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The t eam of Cra ig Dempster and Peter Lew is (left) passed the Jeff Lerch/
Ken Ohrt t eam t o ta ke second in t he Sidecar m ain at As co t .
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Results
SCRATCH: 1. Billy Ham ill ewe .l; 2. Ed Castro (Wes): 3 .
M ike Faria (Gdn); 4. Steve Lucero (Gdnl .
HDCP: 1. Al an Christian (Jaw); 2. Charles Ermol enko
(Wes); 3. Mike Faria (Gdn); 4 . Bill y Ham ill (Was •.
0 -2 : 1. Mike Stefan (Wes); 2. Gary Ackroyd (Wes); 3.
Manie Wells (Weal; 4. Danny Perel ewes).
0 ·3: 1. John Kell y (Jaw); 2 . Robert Salsbury (Wes); 3.
Rohn Zellner (Was ); 4 . Mart. OeVeyewesl .
MATCH: 1 . Bobby Schwartz ewes); 2. Steve.lucero (Gdn) .
Martie Wells. w in ner of Division Two ma ins at Speedway USA and IM S.
leads Danny' Perez. Gary Ackroyd and M ike Reed in Costa Mesa act ion.
Bruce work ed his Yam ah a by th e Kawasakis
of Brian Roth a nd J ason J ohnson for seco nd
a nd firs t in his class .
J ohnson go t the h ol esh ot in ro und two
wh ile Pal adino battled with an other Interrn ediat e, Roth. J ohnson held the lead for the first
ha ll of the mot o wh ile Palad in o a nd Roth
diced back and forth. Then Paladino look
co n tro l a nd held 10 the linish [or the win and
the overall in the 125cc Pro class. j ohnson
ami Ro th dueled 10 the checkered with
Johnson scori ng the win (or second overall.
Roth combined a pair of seconds for th e
overall.
Results
125 PRO; 1. Danny Paladino (Hon); 2. Kevin Rockwell
(Hont 3. Monty Owenby C
Suz).
250 PRO: 1. Jeff Pestana (Suz); 2. Paladi no C
Suz); 3. Sean
Csta Mesa. Seconds
after tak ing th e checkered flag in thi rd, Fari a
hil Castro and knocked him down in lurn
on e.
In a stra nge lwisl, the o llicia l reco rd showed
Lucero's Godden as bei ng lh e bike th aI
linish<-d lh ird and fourth in th e main.
The cro wd was slill bu zzing when th e
Handicap main gOIunderway. They saw SIeve
Russell establish lhe lead o ll lh e sta rt. Charles
Ermolenko, Tony Bien erl and Alan Chrislian
were his early pursuers.
While lh e resl o[ th e [ield was jockeying
[or po siti on, Ru ssell had nothing bUl clear
race track in front of him . He look [ull
advantage o[ thaI siluation a nd pulled o ul 10
a bulging lead. The ra ce was Ru ssell 's, bUl
as he ~ntered tum one on lap thr~. hi s
Weslake broke a push rod. T wo laps lal er ,
Christ ian passed Bienen and went on for thr
ch eckered. Ermolenko claimed second Wilh
Faria, still on Lucero's Godden, lh ird .
SCRATCH: 1. Ph il Coll ins (Wes); 2 . Silly
~mill
(Wes);
3. Bobby Schwartz (Wes t 4 . Steve lucero (Gd n).
HOCP: 1. Silly Hamill ewes ); 2. Wall Flrnum (.Jaw);: 3 .
Ji m Sisemore (Wes); 4. Phil Collins (Wes).
0 -2 : 1. Gary Ackroyd (Wes); 2. M ike Buff CJawl; 3 . Ryan
Evens (Wes t 4. 04Mt Shel'VillOOd (W-~
0-3: 1. John Kelly (Jaw); 2. MIII1c Fa"" (Wes ); 3 . Chr is
CaSlin ewes); 4 . 8c:ltJby Campbell (WH).
SDCAR: 1. Cliff Tolley /Sieve Hwdwict (Kaw); 2. Cratg
Dempsler/Peler Lewis C
Kaw); 3. Jell Lerch /Ken Ohn (H.o
0 ): 4 . Kent Bernander/Carry PoI"rd (Kaw).
Wagenknecht wins
W'mnebago HM
By Ed A hlf
PECATON[CA,IL, J ULY 7
Gr eg Wagenknechl ballied 10 th e 250cc class
win at thr second of a five race series at
Winnebago O>unty Fairgrounds, sponsored
by Badger Racing. The lhree Pro classes had
abo ut 60 entries. with several riding in tw o
or three cla sses.
[n 250cc action, Kaslen , o n lhe S·K Cycle
Yamaha led ear ly in the lirst hea l on lh e big
hall·mile oval. SIeve Champine and Wagen·
kn echt took o ver the top two spots in lap two.
until Kaslen rallied 10 take th e lead a lew laps
lal er. Kasten was then pushed back to third
on lh e nexl 1 lasl lap by Champine and
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Wagenkechl setting lh e finishing order. T ony
Rulli was fourth.
Kaslen again jumped 10 the lead in th e linal.
