Scou a nd the n third went
of Sha ne W~i gh t .
10
the n ld Yamaha
Results
P/W 60: I. C ha d Bid [ Kaw ].
MINI tW JR: I. Kenny Davis (Sk 2. J ohnny Cipoll ina
U);
ISUI); 3. Terrv Rid ( K.3w ): 4. Chad HodK~ (Kaw); S. Den nis
:
Sp ri uKS- ( Kaw ).
.
1250 JR : I. T ro y Ca rde ! ( Yam ): 2. Rich Thom as (Y am) ;
3. Paul Hanson (Hon); ... Ben Ci po llin (Ya m ).
SR : J. Bub C.aplinga (AT K); 2. Rl)K~r Ll"
Rt'uc (Ya m) ; ".
u rr 'Y G ill ia nd (AT K):-4. Teny W i ~u p (Kaw ) : 5 .Jim Onba b
( H u~).
S/S R : I. Charles Bu rk (Han ); 2. Pau l Ta'Ylor (H a n) ; 3.
Binn f''Y Ada m ~ (Kaw): 1. jim Lr tt'llirr (KT M); 5. Bob Ha (lr n
(KT M).
J R: I. Michad L iC"Chti (Suz); 2. rn... id Wilfon g (Han ); 3.
~ I il" BUi("nb Olrk (Ho n) : 4. j...Ml C
n .llU nl~ (Ka w): 5. Bru ck
BU
!oI"noork.
BEG : I. Kir k Sch m id t (H o n): 2. Chris Rtot-IM" (Ya m ); 3.
J ~m H o pkin!> (Hem ); 1. Chris M
cAnally (VOl m); 5. C.raig
k ine-I.
Gunter grabs LACR
night Motocross win
By Tony Alessi an d Kim Scott
PAL
\£DALE, CA, JUNE22
Hon da -mo unled Chuck Gu nle r wo n both
mot os en rOUle to the 125cc Novice ove ra ll
du ring the CRC Friday Nig ht Series a t L.A.
Co unty Raceway.
G unt er gra bbed th e lead at th e sta rt oCth e
first mo to and bega n to pace hi m self in fro nl
of Robert Anderso n. Anderso n slayed clos e lhe
whole mo to and Ci nis hed second. Cory Austin
charged u p to thi rd and closed o n Anderso n
in th e la te stages of the ma LO bu t never go t
close eno ug h lO mak e a cha rge.
T he seco nd mot o it was G un ter agai n o u t
'(ro n t a nd Ander son p urs uing. Anderson tried
too hard an d crashed back to fou rt h p lace.
Mark Allen too k over the second spot bu t had
Austi n all ove r hi m .
Austin found a Hne aro und Allen and
moved in seco nd where he stayed fo r th e
remai nd er of th e seco nd mOlO. G un ter WOIl
Randy M05eIey aced the 250cc Experts
at the Dirt DiggelS' Dual Euro Saambles.
with a pa ir of perfect mOlOS, Aus tin finish ed
seco nd a nd All en thi rd.
'
Dean Kassel to p ped the 250cc No vice class
a fter wi n n ing the se co n d m oro, Ju st i n
lannaIro was to ugh to beat in the first mo to ,
wit h Kassel settling C second a nd Dickson
or
ta ki ng th ird after a last lap pa ss 0 0 Ernie
Barba. Kassel o u tm u sc led In nalfo in the
second mo to with Barba ho ldi ng on to thi rd .
Kassel was declared the overa ll winner via his
better second mo ta finish.
Ra y Sn ider finall y Iou nd h is way to the
win ner 's circle. Snider battled hard the first
125cc Begi nn er moto to fin ish beh in d Brent
Greer. Sn ider ra n away with th e second mot a
wi nning in a convincing man ner; G eor ge
Fuent es rod e. to a second p lace fini sh and first
rno to win ner Gr eer fo llowed in th ird.
Lenny Baker topped the Vet Novice class
by sweeping both mo tos, Ba ker C in the first
ell
m o to but was ab le to dri ll hi s way LO the [ro n twhen first mo to leader H ugh Blacka went
down o n the C
inallap .
Baker con tro lled th e seco nd mow [rom the
th ird la p o n a nd was uncha llenged th ro ugh OUl the ru n . Blacka ra n clo se to th e [ra nt bu t
co ntin ued his cras h ing wa~. J ohn Briak ner
used a pair of seco nds to secu re seco nd ove rall ,
Steve Sch ro bsdo rf finished th ird.
