BLOCAL EVENTS
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Doug Flem ing (801) and John Young (612) battled on the way to second and
third overaIl finishes in th e Open Expert class at Broome-Tioga Sports Cen ter.
the lead whi le Jo h n Ferrentino battled Go lden
fo r third. Sanut h a nd DiDomen ico were
in separab le un til DiDomeni co pu t a wh eel
ins ide a nd look th e lead a wa y in a co rner.
Sanuth retook th e lead. but DiDom eni co
pas sed h im ag ain in a corner. Sanuth tried
to ch a llen ge but fell a nd DiDo meni co pulled
away to take the victory. Golden claim ed
second while Ferren tino sco red third.
Mo to two star ted with DiDomen ico leading
an d Sanuth passi ng Go lden for seco nd o n la p
o ne. DiDom enico picked up the pace and
Sa n u th stayed with th e lead er. Bob Flagg
moved up to claim th ird as DiDom enico and
Sa n uth made it a race for the -lead until Sanuth
had trouble in a corne r. DiD om en ico cru ised
to a co m fo rtable wi n whil e Sa nuth held off
Flagg for seco nd at the fin ish .
th e first Open Expert mot o, Newby was pa ssed
by Mike Mu rray and Doug Fleming. Fle ming
was raci ng an Open bik e for the first time
a nd swa p ped positions ma n y times with
Murray. T hei r ba u le bro ugh t them right up
to Young's rear fender and o n lap three.
Fleming mad e a spectacu la r pass o n th e
downhill. Fleming went fro m th ird to first
and opened a two second adva n tage. Murray
and Young diced wi th eac h o the r for th e
rem ai nd er 01 th e rnot o. Murray got by Yo ung
and held a wheel adva ntage a t the lin ish lin e.
Flem in g, Murra y and Young ran wi th in
inc hes of each ot her througho ut mos t of th e
seco nd rno to. All th ree rid ers held the lead
at different times, as the slig h test erro r co uld
move the lead er 10 third place. At th e fin ish ,
it was Murray slightly ah ead of Yo ung.
Fleming finis hed a dis tant third.
Resul ts
S/SR: I. J o h n Di Dome nico ( Kaw ); 2. Rich Gol de n ( Kaw ):
3. Bob flCh (Hu n ); 2. C h.u lo ltr Va non t (DKM).
LATE MODEL: I. G rorge SaC'.haK (}Io n) ; 2. Ra nd y
ski
Ch i« a .
Resu lts
50: I. Just in Murray (;\101); 2. C hris Ru s5('11 (Ya m): 3. Gra ~
My« s (Ya m ).
JR MI NI : I. Sha wn Nult.
SR MINI NO\': J. Ja son Ricri ; 2. Todd Ma ~u i n-a ; 3. Robn't
Gr r'K!i:.
SR MIN I: J. Ch ad Krn/it e: 2. See n G h idi u; 3. S(1)1I
Rockwdl.
PLUS 25 AM: 1. Bryan Ma lyu r k; 2. SCUll Garri son ; 3.
Fran k GroSS('.
P L US 25 EX: 1. G reg Nelson ; 2. Gene Ni gh mau: 3. Bruce
Stra tto n.
SR AM; J. DoUK Pow ers; 2. j eff Si m mo ns; 3. SI('\It'n Ma y.
SR EX: I. Mi k(' Mu rra y; 2. j arre u Newby: 3. Ge m'
NiKhma n.
S/5R: J . john Grotdy; 2. AI('x Mo roz; 5. Leo n W ha l~.
SOIBY: I. Chad Kresg('; 2. j ohn Bla ke: 5. Soon G hidiu.
200 NO V: I. Derek Stu ll: 2. Robert M o()n~ : 3. Jack
Ed.mair.
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125AM l. Rick. Ma xson : 2. jim Orin: 3. RoMrl Moan n.
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125 EX: I. Quia Cokman: 2. Rob Nessel: 5. Bruce Suaucn.
250 AM: I. Dean Liv ernois: 2. Brya n Mal yu ('k: 3. T o ny
Peregrr n,
250 EX: I. Bru ce Smmon: 2. Pau l Grima ldi : 3. T im
La riv iere.
OP EN l'\O V: I. Diad Moore: 2. Mike Meleski; 3. Mike
Finnerl y. .
O PEN AM : I. Jot' Reisin ger: 2. Mark Rin ald i; 5. !krnard
Andr('jack.
O PEN EX: L Mi k(' Murray; 2. Doug f'l('n in K: 3. ]t)hn
Yo un g.
VINT: I. Tracy Upd yke: 2. Mik (' Melok i; " _DtmK G rdham.
