by-side, Tuff McBr ide and Bur ge were going
at it alPin. but their lin es left a n opening
on t he' In side and Lenny McBride wok it and
Wl:'1lI o n to wi n a nd co llec t th e bounty money.
Burge finis hed seco nd with Tuff McBride
third and Cornwell fourth.
Resul ts
~kRri lko IGd nl : 2. Tom Bur ge
(j.I."'.): .... K('lI i \ k\la ho Ua....·);
F~IIC1n (j ;aw J; 6. T uff M~ Rnd.- (j;aw ).
01\' . I: I; I.e- n y Mt Britlr (G d n ); 2. rom Bur gt'
n
! . Tuff M~Rri~ (j;" '/) ; '1 fbmim CUf n wd l ((".d n ).
II . l. R uu C.ufUt·1I Uaw ): 2. K('lvin Herrata
3. Ti m \tll fww\ ,un LJaw}.
IGd n);
~ldlhMv!ll Jll
5. Da n
mv.
Myers, Stark hot at Sacramento
Raceway Park Motocross
By Nuklea r Neukam
HOC"; I. l r nn y
3. Tim
OT : I. AJ riilll ~ I C"\.I (H u n) ; ~ . rkW;l ~ I1l' Jnnt'" t ~"IlIlI: :'\.
Ro b R ichard ("I";am ); ,I. j oh u AII.II11i 'il lln / "1";1:111 1: .~. R u-,...·1J
Prr in (Y.. m l.
(('.dn );
(('.d n);
Staten rockets to Perris Night
Motocross win
By Tony Alessi
PERRIS. CA. j uxt 2
The "Rocket Man " Rex State n muscled his
way to the overa ll victory ill the Vel Pro class
a nd finished beh in d Scony Bro wn in the 250cc
Pro cla ss during the o pe ru ng ro un d o f a threerace ni gtH series pr omoted by GFI Racing a t
Perris Racewa y.
john McMaughey hol eshot th e first Vet Pro
moto with Clark J on es and Sta ten in to w , The
thr ee riders qui ck ly sepa ra ted th em selves from
the pack and engaged in a batt le for th e lead .
By th e fifth lap Stat en po wered b y both jones
and McCaughey a nd began what wou ld be
a run awa y win . Jones fini s hed second .
MaCaughey retired with a ser ious bee sting.
while Bob Ru tten finished rhi rd.
J on es ho lc:shot the second mota but was
dogged lap aft er lap by Staten . j ones evenlUall y ga ve in 10 the co nt in uo us pressure from
Sta ten and cra shed his way 10 th e back o f th e
Pac k. Rutten assumed seco nd a nd held it to
the chec kers. Jones "charged back from his
earlier fall to fin ish thi rd
In th e- 250,'c Pr o class Bro wn sta r te d
mi d park in bo th mot os th en cha rged 10 th e
1e;.td. Sta tr n was co ns istent with a pair o f
seconds. Jason Jon es rod e a bil on the wild
side and fin ished third. Tracy Mo n terone was
a lOpa>ntender in bmh mot os but was p lagued
wi ,h falls and bad luck,
.
Ryan Jo h nso n won his firs t l25ec Int erm ediate rdcr. Joh n~n powerro to th e front in
the firs t mo to a nd opened u p a big lead . Ray
Hen sley managed to close the ga p o n ,h e fina l
laps bu t was unab le to mak e a pass.
Hen sley GlIDeLack to It"ad th e second mo lO
up to the whil e nag wh ere he de veloped
probl ems and sllnt'ndered th e lead to John ·
son. Rob Nab o r finished ~ond a nd Ken
\Vi1son ro u nded thl: lOp three.
Dann y Anderson smo koo the 250cc Inl ermt"dia te class wit h bi~ lead s in both mot os.
Ja!'.on \Villi am s p UI in a co ns isten t sel of mot ns
to captu re secon d o vera ll. Rrian Cu rtis was
the fiO!'.t ag g ressh 'e rider on the track, startin g
near la st bOlh motos and winding up th ird
[or Ihe da y.
