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2SO B: 1. Brian Penny (KTM) ; 2. David Cla son (Hon); 3. Bill
Teldema n (Suz ).
OPEN B: 1. Kei th RhoD (Ho n); 2. Eric Esswein (KTM ); 3.
Terry McDow ell (Hon ).
SR B: 1. Roger Dowden (KTM); 2. Steve Wh ite (XTM); 3. Jim
Mauckes (K.1W).
WMN : 1. Diane Kowa rdy (Y~m).
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Cal Rayborn wo n the Formula Pacific class at Sears Point Internatio n al Raceway.
125 PRO: I. Tommy Collier (Suz); 2. Jame s Rickel (H on); 3.
[ason Stewart (Hon); 4. }a M>n Ra n kin (Yam) ; 5. Manul Amold
(Kawl·
2.'lO PRO: 1. Jl.'TOmy Buehl (Yam ); 2. Tommy Co llier (Suz) ; 3.
Mike Blair (Yam); 4. Mike Morgan (Yam); 5. Stev ie Crowe (Suz ).
Montano,Rayborn win season
finale Sears Point Road Race
By Patrick E. Dickinson
SONOMA, CA,ocr. 10
In the fas tes t, closest race o f the day, Ca l
Rayborn, Dave DeVeau and Geep Terranova put
on a sho w in the Fromula Pacific class at the seaso n-endi ng roa d race at Sears Po int Intern ational
Race way, and w hen all wa s sa id a nd done,
Raybo rn came out on top .
After the first-lap crash of Mark McDaniels
in tu m two, the restart was one to wa tch. From
the flag, Raybo rn, DeVea u and Terran ova flew
their screaming bikes through the first, second
and third turn s. Out of tum six, the Cyde Gearbacked Kawasaki ZX7R of Rayborn was pulling
a big lead on DeVeau. DeVeau passed Rayborn
out of four wi th Terran ova pressing the two riders. Throu gh tum seven, all three were togethe r,
and in turn ten DeVea u went und er Rayb orn.
Terrannova a lso go t by before Rayb orn could
close the open ing as Deveau tried to ge t away.
On the last lap, Deveau 's tires started to give
under his 1:47 time s as he slid in tum six, and
a lmost lost it in seve n. Rayb orn close d the gap
through seve n to less than a len gth with
Terran ova right behind him . Rayborn outbraked
Deveau, and the two raced side by side out of
eleven an d thro ug h th e ch ican e. Raybor n won
th e dra g ra ce to t he fini sh b y i nc hes ove r
DeVeau with Terr an ova in third .
Tom Mon tano, Da ve Francis, Brian Parrio t
a nd Kevin Ho lma n battled for the wi n in th e
600cc Super Street class, From the flag. Montano
se t a blis ter ing p a ce. In to turn se ve n it w as
Montano pres sed har d by Francis, w ho had
passed Parriot for seco nd . For the next two lap s,
Francis had to fight off Parriot in every tum and
straightaway. Out of the chican e, Parriot set up
and passed Fran cis to deal with the cha rgi ng
Holman. Par riot stalked Mont ano, looking for
an opening, but Mon tano would not be de nied .
The checkered flag fell with Montano, Parri o t
and Franci s finishing 1-2-3.
Results
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250 PROD : 1. Fran cis Mazur (Kaw); 2. Ed wa rd Ernst (Hon); 3.
Kev in Smith (Xaw) ; 4. Ga briel S7..alay (Kaw); 5. Antonio N unez
(Kaw).
VINT : 1. Jim Ne ue nbu rg (Bul) ; 2. Cha rles Sex ton (But ); 3.
Tommy Meye rs (Bul); 4. John Fou ntain (BMW).
F-4: I. Rodn ey Fee (Hon) ; 2. Arn old Van Kempen (Hon ); 3.
Mike Mondo II (Hon); 4. Rand y Speig el (Hon) ; 5. Andre Ca!tanos
(Hon ).
F-S: I. Dav id Vogel (Hon ); 2. Bill Giltner (Ya m); 3. Dan Coo k
(Ya m); 4. Joe Pcthoud (Hoo );5. Jason Weir (Yam) .
F-T O PEN : I. Tom Aq uino (Due); 2. Kurt Sage r (Due); 3.
James Coda (Duc); 4. Paul Orlandi (Duc); 5. Tom Terry (Due).
OPEN S/STR: I. Roque Torres (Hon) ; 2. Mike Nis!lCfl (Hon) ;
3. Marcos Mona !lerio, (S uz ); 4. Jeff McCabe (Suz ); 5. G re g
Leopold (Yam).
650 TW : I. Da vid J. Colbert (Hon); 2. Brad Nevi ns (Hon); 3.
Jol!lOn Peterson (Hon ); 4. Ken Baer (}(aw); 5. William Brinckerh off
(Hon).
