Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

established what has become a customary lead . McConnell missed the ga te entire ly, but wa s so meho w able to pull d own on the pol e and grab second place whil e Brad Oxley ran third. The Costa Mesa track had turn ed in to a wide, blue g roove du r in g t he even ing, a nd as Schwartz dri fted awa y fro m the po le to sea rch for the d irt, McConnell slipped by to take the lead. Schwartz again wen t wid e in the next corner, and Oxley slipped by to take second and set off in purs uit of McConnell. For the remaind er of the main eve nt Ox ley kept the p ress ure on McConnell, b ut because both riders were on the low line and neither mad e a mistake, McConn ell held on for the w in wi th Oxley finishing a close second. Cha rlie Venegas also passed Schwartz to take third while Rob Pfetzing finish ed fifth. As the riders lined up for the Han d icap ma in even t, Chism too k up residence on the 2D-yard line with lD-yard -liners Greg Ayers and jerry Black in fron t of him. When the gate wen t up, C hism wa sted no time in wor kin g up to the fron t-markers and passing them to establish an early lead . McConnell was searc hing for a sweep - a rarity at Costa Mesa - and he also qu ickly passed Ayers an d Black in p u rs uit o f Ch ism . McConnell ca ug ht up to him , bu t Chism had established himself on the gro ove and was n't about to give up the lead. Chis m rolled on to score the win with McConn ell coming in second. Edd ie Castro moved through the field from his s tarting position on the 40·ya rd line to finish th ird , while fellow 4D-yard -liner Pfe tzing finished fourth and Doug Nicol fifth. Results SCRA10-1: L Shawn Mc<:onnell (Cd n); 2. Brad Chley (!Caw); 3. Cha rlie Veneg as Ua w); 4. BobbySchw artz (Wes); 5. Robert Pfet zing (GM). Htx:P: I. Ja!lOf'l Chi",m Oo1W); 2. Sha wn M~II (Cd n); 3. Eddie Cntro Oaw); 4. Robert r fetring (W es ); 5. Doug Ni col (Cdn). SUP: 1. Darrin Wilson; 2. Randy Ski nne r Uaw ); 3. Angela Hale (Gdn); 4. Mark Heese (Wes); S. BobbyCa mpbrll (Wl"S). SUP B: 1. St.ln Galvt"z Oaw ); 2. Scott ROU5!Cau (Wes); 3. John Del1ie'!l (Wes); 4. J ohn Stockwt<1I (WL'IJ). SOCAR: 1. Ma thtonon /l.a!dt1'. r liOlU ' 2382 Leddy sweeps Cycleland SX By Rex Harris (Top) Dave Durelle (58) leads Ken t Longcor (35X) In the Pro-Am ma in at the Willmar ST. (Above) Shawn McConnell (l eft ) dominated the Scratch main at Costa Mesa Speedway. Denn is Voll and Schroed er leaped into tum one of the Sen ior main, with Voll taking th e point ear ly as Dave Brant and Wayn e Warrington started their own battle behind the leaders. With two laps to go, Schroeder looked as if he mig ht have the steam to take the lead away from Voll and eve n stuffed a w hee l insid e, but Voll tu rned up the throttle and left Schroeder behind to wi n by 10 bike len g th s. Brant dove un d er Warrington to steal third at the line. Results O PEN EX: 1. Jim Rosa (W-R); 2. Brian MuWf'U(l Ion ); 3. Rick Schroeder (Y .un ); 4. Tyson volt (yam); 5. Elliott I vcnon (W -R). Z50 EX: 1. Jim Rosa (Yam); 2. R~ Kemp (y oIm); 3. Marvin Moore (Y.un); 4. Ton y Hoover (y.am) . SR: 1. [)enni, VoU (Rbt); 2. Kick Schroed er (Yam ); 3. Dave Brant (Y.am); 4. Wayne Warrington (Hon). VINT: 1. Wayne Warrington (BSA); 2. Rick Rockhold (BSA); 3. Tony Hoover (Ya m). Durelle wins Willmar ST By Tom McBride Photo by Mac 40 WILLMAR, MN JUNE 4 , Longti m e Gra nd Nationa l Ch am p ionship dirttracker Davey Durelle topped a highly talented 600cc Pro-Am main even t when Omar's Gopher Racing played host to the opening round of the AMA Dist r ict 23 Ch amp ion sh ip D ir t T ra ck Ser ies a t the Kand iyohi Coun ty Fairgrounds 3/ B-mile oval. The Donahue Har ley-Davidson /AI Mu th HD/Ge ne ral Eng ineeri ng / Bie He / Ron Wo od / Storz/Tsubaki/ Maxima/Salty Dog Racing-sponso red Durel1e scored. a narrow victory over Kent Longcor in the first of two heat races to earn the pole position. Next to him sat Bill Hoffmiester. y DureUegrabbed the holeshot at the star! of the ID-la main event and led Longcor, Tony Kohner, p Randy Triplett , Norb Gregory, Eric Brouhard and the rest of the pack down the back straight. Meanwhile, Hoffmiester was mired in the back of the pack. By lap two, Triplett slid By Kohner for third , with Brouhard bumping Grego ry down to sixth on lap four. At the ha lfway point , Dure lle was enjoying a comfortablemargin that he would co ntinue to extend on his way to the checkers over lonely second-place finisher Longcor. Th ird place was s till und ecid ed un til t he seventh lap wh en Kohner slipped by Tripl ett to secure the posi tion for good . Brouhard fin ished fifth ahead of a resurgent Hoffmiester. The L &. L Raci ng /Missile Eng./General Eng./Bell He lmets-sponsored Longeo r wasn't quite finished with his day of racing, however, as he lined up for the 500cc and 2SOcc Pro-Am class ma in events, taking wins in both. Results · 600 PRO- AM: 1. Da vey Dureolle; 2. Kent Lc ngcen 3.Tony Kohner; 4. Randy Triplett; S. Erk Brouhard. 500 r RO-AM; 1. Ken t Longror; 2. Nom Greg ory ; 3. Verd

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