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Sweaney bros. battle at Desert
EmpireMX
By Brian Dettling
RIDGECREST, CA, JUNE 2
Mor e than 60 riders competed in 22 classes
at Ca lifornia Raci ng Clu b-hosted MX racing
a t Desert Empire Fairgrounds.
In th e 80cc class , bro th ers D.J. a nd Brian
Sweany ba uled nos e to nose for the overa ll
lead in bo th motes, Althou gh D.j. was scored
separately as a n Intermediate . it didn 't SLOp
thes e two from banging bars numerous times
as well as havin g to co ntend with Novi ce
Randy Webb.
Ran dy Klassen grabbed th e ho leshot in the
first 500cc moto with Ed Matheny a nd Danny
Re ider ri ght b ehind. Mathen y quickly
slipped pas t Klassen for th e lead , but Klassen
was able to hol d o rr Reider a nd j oh n Connolly
for a lap or two um il they go t by.
The seco nd 500cc mote sa w in credible
racing, as Matheny and Co nno lly wer e neck
and neck at the sta rt un til Conno lly wen t
do wn . T he lead see-sawe d be tween Ma th en y
a nd Reider until bo th went dow n, leaving the
wa y for Ron Lewi s to tak e a co mforta ble lead
and th e eventual mot o win . The ba ttle for
seco nd pla ce a nd o verall win sii ll hadn 't been
"'decided yet, as Matheny, Reider a nd Co n no lly
were all in con ten ti0!1
0,Ma the n y worked back
from a fall to nab Reider at th e chec kered nag
by hol d in g the throttle wide open over the
fini sh lin e jump.
In Intermediat e Vet class action, Ral ph
Foster rode to two mo re win s after co n tendi ng
with Bru ce jones add Reid er. In the seco nd
mOLD, Foster look a sp ill o ver th e finish line
jump and fo und himself half a lap down. He
dusted himself orr and went o n 10 pi ck off ,
the o ther riders o ne by on e until tak ing the
lead on the last lap.
Results
P RO : I. Jeff Sta nford ( Ra w) ; 2. Eri c Wicker (H on ); 3. Jeff
. Black (Hon); 1. Brian Var gu $ (Kaw ).
PIW B·I: I. Rob by Robert s.
PIW B·2: 1. James Harw ood (S UI); 2. j onar bon Manuyg
I (Ya m ); S. Nich o las Burson (SUI).
60 (D-8): I. J~n G~ (Yam).
60 (9-11 ); 1. Just in Wi tchn- o
80 BEG : I. Bmn S~
..ny (Hon): 2. Robbir Rarktt (Kaw);
S. J.W. H a rk" (lUIw); 4. AoJron Bumg.;irdrH'l" (lUIw); 5. J osh
Kn ighl (Ya m) .
80 NOV: I. Randy Wrbb (H un ).
80 INT: I. O.J . Sw~
.my (Hon).
I ~ 125 BEG : I. J a mes Yo un g (SUI ); 2. Ryan J ones (Ra w);
3. O.J . SWeilny (H on ); 4. &th Du st in (SUI); 5. Jo:;,h J enkins
(V... ).
m
125 INT; 1. j4UlOnSi m mons (Kaw); 2. Sea n Brad ley (Yam).
250 BEG : 1. Davi s Slrauon (I-Io n); 2. Rohal Bowie (Han) .
. 250 NOV: I. Clarles Va lenluela (lion): 2. Mik e R o m p
(H on); 5. Carl Ikha.an (Suz) : 5. Beanie Soyts (Kaw ).
250 INT: 1. Sean Brad ley (Yam ); 2. Jason Sim mons (Xa w ).
500 BEG : 1. Dmnis Boyle (H a n ).
500 NOV: 1. Ed Matheny (Han); 2. Danny Rei der (Ra w ):
5. Ron Lewis (Kaw); 4. John Conno ll y (H a n): 5. Randy
Klaum (Hon ).
JR VET BEC: 1. Micheal Mitchell (Han): 2. J a mn Young
(5uz).
JR VET EX: I. J df Stanford (Kaw); 2. Jdf Bla ck (Han ).
S R VET BEG : I. Rob Rober ts (Han) : 2. Brian Sweany
(H a n) ; 3. Mic hae l Dahl (Han ): 4. Steve Wil ch tt (Ka w).
SR VET NOV: 1. Rob in Young (Kaw ): 2. Grq Humber
(H a n ); 3. Ra ndy Klassen (H a n ); 4. Michael Grove (Kaw ).
