In the first Expertlinal event 01 the evening,
it"was Pauley wh o was ~i ve n first choice o f
p lacement on the line. H IS cho ice was a good
one and when the lig h t turn ed green, he burst
into the lead . Danny Moore battled by Dan
Argano and Danny Ritch ie (0 claim second
place. Perry Lang had trouble wi th th e hard
polished su rface and was late in gell ing up
to speed. H e was ab le to o verta ke Ritch ie
whose well -used Yam aha began loosing revs.
The bu lbbl e hurst for Pauley in the O pen
Expert final wh en he tri ed. to mak e up fo r
a poor sta rt by slu rring to the in side in turn
one and a determ ined Perry Lang d idn 't mo ve
over. There were no hard feelings aft er th e
resu ltant ge t-off 01 Pa uley and the two racers
were seen in good spiri ts. as they loaded the ir
race bikes into th e sha red van transporter.
Pauley elimi na ted himself o n lap two. Moore held hi s point pos itio n to the chec kers, while
Dan Argano rode hi s Ro tax to a second-place
fini sh
In 500ec Amateur action it was th e Ju nior
class riders tha t pu t o n a fierce batt le in th e
fina l. Oll the lin e fastest was Lon nie Lacy
but was sson over tak en by loca l star Gary
Ritchi e. H is lead lasted about as long as Lacy's
and the th ird rider to take the point was Russ
Sosa, The rid ers fro m seco nd o n back shifted
severa l mo re tim es befor e the chec ker s came
o u t. Two riders who sta rted in the even t were
scored sepa ra tely, as th ey were aboard 250cc
machi nes. That di d n' t seem to deter th eir
en th usias m mu ch for Greg Miller wh o was
hou nd ing th e 500cc leader Sosa at th e end 01
the even t. Seco nd p lace was J erem y T wi tt , and
he wa s in fro nt or a cou p le 500cc machines.
Resu lts
P!W; I. Ant hony Hou ser (Y~m); 2. Ra y Edwards (S uz);
3. Brena Padill a (Ya m ); (Ya m); S.
Mati Crow lroy (Yam); 4. Lonnie Lary (Ya m).
OPEN J R: I. RuSi ~ (Yam ): 2. lrrnny Twill (Kawl :
5. Gary Rueh ie (Ya m); 1. Michit("1 Potdill a (Yilm).
EX; I. Lonn ie Pa uley (Hon): 2. Da nny Moo~ (H o n): S.
Dan AfKlIno (RUt): 1. Perry l.....m~ (H o n); 5. Ibnny Rilch ie
(Yam )_
O PEN EX: I. Dann y MonlT (Hun); 2. Dan ArltilJlO(Rtx):
!.. Lon nie-Pa uley (Hon): 4. Pnry Lan~ (H o n).
Handal hauls at Perris night MX
By Tony Alessi
PERRIS, CA, JUNES
Bill Handal pulled o ff an a ma zing w in in the
third d ivisio n o f the Vet Novice class al ter
tw o t h rilling m otos o f hand lebar-tohandlebar raci ng with Lo u So to d u ring round
two 01 the GFI Win a T ruc k Nig ht Series a t
Perr is "R
aceway. .
Near ly 400 riders showed u p for th e even t,
with an especially large tu rnout o f Vet No vice
racers. T he clas s was even tua lly broken down
into th ree divi sion s.
Han dal edge d Soto o ut of the firs t-mo to
ho leshot a nd led the open ing lap . Tom Sa lazar
moved to third lo llowed by Robert Bland in
fourth. So to wasted little tim e a nd pushed pa st
H andal lor th e lead. At the halfwa y mark,
Soto sta lled h is m achine which a llowed
Handal to agai n lead the way. SoLO again
trac ked down H anda l and passed h im, o n ly
to fall two turns later.
. Soto regrouped qu ickly a nd sped a lter
Hamfal, sna tchi ng th e victory away from him
three tu rns lro m th e checkered nag. H andal
finis hed second in lront o l Clay Wa ll ison , wh o
passed Sa lazar o n the fina l lap lor th ird.
Han dal holesh o t the seco nd moto wi th Ed
Wilson a nd Sa lazar in tow , as SolO was at
the back 01 the field . Soto rode very aggressively and charged inside the top five by the
third la p. So to cut under Wilson lor seco nd
then dogged Handa l lor the last two la ps lor
the lead. So to passed H an da l down the lront
straigh t, but two turns fro m th e fin ish , SolO'S
mach ine came to a screetching ha lt with an
obvious mech anical failure.