Wag enkechl gOI a poor starl a nd was eighlh
in lh e early going. He began picking up
positions one and two at a time. passing
Champine and Kasten [01 the lead . Rick
Anderson fin ished forth.
. Jim Sumner look th e first 500cc heal ahea d
of Wagenkecht and Rick Anderson. Jon
Dillenburg put hi s ShaWa no Well Drilling
ROlaX in th e top spot in h ea l two over Dave
Feggestad, Kasten and Dave Camlin o n th e
Berger Ra cing Honda.
In the final , Dill enburg look th e lead o n
the th ird lap and o pe ned a safe margin o ver
'Su m ner and Kasten. This order held until lap
eight when Camlin went into the third spot,
Open class heal acti o n saw Camlin , on th e
Brenny's Cycle!Ammco Rotax, take an early
lead in heal on e, only 10 be passed by Sumner
a nd Rick Gruber o n th e TAG T eam /Bekins/
Glen Salpacka Ro ta x. Gruber wailed until th e
fifth lap 10 mak e an inside mo ve 10 tak e the
lead ahead o l Sumner and Camlin, Champin e
loo k t he second hea l o ve r Ka sten a n d
Dillenburg.
Kasten got th e holesh ot in th e final, but
was pa ssed by Ca m lin in turn three. Gruber
also got by Kasten a nd set off after Camlin ,
catching him in turn th ree o n th e seven th lap.
Sumner go t around Kasten to set th e fini sh in g
o rder o[ Gruber , Ca m lin, Sum ner a nd Kasten.
Resu lts
250: 1. Greg Wagenknecht lHont 2. Sieve Q\ampine
fHon l; 3 . Sieve Kasten (Yem ); 4 . Rick Anderson lHon I.
500: 1. Jon OiDenburg (W -R); 2. J im Su mner (Suz); 3 .
Dave c.mlin tHon); 4 . Steve Kasten (H.O); 5 . Grea
W_nknecI1t CHonI.
OPEN : 1. Rick Gruber (RDl:t 2. Dave Camlin (Rtxt 3 . J im
Sumner (H-O); 4 . Steve Kasten (Rtxl.
Schroeder sikes
at Glen Helen ST
By Elliott Iverson
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, J ULY 15
Gl en Helen Ra ceway's liB-m ile oval was the
host 10 this week 's So Ca l short track with
Ri ck Schroeder slid ing hi s SP Suzuki-based
dirt tracker to the win at the inaugural
Saturday n ight slort lra ck races. Speedwa y
velerans J im " T he Animal" Fishback and Jim
Odom als o showed up to demonstrate Just
how to go fa st around th e new Inland
Motorcycle Speedway.
All starts used lh e speedway ribbo ns. Akira
Kazuoka tossed h is Honda 600 down in lurn
o ne. causing a co mp lete restarL Next tim e the
riders managed 10 gel through the slig h tly
muddy co rner with Win ston ge tt i ng the
hol eshol [ollowed by Schroeder and Elliott"
Iverson. Schroeder and [verson diced [or the
firs t five laps with Sch roeder pulling in
beh ind Win slon while h 'erson [oll owed in
third Loren Bjorkman, slidi ng back [rom a
good start, banged ba rs wi lh Ken Barrow
squeaking by 10 tak e fourth by a wheel. Joey
Winston ch ased lhem all 1 the fin ish.
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The firsl sta n o[ heal lwo was fasl and
furious wh en Bjorkman led the pack inlo lurn
o ne, bUl his lead was spoiled when Iverson
slid out and Winslon endoed o ver him. Both
riders gOI back u p [or lh e restarL
Bjorkman jumpro in to first once again on
th e restart , o n ly 10 by passed by Schroeder and
Iverson jusl befor e th e second lap. The lwO
traded places for th ree laps wh en Iverson
established th e lead Barr ow and Winslon
closed in on th e lead pa ir, when on lap eig hl
Kazuoka slid oul in lurn lh ree. The yello w
nag was eno ugh distracti on to let Schroeder
take the lead ahead of Iverson with Barrow
and Winston a lmos t sna tchin g th e runnc:r~up
spoL Bjorkman and Winslon [ollowed.
In th e main event. Winslon took the lead
withoul jumpin g th e start. Schroeder and
Iverson tailed him for the [irsl seven laps wh en
Schroede r slu[£ed his Suzuki under Winslon 's
Wood Ro tax to take a lead he would keep.
Winston held off Iverson's attempts to go
under in turns one and two (or the next eight
laps 10 hold second Karuoka, working 0[£ a
poor star l, passed Win slon and Bjorkman 10
tak e [ounh a[ler Barr ow's bike exp ired.
Resu lts
OPEN EX: 1. Rick Schroeder (Suz); 2. .Joe Winston (W.
Rt 3. F.llion Iverson (VIm): 4 . Akir. Kazuoka (Hon); 5. Loren
S;ork ma n (Hon
SPOWAY/OIRTTRACK GRUDGE RACE: 1.Jim FishbIlck;
1. Don Odom; 3. Ken Berrow (Han); 4 . .Joe Winston (W-
Rt 5. Rd< Sch.- CS""I.