Kawasaki-mounted Brad C lark (5 8) bolts to the fron t o f the 250cc C class a t Muddy
C r ee k where he s tayed to the finish in bot h m o to s fo r the o ve ra ll wi n . .
Ch asi ng him for a time was Pa trick McDan iel,
but he slipped back when passed first by David
Freeze and then by Lo nni e Pauley. Kevin
Cro wley, Ron Brown a nd Bru ce j oh nson
trail ed McDaniel across the fin ish lin e.
In Amat eu r actio n the 500c( Junior even t
was a hard fou ght event that saw some of the
com pe ti to rs cras h ou t of con ten tion. An early
spill elimi na ted j im m y Willi s. Ada m En tick nap p bail ed o rr hi s Yam ah a in th e heat race
and it defi ni tely a ffected hi s pe rforma nce in .
the final.
At the sta rt of th e fina l a four-rider du el
was invo lved for the lead bu t by la p two the
sma llest rider in the field, G reg Mill er , had
p UI his Yamah a two-s tro ke Int o a solid
adva ntage. Mill er was in ten t o n proving tha t
his recent Mid- Stat e Flat T rack Cham p io nship was no nu ke. By his smooth ness a nd style
he len gthened his lead over seco nd p lace
fini she r Bryan Duniven .
Resul ts
PI\\' 50: I. Ktnny H n-M (Ya m) ; 2. Brya n GrifT (Ya m ).
MrSI 80 SOY: I. Rick Roh rer (Ya m); 2. 8r ('nI \"ol br rc hl
J oi>On Thompson (":am); i . A.J. H enna (Yam) .
!
MINl 80 EX: L Brian SKhn13 ( Ka w) ; 2. Joh nny Murp hrtt
( Ka w ): 5. Celt)' Ml lltt ( Ka w).
250 NOV : I. Ma rk Ledbener (Ka w); 2. Ma ll willard ( K.a
w);
3. Rohal Sc-ay(Vam): i . Aaron Ellis (Bu l); 5. Richard H or to n
( y a ml,
500 SOY: I. Mall Will a rd (Kaw); 2. Mark Dodson (Ya m ):
.
, . PMt'f Ma yfonh (YOI m): -t Michat'l Pad illa (Yam ); 5. Tywln
Vu ll (Yam).
500 J R: I. G rrx MilJt'r (Ya m) ; 2. Bryan Dumven (Yam );
.
3. Adam ElUidmapp (Ya m) ; -t Ro bert Atk imo n (Ya m ); 5.
GOlly R ill h it"(Villn ).
OP I-:~ S O\': I. Albn t\-kCI" II.m (H u n); 2. Rub G ri:rowuld
(Ho n): ,. Alan Vo UuM hl (Ya m) .
.600 JR: I. Rulx-fl Alkill:ro (HUll); 2. Mi(-ht'llf"DiSa lvu (Hun):
1 Brya n Du ni nn (Yitm); -I. Adam Enti cknapp (Ya m) .
1.
VET : J. Mikr Gll n/.cilln (Ya m) : 2. Sa m Frttll:' (Ya m) ; 3.
Kn in Gru wley (R lx); -I. Ot-n n i:lo Vol! (Ya m ); 5. Peler Ma yfonh
(Yam) .
SOO EX : I. Oan n y R ile-hit' (Ya l1'1); 2. Da vid Frt'f'it' (R lx) :
3. I.u ll n ir P ilUlc'y (Ya m); 4. Pa lri ck MIDan it"1(R lx): 5. Kc>vin
GlOwlc>y ( Rlx) .
(K.1w) ; 5.
Brown blazes Muddy Creek MX
B y Barbara and Lor en Williams
BLOU:'ffVILLE, TN, SEPT. 16
M ike Brow n gra bbed fo ur mo to wins in the
125 and 250cc A classes and walked off with
all , he bi g ma rbles a' the,Yama ha Fall Classic
a' Mud dy Creek Raceway,
When ,h e ga le £lo pped for lhe firs t 125cc
A mOlO, T eam Green /G ea r / P j l / Barr ' s
Comp-bac ked Bro wn was a lmos , ou t of si~h t
as he bui lt an eig hl-second lead a he r th e fIrsl
la p that o n ly incre ased for Ihe rest of th e race.
