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>« e e a: a: ::J :E D) 0 D) >D) 0 ..... 0 :I: D.. O"l 00 O"l ,......; ~ r-.o ,......; ..... v: :J bJ:J :J ~ Richard Olivercarne from eighth·to win the Formula One class at Willow Springs International Raceway. Ol iver also won the Form ula Two event. OPEN INT: 1. John W all (Han). , 25 PRO: 1. Ryan Hughes IKawl ; 2. Dust in Evans (Suz); 3 . Evi n Bussey (Yam). 25 0 PRO: t . Marc John son (SUl ). VET NOV : 1. Bria n Ren sha w (ya m); 2 . Sam Lupea r (Suz); 3. Per ry Zii no (Kaw ). VET INT: 1. Frank Mi erau (Han ); 2. Oon Shaw (Yaml; 3. Larry Lloyd. VET EX: 1. Tony Feldhaus (Honl: 2 . Ma rc Jo hn son (Suz); 3. Glen Senecal (Han). PhHHps wins Lawrenceburg Short Track By Steven E. Smith LAWR ENCEBURG , IN , J UL Y 21 G ra dy P hillips too k th e Open class featu re at La wrenceburg Sh ort Track to nig h t. Pat Behrle pi cked off the heat but the po le po si tion wa sn 't eno ug h, as Phillips shot o u t to tak e the lead right out of the first turn. Behrle and Don Lewis kept up the effort but Phillips wasn't ma king any mistakes this evening, as he held th e key, loc king them o ut through every turn. Wi th a solid gr oup at th e head of 'he pack Ph ill ips took the flag , followed by Behr le th en Lewis. Starting things off in the SOcc class , a pileup in turn two took o u t the lead ru n ners but a restart fou nd a ll but o ne rider back. After the restart Brian Knippenburg worked his way back the front thoug h favoring a badly banged-up left leg. Knippenburg managed hol d off Ben Bellman , who gave chase for all it was worth, finishing seco nd ahea d of Sam Lowe. In the Open B class the feature was a carbo n co py of th e heat race, as a ll rid ers finished the ma in just as they had in the heats. Tony Burnett was first th rough the number o ne turn, and took co n tro l over Barry Benkert. who rod e hard but cou ldn 't catch th e leader, though he he ld off Fra nk Humphries, who took third. '0 '0 Results . 80 : 1. Brian KnilJpenbu rg (Han); 2. Ben Bellm an (Han): 3 . Sam lowe (Han I; 4 . Matt Au xier (Han); 5 . Doug W agn er (Honl . OPEN B: 1. Tony Burnett (Rtx) ; 2. Barry Benkert (Han): 3. Frank Hump hri es (Rtx); 4. M ike Skimm erhor n (Han); 5. Ronald M akely (Rtx). 250 : 1. Bri an Knippenburg (Kaw); 2. Andy Breitenbach (Kaw); 3. Gary Stogsdill (Bul); 4. Ja mes Haggard (Yam). OPEN A : 1. Grady Phillips (Han ); 2. Pal Behrle (Rtx) : 3 . . Don lewis {Honl; 4 . Recit Hart (Yam); 5. Tim Humphries IRtxl. Oliver comes from behind at Willow Springs RR By Richard Thompson ROSAMOND, CA, JULY 23 Richard Oli ver came up from th e eighth position to win th e Mill er H igh -Life Formu la One race, ho sted by the ARRA a' Willow Spri ngs Internation a l Racewa y. The engines roared, the n ag dropped a nd the best race of the year at Willow Springs (so far ) began. Go ing into turn o ne, Doug T oland. ridi ng a Suzuki GSXR750 chassis wit h an lloocc engi ne, Barry Burke. riding a Yamaha FZR750, Lee Shierrs, riding a Suzuki GSXRllOO and Tommy Lynch. riding a Suzuki GSX R750 went neck -and-neck. vying for the first position . Toland triu mphed at first, but not for long. Coming