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eLOCAL EVENTS B J erry Sei p (343) a nd J im Habacker (125) dispute th e ins id e line as Nick Kast is ( IN) and Pete Fritch er (62) watch at Long Island's Westhampion MX. Dennis Briggs (13) came out of retirement to win th e Open Expert cla ss a t th e Carlsbad Sh ort Track, Here Briggs leads Jim Kesler (52), who finished fou rth. MIX ED OPE N: 1. l.AT Boun ds (H un ); 2. David Bu rnen (Hun):!. Rudd y Fitch ( Ka w ); 4. Da\lid Rrd mond (Ho n). MOlOr Pa rts. Matt wi llard o n anot her Kawasaki was second a nd then ca me:' Murphr ee, who had bobbled on th e start. By lap th ree Murphree o n his Chris Carr Racing/ G rayBoy Kaw asaki of Peoria/Shoe ilCanci lla Racing En gineering-sponsored Kawasaki was by Willard and ho t a fter Sgheiza. Each lap Sgheiza hugged th e pol e in the slippery turns a nd forced the hard-ehargi ng Murphree 10 the outside. On several occasions Murphree had trouble sta ying on th e back stretch and his wide slides there cost him valuable ground every time. With three laps 10 go Murphree settled down and was co n ten t to in ch up o n Sgheiza. Just after the white nag n ew the pair en tered tum one with Sgheiza hug~ing th e po le and Murphree sli ghtly 1 hIS right. 0 Some ho w this move surprised Sgheiza and he stayed down low. Wilh exira effort Murphree th is lime held to th e narrow gr oov e. Coming o ut o nto th e back stretch Murphree did not sli p off into the slippery edge and had a clear lead going into turn three. At th e chec kers it was Murphree over Sg heiza and Willard in a lin e while Miller and Stevenson were a bit fu rt her behind. ) Briggs aces Carlsbad Short Track By Fred Windum CARLSBAD. CA. APR. 28 Denni s Br iggs ca me o u t o f ci rcle tr ack retirement Saturday ni ght to take th e final Open Expert mai n even t in Din Sports Promotions' \Vin ter Series short tra ck a t Carlsbad Racewa y. Bri~s won the main. but th e series championship was decided back in the bailie for thud, where Etliou Iverson held off J im Kesler to ta ke a IS-poinl victo ry. JUni or class cha mp Bob T ryon held off a chargin~ Loren Bjorkman for th e win and th e JUnior titl e. Cassin' Bob Gabl er took th e 250cc class win a nd titl e. and Dennis Voll gra bbed th e number o ne pl ate in th e Senior class. Vets and Seniors were run together , with Ellion Iverso n taking th e lead in th e first hea t. chased by Voll an d Skip Cristy, Cris ty worked hi s way by both riders, but not without a lilli e effort. Iverson held on to a low inside lin e. making CriSly go outside to take th e lead . rubbing on eac h o ther for two laps unt il Cri sly look o ver th e lead . Voll came through in third. Iverson, Voll and Cri sty took off ahea d of the restarted second heat a fter Ju m pin ' J oe Winston bl ew th e start a nd was sen t to th e back of the pack. This tim e Cristy mad e h is o u tside lint' work and pulled away from th e reM of lhe field , as Iverso n a nd Vall followed . Cristy look o rf a hea d in the mai n. as Voll tried the po le to Iverson 's h igh line. This tim e. Iverson used Cr isty's lin e and pull ed around Voll for secon d. Voll's th ird o vera ll was th e top Senio r fini sh , gelli