Resul ts
80 REG : 1. j a son Ho ward (Kaw): 2. J r l>.\t' v ree ke n (S UI );
3. David Sli nc hfeild (Ka w ).
80 NOV: I. J a Mln R tt"d (Suz) : 2. Bub Gumer (Hu n); .5
.
j rr t>m'Y Bla ha (SUI).
125 BEG : I. Ray Sn idtt (Va m );2 . Ra y GrCTr (SU/.);!J. Co("urK~
Furnles (H o lI); 4. Garry Carlso n (H n n ); 5. Mauro Mur r llo
(Hon ).
.o
125 NOV : I. Ch uck G u n lM" (Hon): 2. C ry AWOIin (Ho n) ;
!J Ro bt'n Andn-!O(JIl (5111): -4_ MOlrk Allrn qCaw ); 5. J ar rd
.
J arob~mf'Yf'r (Yilm).
125 PR O : I. Dav id Ron rt1.1 (S U1).
250 BEG : I. Bill Pa u l (Ya m) ; 2. Da ... d Mu!l l"n; 3. Da vid
i
Will iam lo (S UI) ; 1. Da vid Ma rtinC'1 (Yam) ; 5. Mal ti Ima n lok i
(Yam).
•
250 NO V: I. Dt-a n Ka!loW"I ( HUf~); 2. J UM Ia nOllllu Kaw );
in
!J Erni(' Barm. (Hnn): 4. O wnl D!ch nn ( VOlm ): 5. Mi kr Bla ir
.
(Ho n ).
250 INT: 1. Bill y M" d n- (Hu n): 2. Will Dick!O()O (Ya m);
3. Rick Smith (He)O); -4. Rnb b ir Du n ham (Ya m).
500 BEG : 1. T ub 'Y UW('S (Hun ); 2. Stacy Ska~ (H nn);
3. Wan!"n Ca llag ham (Hu n ).
500 NOV: I. Edd ir Armmo l\g (HunO: 2. J aso n Myron
~
(Ho n}: " . Ra nd y W i n~ ln w (H o n ).
JR VET BEG : I. Wadr C
..arlr-y(H un ): 2. Ma t lin Ci:iar (H o n );
t
". Kr lI y Wadt' (H un); · Rnbl"rl Bla louirch (Ho n,; 5. R ubert
Wt'grlyn (Kaw).
~ JR VET NOV : I. Mark Ho nun (Hun ): 2. / ti f Sh(T(S( Kaw);
3. Mik.. BolinR ( K..& w); 4. 51t'\'r Sc-hmbMiur ( non ): .'). Da... d
i
Wi llia ms (S UI) .
JR VET (NT : I. T uny Aln.. .i (Hun).
.
J R VET EX: I. OUOln(' Su m mt'n (H w\).
.
h
VET BEG : I. Clui!> \'\o'h itc- "ad (H u n) ; 2. Eric S<"'Ymuur
(H on) : 3. J un UUttbt'rK; 4. RtTd Krq;t" 1(SUI): 5. Mikf' Ha in es
(S UI).
VET NO \' : .1. Lr n ny Baker: 2. J uhn B, it-kn l"r (Va m); " .
Schro bMiour (I- n ); 4. Da ... d MullC'n (.'iiU/ ); 5. ()('a n
Io
i
L m e (Yam ).
VET INT: I. Mar k Mauh ull (Hn n ): 2. C li U Wa rrt'n ( Ho n) :
! . Mich ad H n w k ki (Hu n).
SR EX: J. Rub Milln"r (Hon) .
Slc ...
r
Hunnicutt, Moseley top Dirt
Diggers Dual Euro Scrambles
By Donnetta and Bob Murray
RED M
OUNTAIN, CA,JUNE23·24
Triple di gi t tem pe ra, ures did n't hamper T ed
H un nicutt a nd Ra ndy Moseley fro m sco ring
dou ble wins at th e Dirt Diggers Dual Europea n Suam bles a t Red Mo un la in . Team
Green 's Hun n icutt was th e repea t win ner in
th e Open cla sses, while Moseley earn ed h is
win~ in the 250cc co nt est.
In Sa turday 's Open race , Derri ck Pai emen t,
on a K. wasaki , was firs t to the bo mb, C llo wed
,
o
by Hun n icuH aod Amat eur Justi n L und in.
