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LOCAL EVENTS
sea l was loo se. While Mo h ler sq u irmed,
Barrow drove by for second. Mas h ue scored
an easy win ahea d o f Barrow and Mo hl er.
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Res ults
EX: I. George Roed er (H· D); 2. Steve Mor eh ead (H ·n) :
3. G tl:K Sim s (H. D): 4. Darren Erichsen (H· D); 5. Larry
Pegram (lion).
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ofilT P rice (I{.D ): 3. Robert
,;ie
J R: l. Ruy Ha rt (W· R); 2. C
T rip p (H · O); 4. Rill Newk irk (W. R); 5. Da vid Rabinene
(linn).
PR O / AM: I. Rud Mashue (Han); 2. ,(wi Barrow (H a n):
!I. Ken Mohler (H·m : 4. JIX" Phel ps (\\· R); 5. Ty Howa rd
(Han).
Christian captures Perris Spdwy
but was passed by K. C. Knodel. who wa s
'defin itely on th e move. Dusti n Kitts repea ted
hi s heat race pe rformance by movi ng up
impressivley fro m the back of the pack. and
th en made a success ful bid to take over first
po sition. Knod el recaptured the lead. however. and proceeded to lap the field . except
for Kit ts.
Results
O PEN ST: I. Ja ck Bartram: 2. Iva n Carl ; 3. Ji m Beck.
250 ST: I. J am ie Inch ; 2. Pa u l Co vert; !I. Shawn Thomas,
O PEN KNOBBY : 1. Olarl" Sc
.'kura ; 2. Bill BarcrofL
SR : I. Ivan Carl.
200 KNO BBY: 1. Bob Milli gan: 2. Geq H olds worth; 3.
Da le So nd les.
50 MO D: I. K. C. Knod el ; 2. Dust in Kilts: 3. Mike Millrr,
50 STK. I. Troy COV('Tlt.ry; 2. Dan Mill n .
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By Scott Daloisio
PERRIS. CA. M 30
AY.
Ron Jones holeshots at Hidden Acres MX, while Mark Adcox prepares to crash.
Experts Steve Morehead (42) , winner George Roeder (66) and Greg Sims (50) dice
for the lead at the Dusty Darke County Fairgrounds Half Mile.
500 VINT: I. Chu ck Soward s (Ho n); 2. Lory Johnson
(BSA); 5. Ouis Kerber (Au).
250 VINT: 1. Tony Riv('lJi (Due); 2. Mikr Ri vd li (Due).
NOV: 1. Mikr DUTe! (Hon); 2. Pete Miso n (Ho n ); 3. Jim
C ulpepper (}{awl; 1. J ohn Snd ) (Ya m) ; 5. Mik(' Wa ll:rnman n
(Ra w) .
Hess blitzes Hidden Acres MX
By Barbara and Loren Williams
K
INGSPORT. TN. JUNE 16
Brian Hess scored the 250c( C class win at
the fo urth o f five Ga torade Championship
Ch all enge Series races. held at Hidden Acres.
Cl et is Greene holesh o t the first mot o ,
towing Chad Mu llins. Chris Rose and Hess.
The 250cc ri (" (Ka w); 3. Cleti ~
Green e (Hon ): 4. Chad M ull i n~ (Yam ) : 5 . Pa.t Phi ll ippi (Ka w).
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25+ A: I. Ro n j on l":'i (SUI.); 2. La rr y H a rm ", n (SUI).
25+ R: I. Kirk H ay" (SUl ): 2. CII:l!lI G r("f'nl" (H an); !I. Steve
Lill (Sull .
25+ C: I. Chris Rose (Ka w); 2. J am es Adcox (KTM ); 3.
J o hnny Rasar (SUl): 4. David W"llm (Ya m ); 5. Brian Arch er
(SUl ).
S/ SR: I. j ohn Thompson (Sw).
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SR A: I. Ron J on o (Suz); 2. La rry Hamson (Sw).
SR C: l. Rick Coo per (Raw); 2. Mark Adco x (KT M); 3.
J ohnn y Ra sar (S w); 4. Cbris Doran (KTM): 5. Mike P hillipi
(Ka w).
4·ST R K: I. J df La ne (SUl); 2. Gf''O~ (;; llIowa y ( H en ):
3. Robb y o."rr (SUI); 4. Oo UIl: Phillips (Hon): 5. Jd! warren
(Ka w).
NO:'l/·CU RR 125: I. Ja mes Kinrer (Hon ).
NO N·CURR 250+: l. Bria n Nl"'I"ly ( Raw).
Alan Christian went arou nd Bobby Sch wa rtz
in the Scratch ma in to pos t h is first vict ory
of th e seaso n a t Lak e Perr is Speed way .
