EVENTS
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60 6-8: 1. Cerrett Taylor (lCIiw); 2.Jeue Mock (KIIw); 3.
Derrick McClintock (K.w); 4. Nlcholot Wells (K..w); S. Sc:ott
SWon (lCaw).
60 9-11, t. Chrls Rog (Su%); s. Johnny Youna
2SO
A;
(JCTM).
SR 1: 1......fRnk Mom. (Han); 2. Chria: Kriebel (Kaw); 3. Rick
Kop..... (Hon);". Ron Nicholl (ICtM); S. Dan M0'Pn (JCTM).
SR 2.: 1. Dati Morgan (KTM); 2, Bu.tch Pownell (KTM); 3.
Larry Hinds (Kaw); 4. Mark Clark (lCaw).
S/SR: 1. Chuc.k 'BAmteato (KTM); 2. Lucky Vines (KTM); 3.
Arlan V'tnl!lI (Xl'M).
Davis smokes J~m at Starwest
By David Procida
34
PERRIS, CA. APR. 24
Mike Davis took a hard..,.med win in the 125cc
Novice class aIter chasing Dean VanRipper
throughout moto one and then in the opening
laps of moto two during the first round of the
SlarWest Supercross Ticket Give-A-Way Series.
In moto one, Kawasaki-mounted VanRipper
rocketed out of the gate with David Hughes and
Davis hot on his heels. Brian Brown rounded
tum one in fourth, just ahead of Eric Sealy and
Dennis Turner.
Turner was the first rider to make a position
change as he jumped to the inside on the rockers
and passed both Sealy and Brown, but Brown
held the inside line on the double just after the
rockers and repassed Turner.
Up front, Davis took the outside line and
railed his way past Hughes and into second, but
VanRipper was still out of his reach. By turning
up the throttle a little more, Davis began to close
on VanRipper. The leader caught sight of the
approaclting Davis and also picked up his speed.
At about the three-quarter mark, Davis
began to back off, and in the remaining laps
VanRipper went unchallenged. Davis came
home in second with Hughes. B,rown, and
Turner rounding out the top five slots.
VanRipper stormed out of the gate to take
charge of moto two, but this time Davis was all
over him and forced a bobble from the Kawasaki
pilot that cost him the lead. Davis was giving it
his all and began to pull away from VanRipper.
VanRipper was not alone in second, as
Hughes had closed to his rear fender and was
now looking for a way past. This battle lasted
the next few laps with neither rider changing
positions, but it was a battle between Seely and
Hansen that the crowd was focused on. It may
have only been for the sixth place, but you
couldn't tell as the two riders battled tooth and
nail as if it were for the win. On the last lap
Seely launched his Kawasaki over the Twin
Peaks double-jump, passing a very surprised
Hansen and the two drag-raced for the finish
line tabletop.
It was Hansen who got the nod but only by
less than a ha1f-a-wheel's length. Finishing first
through fourth were Davis with both the moto
and the overall wins, VanRipper with second
ahead of Hughes and Brown.
In the 12Scc Pro ranks David Pingree took
advantage of a mid-air collision between Mike
Healey and Donald Upton to take a second moto
win after finishing third behind the pair in mato
one.
Healey was able to continue after the collision, but a badly shaken Upton retired for the
night. Healey hit the afterburners on his Suzuki
but couldn't catch Jason DePatto for the second
place finish that would have given him second
and the overall win.
In the 250cc Pro class, Pingree and Upton
claimed the top two slots with Healey coming in
third. When Upton was a no-show in moto two,
Pingree was almost assured the win but this did
not stop Healey from dominating the moto. The
Tuf Suzuki rider never let up and when he had
pulled a safe distance away from Pingree began
to style for the spectators over the Twin Peaks
double jumps.
Healey took an easy mote two win with
Pingree taking home the overall and the cash.
David Bagwell rounded out the top three positions and then came back to run away with the
30+ Expert class win.
Troy Morgan took the overall win in the
250cc Novice class without winning a single
moto. Kenny Miller, who won the first moto,
could only manage a fourth in moto two and
second moto winner, Marc Burnett, had chalked
up a fifth in moto one.
Resulls
t.,_
P/WS'11< 1lI!G,
Gnn. (Yam);; 2. JdI Mille< (Yom);;
3. Scott Hacldad (Yam);; 4. Ricky Oliver (Y.tm);; S. Mike Munoz
(Yam);.
P /W STK BEC: 1. lCevlIl Foiger.fter (Yam); 2. Tommy
Cockran (Yam); 3.J.R.. WlU1unI (Yam); 4. o.vkl Spei&ht (yam); S.
Travis Miller (Yam).
P/W MOD 8: 1. Daniel Taft (Yam); 2. Tyson TaUdngton
(Suz);3. ......... Renohow(Yam); •. Dov......U (Yam).
SO STK BEG: t. JOIhua Cranl (Yam); 2. lUcky Oliver (Yam),
SOSllC; t. ScoffSOnon (Yam); 2.JR WU\lamJ (Yam~
SO MOD; 1. ).,.....U (Yom); 2. Donie! Taft (Yam); 3. TY"'"
T.1Jdr\gton (Yam); t. Andrew ~w (Yam).
2SO PRO: t. David Pingree (Suz); 2. Mike: Muley !Suz); 3.
Dovld Ilopell (Hon);'. Donald Upton (Yom).
2S+ BEG: t. Tony Cray (Hon); 2. 11m Mansold (Yam); 3.Jrff
CemodI..- (Hon); 5.]"'"" LuolIn (Hon).
SOlI jIl; t. Do"" Bws- (JCTM).