out of turn nine o n the second lap , Shierts challenged T o land, and stol e the lead go ing into turn o ne. Back in the pack, ~oving up on the leaders on e-by-one was RIchard O liver, ridi ng a Yam aha TZ250 sponsored by Ra ndy Mamola Ra ci ng, Arai , Du nlop, House of Wh eels, Kushi tu ni , Alpine S,ars, Kosman, Castrol, Supellech , VP Fuels, O hlins and AirTech. "T he race was at a fast pace. I knew Ric hard (Oliver ) was going be co m ing. " said Barry Bu rke la ter. . Shierts started 10 pull away from the others, hol ding the lead for five or six laps. and i t looked like he had a good chance at the win . Bu, Murphy's Law set in . an d what co uld go '0 30 wrong, did. Shierts was riding a bike with an engi ne that had 25,000 miles o n it and whi ch cost him all of $300. It a lso cost hi m hi s lead position, due 10 its slipping gears. "The transmission does n 't do what you want it to, but what itwa nts to do ," said Shierts . Sh ierts went to th e outside and Oliver, a fter having pi cked off the other leaders, went 10 th e inside to take th e lead spot. Toland. not too far behind th e leader (nor far ahead of Burke a nd Sh iens) saw not hing but th e backside of O liver for th e rest of the race. . Back in third, Burke a nd Shierts tra ded positions a few times. Shi ert s succeeded in h is effort a nd held down th ird for th e rem ainder. Lynch had fall en out o f co n ten tio n and seemed satisfied to remain in fifth . Successfully ho lding hi s position, Oliver soared across th e finish line tak in g the chec kered flag for th e win. Tolan d wi th bar ely enough fuel to fin ish the race, ra n o u t of ~s . at the very end and coasted across th e fimsh line for second. Shierts and Burke, not giving a n in ch , raced dow n to the wire. Shi erts scored a th ird an d Bur ke was left wi th fourth. Lynch, on his own, took fifth. " I didn 't have eno ugh ho rsepower draft by them," sa id Oliver. " I had to ou tbrake them in the turns a nd was back as far as eig hth a t on e point. But as soon as I go t to fourth pl ace I knew I had a good shot a t it. The hard training and riding mot ocr oss races - helped a lo t. I wo ul d like to dedi cat e th is win to jim Do yle. my manager." (Dryle recently underwent heart surgery.) Oliver a lso won th e Formula Two race held earlier in the day over Nick Ienats ch and ARRA number on e Kent Kunitsugu, both o n Yam aha FZR600s. '00 '0 Hallgath takes Viewfinders Euro Scrambles victory By Donnetta & Bob Murray L UCERNE VALLEY, CA. JULY 22 Thunder and lig htn ing in th e desert wasn 't th e only show in to wn during th e European Scr ambles hosted by th e Vi ewf inders at Lu cerne Va lley off Camp Rock Road . The to ug h , challenging co urse provided p lenty of en te r ta i n m en t [or th e rid er s as well a s spe ctators along th e rou te. ATK's Eric H allgath had clear sai ling in th e O pen bik e co ntes t on ce he manuevered pa st Derri ck Pa iement. Kawasaki -mounted Paiemen t led at th e bo mb, but was soo n overt ak en by Hall gat h. The two switched p laces a co u ple of times befor e . Hal lgath pu lled aw a y a nd took co m ma nd of the race. T he duo was foll