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Engs trom b y doi ng th e triple. but carried so
mu ch spee d iru o th e next turn he went wide
a nd kn o cked Engs trom ov er. E ngst ro m
q uick ly remoun ted a nd made an a tte m p t to
catc h Don a ho b u t 10 no a va il. Keeney
di sp laced Bens e fro m th ird near the mi ddl e
uf th e m o to with the a id of th e tr iple ju m p
a nd he ld o n to the flag. Bense and Metzger
took fourth a nd fifth .
Engstrom Tan str o n g to tak e both mOlDS
in th e 250('c A class. Do mino Pi zza-po wered
Bens e had a good day, wi th a 3-2 sco re giving
h im seco nd o vera ll. Keen ey's 2-3 gave him
the ne x t po si tio n , wh i le Eri c Metzger, a
newcom er La the 250cc cl ass, ran well to .tak e
fo urt h wit h 4-4 mot os.
S COll Steinle charged o u t front in the first
Ove r 25 mo te an d led for two laps. Mean wh ile. Don Bonnick sen worked b y Dan a
H u m and then Brad Er ickso n and took ov er
the lea d whe n Stein le had trouble on th e thi rd
la p , dropping to eig h th. Ronni ck sen held on
to w in but the fastest rider o n th e track was
Mark Robinson. who had mov ed up from
around 10th o n the first lap t o a close seco nd
a t th e 'checkered. J im SC
Oll a nd Eri ckso n
rounded out th e top four .
Ste in le sho t into the lead in th e seco nd
mot a bu t fell under the pr essu re fro m Scott.
Rob inson wa s runni ng near t he front o f t he
pa ck ea rl y in the moto, bu t got o ut o f shape
o n a j ump, la un ch in g hi m self over th e
ha ndl eba rs an d getting hi s head sucked in
betw een th e rear wheel a nd th e fender o f
Hunt's hike. H unt ro lled to a stop; shocked
to see what he had picked u p. Ro binson wa s
sh ak en b u t no t serious ly in jured. Hunt
co n ti n ued racing. but lo st a lap. Ste inle ra n
well b u t succumbed to th e charge of SCOtt
o n t he last lap . Erickson a nd Bomiick sen
cr u ised in for third a nd fo urth.
R esults
~lIN I P/W : I. Lan ce Cu nni ng ha m: 2. Danny Edm ol1!>(ln;
3. Rya ll M t'~aw ; 1. Mikr Kann.
MINI JR : I. Slw ll y Kann ; 2. I\ a rll n Hupp er t: 3. C,ury
I l u p pt 'n; 1. Cory (',o Hu ra n.
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F'I~frl{~!II~ ~; : \: ~t·,il':'v;'I\I(;li;~~~:. 2. j im Pllvnlny; ~ . janllt'
OVF R 2!'! I. Jim StU ll J I.: 2. n Oll KOllnir k!ot'n ; 3. St -,nll
:
.' II';n lt,;· 1. I\J;I{I !'".rido.lIl1.
VET C: I. KI'II KlilU!>; 2. G a ry (: rc>l h ; 3. AlIt'1l S ta i ~l' ;
I. Rid , l "Ulllln·rlll .
VET A: I. Uriilll Cill lll'y; 2. AIt1 in ·lI i: 3.jiu k Pa rent eau :
I1C:
I. Ridlilrd Hlt·i .
SR : I. T lIm C la rk: 2. j t·n.,. 1\('1 k t·r ; ~ . RUKI'r N it'tl,it'bki ;
I Duvid KlltI!>IM'.
12!'"I ( :D-I : I . Mik l' . 1 1·~ ~I' Il : 2. Ben (;t·nr~(': 3 . Da \·id 0 1,,10;
I. Sn lll R,IIIt'I.
12!'",· C 1l-2: I. j -rr l\!('tl.t"r: 2. C.ra i~ j oh n son : 3. Bri a n
1. Davi d S UIiMh .
12!'"I C 1)-3: I. jl".M· Edm tlllMtll: 2. M ikt' Good ma n ; ~ .
RolM'1l Uuu-: 1. jl ·l(·my IlI K.
12!'"I R: I. Mil l' Alki llMtll: 2. Brian T a ylnr ; 3. Leun Larud.;
I. ( ; I a i ~ ( :UltOIl!Jt·IKI'I.
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125 A: I. Pal I)o llah ll ; 2. Ruh Engvrrom: 3. Cnry K("('I1ly;
I. C hi i ~ I\t·ll!>l'.
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:!!'o C n . L I. nail Fill kr-r: 2. Doug Nnr i~n ; 3. Mikl'
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:-'li lt hUl n: '\' Richa rd Wi itala .
