LOCAL EVENTS
Barnes, Chin dominate Moroso
Road Race
By Joe McKa y
WEST PA L~I BEACH. FL. MAR. \7·18
Mar k Chi n a nd Mike Ha rn es co n rin u cd th e ir
do m ination o f Flor ida' s Mo ro se Motor sp or ts
Pa rk . Fresh fro m the two previous week ends
a t Da yto na Internat io nal Speedway, the duo
returned to th ei r ho m e tra ck a nd do m inated
their respective classes. C hi n ran aw ay with
th e lio n', sha re o f th e $ 1000 Shoot-O u t cash .
while Barnes -d isa ppea red Iro m the field in
th e Middleweight division.
T he day's racing started w ith th e GTO Solo
End ura nce 5 0 ~ M i lc r . Miam i rider Chin sta rte d
in firth p lace o n th e Iirs t la p . an d by the end
o f th e seco nd lap he was leading. Dan n y
Roberts and J o h n Choa te p layed fo llo w-theleader fro m th ere with Chill p u ll in g out a
ro m lo rta b le lead of 12 seco nd s at the ha lf wa y
ma rk . Glen Barr y a nd Mark Fo ster spent most
o f th e ra ce loc ked in a battl e for fourth a n d
fifth. Fost er passed with th ree la p s 10 go as
Barry's tires sta rted going a way. At the lin e,
th e di fferenc e be tween them wa s less th an a
b ike length. Choa te a nd R oberts went righ t
to th e wire w ith Roberts an d hi s S u zu k i taki ng
th e positio n by a wh eel o ver " JC" a nd h is
Yamaha.
In the GTU So lo End u ra nce 50-Miler it was
a ll Barnes o ut in front wi th more th an enoug h
pow er to keep th e other 34 riders ch as ing hi s
exha ust. T he rea l battle wa s for seco nd a nd
third p laces. Joey Cole arid Nathan Lee
Donohew p ut o n a sh ow that kept every o ne
watching to see wh o was goi ng to co me o u t
o n top. Col e '}uick ly esta blishe d a so lid second
pl ace for the ir s t seven la ps befor e Donohew ,
who sta rt ed ill th e middl e of th e pa ck . had
pi cked hi s wa y through the field to park o n
Co le's rear wh eel. Co le has th e ex pe rience a nd
Donohew is learning every lim e he ge ts o n
h is new Yamah a T Z250. The two- str ok e p ilo ts
were n eve-r mor e t h an a bike len g th apart for
the rest o f th e race, On th e last lap, go ing
do wn th e front stra ig h t into th e kink befor e
the finish line, a lapped rider ca me int o p lay.
Col e n ip ped Don oh ew by a half a bik e len gth
a t the chec kers . Co le said lat er th at he
welcomed th e compe tition from Don ohew.
Mik e Luke had hi s hands fu ll as Choa te chased
him to th e fla g o n hi s Yam aha FZR600.
Barnes came back to win th e Middlewei ght
Superbike and Middleweight Supersport, was
seco nd in M idd lew eigh t Gr an Prix, and fourth
in the Sh oot-Out. C le edged Barne in the
o
s
GP class, a nd again beat Do nohew by a wheel
in th e Lightweight Gran Prix feature. Kevin
Blais rod e hi s Kawasak i ZX7 to a co n vinci ng
win in H eavyweight Su pe rspor t over Barry
and Luke. Ch oa te ca p tu red to p honors in the
Un lim ited Gran Prix honors, ju st in fro nt o f
Bar nes. Mark Foster co n ti n ued to show h is
improved ridin g sty le by lead in g Rudolf Von
Lignau , Bar ry a n d Mike Fitzpatr ick in
Heav yweight Superbike ac tio n .
In the Sh OUl-OUI Chin was a ll al o ne lea d ing
th e pa ck from wire-t o -wire. Rob erts a n d
Choa te pi cked up wh ere 'hey left o ff ea rl ier
wilh a Iight to th e checker s, with Rob erts
edg i ng C hoa te b y a bik e length. Barnes
finis hed just a head with Co le fifth .