Chad Lough led the pack o n Brow n 's tra il
as it too k Kevin Wa lker a lmos t a lap and a
ha lf to nip Lo ugh. O nce Walker was past
Lough , Ih("Tc was n o w ay' 10 ca tch him exce pt
for th e mi stake th at never came. At the finish .
Lou gh held off Mike Andr ews, who ha d
sta rred seven lh a nd worked hi s wa y up ( 0
fo urth behind Lo ug h by pi ck ing o re Pau l
Dal ton . Lee Wal ston a nd j ero m y Bueh l.
AI blast-off for the second moto, Brown
agai n rod e the rockel with Mik e Pad geu 31
th e head of th e rest of the pack. Lough ha d
diff icu lties a t the ga te and came off the line
la st. Coming Ihr ough the woods sectio n
Padgett had tro uble with th e whoops , but
Wal ker di dn ', and pa ssed him to prove it . j im
Neese a nd Buehl foll owed Wa lker arou nd
Padgett , relega ti ng him to fifth .
\Vilh Brow n o ff toan easy win , Buehl passed
Walker in a sweepe r. H is posi tio n was far fro m
secu re, however, as Wa lker reclaimed it a short
time la ter. Bueh l was not to be denied, and
a t the checkers, Buehl ma inta ined h is positi o n
over \Val ker. T he nexi 'severa l posilions '
un d erwen t a sha ke-up every lap, with Lough
mov ing steadily up to end u p in a dogfight
with Pat rick Slate and Neese, wh ere the trio
cro:s
sro the line in a pho lo fi.nish.
Resul ts
50: 1. D U:loty Tinot'll (Ya m); 2. Ro bttt Smith (Ya m) ; 3. ROf;;'t'r
QUid. (Hon ): 4 . R U~I Y Ocx'kery (Vam) ; 5. Pa lr ic k Ha yn
(Yam ).
6.7 ' · 11: I. Pa u l jw.tu !o (K.aw ): 2. Bria n ThombUfll: ( Ka w );
3. Sick Ci tron (Ka w) ; 1. N icky H obad: (Ka w ): 5. J (Ka w); 4. David Whibo n
(H n ll ): 5. Gh;l( Vit"rs (Yam) .
Schwartz wins Track Final at
Speedway USA
B y M . Sober
VICroRVILLE, CA, SEPT. 8
Current Speedway Champion Bobby " Boo ga ·
1
00" Schwazu added another championship
cup to hi s tro phy case wi th the tra ck final
win at Speedway USA in Victorville. The fin a l
race of th e seaso n a t the H igh Deser t ova l was
staged in the standa rd l6-rider champ io nship
format, bu, was referred to as the tra ck fin al
du e to the lack of a championship level p ur se.
Schwartz won Ihe event despite losing a
fourth round hea t to ri val Steve L ucero.
Lucero, who was th e reigning Track Cham ·
p ion co m ing into the event, had a perfect score
after defeatin g Sch wa rtz in th at race and
looked lik e a lock to win his seco nd straig h t
final . but he experie nced mecha nica l problems in his fina l ride a nd had to push his
bik e across th e finish line to get the o ne point
tha t is awa rded fo r a th ird-place finish. T ha t
left the door wide open for Schwaru, who o n ly
had ( 0 win his lasl hea t to claim Lhe overall
wi n. Tha t last ride wa s anyth ing but a
cakewa lk ho wever, as " Boogaloo " was p itt ed
aga i ns t Alan C h ris tia n . Fort u na te ly fo r
Sch waru. he had the inside pol e sta rting
pos itio n. whil e Ch ristian was sio u ed o u t of
th e groove in th e thi rd spot. Sch wa ru d id what
he does so well, go r a gr eat sta rt and never
loo ked bac k to take the ni gh t's victory.
