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LOCAL EVENTS
Winner Rusty Rogers (57) leads Don Estep (14) and Will Davis (21) earl y in the
Expert main at the Frederick Half Mile. Estep later crashed and Davis took second.
another few rounds, with Stump finall y
pulling down a second. Fisher, who made th e
final as an alternate, rod e th e high lin e to
a fourth-place fini sh .
The Pro-Am win was nailed by Kyle Long
after a program filled with spills. In heat race
action, Dan Martin put the bike down, then
tangled with Jack Bartram who bounced off
the bike , holding onto just, the handlebars.
Richard Deckling rounded curve and clipped
Bartram's bike, sending th em both tumbling.
The final went more smoothly with long
stretching his lead and Martin working hi s
way past Keith Vaness en for second until a
mechanical failure cost him the race. Bartram
then overtook Vanessen for the second-place
slot.
In th e com bined Open Amateur/Senior
class, Rob Gessner literally ran away with teh
win after some in itial pressure from Ronnie
Rail. Rail broke and Eri c Thorla inched hi s
way up to pass Strom McDowell for the second
spot.
The 250cc Amat eu r class sa w another
victory for Gessner with a quarter-track lead
o n Denny J effries. Richard Deckling and
Shawn Thomas foll owed to fin ish third and
fourth.
whi ch was opened to th e -fastest five rid ers
on Harley 750s only. Rodney Farris took that
over Will Davi s and Don Estep in wha t turned
out to be a previ ew of th e battle for second
in the final.
The 18 Experts were divided int o three heat s .
with Rogers, Rodney Farris and Will Davis
winning in that order. At the waving of th e
green flag for the main, Rogers quickly
Jumped into th e lead over Estep , Davis and
Farm. On thesecond lap Davis slipped off th e
groove and slipped back th ree spo ts. As th ey
finished the third lap, Farris put his borrowed .
Harley into second and started to pull away
from Estep and Rob Majeski. Two laps later,
Farris' machien started to spu tter, letting the
battle for third ca tch him. Estep caugh t him
at the beginning of the seventh lap, wi th Davis
and Maj eski close behind. Then as th ey were
heading down th e downhill back strai ght , a .
puff of smo ke was seen co m ing fro m Estep 's
mach in e.
Estep said la ter. " It went o n o ne cylinder
going int o three , and slowed up , wi th Will
Davis hitting me since he ha d no wh ere to
go." Estep wwent tumbling, but lu ckily o nly
suffered " road rash."
After th e race, Rogers said, " Ma ke sure to
say thanks to Martha for a good sho w."
Jeremy Lu cy took th e Pro-Am heat after
Georgie Price had started way down and
fought back to finish a close second. In th e
final, Price made sure he wouldn't have to
fight for the lead, as he put his D&:S Cycles/
Dorsey Builders/Shoei Wood-Rotax in front
of Lucy, Kevin Varn es and Ken Mohler. With
Price a few lengths in front, Varn es finally
got by Lucy as his machine started to slow
slightly, finally fading to fourth o n th e fi!th
lap. Varnes gradually closed the gap on Pnce
and spent th e last threee laps pr obing for an
openmg or mistake that never came .
After easily winning th e lone Junior heat,
Jason Fletcher found h imself behind Mike
Varnes at the star t of the Junior final. As the y
came off the second turn o n the next lap,
Fletcher put his Edmonds Racing/R&:I
Manufacturing/Wilcox Racing/SpectrolFat
CitylBell/Jim Tipping/K&:N/Bob 's Shop/
Grandparents/Parents-sponsored Rotax by
Varnes and started to pull away from Varnes,
Harold Hillard and Lew Woods. After two
laps, the only battle was between Bill Bromley
and David Miller for fifth th at took up every
part of the track.
Results
EX: 1. Darrin Erichson (H.D); 2. Scan Slump (H ·D): 5.
Troy Nom' (W·R); 4. Rex Fisher (W-R); 5. Dave Rayburn
(H- D).
PRO·AM: 1. Kyle Long (RIX): 2. Jack Bartram (Han): 8.
Keith v an ecen (H ·D): ... R ichard Deck li n (RlX): 5. Jim Ike..
(W.R).
OP EN AM·Sa: 1. Rob Casner (Kaw); 2. Eric Th orla (H·
D); 3. Strom McDow ell (H · D); 4. Gl enn Reeb (Han) : 5. Ed
~lJ s(Hon ).
2500 AM: 1. Rob ~11tt (K4Iw): 2. Dmni. Jdlrin (Hon);
5. Richard Deckling (Han ); 4. Sha wn Thomas (Ya m ).
50: I. 1l C. Knodel (MOl); 2. JnM' j efner (Yam ).
Houston doubles at
Cal-Expo Speedway
By Bill Spencer
SACRAMENTO, CA, JUNE 29
It was the second straight week of doubleheader wins. but this time it was Fox Racing
USA's John Houston, Jr. who was at the front
of both the Handicap and Scratch mains.
The " Coca ·Cola kid" elbowed his way past
" Bad Boy" Bob Hicks for the Scratch show,
and then bided his time getting by Mark
Squadrito and Mark Day to win the coveted
double in front of Paul Orlandi in a good
Handicap scrap.
Creed Lehr survived som e crashing in
winning the Division Two honors for Stewart's Office Supply over Stacy Ledou and
Industrial Freight's Ron Clevenger, back from
the surgery table while Campbell topped the
Divis ion Three crash-fest over Rich Mignano
and 63-year-old Tom Castagnola.
Resul ts
HOCP: 1. Jo hn Hou ston , .Ir.: 2. Pau l Orlandi; 5. Mark
Day ; 4. Jex LtDuc; 5. Darttll BUlb.,.
.
SCRATCH: 1. John HOUlton Jr .; 2. Bob Hieh : 5. Paul
Or landi : 4. Jex Led uc.
0.2: 1. Crttd uht; 2. Stlcy Ledou; 3. Ron Bartow .
D-5: 1. Rick Campbell ; 2. Ri ch Mignano; 5. T om
Castagnol a .
Rogers rolls to Fritchie
Classic Half Mile win
By Le n Breech
FREDERICK, MD, JULY 4
Rusty Rogers was almost as hot as the weather
at th e 68th running of the Barbara Fritchie
Cla ssic Hall mile at th e Fred erick Fa irgrounds. Whil e the tem pera ture was hovering
aro und triple digits, 100, Rogers ba d his
J o h nn y Goad / FIG Ra ci n g/ Ski p Eak en/
Bro a drock Tow ing / ING E Sp ortswearspo nsored H onda hit a tripl e a lso as he set
fast time of 27.091, took ht s hea t easily a nd
disappea red from the field in the final.
The on ly thi ng Rogers didn't win was the
Smitty's Memoria l Cha llenge Dash For Cash,
Results
PRO-A.\{: 1. CMrgir Price (W-R ); 2. Kmn VanK'S (R tx );
5. Km Mohln (Rtx);