Jim Sisemore leads Rich Marcucci at Cal Expo Speedway.
motored to the Handicap main victory aboard his Weslake.
Uberty breaks loose at
Sawmill Enduro
Curry collects
Cal Expo Speedway win
By Jim Bowman
By R.C. Jones
NAVARO, CA. APR. 30
Ukiah's Ross Liberty broke loose from the
competition to claim the overall and 250cc
A honors at the AMA District 36 Sawmill
Enduro, hosted by the North Bay Motorcycle
Dub. Factory Pipe Products/Hillside Hondasponsored Liberty dropped just rtine points,
beating V ~ A cJass winner Denny Hiatt
by scn>nds. Since the Veteran A c1a1S does not
earn Sportsman points, runner-up Sportsman
points go to Kawasaki pilot Dave Wood, who
loot 12 points. Greg Peterson and Vets Matt
Cullins and Joe Genovese trailed the leaders
with l3-point scores.
Following two cancellations, the Sawmill
Enduro staned, today, after intermittent rains
had watered the course all rtighL Due to the
wet conditions, the A riders w= the only
group to hit the slimy uphill that started the
first special tesL The A cJass suffered numerous boulenecks and low-energy casualties, but
Peterson snaked his 125cc Kawasaki through
!be third overall, first 200cc A with a 13-point
score Dean Joyner topped a number of ·14point scores to claim fourth overall, beating
KDX200 jockey Don Hoagland and Open A
cJass victor Rick Schamber.
The Band C classes started later under
clearing skies. Overall and 250cc C clalS
winn~ Tim Pfisterer put on a stunning
performance, dropping just 13 points and
tOPl'ing all entries in the B c1a1S as well. James
Craig took overall and Open B kudos with
his I S-point ride, and Matt Rohr carded a 21
to take the 250cc B class. Other big winners
w= Four-Stroke C pilot Ross Kalfsbeek (2S
points), Veteran B rider Dana Reed (26),
Women B winner Kathy Tuma(608) and L2Scc
C victor Casey Jones (SO points), who rode
an 80cc Kawasaki.
Like many other enduro dubs, the North
Bay Motorcycle Club bas suffered land use
problems and is grateful to Lottisiana Pacific
for donating the virgin terrain that the riders
raced through today. They would also like
to thank attorney Jim Morrison for representing the riders in legal meetings with
Lottisiana Pacific. With the suppon of private
owners like Louisiana Pacific and NBMC
members Brad Sedar and Rex McClellan, the
Sawmill Enduro could be back to stay.
R-.Ita
SACRAMENTO, CA, MAY 3
Robert "The Kid" Curry put in his best race
of the young season with'a win in the Scratch
main, while "Jammin" Jimmy Sisemore
continued his dominance in the Handicap
main event at Sacramento's Cal Expo Speedway. In Division Two action Steve Manynse
held on to win his first Division Two main
and Stacy Leduc held 0(( a late charge by John
Roltinger for a late charge by John Rolunger
for the Division Three main.
As the tapes new up it was Hicks with the
ho.leshOl. Hicks got too much drive and
wheelied towards turn one. Curry was holding
his ground on the pole and when Hicks backed
off to get his tire down, Curry inched ahead.
With Curry and Hicks in a battle through
the turn, Robinson tried to slip inside and
snake ahead out of the second corner. Hicks
held a slim lead starting down the back
straight, but Curry was still firmly on the
inside. Robinson could not ~t the needed
traction and slipped back a bike length. On
the next lap Curry shot past Hicks down the
back chute and took the lead for good as they
battled through the far comer. Robinson put
the pressure on Hicks on the next lap but
Hicks held off the charge. Robinson tried the
outside and without a cushion fen back to
fourth as Venables went past on the inside.
At the finish it was Curry with the win, ahead
of Hicks, Vertables and Robinson.
Sisemore's specialty seems to be the bandicap main and the "Jammer" brought home
another win from the 50 yard line.
Results
O/A A; _
Lhrty (Hont 2. 0 _ _ ( ~ 3. Greg
_ _ (Kawl; 4. _n Joyner (Y....t 5. Don HoogIond
RO:k _ _ IHont 7. Ilill Fe,.. (Hont 8. Many
fHont lJ. Jwr; 0;...., fHont 10. Ki" ~ (Husl;
". 0.... IIoc:hord (~ 12. Jwr; _
(SuzJ; 13.
Jim StuIIn (Kawl; 14. Doug o-nut (Hont 15. T lYomt.
3. M
(Honl.
VET C: ,. G.8. CIotl< (ICTMt 2. C,oig Ridlon (Hont 3. .Jeff
T_fHonl
SA C:
Oon _
(Moit 2. ~ G.... (Hont 3.
John _ 1. CKow).
SISR C: 1. Welt _
(Hont 2. Don _ _ (Honl.
SCRATCH: ,. - . . Cuny (W. .t 2. Bobby HO:ko (Wool:
3. Shewn V.nabMe (Wesl; 4. Rocky Robinson (WeI).
HOCP: 1. Jim Si. .mor. (West; 2. Jeu Ochoe ewes); 3.
