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Ro cky Robinson (left) won the Napa Wine Cu p Cham pionship at Napa
Speedway, an d Mark Sq uadrit o (right) earn ed t he D ivision Two t itle.
MI NI JR : 1. Jo hn Will iam s (Kaw); 2 . Ernie Gend ron (S uz);
3. Ben Ste wan (Suzt.
PP: t . Diann e Hurst (Kawl; 2. Patt i Bren (Han ): 3. Daw n
McCon ne ll lHon l.
125 BEG: 1. Bill Cooper (Han ); 2. Ton V Haas (Hanl; 3.
Jim Gl adish (SUI) .
125 JR : 1. John Coope r
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2. Andy Crosby (Varni;
3. Bill Kent (Yam ).
125 INT: 1. Erni e Robe rts (Suz): 2 . Mike Hamness (Kaw~
3. Tony Ren fro (Yam).
12 5 PRO: 1. Tony GraW'e:s (Suz); 2 . Don Bisceglia (Suzt
3. Darr en Rogers (Hon) .
2 50 BEG: 1. Ga ry Bren (Han) ; 2. Dwayne DeY oun g (Yam I;
3. Fred Hajd u (Yam).
250 JR: 1. Brent Delay (Honl: 2. Brad Leslie (Yam); 3.
Todd Dolan (Hon ).
- 250 INT: 1. Terry Ha mness (Hon); 2. M ike Cr ader (Vam)
250 PRO: 1. Oon Biscegl ia ISuz); 2. Dan Moore (Kawl.
OPE BEG: 1. Gary Backstrom (Hon ); 2. Rtek Cunn ingham
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lHont 3 . Chuet Ouvonodt lHonI.
OPEN INT: t . Jeff McKenley tHon l.
OPEN PRO: 1. Scott W ill iams (Honl; 2. Ron Westlake
(Kawl .
UTH: 1. Ron Westlake IKawl; 2. K8It h Fotdel (Yaml; 3.
John Will iams Jr . (Hon).
30-40 JR: 1. Dan Meeker (Hon); 2. David Stosser (Kawl;
3 . M ike Moore (yam) .
30-40 INT: 1. Jad. Coull er (Hont 2. Bill Kent (Yaml .
30-40 EX: 1. M itch Kirkpatrick (Yaml.
40+ NOV: r. M ike Reuthe r ISuz).
40+ AM: 1. Gary Backstro m (Hon l; 2. Jim Newman (Suzl;
3 . Nate House (Hon •.
40+ EX: 1. Dave M erkli n ISuz); 2. Roger Kn igh t lHon):
3. Gary Bonds (Kaw).
Robinson rides off with
Napa Speedway C'ship
By R.C . J ones
NA PA, CA, J ULY 29
Napa 's Wine Cup Championship closed ou t
an other great speed way raci ng seaso n at th e
T o wn and Co u ntry Fairgrou nds. Ro ck y
Robinso n o vercame a second -ro u nd de fea t by
j ohn Houston j r. to bea t Pa ul Orlandi in the
fina l heat for a tie, th en went o n LO win the
champion ship in th e runo ff.
In the fir st round of ac tio n th in gs went
abo ut no rm al as Houston and O r landi wen t
o ut and pi cked up the Iirst two win s. T he n
Robinson , sponso red by Maxima Oi l, H II:S
Cycles, Bell, AII:A Racin g and Sm ith Goggles,
came out and co mp letely demo lished the
o thers whe n he won his hea t by half a lap.
In ro und tWO Houston was hot in hea t
seven , Clki n$"a wi n fro m pole-sitt er Robi nso n,
givin g Robinson hi s onl y loss o f th e night.
Round three wen t smoothly as O rlandi,
Hou ston a nd Robin son picked up win s.
In rou nd (our Rob in son smoked ano ther
win in heal 14. Heat 15 was the turning poin t
of the nigh t. Wh en the tapes went up Cuny
a nd H ou ston langled at turn o ne and a resta rt
was called . O n th e restart Cuny held th e insi de
and Ho usto n was ca ug ht in between Orlandi
and Cuny. O rlan di hooked u p first a nd
grabbed th e lead do wn the back ch u te.
Housto n wo rked the outside past Curry and
pulled alo ngs ide Orl an d i o n th e next lap wi th
Cur ry close . On lap three Or la nd i held a slim
lead as Ho usto n wor ked furi ously o n the
o uts ide to gel past. In tum three H OUSlo n hit
Orlandi's rear tire and bo th riders went £lying.
Houston go t up (irst with no damage: done
but Orl andi's fro nt end was bent. O rla ndi go t
_h e win a nd Houston nothing.
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It th en boiled down to the last heat .
Robinson gr.Ibbed th e lead as the ta pes went
up and never looked back to th e wi n . Orlandi
raced as best he co uld with ben t handleba rs
to finish seco nd a nd tie for th e ch am pi onship.
In the fo ur-lap ru noff. Robi nson ga ted first
and quickl y took th e lead o ver Orlandi. It was
all Robin son as he pi cked up his first Win e
Cu p Championship.
In lhe Div ision Two Champ io nshi p , Mark
Squadrito was ho ldin g off Tommy Hedd en
. wh en Hedden lost co ntrol and blasted th rough
the fence. forcing a n ear ly end of th e fina l
race. Squadrito was the cha m p wi th j ohn
Grant seco nd and Harl an Bast Sr. thi rd.
Hedden was un in jured and p icked up th e hard
luck troph y.
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Resu lts
NA PA WINE CUP C'SHIP POINT STAN DINGS: 1. Rod