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2S+ Ie 1. 0.00 Naemi; 2. Scott Strinlot; 3. au;. ~; 4. Bill
Engstrom; S.
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2S+ 8; 1. P.trick Riley; 2. J
ohn KrUy; 3. Rod Penl.il ; 4. Jdf
~ 5. Gnu Henu lin.
25+ C; 1. Kurt ~ 2. Tom Smith,; 3. Sftoven Mitehd l; t .
TruyToIkiMn; 5. TlITI ~
VET II.: l. G.uy BronilwwW.; 2. ScottStcinIc 3. Mich.wI Grail;
r.y
4. BiDEnptoom;5. R_n Anthony.
VET 8; I. Rtwa JWppntor; 2. Gregg Hen kd 3. Thor Ma thiAon; 4.
W.1.edIir: 5. Vina-nt Linden.
VET C: 1. Mitch Wolff; 2. Dan Lacroix; 3. Prny Wolff; 4 . A.J.
Ku.LiLtSll..lls,; 5.,Thoma KorNg.
SR: 1. Bn.n Otto; 2. John Ttedm; 3. Jl"TT)' Bumg.n1fwor; 4.
Wry Nob!<; 50 Cary c.oth.
50+ : 1. J ~.n; 2. ~mo Kirkpamdt.
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WMN: 1. Amy Groth; 2. Danidko Deal; 3. Jill Wihi'.
125 A; 1. Lee Endtson,; 2. Jim Povolny. 3. ~ En~ ...
J.uon ICnrlpe~ 5. Brwn Taylo r.
125 B: l. Cra.ig C u nningham; J. C r.llg;Schwartz; -l. Scott Johni
.en; 5.,amDon Day.
125 Co): 1. MyLes S.IIigh; 2. ' ohn AdoIms; 3. J.II Schnbritlg; 4.
Y
Justin T.II !; 5. Ad.un Cr.aham.
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125 C·2; 1. AAron Huppnt; 2. t..ncr Cunningtwm; 3. Corey
Huppm; t . John ~ s.'ustin Petenon,
2SO A: 1. Robbw En gs trom; 2. Jason Ktompe 3. Chris 8tNe; 4.
l;
H eath VOM;5. Brandon B.cke.
250 8.: 1. Patrick Riley ; 2.. Dusty McMilkn; J.
Kdly; 4.
Davtd 'anzig; 5. Will i.lm ruford.
250 c-u 1. Mike Fox; 2. 5tevrn Mil Vl"Btl."dt; 3. Troy Joht'l!lOn;:
... Jt--rome H.1gen.
250 C-2; 1. Tim Bjornson; 2. Kurt Fotiberg; 3. Dan Carsll.'T\."ll'n;
4. Jd ft-ry Lovick; 5. Troy Toll men.
OrEN A: 1. o..vid Niemi; 2. Glory Bronl ko ws ld; 3. Scott St...inko 4. Sk'p hen Tuo mrla; 5. BiD En gstrom.
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OPEN B: 1. Tim 8ohm.ln; 2.. DorIoIIld OresWvich; 3. John Dee-
'ohn
(Above) Ken Coolbeth (32) was the man to beat at the Peor ia Short Trac k. Cool beth topped
the 600cc Expert class . (Below) Jason Kempel (136) and Brandon Backes (91) holeshot the
250cc A class at the Millville MX wit h eventual winne r Rob Engstrom (11) running third.
o rEN C: 1. Brent Herber.2. P.ul Moo pill; 3. P.ul Knil.n.
Coolbeth capturesPeoria
Short Track cash
By Dave Hoenig
Photos by Flat Trak Fotos
:tSO Pill>. I. Cary ..,... (Ibot .. - . r...Joy lHan~
SO~ Bill N.II o r (Hon); 2. Nate H OUle CHon ); 3 . C'h.IIrln
yl
StonddonllHant .. R.mdy ~yno (IoklHant 3Lynrttr l.a\z (Su¢ 4..Carla Drwin (J:a w ); S. Am y Light (Ltw ).
Engstrom masters Spring
Creek Motocross
By George Hodkinson
Photo by Karen Hodkinson
MIU.VILLE, MN, MAY 30
Rob Engstrom scored the win in the ultr a-eompetilive 250cc A class on Memorial Day at the
Spring Creek MX facility.
At Ihe sta rt of the first 250cc A moto, Lee
Erick son fln d Jason Kempel were in front of
Engstrom's Tousley Sports/Dad-backed Honda.