H an da l in heri ted the lead , which he held
[or th e m<;u o and overall victory. bea ti ng
Blan d, Ra ndy G reen a nd Sa lazar.
David P in gree rode Suzuki R M80 to th e lead
spot lor most o f the first 125cc In termed iate
class mota bu t cras hed back to an even tua l
th ird . l oe T utlobene {'icked up the lead a nd
held orr Wright and P m~ee to the fini sh.
'~vright led the seco nd mota a fter passing
Danny Pa ulson . Pin gr ee moved to seco nd and
spa rks began to fly between Wr ight a nd
Pin gr ee for th e remaini ng laps. Pingr ee tried
every possible man euver b ut Wright rod e
tou gh , taki ng th e mot o win and overall.
Resul ts
50 FIR ST T IMER A: I. David Mill n : 2. Ch ris Tucker:
!.. Cody Ca ne: 1. Rya n lkat: 5. Sean F05ler.
500n Talkinl/;50 FIRST TI MER B: I. Shawn Pt'W~ y : 2. T Y
Io n : S. Todd Pewsy; 1. J mn H~r Thomp.o;.on..
50 STJ( 1)..1: 1. J o hnny Fa ul~ 2. y an a Frttman.
50 J>..2A : I. Jeremy Malott; 2. Rya n Plalrd; 3. Ca lt' Will la~;
4. ~nt' StOt/an; 5. Mikt' WilP;gin1.
50 0 -2 B: I. Lando n Robbin s: 2. Derek Down ey: 5. Dan iel
Lqg: 4. ra mo Thompsn; 5. Chad Robb ins.
50 MOD : I. j on er Faulkner: 2. Er ick Wood : 3. Rol and
Rod r iq ua; 4. Soon Nel sen: 5, v a nce Freem an ,
60 C
()'8): I. Rola nd Rodriqua; 2. Eri c Wood; 3. · Da nny
w ilson : i . Eddi e Frecbeuei 5. Land Robbins.
60 (9-11): l. J on athon Schmidt; 2. Mich ael Su llivan; 3.
T im Rasmu ssen : -t. Mark J oh nson: S. Bryo n McGavnn.
80 REG : I. David Eycha ner; 2. Dann y Baron ; 3. John
BujdOMJ; 4. Da W' walters.
RO NOV : I. Samm y Dil.vis; 2. Dea n Van Riper .
125 REC 0-1: 1. Chris g ep p: 2. David Hi eu: 3. Mike
Heuer: i . J ack Phinn: 5. Da vid Yager.
12.S BEG 0-2: l. Sal Ugane; 2. Bria n Radin; 4. David
Lo hi n; 4. Eri c Sttlt')'; 5. J alOn Fields.
125 NO\': 1. r~ Sp:-aring ; 2. BUM Mod ler: !.. Robert Rujdoso;
4. B. ry Simon; 5. Ken Feulner .
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Ban Bast (left) topped Jim Sisemore (right) in the Scratch main at Auburn Speedway,
250 NO V; I. Eri c RoRtTS (Suz): 2. David Tarver- (Yam ):
!.. Rob Tay lor (Ha n ): 4. Brett Fulgho n (S uz): 5, Dan-ell
(Hon ),
250 INT: 1. Grq: Brow n (H o n ): 2. Phillip Mill s (Kaw);
3. MilCk Ru ssell (Kaw); 1. Brad Smit h (Kaw): 5. Hom er
Woo h laya- (Han ).
250 OUTLAW: 1. Ty Lowe (Yam); 2. Da vid May (Yam) .
250 EX: 1. Ty Harri s (Ka w ); 2. Trey O wens (Yam ); 5. Jason
Slandrid~
O W~R1(SW).
500: 1. Bill Lrach (XTM); 2, Mike Co nway (Kaw).
O VER 25: I. Greg Bro wn (Ha n); 2. Ron H endryx (Vilm);
S. Rob Til.ylor (Hon): 1. Phillip Mill s (Yarn); 5. Ca ppy Pal ma
(S w).
