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LOCAL EVENTS
beh ind Mayfield, Harley-Davidson rider Gre·
sham edged ahead of McDowell ' 0 gra b the
first spo t and Ro tax rider Key followed beh ind
McDowell [or third. Butler look th e fourth place
ahead of Mayfield, so it was Gresham, McDowell, Key, BUller and Mayfield at the checkered
flag.
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In the Vet Expert class, Rotax rider John
Taylor surp rised everyone by taking the lead
over Dave Bostrom and ma intai ni ng it till th e
finish . Yam aha rider james Dunlavey look the
third spo t.
In the 80cc Expert class, "Dirty Eamie"
Ma rtin look the lead a head of Nathan Wa it,
bot h on Ka wasakis. Honda rider Eric Bostrom
took the third spo t ahead of Don Hart and J eI[
C abhart. .
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Allen Auzenn e domina led the Open Jun iors
ahead of Norm an Storr [or a Ft race, and
after a restar t in the 250cc N OVIce class due to
an acciden t, Rocky Maccarone led the way to
victo ry on a Honda j ust ahead o f Rober, Brandt.
Debbie Anderson bea r ou t Carrie Lee in the
Powder Pu[1.
Results
T on y G rav es (219) won bo th th e 125 a n d 250cc Pro classes at the Pacific Coast MX Championships at Alban y.
Cartwright tops Pro Comp
at Rockingham Drags
By Nina Henderson
ROCKINGHAM, NC,JUNE 1 17
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I n th e prof essi onal el imi nators at th e
Internauonal Drag Bike Associa tion (IDBA)
Suns hi ne Na tionals at Rock in gh am, No rt h
Ca ro li na, victory ca me quickl y. Qu alifying
began on tim e a nd Iinis hed ea rly with Stu
Fa rra r tops on h is blown Kawasak i Fu nn y
Bike a ' 7.47/1 55.26. Ron Joh nson mad e h is
IOB A debut as top qual ifier with a 7.47/
17.1.57o n a n A/N Suz uki buill by hi s Iather
and Iomer rac er Da nn y j ohnson of Yad kinvill e, North Ca roli na . Ben ny " Je l" Mens was
th e on ly [am ili a r [ace in the pr ofessional
ran ks o n th e par ad e o f number one qua liIiers. Th is ti me he turned a 7.961172.61 '0
earn th e co veted spot a mo ngs t severa l Pro
Stock roo kies. O [ rhe th ree top q ua liliers ,
on ly Men s mad e his way through the pack
to the winner 's circle.
E lim ina tio ns began w ith a five· b ik e
Funny Bike Iield , eig h l men in Pro Co mp
and !lve in Pro S,ock. Co m peti to rs [ell by
,he waysi de in Funny Bike before lhe [irs'
pass down th e trac k. Fu n ny Bike number
,hree q ua lilie r Rust y Qu esenb err y br ok e a
cra n k a nd co u ld n', replace it. Fun ny Bike
n um ber [our D'W ayne Ca rlock went ho me
wi,h lhe be nt rod h e arrived sport in g .
Pr ofession al racin g vetera n Frog T hacker let
,he du al ·engin ed Suzu ki rest [or lhe day the machine on ly had two r asses o n it a nd
sli ll la y in the expe ri me nt a sta~es . Buil der
Dan ny J oh nson walked awa y wll h ,h e bestengi neered bi ke awa rd (aT the crea tion Frog
rode.
T op q uali fer Farrar made the firs t pass
a so lo a ' a n easy 9.38 / 137.76 . Seco nd
qualilier Da vid Brill a lso so loe d a ' 8.071
119.57 - bo,h men clea rly sa ving parts. In
th e fi na l. Fa rr ar co u ld n ' t start in th e bl each
box. Britt was waved on for the so lo and
won wit h a 7.82/147.37 hi s [irstlOBA Fu nny
Bike.
