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LOCAL EVENTS
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KO C: I. j o~h Kif"hy (SUI); 2. Dea n Brn lf"1 (5 m); 3. j oe
Co ( K,IW); i. J nd y G ill (Kaw); 5. :\1ack PMTY (Kaw).
IIM"
HO 8t:G : I. Da ve Pnl ~ (Kaw); 2. StMl1! Sa la garas (ka w); 3.
f:hrh Pnu p;1JI(Kaw) : 1. jdl Sick ing er (H o n): 5. joh n Cra flo n
[ Y arn] ,
125 R: I. Dlllit in Rou nd s (lio n): 2. Pa ul Will i!. (Ya m); 3.
Dave Sa nde r..n n (H un); 4. Jaco b Kielt y (S UI.): 5. Sco tt La m b
{ H on).
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12S C: I. Dan Fortin (SUl ); 2. David Sheren (H n n); 5. Bria n
Mr rr ic k (lio n ): -t Chri1i Hc rnski (Kaw); 5. GITON, OH, JULY20
Mark Mauer scor ed th e H andicap mai n even t
win at Bear Cr eek Speedw ay, a nd Kevin Smi th
top ped th e Scra tch ma in .
Smith took the Scra tch ma in wh ile lit erall y
locking ho rn s with Pat Reynolds. Smi th got
by oil the inside o f turn fou r, but both riders
were o ver th e edge o f co ntrol. T he two
machines were lock ed toge ther as th ey crossed
the fin ish with Smith a wh eel ahea d. Mau er
a nd Jeff Tretar a were nearl y as close for thi rd
place, as th ey fin ished side by side.
Mauer put it all together for a H and icap
win over Sm ith , Reynolds, T retara and Curt
Cerwinsky. Mauer tho u~ht Smi th was read y
to hand h im anOlhe r d1sap poin tmen t when
he hea rd Smi th charging in the clos ing laps.
Smi th was ' ru n n ing a smoot h ra ce a fter
sta rti ng fro m the 50 yard line. Just as Smith
went for a last lap move, h is ignition failed
as he wen t in to tu m three.
Tretara moved to seco nd, while Smit h
coa sted across to hold o ff Reyn olds a nd
Gerw in sky.
''I'm feel in ' ready to br ing o u t my race bike,
thi s on e is j ust my trainer and . thin k I'm
read y for more power." said Mau er.
Resu l ts
IIDCP : J. Mky.
SC RAT CH : I. Kalvin Smi lh; 2. Pal Rry no lds; 3. Jrlf
Trnn-a; 4. Mark Mau("T.
Napert nimble at Cedar Rapids
backyard trials
By Tom McConaughy
CEDAR RAPIDS. IA JULY H
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And y . Na pert snagged the Nov ice class win
at a trial s even t held in T om McCo na ugh y's
yard in Cedar Rap ids. It was an ideal even t
fo r spec tators, man y o [ wh om sto p ped whi le
driv ing b y ju st to see what the co mmotio n
was a ll about. .
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Nape rt topped the Nu vice class by successfu ll y naviga, ing the tight turns, io('k pi le and
man y small logs cu I from ra ilroad ties wh ich
mad e up the sen io ns . Rand y Kem and T od d
Poo le rod e smoothly consideri ng it was thei r
first-ever tri als event, to sco re seco nd and th ird.
Bob Beebo lt , who d rew th e first chance to
tackle the co u rse and normally races di rt track ,
fin ished fift h beh ind Blacken Netcott.
T he sectio ns were more difficu lt for the
Ama teur a nd Expe rt cla sses. co nsi sting o f a
10-foo , teeter-tot ter , row s o f eighr-Ioot high
cab le spools pl aced side-by-sid e a nd end -to en d, a five-foot tall trest le with steep ramps
and tractor ti res. A fa vorite sec tio n for
spe cta tors was the log cabin, a n eigh t-foo t ta ll
log structu re wi th two -Ioo t gaps between lo gs
to catch unsu spec ting rid ers' wh eels.
T he Expe rts had to ri de all th e obstacles
an d received a thorough workout in the h igh
heat. Terry VanCleave cleaned th e tou~her
obs tacles to beat Brian Arrowood by 3 1 points.
Arrowood was rid in g a borrowed bike and
seemed to have more tro u ble ge uing used to
the sna p p y hor sepo wer an d strong er bra kes
tha n he did riding the sect io ns.
Results
EX: I. Terry Va nC lr ave (Ya m); 2. Bria n Arrowoo d (Bel);
3. Shane Aschan (Be t); 4. AI Upah (Ya m ).
AM: I. Mikr M cCona u ~h y (Apr); 2. Kevin Sill ick (Bel);
3. Larry Ewin.,;(Fan); 4. W Oldt· Clark (Fa n); 5. G len Dippold
(Yam).
SR NOV : I. Ma ti Corll.\Ch (Yam); 2. )0(" H arman ( Bet );
5. Dan VanWom (8M); 4. J rl f Nrl coll (SW M); 5. J akl:'Na pen
(Fa n).
NOV : I. Andy Napt'T1 (Rn); 2. Randy Mnr (Yam ); 3. T odd
Poo l1!(lkt ); 4. BI;lclc.en Nrl cou C
Hon ); 5. Rob Bttholt (Suz).
Postlewait pushes to Dade City
Motocross win
By Scott Sh ep h erd
DADE CITY FL, JULY 27
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Dwa yne Postlewait won th e 125cc Beginner
class at the third ro u nd of the 1991 nade City
Ra cewa y Summer Series, held a t Dad e City
MX Park.
·Postlewa it po sted 4~1 mo to scores lO ta ke
the overa ll wi n. Fra n k Frederick shot off the
-ga te in the first moto, with Bill Callia, Shawn
Willis and Postlewait in lOw . Frederic k a nd
Willis began to pu ll a way from the ~iel d.
Ca llia cou ld not keep the pa ce, but managed
to hold o nto third wh ile Frederi ck and Willi s
du eled for the lead , Po stlewait ga ined o n
Ca llia .
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" T he track wa s very hard to pass ·o n so we
stay ed in the same order the wh o le race." sa id
Post lewaiL.
Willis co llided severa l times with Frederick
while th ey fou gh t up fro n t.
... h it h is back tire abo u t three ti mes and
I thou ght I was go ing to wreck," said Willis.
On the last la p, Willis· wor ked h is way
arou nd Fred erick. Callia fin ished third wi th
Pos tlewait fourth .
Frederick was first off th e ga te in th e seco nd
mo to and led the race for two laps. un til 3
lap ped rider allowed Pos tlewait to slip by for
the lead . Willis started in the fourth positio n.
Frederick dro pped o ff the pace o f the leader,
a nd Postlewall and Ca lli a pi cked u p the chase
ju st aft er the ha lfway po int. Ca ll ia closed th e
ga p fast, and pushed Postlewai t to th e fin ish .
Frederick fin ish ed th ird , with a tired Wi ll is
fo u rth.
"T hey were th ro win g mu d a ll over me a nd
it was hard to see where I was' going, " sai d
Will is.
Results
PJW : I. Kyl1!\\'i l li il m ~nll (Ya m );2. SI('phl·nO...piga (Y;iDl);
3. Smll P(Try (Ya m).
60: I.J.B. &1Ii1nl (Kilw); 2. Sro ll Perry (K.i. wJ: 3. Ootrrt'n
Fnrli n (Kilw).
Team H arl ey-Davidson's Chris Carr topped
th e Expert cla ss at th e Orrville Regi on al H alf
Mi le, held at Buckeye Speedway.
Chris Ca rr turned in th e fastest time trial,
rounding the co u rse in 20.393 seco nds. Mike
Hale was a tick back, at 20.499 a nd a 20.847
by Steve Mo rehead p ut hi m o n th e pole for
th e third hea t. Donnie Estep took th e point
pos ition in th e last Expert q ualifier with a
20.876.
Ca rr used the first Expert hea t to warm up
for the ma in . as he rod e o ff to an easy wi n
and fas test hea t tim e. Carr's performance
earned him th e pole for th e fin al. Rusty
Rog ers, Will DaVIS and Bria n T illison were
the ente rta in men t in th e fir st heat , as they
battled for th e remain ing two transfer spots.
Rog ers a nd Davis mad e th e cu t.
Mik e H ale too k con tro l of th e seco nd heat
from flag-to-flag . Seco nd pl ace fin ish er , Larry
Pegram , di d h is bes t to stay clea r of a n
inte restin g race for th e fin al transf er. Mike
Scott and Craig Estelle battled for third. Seo tt
p revai led by a bi ke len gt h.
T he third hea t would p rov ide some of the
best ac tio n of the eveni ng. Steve Bea tt ie sto le
th e hol esh ot, but th e field wa s a t h is rear
fender. Steve Moreh ead , Bren t Armbru ster ,
Aaron H ill , Bria n H ardin and Du ane Veeder
were all ove r the raceway. All of th e ri ders
in the pack led at one time o r a not her. With
o ne tu rn to go, Moreh ead drove into th e lead
wi th Beat tie, Hi ll , Veeder and Hardi n intent
o n a repass. In the middle of the tu rn , Hill
go t h is front wheel betw een Beanie's exhaus t
pipes and rear wh eel a nd th ey both went
down . Beattie watched helplessly, as hi s bike
bu rst in to flam es. Moreh ead, Veeder and
H ardin lTansfered .
The last hea' had problems o f its q w n . On
the fir st lap , George Roed er and Garth Bro w
tr ied to occ u py th e same space in tu rn three
and go t of f. Neither made th e restart. Rex
Fisher a nd Steve Aselt in e raced for the point
po sitio n. Aseltine fou nd a line that wor ked
for h im and he dr ove away for th e wi n. David
Lloyd turned in a good rid e for th e last tick et
to th e main.
Steve Mor eh ead, multi~time winner at th e
Buckeye Speed way, led th e ra ce to the fir st
tu rn a nd a lap aft er th at, Carr found th e line
he liked , and took the lead from Mor eh ead
a nd dro ve away to a three~second win. Aseltine
a nd H a le finished th ird and fourth, respectively. La rry Pegra m kept Will Davi s at bay
for the fifth place mo ney.
"This is a quality track, they ought to hav e
a good Nationa l here," sa id Carr. " I've had
th ree weeks o ff, a nd I wanted to ge t so me
r id in g tim e in ."
Results
EX: 1. Qlri§ Carr (H -D); 2. Sln't: Mor ('h("'" d (H .D); 3. Strvf'
d
AM"lIin(' (H -D); 4. Mik ~ H a le (H- D); 5. La rry P('Kram (Han).
J R: I. J a m" Hart (R lx ); 2. Grurg it' PriCt' (H. D); 3. Mik('
Varn rl (H · D); 4. Jrr('my LUC)' (H · OJ; 5. Bill y Nrwkirk (WR ).
PR O ·AM : I. Rod Maliohue (H a n); 2. K.r"n Yoder (H · O): 3.
Bill y Kin)(")'(H· D): 4. J" u!o Cra wfor d C
Rlx); 5. Ro bert Mi ller
(1·1.0 ).
lead up fro nt . Nelson q u ickened his pace a nd
reduced Sore's lead to nothing near the end
of the rnot o , bu t Soto h u ng tough for th e wi n.
Nel son finis hed a close second with T im Ma y
ro u ndi n g out the top thr ee.
Sow again shot to th e lead a t the sta rt o f
the second mota bu t th is lime Nelson was
seco nd a nd p ush ing befo re the end o f th e first
lap . Todd Gould was up to th ird b y th e seco nd
lap b u t seem ed under-powered o n a 125cc
ma ch ine. At the ha lfway poi n t So to was
beg i nni ng 10 wea ke n fro m th e co n sta n t
p ressure from Nel son , who for ced a mi stake
[ro m Sot o to move to th e lead. Nel so n p ulled
awa y fo r the victory while So to fin ished
seco nd in fro nt o f Frank Vill a , who ca p ita lized
o n Go u ld' s last-lap fa ll to ro u nd out the top
three.
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Nel so n was back la ter to sco re th e Vet
No vice wi n a fter swap ping m ote w ins with
Bill H andel, wh o rode a flawl ess first moto
fo r the wi n. Nelson , how ever. ca me ba ck for
a wire-to-w ire victory in th e seco nd moto,
enjoying a trem end ous lead for most o f the
race, H andel made a great cha rge from sevent h
to seco nd by the end o f th e rnot o but was a
long shot from the elusive Nelson. Dave
Par ton ran up fro n t for mos t of the race but
ex perienced proble m s nea r the end th at
dropped h im to an eventua l 12th place fini sh .
T om Sa lazar rod e co nsisten tly for third.
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Nelson doubles atPerris Night MX
By Tony Alessi
PERRIS, CA, JULY20
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Mall Nelson "Scored the overall wins in both
th e Vet Novi ce a nd 25-29 Noviee classe s d uri ng
th e GFI Racing's " Wi n a Truck" N ight Seri es
held at Perr is Raceway.
Ov er 20 riders lined th e ga te for the first
25-29 Novi ce mo to , a nd as th e riders em erged
fro m the crowded first turn it was Lo u 5010
in the lead fo llow ed by Tim Tucker and
Nelson. Nelso n removed T ucker fro m seco nd
a nd set a fter So to, who enjoyed a three-second
so flRST TIMER: I. Ray Perea (Ya m); 2. David Spei Rhl
(Yam ); 3. Sea n Mari o (Ya m).
50 1)..2: I. T y Rensh aw (Yam ); 2. Cale Walla ce (Ya m) ; 3.
Jn em v Malon (Yam); 4. Vietor Nunrz (Yam).
50 MOD: I. Eri c Wood (Ya m ).
60 0-8: I. Edd ie Freceue (Kaw); 2. Danny Wilson (K.a.w);
3. Eric Wood (Kaw].
60 g_lI : I. Bryan McG auran (Kaw); 2. jcna tho n Schmldr
(Kaw).
XR 80 ADULT : L Da l1! McKin ney (Raw); 2. T im Hoole
(Suz); 3. J o h n Dean (YZR ). .
80 BEC ; I. Da nn y Carlson (K.a 2. Eric Ande rso n (Kaw);
w);
3. j osh Fi nk. (Kaw); 4. Pete Ro lf'S (Suz); 5. Ja so n Wahon
(Sul lo
80 NO V: I. Sam uel Davi s (H a n ); 2. J MTY Air man (Suz);
.5 KC"\iin j o h nsto ne (Kaw); 4. Dean Van Ri per (Kaw); 5. David
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Hu gh es (Kaw).
125 BEC 0 ·1: I. Sal Ugarte (Kaw); 2. Q u is Rep p ( Ka.w ):
3. Jack Ph inn (Raw); 4. Eric Cart er (Kaw): 5. Bill y Reimer
(Kaw).
125 BEG D·2: 1. Mike HuellC"l' (Kaw): 2. Ch ris Mroyn- (H a n):
5. Dani el Bunnell (H a n ); 4. Robert Li llt')' (Kaw); 5. Eric
webber (H e n ).
125 NO V: I. Bobb y Navarro (Suz); 2. T o n y AIO$i (Suz);
3. Bobb y Hubbard (Sm); 4. Steve Ful gh am (Suz): 5. Ra ymond
Bow ers (Ltw).
125 t NT : l. E.]. Wrighl (SUl); 2. J oe T uncbene (Suz); 5.
Mikr Meuger (Sw ); 4. Rob Dre w (Ya m): 5. j err Blackm ore
(Ya m).
125 PR O : I. Bubb a Eridu on (Suz): 2. Dana W i$.gi ni (Yam );
3. Cra ig Canoy (Ha n ); 4. Ray H rnsley (Sw); 5. I1la.ynr Zi to
(H a n).
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250 BEG 0- 1: I. Pel(T Acko urey (Yl Mila n (Raw); 5. Don ni e Berry
(Han).
250 NOV : 1. Eric: ~i n geuer (Ya m ); 2. Bobb y Hubbard
(Sut): 3.J os l?- RoUr (Ya m ); 4. C.T. Falk (Yam ); 5. Str'v('
Fulg ha m (Suz).
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250 INT: I. Tony Seckman (H o n); 2. Will y H aney (H o n);
3. Kelly Pichel (Kaw).
250 P RO : t. Go rdo n Ward (Ya m); 2. Paul Kraur.c= (KoI w).
500 BEC: I. j dfrey H mdC"l'SOn (H o n ); 2. Jon Go us h (Kaw);
S. Gl't" Verdu go (Ha n ); 4. Gary Fri~ (Ho n ); 5. Ri ck
g
Diekmann (H us ).
500 NOV ; l. Bill Handal (Kaw); 2. Lou i~ Peid<. (Xoiw);
3. Mik (' Antdiff (Ha n ); 4. David Pa no n (H on); 5. Roho Cop
( Hon~
.
500 INT: I. Brian Jirsa (Hon).
25-29 BEG 0 -1: 1. birk F1~IC"l' (Yam ); 2. Tom Co liu (Kaw);
3. Co m ell Ca ntor (H a n); 4. Ro y Welch (Han ); 5. Tim
Will iams (Kaw).
25-29 1)..2: I. Donny LournKO (Han ); 2. Grorge Moo re (Hon);
3. G I1! n Delatorn' (Sw); 4. 8m And(Tso n (Ho n ); 5. j d r",
n
H1! C"l'SOn (H on ).
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25-29 NOV; I. Ma lt NeI!Io()n (Suz); 2. LC. Sow (Kaw); 3.
Joe Ragn asco (Kaw); " . C.T . Falk (Ya m ); 5. Frank ViI1a (Suz).
25-29 tNT: 1. K~vin Frin gt"l'(Han); 2. P3ul KrauS(' (Kaw);
5. Ra nd y Skinner (Suz); 1. J en Bl3ck mor1!(Yam ).
VET NOV : l. Ma tt Nelson (Suz); 2. Rdl Handel (Hon);
.5 Tom ,Sa lazar (SUl.) 4. Brian Ren §h:tw (Ya m ); 5. P('lrr
.
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Aclw urey (Yam ).
VET INT : I. Pat Womack (Ha n ); 2. David Lynch (Ho n):
S. Willey H an(')' (H o n); 4. Larry Na n nmga (Ya m): 5_ Randy
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