U nfortu na tely, Ch ristian's victory was o vershado wed by two vio len t cras hes in th e
H andica p ma in.
Ch ristia n fou nd him self tra iling Schwartz
o n the first lap , but went to th e ins ide o f
Sch wa rtz o n th e back straigh t. Schwartz
man aged to hold him oil into turn three. but
as th ey exited four. Christian kept the throule
pegged and eased into th e lead . Steve Lucero
kept an eye o n Christian and tucked in behind
him. When Chri sti an went by Schwartz,
Lu cero foll owed his line and passed Schwaru
as well . Lucero ap plied the heat to Christian
and the y moved away from Schwaru and
Rob ert Pfeuing. OCf two for the last time.
Pfeuing elbowed Schwaru o il the pole and
too k away third. As Pfeuing wa s going past.
Sch waru playfully took his lelt hand o ff the
bars and tried to grab Pfeuing as he went past.
Lu cero pushed Ch ristian across the line while
Pfeuing h u ng on lO third. with early leader
Schwaru fourth.
The H andicap main was going stro ng until
la p five. Corning o il turn two . Christian
bobbled and began to swa p and tagged
Pfeui ng. Both rid ers went down. and Archie
Perez dr illed Christian in the lell' The red flag
came OUl, Chr istia n was not seri ously inj ured.
on ly bruised and sha ken. Pfeuing was not as
fortunat e, as he su ffered two bre ak s in h is
an kle and underw ent su rge ry th e next night.
T he race only went one lap o n the restart
before a not her spec tacu lar cras h took pl ace.
ourth a t th e tim e. pi tched
J osh La rsen. in C
his motorcycle sideways for turn o ne on lap
six. When he did. o ne o f th e C
ork legs broke
anti th e 19-year-o ld rider tumbled like a ra g
doll for nearl y 50 feet. When he fin all y ca me
to rest, h is motorcycle crashed o n top of him.
H e was hospitaliz ed overnigh t and released.
Back on th e track. J essee Fin ch held back
th e determ ined charges of Mike Faria for th e
win . Third spot went to J ohn Ade n wit h
Co lorado's Rob Ball fourth.
Results
Roeder rails to Greenville
Half Mile win .
By Bert Shepard
GREENVILLE. OH. JUNE 15
George Roeder sho wed th e field the fast way
aro u nd the Dust y Dar ke Co u n ty Fairgrounds'
ha lf-mile track, as he scored th e win in the
Expert class ma in even t.
Roeder spe d o il the lin e at the start o f the
final . ahead o f Steve Moreh ead and Darren
Erichsen. Erichse n passed Morehead a nd took
ov er second. but Mo rehead struc k back
quick ly. Next to pass Erichsen was Greg Sims.
who slid pas t in tur n thr ee.
Mean wh ile. Roeder blasted his Roeder H ·
D/M ike's H-D/ Southeast H·D / Sartin T ruc k·
ing/Sherrna n Farms/Johnson 's Bod y Shop/
Bell /KK MC Su p ply/ H uron Ri ver H. O.G.bac ked XR 750 around the tra ck uncontested .
When the chec kered flag flew. it was Roed er
scori ng a co nvinci ng win ahead o f Mor eh ead ,
Sims and Eric hsen.
Wh en the Junior s too k to the tra ck. it was
Roy and Jam es H art wh o were fastest off th e
lin e. Geo rg ie Price chased aher the two
brothers. while Jess Roeder a nd Robert T ripp
argued over fourth. Roeder lost co n tro l a nd
went down, takin g T on y Burnett wi th him.
. At th e single-file restart . Roy Hart led th e
field. while J am es Hart sullered a mechan ical
fail u re and was forced to ret ire. Ro y H art had
the field in hand. as Price. T ri pp and Danny
Koelsch had to negotiate a very dusty tra ck.
On lap seven , Koel sch went down in turn o ne
and was hit by Brent Armbruster. The race
was called a nd Roy Hart was cred ited wit h
the win. Pri ce nab bed s.econd. a head of Tripp
a nd Bill Newkirk.
Rod Mas hu e out-d istanced th e Pro -Am
field. Ken Moh ler hel d down second Spol with
Joel Barrow in third. Joe Phelps. Ty H ow ard.
•and Jesu s Cra wford fo ught over fourth. With
five do wn and five to go. Mashue. Mohl er.
Barrow and Crawford led the field . On th e
sta rt o f la p six. Cra wford fel l in turn two ,
bu t q u ickly rem ou nt ed. As the race wound
down, Mo h ler enco u nte red so me probl em s.