2!'"ltl C 0 -2; I. !l ill y Edrn ClI1 M,n; :!. 1(('11 Kra us: 3. j -r r RrOl vI'r:
I. J iltlJ l '~ Pu \'u ln y.
2;1 R; J. Ro bt·rt I\I'rK ~ lHlIn ; 2. J a y (hm,In : ~ . J ay
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2.') A: I . Ruh En J:o;trum ; 2. Ch r i~ l\(' I1M '; 3. Cmy Kl'l'llt'y:
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OP EN C: I. (~ a r y (; nu h: 2. Hr('1ll H I·rhl·r ; ~ . jlKly (;j ('II\M':
I. T u m 7.;11' 1('
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()liEN A: I. j il y H IM : 2. j ilt -I. P ill t'lIU·ilU .
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Dukes dashes to win at
:Breman Supercross
By Wayne Parham
BREMEN. GA SEPT. 15
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Although he didn 't grab th e holesh ot in the
openi ng mal O. Sea n Dukes quick ly gained the
lead o n the first lap a nd eas i ly o u t-d istanc ed
th e co mpe tit io n in th e 200cc A class at Brem en
Supercross.
Ma ti Sh ue too k th e hol eshot, bu t fai led to
fend off Dukes for long. By the seco nd la p,
Duk es claimed th e lead and began to build
a si zea ble lead with wh at see me d to he
effo rt less rid in g. Shue attem p ted to clo se the
dis ta nce, bu t rem ained si x to e'igh t seconds
behi nd Lhe o L r Honda-r ider.
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Brian Stok es settled in to t h ird place o n th e
open ing la p as Jonathan Blain challenged
from t he num ber fo ur position fo r t he
dura tio n of th e mo to.
T ak ig the hol esh ot in th e second moto ,
Du kes was eas ily o n hi s way to th e mon ey
as he ea rne d h is second mo lO win. Shue agai n
tra iled Dukes, but fini sh ed ahead o f th e
rem ainder of the class to tak e seco nd ove ral l.
Blain turned the tabl es on Stokes in the seco nd
mo to as th ey finish ed th ird and fourth ,
respec tive ly , to m ov e Bl ain i nt o thi rd
overa ll.
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Duk es no t on ly earned a I-I ni ght in 200cc
A, but a lso sto le th e sho w in 201-0pen A as
he power ed hi s Ho nd a to co nsec u tive mota
wins.
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Duk es took th e lead o ff th e line and never
slo wed as th e o the r rid ers jock eyed for the
ot he r top p laces.
T on y Lee sett led into seco nd and Rill y Beltz
held th ird until h is Kawasa ki sta lled ea rly o n
the th ird la{'. Beltz quickly restarted th e bike,
bu t not in time to p revent Brad Wa lla ce fro m
movi ng i nto th ird. All en H arr iso n edged by
Belt z lat er in the race and he ld o nto fourth
place unti l th e finish .
Again in th e seco nd mo to , Du kes and Lee
ra n firs t an d seco nd w hi le Wa llace a nd
Harrison bau led for thi rd. Harrison. 4-3,
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J osh Larsen won th e Scrat ch and
Handicap mains a i IMS Speedw ay.
claimed a third pl ace fin ish in the second moto
to ea rn third o vera ll whi le Wall ace dropped
to fourth in 20l-0pen A.
seco nd week i n a row . John Aden was seco nd
with Rob Ball th ird .
Resul ts
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Chuck Graves (120), Joe Williams (86), Bruce Tebo (SO) and Brad Hazen (18) figh t
for the lead in the F-1 class at Willow Springs. Graves forged ahead for the win .
SCRATCH : I.Josh Lanen (jley (Kaw): 2. Leo n Boudreax ( Ka w);
3. Randy Harper (Ho n) ; 4. G reg Mitch ell (Hen): 5. Dwa yne
Dale (Ka w) .
VI NT : I. Barry H iggins (BSA); 2. Ra ndy Tom linson: 3.
Lee Win lilon (C-A); 4. Ja son Luering (Yam) ; 5. J err Child
(Ya m ).
