ha mmered hi s wa y aro und Steele [or th e
victory.
Results
50 : 1. Andy Wick ens lYa m); 2. Jesse Finley (Yam); 3 .
Derek Knack (Yaml; 4 . Ryan Edixon (Yam); 5 . Larry Rust
(Yaml .
.
60: 1. Brodt Sella rds (Kaw l.
80 7·11 : 1.Jason M cGuyrt (Kaw); 2. Brock Sellard$(Yam).
80 (12 - 13): 1. David Borr is (Han); 2. Brent Abel (Kaw );
3 . Jer emy Lawson (Kaw); 4 . Jam es Martin (Han )
80 (14. 15): 1. Rick Roosa (Sud; 2. Jason M yers (Kaw)
125 SCHBY: 1. Mike Baker (Suz); 2. Brad Quear (Suz);
3 . Jim Reznik (Han); 4 . Joe Lawson (Kaw); 5 . J ohn $c hafer
(Han)
EX: 1. Bryan Jones (Kaw) ; 2. M arcu s Sellards (Hon); 3 .
Ken Frankenbery (Han); 4. Chuck Nicho lson (Hon); 5 . John
Diezic (Han).
125 B: , . Tim Baker (Suz); 2. Jack Stee le (Hon l; 3 . Shan e
Smith (Suzl; 4 , Chr is Bodo (Han !:; 5. Trevor Vines (Han) .
125 C G·1 : 1. M ike Kalin (Han ); 2. Dave Do les (Kaw );
3 . Jason Myer s (Kaw ); 4 . Dave Bodo (Han ); 5. Ooug Church
(Suz).
125 C G·2 : 1 . John Venaleck (Kaw); 2. Steve Mesar (Suz);
3 . John Vena leck (Kaw) ; 2. Steve M esar (Suz); 3 . John
Zu(avern (Hon ); 4 Mike M ontgom ery (Yam ); 5 . Neal
Seeh ng~ (Yam).
250 B: 1. Brad Ouear (Suz); 2. Jim DeFranco (Kaw); 3
Tery Hones (Cag); 4. Steve Wi lmi ngton (Kaw ); 5 . Allan Lotts
(Yam).
250 C G· 1: 1. Kelly Johnson (Kaw ); 2. Chad Bailey (Hon);
3 . Jon Wagner (Han); 4. Wayn e Mi ntzl aff (Hon ); S. Jeff
M yr idt IKaw).
OPEN B: 1. Brian Kohl (KTM ); 2. Neil Davis (KTM ); 3 .
Jer ry Boyd (Han); 4 . Dave Sulecki (Han ); 5. ar ian Wagner
(Honl.
SR I: 1. Ken Franke nbery (Hon ); 2. Ray Tlana gan (KTM I;
3. Ken Frank (Han ); 4 . Gary Giuff en (Suz); 5. Oon Conke y
(Yam).
SR II: 1. Larry M yer s (Kaw ); 2. J erry E. Boyd (Han); 3.
Keith Boyd (Han); 4 . Tom Rickbr odt (Han); 5. Tim Knapp
(Yam).
Daily, Beyer dazzle
AlbanySX
By Clay Light
ALBANY, O R, J ULY 2
Jeff Da ily and Gary Beyer, bo th rid ing fo r
Cycle Sports of Sa lem, Oregon, co ntro lled the
125 and 250cc Pro clas ses dur ing the Mot ocr oss
Nort hw est -sa ncti oned Supercross at Alba n y
Speedway. .
Dail y wo n three motos, laki ng wi ns in bo th
12..l)cc Pro motos. bur had dismal lu ck while
leadi ng th e Iirst 250cc: Pro moto. Dai ly, who
has spen t far less th an a year in the pro ran ks
con tin ues 10 be the do m inan t pro rider in
O rego n in the absence of Al\fA Nation al
contenders T on y G raves a nd G rayso n Hart .
The first 250cc Pro mo ta sa w Da n Moore,
rid ing a Honda, launch to the head of th e
pad followed by Dai ly, Beyer a nd Ken n y
Olsen. Moo re's lead, how ever , was sho rt-lived
and Da ily carved pa st 10 co nt ro l th e tempo.
Thi ngs went so ur for Daily severa l la ps
lat er, as the Eugene rid er suffered a Ha l fro n t
lire, dropping LO fifth , whil e Beyer used
Dail y's misfortune to in herit the lead to the
finish .
Beyer and Dail y traded leads in th e secon d
mo ro bur in the end it was Da ily holding the
po sit ion . A first m o ro fourth, tho ug h, would
prevent Dail y (rom la ki ng the o vera ll win
whi ch went Beyer 's way via 1-2 showings.
