GLOCAL EVENTS
large roc k sla bs. T he heat, mixed with the
long, 10-m ile loop, mad e it necessary lor some
riders to take au to ma tic " fives" in th e later
po rtions o f th eir last loo p to fin ish pri or to
th e cuto ff tim e, A lew riders pi cked up " lOs"
o n the sectio ns they were unabl e to arrive at
o n-lime.
Super Sen ior (50+) Dave Sta nley had the
lowes t overall Novice score a nd Veteran Del
H arl and sco red lo west o f the Begin ne r cla ss
riders.
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Resu lts
EX: I. T om Ham..nn (Fan ); 2. Paul webster (1kt);3. Kevin
Sorton (E m): 4. D.a.... id Web!ol , ( Y..mt: 5. Mark Ol dar ( Ca~ ).
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C' SH IP ADV: I. [d Srovin (Yilm ): 2_ Thurn F.ng'C'!hardl
[Fa n/ ; 3. J ark Herninw a y (Ya m ).
VET l~. ) AD V: I. Arl We'b !olct (Ya m) ; 2. Keru Grah am
(Ya m ); 3. Ed He-.w lIl. (Fan ); 4.. Cl ive H ann on (MM"): 5. Pol
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FOlll. (YOtm ).
C"S H IP l~T:: I. Br.and McC lellan (Ya m ); 2, Guy Smi th
(Drl): 3. Will iam Merr ill (Yam ): -4. ROJ; r Gua rd ( ~I): 5
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J rl f Nid~n (Yam) .
\ 'ET t NT : I. GI"n C.uah ra n (8 u l); 2. Joe Sla uJ;h lC'r (Fa n):
~ . f'o:i rk Laugh to n (Ik-I,; 4. Bruce [)("H a~rn ( Brt ): 5. SIl;"vr
Voungberg (Fan ).
SR (40+) 1:'\.1: I. & lI lt P.uker (Mo n ); 2. M.. rtin ATlit0 (Yam );
~. M id Vanaman (Va m ).
S/ SR (5O+) INT: l. Roh Mill" (Fa n); 2. Ga ry S'Few an
(At~gH IP
On a four-year-old Suzuki GSX R750, Doug Renfrow topped the field in the
WMR RA Fonnu la Unlimited class at Seattle In ternation al Raceway.
Martie WelIs and Chris McGee tan gled
at Speed way USA; nei ther were injured.
H /W S/ RK EX : I. Ky~ Gunn {Hon ]: 2. Tom Ta n eian
(S UI) ; 3. Ruh Leatham (S Ul); 4. Car lt.Mo Kimbrouf{h (S UI:).
H / W S/ RK NO\': I. Corky Philr.m ( K.aw) ; 2. Jeff Dro ke
( KoIw ); 3. Rrm CoMl li l~ (S UI ); 4. Ran dy Tisdale (SUI); 5. Tony
&lnc:hu (Ya m I.
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SPTMN N O V : 1. Tril()' Jo on (Yam) ; 2.. 0u-i5lophn
Dudl q' (Ya m); 3. David Lult (Yam); 4. J o n F.bnly (Vam).
U /LGP Ex.: I. Ky~ Cun n (1-1 0) ; 2. J ohn RurROynt-(YOIm );
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3. K.C. Oldrr (Ya m ): 4. Kra iK Kt-u ln (Ya m); 5. Rob Le tha m
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and third pl ace. Cra wlo rd held a 12·second
lead th rough the checkered lIag wi th G rasso
movin g back in to second p lace with less th an
a hal f-la p to the fini sh . J on es took third with
Ven al eck a nd Evo la ro u nd ing o u t the to p five.
(S Ul )..
M / W GP EX:; 1. J OKJun Tdln (Yam ); 2. Mikr Mdnl yrr
(Ya m) ; S. Kr..ig Kn...ln (Yam ); 4. Tony Felber (YOlI m): 5. SIU
Mm ri llon ( Yam I.
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MIW GP NOV: I. !'Iob r k Gunkr (H on); 2. Pal Fowl"
( Yilm); 3. Granl G itgn.a;n (Ya m ).