Ch ristia n drove hard behind Schwartz but j ust
co u ld n' t ma ke u p m uch ground o n the
Na tional cha m p . Christian's seco nd-place
finish in the hea t erea led a th ree-way lIe for
th ird pla ce and a run -off was sched u led to
see who would jo in Schwaru and Lucero o n
the rostrum. The ot her two riders that were
tied with Christian wit h 10 poi nts were jesse
Fin ch and An dy Northrup. Fi nch and Nor ·
thrup were bot h surprising pa rt icipants at this
stage of the event but each rod e well and
" EI R o nco" V illarrea l took his Suzuki GSXR750 to the Open class w in in the
G P d e la Amistad, a 200 kilometer endurance race at the A u to d ro m del Norte.
deserved the sho t at th ird overall. Ho wever ,
Chris tian also was dialed in and had p lans
for thi rd p lace him self, Nort h ru p ha d th e pol e,
Ch ristia n was in two and Finch was o n th e
o u tside as the tapes wen t up. Northru p , lik e
Lucero was j ust not destin ed to be lucky thi s
da y, He got th e initial lead over Christian but
sa w the red nag come ou t beca use of Finch ,
who in hi s haste to grab th e lead fo und himself
upsid e do wn in turn o ne. O n th e resta r t
Christia n showed why he is a serious co ntender for the 1990 Natio na l Championsh ip.
he gOI th e jump o n Northrup and Fi nch and
never faltered all the wa y to the chec kered Flag.
No rt hrup fini shed in fo urth pl ace o vera ll.
Rob Ball fro m Col orad o was victo rious in
th e Suppor t class. easi ly o u tdista ncing Harley
Ha ll , j ohn Aden and fell ow Co loradan Pa t
"T he Ra t" LitL
Results
T R AC K ANAL: 1. Bobb Sch wartz (Wes ); 2. Steve L u cero
(G d n); 5. Alan Oui:!>ti.an (We'S); 4. And , No nhrup (Wo);
5. Jeuc Finch (J aw ).
•
SU P PO RT : 1. R ob &11 (Jaw); 2. H.ul~ H a ll U ped .
Rig City Raci ng, now runni ng Sixt h and
seven th overa ll, mad e their mandatory rid er
cha nge and vowed 10 sta y o n the track even
if it meant rid ing a t a wa lkin g pa ce - a
decisio n tha t pr oved 10 be very fruitfu l.
Aramo ni cras hed at th e end of the stra ish l
a nd afte r pu shi ng the bik e back to th e pIts,
lost 10 laps stripping orr the da maged fairing
and repl aci ng the oil ca p .
As the dow npour co n tin ued. Schwarzbach .
th e lead er, also wem down in Ihe firsl turn.
After a leng, hy stop, ,he bi ke returned wit h
Gl eason rid ing .
During th e 25 laps o f rain, th e field was
redu ced 10 as few as six bik es as various lea rns
crdshed or loo k prolonged p it SL
Ops. The team
of S,eve Dav idso n a nd Pete Martin stayed o Ul
and co m in ued al a redu ced speed. making up
rheir laps and mo ving in to first p lace. Big
'0
City's Alex White a nd Chris Young a lso stayed
o n the track , movi ng thei r Del Amo Yamah as
in to th ird and fo ur th . Daniel Elvani, wh o had
moved his team in to second p lace, tu rned th e
bi ke over to Jose Rodriquez who, sensi ng a
drying track, turned u p the wick and mot or ed
to th e fro n t, passing Mar ti n , and taking the
checkers o n la p 87.
The Li bre cla ss race saw Villarrea l tak e his
Suzuki GSXR750, to the win o ver T exa n Peter
Mar tin , follo wed by L ui s Penaloza.
The 400cc Na tio na l race was wo n by
Rod olfo de la Pena , wi th Palblo Escalante
second a nd Luis Bobadilla tak in g third.
\Vorr ies about th e purse were q u ick ly
d ispelled when event organizer Edurado Leo n
pa id first th ro ugh eig hth pl aces in checks
d rawn o n a n A me r ica n bank. Big City
Racing's decision to SlaY ou t o n .th e trac k
ea rn ed th em checks for $ 1150 for th ird a nd
$950 for fo urt h . The Ameri ca n team s had h igh
pra ise for the organizauon of th e races, th e
tra ck. the parties and the pu rse. The promoters
p lan o n an an nua l U.S. versus Mex ico event.
and p lan 10 sched u le it as n ot 10 COnniCI with
a ny poi nts-pa yin g races in th e States, as
ha ppened this weekend.