owed by Kawasaki 's Paul Krau se, Honda's Bru ce O gilvie and Chuck Miller, also spo nsored by American H onda. Mi ller passed bo th Kraus e and Ogilvie at the sam e time going down a steep rocky downhill. I pulled oIf the trail to pass 'hem , held my breath a nd then got back in lin e and sta rted rid ing," said Mill er. "Chuck passed us right wh ere I was go ing (0 pass Kraus e." sa id O gilvie. " I need to get in better shape." . Hallgath roa red o ver the finish lin e in fir st p lace, stating that he enjoyed the co urse which req ui red using ridi ng skills instead of drag raci ng across the desert. Pai ement was second , foll owed by Mill er, Ogilvie and Krau se. Charlie Morr is, aboard a Suzuki, had the lead ha lfway through th e first loop of the 250cc race , but was forced drop o u ' due to stomach cramps, That opened the doo r for Suzuki Co untry Racing and Dave Chase sponsored Kenj i Ga ut hier, who was right on the trail behind Morris. G a uthier never relinquished the lead 10 easil y win ,h e race. Scott Stearns, aboard a Suzuki, had a good ride . moving up from fift h p lace a t ,he bomb to even tua lly pass Ro ger Hurd, o n a Kawasaki, in th e second loop 10 take second place in '0 Eric Hallgath (P1 6 ) won the Open Expert class w hile Paul Krause (5) took fifth at the Viewfinders European Scrambles. 'he class . Hurd, wh o had hi s best star t in awh ile, took it easy the last lap for a thirdplace finish in the heat . Stiff com pe ti tion in th e 125cc class make for an exci ting race with th e lead changing and th reat ening during the three loo ps. j ohn Braas ch , aboard a Yamaha, took the reins rig ht at the start. He led thro u gh three-fourths of th e first lap, subseq ue ntly being passed by Kawa saki's Brett H owell, Braasch next had to conte nd with Yamaha pilot jimmy Lewis, w ho zipped around him in the tight stuf[ during th e second loop. Lewi s then pr oceeded real ly put th e heat on Howell. " I kn ew if I could beat jimmy throu~h the tight stuff. I co uld stay ahead of him m the fast stuff," said How ell a t the fin ish lin e. " It reall y wor ked OUL" Lew is was fo rced to dro p back with two flat tires, but hung on for a seco nd-p lace finish . Braas ch finished th ird. Kawasakimo unted Keith Loonsfoct tried 10 stay out of th e dust, especially in th e technical section. H e passed Mickell Brix in th e canyo n and W 3 .i ma ki ng hi s mo ve o n Braasch , bu t it was ' th e end of th e race, a nd he had 10 seu le for fourth. Brix on a Suzuki came in filth. How ell had taken th e lead in th e Vet race earlier in th e da y. H e was pas sed by Miller, wh o had a medi ocre start, up on aligh t, rock y rid ge. Miller wen t on to claim th e win, foll o wed by H owell and Ogilvi e. . Likewise, Steve Thompson had to give up the lead in th e Senior race AI Hull, wh o pull ed aw ay fora stro ng win, Thompso n came in second . The Women 's cla ss was won by Anna Cod y Merritt. '0 '0 Results OPEN VET EX: 1. Chuck Miller (Hon); 2. Bruce Ogi....ie (Han); 3. Ron Bragdon (Hon); 4. Ken Ehlers; 5. Kevin MathesOn. 