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125 BEG ; 1. Pa tri ck KallIe lz (Ka w); 2. C h ris K.allfelz (Ka w); 3.
Jeff Holfield (Suz ); 4. Bria n Williams (y am) ; 5. Ron Paprocki. Jr.
i
(Hon).
125 N OV : 1. Ba ird H age ma n (Yd m); 2. Mic h a el Th('s in g
(KdW); 3. Je remy Bellin ger (Hon) ; 4. C hris Barhccn (Hon); 5. John
Gra bow ski (Suz ).
125 AM : 1. M ike Brood y (Suz) ; 2. Jeff L.. ieu (Yam ); 3. Jo hn
m
Sie inb rune r (y.l m); 4. Dav e Kristo tl (K"w) ; S. J~ Wa lsh (Kaw).
O PEN BEG: 1. Jeffe ry Lango (Ha n); 2. Tom Mmtt (Han); 3.
Pa ul Rodgers (Hon ).;4. Kerry Simmons (lVw); 5. Mike IW (Hon) .
rk
OI'EN NOV : I. Tom f.moIl (K.tw) ; 2. Bm Daiky (Kaw); 3. Joe
Smtora (Ho n); 4. D.m H u bba rd (flon); 5. Ga ry McFa rland (Kaw).
OrEN AM : 1. Jeffery Eller (lionl; 2. Mon te Fran k (YilJn); 3.
Jim Cory (Ka w) ; 4. l),wt" Willi ams (Su 1. ; 5. Scot! Flohr (Suz).
)
.V1NT: 1. WllYJll' Barbe r (K.lw); 2. Scott Wild (Yam); 3. Scott
Flohr (Suz) ; 4, 09ca.r DeJac (Kll w) ; 5. Jim Cory (K.iw) .
25. AM: 1. Scott Rhint'h .u t (Kaw ); 2. Da ve Waters (Suz) ; 3.
Cary Walk e r (Hon); 4. Tim Becht (}(aw);5. Mark Porretta (Ha n).
25+ J::)(; 1. Joe Ellingt on (V., m); 2. Marty Merz (Kaw ); 3. Curt
Holzer (Suz).
SR C: 1. Jo hn Bebois (y a m); 2. Sam Ma rtin (Hnn); 3. Mike
lk"Ck(Hun); 4. Alan Ad em ow jch (Yam ); 5. Davi d Ho we ll (Yam) .
SR B: 1. Sco tt Wil d (Yam ); 2. Lenny Margin sk y (Yam ); 3.
Ho war d B"ker (Kol ) ; 4. Bob Sa wd ey (yam ); 5. Da ve C arme n
w
(y"m).
SR A:. I. GarySemics (I fan ); 2. M.arty Mef'Z(Kaw) .
125 EX: 1. Billy Sllva role (Kaw); 2. Den Dressne r (Suz) ; '3.
Just in Berg (Kaw); 4. Trey Owens (Ya m); 5. Martin McDo nald
(5uz).
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250 EX: 1. Billy Silv olrole (Ka w) ; 2. Mike Harden (Kaw); 3.
Bart Luca s (Hon); 4. Cary Semics (Hon); 5. Trey Owens (Yam) .
Maurer mauls BearCreek
Speedway
By Kevin George
S.CANTON,OH jUtY 24
,
Mar k Mau rer scraped off the last of h is win tertime rus t a nd put together a beautiful, under
p re
ssure, Handi cap win a nd came away with a
runner-up to Scotty Brown in the Scratch main.
Despite a solid seco nd place in the Scratch
ma in, Maurer star ted the Ha ndicap from the 40
yard line . Canada's Pa ul Gradwell came off the
60 ya rd line and by lap thr ee it was Maur er and
Gradwell up fro nt. Brown s ta rte d from turn
three and was up to third a t the halfw ay mark
wh en he was sid elined wit h a flat tire.
G ra d well (Cas t ro l Cana da / Med ina
Fu el /Robinso n Motor cycl e / Bieffe Helme ts /
Bill's Workshop) was p u tting on the p ressu re
a nd hop ing for a Maurer mista ke. Gradwell was
tu c kin g und er Mau r er in eve ry co rn er bu t
Ma ur er kept his line and held on for the w in.