ng him th e po in ts to lak e th e nu mb er o ne in th e Senio r (over 40) div isio n of Carlsbad Raceway's \Vin ter Series ~ho rt track races. Bob Gabler go ' the holesh ot in the 250cc main, wilh Briggs hOI o n hi s heels. Maybe a lillie lOO hOl, go ing down o n la p lhree, and giving ~veryo ne a cha nce to rest up for a sing le file restart, wi th Briggs at th e rear . Gabler led Iverso n and \Vinst on , as Bri gg s bl a sted lhrough lraff ic 10 pull up o n and pass Joey for Ih ird. Bri gg s' cha rge wa s slo wed by IvttM>n. as the two YZ250 rid ers bumped and p ushed each o ther, when o n lap nin e, Briggs p u lled o utside in turn three and got a big dr ive do wn th e fro nt straigh t. tak in g \\'in ston a long wit h him. Iverson was dropped to founh a nd Brigg s tried 10 ca tch Gabler bUI ran o u t of tim e. G abl er's win ga ve him th e points to ti e up hi s second 250cc class cha mp ions hip. J oey \Vin ston was the lead er in th e first Open J un ior race, hol d in g off Bob Tryon and top Junior Loren Bjorkman. Ken Iverson and Peter Mayfonh had their o wn bailI e go ing fo r fourth where Iverson st uffed in side to take the Spo' . Tryon and Bjo rkm an reeled in Win ston, bu t co u ld n' t ,get by. Bjo rk man pu t his TrSOO o ut fronl of T ryon and WinslOn in th e second heat , o nly to be pas sed by Tryon on th e ou tside o n lap five. Win ston th en pu lled a lon gside a nd th e lWO dr ag-raced to th e fini sh, wh ere Win ston pu lled orr th e win by just inch es. Iverso n and Mayfonh brought up the rea r. Resul ts \ ' ET S/ O LD "A RTS: I. Sk ip Cr i ~ly (Yam ): 2. Ell iu ll I(' lwof\ o n (Ya m); 3. Iknn i!!o \'nll (SUI); 4. J C Win ..lnn (Ya m); 5. n.'UKG iNo (W· R I. 250: I. Rnb CabIn (Ya rnl; 2. Dmn i\ Sr iKK!' (Va m l: !. Jury \\'in , lun lHn n, ; i . Ellioll h ·t'r\l Jll (Yarn l; 3. Mark Ara !l:on fC· AI. O P EfI,;JR: I. Rob T r'lo n (Ya ml : 2. l.orrn Rjor km iJn IVarn l; :t P('It"r MiJyfort h (Yam ); 4. Krn I"'('h nn (Ya m ). O r F.S EX: I. Drnn i!> B r i ~, IYa rnl; 2. Skip CrhT'I (YOiI rn ,: 3. Elli ull h t"non l'ram ): -t. Jun tl: ·, lt·r (Yilm ): 5. 1\.brl Am~on c (C·A I. Seip sweeps Westhampton MX By Jim and Carolyn Simpson WESTHAMPTON, NY, APR. 29 New Jersey's Jerry Seip sho wed th e local Long Island Sports Committee Experts how to master th e \Vestha m pto n sand by winning a ll Iour Expert motos. Vin cent Allegreta walked away with th e Sen ior Mini overall with sta rt- to-finish rides in both motes. .The racing action was for second a nd th ird . Brian Berry, Jamie Pilto n and Brian Simpson a ll diced together for th e number two spot in both motos. Simpson wound up second in both rnotos, followed by Jamie Pilton in third overall. Ed Dondero led both rnoro s from th e sta rt, to fini sh with a perfect I-I overall in the 1213 Mini class . Eric Flagg fin ished second o vera ll but had to o verco me a Iirst-moto th ird place finish behind John Jasinski. Jasinski mad e a daring double lump pass on th e last lap of moto o ne to catch a nd pass Flagg just before the finish . Jasinski co uld no t repeat his first moto effor t a nd finished third overa ll for the da y. Resu lts O PEN EX: I. J im Haba cker (I-Io n ): 2. Sick K.a'\lis (H o n ); S. Pete FribChn (Ya m).. 