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O .IX in
Win .
second and ge ll ing the Novice
Third overall and seco nd in th e
Novice class was H erron. Third
. Novice wa s J eff Tilton with 4-3 in
hi s heats.
The Su per' Mini class saw th e
hotshots o f th e 85cc class go up
against eac h o the r.
Without much di scu ssion, it was .
a h ands-d own vic to ry for Craig
Decker. He led from sta rt 'to fin ish
on bo th da ys, j us t dominatin g th e
co mpeti tion.
T he on ly real bat tle in this race
was again betw een Sta ufen beil a nd
Cox. These two showed a lo t o f
p rom ise a nd rea lly were qu ite fast.
Cox went 2-2 whi le Sta uf en bei l
took third overa ll with a 3-3. T ilton
took fo u rth , whil e Herron came in
for a fifth.
The 125cc cl ass saw so me o f th e
hottest di spla y o f co mpetitio n of th e
weekend. Names lik e Derek Natvig,
R ya n Hu gh es, J er em y McGrath ,
NMA Mini cycl e National Champion Tommy ' Cl ow er s a n d Trey
McCarty showed up a nd displayed
exc iting racing.
It was exci ting racing in th e 125
Stock Intermediate class. In th e first
mota it was Shawn Morga taking an
early lead. Morga led all five laps by
holding off Natvig and Clower s to
take th e chec kered flag. Clowers a nd
Natvig had a m agnificent battle
going before Natvig was able to ca tch
and pass Clowers to tak e second.
These three riders had pulled quite
a lead and it was all that Ken Gray
and Chuck Kinne co u ld do to keep
fourth and fifth.
On Sunday it was Kinne grabbing
th e lead with Natvig and Clowers
br eathin g down h is neck . Kinne led
for two laps until he co u ld no longer
hold off Natvig a nd Clowers, as th ey
were able to get by him. Morga, who
had a terrible sta rt, came up from
last to fourth by lap three.
Clowers wa s really pushing Natvig hard. It looked as though Clowers might pass Natvig b u t he went
down in o ne of th e last corners before
th e finish to giv e Natvig the moto
win. C lowers picked h imself up and
sti ll managed to tak e the seco nd spot.
With 3-1 finishes in his motos
Natvig took th e win over Clowers.
Kin ne was able to hol d off Shawn
Mo rga for third in the rnoto, but
Morga 's 1-4 motos gav e him th e third
ov erall a n d Kinn e fourth. Trey
McCarty took home th e fifth.
Kinne ca me back ·in th e 125cc
Modified Intermediat e cl ass with a
I-I tally to ta ke the ·overa ll. T rey
McCarty went 2-2 for a seco nd .
In th e 125cc Stoc k Ex pert class it
was Hughes a n d McGart h showi ng
o ff their hi gh flyin g aerial tact ics.
An other Expert ri der T odd Mit ch ell
wa s n o m at ch for Hu gh es a n d
McG rath , as th ey flew arou nd th e
co urse. At th e fini sh it was Hughes
with a 1-1 overa ll victory.
The I25cc O pen class had Hughes
up aga ins t Natv ig, Cl ower s a n d
McCarty. As th e ga te d ropped, it was
Hughes followed by Clow ers shooting o u t into the lead. Natvig a n d
McCarty fell in behind th em .
Everything held steady for a ll five
laps with Hughes building a stea dy
lead. Clow er s was hanging tight to
seco nd. At the finish it was H ug hes,
Clowers , Na tvig a nd McCarty.
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On Sunday, Hughes repeated Ill S
performance 10 take ,a I-I overa ll
viclory. Clow ers h ad problems early
in th e race which allowed Natvig 10
tak e second o vera ll. After dropping
back 10 fourth Clow ers ca me back
to pass McCarty a nd take third.
Once ab
'3in it was Hughes a nd
McGrath showcasing their aer ia l
maneuvers in Ihe 250cc Expert cla ss.
