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Maniscalchi motors at Perris MX By Tony A lessi and Kim Scott PERRIS, CA, JAN. 27 ATK-mo unted Mike Ma niscalchi won four rnotos en route to overall victories in the 2529 a nd Open Novi ce classes at GF I Super Saturday MX a ' Perris Raceway. In the first 25-29 co mbined class rnoto , Intermediate rider Ro bb Mesecher pulled a clea n holeshot and led th e wa y for th e firs t three laps. Duri ng th e fourth lap, bo th Loren Poch iro wsk i and Ed Verhelst fou nd a way arou nd ',Mesecher . and ~ n a battle o f their . o wn. Novi ce leader Ma nisca lch i also passed Mesecher through a series of five tu rn s. th en slid ins ide Poch iro wski a nd was ru nni ng a lig ht second behi nd In term ed iat e lead er Verhelst. As the moto wou nd down Mesech er turned up the wick a nd passed Poch iro wski, then went lookin g for the lead ers. At th e finis h it was Verhe lst. novice win ner Man isca lchi, Mesech er a nd Pochiro wsk i. The first ha lf of the seco nd moto was led by Pochi row ski. Man iscalch i came o ut of nowhere, firs t passing Mesecher , then findi ng an insi de li ne aro u n d Pochirow sk i. to Lake command of the race. Man iscalch i's lead o n ly lasted o ne lap as he fell in the sa me pl ace he passed Poch irow ski. Pochirowski took over bu t coll ided with a lapped rid er, handin g th e "lead over to Mesech er , wh o held o n fO T th e win a nd th e Int ermediat e class overal l victory. Verbelst crashed severa l tim es and was able to finish fo urth and th ird a vera )I in th e Intermediate class be h i n d P ochirow sk i. Manis calchi managed to hold th in gs together to win the 25-29 No vice divi sion . .Maniscalch i had no problem s in the combined 250 and 500cc Novi ce class, leading both rnot os from sta rt to finish . Resulu MINI & P/w BEG: 1. Wes Carey (Kaw ); 2 . Danny W ilson (Yam). MINI & PIW NOV: t . Nathan Ellerton (Suz); 2. Larry Unkoglo. 125 BEG: 1. Todd Goud (Kawl; 2. Bill Reimer (Kaw l; 3 Mi ke Carr (Hon); 4 . Chr is Adargo (Honl; 6 . Chr is Cecanne" (Hon~ 125 NOV : 1. Tim Olsen tHonI . 125 INT: 1. Donald Upton (Hon); 2. CtaitjJ M only (Kaw l; 3. Tony Spear; 4. Burch Veen sua (SUI ); 6. Ron Lawson (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Joe Wadd ington (KTM ): 2. Tom Holt (Honl . 250 BEG: 1. Morgan Stee le (tag); 2. Russe ll McSpedden tKawl; 3 . Chns Gallo (Han); 4 . W ayne Edmondson (Hon ); 5 .Mart Sadrimier (S U%). 250 NOV: 1. Ron Mowry (Hoo ); 2. Tony Alessi (Han ); 3 . Ryan Johnson (Hon); 4 . Christopher Hughes (Hon t" 5. Mal Bateman (yam ). 250 INT: 1. Joe Merriam (Yam); 2. Jeff RatDoft (Hon); 3. un Johansso (Hont 4 . Ed Verhelst (Kawl; 5 . Robb Mesecher (Kaw). 250 PRO; 1. Jose Gonzal es; 2. Chr iS Heinrich (Yaml; 3 . Bobby White (Yam}; 4 . Roger Jones (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Mike Maniscalchi (ATXt 2. Ron Nort hup (HOn). OPEN INT: 1. Brian Davy (Honl . OPEN PRO: 1. Willy Musgrave (ATK). 25 ·29 BEG: t . Russell McSpadden IKaw) ; 2. Chris Oecanne" (Honl . 26 · 29 NOV: t . Mike Maniscalchi (ATK); 2. Ken Gr aYIHonl; J.lou Soto(Kawl; 4. Tony Rickard (Honl; 5. Chris Bergstrum (Varni. 