GLOCAL EVENTS
, . Larry Bnm.1O (Kaw); 4. joe Stru ttma nn (Vam); 5. Mike
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FUIT (ATK).
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40+ NOV: 1. Km AKh (Ya m); 2. Ken ZcUitti (A TK); 3.
Ideo Wilken ; t . Ed Hooper (Ya m ); 5. Tony Freeman (H on).
45+: I. Glen Web b Jr . (KTM ); 2. AI f olTbes(Yam).
50-+ SR: 1. joe Pnmer (XTM ); 2. Lee Raliclti ( XTM ); .3
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IklbM G (Kaw); 3.
Jim u tell il"l" (KT M).
VINT : I. O ;I...e Dow dy (Hu n).
JR : I. j .alKlO l .OUllb (K.aw ): 2. Mikr Liechti (SUi ); 3. DOI\·id
WIHong ( H o n ).
BEG: 1. a l ri ~ Beeler (Ya m): 2. J oh n Ho pk im (Ho n); 3.
jamt'S EIK'n (Suz); ... Don Allen (Vam); 5. David ~aestres
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(Ya m ).
Chase tops LACR Motocross
By Tony Alessi and Kim Scott
PAL\lDAU, CA, SEPT. 7
David Chase scored the overall victory in th e
125cc Novi ce class after firsl mo to wi n ner
J ason Reed and runner-u p Tony Ferragamo
bo th cras hed in th e seco nd moio d uring th e
CR C Friday Ni ght Series a ' Los Ang eles
Co unty Raceway.
To ny Ferra gamo hol eshot the first 125cc
Novice mot o but Jason Reed wasted no time
trackin g down Ferragamo and passing for the
load. Reed even tua lly pulled away for the win
with Ferragamo second followed by Cory
Austin, Chase and G arey Ca rlson.
Ferra gam o pulled th e hol eshot agai n in th e
second mota. First m or o winner Jason Reed
cras hed in th e first turn a nd Fer ra garno
opened up a three-second adva ntage over
Chase, Eri c Was noa and Au st in . At th e
halfway point, bo th Ferra gamo an d Austin
crashed leavin g Chase in th e lead , foll owed
by Aar on Wasnea. Chase wen t o n to win while
Wa snea held o ff a la st-la p cha rge b y
Ferragamo.
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Dar en Hoeft, Dustin Evans and Tony Sulek
ba ttled in the Pro class . Sulek emerged the
win ner after heavy dici ng wit h first mot o
winner Hoe ft and hard charging Dustin Evans
in m o to n umb er two .
Ro n Hupfield and Dean Jen n ings went at
it all n ight in th e Vet No vice class with
H upfield winnin g th e firs t molO and Jennings
co ming back to win the second mot a . T o m
Errsdo rf rod e to a pa ir of thi rd place fini shes
10 finis h third o vera ll beh ind H upfield a nd
Je n nings.
Rosul ts
MO BEG: J. J oe H icks j r. (Kaw); 2. Bobby Killian (KT M):
3. Ik- Bejarano (Kaw): 4. Kenneth Rffd (Kaw); 5. Stt'Vt'
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Carm en (K.aw).
80 NOY : 1. Scot t Reed (Kaw): 2. j erem.,. Blah.il(SUi ).
80 INT: I./ason Reed (SUl ).
125 BEG : . Scot:t Wil son (H on); 2. Sick Petrali a (Suz);
3. J osh Stn-en s (Hon ); 'I. justin L.eeds (Ha n): 5. Anth on y
BeJar mo (Kaw).
125 NOV ~ I . Da vid OIase (Kaw): 2. T o n.,.f enag" mo (H on ):
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3. Jason Reord (Suz ); 4. CatTY Car bon (K.;;aw); 5. Aaro n Wa~nra
(Kaw l.
125l!Ioo7 : l. ].ason Simm on s (Kaw); 2. David Gu il\i1n (SUl);
3. Ton)' Qualfs (K.:Iw).
125 PRO: I. Du!iofin Evan s (Sw); 2. Troy WrhY"( uz); , .
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Mike Dunlap (H on).
250 BEG: 1. Mickey Davis (Hon ); 2. Mikr G iguere (Ya m );
, . Cun Gi deon (H on); 4. NOitha n Evan, (Va mr. 5. David
Marti nez (Ya m).