This time, however, it was McGrath
going I- I for the overd ll.
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Results
OLD PHARTS: 1. Randy Blair; 2 . Karl Scan lan
(Yam ); 3 . Chuck Whee ler (YamI.
P/W STK: 1. J ustin Buckelew (Yaml; 2. Derek
Chase (Yam); 3. Kirk Chan dler (Yam).
PIW MOD: 1. Justin Bucke lew (Yam); 2. Derek
Chase (Yam); 3 . Br ian Morgan (Yam) .
JR CYCSTK0 -8 ; 1. Derek Cha se (Kaw); 2. Mont e
Montague (Kaw); 3. Justin Bucke lew (Kaw).
J R CYCSTK 9 -11 ; 1. Ryan Clark (Kaw); 2 . Dustin
Ne lson (Kaw); 3. Jason S hire y (Kaw).
JR CYC MOD 0- 8 ; 1. Derek Chase (Kaw); 2.
Reginald Mitche ll · (Kaw); 3 . Monte Montagu e
(Kawl.
JR CYC MOD 9 -11 ; 1. Dust in Nelson (Kaw); 2 .
Ryan Clark (Kaw); 3. J a son S hirey (Kaw).
85 12+ NOV STK; 1. Jack Cox (Kawl; 2. Guy
8 an aglia ( S uz~ 3. Greg Luna (Suzl.
85 12+ INT STK; 1. Josh Kuchta (Hon); 2. Tyler
King (Suz ); 3. TIm Sta ufe n be il (Hon).
85 12 + NOV MOD: 1. Jack Cox (Kaw); 2. Dane
Herron (S uz); 3. Jeff Til ton (Suz).
85
Tyler
85
85
85
12+ INT MOD: 1. TIm Staufenbeil (Hon); 2.
King (S uz).
12 + EX MOD: 1. Craig Decke r (S o2).
12+ EX STK: 1. Craig Deck er (S o2).
12 + 8EG ; 1. Greg Gre ishaber ( K a w~ 2 . Lyle
Oanuser (Kaw ); 3 . Eric Wa les (Kaw) .
85 9 ~ 11 STK: 1. Jason Panridg e (Kaw ); 2 . Chris
Wheeler (S o2); 3. Dust in Nelson (So2).
85 9-11 MOD: 1. Chr is Whee ler (S uz); 2. Dustin
Nelson (Suz ); 3. Tim TIlton (Suz).
S/MINI ; 1. Cra ig Dec ke r (Suz); 2. Jack Cox (Kaw);
3. Tim Sta ufenbeil (Hon).
125 BEG: 1. Mike Johnson (Hon); 2 . J uan
Ramirez (Kaw); 3 . David Du nca n (Yam) .
125 NOV STK: 1. J immy Weitzel (Ya m); 2. J osh
Kuchta (Hon); 3. Corey Ritayik (Hon); 4 . 8 e n Bea n
(Hon).
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125 INT STK; 1. Derek Natvig (Kaw); 2 . Tommy
Clowers (Kaw); 3. S haw n Morga (Yaml; 4 . Chuck
Kinne (Kaw).
125 NOV MOD; 1. Tim Hallisay (Ya m); 2. Ted
Weeks (Hon); 3. Mark Desc h.
125 INT MOO; 1. Chuck Kinne (Kaw); 2. Trey
mcCarty (Yam); 3. Kory Byers (Kaw).
125 EX STK: 1. Ryan Hugh es (Kaw); 2. J eremy
McGrath (Kaw).
125 OPEN: 1. Ryan Hughes (Kaw); 2. Der ek
Natvig (Ka w).
250 NOV STK: 1. Jimmy We itzel (Yam); 2. Corey
Ritayik (Hon); 3. Louis Padilla (Hon); 4 . 8 illy
McClintock (Hon).
250 INT STK: 1. Sh awn Morga (Yam); 2 . Der ek
Natvig (Kaw); 3. Chuck Kinne (Kaw ); 4 , Ken Gray
(Hon ).