Don Stinchfield (23), Mark Matteson (131) and Cliff Warren (4) duke it out in the
Vet Novice class at LA. County Raceway night motocross in Palmdale. California.
Pa iement and H unnicutt d iced briefly, before
H un ni cut t go t th e lead and kept it to the
fini sh , never seeing Pa iement aga m . Pa iement
had go ne o ver the ba rs, but rem ounted to keep
his second p lace pos itio n and p ursuit of
Hu nn icutt to his second p lace fini sh . L u ndin
di d lime o n th e g ro u n d a lso . a lJo wi ng
Amat eur Mik e Wh itco mb to ta ke over thi rd,
with Todd Co ll ey in fou rth. Co lley a nd
Lundi n swap pe d positions severa l times
du ring the race and the du o was a ble to slip
. past Wh itcomb co m ing OUlof the ho me- ch u te
lead in g o n to the fina l lap. L und in sur passed
Co lley one mo re rim e ove r a hill to gar ner
th e th ird p lace spot a nd take th ird, with Co lley
ear ning Io urth and Whitco mb fifth .
II wa s a wire-to -wire win [o r Hu n nicutt in
Sund ay's event. He co nce ntra ted o n keeping
a head of Pai ement , who was agai n ho t 0 0
his tra il. " When it co mes lO su m mer races,
th e key is lO use as littl e ene rgy as pos sib le."
sa id Hun ni cutt. " Rest, dr in k flu id a nd do n't
mess arou nd. I knew Derr ick was righ t th ere
- if I C down , I wo uld use a ll my e ner~ . "
ell
Pai em ent fini shed second o ne mor e um e.
Coliowed by Abe Baumann, Whitco m b a nd
Co lley.
Amat eurs Brent Farrell and R ick Lundin
were 1-2 at the bo mb in Sa turday 's 250cc race,
follo wed by David Ondas, J ohn Rudder a nd
Ra nd y Moseley. Farrell lost a co n tact len s a nd
had to dr op back, a llo wing Lu ndi n th e lead
until midwa y thro ug h the second loo p .
Moseley. wh o ha d slowed down wh en he
tho ught he had punch ed a hole in hi s radi a tor
a fter driv ing th ro ugh a hu ge bush , had
regained hi s no rma l h igh speed style. H e
work ed hi s way up to Lu ndin , wh o let him
by, not realizi ng he was in the lead . Ondas
a nd Ru dder di ced Cor a wh ile, bu t Rudder
dro pped back with bike p rob lem s. Ondas
fin ished seco nd, wilh Lu nd In in th ird ove ra ll.
Dave Arm stro ng and Cra ig Hunter raced wi th
o ne a no ther th rou gh o ut t he con test. Arm stro ng came o u t ahead al th e fini sh 10 ta ke
fourt h , wh ile H u nt er sett led C Cifth .
or
In Sunday 's 250cc co mpeti tio n, Rudder was
firs t lO the bo mb wilh Moseley o n h is tail.
Moseley too k an ins ide li ne aro u nd a hi ll a nd
pressed hard to get a good pa ce goi ng, as he
cha'l~ed in to lh e lead. He kept h is positio n
to lhe fin ish for the win. Eric Wolfe, wh o
was [ourth al lhe bomb , worked up LO second
p lace, then , kn owing he co u ld n ' t ca tc h
Moseley, seu led in ' a t a good rh ythm to
mai n tam h is SJXll LO lht" fin ish. Ondas finished
third, wh ile H un ter (:ame in fo urth a nd
L und in in CiCth .
A strong baule went on d ur ing Sa turday 's
125cc mce between Ed Pierce. Ro ger H urd a nd
Joh n Braasch . The lr io were duki ng it out
th roug h lh e first lap and into the second, whe n
H urd had a rear £la l, leaving him OUl o[
.co n ten lion . Pierce. who was leadi ng, was
ex ubera nt with h is firs t wi n in a lo ng tim e.
Braasch nabbed seco nd for the day.
" It was a fun course," sa id Pierce. " 1 haven 't
been o ut in fron t for so long, I for go t what
it was like."
H ur d rod e a Cla wless ride in the cla ss th e
C llowing day . He led Crom sta rt to Ci nish Cor
o
the win. Duatw Su m mers was seco nd, James
Summ ers ca me in th ird, Eric Hanks founh
and Amat eur Brian Davis was firth o vem ll.
