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National Speedway Champion "Stevie Wonder" Lucero had a perfect
night at Gold Country Speedway, turning in five winning rides.
Sowders; 3 . Gary Well s; 4. David Khoury; 5. Gary
Rich tm eyer .
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OPEN AM /250 EX: 1. Ty How ard; 2. Ross
Bachlor; 3. Mar k Fillmore; 4. J oe Mo ff an; 5. Dan
Litt le.
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McElroy tops Dade City MX
By Scott Sheperd
OAD E CITY. FL . J ULY 29
Cagiva-spo nso red Brian McElro y overca me a
first mo to pil eu p a nd a seco n d mot e poor sta rt
to win the Open Mo nev class a t th e filth a nd
final rou nd o f th e Dade Cit y Raceway Sum mer
MX Series. Over 250 riders com pe ted in the
2 1 founds of the series.
In a mad da sh to the first turn at the sta rt
of th e firs , mo to of the Open Money class.
o n lv ha lf of th e field mad e II to the torn. half
did ·not. B o mb riders Dave Ellis and Ca rey
Jon es were th e first rid ers to head do wn the
ba ck strai gh ta wa y, followed close ly b y
Yamaha riders Fred Vanw ag o ner an d Ricky
Ha m p sh ire.
As the fi eld ca me arou nd to sta rt the seco nd
lap . medica l flag. were being di spl ayed. The
Irotu ru nners slo wed down . some lookin g for
a red n ag th al wou ld have sto pped the race.
Ellis said. " 1 sa w a lot of machines a nd riders
who wen' very clos e. to th e ed.~e of th e track
a nd emergency nags were wavlllg. I th ou ght
th ey were tr yin g LO sto p the race. I mad e a
mi stak e. I sho uld have kept go ing a nd not
have slowed down:.I assumed th ere was an
emt·rgency ."
By the hal fway poi nt of the race, everyone
had sell led down . j o nes was lead ing, wit h
Hampsh ire and Yamaha ride r Don nie Del gudo pres surin g him . On rh e la st la p ,
Ha mpshire go t a ro und J on es to take th e win .
Vanwagon er moved int o third behind jones
after Delgado fell and McElro y finished fourth
aft er having worked hi s way u p from seventh.
T he seco nd mo te saw Jon es. Elli s and
Delgad o cha rge off th e lin e first a nd th e
o pc ni ng lap en ded with j ones leadin g ,
Delgad o running seco nd and Van wagon er
thi rd .
A. jones a nd Delgad o stretched out a 30·
yard lead. McElro y mad e a charge fro m the
back of th e pack a nd by th e halfway point
he had moved. in to fourth a nd was pr essuring
Vanwagon er. McElroy got by Vanwagoner
a nd in th e clos i ng laps of th e race he moved
by Delgad o and bega n
pr essure j on "".
Corning ou t of a dropoff, he pa ssed jon"" and
went o n to win with a 20-bike len gth margin
o ver Delgado wh o had also gOllen arou nd
j one. .
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Re sults
PIW: 1. Kenny Burkholder (Yam); 2. Josh l USl1C (Yam);
3 . Tanner Mathis (Yam ~ 4 . A ndrew Bell (Hon); S. Tommy
Bragg Jr. (Honl .
60 A M : 1. Jarrett Tipping (Kaw ); 2. Erik Waters (Kaw );
3 . Sha un Sapuppo (Kaw).
60 NOV: 1. Shawn Beal (Kaw t 2... Bill y Wood; 3. Rya n
Kelley (Kaw); 4 . J eremy Doctor (Kaw); 5 . Adam Crossley
(Yam).
80 A: 1. Kenny Yoho (Kawl.
BO B: 1. M ike W oodstock (Kaw); 2. Tim ea rr (Kaw ); 3.
Brad lustic (Suz); 4. Tony Pocaroba ( H on ~ 5. Dav id
Sanderson (Han I.
80 C: 1. Gary Bren nen (Kaw~ 2. Daniel Woodcock IKaw );
3 . Jacob Kielty (Suzt 4 . Jody Cape (Suz); S. Enk Wa ters
(Kaw) .