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600 S /STR.: I. Thomas Mont ano (Hon) ; 2. BrLln Pam ot (Hon):
3. David I. Franm (Hon); 4. Kevin Holman (Hon); 5. Todd Hoeft
(ya m) .
750 S /STR: 1. N ick Felli (Kaw); 2. Tim B1allquez (Su z); 3.
Ant hony Lupo (Su z) ; 4. Pe ter Dey ! (Suz); 5. Oaren Ct'! M ulock
(Kaw);
OPEN G P; 1. Mich ad Em est (Suz); 2. DalTt"lI Oingerman
(Ya m); 3. Marc O!! Monasterios (Suz): 4. Dan te 0' Ambruoso (Yam);
5. Joe Zeimann (Yam) .
F-2; I. Peter Wen sloff (y a m ); 2. Geep Tel'Tanova (Yam); 3.
Jason Paden (Yam ); 4. Christop her Waller (Yam); 5. Bo
bby Keith
(Yam ).
250 S/STR: I. Ga ry Jervi s (Ho n ); 2. Strven Rapp (Hon); 3.
Scott Elled ge (Yam); 4. Joel Bloom (Suz); 5. Ken Co hen (Yam);
450 PROD : [. Gu y Cejestre (Yam); 2. Rosslyn Wells (Yam); 3.
Paul Kellogg (Yam); 4. Mikc Sm ith (Yam); 5. C Kim Jeste r (Yam) .
Veau(Suz ); 3.
F-PAQ I. Calvin Rayborn 1I (Ka w); 2. Dave IJre
Geep Te rra nov a (Ya m); 4. Pet er W in !l off (Yam) ; 5. N ick Fe lli
(Xaw ).
450 S/STR: I. Todd Hoe ft (y am); 2. Robert Nunez (Yam); 3.
Jaime Lynn (ya m): 4. Mike Smith (y a m); 5. Greg Sanders (Yam);
F-40: l Denny Doherty (H on); 2. Mark In galls (Ya m): 3. Greg
Leopo ld (Yam); 4. Paul Or land i (Due ); 5. David Vogel (Suz ).
F·1 ; I. Nid Felli (Xaw ): 2. Gregory Prinsze (yam); 3. Michael
Riley (Hon ).
750 PROD: l: James Rand olph (Suz ); 2. Dave Devo ne (Suz): 3.
Tim Blasq uez (Suz); 4. An thony Lupo (Suz): 5. Peter Deyee (Suz).
OPEN PROD : I. David Sta nton (Suz); 2. Thoma ! Monta no
(Han); 3. Mike Nissen (H on) ; 4. Jeff S. McCabe (Suz) ; 5. Greg
Leopold (Yam).
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600 PROD: I. Tod d Hoeft (Hon) ; 2. Thoma! Monta no (Hon );
3. David I. Fra ncis (Hon) ; 4. David Stanton (Suz); 5. Kevin Holm.ln
(Hon ).
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Kadlec cruises to Sand
Hills Hare Scrambles win
By Roger Dowden
WALDEN, CO ocr.10
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Veteran off-road warri or Fritz Kadl ec re turned
to the site of his only National Hare Scrambles
victor y to sco re an upse t win in th e Sec ond
- Annu al Sand Hills Charity Hare Scra mbles at
Sand Hills State Park.
Ha d od ds -ma ke rs been in atten dance, th e
smart money would have been on young hotshoes Jim Gray or Donnie Book, not on Kad lec,
who retired from racing th ree years ago . The
cra ck of the starter's p istol found the Yamahamou n ted tri o of Book , Wayne Int ermill and
Gray lead ing th e pa ck across the sand dunes.
Gray moved to the point as the lead ers entered
the first tree section, but he crashed on logs hidden ben eath fresh snow, tu rning the lead over to
Book, wh o also crashed on th e sn ow cove red
booby traps . In fact , the first lap tu rned into
quite a melee for the A riders, with eight d iffere n t rid e rs tak ing a tu rn in th e lea d am ids t a
grea t deal of involun tary gymnastics.
Kadl ec was in eig h th, five minutes beh ind
Gray, and was acquainting himself with the KX
he had bor rowe d for the event. A strong cha rge
by Donn ie Book placed him at the front of the
pack by the end of the second lap. He was followed by Eme rson. Gray, Bila, In termill and
Kadl ec. At this p o in t, Kad lec pi tted and
excha nged his heav y winter gloves for some
lighter rid ing ones.
"After I changed gloves, the bike felt twen ty
pounds ligh ter , I s tarted flying," Kadlec said .