SR MEN: I.Mikt' H en derliOq (H on ): 2. Arty Spen cer ( Ka w );
3. Danny Ho pson (KT M); 4. Gary Cro we (KTM); 5. Ri ck
j o rda n (H o n ).
BEG : J. Wa de Bell (H on ]: 2. Wa yne Devan (KX ); 3. Ch ris
Will iam !> (Kaw ): 4. Tommy jones [Kaw) ; 5. Bernard Harrison
( Ka w) .
SC H BY; L Pa tr ick Hi ,d ( Hon), 2. Kyle Kelly (H o n): 3.
Chr is Thomas (Ka w ): 4. Palrick Brow n (H a n); 5. Gary Kellum
(SUl) .
SR MINI: l. Pa trick Hi zd (Hon ); 2. Gary Kellum (SUl );
3. You Pin son (Suz): 4. J aso n Ha n (He n ): 5. Kevin T rue tt
(H o n},
JR MI NI ; 1. Scc u Pinso n (Suz); 2. Dan iel Currie (Yam);
3. j uey Turk (Ho n); 4. Lance McGtvney (H a n); 5. Mick Rail ey
(Ka w ).
J R C Ve: J. Mick Railey (Kaw ); 2. J. R. Morr o w ( Ka w );
Ryan Hudgin s (Yam).
P/W : I. J.R. Morr ow (Yam); 2. Cha d Albri tton (Yam);
: Ruh l'owf'1I (Ya m); 4. Lada lt' Smith (Yam ): 5. Malt
t
nickeuoll (Ya m ).
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Larson unbeatable at Inland
Motor Spe~dway
By Scott Daloisio
SANBERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 5
Josh Larsen won bo th t he Scr atch a nd
Ha ndicap mains a t th e Glen H elen OH V
Park's In land Motor SJX
'edway.
Wh en the Scra tch main left the Jin e. La rse n
was behind leader Bobby Schwartz and Scott
Bra nt. Wh en th ey sh ot o ff tu rn two the first
ti me . Larsen wen t to t he din and screa me d
a ro u nd Brant for L second spot. By the th ird
he
circuit, Larsen had the Do n Russell Ra cing!
Prime Tick et/ Event Tec h nica l Services /
Shoe i! Anaheim Tire J awa p la nted fir mly o n
Sch wa rtz' rea r tire and tri ed to ride arou nd
the wily veLera n on t he ba ck ch u te, butSch wartz held him at bay.
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On th e final lap , L"sen again tried to go
a ro u nd Schwartz . but the Nati on a l C ha m p io n
blocked hi s path. As th ey hea ded into turn
th ree, Larso n stayed o n th e throttle and rod e
arou nd Sch wa rtz for th e lead . Schwar tz did n 't
give u p a nd roo k h is GM tifthe d ir t o u t of
lurn [our. silt ing bac k as far as he cou ld to
get extra wei ght and tra ction to th e rear wh eel.
It worked and he pulled a lo n gside Larsen , but
it was not enough, as Larsen had h im by a
ha lf len gth. As th ey circled th e track after th e
race. Schwartz. wh o has known La rsen since
he was a Loddler , rod e up to th e winner a nd
p u m ped his hand in co ngratu lat ions.
La rsen made it look easy in th e H and icap
main as he started o n lh e 50 yard-line . b u t
o n lap two he wa s sitti ng in seco nd a nd eyei ng
leader Chris Castin. Castin the n fell in turn
two a nd Larsen screamed by un contested [or
first. Sch wartz worked h is way to seco nd, but
o n lap five, Alan Ch rist ian came ca ll ing. As
they h it turn three on lap five, Christia n go t
inSIde o f Sch wa rtz and too k him high in tu rn
four and then sped o ff fo r seco nd. Christian
had second , but Larsen took th e win by a half
straigh t. Schwartz p laced th ird with Andy
Northrup fou rth.
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Will Whi tesid e remained undefea ted a t IMS
wh en he wo n th e Division Two main for the
Resu lts
( Ka w) .
JR: l. Randy Evans: 2.-0tris Wl'TIt "; 3. Michael Hull.
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Durkee wins at SDR Short Track
SR B: I. Do ug las U nI (Yam ); 2. T erry Speed (Hon); 3.
Sro u Snyder (Ya m); 4. J.T. Wood (Ya m) ; 5. J oe Go uld (H on ).
2!)() EX: I. Roger Du rk ee (H e n ): 2. I ason Fletcher (Ho n );
3. Ken {".uo llwlh J r. (Ho n); 4. Duane Vttder (Rtx) ; 5. Cra ig
u ld le(Sul) .
