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J ay Robjohn (71) led Scott Nelson (26) and Mark Sandmizer (5) in to Perris Raceway's first tum.
T he firs t Open Expert hea l race saw Loren
Bjork man tak in g th e win over a "
very hard
chargin g Den ni s Va ll who fin ished a close
seco nd. Pelt on got th e hol esh ot in the seco nd
heat. a nd was never ch allen ged .
Wh en th e main event n ag dropped, Pel ton
p ul led a no th er hol esho t w i th Bjo rkm an
ru n n i ng second in hot p u rsui t. Bjor kman
tra iled Pelt o n for th e duration. bur co uld no t
mo u nt a serio us cha lle nge. Mark Arag o n a nd
J oe Win ston had a d in g-don g battle of their
o wn for th ird . with Aragon ta kin g' the sho w
money by a wh eel wid th.
Pehon 's seco nd main even t victory.came in
the 250cc class. J ohn Du l' ree was the o n ly
rid er who ga ve Pelt on a ny co m peti tio n,
bea ting Pelto n in the first hea l. DuPree gu t
the hol esho t in th e main hu t Pelt o n went
under hi m o n lap th ree tak in g the lead com ing
o ut o f turn four. Pe lt o n th en ke p t hi s
Kawasaki in fron t t}J the chec kered flag. Dave
Ru st and J o hn HofFard raced side- by-side wi th
Rust edg in g H off;ird for third.
In the 500cc Ju n ior mai n , J am es Ru st
bla sted awa y from the two row s o f riders a nd
wo n by a wide margin . It was h is firs t ma in
cvent vicw ry.
Resu lts
O PF.S EX: I. Ddv(' Pellull ( H o n 1; 2. U II('n Bjur kma,n
( Y.1 m);~ . ~f a r k Ar aJ.:;o ll (SUI); -t j o(' W m~lU n ( H· DJ: 5. Dt-nrm
.
\'011 (Ya m /.
O PF.!\" J R : I. J .lm ('\ R U..1 (Ya m); 2. Uria n r<.l allwd l ( \' a m);
j . Joh nn y 5h.....· ( Y.' n ); -t_ J O'>rph R uh(o rt ~ ( Ya m); 5. Rrt'l
u
Bem is (Y H o m t H o lll.
2.J P L l1S: I. Steve S hd ly [ Ka w ); 2. Da \(' G fI~1l ( Y,lIn};
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e.Eck han ( JU w ): 4. Rill Schmidt l Ka w ): .'). Rob So ren so n
50 FIR ST TIMER: I. Kyle Bard en : 2. :"loIrquel Do yle (Yam );
3. ~1,lIf h("ft, CLu k (Ya m): i . Dane P:IIki (1--11111 /; 4. C ln iloAlh.III(·..iu !> ( H o ll ).
SR ,\M : 1. R irlra rd Elia \ (H OIlI; ~ . bi( Bryn (lIu n); ~ .
nom i n il l'\ udy ( K.Iw ):· I. DOIiI( Rt'ill ( HUll ); 5. Kevin Lv-dah l
l lfon).
S/ S R : I. Pau l F,'kha rl ( K:I...'): 2. Rt'c'" Fi ll ...tone- (S ill}; ~.
50 0- 1: I. R yall P ica rd ( Ya m) ; 2. N ick A Il'a le l (Ya m ); 3.
Oa v('y Freeman (Yam).
0 ·2: 1. Mlt"had Ha lt' (Ya Ill J ; ~ . Hrva n MdUlwws; 3. T yso n
Talk ington (Y4I OI);· 1. Brock Holh n g (Ya m ); 5. j a~lO Arno ld
( H Ull).
80 H · 15: 1. R if·ha ul ROKr r!> (S ul/: 2. Anl hon ) Ca van:1
t KOIw ): l . \ 'in n ' llI G iU\li ( Ka w) ; ·1. D('" \'in T rt''t l,·t ( H n n ); 5.
jt'lo¥" Vo ll.en (S Ul).
SO 12-13: I. Ju h n S('hnfOi der IlI nn ); 2. D;lIn it't! Ro m :lIl
(H Ull); 3. S he·tby Rei u ( Ka ... ); ,1. Nic h.. la \ St' i1U ( K.l w); .J.
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Midl;l('"1H o Hma n (Ka\\' I.