An interestin g [in ish occurred in the Senior
Novi ce/Begi nner race. T he Wo men were a lso
included in (he race an d it was a woman T eam G reen's An na Merr ill - who too k the
overa ll win bo th days . ~_mday saw three
women pl ace in the lOp th ree pos itio ns :
Merritt , Patr ice Payn e and Vicky Howell.
Sat urd ay's Vet race p ro vided a 10 l of
ex citement with Brett H owell , Ro n Bragdon
and Downhill Alexa nder righ ti ng to the end.
T hey fini shed in tha t ord er. Kenny Parry ra n
a way wit h t he Vel race o n Sunday . Keep ing
hi m hon est was Alexan der , who was waitin g
for a ny mistak e o n Pa rry's pan, It was Parry.
Alexa nder a nd Dan Dawson a t the finish.
Dave Kersting loo k the win in the seni o r
cla ss o n Sa lu rday , w hi le T .V . H ol m es
sna tched th e trophy for Sunday .
Resul ts
SATtlROAY
2."0 EX: I. Randy Multl·I(·'Y (Sm): 2. navid O ndas (Kaw);
,
:I. nom' An mUtlllR (fuw ): 1. C ... K Hunt" ( Kaw ~
r i
O rEN t:X: J. Ted H un nuuu ( Koiw) ; 2. nMTiC"k Pa iement
( J(; l W): !. Todd (;u l)(''Y (H u n).
12ft EX: I. Ed Pi (" ( Ka w) : 2. J o hn Bra.it .h (Ya m); 3.
In'
,
Roger H unl ( KoIW).
VET O rEN EX: I. Run 8 rilK
dnn (Hun ); 2. SIt·W' Ol i~
(Ya m).
\'ET 250 t:X: I. Rm l Hllwt'll (lU w): 2. Do wn h ill Alexa nder
(S~~; ~~~~'~I·t~~I~i~t~~il1;;n(~a~;~2. T .V. Hol me s
(KT M) ;:I. Rm 10 U
.;lrnt,\: 1. Dnn Burch (Ya m); 5. Rex P ills.
S R .250 t·,X: I. n ;l V(' Kt'fMin K (Kawl; 2. AI HuH ( Yam );
~ . T um (;r.uu ; 1. SI("V(" lllu mpltllil {Ka wO; :' . J ilY W icker~.
SR O r EN NO\' : 1. Ma rt y Pow arlyn !>ki.
r;
."iR 2:.0 NO \ ' : I. J)('n ny Wa rmo 2. cttrr Ra y.
2:10 AM: l. Ri( k L umlin (Varn); 2. Tum H en d nrks,
O PES AM : I. Ju10lin L un d in (H u n ); 2. Mikr Wh ilcnmb
( KT M )::I . Sm u Hr rwl'J( (KT M ).
12.') AM: 1. 1(("1I11t'l h Ha rma n .
VET OP t:N AM: I. J im Il iulfm ( Ka w): 2. Dea n Taylur ;
~ . M) rnn 1.;ll' ka ( Kaw ).
V t:T2.~ AM : I . G rill: H aw h ( Ka w ); 2.Jam n Mill ('r (Yilm ):
x. ~ ;hi p Juh n.... m: - . (;wtt McLau Jl:h1 in; 5. J im Mc<:artnf')'.
1
SR O PEN ,\ M: I. Ot-nn i1o Pamn nn ( Ka w) .
'
SR 2.~ AM: I. M i k~ Bu rnr ll (Kl'M).
WMN : 1. AllllaCud y Mt"rr ill ( Kaw ): 2. Pank e Paynl"(Ho n ):
., . Bra nd i Mlll in K (Ya m ).
12.) ;o.;OV: I. Ryall Pa lu', ,..-m (KT M).
1
12. )St:e ;: 1. jI 'u 'my Fr.u i(·r ( Ka w) .
1
MINI BEG : I. Ra ymun d Eidwl (Va m) .
s/SR EX: I. AI G Ullmm ( K.aw ).
stlNn AY
_
orES EX: J. T lod HUllllim ll ( Ka w): 2. IlM'rid( Pa innml
(K.aw)::I. Abt· I\;lUm...nll (Kaw); 1. Tudd c.ull~y (Hu n ).
250 EX: I. R;llId 'Y Multl'II''Y (Stu ): 2. F.rik Wll ifi' (Ya m ): !J.
n .wid O nd il!> (Ka w): 1. Cmil{ HUIllN ( Ka w) ; ft. Frank
Ch a m IK n.
·,'li
12.) EX : 1. Ru",ot'r H u rd (K
