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Barry Burke (971 caught and passed Richard Arnaiz (273) to win
ARRA Miller High Life Formula One Grand Prix at Willo~ Springs.
Gregory Berg (241 leads the start of the Vet Pro class at Perris MX.
John McCaughey (1 VI ended up taking the overall class victory.
Fisher. The crowd went wild as Fay a nd Fis her
co nt inued their ba ttle ri gh t to the end, never
more tha n a bike len gth apart. Meanwhile,
Kell was coming o n like gangbusters. By lap
four he was ri!;ht behi nd Fisher. Bass hung
o nto Kell whil e Troy Rose and Mu n yon
bat tled it out for six th . At th e fin ish it was
Zir bel, Fa y Fisher, Kell , Bass, Ro se, Munyo n
a nd Lowe.
In the 250cc Semi Pro heat race, Fisher got
the ini tia l lead foll owed by Fay, Bru ce Scott,
Del Sch nitzer an d Don Pau l. Fay squeezed by '
Fisher to win. The other pos itions remained
the same.
.
In the main even t, Fay and Sch nitz er were
side- by-side but Fay finall y too k control as
Scott ca me u p to p ush Sch nitzer. O n lap four
Scott passed Sch n itzer. With two laps to go
Fish er was push in g ha rd bu t he lost th e front
end in turn o ne and was ' unable to restart .
At the checkered fla g it wa s Fay, Sco tt ,
Schnitzer and Paul.
Results
50 : 1. J usti n Ruth (Yam): 2. Dal e A in slie (ya m); 3 . Kati
As h (Yam); 4 . Tim Rick ett s (Yam ). ,
60 : 1. Josh Currey (Hon); 2. Jo sh Paulu s (Kawj .
80 B: 1. J er em y Mark iewi cz (Kaw ); 2. Kenn y Woodall
(Kaw).
80 A : 1. J ason Nelson (Hon): 2. Nate Bourl and (Yaml ;
3. Beau Manl ey {Kawl.
125: 1. Ja son Nel son (Yam); 2. Terry Roach (Hon).
+30250 : 1. J ohn McElh eran (Hon); 2. Denni s Armstr ong
(KTM ),
250 B: 1. Doug Bur son (Hon); 2. Tim Long (Yam ).
250 A; 1. Denn is Arm strong (Hon); 2. John M cElheran
(Hon); 3 . Robert Ohge (Kaw ).
OPEN B: 1. Rich Burchett (yam); 2. Don Cookson (Honl ;
3. Teri Thom pson IYam ).
OPEN A : 1. Ryan And erson (Hon); 2. Dain Eichel (Han);
3. W illie Halbert IHon).
VINT SGL: 1. Robert Elder {Duc}; 2. Tom Ste in (Duc); 3.
Dan Kimble (Han).
.
VINT TW: 1. Sonny Burr es (Tri); 2. Tom Miller IH·D); 3 .
Ray Carroll (Tr i).
+30 OPEN B: 1. Rod Este s (BSA I; 2. Greg Phelp s (Yaml.
+30 OPEN A: 1. Dain Eichel (Hon); 2. Willie Halbert (Han);
3. Ste ve McCauley (W -R) .
+40 : 1. Sonn y Burr es (Tri); 2. Ray Carroll (Tri); 3. Ron
M ehner (Tri).
OPEN PRO: 1. Marty Zirbel (W -RI: 2. Mi ckey Fay IHonl ;
3. Rex Fisher lW -R): 4 . Speedy Kell (W-R): 5. Kev in Bass
(W -R).
Ward shreds Perris MX
By Tony Alessi
32
P ERRIS, CA, J AN, 20
Factory Su zu ki pilots Larry Ward and Guy
Cooper finished first and second o vera ll in
the 250cc Pr o class at Perris Ra ceway.