SR VET EX: 1. Mike Bosworth (SUI); 2. David Rogers
(Kaw).
Faria rages at Lake Perris Spdwy
By Scott Daloisio
LAKE PERRIS, CA, M 23
AY
For the second ti me in the track's four week
existence, Team Ru ssell 's "Flyin'" Mik e '
- Faria won th e Scratch main a t Lake Perris
Speedway.
.
Earlier in the week , promoter Brian Church
called in Brad Oxley to rebuild th e track. The
first three weeks of the cam pa igil the surface
was populated with hol es. Oxley's work pa id
d ividends as th e track was smooth an d Lhe
racing 100%betler.
'
o rr gate lour in th e fou r lap Scra tch main,
Faria grabbed the lea d when the ~te went
up. Gary Hicks, just24 hours afte r dISlocating
hIS wrist, came o ut seco nd. T w()-o time CaliIornia State Ch am pion Steve L ucero q uickly
went by H icks , but he could not hold the
young rider o IL Before th e la p ended, they
wer e side by side in a baule for seco nd.
With H icks an Lucero duking it o u t, Far ia
mana~ to put a cus hio n between him self
and the seco nd place ba u ler s. Hicks drifted
wide in turn two on the secon d revolution
and that a llowed L uce ro to mOlOr away
in seco nd Even th o ugh he had second to
himself, Lucero was almost a ha lf straight
behind Faria - wh en th e event reached the
halfway point.
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Fari a did th e da ma ge early and d id not face
another challenge a ll the way to th e Pa ul
Neighbo rs' checke red . Lucero finished a
d ista nt second with H icks a nd Ma nchest er
round in g o ut th e field.
After h is thi rd place finish in th e Scratch
main, referee J im Fishback pu t Hicks on two
minutes befo re th e stan of th e Ha ndicap main.
He noticed tha t the 22·year-old di d not have
a requ ired chain gua rd o n. Hicks ' crew
quickly pUI o n th e guard and H icks rejo in ed
the field for the start. G ary Ackroyd grabbed
the lead from th e short yard age over .lessee
Fin ch and John Aden. Rob Pfetzing and Do n
adorn passed ' Aden in the first bend. That
p ut them in third and fourth, but adorn slid
out an d fell in tu m three. He remounted, but
,:""S far behind the pack.
Fi nch was all o ver Ackroyd and nearly got
by when Ackroy d parked in turn two. Hicks
dropeed out of th e even t on la p three wh en
his bike qui t. T ha t advanced Bobby Schwartz
to third.
Finch h ung a ll over Ackroyd and wait ed
for a mistake. In turn three o n lap seven , th e
mi stak e came . Ackroyd parked a nd Fin ch tried
to go in side of him. The two came together
a nd Ackroyd caeened into th e cras h wa ll. A
red nag cam e ou t and Fin ch received a pe na lty
for kn ocking Ackroyd dow n.
The ra ce restarted wit h ' th e two lap s left
and Ackroyd in ' th e lead . He looked like he
was go ing to ta ke th e victo ry until th e fin al
bend wh en Sc h wa nz ca m e ca lli ng. T h e
seasoned veteran kept the throule pegged and
he blew insi de Ackroyd for th e lead. A littl e
mor e than a q ua rter lap later, Schwartz bagged
his first ever Lake Pen is win over Ackro yd
and Pletzing.
Results
SC RATC H : I. M i kl~ Faria (We:;,): 2. Steve Lu cero (We!» ;
3. Ga ry Hi cks (W('$); 4. C hr is Manch est er (Ja w).
H OC P : I. Bob by Schwaru (Wes); 2. Cary Ack ro yd (Wes);
5. Rob Pfetzing (Wes); 4. J Olih La rsen (G d n) ; 5. Do n O do m
(Wo ).
Andrews aces Silver Creek MX
By Barbara and Loren Williams
M
ORGANTOWN, NC, M
AY25
Larry Andrews capture d th e Pro cla ss win at
Si lver Creek Raceway's first Saturda y nigh t
ra ce of th e season.
The Pro class gated with th e 250cc B
entra n ts to kick off the eveni ng's en tertai nment, and for a lm ost th e en tire first lap
Andrews and William Wils on treated th e
crowd to side-by-sid e, bar -banging racing.