(25--29) BEG: 1. John Washburn (Suz); 2. Du"ne Webskr
(Hon);3. ...... PhllIlpo (Suz).
(25-29) JR: 1. Ken M.JJow (Kaw); 2. 8W Pawas&nlJ (HoI'l); 3.
Milano ~ (Hon); 4. Walter "Stimpr"' Crawford (K-).
(25-29) \NT, I, .... WIIoon (Hon); 2. Johothan Krugh' (lCaw).
(30-34) BEG: 1. 81ab Orgill (Kaw); 2. Jeff Pub (Hon); 3.
[)eiln Nesbitt (lCaw); •. Dan Sdtlouberg (ATK); S. am Justice
(Yam).
(30-34) JR; t. 0._ U'" (Hon); 2. Chrls Jo:ebon (Yam); 3.
DIU« Virgilio (Yam); •. Jell Grovoom (Hon); S. Out Vb"SUlio
(yam),
(30-34) INT, 1. RIck'~ (Yam); 2. Ted Kulda (Yam); 3.
JdI"-m (Yam~
~39) BEG: 1. Cary Fol( (Yam); 2. o.n SNpard (Suz); 3.
Fnnk .......... (Hon);" Jim Pool (Yam);S........ _
(Yan~
(3S-39) jIl; J. DanloI Dov""," (Suz); 2. RIck - . . (Hon~ 3.
Bob SuJUvan (Hon); .. MicNeI Jtisoon (lion); So John. "'Mo.htr""
Toolzy(Hm~
(3S-39) INT, I. Cnolg _ _ (Hon); 2. ...... Failing ~
40+ jIl; 1. llmnD ~ (Hon); 2. Bob KoIlor (Hon); 3.
.... ~(lCaw).
40+ INT, t. o.vId eo. (Hon); 2. llmnD Mlddloton (Hon); 3.
F..ok .......... (Hon); ......... _
(Yam); 5. Fnnk ""'"""'
(Hon).
40+ EX, I. Alan 0 _ (lCaw); 2. Geoff
and had a two minute lead after the first of three
28-mile loops. Oosest competitor Brunning was
hampered by two factors - he was riding a
smaller 250cc Yamaha YZ250, and he tangled'
with Desi Wolfe right off the start and went
down, tweaking his left knee.
"1 tried to stuff him and it didn't work," said
Bruning.
Bruning eventually passed Wolfe by the fivemile point, but couldn't make a dent in Abbott's
lead.
Destry had the course wired, turning in two
identical lap speeds of S2.9 mph. Bruning was
nine minutEs back after the 84 miles were c0mpleted.
Wolfe completed his first race since breaking
a leg at the '92 Parker 400 and was satisfied with
third place.
Bryan Dobmeier, riding a Honda CRSOO, was
the first Amateur rider to take the checkered
flag, and Gwin Vaughn, on a Honda CR25O, was
the next.
"I could run up on him (Dobmeier) in the
twisty stuff," said Gwin. "But that sao of his
would move away on those straight roads."
Vaughn and Wolfe's fastest laps were the
final one, as they were separated at the Bag by
only 13 seconds.
Matt Murphy demonstrated why he is rapidly becoming the new hot shoe, as the l~year-old
rider placed his Honda CR12S firmly into 10th
overall, averaging over 41 mph on the sandy
and whooped-out course.
Results
0/A:. 1. Desby Abbott (XTM); 2. Bryut Bruning (Yam); 3.
Bryan Bruning (Yam); 3. Desl Wolfe (Hon); ., Cwin Vaughn
(Y-); s. Bryan Dot>m<;e, (Hon).
OPEN I!X; t. """'" A _ (JCTM).
28+ EX: 1. Gwin Vaaghn (Hon).
OPEN AM: 1. Bryan Dobmeier (Hen).
SR AM: 1. Tim Hoban (Kaw).
200 AM' t. Ma" Mutphy (Hm~
OPEN NOV, t ..... M.utinez (Hon).
200 NOV: 1. Rk:hard Ramoe (lion).
2SO BEG, J. Will......- (Hon).
DINO VJNT, t. Ma. Longabough (KJMJ.
Smith soars to Stockton Rough
Scrambles win
By Deb George
S1'OCKTON, CA. APR. 18
Jassen Smith dominated the 125cc C main in
the first round of the AMA Northern California
Championship Rough Scrambles Series at
Stockton Fairgrounds.
Smith smoked off the line and out of the first
tum with Gavin Haley and Albert Coble in close
pursuit. But Smith was untouchable, as he
stretched out his lead with every lap and eventually scored an unchallenged victory. The real
battle was for second, with Coble passing Haley
on the second lap. The two riders ran wheel to
wheel for the next five laps, then Haley made
his move on the white flag lap, passed Coble
and went on to take the runner-up honors.
After the race, winner Smith said, "The corners really flow and it (the track) is definitely
fast - that's my kind of track!"
Glen Beckerdite came out of retirement and
did not pay much respect to last year's 200cc C
class Champion Bill Stamos. Beckerdite rode a
close second place to Stamos in the heat race,
but pulled a nice lead on him in the main. It just
wasn't Stamos' day when, on the third lap of the
eight-lap feature, Stamos went down and Tonny
CaIIizo took advantage of the situation by grabbing second. Callizo rode his Honda XR200 to its
limit and Stamos couldn't get close enough to
steal second place back.
Meanwhile, Beckerdite cruised to victory,
with Callizo and Stamos finishing second and
third, respectively.
Resulls
P /W: l. Cluiatopher Gu~jardo (Yam); 2. Randy Lawlor
(Y-); 3. Mo. Gomer. J,. (yam);" TyIo< KolloW< (Yam); S. Erik
_(Yom~
lID; I. SN
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