1507· 11: I, J a mt'lo lli ·vo ll..h in ( Y;u nl; ~. ·J t'ralln· O '>t'nh ;l( h
(S u..); 3. R ~ dnl-l " w t'l ( Y.lm .l; ·1. CI.l iR; lhn;llI ( Y;IIU); .'il. G rUlKe'
R idt ·n III ( Ka w ).
60: I. T iI1l Olh ~- T l·r...... y (lUw); 2. :"rO alh.. n R"i u ( Ka w) ; ~ .
Bria n H llll lt~1I ( K
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:'01).
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:,0 ·i· li: 1. :\l all 0 1lt'"nb.lI:h ( h i l; 2. JI"II Ko ,,", ( Y.U1 ): 3. AI('x
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Swckkr ( Ya m); 4. 1
1I'n' k ;\;"",11k ( ~ uJ); .r. Urya n Fll"i..ch m.In
l
(Ydm).
PI' : l. G ig;i M,t1r1.anu n-t .. n ).
Loftin lands Perris MX victory
By Tony Alessi
PERRIS. Col, M H
AR.
David Lo ftin used s tron~ start .s to p ro pel
hi msdf to the 125c(" Regm nl'r class victory
durin g GFI Super Saturd" y MX 'It Perr is
Raceway.
Lo ftin got the jump at the start o f the
ope n in g mo w but was q ui ckly pa ssed b y
Ja m es BUTnet t. Burn ett ha d th e p ower
ad va n tag e and used il to pull away for Ihe
mot o wi n.
Jney H ea ld ba ttled duri ng the ea rly la p. of
lhe race Wilh Burn ett but cras hes knoc kf"d h im
back' to 22nd at the fin ish . Ch ris Pa<:kwood
charged from o u t o f the top 10 10 pas s Lo ftin
fo r seco nd d uri n g the final two lap s of th e
mOLD.
Loft in agai n pulled th e ho lcsh(J( a l tilt" stan
o f the ,eco nd mot o foll o wed by H eald , Eric
})avi(b o ll. !\'1 ike Kiefer a nd Bryo n Cram p to n.
Lo fti n rod e smooth ly a nd mi ~ la ke ht·(, wh ile
o peni ng a four- seco nd lead over Hea ld. H eald
cra .s hed aga in. bUI Ihis tim e was u p qu ickly
- enough to hold on lO !Jecon d. Loflin cru ised
to the cht'l"kereti flag with tile mo w :llld o vera ll
win wh ile H eal d sec:uH'd seco nd. Rurn ell
crashed fou r times , yet he still pow ered back
to third a fter passing Kieffl'r 50 feet from the
finis h lin e.
Gary Kee n ~ y go t th e hol esh ot in the fir ~ l
125cc Pro mo to but wa s qu ickl y pa~sl'd b y
Brian :'>Ian ley. Man ley pu lled o u t a fiveseco nd adva ntage a t the h ni sh , while Kct~n e y
mai ntai ned second a nd tOpped Bubb a Erick·
so n a nd J oel Albrech t.
The sta rt of mo to two sa w Keeney and
Er ickso n race side- by-side do wn the sta rt
stra ig h t with Eri ckson reach in g th e fir"t t turn
by a whee l leng th in front of Keen ey. :'>Ianley
start ed poorl y a nd had to wor k through th e
pac k. Erickson o pened a th ree·seocnd lead , bu t
wh en he j umped a bi g doub le he co ll idL-d
midair wi th a lap ped rid er. Er ickso n wa s
Br an don ('.-<>c:l hr\' ( H on ).
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( Ya rnj.
50 MOD : I. Va llet' Freeman (Ya m ); 2.Ni ck Alva rt'l ( Ya m );
3. D.!\'C)' Freeman (Ya m) ; ,1. Ry:1Il P ica rd ( Ya m ); 5. Tyson
Talkington (V.lm ).
60 O : I. Kt'\'in j ('nn in gs C w/.
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6119· 11: 1. R,.bby R(", u prl" ( Ka w ); 2. Vam !' Frn.'m a n ( Ka w):
d
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hua O klr K'1 ( Ku lI (Su t) ; 2. Gary Drll rgalt("( H o lI);
3. Bobb)' H u b bdrd (S Ul);·1. Mkhilt'l [-"e rritr a (Yam) ; 5. M icha rl
:\luch ini (Ya m).