Harris tops at Motorcycle
Raceway Motocross
OVE R S5: l. J im Thomas [ H o n ]: 2. Rick H illh o tlSt' ( Ka w );
S. Mr. Rftlw ine (Hon); 4. Cary MOrTm ( Kaw); 5. R. C
BmniKht (Ho n).
By Alan Williams
Bast blasts Auburn Speedway
OKLAHOMA OTY, OK, JUNE 15
The Okla ho ma MX Series kicked o ff with a
large crowd 01 spectators and mor e than 200
riders a t Mot or cycle Ra cewa ys, as T y H arris
man euv ered hi s Kawasaki to two first-place
finishes in the 125cc Ex pert class.
Mot o o ne featured a real dose race fo r ei~ht
laps bet ween H arris and Whisperin' Sm n h.
Smith hesitated belore a double and th e two
riders were side by side. J ust alter th e double
Hams had th e inside line on a comer an d
Smith wen t wide , and Harris took th e lead
with hall a lap to go.
In th e seco nd mo LO, H arr is too k th e lead
o n th e third lap and the battle wa s o n lor
th e next fou r po siti ons. Seco nd p lace wen t
to Jason Ow ens, followed by Sm ith, Trey
O wens a nd Terry O sborne.
Bren Sh u ma te gra bbed th e ho lesho t in th e
250cc Expen class, b ut his rear tir e sli d out
in the mud a nd he went do wn . Jason Owen s
then took the lead a nd held the position to
the chec kered flag, as T rey Owens fin ished
second.
Mo ta two saw Sh uma te stea l the hol esho t
agai n, b u t th e mud didn 't hamper h is ride
th is time. as he cru ised to a very easy victory.
T y H arris moved fro m fourth to seco nd
midway in th e race and held th at positio n
to the linish .
Greg Brown powered his bike from a sixth pl ace sta nLO th e lead po sit ion in the lirst 250cc
In termediate c1ass mot o. The runner~up was
Phillip Miles.
The second mo to lea tured Deral Hunter
getti ng the hol eshot with Brad Smith second
and Greg Brown third, th ou gh all th ree riders
went down o n the lirs t la p. H o mer Woolslayer , who had been lourth, took the lead , bu t
Mark R ussell passed Woolslayer on a lefthand turn to move out in fro n t. Brown shot
back th ro ug h the pack and started cha llengi ng
Russell ; making the pass in the whoops just
befor e the finis h line.
By R. C. Jones
Results
P/W STK : 1. Joh n ny Marl t')' (Yam); 2. Ryan Ho il (Ya m) :
m
OIn
S. RY Early (Yilm); i _ Duuin Rrrord (Yam ); 5. Derek
WaR'hinf' (Yam ).
MIN I MIN I: I. J ""th Frat il"r(Kilw).
): _
MIN I BEG : 1. Brian Mc Kinney (SUL ? Jeromt' J ohmon
(Kaw); 5. KEnn y 8.olrtro n (SUlJ: 1. Todd G ibMln (Kaw); 5.
Cha d You n ~ (Kaw).
MI NI JR.: 1. j;u ub M"'rti n (SUI): 2. Bubba Elli l (H oll ):
S. J. O. ba ilry (Kawl: 4. todd G iblOn ( Ka w ); 5. J o!>h nail
(Kaw).
.
MINI SR: I. Rob bie Reyna rd (Kaw): 2. T od d Claborn (SUI):
S. Dona ld n ard y (Ka w) : 4. Oail/;Mana (Kaw): 5. Rir k Turley
(K.a w).
MINI O UTUW: 1. Ro bbie Rt')'nard (Kaw): 2. Donald
Ha rd y (Kaw): 3. J on Hidden (SUI 4. Bub ba Ellis O"lon ):
.);
5. Rick Turlt'y (Kaw).
.
125 REG : 1. ton y Pu ckr u (Vam ): 2. Chris Fla niltan (SUI):
S. Scotl Bald win (Ho n); 1. T rey H t'pl M" (Suz); 5. Scuu Ca$t'
(Ka w).
'
125 NOV : 1. L.uu i ~ KilKrt (Suz); 2. Todd Claborn (SUI):
S. Eric Roltt'U (Suz): 1. David Cain (Kaw); 5. Frnt Wilr.on
(H o n ).