Murray, Maxson tops at
CNY season opener
By Carla Nelson
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Rand roosts Holeshot Hills MX
HARRISON. OH. APR. 7
Kawa saki T eam Green rider G reg Ra nd
po sted fo ur perfect sco res ta win the 125cc
Youth a nd 125cc B cla sses at Don H yden 's
Hol esh ot Hills MX Park.
Ran d easi ly won bo th 125cc Youth motos.
topping Adam Clar k and Greg Anee en rou te
to hi s victory.
Rand roosted aw ay with th e firsl 125<:c B
moto, but had to work for the seco nd mota
win. Rand sta lled h is bike al lh e Slart of (he
second mow a nd started in last pl ace. Rand
passed 11 riders o n the first lap and scooted
into thi rd behind Ro lan d Diam ond. Rand
soared paSl Dia mond o ver a set of trip le ju mps
and 5el a fter Vince Defelice, wh o was lead in g.
Rand dove under Defeli ce and weill o n to win
lh e mala .
Mark Mu sselm an swepl a ll fou r mOlOs in
th e 125 a nd 250ec A dasses ab oard hi s KTM ,
wh ile Ja son Juskae d id the same in th e 6,';
a nd 80cc J unio r classes.
LISLE. ;Ot.Ilu rk.
250 A: I. Mark MU!>.'o('lman (KT MJ; 2. Ch ri~ Kno x ( Ka w );
3. jim Kra u ltot'r ( K.dw ).
125 B: I. G reg Ran d (Ka w) : 2, Vin l~nl Dr £('litt (Ha n );
3. Ro land Diamo nd ( Kaw).
250 B: I. Ma tt P O W (' lS (SUZ): 2. Travi s McCra ry (Ho n) ;
3. Kl'n Th omas ( K.aw J.
125 C: I. T ud d Fif'ld!o(Suz); 2. Mik e Faulk (SUL): 3. Greg
Results
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An l"(' (H olI ).
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2!",OC: I. Dave Bades ue ( S UI) ; 2. jeff Flora (Ha n ): ". Melven
Lew is (H u n).
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OPEl'\ B: I. T im Smi th (KT M): 2. Mik (' Gra nt (KT M);
3. Mikt· Mill er (KT M).
VET: I. T im Sm ith IKT M); 2. Mark & ha ff ( Ka w); 3. Rick
Benage u (H ein , .
Hicks rebounds for Costa Mesa
Speedway win
By Scott Daloisio
COSTA ~IESA . CA. APR. 5
Former Brit ish League racer Gary H icks
climbed off th e deck twice and captured top
spot .in th e Han d icap mai n a t the Orange
County Fairgrounds. J oining Hicks in victory
circle was Steve Lucero , anot her former
British Leag uer, who won the Scra tch main .
Hi cks, wh o had a vio lent tangle with Mike
Fari a during the preliminary races, led th e
Handicap ma in lrom th e 40-yard li ne on th e
sta rt as Sha wn M<:Connell a nd Brad O xley
ga ve ear ly cha se. Over the first three circui ts,
the top three riders were never more than th ree
lengt hs a pa rt. McConnell was a ll over H icks,
loo king fo r a way to pass the lead er. T he
fourth lim e they hit turn three , he rod e in
har d o n H icks, who tried to guard the po le.
They arr ived a t th e same spot sim ul ta neo usly
a nd sla mmed together. H icks wen t over the
hi gh side and McConnell rod e over his bike.
Non e of thi s wen t unnoticed by referee Jim
Fishback and he thr ew a red flag and penalized
McConnell.
Ba llered a nd bruised. Hicks was ready for
th e restart . T he race too k ofl with five laps
remaini ng and Hicks was in fron t o n the
Dashug ger/ Shoei / R usse ll Wesl ak e. R ob
P£etzi ng was in second unt il Ox ley kn ifed his
way ins ide on lap four. Pfetzin g even tua lly
drifted a ll the way back to fifth.
H icks moved OUl to a big lead o n lap five
and went on 10 an easy victory . Ox ley linished
second, never receivi ng a challenge . Lance
King held third unti l Josh Larse n got by hi m
o n th e final lap. PlelZing also passed King,
but Kin g hoo ked back undern eath 10 linish
fo urt h .
In th e Scra lch ma i n , fo rm er Nationa l
Champion Lucero started in ga te two and led
every inch of the wa y. Lucero bea t McCo nnell
to turn o ne, bu t before the first lap was over ,
Faria go t past McConnell and near ly pu lled
a hea d of Lu cero .
Lu cero held a one-leng th lead aboard his
011 Shore/ Shoe i/ Cirello Raci ng Godden over
the fir st two circuits. Just behind him . Faria
a nd McConnell locked int o a nowd-pleasi ng
ball ie. Faria sta yed out by the dirt li ne while
McConnell rode the pipe .