125 PR O : 1. Rl ia n ~ I .m l('y ( H o n , ; 2. C.nr y Kt't'n ey ( Ka w) ;
3. J ot:! Al bredu ( Y G' IIl /~I II"I ( Ka w ) ; 4. Er kk )l,.\ tn n ( Kaw ): 5. Rl,n
f
( ;l1h c·II '(Hlln ).
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...-\0 NO \ ·n· 1: I . Jd f Ea ry (Ya m l; 2. Wi llia m RfOi lllt'r (Yam );
3. GU"R EIU ).;'olHl ( Ka w); 1. R ud y Sla rL. (Ya m); 5. R ub..n
C la l1l "t'r~ ( S Ul).
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"'.10 :\O\' 1>-2: J. C1 l! N u ntli ( Ka w); 2. " reg P~ Ka ll ; 3.
l )ell n i ~ Uurm ( Kotw); ,1. (;I t.·rt Bu jdu!tl) ( Kaw) ; :). SIt'V j fOnnin l{i!o
fO
( AT K).
Roth rallies to Red Bud MX win
By Larry Witmer
Bl'CHA1\ON, MI, MAR. 15
:'>like Ro th topped the 250cc Expe rt and Plus
25 clas.ses o n hi s Buck 's Cycle/ Do wn U nder
Wear / Gear /Renthal /EB C-backed SULU ki a t
the Pontiac Silverdo me Seri es Opener, Ov er
450 rid ers ca me to do battle a t Red Bud .
The 250cc Expert ac tio n sta rted with J eff
Devaro w g rabbi ng th e holesh ot with Darri n
O 'Boyle i n close pursui t. Rot h was seven th
aro u nd the first co rner. Devarow b uilt a good
lead. bu t Ro th was slici ng th rough the pack.
By th e th ird lap , Roth moved pas t Deva row
wi th a clean pass in a berm, Ro u nd ing OU l
th e top five was Allen H orne movi ng to
secon d , Jeff Devarow back to th ird , Ru sty Ott
a n d Da rrin O ' Bo yle fo urt h a n d fifth ,
respectively.
T h e seco nd mot o ho lesh ot aga in went to
Deva row. with Ott in tow . Deva row wen t
down in the back sectio n and Ou took o v
·er
fir st, By the th ird lap Rot h wa s o n On's rear
fender. Ro th oUl~u n ne d Ott in a of f-camber
co rner, p u tting hi s Su zuki o u t front for goo d.
On stayed with in stri ki ng di stance, but Rot h
was in smoo th form w ith no m istakes. Roth
co llected first overa ll o ver On and H orne.
fn th e 125a: J un ior di vision , Cha d L itt le
was fastest in to th e first co rner. J ohn Kidd ,
Jr. wasted little time moving h is H onda East l
A XO / PJ L' Re n thal-bac ked CR into fir st. Kidd
stre tched hi s lead to the checkers, o ver L iul e
and J us tin Blake.
In th e second moto , Blak e was o n th e gas
a nd gra bbed the ho lesho t. Blak e fell prey to
th e track, cra sh ing o n the fini sh line corner
a n d h andin g th e lead to Kidd . Blake
- remou nte d in seco nd , b ut cras hed again on
the next lap to event ua lly DNF. j esse T h u nser
rode smoo th to ca p tu re second, bett eri ng h is
eight h p lace in th e first mo to. Kidd too k the
overall and Li ttle was second. ].T, Mo nk rod e
th e seco nd moto with a sick running Yamaha ,
bu t cla imed third o vera ll.
T he Vet Expert .class go~ underway with
Larry Witmer !;lett ing the h ol esh ot on hi s
SULU ki, wit h Kip Bigelow str iki ng qu ickl y
pas t Wit mer, Bigelo w cras hed three comers
lat er. Dal e Corpon ca me arou nd in first, with
Jeff H est on second, Both cras hed o n th e
second lap. with Dave Wise mov ing into the
lead and ho lding it to th e fin ish. Zwiffel too k
second a nd J erry Mott moved to th ird , wh ile
Kimb all was a lmos t T pped by Witm er at the
a
finish .
T he seco nd mot o was Wit mer' s fro m sta rt
to fin ish. Firs t mot a winner Wise ha d a terr ible
sta rt a nd moved from 15th to fifth by the wh ite
nag. \ Vise had to {'ass Zweifel for th e overa ll.
