eLOCAL EVENTS
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brou ght onto.the track with1 ine bikes down
in five differem comers. J( leN Racin g loo k
advantage of the slowed ~ ;e and pitted with
Phi l McDona ld coming c "I of the pits ju st
one bike away from keq.ing Team Excel a
lap dOWTL As the pace car pulled off the track.
K&N Racing quickly pissed Team Excel and
began 10 add 10 their one lap lead. GT Racing
herd off Motorcycle Doctor and Hoame Lab
for third.
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Wil h a comfonable lead . it appeared as
though K8cN Racing had the cruise control
on . bu r e n lap 58 they had a n unscheduled
pit Slap with a broken shi ft linkage, The crew
scrambled for spare pans. as Phil McDonald
reentered the race with the bike stuck in third
gear. Two laps later they re-entered the pits
to tie wrap the shih lever, as it was dragging
the ~ound. Team Excel was only 40 seconds
behmd.
When K8cN Racin g pi tted on the 64th lap
1 rep lace the shift Iinkage, Team Excel
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inherit ed the lead. Sam McDon ald re-entered
the race and bega n 10 chase the leader. Lap
74 saw the Iwo bumping a nd fighti ng over
the lead spot, with K&N Racing taki ng the
lead at the checkered flat>. on ly 1 find oUI
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they had lost a lar in the pus, This gave Team
Excel the averaI win dropping K8cN Racing
10 second overall. foll owed by GT Raci ng.
Mot orcycle Doctor and Hoame La b.
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Resul ts
O /A: 1. Team Exce l (Sw): 2. K&:N Racing (Ya m ): 5. GT
Roadng (Sw); 1. Motorcycl~ Dr. (Yarn): 5. H oame Lab (Yam );
Angl~ (Suz); 7. R U Racing (Suz); 8. Grasy Ring
[H o n ]: 9. Swift Current: 10. And Racing.
6. Radical
Jack Fran klin (7F) hol eshot the Open B final and went on to win at Pin e Grove "IT. Rick Hawk (IlA) fin ished third.
Sassaman hot at Pine Grove IT
Darin Cooley (41) led J im m y Adams (48) at Heart of Texas R aceway.
By Len Breech
in thi s race. it was a ll for na ught 3 S the first
and seco nd place fin ish ers, exper ts G reg
Abbott a nd J ohn Ewing, were later disqualified for mod ified cyli nders in the mandatory
lear-d own. Dam on Harvey look home the first
p lace tro phy after he easily pa ssed the teardow n. Chuck Ergle was awarded second. and
Nicky Hayden scored third.
Results
SATURDAY
EX P ROD: I. And TIlry Willkrei Away (C;u m ichrl/Delto n
I~ ); 2. House Of \\'httls C
t:.rK lt:win,; 152);". Tram Tonka
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(H ick ma n/Q m rt 149): 4. Bill 1...t'SUt'1U ( J46): 5. H~ppy a u
R.ac:inll:(Flnt!Alb ma 146 ).
SOY P RO D: 1. Tram Mota librrl, (l n miln / Mmari k 157);
2. uldwdl Racinlit (Win z 155); 5. Data Forms Racing
(MrrridJHaywilrd J54); 4. Coo ltylWaugh (154); 5. WFO
(Com~ i!S tri k la nd (150).
SOV S/RK: I. fl y'n Fka cr. He over T ea m Excel by lap 10, whi le
GT Racm g bega n to drop orf Ihe pace. Team
Supe rbike held orf Double Exp re.. unt il lap
14, when thei r ride came to an abrupt ~n d
when Ihe chain jumped off. This left Do ub le
Express in third as they went on e lap dow n
to K&N Racin g, who now held an 18-second
lead over Team Excel. T eam MOlorcycle
DOClor had been slead ily movin g Ihrough Ihe
Held and was now running in fifth platt.
T eam Excel pi lied on lap 38 wilh Rober l
Blevins rejo ining the race a lap down to K&:N
Racing. On lap 40, rai n bega n 10fall , calchi ng
a lot or riders orf guar d. The pace car was
PINEGROVE. PA, MAY 19
Eric Sassam an maintained hi s earl y-season
hOI streak by claiming the 250cc and Open
A class wins as the Flying Dutchmen held
their Iirst 'IT scrambles of the season .....'hile
Sassaman won the points paying events. he
lost to Kevin Varnes in the "run-what-youbrung," four-lap 'Dash For Cash that ran at
the comp letion of the regular races.