25 -29INT: 1. Robb Mesecher (Kaw ); 2. Loren Pochirowski (Hon); 3. Ed Verhelst (l(a w ); 4. Scott Godinel (Suz); 5 . Butch Veenstra (Sul l. VET NOV: t . Frank Lawres (Kaw); 2. J im Peter s (Han); 3 . Greg Foster (Hon); 4 . Greg Pagan (Han ); 5. Ed Wi lson (Varni. VET INT: 1. Davtd Fox (Hont 2. Randy Skin ner (SlU ); 3 . Doug Goodman (Han); 4. Georg e Koehl er (Han); 5. Steve Donov an (SUI). VET PRO: 1. V, I Tamie tt l (Han ); 2. John McCaughe'f (S I H); 3. M arit Crosby (Yam); 4. Brent Wallingford (Kaw); 5. Bob Rutten (Han). OT: 1. Alan Olsen (KTM ); 2. Sengi Johansson (Han); 3. Lyle Sweeter (Han); 4. Bob Krah (Yam); 5 . George Spearing (Han). Williams perfect at DeAnzaMX By Tony Alessi and Kim Scott SU NN YMEAD, CA, JAN. 28 W.R.R.-sponsored l ason Will iam s jammed to two perfect mot o in ishes to win th e 250cc Novice class a t DeAn za Cycle Park. Adam Kent chaTJtC(! u p th e ro ugh DeAnza staTt hill to lead ille firs t mo'o. Ken t rod e smoothly for th e first ha lf of the race, and seemed to have good co ntTol of th e moto. Bu t' o n the thi rd la p Kent fell over in a tig h , tu m, allo wing both Mike Ra mbo a nd Williams to get by. Willi ams and Rambo ha llled hard for the second ha lf of the race, a nd o n th e nin th lap of the 12-lap mOlD Rambo m issed a tum and wen t off the trac k. Will iam s in heri ted first place and held it to the checkers. Mike Sohrt finished second ahead of Rambo . The second mo to was all \Vill iams as he led from sta n ta Finish . Kent rexie a sma rt race and held down seco nd pl ace th e en tire moto. hi s 4-2 tally earn ing seco nd overall. Rambo fini shed th e da y th ird overa ll . Richard Gera ghty had no probl em in th e 250cc Pr o cla ss a nd won with com ma nd ing lead s in both motos. T ony Seck ma n rode hi s first Pro ra ce to a seco nd overal l. KTM su p port rider Chris Radzinski came back af'er a lon g layoff from a major wri st inj ury and cru ised to thi rd o vera ll. Mark Johnson rou nded o u t the top four. Resulu MINI BEG: 1. Fred Ogrim (Han); 2. Eric Daly (Suz); 3. Doug Parsons (Kaw); 4. Chri stian Duncan (!Caw); 4 . Je sse Moffan(Kaw). MINI NOV: 1. Davtd Hicb (Kaw ). MINI INT: , . Brian Teets (Ka w). 125 BEG: 1. Ricit Tat low (SlU); 2. Tra cy Horst (Kaw); 3 . Sean McCr eady (Yam); 4 . Fred Ogr im (Han); 5. Ryan Brandenburg (Han). 125 NOV; , . Tony Al essi (Han); 2. Tim Hodl e (SUI); 3 . Ronnie Martin (Kaw };4 . DavKj Chase (Kaw l; 6 . Bob Hubbard (S'uz). . 125 INT: 1. Kevin Shaffer (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. David Sch idt (Han); 2. Tarek SetHI (Suzl; 3 . Chris Gallow (Han I; 4 . Mart Sandz im ier (SUl); 5 ~· Scott McManus (Han). 250 NOV: , . Jason W ill iam s IKaw); 2. Alan Kent (Han); 3 . Mik e Rambo (Sull; 4 . Mike Sohrt (Su d ; 5. Gary Torres (Honl . 2 50 INT: 1. Brian Richardson (Vaml; 2. Hunter Carr others (Honl . 