;~ :-": OV: I. J im n, )' \ \'ill i!> (Yam ): 2. Allan McCk-II.m
1m); 5.
(li nn ); 3. T um OiS<.IVf) (Yam ): 4. Ma ll Crowlry (V_
MaTI.: Dud'l' JII(Vam ).
;,t )() jR: I. Grq; Sodt'tn (l io n ): 2. Mich rll !." DiSa lvo (Yam I:
3. j ("<>~' Sdn d1f'l (C· A): i . L.UT ("
y .rawf ord (Yam I; 5. Sam Freeze
(Y_u n ).
bOO l':O \ ' : I. J immy Wil li\ (Ya m) ; 2. Allan Mr(J('lb n
( lin n ): 3. Sln'(' MUI1<;('tl (Hn n).
:)00 EX: I. Lu nnir Pa ult>y (li o n): 2. jon SU O(' (Rlx); 5.
l
AlIlhun ) G i,unm.m w ( Hon): t . Da vid Frt"C'l l." (Rtx): 5. Kn 'in
C.. mv l.-, IRu. ).
Kizzar conquers Boyd's Creek MX
By David Gowey
SEVIER Vlll.E, no.APR. 22
Kenn y Kirza r, o n hi s Arai H elmets." cu ll
C ogglea/ Ce, r Racewar e/ Sh el don Constr uea
rion / Su ru ki o f Clevela nd- bac ked Suz uk i was
the: ove ra ll winn er in the O (X"n Pr o class a nd
took ho me the SIOOO first-place purse a t th e
fo u rth round of the Muddy Creek Mega Seri es
ho sted by Boyd 's Cr eek MOlo-X.
In th e fir st mow. Ka wasa ki T eam Green
rider Mik e Brown took th e h o leshot a nd
pulled aw a y from the pa ck , putt in g a buffer
betw een himself and second- p lace CUrl Libby.
Mike Padgent held third a nd Kizzar ca me out
of th e ga te in fourth. Padgen t and Kizzar
bam led int ensel y for third pl ace during th e
fir st couple of la p s a llowing the u n ha m pered
Brow n a n d Li b by t i m e to st re tch their
adva n tages. Kizz r look over th ird o n lap th ree
a
a n d by th e fift h lap he had o verta ken Libby
for seco nd pl ace, but Brown had stre tched hi s
lead tim e to about . eig h t seco nds, Kizza r
nibbled in to th at ma rgin as a fatig ued Brown
fell o ff hi s b listeri ng pa ce sl igh t ly, a nd a t the
nag it was Bro wn by two sec o n ds over Ki z r
za
the n L ibby.
In (he secon d round Bro wn agai n took th e
h ol eshot but thi s tim e with Kizzar in seco nd.
Brow n ma naged 10 p u ll aw a y in th e ea rly la p s.
hut Kizzar fo u nd Iu s lin e a nd reeled him tn.
At th e midwa y point Kizzar gra bbed the lead
as the eiders ro unded the fin a l tum before the
Ilagstand. Bro wn was inches behind as th e
two rid er s made hard co ntact in the n ex t turn.
BOIh rid er s nearly we n t down , bUI Kizz r
a
recovered first a nd resumed hi s first-pl ace
pace.
Bro wn 'wa s never ab le to res u me h is pa ce,
ap pa rent ly slo wed by a so re sho u lde r. After
SIX wee ks o f inac tivity, Brown , with p umped
u p arms, fell hack to th ird pos ition. An d at
the finish. Kizzar was in a co m fo rta b le firs t
p lace wi th Lib by tra ili ng by a few seconds
111 seco nd .
Results
P/ W : I.
Ru_~t y
[),;N. L.tty: 2. Robrrt Smit h : 3. Dam ia n
l t l'~d r iI L
60; 1. Brian ThombUf~ 2. Jc",h Scun ; ! . I"ilu l J ustus.
J R ~n s l; I. M,III Ha rn!iOu: 2. jun Ru ru Cf: ! . DU ~lI n PeTry.
SR 1\11:"01 : L :'\:dlh ;m Ra n'W'Y; 2. J dm il." H,uri'\nn : ! . J a"(lJl
Rc-ntnn.
12.!J: L T udd Hul h tr ll rT; 2. St;lC)' HfN. g M.: 5. Child Di u .
l
12.s 8 : 1. ~II."V)' H y.u t: 2. Sha m· Jcnl.illlo: 3. Sh'ln l." Ha llid d.
~r/L AM: I. T um my O W ,\: 2. Sllill1 j l."Jlkill\ ; 3. Clilll
f·n
l."
PhRTim .
250: I. T o ny ~IcM ilhan : 2. Scu tt Grubb: !I. Rr C la rk.
..d
2.SO B: I. jdf Dod~n : 2. Rrnt Ra n M"Y ; ~. Milch Shd um .
