Rob Majeski (5) led Kevin Varnes (98) an d Mike Klopp
to win the O p en Expert class at the Pi n e Gro ve short track.
Chuck Vaught (140) leads Ch uck Parrish (6) and the rest of the 250cc class into
the first turn at the NA ME Fall Championshi p Series at Montrose MX Park,
Land lands Flinthills Trials win
50 MOD: l. 0 ;11(" Ainlo (Ya m); 2. Scooter Vernon (h j );
lit=
3. J acob C u rrey (Y;lm ).
60: I. joshua Pa ul us (Kaw ); 2. Chri suan Ver non (Ka w);
!S . J O!Ioh C u rrey (H o n ); " .Jimmy Ragsdale (Kaw) .
80 B: 1. Todd H o llo wa y (Ka w); 2. Ga ry Hamilton (Kaw );
3. Kl'ilh An dt'u.on (Kaw),
80 A: I. jason Nt' lso n (Hon ); 2, Beau Manley (Ka w) : .5
.
Christian v ernon (Kaw).
125: I. JO!>h Wels h (Kaw): 2. J ason Nelson (H o n) .
250 C: I. Al vin Nelson (Ya m) ,
250 B: I, Oaig Bowma n (Hon ).
rid er. Afte r stal king Strong for a few laps,
Expert Sh an k took th e lead co m in g off th e
second turn on th e six th lap and pulled a way
to a IO-ya rd mar g in ove r Strong.
Strong , agai n. led H acker , Bar ry Eves, Todd
Wi n sett a nd Ken Hackma n in th e 250cc
Ama teu r fina l. Win sett mo ved int o th ird o n
the seco nd la p , with H ackma n moving i nt o
fo urth th e fo llo wing lap. H acker too k th e lead
co mi ng o ff th e fo urth tum o n the fourth lap,
with Stro ng Slaying rig h t beh in d his fellow
Virginia rid er. As th ey wen t down th e cu rving
back stra ig h t o n the fin al lap, Stro ng sa w hi s
cha nce in th e form o f a lapped rider. H e took
th e lead a n d j us, held o ff H acker by a tir e
wid th for the wi n.
At the " art o f th e O pe n Am at eu r, P h il
Libhar t got on e o f h is beu er sta rts . seco n d
behind Tom H a nnu m , wit h J amie Pujo l an d
Strong beh in d them . Wh en Libha rt passed
H ann u m go ing down the ba ck straight o n
the seco nd la p , th e top two were se t.
By R.D. All m an
DOUGLASS, KS, SEPT. 8·9
Wichi ta ', Rick La nd to p ped th e best tr ia ls
riders in the Midw est by ta k ing o verall victo ry
at the Fl in thi lls T wo- Day Tria ls. T he event
was ro un ds on e a nd two o f the eight ro u nd
Centra l Sta tes Regi onal T rials C hampionshi p
Seri es, sponso red by Yamaha of Ok lah o ma.
Land sta rte d o ff In a tight ba tt le with Steve
Clark on Sa tu rday . b u t a co u p le o f q uick 5s
by C la rk put La n d a head to stay . Meanwhile
cx-rno roc ro sser Dav id Black an d Sha n Moore
waged a n in tense ba ttle o ver thi rd p lace in
th e 100-degree heat, with Black sq uea ki ng
th ro u g h by two po int s. O n Su n day , Loy
Burne tt topped La nd by o ne po int but La nd',
firs t pl ace o n Sat u rday ga ve h im th e overall
fo r the wee kend,
In Ama teur cla ss act io n, Steve NU1Ch topped
Rick Dun kin o n Satu rda y by o ne po in t. but
Dunkin ca me ba ck Sunda y to bea t Nu tch by
fo u r, laking the ov era ll. Ri ck Rex roat rounded
out th e top three wi th co n sis ten t ri des bo th
davs .