250 PRO: 1. Richard Gera ghty (Yam); 2. Tony Seckman (Han ); 3 . Chr IS Radlinskl (KTM ): 4 . M arc Johnso n (SUI). OPEN BEG: 1. Bnan RUShing (Mail; 2. Mllroos M eSSina (Kaw ). . OPEN NOV: 1. Hunte r Carrot he rs (Ka w ); 2. M ik e Tartln gton (Han); 3. J ason W illiams (Kaw ) VET NOV: 1. Rudy Ch.ves (Han ); 2. Tim Williams IKaw); 3 . Ron She ldon (Han); 4 , David Wasd en {Husl; 5 . Roy Stafford (SuI:). Schmit ''Too Bad" at Canyon Raceway By M ic hael Ross PH O ENIX, AZ, JAN. 2 1 Suzuki RM 250-m o u n ted Do nn ie Sch mit clai m ed the o vera ll win Sunda y at th e Co n tinental Mot or sports Club (CMC)/ Arizuna Mo toX Association (AMXA) " Who's the Baddest" G P held a' Canyon Raceway, 30 miles northw est o £ Phoenix. T his, th e first o f four GPs In be co sanctio ned by CMC and AMXA , saw a large and enth usiastic turnout o£ rider s lin e u p for a Leo Man s-style sta rt. bu t it was su pe rcross sta r Sch mi t who took an early lead and then set the pace for the ent ire hour-and-a-hal f plus-on e-lap race. After the du st seu led. Sch m it had completed eig ht laps o n the cha lleng ing seven- m ile co urse, averagi ng just under 12 minutes per lap . " I wa nted '0 see if my bod y wou ld go a ll o ut for a n hour and a ha lf," sa id th e 23-yea ro ld Bloomington, Minnesota. resid en t. " I' m go ing to Europe to race G Ps with Team Suzuki Bieffe and I knew th is wo ul d be good tra ining . T he course was reall y tough with some fast sectio ns and some tig ht technical pa rts. ,. Perfect weat her a nd p lenty of pre-race publicity brou gh t riders o ut in d roves to the Pat ern o En terpr ises-promoted even t inc luding AMA har e & hound ch amp Larry Roeseler and local MX aces J im m y Burton, Bret W i nel a n d , Ma r k Mil le r and th e Dirck s brothers. Gary and Drey. At th e start, wineland put hi s Suzuki RM250 into the lead wi th Schmit, Button. Gary Dircks a nd Roesel er in hot pursui t, but Schmit got pas t Wineland before the end of the fiTSt la p a nd began to ease away . By th e ha lfway po int , Schmit led Dirck's Su n nyslope Hon da -sponsored CR500 by 18 seconds . Win eland had go ne o ut too fast a nd was fadi ng. He wo uld lat er run o ut of gas whi le Roeseler was a no n-fin isher after pullin g out beca use of Iarigu e brought o n by a severe co ld. Bu tton 's charge also came up shor t when th e nut bac ked of f h is rear axle, resultin g in a crash o n h is bo rrowed CR500. Tow n and Co untry-sponso red MX vetera n Rick NagJ e sta rted o ut stro ng , ru n n ing as h igh as th ird, but lost a lap la te in th e race. Drey Dircks, Gary's brother , overcame a first lap cras h to fin ish thi rd ove ra ll a nd first in , th e 250ec class. " At the sta rt th is guy fell in . front of me and I went o ver th e bar s," said th e Su n nyslope Honda-backed rider. " After that I p layed ca tch- u p a nd even pi cked u p a cou p le spots d uring th e pit sto p." In spite of fatig ue a nd ru n ni ng out of gas, Win eland put up a determ in ed fight and battl ed his way back to th e front, ta king a well deserved thi rd pl ace beh in d Drey. " I went o ut too fast and the co urse was so ro ugh I co uld n' t keep up the pace," sa id Wineland after the race. Schmi t crossed the finis h lin e after th e hourand-a-ha lf o rdea l loo king non e ,h e wor se for wea r with Gary Dircks ta king seco nd abo u l 30 seconds behind. " I ha ven 't ridden a race since last year a nd I' m tired a s h ell, " said th e 28-year-o ld mou ntai n bike racer...It was a ro ugh co urse a nd my ar ms reall y h urr for awhile, but I had a good tim e and Cln't wait for th e nex t race'" Re sult s 80 BEG: 1. Bria n Klimuck (Hoo); 2. Nathan Chaney (VarnI; 3 . Dayton Raper (Kaw); 4 . Ray M ayna rd (Yam ); 5 . Chri s Bock (Yaml . 