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Freezing temperatures didn't deter the competitors at the Electric City
Riders outdoor ice races at Saratoga Lake. New York.
Ernie Snair (25 1) lead s Thomas Moore (66) and eventual w inner Nigel
Gale (14) in U. S. Twin Sport road racing action at Firebird Raceway.
in the way of a first-place trophy in the
Intermediate class. Duane Hynek was only
four dabs ba ck in second. Jim Holbrook
smashed and bashed his ancient SWM 10 a
respectable third place.
Sen io r In termediate Craig Degr oot, riding
the cl eanest Fantic around, proved. once
aga in, that old guys have style, as he rode
away with 60 points, topping all th e you n ger
Intermediates.
Rob Stanley topped th e Novice class o n h is
Bela . Scott Straughn. a very promising you ng
rid er , fin ished second. J df Jowen was th ird.
Yonda Roper was doing greal unri! her
Yamaha. maintained by h er husband T odd,
9uil runn in g. and sh e was forced 10 punch
Iives o n most of her last loop. She managed
10 salvage fou rth pl ace. h ow ever .
Sa ndy Trygstad p roved th at gi rls ca n beat
the guys by winning th e Beginners class.
J ames Goodson was o n ly four points ba ck for
seco nd . Don Ca n n finished th ird,
Young Dann y Williams co nti n ued h is
streak by winning th e Junior class. T im
Meschede was eig h t po ints ba ck for seco n d.
Re sult s
C'SHIP: 1. Andy Seum (Be t) 4 1; 2 . Todd Roper (Ap r) 49 ;
3. Mark Makarov IHonll40.
SPTM N: t oBob Penn ington (Hon) 4 2; 2. Ertc Schertz tBe t)
n ; 3. Sam Mart in (881176 .
ADV: 1. Brian Longbons (Betl 36; 2. Dan Wi lli ams IApr )
36; 3. 0 81 Geshel (Be t) 53.
e
INT: 1. Curt Ken nedy (Bet l 69 ; 2. Duan e Hynek (Yam)
73; 3. J im Holbrook ISWM)
SR INT; 1. Craig Degroot (Fan) 60.
NOV: t o Robert Stanley IBet 151 ; 2. Soon Stra ughn (Ita)
60; 3 . J eff Jowett (Mon) 94 .
BEG; 1. Sandy Trygstad {Yam I 5 1; 2. Ja mes Goodson
{Yam I 55; 3. Don Cann , 58 .
J R: 1. Danny William s {Yam I 53; 2. Tim M eschede (YamJ
n.
61 .
Kosko, Kawakezyk clobber
Hillbilly Hills MX
.
By Dene Olive
RO BER T A. GA , JAN. 14
Nicholas Kosko and Ken n y Kawakezyk earned
do u b le class wins in the season opener at
H ill b ill y Hills MOlocross. More lh an 185
entries from five southern Slates participated
in toda y's racing.
Kosko was slo w o u t o f th e gate for h is £ina
molO in lhe Ju nior Cycle class a nd had lO
pl a y calch .up 10 Kawasa ki-mo u nt ed J a mes
Garren. H e !l na lly made lhe pass on Garren
o n the while flag la p . Also ma king a pass
behi nd Kosko was Nick Ci tro n .
SecOnd mo lO action sa w Kosko pull lh e
holesh ot and sta y in co m p lete co n tro l from
star t to finish with Citron ta ki ng seco nd
follow ed by Man Walker.
;
In the Junior Mini class Kosko h ad 10 wor k
4 harder for th e class victory. Su zu ki ·mounted
Bill y Hl ebak q uickl y pUl h is di slance o n the
class from lh e sIan 10 the chec kered n ag, while
Kosko a nd Greg Pines fo ug h l for pos ition
with Ko sko laking lh e ch eck ered nag for
second pl ace.
Once aga in mo lO lWO saw Hl ebak pull the
hol eshOl, bUl lhis lime Kosko made lh e pass
o n lap lhree o f lh e five lap race. a nd Hl ebak
h ad to settle for seco nd o vera ll.
T he l 25cc B cla ss sa w Johnn y Dean. Man
Sh ue, Ryan Rey no ld s and Andre Pen e banle
it out.