Pro Stock bega n th e li ve-bi ke Iield Wilh
a bye [or top q ua lili er Men s, A bye [or
n um ber two qualifier Lester J enkins, a nd
a bye [o r number ,hree 9 ua li[i er Ho race
Wr igh t. O n ly Dave R u mplng a nd William
Hunter Jr. made a n e lim in a tio ns pa ss.
Rum pi ng won his virg in IDBA Pro Stoc k
pa ss wil h an 8.42/ 154.40 10 H unter 's 8.83/
147.20. T he ga me gOI interest ing in th e semi
. Iin a ls when Mens and Wri gh, made lhei r
rirst co m pe tit io n pas s. Wri gh t was first ou t
o r the box with a .489 reaction ti me, while
Men s clo cked a sur p rising ly slow .689. Wi,h
lill ie tro ub le, Mens ca u gh l hi m a l the
hallwa y ma rk a nd loo k the wi n - 8.05/
167.31 ' 0 8.52/ 153.16.
Nex'. J en kins look on Rumpi ng . J en kins
had lh e qu a lifyin g adv a n tag e bUl Rumrin g
had the en th usias m of a roo kie. O f , th e
starting line, Ru m p in g was fir sl wit h a .470
to a .676. J enkin s' Kawasak i ·ga ve it e v er ~
yth ing bUlj ust made therun close. Rumpi ng
wo n o n a n 8.5 1/ 152.98 10 J enkins 8.39/
158. 17.
Mens a nd Rumpin g a waited the fin a l. T he
reacti on times were a lmost a h undredth
a pan with R u m ping in lhe lead. Mens
gu n ned i, a nd never look ed ba ck 10 see th aI
h is co mpetit ion was n 't eve n follow in g.
Ru m p in g had broken and Mens look a qu ick'
8.05/ 167. 16 rid e to h is seco nd Pro Slack
vic'ory o[ 1990.
Pro Co m p definitel y sto le the show a t
" T he Rock " . In ro und one, roo kie Ron
J oh nson defe at ed for mer P ro Comp Ch am p io n Neal La ne o n hi s fir st ou ti ng in two
seaso ns with a 7.50/175.78 10 a 7.91/1 61.29.
Buck McPha ll er rode h is n it ro -burning
Kaw asak i to victory a lter SCOll Crippen
bro ke. McP ha ll er turned a 7.7 3/170.22.
Dennis Hinton 's co m pe tit io n was disqual ified Sa turday a fter almost ru n ni ng over
McPhaller on a qualifying pa ss. Hinton
earned hi s semi Iinal position on a bye a t
9.64/ 90. 14. Dave Cartwright took on 1989
Pro Comp m uscle ma n Alther Ford in th e
a dva nta ged sea t. A slo w reacti on time cos t
Ford the round a t .776 ' 0 Cartwright's .481
7.921165.04. Ford fini shed in 7.66/174.68,
but lost the pas s. On ' 0 the semi [in a Is,
J ohnson beat McPhaller with a .458 reac tio n
tim e.
Dennis Hinton then br oke. giving Ca rt wrig h t a free sp ace in th e fin al aga ins t
Jo hnson. J ohnson go , him o n the starling
lin e with a .454 ' 0 .468, but Cartwright made
up ground ' 0 tak e ,h e win a ' 7.62/1 63.69.
Jo h nso n fin ish ed runner-up a t 7.94/1 40.09.
Bad news plaq ued th e P ro Comp class wh en
Joh nso n was found ill egal [or th e cla ss he
cla imed a ' Sat urday lech -in . T he mo ,or he
ran was bigger th an the size he claimed.
J ohn son [o r[ei'ed th e winni ng mon ey,
po in ts a nd con tin gency.
Hucke hot at PIRMotocross
By Dan Meeker
PORTLAND, OR, JUNE 28 •
Donald Hucke rode his Yamaha ' 0 a pair o[
mo'o wins
take ,he 125cc J unior overall
win at Portland International Raceway's
motocross track.
