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GLOCAL EVENTS e B fina l with Lynch at hi s side. Lynch took over the lead on la p one while Zupko, abo ut 12th around the firs t turn, passed six riders, bumped R ike and was in fou rth. Zupko moved u p o n Kratz and got by him o n lap two and by the third la p pulled within two seconds of the leading Lynch . L ynch stayed flawl ess an d led the hounding Zupko through th e Iinal lap to the checkers. ) Results Warr en Diem (right) won the East Coa st Speedway National.Championship at American Raceway.' 125 NOV B: L M i k~ Peal (Suz); 2. J am o McG innis (Ho n); 3. Brian Simi seak (Han ); 4. T o m Man ols ki (H a n); 5. Ja wn May (Kaw ). . 2M) NOV ; L Dan ny Va rall (Ha n);· 2. Robm Nd u!IO (Y"m); 3. Sa m Thurston (Ya m ); 4. J o hn Bened ict (Yam) ; 5. Chuck Shcrby (Han). 125 AM: 1. J ay Lync h (H o n); 2, Ric h Zupko (Ho n); 3, Rich Rik e (S Ul) ; 1. Brian Behrman (Su z); 5. Ca rter C urnfT (Kaw). r 250 AM: I. J ay Lynch (H an); 2. Rich Zup ko (Ho n); 3. J eU Schill ing (Yam); 1. Ch ris Po val l (Ya m ); 5, Ken Lag ier (Suz). . , O PE N AM: 1. R ich Rik t' (H a n ); 2.' Rob Walt on (Kaw); 3. Steve Nagy ( K.a w ): 1. Bryan Krysa (Han ); 5. Sian ley Paulsen (Kaw). 25+ : I, Bob So renso n (Kaw): 2. Marc T iesfer (H o n): 3. Do UK Ga llo (H an ): 4. Joh n F.flhi m iou; 5. J oh n S iKi ~m o ndj (Han). AD ULT SR: l. Cha rlo Sullivan (H a ll); 2. David Hurle y (Yam); 3. Bryan xrvsa (Ha n); 4. vtnceru Bondi (Ho n j: 5. . Frank Anadritu (Ka w), S/S R : I. Joh n Banman (Han ); 2. Kerry Irwin; 3. Rich Ce rber: 4. Kento n Fla ig (Han ); 5. Ken Brewer (Han ). . 1 125 EX : I. Rarr y Ca rs ton (SUl); 2. J oe l Dcnll;ler ,( Kaw ): 3. Tv W;llIace (Kaw); 4. J im Md lva nc (Han); 5. Marc Tiesler (H a n ). --250 EX: I. Ba rry Carste n (Su z); 2. Mickey Kessler (Yam ): 3. Bria n Carroll (SUl ); 4. J im Kapi tan; 5. Ty Wallace (Kaw ). 500 EX: I. Rich Rile (H a n); 2. Bob Wahon (Kaw ); S, Steve NalO' (lU w); 4. Bryan KrySil(Han); 5. Sta n ley Paul sen (K.aw) . , Diem takes title at American Speedway By Larry McBride OWEGO, NY, SEPT. 22 iders fro m severa l sta tes and Can ada converged on American . Speedway for the Ann ual East Coa st Speedwa y Championship. Q ual ifyin g heats o pened on Friday night with a 32-rider field that was reduced to 15 sem i finalists and two reserves. The 16th spot was taken by Warren Diem , who was au tomatically seeded in the sem is by virt ue of his 1989 National victory a t Actio n Park East. Tom Burge, J ohn Lewi s, Len ny McBride and T u ff McBride emerged th ro ugh the qualifiers' as th e only underfea ted ri ders entering th e semi fin al s o n Saturday nigh t. . T he all-Scratch sem i program called for each rider to ride against each o ther and each from a differen t ga te position . T hrough round fou r on ly Blendzall/ Di em ' s CycIe/ R a ct eck-spcinsored Diem and T u ff McBride were un beat en and appeared to be assured of a berth in the fina l four. Heat 17, however, was a determ inin g ride for three riders tied wit h IO points as Burge, Lewis and Lenny McBride went head to head for two of the final fou r p osi ti ons. Burge be at Kevin Rubio, Lewis and McBride for the lead in and o u t of tu rn one an d two. McBride pulled alongsid e Burge o n the back straigh t and stayed there until th e last lap befor e ga ining a ' bike length lead and the victory. Burge, however, needed second to advance to th e finals. Lewis' third elim inated him from the fin al s wh ile Rubio took fourth. Heat 20, the last of the semis, pitted Diem and Tuff McBride, who were already assured of a spot in .the final , in a showd own