LOCAL EVENTS
Ge lling all th e tra ction he needed , McBride
too k a comfortab le lead a fter o nly o ne ci rcuit
and held it to completion. u no)' Mcbride
took second. with Lewis th ird a nd Bur ge
fo urth after cras h ing exiting turn fou r o n la p
o ne.
T uff McBride has ta ken victories in three
of fo ur Sa- h mai n events this year , H is lone
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loss ca me a t the hands of h is brother Lenny.
The division two Scra tch ma in victory was
no tch ed bv Kvle Dixon. Taking the lead from
rhe sta rt .' O:xon 's Olmsted ConstructionSpoIlMlTN.1 j a wa was nearly over taken by Tim
Mathewson 0 11 lap three . but Dixo n mainra in ed hi s co m po su re and hung on for his
fim "hedered f1a!; OIl Champion Spttdway.
Results
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Suzu ki-mou rned Steve Johnson stormed to
double-mom wins in the combined I2.S/25(kc
Expert class during the fifth round of th e
CRAI Wiseco Piston/Gear Racewc:- r/ AXO a
sponso red Sp ring M O IOCTO Sl\ Series held a t
Ohio II1tt."rnat io nal Racewa\'_Over 300 riders
wrrt> on han d to participat~ in this. lhe final
rou nd of Ihe series .
Jo h nson . sponsored by \Viseco Piston s and
Bru nswick SULU ki , Wheeler, Mike Be,!,:!,:ia a nd
Ch uck Emery chased johnson ,hrough lap
Ih n"t' whe n R ()~-gia rou ted his SUluki ah ead
of Wheel... Bogg ia dropped h is rid e a lap
la, er, pickin!,: himself up mid-pack. j ohnson
n)Otin ucd to po und hi s ride a ro und th t' track
wi th whee ler keep in g hi s Honda in seco nd.
Serit."s points It."ad t."r Chris G rdsso mo tored hi s
KTM into lhird o n ly to dro p back to sixlh
o ne turn bdor e th e dle('kered f1 a~ . Johnson
look the mot o win. II second s ahea d or
Wheeler. Jason Balas, Kei,h Perr y and Barn ey
Barn en roundt,d out th e lOp five.
Johnson blasted hi s way throu gh turn ont'
10 beg in mo to two, Bo g: l a, Gary Bru ce and
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\Vlu'rl t'r rt."mained o n j ohn ~I1 ' s r("""d r wh l"t"l
thro ug h lap o ne as Johnson and Bogg ia beg- n
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p u ll ing away, bui fdin g up a 16-second lead
by mid-mo w . Pt"rry a nd Barn ('l1 dispoM"d of
Bru('e as tht." two riders moved in on \Vhed er
in a threeawa y banle for thi rd. j ohnson scoroo
lh e perfect start~lO~ fi n ish victory. tak ing th e
chec kered flag ei~ht secon ds a hea d or Be,g!,:ia.
\\'h ('t"ler was a distant third ahead or Barn en.
wh o had pa sst"d Pt"rry two la p!!> ~.n l i er ,
Din Works-backed , KTM· mo unted Neal
Davis too k the o vera ll win in the Pl u s 2,'; class ,
scori ng 2~ 1 mOlo finishes. Thirty-one riders
li ned the !i:3le wi,h H onda -mo un ted Art
j ackson holeshollin !,: mo ta o ne a head of Rick
Boep ple and Davis. j ackson held Ihe lead
throu!,:h Iwo-a nd-a-ha lf laps when Boep pl e
took over ,he n um b<:r on e spol. As Jackson
fad ed to mid -pack, Steve Wil m in !,:to n and
Dave Blauman moved in to chall.n!,:e Boepple
and Davis for th e lead. Boepple look ,he wi n,
four seco nds ahead o r Davts, wi ,h Wilm in!,:lon , Blaumand and Gl enn Zim merma n
ro un d in g OU I Ihe lOp rive.
In the second outi ng. S"uzuki-mounled
Boepple took th e lead o rf the li ne wilh Davis
and j ack son chas ing , Boeppl e went dow n.
p icki ng hi mse lf up in eiKhlh p lan' a nd
ha nd ing th e lead to Davis. Zim merm an and
Frank Gall o passed J ackson wil h Zimmt"rman
movinK in o n Davi s. Davis and Zimm erm an
enR'"o.lged in a hea ted. lir e-w-tir e baili e as
Boepple worked hi s wa y to the front of th e
pa,'k, Wilh th e whi,e flag o u', Davis pulled
away as Gallo roUit'd a ro und Zim merman for
5e(·ond. Boepple took co n tro l of fou rth a head
of T on y Boyas wilh \\film ingl on o n the ir r("ar
wh ,..Is ,h rough ,h e checkered lIa!':
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Davis wenl on to score 1-2 mow fin ishes
in ,h e O pen B class ror seco nd overa ll b,'hind
Andrrws H on da-m o unted rider Sha ne Sm ith.
