with Mellon second wi th a 2-2 SCO"', bUI
Melt on won th e 125cc B class with a 3-1 tall y
and Steel took second with a 1-5.
Alderton do mi nated the Senior 30+ class by
taki ng a I- I sco re lor th e o vera ll wh ile Gary
Peak went I-I in th e Senior' 40+ class by
bea ring Henry GreC, who was riding in
memory 01 Doug Kram er , a I ~ B racer at
Troy who was killed in an a uto accid ent
ea rlier in th e week .
Kawa sak i T eam Green's Ha yden Richards
was unstoppable in the 80cc Sen io r class. G~
Rand went 2-2 as he ga ve it hi s a ll in attempts
to catch Richa rds.
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125 PRO -AM : 1. Chudl; Reed IKaw l; 2. James EM::kel
(Yam ); 3. M ark Kan e (Hon ); 4 . Troy Gnlham (Suzl; 5. Travis
Kobush (S uz~
30.: 1. Philip AJderton CHon); 2. Jeff Steinrock CHon}; 3 .
Kenny Red (Suzt • . Tim Sm ith (Vamt: S. Denn is Hartan
lYam).
~: 1. Gary Peat (Yam); 2. Henry Gret (Yaml; 3 . Tom
Ballinger (Hon),;4 . Sta n Courtad (Hon): 5 ."'ames Stukenborg
(Ho n ).
250 B G·3 : 1. SlIM! K iesJer ( ~; 2. Shane Shipl ey (Hon l;
3 . Robert M cPh erson CKaw1:4 . Stew GiUand (Hon); 5 . Aaron
Brushing ham CHonI.
125 BG·l : 1. Dean BakerlHont 2. John Woodfori. (Kawl;
3 . ea rl W Ill ia ms l ls to try and trac k dow~
Zirkle. A Da y co nt inued to lead. O rland.
finally ' dut:h l Zirkle o n th e last lap 10 ta ke
sero nd behmd Day. Zirkle struggled but held
ofl Parsons lor Ihird.
In Divisio n T wo action J o hn Grant slip ped
pas t I?a n Wagne r ~m the las t la p to pic.~ up
hIS thud VIctOry th IS seaso n. teve Aren a took
the Divisio n Three ma in event uver Jay
Brown.
Resul ts
$CRATC"'; 1. Charl ie Veneg as (Gdn); 2. Bob Hicks (West"
3 . Paul Orla ndi (GMJ: 4 Sr""", Crawford (Wri).
HDCP: 1. Man Dey (Wesl; 2. Pau l Ortandl IGM ); 3. Bill
Zirkle (Wn ,; 4 M ikfl Parson s (WesJ; 5. Chart ie Veneg as
IGdnl.
0 ·2 : 1. Jo hn G r~ "t (W es ); 2. Dan Wag ner (.Jaw): 3. Bob
CoUier (WfJS ~ 4 . Ted Scruggs (Wes) .
0 · 3 ~'1 . Steve A"",a (Jaw); 2. Ja y Brown C aw): 3 Scott
J
~ udma (Jaw ); 4. Scolt Rousseau (Jawl.
Young smokes 'em
at Glen Helen MX
By Donn Maeda
SAN HER ARDINO. CA, J ULY 9
T he openi ng round 01 the CMC/Dod!:e
T ruc k_ Sum mer SeriO' a t G len Helen O HV
Park saw Cagiva North Am c:zica/ Axo ' port!
Biefle/Oakley-sponsored Mike Young ta ke
th e o vera ll wi n in the l25cc Pro class wi,h
a se' 01 2-1 motu linishes.
In the lim motu, Randy Moody blasled h is
H o nda into ,he lead followed clo sel y by Quis
Charlie Venegas (4 3 ) shot in t o the lead from t he inside and won the Scratch main at Gold Country Speedway:
Young , Duan e Benner, Vince \Va rrcn and
Budd y Antunez. Antunez was ted no tim e and
quickly wor ked his way int o second pl ace
whil e Chris Young wen t dow n in th e fina l
turn and dropped 1 sixth, Mike Yo ung, who
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had suffered a seventh place sta rt, passed
\Vanen in the Scturn to take over fourth.