, Rob ert Lin le and T odd Blackman had a
heated dud in lhe 2S0cc Beginner class . Both
rid ers were never more than a wh eel aparl in
both OlmOs. Hlackm an was th e first molo
winner whil e Little: (::tm e back to win th e
second moto and th e o vera ll.
Resul ts
.l)() MOO : 1. Chri'lnphn Tlte r n (Ya m); 2. CJui~ M. Nall
;
('l'OIm ); ~ . Jii'o('n Malexw (Vetm) -t. [l.m n y WiI!loC llI ( "I'ii m) ;
S. Ch ri..1nl )hn :\I.u . rll (SIIII.
60; I. J rn~ Alrm ;1n(Koi wl; 2. <:hri.. M(" ~ etU ( Ka w) : ~ . }l!ohuet
CloIvt"1I ( K" wl :!J. TiUl Ra ..m u'l ~ (.....W ).
80 BI-~G : I. Cn ... G.. I" rl (SUI) ; 2. .\;.l1 on l..ilmh (S UI': ~.
"
C..m h MiI..n ( Kctw): I. Trn" WMolrTn (S Oli : S. Ja!tfm n..nid
1"1"01'").
~ S() \' ~ I. Ruhi r Pnrt"un (H u n ): 2. 8r M &11 ( Ka w); ~ .
rk-an \ ';&11 Rip'" t Kawl: ' . C...bri r l 8.,.li" ar (SUI).
12.) RF.(; fl · l : I. Kir" "', ,",1,,, ;," (lY w): 2. T od d Gouid
'
(lUw); ! . f., ii- H;auK ( K.aw): ... :\Ii.. . (" Rall i'lola (SUI); 5.
(]Ui..IOphM '\lIm 1b w ).
125 8 F.G n -2: 1. R'Mr Wf""lu n ( Y;lIn ): 2. Jamn Randrl
(HI" ,); 3. Reatnr y Prlr'....n (Yetm ); 1. Shawn Tuoh ~ (V.. m l;
'
:t. JUll RHI~ (KX ).
12.J S O\' : I. '\r;m Fin ll") flU,,' ): 2. Chri" C.nrum O-lnn /:
1
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3. j rf l AI ~lld.. ( I(;IW); ,1. Rill Rr irnrr ( IU ,, '); 5. D;a\·id Cha"tf"
( IW ",, ).
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120', I ~I: l. R\;U1juh ,.....' n O-lUI1 ); 2. Rub"1 S .. bn I Kaw );
3. KMI Wih,u ; -I. Oi, " POIlU (Ka",, . Ril k Gr...n1 ( H u n ).
·):!!
125 P RO : 1. OU
""'II" Re·"un ( "I'.l m ); 2. S ieho l" lt UfldRa
~ H ull ): 3. TI I"m .." F
.M'alllill.. (K..W).
2.loO RF.r. n ·l : 1. RuhC"'t 1 Link- (H em ): 2. Todd BloKklTloIn
I IW ",,) : ! . J u h n h n.." t H n n ): ' . ja..-IO (",.("flIt)· ( H u n ): 5.
'
R ich.ll d H "", d i ll lC (SUI ).
2.'JO RF,G n ·2: l. [).lI rin W..II (Villn ,: 2. R FC'Tft' (lIu n) ;
..b
" . S. e'l l RrrKM ( Ya ml; I , c'hli .. G ""IIr, ( H ll lI ); .'). J;IInn C.am nc-ll
( H II Il ).
2,SO :'\0\': I. Illl uj.; AII'·II ( KiIW); 2. Chri ...ia l1 Hulhmd
(111111 ); 3. Kuh h)' lI ub b;n d (SUI): '!. Ro n;lld Will iam \ 1 K.a ~") ;
5. n~nid Se lllll idl (H u n l.
2,;{) 1:\1 : I. n;ann)' Andt""" ," ( K;I",,") 2. j a'o(m Willi .. m ..