O PEN : I. DaVi hrru.:2. Ib rvey \\'iltK'll\: ! . Run Nd MJII.
d
OVER 2.s: I. j d( lloc.1Kf'n: 2. M,uk Ammon!>; 3. Mitdu·1I
Shd lo n.
O VER 30: I. Da vid Farr i:lo ; 2. Cliff Doc:kn y; 3. Rick T nry.
OVER -10 I. Ha :lokellHarb in ; 2. T n:) Fldd ~ : 3. Coordon
:
j on n .
2 10 PO UNDS: I. Edd ~ Kdla : 2. Ca ry Rt>yn()l d~; 3.
lkwaynl." j ohmon.
PRO : I. Kmn y Kiv.:lf; 2. Mikc Brown ; 3. Cu n Libb y.
EN DR: I. j ackil." Da\'i:lo: 2. ('-l la p, g i"i ng Gue ne tte th e 75(kc win
wi th a six- seco nd margin O\Tr run ner-u p
Den is Ro yer a nd hi s Ya ma ha . Da ve Kla ssen
recovered from a fa ll to ea rn th ird aboard hi s
Yama ha. T he top Am at eu r class ra cer " ' ;! !'>
S u zu k i GS XR 750·mu u lllro Ken Oudsh oo rn
who look h is stoc k mach ine 10 firs t in 750<-c
P roducti o n a nd then pulled o ff a n UPM' win
t
in Su perb ike wh en leader Ro b Levbo u rne ra n
off th e trac k, causing the n -seco nd p la ced K("IT)·
Kell y to crash . Kd l y won th e Amateur Open
race ea rlier in the p rogram .
Resu lts
fo ·R ,\ C E; I. jil'f1un CurnMlr (Ya m ): 2. I)'HII·II ,nnm,
. I R IIllr.:" Jd l G'I ~ n"l t SUI ); I. O,;l\r ( ;rlllllllwtl I Y_ull l: .'J. Y"...
Rr i......II.
PRO 7:10IORO O: I. joll 111M'" C urnrtIt" IY;1I11 ): 2. Ot-ni~ R Ul l"
1' ·.lIn ): 3. nU t" K tl w :"I'1 1\";11 11 1: 1. MiL:,· Mile:,\:..il lS UI): .".
SIMt· W ~ L:e ... I ' ·;nll ).
PRe) 2.".0. ( ;1'; I. n otU-lI
<:...t~
.
( Y; II U ): . . Ril l. TI .~)lli ("am ):
1
:1. Dol\(' ( ;u lInnwlI ( \" ;11
11).
I R I\.): 2. '\lIthr"'" T II·,-in
I. W;llIl'l Dun in ••u..l.: i (Y_IIII);
PRO Ijf)() I"RO O: L 1"100,,11 Pim u.· ( Y;nTl); ~. Jli·lli"l RUlTt
;
(" ,lilT) ~. "I"nlll ~ n"II K I ,,~ ( '·;lI l1l : L SII·"'· W)l('\ I Y;m l):
:
;). p,·It·• •'111·,,1 ( \"; ' 111).
Rodden reigns at rainy Sears
Point Road Race
By Laura English
Photo by N ick Ced ar
Ch ris Radzinski (47) holds off Bryan Emig (45) during a 250cc Pro moto at Perris
MX. Em ig fin ished third overa ll behind Budd y An tunez and Craig Davis.
Team No Drugs' Kirk H oep p ner fin ished second in the 250cc Production class
at Sears Poi n t In tern ational Raceway, and curren tly leads the class po int standi ngs.
SOI'\OM CA. APR. 22
A,
A wei Sea rs Poin t race tra ck tra n sla ted 10 the
AF M 's seco nd co nsec u tive race da y wit h o u t
o vera ll po ints. O n ly th ree co m p lete races were
ru n befor e th e rai n p U I a ha ll to th e acti o n.
Steve Rodden look a hard-ear ned first p lace
in the rorn peririve Fo rmula O ne class . In a n
ex pe ri me nt by the AFM , Fo rmula O ne h ad
a two- wave sta rt (35 po in ts g uys first, fo llow ed
by 30 non-p oi n ts g uys 40 seco nd s la ter ).
Alt ho ug h J err y Ernst was o ff the grid firs t,
j oe Brett Wi lliams b lasted from fou rt h 10 the
lead in o ne la p. Chris Cre w, wh o was d irect ly
behind Ern st , crashed in tum li on the
openi ng la p. Ris in g in th e ranks was Rod den .
a nd soon Rod den 's Ya maha a nd \Vill ia ms'
Honda du ed for firs t. The two hel d a close
battle until th e last lap, whe n after rega ining
th e lead , \ Villia ms ma de a crucia l mi stak e by
overs booring turn two. H e staved O il the trac k
but lost the mome n tu m need ed to ca tch
Rod den. Ro u nd in g o u t the to p five were
Ernst, C u rt Kimble an d T o m Montano ,
Mon tano went o n 10 ta ke the un d isp ut ed
lead in rhe 450cc Superstreet, but just pa st
the h alfwa y po in t th e power s-tha t-be sto pped
the race d ue 10 the rai n. The race di dn 't co u n t
because the halfway poi nt was n 't reac hed by
the wh o le pa ck . U n fo rt u na tely , M ontan o
cras hed in Hu n fou r seco n ds prior to the red
na!':
.
