto w-to-Vegas
winner , co m p leted th e two-loop. 80-m ile
co urse ncar Red Mountain with 15 po in ts (or
seconds) to spare o ver th e second p lace o vera ll
rid er, Pet er Post el, riding a Kawasa ki KX500.
just thr ee po ints off Postel 's pace was Yam ah a
YZ250WR·m ountt'd G rant Pal en skc. while
J a50n l ngersol an d Rob Messecher ro und ed
out th e top five.
·'1 got lucky by hav in g the first ro w in th e
A class." said th e Ameri can Honda /Honda·
lin e/ Scou US,V K& N Filt ers-sponsored O gil ·
vie. " I didn 't have dust o r slowe r riders to
co nlend with in th e special tests. But ha ving
lhe ear ly row , the t.rail wasn 't as def ined a s
it was for th e riders farther back. So ha ving
an early number worked for a nd aga inst me.
There were tests that POMel wa!t C
aSlel than
me a nd there were tests I wa!tfaster than him. "
The VCMC Qualifier Enduro was scort'd
d iff er entl y .han most D-37 end uros. It
foll owt'd th e ISDE Qualifier for mat. so no
t imek~ping equipment was n eces.~ ry . Po ints
were ta ken away by arriving lat e a t a chec k
(ro u te points ), and in th e !tp«:ia l tests ,
incl uding a motocross test. However , the trail
pace betw een .the checks were loo se enough
so th al lost route points were were few a nd
far between , except for th e first chec k in th e
second A loop. Bu. th ai chec k was protestt'd
and lat er thrown o ut wh en a lon g lin e of rid ers
C
ormed while waiting to ellle r a special test
St"Ctio n . caus ing most of la te numbered riders
to arrin' lat e a t the next chec k. It was Ihe
six s(X:cia l test sectio ns and th e- fin a l motocross
speCial test th at really co unted.
O~i lvie dropped a to. al of 1755 points,
whil e POSlel earn t'd 1770 and Palenske 1778.
Both Pal ensk e and Messecher c1ickt'd off ' he
fastest MX specia l lest tim es at th e end of th e
day at 93 seconds each , with Postel next with
98. O!>ilv had a 101 score,
ie
OgIl vie a lso c1aimt'd lhe Vet O pe n Expert
cla ss vic-lOry wh ile first 500 a nd 250c(' were
POSlei and Pelen ske. First 200cc was In gersol.
First pla(" B rider was Frt'd Alan .
t'
Results (Unoff icial)
D/A: 1. Bru ce Oglive (Hon); 2. Peter Posl el IKaw l; 3 .
Granr Pal enske (Yam); 4 . J ason Ingersol (Han); 5 . Robb
Me ssech el (Yarnl; 6 , Char lte M om s (Suzl; 7 . Kenny Parry
(Kawl; 8 . KenJi Gaun thie r; 9 . Scott Stearn s ~ S UI)
WEST PALM BEACH . FL. FEB, 5
Rick Sha w battled his way to win s in Solo
GTO. Un lim ited S upersports. a nd the SIOOO
Shoot-O u t a t Mor ose Mot or sports Park.
Newto n Heston capt ured three wins, J im
Pennin gton cap tured a first, a third and a
fourth. Pro rider J ohn Ashmead scored two
victories and fin ish ed second for th e da y. but
the tra ck reco rd everyo ne was after is sti ll
sta nd ing.
So uth Florida Racin g's Rick "The Flyin g
Cop" Shaw started of f the day's raci ng with
a hea ted ba ttle in th e GTO So lo Endurance
event, At the end of la p o ne it looked lik e
Rick Herndon was goi ng to try a nd repea l
h is per forma nce of last December. H e was
followed by J im Pennington and Sh aw . Sha w,
o n hi s Ca p 'n Cor y's/Mich elin/Mega cycle/
SpectrolS hoei / Wiseco/ Flyi ng
T iger s!
Kerk er/RKlSBS-sponsort'd FZIOOO Yam ah a
passed Pennington o n the back straigh t and
li ned up Herndon o n the next lap. Wi,h a n
inside pass in a lon g sweepi ng right-ha nder
he took over th e lead. Pennin gton . wh o was
j ust behind him, foll owed at th e end 01 th e
Iro n t straight with a pass on Herndon . For
the next 15 laps it looked like it co uld be
a ny body's race as Sha w a nd Penningt on
swa p ped the lea d severa l times. \Vith four laps
10 go Pennin ~lOn ' s bik e developed a sma ll
oil leak ca usmg h im to slow just a tad.
Herndon mad e up the grou nd a nd with severa l
tri es fin all y go t by for seco nd p lace. At the
flag , R ick Herndo n was 'abo u t a half- a-bik eleng th ahead of Pennington.
