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250: I. RU!>~ Log·m ('VOI m ); 2. Ro n Gnbrr (Kaw).
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Lucero cruises at Costa
Mesa Speedway
201·250: I. Kmnt'lh GWllbrt h J r. (H n n): 2. R yan Bmw n
(Yam ): 3. Pilui," TII"" IC"I (Yam) : 1. Ki,t.. SluliU (H o n); 3.
j or \11(""'Innic" (Y..m l.
2.~ 1 ·100: l. l .a rt l ~'il l1\ illI..C"n b ll r ~ (Bu l); 2. John Br llirl
n-..nn)" Smn h (Rill); .1. I.u n ni r Wacflr (Yilm ): 5.
StUH S i (t.. rt ~ ln (HUll ).
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3 . T huma' 8o ,.d ( 111m ).
SR : I. X iLr RahLa Jr . ty ..m l; 2. Da\'(' KnIC L ( H · D ); 3.
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8c'-Jlirl (Yam l.
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(K;I""); 2. Il....id Sturic·ld / :'lo la lk Fryc'r (Y.. m ): .,. DOllJl:1;1\
Fllu ,t /J)c'lIlli !o FlIU\l l Ya m ]: 'I. Bob Fryt'r l jil nu '!I HIU\1 (H clJ\).
2~.o DT~ : I. l10m lll (:10'.. ( Y..m ]: :!. Ruhdl l. ill ,C·Al:
.!i. Luke Oliver (Yam ): 1. Duvi d P lld llt'y (H Ull).
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0·6.1) H EAT: I. B, .. nclun RIl\c' (Kw): 2. Sf 'UIl Sa'Jl:rlll (Kaw ):
3. Mi l..c· Fm rn II (K..w ). (FI S Al. SCRATCHEJ) )
0.&"1 I. Brya n BiK ·low ( "'-aW); 2. j ;t\l>n Sr md l (Kawl : ' .
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J dll'ry Randlli p h (Kaw ): 'I. J ..... ' II Wil t.. ' (HUll ): 3. Krinf
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201·25(): l. Kt'llIll" G,ullll'lh J I. (Kaw ): 2. Kirl.. Su rlifl
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IH !lt'll (H u n ): 3. P..u l
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3. Krll ~h G Jlmr ll (H tln ); .1. RIM R" b in ...,n (8.\ .\ ): 5. R i(t..
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S ISR ; I. Juhn Wilrr rn (R I") : 2. n o n Bann rrm.Jn (:.t..t ):
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2.'lO OTX: I. Kir L Sull iH (H Ull }; 2. Il..\id Pl u mrr ( H o n ).
:;00 IlTX : I.j'l hn Alpt"I "T\(ATk ); 2. Rrildl t")'WillkM (H ,m l.
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Ruhl"l1 Sf'\" "" (H u n ).
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By Grace Di Benedello
Seip snags wins at Westhampton
Raceway Motocross
By Jim &: Carol yn Simpson
\\·ESTHA~IPTO~ . ~ y, jU:-IE 10
Jerry Seip claimed wins in bo th lh e 125 and
250cc Expert das~ at \Vestham plOn Raceway. T he first 125cc m olO ~tar ted with th e
Suzuki-mo utued trio DJohn Fran co, Seip and
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Emi nd Neda in a fierce baltle. F r dllCU pulled
a way and scon:d th e win with Seip ~ond
a nd Neida Ih ird.
The second mot o started wi th ~eda and
Seip banli ng for Ihe lead . Fran co cras hed in
th e supercros s sectio n and Neda cras hed o ver
,h e fin ish line jump, a nd ,h a , was a ll Sdp
needed as he mot oTM away for an un contested
win.
Seip won both motns in the 250cc Expert
class, ta ki ng OVl"r from Bret Marascia and
Gabi e J imeniz in m olO o ne and th en ju mpi ng
O U I to a bi ~ lead off th e lin e in th e st'Cond
mow, Ir 3vm g Jim in ez and Stev e Vissali
battling over seco nd. Vissa li gal the nod , but
se<'ond (JVerd ll hon or s went to J im inez.
Ah t'r playi ng bridesm ai d ~verd l timrs,
Kawasa kt-mo u med Brian Sim pson sco red th e
o\'Cra ll viclory in Ih e 80cc (14· 1. ) cia".