Resul ts
50-M SOLO GTO: I. M;u k Ch ill (Y;I,m): 2. Dan ny Roberts
(S UI ); ~. John ChllOlI ~ III (Y, III1): 4. Mark FrnMr (Ya m): 5.
G Ie"TlJI Karry (SUI ).
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·M SO LO GTU : I. Mike 8.at nt,.!. (Ya m); 2. / fK'y Cu ll'
(\';u n) : 3. J\iat han DUllUht·w (Ya m): ,1. Mik e Lu e (Ya m );
Ju lu; Chua lt" III (Yam ).
l. / W GP EX: I. J uey C.nlC" (Ya m): 2. Nalhan [)u llo hC"w
(Y,u n): 3. Pt"n v Mt·fnedu(" (Y.am ); 4. Gr~ E,,!>('r (V,UIl); 5.
J uhn Fral1l;~ (H n ll ).
l. /\\' G I' NO V: I. Ri r h Kem m .1Jl(V;lm ); 2. I)ert"k N ichll lt".l.
( Y,llIl): ~. RUIl SlO n~ (Ya m ): 4. T im D;d y (Yam i: 5. U It")" (Suz); 5. J ohn
Bia nc hi (lion ).
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L/W S/H K EX: l. HlJbby Rj)~~rdt'l (Ya m): 2. Todd
Hen n in g (Yam ): 3. Rill Kran en lx'r ~ (SUI): 4. Rick J ackKln
( Y a m ); ~. Gtt"K f'ldKK (Kaw ).
L/W S/ BK f' OV : I. Ric-k Kemilliin (ya m ); 2. Ro n Stone
(I Io n ): 3. Ti m Dal y (Ya m ); ,1. Ot-It'k Nic ho l:<. (Va m): 5. David
Rowan (Yam ).
n V' EX/NO V CO MH: I. Owrn Co l f'~(M·G ): 2. Gr~g Flagg
(K.& w): 3. Da yid H,uul (M·G) : .1. Pt"tt" MiKIi (BMW ): 5. .Tim
M.oIu (H o n ).
\ 'I:"JT .LI W: I. l.lJnn ie Ea:o.h (Ya m ).
M / W G P EX : I. j llt' y e.olt" (Yam ): 2. Mik e 8ame~ (Ya m ):
.m«" (Hu n ); 4. G rt"K E~M" r (Ya m ): ~. Mi ke Lu ke
3. J o h n Fr
(Yam ).
M / W G I' NOV : I. John Bia nch i (H u n) : 2. Brt)('k Hun nel!
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, lI nnl : 3. Philipp - Haill y Il-IulI ): 1. Sreve nully (Ya m) ; 5.
(;c'ny I-Ia ~ht'r lUon ).
I. /W S/SP RT EX: 1. T exltl H f'llll ill ~ IV,III1); 2. Rit k
.I'lI hon ( Ya lll ); 3, G al y SlIImm ( Ya lll) ;·1. J ell' nll l~ l ( Hon ).
Li W S / S I 'RT~() \' : I. R il II Kt'llI111,lII (Y,u n) ; 2. T im Dal y
1,",tin ); 3. O;lyiti Mu rph y (Ya m); 1, T im Tew (Y,III1): .1). Todd
J oh n ~on (S UI'.
\"I:'\ T H /W CO:'\18 : I. I' ,·tt· Minli (8 :\1W): 2. Wil Dalt on
( Ouc'): :'S . Ronnie H u llorn;lIl (J-I" n): ·1. "lIt'n Rullt ") lI ~MW ) .
' 1000 SHOOT ·Olrr: I: Mark Ch in (Y.III1); 2. Da lln y
RI,lwt h (SU/): :-I . J llhn Clll lillt' ll l (Y;u n); ,1. MiJ.r Banl!'~ (Su / ) :
!I. Jory C"lt· ( V DERSO:-;.TX. MAR. 18
Da lla s resid ent s Mi ch ael Mart in and Larrv
Locklear we re l W O o f the racers tha t ma de th e
110·mil e tri p fro m Sa tu rd ay ' , WE RA
Na t iona! En du ra n ce at Ro ebl ing R o a d ,
.O eo rg ia . to Oa k H illRacewa y in H en derso n .