Kevin Smith was two bikes back in third .
It was Brown all th~ wa y in Scra tch action, as
he had two hea t wins a nd led from ga te to
check er in the Scrat ch main. Ma u re r fin ished
second to Brown in each of those even ts. Kevin
Smith outd ueled Gradwell for third .
New racers to the Bear C ree k s hort trac k
took the top two posi tions in the flat track portio n of th e s ho w . Jamie In ch o u t ra n Lenny
Umpelb y. Umpelby wa s ma kin g a return to
sh ort trac k racin g afte r bein g s id elin ed w ith
inju ries for 2 years.
Res ults
Y1li : I. st ep hen Hayes (ya m).
FI T : 1. Jam ie Inch (Han); 2. l..enny Umpe lby (Ha n).
HANDICAP : 1. Mull. Mau l"CT (J" w); 2. Pa ul C rad we ll O.aw );
3. Kevin Smith O.-.w).
·
'
SCRATCH : 1. Scotty Brown Oaw ); 2. Mar k Mau rer O.-.w); 3.
Kevin Smith OdW).
McBride marches on at .
Champion Speedway
By Larry McBride
OWEGO,NY, AUG.I
Five is now Lenny McBride's mag ic number as
McBride scored his fourth Scratch main even t in
a row at Champion Speed way.
Dra wing the p oJe posi tion, McBride wa s
cha llenged for the lead by John Lewis who gated
from the outs ide. Both ' rid ers o u trace d foe I
Monell an d Mike Jones to tu m one . Lew is took
the outs ide coming ou t of tum two with the East
Sid e Ta v ern /Sam the Beer Ma n- s p o nso re d
McBride on the inside. The two riders raced side
b y si de down the back s tra ig h t w it h Le wi s
switch ing to the inside on lap thr ee, but find ing
no more traction and losing gro un d to McBride.
McBride gained about a two bike-length lead
over Lewis that he held to the checkered flag.
In the Handicap main event McBrid e an d
Lewis came off the SO yard line an d a fter on ly
one circu it we re closing in on the front yard liners w hile Rick Secoolis h main tain ed the lead .
Entering tum one, however, McBride got ca ugh t
in heavy tra ffic and was forced to the outs ide in
sixth place. Kelvin Harra la a nd Jones were closing in on the leader Secoolish. McBride rapidly
gai ne d gro un d an d went to the in si d e of the
field to clai m seco nd place con ing out of tum
fou r. En te ring lap five McBri d e too k the lead
from Secoolish and one I. p ." .er scored his seco nd win of th e e ven ing ahead of Sec oolish ,
Lewis and Ha rra la.
Resu lts
SCRATOi: 1. Lenn ' McBrid e; 2. John If'wis; 3. Joe l Mone ll.
HOCI'; 1. Lenny t.k Brid e; 2.1ohn Lewis; 3. Kelvin H.rrala; 4.
Rick SecooUsh; 5. Mike Jones.
0- 2: I. RickSecoolish,; 2. Merle Craven; 3. Hiram Sch.al .
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Pfetzing perfect at
Auburn Speedway
ByGen Moore
AUBURN,CA,AUG.7
Robert Pfetzing ga ve speed way fans a d em onstra tion of his excellen t rid ing abilit ies by pos ting a pe rfect sco re at Aub urn Spee d way in the
first of three U.S. National qua lifier rounds. The
track was p repa red to p erfection for the first
qu alifier of the 1993 season. Twen ty-four riders
ba ttled for po ints to earn the righ t to par ticipa te
in the U.S. National Cha mp ionship in October.
I By the end of the seco nd ro und it was ev ident that the crowd was in for a n ight of very
exciting racing. At this point in the competition
Robert Pfet zirig, Scott Brant, Charlie Venega s
and Bart Bast were the only rider s to win all of
thei r events. In round three Brant was bested by
Pfe tz i ng w hile Bast was second to Chris
Manchester, leav ing only Venegas a nd Pfetzing
w it h p erfect s co res as th ey ad va nced to the
semis .