BO BEG: 1. Vi nny Hopper (Yam); 2. Scott Enyait (Kaw );
3 . Joshua Kie lty (Yam); 4 . Scott lamb (Han); 6 . J eff Pankey
(KlI w ).
125 A: 1. Don nie De l ~ado (Yam); 2. Steve Gibon ey (Hon l.
125 B: 1. C.J . Cw iklin ski (Kaw ~ 2. Tim Everhart (Han);
3. Sha un Capu to (Kaw); 4 . Eddie Sanderson (Han); 5 . David
Sande rson IHon).
125 C: 1. Greg Bagent (Kaw); 2. Tim Hafk e (Kaw) : 3 .
Ken Bill s (Kaw); 4 . Lane Str om snes (Kaw); 5. Mark l ee
(yam).
125 BEG 0 · 1: 1. J ay PonkeYIKaw l; 2. M ark Payne (Han ):
3 . George Csanadi; '4. M itch J erge r (Kaw~ 5. Jaso n Keene
(Kaw) .
125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Rob Sheppard; 2. Ken Emery (Hon);
3 . Roy Pi8f"
C8(Han); 4. Rtcir.y Kn ig ht (Yam); 5 . Davtd Sun seri
(Yaml .
2 50 A : 1. Donn ie Delgado (Yam ~ 2. Fred Vanwagon er
(Yam).
2 50 B: 1. M ichael Oliv er (Yam); 2. Steve Stofack (Yam);
3 . Ja ~ Stewert (Kawt 4. Mike Taylor (Ya m~ 5. Robert
25 0 C: 1. M ike Padgett; 2. W esley Shallow (Han); 3. Gary
Osteen (Han); 4 . J ay Ho lzhuel u (Yamt S. Brian Calhoun
(Han)).
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250 BEG: 1. Steve Dan iels (Han); 2. J 8f" Hartman (Honl ;
ry
3 . Scott Smit h (Hon); 4 . Wei Wilson (Suz); S. Rich Pierce
(Hon).
SR 2 5· Pl US: 1. Dave Ell is (Han): 2. David Berger (Han );
3. W illiam Hobson IKaw); 4 . M ichael Olivet (Yam); 5 . Greg
Bagen t (Kaw ).
SR 3(). Pl US: 1. Tom Bragg tHon); 2. Roben Noa (Hon t
3. Wesley Sha llow (Han); 4 . Tim Hefk e IKaw); 5. Charl es
lehing (Han).
SISR 4Q..PLUS: 1. Tom Bragg (Hont 2. CMrles Lehi ng
(Hon );' 3 . Gerald Nuccto (KTM ); 4 . Roger White (Suz); 5 .
Jack Krell (Yaml.
OPEN MONEY : 1. Brian McE lroy tCagl; 2. Carey Jo nes
(Han); 3. Ricky Hampsh ire (Yam ); 4 . Donn ie Delgado (yam);
5. Fred Vanwagoner (Yam).
OPEN AM : 1. RIcky Ham pshire (Yam); 2. Todd Hensley
(Hon ); 3. Steve Stojack IKaw ); 4 . Joe Pierce; 5 . C.J .
Cw ikli nski (Kaw) .
OPEN NOV: 1. David. Berger (Han ); 2. W illia m Hobson
(Kaw ); 3. An thony NuCCIO (K1M ); 4 . K8It h W estbrook (Han);
5. Tom my Str ingfield (Han).
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100 S/MIN1 1. Kenny Yoho (Kaw); 2. Mike Woodcock
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(Kaw); 3 . David Sander son (Han); 4 . Man Bell (Hon); 5 .
Breveer Brest ol (Suz).
Lucero perfect at
Gold Country Speedway
By R.C . J ones
AUBURN. CA, AUC . 5
Steve L ucero sho wed his Na tional Cha mp ionsh ip fo rm by la king th e maximu m in points
with a pe rfect night of rid es a t Cold Co o ntry
Spee d way. Lu cero rod e h is Coors Li gh ll
S hoe i/ O a klev-spon so red C odden :to five
strai g ht victories whi le pi cking up 21 va luab le
points in th e seco nd round of th e Nat ional
Ch ampio nship Ser ies.