Engstrom first deposed the Yamaha-mounted
Kemp el on the fi rs t lap. On the next lap,
Engstrom p iclccd off Erickson by sa iling over
him on. one of the ju m ps, Once out front,
Engstrom established a commanding lead that
lasted 10 the finish. Kempel passed Erickson at
the midpoint of the race, ~ a battle developed
on the last lap between Erickson , Chris Bense
and Heath Voss, which ended with the three riders still in that order at the finish.
At the start of molo two Brandon Baclccs pu t
his Yamaha out front, only 10go wid e in the second comer and get pinched out of the lead by
Kempel and Engstrom. Kem p el was able to
hold off Engstrom for the first three laps of the
race, but then fell to Engstrom's mas tery of the
notorious - sa nd wash'"' whoop section of the
track on the fourth lap . Engstrom went on for
another w in followed by Kempel in secon d,
wi th Bense, Voss and Backes rounding out the
top five.
The 250cc C class had two d ivisions , and
Mike Fox proved to be the most consistent rider
in the first of those d ivisions . At the sta rt of
moto one, Steve Milverstedt had the earl y lead
followed by Bob Kerty, Perry WoUl, an d Fox.
Milverstedt held a solid lead from start to ftnis h
in the moto with Fox moving up to second, Tro y
Johnson settling into third and Jerome Hagen
rounding out the top ftve at the con clus ion of
themoto.
Mil ve rstedt was quick wi th the clutch in
moto two, as welL and got the ea rly lead off the
s ta rt, fo llow ed by Wolff and Fox. Afte r the
whoop sectio n on the first lap, however, Milverstecl! slipped back to fourth as Fox took over the
lead w ith Johnson moving inlo second . At the
checkers it wa s: Fo x, Johnson, Mil verst edt,
Hag en and Steve Mitchell .
Results
PEORIA, II., JUNE 11
Kenny Coolbeth Jr. was a long way fro m h is
Connecticut ho me, but h is Expe rt main event
w in at the Peoria Speedway short track had to
be considered a ho meto w n vic to ry, as Coolbeth's sponsor for 1994, Gard ner Racing/Wa iters Brothers Harley-Davidson, is based in Peoria.
The threat of rain forced offtcials to reverse
the order of the Tote Gray-p romoted short track
w ith the Pro-Am and Expert ma ins hitt ing the
high-banked Peoria Speedway befo re the Amateur portion. Mos t of the large crowd of specta tors stayed, the rain held off and the full program was run before 10 p.m..
Dale Jones took enough time off from working on Davey Camlin's bikes to win the Pro-Am
ma in . Jones kept h is Bill ' s Cu stom
Finish /Jody's Bar &: Grill /Dick Sexton Racingspo nsored Honda in front all th e way under
continual pressure from second-place fin isher
Steve Hall. Richard Th am es held down third
over Chris Unks and Dean Faulkner.
The Expert main rolled to the line with heat
winner Dave Hebb on the pole flanked by fellow
heat -winners Tommy Colson and Davey Camlin. Colson led into tum one , but it was Coolbeth
ou t front at the end of the lap . The young rookie
Coolbeth was gone as he set a blistering pace on
his Gardner Racing /Waller Bros. H-D /R&:I
Mfg./Bell/Spectro/Glen's Auto Body/House of
Powder/Motion Pro /Wilcox MC /Hawg Wildsponsored Wood-Rotax. Colson struggled early
before clo sin g on Coolbeth, but time ran ou t.
Coolbeth took the win with Colson crossing the
line in second place. Rich King made a big
charge through the field to fmis h third, while
CamIin led Hebb across the line to round out the
top five. "It's way better than the last time I was
here," said Coo\beth, referring to his 1992 trip to
the hospital when he fell after winning his heat
at the Amateur Nationals. All in aIL it was just
another d ay at the office fo r the high school
sophomore.
Results
EX: I .Kenny Coo lbrth Jr.(W -R): 2. Tommy Caban (Rb); 3.
Ri lHant 2. - . _
(RIxt 3- Rkhmt
o.n.
ThNnes (Rat 4.
1.Jnb (H-D); S. Dr.. F.II lkIwT (Ii -D).
u
50; I . Courtni Wilti.ams(Y.IIm).
65; 1. J<-h TOW'lgrtt (Xaw); 2. Rob Panon (K,Iw); 3. Otristopher McDevin (1(.Iw).
85: 1. NKhow W lllWns (K.iw); 2. Josh Toun grlt (Yam); 3.
Rob Punon (yam).
12'; 1. R.mdy Smith (lIont 2.""'" PoweI1(Yam).
m 1. Srrve Mason (k.IIw ); 2. Quint Es1ingrr(KAw); 3. J.IICOb
Wl1lillN{JC.aw).
2SO; 1. J..... . .bon (lion).
