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If you 've been the United S",,, Grand Prix
or th e American round of the World Superbike
Series in th e pas t th ree years, you probably
already know about james Cres pinel.
His commissioned work includes portraits of
Mikhail Gorbachev, Mar tin a Na vrat ilova ,
Michael j ordan , Brian Bosworth and Steve
Largent, in addition to images of james Dean ,
Elvis Presley and Mari lyn Monroe.
.He is quick ly becoming one of the most sought
afte r competition artists in the United States ,
Man y world class riders themselves own
original oil paintings by Crespi nel and now
lithographs of his works are available for both
the collector and enthusiast alike , through Cycle
News Products,
Rick S croeder (3) passed J im K esler (52R) fo r the wi n a t C a rls bad Short Track .
VET N OV : I. Jimmy R..Ut'T ( Kaw) ; 2. Tony M a ~()n (Yam ):#
3. Ahm 8u ~b y (Hun); 1. M ark Wh d ;," (KT M ); 5. Adu m .
Hrrn.mdt'/ (S u i) .
Vr.T 1ST: I. Rob Max wt'll (Hn n) ; 2. Ch a rh e StmnK (H u n ):
3. J df L uca s (S U!J : 4. AIl ~ l o Mnr,,;an (Kotw ): 5. 1H-' Talavera
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( H Ull ).
VET EX : I. Mik e Shl)("ffi, kt"f ( K.cJ w); 2. Gc"or,;r Walla«
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SR SOY: I. j ('Tr Wuudcud (Yarn).
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SR t NT: I. Bub Dunh..m (Ya m).
FAT H ER &:SON : I. Rub/Rt.lbbir Du nh am (Ya m); 2. Kril l
Chrh Nr illd (H DK); 3. j rrry/ll;ullly/ llt-Illl i, \\'exx!l'l.ucillio
l.and"bt-rK(Y;l1n).
Schroeder captures Carlsbad ST
B y Greg Bo o th
CARLSBAD, CA. JUN E 8
Rick Schroeder won the hotly contes ted Open
Expert class at th e o pe n ing round o f th e
Carlsbad Summer Series.
The hea t ra ce battles wer e fast a nd furi ous.
In th e first heat . Skip Cr ist y a n d R ick
Schroeder tried to sh are th e sa me space down
th e front straight. Grisl y coll ided with the wall
an d was o u t with a suspec ted brok en fool.
Schroeder went on 10 win . while Jim Kesler
won the second heat .
T he main event opened with Loren Bjorkman stea ling the ho lesh or . and lead in g hall
of the [ifteen -Iap main. Kester got under
Bjorkman down the back straig ht and too k
over the lead. Schroeder cha rged on the h igh
groove and pa ssed Bjorkman in turn o ne .
Schroeder passed a surprised Kesler dow n th e
front stra ig h t '0 tak e the win by a half a bik e
length. Craig Armstr ong, a Iast new comer 10
the track and potentia l m a in even t win ner,
fini shed founh.
David Peli on too k top honors in the Open
Jun io r class a nd is close lO ad va nci ng to
Expert. George Snodgrass gav e Pelton a ru n
for h is money th rougho u t the rac e.
Resul ...
OPEN EX: I. Rid . Sch roeder (SUl); 2. J im Kesler (y,. m)
~r~=(~~';:M)~Vilm l; 1. Cn ig ArmMrong (Vam ); 5. M.n k
O PEN J R: 1. D:dvid Pel ton (Ho n ): 2. Gn> rgf' Snodgr.u
(Vilm): ~ . Th..ddrul T o liMrup ( y .. m ): 1. Pet er Mayf orth
( Vam ); 5. Larry SJX"Clur (RTX).
%50: I. Ty.nn Yoll (V.n n ); 2. Rrmt Bnn i, (Va m ): 3. John
Fr-.f1("i~ll ( Viu n) ; 1. Rob Suh ilj..dc. ( y ,.m) : 5. David Row:-lIi
( H on ).