The scoring sys tem allows only the winner
of each of the four semi events to advance to the
main even t. A real up set took place when Chris
Manchester, the current National Cha mp ion,
was leading his se mi-eve nt, It loo ked as if he
would wi n eas ily but on lap th ree he crashe d;
th is acci den t w as ver y cos tly as it puts more
pressure ort him to do well in the rem a ining
qualifiers.
The four high po int men of the evening lined
up for the main eve n t. Venegas and Pfetzing,
still havi ng perfect sco res wer e in gates one and
tw o, and Bran t and Faria sta rted in posi tion s
three and fOUT. Venegas came out of the comer
first and led dow n the back straigh t. In the second comer Pfetzing passed Venegas for the lead '
leavi ng Faria in th ird . Venegas pus hed hard to
ret a ke th e lead with Faria tuck ing h is fr o n t
whe el und ern eath fighting to take second place.
On the third lap , Faria was able to pass Venegas
for second . The race finished with Pfetzing taking the checke red flag first to remain perfect for
the n ight. Fa ria and Venegas finished seco nd
and th ird , respecti vel y wh ile Brant came in
four th.
"Winn ing the race tonigh t rea lly takes off the
pressure," said Pfetzing . "N ow I know I'll make
the Na tionals, so 1 can relax an d jus t go for more
points."
Far ia was heard to say, "I hav e plans to take
back my num ber one." Faria lost to Manchester
in last year 's Nationals.
Results
rol1'1TSTA N DINGS: 1. Rob Pfe lzing (21 p is); 2. Mikr- F. ria
(19); 3. Ch a rli(o Vt'n cgas (19); 01. Scott 8 roJl\t(17); 5. Bart Bast (14); 6.
Ala n Chri..ti.an (13); 7. BI.ad OxWy (10); 8. Ch ris ~'l'lt"hnIM" (9 ); 9.
y
Steve Lucero (9); 10. Bobb Hedden (6); 11. Andy Northrup (6); 12.
Ga.ryH icb (6).
Team Dreaded takes1-44 RR
By Mary Hewitt
Photo by Stan Edg ar
EAST Sf. LOUIS, IL.]ULY311AUG. 1
Team Dreaded, after their last minute en try pu t
the m dea d last on a grid of 25, won the four th
leg of th e "1-44 Challeng e Series " two-h o u r
endu ra nce race a t Ga teway Interna tio n a l
Racewa y.
Dr e ad ed ' s Dean Hayes mo v ed s te d ily
th rou gh th e pa ck on a Cycleh au s-sp onsored
s
Honda 600 And took the lead within 18 minute
wh ich the team ma inta ine d to the chec ke red
flag. Team Excel's Michae l Dye got the holeshot
on a Yamaha 1000 sponsored by K&N, followed
by St. Loui s favorites Pr ob st Brot he rs Racin g
who develop ed fue l tr ouble ea rly wi th the ir
Su zuki-1100 and wer e forced to lea ve the race
alter only se ven laps. Matthew Winnacher, who
rod e the second half of the race for team dre aded had ne ver ridden the Honda F2 bef ore the
race, gave Hayes credit for the win saying that
.by the time he got on the bike the hard work
was already done.
Sec ond p lace wa s a ri d e r sw a p, in more
ways than one , between K&N Racing 's Sam and
Phil Mc Dona ld on a Yama h a 600 and Team
Excel. Series favorites K&N foug ht a close battl e
w ith Te am Excel. finishing second . Sa m
McDonald , who rode the first hour for K&N, did
doub le d ut y by ridin g 40 minutes in the second
ha lf of th > race for a p revi ou sly injured Excel
rider. Excel finished third overall and first in the
H ea vy w ight class wit h C&C Racing 's C het
Meyer a nd Ch ad Bynum, rid ing a Ho nda F2
close on their tail
The fir st e vent of th e d a y was th e
Hea vyw eight SO miter' which was owned from
the start by pro race r Tra y Brady. Brad y sailed
th rou gh th e corn ers and stra ig h ts b ui ldi ng a
sub st antial lead on a Kawasaki 750 sponso red
by Dunlop Tires a nd Am eri cas Motors p orts ,
impeded on ly by the racers he lapped . And rew
Perkins on a Honda 250, Matth ew Mach eca and
Rob ert Pfetzing (left) w en t undefe ated in the firs t U.s. National q ualifier at Aub urn.