400: 1. Joh n Har'5h NrgeT (y . m) ; 2. J.IISGn Bled soe (H on); 3.
Mich.ae Unz.e (Hon).
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OPEN: 1. Bill 8ngn' (Hon); 2. Riclwrd llw"," (Rex); 3. }08h
M /M INt: 1. Jo.h Sorftwon; 2. Brandon Ande rMm; 3. Scott
Ehlrnkldt; 4. Kody Sdwuzm; 50John Otootis.
P/ W; 1. N.IIth.IIn Broughton,; 2. AdMIt o.-.l; 3. Cerritt a uk; 4.
Jacob Scholar; S. Dt!ffk Osterbng.
IR: 1. R.1ndy P.. lmer; 2. Zach Deny; 3. Matthew Qnu mn; 4.
Andrrw Mil lrr; 5. CArl Schubitzke.
SR: I. M~ Enesvold; 2. Midwel K.t~ 3. Ryan Mq;.Iw; 4.
Courtnry Si.mpllOfl; S. Eric C".rrbn'.
YTH: 1.
C u n ning h.llm; 2. Auon H u p~rt; 3. Ryan
Btoughton; 4. Rick Smith; S. ShellyKann.
17-24 A: 1. Ky~ Love; 2.
Pov olny; 3. Bri.1n T.yklr; 4.
Thomu PrRnon; 50 Pat Ready.
I:nc« (Yom).
SR: 1. J,.cl T ~ (y. m); 2. Tim Sean (W w 3. Ray BledR);
_ (Ru); '" IMN McNei l (Han); S. lU ndiU Tocry (Hon) .
Craig C unningham; 2. C1"IIig Schw.IIrtz,; 3. J,lmiIon
SONOMA, CA. MAY 29
In the second AFM meet of the season, Brian
Parri ot and James Randolf seized the day.
un«
'.nws
17·2 4 B: 1.
Do1'" B Model<;s. /oolwa H....
m
17·2. C: I . _
" " - 2. /«
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4. Justin Prtrnon.
Parciot and Randolf Stun
Sears Point Road Race
By Patrick E. Dickinson
In the 600cc Superstreet class, Dave Francis
opened a four-bike lead over Patriot after Todd
Hoeft went int o 11 on lap two too hot, while
leading. and was rewarded with a wall . By lap
four Francis's lead was gone, with Parri ot out braking him and looking for a sho t at the lead all
the wa y around the track. On the fifth lap, Parriot moved outside Francis in 11 and took ove r,
qu ickly building a two-bike lead . Behi nd Francis, Ron Ch ia ra tti ba ttled half the race to p ut
Billy Vassiliou solidly behind him. At the flag it
was Parri c t, Francis and Chiara tti.
In Formula Pacific raci ng , Cal Raybo rn 111
absolu te ly le ft everyone o u t of the contest,
building a lead of more th an SO ya rds ove r
James Rand olf by mid race, only to ha ve a broken battery cable put him out of the race. Rand olf then led ove r Dav e Stan ton, with Perrier
rig ht behind. As Rayb orn wat ch ed from the
side lines, Rand olf took first an d Sta nton was
seco nd . Th e first-ever podium finish by a 600 in
Formul a Pacific wen t to Parrio t, in third .
Formula Pacific wasn't the only class where
Rand o lf and Stanto n showed th eir sk ills . The
ride rs wer e at home in both Open Superst reet
and 750cc Supers treet.
After the races, Patriot said he had spen t the
en tire win ter preparin g bo th his bikes for a shot
at both 600cc titles, as well as so me serio us AMA
competition in the 600cc Superstreet class on the
West Coast. So far, he' s doing just thaI.
Results
2SO PROD: 1. Francis Mazur (Xaw); 2. ThomasDoney (lCaw) ;
3 . Sea n Murp h y ( K.l w ); .fo. HU lher W il s on ( K.-w); 5 . Terri
V~l(lCaw).
VlNT: 1. Eric Swomflgu re (No r); 2. Pt"ter W. t5of\ (BMW);
3.Kwt Mund (BMW) ; 4. ....ruId Pub (Due).
F-S: 1. Jol on Wrir CHon); 2. Dn id Co lbm (Rot); 3. Dnid
s
Vogd (Hon); 4. Joe At:Joryt. (Y.IIm); 5. Cr .lliz;Wright (Rb; ).
F-T OPEN; 1."mn Coda (DueL 2. Paul 0rUnd1 (Due) ; 3.
Kurt S.IIp-r(Due); 4. Bob Tigm (Hon ); S. MoIttGuidera (H.[)).