When molO o ne acti on sta rted Bradl ey
Pendley had lh e lead on hi s Yamaha foll ow ed
by G ary Brown. Shue. Dean a nd Reynold s,
a nd a ll were within striking d istance o f
Pendley. Pendley looked SITong for lhree laps
but cras hed a nd Dean look co n ITol o f the lead
with Brown finish in g second a hea d o f Sh ue ,
Reyn ol ds a nd Pen e.
G ary Brown gOl lh e ea rly lead in lh e seco n d
m o lO, bUl on lap lwO he cra shed a nd Shue
in he rited lhe lead a nd ra n a way wi lh it. Dean
was in seco n d with full co n lTol a nd Jody
Underwood came by the chec kered nag in
third p lace holding off Pendley a nd Reyn olds.
The 30 P lu s cla ss had 19 riders. Hondamounted rider John T'rissel recovered from
a fourth place sta rt in the first 30 Plus class
rnoto 10 win followed by Kevin Brule a nd
Benny Durrough. Brule was o u t first in mot a
two with Trissell in pursuit foll owed by
Durrough. Raben Aber was a ble to pass
! Durrough o n lap three a nd then foll owed
Brule a n d T'ri ssel across th e fin ish lin e.
Results
PIW: 1. Aaron Li ndsey (Yam~ 2 . $con McCorrey (Yam );
3 . Adam Walker (Hon).
JR CYC: 1 . Nicholas Kosko (Kaw ); 2. NIck Citr on ( Kaw~
3 . Dante l Blankenship (Kaw).
JR MIN I: 1. Nicholas Kosko (Kawl; 2. Bllty HIeb8k ISu z);
3 . Greg Pines (Yaml .
SA MIN I: 1. Dwayne Bone (Hont: 2 . PatrM:k Hu el (Han );
3 . Scott &rva n (Hon~
125 A:. 1. Buz Dyer (Hon); 2. Joe Rogers (Hon); 3 . Br ian
Stokes IHon).
125 B: 1. Johnny Dean (Hont 2. Man Shu e (Han!; 3 .
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Hubbard (Suz): 2 . W es Ashley (Han);
3 . Bryan Thornton (Hon).
125 C 0·2: 1. Kenn y Kawa kezyk (Han); 2. Scon M oor e
(Hon ); 3. Gr89 Tyson fKaw l.
250 A: 1. Murray Smith (Yam); 2. Joe Rogers tHon); 3 .
Shan e Pene fSu z).
250 B: 1. Bradley Pendl ey (Yam ); 2. Gary Brown (Han);
3. Robert Abe r {Hon l.
250 C: 1. Kenny Kawakezyk (Honl; 2. Chr is Purcell (Han);
3 . Mike Colem an (Suz).
OPEN B: 1. Robe rt Aber (Han); 2. Jason Johnson (Han);
3 . Ben ny Durrough IKTM}
2 5 PLUS : 1. J .E. Creasy (Hon ); 2. Cliff Docll.ery IYam);
3 . And y M cKinney fKaw) .
30 PLUS: 1. Kevi n Brule fKaw l; 2 . John Trisse l (Hon);
3 . Benny Durr oug h IKTM }
40 PLUS: 1. W arn er W il bour (Kawl; 2. Char lie Owens
(Han); 3 Bobby Bisho p (Kaw ).
overpo wered H ickman on th e [ran t 'stra igh ta way. He used this tech n iq ue again 10 beat
Hickman in the Gra nd Prix ra ce. Cox was
d ocked a t I:09:69, a new 600cc cla ss lap record.
Cox also bega n racing la rger bik es this yea r,
a nd won the Un limited Superspon class on
a 750« Kaw asaki ZX7.
Ni gel G al e o f Venice. Ca lifornia . sponso red
by Bartel 's H-D bested Thomas Moore a nd
Ern ie S na ir in th e Harl ey-Davidson 883
Sports te r cla ss. The ti ghtl y-bunch ed trio
passed eac h o ther repeatedl y, eac h of them
ta kin g tu rns ho ld in~ th e lead until th e fin a l
la p when Gal e dominated the field . The 883
class was formed last year to promote' raci ng
Ior H arley-D a vid sons; th e to p-five finish er s
div ide $883 in co nt ingency money.
