in Molion-sponsored CBR900RR Honda, was all
over Girard and made his move on lap four.
Gibson and Gi ra rd then pulled away, leaving
Harrington and Lamb to battle for third.
On lap six. the leaders got into heavy traffic
in tu m four and Gibso n got held up, letting
Girard past for the lead . Girard held on for the
next nine la ps, while Gibson was relentless in
pursuing him. Lamb was also giving Harrington
a good race for third before crashing in tum six.
Gibson passed Girard "On the next lap when
the two riders approached Ha rrington ' s crash
site. Girard claimed he backed off at the yellow
flag but Gibson stayed on it and went by for the
lead . Gibson went on to win the race, whil e CCS
officials discussed the pass wi th safety workers
at the scene. When the riders came in the pits,
the discussion continued. After weighing all evidence, the pass was deemed proper and Gibson
was given the victo ry. Girard took a d ose second with Ha rrin gton in th ird .
Gib son wen t on to wi n fou r more even ts
including the $1.000 Unlimited GP race.
Results
(Above) Greg Gibson (5) was the heavy hitter In the Unlimited GP class at the Blackhawk
Farms RR. (Below) Mike Faria (right) leads Gary Hicks (center) and Josh Larsen (left) Into
tum one en roUte to hIs first Scratch main event win this season at Costa Mesa Speedway.
U/L GP: 1. Grrgory Gibeon (Hon); 2. Brad Dunkel (Yam); 3.
Mib Murph y (Hon); 4. Todd H~ nington (Hon); 5. Tom Gl.rard
(H on).
U/l $; 1. Cn.-gory GibBon (Hon ); 2. J.uon Broolr.sh.aw (Hon);
3. Bradky bjN: (Hon); 4. Glen n C urtiss (lGIw); S. Derek Struye
(Honl.
H/ W S/ BK EX: t. Brad Dun kel (YoUn); 2. Tom Gira rd (Hon);
3. Gregory Gibson (Hon); 4. And~ T" h (lion); 5. Dane Whaley
(Yam).
H/W S!BK AM: 1. J
ohn~ (Yam); 2. Stt'VC' Minot (Suz); 3.
Tom Oyreson (Suz); 4. Timo thy Molt (Kaw); 5. Kevin Vand e
:l.ande (Suz ).
H!W 55 EX: 1. Shawn Conrad (Hon); 2. Brad Dunkel (Yam);
3. c..py Ciboon (Hoo~'. CIenn C""'" (,,"w), s. o.n. WhaIcy
(Yom).
H/W 55 AM: 1. ScDct twrb.t (Han); 1. Se.anCoIf (licw1.); 3. Jrif
Padifnon (Han); 4. Omnia IMIuhr (Hon); 5. Trmothy Matt (K.Iw ).
M/W CP EX: 1. Shawn <:onr.d (Hon); 2. Tom Girard (lion);
3. Brian Okubo (Yam); 4. ClennCum.(Hon);5.Gordm l.unc:k Jr.
(Hon~
MIW CP AM; 1. John ReeK' (Yam ); 2. StrYen Wade (Yam ); 1
S-n Gof f (Hon); 4. Dmnls Drbuhr (H on ); S. Scot ty Di~ri ch
e -).
Mo/WSIBK EX; 1. G~ory GIb50n (lion); 1. Tom Girard
e -t 3. Todd
e -t .. Dono WhaIcy (Yamt S. Bri.m
Conley (Hoo~
tumn_
M/W S/BK
AM;
1. Josrph AUm SkrockJ (Hon) ; 2. Scott
Hftb.I (HOfl); 3. RobSobottu (Hon); 4. John Rft'lW (Y.am); S. Sr.an
Coff(Hoo~
M /W 55 EX: 1. G~ GibIIon (Hon),; 2. Jaon Broobhaw
(Hon); 3. Miu Murphy (Hon) ; 4. Bradky ZAjic (Hon) ; s. Todd
H.urington (Hon).
MfW 55 AM 1. )eff ............ (Hoot 2. s.... CoIf (Hoo); 3.
Scott Herbst (H on) ; 4. Rob Sobottb (H on); 5. Dennis [)oebuhr
(Han).
L!W GP EX: 1. Brian Ok ubo (Yam); 2. j(off Va. (Rtx); 3. Stew
(Yam); 4. o..Ne1 SLttteTy (Y am);S . J-;Jn Wmdt-l (Y.m~
L /W CP AM : 1. G~ Fc»teT (Hon); 2. Bri.m Md .... ughlin
(Y;un); 3. Tunothy I...eter (Yam); c. Eugrne Ckhon (Yam ); 5. Troy
~
2SONO V: 1. O ud. ~ (Han); 2. Rock Robling (Yam ); 3y
J
..... AItt (Suz).