As they li ned u p for the main event, Lu cero
was on the po le wit h Alan Christian next to
him. Ph il Co llins was in nu mber three and
Sco uy Brown agai nst the wall in four. \Vhen
the tapes went u p it was Christi an out first
with Lu cero p laying catch u p. As they hit tur n
o ne Christian drifted o ut wid e wailing for th e
tract ion to shoot him down th e back ch u te.
Co ll ins and Bro wn were pinned o ut and
backed off. Lu cero kept it close to th e rail
but found hi msel f a wh eel leng th behind
Christia n. Christian dove int o turn three
tryi ng to sh ut down Lucero. Lu cero h ung
close and ga ined som e gr ound com ing o u t
of four. Lu cero inc hed a longs ide down th e
main stra igh t and was able to ge t a wh eel
i n o n Christian at th e turn. This time
Christian had to go real wide before he co uld
hook up, and by th en Lu cero had shot past
taking the lead for good. Christian ga ve it
a not her try at the nex t tum bu t Lu cero had
it di a led in for th e win .
Results
MAI N: t . Sieve
lucero (21 pts); 2. Alan Chr ist ian (19);
3 . Ph il Colli ns (18 ); 4 . Scotty Brown (1 5).
Rodden fast in
Seattle RR
By Jane Steele
KENT. WA, J UL Y 30
AFM rid er Steve Rod den beat the Wa shingt on
Moto rcycle Ro a d r aci n g Associ atio n ' s
(WMR RA) best 10 take fir st p lace in the 450 th at sta rted
in th e wa ve ah ead of 'hem, a nd a lso bega n
to la p some of the slower riders in th eir o wn
class . The heavy traff ic added a new dimension
to the race. Ken yon had the most trouble:
al ready o u t of 'ouch with the lead ers and with
his cl utch slip ping, he dr o pped back. But
Rod den used the tra ffic to his own adva ntage.
and drafted an Open Production ma chine to
slings hot pa st Seh wen . TIl e two d iced back
and fo rt h un til Schwen cras hed in th e ch ica ne
o n th e eig h th lap.
'" m issed a sh ift in th e hairpin," Schwen
cla imed . "But I caug ht u p with Rod den o n
th e backstraight: 1 think my Dan ce-tuned bik e
was a littl e faster. But in the exit of five (the
first portion of the chicane). I lost it."
Rodden cru ised to a n easy victory, wit h
Kenyon in heriti ng second. Todd Powell took
hi s stork FZR400 10 a th ird-pl ace fin ish and
Richar d Matthews post ed forth .
Rodden is spo nsored by SuperTrapp. Avon
a nd Kin eti c Ana lysis. Schwen 's sponso res
include Danco , Maxima , O 'N eiU and Federa l
Way Cycle Ce n ter. Kenyon is sponsored by
Ren ton Yamaha. Du n lop Tires and C al co.
Res u lts
OPEN PROD: 1. Joe Pittm an ISuz); 2. KeIth Pmkstaff (Suz);
3 . Bru ce l ind (Suz); 4 . M ichael M cBr ady (Suz); S. M ark
Haskins ISud.
750 PROD: 1. Joe Pittman (Suz); 2, M ilte Sullivan (Sud;
3. Doug Renfrow (Suz); 4. M ichael M cBrady (Suz); 5. Sieve
Littlejohn (Kaw ). .
600 PROD: 1. Br ian Sun on (Yamt 2. Bruce lind (Yam);
3 . Ken Evan (Ya m ~ 4 . M arvi n Braun (Yam); 5 . Scott
McArthur (Hon ).
450 PROD: 1. Todd Powe ll (Yam); 2. Richa rd Ma tt hews
(Yam); 3 . Dave Add ington (Yam); 4 . Tim Heale (Yam); 5 .
Kelly Heath (Yam) .
OPEN S/ BK: 1. Joe Pitt ma n (Suz); 2. Sieve Littlejohn
(Yam); 3. S hawn Sm it h (Han); 4. Ryan landworth fSuzl;
S. Eric Seward (Yam).
750 S/ 81(: 1. Doug Renfrow (Suz); 2. Shawn Smith (Han);
3. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 4 . David Deveau (Yam ); 5. Randy
Shemwell (Due).