Renfrow runs away at Seattle
Road Race
By An drew Crain
KEI\ , W . APR. 29
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Do ug Renfro w ra n a su rprisingly strong race
o n a four-yea r-o ld su~b ike to wi n th e
WMRRA Fo rm ul a Unhmi ted race at Sea ll ie
Int erna tion al Racewa y.
" It 's great to win o ne agai n with the o ld
sta ndby rocketship," he ",id after th e race,
noddi ng to hi s 1986 Suzuki GS XR750.
Running lap times in the low one -mi n u te,
27 seco nd category - o nly a second off th e
track record set by Kevin Sch wa nlZ- Renfro w
handil y bea t runner-up Marvin Braun.
Alle r a sho rt delay ca U'l-d by a chec k lor
'a n o il leak from even tua l th ird-pl ace finisher
Kei lh Pinhlall's GSXRl lOO, the race beg an
with Ca nadia n Steve McKhsock taking th e
ho lesh o t. Renfrow, gr idded in th e seco nd row
du e 10 h is 10th -pl ace linish in lhe ra in -soaked
heat race, had a less-than-spec ta cular sta n ,
and o n th e seco nd lap ap p roach ing th e apex
01 turn th ree, he unexpectedly lo u nd neutral
in hi s gearbox a nd almost ran o ff th e track,
lalling back severa l places wh ile he rega in ed
h is co m posu re.
" 1 pi cked il up a nd started smoki n,," he
",id.
Making a t least three passes belore lhe fro nt
straigh t Renfrow was trai ling Braun wh o held
second at the sta rt 01 th e th ird lap on h is Avon
Ti re / Ly n wood Yamaha-sp onsored FZR .
Then , as in p reviou s races during th e da y in
wh ich McKissock had ta ken an early lead , he
was passed in tum two , just Several laps in to
th e race.
With Braun in th e lead , Renfrow was
waitin g impatie n tly for a n opport u n ity to
pass, wh ich ca me o n th e following lap wh en
he aca:lera ted pa st Braun o u t o f tum three
and down th e short hill into tum four.
Keith Pinkstaff had spe nt th e first two laps
baby in~ h is Zlock Racing -prepared Ii 000c
superblke, cruisin g toward th e back of th e
pa ck wh ile wa ilin g for further signs o f th e
phantom oil leak (wh ich was later found lO
be a brok en rear brake reservo ir ) th at had
delayed lhe starL Finally deciding th ere was
no danger 01 oi li ng his rear tire, he began
h is assa ult. Mov in g up quickl y, P in h ta ff
diced with Dale Franklin , who was lorced lO
withdraw o n th e lifth la p loll o w in g a
spectac u la r tankslapper ex i tin g tu rn 10.
Cat ching McKissock o n lap eight, Pinkstall
made th e 'pa ss in turn two puttin g him in to
th ird . But with o n ly two laps rem aining, th ere
was lill ie ho pe 01 ca tch ing the lead ers.
Results
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450 PROD: 1. Kdly H t"alh (Vam ): 2. Sk ip prt N ih e n (Vilm) :
! . Mike RurdrbuKh (Va m) ; 4. Tim Ratt (Ya m ); 5. Amnlr
Honroycu lt (Va m ).
600 PR OD: I. BrU«' Lind (Ya m) : 2. Sha wn McDonal d
(Ya m) ; 3. Todd Po wdl (Ya m); -1 Tro y Bu rkt yll (Ya m); 5.
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J uhn If r.il e (Yam ).
750 PR OD: I. Mi ke'Su llivan (Sw); 2. Mi kr McBrad y (SUl):
~. Shawn Robnti (SUl) : 4. Sine McK i!'o\OC (Sw): S. Andy
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McKC'y (Sw).
O PEN P RO D: I. KMlh Pinh uH (Sw:); 2. Doug Renfro w
(SUl); 3. Mike' M ~ Brady (SUl) ; 4. Bruet Lind (Sw ): 5. Walt
Schombtm fbi ..!> (Hon ); 2. RaTrn'J' fLtrnC'1I (Hun); 3.
T rnOf \·i ~ (H on ); 4. Ch urk Sicho l...-m (H on); 5: :'vIi ke
Unwdl (H o n ).
2. ,o C: 1. Ron Ounlt"C' (KTM J: 2. C h ri\ G ra~.... (KT M); 3.
r
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Pr-Ir MiwriCT (SUI): 1. H aro ld Rnh i~on (SUl ): 5. Sine
Wool n:!1'tI!'" (Hon ).
