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L C LEVENTS
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T on y Amarad io was unstoppable in 125cc
Intermedi ate act io n. Amaradio was running
pro lap tim es th e en tire day a nd actua lly
caug h t th e first wave of Pr os in bot h mo tos.
Travis Cory fini shed second a nd R o~er Saenz
fin ished th ird in h is first Int erm ediat e race,
crossing the li ne seco nd in the first mo ta , th en
crashing in the seco nd mo ta and charging to
fin ish fifth .
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Results
80 BEG : L Tony M,m.. (SOl ): 2. J m hua Amilr.illdio (H o n ):
3. Adam Fcttttly (SOl): 4. Gart h Milan (l\..;Iw ): 5. Ma nn y Alla s
(Ya m).
80 JR: I. La rry Linkog ll"(lU w); 2. Mal colm McCim y (SUl) ;
3. Robert Larsen (Hom: 4. Lyll" Dar uoer (SUI I: 5. Bud
H ammen (Ya m).
80 1:'\T: I. T y Kady ( Ka w }.
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125 BEG: I. O1ri:lo Rapp (luw ); 2. Tom Salaza r (Hon ):
3. Mala nd Schadrt"r (Hon ); 4. Richa rd Coda )' (Hon): 5.
Linlhay Crosb y (Ya m).
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125 :-.iO \': I. Tim Stau fe nbei l {Hon): 2. Arron w enstrup
(S UI) ; 3. j ason Foxe (Hon): 1. Gr t"g G rinhabrt ( Ka w); 5.
Do nald U p ton IH (HI).
125 tST: 1. T ony Ama radio (\ 'a m): 2. T ravi s CnT)' (S UI) ;
3. R og er Sa tonl (Yam I: 4. Jf' rr Fi ne (Yam ); 5. Cra iK Mu n ry
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2.)() NOV ; I. T im Halli !klY (Ya m ); 2. Mike U lric h (H on):
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~ . Too l\-kKoI)" (SUI): 4. Wi ll i 7"'lIlh (KT M): 5. Owen Dichon
(Yam ).
2.so INT : I. Lee R,lIn;I!,;" (Yam ); 2. Senll Sr aM" (Kuw ]: ~ .
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John G ri ffi n ( I-In n ): 4. JC'ff Fine (Y" m ): S. Hunter C"lfOl he r!l
[H on].
Mike Tripes (19) leads winner Ron Turner (6X) during Vet Pro acti on at Carlsbad
MX. Turner also topped th e 250cc Pro class over Gary Jones.
Pat Hawley (left) won th e Division Two feature at Costa Mesa Speedway over
Tony Gomez. Chris Manchester and Mike Buff. Bobby Schwartz won the Scratch.
250 PRO ; I. Ron Turner (Ho n ); 2. G;ny J U Ilt':lo (KT M);
3. J im Cha m berlai n (Sill ); 4. j ason JU I1 Io (li o n); 5. 'J o h n
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McGi nni s (Hon ).
500 BEG : 1. P h il I·(" , k ( Ka w); 2. OO I~ Ric- (li on ): :S
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Oanit'l Da ugb env (KT M).
500 NOV: L T odd Frei slut (li on ): 2. j on Nf'ill ( f1 0 1l): :S
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Rick Plio- (KT M ); 4. Bo ven! Hcd lan d (H nn); 5. Mall
Corn fort h (H on ).
500 1ST: I. John Andt>rsoll (Ho n ): 2. Robt'ff Fa iling: 3.
Don Sarian (Hon ).
500 PRo
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(H un).
Costa Mesa Speedway win
to Schwartz
By Scott Daloisio
Turner takes two at Carlsbad MX
By Tony Alessi and Kim
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ScOll
CARLSBAD. CA. A 7
PR.
H onda· m ounu:d Ron Turner p u t it a ll
togeth er winnin g both the 250cc and Vet Pro
cla sses in the openi ng ro und of th e G FI/
Racing Enterprises. Perris versu s Ca rlsbad
Series held at Ca rlsbad Raceway.
Mike Tri pes led th e way in th e Hr.. Vet
Pro moto with Gary j ones and Ron Turner
a close seco nd a nd th ird Turner found a way
ar ou nd J on es, then a r p1ied heavy pressur e to
Tri pes [or the rest 0 the mOlD. Tripes held
Turner off to win. while Turner was a close
second and jones, Gary Chaplin and jim Odie
rounded o ut th e top five.