250 EX STK: 1. J er emy McGrath (Kawl; 2. Ryan
Hugh es (Kaw).
250 INT MOD: 1. Chuc k Kinn e (Kaw); 2. Art
Higgi n s (Yam); 3. M ike Cart e (Kaw) .
Majeski, Coolbefh double
at Pine Grove ST
By Len Breech
PI N E GROVE. P A. S E PT . 3
TWO-lime Nat iona l Am al eur Cham pion I\.t'n
C..oollx-Ih lOpp ed th e two classes he claimed
National tit les in this year - the 85cc Ex pert
a nd 125cc. w hile Ro b Maj es k i bC-J'h is brother.
T om, tw ice la k i n ~ the Open Expert a nd the
Da sh For Cash. The FI}'ing Dutch m en M.e.
dosed o u t their '89 ra cmg season with th eir
,radition a l I...tbo r Da y double-h ead er sh on
tra ck /n"union /part y,
T o m Maj esk i h el d a sliglu lead o w r R o b
Majeski, Mi ke Var nt"S and Georgie I"rice, as
lht' Opt"n Expcrts ro.1ft'elh"s dOst"S1 ran' W 'IS lh t' H5n' fiu;jll. ' IS he.
Rit 'ky \VillSt'tI ;,md Tod d \Vinst"lt pullt'd a wOl )'
Irom the o thers. R icky to ok the lead fro m
Tod d 3\ they began the seco nd la p . Co o lbeth
got by Todd fo r seco n d as they beg an th e fifth
la p . As 'hey began th e fi na l lap . Coo lbeth p u t
hi s Ka wasak i into the lea d . bUI \\'in\eu pu lled
' beside h im O il the back straight. o n ly to ho bbl e
sligh tly in th e fo u rt h tu rn . gi vi ng Coolbeth
th e ma rgi n h e needed . Tod d p u lled besid e a nd
a lmost took second, bu t R IC ky recovered to
in ch by at th e line. Geo rg ie P rice too k th e
250ec Expert fin a l. with Mike Varnes keepin g
him h on est durin g m o st o f th e race. \\'h ile
th e y were p ulli ng a way, a h eated bail ie
deve loped over third be tween J im H aa s. ridin g
for the fir st tim e in o ver 18 m onth s. T om
Dan iel e . J oe Bro ml e y a n d Da ve Duha in e, As
the y too k th e whi te Hag . Varn es coasted
around th e tr ack.
The tw o 200 cc Experts e n te red we re
co m bin ed with th e Senior class which were
mostl y 6OOs. Steve W ilso n jumped o u t ' 0 a
qu ick lead o ver a li g ht battle for seco nd
between Larry W eiss. J oe H eber lin g . J ohn
Bo wer . and first 200. T om Da n iel e. H e berl in g
a nd Bow er bauled o ver seco nd " with Da n iele
ri ght behind. After Bower took co n tro l o f
seco nd. Da n iele sta rted to p ressure H eberlin g ,
takin g th ird overall a t th e begin ni ng of th e
last la p .
C huck Bu chanan grabbed th e lead from
R ich Mel ling er . Ra ym ond J enk ins a n d th e
rest o f th e 250cc Amateu r field . Dennis Aun gst
m o ved into th ird b y th e four th lap . o n ly to
lose it
R o bert Miller on the followi n g la p .
W hile a ll th is was goi ng o n . Bu cha n an and
Mell inger we re very c lose for t h e lea d .
Mell in ger took th e lead on th e fina l la p to
w in b y a few Ieet,
Dam on Leng le jumped o u t to a rat her la " ,;e
lead o ver Steve R yd er, Phil L ib h art and j a rnie
P uj ol . as t he Open Am at eu r fi na l g ot
un derway. Libha rt look ove r seco nd on the
thi rd la p a nd b y h alfwa y h ad sta rted to
p re-ssu re Leng le for th e lead , wh ich he look
as they went down th e back stra ig h t on th e
seve nt h la p . Once by. Li b ha rt started
p u ll
a way in (h e remain in g la p .