OPEN EX: I. J aM," Fletc her (Rtx): 2. C rdiK E!>ld lr (H D): 3. Sco tt Snoo p (Rtx); 4. j a y Skidmore (R IX); 5. Gary
Co nkli ng (Rtx).
SPTSM N: I. Sco tt Snoop (Rtx): 2. Robert Wei" (R IX):
3. Ken Cco tberh J r. (Hun); 'I. Wa yne Eldred J r. {H · D): 5.
Rod ger Man war in K (Ho lt).
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Graves makes it three at
Willow Springs Road Race
By Tom Bla ch ek
By Eric Vincen t
Photo by Kai Sch werdtfeger
HARPURSVILLE, NY, SEPT. 16
ROSAMOND. CA, SEPT. 16
Rog er Durkee wo n h is first feature of the
seaso n in th e 250cc Expert class a t Sq ua re Deal
Riders' Sh ort Track. Durkee. who was o n a
borro wed bike, led every lap o f the fin a l. A
race-long battle betw een J ason Fletche r and
Ken Coolbcth J r. for seco nd pl ace wa s decided
o n the next-to-last la p, Fletch er muscled hi s
way by Coolbe th to tak e seco nd and Coolbe th
sett led for third.
Fletcher j u m ped o u t to a slight lead in th e
Open Expert class foll owed by Ken Da hlin,
Craig Estell e, Scott Snoop and Durkee. On
lap two , Durkee moved around Snoop a nd
began to pressure Est ell e. Estelle dove u nder .
Dahlin o n lap live to move in to second p lace
behind Fletcher. On the seventh la p , Durkee
and Dah li n ca me toge ther in tum t hree .
Dahlin wen t over the tum three ban k and wa s
trapped under h is motorcycle. The race wa s
stop ped wi th Fletcher declared as th e winner.
Estelle was aw arded second, Snoop th ird.
Open Expert points leader Duane Veeder bl ew
the dutch on h is Rotax whi le leading his hea t
and did not q ualify for th e final.
Justin O>olbeth grabbed th e hoIesho t in th e
Open Ama teur feature race. .Jo sep h Meier and
J oe l Nabinger cha sed O>olb eth for the first
five laps o f th e eig ht lap fin al. On lap si x,
O>olbeth go t caught behind a slower rider and
Meier wa s ab le to slip underneath O>oIbeth.
Nablin ger also moved pas t O>ol beth o n th e
next lap L Hnish second to Meier .
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S D R R a ce w a y h o st ed th e inau gu ra l
World Quarter-M il e Di rt Tra ck Tea m
Champ io nsh ip race. This was a fu n race
wi th learns consisting o f two Expert rider s
a nd o ne Am a teur rider. Five tea ms Hne d up
fo r the H a nd ica p sta n wit h Mo rgan Coolbeth an d Pau l Lync h, on a n 80cc H onda ,
go t o ff th e li ne first a nd led for a n a m a zing
si x lap• . O n la p seven. J ason Fle tc he r ,
Dua ne Veed er , Rill Ne w kir k, Cra ig Es te lle
a nd Rog er Du rkee a ll blew b y Ly nc h .
'Fletch er went on to cross th e fin is h line fi rst ,
wilh h is L
eammat e Es te lle fini shin g fo u rt h .
.T he a mateur on t he tea m. Norm Lav io lette,
fi n ish ed seve nth m ak ing t hem th e " World"
cha m ps. All th e rider s see me d to enjoy th e
even l, bu t none wer e mo re excited th atn
Lavio le tte who was lh e firs t a ma te ur to cross
the fini sh li ne .
Res ults
V·ZINGER so: I. Fran kie K('('h'y (Ya m): 2. Cam Raff cny
(Ya m ); 3. .sean Heta h (Yam ).
6(); l. Mike Mc-K (Ka w); 2. Aaro n Cr eamer ( Ra w): 3. Ma ll
f't'
Murra y (Kaw): -I. Krislt'n Edwardli (Ya m).
80: 1. A. Paul L)'nc h (H o n ); 2. Mike McKl't' (Kaw ): 3.
Jt're mi a h Alexa nd("r (Ka w); 1. Mor gan {"oo llx·lh (Ka w): 5.
.
Mark Go urlay (Kaw ).