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;
( K.aW ); 3. B,,-an <. llI li\ ( ~I W ): 1. Srr p hrn ~li uhrll l Kaw);
:
5. Slr \'r P iOlltllli (....u l).
l
500 8 EG : I. ('"Jll i .. ='a"h t Hun ,; 2. He·rt SchUll "" (H n n ):
3. \\'etll) C.ulr (.... II ); .. . Mnr r i.. H i'llI (Hu n ,: 5. jamt'"
Me Kn ll1r IIWw).
2.~ PR O : I. ScUll RIOWIl (I \ .IW): 2. Rn SrOllt·n (H lln ): 3.
J.......n .lUll'" (S UI): 4. I ~ \'i ~lIh ll' (Ka w): .~. G il)" ~'(""m (S Ill ).
,,[-j" NO" D-I: I. M I" r Slr llaLo (H ll n) : 2. nan S'II IlI" (Kaw ):
3. Brian Fn 'm lillK ( Y; lI n): 'I. Ed Wil'o(lIl ( Y ilU l ); 5. Pr t"\ lon
8an ll'll (SUI).
VET NO\' D·2: I. KUlln ; 2. Mie h;1I"1 He,mh," ( KT M ): 3.
Mikl" M.uiull ( !\a w ); ,I. J Ot· Zil,ay (H " II): 5. G rf"ll: Er i('h ull
(H elll /.
\'ET INT : I. R..nd y SLoi nnr r (S tll): 2 . Jur i Sr-"I" (St ll ): 3 .
Ln, S;au l leaK): -I. J uhn 8u,kry ( H IIII).
"IT P RO : I. Rrl; SI..IMl ( H"n /: 2. Ruh RUllm (Hun ):
3. rJa,k JUIl,"" ('1'0111I ): 'I. Ju h n M( ' .;aUKhr-y (H u n) .
2.1).29 Rf.G : I. O'I\'r HulJ~ll d (H n n): 2. WnlClII Rr id I Ka w );
3. Ri( !l. T ;u lel""l Su/'; ,f . R.rn d y GJrrn (Ht ,n );!!. J..mn Ra ndt'!
'
m i mi.
2.... 29 SOl': I. G rr']l; (; ieldi n ~ ... (IY W); 2. RCld llf1' t-nwlrr
(H nnl; 3. l.uu Sc'11I( Korw ,; '1. Su-k Alharn ('I';lm /.
2.1).29 (~'T: I. Q u i'lo sw.. "k (S UI ); 2. Jim H ("nn (Va m) ; 3.
U
Ed ""hr l,,1 (KaW): -t. Krfl Wil .... l (Hun ).
SACR .\~I D;TO .
CA. jU:>E I
h wa s a ni ght o r (ir~ts at Sacramen to 'R aceway
Park's Frid ay N igh l C:\l C Stad ium 1\IX races.
TIl e first day of j u ne was th e first lime ill
wee ks th at it d id n' t rai n at th e races. And 250E I"
So far in 1990 Frida y n ig h t has grown to mean
two thi ng:s to southe rn Califor nia speedway
fans - Coors Speedway at Co sta :\le>3 and
("Orllroversy . TIlt· fans go t a ta ste o f bo th th is
pas t Friday, as Mike Faria wo n a bi/.;lrre
ScTatch mai n.
Phil Co ll ins , ma ki ng h is first appearance
a t Cos ta Mesa sinCt" co m ing out of retiremen t,
had th e lead over Faria o n lap o ne. Steve
Lun 'ro was in thi rd with Bobby Sch wanz
fourth. In turn fo ur o n the fir st la p, Sch wafll
T-oonc..od LUC o. Ira te referee P h il ~l ()on
("f
sto p ped th e race a nd k ick~ Sch wa rtz o ut for
d.m gero us and foul ridin g.
\Vhen the rd('e sta nro 3g;1 in Lu cero and
Far ia pi nc hed Coll in s o ut in t urn o ne.
