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a nd Dale Kieffer to wi n the 400cc Superstreet
race o n his friend J erry Ca rlso n's p rod uctionspec FZR400. as well as the 600cc Su persueet
race o n his ow n 600. Kun itsugu a lso finish ed
second behi nd Hazen in 750<:( Su pers treet.
Kuni tsug u. who 's spo nso red by Ho llywood
Yamaha, SU DCO, Cycle Racer a nd Ontario
MmoT ech , won a to tal 01 $1650 o n th e day ,
inclu d ing $100 lrom th e ARRA lor his F-2 win
plus vario us Yama ha continge ncies.
Results
F· I: 1. Lee Shi .-rt" (Y;tm); 2. Cuni" .\d;tm\ (S u' I; 3. Krnl
KuuihU RU ( Ya m ); 'i. Brad H asen ( \' a m) ; .s. MOiII. Drucke r
( Ya m ).
f ·2; I. Kent Kun iuuKu ( Ya m ;; 2. Ben William:o. (Ya m); .1
.
Peter wen.. o ff (Ya m); 'i . SCUll C.l.Ju4lwa y (\'.lIn) ; 5. ROlIII~
l
Sher man (Ya m ).
f ·3: 1. Steve Dver : 2. Gr t'K Ma\lurd ; 3. T im Friddle'.
F·SGt.: 1. AnJrC'W Mi lton ( Y.. m ); 2. Kn,'in J"hnMm (Yam );
3. Ri(1. 'Illn rn po;o ll \ Ya lll l; l. Kir k ThuIDINm (Ya m) ; 5. Eric
ShMr t'1 ( H u n ).
OPE:,\ S/ST: I. Brun ' Tebo (S Ul ); 2. RutX'T1 Mi ller (SUl);
lln); .1. Rid; Ku van (S UI ); 5. ~1a r("U!; Fa ll~'
3. AI c amt (\ 'o
(S UI) .
OPE:\, MOO P ROD: I. Bruce Tebn (S UI); 2. Al Garut (Ya m );
3. Brun· Reimer IH. D);· 1. Rick Elhso n (SUI ).
7;,o..O Pf.~ STK PR OO; 1. Tim R un yan (K.Jw ): 2. 8n·t
~k.l(" Il0MOD PR OD: I . I.1l IU/o: Tola nd (SUl ): 2. C... ep Te rrano va
(S UI ); .!l. Pau l H a rre ll ( K;IW); ,1. Bill CLl ll i ll~ ( Stlt ) ; 5. Erir :\'ul/:e
Ol
(Su I).
tiOO S/ ST: 1, Kl·nt K un i l m~u (Yam ) : 2 . Scml Cu naw ay (Yam );
~ . Rm " Hahn (Ya m ): 4. P t'11' \\'('no;!oH: 5. R; UII {y S llt·flll .1II
1
(Ya rn ].
600 MOO P ROO; I. ScOIl C(lllil",'a y (Ya m ,: 2. }{l ""'t Ha hn
(V,tm ,; .!l T ony Mall h("w ~ ( Holl ); 'I. J d f Hor ne ( Y" m) : 5. Stf'\i(,
.
No u ing ha m (He n].
soo STK I'Ron; I. H ami d Winklt"ll (Yam ): 2. G rC'1'; Blink
( Yilm l: 3. D Oli Pi n ku... ( Va m ): 4. Jdf H o rne ~ Y;l m): 5 . Mike
Smi th .
Lee Shierts rode hi s Yamaha TZ250 to a come-from-behind win in the Formula
One Grand Prix at Willow Springs, but cras hed in th e later Formula Two event.
Bill y Taylor (26) leads Todd Hinson (368) and Lee Williams (47) during a 250cc
Novice moto start at Montrose MX. Taylor won the overall with Will iams fourth.
600 SGt.: 1. An d rew Mi lulII (Va m ); 2. KC'Vinj ohnso n (Va m ):
r
3. Li ncoln n ay (Yam ); 4. F. k Sh t'm'r (H on ); 5. Ric k illllmp!tOn
(Y;lm) .
