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ing Rand all Shank for sixt h. Dave Rayburn b lew a tir e and fell hard in tum th ree on the last lap ; he was uninju red. Andy Tress e r and Geo Roeder als o failed to fmis h. ex Results 75Q, 1. Steve Morehead (H-D); 2. Scott Stump (Hon); 3. Dav ey Camlin (H- D); 4. Kevin Varnes (H -D); S. Tommy Co lson (H -D). 600: L Bret Beyer (Rtx); 2. Chris Hart (W-R); 3. Les Wa shbon (W- R); 4. Bill Ne wk irk (H o n) ; 5. Don Krusinski (Rtx). 883: 1. Scott Stu mp ; 2. Tommy Col son ; 3. Don Krusin>ki; 4. Donald Pa ul; 5, Jess Roeder. PR()..AM: 1. Cary Stogsdill (W-R); 2. Dan Brown (Rtx); 3. Recil Hart (Rtx); 4. Brian Newman (Hon); 5. Ryan Brown (Rtx). S MITlYS CHALLENG E: L Davey Ca mlin (H -D); 2. Ste ve Morehead (H -D ); 3. Ceo Roed er (H-D); 4. Tommy Colson (H-D); S. Kevin Varnes (H-D) . Matiasevich battles to Starwest Motocross win By David A. Procida MORENO VALLEY,CA,jULY2D NCY's jeff Matiasc vich and Inland Wheel Cen- d own to the wire. Finis h ing a close third was Scott Larson, whi le Paul Armada and Anthony DeMario rounded out the top five. The 250cc class championship came d own to th e las t race in vo lving Sco tt Lin k a n d Je rry Cas tillo. The bottom line was that whoever finished ahead of the other would earn the title. Link ha d the advantage at the start and was holding do wn a top-five finish unti l lapped traffic ended his ride . Castillo went on to finish fifth and take the class championship. Rich Muss man ended up winning the day's 250cc class by mere inches ove r Jason Cah oon , wh il e ne w co mer Dav id Dua rte p o st ed a respectable third-place finish. Kerry Puccio took advantage of Allen Wenzel's broken Pen ton to win the Vintage class, as well as the class title. Results RACE 1: 1. Sr.n Lull.r (H o n); 2. Ke rry Pucc::io ( H o n) ; 3. Domin ic De Ma rio (H o n ); 4. Derek Ov erk.1mp (Hon); 4. Jason St.afani (Hon). RACE 2; 1. Sca n Lollar (Kaw); 2. H.lwlt Whitt:-(H on) ; 3. Jason Mu rre ll (K.1w) ; 4. Billy Tayl or (Hon) ; 5. Da vid Wall i5 (Ho n). RACE 3: 1. Kerry Puccio (Hon ); 2. Phil Reye (H us ); J . Ma rk s Va rg as (Yam); 4. J..mil' 5 ley ding; 5. AI 5.1lid va r (Yam). RACE 4: 1. Ted Ho lt (Yam); 2. Rich Mu ssman (Yam); 3. Ja:oon Cahoon (Yam) ; 4. D.1VidDu ",rtl'; 5. Jl-rry Ca!llillo (H on). RACE 5: l. C reg Kamholz (Hon ); 2. s teve Hlebo (Yam); 3. Scott lalrson (Yam); 4. r aul Amwd.J (lion) ; 5. Anthony De Mdrio (H on ). ter's Mike He aley went back and forth in th eir L (Above) Steve Morehead continued riding his recen t hot streak In dirt track racing by posting a win at the Pittsburgh Reg ional Half Mile. (Left) Tony Feldhaus lau nched his Honda to the 30+ clas s win at the M arty Smith Supercross Series at Starwest. Morehead tops "trial"Pittsburgh Half Mile By Dave Hoenig Photos by Rat Trak Fotos PITISBURGH,P A,jULY17 n hopes of returning major league di rt track racing to the Pittsburgh area, the Pennsylvania Motor Speedway hosted a half-mile Regional 'o n the Sunday evening' following the Hagerstown Grand National. Late scheduling and a 7:30 pm starting time contributed to a small field of riders, but a good turnout of spectators. Everyone was sea rching for the righ t combina tion, as it was the first time motorcycles were allowed on the wide, banked speedway. "That's really a s lic k witch," said 750cc feature-winner Steve Morehead. "We've changed everything at least once. It's (t he b ike) been shorter, longer, lower and h igher. But so I noth in g has clicked. It's slick but very fast:' The firs t "main" of the night was the Smitty's Ch allenge for the six fastes t Harley-Davidsons from the heat races. Davey Camlin had the quickes t reaction as th e ligh t flashed green. As the race began to u nfold, Morehead clo sed on Camlin but co uldn 't fo rce h is way around, and Camlin pocketed the win and the $1000 first-place chec k. In diana 's Gary Stogsdill ran aw ay with th e Pro-Am main as Dan Brown a nd Recil Hart entertained the cro wd w ith a grea t r ace for second. Bro wn held on to edge Hart for runner-u p honors. Tommy Colson led the 883 main the