Bill Powell devast at ed th e NC)\I k e co m petitio n O il Saturday with a n a ma zi ng- rid e,
losing: (Hlly th ree p (Ya lll) : 2. E,ic' S,llo....U Il ,1II
~ . Rn lll'1l Mill..... ( '\' ;11
11); ,I. J O 8 ruml,'y (SUI); .). Krll
('
'
( Hun),
~Ull
h (V.lm ): 3 . Bill
Ik lll ll"ll ll k t ): 1. ~1;1lI MIN'''' (\"'lIn);!"J. Kt'lIl1Y."iirnn in (Ya rn ).
'\ .\ 1: I. . .. ('\'t· ~llldl (V,lI n ); 2. Ril L. Ou nk in (Ya m) ; j . Rid..
l
RI·),I' l.Il l:\loll ); 1. R'IIl.h, Cox / F.III); .'). Waym '1r itk (Yam) .
. ..R: I. J im Itm,lt I..rn ('e'.u n ); 2. Ot- :\okl !>L.," (Fall) ; 3.
:1II
.m
n .11I- Rqllnld, l Va ll1J; I. T llrn M' NII(' ( Ya nll: S, J u h n \\' ri ~ lu
j 1-"01 11 I.
1:'\ "1": I. :\Io lU t' Iknm'u t A pl); 2. Man in EdKinJ1;IUn ( Fl..
"'l l ';-": DAY
:'\0\ ': I. M.1l1 M' NIIt (Ya m): 2. Rill Pow t' ll (Ya m ): 3. J im
·
;-": Ull II t\';llllJ: I. filII Bt'llIIrll I Ik 'I) ; :1 RUIl'h Lall ll nm (Ya m ).
.
,\ ;1,.1: I. Ri, I.. n u n kin (Y.n n) : 2, ."; 1(' \1 NUI,h (Ya m ):". I .;" ry
('
:\1....u , ( \';lI n ); 1. R;md y CUll: (1-";111 1: :1. R iC'k RI'XIH ( ~foll ).
.H
"iR: I. Ot';1Il Mt·, I..I'r (F;' : 2, T urn MINlr" (Ya m ): .1. D;II..
UII
RI'~II" ld , t h ,nl : t. j im R.,rr alkman (Ya m ); :1. J ,. lm \\'ri Kln
I h ili
!.
I:'\:l": l. DUll Eli n hilt! (Y;IIII): 2. M ClII ll ' Bt ' IlI Wtl cAp r};:t
Bill ( ~ ill)t'll (SW :\1J: I. 0 ,,11 Ryl (Y,lIn ): S. l ';lfry GalTl : (Y;' m).
l
~1"iTR : I. I.II~ Ru nU'Il I Bt'O; 2. Ri l'k l ';lIId (lk t ); :5 St("
.
\lI'
C:Lnk t Fa ll): I. Oa ~' it! Kl.ll k 0\0:'11: .r,.. ' h.m MUClTe' (h m) .
Strong, Libhart show the
way at Pine Grove ST
.By Len Breech
PI:-JEGROVE, PA, SEPT. 2
Making hi s first sta n ever a t th e Flying
Du ~chm a n M.C. Bria n Stro ng too k two closdy
cOlllrs ted wins in lht' Am at eur pOrL io n o f th e
fina l sho rt track o f th e seaso n for the cl u b.
8 mh wi n s were lhe ex pe n ~l' o f Mi ke H acker
in the 200 and 250cc Amateur fin a ls. S tro ng 's
b id to ta ke a ra re tripl e was Ihwaned by Ph il
Li h ha rL 's season -lo ng do m ination o f the 600cc
Ama t<,·u rclass. as he ag ain easi ly won the cla ss,
wit h Strong a dista n t fourth. The ExperL
po rdon was di vided bt,tw l"t"n two of D-6's
pre m ier racing names - th e Varneses a nd
Majeskis, ' ''' ilh hi s brother T om ju st n ow
ge lt in g back into shape a he r h is Da yto n a sh on
tra c k, Rob Maj eski took the 600« fm a l, aga in .
