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TBA Racing's (11) Ward Cook and Ned Hart (shown) won the Dave Essex Memorial Endurance race at Indianapolis Raceway Park. condi,ions. "It's so cold ,ha, nobody's ,ires will be working. so we're. all even. This is the coldest weather I've ever raced in, but I doub, if anybody here has raced in any'hing colder," said Russell. Russell should have Wisconsin racer SeOll Zampach. "I talked did a 10' of ice racing ,his win,er, so I guess I should be ready for this," he said. Zampach looked ready in ,he B Superstock race. He was righ' behind leader Kurt Hall in the early goings. Both Russell and Dave Sadowski had started in the rear of the grid. After one lap Sadowski was in fifth, Russell in eighth. The 'wo Atlanta-area riders worked through a talented field and on the second lap ,he race became a four-way ballle for the ,op SPOI. Four laps into the race, both Sadowski and Russell go, by Zampach, bUl Hall s,ill held ,he lead. FirSl year expert Bob Sandy was figh,ing over fifth place with Mike Smi,h, Cam Roos, Paul Bray and Shawn Nicoloff. Sandy dumped his new Kawasaki ZX7 on lap six. With Sandy ou'. Smith opened the gap on his Team Suzuki ,eamma,e, Bray, who in 'urn was leaving Nicoloff behind. Back up front, Russell and Sadowski finally go, around Hall, who considers I.R.P. his home track. Hall commented on Russell's riding Slyle. "Ins,ead of ,he normal hardbraking-then-pi,ch-i,.into-the-,urn me,hod, Russell slows down by Oicking il into the 'urn and scrubbing off speed. Then he's back on ,he gas very quickly. It makes i, very difficult to repass him once he's by you." From lap five to the end of ,he race Russell ex,ended his lead. Sadowski made a laSl-di,ch effort on ,he las, lap '0 ca,ch Russell, bu' came up short. Hall finished alone in ,hird. Zampach hcld off lhe hard-charging pair of Mike Smith and Paul Bray for fourth place. Russell also won the two other Suzuki races as well as ,he Formula USA contesl. His ,otal earnings for ,he weekend came $1620. It looks likei, will be a long season for those going for Suzuki dollars this year as Russell said he intends to hit as many races as he hole position while McDowell,ook the second spo' and tried '0 work around McDonnell. Kiser, who didn', have such a good start ,his Lime, still worked his way up to third by passing Bricker. Rotax rider Sherman Gresham, a fairly new rider in lhis class. maintained the fifth spol. '0 R....1ts PP: 1. DobIo;o ~ I_I; 2. vo..o Ol>or (Hon); 3,. rami Quan (Hon~ 4. Amendli Meiring CHon); 5. Lisa ~(S...). ... PIW c: 1. Brendon George (Yam); 2. Mich", Erl (Yam); 3. Sheena htterson (Yam); 4. Sheila s.underl (Yam); 5. David Geuin (Yam). PIWB: 1. OannyVic:kersevam); 2. TobyJorgensenevam); 3 . .Jesse OBWlOn (Yam); 4. Michael P8tt.,~ (Y.ml. VET NOV; 1. Don Shipley (W·R); 2. Timothy O·H.a (Yam); 3. RK:k Taylor !yom). VET JR/EX: 