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LOCAL EVENTS
! . Brian ' Elli ngston (y am) ; ... Richard G ~ (YOIIm); S. Mau
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Tuck" (Yam ).
LIW SlS P RT EX: l. Mike Lowtt (Yam ); 2. David Fob:
(Vilm); 3. Rick FitzR'ml.1d (Ya m) ; 4. T erry Banchua (Y am );
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5. ~t W~ (Vam).
I.IW Sl SPRT A.\ l, I. J""'" T .... w (V-to 2. Ruad C..I
( Y~);
! . Dou g Farrar (Yam); 4. 0uU Tincbll (Yam); So
Jtm Vaupel (Yam ).
1..1\\' SIn\' EX: I. Ouis. Helland (Due); 2. Dick Komln
(H· D); ! . Mnk Joh l1lOll(SOl); 4. Lou Dr.lku lich (Hon ); S.
AI 0=10 (Due).
LI\\' S/1W AM: I. Mall Tuck" ( l.aw); 2. DaY!' Go llo n
(~g); 3. Dave: Moon (Due); 4. Jay Ikmng (SOl); S. HOU5lon
Heim' (Due ).
SPTS MN EX: 1. Wall Sot owUi (Yam ): 2. Mar k Johnson
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(SOl ): S. Bob P~ ( R lX ).
SPTSMN AM; L M.u Tucker ( l.aw); 2. Km TapplCOU.
(Yilm); 3. Billy Frhrman ( Ka W); 4. Don Allen (Hon ); S. Jdf
B.andJ.ua ( Hon).
U.S. TW SPRT, I. Diet. KOo:
S. Mike Pisano (Yam); 4. J;uon Tr~lar (Yam); S. OUts
Ti nda ll (Yam ).
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l.IW S/ BK EX: I. Mall Win nac kn (Yam); 2. Rod ney Smiu
(Yam); 3. u rry Cohee (Yam): 4. D;;cvid foil (Y;;cm); S. Rob
Mei Slrr (Hon ).
1...1\\ S/ BK AM: I. T im Keen (Vilm); 2. Doug F..... (Yam);
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GLEN HELEN, CA. M I
AY
Briti sh-born Phil Collin. sho wed everyo ne th e
fastest way around GI.n H el en Speedway
(Ior rnerly Inland Mot or Speed way) wh en h.
wo n th e Scra tch a nd Handi cap mams.
Due to frigid tem peratures, o nly a small
cro wd witnessed Coll in. ' textbook lesson o n
speedway. In th e four-lap Scra tch main , h.
trailed Na tional Speed way Ch ampion Mike
Faria in to the first ben d. Co lli ns im media tely
too k th e Costa Mesa Car Co mpa ny/ fMS/
Ci re llo Raci ng Weslake to the o utside, and
his vent ure in to th e deep dirt paid immedia te
dividends. He got a tremendo us dr ive off tum
two a nd sho t past th e sta rtled Faria C the
or
lead.
Far ia didn 't gi ve up, stayed low and tried
to co me undernea th th e pa ce-seuer as the first
lap cam. to a close. The English rider gave
Far ia a ll the room h. wa nt ed, but Faria
couldn 't take ad va n tage. Collin. hooked up
his rear ti re and pow ered fa rt her a head.
Coll in. built his lead inch by inch o n lap
two, bu t o n th e nex t la p , h e put the main
even t a way, H e moved out to a two-length
adva ntage that h. ca rr ied past the Pa ul
Neig hbor. checkered flag . Faria maintained
hi s seco nd place pos it io n foll owed by teena ger
Brent Wer ner a nd J osh La rsen.
In th e Handicap ma in , Co lli n. go t a
trem endous sta rt or to tally-u nd etected ro ller
as he left th e lin• . Sta rting o n the 40-yard lin e,
h. was third before th e Held reached turn o n e.
A. they left turn two, only J essee Fin ch and
Tony Bien ert were ahea d of Co llins , and th ey
sta rted o n th e 20.
By th. tim. th. I.ad trio n.gotiated th. back
ch ut. th. fir.t tim., Collin. had di.posed of
Biern en and was ready to take o n Fm ch . He
did that ente ring tum thr ee and took over first.
From that point o n, the race for first was a
don . d. al a. Coll in. roared off to a mor e than
half stra ight- lead.