T exas , worthw h il e b y na ili ng down a co u p le
o f wi ns in th e ' VER A Na tio na l po in ts-pa yin g
sp r i u t s , Unfort u na te l y, lh e y we r e a lso
invo lved in so me o f th e cra shes which ma de
th e da y o ne o f th e lo ngest o n reco rd fur the
Centra l Road Racin g Clu b.
Marli n a rr ived at Oak H ill ra cewa y, just
in rim e to hoard hi s Raci ng En gine Serv ice/
D&:D Exhaust Pipe/N ich olson Yamah a
~-lR 600 for the C Su perbike ra ce, The fir st
tim e across th e start/ fin ish li ne, Martin. th e
1989 WERA C Superbike Nat ional Champion, was in th e lea d. H e was folJ owed. by
th e FZR600 , of Dou g Carmichael and Larry
Schwa rzbac h. Carmichael was a ll over Marli n
for th e fir st three laps o f th e race. but wh en
Martin low ered hi s lap times to hi gh I:29s.
he o pe ne d up so me da yligh t between h im sel f
a n d Ca rmic ha el a nd went on to th e w in .
Sc hwarzbach finished th ird.
Unli ke Marlin 's " wa rm -u p" race, Locklea r' s first race in A Superstock/ A Productio n
w a s a bu st. \Vith Su zuk i m oney a nd National
poi n ts o n th e line, the narrow scu li ng gr id
was parked . At th e dr op of th e flag. Ri ck Kirk
a nd Brill Tu r ld n~ lO n d rove down into turn
one lea d ing th e held. Locklear tri ed to drive
wide a nd deep into the co rner, but before h e
kn ew it he wa s o ff th e racing line and headed
fOI the rir« wa ll. The Su zuki GSXR7. lO rider
C
went stra ig h t into th e barrier , bringing O U l
a red fla g. when co rne rworkers a rri ved a t the
scene, Locklear wa s barel y a ble to giv e th e
sa fely crew his name. When ask ed wh at type
o f -bik e he was riding , Lo ckl ea r rep li ed "a
cra sh ed o ne. " H e was even tua lly ab le to wa lk
away from th e cra sh sce ne bUI was not a llo wed
to restart.
T urkington a nd hi , T eam Suzuki/Dunlop/
Ara i / T , u b a k i / R E C / Fo x - s p o n s o r ed
. G SXR I 1OO took th e lead on the restart. but
he lost it to Kirk o n th e seco nd lap. By th e
th ird lap, Kirk had put a few bike lengths
betwee n himse lf and Turk ingto n , with
Ca rm ichae l and h is 600 a dista nt th ird. Kir k
and his '88 GSXR 1100. sponso red by RES.
D&:D, Dun lop, and AGV . continued to pu ll
a way. run ning nea r-record 1:27s. The last la p
o f th e ra ce was chaos. with three bikes down
in tw o separate in ciden ts, a n d Carmichael
parked it OU I o n th e co urse, ou t of gas . The
leaders surprisingl y made it thrcugh th e m ess
u n hi ndered . Uta h rid er Robert Wright wh o
"Slopped by" Oak Hill o n his way back from
Da ytona was rewarded with a third-pl a ce
finish in th e ra ce.
Results
P RO VIS IONA L NO V: I. J Olm C"~ Iknn is: 2. Ikrn ard
C.ar; 4. Ro.~.. Smi th : 5. Ma rk Hlack.
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C S/S T K EX: I. 8rill T u t ki nKton: 2. Ric- Kirk ; 3. Edd ie
I lal dC"man.
C PROD EX: I. joe Pru~ia nn: 2. Oa n Pa lm t'r; 3. Michael
Su lliv an : 'I. Robrrt & In.
C PR OJ) SOV: I. Pa lric: Ga lla h ue; 2. Mar co Fu ller; 3.
k
Jamt"lio Fri"htT; 1. Mar k Rlal'k: 5. Richa rd Vald ez.