Da ve Du p rey wo n th e GTO 30-la p en d ura nce race in its fin al seco nds beca use J ohn
Bu rgo yne tho ug ht he had lapped the cha llen ger. Du p rey zipped by a relaxed Burgoyn e
arou nd the fi na l to wer turn to stea l the
chec kered flag. Bur go yn e had dominated the
field th roughout th e race.
" T h a t won' t ha p pen a~i n: ' Bu rgoyn e
sa id, a nd he returned 10 Win th e Un lim ited
G P race .
Results
F·50 : 1. Roger Gangw er (Yaml ; 2. Dennis Scully (Yaml ;
3. Dwight Hopkins (Yaml
SOLO GTO: 1. Dave Dupr ey ( Sw ~ 2. J ohn Burgoyn e
(Ya m~ 3 . Br ian Blang steIl for seco n d p lace.
Resul ts
LIW SDCAR: 1. Ray VanGuilder/ Phil W ort hin gt on (Suzl;
2. HeInz New ell / Ken Blizzard (Hon); 3. BIll Haas/ Stu an
Besser (Han); 4 . Gord on Hau/ Shawn Mar tin IHon ); 5
J ames Pocaro/ Elben Bonk (Yam).
HIW SDCAR: 1. Paul W inaug er /Dan Walsh (Kaw); 2.
Ravmond VanGui lder / Ed Rudin ger (Nor ); 3. Joe Glasby/
Pel e Kue bler (Sud ; 4 . Dave Gamble / Jerome Haag (Kaw) ;
5 . Joe Swa nso n/ Boots Oakley (Yam)
M INI: , . Paul Br adl ey (Yam); 2. Jason Haag (Hon) .
SA: 1. M arc Desr osiers (SUI); 2. Joe Cester nl no (Bu l);
3 . Hugh W eaver (Bul); 4 . Sun Thanin Tran (Bull; 5 Al a,n
Desrosier s (Su zl.
125 NOV : 1. Dan linen (Hon); 2. Tim We aver (Han); 3
Scan Vandels r (Honl; 4 . Rober t Sch ullZ (Han)
250 NOV : 1. Ala in Desrosiers IS uzl; 2. Greg Ehrgon
(Yaml ; 3. Hal Rhine sm Ith (Yam )
250 EX: 1. M arc Desrosiers ISuz); 2. Rich DesrOSIers
IS uzl; 3 . Bill Newk irk (Honl .
OPEN NOV; 1. Dou g M oraski (Han); 2. Fred Proctor (HonJ.
3 . Ben Sangle mbini (Honl .
OPEN EX: 1. Kurt Spoonogle IHonl; 2 . Duane Veeder
IHonl; 3 . RICh DesrOSIers (Hon)
French connection invades
Glen Helen MX
By Tony Alessi
SAN BERNARDIN O , CA . J AN . 2 1
Frenc h ride rs Rugnon Ledric, J olwier er
Rom uald a n d Al ex C ha p u is dom in at ed
Ca l ifo r n ia Ra cin g C l u b's In lt'rm ed ia les
clas,",s al Gl en Helen OHY Park . Ledric
topped lh e 250cc div ision, while Romualo and
Chapuis went 1-2 in the 125cc ranks.
Todd Broussar d gra bbed lh e It- d a l lh e
a
beginning o r th e first co m bi ned Imermediate
molo wi th Rob Dunham a nd Bryan Richardson in to w. The th ree Fren ch riders ga ted
poorly a nd were wor ki ng Ihr o ugh the pa ck.
Romuald was the first 10 merge with th e
lea de rs a nd by lh e fourth lap he Glrved hi s
wa y to the lead. Chapuis was usin g lh e s.1me
'
Jines as Romuald a nd was soon in second
p lac e. Ledric was in la st p lace o n the fir sl
lap bu t was a b le to pa ~s on e rid er per lap
unl il he a lso was a t Ihe fro m, and the three
Fren ch racers co n tro lled lh e lOp lhree positions for the remainder o f lhe moto.
" Every yea r I spo nso r fou r MX rdcers from
France," sa id Eric P<'ronnard Crom Palm
Sprin gs· based Desert O n ly, " T he y co me over
kind or like a studen l excha nge pr ogram. I
gt"t th em bik es 10 ride a nd a rra nge ror th eir
races in Ame rica, o ne week we go to a bi g
race , th e next 10 a local race 10 keep th eir
co nfi de nce stro ng .
The second ma IO was ruled b y Ledric as
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