Ca nadia n Darrel Martin s blasted to th e
front o f mo ta one as ATK's G reg Ziuer kope ,
Ward and Cooper followed i n hot pursu it _
Ward mad e sho rt wo rk o f Zitte rkopf, th en
reeled in Martin s and passed him in a ro ug h , l
whooped-o u t straightaway. Zitterk opf a nd
Cooper a lso passed th e fad in g Martins,
Cooper trie d hard to l ass Zitterko pf b ut
co uld n' t find a line. War roo sted awa y from
the Cooper/ Ziuerkopf baule and pulled to an
even tua l 12-second lead at th e Hnish . Ziu erko pf wo n th e baul e for second a nd Cooper
fin ished th ird .
'
Ward holesh ot the second moto a nd was
never cha llenged for the remainder of th e
moto. Frenc h rider Yann Guedard rode fast
a nd hard and was ab le to keep Ward in sight
the enti re mol o. At o ne poi nt Guedard closed
to wi t hin th ree ~ sec o n d s of W ar d , who
responded by p u lling away, War d wen t on
to wi n by five seconds, wi th G uedard beating
Coo per by the same margin.
.
" We're here to get some R &: D in before
Ana he im , you know, get the suspension dial ed
in, and the motor s wo rki ng ri ght," Ward and
Cooper sa id ,
"T h is is th e sam e bike I wo n the Pa ris
Supercross with, the sus pe nsion is facto ry. but
the mot or is stock ." Ward added.
Kaw asak i's Jeff Em ig was untouch abl e in
the 125cc Pro class and wo n both mo tos with
big leads. Bri an Ca lho u n bauled wi th Joe
Waddin g ton br iefly in the seco nd mote, until
Ca lhoun used an inside line tha t left Waddington doing a face p lan t. Em ig wo n,
Ca lho un fin ish ed second, and Do n Bisceglia
was th ird.
A four-way tie for the overall wi n in th e
Vet In term ediat e was decided by Do n Saria n.
Sarian wen t 5-1 for first overa ll, Don w al lin gsford scored 4· 2 for second, Ri ch ard Dick
posted a 2·4 for thi rd and Scott Bell finis hed
fou rt h via a 1~5 finish.
Results
MINI BEG: 1. Jess Heth eri ngton (Kaw); 2. Joh n Burkey
ISuz); 3. Bernard Leitner (Yam).
.
125 BEG: 1. Chuck M cCart y (Kaw ); 2. Steve Smit h (KTM );
3 . Sheryl Fedorow (Yam); 4 . Tom W illiams (Yam ); 6. Chr is
Decanne n (Han).
125 NOV: 1. Justin lannalf o (Yaml; 2. Tim Olsen (Han).
125 INT: 1. BuddV Morg an (Yaml.
.
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125 PRO: 1. Jeff Emig (Kaw ); 2. Bri an Calh oun (Suz);
3 . Don Biscegli a (Suz); 4 . Mar k Nitsch (Han); 5 . Jo e
Wadd ington (KTMI .
.
250 BEG: 1. Bob Kessler (Kaw); 2 . Russell M cSpedd en
(Kawl ; 3. Jam es Williams (Kaw); 4. Dav e Dain (Yaml ; 5 .
Glenn Delatorre ISuz).
250 NOV: 1. Tony Al essi IHon); 2. Tcnercd Rodriguez
(Yam); 3. W-J . Bradbu ry (Kaw ); 4. M ark Vanzuyen (Yam).
250 INT: 1. Tony Seckman (Han ); 2. Jeff Fine (Yam); 3.
J oe M err iam (Yam); 4 . Ed Verhelst (Kaw ).
250 PRO: 1. Larry War d (Suz); 2. Guy Cooper (Suz); 3 .
Yann Gu eedar (Kaw ); 4 . Darr el M art ens (Han); 5 . Greg
Zitt erkopf (ATK).
OPEN BEG: 1. SteveS chrobsdorl (Honl; 2. Bran imir Kovac
(Han); 3 . Colin Mo rg an (Kaw) ; 4 . Christo pher Knec ht
(Han).