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Si m pso n fini sh ed second beh ind Vinn y
All egr eHa in mow o ne. but th en he pulled
the holeshOI in mot o two and mOlOn-d o n to
the win . Jam ie Pi lton lOok 'seco nd ovt'r and
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Bria n Berry ro und ed out the to p th n-e.
Rrsu hs
S ."iR: l. Juhn S..lHu h (H u n): 2. John FC
'm'ntill ll (H u n):
:to Boh }-'\OlK/O: (Helll).
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MISI (7· 11): I. Bllhhl Mt'n ill (l-Iu lI).
:\1I;\;1 1I2 ·1:t): I. Ed n und t'llI IK;I\"); 2. hk 1" 1 1( (H n ll ):
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(S ll /) ::t Hri.1I Hen y (S UI).
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( lI u n) : :t Ru,...·!1 I ~ .lIl h;J lt ln ( lI o ll).
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2.""tOn "\ :' 1: I. C;lt-nn CIl"I'" ( ."ill l); 2. Ruh K.llni, IH" n ):
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L~KE ODESSA. M M 26-2i
I. AY
111e weather bureau was call ing for thunderSlOrms. but lhe on ly lhunder to be heard lhi s
~l e m ofi al Day weekend was o n th e lfack at
1·96 Speedway .
Thet e was lh e Ih under thaI roll ed in rrom
lhe EaS! in th e rorm of o ne Kenn y Coo lbelh,
Jr. The 13· year·o ld won bOlh the 200 and 250ec
cla ..es in both Sa tu rday 's ha l[ m ile and
Su nday' s sho rt tra ck events to sho w th e
Michigan riders w hy he wear s the Naliona l
numb<"r o ne plat e in the 2ooc( clas s. Coo)beth' s suitcase was a lill ie heavier o n his trip
back
Warren , Co nn ecticuI , with all ,he
troph ies he pi cked up o n hi s visit.
The cro wd was on its feet chee ri ng whe n
16· year·o ld J oe Phelps. riding his Wood·
Rot ax , held off veteran Jack Mayer
lak e
,h e Pro-Am cia .. win o n Saturday ni ght. This
was Phelps' fir st ride in the Pro-Am ranks
and hi s first rid e this season. Gary Morel faced
with ,h e othe rs and th e Ihr ee never had much
mor e lhan a bike length between Ihem .
Bill y Russell was nosed oul at Ihe wire by
Dave Knapp in Ihe Open cia .. Salurday nig hl.
Knap p had been brealhing down Russell 's
neck Ihe whol e ra ce and he finally o verloo k
him a l lhe chec kered flag . Russell 's excuse for
leuing Knapp calch h im was lha, he was a
lillie lired OUI aft er deliv ering his new baby
girl,
In Ihe Senior Divisi on , il was :'I ike Babka
and Dave Ko lenda hauling it oul o n ,he half
mi le. No maller how hard Kolenda pushed
his 600cc Ro t3X. he just couldn 't seem to pas s
Babka 's 500cc Yamaha.
Rrpn Bigelow ga ve ,he cro wd quile a Ihrill
o n Sunday in th e 85cc sho rt tra ck final.
Bigelow la pped Ihe en tire field a nd was o n
his wa y 10 lapping il alfl i\ (H Ull): 2. Kr n H u l'oC · IK.I" 'I: 1
P(" Ft il... lw, (\'a m ).
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SR EX: I. Su·\"( Vi...lll i (H n n ): 2. !lu d 1"" . (I-Iu , ): :So Ilullk
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."iCH.R\' : I. l1IC1Ill,I, fl u ill il.. (K.lw); 2. C lu i, RI'ad ( fi CIn );
:S I' h ilr p Thu m p "'l11 (KoIW).
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·jp (Su I); 2. ~ il I.. K.r.la, (lI u lI): : Will ia m
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Sledge hammers Mt. Vernon
Hare Scrambles
By Melissa Throckmorton
Mr. \'£Il'\ON,IL. MAY 27
Jeff Sledge was Ihe overa ll winner o r ,h e King
Ci,y Dirt Riders·promol ed 'wo-hour hare
scrambles, whi ch was held near ML Vernon.
Several da ys of rain durin g ,h e week mad e
severa l creeks impassable and ,h at forced th e
cl ub to sho nen the 3.S· mi le course to a twomil e loop.