Troy Bangs reacted quickesl '0 the drop o[
the ga'e in moto one and led all riders Into
the firsl comer. Behind h im Mike Wolford
was being pressed hard by Hucke, Mall Krause
and Jack Lowery. On the second lar' Hucke
used the outside line on a section 0 whoops
to overtak Wolford and begin his pursui, o[
Bangs . Hucke quickly closed the gap Bangs
had crea,ed and made his first serious
challenge in a flat Ielt·hand comer approaching a small table,op jump. Ban!\" held him
off, but with IwO laps remaining, Hucke
powered around the outside o[ a lelt - hand
sweePer leading '0 an uphill and, by the ti me
the two [ront·runners had reached the ,op,
Bangs was doing the cha sin g as Hucke had
taken over the lead.
Hucke steadi ly pulled awa y while Wollord
closed in on Bangs in second. On ,h e Iinal
lap Wollord pushed Bangs ' 0 the limi, as Ihe
two cleared a series o[ ju mps on the last ba~ck
straigh , o[ the track . In desperation, Wollord
made one last effort to over take Ban gs in the
Iinal corn er of the molO, bu , Ban gs wou ld
have no part o[ it as he held on [or second.
Beh ind Wolford, Krause an d Pa, Muxlow
rounded ou t the 'op live.
Bangs repeated his [irs, ·m oto holeshot in
the second molO bu' thi s time Krau se passed
h im in the firs' lum. Hucke starled fifth but
by the end of the first lap had moved up to
third behind Wolford. Flying far off the big
jump on the back straigh', Hucke flew by
Wolford and into second place. Hucke wasted
no ,ime putting the eressure on Krause and
they ' went up the hill side-by-side. Hucke
braked a spltt second later com ing into the
'0
comer leading '0 the back straight and took
over the lead At the same time, Wolford was
working hard on Bangs who was holding
down third .
With three laps remairring, Wolford
powered by Bangs off the final Jump in the
back straight and appeared ready 10 equal his
third-place finis h in moto one. Behind him,
Bangs~' sideways in a turn, giving Wolford
a cushi on in front of him and allowing Sean
Coiteaux to close the ga p. O n the final lap,
Wolford went over his bars and crashed hard.
Bangs retook third behind Hucke and Krause
an d crossed the finish line just ahead of
Coiteaux, Wolford managed to remount and
Iinished the moto fifth.
I esul ts
W/PIW, I. Grqory B_weIl (Yam~ 2. Erin Hucke(Yam);
5. MalMw Krum (Yam ).
6-8 PIW: 1. Jason Hanson (Kaw) ; 2. Jacob Kenw orthy
(Hon) ; 3. Cra;.IlndJ.,. (Sm).
9-11PIW : 1. RobtttHohpw (l.aw); 2. .Kevin Bakin {Kaw );
3. T.....u Murphy.
WMN : 1. Kelly Smith (H on) ; 2. Carol Younce (Xaw).
MINI BEG: 1. Brian Martin (Hon); 2. Brock Clark (Suz);
3. Juan Ball (Kawl.
MINI JR. l. Emi~ Gendron (Suz); 2. lC.rvin Eakin (ltaw);
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5. Br.mdOn While ( Kaw) .
MINI INT : 1. CotT Fuller (l.aw); 2. Clad Rred (Raw);
3. T .]. Webber (Kaw).
125 BEC : 1. Ro n Bdlr (Yam ): 2. Jrrnny Porta (Ya m);
3. Quia Petmen (Yam ).
. 12.1 JR; I. Donald Hucke (Yam ); 2. Troy 8anp (H on) ;
5. Matt Krau~ (Yam). .
125 tNT: 1. FOrTCIt Transue (Kaw); 2. Dane Batt)' (H on) ;
5. Emie Roberti (Sw).
125 PRO: 1. Ilian Canl (Suz); 2. Mike kll (SUI); 5. David
Browning (Yam ).
