GLOCAL EVENTS
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S._David Sherrow (SUI ); 4. ('.(''O
r/l;e SRiunbe llont= (Han) : 5.
BIll Zirnnan (S UI).
80 NOV: I. Dmni, Springii t K.aw) .
125 BEG : I. JeU Va nTaut'I (SUI): 2. LoUT)' Pacini {Hon) :
, . Chad Blake (SUI); 4. Ma lt Lorenzo (S w):
Craig
H umphrt'f ( S UI) .
125 NOV: l. Ray McLaughlin (H on): 2. J o h n Culwt=1I
t }(a w); , . R.o.nd Rllrhie (la _-Q; 4. j;uon H ..tdl('( ( S UI) :
y
.s.
.s.
Ibrid 8.0111 (K.aw).
I ~ I ~'T: 1. RUil y H ul b nd (Sw): 2.. JOI.h Boykin (lion);
3. C Ur,' Jonn [H on ): 4. Tim Wi5hard (lion): ~. DIn,
Kawa uki ( Ka w) .
125 P RO: I. R.Jy Crumb (Kaw ): 2. POIU 8erIIlt'1C (Sw ): 3.JOIC Ic.
An-vnIo (S uz ): 4. Rrya n NOt' (S UI ).
250 BEG : 1. John P.Juullo (lion); 2. Strw Ha rkov ( K..iI ):
w
3. Alon §(} EnriqUl'l (Hon): 4. COiry Taylor (H o n ): 5. FrOInk
Doug h"t, (H o n).
250r.;OV: I. H('l)'l Armmdairt"1CSw): 2. Riclt MaltOlo (S w ).
250 1ST: I. ani, Kawauk i ( ~ w): 2. Ro n G illi gan (Suz);
! . T odd Enke (K.aw ).
250 P RO : I. b y Crumb ( ~ w): 2. Jon N K'olau , (K.aw):
3. Mik e Mm n ig ( Ra w ); 4. Glmn H arri son ( K.ol w).
500 NO V: I. DoUR Wr-st (H o n) .
:5-29 BEG ; I. J ohn UWIOn (H on); 2. MOin Lorenzo (Sw):
3. J a,"" Wei'lofH'f (Y.Jm ): 4. Fra nk. Diuman (H on): S. Rill
Wyman (Ho n ).
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25·29 NOV : l. Bri.an FMT (Sw).
25·29 1ST: I. Col"" J o n n. (H on ); 2. Da ve Manhnon (H n n ).
VF.T NO\': I. Robert Fie ld, (l io n): 2. Shane Wri ghl (Ya m):
3. Robnt Whitf' (Ho n ): 4. Rud Huc-kullC"Y (Ho n ).
VF.T INT: I. JnTY WohlKMTluth (H nll ): 2. P h il G riblUu
(Va m ).
.Bf Rosanne Lukaitis
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Forstner flies at 1-96 Half Mile
By Grace DiBen edett o
LAKE ODESSA. sn,JULY2i
Ro n Forstner and Rod ney Masue went peg.
10'peg in th e Pr o /Am 500 fin al a t, 1·96
Speedway.
H eal one saw Mashue co me from behi nd
to stea l th e Je- d away (rom Steve Glasgow ,
d
bUl nOt before ma tching wits with Tim Lowe
wh o ha d been a fter Gl asgow from the sta rl.
After severa l fai led alle m p ts at a pass, Mashue
fin all y gO! by on lap lour and took hi s
ch a lle nge stra ig h t to th e rear wh eel of
Glasgow 's \Vood · ROla x. Mashue lOok over in
turn two and held th e adv antage to th e flag .
Gary Mor el rock eted o ff the line and into
,h e lead in heat two as john Lowe, Paul Ko ps
a nd Forstner pursued. The four rid ers were
nO,",·IO·tail unt il lap fou r, when Kops slid o ff
the groove in tUfn th ree. sending him crashing
dow n hard o ver th e embankme nt . Kops shook
off the cras h a nd made it back' u p to the end
of the lin e for th e staggered restart, j oh n Lo we
cha lle ng ed Morel' s lead on the resta rt , with
Forstn er silting on his Teaf wheel. Morel was
ha rd pressed lO stay on the groove, as Lowe
took 10 the inside co mi ng o u l o f t u m four
into the white flag. As Morel went hi gh and
Lowe went low, For stn er took advantage o f
a hol e big enough to drive a sem i th ro ugh .
