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off Perry for seco nd , the du o's battle often putting them side by side . In m o to o ne of th e 250cc even t, Sh ealy, Wood and Bau face d off in a race to the fin ish, with Shealy once again leading the way. Wood raced to second, followed by an impressive Bau. Corina Chinen and Marini ba ttled for fourth for' the first two laps, before Marini cut to the inside in a turn and passed Chinen to lock up the po sition . Italian Pegoraro began pressuring Chinen for fourth, followin g closely until she set up a pass on the downhill to the last turn. Pegoraro got by smoo thly to take ove r the number-four spot, which she held to the finish. Mo to tw o wa s yet another Shealy benefi t, wit h the youngster snar ing the hol esho t and riding fla wlessly to her fo ur th an d final w in. Wood stood her ground to hold the ru nner-up position against the tenacious Bau . Bau showed Wood her front wheel at every turn, but the 'Ame rican held to ug h. Bau se t up . Wood in a corner before a downhill on lap three, and as the crowd cheered, the Italian made the inside pass. Th ir d p la ce was another b attle between Marin i and Ch in en. Marini pinned her Suzuki and blasted past Chinen after the two raced up the last hill and into turn one side by side. Shealy had put a sizeable lead on the pack, and cla ime d th e checkered flag . The wi n gave her a perfect fou r-for-four perfor man ce on th e day, a nd clinch ed the World Cup. Wood's 3-2-2-3 moto scores awa rded her seco nd in the o ve ra ll standings, and Bau was the top-placing non-American in third. International amateur wo men racers also competed on American soil, and Australian Tania Millard claimed the overall in the Open Novice even t. Her sister Jod ie was thi rd in the 85cc class and fourth in the Open Beginner event. Olga Boiisova, of the Ukraine, competed in the Novice event and took a top-five placing. O'i . Results 125 PRO, I. Kristy Shealy (Kaw) USA; 2. Dee Ann Wood (Kaw) USA; 3. Stef nia Bau (Kaw) Italy; 4. Gina a Pe r ry (Kaw) USA ; 5. Shelley Hickm an (Su z ) New Zealand . 250 PRO: 1. Kristy Shealy (J< ) USA; 2. Stefa n ia aw Bau (K Italy; 3. Dee AnnWood (K USA;4. Maria aw) aw) Teresa Pegorato (Ho n) Italy; 5. Cris tina Ma rin i (Hon) Italy. INT: 1. Jod i Holl ow (Suz) USA: 2. Lau ra Ha rris (Yam ) USA; 3. Ta ra Spa r kma n (Kaw) USA; 4. Erin Donnelly (Suz)USA. NOV: 1. Tan ia Mllard (Ho n) Austr ali a; 2. Lydia Couch (Hon ) USA; 3. Olga Borisove (Suz ) Ukraine; 4. Kathy Martinez (Yam) USA. . OPEN BEG: 1. Kim Brown (Suz ) USA ; 2. Jerri Hamlin (Hon) USA; 3. Val Roberts (Hun) USA; 4. Jodie Millard (Hon) Australia; 5. Jenny Ayers (Kaw) USA. 85: 1. La ura Ha r ri s (Yam ) USA ; 2. Jerri Ha mlin (Kaw ) USA; 3. Jodi. Millard (Hon) Australia; 4. Jenny Ayers (Hon USA; 5. HeatherMatthews (Kaw) USA. ) 65, I. Melissa Franks (Kaw) USA; 2. Ashley Wright (Ka w) USA; 3. Erica Coo k (Kaw) USA ; 4. He ather Howard (Kaw) USA; 5. Andrea Holbert (Kaw) USA. S1 STK : 1. And rea Holbe rt (Yam ) USA; 2. Andrea Franks (Yam) USA. 51 MO D: 1. Erica Cook (Yam ) USA ; 2. And rea Holbert (Yam) USA; 3. Andrea Franks (Yam) USA. 30+: 1. Lau