F-3 EX: 1. Andr e Van den bng: 2. Er ic Fait ; 3. j o hn
Hod gki u : 4. Dayid Tuwll.\("mi
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Bri tt Turkington (28) defeat ed Ri ck Kirk (49X) to win the B Superstock race at
Oak Hill Raceway; Kirk evened th e score by beating Turkington in A Superstock.
Winner Joey Col e (85) leads fello w Yamaha TZ250 pilot Nathan Lee Donohew
(7) during the Lightweight Grand Prix race at Moroso Motorsports Park .
F·5 NO\': I. Paul C Olud in; 2. Randy Herri n gton; 3. Hobb y
BuCt"'; 4. j t'rr y H u bba rd : 5. R.mdy French.
Vt NT I : l. Rnllt"l"l Bonn.
R S/~
IK : I. Britt T u rkin gron: 2. Ri ck Kirk : 3. Michael
Marr in : 1. Oliver Billing"ley; 5. Brad Nichol son.
H PROD EX : I . Joe- Pru!O.l.ia no: 2. L.arry Locklear : 3. Mich ae-l
Sulliv;l,n: 4. J a mn DM~I ~r : 5. Dan Pa lm er .
B PROD NOV: I. Mum Ful ler: 2. Ne il Bi~hop; 3. Palrick
C a lb,hut': 4. GrUfRf' Hipsher: 5. j am es Fri sbee.
BOr r EX: I. Eric Fait: 2. Chri.!. Wa lMJn: 3. And n=
Va ndenbrrK: 4. Dt,uR Ph ill i p~; 5. Kevin Legrande.
B01,.. NOV : I. Mark Bu tge ss: 2. Randy Herrington; 3.
J err y Hubb.nd: 4. R ubC"rr Buuchet; 5. Rand y F~nch.
BS/HK EX: I. Larry l.ock lea r; 2. J im Sa bi n: 3. Pete M. rtin!! •
a
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1. Do UR Ca rm ichad; 50. Larry Sch wa n bach .
B S/ BK NO V: I. Alan Blair: 2. Micha el Stei n ma n: 3. Ceorge
Hip!loher 4. Will iam Arr io la ; 5. Danny DominlitUn.
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l> S/BK EX: 1. Eric Fa it; 2. Bryan H an~un : 3. Jd f Rt't"V
t'S;
1. Tra(")" Le blanc; 5. Cene Zirger.
D S/ BK NO V: 1. Budd y Ha ~l : 2. Mark K u r g('!O~: j . Kt"lIy
Muod y: 4. Ch ri~ Goddard: 5. Terry Dike.
VI1\'T 3 EX: 1. Kevin Dav is.
\1 NT 5 NO\': I. J ack Balo ; 2. Bubb y RucT'; 3. J er ry
H ubb.n d: 1. Robert 8ouchet.
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F· USA EX: J. La n y Loc kle-u : 2. O livt'f Bill in ~ley : 3. Ji m
S.abin: 4. Brad Sa wyer: 5. j en Harder.
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F·U SA NOV : 1. Michae l SU in ma n ; 2. J(·lJ Bridgeman; 3.
Ala n Bla ir: 4. William Aninla ; 5. )\;lrl Go d da rd.
Russell scores Caldwell Indoor
Short Track win
By T revor Sherman
CALDWELL.ID, MAR. 16-17
Jeff Russell cap'ured wins during both night s
o f racin!'; at the last Caldwell In doo r Short
Track of the sea son.
The fir st nigh t Russell won the first heat
in the Open Expert clasS. Ri ck Henson go'
second p u rsued by Rod ney Reynol ds and Tom
Sh ivers.
In the seco nd heal Kit Farely won wit h a
risk y outside pass around ScOll McP herson,
with T om Sherman. Todd Peugh. and J eff
WalleTS cha sing.
In the main event Far ley jumped ,ending
him to rhe ,penalty line, and on the 'seco n d
sta rt McPherson got th e ho leshot . H e kept ,h e
lead for five laps, but when Russell gOI.u nder
him Russell was go ne. Reynol ds got by
McPh erson to h old onlo second. After that
McPherson wa s determi ned to let no one el se
by a nd he held o nto ,hird. Far ley moved
through the pack and passed Sher man for a
fifth pla ce fini sh , bu, cou ld not get Henson,
who finished fo u r,h .