Llx)kin g fo r hi s fo urth Cos ta Mesa win in
a ro w Lu cero ass u med 1he lead. H e held th e
front pos itio n u nti l turn one o n lap two.
TIwre. Far ia tried to dive u ndernea th Lu cero.
He cfJ ug h t a p icce o f Lu ct"ro 's fron t tire and
kn ocked him down. T he n:feree ru led tha t
LU<'el"o ca used lhe incidt"nt and han ish t"d hi m
to lhe pi ts.
Lu cero, like mo st others; co uld not beli eve
th e excl usio n. As he di smountffi a nd started
wa lking back to the p its. Sch waru walked o u t
to sho w him th e way. For a few seco nds .
everyo ne in th e 'p lace th ought the two were
fin all y go ing to duke it o ul. Fortunately.
Lu ct'ro motion ed Sch waru o ff a nd walk ed in
another direction , thu s a vo id i ng whal
co uld 've been ugly scen e.
Wh en ,he race started, again, wi,h o nl y
Fari a and Co llins left, Fari a ju mped into th e
Brad Oxley (rig h t) won the Costa Mesa Handicap main while Steve Lucero
(left) fini shed fourth. Lu cero came back to fi n ish third in th e Scratch main.
lead o n his Weslak e a nd took th e win, lead in g
fro m sta rt to finish.
Resu lt.
"iC:RAT C:U : J. Mi" e" F.. ria (Wn ); 2. Ph il c..,lIill" (\\' n l:
3. S U'~r Luc't'fn (Gd n ); i . Rnb h ) Schwanl ( \\'n~
HOCP: I. 8rad Oxw,., (Wn ): 2. Mi" r F..ri.. ( \\'n ) : ~. Ruh b,
"ic:'hwart/ 1Wr"lt; ·1. Su ....·r I.UC1 "1U (Codu) .
)
D·2; I. Rllh R i ( ha rd ~ ( \V,~ ) : 2. Kevin Sie hul.." ( \ \'r.. ): 3.
J)utlK G r(" 111 (Wt"' ); I. J uh lin ,. Wa l",,, ( "'·n).
,....
D·3: I. Mikr Pi nro n (j aw ); 2. Rub Rail (j;l w l: ~. R"hrtl
h lln · (Wnl: i . l'o-l;uLo Dr"..y (WI"'\ .
)
_'IlC R : I. R.md, :\lclnryrr/Rubrt"T f" " l K..wl ; 2. KM1I
"
Rc-nanclrT / C a ry l'OII1.lft.l ( K;IW): ~ . Krn Olin 1 Ot'UK Whil.... HI
(H · n,; - Or-~II ' Irrl t·/p.u"r Wr- ""M t Ouq.
1.
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".I..
Terry, Cesmat triple at
Mountain View Road Race
By David Lucas
~IEAD. COJl1:"E 6
T he thi r rdct" of the i\'lRA sea\<)I1 held at
1\.loun ta in \ riew MOlOrSp0rl Park , was a
demonstra tion o f fast stani ng resu lti ng in
home-ru n finis hes by th e first· lap leaders. j .T.
T erry . spo nsored by G ran Pr ix Mo w r!'. lxuts,
SUJX7tech a nd No rt h Sta r Texaco. rode h is
1989 Yamah a FZR600 10 nearl y win··IO-wire
wi ns in the Race of th e Rocki es GT U. a nd
.
Ihe 600cc a nd 7.o;Or r Su perbike rlasses.
T he fiOOn: Super bike race was th t' nnl y
stru!'; l e for Terry d uri ng Ihe day, At Ihe sta ll,
g
Mark Schell inge r got away fir st a nd esta blishoo a s i ~ll i fke nl lead o ver T erry, wh o wa s
un cha ran eristiGlll y bogged do wn in n arfi e.
It wasn' t untillhe Il {" x t ~ ( o': l a s t lap lh at he was
able 10 begin Ie-dning o n Sche ll inger 's H onda
CBR600.