T urner wasted no time in th e second mOlO,
pulling the hol eshot a nd leading sta rt lDfinish
unchallenged. Val Tamieui kept Turner in
sight for hall the moto until Tripes closed
in . T amiett i and Tripes battled hard during
th e final laps with Tamietti holding Tripes
ofl. T urner took the overall, with Tripes
seco nd and Tamieui third. jim Od ie was
co nsisten t for founh and Gary Jones salvaged
fifth a fter a second~moto crash .
Turn~ dominated the 250cc Pro class,
winning both mOlDS with large leads. Gary
Jones finished second and jim Chamberlain
rounded out the top three.
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Greg Burch ell used consistency to capture
the overa ll win in th e 250cc Beginner class.
Burchell finished second in the first mOlD
beh ind T odd Blackman. P hill ip Mit ch ell,
j ohn Tookey and j ell Scott rod e close in th e
runner-up pos iti ons.
Tony Delatorre ra n away with th e second
molD, bui lding up a 2o-second lead. j el f Scott
rode smoothly in second, Burch ell moved hi s
way to third a nd stayed there to the chec kers.
Burchell took the overa ll wi n via his 2-3
fin ish es, wh ile jeff Scott finish ed second,
Phillip Mitchell sett led fo r th ird and Chad
Walto n and Harry Boeslor ro unded o u t the
lO p five. Second -moto winner Dela torre dido ' t
H~u re in the o vera ll d ue to a fir..· mo lD Oat.
Fmt·moto winner T odd Blackm an cras hed
o ut of th e second mOlD and fin ished o ut of
the lDp 10.
T im Hallisay rode fa.. and sma rt in th e
250cc No vice class, winnin g th e first mo to
with a big lead . Mik e Ulrich a nd j eff Finlay
rounded ou t th e top three.
T he seco nd mOlD appeared to be a repeat,
until Yamaha rider jawn Foxe started to ch ip
awa y at Hallisay's lead , Foxe and Hallisay
battled for a lap befor e Hallisay surrendered .
Foxe ran away with the m oLO wi n. while
Hallsay cruised in second knowin~ he had
th e overall sin ce Fox e crashed in the fust molO.
Mike Ulrich finished second o vera ll, Todd
McKay took home third, a nd Willi Zart h a nd
Ow en Dickwn filled in the top Hve.
Rich Taylor was Hne·tuned m the l25cc Pro
race. Taylor lead both moto s and was never
challenged at any time during th e run. Daryl
Atkins rode smoothly and took a pair of
seconds to Hnish seco nd overa ll. Cod y Aucl a ir
was third.
COSTAMESA, CA. APR. 6
Defen ding Nat ion al Speed way Champio n
Bobb y Schwaru came back from an early race
fall to win hi s first Scra tch main of the season
at th e Oran ge Co unty Fairgroun ds.
O f[ th e pole, Weslak e riding Schwartz
blazed the trail lO th e firSl turn a t the sta rt
of the main . Rob ert Pfetzing went lO th e
o u tside and pulled next to th e two- ti me
Natio na l Champ ion as they came off the
second turn . Sim u lta neo us ly, La nce Kin g
went inside th e ea rly lead er , a nd th e three
former Bri tish Leaguers rode elbow·to-elbow
dow n the back ch ute. They entered th e th ird
turn th ree ab reas t a nd even " Ro" kn ows you
. can 't do th at at Costa Mesa. Pfetzin g at e it
firs t in the tum three cus hion. and then
Sch wartz a lw bit th e dirt in questi ortable
fashi on. Even th ou gh Sch wa rtz"looked to lay
it down in tentionall y, th e referee a llowed him
back for th e restart.
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When th e four lap main took off th e seco nd
tim e. Sch wa ru, Kin g and Mike Faria were
even. In turn two , Sch wartz and Faria pinched
King and dropped h im to th e sho w spot. As
th ey went into tum three, Sch wartz drifted
wide int o Faria 's lin e. That o pe ned up th e
in sid e and Pfetzin g screamed pa st Fana for
second.