Sm ilh s('ored 2-1 finis hes 10 take the ovt"rall
vic-wry. Smith took lhe lead off tht, Iinl' 10
bt"Kin mOlDo ne with Davis blaslin g pas t in w
Ihe lead withi n lhe £ir!!> t half-lap. Da ve
Bla uma n held second ahead of Smith , Be,b
Ha rri ng ton and Dave Sul ecki . Davis went
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Ru ss C•o rne ll, 3 Division Two rider starti ng
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fro m th e zero-ya rd li ne, na iled down seco nd
and Ihird-p lace finis hes in the Han di cap heat
and semi . resp ec t ivel y• . a t C ha mpio n
Speed way .
Rid in g his T irel an d USA/ Fra nks Body
Shop/ K.R. Cycle Sa lva!i:<-sponsored j aw a ,
Co rne ll , a ,h ird -year rider, held o rf th. cha rges
of bac k-yardage rid ers Tom Bur!': , brothers
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Tull and Len ny McBride, and J ohn Le wis
for ,hree co m plele laps berore being passed
by Bur!;e a nd Tuff McBrid e enler ing th e
fourth n rcuit.
In the meantime. Lenn y McBride had
wor ked hi s way past Randy Sta urf. T he n,
while a lle m pt in~ to move past Lewi ~. the two
tan gl ed. with McBride go ing down co m ing
o rf ,h e seco nd turn. T h is prump'ed referl'"
Don Hawkin s to halt th e eveill with o nly fo ur
laps fin ish ed , ca lli ng it a completed race.
Reverting 10 lhe ord er of fin ish on lap three
gave Corne ll . h is fir st"ev er victory in a
Han dica p main.
T he d ivision o ne Scra tch main was a~ in
a repea, performa nce by Cycle Pro / East Side
Taver n-sponso red T u H McBri de . as h e
grabbt"d the lead from the po le pos itio n just
a bike length ahead of his :\fario Pi uasponsored brol her Len n)'. u:wis and Bur ge.
PORTL\ :o>n. OR, jlll"E10
Soon Hickson may have topped the l25cc Int ermedia te cla ss. but pr omot ers Duane Wylder
a nd David Eak in were th e real victors in th e
second round of th e Pacifi c Coa st Championsh ip Series held at Portland Int ernational
Raceway. Working through the ni ght in a
steady downpour. th e track was brought up
to raci ng co n d itions a fte r the pr evi ous
eveni ng 's Rose Festival races . With several
tr icky new sectio ns ad ded fo r th e Sunday even t
co mbini ng with th e mu dd y condi tio ns. times
were slower a nd fall s mor e Irequent, For many
of the competitors. survival was the order of
the day .
The l25cc Int ermediate class proved 10 be
o ne of th e most co mpetitive g rou ps of the da y.
DK Performa nce rider Ch ris Din een took th e
first mota holeshot , but was soo n pa ssed by
Evere tt Hon da rider Scali Hi ckson. On th e
seco nd lap. th e trac k got the better of Dineen
as he fell , and by the rim e-he was rolli ng agai n
he found himself in sixth position. T aking
u p th e chase in second was Richard Postma.
followed by Town Con ler Yamaha rider Mik e
Hamness and leam mate T om Marlin. Half·
way Ihrough the moto, Mike's Suzu ki rider
Lo u Ca u lki ns pas.ved Marlin to tak e o ver
rourth. On th e followin~ lap, Dineen also
wo rked his way by Marian a nd th e next lap
he slipped under Ca u lkins to take over founh.
Hi ckson rem ained un ch all en ged in th e lead
with Po slma holdin g down the second
pos iti o n, followed by Hamness and Dineen,
f('spcrtivel y,
Dineen rept.'3led hi s first ·moto hol eshot in
lhe second round and was o nce again followed
cl os ely by Hickson. Mike Hamness wa s
pushing th e two front-runners just as he
himself was b<:ing pressed by Caulkins for
third. Dineen ' held hi s narrow lead through
Ihe !irst ,hree laps, but on lap four he nearly
fell in a sharp, lelt -hand corne r. The slip was
all H ickson needed
get by and Hamness
f"lI"wed su it. droppin g Dineen 10 third. It
seemed to most observers that Hi ckson would
probab fy pull away as he had the first mOlO,
but Hamness didn 't see it that way. On the
fin al lap, Hamness look over the lead and held
o n for ,h e chec kered flag . Hickson followed
in seco nd, with Din een , Postma, a nd Caulkins
rounding OUI th e top five.
Hickson, a recen t co llege gra d uate with a
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