··J. T. was stic king a lir e in sidt"every ("orner
o n th e fina l laps. The la st tim e ar ound lu:
slipped u nde r go in!';into ' urn three. bu' I had
th e bett er d rive t'xit ing th e com,'r. It was a
drag race to turn fo u r a nd I wai ted lon ger
10 brake than I ever have fo r that turn. H e
..
waited even longerr and sli ll got arc>Und," s.. id
Schell inger la ter.
Geoff C..esmat was th t" hea vy h iller in th e
big -bo re classes where he domdi nated the
oppositio n, leadi ng slan·lO·fi nis h in ROR CTO. 750..<: Supers lx>rt a nd O pen Superbike
aboard his two Suzu ki C SXR 750s SU pptlrled
by Cycles of Boulder, Val vo line and ACV
H elmets. Cesma t's lead beca me sodi~tant from
Ihe fiel d in i SOcc Supersporl Iha l h.· was "ble
10 back off from his early pace.
Formula Colorado was its usual co nfro nta tio n betwee n single-cylinder "dirt bikes"
cu nvt"rtro tn road race rs aga inst pure 250u·
road racers . After a dose sta n, it was a tigh t
pack with th e leader IX)sitio n u nd t"('ided u nt il
lhe uphill tu rn six. T he dr ag race down th e
back straigh t son ec.J o u t who had th t" po wer
an d resu lted in th e Wood y's Wheel Wor ks/
J &-] R a cin g /Forr in glon Aut o Se rv ic e/
Kni gh l/Rot ax of Jim Forrin gton d ivin g into
turn seven with the lead . H ow ever . Don
H o ugh . astr ide a Yam ah a FZR600 ro lling
chassis pow en't! by a H on da CR500 eng ine ,
pr evail ed a fter a number of It'ad cha nRes.
H o ug h 's hybrid bik e is th e p roduct o f Ro y
Russ ell' s Adva nce Pn £
orma nce.
The 600r c Supersport even I saw a deler·
m ined Bo bby Mlosek take h is first-ever win,
launchin g a t th e green na g with th e fron t
wheel a lo ft o n hi s 1990 Yama ha FZR600 . never
10 be cha llenged. Mio sek es'a blished a Ie-dd
Ihe full len gth o f th e froOl strai gh, ahea d of
Kurt Dimick , wh o follow ed in seco nd p lace
ahead o f ,hird posit ion Mik e Reid.
ROR ·G"I"O : I. GC''lIH C_II1;1I (S ill); 2. "'run TurnC"'t(S Ill):
~ . alli~
G;U'l n(" (Va rn/.
J
·tt,() S/R II:: I. A..run M MTi m~ 11 I Y~ III ): 2. Ch ip Killm m
( Yii m ): J . T UllY Ralrr ( V..m ].
6UO V ~K : I. j .r, T n-ry (Va m) : 2. M;a, l Sf'u'lI inKrt (H o n ):
3. KUJI nnnic" (Va m ).
750 ~! R K : L J.1". T Ml)' ( y .. m ): 2. G II"'K CUJl i" ( K....... l; ~ .
M I.... SunaU (S tll).
() pr~ . i, RK: I. C.rnErC.n.m;al (S ill);
"
c;rfl/: CUrll" ( Ka w~
2. Anon Turnrr {S UL';
i-""CO~ .O : I.
DlIn B UUKh (H IIII): 2. Jim l-'mr i l1l;:lu n (Ru;)'
3. Kill t-",h " (Ya rn).
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•
liOfl ~ I SP RT : L Rohb~ Miu"",·k ( "1' 11I): 2. Ku rt nimid
...
1Y.u n ): 1. \ 11",· Rn d (SllI l.
7~ ~vSP RT: I. (~"l <:r-.m.. (S UI ); 2. o.-,lIIi" Ru rJ.f' (S UI) '
l
3. :\lIk r SUlJilu l",u/ j.
.
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ON:;\"" S/SPRT: I. Ih u T unM (S UI); 2. Gill' rJ ......l (S UI ):
",
1
~ . Ph il ~CI,n (S' II ).