25 0 veT EX: 1. Brett How ell (Kaw ); 2. Jim Eveland (Yam ); 3 . Kenny Parry (Kaw ); 4 . Steve Spragle; 5 . Jodee Part ain (KTM) . OPEN VET AM : 1 . Kris Goolsby; 2. Chris Peterson {Husl; 3. Russell Boyd lArK). 250 VET AM : 1. Bob Campin g; 2. Larry George; 3 . J ames Miller (Yam); 4 . Jim McCartney (KTM); 5. Ryan Grosz (Kawl. SR 25 0 EX: 1. AI Hull (Yam); 2. Steve Thompson (Kaw l; 3 . Phil Haskell; 4 . Ron Hall (Suzl; 5 . Dave Kerstin g (Kaw). SR OPEN EX: 1. Gary Garland (Yam); 2. Don Burch (Yaml; 3. Tom Holme s (KTMI ; 4 . Ji m Shuttleworth (Kaw); 5. Dick Claypoole (Kaw). S /SA : 1. Jerry Harpole; 2. Curt Horst . SR OPEN AM : 1. Steve J en nings (Hus); 2. Ron Patterson; 3 . Jim farrand; 4 . J im Sm it h. SR 250 A M: 1. Lan Hodgin; 2. Frank Chamberlin; 3 . Ned McNabb (ATKI. 1 25 EX; 1. Bren Howell (Kaw); 2. Jimmy l ew is (Yam); 3. Joh n Bras sen (yam); 4 . Keith Loonsfoot (Kawl; 5. Mi ckell Srjx (Suzl. 125 AM : 1. A ngel Figueroa (Yaml; 2. Brian Davis (Yam); 3 . Ken Harmon (Kaw); 4 . Brent Farrell (Kaw); 5. Er ic Hanks (Kaw ). · 125 NOV: 1. Tim Gun ther (Yam l; 2. Chad Campi ng (Hon ); 3. Russell W iley (Han); 4 . Jeff Brownell (Kaw): 5. Craig O·Connell (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Gary Brueske (Han ). OPEN EX; 1. Eric Hallg ath (ATK); 2. Derrick Paiement (Kaw ); 3. Chu ck M iller (Honl: 4. Bruce Ogilvie (Han); 5. Paul Krause (Kaw). OPEN AM . 1. M ichael Davidg e (Kaw): 2. Jim Curry (KTM); 3 . Bren Hoff man; 4. Scott Herw eg (HU$); 5. Kurt Seama n. 25 0 EX; 1. Kenji Gauth ier (Suz): 2. Scott Stearn s (Suz); 3. ~~~~~;~ (~i~:t~~~nCia~{l(~~~il~~~::anmR(Y~~; . Steve C>Qren; 4. Tony Modica ; 5. Mi cha el Edmonston (Hon). Cornwell cops APE Speedway win By Larry McBride G R EENE , NY, J ULY 15 Dam ien Cornwell cap tured the chec kered flag in th e Han dica p mai n at Actio n Park Ea st Speed way [o r the first time thi s seaso n . O n h is journey to th e victo ry circle Co rn well ou tpaced th e field of heat rid ers for his first win o f the ffit't' t. Semi final actio n saw the Blen dzall /Sco ll / Shoei / T su ba ki/ Ra rn ett / Z Leathers /K&Nspollw red Co rn well , (ro m the 20~ya rd lin e. ta ke lhe. lead on lap num ber t\\o·o a nd lhe \'inory thai adva nced him 10 the final even t. Al main e.vent tim e Cornwell sat 10 yards ah ead of 30-yard lin er Dale Wakefield. The balance or the main even t riders was an aw esom e field of 70-yard lin ers consisting of Tuff and Lenny McBride, T o m Burge and Steve Watson. Within o nly one lap Burge and Wa tso n moved in to second and third past Wak efield. Cornwell had posted a ~ood lead tha t was. however, bein g erased sh gh tly on each circuit hy Bur ge. Co ns ta n t pr essure in wh eel-to-wheel acti on by Burge failed to move Cornwell from h is line a nd he com p leted a IOta I sweep of the Handicap even t, Burge mat ched Cornwell's feat i n Scratch events, however, as he to ta ll y dom ina ted hi s heat . sem i, and final to rema in the top poi nts rider at Acti on Park East. Division T wo ma in wa s for ' the second co nsecu tive week won by Jim M('Ca rth y w hile the Division Th ree mai n was tak en by Eug ene Wilmarth. Results HDCP: 1. Damien Cornwell (Gdnj; 2. Tom Burg e (Gdn); 3. Tuff McBrtde (Jaw a); 4. Steve Wat son (Wes); 5. lenny McBride (Gdn). 