125 AM: I. DtlTt:l ld M(; irr (Ho n l: 2. J l'rem ia h Akxamlt-r
(Yam ): .1 A. Pa ul l. yllch (H o lt); 'I . M l)f~ul C.cMlloc ( Kit w ):
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lh
.1}. Chri.. HOlrt (Hu n ).
2SOAM: I. l\orm L.avioll ·lfe ( Ka w ); 2. j lN 'ph M(" (Ho u ):
i('r
3, Chri .. Hart (H n n ): 1, Scu ll Snyder (Yam ):!'!, Slilfl Niui..kit"
t H un ).
O PE.N AM: I. J O'ol'ph Mt'ier (RIX): 2. J ot'! Na bl ngl"r (Ya m ):
3. JusttTI {".oolbt-th (Rlx): 4. Ronald F.lard (Ho lt); 5. Tl'rr~'
,
Spenl (H o n).
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SR A: J. Ja)" Skidmort" (R lx); 2. Ga T) C k l lllg ( R l ~l; ".
' .Ul~
J ohn Hildebrand (\V. R); 4. Mark Kuryt kuw skl (Rtx): 5. Norm
La vio lette (C· A).
A third-consecu tive win moved Chuck G ra ves
closer to win n ing th is seaso n 's Mi ller H igh Lif e Formula One Gra nd Prix titl e. T he win
ca me at the 10th ro u nd o f the America n Road
Raci ng Associ ation 's (ARRA) sch ed ule at
\Vill ow Sp rings Int er natio nal Racewa y.
T he Formula One event was the on ly ARRA
race held durin g a weekend o f AMA activities
at Wi llow Sp rin gs.
In wh at turned o ut to be o ne o f th e mos t
exciting races of th e day , G raves took the ear ly
le ad on h i s G reg Lundy-tun ed Suzuki
GSXR I 100. Wh at follow ed was an excit ing
four -rider du el for the lead which last ed from
sta rt to finish .
Fo llowing G raves throu gh turn o ne o n th e
first lap was Yam aha FZRlOOO-mounted Rrad
H azen a nd in thi rd wa s Bruce T ebo on his
Dunlop-shod Suzuki G SX R 1100.
G rav es began to separate himself from the
o th er ri de rs during th e first two laps, b u t at
the be~i nning o f la p three. he slowed. At th e
sa me tim e, Tebo passed Hazen to tak e secon d
as ' th ey ca me do wn th e front straight. What
had been a tig ht battle for second q uick ly
turned into a four-rider cha se for first as J oe
Brett Williams. riding a H onda R C30, joined
th e lead ers.
Starting lap four, T ebbo pulled pastG raves,
wh o ' qu ick ly recovered the lead go ing into
tu rn two. T ebo too k the lead agai n a lap lat er.
and held o n to it as Gra ves mo men tar ily
slip ped in to th ird.
Wit h six of the 12 la ps co mp leted , G ra ves
moved back into first as Tebo beg- n to see
d
a slrong challenge for seco nd fro m \ Villiam s.
The RC30 rider was ab le to use th e m an euvera bili ty of h is mach in e in th e tight co rners.
bu t Tebo held him off in fast turns eig h t a nd
ni ne and down th e front straight. ' Vorkin g
against Williams was the fact tha t he was
rid in g o n th e sa me set of Micheli n tires he
had used earl ier in the day in th e AMA
Su pe rbi ke race .
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The fo ur-way battle for th e lead co n L ued
in
th roughout the race. T ebo took th e lead again
o n lap 10, but o nce again G raves recovered
q uick ly. In the fina l two laps, Graves began
to separa te hi mse lf from t!)e rest o f-the pack
and crossed the Hnish line three seco nds ahead
o f Tebo. Third p lace wen t to H azen , who had
pass ed Williams in the last few laps o f th e
race.
G raves ackno wledged he was ho lding ba ck
a bi t during th e race.
" I figured f sh ould just go o u t th ere, tak e
it easy, don 't fall o ff and not tak e an y chances
and ~et so me points." he sai d.
With respe ct to his poi nts lead in the F1 serie s. Graves was con fide n t th at he should
have litt le pr obl em in securing lhe titl e.
" I think we have it wrapped u p , but I'm
not positive," he said. " It ·s loo king rea l good,
th o ugh ."
Resul ts
F· I: 1. Ch uck G ra ves (Sut): 2. Bru tt Teba (Su); S. Brad
Hazen (Ya m); 4. J oe Will iams (Hon) ; 5. Curt is G ie-so(Ya m).
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