AM (;1'\ 1; I. n..''t"T Mf) ' (Y;lIn ):2. O;ann y Ad.u l1'ou n (V;tm):
3. Juhn Wn ....I "l' ~ IR ).
AM GTO ; I. K' .... R.. I""" tSU/ ): 2. RU'm Mi l," (YOIm);
J
.1 Rich.nt.l Killll... 11 (Su I).
.
SO\' GTt ' : I. J uhn W,.,.... ("Ia m ); 2. J ulm· Rrdlell L (S UI) ;
·
~ . J..
ek j r ll!loC"l1 ( V;am) .
MOO \ 'tST GTt J: I. jim MOIHhhank ( "1' 111 ); 2. Ril-" Nix:
01
J . ~:'1Il R.a.1"ull (Y..m ).
MOO \ 'IST ( ;'10: I . Ua\ 'id 'I k lf p: 2. fr rd F
.KRrn.
McBride streaks at Champion
Speedway
By La rry McBride
OWEGO. :>Y. jlll\E3
In lhe- st"con d w(,{·k oC sp('('dway raci ng at
Cha mp io n S pee d way Tuff McB rid e ha s
carr ied the chec'kered flag in every H and ica p
and Scra tr h mai n .
Both main v il"lori(~s st"t" med a m i·d ima tic
how ever , as. th ey were so mewha t eas ier th an
th C' lrail ge ll ing: Ih(·re. In Ih(' d ivisio n 'One
Snatc h he- t :\kB ride gated his Cyrle Pro/ East
d
Side Tavern-spo nso red J awa fro m lhe pole,
bUI T o m Bur ge pulled a half-bike lead o ut
o f tu rn two a nd down the hack stra igh t. Bur ge
appea red to be in complete co n tro l, but
McBride g""d i nt'd grou nd o n th(' o u tside 10 pull
a longside Burge o n lap ,h rt" McB ride
e.
s<} ua red the fourth tu rn a nd edJ.;oo a head o n
.
the la~ tlap . Burge reg-.ti nt"d th r Ir-Jd by dri ving
deep into turn o ne o n the fina l la p. but
McBrid,' held tig ht 10 the pipe as Burge dri fted
out a nd McBride gaint'd the viclo ry by o n ly
incht"s.
T he M rBr id c/B urg(~ dud cont in ued in lhe
H andi ca p sem i with 1\.kBridc (nmi ng of f the
50 ya rd lin e and Bur!'; fro m Ihe ,10. On lap
e
three Bu rge's Arms &- Hamm('r Rem odel ingslxmsort"d Godden fou nd ib wa), arou nd Mike
Con ~ and Tim ;\la th ewso n wh ile McBride
waited ror his opening. which h(" fo un d on
lap four 10 agai n move u p IU cha llengt' Bur ge
o n the las t go-arou nd . A simi lar fin ish was
r("Corded excepl Bu rg:e t"ffic'-rged the winner by
i nc hes.
H andicap £inal ac eion p iucd McBrid e fro m
the o uts ide 50 wi lh Burge o n th t' 40. McBrid e
mad e the oUlside line wo rk lx-d en I)' as he
held lhe th roule fu ll open «) po wer pas t Ihe
ent irt" field w ithi n two laps for hi s second
HandiGtp victory in as man y week s. Mom enLS
later McBrid e ret urn ed 1O lhe winner's circle
in th e Scratch main ahead of Burge, Lenn y
McBride. a nd 10h n Lewi s.
The Division T wo ma in was Glptuf('d in
fine fas hion by Kd vin Ht·rral a. Comi ng from
the pe nalty lin e aft er breaking th e tape. Russ
Co rne ll made .a da sh for second over Tim
Mathewsom with Mark Lewi s taking fo urth.
Results
Hncp: I. . Tull M( R,idr (jaw,; 2. Juh n l.rw i, (Wn ): 3.
1.l'1m y Mt 'Rud" (Gd n ); i . Tum 8urf«"(C.d n): S. Krl vin H nnb
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