250 NO V: I. joe H.~man (SUI): 2. David Barlow (Raw l;
3. Ja nod j MObsmeyrr (Ya m}; 4. Mike Gi lmo~ (Kaw); 5. Bill
Paul (Yam ).
250 tNT: I. Edd ie David (Hon); 2. j oel Tor.n ky (K.oiw );
3. Will Dickson (Ya m ); 4. Rogn Hm slry (SUl ).
250 PRO : I. Ton.,.Su lek (YOIm) .
500 REG: 1. j ril Pau ldi ne ( Hon); 2. Rich.ilr Maninn
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(YOI m ).
500. S OY: 1. Mar k.Stratt on (Hon); 2. Krnn y s.. f(om (H on).
500 Il'oT: I. Mike Blai r (Hon ). .
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500 PRO : 1. T im W insl ow (Ho n ).
j R VET BEG : I. j ohn Rot:"' (Vam ); 2. Slun (Va m ); 4. Brian r...s.. idy (Ya m ).
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OPES EX: 1. Loren Rjn, kma n (VOIm ); 2. Ski p Ch fl\ty
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« Va m ),3. jim Kn!>In- (Yam ): 4. M.nk Ard!itoo (C ): 5. Ni~1
Ca lt' (H. D).
Sims sails at Labor Day 100
By Michael Ross
ARIPINE, AZ, SEPT, 2
Terry Sim s stun ned th o Am eri can Desert
Racin g Association Su nday wit h hi s sizzli ng
overa ll win at th e 13th Annual La bo r Day
100. Clocking an incredibl<52.11 mph a vera ge
for 93 mil es. Sims pos ted the fastest rac< ti me
recorded in four yoars of ADRA raci ng.
Fo llow in g Sims home in seco nd pl ace was
Garth Sweetl and. Although highly critical of
the wide open course a nd almos t co nti n uous
top speed, Sweetland posted the quickest la p
of th o race at 52.82 mph. Losing by a scant
49 · seconds, Sw oetl and ca lled th o co urse
ridiculous.
" Nex t ti me I'll bri ng a street bi ke," joked
Sweetl and "This cours< was too fast. Sarnobody's go ing to ge t h ur L Wo'ro ru n ning faster
th an a t Baja. I never let off the wh ol e last
lap .but Sims just wa lked all ovor mo o n tho
straighL"
T hird overall . seven mi nutes and n in e
seconds behind Swee tland. came serlOS poin ts
loader Jeff Darl and Darl and crashed on the
fir st lap and tore th e brak e pedal off his
borrowed biko. Jeff manal':ed to find ano ther
one during h is pit stop. "At tho 2O-m ile mark
f just passed numbe r 12 (Sims) th en sli d out
in a right-ha nder ," reported Darland after the
race. "It ripped off the roar brake but Lee
Avalos gave me the part I needed an d pum ped
th o bra ke back u p. " Dar la nd also th anked Bob
Ru ssell for th e us< of his bi ke an d sponsors
Su nnyslope Honda and Maxi m Po wor.
Ken Kozlik di ced bri dl y with Darl and
d uring the second la p and managed to fin ish fourth overall, 47.77 mph ahoad of Craig
Connor. Connor, 17, cras hed o ut on the firs t
lap bu t ma naged to remo unt a nd fini sh th e
race.
Rosults
Ledbetter leaves 'em atCarlsbad ST
By Greg Booth
CARLSB CA. SEPT. I
AD,
Mar k Ledb etter , ridi n g an im ma cu la tely
pr opared Kawasaki . took to p honors in ,h e
combined Amateur/ Expert 250cc mai n a t ,h e
Carlsbad Short Track.
Joey Win slOn got th e hol esho' and was
O PEN EX: 1. Terry Si ms (Hon); 2. Gart h Swmla nd (ATK );
3. Jeff DOirlan d (Hon); 'I. Ken Kozlik (Kaw); 5. Cra ig ('oo nor
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(KT M ).
O PE N AM: 1. John Haggard (Hon); 2. Sha wn Schmi tz
(H on ); 3. Tim 8t'rKslro m (H a n); 4. Grorge Ha nsock (Yam);
5. Brian Sinc lair (H on).
200 AM: I. Bob Hmdr-no n (Hon): 2. john OIristia ruen
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(H on ); 3. Mike H illenb rand (Raw).