first tw o laps, but Scott Stu mp powere d h is Wimmer's Sp orts ter into th e lead on lap three. Colson stayed close until th e last la p when Stump p ulled clear. The 600cc main had to be red-flagged on lap one when Chris Hart fell in tum on e, then John Vanderkooi bailed off on the back straight. Bret Beyer nailed the restart and ran away from a great race for se cond between Les Washbon and Hart. The two exchanged secon d several times before Hart took over on the last lap. Camlin lined up on the outside to start the 750cc feature; it would prove to be his undoing. "1 knew I needed a good start but it jus t ju mped sideways when I hammered it," said Camlin. "I climbed the wall and was dead-last into tum one. " Morehead was off and running well ahead of Stump, Jess and Geo Roeder, Rayburn and Varnes. Morehead pulled away and cruised to an easy win. "We knew w e had to make a lot of changes after the challenge," said Morehead . Then when I got the good start all I had to d o was sta y consistent: ' Stump he ld d own seco n d while Geo Roeder settled into third. Roed er would soon drop ba ck, the victim of brake problems. All t he while, Camlin was methodically movin g up through the field. On the last lap, Camlin chall enged Stump but to no avail. Varnes held off Colson for fourth with Jess Roed er lead- battle for top ho no rs in the 250cc Pro class at round four of the Marty Smith Supercross Series a t Sta rwest. When it was all ove r, it was th e "Chicken" - Matiasevich - who pre vailed . But it McDonald orders up two wins at Willow was dose. In th e firs t m oto, He aley sh ot to the fro n t of By Eric Vincent the pack with Matiasevi ch pressing hard from behi nd . The tw o Yamaha rid ers took different lines over th e triple and into the rockers but nei- ROSAMOND,CA ,jULY 1&-17 Mark McDonald pulled a 1-2 punch by winning both the Toyota Cup Unlimited Road Race by Bud weiser Formula One and the Maxima Racing Oil Form ula Two races at Willow Springs internati onal Raceway. Chuck Gra ves and several of the other frequen t victors in the F-l event we re racing on the East Co ast this weekend, and McDonald used their absence to his advantage. Although he cu rrently lea ds in the poin t sta nd ings in the F-2 class, this was his first victory in the F-l event. As the F--l race got u nderway, it was Curtis Adams who emerged w ith the early lead with Steve Mo reno running in second. Mc Donald spent most of the first lap threading h is way through several rid ers , an d by the ti me he reached the back stretch. he moved himself up into third place. McDonald kept his charge going. setting his sights on Moreno in second pla ce. At one point during the second lap , McDonald nearl y made a move around Moreno but was sh ut-out in the comer. Startin g the third lap, More no suddenly slowed going into tum one, allow ing McDon ald to make the move to tak e ove r second on his Maxima Racing Oil-sp onsored Yamaha TZ250. As lap five got unde rway, McDona ld wa s cha llenging Ada ms for the lead . At the sa me time, Mor eno was feeling the heat from John Hilton. As th e lea ders rou n ded turn two , McDonald wen t into the inside of the tum and moved past Adams to take over the race lead . No chan ges in the top positions took place during the next five lap s, but H ilton was slowly closing the ga p on More no a nd, by lap 11, he w as poised to mak e a move . Rounding tum two, Hilton powered pa st More no to move into third . Hilton wasn 't con tent wi th third , so a lap . late r, in nearly the same spot on the track, Hilton throttled into second by passi ng Adams. Ad ams a ttem pted to pass Hilton but was not qu ite able to make the move. Completing the next-to-last lap, Hilton and Adams, d icing for second coming d own th e fro nt s traight, were joi ned by Moren o. Going into the first tu m . all three riders w ere si d e b y si de. Howe ver, it w as Hilton emerging with second, followed by Adams and Moreno. At the line, it was McDonald with the win, Hilton second and Adams th ird . Frank Aragaki led the F-2 riders off the line and was followed by