600 S/ BK: 1. David Deveau (Yam ); 2. Joe Pitt ma n (Yam);
3. Shawn Robert i (Yam); 4 . Bruce lind (Yam); 5. Marvin
Braun (Yam).
450 $ /8K : 1. Steve Rodden (Yam); 2. M ike Kenyo n (Yam);
3. Todd Powell (Yam); 4. Ric hard M att hews (Yam): ~. DaVid
Add Ington (Yam. .
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F·1 : 1. Doug Renf row ISuz); 2. Steve Littlejohn (Yam);
3. KeIth Pmk slaff (Suzt; 4. Shawn Smith (Han); 5. Terry
Wi lliams (Suzl
F·2 : 1. MlkeSulliean (Hon!; 2. Bruce l ind (Yam ); 3. Shawn
Roboertl (Yam); 4 . Brian SuttoncY am ); 5. Steve Rodden (Yaml.
F·3 : 1. Scott Soper (Hoo); 2. Doug DuBuq ue (Vam ); 3.
Patrick Salmon (Hon); 4 . John M ooney (Kaw ); 5. Sammy
Shwartz (Due).
650 Bon: 1. M ike Correll (Han ); 2. Chri s Ninaud (Kawl;
3 . David Rookiard (Kaw ); 4 . Georg e Schwen (Kaw); 5. John
Davidson (Hon l.
OPEN SGL 1. David John5ton (Yam); 2. Dave Crockett
(Yam); 3 . Bill Birch er (Han); 4 . Chris Call an (Yaml: 5 . Ron
Teal (Yam l.
DINO: 1. Scott Freri cks (Han); 2. Randy Grein (Suz); 3 .
Brett Parker (Han).
NOV: 1. Eric Disch (Suz); 2. John Wetze l {Yaml; 3. Dave
Godsen (Yam); 4 David Riggs (Yam); 5 , Mi cha el Qu in lan
(Hon)
Delgado grabs Carlsbad
Motocross win
By Donn Maeda
CARLSBAD, CA, J ULY 23
Ho nda · mo unt ed Bru<-e Delg- do posted 2·2
d
mOlO fini shes to Clplure the overa ll l25cc
Junior clas s win a t the fourth rou nd of th e
Dodg e Truck,/CMC Summer Series held at
wv
joe DeP a tto ri pped ou t of th e ga te in mo to
o ne to grab the hol esh ot ahead of Deron
Mill er. Karl Fernand ez an d Sam Ha wley.
Miller and Hawley quickly work ed their wa y
into the tOP two positions on th e third lap.
Delgado had su ffered a seven th p lace start.
but o n lap fo ur had moved int o third and
bega n to pr essure Hawl ey. Delgado dove to
th e inside of Hawl ey in a turn to take over
seco nd. and Ha wley tried to pass in the
following hai rp in . but Delgad o slam med the
door. . Mill er took the checker ed wi th a
co m fortable lead over Delgad o. Hawley a nd
j erry jeuo n , wh o had wor ked u p from a 24th
place sta rt,
Ryan Pau ls ti med th e ga te just righ t in th e
seco nd m oto , leading Ch ris Val dez. DePauo
a nd Delgad o th ro ugh th e first turn . On lap
two Delga do went wide in a turn and tried
to pa ss DeP atto. but he spun OUI in the loo se
dirt. Del ga d o remo un ted i n si x th th en
mounted a cha rge to ca tch th e lead er s.
Meanwhile, seco nd place rider Valdez lost hi s
front en d in a slippery turn, ha nding the
runner -u p po sit ion 10 Hawl ey. Hawl ey bega n
to reel Pauls in , but a ppeared ro run out of
stea m o n th e last lap. Delgado was th e fir st
to tak e adva ntag,e of the tired rid er and look
over second, wh ile J.J. Petch el a nd Mill er also
worked the ir way a ro und Hawley to ta ke o ver
third and fourth. Pauls crossed th e fini sh line
just seco nds ahead of Delgad o, Petchel a nd
Mill er.