1251NT: I. Let Mull r-n(Kaw): 2. Ho mer Woo lsla yt'r (H on ):
3. MOnlt' Fra nk (Kaw): 1. J am o Mc Dona ld (H o n ).
125 OUTLA W: 1. Frnf Win ston (Hon); 2. Mon le Frank
(Kaw); 3. Jo hn ny Abnt')' (Ya m).
125 EX: 1. Ty HarTil (Kaw): 2. Ja 50n Ow t'ns (SUI ): S.
Whi lpnin· Smith (Yam): 4. T rey Owens (Ya m); 5. TMT)'
Osborn (Sw ).
250 BEG : I. J o hn ny Walker (Yam ); 2. Kevin McDonal d
(Hon); 3_ Dean Majt yke (Kaw): 1. T racry Pelligrt'w (H o n ):
5. H arold Nutler (Xaw ).
AUBURN,CA, JUNE 14
In scra tch raci ng at Gold County Fa irgrounds
Speedway points leader Bart Bast coo led oll
JI m Sisemore_after Sisemore 's run of four
straigh t scratCh main wins. However . Sisemo re came back and stom ped the handi cap
main, while Dave Huntoo n scored his lirst
Division T wo Win and Dan Arena topped
Divsion ThteC' actio n.
The scra tch main start ed quickl y enou gh
with Bar t Bast taking the lead lro m th e gate
on his Ara i/Petmch Cycle/K.M. Co ncrete sponso red Wesla ke. Bast was ru n n ing ou t of
th e third ga te and pushed hard to ge t a leg
up o n th e quick Sisemore. Sisemo re's clutch
lost two sp rt ngs a nd he ended u p playing catch
up. Bast and Sisemore were close through th e
first tum u ntil Sisemore lost i t going do wn
in a heap. Bast th en left J ess Ochoa and Darre ll
Busby to ba u le for run ner-up, taking the wi n .
easily.
.
Si semore po wered up h is Su rl 'n T url
Performance/ Cirello Racing/ Ara i·sponsored
Weslake lrom the 50 yard line and in to th e
lead o f th e handica p main by lap two. Harlan
Bast Jr. fought hard to hol d oil O choa for
the ru n ner -u p spot.
Dave H u n toon sli p ped past Bill Thomas
. her o ne lap th en held 011 a very hard cha rging
Marty Matthews by a bike len gth for h is first
Divisio n T wo main victory. ]n th t: Division
Three main Dan Arena came from thi rd to
first in a bli nk o f an eye fo r his first Divisio n
Three trophy. Greg Su m mer and Bill Newb y
recovered fro m thei r last~ lap crash to finish
. second and th ird , respectively.
Resu lts
SCRATCH: I. Bart Ball (Wo ): 2. Jeu OchOil (Wt'I); 5.
Rusb y (jilW).
lfDCP: 1. J im Sisonore (Wo); 2. Harlan Bast Jr . (Gdn r.
!.. Jeu Och Oil (Wo ): 4. Bobb y Ht'ddm (Wn ).
0 -2; 1. DOIlY(' Huntoon (jaw); 2. MiI" y Mauh~ (jaw);
!.. Bill ibomal (jaw ).
0-3: I. Dan Arena (jaw): 2. Grqr: Sum mer- (Ja w ); S. Bill
Newb y.
BiI~1I
Hoffm (Vam ); 2. Bobby Mo rella (Yam );
S. Slep ht' n Ht'rna nd n (Ya m ); 1. Arik Swa n (Va m).
P/W 50 MO D: 1. J uslin Guzma n (Yam).
P/\\' 60: I. Micharl HM"nan dn ( K:.iw) : 2. Rria n Rlld(rn1:\
( Ka w) .
MIN IM BEG : I. Bria n J m kinl '( Ho n ): 2. Chril Bridgnnan
(Hun):.5. Jan OeJa ng (Kaw); 4. Rubrn VirKil (Kaw); 5. Omnis
Spri ngs (Kaw).
MINt 80 NOV : I. Ma rc Hr ndn ln n (SUl) .
125 BEG : I. Brild Altr lrod (Kaw): 2. Stt"W' Kyramarim.
.ns
(Yilm ); 3. Tom Albritton (H o n): 4. RUM Sr ( Ka w ); 5. Eric
NellOn (H o n ).
125 NOV : I. G lt'n Mura ta (Va m) : 2. nan B..rnf>tl (H on );
S. Gary Padron (Ho n ).