ra Harris (Yam) USA; 2. Lydia Cou ch (Hon) USA; 3. Debbie Matthews (Kaw) USA; 4. Deb Schiller (Suz) USA; 5. JoAnnPaige (Hon) USA. Behrle takes season-opening Lawrenceburg ST By John Sp u r rie r LAWRENCEB URG, IN,jUNE 17 Pat Behrle was the rid er to beat in the Pro-Am main event as the Lawre nceburg Speedway got its 1994 sum me r dirt track series underway. Behrle and Mike Butler led the field into tum one on the initial start of the ma in eve nt only to see the red nag as the res ult of a three-rider tangle in tum two caused by too many riders in the sa me space. Ga ry Stog sdill, Matt Auxier a nd Ron Gardi n er we re in v o lv ed , with Au xi er unable to restart. On the restart, Berhle and Butler agai n led into tum one wi th Behr le taking Butler wide, allowing joe SeyCl rle to grab the e lead. Seyfferle's lead was sho rt-lived, however, as Behrle quickly re gained the po int . Butler moved from four th to second a nd shadowe d Behrle until he fell d own coming out of turn two on the last lap. He was able to keep the engine running, remo unt and pass Sey fferl e in tum three to take fourth at the finish. Gary Stogsdill ca me from a th ird -row sta rt to capture second place followed by Ben Bellman, Butler and Seyfferle. Bob Brown grabbed the holeshot in the Open A feature and led un til lap six when Sam Lowe passed him on the backs tretch and motored on to the win. Brown held on to fin ish second, followed by Luther Allen, j.P. Bolling an d Shawn Fogam an . In the 2SOcc feature Gary Stogsd ill and Scott Clevenger shared the holeshot, wit h Stogsdill moving into the early lead. Sam Lowe and joe Bastin battled for posi tion the entire race, w ith Lowe pa ssing Bastin on the four th lap . At the finish it was Stogsdill with the win followed by Lowe, Bastin and Dusty Hunt. The 125cc race was a close battl e between Phil Wo lf and Travis Burnell, with Burne ll sho wi ng Wolf a wheel o n almost every tu rn. Wolf held on to win by half a bike length over Burnett . Results PRO-AM : 1. Pat Behrle (Hon ); 2. Gary Stogsdlll (Hon ); 3. Ben Bellman (Hon) ; 4. Mike Butler (Han); S. Joe Seyfferle (Rbi). 250: 1. Gary Stogsdill (BuI); 2. Sam Lowe (H on ); 3. Joe Bastin (Hon); 4. Scott Cjeven gee (Bul); S. Phillip Wo lf (Ka w ). • OPEN A: 1. Sam Lowe (Hon); 2. Bob Brown (Hon); 3. Luther Allen (Hon); 4. J.P. Bolling (Hon ); 5. Shawn Fogama n (Hon) . 125: 1. rhillip Wolf (Kaw); 2. Travis Bumet t (Yam); 3. Nick Hum mel (Hon) ; 4. Lisa H iler (Hon). 80: 1. Dav id Woll (Hon) ; 2. Cory Roth (Hon); 3. Dusty Hunt (Su%); 4. Bill H olt (Hon ). y 60: I. Na talie Warn er (yam); 2. Jef~ Leeke (I~). 30+: 1. Bob Brown (Hon) ; 2. Phil ip Wolf (Kaw); 3. Mike Skimmerhom (Hon ); 4. Kurt Snelling (Hon); 5. Luther Allen (Yam). • 50+: 1. Paul Allen (Yam); 2. Wade SurttmtT.S (Hon.); 3. Cra ig . Bracken (Vel ); 4. Mike Palme r (Hon); 5. Jim. Ikd (Rtx). Lough locks up Blountville MX By Barbara Willia ms. BWUNlVlLLE,lN ,JUNE 12 Suzuki-mounted Chad Lough was the big winner on Gear Raeew ear Day at Muddy Creek Raceway, blastin g to the win in the 250cc A class and notchi ng second overa ll in the 12Sec A class at round ei g h t of t he Sout heastern MegaSerie