VET : I. Rick Schrotdn (SUl) ; 2. Peter M.. yforth (Yam ):
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M.ark Boutin (Va ml .
Odekirk obliterates Cydeland MX
B y M ichael Rich
01100, CA,JUNEIi
Tom Odekirk earned the overa ll ho nors in
the Pro class with determi ned rides in both
motos,
It was Lowell Moural Sr . ru llin,!: away
to an early lead at th e start a the first P ro
mote . Mo ura l was fo llowed closely by Brad
Wil so n and Bra ndo n Williams. Wilson
wasted lill ie lime. and passed Mo ura l i n th e
rockers. By the seco nd la p , Odekirk had
moved u p to t hird a nd was closi ng on
Mo ural. As he we nt h ig h o n a berm to pass
Mo ural , O dek irk lost his front wheel and
went do wn . Odekirk rem o unted in la st
p lace , a nd sta rted a charge th rou gh the pa ck
thai saw h im move into th ir d , j us t behi nd
Moural , on th e last lap. As Ihe ,wo rid er s
en tered the ro ckers, Odekirk gra bbed a
h a ndful of t h ron le a n d sho l past Mo u ral for
seco nd . Wil son lOok the win .
Od ekirk started the seco nd moto on a
ra mpa ge. He stormed into ,h e lead a t ,h e start,
and was never headed . Brandon Will iams held
second, foll owed by Brad Wilson . Know ing
he had to beat Od ekirk to take the overa ll.
Wi lson tri ed every tri ck he kn ew LO pass
Will iam s. For lour laps. Will iam s hung tough
in fro nt o f Wilson. \Vith lh e p ressure mountin~, Willi ams fin all y made the mistake that
Wtlson was hoping for. William s tucked his
fro nt wh eel under in a hair p in a n d went down.
EDDIE LAWSON
Some call him th egreate st rider who
ever lived . Fast approachi ng legen d
stat us, n o b od y won m ore 500cc
G ran d s P ri x in the 1980s t han Eddie
La w s on . In seven years o f W orld
Champions h i8 co mpetition, Eddie h a s
won t h irty 5 Occ Gra n ds P rix. Only
the lege ndary Giacomo Agosti ni a n d
M ike Ha il w ood ha ve won more and
Ha llwood 's r e c o r d o f thirty-se ven
victories is within r each.
Crespinel 's image of Eddie Lawson
was created over a three-day period a t
the U.S. Grand Prix a t Laguna Seca
in April of 1990.
This put Wilso n Into second with five laps
left, Odek irk. howev er, had built an insurmou nt abl e lead by thi s time a nd look th e easy
wi n.
In th e Min i class. Justin Brown got th e
jump o n th e gate and motored away in first
pla ce. He was foll owed by Kelsey Matson and
Casey Weeks. Mean wh ile. Nathan Peterson ,
wh o had fallen in th e first turn , was making
ti me on the field. O n the second lap, Peterso n
pa ssed Weeks for third, a nd a lap later o u t jumped Matson Ior seco nd. Matson sta lled.hi s
enf;'i ne in a hairpin. allow ing \Veeks into
. third. Brown took th e win. fo llowed by
Peterson and Weeks.
In the second moto , Brown took th e lead
a nd ran away. This time a ro u n d. Peter son was
a b le to keep It on two wheels a nd pa ssed w eek s
and Wes Curry to take second by the end o f
the first lap. At the fin ish. Brown took the
win a n d th e o verall . while Peterson took
second overa ll and first Nov ice.
Resu l ts
PEJ:: WE E: I. Eri c Nyr- (Va m): 2. Am a n da Lahr (Yam);
J . OaY lon La hr (Yam).
60: I. Otri, McAvoy ( Ka w ).
MI l"l NY: l. Nalhan Peterso n ( Ka w); 2. Kd M")' Ma lson
(Kaw ): ~ . uK')' w eeks ( Ka w ).