DC RK OPEN: 1. Justin McMW'rich (Hon); 2. Jrremy Glrolr
(Yam); 3. CaN')' Kent Jr. (Han); 4.. Bryan Bartlett (SuL); 5. Brilon
Highsmith (Y. m~
OPEN BEC: 1. John Brave!' (Hon);2. Todd Scoggin(Hon ).
SR NOV: 1. Sb..-w Garrison (lion); 2. Rocky Robling (Y.am) 3;
Sl-r Mi"", (Yam); '. RogerGridley (Hoo); 5·1_ ....... (Hon).
SR INT: 1. Jcff Piuecki (Suz).
4-STRK: 1. Don Zipf (Hbg); 2. Luis'Muza (H an ); 3. TIm
Hcathcox (Honl.
80 TRPH Yl$ ROR.:1. Rand y Alt (Yam ); 2. James Campbell
(Hon); 3. John King (Yill m); 4. J
ohn Doty (Han); 5. Sun Hooston
(K.Iw).
8C BK TRPHY1SS RDR: 1. Will Defer (Suz:); 2. Craig MeBn y
(Hon ); 3. Stn'm RingenbAch (ya m); 4. Gordon Roener (Hon); S.
Jdf Walker (Suz ).
Faria fast at Costa Mesa Spdwy
By M. Sober
Photo by Jim Thorn
COSTA MESA. CA. APR. 29
After five weeks of coming up empty, two-time
US. National Speedway Champion Mike Faria
finally got a little luck and used his advantage to
capture top honors in the Scratch main event at
Costa Mesa Speedway.
Faria's short win draught was nothing compared to that of former British National League
returnee Doug Nicol, who wo n the Handicap
main. When questioned after the event, Nicol
claimed he could not recall his last Main event
win at Costa Mesa , but he was certain it must
have happened ·way bade.·
For the first time since the opening night of
the season. there would be no riders lined up
across the SO-yard line in the eigh t-man Handicap main event. Ten yards closer to the start/ finish line on the 40 were veterans Robert Pfetzing.
Shawn McConn ell and Brad Oxley . The 3O-yard
line was filled to the maximum with Jim Estes,
Eddie Cas tro , Gary Ackroyd and N icol. Steve
Furman roun ded out the field, alone on the 20yar d line.
The field was immediately red uced to seven
riders when Oxley suffered mechanical prob1ems and had to sit on the infield. As the ga te
went up , Nicol took off towa rd the inside of tum
one, aniving there simultaniously with Furman,
who gave way and settled into second place.
Castro had other ideas for second place. taking it
away for good with a wild move in tum three.
From there on out. Nicol tried to hold on for all
eight laps, with Castro tryin g to catch him. Nicol
managed to take the win, and Castro ma intained
seco n d just ahead of a charg in g McCo n n ell .
Estes was credited with fourth, and fifth wen t to
. Ackroyd.
. Faria put his pole starting position to good
use in the Scratch main event, outgating the field
on hi s new Jerry's Sports Bar / Sh oe i /
Oilzall/Srott/Bill's Pipes /Zack's Disposal Service-backed Jawa. After Bobby Schw artz wa s
moved back to the 1o-yard line for touching the
taP"!!, there was little doubt as to the out come of
the race when the group of vete rans left the line
and negotiated the first se t of tu rns. PfelZing
gated second with Gary Hicks right on his tail,
while Josh Larsen ran out of room and went
wid e, falling to the back of the pack. Schwartz
moved in front of Larsen on the final lap, but
was repassed by Larsen halfway to the checkered flag. Faria won. with Pfetzing second and
Hicks third.
Results
SCRATCH.: 1. ~ Fan.. « a wl; 2. Robftt Pfrtzins (Wes ); 3.
Cary Hicb (Wes ); 4. Jo&h Lar.om(Wes ); 5. Bobby Schwartz CWn.).