Rocky Aobinton (WeI); 4. Vance Felicio (Wea); 5. Bobby
HicksCWnl.
0-2: ,. S _ Mo_ (.Jowt 2. Ron Borrow IJ_):
3. G"'V R_ (Wool; 4. Doug Mignono (Jowl.
0-3: 1. S.... ~ (Woo): 2. John Rolli""", (J_t 3.
8i11R_(Jow).
Buddes tops Stoney
l.onesome Hare Scrambles
By Charlie Williams
COLUMBUS, IN, APR. 30
Tom Buckles from Knightstown, Indiana,
took first overall at round two of the Stoney
Lonesome Hare Scrambles Series. This was
not an easy win for Buckles. He was back after
nearly a year layoff with a badly broken arm
from a motocross accident last May.
Firtishing minutes behind Buckles, was a
tree-way fight decided just a mile from the
finish. Bryan Stoughton caught second place
Brian Walker when Walker took a longer but
safer line around a rutted, off-eamber uphill,
Stoughton made his move to pass Walker by
taking the more difficult but faster line
straight up the hill. Stoughton missed at his
attempt and was forced to drag his bike back
down the hill to try a~in. Ben BreedJove
passed Stoughton for third overall while he
was down. Stoughton finished in fourth place,
claiming valuable overall points.
The course was a mess, heavy rains throul{hout the week left the grounds saturated WIth
water. It took the overall riders two hours to
finish five laps of the SA-mile course. That
works out to about L3.S mph speed average
for the race. Eighty riders w= still racing
at the end.
Fine trophies and contingency prizes from
Golden Spectro Racing Oil, Malcolm Smith,
Old Bobs and Stoughton Cycle were passed
out to some very weary riders.
Results
250 A: 1. Chrta Hartlage; 2. Greg Humphrey; 3. Bill
eao.Mw; •. Edlti. L8mb.
200 A; ,. &nd loop which consumed more
gas than he estimated, forcing him to add his
spare quan with still another seven miles of
racing to go.
"Luckily I had a little gas with me when
I ran out," said the KTM America/Hi-Point!
Metzeler/Maxima/AraiiScott USAIZ Racing/Acerbis/F&:L Racing Fuel/Sun Linesponsored Smith. "I was able to make it to
the last check. The Invaders were nice enough
to gi ve me some gas. "
As many miles as Smith has covered racing
for several years in the Reed Mountain area,
the Invaders were able to surprise him with
some unfamiliar terrain.
Smith was closely followed at the end of
the bomb run by Ron Shuler aboard a
Kawasaki. Shuler bad just edged out ATKmounted Eric Hallgath. Next on the scene
trying to find the marked trail through the
thick dust were Kawasaki pilots Derrick
Paiemment, Roger Hurd and Cliff Thomas
riding on a Yamaha
"I kept thinking, 'I can catch him, I can
catch him:" said Shuler. "But after every tum,
Dan was farther ahead."
Smith bad padded that lead to nearly twoand-a-baI[ minutes at the end of the first loop.
Shuler hung on to second place with Hurd
and Thomas rtipping at his heels through p'it
row. Not far behind w= Vet riders Mike
Sixbery, on a 250cc Yamaha, and Mike
McDonald, riding an Open Honda. Hallgath
ended his race part way throu~h the first loop
when a rock punched a hole 10 his transmission case.
Shuler continued intO' the second loop
pursuing the elusive Smith, while Hurd and
Thomas jammed out of the pits together with
Thomas' 490cc gaining the upper hand over
Hurd's 250cc bike.
Shuler pressed on through the more
technical second loop, unaware that it was
Thomas who was dogging him.
"I kept going fast looking behind me [or
Hurd," said Shuler. "Then I realized, 'Oh,
no, it's Thomasl'"
Thomas had been staying in Shuler's dust
for 30 miles, until both ended off course.
Thomas found the marked trail first, snatching second place away from Shuler. Althou~h
he was now dear of the dust, Thomas sull
couldn't sight the leader, Smith, who was far
ahead of the rest of the pack.
Thomas was secood to cross the finish line.
Shuler cruised in for third place. while
Hurd survived breaking his front brake lever
when he fell in the rocks, to take a fourth
overall and first 2SOcc.
The two leading Vet riders diced back and
forth throughout the 46 miles and nearly oneand-a-haJf hours of the second loop until
Sixbery got a flat, allowing McDonald to take
the Vet win and fifth o.verall. Sixbery hung
on to sixth place and won his Vet 250cc class.
R....1ts
0/A:. 1. Dan Smith {KTM~ 2. Cliff Thomes (Yam); 3. Ron
Shu.. IKowt 4. R_ HurdlKowt 5. Miko Mc:OonoId (Honl.
OPEN EX: 1. Dan Smith IKTM); 2. Cliff Thomas (Yam);
3. Ron Sh..... ( ~ 4. M" K_ _ IHont. 5. Abo
buman (Kaw).
250 EX:. 1. Roger Hurd (lCaw); 2. Kanji c;.uthier (Suz);
3. S. . . Knit Jr. (Yam):