event. McBrid e took an early lead and the win that gave him the distinction of going without a loss for the entire qual ifyin g and semi events. But th e real distinction was yet to t ome as Burge, Diem , and the two McBrides prepared for th e final four races th at would determine the East Coast Champion. Burge go t the early lead in the first final with Tuff McBride second and Diem third down the back stretch . Diem took a high line to go around McBride exit ing turn four and closed on Burge. Staying high, Diem got pa st . Burge for th e lead en teri ng lap three and left McBride battling Burge for second which he too k on the front R ·16 straight while Len ny McBride went to third on th e last cir cu it. Fin al number two was nearly identical to the first wit h Diem taking th e victory while the McBrides switched fin ishing p os i tio ns with Len ny McBride taking secon d, T u ff third and Burge fourth. A win in the th ird final would guarantee .Diem the cha m pionship , and he took the lead off turn one. H owever, T~ff McBride drove pa st hi m down th e back chu te and had the lead coming ou t of turn four. McBride had victory in sig ht until la p three wh en Diem, o n th e inside , m ad e contact with McBride wh ich too k him to the wall and gave Diem the lead a n d th e vi cto ry to wrap u p th e cha m pionsh ip. Wit h Diem alrea dy" holdin g the ti tle, fina l number four was run only for fini shi n g positio n . Tuff McBri de q uickly took the lead and held it to the checkered flag, giv ing him second o vera ll. Lenny McBride notched the third spot and Burge finished fourth . Diem had been tied with Cal ifornian Gene Woods wi th th ree East Coast N ati onal ti tl es each, and Diem ' s victor y gave him an unprecedent ed four Nationa l Cha mpionships. eN Results FINAL: I. Warren Diem (Cdn); 2. Tull McBride (Jaw); 3. LennyMcBride (Cdn); 4. Tom Burge (Cdn); 5. John Lewis (Wes); 6. John Kehoe (Cdn); 7. (TIE) G reg Applem an (Wes )/Tom Bra ithw ai te (Gdn)/Len Dillon (Cdn); 10. Brian Daily (Cdn); II. Dale Wakefield (We,); 12. (TI E) Kelvin Herrala (Cdn)/ Ken Pieper (Jaw); 14. Mike Corte", (Cdn); 15. (TI E) Dam ien Co rn wel l (Gd n) / Kemi n R ub io (Wes)/ J oel Monell (Jaw); 18. Chris McGee(Wes). Smith hot at Whitesburg MX By Dene Olive •WHITESBURG, GA, OCT. 7 . Brandon Smith scor ed wins in both th e 125 and 250cc B classes at Wh itesburg MX. Nearl y 150 entra nts competed in the day's races. Wh en th e ga te dr op ped for the first mo to of the 125cc B class , Smll h pulled the hol eshot with arch ri va l J ohnny Dean in hot pursu it , follo wed by Kenny Tipton, J am ie Adams and Sco tt Bryan t. On lap two Adam s let Bryan t sli p by for fourth po sition . But all the action was up front, wh ere Dean pressur ed Sm ith for th e lead. On lap three Dean was able to tak e an inside line for th e pas s and take th e lead from Smith. Dean held o n 10 th e lead to win whh Smith crossin g the finish line seco nd, five seconds beh ind the winner. T ipton fin ished third, foll owed by Bryant a nd Bradley Pendley. By th e time the second I25cc B mo lOsta rted , Smith had won bo th 250cc B mo lOSover Dean and th e pressur e was on (or the double class win . All eyes were on Smith and Dean as th ey ga ted side-by-side. This ti me i t was Dean pickin g th e right line to clea r the firs t tum ahea d of Sm ith, follo wed by Aaro n Day, T ipt on. and Adam s. O n lap two Dean mad e a mi sta ke a nd cras hed hard, gi ving the lead a nd eventua lly the win to Smith . Foll ow in g Smi th past th e chec kered na g were Day, Ti pto n, Adam s, and Mike Porter. Da n ny Ha ynes mad e Scou Pinson work for th e Senior Min i class win as he too k the ho lesho t in bothmotos, Pinson was able to get pas t Haynes eac h tim e o ut and Haynes had to settle for runner-up hon ors. In the .250cc Pro class, Sean Du kes led bo th rnotos. Ross J ohnston and Aaro n Ya tes swa pped posiuons in each mo to wi th Yate s comi ng o ut ah ead of Johnston to cap ture second o vera ll. Results 51: I. withe Eckhart (Ya m); 2. Chad Albri uon (Yam); 3. MirhOirl Sisemo re (Yam); 4. Rob Pcwel! (Ya m ); 5. Zach Rutl edge (Yam). . 