Resu lts
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55 : 1. Brody M ill er ; 2. Jacob Jo hnson IYa m).
60 : 1. John Winsett (Kaw l; 2. M ike M cKe e (Kaw l; 3. Tom
Skelhway (Han); 4 . J osh Young (Yam).
85 AM; 1. M Ike Hacker (K.aw) ; 2. Paul Lynch (Han); 3.
Roy M Ill er (KTM ); 4 . a rad Barr IYam).
EX: 1. Ken Coolbeth (Kaw l; 2 . Ricky W insett (Yam );
3 . Todd W insett (Hon l.; 4. Jere A lexander (K.aw) .
200 AM: 1. Ken Cool beth (Kaw); 2 . Mike Hacker (Hon);
3, Robert M ill er (Yaml.; 4. M ike Thomas (SUI I.; 5, St an
Niniskie (Han l.
PP: 1. St acey Buc ha nan (Yam); 2. Carr ie W eiss (Han);
3 , Doris Koh l (SuI I
250 AM : 1. Rich M ell inger IYam); 2. Chuck Buc han an
(Suzl; 3 Robert M Ill er (Yam); 4 . Den nis Aungst (Yam); 5 .
M erv Se nsenIg (SuI I
2&0 EX: 1. G eorgi~ PrIce (Yam ); 2. J im Haas (Yam l; 3 .
Joe Brom ley (S ull; 4 , Tom Dan iel e (Honl; 5 . Dave Duhaln e
as
(Suz).
SR: I , Steve W ilson fW-RI; 2 . Jo hn Bower (Yam ); 3 , Joe
Hebe rting (Yam l.; 4 . Steve Brom l ey (Suz ); 5 larry W eiss
(Yam) .
200 EX: 1. Tom Daniel e (Hon); 2 . Ran dy Shank (Kawl
OPEN EX: 1. Rob M aje ski (H-Ol; 2. Tom M al esl", (I'ot ·O).
3 . GeorgIe Pnce (W .R); 4 . M Ike Varnes (Han). 5 , Todd Hu rst
(W·R ).
O PEN AM : 1. Phll ldJhart (Yam ); 2 . Daman Leng le (Yaml.;
3 . Steve Ryder (Yam l.; 4 Jamie PUjOl (Hon) ; 5 , Ron Baer
(Yam).
EX DFC: I . Rob M aJeSk 2 . Tom M aJ
i;
eski; 3 MIke Varn es;
4 . GeQf'g 18 Pr ICe; S. Todd Hurst .
Christian catapults to
Speedway USA win
By M . Sober
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~ 1t 'sa . loo k('(t lOugh 10 bt'a t of f ,ht' polt·. In
sla rti ng: posiliull IWo wa s Brad O xley and ill
fm lr "t'sided li m Si s('mou·. C hrislian 's rolli ng:
;1111 kip;1I ion' Otll of ~Ilt' Ilu'('(' in lh t' in ili;11
Mart in g: u y hlOllg:lu abolll a u"tt tla~ (ro lll
'd('U't· n an n\ Hul l. Th(' U'slal1 sa w Chrislian
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behind , tryi ng to ri de a n o u tvide tha i jU'l
didn' t exis t. \ \'i th it , r.om p le te lv un iu ter rupted blue groove. ih e tra ck loo ked mort: lik e
an abbre viated La gu na Seca road cou rse tha n
a Speed wa y d in tra c k. Tb iv avp h alt -Iike
su rface undou bt edlv co m ribu ted lO C hri vria nv ro ck et R3Ie\ . pro vi di n g e xce ll e n t
tract ion out o f gal t th ree.