:.00 51ST: I. And rew Milto n (Ya m); 2. Darryl Dcinhasd
( Ka w); 3. Kevin johnson (Ya m); 4. ·l llo moto. It....kman ( Kaw) :
:
5. Gordon Sm ith .
500 MOD P RO D; ' I. Breu Shrdfler (Y.u n ): 2. ThomOO SGt.: I. Eric Sherrer ( H on); 2. 5eOlI Fa bbro ( Ho n); 3.
Odnny Farnsworth (Hon ).
.MJO 51ST: I. Kml Kuni b uRu ( Va m) : 2. Michou·1 H UKhn
(Ya rn ); 5.
( Yam ): 3. Pa trick Murray (Ya m l; 4. Cu rli~ Co it
WillK- Bun (Yam ).
-tOO 1\.100 PR O D; I. Cuniv G~ (Ya m ): 2. I'atrid{. Murra r
( Y;lm): 3. Jr"T11' Carl!oOn (Y.. m ): ... Willit' Burr (Yot r. 5. H iw :o.h i
.
m
:\'d k3jima (Yam ).
·lOO . T K PR O D: t. Pa u il'k Muna" (Ya m ): 2. H iros h i
S
Xak ima (Ya m l; ~. Cunis Gi~ (Yam); 4. ='adn' AKhajani
aj
(Ya m ); 5,. Willito Run (Ya m ).
BOTra W : I. T r('\lOT Dunu(' (DLK : 2. Erwin RotiIlOlk (DlK'):
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3. ~I k k O lirld (Duc):·1. :\-Idle Field (S ur ):.s . ~I.ul. Crw ( I) UI").
ROT r L W: I. fharT)1 lkinhoud l K.J. w): 2. Bltw t' Re ime r
(H- n,;.5. C.ordofl Sm ilh : -t. Thfllll Lee's Cycles/D&D/ RKIAirT echspo nsor ed Yamaha TZ2 50, Shi ens recovered
Irom a 'ypiGllly slow 250 start and worked h is
way pa st the leaders to win b y a wide margin .
Wi,h Willow Spri ngs last gu ys Barry Burk e
and Ch uck Grav es competing in a WE RA FUSA race in Wash in gton , Curtis Adams loo ked
to be the ma n [0 bea t on h is Fastl ine Racing/
Sa bre Racing Service Suzuki GS XR 1100.
Indeed, Adam s led the £irst six laps 01 the 10·
lap allair, but he was slo wed by a leak in g ,ire
valve a nd eventuall y laded to second.
At the sta rt . Adams led wi th Yam ah a
FZR7 50·mounted Brad Ha zen . FZR 60 0moumed Kun iLSugu a nd Shie rts in tow. By la p
,wo , T l250-mounted Mar k Dru cker occ up ied
the fifth position and bega n ap plying pressure
[ 0 Shi erLS. Together. the pair of two-stroke
pil o ts worked thei r way past Hazen a nd
Kun itsu gu and set their sigh LS on Adams. who
had stretched a near ly three-seco nd adva nta ge.
On lap six. Shi erts made h is move o n Adams
o n th e o u tside o f crested turn six. with Dru cker
foll owing suit. On lap nine, Dru cker a llempted
to pass Sh iens lor the lead on the outside 01
sweep ing lUrn twO, bu t ins t{'3.d gOt imo a big
slide and rod e o ff the track.
Sh iens crui~ the fin al la p to an un con teSioo
wi n. follo wed by the slowing Ad1ms, \\'ho was
nea rly n ipped by th ird-placed Kunitsugu. and
Hal en . Dru cker recovered to fin ish rih lt.
Shin-ts, who won $250 from the ARRA's
525,000 F-I Series tota l purse. gave the nedi ,
to a cha nge o f tire bran ds: "This is me first
,ime I've used :\lichelins (on ,he 250)." he said,
"They 're awesome." Sh ierts a lso tha nked tu ner
J ohn T ho rmon, who helpt'd him tu rn q uick
laps in lhe I:29-30 range. with a best 01 1:28.8.
T he laler F-2 race Iked to be a Sh iens/
Dru cker rematch , bu t Drucker highsid ed while
Ie-ad ing through high· speed tu rn eig ht. Sh in-ts
had 10 swerve off the nack to avo id hilli ng
Dru cker, and rode his bik e out
,he berm
where he was forcet.i lO lay it down , unhurt.
\Vith Drucker lyin g mOlion less at trac kside
with serio us head inju ries. the ra< was red:e
flagged so the am bulance could tra nspon him
Ant elope Valley H ospital.