Forstner found th e fast line a nd stuck to it
till th e flag dropped.
.
In the fina l, Fo rstner exploded ou t of the
hole wit h Mash ue. Morel and the Lowe
bro the rs all sta ying within striking distance.
With fou r challengers constantly pUlling th e
pr essure on . For stn er was forced to work hard
for the mon ey earning every la st cen t o f the
winner's sh are of the pu rse.
Mashue ma y hav e lost h is bid lor th e
chec kered fla g in th e Pro -Am 500, but he
picked it up in th e Open Pro-Am final. After
followin g Gorden Sch o piera y a ro u nd the
track in the first hea t, Mashue turned the tables
when the mo ney was down, sho\\o; ng Scho o
pieray the fastest way arou nd the lIac k in the
final.
Resu lts
50: I. Trr'\'OI" Ho llo w..,.. (Ya m ); 2.. K.C Knodrl (Min ); 3.
] m.,in Uumphrin (V.u n ); 4. RlXk~ Hil chnx-k (Yam ): ~.
K n ~I l)I>hrt Kn ch t'n ( V;,am).
65: . Mik (' Form (u w); 2. Bra ndon Rmc' ( K4.I ) ; , . Billy
w
Hump hr in (lU w); 1. Frankie H itchcoc- (Ka w); 5. K.C:
k
Kno d!"1 ( K.. w ).
85: I. Jr-fft' r y R.;mdk)ph (Ka w) ; 2. Bran do n R o~ ( Yam):
3. Soli! S;e'Kt'OI (IUw ): 1. B.J-l..rdCh ( VOII m); 5. Bri tt £dmond~
( Ka w).
200 : 1. J a lotlO St"tnd l (Ka wl : 2. J ;lrimia Rn;:keT ("Kaw ): , .
Kathie Vcrdu)o":o ( H o n l: 4. C ha d Da vi ~ ( Ka w); 5. 1...\ut (Ya m): 4. Bob Frytt/Ja mo Hun..l (Ho n ).
VIl\T : J. Ma lyn Wnu (T ri ): 2. Richa rd Pra nnn (VOIm ):
e
.
3. Lbvid Villilc. t (BSAt; -t Chijit Bl'ft"kon (BSA): !t. l~wrm«'
Ko Ic. (Sw).
PR ()..AM !tOO: I. Ronald Fonlnn (Hun ); 2. SIl"Vf' GI~1>KUw
(\ ",· R): 3. Rod nt' y Ma ,hue (Han ): 4. Juh n Lu Wt' (Rex ); S.
·
Tim Low~ (Ho n).
O PE.J rRO·AM : I. Rodnc-) M ;,~h lK' (Hem): 2. Corden
'
Sc:h opieray (H·D); 3. Mat k Wyskri l (B nn): 4. Ou an l' SIOlnid.
(KTM ): ~. Jerry Su lek (T n).
CO M B: I. Ganirn Schopina)' (H. D); 2. (b\oT Ko lmcb
( R cx ): 3. J o h n Low e ( R cx); 4. Ro n Funln" (B Ull ): ~. Tim
1..0Wf' ( H on).
Bennett collects Bounty Hunter
Motocross win
By Tom Pritchard
CHOWCHILLA, CA, JULY 2i
Pa t Benn ett came fro m 1hh po sition on the
lin e to win th e Bo u n ty H Unier Race in
co n vi nci ng fa s h ion at t h e C howc h i l la
Fairgrounds,
T he Bou n ty Hunter Race ha s always been
the mo st intense even t of th C' program, but
th is night's race was one o f lhe stranges t of
th e seaso n. Five of the 12 riders who started
the 10·lap main eve nt fai led to finis h ,
including th e night's fastest qualifier, Ra y
Crumb. Crumb had put h i. Kaw asak i in 12th
p lace on the line by virt ue o f wi nning both
motos in both th e 125 and 2500c Pro races.
Alm o st a second a lap faster th an th e next
qualifier, Crumb wa s the od ds-o n favorite to
bliu 10 the front o f th e Bounty Hunter Race.
From the drop o f the flag , it looked as iI
Cr umb would deliv er. By ,h e second lap,
Crumb had passed hall th e field , and on lap
fou r had moved in to second p lace. Benn ett
had also been cha rgi ng , and took the lead fro m
T im \Vish ard o n the previ ous lap. TIle stage
was ~t [or a sho wdown betwITn Ikn ne n and
Cru mb,
In the 125cc Pro qualifiers , Bennett had
chased Crumb every lap o f both motos, but
was unable to get aro und. Now il was Crum b's
turn 10 p la y catch ·u p .