T ra iling Beyer in the overa ll ca tagory was
Daily (4-1) and O lsen (3-3).
The front-runners in th e 125cc Pro cla ss
were mu ch th e sa me. Dai ly a nd Beyer waged
a brief battle, but shortly into th e race Beyer 's
machine seized , a llow ing Yam aha rider Dav id
Brownin g to settle in to seco nd place to the
finis h. Fo llo wing the d uo across the fin ish
line was a hoa rde of Intermediates, led by
Chad Berry, Rian Ga nt and Todd Burch ett,
the fin al order of fini sh .
Daily cha rge d to the fro nt of th e pa ck in
the second rnoto but [ell in turn two and ra n
near last a fter remo unting. Dail y picked off
numerou s rid ers, a nd by th e second lap was
push ing Browning, Hamness and Eri c Ro~.
ers, Dail y devo ured the trio o n the next circuit
of rh e tw o- m il e co u rse a n d wen t
un challenged.
That is, however , until the Yamaha speed ster misread the last-lap nag for the chec kered
nag a nd pulled off th e track. Urged on by
a gallery of spectators, Dail y mounted a lastlap cha rge that saw him catch and displace
an impressive looking Bro wning to net the
overall win . In the Int erm ed iate portion , Berry
aga in finis hed second and second overall,
whi le Burchett fin ished third with a pa ir of
th irds , followed by Hamness (4-4) a nd Ro gers '
6-5 fin ish es.
The Pro class acti on didn 't end there. R ick
Bauh, rid ing a Honda , bauled wi lh G ary
Beaver and Mark Dickey in th e first moLO,
and held off brolher Gary in the seco nd for
a I- I win in th e in creasingly !;'Opular 30-40
(Vetera n) Pro class, ru n co mblOed with th e
B and C class riders.
Results
125 PRO: 1. J eff Daily (Yam); 2. David Browning (Yaml;
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Speedway. It was Martin's third Scratch main victory in two weeks.
Vohland dominates
Marysville night MX
By Nuklear Neukam
MAR YSVIL L E, CA , JU L Y 8
Round two of the Fairfield Kawasaki Summer
Series ca me to Marysville's Riverfro nt Park
a nd nearl y 300 riders showed up to co mpe te
on the new ni ~h t MX track to the deli ght of
promoter "Srnil in " Charlie Sexton, And with
atten tio n focused on the talent-laden Pros it
was Yoko/ USA/FMF-sponsored T all on Voh land sporting th e biggest sm ile aft er his 125
and 500cc Pro cla ss victories over nor th ern
Ca lifornia adver sary, O 'N ea llPJl lTeam
Yamaha -mourned Steve Lamson. Meanwhile,
Co nley co llected the cash in the 500cc Pro
di vision.
Lamson la un ched his potent YZ into the
lead in th e first 125cc Pr o moto with Voh la nd
a nd his hot FMF -po wered KX in ho t p ursuit.
After a co u ple of laps Vohland took the lead
then it wasadicefora few laps. Then Voh la nd
motored to the wi n. Lamson look second wi th
Yama ha -mounted Jed Gr een a distant third.
Tim Nobles held off Danny Pal ad in o, wh o
tasted a little turf twice while chasing th e
lead ers.
The second rnot o star ted o ut lik e a video
replay of ro und o n e with Lamso n a n d
Vohland set ting a blisterin g pace out fronL
Vohla nd assumed th e lead but Lamso n was
ridi ng mor e aggressively th is ti me o u t a nd the
two wen t back and forth for a whi le. Then
Vohla nd cl icked th e Kawasaki into overdrive
a nd started 10 pull away. La mson tried to catc h
hi m but at th e checkered it was Vohlan d wit h
the win and the overa ll . Second overall was
La mson, while G reen fin ished a com mendable th ird and th ird overa ll . Honda-mounted
Sergio Fernandez went 6-4 for fourth o vera ll
with Suzu ki rider Monty Owen by fifth o verall
with a 7-5 tally.
Voh la nd and La mson performed anot her
rnot o d uet in th e 250cc Pro class, as well . Mot o
o ne ended like bo th 125cc races wit h Vo h la nd
ahea d of La mson , Grant Michaelson a nd
Larry Co leman .
In the seco nd mo to, with Voh land pulling
aw ay, La mson slip ped in th e ha irpin before
the scoring area and Voh land was lon g go ne.