S hieTls , w ho was o bv i o us ly u pset b y
Drucker's inj u ries, bla med the incident o n the
notori ou s h igh ·desert win ds: "Before the ra<
:e,
( lold h im (Drucker) to be coo l. Yo u do n't go
fast in turn eig h t in the wind. Yo u can do
whatever you wa m u p there (po int ing up the
hill to (Urns 'two through six). but you've ~nt
to ch ill in turn eigh t." Shi erts said that wn h
the tailwi nd. he was redl in in g in six th gear
a t the entrance to lUrn eight.
Kun itsugu won the: resta rted F-2 event on
his FZR6OO. holding 0 (( ,he TZ250 01 Ben
Will iam s. The 1988 ARRA Champion a lso
lOok advan tage o f the absence of .Nick lenalsch
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SCREEK ~lD . MAY 20
,
Ro dn ey Smith d isp layed the ta lents ,h at made
h im a Grand Prix co nte nder in 1988 a nd 1989
by cap,uring victories in ,h e 125 and 250/500
Pro classes at Bud ds Cr eek MX,
Pro mot er Joh n Beasley put up a 5000 Pro
purse, hoping to a ttracI so me of th e rid ers
who had pa nici pa tt"d in the Mead owl ands
Supercross the ni gh, bd or e. FMF /YO KO/
S mi t h / Race Tec h / Du n lop/ Bie lle / Du bl in
Kawa saki /Sulu ki·s po nso rro Smith more than
mad e up C no t mak in g th e main at the
or
supercross by not on ly winning the lw o
classes. but by lead in g every lap o f a ll fou r
motos to poc kel $1600. Other p ro no ,a bles
were Barry Ca rsten. ta king IwO seco nd · place
lin i, hes in the 125cc Pro class, a nd Bill y
Whi tley, ta king two second s in ,h e 250/50Occ
Pro class.
Smith sa id he wa> happy to be back in the
Sla tes rid ing the I25cc o ut door Nationals and
250cc Su percro ss. but as fa r as go ing back to
Euro pe he wa s co ncerned that he would ha ve
to wait and see what th e future will bring.
Smi th o verpo wered th e field aro u nd turn
o ne tn gra b the ho lesho t ahead o f Carsten a nd
co mpa ny to start the firsl 125cc Pro ma lO. At
the completion o f lap ·o ne, it was first· year
p ro rider Steve H er man charg ing from around
a 10th-place slart to posi tio n h imself beh ind
Carsten with Mark Kan e and Bria n Ca lho u n
ro u nd ing ou t th e tOP five. By the ha lfway
point, the first three positions were pr ett y well
se tt led wi lh S m i th ho ld in g a 10-second
mar gin over Carsten a nd H erm an wh ich he
wou ld add 10 by ,h e end 01 the mOlo. Abo u l
the same margin back was a battle for fourt h
between Ka ne. \\,ThitJey and J aso n La ng ford.
'Vhitley moved in o n Kan e, sh ow ed him h is
fro n t wheel and moved by to lak e fourth.
La ng lord ha d to sett le lor sixlh beh ind Kane.
T he seco nd molO o nce again saw Smith o u t
to a co mmand ing lead o f u ver eig h t seconds
.
by the completio n 01 lap o ne. Behind Smith
'ca me a banle for second co nsisti ng of six ride rs
- Clill Palmer , Ca rsten. La ng ford. Whi tley.
Kan e and Lee Wal ston . La ng lo rd ~ot pa st
Ca rsten to take over third. with a ll Sl X riders
less tha n a bi ke leng th apa rt. each wait in g
for the ot her to make a mi stak e. At the halfway
mark th in gs reall y began to heat u p betw een
the group. La ng ford made o ne miscue and
fou nd hi m self in sixth with \Vh i tley mo ving
up behi nd Palmer, \\'h itl ey and Pal mer went
o Il th e do ubl es side -by- side, but eac h coa sted
the to p 01 th e second jump, all ow in g Ca rste n
to pass \ Vhitl ey a nd set his sig h ts o n Palmer.
when the two riders carne down . th e lon g
dow n h ill , Carsten held it o n just a little longer
a nd passed Palmer to ta ke ove r the posi tion.