SCUll Hoffman dom i na ted th e 500cc
Beginner cla ss, cru ising to easy wins in bot h
mo tes. Hoffman g ra bbed th e Iirs t-moto
ho lesh ot ahead of Rodn ey Weesner and David
Ma nriguez, Weesner wen t dow n o n the second
lap, lea ving Man riguez a nd Marc us Gordon
to chase the lea der. Go rdo n new past Man riguez a nd bega n
reel in Hoffman, bu t
pushed a linle ' 0 0 hard and slid o u t in a
slippe ry turn. Manriguez retoo k seco nd p lace
and ga ined o n Hoffm an when th e Honda rider
stalled h is bike. Hoffma n recovered in time
to hold o n to th e lead . a nd cruised to the mota
win ah ead of Manrig uez, Mike Seeley and
Jamie Monon.
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Ho ffman claimed hi s second holesho t of the
da y in mo ta two, but snappi ng a t his boots
were Manriguez. Mich eal Castillo and Cordon . C ordon passed both Castillo a nd
Manriguez to tak e over the runner-up posi tion. then pressured Hoffman for a few la ps.
but event ua lly settled int o a pace that he
wo uld hold until th e chec kered. Hoffman
crossed the fin ish ahead of Gordon, Manriguez
and Casti llo .
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Results
80 BEG: 1. Aaron Winston lSuz); 2. Sha un Perol lo (Kaw);:
3 . Davtd Hicks (Kaw); 4 . Robert Larsen (Han); S. M ik& Sal azar
IKaw ).
80 JR : 1. Ty Kady (Kaw l; 2. Guy Battaglia (Suz); 3. J eff
W illoh (Yam~ 4. Jason OePano (Hon ); S. Aaron Wenstrop
(SCR)
80 INT: 1. Tony Ama radlO (Han ); 2. Br.ian Teet e (Kawt;
3. Steve Hengeveld (Kaw ); 4 . Tim Staufen bell (Hon); 5 . M ike
Metzve. (SCRI.
80 EX: 1. Tommy Clowers (Kaw l; 2. Damon Huffma n
(S uzi.
125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. John Clifford (Yam); 2. Tony Nguyen
(Kaw ): 3. Rodney Paterson (Yam!; 4. Keno Deary (Kaw);5 . Rabe n Sloll (Hon) .
125 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Kendall Sian ley (Hon); 2 . 8 111 Rein er
(Kaw); 3 . Hltosh M ich ida ( Hon~ 4 _ Eric Larso n (Yam); 5 .
Ala n Kadlec (Han).
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125 J R: 1. Br uce Delg ado (Han); 2. Deron Mi ll er (Han);
3. Sa m Hawley (Su.£); 4. Rvan Pau ls (Han); 5. J .J . Petche l
(Yam ).
125 INT: 1, Raymond Antho ny (Han); 2. Je ff Fine (Honl;
3. Steven k Ol8 je rvi (Kaw ); 4 . Cole Gress (Han); 5. Dann y
Barn ett (Suz).
125 PRO: 1. Brian Howland (Suz); 2. Bubba Erickson
lCag); 3. Vinc e Warr en (Han); 4. Mike Chamber la in (Yam);
S. Darrin Hoeft ISu z).
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250 BEG: 1. Bob lloyd lKaw~ 2. M arco TaMa (Han !;
3. Ji m Busby ( H on~ 4 . Ch ris Shipman (Yam~ 5 . Tarek Saba
(S uz )
250 JR : 1. Guy Gri ff in (Suz); 2. Danny Seyler (Han); 3 .
Bry an O'N eill (Yam); 4 . rony Seckm an (Hon); S. Danny
Pacheco IHon ).
250 INT: 1. Je ff Fine (Hont 2. Sleven Kotaja rvi (Kaw);
3. Brian Calho u n (SCAI; 4 . M erle Hammer (Yam); 5 . Ken
Ert>(SCR
I.
250 PRO: 1. Mike Healey(KTMI; 2.l.owell Thomson (Suz);
3. Dan Berg (Kaw); 4 . M ike Young (Cag); S. Gary But cher
(Han).