250 BEG 0-1 ; I. MKha el Coulon (Hon) ; 2. Ronald Park
(H on ); 5. Fra nk Toftmw"1t (Xa w).
250 BEG 0.2: I. Tony Sawyer (H a n ); 2. Jim Marshall (Suz);
5. David Win ters (Suz).
250 JR: 1. Grq: SErio (Kaw); 2. T im MciAner (Ya m ); 5,
Darrin Cuni~ (Yam) .
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250 t NT: l. Mike Wha1rn (Kaw ); 2. Ed J~ (H on); 5.
Mi~1
Johnson (Hon /.
250 PRO: l. Mike &: 1 (SUI).
OPEN BEG : l. Kdly Cunningham (K.aw) ; 2. BiH Jon n
(Ra w) ; .5 Paul Shi rr k (Yam).
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OPEN
I . Randy Singer (Hon); 2. Mike Hi ckman (Yam ).
OPEN NT: I. Kip T em p leton (Hon); 2. Michael J ohn5OD
(H on); .5 Tony Martin (H o n).
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O PEN PRO: l. Don ~pflug (Ra w).
UTH: l. Kip T em p leto n (H an); 2. Gene Whittaker (Hon);
.5 Andrew Hardie (H o n).
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Onl C: l. Stan CaPP'l (H us) ; 2. Dave Hucke (Yam ); .5.
Kevin Grear (Suz).
OTI-I B: 1. Ron Kent (Yam ); 2. b nd y FOOrr (Hon); .5.
Ride. Johnson (H o n).
40+ NOV : I. Strve Forte (Han ); 2. Joe Gary (Yam ).
40+ AM: I. Jeff Younce (SUI); 2. Mayruud lticharda (Ra w);
.5. Carl Stein (Han I.
40+ EX: I. Mik e Perry (SUI); 2. J im La mkin (Hon); .5
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Mik e Hi ckman (Yam ).
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McDowell grabs the gold
at Lodi Short Track
By Mikki McBride
Lom , CA, JUNE2.1
After a lhr ee·week br eak while ,he Slock, on
M.e. Club pu' on its Iirs, lew races o[ ,he 1990
season. lhe Lodi M.e. Clu b is back aga in [or
the next two weeks..
T here were thr ee hea ts or Pro-Am and Open
Expen riders. and in the Pro-Am mai n , Bryan
McDowell grabbed the holeshol 011 the line on
his Rotax whil e fellow Rotax rider Bob Damron
[ell into ,he second spo t. Mark Key and Michael
Gresham balli ed [or the third posi,i on and Key
edged ahead on ,he insid e, ridin g a ,igh' line.
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Mar k Butler ,ook a close filth 011 the lineJ us,
ahead o[ S,eve Maylield in sixth. Key rna e a
fama stic move around Damron to take over the
second spo ', an d was onl y about one-and -a-hall
bike lengths behind McDowell a' the finish line.
In the Open Expert class, Damron go' 011
to a slow star" endi ng up in the sixth spo'
P/W C B; I. David GaMOn (Yam ); 2. Brandon ~ (Ya m);
.5 Sheena Pan erson (Yam ); 4. Ryan Potu (Yam ): 5. Du!\ty
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Men d01 (Ya m ).
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PP: 1, Dtbbir Anderso n ( Kaw); 2. Carri e Lee (Suz); 5. Tami
Quan (H on) ; 4. verna Obn (ka w); 5. Don na Lee(Ho n).
VET C: I. SaMl Qu ill (Yam); 2. Albert Dehoyos (Ho n); 3.
QlI'U Bail~ (Yam); i . Hnlry Sanchea (Ha n).
VET B: I. Allen Aueenne (Han); 2. Camm Johnson (Yam)':
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3. Perri T urner (H ·D); 4. Davis Winten Jr. (Hon ).
VET A: I. John Ta ylor (W-R); 2. Dave Bostrom (W·R); .5
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Jamts Dun b vt')' (Yam ); 4. Will iam Ridrr (Hon): 5. Timothy
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