Conley moved u p to second an d held Lamson
at ha y for the remainder of th e race. This
ear ned Conley seco nd overall with Lamson
th ird overall. Another fifth by Coleman sen t
him ho me wit h fourth overall. After a seven thp lace fi ni sh in the first rn oto Yamahamounted Mike Men n ig got it all together and
improved his perform ance enough 10 take
fourth an d fifth overa ll.
Results
125 PRO: 1. Tall on Vo htand (Kaw); 2. Steve Lemson
(Yam); 3. Jed Green (Yam).
2 50 PRO: 1. Vohla nd (Kaw);: 2. Sean Conley CKaw ); 3 .
Si eve Lamso n (Yam l.
500 PRO: 1. Sean Conley (Ka w ); 2. Gra nl M +c
hae lson
(Hon ); 3 . Eric Mc Ken na (Hon).
VET PRO: 1. Er ic M cKenna (Hon t, 2. Al lan 8erluti (Hon );
3 . M ike Harper (Hon).
VET MST : 1. Ron Nordstrom (Kaw ); 2. Andy Warnock
(Hon); 3 . Lor en Stew art (Hon).
VET INT: 1. Harry Bradnell (Hon); 2. Glenn Wa lsh (Han );:
3. Dare l Southsto ne (Honl .
VET JR : 1. Ooug Jo hnson (Kaw); 2. Lance Seller s (S uzl;
3 . Tracy Thom pson (Honl.
OT MS T: 1. Terry Sage (Yam ); 2. Wayne Johnson IKaw);
3 . Richard Sch illing (Hon J
.
aT INT: 1. J im Boyd (Yam); 2. Glenn Pru itt (Hon); 3. Erv
Ridflnburlil (ICTM
).
OT J R: 1. Bob Kosovil ka (Kaw ); 2. Ma ck Wil son (Hon);
3 . Randy Birklebaw (Yam•.
60 : t . Andy Gregg (Kaw); 2. Jerry Harvey (Kaw); 3 . Daryt
Salix (Kaw) .
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80 J R: 1. Todd Birkl ebew (ya m); 2. Neil Goodman (Kaw) ;
3 . Andy Morr is (Kaw) .
80 INT: 1. Casey Jo hn son (Kaw); 2. Tim Keeney (Han).
80 BEG: 1. Bre tt Kli nger (Kaw ); 2. Shawn Bu rrell (Suz);
3 . Jak e Gilbert (Kaw ).
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126 BEG: 1. J ames Foran (Suz); 2. J im Capis (Han); 3.
M att loreruo (Kaw).
12 5 J R; t . Mark Kla user (Kaw ); 2. Brendt. Rozelle ISuzl ;
3 . Darren Kitzmiller (Hon). \;,.
125 INT: 1. Brian Roth IKaw ); 2. Steve Richards (Yam I;
3. M ike Brande s (Kaw) .
250 BEG; 1. Dennis Krru er (y aml; 2. Fred Nordst rom
(Kaw); 3 . Butch Santo ' (Han).
250 J R: 1. Roger Lucero IKawl; 2. Eric Nord in (Han); 3.
Mik e Hath (Honl.
250 INT: 1. Shad Echelbe rger (Yam ); 2. Randy Jon es (Su zl;
3 . M elvin Stark lK aw) .
500 BEG: 1. Ed Tatu m IHonl; 2. Ron Azbell (Han); 3 .
Peter Ham pel (Hon).
500 J R: 1. M ark A lva rez (Kawl ; 2. J imm y Pilgr im C
Hon);
3. Robert Au stin (Honl .
5001 NT: 1. Byron Rifenbu rg tKTM ); 2. Lor in Stew anlHon);
3 . Glen n Zetta rqu ist (Hon).
Marti'!:. Marcucci blast
Napa :»peedway
By R.C _Jones
NAPA, CA,-JULY 15
SIeve Martin blasted to h is third Scratch mai n
victory with a secon d win in two weeks . while
Rich Marcucci picked u p hi s first trophy in
th e Handicap main event at Napa Speedway.
Ma rti n , sponsored by Ca stro l /M aier l
In terlin k/Oury /H&S/ Ara I and T ea m Trim ,
too k h is pole position to the lead and the win
as the Scratch main unfol ded. With Martin
wavi ng bye-bye th e duel was hea ting u p for
th e second spot, "john Houston Jr. and Rocky
Robinson went wheel to wheel , swap ping
pos iti ons for three laps as neither rider was
willi ng 10 give in. Finally Houston surged
a hea d o n th e las t lap 10 na il do wn seco nd
behind Mart in.