Matthew Winnacher (11) leads the field at Gateway Int ernational Raceway.
Chris Lum pkin bo th riding Suzu ki 7S0s di ced
fo r second for five la p s u ntil Perkin s p.ulled
ahead a nd closed the ga p with Brady to seven
seco n ds. Ma ch eca ' s t hi rd p la ce fi n ish w as
accomp lished on three spa rk plu gs after having
broken one during mo rn ing p ractice.
Chad Bynum, on a Honda F2, had little trou b le do m ina ti ng a fie ld o f 23 in t he
Mediumweight SOmiler.
Resu lts
M /W: 1. TI""m Dreaded ( H <1n ); 2. K&r. N Raci ng (Ya m); 3.
110% RaciJig (l Ion); 4. Double D Racin g (1-lon ); 5. Ran Pack Racin g
(Hon ).
H /W: 1. Tea m EIlCt"1 (Yam) ; 2. C&C Ractng (Ho n); 3 . TI"
.-.m
~ X (51.170); t . Mcta l Head (Su7o); 5. Ga tew oly PerfOI'fl\al1Ce Plus
(K.aw ).
H /W 5O-MI LE ENDUR ; 1. Tra y Batey (Ka w); ) , And rew
PerkiM (Hon); 3. Matllww M.achrc. (Suz); 4. Ch ris Lumpld n (Suz);
5. Da n Zimmerly (Suz ).
M /W 50-M ILE ENDU R: 1. C had Byn u m (Han ); 2. Larry
Den ning (Hon ); 3. G n.og BaIT (Ho n); 4. Willia m Sweeney (Ya m); 5.
Shere Cark (Hon) .
Butlerdid it at Lawrenceburg ST
By John Spurrier
LAWRENaBURG, lN, jUtY30
Mike Butler got the hol eshot in the Pro- Am featur e and never looked back as he mot ored to an
easy victo ry. Behind Butler, Joe Seyfferle, Gary
Stogsd ill, Ron Gard ner, and Curt Snellin g main tained their pos itions to the finish .
Tommy Hen sler holeshot his opposition in
the 250cc feature a nd led from s tar t to finish.
Gary Stogsd ill tangl ed wit h ano ther rider in turn
two a t the start and was almost high-sided. He
sa ved it a nd managed to regain the two positions he lost by lap seven . At the finish it wa s
Hensler, Brad Hollander, Stogsd ill, Phillip Wolf,
and Harry Cyrus.
Bob Brown took the ea rly lead in the Open A
feature only to be passed by Tommy Hensler on
lap fo u r. He n sle r led the nex t six laps to the
chec kered flag followe d by Brown, Sam Lowe,
Ben Bellman, and Joe Bastin.
Travis Burne tt went wire to wire to win the
125cc fea tu re over Kevin Hiler , Nic k Hummel,
Phillip Wolf, and Damon Stapleton. David Wolf
charged to an early lead in the 125cc fea ture bu t
was passed by Nick Hummel on the th ird lap .
Trav is Burnett then passed Wolf to claim the
second positio n. Dust y Hunt held th e fourth
spot un til he fell off in tum four of the nin th lap.
H u n t wa s u ninju red. At th e fi n ish it w as
Hu mmel, Burnett, Wolf, and Zach Palmer.
Resu lts
I'RD-AM: 1. Mik e Butl er (Hon); 2 . JO£' SeyHer k (Rb:); 3. Ga ry
Stog.o;dill(H a n ); 4. Ron Gard rwr (Rb ); 5. C u rt Snrlling (Rhl.
250: 1. Tomm y Hensler (Ho n); 2. Bud 1I0Iland('r (Ho n); 3.
Gary Slog.-;dill