OPEN INT: 1. Brian Davy IHon); 2. Davis Sar ian (Honl .
OPEN PRO: 1. Willy Musgrave (AlI() .
VET NOV: 1. Mark Granberg (Kaw l; 2. J im Hal e (Kaw) ;
3 . Ed Wil son (Yam); 4 . Dan St oner (Kaw ); 5. Bob Rathkamp
(Kaw).
VET INT: 1. Donn Sar ian IHon); 2. Don W alli ngsford( Kaw );
3. Richard Dick (Kaw) ; 4. Scott Bell (Kaw); 5. Paul Tom or ie
(Han).
VET PRO: 1. J ohn M cC8ugh ery (Suz); 2. Bob Rutt en (Han);
3 . Marc Crosby (Yam); 4 . Gr&iJor Berg IKaw ).
y
25-29 BEG: 1. Russell McSped den (Kawl; 2. Terry Puis
(Han); 3 . R. Kell y Gleason (Han ); 4 . Danny Pabon (Han);
5. Chri s Oecann ett (Han ).
25-29 NOV: 1. Joe Bond (Suz); 2 . Bri an All en (Cag); 3 .
Fran k Villa (Suz); 4 . Keit h Ston er (Kaw); 5 . Clem ent Moore
' Ciuzl.
Shillinger takes Bremen HS
• By Kevin Kelly & Patti Higgins
BR EMEN , G A. J AN. 14
.
Boh Sh ill inger piloted hi s H &H KT M to an
im pr essive wi n over a field of very co mpetitive
riders at the Bremen ' H are Scrambles, includ iog Bri an Adams, Alle n G rav itt . MXer Sea n
Du kes a nd Terry Mealer.
Racing u nd er a new formal . the classes were
di vided in to two grou ps: The " C" riders,
Trailriders, Super Sen iors and Vintage bikes
sta rted first a t noo n and ·r aced for six laps.
The A. B a nd Sen ior riders the n raced for eig ht
laps.
Barry Higgins, o ne o f severa l riders taking
adva ntage of the new forma t, too k the overall
win in lhe first race, rid ing in the Super Senior
class. Hi ggin s stared th e race severa l min u tes
behind, but on th e second lap had ma naged
LO pass every ri der ahead of him. H onda ~
mounted Brad Nelso n managed to ward o ff
third- p lace finis her G lenn Brock to take
second.
The 20 I-O pen C class action focused 0 11
Suzu ki rider Ph illi p Wh ite, who led h is class
from start to finish. David Turne r ro de an
impressive race after an ear ly mishap dropped
him to fifth , but by the seco nd la p he was
in third. On the lasl. la p he mana(:ed to pass
Tony Morris to take second behmd Wh ite.
KTM riders. Mar k Short and Dave Cripe
bauled for fou rt h and fifth spots.
Paul Firnschild showed the way to his
co mpe titors by ri<;iing a smooth a nd consislen t
race to take first overa ll in the 0·200cc C class.
Kawasaki ri der Ch ris Bell ma naged to stay
a hea d of H &H-sponsored J oe Almo n. Almon
a lso rod e the second race to ta ke fifth spot
in th e Senior class .
In th e Vintage class , a very intens e battle
deve loped during the last hal f of the rac e, After
a slow start . Honda ride r Steve Huggins
finally caugh t up to Yamaha-m ounted Eric
Stockwell a nd made the pass to ta ke the lead.
Clyde Brown kep t h is o ld Bultaco ahead o f
th e BSA and Rickman of Ben o and J oh n Rod i
and held o n to thi rd for the day .
At the start of th e second wave, Cycle .