For severa l laps, it loo ked as if Crumb might
be able to do it. a. he slow ly began to reel
in the leader. Lap [our saw th e loss of I WO
o f th e top qualifiers, jack Azevedo a nd Carey
j on es. A lap later, o ne· time leader Wish ard
and Ch ris Kaw asaki also droppt.-d OUI. O n lap
eig h t. il was Crumb's (Urn . Co m ing onto th e
front stra igh t, C rumb wa s sh ifting up into
fifth gear when h is chain sna p pe d, ex p lod ing
lhe en gine cases and destroyin g th e boupm
end. For the fin al two laps. Ben nett pitched
his S uzuki side wa ys orr th e jumps a nd
w heel ied d own the st ra ig h ls. Wh en the
ch t'C
kered nag ca me OUL, lhe fini shi ng orde r
was Bennell , H olla nd , j o.h Boyki n, j ohn
Nico lau s an d Mik e Mennig.
Results
BOUf'IlTY H U:\TER RA CE: I. p..e }knne l( (SUI ): 2. RUiily
H o lI.m d (S u l ); 3. JO!>h So ykin (Ho n) : 1. J oh n S irolau \ (Kaw ):
5. Mik e Mrn niK (lU w).
60 BEG :. I. Robere Blak e ( Ka w ): 2. MOire Sp udlry ( Ra w ):
S. Oavid Klmuc.a (S UI_
).
80 BEG : 1. Bobby G ilm a (la w) ; 2. Robert Blah' (ltaw);
ENGUSHTOW Nj ,JULY 21
N,
Alth ou gh tem peratu res ho vered a t th e 100
degr ee mark, Sco tt Shea k showed no sig ns o f
slo wing down a. he sto rmed to th e 2500c
Expe rt class win at Raceway Park.
Mickey Kessler gr abbed th e ea rly lead in th e
first 2500c Expert rnot o , with j osh Bammen ,
jerry Seip and Shea k in to w. H ead ing dow n
the flagpo le straight for the first time , Kessler
sti ll had the adva n tage, but Sh eak was closin g
the gap as he po wered into second. j oe l
Den gler started 10 p ick h is way th rough the
pack to put the pr essu re o n Seip , Kessler too k
a costly spi ll in the firs t tu m, lea ving th e door
wid e o pe n for Sheak, Den g ler was o n Seip's
rea r Lireand made a pass suc k before th e thud
la p and it beca me a five-lap dogfigh t that saw
Sheak spoil every auemp t Dengler mad e to
tak e the lead. When th e checkered flag fell,
Sh eak, Dengler, Seip, Tippin a nd Lync h sped
home, in tha t o rder.
Shea k Clme ou t o[ lhe hole in [rant in malO
twO, a nd tu rn ed up th e th ro ll le to lead th e
cha~ to the finish. Dengler tri ed to ca tch
Sh eak while concentrating o n hi s closer rival
in th is mo w. Kessler. Seip made a pa ss stick
on Kes.l er o ver th e Mo nt llomery doubles.
Lyn ch positioned in fifth, kissed th e hay bal e
o n th e flagpole straillht but mo u nted q ui ck ly
with no loss occ u rTlng . Hammeri ng 10 Ihe
che(-kered ror a perfecl M'o re was Sh eak,
foll owed by D('Ogler in a well deserved seco nd
all a round. It was an inlense finis h for th ird ,
as Kessler lOok it awa y by a tire from Seip
for the molO, but the overalJ third wenl to
Seip with a 3·4 scor e. Kessler co p ped a fou nh
and Ly nc h held fift h for the class,
Results
125 AM: I. D. rlOl( (Ho n); 2. R. Rehrnnann. 3. E. Rr-ill y
(SUI). 250 AM : J. O. Pion (li n n): 2. W. Sn:JtI (Hu n ): :S
o
R. J>eL;mlO (H o n ).
O P EN AM; I. J. Sch ill inK (lU w); 2. j. O 'Brian (Kaw):
:t C . Wohrt (Ho n ).
2.')+: I. J. Seip (Ho n): 2. P. Ciir lin (Hn n) ; S. M. Tin ier
(SUI).
VF.T: I. B. Kry5a (Ho n); 2. T . Ch icari elll (Kaw); 3. J. Conch
( Ya m ).