s. Over 500 rid ers from 10 states conv erged on Mu ddy Creek to test out the revamped track an d to pract ice for next week's Loretta Lyn n Regional Youth Qualifier. Lo ugh, o n h is Suzuki of W ins tonSalem / Ha m me rh ead Grap hics / AXO/RenthaI/Sm ith /B ig Bill Racin g / MMF/ Th rot tl e jockey / FMF/ Motul-backed RM relied on his cons is tency in the 250cc A motos wh ich we re bo th extremely co m petitive. Na than Ra msey took the firs t-mote w in and tea mma te Kevi n Walker claimed the second. Ramsey an d Walker both earned the same number of po ints, five, so the overa ll placings were decided by the secondmot o fin is h es . Lough, mea nw h ile, had co me th ro u gh wit h se cond -place finis hes in bo th motes to snatch the overa ll win from the mota w in ne rs . Lough was follow ed in the overa ll s tandin gs by Ramsey, Walker, Jim Neese an d Tom Hodock. . Results 50 (4~) : 1. Andrew Matusek (Yam ); 2. Jake Gri (f~ (Hj); 3. Rya n Wooden (Ya m) ; 4. Bin n y Orrell (yam); 5. Jordan OKley (Yam). . 50 (7.-8): 1. Rob Wooden (Yam); 2. John Roberson (Yam); 3. Joshua Jordan (Yam); 4. Ros.Ol Prui t (y a m); 5. Otase Jones (Yam). 65: 1. Jos h ua Summey (Ka w); 2. Cha d Hampton (Kaw); 3. Chad Jackson (Kaw); 4. J Carter (kaw); S. Ch rUiop her Ca rro ll· .R. t . ton (.K.aw) 80 BEG: 1. Brandon Cole (Hon); 2._ Timmy Mor rison (Ka w); 3. Joshua Capps (Suz ); 4. Charles Wha lley (lion ); 5. Aaron E1 lenbuTg (Hon) . JR MINI: 1. Joshua Summey (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Gib50n (Kaw ); 3. Ben Rid d le (!Caw) ; 4. Chad Albritton (Hon); 5. Bryan Weatherly (Kaw). SR MIN1: 1. Jake Morri s (Yam); 2. Aaron LincllK')' (Kaw); 3. James Garrett Jr. (Ka w); 4, Paul Jus tu s (Yam); 5. Jason Thomas (JUI w). SCI-my: 1. Scott Pinson (Suz); 2. Jon Boru ff (Hon) ; 3. Aaron Lindsey (lCaw); 4. JallOl1 1bomas (Kaw); 5. Brad Edw ard s (Kaw). 125 A: 1. Jim Neese (Ka w) ; 2. Ch ad lcugh (Suz ); 3. Kevin Walker (Yam); 4. Natha n Ramsey (Yam); S. Joshua Latina (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Jimm y Briggs (Hon) ; 2. Scott P"lruIOn (Suz) ; 3. Chad AndeTMm (Kaw); 4. Jon Boru ff (Hon) ; 5. Phi llip Myen (Kaw ). 125 C: J. M.ncus Hedrick (Suz); 2. J.111011 Sain (Hl."ln); 3. 0 1.1'15 Sault (Suz ); 4. Kurt Sims (Ka w); 5. Caven Woodruff (Kaw ). 125 0: 1. Luke Pres nell (Hon) ; 2. Chris Parsons (Suz ); 3. Scotty Moyen (Kaw ); 4. Jeffrry Halsey (Hon); 5. Jason Sm ith (Yam). 250 A: 1. Chad Lough (Suz ); 2. Nathan Ra msey (Ya m); 3. Kevin Walkrr (y am ); 4. Jim Neese (Kawl ; 5. TIm Hod ock (Yam). 2SO 8: 1. Jimmy Briggs (Hon); 2. Alan An de rson (Kaw) ; 3. St.1cey Barnett (Hon); 4. Randy Womack (Suz ); 5. Randall Rowe (Hon) . 250 C: 1. Kurt Sims (Kaw ); 2. Wm . Ca ssavaugh (Hon); 3. Ca ve n Woodruff (Kaw); 4. Justin McCoy (Ya m); S. Chris Sault (Suz). 250 D: 1. Robe rt Brew e r (Su z); 2. Mark VanDyke (Hon); 3. Dwayne Hill (Hon); 4. David Owens (Hon ); 5. Ryan Kelly (Hon ). ENO R NC: 1. Rkhard Stacey (Ka w); 2. Steve Jacobs (Hon); 3. RandaU R.mdolph (Hon) ; 4. Michael luath (KTM> 5. Ralph Buck· ; ingham (Hon). 2S+ A: 1. Mike Ga rrett (Kaw); 2. Aaron Bolingn (Yam); 3. Ja y H.a yes (Hon); 4. Rock Wood (StJZ); 5. Chris Sho rtri dge (Hon) . . 