Specialty 's Terry Meal or put hi s Yamaha into
an early lead. wit h Suzuki's Bria n Adams in
tow. By the end of th e first lap , Higgins, w ho
was left o ut at the start. ma naged to pass
S h illin~er , and fell o w KTM riders John G rant
and Mitc h McR ee. Adams led lap fou r and
a fter puttin g in a ve ry co ns iste n t ri de ,
Sh illi nge r too k the lead on the fifth lap. The
overa ll lead , by corrected tim e, was in the
hands of Sean Dukes, wh o ca me o u t o f an
early retiremen t. Dukes led most o f th e race ,
stay ing sligh tly ahead o f hare scra mbles ace
Allen Gravitt. Gravitt pi tted on th e six th lap,
and Du kes o n the seven th . Gravitt was able
to ma ke up' just eno ug h time to pass Dukes
a nd ta ke second o vera ll beh ind Sh illi nger for
the day.
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Results
2ot -OPEN A: 1. Bob Shilli nger (KTM~ 2. Bryan Adams
ISuz); 3 . Terry M ealer (Yam); 4 . Barry Higgin s IKTM); 5.
John Gran t (KTM I.
2ot -OPEN B: 1. Martin Pruett (Suz); 2. Tony l ee (Yam);
3 . Tim Brown (M ai); 4 . Mik e Hend erson (Hon); 5. Russ Poe
(KTM) ,
201 -0PEN C: 1. Philip Whi te (Suz): 2. David Turner (Han);
3. Tony M orr is (Kaw ); 4. M ark Short (KTM); 5. David Crip e
IKTM).
0 -200 A; 1. All en Gravit IKTM); 2 . Sean Dukes (Hon);
3 . Jason Gregan (Honl; 4 . Brett Burki tt IKTM); 5. David
Swe at (Kaw )
0 ·2 00 B: 1. Jam es Bladem ore IKaw).
0 ·200 C: 1. 'Paul Firnsc hi ld ISuz); 2. Chr is Belt {Kawl;
3 . J oe Alhon (KTM ); 4 . Bren t Moree (Kaw ); 5 . Carson
Pickens (Kaw l.
SR: 1, Ken Cox (Ka w); 2. Bob House (Han); 3 . Jam es
Dickin son (KTM I; 4 . Gerald Cres ha m (KTM); 5. Jo e Almon
(KTM),
.
S/SR: 1. Barry Higg ins (KTM); 2. Brad Nel son IHon); 3 .
Glenn Broc (KTM ); 4 . J oe Huvak (Suz); 5. Richard Crabbe
(KTM),
VINT: 1. Steve Nuggins (Hon); 2. Eric Stockwell (Yam);
3. Clyde Brown (Bul); 4 . Brno Rodi (BSA ); 5. John Rodi
(Ric).
TR: 1. Phil Drive rI KTM); 2. Terry Olinger (ATK); 3 . Gord on
Orest i IKTM); 4 . Jimmy Gragg (Kaw); 5. Terry Prest (Yam) .
Burke shines at s tarstudded Willow Springs RR
By Brian Catterson
RO SAMO ND , CA, .JAN. 2 1
Reign in g Mill er Hi gh Life Formula One
Champ io n Barry Burk e began hi s quest for
' a second-straigh t titl e in fi ne fash io n by
wi nning t he firs t rou nd of th e AR RA sanct io ned 1990 seri es at \ Villow Sp rings
In tern ational Racewa y.
Bu rke, rid in g a Michelin -s!lOd , Ker kerbacked Yama ha p repa red by Milch Leonard,
came o u t on top o f a stellar field whic h
included 1989 AMA Superbi ke Na ti ona l
win ners Rich a rd Arn aiz and SCOll Russell .
among others. Arnai1. was at \Vill o w Sp ri ngs
to practice for a Yoshim ur.i Suzuki tryou t
scheduled for la ter in th e week, and was rid ing
a Mic he lin -shod Team Mo tor Sport Yamah a
S uper h ike which , like Bu rke's mac hi ne.
comprised an FZR7.rl0 chassi s filled with a n
FZR 1000 eng ine,
Arnaiz snatche d the lead at the d rop of th e
gr een flag with Burk e in'tow. Arna iz in itiall y
pu lled o u La sma ll advantage, bu t Bur ke closed
the gap and took the lead go ing int o turn
on e 'to begi n lap fou~, then gra d ua lly began
LO pu ll away . Arnail hacked away at Burk e's
lead , and by th e 10th a nd fina l lap wa s rig h t
on the leader's ta il. BUl Arnaiz was ba lked
by traffi c in turn two and had to sen Ie fo r
s("cond p lace.
