PLUS 25 AM: I. Bruce SUOJUull (Ya m ); 2. T om Mo lt-ne
IHo n ); 3. Rick Simmon s (S UI) .
SR ~II S t XO \o': 1. Mik e Umhcrlc-r j Ho n ); 2. Oford
CauKhey
(KOIw): 3. Randy Rod riq u\"l (KTM ): '1. J u h n J'\.k
(Hon ): S. Ala n O! "t'n [ Kaw].
• OT :"IO\' : I. SIt"Ve Pubj o }" (Kaw): 2. T o m Coleman (Ho n ):
.:t Juhn W('bb (Hem); 4. Rob Klan (AT K): .I). H er bert Ka ne:
(H Ull).
O T INT: I. Rub girhar d (Yam ): 2. Seeve Drew (Ka w); :'I
.
J .ml l"!'l KlTlu n (Hu n) : -l. R iC"h ard Wil..o n (S UI ): S. Kt'ilh
Ph illi p... (Hu u) .
OT EX : I. T om Whil e (Hclll); 2. IknKI J (lhOJII ~JI\ ( H u n ):
3. J ud y Wri ~1 (Ya m ); 4. Hun t Leimer (Hu n ): 5. Ron Wa y
(H n n ).
~-29 BEG : l. J ohn Bednore (SOL): 2. Scu ll Berger (Y;;am ):
3. Mil~ Ward (Suz); 'I. Da n iel McCl int ock (Ya m ); 5. FK'd
Thid (Yam ).
2.')-~ S O\'; I. Will iam Scott (Yam); 2. S al e Ra u ba (Stu):
3. Steve Cook (Kaw); -I. Ed Vitel li (SUI ); 5. Bari Waalk (Suz).
2.')-29 1ST: I. Ji m Hen n (Yam); 2. Km Erb (SUI); 3. Rill
Erb (Ho n); 4. T im H arri s (Yam ): 5. Jdf L uca,.. (S tll ).
King reigns at Ascot Speedway
By Scott Dal o isio
GAR
DEXA.CA. M YIO
A
Former n umber three in th e wor ld Lance Kin g
parlayed a hard-ridi ng move o n lap o ne int o
the Scrat ch mai n victory a t Chris Agaj an ian 's
Ascot South Bay Stadium.
Steve Lu cero and arch-ri va l Bo bby Schw anz
were ba u li ng for th e lead as the fou r-rider field
screa med off tu rn I W O on la p one. Kin g, wh o
sta rted o n the po le, mad e It a th ree -abreast
batt le go ing do wn the back str ai gh t. Halfw ay
down the ch u te, King C int o Lu cero 's lin e,
Ul
wh ich for ced Lu cero wide in to Schwartz' lin e.
Wh il< they momentaril y slowed. " f1 yin'"
Mik e Far ia sho t under both of th em for seco nd .
After the back ch ute o n lap o ne. King had
thin gsa ll to h imsd f. He took th e Go ld's G ym /
Silko lene /Sim pso n-spo nso red GM to ils first
so u the rn Ca liforn ia Scral ch main win of th e
decad e. Faria was a distant second, trail ed by
Lucero and Scltwaru .
T hi rd-year competi tor Kevin Jordan beat
Randall Dan ce off the lin e tn start the eig h ,lap Handicap ma in . Fo rm er British Leagu e
hero Shawn McConnell ma n ned thi rd at th e
ou tset, as Kin g's hopes for a double eva po ra ted
quickly as he met with a probl em o n lap o ne
and dropped to last.
McConnell moved up o ne sPO' o n th e
seco nd ci rcui t by shooling paSl Dan ce. Steve
Ru ssell . a ll 5'4" of hi m . go t by Dan ce as well
and he too k dead ai m at McConnell .
McConnell slowly closed in o n Jordan. As
th ey wen' down the back chute o n ,h e six th
lap. ,h e 31-year-o ld veteran pulled 10 J ordan 's
rear tire. As 'hey fini shed ,h e lap. McConnell
hooked up and wen t ins ide J ordan for ,h e
lead _ Wh ile McConnell moved aw ay o n the
Brown 's Au,omotive/Bell/Street SignslTroy
Lee Designs/Oakley/Protectall-backed GM .
J ordan drifted wi de. By th e time the wh ite
flag came o ut. he had dr opped all , he way
Iifth.
McConnell did not have a pr oblem o n ,h e
fin al revolution and he won with room lO
spa re. Russell brough, th e Kell y Inman
\Veslak e home second with former National
Ch ampion Brad Oxley third.
Randy Mcintyre and Robert Fnx qu ided
th eir Kawa saki to th eir lirst win of th e 199!l
season in the Sidecar main even t, Ducallpowered Dean .St eele and S'eve Hei~ner
linished second. lollowed by State ChampIOns
Crai g Dempster and Peter Lewi s on a
Kawasaki.
Jerry Black took his in:'n:'~cu lale Rock et
Racing Weslake to th e DIV
ISIOn Two win.
while Mark Cas tin took home th e T hird
Division hardware.
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R esu lts
SCRATOi: I. I...a0CC' Kin g (G M); 2. Mike Far ia (Wes):
.5. Bobb y Sch wa ru (Wo); -t. Stc:veLucrro (Cdn ).
nDCP: 1. Sh.l .....n McConnrll (e M); 2, St~ R uue:1I(Wn );
l.JaI1'
3. Brad O xic:)'(Wo ); 4. Mik e:Faria (Wn ).
D-2:
Black (Wo); 2. Brmt Wc:mc (Wo); 3~ R;;lOdy
.
Ski n n CT awl; -t Jdf HOYI (J aw).