Ri ch Marcucci o utraced Bill Zirkle to th e
lead as the H andicap main began th en held
off a la te charge by Mike Kain for th e win .
Wi th Marcu cci leading, Kain , Rock y Rob in son and Harlan Bast Jr. were dicing it out
for the six-lap a ffai r. After Kain mot ored
around Zirk le for seco nd, Robinson was stuck
in fourth wi th Bast gi ving pressure. Kain
could not tra ck down Marcucci and Zirkle
managed to hold off Robinson for th ird.
T o mm y Hedden won his third Division
T wo mam event aft er a to ugh battle with
j erome H eiberger and Ron Cleven ger, In
Divi sion Three actio n jay Brown scored h is
first win while holding off S COll Kudrna and
Larry Rose.
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Steve Manin (We . ); 2. John Hou ston Jr.
(Jaw»; 3. Rocky Robinson (Wn); 4 . Hamn B..t Jr. (Gdn l.
HDCP: 1~ Rich Mereuc:ci (We s); 2. M ike Kain CJaw ); 3 .
Bill Zirkle (West 4 . Rocky Robinson ewes); 5. Harlan Bast
Jr. (Gdn ).
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0-2; 1. Bobby Hedde n (Wes ); 2. Jerome Heiberger (W es);
3. Ron Oevenger (Jaw); 4. Bryan Barrett CJaw ).
0-3 : 1. J oy Brown lJowt 2. Scott Kudmo lJowt 3. La""
RooelJowt 4 . RN:h Campl>olIIJaw).
Paiement tops Checkers
European Scrambles
By Donnetta & Bob Murray
L UCERN E VAL L E Y, CA, J ULY 23
Some of the LOp racers in the deserl laid OUI
a su pe rb co urse o n mostl y virgi n terrain C
or
. Ih e Checker> Motorcycl e Club European
Scra mbles held at Lu cerne Valley. A n ice
lo uc h by th e cl ub o n a n extremel y ho t da y
was drinks, co urtesy of Original New Yor k
Sel lZer and Cobb Moutain Spri ng Wa ter,
ha nded out 10 the riders at th e star t a nd finish
lines.
.
Derrick Paiement, mounted o n a Kawasa ki ,
nabbed the hol esho l in the O pe n race, the first
. class of Ihe da y. He was lead ing at Ihe bo mb
a nd through the first loop until he experienced a flal , which seemed 10 be the name
of th e ga me for a lo t of ri ders .
" As soo n as I go l to Ihe rocks, I kn ew th ere
was a nal . I was all over the pl ace," said
Pa ieme nt.
H alfw ay ro und th e seco nd lap, Honda 's
Chuck Miller pulled up next to Pa iement in
th e cro ss gram sectio n of Ihe vall ey and
powered his bike pa SI LO ta ke the lead. Mill er
wa s q uickl y padding h is lead wh en he me t
a yucca tr ee. H e was hurtl ed o ve r the
handleba rs and suffered a brok en co llarbo ne,
ending his raci ng for th e day .
Pa iement perserve red with h is na t to ta ke
the win. Second-place fin isher J im Clark was
not with o ut h is prob lem s during the race. He
ran o ut of gas, ha d to use hi s reserve a nd also
Derrick Paiement blasted to the
Checkers Euro Scrambles win.
endued befor e crossing the check ered flag. Abe
Ba uma nn rod e hi s Kawasa ki wi th a flat
th rough two-th irds of the race 10 fin ish third .
He not ed that he had not raced in two months
a nd was " h ungry" for a good finish . Amateur
rider Kurt Hein tz had a gre at fin ish a t fourth.
AI H ull won his seco nd ra ce of th e weekend
in the Senior division and proved he was in
as good a shape as hi s 250cc Yamaha . An na
Cody Merr ill finished 18th o vera ll in th e
Sen ior and Women 's co mbi ned race, eas ily
cla im ing firs t pl ace in th e Women 's division.
Charlie Morris didn 't let sto mac h and sid e
ach e problems from th e previous day get him
down in the 250cc contes t. He an d his Suzuki
were second at th e bo mb behind Roger H ur d,
o n a Kawasaki, who took a spill on the first
downhill. Morris streamlined it through the
remai nder of the co usse 10 ha ndi ly take the
checkered flag. john R udd er, a boa rd a Suz u ki,
was just starting to give Morris a run C h is
or
money when his bike sta lled. He fo und a gas
lin e had rome loose and los t a min u te o r two
fixi ng it.
.