0 · 1: 1. Tom Burge (Gdnt · 2.-Steve Watson (Wes ); 3. l enny McBride (Gdn); 4 . Tuff McBride (Jawa) . 0 -2: 1. Ji m McCarthy (Jaws ); 2. Kyle Dixon (J awa); 3. Ma rco Morello (Jawa ); 4 . Chuck Podony (Jawa ). 0 -3 : 1. Gene W il mart h IJawa): 2. Jeff Baker (Jaw a); 3 . Kelli McMahon (J awa ); 4 . Scott Tit chn er (Jaw a). ItiIcDowells tangle at Lodi ST By Mikki McBride LO D!, CA. JULY 15 Both Bryan and Bobb y McDow ell were ridi ng exceptio na ll y hard a t th e Lodi Short T ra ck with Bryan win ning th e O pen A class a nd Bobby top ping th e Pro-Am class. In th e Pro-Am mai n event , Bobby shot into th e lead by the first ' urn wit h Bryan a few bik es back behind Harley riders Mike Gr esham a nd Danny McDonnell. By th e tim e two laps were co mp leted, Bryan had worked hi s way by Gr esham and McDonnell to ta ke o ver th e seco nd spot and th en went after Bobby. Bobby turned o n the ga s and extended his lead and th en Bryan followed sui t, Bobb y stayed ahead of Bryan all th e way, with Bryan righ t o n h is tail. The third a nd fourth riders were abo u t an eig h th of a lap back wi th Honda riding Allon McBee co m m g up fast in a close fifth position, In th e O pen Expert class, Bryan managed to shoot out in front at the gr een n ag and Bobby wa s right behi nd him. O nce again th ese two left the pack with McDonnell in th ird , McBee in fou rth a nd G resham in fifth . Bobb y tried everyth ing 10 get by Bryan. but 10 no avail. Bryan got th e chec kered flall first, doing a wh eelie over the finis h line, Just ab out a bik e length ahead of his bro ther. In th e SOcc Expert class Yamaha rid er j esse Sanc hez out-rod e every bod y o n the tra ck. Honda riders Ben a nd Er ic Bostrom ga ve him a good ba ttle, bu t ju st couldn 't keep the powerfu l Yama ha from gell ing by on th e last lap La ta ke over first. fn the SOcc j u nior cla ss, Steve Hl ebo o n a Ka wasak i made 3 dynam ic pa ss as he went aro und Shaun Russell to tak e over the first spot th ere while in th e SOc No vice class T o ny c Souz a rode to 'V ictory , ou r-powering and o u triding secon d pl ace Ricky Lewis. In 'he Open junior class, R OlaX rider T ory . Bostrom too k the lead ahead of David Freeze and Norman Storr and mainta ined it th ro ugh o ut th e event. Results PIW C: 1. Wade Garrison (Yaml; 2. Matt hew Proto (Yam); 3. Jim Hansen (Yam); 4 . Tony Meiring (Yam); 5. M ichael ert (Yam). PIW B: 1. Toby Jorg ensan (Yam); 2. OannyVickers {Yam); 3.Michael Patt erson (Yaml; 4. David Gassin (Yam); 5. Scott Arnold (Yam). PP: 1. Ja mie Sgheiz8 (Kawj ; 2. Tam i Quan (Hon); 3. Carrie Lee (BSA); 4 . Clarissa Holland (Yam); S. A manda M eir ing {Yaml. 60 A·8·C; 1. Shau n Russell (!(awl; 2. Tony Sou za Jr . {Kaw); 3.Jeff Gabhart (Kawl; 4 . Jeff Gabhart IKaw ). VET e-c: 1. Dave Bostrom (W-A); 2. Oon Shipley {W~ AI; 3. John Taylor (W· A); 4 . Ja mes Mahon ey ' Hon l: 5. Frank Fondi (Yaml. 80 C: 1. Tony Souza Jr . (Kaw ); 2. Aicky lewi s (Hon); 3. Sherm an lee (Yam); 4 . Aaron Gayle (Kaw ); 5. Kenneth Holland (Yam). 80 B: 1. Steve Hlebo (Kaw); 2. Shau n Russell IKaw l; 3.

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