80 BEG: 1. Bobby Pehn (Yam); 2. Dylan Gutherte (Hon) 125 BEG; , . Randy Kill ma n (S lU~ 2. Gilbert LUlano (Yam); 3 . John Estr ana (Han); 4 . Mart Castened a (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. OJ . Boughne r (Han); 2.G. Ruiz (Hon); 3 . Joe Strutt menn (Yam); 4 . Bill Nash (Kawl; 5. Rick Short (S Ul~ OPEN BEG: 1. Glen Webb (KTM); 2. Dale Rhoud s (Han ); 3 . Kenny Joh nson (Han); 4 . Srad Harwell (Han); 5 . Denn is Pr escott (KTM). SO JR: 1. Ja son Matthews (Suz); 2. B.J . Parr ish (Honl: . 3 . Bobby Duvall (Kawl; 4 . Richard Ramos {Kawl . 125 JR : 1. Frank Paterno (Hon); 2. Tim Johnson (SUl I; 3 . Tom Johnson (Yam ); 4. RuebElnMcCha ney (Suz); 5 . Jacob Str ava (Han I. . 250 JR : 1. Kart Seeker (Han); 2. Mi ke Paterno (HanI: 3. Judd Denny (Han); 4 . SCO" Gibson (Honl ; 5. J . Sanders (Honl. OPEN JR : 1. Todd Mullins (Han); 2. Russell Lyory (Kaw ); 3 . Paul Miller (Honl; 4 . Dan Low enbu rg (Han). • 30+ JR : 1. SCO" Kihnser (Honl ; 2. Cliff Rizdon (Han ); 3 . Jim Conner (Han); 4. Randall Devine (Han). SOINT: 1. Derek Gues t; 2. Jason Tice (Sull. 125 INT: 1. Oestry Abbo" (KTMI ; 2. Rob McD ani el (Suzl; 3 . Bryan Lewallen (Honl : 4. Richie Church (Han). 250 INT: 1. Darren Donaldson (Suzl: 2. Chip Young (Honl; 3 . Greg Gei ser (Honl: 4 . M ike Karl ik (Honl; 5. M an Harper (Han). OPEN INT: t . Larry W itt (Han); 2. Bob Kulwood (Han); 3 . Ji m Quinn (Han). 30+ INT: 1. Daw Crawford (Hon ); 2. Gary Chaid8Z' (Han); 3. J im Hickey {Hon t 4 . Sutch Odom (Honl . 40+ INT: 1. R.K. Strong (Kaw) . BO EX: 1. David Pingree (SUl). t 25 PRO: 1. Kvle Kille bre w (Han). 2 50 PRO: 1. Don ny Schmit (Suzl; 2. Drey Dircks (Hon ); 3 . Brent Wineland (Sull: 4 . Scott Sta ll ard (Cagl: 5 . Ken Koyte (Kaw l. OPEN PRO: 1. Gary Dirdts (Hon); 2. Gart h Sweetland Donny Schmit (left) was t he best at Canyon Raceway 's " W ho's the Baddest" GP. leadi ng almost all of the hour-and -a-half plus-one-lap race . (AlKl; 3. Mart M ill er (KTM); 4 . Todd Jo hnson [KTM); 6. Terry Sims (Han). VET PRO: 1. Tim Leehe {KTM I; 2. How ard Dendy (Hon l. 40 MSTR : 1. Robert Beggs (KTM) ; 2. Ehon Ougl ey (KTM ); 3. Wayne Decklever (Hanl . Thomas tames Marion IndoorST By Kim Sorreles MARI ON , O H , JAN. 13 Chivington Cycle-sponsored Shawn Thomas, 10, entered fOUT classes on fOUT di fferent bikes a t lite Marion Indoo r Sh ort Track a nd wuu nd up the even ing with two fir sts. o ne seco nd a nd a th ird. Thomas sco red his wi ns in (he 50cc Senior a nd 60cc clas ses, fini shed seco nd behi nd Pa ul Lvnch in the 80cc Sen ior cla ss and was th ird i~ (he l25cc cla ss behind Lynch a nd win ner Paul Sm ith, In th e 50cc 4-8 year-old cla ss, the Pee Wee riders foug ht wheel '0 wheel around th e tight