Kevin Vames grabbed the lead from Sassama n, J oe Bro mley and Mike Vam es as the
250cc A class came OUI of the infield switchback. As they came out of the founh turn on
the second lap, Sassaman slip ped under
Varnes and Bromley also gal by as Varnes go t
out into the loose dirt. Once in the lead.
Sassaman pulled away , as the order stayed the
same to the nag.
Alter IW restarts for downed riders, the
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Open A class got underway wit h Sassaman
the leader over Mark Bur kh older. Harold
Brossma n a nd Randy Shank. While Burkho lder stayed fair ly close 10 win ner Sassaman
at the finis h. Shank Slipped under Brossman
as they en tered the infi ela 10 capture third,
J ake joh nsen held the lead as the 65cc class
Came OUI of the infield wit h Benja min Miller
a nd Brod y Miller behi nd. Brod y ha d led at
the sta rt but fell in the infield and was several
yard s behind hi. cou sin . After three laps,
Brod y look over second a nd gra dually started
10 close the gap on J ohnson. As they came
ou t of the final tum on the eig hth lap ,
J oh nson gal a little sideways and Brody shot
by for the win.
Jack Franklin led Chuck Blessin g, Rick
Hawk and Ra ben Sassaman in the Open B
final. Franklin and Blessing pulled awa y from
the field while they staged a close. race-long
battle for the win tha t went 10 Franklin.
Results
550: I. Will iam R ~II (H o n); 2. Jimmy Ownu (Yam );
S. Srou MorrilOn (Y..m ); 4. Eric H~nu.n (M. M); S. Robert
Hallon (Suz).
65: I. Brody MiHrr (Ya m); %.
k~ J oh ruon (Ka w); 3.
Bmjamin Milkr (Ya m}; 1. BiIJ,. Sri Iwdl ~ uw).
M A: I. Ridy Wimnt (Sw}; 2.lohn Wl rudl (Sw).
85 B: I. N iltr McKtt ( Ka w) ;
Shoanr Harri . (Yam); 5.
Paul Allison (100); 4. Br.mdon Bill a (Sw ).
200 A; I. Rick y Wi n~u (YOlm).
200 B: I. T odd Wimnt (H on); 2. 0\0Ild Hackman (Yam );
5. Mark ~ick (Ho n l: 4. S id Annrnt (Sw ); 5. Ow'ln Rills
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(H on).
250 B: I. Krvin Mill" (Sw ); 2. Otuclt. BkuinS (Yam);
5. Donald Strohm J r.; 4. WaYM Skilo (Ya m); 5. Dan PeTTY
(Ya m ).
250 A: 1. Eric Sauama.n (Ya m ); 2. J ~ Brom ky (Sw ); 5.
","in Vamo (Yam): 4. M ik~ Vamo (Yam); 5. Bun Skiles
(Y..m ).
VET : 1. Mark Bur kho ldn- (Ya m); 2. Harold Brouman
(Yam); 5. SkW Bro ml ey (Sw l: 4. J M H~li ng (YOlm); 5.
Mark ero.b,. (H on ).
O PL'l B: I. JiKk Franklin (H o n); 2. O UJCk. BI~ng (,: am);
3. R id. HOlWk (Yam): 4. Todd Tnnplt' (H on ); 5. Bill ~I~
(H o n ).
SR : 1. Luk~ lLch.motn (Yam); 2. Wa,.n~ Fra nklin (Suz);
5. Drnni. Miller (Yam); 4. Glm M illn (e n) : 5. Ro na ld
McGinnis (Ya m).
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O PEN A: I. Eric SaMama n (Ho n) : 2. MOlrk Burkh oldn'
(Ya m): 5. Randy Shank (RlX): 4. Harold Brouman (Ya m);
5. Billy Bro rnlay (SUl ).
Ferragamo fast at LACR Night MX
By Tony Alessi
PALIoIDALE, CA, MAY 17
T on y Ferragamo soared to a pa ir of wins in
the 125cc Novice class during the Californ ia
Racing Dub's nighl mOlocross al Los An!«les
Cou n ly Raceway.
Ferragamo led the way in the firsl mOlO
bUI crashed hard lan ding over a-tri ple jump. .