.
The seco nd nigh t o f ra ci ng saw Ru sseIJ win
the first hea t race followed by Todd Peug h,
who fJot second a fter rat tling bars with Patrick
Massie a nd they were pursued by Tom Shivers.
Steve Li berty and Rod ney Reyn o lds. who
cra shed and en ded up breaking a finger.
In heat two Farley wo n . followed by Jeff
Wallers. Mcf' herson , Sherman and Rick
Henson. who crashed.
The Expert main was a clean race with
Russell win ning a n d R eynolds scorin g second
despite a broken finger a nd a th ird row sta rt.
Farley was relegated to fourth when Henson
squeezed by for third.
The 250cc Amateur cla ss wa s much bi~J{er
than Ihe first n ig h t. There was only o ne 250cc
Expert. Patrick Massie . so he ran wit h Ihe
Am at eurs.
First place went to Mi'ch Ward. while
Massie took seco nd a hea d of T revor Sherman
and Jay Osborne.
In the ma in. Mas sie took . th e h ol eshOt.
Murphy got firSlleaving Ma ssie rearward , a nd
Sherman went down w h ile ba u ling with
Osborne.
Bill Wa lters won the m ain rac e in th e Open
Am al eur class, wit h · Don Stevens•. Glen
Youn ~. Keith Yordy a n Mer le Warhburn
roundlOg ou t the top five.
Resu lts
FRIDAY
P/W : I. j amit'Slrt'Tler (SUl ):2. J t'nny Cook (Ya m); 3. Ka("("y
On t'ida (Hon ).
MICRO: 1. Tra vh H;I,rper (Kaw).
KNOBBV : I. Robb FlOlh (Hon); 2. J ohn VanCleave (Su z):
3. xull Rf'lIbc1rgt'r (Kaw); 4. J ohn Au lt ma n (Ya m ); 5. G len
Young (H u n).
. 250 AM: I. Dandl Murphy (Hon ).
500 AM: I. Krilh Yord y (Han); 2. Glen" Yo ung (Bon ):
3. Gr t"g Oneida (Yam ); 4. Mt"rle Woohbum (Tri); 5. Treyor
She rrtlOlll( VOlm ).
500 EX: 1. J df Ru s.sell (W. R); 2. Rodnt"'Y Reyn ol ds (I-Ion ):
3. Soon McPhefM)n (I-Ion ); 4. R ick Hen son (Ya m ); ~. Kit
F.ult')"(W· R).
SATU RDAY
. P/W : 1. jamit' Sua-Ier (SUl); 2. ) mny Cook (Ya m); 3.
Robbi t' Wa lkiOll (H o n); 1. Lacey O neida (H o n).
,
M1CRO: 1. Malt Ward (Kaw); 2. Travi ~ Harper (Kaw).
MIN I EX: 1. Mil ch W;"rd (Ya m).
KNOHBY : I. Robb Floth (Ho n ); 2. Rick HmM:ln (lion );
3. Drrlll Howi~ (Yam ); 4. Gr~ ~Il (KTM): 5. J ohn
Van CIt"' (Suz).
dvt'
250 AM: I. a .lUdl Murphy (Han) ; 2. Milch Ward (Ya m ):
! . j ay Chhornt' (Ho n); 4. Trt'vo r Sh erman (Ya m).
250 EX: I. Patrick Mauie (Raw ).
500 AM: I. Bill WaUt'n (Bul ); 2. Don Slewn~ (Tri); 5.
C lt"n Young (H o n ); 1. Merl e Woahbum (Tri); 5. G~g Oneida
(Ya m).
500 EX: 1. Jd ERu Ut'1i (W· R ): 2. Rodnt')" Rt')"nolch a"lo n) ;
3. Rid Ht"nwn (Tri): 4. Kil Farl ey (W· R ): 5. T od d Peugh
(Ho n).
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