The actio n stayed tight through th e seco nd
lap as Schwartz was only three bik e lengths
ahead of the last place rider. Pfetzing tried
lO ~o o ne step higher in turn tWO on lap three,
trymg to knife his way inside th e leader .
Riding the KN AC /K&N / P ro mo tio n Products/Russell & Russell /Oakley Special,
Sch wartz blocked him. Pfetzing parked and
King went into second.
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By the tim e. King passed Pfetzing, it was
too late to catch Schwartz. King stayed in
second followed by Pfetzing and Faria.
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Third year pro josh Lars en started the
Handicap main al on e on th e 3O-yard lin e and
beh ind him was 89 yeaa rs of speed wa y racing
experience! This tim e, exper ience could not
win . H is only challenges came lat e in th e race
from Brad Oxley, winner of th e previous
week 's Scra tch main. Each time, Larsen and
h is Cirello Racin g/ Sunshine Ca rpets Weslak e
was eq ua l to th e task. H e fought back the
ad vances and won h is first ma in of th e year .
Oxley ended up seco nd, follo wed by Alan
Christia n a nd Faria.
Results
SCRATCH: I. Bobby Schwartz (Wn); 2. La na Kin g (G M):
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3. R. b Pfu u og (G M): 4. Mil l: Faria Q aw ).
HDCP: l. J O!oh Larsen (Wo): 2. Brad Ox l~ (Wnr. 3. Alan
O u istlan (jaw ): i . Mil l" Fa ria Uaw ).
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1)..2 l. Pa t Ha wlry (Cd n); 2. T on y G O ml"'l (j aw ): 3. Oms
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Maoch nltt (WI:5 i . Mikt Burr (j aw ).
1)..3 I. Mar k CaSlin (Wo ): 2. Ma rl Fa ul (Wo): ~. Robm
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Sa lisbury (\ \' I"S) i. Bobby Still well (W n ).
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Moody,.Cox cook at Las Vegas
By Dick Goodwin
L\ SI'EGAS. N\', APR. I
Vent ura. Ca lifor nia 's Ran dy Moody and Sa n
Bern adino 's Jack Cox led the SoCa I invasion
of Las Vegas Int erna tion al Raceway's Pr eWo rld Min i Grand Prix tuneu p.
Kaw asak i's Mood y, entered in two Pr o
classes, used last-more hero ics to win bo th
cro wns while Cox , a lso Kawasaki-mounted ,
pl ayed the Iron Man - en tering four classes,
win ning six of eig h t rnotos, and captu ring
three crowns.
Co x was inv in cibl e in 125cc Stock and
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Mod ified action. blasting to the lead or .
co ming: from off th e pace to win all of hi s
races. The 80cc Stock a nd Mod ified Interm ediat e d ivisions proved a little to ug he r for him,
ho wever , .as he had to con tend wit h Mike
Gil bert , Las Vegas ' o wn Kawasak i ace. After
(our ferocious races, with th e two ho tshoes
trad in g wi ns. Cox eme rged wit h the Minicycle
Intermed iate titl e. but Gilbert j ust n ipped him
for the Modified Int erm ed ia te cro wn.
New Mexi co's Ra ben Cla uss stu ck hi s
Cagi va o ut in front of . 11 the 250cc Stock Pro
sta rs. Mood y, L'5 Vega s' Kerry Mull igan, a nd
Suzuki ace Dust in Evans were bunc hed u p
clo se behind h im . Moody went dow n hard in
th e wi ld scra mble a t the second co mer and
remounted next to last. In the next few laps.
Clauss pu lled a sma ll lead from National rider
Mull igan, prompting a few " w ho- is-th isgu y?" co mme nts fro m loca l observers. "However. o n la p six. disa ster struc k as Cla uss
endoe d ha rd o ver th e Came lback j um p ,
leaving Mulli gan to cruise home with th e easy
win , Mood y, having spi t o ut the d irt from
h is earlier cras h . made a de term ined cha rge
thro ugh the pack to fin ish a n im pressive
second. In mOlD two . Int ermed iate Gregg Cox
sla mmed throug h the first turn wit h th e lead .
Moody, di sh in g out th e hea vy-duty pressur e,
ma de his move for the lead at th e fin ish lin e
tabletop. Hesperia , Ca liforni a's Evans fou ght
hi s way int o seco nd pl ace and took up th e
cha se, but to no a vail. Moody sco rched th e
track on hi s way to the wi n and the ove:ra ll.