65 7· 11: I. J:tmes Ca reen Jr . ( Ka w ); 2. Mat t Boon e (Kaw ); !t Mike Railry ( Ka w); 4. J.P. Moq;~:an (Ka w); 5. Aaro n Lind~y (Kaw). R5 J R: I. SCOI I Pin son (Suz): 2. Mason W il1ia m~ (Yam ): 3. Da niel Currie (Yam): 4. j Ot'y Turk (H o n); 5. Mati Rn nn e (Kaw). 85 SR : 1. ScOIl Pin son (Suz); 2. Dan ny H a ynes (Ka w ); 3. . G r~ P ines (Ya m): 4. Bill y H leba lk (Suz): 5. Brando n Barker (Ka w). • SCHBY : I. Scott Bryan! (Han); 2. J a mes C rier (Hon ); 3. Chri s Th om as (Ya m ); 4. Preston Moon (Han); 5. Ch ris Co llins (Ka w). 125 C: I. Scott Moo re (Ho n); 2. Kevin Smith ( Kaw); 3. Bryan Tho rnt on (Ha n); 1. james Gr ier (Ha n); 5. Bria n Burnett (Yam ). 125 B: I. Brandon Smit h (Ka w ); 2. Kenn y T ip to n (Hem ); 3. Aaro n Da y (H on]: -t J ohnn y Dean (SUl) ; 5. J am ie AcLam s . ( Ka w ]. 250 C: I. Bill y Ca n uel ! (Han); 2. Sco t! Moo re (Han ); 3. Mike McCon vill e (Ho n ); 1. Bryan C adle wski (Ho n); 5. La rry Klien (Ya m). 250 B: I. Bra ndo n Smith (Ka w); 2. J o hnn y [l ean (SUl) ; 3. Leven Pendrrgra ss (SUl ); 4. Brad ley Pend ley (Ya m ); 5. Rod ney Fraz ier (Kaw ). SR : 1. J ohn T rissel (H a n); 2. Michael Hender son (Ho n ); 3. Benn y Du rro ugh (KT M); 4. Wa rner Wilbourn (Kaw): 5. Rich ar d Bon d ur ant (H a n). S/S R: I. Warner Wilbourn (J(aw ); 2. Ra nd y Tomli nso n (Sue}; 3. Bobby Bishop (Kaw); 1. John Krieger ( Ka w ): 5. Ceorge Byrd (KT M). O PEN A: I. Sea n Duk es (Ho n); 2. Aaron Yat es (H un ); 3. Russ J ohnston (Han ); 4. Bria n Stokes (Ha n); 5. Sha ne Pen e (SUL). .Lynch mobs Raceway Park MX By Rick L yn ch ENGLISHTOWN, Nj, SEPT. 2.1 Jalil L ynch scored hi s fourth co nsecutive 250cc B class win and his seco nd double dass win in the I25cc B class to clinc h the Yamahasponso red Ra ceway Park po in ts series . Lynch had 10 go the dista nce for th e 125cc B title as he was just three points ah ead of Rich ie Zupko with Brian Behrman a point behind co m ing in to the even t. In the hrst ~50cc Il mo to Zupko got the holeshot and Lynch was never mor e th an two seconds behind th e entire five laps.Zupko maneuvered th e holeshot ahead o f Lynch in the first I25cc B moto with Behrman and R ick Rike just behind. Both Zupko and Lync h were never more than three seconds apart at any tim e and Zupko again took the win with Lynchon his rear wheel. Behrman was thi rd and Rike fourth. . With the final motos ex tended to six laps, 250cc B actio n saw Zupko aga in ma ster the holesh ot with L yn ch snuggled in cl os e beh ind. The two riders soo n lert the other riders with Lyn ch in co ns ta nt roost range of Zupko. On the last lap , Lynch got alongside Zupko and laid his Honda over in a berm. Zupko broke lat e for th e turn, only to have hi s rear wh eel momen tarily slip. L ynch pi cked up half a bike length and Zupko was unable to catch him at th e finish . Behind, Rike and Beh rma n came across the fin ish so clos e that th e nagger, veteran Dave Chase, had to make the call and gave Rike th e nod. , Dave Krau got th e holeshot in th e 125cc . ' Engstrom's revenge at Ma~kato MX By Rolfe Otterness M ANKATO, MN, SEPT. 30 Rob Engstro m swee tened h is life with a