U p front , Antunez stalked Moody, waiting
for an open ing. On lap th ree Antunez lound
it, and motored past Moody o n th e Iron t
straig ht . One." in the lead posi tion. Antunez
immedi at el y bega n '0 open up a lead that he
would hold to th e chec kered flag . Mike Young
took over third pl ace o n lap five when h e ou tbraked Ben ner til a tig ht right -ha nder , Chris
Yo ung and \Varrcn argued o ver fifth a nd
carried their ba ttle past Ben ner, who was
running fou rth, J ust before th e chec kered nag,
Moody lost his Iro n t w hee l in a muddy righthander and went down . Mi ke Young clipped
th e do wn ed rider . but held o n 1 tak e o ver
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seco nd pl a ce. Ant unez a nd Yo ung werr e
fo llow ed aCTO s the lin e by Warren , Chris
Yo un g an d a disa ppointed Moody.
Mik e Yo ung stol e the seco nd mOlOhol esh o l,
bu t cl4Iwing a t his rea r kn ob s were Darri n
Hoe ft, Craig Cano y, Paul Lindsey and T odd
Mitch ell. Ant unez was on th e gas and worked
lro m sixt h to th ird o n the opening lap . o n ly
to go dow n in the S·turn and reffiou nt in last
p lace. As Mike Young began Ihe seC"Ond lap ,
hi s C.'Riv;) suffered 3 broken exha us t mani ·
lol d. This didn 't seem '0 allee, him , a, he
continued 10 increase his alrea d y sizable Je'dd.
At th e hallway poi nt the order was Mike
Young, Hoeft , Ca noy . Chris Young and
An tunez. An tu nez sel a bli stering pa ce after
his la ll a nd had pa ssed 12 riders in lou r laps.
O n lap six, Antunez ne w his S uzuki past Ch ris
Young over the fro nt jumps to tak e over
lo urt h . Hoelt a nd Canoy lell victi m to
An tu nel 's charge o n lap seven , mO\'ing th em
back to thit d a nd lourth p lace. Time ra n o UI
how ever and Mike Youn!: crossed the li nish
line o ver 20 seconds . head 01 Ant unez, Hoel t
an d Chris Yo ung. Mike Yo ung's second mo ta
win ga ve h i m the overa ll , lo ll o wed by
Ant una's ha .d lo ught 1-2 and Chris Yo u ng's
co ns isu:'n l 4.-4.
Results
PIW: 1. Jet"ry Aleman (Vaml; 2. Brando n M orga n (Yam);
3 . Mike Kessel (Yarn); 4 . Brian Mo rgan (Yam); 5 . Shad Viens
(yam).
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600-8: 1. .Jerrv A lema n IKawl; 2. Regina ld M itChell (ka: );
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3. Chr is Pasek lKe w)
60 9 · 11: 1. J ason Shirey (Kaw); 2. Paul ho IKawl;: 3.
Josh Tarant Ino (lCAwl;: 4 . Shau n Perolio (Kawl: 5. Ji mmy
Va ns fK.awl.
80 BEG: 1. Chudl Encoe lKawt 2. Tim Santa na CKawt
3. Ryan c.mer on (Kawl; 4 . M ike Sal4::ar (Kaw); 5 . Aaron
Wi nston tSut).
80 JR : 1. Ja!WH1 Oepano (Han); 2. Ty Kady (Kaw); 3 . Je N
Willoh (1CA1IV); 4 . J-* Cox (Kaw); 5 . Aaron W enstrup (Yam).
80 INT: 1. 5t8WI Hangewk1 (Kaw); 2. Tim Staut enbe il
(Hon l; 3 . Tony AmaradtO (Han); 4 . Je ff lewts (Suz); 5 . Jerry
Parsons IHOf\I
SO EX: 1. Damon Huffma n ISuz); 2. Craig Decker (Sur);
3. Jesse J81M5 (SuzJ.
80 OPEN: 1. Chr is Wheeler (Suzt 2. Tre\/is Preston (!Caw);
3. Paul tto (KJtw); 4 , Ja son Shirey {Yam}; 5 . Craig W inston
(t(aw ).
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~G WH L: 1. Joey Curt is (Kaw ); 2. Ivan M iller IHon }; 3
Ctvia Borqea (Kaw).
105 : 1. Jake Wik gff lKawl.
125 BEG 0- 1: 1. Kendall Stanley (Han ); 2. John O iff Ofd
(Yam ); 3 . M ike Ga ry(Ka'N); 4 . M alt Spiwak (Hon); 5. Pepper s
Ram irer (Sud.
125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Shawn Mcintosh (Kaw): 2. Tar"" Saba
(SuzJ,; 3. Cory Austi n (Han ); 4 . Alan Kadl er (Han); 5 . M ar io
Clno (Hon).