Results
200 EN nU R I. I. Oanit'l Elvanil J " UI RodriKU r-1 (Ya m ):
2. Seese Da vidscn/Pere Ma ni n (Ya m) : 5. OIri) Yu un g/ T ed
Lup'ki n (Ya m ): 4. A I~x w b u e/Ted Lupkin (Ya m ); 5.
G u illermo Perea/jose Seg ura (Ya m) .
OP E:'Il I. "£ 1 Ro nco" Villarreal; 2. Pete Marlin ; 3. Lu is
:
Pena loza: 1. L uis Ara mo n i: 5. j ose Am onio Segura .
100: 1. Pod o log o de la Pena: 2. Pab lo Escala n te: 3. Lu is
Bobd dilla .
250: I. l e!>u.s Rodri gu ~z ; 2. Pa blo Uca la nt~: 3. R ~n ~
Ma rrint'z Ab ft'go .
Diem takes New York State
Speedway Championship
B y Larry McBride
OWEGO, 1'IY, SEPT. 2
Warren Diem was cro wned New York Sta te
Speedway Champin a t Am er ican Speedway
((ormerly Ch a mp io n Speedway) for lhe fifth
year of the seven years th e event has been held.
Diem relurned 10 acrio n a he r a Iwo-week
absence du e to engine repa irs o n hi s Godden.
A 16-rider ch ampio nsh i(> forma, was run
with eac h rider ~Ol ng aga Ins t each o ther in
five races and beIn g scored o n a 3-2-1-0 bas is
with th e top poin ts rid ers at ,h e end of th e
20 heats go ing to a four ~r..ce fina l.
Heat n umb er five set th e tem po of Diem ·s
perfonnance as he went up agai nsl lra ck
points leader T uff McBride, Diem go t ,he lead
off th e star t a nd McBride stuc k to his wh eel
o n every tum. Po weri ng away o n Ihe slraights
Diem held off McBride for ,h e lC'dd and a close
bike lengt h victory a t the fin ish lin e.
At the co ncl usio n of th e 20 heats , on ly Diem
had co m piled a perfect score of 15 wi th five
win s. McBride and T o m Burge tied for seco nd
wi th 13 points each a nd Len ny McBride
rounded o ut Lhe finalists wit h I l po ints. Burge
ended Diem 's win streak in final n um ber o ne
by taki ng the lead on rhe in side of turn two
orr the starL Diem , Tuff and Lenn y McBri de
sta yed close bu t were unab le 10 ge l past Burge.
Diem , however, ca me back in fina l numbe r
two with a clos e wi n o ver Tuff McBri de. After
not chin g ano ther victory in rhe fina l lh ree,
Diem ass ured hims elf of the cham p io nshi p
as even a las( p lace finish in fin a l n um ber
four wo uld giv e him the poin ts needed to ta ke
lhe cro wn . Diem took seco nd behind T uff
McBride in final n u mber fou r giving him 10
points. Tuff McBride fini shed wil h seven ,
whil e Burge had fou r, wi,h Lenn y McBri de
gett ing three.
CN
Resul ts
FI :'Irl AL: I. Warrm nielO (C d n ); 2. Tuff M(Br idt· (j .IW):
3. T om Bu rKt'" (Gd n ); -I. Le llll y Md lride (Gdn).
Q U ALIFYIN G PO fN T S: I. \ Varrt'n n it'm (15 ); 2. (TIE)
T um BUIK
e/TuU M ('8ridt" (13): i . l r ll l1y M I Bridt" ( I I); 5.
(TI E) na mir-n Cm nwr!l/Lrll Di llo n / Jo hn Lt-wi!o ( 10 ).
D-2: 1. Tim M it l ht" ~'!oOn ((" n ); 2. Mi L.t' Junn Ua w ): 5. .
.d
='O il"k C ia rd i (\ '\:t"'!» : i . Kell i Mc MaJlu n O..w ).
0 -3: I. Karl T erry U otw); 2. lut" C rt"t" nt' (Jaw); 3. Tim
Wil mOinh (Jaw): i . DalOo n Lt-n ll:fr (H o n).
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