1.0..... ao.trom (ATK): 2. James Mehoney (AlK); 3. Bar1t Butler (K·R); 4. Dennis Kritzer (Yaml; 5. Timothy H I . (Yaml. 60 NOV: 1. Tony Souza (Kaw); 2. Shaun Russell (Kaw); 3. Aaron Gayte -(Kawt 4. John Dawson (Kaw); 5. Craig Gonzales (K.ew). NOV: 1. Justin Ownbey (Kaw); 2. Tim A1vernaz (Ylm): 3. Jarkt Banks lKew); 4. Jason Hitchin (Kawl. 80 JRlEX: 1. Matthew Wait (Kaw): 2. Eric Bostrom (Hon~ 3. Jesse Sanchez (Yam); 4. Ben Bostrom (Han); 5. Nathan Wait (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Tory Bostrom (Hon); 2. Matt WiII,rd (Kaw); 3. Ben Bostrom (Vam): 4. Rocky M,ccaron. (Yam); 5. Rodg.... Robinson (Suz). 250 JR: 1. Allon McBee (Yam); 2. Matthew Wait (Kaw); 3. Lonnie Pauley (Yam); 4. Perry Lang (Vam); 5. Chad McBride (Vaml. 500 NOV: 1. Scott Bricker (Han): 2. Neil Clifton (Hon); 3. John Gonzales (Vam); 4. Doug Grote (Hon); 5. Kevin Gonzales (Hon). 500 JR: 1. Sam Lomanto (Hon): 2. William Rider (Hon); 3. Bobby Ingle (Vam); 4. Jeff Eklund (Yam); 5. Owan. Francisco (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Kris Kiser (Han); 2. Kevin Brick.r (Hon); 3. Daniel McDonn.1I (H·O); 4. Bobby McDowell (Hon); 5. Oaw Bostrom (W-R). PRO A: 1. Daniel McDonnell (H-D); 2. Bobby McOonwell (Honl; 3. Kris Kiser (Hon): 4. Kevin Bricker (Hon); 5. Sherman Gresham (W-R). eo Weeki)' new., not montbl)' blstory Russell conquers .Arctic Indy RR ifl~~cRc Present ... 12th ANNUAL 1989 SERIES' $40,000 IN PRIZES 'w" $15,000 'PRO PURSE SUNDAY, MAY 7, MX - DeANZA ........... ($3.000 per race) '0 - ARK .... 13.000~"""". "'" ~ 1210 _ _ AU INT,.,U "ra/llt O'NUl "Auns SUNDAY, MAY 14, MX - LA. COUNTY RACEWAY 13.000,,",~. 12to_... c1... I'I..U$ CO!'oIT1HOIENCll!S '0 SCOTT USQ: _u_ --_ _ Or. HEADOUARTERS mo. •t.... 'II"" 11 'IN'" - roo," ~~ca /HI •• dot! ,"""tonr,,, ~!f~!'T3.Jj CLASSIC GP LOS ANGELES COUNTY RACEWAY TRACK INCLUDES: MOTORCFtOSS TRACK - DESERT - DRAa STRIP (I05jm. . . SC:OTTU~ I • R....1ts F·USA: 1. Scott Russell (Suzl; 2. Kurt Hall (Suz); 3. P.ul Bray (Suz). A S/STK:1 . Scott Russell (Suz); 2. David Sadowski lSuzl; . Mike Smnh (Suzl. B S/STK.: 1. Scott Russell (Suzl; 2. David Sadowski (SuzJ: 3. Kurt HeIlISuz). C S/STK: 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2. David Sadowski (Suz); 3. Kurt Hell (Suz). A PROD EX: ,. Brian LIntz (Hon); 2. Jeff Gaynor (SUZ); 3. Vince Bauer (Suzl. A PROD NOV: 1. Doug Shotty (Han); 2. Jeff Mckinney (Yam); 3. Steve Heilman fHon). e PROD EX: 1. .Jeff Gaynor (Suzl: 2. Ramon Vasquez '0 ,&AN. 1 TROPHIES CLERMONT, IN, APR. 9 SeOll Russell ven'ured up from the sou,hland and found himself in ,he frigid north, competingin the WERA Regional sprint races held al fndianapolis. Raceway Park. The central Indiana area was in the grips of record cold ,empera'ures, and the racers had deal with the freezing wea,her ,he bes"hey could. All had sweaters under ,heir leathers, and mos' wore lWO or three pairs of gloves just to keep ,heir hands warm enough to operate the controls. Besides trying keep warm. finding traction on cold tires was anolher chore. Russell found a way to win three overcome all these obstacles _ Suzuki Cup races as well as ,he WERAsponsored Formula USA money paying race. Racers showed up Sa.urday morning, but ,he chances of racing tha, day seemed slim. Three inches of snow coa,ed the Hoosier countryside, and 'he racing surface, although no, blanketed with snow, was covered in an icy slush. La,er in ,he day some prac,ice was held, bu, the scheduled endurance race was pos,poned un,il Sunday. On Sunday morning, WERA officials were faced with large pa'ches of ice on the track. Inventive comer workers from ,he local BMW club cleverly used blow ,orches melt the ice, then swept the water 0(£ the track. The firs' race of the day was 'he Dave Essex Memorial Endurance. TBA Racing, wi,h Indianapolis racers Ward Cook and Ned Hart, won 'he evenl whjch raised $1425 for ,he childen of Dave Essex. Essex, a long ,ime WERA racer and rider's school instructor, was killed in a plane era h ,wo years ago. It was fi,ling ,ha' many of the racers competing in Lhe memorial endurance were once students of Essex. Russell brough' up his stable of Yoshimura Suzukis and, as is his s'yle, was confident abou, his chances, even considering the cold '0 HII IT9"_ OVER '0 By Larry Lawrence (Honl; 3. St... HoWmon (Honl. B PROD NOV: 1. Doug Shohly (Hon); 2. Tim Halamer (Hen); 3. Steve Heilman (Honl. C PROD EX: 1. Steve Patt.rson (Yam); 2. Brian Lantz (Hon); 3. Ramon Vasquez (Honl. C PROD NOV: 1. Steve Heilman (Han); 2. Tim Hammer (Hon~ 3. Jeff McKinney !yoml. D PROD EX: 1. John Bowles (Yam); 2. John Durkin (Yam); 3. Robert Reed (Yam). PROD NOV: 1. Paul Black (Yam); 2. Robert DeCello (Yam); 3. Brian Kelly (Yam). A S/BK EX: 1. Matt Macheca (Suz): 2. Ron Widman. A S/BK NOV: 1. Kelly Drew (Hon); 2. Lou Andrews (Suz); 3. Joe Seyfferle (Yaml. a S/BK EX; 1. Scan 2ompoch ISu.I; 2. Bol> SOndy Iltow); 2. Dave Barr\8rd (Suzi. B S/BK NOV; 1. Doug Shofty (Hon); 2. Mathew Mc:Currie IS...); 3. AI Hall (Olon). . C S/BK EX: 1. Gen. Burcham (Yam); 2. Steve Patterson (Vam); 3. Craig Renck (Vam). C S/BK NOV: 1. Kelly Drew (Hon): 2. Larry Martin (Vam); 3. Tim Halsmar (Honl. o S/BK EX: 1. Shawn Nicoloff (Vam): 2. Steve Pan.rson (Yam); 3. AI B.nagnoli (Yam). o S/BK NOV: 1. Eric Voight; 2. Kirk Revill. (Yam); 3. Brian K.lly (Yam). F·2 EX: 1. Shawn Nicoloff (Yam); 2. Steve Patt.rson (Vam); 3. Jim Still (V.m). F·2 NOV: 1. Kirk R....iIIe (Vem); 2. Bob Die.lIo (Vam); 3. Greg Hutcheson (V'ml. F~3 EX: 1. Ralph Farmer (Kaw). F-3 NOV: 1. Heidi Smakula IH-O). 3. ~~~~';o;~~ ':H:;'~' Tapscott (Hon); 2. Pat Kenney (Yam); o . vtNT VINT V1NT VINT 2: 1. Phil Pummel (Suz). 3: 1. Phil Pumm.l (Suz); 2. Pete Smakull (Suz). 4; 1. R.H. Topocon IYom); 2. John lAucIlIJMU. 5: 1. Tom Foereh (Vam); 2. R.H. Tapscon (Yaml: 3. R - . Stanley (Hon).