He made a last ditch pass a t the fini sh line
to ca rd 1-5 sco res for first.
Resu lts
....~ : I. Kvlc Porter (Ya m ); 2. C.ort'}' Pa u bon (Ya m ); 3. j er od
Wh lpplt' (ya m ); 4. Ca M'" y Rin ke r (Ya m ); 5. T ed Zw iffel (Ya m).
65 : t. Bt n G rav(' i!o (S ul); 2. Ikrril k !\ItKi n n (K;lw): 3. Ri tch ie
Moore ( Ka w) .
IW 12- 15: I. Mall Ma xim n lf (S ur.); 2. j. 8ecki n/(lo n (S uz);
~ . R ya n O lt hour;e (Sill}; 4. C. Beck i ngtnll (SIU); "" Sau la n
.
M ill t'r ( K",w ).
807-11: I. N ic holalo Wroy ( Ka w); 2. C . Go n !lo la ndi ne ( Kaw );
3. ja"'lfl M(-[)lIna ld ( U lln) ; 4. Milot" MfO t«'f (S tu): 5. j a.s on
Trou t ( H o n ).
80 C: I. j oel Dit"u h art ( K.aw); 2. Rya.n n ew ey ( H o n ); 3.
j a!loOll H ilt on (SIU); 1. 1':al OJn W il'P ( H o n ).
+40: I. K. O ' Bo yle (lio n ); 2. A a n Bow m all ( Hun ).
125 A: I. Bobhy Wa f/ill r (SUl ); 2. jinl Jmlf'!'t (S UL); 3. Ja y·
r
Wa.gnet ( Ka w ); " . I i m Grewt" (S Ul ); 5. Br ad Km,s (H u n ).
125 R: I. Ro b ~l urgd l ( KoI w ); 2. G I(" n Dt-Loll g (Kaw );
n
3. MarL: B k n ( Yik ( Ya m ); 2. P . V.. iIIa n i ( Ya m ); 3. Mall
rr
S hl"lto n ( H lln );1. :\- dll Pow t'r .. (S ull; 5. Vic; Edga r (S Ul ).
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2S0 C: I. j t'ff Zur ick (H u n ); 2. GI <:'11 Wa ld ( H o n ); ~. J ot'
KUlln " ( Ka l; 4. S. b..,.link ( Ka.w ); 5. M. Pilhbllfy (H u n ).
Hoffman scores at Wabash
Valley Motocross
By Bren da n Kearns
TERREHoi UTE. r:.l, ~I A R. 14
. \I ichael H o ffman , cor ed th,' 16·24 year ·o ld
:
class win a t the District 15 mo tocro ss, held
at \Vabash Va lley Mm or spons Park.
H o ffman powt'red h is T ho m pso n '.s Ho nda / '
K a w a s..l ki / V a ma h a -h a (~ ked Ka wasaki KXl 25
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10 the o vera ll win, whil e h is teamm ate Chad
.Norton fini shed in the ru n ner -up spo t.
Ano th er Thom pso n 's -hackt'd rider , Dav e
\Vells, gar nt=red lh ird -pla ce ho no rs.
\Velis retur ned in th e O pen B class, and
na iled the ho lcshot abo ard hi s hi g 1-lo nd a.
Bru ce H en del p ressu red Well s earl y o n, but
dro p ped o ff th e pace. Well , smred the cla s>
wi n ah ead o f H end el.
Hen d el retu rn ed 10 sco re the wi n in the Pl us
30 B d as>, wh ile Lar s Nebergall lOp ped th e
Pl us 2};and Plus 30 A clas>es.
Resu h s
AUTO 50: I. T <'ffy H UI!tC)n ( Ya m ); 2. 8 ra ndo n G ib..on
( Ya m) ; 3. KMln y YUlin K (Ya m ); 4. Ro d ne y Yow l'i l ( Ya m ).
60: J. DUMin LIUli l; ( K:lw); 2. ~tallhl'W Co ur d l ( Ka wO.
80 SR: I. Tra vi~ T u ll (Kot... ): 2. R 1'a n Il a u twr (K.oi w) ; 3.
.
Pal rick Coo pcr (S UL); -t. Sh .lwn K('rm rd y ( H o n ); 5. Don
Ik'n ckt'ndorf ( H o ll) .
16-21: 1. Mich