McDonald and Cli n ton Whitehouse. Aragaki foun d himself under pressu re from McDonald immed iately, and the gap between the two riders was slim for the first lap. Heading into tum eight, McDonald moved up along the outside of Aragaki and , as they rounded tu m nine, McDona ld took over the lead as Aragaki backed off slightly. A lap later, McDonald had established himself in a firm lead and the only close battle underway was one developing between Aragaki and Whitehouse . White house, however, never cou ld qu ite mo unt a challenge on Aragaki , and at the line, it was McDonald with the win followed by Aragaki in second and Whitehouse third. ther was able to gain any ground on th e other. For the next eight laps Ch icken put the hea t 10 Heale y. looki ng for the opening tha t wou ld let him take the Iead. However, Healey was guarding his line 10 the bitter end and wa s rew arded with the first-molo victory; Matiasevich finished a close second. Finishing third was a distant Terry Parsons, w hile Duane Benner moved by jeff Tilton for fourth. Th e roles we re reverse d in th e second a nd d e cid in g mo te, a s Matiasevich edged-o ut Healey for the ear ly lead . From that point on, Matiasevich gradually increased his lead over Hea ley and would eventually take the checkered flag w ith a small gap over Healey. Parsons again finis hed th ird over Benner and Tilton. The 30+ Beginn er class featured a new face in the winner 's circle . Chris Brown, in his first outing at the Starwest track, no t onl y holeshot both mot os but went wire- to-wi re for the overall vic tor y. The Kawa sak i rid er als o led th e 25+ Beginners for the ope n ing lap s of both mot os before Pat Olkn ou and Darin Mard och jumped the grandstand d oubl e to ge t by the 30+ class winner. Results 60 6-8: I. JoshWiC rant (K.,Iw ); 2. Seen Simon (~ w).; 3. Ricl y Olivn (lUw); 4. Jason Medina (Kaw); 5 . James B.1ker (Ka w) . 8Oo-1t : 1. Q uu Ilunsingft' (Suz ). SO12·13; I. Ch ris Rosen (Suz): 2. Frilnk D.lto (Suz). 80 12· 16 BEG; 1. And y ILnm uSSoen (Y.lm); 2. Dry .lIn Frost (Y.am ); 3 . M.~n Jo rgnuon (Va m); 4. ls i.llh Ti tu a (Ya m) ; 5. Elytw TItus (Yam). WM N: 1. T.un i JUao(Suz). 125 BEC: 1. Brandon Dlhlgren (Yam);:' Tyson Ta ylor (Hon); 3 . Ja imr CLtb a ug h (Ya m ); 4. JalOOn Ik-ek (Y.lm); S. M.rk Ort iz (Yam ). 12S NO V: 1. Jason r.ldilla (Suz); 2. Jason Smith (Suz); 3. Brandon Schneoide r (Suz ); 4. Scott Lockwood (Su z ); 5 . John Nelson (Y.lm). 125 INl': 1. Tm-ance Malan (Suz); 2. Tim 8C'atty(Y.lm); 3. Josh Ama~ io (K.llw ). !SOBEC: 1.l.uTy (:oI,r (}-Ion); 2. Ton y peft< (Ya m); 3. N.arh.ln Z Pirnn.n (Han). !SONOV : 1. Tun SNrp (K.Iw); 2. N ick Abato (Y.lm ). 250 [NT: 1. Kfttny MiJlC'r(Y.lm). 125 /250 PRO: 1. leoff Mari.ueov ich (y.l m ); 2. Mike' H e a lC')' (Ya m) ; 3. Tnry Panons (K. w) ; • . lAuM' 8nu'In'" (Hon); 5. Jeoff 1Suz). 2S+BEC: 1. Pat 0Id1cnow (Yam ); 2. Darin Murdoch (Han). 2S+NO V: 1. Nic k Abato (Y.lm). n ton 2S+ INT: I. DarTrn Elliott (Hon). 2S+EX: 1. Jar frm,andez (1C.Iw). 30+ BEG: 1. Chris Brown (K.Jw); 2. Rick Ca nfirld (SU%); 3. Chuck Manh.1rd(y.l m); 4. Skip Pul ver (Kaw) . 30+ INT: I. Toay Feld h.lus(Hon). 40+ NOV : 1. Jim 8t."ck (K.lw). Hlebo clinches class win at Scramble-A-Thon final By Bill Spencer SAN JOSE, CA JULY 17 , San jose Speedway hosted its fina l round of the Scramble-A-Thon Series, and in the Ope n class it was Steve H lebo clinching the class championship with a second-place finish on the day. Greg Kamho lz won the hard-fought race over Hlebo bu t had to thread his way through lapped traffic late in the race before taking the checkered nag out in front, while Kamholz who at one point led the race - pressured him Results F-l: 1. Ml.rk McOon.11d (yam); 2. John Hi lton CHon);3. Curtis Ad.uns (Suz); 4. ~ M~ (Su.z); 5. ONn Vincmt (YAm) . F-2: 1. M.,k McOoruld (y.l m); 2. Fr.lnk Ar . p ki (Yam ); 3. Ointon Whifehow;e. (Yam); 4.lAghton Chalmrn (Y.Am). F-3; J. K.vin MWTil Y (Hon); 2. Jar l Ht'rTI'6a.JO (Hon); 3. Joii Tok wnoto (Han); 4. Nylr Sdu. 1NU$C'f C Hon); So IC1u ~tter (Han).

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