HOCP: 1. Doug N" ml (Gdn); 2. EddWCastro (Wes ); 3. Shawn
a
MttH _ e-~
3. Tom Dyreson (Su.z);
e-~
SOLO cru EX: 1. Mike Murph y (Hon); 2. Tom C irard (Hon);
3. c..py Ciboon (Hont . . ....~ Connod (Hoo) ; S. DonoWhaIcy
(Y=~
Gibson grabs Blackhawk RR
SOLO GTU AM: 1. Dmn u Orbuhr (Hon); 2. Scott Herbs t
John B. ~ (Y.lm); 5. JOflt"Ph
Allen Skn>dd (Hoo).
(lion) 3. Rob SobottU C
Hon); 4.
By Gordon Lunde Sr.
ROCKlON,IL.APR. 17
Greg Gibson took home top honors in the Solo
GTO Expert class at Blackhawk Farms Raceway
during the Cha mpionship Cup Series road race
competition.
Gibson, who had a rep uta tion last year as
being fast only at his home track (Grattan Raceway), blew that theory away.
To mmy Gi rard go t th e jump on the Sol o
GlD Expert field and led Gibson, Todd Harrington. Pat Lamb and Glenn Cu rtiss th rough tum
one . Girard. the number one plat e-holder in the
reg ion , led through lap three. Gibson, on th e
Sh a w m u t Hills Honda /Dunlop lJeff Vo s /
McNaughton Motorsports/W.MS.B.C./ Apparel
Zulian badced up his first-moto third with a second place in mo to two to earn the overall runne r-up sp ot. Mike Bruckner' s 6-3 mot os were
good for third.
Th e Min i Novice class had 62 riders that
were pared down to 40 for the main. From out
of the mass, Zulian, Eric Sjos trom , Sean Goldman, Shane Magram and Ryan Cook emerged in
fronL The race belo nged to Zu lian, while Goldman ba ttled with Magram and Cook, finishing
a hea d of Cook bu t unable to put the pass on
third ove rall Sjostro m. Magram's charge netted
him second overall
Sh awn Morga n of Vicke ry Kawa saki and
Team Green took home Open Pro and 2SOa: Pro
wins. Breaking Morgan 's strin g of wins, Andy
Atkins took the l25cc Pro wi n, while Morgan
finished second and Kip Sand ell wa s third.
Results
P/ W NOV: 1. Oifton Stroud (lC.aw); 2. J~~y O"Con~JI
(K.I w); 3. Cabrid BenauKk-z (Ka w); 4. Mdtthew G ~ (IC.lw).
MIN! NOV ; I. Q\ad Zul ian (Xaw ); 2. Shane M.togram (1C.lw);
3. Eric 5;omom (I(.aW )i 4. 5Nn Co!dm.ln (IUw).
80 8: 1. Andrew Short (X.aw); 2. Ow! ZuliAn (K.lw); 3. Mike
8rueckner (IC.lw); 4. J
l"SIIIe Erringft' (K.l w) .
Scott ~ (Kaw) ; 2. Tr.lvis Riley (K.l w); 3. Billy Dot-
80 A:
son (Suz ).
60 8: 1. Andn.-w Short (K.l w) ; 2. Ad.1m Burris (K.I w); 3. Bn ndon Hightower (K.l w ); 4. Cody J
l'f\lIC['l (Kaw) .
125 NOV : 1. Dan H end erson (H an ); 2. Do ug Broo kman
(Ka w); 3. Mike Goodman (K.Iw); 4. Jon Wright (Suz ).
250 NOV: 1. Scott Bright (Hon ); 2. Rand y B.iker CH ; 3.
on)
Robm Sa_ (y.lm); 4. Mike P.lg.Jno(Y.l ).
m
OrEN NOV : 1. Ed HaYWOr1h (Hon); 2. Jim Knol( (Hon); 3.
Tun ~ ng (K.aw ); 4. Scott Bright (Hon).
VET NOV: 1. Nick.5uK'O(Han); 2. Jim CLawson (y.lm); 3. Jim
Forington (Hon); 4. StrwSNver (y.lm).
125 B. 1. Dav~ Campbell (yam); 2. Bobby Fitd\ (Hon); J. IU·
ret JeU (Hon);4. Bri.ln Hanson (Y.lm).
250 B: I. Dan Za wacki (K.1w) ; 2. J.lmes [Mnnier (Yam ); J.
Todd Scott (Y.lm); 4. Nolan M.tortin (K.I w).
OPEN a 1. R.nd y Moon- (Suz ); 2. Bobby Filch (Hoo); 3. Dave
Ford (Y.am); 4. CNd Porter (Hon).