Far ia staved c lo se to Chnv ria n for a ll fo ur
lap' but co Li ld find n o extra drive to gt't a ro u nd
th e q ui ck wide ridin g veter an , O xley h eld nlf
Sisem or e to finish th ird ,
T h e Hand ica p m a in sa w W-yard hand ica ppe r Scott Bra nt tak e th e It-ad t'arly in the
eve n t, pushi ng h is wa y past 30-ya rdt"r'il Char le-s
Errn o lenko . Ran d v Beddow a nd T o nv Bein en.
Once Brant wa s in' th e lea d o n th e b l u~ groove
it was o n ly a ma tter o f fin is h ing th e req u ired
laps to victo ry. Bill y H am ill sta ved right o n
Bra n t 's back tire, bu r wi th no o utside' to rid e.
a ll he co u ld do wa s fol low a nd wa it for th e
mi stak e that never ca rne.
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Res ults
HDCP; 1. Sco tt Br an t (J awl. 2 Bill y Ham IIl IWes); 3 Br ad
Ox ley (W es); 4 , Cha rles Er molenko {W esl; 5. Tony Bemen
IGdnl
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SCRATC H: 1. A la n ChristIan (J aw); 2. M Ike Fana (Gdn).
3 . Brad Oxley (Wesl.; 4 . Jlnl Sisemor e (We s)
0 ·2 : 1. Gary Ackroyd (W es.); 2 . Ron ny Kem p; 3 , Wa yne
M anc hester (Jaw ); 4 , Ma rk Coker (Wes); 5. Tom Norr is
(J aw)
0 -3 . t . Bobb y Campbell ; 2. Jason Rock ; 3 Chr is
Harnngt on; 4 Robb ie Hack man; 5. Carlo s Cardona
J R D· l : 1. Bren l Werner; 2. Freel TImberlake; 3. Ch ris
W ern er ; 4 . Dann y W righ t .
J R 0 ·2: 1. Rya n M an eson; 2. Aa ron M an eson; 3. Ste phen
Downing; 4 . Ma rk Nichla s
Mays motors to GFI MX win
By David Procida
PERRIS \ ·ALLEY. CA .. vrc. 19
Honda-mo u nt ed SCali :\la' O) look the overa ll
wi n in the Vet X ov ir e cla"s tod a v wi thout
wi n nin g a singl e m o te .
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J ohn Rit ch ie m oto re-d hi s big-bo re H onda
bv evervon e to take the hol esho r ill mo to o ne.
Fol low ing in h is rOOSI we re \rall y :\Ioort' a n d
5co ll :\Ia ys with the p ack ba rk ing- al the ir
Iweh. The lead tr io I't'm a ill t"d bu nch ed ;}:;.
posit io n s c ha n ~ed in fOllrth thro u g h IOlh_
Bob Su ll i" an a nd Fra n k L, \ 'l es had slow
sta rts bm wt"re o n Ihe" gas a nd l11 a kin ~ up
positio ns q ui ckl y, byp as sin g r a m a h;, rid el
Dal e Pi ckard ea rlv in lht" mow. L.a\"l' e~ , .. ftr l
warc h ing Sull h -a li's line:lo , madt' hi ~ m o \ e P~hl
t he H onda r id("r o n la p th ret", t -p fru m .
R it ch ie- ha d p ullt"d a wa ~ h u m tlt t' lxlll ie fOi
st"t'o n d bt't wet'll :\Ioo re ~lI , d :\I ~l\' ~ . :\Ia\'s
dogged :\l oOlt"'s e\'er~' 111 0": u mi l 'm id m o io
when :\Ia ~' s fX)wert"tt b ~ lhe .. II/ ti ki p ilol 0 11
the in field st"ctio n 01 Ih t' trat' k. \\'il h L , \ 'rn
ru n n in g in fOllrth aflt'ad of S~e\ t' .(".a ntt'r" dl t'
motu t'~' I11t' IU a n t'nd as Rud u t' look lht"