2S+ B: 1. Larry Spar ks (Hon); 2. Rand aU Rowe (Hon ); 3. LnlM8E'lchrr (Hon) ; 4. Ch ris Rose (y.m); S. Lee Willi,lIn Ui(Kaw ). 25+ C: 1. Albert McCoy (Yam); 2. Bobby Ousley (Ka w) ; 3. (Above) Kristy Shealy (45) holeshollhe 125cc Pro class al Women 's Wor ld Cup MX. (RighI) Les Washbon was I he 600cc Expert winner al l he Newsies Half Mile. Bobby Rhoads (H on); 4. Anthony Hodges (Hon); 5. Joey Singleton (Hon). 30+ A: 1. Ron J~ (Hon ); 2. Brya n Ada ms (K.aw); 3. Lany Hamson (Suz). 30+ 8 : 1. Gary Graha m (H on); 2. De ni s H il to n (Ha n ); 3. Richa rd W Ullams (KTM); 4. Stev en U tz (Yam); 5. Dennis Scall (K.ow~ 30+ C: 1. Joey Sing leton (Hon); 2. Rick Oxley (Hon ); 3. Jert'n7 Hoo ks (Suz); 4. Da vid Whi tson (Hon); 5. Randy Farri5 (KlM). 40+: 1. Rid Oxley (H on); 2. Terre U Welborn (Suz ); 3. John ny Gibson (Yam); 4. David Millsaps (Yam). U/1.: 1. Jay Hayes (Hen); 2. Otad Andcnon (Kaw) ; 3. Marcus Hedrick (Suz); 4: Randy Womaclr. (Suz); 5. Ch ri& topher Mor gan (Hon). OPEN: 1. Ron Jones (Hon); 2. larry Spa rks (Hon); 3. Paige Hillia rd (KTM); 4. David Fa rris (KTM); 5. Tony Smith (Hon) . ); 48+: 1. Terrel l Welborn (Su% 2. Ted Shortridge (Hon ). Venegas fast at Speedway USA By Oren James VICTORVILLE, CA,JUNE 11 Charlie Venegas got the drop on h is competition an d sped to th e Scratch mai n even t v ict ory, while Dustin Evans was able to sta rt ahead and stay ahead for the Handicap featu re win at Gene Woods' Speedway USA. Though he wa s defea te d in two of his Scratch hea ts - once by Ed d ie Cas tro and once by john Ade n - Veneg as looked stro ng in his final Scratch heat of the evening and posted a win to gain mom en tum goi ng in to the ma in event. In the main, Venegas wou ld sta rt on the extreme ou tside in ga te four wit h Ad en to his left, whi le Castr o sat on the pole with jim Estes in gate two. When the tapes flew, Venegas bo lted into the lead with Aden in hot pursuit. Aden tried to stay within strik ing dis tance of Venegas as Castro and Estes fell off the pace, bu t Venegas would not be headed, and he crossed the finish line to take the win by a comfo rtable mar gin. Aden remained second, followed by Castro and Estes. Evans, a forme r motocrosser, has apparently foun d speed way to his liking as ev ide nced by his me teori c rise in the Handicap ra nks . Evans started the Handi cap main on the zero-yard line, andsettled into the po int position after the start. Behind Evans, Aden quickly sliced through the pack from his starti ng posi tion on the 70 until he met up with Ange la Ha le, who came off the 10. From there, Aden and Hale engaged in a battle for the runne r-up positio n tha t allowed Evans to slip away. By the time Aden had cleared Hale, it was too la te to ca tch Eva ns, who we n t o n to score the wi~. Ade n finished secon d, followed by Hale, Venegas and Paul Colston. . Results SCRATCH : 1. O1arlie veeegas Oa w ); 2. John Aden Oaw); 3. Ed Castro Oaw); 4. JimEstes Oaw). HDCP: 1. Dustin Evans Oaw); 2. John Aden Oaw); 3. ArIgela Hale (Cdn); 4. Cha rlie Venegas Oa w); 5. Pa ul Cols ton (Wes) . SUP: 1. Ron Bobic k; 2. Beau l.eva ndO!lId; 3. J eTf}' Morehead ; 4. Bill Gn.'Cfl;5. Randy Evall5. SUP BEG: 1. Bob Marsh al; 2. Bobby Joh nson.: 3. Paul Hitchcock; 4. Tony Fisher; 5. D.mny Holt. SOCAR:1. H0f8ley/Med~. More for Morehead at Newsies HM By Bert Sh epard DAYTON, OH JUNE 11 , "It's the biggest little race in the world, and it pays mo re th an a d irt tra ck mile, sa id Stev e Morehea d after the "Find lay Flyer" notched his sixth w in at one of motorcycling 's most prest igio us events - the 24th annual Budweiser Old Time Newsies dirt track race for charity. Th e win for Morehe ad was extra sw eet as he defeated George Roeder II (w inner of the last three Newsies) in the 750cc mai n event and in th e 8t h annua l Edgar Fuh r Dash fo r H C as h . M ore head's wi n also t ied h im w i th Gary Scott as a six- time wi nner of the even t, thoug h Scott's unpreced ent ed five events in a row (1980-1984) will be very d ifficult to du plica te. When the show down that the Ohio dirt track fans had waited for all evening was brought to the track, the questions of the day were: Could Roeder put Morehead away for the fourth year in a row? Would Morehead have h is National or Regional Lady Luck riding with him? Broken eq uip m ent has plagued him on the Nationa l level in '94 . Bu t Lady Luck has bee n m uch kinder to him at Regionals. The answer wo uld come qu ickly, as Roed er 's fron t tire cho ice w ould let him down in tu rns one and two. "The fron t end took off on me and Stevie (Morehead) got away:' said Roeder, who would eventually finish second . . Dave Rayburn rode well in third , his equipmen t fina lly so rted ou t, wi th Jam es Hart, Will Davis and Greg Sims in tow . Dan Butler continued to try to come to terms with the tricky track, but the Michigan rider low-sided in tum three. He was qu ickly up an d away before Morehead and Roeder arrived. With five laps to go, Roeder kept Morehea d ho nest w h ile Rayburn and Si ms battled for thir d. Fifth place was not yet sett led, with Hart and Davis battling over it. With a lap to go, there would be only one change . Sims wo uld get by Rayb urn in tum one and two for a tri p to the ro strum , with Morehead and Roeder crossing the finish line 1·2. The event, wh ich ben efits Big Brothers and Big Bisters of greater Dayton, Ohio, also turned out to be a great one for Les w ashbon, Red l Ha rt and Scott Stump, w ith those th ree rider s victor io u s in th e 600cc Exper t; .P ro· Am an d 883cc main events, respectively. ! Results 750 EX:1. Stev e More head (H·D) ; 2. Georgt! ROcd("f n (H·O); 3. Greg Sim5 (H.D); 4. Dave Raybu rn (H· O); 5. James Ha rt (H-O). 600 EX: 1. Lee Washbon (W~R); 2. Pa ul Morg an (R tK); 3. Mike Warn er (Rtx); 4. rat Buchanan (Rtx); 5. Jerry Vanderkoo i (Rtx). PRO-AM : I. Redll-lart (W-R); 2. Gary Stogdill (Rtx); 3. Matt Auxl " (RIIt); 4. J.~ Sen tell (Rtx); 5. Dan Brown (W-R) . 883: 1. Scott Stump (H· O); 2. Do nnie Kr usinski (H -O ); 3. Ja mell Hart (H · D); 4. Tim JohnllOn (H. D); 5. Bren t Armbruste r (H- O). DASH FO R CAS H: 1. Stev e Morehead (H -D) ; 2. George Roeder D (H-D); 3. Steve Butler. 4. WiD ~vis (Hon) ; 5. ] ,jU Jl eJ Hart (H-O). 37

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