0 -3: I. Ma rk C..a!>lin ( Wt"!I); 2. Ro bbie: H ack ma n (j;;aw): 3.
Rob Rir-hard s (Wes): 'I. Kevin R ubi o (W6).
SOCAR: I. Ra nd y Md lll yrr / Ro berl Fox ( Ka w ]: 2. Dea n
.
ster/Peter Lew is
SIf't"'("/ SI\"V\" He ibn er (Oue); :'I Cfilil( Dem p
(Kaw); i . SIt'V
\"Slan lo n rfnJl1 Tuh10 (Kaw).
Engstrom at Straight Arrow MX
By R olfe Otterness
11'1. M Y1
A 3
GRA ~'TSR lIRG .
Rob En gs tr om is provi ng to be the number
o ne th rea t th is vea r in Minnesot a mo toc ross,
and he had a no ther good day at the Stra igh t
Arrow Enduro Riders' track, tak in g the 250cc
A class win and seco nd in th e 125cc class .
There was a slim tur n o u t of ride rs wit h
en tries tot al ing 205 for thi s event. The wea~her
was mu ch im proved o ver the last Stra ig h t
Arr ow ra ce (no blizza rd ). but the sand y tra ck
wh ooped lip qui ckl y. Race results wer e
qu irk lv co m p iled with the co mp uterized scor e
keeping:system.
Engstrom won the first 125cc A morn and
appeared to be o n his way 10 a repeat in the
seco nd mor e . buta thrown cha in d ro pped him
to fifth . T eam Green Kawasaki ride r Co rey
Keen ey pu t togeth er a 'I-I score for ~he o vera ll
vict orv. Dan Lu lnf f''ran 3-3 for third o vera ll
o n a SUl uki.
Lu loff roosted through the sand ahead of
the pa ck in the first 250cc A moto with
Engstrom sliding- by Keeney to cha llenge for
the lead lat e in th e first lap. Engstrom pulled
up o n L uIoff's ta il , but it wok over two laps
o f hard rid ing- lO g-el oul front. Lu loff dr o pred
off hi s pa('c a bil and found K l'l 'nl:y pressunng
near th e end of the m Ol<> Keeney's last lap
.
aue m pt to pass fa iled and he fini shed five
seco nds back, Fourth and fifth went to Chr is
Hughes and Ch ad Cunni ngha m .
.
Lu loff surged into th e lead o nce more III
the seco nd mo to, bU I Engs tro m shot by near '
the end of th e first lap. H< Ihen established
a sa fe lead wh ich he hel d easi ly to th e
checkered. Lul off ra n well to la ke seco nd,
wh ile Keeney was dis p lafed from th ird by
David Ni emi , who had bttn runni ng stro ng
in th e first molO o nly to cart whee l down th e
tT" c'k while in fourth. Fifth went to Hughes.
d
T he You th class victory wen t to Brandon
Backes wi th a 2-1score. Mik e Atkinson blitzed
throu gh lh e sa nd (0 hand Backes an unfam il iar defeat in th e firsl mot o, but Back es
retu rned the favor in (he second molO, lead in g
a ll ,h e wa y. T im Posp isil ,ook ,hird bo lh times
o n a Kawasak i 12S.
Resu lts
MI~I P/W: I. I.all«" C u n n in l(h a m (Ka w); 2. Ryan
KfIlUJ:JUlIII ( KoIW): 3. C,Clurtn
r-ySamp,,"un (Kaw )..
...
\ "lH : 1. Branc.llll1 Kiteke ( !\ U/) : 2. MIL.!:' All inYIn (Hnn );
:t Tim PI)lop i..il (Io.dW).
:
( )\· t- R 2.'): I. Juhn :'o:ie'mi (!\uJ): 2. Mid cC")' Mit-kC'l...-ln (H on );
:
~ . n ll n KCllmie l ",'" (!\lll) .
~1 1 ~t JR : I. !\h'lwn \\ 'e'hla KI' (lU w); 2. Limn- Cu n n in Kh a m
(Hlln l::'Ii. Ryall Rruli l/:htull ( Hu n).
~II ~ I "'R : I. Mikt· Alkill""JIt (SUI); 2. Tim PIl~ipi si l (Kaw );
1. Ruhhi(· Me I)lIwrll (StU).
" ....1' C: I. Ruhc" t P"n"' (Uu n); 2. SIt'phn\" Lindilmuod
I(-r1
(Hllu I: ~ . J)ilV .... 111....vllld (H un ).
id
\ ' FT A: 1. Oim 7.1'1'.lIny ( Ka w ); 2. J ..ek Par r nlra u (Hu n ):
1. Ril h.n d Be·li (Ka w).
SR OVER 10: I. Jllhn Alfur d (K..wI; 2. Jl'rr y Rn-krr (H o lI):
1. R Il~I 'r ~ kc.l/ it-bki (Hu n ).
125 C O- I: 1. SII'Vi f)un ( Ka w); 2. J o..h H..wlcy (SUI_): S.
'
.
O u k)' Smn lidt I Ka w ),
I ~·l C 0 -2: I. 1.('C111 l ..arut k (Ya m l: 2. T im Gilil (Ho n );
1. O.m id J)ur nur f Kaw) .
125 H: I. Run Hc'pplU'r (H nn ): 2. Sieve Kft"(h (H a n ): 3.
Roh e'n W('yrnlK-rK /1-1(11).
125 A: I. Cury Kc'C 'nr y (Kilw): 2. Rubbi (' En aSlfom (Ho n) ;
1. Oan l.ulolf (Sill ).
:!:lOC I)-I : I. Palll Nt-limann (Ho lI): 2. Scnll Raj