Resu lts
230 PR O D: I. Micha el Eam n t ( )Caw) : 2. Kir k Hot'p pn ('T
( Ka w); 3. j on l...i -y ( Ra w): 1. J df l.ql;,;iu ( Kaw): 5. Fran k
w
Mawr ( Ka w ).
O P£.NG P: I. Dm n y Doh n1 y (Yam ); 2. T im Sdundn!> (SU
1);
! . Dar ryl Ch nFtt"rma n (Yam): 1. [)oUUK Kamhult (Ya rn): .".
Rich ar d Brad y (SUI).
f · l : I. $t('"Vc Rodden (Ya m); 2. Jot' Brf1t WiIli .un " (H o n ):
3. Jnry Erns t (Yam ): 4. Gu n Kimbh' (Ka w): 5. T om Moman o
(Yam ).
F·2: I. Pl."t('f W('mloff (Ya m ); 2. Wa yn(' Mon tuy.. (Hun):
1l
5. Vin« Meytt (Hon ): t . Mikc Mondo (Ya m) : 5. Davc Avt"
(Ya m ).
F·t of th e field.
Antunez slid inside Turner a nd broke h is
concenl ra tion , wh ich all owed Dav is to a lso
slip by. Davis pushed Antun ez th e who le mota
but like th e first ma lO was un able to pass.
Turn er mai ntained third o ver Emig a nd
Mu sgr ave while Erickson fin ished sixth .
Bill Sa u ro was un challenged in th e 250cc
Interm ed iat e class . Sa u ro sta rted bo th motos
th ird. but o nce in th e lead the race was over.
G uy Decke" filled th e runner-up po siti on
fo llowed by Scott Sease a nd J ack T rist.
Steve Stewa rt used a borrowed bik e to ta ke
the o vera ll win in the 250cc No vice cla ss.
S tew a rt go t the ho k'ShOl in th e fir M molO a n d
led every lap. Mi ke U lr ich >tayed close bUI
n ever moumed a cha lle nge.
Stewa rt bounced to th e front in th e seco nd
m oto, hut m ad e to o man y m islakes to
maimain th e lead . U lric h crashed as did
Stewa rt , lea vin g Do ug R u ssell all al one o u t
from. T o ny Rodriguez closed 10 rhe back rire
o f Russell but fell o n th e Iasl lap. Stew art
to ok th e o ve ra ll w i n with R u ssell a n d
Rodriguez in seco nd 'a n d th ird.
Resul ts
.so P/ W : I. Oui!> tuphn T tM (V..m ); 2. OIrino phn
TU
MalCTII (SUI): 5. D..lln y Wil!>C lfl ( y .. m ): 1. Run Ga rn.. (Ya m);
5. J U:Iot in Mile'('(Y.am l.
80 BEG : I. OI."an Van R ip" (Ya m ): 2. Tr
..Yi, I">rt"w ( Xii w);
3. Quit D..vin (H un ); t . Shaun Fun it'f ( K.il w); ~ . Torn Ma lt
Vt:" INT : 1. OOlln Sol ryn (Hn n l: 2. SIUIl Rd! Il\.;(w) 5.
;
)tN..' St- (Su ,,: .1. R.md y .~ k i ll nC"r (Sill ); .1). Rill Kirf r ( Ka w) .
oll,
VET I' RO : I. Run TurnM (Hun ); 2. G dr)' jonn (KT M);
3. Val T a m it" i (Ho n): 1. Rrt" Wa ll in ~Cnl d (K.aw); S.
u
111
Mir hiK"1T ripn..{ H on ).
VET .:X: I. Il;t!l." Amlt't "' ln (HcIII): 2. niC"tin al Rt- (Kaw ):
IM;
! . Rf)bn l F..ilinR: (I-Iun ): i . Ruh Wil ~h il r (HUll).
2.~2C RI-G : I. Kirk W/('k; 3.
J
:
j oh n Bc-dmJfI (Sill ); i . j;unt"!lo R.m d('1 (H un); S. Ru swll
.
Mc-S
pcddl."n (Kaw).
2.s·29 NO V; I. S CUll Hi tl;hl..nd (Ya m): 2. Tod Mdu y (SUi) ;
! . G"1l; G id d i n~ ( K.il w ) :" . TnllYAII."Ui (Hunl: S. M..rk Sunu p
(Ho n ),
.
2S·29 INT : I. Hu nt n (' • uthn1o (I-Inn l: 2. Tom En~1
•u
(Hc,"): 3. M..re CffJ"lhy (Y