Wh en Andrews slid o u t in a tum and lost
two positio ns, W ilso n gained som e breat hing
roo m a nd began to stretc h out seco nds o n th e
rest of th e co mbined field . Andrews was on
the march , though , working his way through
traffic until the o nly tiling between h im self
and Wil son was em p ty track. Andrews moved
in to pressure Wilson at the white nag. The
last lap saw Andrews challenge at every turn
and j um p , wh ile Wilson used every trick he
knew to keep him beh ind. Blazi ng dow n the
fro n t stra ight to the creek sweeper, Wilso n
en tered th e turn a shade too hot a nd drifted
just a bit wide. Andrews ducked inside and
was able to hold first by a length at th e
checkered nag.
j oe No rder pulled th e second rno to holeshot, bu t quickly faded to fourth in the pack
as Andrews, Silver Creek track owner Aaron
Bollinger, a nd Wilson roa red past., As the
seco nd lap began, Wi lso n closed up on the
two fro nt -ru n ners, mak ing it a threesome that
str uggled for advantage until the last lap.
Wi lso n and Bollinger' s tuss le for second place
slo wed. them just a tick, allowing Andrews
to take the checkered first by two seconds.
Becau se Bolli nger rides his o wn track for fun
and is never o f£icially scored, Wilson cam e
away with th e ru n ne r-up spot.
David Stewan "'Tabbed th e ho leshot in the
fir st 125cc B moto and breezed to th e win.
Terry Ware was sq ueezed o ut in the fir st turn
to th e back of the pack, and was forced to
use all his passin g skills to mak e h is wa y to
th e front in order' to ge t a good view of Stewart .
By lap four Ware had Stewa rt in hi s sigh ts
and began to reel him in , but ra n o ut of tim e.
\Var e' s valiant effo rt o n the la st stre tch came
up sho n by a len gt h and the nod went to
Stewa rt.
War e ga ted seco nd to Stewar t in the seco nd
molO, and by the en d of lap three, Ware had
forge d ahea d. War e mad e no mista kes for the
rest of the race , ta king th e chec kers first a nd
cla imi ng th e o verall wi n by virt ue of a seco ndmo to finis h.
Results
50; I. Wayne McI.-OIuR:hlin (H on): 2. Ma lt Blevin s (h i): , :
Mkah a "urr (Ya m ): -t Jamey H ud 50n (h i) ; 5. J O!th G n JJr in
.
o
(Hun).
6S 7- 11: I. j o!thua Su m mey (Kaw ); 2. Wa yne .McLa u g h lin
(H o n ); 3. Chad Shrrri ll (Kaw); 1. Daniel Frankhn (H o n ).
JR MINt 7·11 : I. j.J 50n Vanho rn (Hon ); 2. Brad h lwa rd...
(H o n ); 5. J o h n SOlin (Han) ; 4. Mark nha Hoylf' (H n n) ; 5,
Jrred BlaCk (SUl ).
SR MIN t: I. J altOfI Solin (H u n ); 2. O uis P.UlioOlllio (SUI):
S. Sha wn j~nne (H on ); -t Oa yid Cl< (Kaw); 5. J ohn Myen
.
uk
( Kaw ).
SCH BY: 1. Pa igto ili lli.u d (H u n ); 2. Ch rilio P.U!t IlS (SUI);
O
5. David C la rk (Kaw ); 4. Shawn J nlllr (Hun ); S. j ason Sa in
(H a n ).
ENDR: l. Ru w-II Ep ley (Ya m ); 2. Dan Kel lt"r (Ya m ); 3.
Gary Gi bb!> (H a n); 1. Mik e Ca lla han (H u n ); 5. j a mry Hy a! t
(Ya m).
Andr ew li (SUI ); 2. Willi a m WilMln (H o n).;
P RO : I.
3. Ned Blackwddt:r (~ Ul) ; 4. J ue Nnrdf'r (Ka w).
125 B: 1. Terry Wa re (Hun) ; 2. Dav id SIt"w.J:rl (SUI ); 3.
Kevin Si m p&On ( Kaw ); 4. C hri!t Dark (H o n); 5. Fra nk ir
Mu lli na x (Ha n) .
i
125 C: 1. Ch ris Sl acey ( KoIw); 2. P... gr Hill i...rd (HUll ); 3.
J im T < " in en (H a n ); 4. Rea/i:an' Snonr (Ka w ): 5. P'1U1
.)J
McDa m ei (Han ).
125 D: I. Kevin Brown (Hon ): 2. Fur ma n p...n oll (SUI);
5. Man Harr is (Suz) ; 4. Rex Rnb in !toflll (H o n ); 5. Shannon
Huffman (S UI ).