125 J A 0 · 1: 1. Oa\/idCasada lS uz); 2. Dona ldUplon(Hon!;
3. Danny Mc laughlin (Han); 4 . Ja50n Me lt on (Han); 5 . Sam
Hawley ~Suz).
125 J R 0 · 2: 1. Je rry Jetton (Suzl; 2. Ryan Paul s (Han);
3. Robert Kong (Hon l; 4 . Jason DePatt o (Kaw); 6. Brando n
M a..tr ippohlo (Hon).
12 5 INT: 1. fk"illn Calh ou n; 2. Jeff Fin e (Hon); 3. Sle ven
Kotejilrvi (Kaw) ; 4. Dannv Bar nelt (Suzl; 5. Dll nll W iggins
(Yam)
12 5 PRO: 1. Mllr.e Young (Cag); 2. Buddy Anrunez (Suz);
3. Chris You ng (5w!; 4 . Vince Warr en (Hon); 5 . O" rr in Hoeft
(S~
8E:.G 0- 1: 1. Joe Ac una (Hon),; 2. Chris Shipman
O'.-m); 3. Bria n Pond (Kawt; 4. Tarek Saba (Su.z ~ 5 . nm
Madden (Sul).
7 50 BEG 0 -2; 1. Joe M 31'eh (Hon); 2 . Mat Baleman (Yam );
3 . Oarro n Rlvet'$ (hon); 4 . Robert Bartlen (Yam); 5 . M arfr.
Gorg one (Suzi.
2 50 J R 0 ·1 : 1. GuY Giffl1H1 ISuz); 2. Danny Seyfer (Hon);
3 . A dam Jon... (Kaw); 4 , Dannv Rudd (Yam); 5. J immy BU1
IS uz).
250 JR 0 · 2; 1. M ike Littt e (Sur); 2. Ray M cin tosh (Kawl;
3. Brent Aouch e (Yam ); 4 . Tony Sekman (Han); 5. Bobby
Hubbard (Yaml .
250 INT: 1. Stl!lVe Nelson IKaw) ; 2. Tony Sul ek (Kawl;
3. Sleven Kotajarv i C
Kaw ); 4 . Ken Erb (Sur~ 5 . Doug Bowers
{Honl.
250 PRO: 1. Brian Ma nl ey (Kawl; 2. M ike You ng lCagl;
3 . J eremy M cGra th (Kaw) ; .4 . Jeff Pest ana (Sur); 6 . Dan
B~";~~:
1. Ja mie Mo rt on (Han); 2. M arcu s Gordon
(Hon); 3. Scott Shoff ma n (Han); 4. M ika Seeley (Kaw); 5 .
O iff Channan (Honl .
500 JR : 1. M arc M atson lHan); 2. Er ic Clemson (Honl;
3. Fred Hummel (Hon t 4 . Brad Sloan (Hon); 5. Richard
Fernandez: CHon).
500 INT: 1. Dannon Burg IKaw ); 2. Robert Gustine (KTM I;
3. Todd Broussard (Yam).
500 PRO 1. Bria n M anley (Kaw); 2. GregZlnerkopf (ATK J;
:
3 . Mike M inke (Yam); 4 . Joe Mem hen (Han ); S. Jon NicoIau1
(Kawl.
UTH: 1. M ercedes Gorualez (Kaw); 2. Ken Em (SUl); 3.
Jerry Jetton (Suz); 4 . Bill Em (Honl; 5. Bill Scott (Hon).
VET J A: 1. Oon Cline (Kaw ); 2. Rudy Chavez (Hon ); 3.
Ron W ansCHon); 4 . Bob Hamph us (Yam ); 5.Paullkeda (Honl .
VET INT: 1. Brad Sloan (Hon!; 2. Chuck W heel er (Vaml.:
3 . Bre( Leef (Han); 4 . M icheal Bomer (ICTM).
VET MSTR: 1. Brad Bielee IATK l; 2. Robert Tippit (Kaw);
3 . Tun Marsh (Han).
VET PRO: 1. Rex Stal en (Yam): 2. Vincent Deluca (Hon);
3 . JetryJir1«WsJl;y(Hon ); 4. Ken Morgan (Han): 5. Carl Gazety
(~'J R:
1. Greg Prest on CHon 2. Vasek Ulrich (Hont 3.
);
Gary Enoch (Hon); 4. J im But ler (Sur); 5. Gary Streuter
2 50 PRO: 1. Sean Conley IKaw ); 2. Shawn Woot en (Kawt
3. Ron Al le n (Kaw) .
500 PRO, 1. Conley (Ka wl ; 2. Clayton Blood ( Hon~ 3.
J on Nicolau s (Kaw).