In GTU action it was New to n Hesto n on
his Moore's Racing Hon da CBR600 Hu rr i cane dominating th e com pe ti tio n with a wire to-wir e victory. Gr eg Esser. on hi s brand new
Palm Beach Yamaha TZ2 50, finished second
whi le breaking in 'he new bike. Step he n
Math ew s on a Yam ah a FZR600 finished third.
The big surprise was fourth-pl ace fini sh er J on
Roberts. Roberts is on e of the best mech anics
aro und bu t dec ided to tr y racing aga in. After
fo ur years off he brought hi s brand new
FZR600 out and proceeded
show th e kids
th e rig-ht way aro u nd th e track.
In Lightweight GP aClion it was Esser on
h is TZ250 with a runaway from n ag-lo-nag .
J oe Cole got h is TZ250 di alt'd in an~ captu~t'd
second pl ace about 15 seco nds behInd. M,k e
Spra dli n chased Col e to the nag o n hi s IU350,
but Cole had just a littl e edg e wi.h th e new
Yamaha.
.
John Asmead, while wanning up for th e
Da yt ona Nat ional , decided to ride his
Mich eli nlPBR-sponsort'd Honda VFR750 in
.h e Heavyweight Su per bike race and go for
the tra ck record in th e Shoot-OuL He went
wir e-.o-wire in Heavyweij;ht and It'd . Mike
Barn.... the seco nd place nder , by 18 seconds
o n hi s Honda CBR600 Hurricane.
Ashmead finish ed second right behind
Shaw in the Shoot-Out, The baule betw een
Ihese IWO sta rted on th e .lin e with th e gree n
nag . Shaw's FZ had just a litt le 'mo re pow er.
a nd J ohn endt'd up in third p lace a fter th e
first turn. He pa sst'd Rick Herndon for second
a nd Slart t'd out for Shaw, By th e second lap
he had closed th e gap with some hard braking
a nd fast co rn ering. For th e last two laps it
was up to Shaw to use as mu ch of the track
a s possibl e and he did. As they sa y in
NASCA R., he "d ro ve a wid e veh icle," R ick
cha ngt'd hi s line so dr call y thaI John had
asti
lO tak e evasive actio n to keep from run nin g
into hi m go ing int o th e corne rs. On th e
straighta ways. i. was .h e pow er of the FZIOOO
ove r the 750 Honda. Shaw is now working
o n his new strea k of Shoot-O ut win s at
Moroso.
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Resu lts
GTD 50 MilE SOLO ; 1. Ridr.Shaw (Yam ); 2. Rick Herndon
ISuz); 3 . J im Pennington (Suz); 4. Jeff Brown {Varni: 5 .
Danny Roberts (Suz).
GTU 50 .MILE SOLO: 1. Newton Heston (Han); 2. Greg
Esser (ya m ); 3. Stephen M ath ews (Yaml ; 4 . John Roberts
{Vam); 5. Dann y Arnold (Hon).
UW GP EX; 1. Greg Esser (Vam); 2. Joe Cole (Varni;
3 . M ike Spr adli ng (Yaml; 4 .Jeff Johnson (Suz); 6. Stan
Polloci< (VIm)"
UW GP NOV: 1. Stephen W ish insky (Suz); 2 . Perry
M eln eciu ne (Yam); 3 .0avid Mu rphy (Vam); 4 . Ed Borowy
(Hon); 5. John Bianch i (Yam I.
H/W S/ SPRT EX r . Bill Beeseh (Sur); 2. John Cox (Vam );
:
3.Nat e Oonohew (SUI ); 4 _ Danny Roberts {Suz); 6. M ark
Chin (Yam).
HIW SI SPRT NOV : 1. John Diericb: (Hon ); 2. Tom
Thompson ISuz); 3 . Chr is Temme (Suz!; 4. Chip Crowther
(Suzl; 5. John Spitulski (Sur).
MIW S/ BK EX: 1. Newlon Heston (Honl; 2. M ike Barnes
IHo n); 3. Sieve Mathews (Yam); 4 . John Ashmead (Honl;
5. Gary Lewis (Hon ).
M/W S/BK NOV: t . Jody Chodkowski (Yam); 2 . Steve
Siegf ried (Hon ); 3 .Jerry Pellegrino (Hon); 4. Char Aanagan
(Hon); 5. Bruce Pogue (Honl .
U/L GP EX; 1. Jim Penn ington (SUI ); 2. Rick Shaw (Yam);
3. Rd Herndon (Suzl; 4. Frank Kinsey (Yam); S. Todd Hunt
{Yaml .
U/ l S/SPRT EX; t . Rick Shaw (Yam); 2 . Danny Roberts
(Suzl; 3 . Mark Chin (Yam); 4. Ted Oake (SUI); 5. Nate
Donohew' {SUllo
MIW S/SPRT EX: 1. John Ashmead (Hon); 2. Glenn Barry
{Hon); 3 . Jon Robert s (Yam); 4 . Gary Lewi s {Hon); 5 . Pat
Johnson IHonl.