indoor tra ck trying to ca tch holesho t a rti st Brandon Rose. Breu Pankey go t clos e a t the draw of the halfway flags . but Rose exp lod ed in tum two and slam med the doo r o n Pan key for th e win. O n th e third restart of th e 500cc clas s, Larry Kinsey, Geo rge Price a nd brot hers J eff a nd Dan Bash a ll wen t int o tu rn o ne side by side. O n the back stra igh t Kin sey had th e lead by a coat of pain t. J eff Bash did the slide a nd glide in turn fou r a nd had to settle for seven th place wh ile brother Dan went o n to finish fo urth beh ind winner Pri ce, La rry Kin sey a nd Brett Sla ne, in that o rder . In the Senior class , Smith, Kin sey a nd Curt Snelli ng were hub '0 h ub for four la ps. Snelli ng's motor failed at th e half way mark a nd crea ted a n o pe ning for Smith to sli p insi de and do baili e with front-runner Kin sey. A lap la ter, while bumping han dl ebars, Smit h edt;ed ins ide of Kin sey to take the lead and the wtn . P lagu ed by resta rts , the 250ec Pro class saw 1989 O hio State In doo r cha mp J oe Seyffer le as a n early leader but kingpin at the end was 1I b Sweeten. 0 In the 25 1cc-U p Pro class Co ry J erew cras hed in tum o ne a nd was o n th e pe na lty lin e for th e restan. Swee ten got away ficst o n th e restart a nd took a wir e· to·wire win . Dan Chivingt on ca pt ured second wi th J er ew maneuvering int o th ird. On th e first lap of ,h e O pen Pm ma in Sweeten cra shed .and took out J erew. On th e first resta rt Curt Sn ell ing crashed and agai n the sta rter stopped the race. Wi th Sweeten , Jerew a nd Snelli ng o n th e penalty li ne, th e seco nd resta rt gave David Llo yd th e lead wi ,h Ro b Sm ith a clos e seco nd . Chivi ngto n, Dewey Sta nic k and J oe Seyffer!e had a figh t for th ird. By ,he sixth la p Sweete n work ed hi s way u p to fou rth and o n ,h e eig h th lap, wh ile in tblrd pl ace, Sweeten bum ped Smi ,h. Smit h fell int o kolder Llo yd a nd ,his s10wed him enough for Sweeten to slip inside for the win. . Re s ults 60 JR : , . Brandon Rose (Yaml ; 2. Bre" Pankey (Vam); 3 . Ju st in Niederm ier (Yam ); 4 . Dust in Ki"s (Vam ); 5. Kimberly Smi th (Vam). 50 SR: 1. Shawn Thoma s (Yam): 2. M ichael MOrri son (Yaml . 60 : 1. Shawn Thom as (Kawl; 2. Brandon Rose (Kawl : 3. Scan M orr ison (Kaw) . 80 JR : 1. Bryan Bigelow (Kaw l. 80 SR: 1. Paul Lynch (Hon t 2. Shaw n Thom as (Varni. 125 : 1. Mi ke Smit h (Yaml; 2. Pau l Lynch (VarnI; 3 . Shaw n Thomas (Yam). 250: 1. Geor gie Price (Yam); 2. David Raybur n (Varni: 3 . Ada m Weiss (Yam); 4 _ RIChard Rowe (y aml ; 6 . Chfl s Pitman (Kaw ). 251 ·UP: 1. Georgie Price (Rtx); 2. Larry Kin sey (H·O): 3 . Bret Slan e (Hon ); 4. Dan Bash (Yam); 5 . RtChard Rowe (Honl SR: 1. Rob Sm it h (Bul); 2. Larry Kinsey (H·Dl: 3. Gary Moore (Han); 4 . J im Beck (W · R); 5 . Ed Kells (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Bob Sweeten (Bu ll; 2. David U oyd (Hont 3. Joseph Seyff erte (Yam); 4 . Ian Segedy (H-D): 6. Duane Stan ick (C·Al. 25 1-UP PRO: 1. Bob Sweeten (H·OI; 2. Dan Chivi ngt on (Han); 3 . C<>

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