125 1NT: 1. Chri s Phill ips (Hon); 2. Doug Del ay (Han).
250 INT 1. Jerry W right (Kaw ); 2. Jatty King (Kaw) .
;
500 INT: 1. Ken Schroeder (Han).
VET JR : 1. J ohn Mad rid (Sur): 2. Paul Connors (Sur);
3. TIm Kelcham (Han ).
80 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Casey Jones C
Kaw ); 2. Brian Crur (Kaw~
3 . TIm Clmpbell (Kaw ).
80 BEG 0 -2: 1. Campbell (Kaw); 2. Jones C
Kaw); 3. Br ian
Thordsan (yam).
126 BEG 0-1 : 1. Rickey Forbes (KIIw); 2. David Cakterso n
(Yamt 3. Todd Clark (1C.aw).
12 6 BEG 0 -2 : 1. C1a (Kaw); 2. J im Duncan lKawt 3.
rfr.
Calderon (Yaml .
12 5 JR: 1. Ji mmy Mechem (Kaw); 2. Roger Stevens (Hon );
3. Lance ~lens (Sur).
2 60 BEG o-1: 1. Ja n T. Opperman (Yam); 2. Andrew
Mynalt (Han ): 3 . Steve Vanoni (Yam).
250 BEG 0-2: 1. Jan A. Opperman (Yam ); 2. Dan Nel.an
lKawt 3. Tim Stowe CHon•.
250 JR : 1. Darrin Graviet (Yamt 2. Eric Fisch (Sur); 3.
Skid Rowe (Han) .
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500 BEG: 1. J im Moe (Hon); 2. Glen Brickey (Kawt; 3.
Jeff Bu rtllardr. (Hon).
500 JR: 1. Scott _
U(KTM~
50: 1. 1. Dan iel Bla ir (Yam); 2. Jim Hanse n (Yam): 3 .
David Cassin (Yam ).
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60 (C)..8): 1. Jesse Ketc:hlim (Kawt 2. JJ Cummings(Kew) .
60 ~ 11 ~ 1. ...." G"'VV lKawl: 2. Andy Hansen (Han).
lHanI.
OT INT: 1. John Huegel (Han).
Conley flies to
Sacto MXwin
By Nuklear Neukam
SACRA:\IENTO, CA, JULY 21
Sean new to victory in both th e 250 and 500cc
Pro cl a sses in round 10 of Sacra mento
Raceway Park's CMC Cham pio nsh ip MX
Series Fricb y'night stadi um races .
Conley holeshot , he lirst 250cc pzo mo to
with Ron Allen a nd Shaun WOOlen in chase.
Woo ten passed Allen in the a ir over th e
stadium jump and set his sights o n Q)nley.
A hall-lap la ter, wi th Wooten co iled '0 stri ke,
Conley crashed back 1 third handing Ihe lead
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to Wooten. Co n ley rem oun ted , gOI by Allen
and ca ug ht Wooten, bu t time ran o UI a nd
WOOlen scored the win. Allen linished third
behind Co nley with Yam aha-moun,ed Mik e
Nt'Wman in fourth.
Wool en sel the pace in moto two with Allen
bauling Con ley clos e behind. As WOOlen PUI
a liule spa ce belween h imsel l and Ihe dueli ng
duo, Allen displayed his gym nastic skills
when he landed o n the fro nl wheel a ltc:z th e
drop-off jump and eartwheeled in lo the next
tu m. Conley mot ored into second a nd was
soon haunting Wooten. By the white-nag
Wooten's rear brake was history and Conley
was poking a wh eel by in every lum. Two
tums lrom the checkered Conley hooked up
and sho' by Woo,en. Conley leaped happily
' 0 victory, and th e overa ll, while Wooten had
to seu le lor seco nd a nd seco nd overall. All en
recovered from his acrobatic d ispl ay to ~re
thiTd overall, altho ugh he had injured his
shoulder a nd bike in the spill.
The 500cc Pro s ran with the Intermed iates
but attention focused o n two Pro regulars:
Conley and Clayto n Blood.
Conley and Blood diced back and lorth in
mot o one with Blood oullront when the while
nag ap'pea rc:d. Co nley was g lued 10 Blood's
ba ckSide until the fina l tum wh en he went
wid e and sla m med the berm for some extra
driv e lo war d Ihe finish-line jump. Co n ley
wem ba llistic as he Iel t th e jump and landed
o n Ihe fin ish line side-by-side with Blood. II
was clo se, bUI Blood gOI th e nod lro m th e
rei lor the win . T hird wenl to Jon Ni co laus.