" 1 tried to go un der h im (a la pped rider ),
bu t he mov ed down o n me and I had to stan d
it up and go o u tside," Arnaiz said a fterwards.
T o add ins u lt to inj ury , Arna iz' bike ran o u t
o f gas just pa st the fini sh line, for cing h im
10 p ush i t back from lu rn Iwo.
Ru ssell , in hi s first ride o n a Dunlo p·sh od
Muzzy Kawasa ki ZX7 Superbi ke, ca me from
well hack in th e pack to fmis h thi rd,
Ea rlier , Arnai z had "won" th e 750 cc
Superst ree i race , b~t wh en he was confront ed
by Burke over hi s machine's larger d isp laceme n t, Arnaiz withdrew his entry. Burke was
then credi ted with th e win on his ot he r bi ke,
a n FZR7.rlO, over Yamaha-mou n ted Brad
Hazen
a nd
Su zu k i-mo u nted
Pe ter
C h ris tense n .
Va n ce & H in es' David Sadows k i a nd
Thomas Steve ns were pr esent to do some rate
testi ng o n the ir new Yama ha FZR600 Supersport bikes, and Sadowski ended u p pos ti ng
Iwo wins to Steve ns ' o ne. The two team mat es;
ri d ing: o n Du nl o p slicks. o nly raced ag-ainst
each other once, in th e red -flagged a nd
resta rted 600('( Superstreet race. Sadowski
turned I :29s en route to the win in that race
over new ly-crowned AR RA nu mber o ne Nick
Iena tsc h o n a Dunlo p-shod FZR bac ked hy
Den ni s Sm ith 's Vance & H ines Torra nce
Store . Steve ns ch a llen ged Sadowski for (he
1
''3d befo re the red flag , but was held up h yl
Ien at sch after the resta rt a nd by the li meSteven s got past, Sadowsk i was out o f rear-hod
" I pulled into the pits o n the last lap to'
let Nick (Iena tsch) get the poi nts," Stevens
said afterwards. " If I knew there was Yama ha
con tingeucv -money on the. line. I wo u ld n't
have do ne that ."
J a mes H end erson finished th ird o n a n FZR,
wi th Ru ssell fo u rth on a Ka wasak i ZX6
magazine test h ike tha t his teamma te Dou g
C hand ler d escr ibed as "pret tv ba dl y
th rash ed."
La ter, Stevens rode h is FZR to a runawa y
win in the Form u la Two race over Ma rk
Dru cker a nd Ienat sr-h, both Yam ah a T Z2S0mounted , with Ca na dian J acques G uen ne ne
finishi ng fou rt h o n his FZR.
Sadowski a lso topped Ienat scb in the 600c D
Modifi ed Producti on race. wit h Scott Co na way third o n yet another FZR.
Ien a tsch man aged just o ne win th is wee...
kend . w he n he ' narro wl y defea ted fell o w"l
FZR4 00 pil o t Dal e Kieffer in th e 400cc
Superstreet race.
T he ina ugu ral Harl ey-Davidson Sportstcr
race saw Ni gel Ga le ta ke the w in o ver CHiP
Bruce Reim er . Ernie Sna ir and Thomas
Moore. Bill Barrels look fifth r.:1ace to claim
a g-rudge -ma tch victory over C h ff Ca rr, wh ose
bi ke su ffered a bro ken steering-damper.