28+ EX: I. Bob Bittn n- (KTM).
38+ EX: 1. Rob Beggs (KTM); 2. Dton Ongley: , . Mike
Harris (H on).
30+ AM: I. Sct'Vt' WeinMein (Ha n); 2. MMty Miha y (Kaw).
~ NOV: I. Slep hm Gorualn (Ya m ); 2. Dan Bnlyn (H on);
Rutshow parties at Spring
Creek Motocross
By Rolfe Otterness
MIll.VILU , MN, SEPT. 2
Crai g Rutsh ow celebra ted his 36,h birt hd ay
by ta king th e overall win in the Vetera n A
class at 'h~ Spring. Creek MX trac k. T his was
the first w in m qu ne some u rne fo r RULSChow
and he topped Aldo Cirelli 's 1-2 score with
a last la p pass in tho s~nd mo ,~ for a 2J victory. O ther notable rid es turned m a mo ng
th e 367 entries were Mickey Mickelso n 's win
in the Open A cla ss, Rob Engstrom in th e
125cc A clas s a nd Lance Cunni ngham in the
Min i Pee Wees.
Mike Atkinson co nti n ued h is mastery of the
Min i Sen ior class as he powered to win s in
bo th rn otos, J amie Far endholz was running
strong in second in th e first m or o, but J im
Povolny. Jr. got by in th e sa ndwash on th e
last lap. fn th e seco nd moto, th e o rde r read
th e same as Atk inson took an easy win o ver
Povolny and Farend ho lz,
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Cory Keeney pushed into th e lead in the
first 250cc A rnoto wi th Rob Engs trom and
David Niemi tTailin~. Gary Bro nikowsk i
moved up to battle wtt h Engstrom and they
dropped Keen ey to third o n the thi rd lap:
En gstro m held the load o ver Bron iko wski
until th e las t lap when he cra shed in the sand
a fte r an enco u n ter wit h a larped rider.
Bron ikowski, Keen ey, Dan L ulo f , Niemi and
Chris Hense filled the top five pos itions.
The Bronikowski-En gstrom battle resum ed
in th e seco nd mo to wit h Bro nik ow ski holding
o n to th e lead C r th e firs t three laps.
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U nfo rt u nately, tho piston i n his Suzuk i
ex pired sudde n ly gi vmg Engs tro m an easy
romp to the win , Keeney cru ised in for second
a nd th e overa ll hon o rs with Niemi , Ben se and
Luloff foll owin!( h im across the finish line.
Pat Don ah o rounded the fir st turn sweepe r
in fron' of tho pack of 125cc A riders and led
th e first lap of the first mot o. Rob Engs tro m
and T ro y Doll an sky weie' keepi ng pace wit h
him and th ey both go t by Don ah o o n ,he
second la p wh en he had a slig ht mish ap . .
Dollansky too k over ,he load with Engs tro m
a nd Brandon Backes followin g i n cl o se
formation. For severa l laps Doll an sky held off
Engstro m, but Engstrom preva iled a t th e nag.
Backes was th ird o vor Luloff and Jeff Co lbert.
Do na ho rock eted in to the lead o nce agai n
in the next moto but Engs tro m passed on th e
firs t lap to ta ke over command of the race.
Don aho cras hed and fell woll back in the pack
and Chris Bonsen too k o ver seco nd while Eric
Metzger and Co lbert engaged in a battle for
third. Colbert got by la te in the molO and
hel d on. Dollansky camo back from a crash
10 nab fifth behind Metzger.
Rosults ·
Mt='l"I PIW: I. Lan ce Cu nn ingha m; 2. Mikr- ~n ; 3. Ryan
Bro ughton: ... Rya n MtK3w.
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MI:'IrII JR : I. Shawn Wrh b ge; 2. Shd ly Kann; 3. Lan tt
Cunningham; 4. Aaron Hupprrt.
MI='l"I SR : 1. Mike Atk ins.on; 2. james Povolny; , . j amir
farendholl: 4. Rob by Kend.all.
YTH: 1. ~ ike AtkinMm; 2. Aaron Ca rlson: 3. J aMHl Knnpd ;
4. MOI:u H ills.
OVER 25: I. Don Bonn icksm; 2. Alan Slrvmsm ; ,. Scot!
Sieinle: 4. j eU Sorm!tm .
VET C: J. Robn1 P