125 EX: I. Jerry Seip (Sw): 2. Em ind Nnb (Soz). 2SO EX: I. Jerry SeIP (SUl.): 2. Mich ar l Rill a n kllo (Ya m ): .5 Sieve Vita JIi [Hon ]. . 2SO AM: I. G len Cooper (SU.I): 2. G n'R Mu rp h y (SUI); .5. Rick Cacca ua nc ( Kaw). 250 NO V: I. j o seph Mt"TTiIl (HUll); 2. J nhn Ri M (Hu n); l) 3. .h JM'ph W("[n ( Kaw). 'r ~CH B Y : I. J altOll Corz ine (Hu n) : 2. D;lIIirl Burn rll (Ho n); 3. Phillip ThompMln (Kaw ). MINI 12·13: I. Ed Dondero (Ka w): 2. f.rk n OlIO:K (Ho n) : S. Jo h n J a ~ i nltk i (H on ). MINI 11· 15: 1. Vin n y Allq:rf"la (L w); 2. Sri .m Simpto n (K. W);!. JOI m~ Pillon (SUl ). 1 SR EX: I. SIt'\'(' Vil!klll i (H o n ); 2. Bud Frr ( H u~ ); 3. DoUR Who l("\'(SUI ). S/S R: I. John FnT n uino (Ho n ): 2. J o h n Sor n u lh (H a n ): 3. HOitTy H oh ~ (SUl) . SR AM: I. Sm u Sanl myn!> (H (" l): 2. Jeff Kru p kiJ(KoJ w). 1:5 r.;OV A: I. J OiI Mln MOiI Y (Kaw); 2. Eric: Rt:"".td (Bon ): S. Will iilm Rn-ry (Hon). O PE N AM: I. Vu ry Alpnt (B o n ): 2. J O'\t'Ph lotn Ouw); 3. John Carucci J r. (H o n). MIr.;1 7·1 1: I. Rob Merrill (Ho n) . Payday for Pauley at Bolado ST By Mike Vancil HOLUSfER. CA. APR.28 Lo n n ie Pauley o n hi s Yam ah a of Sa linas, B&B Racing, Murphree Racin g and Specia l Services Ambulan ce·sp:msor ed Honda was a runaw ay winner in both th e 500ec Expe rt heat race a nd final a t lhe shorl lrac k hosled by R&D Enterprises at th e h istoric Tres P in o s/ Hollister Bolado Park rod eo gro unds. In th e eigh t-lap heat race th e early banle was be tween Steven Gri er . Anthon y Giam · man co and Frankie Gar cia. By lap three Pauley had o verta ken Ihese riders and gra bbed th e win . Garcia brought his Ro ta x in for M"Cond and Grier hung o n for third. In th e 10 lap final il was Ga rcia off th e lin e first but by the end of lap o ne Pauley had set u p a pas s a nd had th e lead goi ng int o turn o ne on lap two . Throu gh out th e race Garcia kept the pressure up bu t co u ld n' t find an o p po rt u nity to pass. These two finished in order so me di stan<:e ahead of thi rd p lace rid er Giammanco. In ama teu r actio n the BOcc Ju n io r/Expert Min i class provided the exci tement. In the hea t rdr e Johnnie Murphree was a bi l ll uir ker o n th e green lighl stan and he held hIS edge a ll the way to lhe checkers. In lhe fin al the banle was a gr eat o ne an d had nearl y a ll the Ca ns and racers ruB att en tio n. At the green ligh t Brian Sg heila was th e smoo thest and (he quickest o n hi s Kawasaki sponsored by Adva ntage Racing an d Salinas Resul ts P/W SO: I. Bryan Gri" (Ya m): 2. Awm Mill er (Ya m); ! . Daniel Adk im (SUI); 4. Bria n Mu nOl (SUI): 5. J oh n Munoz (SUI). MI SI HO r.;OV : I. J " ry Wu o ri ( ~ w): 2. A.J. tl:ir kp'lIlick (lLIw); 3. John Monlgomt'ry (VOiI m ): i . Curris P rrbll"!o (Kaw). MISI 80 JR/EX: 1. Jo h n n y Mur phrrr (K,;"w ); 2. Brian SKh('iu IKoJ w): 3. Ma ll Willar d (Kaw): 4. C ilry Mill r r (Ra w); !'J. Ro bert SIt'vt'mo n (VOiIm ). 250 NO V: L J ('rem y T wiu (Kaw): 2. G n'KK Millc" (Ya m ): 3. Dan Fddh au !I (Kaw): 1. J :ln ll·t Lu kr r ( H Ull ); !'J. C: a rlrs h Co ll'man (Ya m). ~.oo NOV: I. ~1

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