Mo hler 's engine began . blowing oil. and his
SCRATCH : l. Alan Christian (Gd n); 2. Stew Luce ro
(Cod n) ; 3. Rob P reui ng (Wn); 4. Bobby Sch wartz (PPT).
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HO CP : 1. j essee Fin ch (Well); 2. Mikl: Faria (Wes); 3. J ohn
Adl" (j a w); 4. Rob Ball (Wn).
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1).2 : I. Rob Richar d!'> (Wes); 2. Cras hwa ll Ca rd ona (Wes);
3. Jo hn Kd ly (jaw ); ... Rick webb (Wes).
[)..!I: I. Ru ss wagema n (WI:5); 2. Mar k H ~ (WI:'S ); 3.
C.hri s H ilrn n,;t on (WM); ... Jot" Erhardt (Jaw).
SDCA R: I. Ken n y Mci nt yre/Mickey Fa ust ( Ra w) ; 2. R.m d y
McI nl yre/Robert Fox (Ka w): !I. Parkl: Wea wr/ Emsl KUl:n,;
(Ka w) ; 4. Cra.ig Dempster / Peter Lew is (Kaw ).
Bartram blasts Raceway ST
By T.L. Coss
TAPPAN LAKE. OH. JUNE3
J ack Bartra m scored the Open class ma in event
win at Racewa y 250 's shan track races .
Joh n Vander kooi grabbed th e hol eshot at
th e flash of the gree n light. with Erik T ho rla
and Ian Segedy just in ches behind. Segedy
bl asted into second. and began to p ress ure
Vanderkooi. Vanderk ooi got in to a speed
wobble. and went down hard . ta ki ng Segedy
and Thorl a with h im . This left the door wid e
ope n for Bar tram. who sailed into th e lead
and went o n to score the win. Ivan Carl crossed
the fi nis h lin e in second. inc hes ahea d o f Jim
Beck.
'T m glad I ·tu rned rig h t'" said Bartram .
referring to th e lead ers' cras h.
" I go t sideways." sa id Vanderk ooi. "And
tha t's the last thing th at I rem ember. "
In 250cc actio n. Jamie In ch came oil th e
lin e first. with Paul Co vert di vin g in hard
to nail down second . Dave Arnold, ru n n ing
in thi rd, slid o ut leavin g Sha wn Tho mas to
tak e o ver the pos ition. T he runn in g order
rt"ma ined th e same to the finish.
The 0-25OccKnobby featu re saw a close race
for first between Bob Mill igan. G reg H oldsworth. a nd Dale Sondies. Sond les got a bit
side ways and lost so me gr ound, a llowi ng
Milli gan to scoo l ahead at th e checkers.
The combined Open Knobby/Senior class
host ed a hol eshot by Ivan Carl. with Charles
Sek ura succeeding with a pa ss in co rne r two.
Bill Bar crolt recovered from a sp ill ollihe line
lO fini sh third.
The 50cc Modified action provided so me
exei te me n l, as Der ek Espen sch ied got a
fantasti c sta rt and led the way to the first turn
Delorenzo doubles
at Cobleskill MX
By Carla Nelson
COBLESKILL, r-;y. JUNE. 9
Ma tt Delor en zo powered h is Ed Do wn ing
Cycles-sponsored Kawasak i to the o vera ll win
in th e 250cc and O pen Amat eur classes at
Co bleskill MX Park.
The Open Am ateur class was relativel y easy
for Deloren zo. Steve Morgan foll owed in
second. quite a d istance back. Don Wanat
ear ned third after George Austin DNF moto
one. Austin came back in the second race and
beat everyone except Delorenzo.
Dean Livernois had to follow Delorenzo
across th e finish in the first race of the 250cc
Amateur class . J im Mailloux came out ahead
in mota two and sta yed there. Delorenzo had
to Collow behind in second. despite hi s best
effo rts to overtake Mailloux. Delorenzo's
seco nd place finish was good enough for the
overall. due to Livernois's trouble plagued
mot o. Liv ernoi s rini shed a distant eleven th.
ruinin g hi s cha nces o f winning.
Chris Coleman sto mped all come", in th e
Expert classe s. Bru ce Stratton was dose in lite
l 25cc clas s. but while attempting to pa ss
. Co leman . he overshot a berm and fell . Rob
Nessel ra n th ird. but far enough back for
Stratton to co n tin ue in second.
Stra tto n wired th e start of the second 250cc
class mot o, leaving Coleman behind. Within
two laps. Col eman was hounding Stra tto n.