Ama teur Davi d G ra ham on a Yamah a had
a clean run oC th e co urse wi th no hitches as
he passed J aso n Aec k o n a hill and Eric
G unther a t th e end of th e second loop o n a
long straightaway to pounce o n thirdtlace.
Aeck and G unther fin ished fourth an fifth
for the da y.
Vet rider Ron Bragdon was happy over his
fir st overa ll fin ish in a Vet race. The Ho nda
pilo t was so enthused to be in the win he
d idn't realize he ha d man aged it on a flat,
Kawasaki's Bren H owell's 250cc co uld never
quite cat ch u p to Bragdon's open bike, forcing
H ow ell to set tle for seco nd. Ken Ehlers was
th ird.
H owell fin ished his fourth race of the
blazing ho t desert weeken d in gr eat style wi th a win .. Keepin g him honest was John
Braasch , on a Yamaha , who ha d taken th e
lead at th e bo mb, but was pa ssed by Howell
ear ly on. Braasch held o n to seco nd desp ite
a Ilat. Third -pl ace finisher j immy Lewis,
mounted o n a Yamaha, su ffered a rear flat
early o n. too .
Keith Loonsfoot cruised through th e hea t
o n his Kawasaki to grab the fourt h overall
125cc finish . Ama teur rider Eric H anks
rounded ou t the top five.
Results
OPEN EX: , . Derr idc PIIi.menl (Kaw ); 2. J im Ctar1t; 3 .
Abe Bliumann: 4. Darren Schm idt (KTM ).
OPEN AM: t . Kurt Hein tz; 2. Gary Carm en (tCT ); 3.
M
James Curry (KTM ); 4. Bob O if1on (Hon ); 5 . Scott Herweg
(Hus).
SR 250 EX; 1. AI Hull (Yam); 2. Steve Tho mpso n (Kaw);
3. Ji m Sm it h; 4 . Van Wey (Kaw); 5. Ron Hall (Sud
SR OPEN EX: 1. Don Bur ch (Yam); 2. Gary Garland (Yam);
3. Roben Torgerson; 4. Roger Schm M:ft; 5. Cleon Loon sf oot
IHus) .
SR OPEN AM: 1. Steve Jenning s; 2. Ji m Farr and; 3 . Jack
McC lure.
SR 250 AM: 1. Un known; 2. Dale Sam for d (Honl; 3 . Frank
Chamberlin; 4 . Lane Hodg in; 5. M ike Lill ywhite .
S/SR: 1. Jerry HarPG'e (A TK); 2. AI Guzm an (Kaw); 3 .
Red Au stin (Yaml.
WMN; , . Anna Cody Merrin.
MINI : 1. James Bunt in.
125 NOV: , . John Haskell (Suz); 2. Jeff Brownell (Kaw l;
3 . Tim Gunther (Yam ); 4. John Sunderlan d (Kaw ).
SA NOV: 1. Robert Keller (Yam ); 2. Ray Hernandez (Hon);
3. Jo hn Roberts (Yam); 4. Terry Bru.ske (Hon); 5. Larry
Hall (Yem).
250 EX: 1. Charlie Mo rri s (Suz); 2. Jonn Rudde r (Suz);
3 . Robert Baeh r.
260 AM: 1. David Grah am (Yam); 2. J eson Aeck; 3. Eric
Gumher; 4. Tony Mod ica; 5 . Erik Wo lf e.
250 BEG: 1. Jeff Case (Hon).
250 NOV: , . Tom Hendricks; 2. Tom M cNabb; 3. Don
Barker.
VET OPEN EX: 1. Ron Bragdon (Hon); 2. Ken Ehler s; 3 .
Gary Scheidler (Yam); 4 . J ohn Anderson; 5. Dave Jensen.
VET 250 EX: 1. Brett Howell (Kaw ); 2. J edee Partain
(KTM); 3 ( Kenn y Parry (Kaw); 4 . J im Eveland (Yam); 5. Ken
l ew is Jr.•
VET OPEN AM : 1. Chr is Pete rson (Husl; 2. Rick Va ughn .
VET 250 AM: 1. Bob Campi ng; 2. Larry Georg e; 3 . Steve
Bilmore; 4. Greg Moyer; 5 . J im M cCartn ey.
125 EX: 1. Brett Howe ll (Kawl; 2. John Braasch (Yam);
3. J imm y Lewis (Yam); 4 . Keith Loon sfOO (Kaw) ; 5. Steve
I
Smith (KTM ).
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125 AM : 1. Eric Hanks (Kaw); 2. Ang el Fig ueroa (Yam);
3 . Brian Davis (Yam l.
S/SR NOV: 1. Ed Heyne.
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