Faria a nd Ru.sell Ra cin g teammate Gary
H ick. charged throu gh th. field to th ird and
fourth, but that was a. far as they goL Th.
check.red flag cam. out before Collin. had
time to lap anybody. Finch was a distant
second clo sely followed by H icks, Faria and
Don Odom.
Rob Ball proved to be too .trong for the
IO-yard lin. in th. Second Divi.ion as h. won
his heat a nd the main evenL Jason Otism and
Jerry Black trailed Ball. In th.Third Divi.ion,
Tom Collier look a two-valv. Jawa to lh.
check.red flag rrrsL
Results
SCRAT CH : I. Ph il Coll ins (Wes); 2. Miler Faria (Cdn);
! . Brml Yt'nnrr (Wn); 4. Jom t...anm(G M).
HDCP: I. Phi l Colli ns (Wn); 2. j eu« Finch (Wes); 5.
Cary Hicks (G M); 4. Milr Faria (Cdn).
0.2: I. Rob Ball (Wn); 2. Jason Q ism Uaw); !. j nTJ
BloKk(Wea); 4. Miu R«d (Wes).
D-! : 1. 1 0m Coll ia Uaw); 2. Rick Webb (Wo); 5. John
Lolly (jOllW); 4. Ricky Ritch (Wa).
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SOG\R: I. Randy MdntyJt'/1lobm Fox ( Ka w ); 2. knny
Mdntyre/l..rs Kttcham (La w); 3. E.m Oh rtlDoug Whitson
(H. O): 4. Kent Be1undrr/Cary Pollvd (Ka w) .
Oldenberg aces Norsemen MX
By Rolfe O tterness
CAMBRIDGE, MN, MAY 12
J.ff Oldenoog mastered the sandy bump. of
th. Norsem.n MC'. track and notched win.
in both 250cc A moto•. Two weeks ago h.'
raced the same track with much less success ,
crash ing out of contention after stro ng starts,
but this week h. ran flawl ...ly. Thi. was y.t
an other successfu l race for the Norsemen WIth
rid .r . n tri•• numb.ring over 400. For a change
of pa ce, the rid.rs circula ted the track in the
oppo site direction' from the last ra ce.
Dan Luloff .urged into th.lead a. th. pack
rounded th. first turn of th e first moto, with
Cra ig Schwam and Old.noog settl ing int o
place behi nd him. For the first lap, !.uloff
. Ir.tched hi. lead, whil. Oldenoog dropped
to fourth momentarily when Mike At.kinson
got by, Oldenberg shot back by Atkinson then
passed Schwam to hold second . by the end
of the first lap. For the next lap Oldenberg
reeled in Luloff and then passed him at the
end of a set of whoops by slowing enough
to grab the inside line In the following corner.
H. then pulled slowly away from Lulof!.
Meanwhile Atkinson bad passed Schwam and
was the fastest moving rider on the track. H.
was gaining rapidly on Luloff and mad. the
pass on the fifth lap. Then h. mad . a great
dri ve to nearl y catch Oldenberg at th e
checkered na~. Luloff held a solitary third at
the fin ish, WIth Eric Metzger fourth after a
battl e with Duan e Kuiken and David Niemi.
Luloff pulled another holeshot in th e
second moto, but Oldenberg di splaced him
before th e concl usio n of th e first lap. Chad
Cunningham and Robert Bergstrom trailed
them across the lin e. Luloff kept close to keep
the pressure on, but Oldenberg managed to
lead all th e way for the win . Cunningham
ran strong for rhe first half of th e race, with
Cory Keen ey closing to dispute third. Keeney
got by near th e halfwa y po in t, whil e Cunningham go t entangled in a four-rider battle
when Metzger , J im Scott and Niemi caught
up. At th e checkered flag , Oldenberg beat
Luloff, wh o held about 30 se conds o ver
Keeney. Metzger finished fourth ah ead o r
Scott, Niem i a nd Cunningham.