Co le man cu t u nde rnea th S tra tto n in a
sweepe r. and took charge of the lead . John
You ng and Bill Sa fford battled with eac h o the r
in bo th mot os. They swa p ped third and
fou rth, while T im Lariviere rounded o u t th e
to p five.
Results
JR MlNI: I. Mike Do ugherty j r.: 2. Fdi.x Loverroo; 3.
J u!'>tin Murray.
SR MINI NOV : I. Robert Gft'KKj 2. Bria n Srorcb : 5. J ason
Gray; 4. Brad Sto rch.
SR MINI : 1. j -n McMa ho n.
SCH BY: I. Ant ho n y Pavia ; 2. Grt'RKFrutchey; 3. Ja y J on ('$:
... J os h ua Gt-Ibn"; 5. Brian Ashline.
+25 AM: I. Gary Otase; 2. John Ni les; 3. Dan iel Mu rp h y:
... T o m G iro na : 5. SI('\'(' Mo rga n.
+25 EX : 1. Do UR f1eminll: 2. Mik~ Do u,; ht'fty ; 3. Grell:
:
Nelson : 4. Do UK S tep he ns: 5. Brian Suc kles.
SR AM: I. J eff Simm ons ; 2. SI('\'1: Faren ell ; 3. Ton y Pet ti t;
4. Fred Palma; 5. Kevin Amo.
SR EX: I. Mikl: Murray; 2. Ed Downin g: 3. Kim Ma rt in:
4. Sco u w al ker : 5. Jeff Jo hn son .
S/S R : 1. T. Seller: 2. T om Kra wa yk.
200 NOV: I. Steven Rou rke; 2. Bill f)('1~kiewiCl : !I. j o n
Or mi nski;". Dan Li nen Jr .; 5. Rich Mar lPas.Wl.
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125 AM: I. Rober t Ma n n; 2. Hen ry Mo rm ile; 3. Daniel
Ballard; ... Oais G rl"m(" 5. St('V1:Simmons Jr .
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125 EX: 1. Chris Cn lernan: 2. Rrutt Sualto n: 5. Rob Nnl"o('l;
4. Gr eg Nelson; 5. Qu inn BmI1
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250 AM: 1. Mall Orlornll0: 2. l im Ma illo ux: !I. Nic k
Vanpraag t 4. Matk NirkrV'oOn; 5. J d Ru gar ,
250 EX; I. Chri!'> Cu IMl1:IO; 2. Bru ce Strat to n: 3. Bill Sa ffnrd ;
4. Juh n YOitOK; 5. T im La riviere.
OP F NO V: I. Brya n Fnrs hey; 2. Richa rd Poo rers: 3.
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Robert Fro hn hul"ll: : ... Rich.u d Sutlo; 5. Sha ne Dockstader.
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O PEN AM: I. Ma lt Delo rereo: 2. Steve Morgan: 3. Oecrge
Aueun : ... Donal d Wana L
O PEN EX : I. Doug f1l:min g; 2. Mikf' Do ugherty; 3. J o hn
YounJ!:; 1. Keith McCa rty; 5. Mike Murra y.
VIN : I. Ian O 'Connor ; 2. C rq: Stempel: 3. Mar k Fa nuele;
1. Bryan Fo rs.hI:Y 5. Philip Sten g lein.
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Carroll controls R~ceway Park MX
By Rick Lynch
ENGLI
SHTOW NJ. JUNE 23
N.
It was H onda Fun Days at Ra ceway Park. and
Brian Carroll had th e most fun at th e pa yoff
window as he co llec ted four molo wins in th e
250cc and O pen A classes.
The co mbined Open Expert/25 Plus £irst
mot o found J erry Seip with th e hol eshot
followed by Dag Boyesen . Mick ey Kessler and
Gear Racewear' s Carroll. By lap three of th e
eigh t lap race Carroll had moved into seco nd
beh ind Seip . Ca rro ll th en passed Seip . and
pulled away lO the win. Seip. riding 25 Plus.
and Boyesen had a wh eel · to-wheel duel for
seco nd th at went righ t to th e chec kered wit h
Seip leading Boyesen across th e line.
Carroll got the ho leshot in mo lO two a nd
powered awa y to easi ly win . Beh in d him
Kessler and Seip foug h t for second with
Kessler oft en ge tting a longside Seip b ut never
ab le to "et a wh eel a head o f him. Boyesen
ripped hIS way from a last-p lace start to finish
fo urth.
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The first 250cc A moto saw Carro ll ta ke
th e lead on th e first lap and outlas t T y Wallace
th rough out th e eig h t-lap race. Kessler got
inv o lved in a co n rro n ta tio n wit h Jason Ri vas,
Boyesen an d Seip o ver thi rd. When the flag