At the wh ite flag, L ucero still o nly led by
a leng th and it stayed like th at th e rest of the
way for hi s first WIn of the season. Faria a nd
McC0!1nelJ con tin ued their war un til th e last
SCRATCH: I. 51('\'(' L ucero (Gdn); .2. Shawn McConndl
(Gdn); 3. Mikr Faria (W('s); 4. Robert Pfming (Wo).
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. HDCP: 1. G:.lry Hi cks (Wn ); 2. Brad Oxley (Wo): 3. j Olh
La rsen (Gdn); 4. Lance King (G M) .
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D·2: 1. J ohn Aden (jaw); 2. Ru ss Wagnnan (Wo); 3. Doug
Bow ers twes).
D· ~ : I. J im Lit O (Cdn); 2. Rick Wrb b (Wo): 3. CarJ05
Ca rdo na (Wo).
SDCAR: I. j oe Petrg lovi clAla n Bilgn- ( Ka w ): 2. Kt'nny
Mcl n lyre/ I...es Dav is ( Ka w ); ~ . SIeve Ha rdwic:k/jan ine
Cu m m i n~ (Kaw); 4. RO Mill ar /Dale Leeder (Ka w ).
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Woolslayer wins atStrictly Dirt MX
By Alan Williams
OKLAHOMA QTY, OK, APR 14.
Hom er Woo lslayer captured the o verall win
in the 250cc In termediat e class at Strictly Din
MOIOSPOrts Par k in Ok lahoma Ci ty.
Mark Ru ssel l wo n the firs t mo ro after
fig hti ng 011 th e adva nces o f Wool slayer
thro ug hout the race. Woo1s1ayer was never
mo re tha n a wh eel beh ind. bur o n th e last
lap went down after a tricky double j ump.
Wooi siayer took co ntrol 01 the seco nd moto,
but Ru ssell was just in ches behind. Ru ssell
dogge d Woo islayer lor the entire six lap s, bu t.
cou ld n 't lind hi s way arou nd the Hon da rider.
Woolslayer earned th e overall with hi s 2-1
scor es.
Eri c Rogers scored th e win in the 125cc
Novi ce class. After winning the first moto wi th
ease, Rogers found hi msell behind Brian
Montgom ery in the second mo to. Ro gers
attem p ted to jump past Montgomery but lost
g round and was for ced to p lay ca tch-u p.
Ro gers snuck past Montgomery a few laps
later a nd claimed the overall . Montgomery
was seco nd o verall ahead 01 Brett Ba iley.
Results
125 E.X: J. Br('u Shuma ((' (Hon ).
125 INT: 1. Hom« Wool 5layU (Ho n ).
125 O PEN: I. OLan Bak u (Sw); 2. E.ric RGg('u (Suz); 5.
Brian Mo ntgomery (SUl ): 4. Kevin Ch.ig (S ill) .
80 OPEN: J. Ro bb i(' Reynard (Ka w); 2. Jack BraMli('Jd
(Ho n ): 3. G ITg Duv a ll (K:aw) ; 4. Co lby Sharp (Suz).
125 BEG : I. K('Vin Cra ig (Suz); 2. Tracy Bu nn ell (Yam).
250 BEG: I. Mik(' Conwa y (Kaw); 2. Mark RolK'rlli (S ill).
OVER 25·35: I. Dian &lker (Suz); 2. Da nny Padgett (Yam );
5. Chris Jon o ( Ka w ); 4. Larry Sanow (Yam).
125 NO'\( : I. Er ic Ro~", (Sw ); 2. Brian Montgom ('ry (SUl ); .
". Br('u Batlt")'(Ho n ); 4.Colby Bell (Suz): 5. Jeff Scott (Sw).
80 JR: J. Chris Dru mmo nd (Ya m ).
80 BEC : 1. Brian McKinney (Suz).
60: 1. Shelby Bonura (Ka w/ ; 2. Ed Moo re (Kaw).
250 INT: I. Homer Woo sla yu (H o n ); 2. Mark RuSS('lI
(Kaw).
OVER 40: I. 0uU j on es (KAl w).
80 SR : 1. Rob bi(' Reynard ( Ka w ); 2. Jack Bra.s..s.fieJd (H on );
" . Co lby Sharp (5 uz); 4. Greg Duvall (Kaw).
Rogers romps at Motorcycle
Raceways Moiocross
By Alan Williams
OKLAHOMA QTY, OK. APR. 13
Eric Rogers do mina ted.the 125cc Novice class
at Motorcycle Ra ceways as he claimed th e
hol esho t in bo th molOS and led the ent ire 10
laps of raci ng .
While Ro gers enjoyed com ma nd ing 15second leads in bot h mo lOS, the rest of th e
pack was very clos e. David Cain and James
Carmen raced so close in each mot o th at it
was impossi ble t o tell who wou ld ta ke the