Corey Holcomb launched into th e first turn
ahead of th e pack of 125cc A rid ers and cam .
out with the lead. Cory Keeney motored by
on the first lap with Rob Engstrom a distance
behind, Keeney pulled ahead strongly in th e
early . tal:'" of th e race, but Engstrom started
closing In during th e last few laps, Keeney
held o n for th e win with Engstrom a few
seconds back. Atk inson was all by himself in
third, saf. ly ahea d of a battle betw een M.tzger
and Don aho,
Keeney rounded th e first turn with Holco mb o n hi. tai l to start the second moto,
They ran o ut front for the first two lap. with
Atki nson in th ird. Atkinson and then Donaho
managed to get by Hol comb near th e middle
of th e ra ce. Metzger cam. up n.XI and di ved
into a berm to tak e fourt h from Holcom b on
th e fourth lap. That was the last chang. in
m e top five for th e remai nder or the moto
as Keeney went on to an impressive win.
Results
M IN I PIW: I. Miler Rann ; 2. R"OIIn Mrgaw ; ! . Trnor
Frischman.
MINI JR: I. Lance CunninKham ; 2. Mich..el Cark; ! . joo
s._.
MINt SR: l. CniK Cu nni nKham; 2. Hn th Vou; ! . Shdly
Kan n.
YTH: I. Aaron CarllOn: 2. T im POIpisil; 3. James Povoln y.
2.5 PL US: I. Dan Luloff; 2. Ja m" Scott. J r.; S. Robert
IkrKstrom .
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SIl: I. u rry Nob~ ; 2. J ohn Alfonh: 5. AUrn Sta~
VET C: I. Kenton Coble:; 2. Bob Kelly; 5. Robtrt. ~l.
VET A: I. Richar d Riehm : 2. Aldo Cire lli: ! . MicUy
Mickt!son .
125 C [)'I : I. Brrn l SltVnUOn; 2. Rick y Schu gel:!. Mark
Ni,ka.
12S CD-2: l. SleveKlar; 2. Wi.I1iamWihon: ! . Ja ma Evan&.
125 C [)..! : l. M i ~ Moulns; 2. Jamit Fahrmdholt; ! . j rd
Co phan.
125 B: I. Botto Sdo ki : 2. Brandon McKean; S. Damn
Chrlin.
125 A: 1. Cory Xem q- ; 2. MiU Atkimon: 5. Pal Donaho.
250 CD-I : I. Tim POIpilil; 2. Jamtl Povoln y; 3. Brent
StrvnllOn.
250 C 0 -2: 1. Cni~ Fruth; 2. David J~nz.ig; ! . Ql.ris Cox..
250 B: I. Dan Lewis: 2. Todd Malh~g; 5. Bmt Ca&Wf:U.
2SO k I. Jdf Oldrnbag; 2. Dan Lulolf; 5. Eric M~.
. OPEN C: 1. Jason Nikubki; 2. Tbon:w Stiff; 5. MKhad
NnbiL
OPEN A, I. Mil« Nat!><; 2. Mort, Cark; 5. Ja y Homk.
Brown, Childress highlight
1-40 Motocross
By Jennifer Vinson
llNOiR QTY, TIl, MAY II
Mik. Brown and Steve Childress stol. the
.how and the majority of the S2500 Pro purse
a l 1-40 Motocross, as over 200 riders participated in the Championship final event of the
Motul Super Series.
Childress and Brown battled from .tart to
finish both motos of the 125cc Pro cJass. Jim'.
Motorcycl., John.on City/Pro Circuit.ponsored Brown took the haleshol with Mik.
Padg.u right behind. O1ildress blew past
Padgett after the first turn, and 10 laps of lead
.wapping began. Brown dominated the lead
for sev.n lap., but after Childress w.nt inside
of Brown, on the eighth lap, the battled
intensified. Childres. performed a brake check
on Brown in the last lurn, and took the
checkered flag in firsl place both molO•.
Padgeu hounded Paul Dalton in both matos,
but Dalton was abl. to hold off Padgett for
third in both moto•.
Th. 250cc Pro cla.. was an au.ntion
grabbing rematch between Brown and Childr.... Brown ev.ned the scor. by winning both
10lap molo•. Childr....tuck to hi. rear fend.r
for th. majority of the laps, but it was Brown
who r.malned victoriou._ Mik. Padgeu and
Billy Adkin. battled for third place, with
Padgett edging out Adkin. in both motas.
In th. Open class Kirk Hay.. and David
Farri. distanced the pack as soon a. they cam.
oUI of the gat.. KTM of Athen.-.ponsored
Farri. edged pasl Hayes immedial.ly, and held
him off for the first lap, but for the remaining
sev.n la p. Hay.. prevailed and scored the
victory.