40 YRS: l. B. OI'njitln (H o n) : 2. B_ ,,"rT (l-Iu , ): , . S. Coy
(Hu n) .
VET EX: l. P. Ciirlin (Hu n ); 2. M. ("AJ!\otOl ( Ka w) : 3. R.
ROMC.'ll'r (Yam).
125 PRO : I. S. SllC-avid
Flft'U'I Rl x ).
. OPEN EX: I. Lo n n.f' Paul(")" It-In n) : 2. Frankir l.arciOi
( R lX ): 3. PMT)" l ~nll: (Hu n ).
VET: I. R u" Sow (V;,m); 2. Jod y P;&lIen o n ( Y",m) : 3. Knin
Cr ow lrt ( Rl x): 4.
('.rnwk-y ( Ya m ); 5.
FrfTlt' (Ya m ).
( K. I W);
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M
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Sam
Williams whips Sears Point RR
By Laura El vin
SO);OMA, CA, JULY II
joe Brett Williams smo ked the co mpe titio n
in th ree classes a l Sears Poinl RaCt'way.
Dave Deveau . in ronte nl io n for ano ther
AF M championship, go t a " no go" ruli ng
from the AFM for excnsive cra sh ing duri ng
AFM races . Dwayne Chung. anOlher rd Ct'T in
co n tention [or th e titl e. was injured during
Saturday's prolelitt wh en he nasht"d a nd hun
his right hand a nd wri sl. hUI he sh owed up
a l th e tra ck Sunday and wallled to r3ce_Chung
OPlt.-d n 01 10 wrestle wilh h is 750, bUl he did
race the 600cc Superstret't class and had the
lead o n lhe first la p. Tom Mo ntano tex>k lhe
lead a, Chung began to fade, Comin!!: up from
beh ind was \ Villi ams as he mo u rned a charge
fo r first. It d id n't ta ke lo ng for \Vill ia ms lO
take the lead. a nd a lt ho ugh Will ia ms was
loo kinR very strong, Montano stayed with
h im . T he fin ish sa w Wi ll iams in firM, wit h
Mon tan o ho ldin g second a nd Ch u ng, who
had do m inated th is class in previ o us races.
fin ish ing thi rd.
The 600 win ca rne: o n the heels o f another
for Will iam s in the 750cc Su perstrcet d ivision ,
Mark McDan iel led the first two laps unti l
Will iams passed h im and bega n In open up
so me roo m. McDaniel 's cHorl to re~ in th e
lead wt're obvious as he had so me big slides
o n the back side of the trac k, bu t he wa s
relgated to seco nd and lha t' s wher e he wo ul d
stay. Ken Evan finis hed third a fter ba ttli ng
it OU l with Don Schmidt an d Chris Crew .
, Vill ia ms' third win was th e: mos t hard -fo ug ht
o f the da y. Williams .eemed to ha ve the easy
lead in Formula I until the halfway point,
wh en Peter W" ns lo ff's 250 ca me upon Wil·
liam , 7500c H on da ROO with a cha lle nge.
The twO riders headed int o the turn side-bysidt' , and two Japs from th e end, \\'en !.loff gal
in front o f Will iams. Wensloff stayed th ere
until the last mo menl o[ th e race wh en
Will ia ms edg< h im across the lin e for the
-d
wi n. Wen sloff was =ond followed by "('Ot
Kunitsu gu .
Resul ts
2SO P RO I>: I. Jrlr I ~il ( lLlw ): 2. Sc- n McCa rt hy ( K.lw r,
a
( Koa
w); 3. O.urrll
Ju hn!loUII (Kawl.
450 I' RO O: I. Nad M AKh.ij'Hli (Y..m ); 2. Oarrdl Pa rker
(Vam ): ' . Chr i!oluphM PMd' Oi ( Y;m l); 4. C. Kim JnltT (Va m):
.s. Mic""d Sm ilh ( YioI m).
600 I'RO D: 1. Da \'id Sla n lo n (Ho ll): Z. G-na ld PafTiOCI
( Hu n): S. Brian r aniull (Bon ): ,1. Bill y Va!>!oili u ll (Ya m ); 5.
J am n McD .mid ( lI u n).
750 PROD: I. :l.fd,k McOanid (SUI); 2. Paul H art (S ill);
, . Cra iR Sl:'h n (SUl): 4. Ro u \\'t·ll s (SIU ): 5. Ti m B1