Moody's seco nd class, th e 125cc Mod ified
Pro div ision. lim-d him _up ag ainst ano lher
lo u~ h National racer, Rich ard Saxton. Mood y
smo ked th e field to start race on e but Saxt on
was all over him within a few (Urns, The lWO
leaders set a b l ist eri n~ pace, far ahead of th e
rest o f the pack, unti l Mood y high -sided a t
lhe Tower hairpin late in th e race, leaving
Saxto n with the easy win . Mood y pulled hi s
s ta r l i n~ g-ale mag ic a~ i n in ma LO IW but
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ag-ai n Saxto n wa s cha sing- hi m li ke a n
avenging hu~h a n d. \Vhal foll owed was the
wi ldest, most ent erta ining racin g: of the entire
da y as first Saxto n, the n Mood y. wo uld pass
for the lead. a ll th e whi le ra icn g at wa rp spet"d.
The race of th e day endl.-d. wi th Kawasaki's
Moody j ust ffiging Yam ah a's Sax to n for rhe
win a nd the cro wn .
In m her raci ng action. Kerry MuJligan
dom inat ed the 250cc Mod ified Pro_ class,
winni ng bo lh mOlOS with ease. Gr egg Cox
finished an impressive firs t and seco nd in
250cc Mod ified a nd Stock Int erm ed iat e racing
a nd Paul Hem sley was the man in th e 250cc
Nov ice class. Texas tou gh -bo y j eff Dement
a nd Ca lirorni a Kawasaki aces Dam on H uf~
fma n a nd Cra ig Decker mixed it up in Jh e
large Mini cycle Expert classes . eac h winnin g
a prestig-ious ti tle, while J ason Partridge j ust
kep t ro lling along in th e 80cc (9-11) Open
di vision . never losin g a race. The cla ss of the
Junior Cycle class was up~ and -coming Monte
M onta~ e, whil e Daniel Blair d istingu ished
himself in th e Pee Wee class .
Results
P, W: 1. n anit'l 8101il (Ya m); 2. Je:lo~i f" Will iam s (Yam) : 3.
Fr it ,,""I III(Y,lIn ).
jR CVC: I. Munlr MuntaKU ( Ka w ); 2. J es:Ioie Williams
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(Ka w): 3. ") A ~~lOIIHrC' ( I'llll Patrld!l:t" ( ){.aw) ; 2. Sha un
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Pr m lin (Ka w ); !I. Aaron Ot>R(l~ ( Kaw l; i . AJ Aspatore (Ya m ):
:». C li rro rd Ca m p bd l (HIIII ).
lID MOn OPt:N 9-11: I. JOI!>llll POirtridl(t' ( Ka w ); 2. Sha un
Pt'mli o (!(a wl: " . Mnntr M llntOl~ue (Kaw): 4. Clifford
Ca ml' bt·n (Hrm ): 5. J>c 'lI~ 1-" rM>n:lo ( K.ot ).
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1«1 ST K RH;: I. u rr)" LinkuKlt' ( Ko.w) : 2. Ryan Clark
(V,lIn ): 3. J a!>llll Rt't"d (S UI) ; 1. DOinny ('"
oope r (Vam ); S. elm
t'lI N; 'r ( S i ll).
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HO STK NOV 12+: 1. S If"
phOln Gox (S UI); 2. Ddvid Hughe.r.
(Kaw): l . Dam ian I.y:,> (Kaw): i .-R a ymond Mnral l'S (Kaw):
S. Ch il) R"t ..n (Kaw).
HO M On NO\' 12+: 1. Travilo Prnlnn (SUI): 2. u rry
l inknKlr ( K.o! w); 3. Ry..n CJ..rlc (V..m ): i . R..ymond Moral rs
l Kaw );"). Or.. i :" illtfl h (Kaw ).
HO ~1-K I:-.iT : l. Mikt' Gil bc-r ( Ka w J; 2. J..c"1c Co x ( Ra w) :
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3. Dt-rrk rof'i~1 (S UI' : i . J uhn Mt'rlll: ( K.aw); .r,. T nt Ca mpbdl
{Hfllll.
HO MOO l:-.i,.; 1. J"" CA lX(Kaw); 2. Mikf' G ilbtn ( Kotw ):
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