At th e co nclus io n o f the mo to it was Palmer
back to six th wit h Sm ith. Ca rsten, Wh itl ey,
Kane, a nd Lan gf o rd ta k in g the top- five
pos itio ns.
Results
123 PRO : I. Rodney Sm irh (S Ul ): 2. &illY Caoren (Stll );
3. Bilt y WhitJ.'}' (S Ul) ; 1. M.u k Kant'{Ho n ); 5. Ja .... La ngfo rd
m
(Ya m ).
250 P R O : I. Rodney Smi lh (SUI): 2. Rill y Wh itl l'} (S m:):
.1. Mirk t= Kessler (Ya m ): .1. J d l Pestana (SUI); 5. n anny
y
Pa lad ino ( Kaw ).
Leatherwood back-to-hack
winner at Montrose MX
By Hurley and Dot Short
RAEFORD, !'iC. ~IA Y20
Ray Lea therwoo d wo n bo th mo tos o f the 125cc
Novice class at Mon trose Motor Spo rts Park.
Leatherwood . G ar y O xendi ne, Da vid Norma n and Randy H argi s roared o ff the l ine
to begin the first mote. Leath erwood held hi s
lead as Norma n too k over second , Harg is
moved u p to third and dropped Ox end ine
back to fo urth. Ox end ine worked his way back
up to th ird . look a la ll and lost a lot o r gro und
to th e leaders. At th e fin ish. it was Lea therwood, Norma n, Rya n Garner and Bill y Lon g.
In . th e seco nd mo to , Leath erwood and
Norman led the pac k. Leatherwood began to
stretch hi s lead over Norman as " Ga to r" T odd
mo ved up 10 thi rd and began putting the
p ressure o n Norma n. As they rounded the first
loo p o n the back side 01 the track, Todd too k
o ver seco nd p lace. H e had a lo t o f grou nd
10 co ver, and thoug h Todd ga ve it h is a ll,
he had to seule for ~eco nd place behind
Le-dth erwood.· T hey were foll o wed across the
lin e by Rill y Lo ng : Lea ,h erwood was th e
overa ll wi nner with his back -w-back wins.
Jell Do nal dson , Clcte Du b",e, a nd Ryan
Schafer led the firs t moto o ff the line in th e
85cc (7-13) class. David Pr ice moved up to lake
o ver thi rd . It wa s a good rac e bet ween
Do nal dso n and D uBo~l" and Dubose lOok over
first for the win o ver Donaldson and Price.
In th e second mo lO. Donaldson grabbed the
ho lesho t. As in the first molO , the closest race
was betw een the two leaders. Rack in the pa c ,
J ohn .Mo rro w and Kevin Bea n were ba ttlin g
for posi tio n. Bea n was the un forru nat e victim
of a fall , th us g iving the pos ition away tv
Morrow . Bea n made a qu ick recover y, but he
ha d lost a lo t o f grou nd . Do nal dswon .lO k
o
the checkered £lag a nd DuBo.. had to soHle
fo r second p lace. Do na ldso n , ridi ng: fo r
Cunningha m Cyc1 t's of Fayett evill e. too k the
overa ll trop h y.
Bill y Taylor, Gerald G ause and Gary Miller
blast ed o Il th e li ne in th e lead in the lirst
running o f the 250cc Novi ce class. T aylor kept
h is mom enlUm thro ugh out the molO and loo k
t he wi n o ver Mi ll er , G ause a nd Da n n y
Skipper.
T ay lo r g rabbed th e holesh ot aga in in Ihe
seco nd molO. John H ainl in e. Lee \Villiam s
a nd Todd H in son loll owed him Out 01 the
chute. Wi ll iam s wok a rail a nd a lthough he
made ,a recovery . he lo st va l ua ble ti me.
Ha inl ine moved int o the lead , lo llo wed by
Gary Mill er. droppi ng Taylor back to ,h ird_
T aylo r rewok the lead , droppinl: Ha inl ine
back to seco nd a nd Mill er '0 th ird. T ay lor
began 10 extend h is lead over the field and
too k th e wi n. H e was folJow ed across the
fin ish lin e by H ain li ne. \ \' ill ia ms and l\1iller.
T aylo r, by vinue of hi s back- to-ba ck wins.
was th e overa lJ winner.
Resul ts
857·1 3: I. J l'ff Dfl na ld:
