By the 3O-minu te mark. Maxwell had pulled
to a comfortable lead with Dickinson running
a distant second while Leiker held down third.
Bu t between Dickinson and Leiker a hattie
for the expert lead was taki ng place,
Brunson was using up every available inch
of track in an attempt to hold oU Hrach, but
with two laps remaining Heath cou ntered
Brunson's attempts by go ing under him in
th e hack section and once in the Expert class
lead held on for the remaining lap for the
class win. William Saltzman ran a consistent
third and rounded out the top three finis hers.
But grabbing the gold in the Vet Intermediate ranks as well as the overall win was
Maxwell. Dickinson cruised in for second with
Leiker, RU55ell Reilly and Ron Malone
rounding out the top five.
60 BEG 9- 11: 1. MKmd Y"""", 2. Juan La<1cin;S. E......
H.....oo..; 4. 11mStul ...
&0BEG: 1. C1iltCool<; 2. Bri'Jocbon;S. Jaoob Mad>o wky;
-t. Bullch Gabrid; S. Omni. Woodard.
80 NOV; 1.
Nriurl; 2. Bryan Carrillo.
80 lNT:l . SCOItJoIuuon.
R VET EX: I. Idikr Shoemaker; 2. Daee IlooalOni .
R VET tNT: I. Jock XcII: 2. Milce Edmonch.
R VET NOV: I. Paul Zcl;m!< 2. Larry P.
125NO V: 1. ~
Bttmcnour, 2. TOOlMcUughbn;!. JCrvi
a
O "Brim; 4. FRd
' . S. Jim Buntin.
SOO BEG: I. Da1 rub: 2. x.n Creme: S. c."
Egolf: 4. H ugh BIacb; S. Xclly CoIy.
VINT NOV: 1. Mark J~ 2. Phi1 Zdlmcr; S. Myron
La/tMN: I. Will Dicbon: 2. Blair Risna.
TEAM : I. Jon ZahnlWayne Zahn; %. Owm Dicbon/Tom
McLau. hHn.
80 1t.AM: I. Rid EJrodIDaDDJ Woodard; 2. Brian
yrriUo/Otria Nriud; S. Aw tin PrianlJod H ughes.
Carlson shines at LACR MX
By.Tony Alessi
PALM
DALE, CA, AUG. 18
Garey Carlson used consistent finishes to score
the 125cc Novice win at Calilornia Racing
Club 's day motocross at Los Angeles Cou nty
Raceway.
.
.
Chris Buntin slid int o the lead a t the sta rt
o f the firs t moto a nd rod e i n a nervous fas hion
durin g the ope ni ng laps as Carlson q u ickl y
moved up from a fifth-place start. Frankie
Villegas held second p lace briefly un u l
Carlson wildl y wipped his Kawasaki insi de
to take over the , pos ition. By the third lap
Carlson swept by Bun tin to assume the lead.
Carlson wen t on fOT the mo te win while
Bun tin faded 10 an eventual eighth at the
finish. Loren J en kins made a charge from out
of the top five to second in front of hardcharging R ya n Spaeth, who came from
o utside of the lOp 10.
Spaeth nailed th e second molo holeshot
with Carlson, Villegas and Jenki ns in tow.
Spaeth and Carlson quickly left the pack
behind and engaged in a private baltle for
the lead. The IWO riders swapped positions
a num ber of ti mes, but it was Spaeth who
was stro nger at the finish as he grabbed the
win. Carlson finished second which was good
enoug h for the overall victory .
A large number of Vintage class riders
showed up to test their machines against the
demanding track. Both motos were run ear ly
in the da y so that all riders were exposed to
the best conditions for the old bikes. Brock
Suter screamed his Can-Am to a pair of mot o
wins in a co nvi ncing manner. John Lundgre n
topped the rest of the field WIth a clea n pa ir
o f second place finis hes. Ron Aldrich, Michael
Grove and Steve Dunlap all ba ttl ed for third
with Aldrich scorin g th e po sit ion by virtue
of his mo~ consisten t finis hes.
Results
0
PM B·I : I. Johnathon Ma~ (Yam).
PIW B·2: I. Timothy Bunun (Yam); 2. Slr'VO Cisar (Yam);
S. Trevor Ryan (Yam); 4. Anthony Barbacovi (Yam ); S.
Danid Hmdrikz (Vam).
.
.
P/W MOD: I. CodfE1rod (Yam); 2. J ooq>h No""l (Vam ).
60 0-8: I. Call. Nob le (Kaw).
60 9-11: I. Tyson T itumlicr (Kaw).
80 9-11: 1. Jason Webb (Kaw); 2. Qui5 Honneld (Xaw);
S. Brent Lancwu (Ka,w); 1. Juatin Rob inson (Ka w); 5. Curtis
Parka (Ya m) .
80 BEG : 1. T odd Banlett (Kaw); 2. Kyle FraziCf (Suz); 5.
Audtin Prian (Raw ): 4. Jam cs Moon~ (Suz); S. Brian
McConnick (H on).
•
80 NOV: I. llkk Elrod (Ka w); 2. x.nneth Reed (Ka w):
3. Bryan_Carrillo (hw); 1. 0uU NcitRl (Kaw); S. Da nny
Woodard ( Kaw~
BIG WHL: 1. Tyson 1:.anfi<1d.
125BEG : 1. Soot:t Jlccd J r. (Xaw); 2. Paul G ilmartin (Kaw):
S. Adria n Uon (Suz); 4. ~ tbvidson (Kaw); S. Tommy
PhiIli (Iaw).
. 125'NOV: I. ea..,. Car bon (l'aw): 2. Ryan Spaeth (Ka wO;
3. Loren Jcnldru (Hon); 4. Frankie Villcps (Suz ); S. Jon
Izwonki (S"').
Its 1Nt': 1. J uon Simmons (hw).
12SP RO : 1. Jeff Barbac::ovi (Yam) : 2. Ken Nciurl (Kaw).
250 BEG: I. Todd. Alden (Raw); 2. Sean Medrirol (Yam);
S. Paul Lamb (Yam); 1. Craig Godshall; 5. Scott R~ Jr .
(Koiw).
250 NOV: 1. C. T. Watanabe (Yam ); 2. Bill y Paul (Suz):
SoBrian Hill (Yam): 4. Ron Sharp (Yam).
250tNT: 1. Owen Dicbon(Koiw); 2. Jason Simmons (Kaw).
250 PRO: 1. Bryan Nelson (Hon).
SOO BE.G: I. Patrick Wade (Kaw).
500 NOV : I. Ron Wade (Koiw).
500 IJ'o,7 1. Will Dicbon (Hon): 2. Frank 8dchrr (Han).
:
SOO PRO: I. Tim T elford.
JR VET NOV: l. Tim McAdam 5(Raw): 2. David Williams
(S",): S. Rondy Wywcki ( Kaw~
IR VET tNT: I. Jad XcII (H on ); 2. Frank Betcher ( Hon~
VET BEG : 1. Dan Tanner (Koiw): 2. Mike: Jrnq- (Yam);
S. Max ScIztt (Yam) ; 1. David Mullcn (Hon ): S. DmnuBrown
( Kaw~
VET NOV: l. Ron Sharp (Yam ); 2. Scott Curtis (Ho n);
S. David Kotisa (Suz); 1. Eddie Hatch (Kaw): 5. Ala Spinelli
(Yam).
VET tNT: I. O1arlic- Strong (Ha n); 2. T ip Webb (Yam) .
VET EX: I. Greg Keim (Yam); 2. c.R. Bru nson (Yam);
5. Scou Walkn Jr . (Hon-)
.
VlNT NOV: l. J~ Toom~ (Hon).
VtNT INT: 1. Brock Suter (C Ar. 2. John Lundrm (Bul);
5. Michat'l Grovt' -(Kaw); ... Stevt' Dunlap (H on).
.
. VINT EX: I. Tim Nash (Ha n).
Graves in the groove at Willow
Springs Road Race
By Eric Vincent
ROSAMOND, CA, AUG. 1618
Ch uck Graves demonstrated why he is the
Mill er H igh -Life Form ula One Champio n by
easily winning tha t event at th e eigh th round
of American Road Racin g Association competition a t Willo w Sp ri ngs In terna tional
Ra ceway.
Grav es was ted no time in ta king the lead
on his Michelin-shod Suzuki GSXRI IOO and
didn't look back. Nic k Iena tsch grabbed
second on his Del Amo Yamaha-sponsored
TZ250 and held off the big-bore bikes of
Rober t Miller and Bruce Tebo for several laps
before Tebo began to challenge for second at
the start of lap three.
A familiar pattern developed in which
T ebo, on hi s Dunlop-shod Suzuki GSX RllOO,
would pass Ienatsch on the front straight, but
~ould be out-manuevered by the TZ250 rider
in me first few turns. This kept up for several
laps untif Ienatsch took over second place and
T ebo was unable to successfully repass him.
The remainder of the race saw the top three
spo ts remain unchanged as Graves took the
win followed by Iena tsch and Tebo,
In the': Formula Two event. Ienatsch
grabbed the early lead and rapidly opened up
a gap between himself and a fierce battle for
. second between Andy Milton, Michael Graves
and Kent Kunitsugu. R idi ng side-by-sid e
down the front straight to complete the first '
lap, it was Kunitsugu, ridi ng his Long Beach
Yamaha-sponsored TZ250, who cam e oUI in
front going into tum one. Milton moved into
third wit h Graves fourth.
. Although Ienatsch and Kunitsugu have
participated in some impressive racing duels
10 the past, it di dn't happe n in this race as
Ku ni tsu g u , d es p i te closing the gap o n
Ienatsch, was n 't able to mou n t a serious
challenge for th e lead. Millo n a nd Graves
traded the third pl ace spo t several times during
the race and were side-by-side approaching
the checkered flag . Graves held on, however,
and finished rh ird behind lenatsch and
Kun itsu gu .
Graves won another race in the 750<:c Stock
Production class and seemed headed for a third
win during the Open Modified P rod uction
even L However. a blown steering damper put
him in second place behind Brad Hazen. .
Results
0
o-SOO NOV : I. Brent Van~f. (Yam) ; 2. Don.a.ld B.oIbb
(H · D); S. Miuuharu Ola (Yam); . J ens Haetttr (Yam); S.
Takanobu Kitau (Y am).
501-699 NOV: 1. Reed Dom ingo (Yam ): 2. Brml Vandrn·
berg (Yam ); S. Will Higgs (Hon ); 1. John Reardon (Yam);
5. Rmdall Vancil (Suz).
700-0PEN NOV: 1. Jeff koho (Raw); 2. Kenneth Downie
(Suz): S. Tim Kdly (Kaw): 1. Michael Hipke (Suz); S. Tomas
Garcia-Moncd (Suz).
OPEN SlST: I. Brucr Tcbo (Suz): 2. Jim Van Vegten (Vam ):
S. David aabom (Suz); 4. 8rua Batson (Suz); S. Brian Sasa ki
(Ka w ).
100 51ST: 1. Willie Bun (Yam); 2. Ritchie TIlorup (Yam):
S. Michael Monl.,.. (Yam); 4. John 1aoobua:i (Vam): S.
HiroI.hi Naka 'ima ( Yam) .
500 SlST:
Andy Milton (Yam); 2. David Frankmb;d'a
i.
(Yam); 3. Nick SL Laurent (Hon ); 4. Daniel Equihua (Yam ):
5. Fnnk Angaki (Vam).
.
600 SIST: I. Ktnt Kunilsu~ (Suz); 2. Ross Hahn (Yam);
5. Tom Aquino (Yam ); 4. Ritchie Thorup (Yam); S. DaM
Sadlon (Yam).
.
750 51ST: I. Km ny Koprl.y (SUI); 2. Miln Mothcnhod
(Suz); S. 8 1'UC'e Bal50n (Suz); 1. Brian Sasaki (Xa w); 5. T ony
Math r-w (Hon).
a
F·2: I: Nick 1malKh (Yam); 2. K.mt Kun iuugu (SUI);
!i. Michilel G ra,,~ (Sw); 4. Andy Mihon (Ya m); S. Soon
Conaway (Ya m) .
600 MOD PROD: I. Ri teh ie 11lorup (Yam); 2. T om Aquino
(Yam); S. Andy Mihon (Yam); 4. D3naSadIon (Yam); 5. Kevin
Mun nc (Gi l).
BOlT 1..IW: 1. Nick St. La urnat (H on ); 2. Ni~1 Galr;
5. Jttry Jirkovi ky (Ra w) : 1. Ted Kapner (Hon); 5. Sttphm
Ban tll (law).
6OOSGL: I. lUrk 1Oompaon (Yam);2. Car I1...qal.p i.(Ho o);
S. Marc Fidd (Nor); 4. John Nicbon (Yam ); S. Ron Ringvud
(Y~ ).
Michael Graves (477) div es under Andy Milton entering a Willow Springs comer. !
I
C.T. Watanabe (173) chases a pair of riders on his way to the 250cc Novice class
victory during Los Angeles County Raceway race action,
I
7 ~ MOD PROD: l. Charln C ravcs (SUI); 2. David Deveau
(SUl) ; 5. J u on Pridmore (Suz); 1. Jeff Wells (Suz); 5. Bruer
Batson (Suz).
500 SG L: I. T revor Dunne (G il); 2. Carl l...tg;upi (Hon):
3. Scot t Fabbro (Asc ); 4. Bill FmnCMY(Yam); 5. Ene Sherrer
(Ho n).
F·5: I. Daniel Bond ; 2. Earl Smith (Fen).
OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Brad Haeen (SUI); 2. Charln G rc~
600 STIC. PR OD : I. Ri tdlie Thorup (Yam); 2. Da na Sadl on
( Varni; S. Mark McDon.oild(Yam ); 4. Kevin McCooty (Yam);
S. Jrl ery Banoo (Yam).
?SO STK PROD: I. J im Van Vcgtm (Yam); 2. Ktnny
Koprdy (Suz): S. R ick KoVOKS (Suz); 4. D. lUau . G ~
(H a n); S. Jerry Car lson (Suz).
.
Schroeder takes Carlsbad ST
By Greg Booth
I
CARLSBAD, CA, AUG. 17
.
Rick Schroeder nipped Loren Bjorkman al the
checkered flag 10 score the Open Expert main
event win al Carlsbad Short Track.
Schroeder won the firsl heal, and Skip Cristy
topped the second heat. When the green flag
dropped in the mai n , Bjorkman sto led the
holeshot, follo wed closely by Schroeder.
Bjorkman held Ihe lead through lap 15, with
Schroeder waiting for an o{'eDing thaI came
on the la.. lap. Goi ng 1010 turn three,
Bjor kman and Schroeder were la pping a rider,
and Bjorkma n was forced low . Schroeder got
a good drive out of tum four a nd bea t
Bjorkman to the checkered flag by a wheel.
Thad deu s Tolstrup nearly upset O pe n
Junior Su m mer Series points leader , Dave
Pelton. T olstru p gol the holeshol in the
Junior main, and led Pelton until lap eighl ,
whe n Pelton passed h im between tu rn s o ne
and two, a nd went on for the win. Peter
Mayforth worked his way up fro m a poor start
to flOish third.
Results
OPEN EX: I. Rick Schroeder (Suz); 2. Loren Bjorkman
(Yam); S. Jim KnkT (H .D); 4. Loui . Man uel (Yam ): S. Skip
2SO EX: I. Mark lLdbeucr (Kaw}; 2. DaY!' Pelton (Raw);
S. Mark Aragon (C A); 4. Louis Manue l (Yam ); S. Tom Oark
(Yam).
O PEN VET : I. Rich SchrordC'r(SUl); 2. Skip c::anc:y (Yam );
S. Krith L,nas (Yam).
O PEN JR: I. Dave Pelton (Hon ); 2. ~ Tolwup
(Yam); S. Pnr Mayforth (Yam); 4. Jamn Ruat (Yam ); 5. Bria n
Cauidy (Yam).
c::.wy (Yam) .
250 JR: 1. )osc=ph Robttu ( Ya m ); 2. arel Ikmil'> (Ya m) ;
3. Bob SuhaJda (Ya m ); 4. Danny Perea (Ya m ); S. John
Francisco (Ya m ).
I
Barton sails to Southwick
Motocross victory
By Daryl Nuese
o
SOUTHWICK, MA. AUG. 25
Patrick Barton carved his way around the
sandy Southwick course to capture overall
wins in both 125 and 250cc Pro class action
at the MX338 event. With $1,154,020 up for
grabs in factory co n ti ngen cies for New
England Sports Commillee compe ti tion this
year , New England race fans ha ve been seeing
their share of exciting racing and the Southwich round was no ex~ption.
When the gale dropped for the finl 20minute plus two-laps 250cc Pro molO,
Manchester Honda rider William Dzielak
grabbed the holeshot and was closely followed
by Barton. At the midway point of the moto,
Barton blazed by Dzielak on the back straighL
Barton never looked back until he grabbed
the checkered flag several laps later. Dziela k
eventually fell off the pace and finished sixth,
opening the doo r for David An lonnuci and
DG Y's Doug Henry . to slip by and secure
second and third, respectively. Joe Waddinglon, riding a Suzuki for the Bellencourt
dea lershi p , rode hard and lurn ed his midpack
start 10 a fourth-place finish.
]n th e seco nd mo to, Tony Lorusso roosted
his Glas tonbury Yamaha 10 the fronl of the
pack off the !?te, setti ng a blistering pace for
Ihe first 18 mlOu tes of the moto. Only seconds
behind Lorusso were Kurt McMilla n, aboard
a Fac tory Connection/ Spectr o /B ie Hespo nsored Honda and Mike T readwall , riding
a FoxlFMF Suzuki. These three ri ders were
in a race o f th eir o wn, consisten tly pulling
away from the resl of the pack each lap wh ile
putting o n a sensational show for the
spectators tha t lined the track . It loo ked as
if Lorusso had the win in h is pocke t until
he sta lled with a few laps 10 go, allo wi ng ·
McMillan 10 cruise on 10 the victory . T read well was in close purs uit, capitalizing on
Lo russo's mis fort u ne to .earn the ru n ner·up
pos iti on. Lorusso quickly regai ned control
and was able 10 salvage a third·place finish
from an o therwise perfect performance. Hen ry
powered h is Yam aha 10 fourth, while Barton
rode hard but never was able 10 get within
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