+2,"); I. O" vC' FIC'H" kk (H O n ): 2. O" V Bla u m.m (Hnn );
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~. j ohn 8fo1l (H n n J: -t_ SH·....C' Wil m inKlon (lU w ): 5. RrtKT
Roh m wm ( H n n ).
SR 2: I. O;m Mor Ran (C.lt'r (Kaw ).
Stovin squeaks win at High
Desert Classic Trials
By Don Williams
~I CCAI~ V
ALLEY, CA. M
AY6
After posting identical po in ts and clea ns to ta ls
lo r each 01 the three loops, Yam aha T Y250mounted Ed Stovin edged o u t lell ow Sa n
Diego T ria ls Riders cl u b member Thorn
En g elhardt o n " o ne s," 7-6, to w in t he
Cha mpions h ip Advanced class a l lhe Hi gh
Desert Class ic T ria ls ro un d five o r the ATA
Cha mpionship Series.
The low-scor in g rider in the Advanced class
was Veteran (30+) Art Webster , 58, lhe cu rre nt
and th ree· time A~t AJN ATC Nationa l Veteran (55+) Cha mpion, who lin ish ed wit h a
score o f 58 po ints a nd eigh t clea ns, u nder~
cu tting the yo u ngs ters by 12 points.
ATA Expert Num ber One Tom H amann
con ti nued to dominat e th e Ex pe rt class with
ano ther victory, bur he had to co me from
beh ind alter th e li rst loo p o n h is Sectio n One·
sponso red Fantic 305. Kevin Norton led a fler
his openi ng loo p sco re o f 17 o n hi s Fan tic
245, b UI laded lo thi rd alter a 25-poin t second
lo op. AMA/N ATC Nati o nal S po rts ma n
Champ ion Paul Web st er , spo nso re d b y
Cosmopo li ta n MOlDrs. pi lot ed hi s Bet a
TR34C to second place. three dab s beh ind
H am an n.
Bik es th at co u ld o n ly be cl a ssif ied as
"oldies -bur-good ies" proliferat ed at th e tri a l
whi ch was hel d io 90-degree heal. Gl en
Coahran won (he Veteran Intermed ia te class
on h is mid-1970·s Bultaco 250 Sherpa ' T ."
Sco tt Parker had th e lowest to ta l scor e o f all
Int ermed iat es as he gra bbed the Sen ior (40+)
lir st-pl ace troph y on h is ear ly· '80's Montesa
242. G ary H arris linish ed th e Ch ampionship
Int ermediat e class o n a 2O · y ea r~ old Co tto n.
Instead 01 th e usu al 10-section / th ree· loo p
lorm at , SDT R design ed a 14-secti on/lwo·l oop
event lhat added a th ird loop lo r th e Ad vanced
and Expert riders th at co nsisted o f spectatorfrie nd ly sections o ne, two , three and 14 on
NOV : 1. Ji m Cu ll in\ ( Rcot:); 2. Andrew Par ker
(Ya m ).
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VET NO V: I. Mikr Fa lko.,ky (Yam ): 2. Ian Gn ffln (Fa n ):
:t Ga ry Doorn (Ya m I: 'I. I>t-nni ~ ThompMln (Bel ); 5. Oou g
Su-p he ns (Ya m ).
S R NOV : 1. J ohn Cu ll in r.(& t): 2. Mark AIIX"" (lkl).
S/S R NOV : I. O;,\'r Slan lr y (Va m) : 2. Du ane Seom-(G a!!.);
:i. JOt· Willh (H on): ,1. Dran H ambri ck (Mo n).
C' SH IP REG : I. Kirk Ran ta (Ya m ); 2. 8 ill Bla n kensh ip
(Men : !I. R . H n ll imht"ilcl (H n ll ).
SR BEG : l. G ary w chde r (Yam).
Schwartz tops Speedway USA
By Sco tt Dal oi sio
VICTORVILLE, CA, M'" Y5
For th e fourth consec ut ive week, defendin g
Na tio na l Cha m pio n Bobb y Sch wa rtz won th e
Scratch ma in event at Speedway USA.