Durin g the third lap, Kad lec cha rged from sixth
to first p lace_ The youngst ers weren't abo ut to
roll over and admit defeat, though, as Gray and
Book came through the scoring lane right on the
veteran's rear tire. Disast er struck Book, how ever, on the fou rth lap wh en he ran head-on in to a
rider traveling backward on the course. He wa s
forced to retire with an injured wrist. The battle
remained intense be tw een Kad lec an d Gray .
Kadlec maintained a 21l-second lead through the
fou rth and fifth lap . Gray found a bit more
speed on the sixth and final lap but was still ten
seconds behind a t the ch ec ker ed flag . Rick
Emerson put in a consistent ride , finishing thi rd
overa ll.
Resu lts
0 / A: 1. Fritz Kad lec (Kaw).
200 A; 1. Kpvin D.lvis (Hon); 2. Dan Doll1 (X.lw).
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250 A: 1. Jim Gr ay (Ya m); 2. Rick EmcnlQn (Ho n): 3. Brian
Davis (Hon).
OrEN A: 1. Chris Willban ks (Hon); 2. ScottStretch (XTM).
SR A: 1. Mike Bradshaw (KIM); 2. Ja ry r~ny (Hu5); 3. Jack
Walton (XTM).
0 / A B: 1. Ray Simpson (Hon) .
200 It 1. Dan Bowe~ (Kaw); 2. Greg Adam! (}(aw); 3. Ma rtin
Whil e (Y~m) .
ROSAMOND,CA. ocr.16-17
Peter Christ ensen fought off some tough competiti on to ea rn h is se cond Budweiser /Toyo ta /
Dunlop Form ula On e Grand Pr ix race victory
thi s yea r duri ng the 10t h ro und o f Willow
Springs Mo to rcycle Club ac tio n a t Willow
Springs International Race way.
. Chuck Graves was quickes t off the line in the
F-I event and put himself into the early lead followed by Chr istensen and Paul Harren. At the
end of the first lap, Harren draft ed Christensen
down the fron t straigh t and moved a round the
outs ide of him, going th rough tum one to move
into seco nd . A lap later, at the same spo t, Graves
found himself suddenly pu shed back into third
a fte r being pa ssed by bot h Harrell a nd
Chri stensen . The ba ttle for the lead continued as
Ha rre ll, Christ ensen and Graves were di cing
back and forth for the top position.
At the same time , a sign ificant ba ttle was
shaping up for fourth place between Bruce Tebo
and Jim Van Vegten. Going in to th is race, these
two riders were separated by only one po int in
the F-I class cha mpionship stand ings, and this
eve n t was critical for bo th in their pursu it of
winning the title. As the riders started lap four,
Tebo powered a round th e ou ts ide o f Va n
Vegten in tum one, putting himself in fourth.
Mea nwhile, Harrell wa s s till lead ing th e
pa ck, but Christense n was n ' t going to let him
get away. Starti ng the six th lap, Ch rist en sen
dropped into the inside of tu m one and passed
Harrell. For the next six la ps, Christensen pr oceded to slowly open the gap betw een himself
and the rest of the field. In lap eight, the lead ers
encou n te re d la p ped tr affi c, a nd Christ en sen
u se d that to his adva ntage to s tre ngthe n h is
lead. With only tw o laps rema ini ng , Teb o was
suddenly all ove r the tail of Graves, and in the
fast, sweeping tum eigh t, he passed Grave s on
th e outside o f the turn, putti ng h imself into
third. At the same time, Christensen suddenly
found his hold on the lead had slipped away,
and he foun d himself back in second after being
passed by Harrell.
On lap eleven, Christensen put himself back
in the lead, but his hold on that spot was fragile
as both Harre n and Tebo were just behind him
and looking for every opportunity to get by. In
turn eigh t, Tebo took a fin al sho t at p assin g
Harre ll, but came up short. At the finish, it was
Christense n with the win , Harrell in seco nd an d
Tebo rounding ou t the top thr ee.
Results
F-1: 1. Peter Christensen (Suz ); 2. Pau l Harrell (Suz) ; 3. Broce
Tebo (Suz); 4. Ch uek Graves (5uz); 5. N ick Ien atsch (Yam) .
F·2 : 1. Jaso n Paden (Yam); 2. N ick lenatsch (y a m); 3. Kent
Kun ilsugu (Yam); 4. Mike Montoya (Yam) ; 5. Mark McDo nald
(Yol ).
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F-3: 1. Kevin Murray (Ho n); 2. Ch r istopher Rogt'r.l (Ho n); 3.
An dre Castanos (Yam); 4. Lee Parks (Ha n); S. Davy Widjaja (Hon) .
500 55: l . Brian Garbellini (Yam); 2. Daniel Equihua (yam): 3.
Guy Celestre (Yam); 4. Joh n Reard on (Hon) ; 5. Mau rice Moilrascio
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