Sledge took th e lead a l ,h e Sla rt and was
foll ow ed for Ih e firsl few laps by Mik e
Shannon, bu, th e weighl of Shannon 's big.
bon:~ Sla rt ed to wear him o ut and he dr opped
back. Vin ce Throckmonon was cha rging but
he loS! a lap ear ly o n wh en he wrapped some
electrica l fen ee wire aro und his co unt er-sha h
sp roc kel. Sledge a lso dr opped a lap wh en hi s
Yamaha took on some wat er and required
pumping oul and a plug cha nge.
T he co urse continued to deteri ora te as lhe
da y wore o n and tha t forced th e rid ers to use
new lines around the bogs.
T h roc kmorto n ma de a charge with lh ree
laps left Iha l pUI him in fron l o r Sledge , bu t
. Sledge gOI by with juS! aboul a Huarter·mi le
Ie£tt o KO in th e race. T im Davis fini shed third
ove ra ll behind Th rockmorton 10 lOp lhe Open
class. Davi s was also th e on ly rider ot her tha n
win ner Sledge and runner-up T h roc kmo flo n
10 mak e 15 lap s.
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Rrs ults
O /A ; I. Jdl SJed K(' (Ya m).
EX: I. J("H Sled "r (Yam ): 2. \'inlr llanM-L.mnllon
3. H,m l. I'.iur lml"irt (Y..m l.
Resu lts
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0-.=;0: I. TrM it'K H u lln""a \' (Y;u n): :!. Ru '" r ;m L.,.." (Ya m ):
Cannichael shines at
Echonoecee MX qualifier
By Dene Olive
MACON, GA, JUNE 1
0
Team Green's Rickey Carm ichael was one of
th e Slars o r th e Georgia/Flo rida regi on NM A
q ua lifier. So me of Ihe riders al ,his event were
racing for Ihe chance 10 adva nce ' 0 Ihe Grand
Nation al Ch am pionship race in Au gu sl al
Ponca Ci ly, O klah oma,
Fo x /PJ - I/Scoll
USA / C IT/ T su ba ki/
ShoeilKawasaki-su pporled Carmichael dom·
in a led Ihe 9-11 Stock J unior Mini cia.. from
sla rl 10 fin ish. Ca rm ichael had 10 work ' 0
oblain Ihe overall wi n in the 60cc Stock cia..,
however.
In Ihe firsl mo to , Carmichael had full
co ntro l w hen Ih e ga le d rorped . Maso n
Williams followed Carmichae mlo th e firs l
tum and slayed with hi m for a lap befo re
losing lOuch. Mall Walker ma de a pa .. on
Williams o n lap two o n the u phill section.
but Will iam s was able to rela ke th e positi on
o n the wh ile flag lap. Carmichael too k Ihe
win followed by Will Iam s and Walker.
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In Ihe second m o ,o , Carm ichael lOok
con lTol when th e gale drop ped, bUI th ree
riders wen t down i n the £iTSt turn a n d
Carmichael was one of them . He was abl e 10
rem o un t in 10th place, bUI he had his wor k'
CUI o ul for him to cli mb back 10 th e lOp.
By th e end of th e first lap he was rourth:
wh il e leade r Wal ker wa s Irying 10 lake
advantage. Ma ll Boone was holding on 10
second with Sean Mor ga n Ihird. On Ihe second
lap Carmichael mad e hi s move on Morgan:
a nd a lap lat er go l pa SI Boone. Carmichael
now ha d his sigh ts sel o n Walker and made
the pass o n th e rourth lap.
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The firsl 125cc B class mol O saw Suzuki·
. moullled Johnny Dean lake co mmand for Ihe
firS! 'hree laps. Brandon Sm ith mov ed passed
Dean after Ihe lauer slo wed with a mechanical
problem . Florida's J ohn Lake also go' by
Dean and by lap four Dean had dropped 10
sevelllh pl ace, La ke Ihen had problems or hi s
own . givi ng Will McElll yre second as Andre
Pen e moved into third.
T he second molO saw Sm ith ju mp into 'he
lead wit h Dean close behi nd. For ,h e firs l IWO
la ps Smith and Dean excha nged Ihe lead three
times, but Dean came ou t the wi nner whe n
Smith's rear brake locked. McEn lyre mo ved
10 seco nd with Lake ta ki ng over third; Smith
seuled for eighth. McElll yre's 2-2 was good
enough for Ihe o vera ll as Pen e finis hed seco nd