VET B: 1. GIron Kom (K.Iw); 2. Jim Knol( (Han),; 3. Ed H.lyworth (Hoot • . Floyd Frank
l""w~
SR NOV: 1. Mib Lee (lion); 2. Kirk Royft" (Y..m l; :J. Dave
WohJgtomuth(K1'M); 4. Bill ~ (Hon ~
SR B: 1. Ken MottwTway (rrM); 2. Jal')' Penny (1:TMl; 3_
IWph Sutlnn l""w);""'" .......... (Suz).
SR. A:. 1. o.W'Crftorlwood (y.lm); 2. o.vid Wol1a5ton(Yam);
3- Dwight Catalano (Y.am); 4_Pdt' Edmatrr (Hon ).
S /SR.; 1. D-vid Won.sron (Yam); 2. Ed Perri ton (Han); 3. &-n
Edwdt (Hon),;4_Terry Frydendall (Yam).
WM N: 1. Mollie Bourke (K.1wl; 2. Susan Chmey (~ w); 3.
Angie Riggs (Kaw); 4. Christine R.urke (lC..lw).
125 PRO: 1. Andy At1drw(K.I w); 2. Shawn Morgan (Ka wl; 3.
Kip Sanden (yam); 4. Owd WolL
uton (Yam).
250 PRO: 1. Sh.awn Morgan (K.I w); 2. Keith Cam~D (Y.lm); •
3. Jar«ICarisoo (lC..lw ); 4. Kip Sandi-II(Y~m).
OPEN PRO: 1. stuw n Mor gan (JC.a w ); 2. ~ith Campbell
(Yam); 3. Waynr B.iJ.lirt (Yam); 4..John Merwin (Hon).
VET PRO: 1. Brya n Cu rtis (y a m); 2. Tom AtU. d (Mon ); 3r
Sh.a wn Smi th(Y~m); 4 . Aint VeWqurz(Hon ).
Zornes zips at Phoenix
vintage Motocross
By Mickey Wood
PHOENIX, AZ, APR. 17
Yamaha rider Ed Zorn es top ped the ln tennediate cla ss at th e latest Phoenix Raceway Park
round of the Arizona Vintage Dirt Racers Asscdation's 1994 MJ( series, ending the win streak
of Gene Maple and his trusty Maico.
Zornes was th e victor in each of the tw o
motes, lea ving Map le seco nd ahead of Don Ruffin. who finished third overall with a 4-3 score.
Craig Skinner was the onl y Four-Stroke class
rider at this event. so he entered as a Novice and
proceeded to win both motos. Husqvarnamounted Tom Rogers fmished in the runner-up
position ahead of Jim Wilson.
After w inning in Tucson the week before,
Kevin Krugh had to se ttle for second in the
Expert class, as Da,;d Boydstun turned in a twomoto sweep for the overall victory.
Results
•
EX: 1. Do1vid Boydstun (But); 2. Kevin Krugh (Mw. t 3. Rick
Hindtliff (Yam).
INT; 1. Ed :z...-(Yamt ~
M.op"JM.oi~ 3. Don Ruffin
(Hoot • . IUdy """"- (Suzt S. """ ....... (CZ).
NOV : I.. Cr~ig Skinner (BSA); 2. Tom Regen (Hus); 3. fun
Wilson (H us ); 4. Paul ~ (Hod).
c.n.
Plessinger fastest at
Fordsville Hare Scrambles
By Paul Michels
Zulian, Short mini masters
at Cheyenne Motocross
By John and Dawn Clifford
OlEYENNE, WY, APR. 24
Cheyenne Cycle Clu b held its first race of the
se ason with ove r 600 riders rolli ng into the
enlarged pits and a new track for the 50cc riders.
Andrew Short and Chad Zufum were two of the
standout riders at the even t.
The main track had plenty of excitemen t in
the morning program, with Short unstoppable
in the 80cc B and 60cc B classes, pa rlaying two
runawa y moto victorie s in to o ve ra ll ~ i ns .
FORDSVILLE. KY APR. 17
,
Former National Hare Scrambles Champion
Scott Plessi nge r, aboard his factory-backed
KTM, out-distanced the competition in the 10th
and fina l round of the AMA Mid-South Winter
Hare Scramble Series in Fords ville, Kentucky.
Series contender Robert Patterson was present and ready to do battle with his closes t challen ger, Doug jones, but the battle never happened because Jones never made it to the races
that da y. Prior to the start, the series overaU title
already belonged to Pallerson due to Jones's
absence, but it was still su re to be an exciting
event with plenty of talent in the Pro class.
Plessinger was first off the line and through