Before moto two Blood sta ted he would n 'l
leI Co nley " Slick Ihe ban ana u p my tai l pipe "
thi s time, but a few turns into Lherace . Blood
sli p ped o n the peel and Conley moved out
lront and sta yed lor Ihe wi n and Ihe overall.
Blood ",mounted a nd ma de it up to thi rd for
seco nd overall , while Nicola us rode aggressivel y 1 second and th ird overall.
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Results
125 PRO: 1. Tom Odekirk (Suz); 2. Sergio Fernandez
(Hon l.
Renshaw runs wild
atDeAnzaMX
By David Procida
SUNNYMEA D, CA, JULY 16
Ro und o ne 01 SMX's Ca l Classic was held
today o n Ihe twi sly D<:Anza Cycle Park co urse
and amo ng th e many winners was Brian
Renshaw , wh o rode h is Yamaha to a pair 01
moto win s in th e Vet Novice class .
In' mo ta one, Perry Ziino rocketed up th e
sta rt straight and held off th e pack to grab
th e hol esh ol . Close on hi s heels were Sa m
LUpeaTand Ren shaw . wit h the rest 01th e pack
d ueli ng for fourth pl at.-e. Ren shaw fou nd a
hot li ne arou nd Lu pear to ta ke over second
p lace and began 10 close o n Ihe lead er .
Ca tchi ng h im was' not too diflicu ll, bu t
gelting by was, as the IW
Odiced back a nd lonh
lor th e nex t three laps. Then o n lap five, Ziino
ma de a n error leavin g the door open lor
Rensha w to sli p by. Ziino stayed close to
Renshaw. but Ren sha w was riding nawlessly.
Back in third, Lupear was closing o n Ziino
an d act ually caugh t hi m a couple 01 ti mes
o nly to lose grou nd in the back section 01
th e co urse. Ron Seaman was in fourth place ,
. holding olf Kawasaki pilot Tim Williams,
Adria n Hernandez a nd Roy Stafford.
In mota two, Lupear jumped o ut to an ea rly
lead with Ziino and Rensha w hot o n hi s heels.
First Rensha w OVerlook Ziino and two laps
later put a pass o n Lupear, bUI L u pea r was
o n the gas and sta yed with Ren sha w lo r th e
next seven laps belo", falling ofl th e pace.
Third through fifth stayed close together lor
the entire race with Ziino holding o nto third
wi th Williams and Seaman ro undi ng o ut the
top live slots.
Vet Expert Tony Feldhaus overcame a lirslmo ta seco nd to win moto two for th e overall
victory. Marc J ohnson claimed secon d, whi le
G len Sencal too k home th ird .
In Ihe Imermedia le ranks, Bill Sauro was
in the limeligh ' as he backed u p a first -mot o
second pl ace showi ng with a s«ond mota win ,
swapping places with Bil! Pelt o. .Thap !"Ic:zz
ma de il to the top th...,. wll h a pan 01 th n ds.
Results
M INI BEG: 1. Joe y Edwa rd (Kaw ); 2. Joey Buchert l lCaw);
3 . Mi ke Batti sta (Su z).
MINI NOV : 1. Denni1 Turner (Kaw); 2. Br ian Hubert (Han).
MI NI EX; 1. M ike Roui (Kaw).
125 BEG: 1. Kei th Shiga'a (Yam l; 2. Owen Dicbon (ya m);
3 . Keith Evers (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. Jim Edmiston (Yam); 2. Don Famer (Yam);
3 . ..Jim W inialTla (1Caw1.
OPEN BEG: 1. Mtchael FosIer (Hon ); 2. Chris Taytor IHont
3 . Carl Carm ic hael (Hon l.
125 NOV; 1. Roger Hamptman (Kawl; 2. Travi s Flem ing
C
Hon);:3 . Kavikal Sh ibu ya (KIIw) .
2 50 NOV; 1. Wi ll Otckaon (Yam); 2. Tony Hodaall C
Sur);
3 . Joe Me rr iam (Yam).
125 INT: 1. Bill Sauro (Hon l; 2. Bill Pelto (Suz); 3 . Thap
Men: (Yam ).
250 INT: 1. Tony M orete (Kawt; 2. 08ve Hammond IK.awl;
3. Dove C..tillo (Han).
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