little reven ge by tak in g th e win in the 125cc A class -a t the last Kato Cycle Club motocr oss of th e season . Pa t Do naho has been upstagin g Engs tro m for th e last severa l weeks with some grea t rid ing, but Engs tro m came back at th e hi lly Mankato track to wrest top dog sta tus fro m Don ah o's grasp. Don aho surged to the fron t in the first mo ta wi th Engs trom close behi nd. Don ah o go t a break when Engstro m ma de a co u p le of mista kes wh ile rid ing near th e edge of cont ro l on the second lap. Engs tro m sett led dow n a bi t and bega n to slo wly d ose in. Don ah o lost hi s front end in a co rner and a lmost went do wn. Don ah o retained the lead bu t as they received th e white Hag, Engs tro m made hi s mo ve. Engstrom wen t wide over a small double go ing in to a corner, cu t to th e inside over the sma ll double exiting the co rner, h it it and landed to th e o uts ide in th e berm in fro nt of Do nah o and held o n for th e win . Chris Ben se ran well to ta ke third o ver Co ry Keeney, who wok fourth awa y fro m Corey Ho lco mb on the last lap. Don ah o pu lled ano ther ho leshot in th e seco nd m ow, but Engstrom gOL by on the second la p. Eng strom ran a smoo th rno to and ma naged to pull away litt le by li ttle to the end. Keen ey got by Bensc a nd J ay Mercill in the early stage of th e race a nd loo k th ird , while Bense loo k fou rth aft er ~etti n~ by Mercillnea r the half way po in t. DaVId T all go t by Merri ll to ta ~fi~ . ~u Results, MINI P/W: J. Lance Cun ning ha m; 2. Dan n y Edm onson; 3. Ryan Mt" lI:aw 4. Ryan Brou ghton. : , r; MI NI J R : J. Aaro n Hu ppert: 2. C.ur y o.lTcora n; 3". Lan ce Cun ning h m; 1. Aaron Pepe. a ' 1"1(JJ MINI SR : I , Mike A !k m~un ; 2. T im Pos pisi l: 3 . IJlI m (~ Pov o ln v J r.; 4. Ben Van Cleve. I '~ l YTII: 1. Mike Atki nso n; 2. J a.....in Kem pe l: 3. Brandon Back es : 4. Tim Posp isil. j , CI O VER 25: I. Dan LulHff: 2. Brian Ca rn ey: 3. K('n Ma l,.'oun; 1. j a mes Scull J r. j' • VET C: 1. Rick Lam brec h t: 2, Brian Fischer: ,. RoKt'r Schel lham mer: 1. J am Mo Po volny. Y VET A: 1. Brian (" .arn~ : 2 . Ra nd y N a~l : 3. J ack Paren teau: 4. Mike McNl"il. .. • SR : I. Tum Cla rk; 2. Ji m Deneva n: 3. LOK Kyle; 4. R'oRer an Ni~i~~~:t : I-. Stev e Dorn; 2. Da rwin Ziu!n(f; 3. Rii h:rd Sa m pso n ; 4. Mar k Nis ker. ..... ~ . 125 C 0 ·2: I. Ben VanC It'yt'; 2, JMol' Edmonson: S._Bn a n .' Builla ngeon; 4. Mark Rasmu ssen . " 125 R: I. Slev(' Krl"("h ; 2, Rob Go blirsch ; 3. Kevin Klodt; 4. Roherl Wt'}'m bM-g. _ I 125 A: I. Rob F.nK~lrom ; 2, Pa l C.o na ho : 3. (" .ory Keml;'y; 4. Ch ris Bense. .it 250 C [l ·t : 1. Brandon Slovl"rn; 2. Mik e J an ovsky; j . Ke n CoKlirsch; 1. Brua' C.onslenius. 250 C D·2: 1. Rill y Ed mu nsu n; 2. J am Mo Po vnl ny J r.; ! . Rick Na rum ; 4. T homas Siahl. J ,.. 250 R: I. J ohn Meyl:"r; 2. Ran d y R en g~orf; ,3. Pau l Neu ma n n; 4. G ten Novo,"y. , 250 A: I. Rob F.nKstrnm ; 2. Chr is Bense; 3. Sam St('inJe ; 4. J ay HOl"nk . O PEN C : 1. SIl:"phen Li nda mcxKl; 2. Bra d Schmidt; 3. J eU Walell ko; 4. Mikr Nesbil, . O PEN A: 1. J a y HOl."nk ; 2. Mart y Clar k; ·3. Mick ey Mi{"kehon ; 4. j ack Pa ~ntea u . Nunes nails Carlsbad MX win By Bad Boy Burgess CARLSBAD,CA,OCT.13 San Diego House of Honda/Kawasaki-backed Carl Nunes dominated the Vet Novice class a t th e Racing Ente rprises' Sa turday motocross a t Carlsbad Raceway. At'the start of moto o ne, C ary Scott pow ered into th e lead, foll owed by Bru ce Forinash and Chris Jackson. Right a fter th e start , Scott blew a berm and went o rr the trac k. While Scott

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