Rut lh e Va rn eses were sOffi(what o f a su rp ri se
'
as it was not the mC experiell< Mik e. who
Jre
'ed
ha d just gOllen back from Spri ng fie ld that
mo rni ng, but hi s co us in , Kt'vin, who took the
250cc Expert fina l. Varnes also fin ished a dose
seco nd to Majeski in the 600cc fina l. H e a lso
fin ished seco nd 10 Maj eski in the Dash fo r
C"h o n h is 250 a t th e en d of th e day .
Strong j u m ped out in fro lH o f Ha ck l~r .
Randy Shank a nd Kevin Miller a' ,h e 200cc
Expe rt / Ama teur comb ined ca me o ff th e
seco n d turn. H acker we nt dow n o n the th ird
la p a nd rejoined ha lf a la p behind the last
at
(Vam) ;
n ;.h lin
( H. O ).
OF C: I. Rob M,ljt"1ok i (H . O): 2. KC:' vin Va r n r~ (Ya rn): 3.
P h il I.ihh'lll ( Y;lI n) : 1. T u m M.ljc: ( H· O ); :1 Rill 810 1II
.,.ki
,
11'y
( \V · R) .
.
Fayedges Fisher at Castle Rock TT
By .Derryl An derson
CASTLE ROCK, IVA, SEP I
T.
Mickey Fay ra n out front a ll the way a n d edged
Rex Fis her for th e win in thejun ior / Ex pe rt
fin al at the 10th a nd last ro un of the reg u lar
season Castle Roc k Tr Series. T h e eve nt dr ew
256 competitor,.
Troy Norris lOpped th e firs' Ju n io r/ Ex pert
hea t race wh ile Fa y ha nd il y won the second
h ea t, H eal n u mber th ree went to Do n Wi lso n.
Fisher. wh o had mechanica l problems in
the first heat, wo n the semi. Speed y Kell
lOpped th e Last Cha n ce Qualifi er.
Fay got th e h ol esho t at th e Sla rt of th e main
even t with Norris right o n hi s ta il unt il the
r ight~ha nd tu rn where Norris gm into a tank
sla p pe r, a llo wi ng Wil soi l, Del Schni tzer a nd
Ron Ya mamot o to ge t by.
Fay pulled away, bUlthe raci ng behi nd h im
was fierc e unti l it was stoppt.-d o n th e sixth
la p when Norris, ru n n in g th ird . gm side ways
a nd Ihe bike pi tched h im off.
Norris was okay and he made th e singlefi le re"art which lOok a way th e huge lead Fay
had b uilt up. Once again, though, it was Fa y
hold in g ,h e lead o n th e restart, bUl this lime
Fish er sta yed clo se. Time ran o ul a nd th e win
was Fa y's wit h Fisher tak in g seco nd a n d
Schnitzer third.
The Pr o-Am d ivisi on heat s were won by
J .P . Simonsen a n d David Ba chm ei er.
Simonsen led a U the wa y in che main even t
'.. with Den ny Fen nel taking seco n d a n d Pa t
Mun yon ,hird.
Resu lts
SO B: l. Bt-n Bu shnd l (Ya m ): 2. Nil-ho la, O )lw n (Ya lU);
H yso n III (Ya m ).
50 A: L Kali A!th (lti); 2. Srontt'r Vt'm on (lt j); 3. OtluK
A!tk (Yam ),
3 . Stl' \l l'
250 A: I. P h il P ru tsm an (Kaw ); 2. Gary R o ller (Ya m) ;
Kevin Wak l'ril'ld (H a n ).
~.
VINT SGt.: I. Gary Rol ler (Han ); 2. Kevin H amilt on
(Hon ); .5. K I~\lt= H od so n (Yam),
VINT TW : 1. M;lU H o lm (T n ); 2. Ra y Carrol l (T ri); 3.
Gary Kapus (Tri ).
.
250 "'50: I. P h il Pru tsman (K.aw); 2. Krvin Wakd'it'ld (Hon) ;
:J. j dr Ri slt'T (Yam ).
+JO O PENB: l. Gary Kapu~ (Tri).
HO O PEN A: 1. Ma lt H ol m (T ri ); 2. Steve McCaulry (R tx):
3. Allan Mor in ville (H a n ).
+40 B: l. Arlrn Anderson (H a n) ; 2. Ji m Krist (Tn ).