MI NI JR : I. justin Bro wn (Kaw).
125 NV: l. D;lrrin Pi erce (y ,.m ); 2. Sco u Ma nmea (lion ).
125 JR : I. Aaron Rogers ( Hon ); 2. Michad Rich (S UI ).
250 NY: I. Ro b Fnrina (Ho n).
~ J R: I. Darri n Delo rme (SUI): 2. Jim Ferguso n (lion ).
PR O : I. T o m Ddt·k irk (Ya m); 2. Brad Wilso n (SUI).
Atwell takes Summit Point RR
B y David B a c k
MARCO LUCCHINELLI
Former 500cc Grand Prix World
Champion Marco Lucchinelli n ow
h eads t he Ducati factory effort in the
World Superbike series . He has been
t he impe t us behind the current r a ce
effort from Ducati and has b uilt the
tea m t o be the st rongest, m ost effect iv e , dominati n g force on t he World
S uper b ike c irc ui t. The flamboyant
It alian occasio nally s uits up to s how
off hi s rid ing t al ents a t va r io us e ve n ts.
(please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery)
SUMMIT POI:-IT, \\'V. MAY 25-2li
jefl Atwell a nd his Ferodo 750 and Suzuki
1100. tu ned by Mik e Lango lo is, wo n every ra ce
he fin ished , whi le a deter mined Glenn Szarek
domin a led the middlewei ght classes a nd
p o st ed two seco nds a nd a t hird i n the
hea vyweight ran ks.
Much unli ke the WERA Summit Point
opener which was rai ned o ut. th e skies were
clear wi th tem peratures both da ys hov ering
near the 90 degr ee mark.
Sa turday's racing schedu le was comp rised
01 four la p hea t races a nd the eight la p Vmta~e
fina ls. The large rider tu rnout resulted In
many hea t ra ces being two-wave sta rts and
thus some of the best raci ng of the weekend
took pla ce Saturday. as riders pu shed hard 10
obta in good gri d po sitions for Sunday's finals.
Sunday's 18 race schedule a llo wed on ly
enoug-h time for one practice sessi on for each
pra cu ce group. thus riders hurried to get their
rare setups final ized for the day. The first
big money pa ying race 01 the da y was C
Superstock. Darryl Saylor got the hol eshot and
held th e lea d going into tum one, though
Gl enn Szarek wa s ch a rg ing ha rd a nd wasled
no time moving to the fron t of th e pack 10
take the lead. the race and the firs, pla ce
Ya maha money .
As rid ers loo k the grid for the A Superstock
mo ney paying even t all eyes wer e: focused o n
Atwel l, Sz rek and Bruce Baldus. who had
a
battled ha rd during Saturday's heat s. Atwell
took the lead on the firs t lap wi th Ba ldus and
Szarek hot on his heels. Head ins down the
fro nt stra ig ht past lh e sta n / fim sh, Baldus
pulled a d raft. pass and oUlbrak e manuever
hl""dding into rurn o ne to m ke Ihe lead from
Atwell. The A,well/ Bald us duel contin ued as
Sz."ek's Suzu ki 750 could not mat ch the pow er
01 ,he leaders' Suzuki 1100' s. a nd he was
relegated to th ird u nt il Atwe ll a unnpted a n
in sid e move for the lead in turn ni ne. wher e
th e fa iring low er hit th e cu rb i n ~ resu lting in
a ta rmac bell y flo p and slid e Into the lu rn
ha nd ing Bald us the wi n a nd Szar ek second.
Atwell was nOI hUrl but his bad ly damaged
1100 lorced him 10 use his Suzuki 750 in ,he
Fo rmula I fin a l a nd a lasl ro w sta rl. Vetera n
racer j ohn Lopez had the po le o n his Suzuki
GSX· R750 and ,ook the hol eshot and the lead,
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