Coming from gate two , Mike Faria put th e
Don Ru ssell G M into the lead whe n th e race
roared off th e li ne. Sch wa rtz lelt th e lin e in
seco nd. H e got a big d rive o n th e o uts ide in
tu rn two o n th e fir st lap. H e took the lead
and by the tim e th e o pen in g revolution came
to a close, Sc hwartz h a d a tw o leng th
adv a ntage.
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Seei ng Schwartz ' str eng th a lap ea rlier in
the turn two cus hio n, Far ia Iried the same
ma ne u ver o n la p two. It did not work an d
SchwarLz adva nced h is lead. By th e tim e the
lour lapper ca me lCl a close, he ha d nearl y
a half stra ig h t lead OVCT Faria. Third spo t wen t
lo Steve Russell with J o sh Larsen lourth.
Six teen ·year-old Brent \\'erner made h is
Division One dehul on Sa tu rday night. Off
th e 20 yard line, he set th e pace at the oUlSet
01 th e eig ht lap H andi cap main. La rsen . And y
Northru p a nd T o ny Blen ert 'trailed '"Vern er
a t th e begin n ing.
\Vern er loo ked stro ng and was selli ng a ho t
pa ce until lap three wh en Larsen began to
close in . \Vern er had some Joo se spo kes on
h is front wheel and the y were forcing h im
wid er with each ~ ucceed i ng la p. At the
halfwa y p?i m , unab le to keep his ma <
:hine
to th e inSIde , Larsen p u lled alo ngside Werner .
H e the n beat th e two- tim e Jun ior Nati on al
C ha mp ion off lUrn two and ass u med command 01 th e lead.
Alan Ch ristia n got by lor seco nd on lap
two. T ime did not seem to be o n Christian 's
side , but sudden ly, Larsen 's Weslak e began
popping. T he Magic Box was g iving o u t on
hi s Weslak e. Ch rist ia n closed dramati call y,
but Larsen had bu ilt a big enoug h lead lo
nurse hi s ai l ing machine across th e line £irsL
Resul ts
SCRATCH : I. Ru h by Sc hw ;,an, (Wn); 2. Mi kC' Fari .. (G Mr.
SirV!' R u \~11 (Wn); 4. Jnr.h 1..aT\C'n (Wn).
H OCP: 1. Jfl"loh t ..ar\l'n (Wn): 2. Alan alTi~iiiln (Jaw); 3.
And y S onhrup (Wt'S); 4. Rrn n WC'TTlM" (Wn).
0 -2: I. Eric fm w-hnC'idM (Wn); 2. Q lTi!!. Mn __ (Wn);
~. M;;trk Faul (Wn ): 4. Grex Ap pdm;;tn (We'!!o).
0 ·3: 1. Knin Sirkl;.a~ (Wn ): 2. J rff C"'Io,i n (Wn ); 3. Scot:t
Thurlow (jaw); i . Churk Lyb.lT~ (ja w).
J R Il- I: I. D.il ny Wri,; hl : 2. Ch ri !!. Wt'mer: ~. R)'an
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~til. llnf)n : 4. Randy E~am,.
J R 0-2: I. Sht-ldon DowninK.
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Backes, Engstrom double at
Spring Creek Motocross
By Rolfe Otterness
MIl.LVILLE, M~ . MA Y6
Brandon Backes laun ch ed hi s Suzu ki RM 125
into th e lead in four motos an d aced them
a ll to ca p tu re Ihe ove ra ll wins in Ihe Youth
. and 125cc Novice cla sses a t the Sprin g Creek
Park season ope ner, T he o nly ot her ri der o ut
o r lhe 520 ent ries to lak e m ultiple wi ns was
Rob bie Eng stro m, wi n ner o f all four 125 an d
250cc A mOlDS.
Park owner J ohn Marti n bu lldozed in a new
down h ill sl'ctio n with a n orr~camber turn to
keep lhings int eresting, A steep sectio n at tht'
top was soo n covered wti h large bra kin g
bumps for med lrom th e so h dirt. A lew riders
tastoo it when Ihey allacked with too mu ch
en th usiasm.
Co rey Keeney burst 011 th e ga te into the lead
in th e li rst 125cc A mo lO with Pat Riley and
Rob En gstrom selli ng in beh ind . Engstrom