+40 A: l. Allan Morin ... lle (Han); 2. R ichard Slusher (Tri);
I
3. Bill Fogg (Han ).
O P EN B: I. J am es Morin...i llt= (H o n).
OPF.N A: l. R yan Ande rse n (Hon ); 2.
Bro w n (H a n ):
3. J oh n Bred field (Hon).
PRO·A M: I: J. P. Simonsen (H u n ): 2. Dt-n n y Fenn el (H a n );
3. Pat Munyon (H o n ); 4. Bruce Scott (Han) ; 5. David
Bac hmeie r ( H o n ),
J RiEX: l. Mick ey Fa y (RUt); 2. R ex Fish er (R tx ): 3. Ikl
Sch ni tzer (Rex); 4. Randy Roo se (R tx ); 5. Don Wil son [Rrx ].
jerr
Simpson takes back-to-back
wins at Montrose Motocross
By Hurley and DOl Short
RAEFORD, :'iC, SEPT. 9
Rid er s opened th e fa ll seaso n .a t Mo ntros e MX
Pa rk b y runn ing th e firs t race in th e NAME
Fa ll C ha mp io nship Seri es.
In the fllst mOlD o f the 85cc (7- 13) class ,
Caven Woodr u ff, Ryan Schafer, Dav id P rice
a n d J ohn Morro w led th e pa ck o ff the li n e.
P ri ce mov ed up a n d began putting p ressure
on Sc hafer. P rice loo k o ver first, dr o p p ing:
Sch a fer 10 sewnd a nd Woodruff '0 thi rd .
Woodru ff made a pass to seco n d o n th e fin al
approach to th e fini sh line. It was Pr ice, rid in g
for Honda of Ral eig h , laking th e win ov er
Woodruff a n d Schafer a t ,h e fini sh lin e.
Sch afe r, \Voodruff. Price a nd Morrow were
o ff th e lin e firsl in th e seco nd mota . \Voodruff
moved into fir st o n th e firsllap, as Price hun g
in fo r third. Woodruff lOok a ,pill on the
final la p and Da vid Price 'ook over seco nd
place. Woodruff tk th e moto wi n and a lso
the overa ll for the day .
As th e 250cc Nov ice class roa red off th e lin e.
it wa s Chuck Pa rrish , Gary Miller, John ·
Sch af er , Chuck Vaught a n d J oh n H ainl ine
in lh e lead. Pa rr ish exten ded h is lea d over th e
pa ck as Vaugh' moved up to la ke se('()n d but
the n Pa rris went down and los t a lo t o f time
a nd Anthony Dyson moved into , h ird. Mi ller
took over the lead a s Dyson mo ved to seco nd
a n d l -lain lin e to th ird. Va ug h t was ma ki ng
, h is wa y to th e fro n t whe n he went do wn .
Dyso n was ridi n g the back fender o f Mi ller
as H ain lin e ( o llll n ued in third po sit io n. At
th e fini sh. it was Miller. Dyson an d H ain li n e,
In th e se(:ond mota, Vaugh t. Pa rr ish , Ken n y
Mills, Mill er a nd Danny Skipper led the wa y,
the top five ho lding thei r po sit ions th rough
the fim lap. Vaught ex tended his lead ove r
the field as he co nti n ued to be foll o wed by
Parri sh , a nd H a i nline, Vau gh t took th e
checkere d flag , foll o wed by Parrish, H ainlim',
Mill er a nd Mill s. Mil ler , on h i, Kawasaki
spo l1soTrd hy Yamaha /Kawasaki o f Flor en ce,
was the overa ll win ne r,
Bil ly J uda h lOok the h o leshot as Rya n
Ga rner. Kevin Simpson and Ra n dy Hargi s
clm.ed in behind hi m in th e fir st run n in g of
th e 125cc Nov ice class. Simpson, ridi ng for
Ka wasaki o f Charlo tte , piloted hi s Kawasaki
in to th e lead o n ,h e first la p , droppi n~ Judah
to seco nd a~ H ar g is moved to th ud and
Richa rd Ratl iff to fo u{th. Simpso n p ut a 1
01
o f track bet ween h imself a nd J u dah. Da vid
BroadhurM took o ver second a nd H argi s h eld
o n to third a nd Ra tliff kept hi s fou rth for
th e fi n ish.