500 TWN: 1. KftI e-r (lC,aw 2. P.IItSrrhlJt'1tn' ~w); 3. John
);
Swemry (lUw ); 4. FrandII M.zur (K.llw ); S. A1&n Miso (Kaw).
OPEN 51ST: I . ~ R.ndoU (Suzt 2. [);we SUnlOll (Sw); 3-
lSuzt.· - . "pp lSuzt 50Jdf_
(50%).
6SO TWN: I. Mike Sumrnrn (}Ion); 2. 0.W' Colbert (}Ion); 3.
Brad Ne'Vins (Han); 4. Bin 8rinc~1 (Mon); 5. Danld geeeee
lHan~
.
600 S/ST: 1. Bn.n PMriot (Hon); 2. D.tve Fra ncis (HOI\); 3.
Ronald QU.lratti Jr . (I-I
on); 4. Billy V. . .liou (Hon); S. D-my B.aJ. •
..... M<{lan;d
dini(Hon).
150 51ST: 1. J.anws R.andolf (Suz); :z. 0._ SUnton (Suz); 3Mlrk McDaNel (Suz); 4. Mik.eSmllh (Sw);S. Tom Aquino(5uz).
OPEN CP: 1. K.nin tIolm.an (k.Jw); 2. Dennis DoIwrty (Yam);
1 Kobm MeY;4. Bob Siebrnha.tr (Ilon); 5. August W~(Yam).
F-2: 1. Greg Prine (Yam); 2. Oaris topMr W atkT (ya m) ; 3.
Dave A ve ry (Yam); 4. M ichOl l Fir th l Ya m ); 5. Br l.lln leFevre'
e
(Yam) .
Cftestre
450 PROD: 1. Ro.et.nd Eugene Wdla (YHft ); 2.
(Yam); 3. Pa ul Kdlogg (Yam); 4. Denny Jewell (Yam ); 5. Robcn
Rimrnn' (Yam).
F-3: 1. C ra ig Avery (Han); 2. F~erick Pun (Hon); 3. Bill y
DOily (Hon); 4. Scott And enon (Hon); 5 . Arn old V.IInKt'fnper
(lion).
250 51ST: I. ~ Rapp (Han); 2. Joe Cirillo (Yam); 3. Juon
Tsl u (Hon);"- Darin Gi ttings (H on ); S. TravW WoH.
.
F-P AC : 1. Ja mes Romdo lf (Suz); 2. D.t ve Stan ton (Suz); 3.
Brian Puriot (}Ion); 4. G reg Prinz..e (Suz) ; S. Jeff Mc:Cabr (Suz).
4505 /51: 1. JdfShort (Yam) ; 2. Robm Nunez (Yam); 3. J.mito
Lynn (Ya m) ; 4. Darrell P. rker (Yam ); S. ~Lind Eu gene Wel ls
(Y. m).
F-4O: 1. Ol'nnis Doherty (Yam); 2. Mack IngaIs (Yam); 3. Fred
WiU ink (Suz) ; " Bill Brind.erhoff (Hon).
c.c.
-Werner, Estes splitGlen
Helen Speedway
By Elaine Jones
SAN BERNARDINO, CA. JUNE I
For the first time this season, Mother Nature
gave the spectators nice weather with summertime temperatures.
Rising to the occasion w ith some hot ra cing.
Brent Werner took the Scratch main at Glen
Helen Speedway. OwIie Venegas drew the pole
for the Scratch main with Josh Lusen in slot two,
Werner in three and Mike Faria in four . Venegas
cut the best gate, while Lusen worlccd the out side. It tool< one lap for Lusen to grab the lead
Venegas zigged wljen he should have zagged,
dropping to fourth. and lArsen took over.
Then the hand of fate stepped in on the whiteflag lap when Lusen got out of the groove and
laid it down in tum one. Werner and Venegas
were able to get by, but Faria. who had just been
passed by Venegas, wasn't so lucky and also
laid it d ow n. The w in w ent to Werner with
Venegas second. Since no red flag had come ou ~
lArsen was credited with third and Faria fourth.
From the 5(}-yard line Jim Estes turned on
the heat and cut through traffic to taIcc over the
lead on the fourth lap of the Handicap main.
Bobby Campbell dropped to second and wa s
unable 10 hold i~ with Brian Pappalardo, Venegas and Werner all getting by on the ftfth lap .
Venegas and Werner were on a mission., and as
the white flag came out th ey both found the
chink in Pappalardo's armor and passed him. At
the checkered it was Estes, Venegas, and Werner. Jerry Black also put a move on Pappalardo to
taIcc fourth.
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Brent Werner (Jaw); Z. Charlie Veneps (Jawl;
3- /oIh Unom (CM); " Mik< F.... (Jaw~