'
250 B: l. Mike Kel ler ( H o n ); 2. Bobby Cilbert (Ra w ); 3.
Da rrell Bai ley (Hon).
2SO C: 1. J im Mc Da n iel (Hon): 2. Kennel h Bai ley (Han);
3. Billy OwnlH-y (Ka w); 4. Mall H en den o ll (H o n); 5. G len
C ha!te( Kaw).
u rry
Rex Robinson (360)led Kevin Brown (508) in the 125cc D class at Silver Creek MX.
25+: l. Kerr y J o nes (Suz): 2. J OI:: No rder (Kaw) : ~ . T ra vis
Bell (Ya m ); 4. Dean H errin (Ka w); 5. Hohby Gi l be rl
( K..a w ).
OPEN : l. Dea n H err in (Kaw); 2. La rry Sp:llh (Ho n): 3.
Keith Co rnwell (Kaw); 4. Roger L ineberger (Kaw) ; 5. Cb a rfes
Mar tin ( Hen ).
U /L AM: I. Mike Kd ltt (H a n ); 2. Darell Rai ley (Hem ):
3. Jim McDaniel (H a n ); 4. Terry War e (H a n ); 5. Clen 0laM'
( K..a ).
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50+; l. Kerry Jones (Suz ); 2. J eU Srurtevam (SUI ); 3. T on y
Rh Odo (Ya m ); 4. R ich ard H icks Jr . (Kaw): 5. Mike Blevi ns
(Ya m ).
Smith smokes PAL MX
By Mike Vancil
SANTAQ.ARA, CA, MAY 25
Kirk Smi th turned in two co me-fro m- behi nd
victo ry performances to tak e top hon or s in
th e Open Pro class at the Club Mot o even t
held at th e Po lice Ath leti c Leagu e track.
Smith topped G lenn Harrison and Shawn
McCo n n in th e first moto. La te in moto two ,
McConn exi ted the track with a mech an ical
woe. Givi ng th e Pros a run for th eir money
was Vet Pro, Irv Achzi ger , wh o mixed it u p
with the younger riders. T he six Vet Pros were '
scored separately, bu t were started o n the same
gate. In both motos, Achziger rod e lik e a
youngst er. john Dauth finished second
overall in th e Vet Pro cla ss.
Resul ts
PI\\' 50: I. Anthony H o u ser (Ya m) : 2. Rober t Ma t~ lco
(Ya m) ; 3. Step h en Hernandez (Ya m ); 4. Kyle Vac ho n (Ya m ).
P I\\' 50 MOD: 1. Ra ndy Norman (Ya m ); 2. Ju:" in Guzman
(Yam) .
P IW 60 BEG : I. Michael Herna nd t'1'(Kaw).
PiW 50 NOV : I. Joey Alla n (Kaw ).
MINI 80 BEG : I. Denni s Springs (Ka w ); 2. Brian j enk ins
(H o n ); 3. Brian Roberts (Kol w); 4. Eri c So rlMlM'n (Han ); 5.
Chad Hodges ( K.aw ).
MINI 80 NOV : I. Mar c Hender sen (SUI); 2. Ch ad Burlewn
(H a n ); 3. Ben Shank (SUI).
125 BEG: l. Brad Axelrod (Kaw ); 2. C rrs O h lsen (Kaw):
5. Sieve Kyramario s (Yam); 4. Mik e H er nandez (Kaw ); 5. Ty ler
P aum (H on ).
125 NO V: l. J ak e Win dh am (Kaw ); 2. Aa ron Ca n uelle
(H o n ); 5. G lm Mu ra ta (Yam ); 4. Gr rg No rman (Hon); 5.
~~~ !i:~;bardiel
Kla~
M\"2s
(SUI); 2. Mar k
( K.aw).
250 BEG : I. Art Anchondo (Ya m); 2. Dr l Otrino (H a n );
S. St~ Walla<:t' (H on ); 4. AHR'd Rayona (l-Ion ); 5. Jim C1il~
(Kawl .
.
250 NO V: I . Paul Armando (Hon );2. J ak e An der$On (Ya m ):
, . Davi d Rrr g (Hon ): 4. Ra nd y Alva rad o (Yam) ; 5. Sco tt
Avm ll (SUl ).
250 INT : I. Mik e Min ja re.!o (Han); 2. Stephen lI u h e (SUI);
1. Sieve M ... lu