T he se<:ond time o u t. Sim pson gra bbed th e
hol esh ot , fo llowed by Bro ad h urst , Will ia m
Davis, H ar gi s an d Ratliff. As in tht' first 111 0 10 ,
Si m pson mo ved u n o u t follo wed by Broad hu rst , Da vis a n d H ar gi s. H a rgi s began
p us h ing Da vis fo.rpos ili on , but he was .u na b le
to make th e pass. Simpson crossed th e lin e
first foll owed by Broadhurst, Davis, H arg is
a nd Ra tliff. Simpson took th e o vera ll .
Resul ts
0-85 (7- 13): J. Ca...en WuodruU (lU w); 2, Davi d Pr in ' (H on ):
3. Rya n Schafer ( Ka w ); 1. Jo hn Mo rr ow (SUi): 5. jason Juno
(Yam) .
0-85 ( 12- 15): I. Chad New um (SUi) ; 2. Caven "h x KiruH
I Ka W); 3. R ich a rd Sha vender (Ka w ); 1. nann y Le w is (Kaw ):
5. Shaun J en n e' (H un).
125 NOV: I. Kevin SimpM"1Il (Ka w): 2. Da\lid Broa d h u ru
(H o ,:,): '3. Rand y H argi s (Ka w ): 1. Wm. j. n av is, Jr . (Ya m ):
S. R I ~ha rd Ra tl lHt= (SUI).
125 AM: I. R ich a rd lbison (Ya m ); 2. G lt'nn Krol ch irk (S UI ):
:J, G at o r Todd (Ya m) : 4. Mikl' Mi l"" (Ho n): 5. ~bllh("w
H endrix (Ya m) .
125 P RO : I. Kt'i'lt Ro~," (Ya m ); 2. Pa tri ck Sla te (Yam ).
250 :'Ii V: I. Ga ry Mi ller (Kaw); 2. J oh n Ha inl ine (Kaw):
O
3. Chuck Vau gh I (H u n ); 4. Ch uck Parrish (H m ): 5. Da n n )'
Skippl'f (Hon ).
.
2SO AM : I. Bill y T OI)'lnr IKaw): 2. O lenn Krokhil 'k (S UI):
3. Ja!tO Mo rKart (H ufl ); ,1, Mi kt' Milt'm (Hun ); 5. Keub Glenu
n
(Ya m ).
.
250 PRO : I. Pamrk S hue (Ya m ); 2. K(,nt Rog erson (Ya m );
!S, R icha rd Van Bortel (H Ull); 4 . Keith R ivenba rk (Ya m) .
,')(}() AM: I. Scott Turfiug ecn (H u n ); 2. n ;,llrd likll t HolI):
3. Da v id RUM.dl ( KT M I; 4. M,uk Ki'll'rI H o lI ): :1 C rai ~ Wail("r~
.
(Huu ).
r
P L US 2. ,: I. R icha rd Van Bon d (H o n ]: 2. Ron ald Dobbs
(KTM ): 3. C harl ('!t T od d (Yam ); 1. Donnie Da v is [H on ]; 5.
Sid n ey William, (Yam).
PLUS 30: l. Kei th Rivenb a rk (Ya m) : 2. Lee Bryant (H u n) ;
. 3. C h uck Par rish (H u!» : 1. Darrel l Rell (H a n ); !"J. Rob ert Mun n
(Yam ).
PLlI S 40: L Ed nunaJd !l n (I\X); 2. B i ll ~' Privane (U on l:
o
3. J im m y [wr.. (Y. m).
IR.: I. J a'll>O Brin kl" (Y;lm) : 2. Rilly 8c",wurth a.-Iai ).