'1
Mick O field got hi s 20t h-straig-ht year of.
road raci ng o ff to a good sta rt by riding h is
Ducati an d Norton to a pair of wins in th e
He avywe ig ht an d Vintage Twi ns classes,
resp ect ively. And Patrick Mu rray co nt in ued
hi s win n ing ways in the Light weight ranks
by topping the 400cc Modified Producti on a nd
Stock P rod uctio n classes on hi s Yamaha FZR;
Results
M illER HIGH LIFE F- 1: 1. Barry Burk e (Yam); 2. Richard
A rn aiz (Yam); 3 . Scott Russell {Kawl; 4 . Curt is Ad am s (Suz);'
5 . Dale Kieff er (Yam ); 6 . M ark Dru cker (Yam ); 7. Thomas
Sle ....ens (Yam); 8 . Brad Haze.n (Yaml; 9 . J oe Ar ias (SUl) ;
10 . Je ff Hagan (Suz).
•
F-2: 1. Thomas S1even s (Yaml; 2. Mar k Dru cker (Yamt,
3 . Nick lenatsc h (Yam); 4 . Jacques Guenette (Yam); 5 '
Walt er Holder (Yam).
F·3 : 1. Kevin Murray (Hon); 2. Sle....e Dyer (Kaw ); 3 . Jo hn
Burd en (Kaw ); 4 . Greg M astor as (Han); 5 . Jeff M edberry.
FrSGl: 1. Frank Dom ino (Yam); 2. Ke....in Johnson (Yam);
3 . Kir k Thom pson (Yam); 4 . Scott Fabbr o (Han).
OPEN S/ ST: 1. Curtis Ad am s (Suz); 2. Dale Kieffe r (Yam);
3 . Robert Miller ISuz); 4. Clinton W hitehouse (Suz); 5 . Rick
Kovacs (Suz).
75 0 S/S T: 1. Barry Burk e (Yam); 2. Brad Hazen (Yam);
3 . Peter Chri stense n (Suz); 4. J oe Ar ias; 5. Bru ce .Tebo
(Suzl.
.
75 0 MOO PROD: 1. Peter Christe nsen (Suz); 2. M ike
Tihan yi (Suzl; 3 . Sean Osowsk i (Suz); 4. Geep Terrano....a
(Suzl; 5. Oliv er Billingsley ISuz)
750 STK PROD: 1. Rick Kovacs (Suz); 2. Loui s Burrows
(Suz); 3 . Bri an Gibson (Suz); 4. Scott Reed (Suzl ; 5 . Chr is
M aul hardt (Yam)
600 S/ST : 1. David Sadowsk i (Yaml; 2. Nick lenatsch
(Yam); 3 . Ja mes Henderson (Yam); 4 , SC Russell (Kawl;
o"
5 . Wa lte r Hold er (Yam).
600 MOD PROD: 1. Da....id Sadow s-.i (Yam); 2. Nick
lenatsch IYaz); 3. Scott Conaway (Yam); 4 , Ti m Till man
(Yam); 5 . Sha ne Turpin (Yam).
600 STK PROD: 1. Harold W ink el s (Yam); 2. Greg Blin k
(Yam); 3 . Brian Buchanan (Han); 4. Ken Canedo (Yam); 5 .
Jeff Horn e (Hon l.
600 SGL: 1. Kevin Jo hn son (Yaml; 2. Kirk Thom pson
(Yam); 3 , Fran k Bussell (Han); 4. Travi s Trapper; 5 . A rchi e
Slaven (Yam).
.
500 S/ST; 1. And y Mil ton (Yam ); 2. Fran k Dom ino (Ya m)~
3 . Thom as Hackmenn {Kaw l.
500 MO D PROD: 1. 1. Frank Domino 1m; 2. Thom as
t:
Hackm ann (Kaw); 3 . Kevi n Johnson (Yam ).
500 SGL: 1. Archie Sla....en (Yam); 2. Eric Sherr er (Yaml;
3 . Scolt Fabbro (Han).