MIW SI SPRT NOV : t . Greg Setz (Hon ); 2. Danny Amokt
(Hon ); 3. Craig Sma ll (Yaml: 4 . Jerry Pellegrino (Hon); 5.
Uike Luke (Hon).
HIW S/BK EX 1. John Ashmead (Hon ); 2. Mike Barne s
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(Hon ); 3. Bowe Herro (Yam); 4. Mate Oonohew (SUI ); 5 .
Todd Hunt (Yaml .
H/W S/ BK NOV : 1. John Dier ickx (S uzl; 2 . Tom
Thompson ISuzl: 3 . Chip Crowther (Suzl: 4. Chris Temme
(Suzl; 5 . Mike Seymour (Suzl .
UW S/ BK EX: 1. M ike Spra dlin (Yam); 2.Jetf Johnson
(Sur); 3. James Ronan (Yam); 4 . Ben $rowers (Yam); 5.
Bill Krene nberg {SUl) .
UW S/BK NOV: 1. Steve WlShinsky (SUl ); 2 . Perry
M elneciue (Yam ); 3. Ed Borowy (Hon t; 4 , DavM:l Murphy
(Yam); 5. AJ Metaer {Hon).
S/TW: 1. Greg Flagg (KaWI; 2 . Dana Phelps (Duel; 3 .
Peter McEvoy (Duc ~ 4 . Paul Souci e (Due); 5 . Reginald Shinn
(Due).
M IW GP EX; t . Newton Heston (Hon ); 2. M ike Barnes
(Hon); 3 . Glenn Barry (Hon ); 4. Mark Chin (Yaml; 5. Greg
Esser IYam).
MIW GP NOV: 1. Steve Siegfried (Honl; 2. Greg Seiz
(Hon); 3 . Clayton Blanchard IHon); 4. M ike Luke (Hon); 5 .
Dann y Arn old (Han).
UW S/ SPRT EX: 1. Newt on Heston (Yam ).
UW $ /S PRT NOV: 1. Ron Gi nto (Vam); 2. Rudy Raab
IHon); 3. Jam eS Cardi nale (Yam); 4 . Scott Fishe l (Honl; 5 .
Do~~r~~;(~~ckriS
Smith (Nor ); 2. James Brewe r (Tri);
3. M errick Pratt (Tri); 4. Pel e M igli (BMW) ; 5. Carlos
Martinez (Duel .
81000 SHOOT ·OUT : 1. Rick Sha w (Vam); 2. J ohn
Ashmead (Honl; 3 . Rick Herndon (Suz); 4 . Jim Penn ington
(Suz); 5 . Newton Heston (Hon).
MINI VSR 50 : 1. Pierce Duchene; 2. Bow e Herr on; 3.
Newton Heston; 4. John Gilbert i; 5. Greg Jone s.
Sportsmen invade
Cow Palace AX
By Bill Spencer
DALY Cill'. CA. JAN. 29
Nearl y 250 amateur racers descended on the
Cow Pal ace for Sportsmen Da y at the
Ka wa sa ki-sp o nso red Arenacross held i n
conjunction with th e San Fra nci sco International Motoreycle Show. Nearly 3000 (ans
came o u t to see Eddie Reed. Brell Hayden,
Jim Hill and Ni c Granlund win in their
respecti ve cla sses. .
Jeff Baldwin became a big hit winning the
60ccIPee Wee main with great sty le o n his
KX. Danny Vickers topped the Pee Wees on
h is Yamaha, San Franasco 's Aaron Catrelle
was tops in the SOcc Novice or C mai n , as
th e AMA/D- 36 has gone to A-B·C classifications. Shaun T ra ntha m It'd o u t over Catrelle
and Eric Bostrom, but Bostr om 's chain cam e
.adrift and Dan n y Jacobo took the third SpoL
Danny Nelson Slylt'd right to the front of
th e SOcc B main o n his Dublin KXlPH- I/
O'Nea lrr.,.dm Gr een ma chine with brother
Ben Bostrom second o ver Jo hn-Boy Mitchel l.
Shane Berg It'd all la ps of the 125cc ma in
with Chad D a ~ge u an d Joe Lawwill dieing
for second. Lawwill won his hea ., but ha d
troub les ge u ing goi ng in th e main and fina lly
took th e second spo t. Joe Lawwill is .h e son
of full y rt'tirt'd former G ra nd National champ
Mert La wwill wh o was in attenda nce. Dave
Kopels workt'd up to third for a br iel portion
bu. slipped back to ei gh .h a ' .h e chec kers.
Eric Pus elik styled lOthe 125cc B main event
win . Trevor Meagher kep t him hon est for th e
second spo t over Eddi e Reed and Kennie
McG rath with Mike Menning fifth.