Christian cruises at Speedway USA
By M. So ber
VICTORVILLE CA, SEPT. I
,
Ninteen eig hty·five Nat io naJ S peed way
Cha mp io n Alan C h ris tia n won th e eig h t-la p
H an dIca p ma in event befo re a crowd o f 2600
at th e San Bernardino Co u nty Fairgr ounds.
Ch ristia n start ed fro m hi s usua l spo t o n th e
back marker s at the 50-ya rd lin e. Also o n the
50 were Mik e Fa ria a n d cu rre n t track cha m p ion Steve L uce ro. In front o f th e veterans,
o n th e 40-yard l in e were Ch arlie Ven ega s,
Ton y Bein ert a nd Robert Curry.
Bei n ert was participating in . th e mai n
despite being str etch ered o ut a fter sla m min g
into th e turn wa ll in hi s Scratch h eal. Bein er t
apparent ly o n ly had the wind knocked out
of hi m a nd convinced referee Dann y H ull that
he was fit to participa te in the H a nd ica p ma in ,
Curry wa s ,h e first 30-yard rider o ff the line
as the starling tapes went up a nd took the
lead ·with Ven egas right on his lail. Mea n while . Christian got o ff to a rock et SlaTt from
the back of th e pa ck and q uick ly moved up
to ,h ird p lace behi nd Venegas. As soon as
Christian was about to apply some we ll
in ten ded p ressu re o n th e young rider, Ven ega s
parked in fron l o f him a nd th ey bo th wen t
do wn. bri ngi ng o u ' th e red flag a n d a resla n .
Ven'egas was penalized for h is m istake a n d
had to move back 10 th e GO-ya rd lin e for t h e
restart.
The resla rt looked much like th e o riginal
starL with Curry movin g out in front a nd
se'ting th e ea rly !?"ce. BUI as was th e ca se in
the first go , C h ns tia n got o ff th e li ne in a
hu rr y a nd by the en d of lap two ha d moved
pa st Larsen . Beinert a nd Brant into seco nd
pl ace. Faria a n d Lucer o took no te-o f Chris·
. tian's mov e and followed h i m th ro u gh th e
pa ck into th ird a nd foun h p lace. Now a ll ,hat
was left for Christian wa s Cu rry . Christi a n
moved u p a n d by C u rr y o n lap SIX an d never '
looked ba ck . Fa ria an d L ucero were also ab le
to move Curry of f the groove a nd finished
in second and th ird , respectively. C urry d id
n ot co m p letel y fa ll a pa n a nd h eld on for a
0
founh p lace fin ish.
Res ul ts
SC RA TCH : I. Slr ...' L ul'n"O (Wes ); 2, Mik e Fa ria ( W~):
t
:5 Scou Bra nt ( W~ ) ; 4. Ro bb y Sc h wa ru ( \~~).
.
H Oep : I. Alan Oi ri~tian ( W~ ): 2. Mi ke Fari a (Wn): 3.•
SIt'Vr L UC:'(" (\ \'l'!»; 4. R o bt'rt C urt)' (jaw ); 5. J osh L;u\t'"n
f(l
(Wt"lo).
n ·2: I. H arl r y H a ll (jaw): .2. Rob Ball (Jaw ); 3. ja.... lf1
RIX (Wt"lo): 1. T um Sorr i, (j a w ); 5. Ken H a n 'ot"n (Wl'!» .
-k
0 ·11: I. non Darl illll; (jaw ): 2. Ch u~ k Lyba r,:; r (j a w ); !S .
e
Jim E!>lr~ (jaw ); -I. Ro hhie Sa uer (jaw ); 5. Ikn Mt'a n
(jaw ).
.IR D- I: I. C hr i!> \V..m er ( We~ ) ; 2. R ya n Mau t'!tllll (Wn):
3. H r ath Hammonds (Wt'!t);1. Ra nd y Evan\ (WM).
J R 0 -2: 1. Slrph t'n Dn wn in J1;: 2, Mar k Nicklas: !S. Dan n y
Ba ndri dd; 4. Tim Ccx-h rr n: 5. Am bt'r Kl~!t uth .
