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VET ro.;OV; I. Kevi n Allm a n,:2. Ala n s.dwr; 3. Brold Slo.1
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VET I:-IT: I. Je-rome Gil"!lOn; 2. Ed Cua~rdo.
O IT AM : 1. Ph il BloICk; 2. Buzz MOt"I M.T, 3. Mt"al EMherty; 4
Bob Klatt 5. JohnCr a ft.
O /T EX: 1. Kl"ith Philli ps; 2. Gerogto Spt"aring; 3. Joh n Clap-man; 4. Jack Sabine ; 5. Randv w essels,
O /T MSTR: 1. Bill Can; 2. Cary WiIIillOl'i.
Graves seals title at
Willow Springs Road Race
lL50 NO V: 1. Chris Tay lo r (Ho n ); 2. Eanna Boland (Han); 3.
Marche Ka. ger (l-fon); -t. Donny Sch m it (Yam); 5. Oint Solo m m
r
(H on ).
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O rE.."JNO V: 1. Tft".tna! Deadmd n (5uz); 2. T rry Keyes (Suz);
3. Mich ae l Slegrist (Kaw); 4. MIm.lt.·1 Ge-pha rt (Yam); 5. Ed w ilrd
SaliJme(Suz~
Hoenshell takes two at
Cartwright's XR Winter
National Hare Scrambles
By Eric Vin cent
By Darryl Smith
RDSA.\I0ND, CA, DEC. 17
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Chuck Graves cemented his lock on the Toyota
Unlimited Road Rare by Budweiser Form ula One
class championship by winning the final round of
that event durin g th e 12t h round of Willow
Springs Mo torcycl e Club racin g a t Wi llow
Spri ngs Intern ational Raceway. It was Gra ves '
seco nd stra ight WSMC F-I championship.
Graves ' victory came during a reco rd-se tting
race w h ich saw both new lap reco rds set in the
class, but also a new motorcycle lap time record at
the high-desert facility. Graves turned in a 1:24.50
to set the new motorcycle record. Also duri ng the
race, Nick Ienatsch set a new 250cc GP motorcycle
record on his Yamaha TZ250 with a 1:24.70.
Grav es held the ra ce lead from start to finish.
Off the sta rting line , Graves was followed by
Cur tis Adams, who also held second througho ut
the race. The main competi tion in the event was
for th ird place, which was in itially held by Rob-
(Above) Nick lenatsch won th e Formula
Two championship at Will ow Springs
Internati onal Racew ay. (Left) Cory Keeney
used 2-1 mot o finish es to cap ture the
overall win in the 125cc Pro class at the
Castaic MX.
bie Do wi c.
Keeney tops privateers at
Castaic Motocross
By Sco tt Hoff man
VET INT: 1. Skip GOdlrM"Z (SU;!); 2. Om s Leiker (Hon); 3. )en.M il- on (Y~ m~
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VET EX: 1. Brad Mct.ecd CH
on); 2. Rodney Mo rrison (H u n);
3. Ron Shou p (Su z); 4. l..eo Se ul (Yam ); 5. [erome Gihm (H on ).
SR I"''T : 1. Men te Pritch et t (KTM).
SR EX: 1. Bob Dunham (y a m).
Bruce too tough at San Jose
Marathon Challenge
By Bill Spencer
SAN JOSE, CA, DEC. 11
Joe Bruce was the class of the fie ld at ro und
three of the Marathon Cha llenge se ries at the
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds , as the former
pro motocrosscr lapped the entire field of 7J riders e n route to h is second big wi n of the series.
Dan Reger led the field for two laps and then
again when Bruce pitted for fuel but even after
a second stop, Bruce was able to maintain a
comfortable lead . Reger got a little help from a
fr iend and finished second, but the Ownbey
brothers were credited with the En d uro-thon
wi n while Danny Barber was once again the
Sportsman Ironrnan winner.
Anthony DeMario, who won the last round
but started at the tai l e nd on the fi rs t lap,
wo rked his way forwa rd , finishing fifth overall
and third in the !ronman Expert, just one lap off
the pace .
Joe Vella and Bob Zades were cred ited with
sixth ove rall and first in the End uro- thon Sportsman division, while Nate Wait and Gary Rogers
were seve nth ove rall a nd second in the Expert
ra nks.
A beautifu lly groo med, one-mile track greeted the last race, where Rory Musca tel beat his
brother Steve, who hadn't raced in 14 years. Edd
Hay mo nd fina lly fin ished rest or in g his 1973
. KTM 125 and won the Vintage round .
Jason Ste fani topped th e lar ge turnout of
XRIOOs ove r Gary Rogers, with Phil Cascio third
and Justin Evans was the trophy winn er in the
Minibike d ivision.
Results
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RACE I: I.T... Bid (Hon); 2. Jason Pridmore (Hem); 3. Mlm ty
·rry
Ownbt·y(ATK);4 . Jol!lOJ'l Mut'I\'U (Yam ); 5. Wade Spey er (Kaw).
RACE 2; 1. Jo1!lOn Prid m o re (H an); 2. C ra ig Christi.ln (Y.... m); 3.
Scott La rson (Yam ): 4. Pa ul Bergstrom (Ya m); 5. Levin Gennan
(Yam ).
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RACE 3; 1. JOE' Brue.- (Yam): 2. Dan Rl'ge r (H o n ): 3. JU!lihn
O w n bey I Mo nt y Ownbey (Yam ); 4. Denny Barg er ( Ho n) ; 5 .
Anthony DeMario (Hon).
RACE 4: 1. Rory MU!iC.ltel (Suz); 2. Edd Haymond (pt>n); 3.
SteveMwatel (KTM); ... JobOtI Stefani (Hont 5. Gary Ragen (Hon~
CASTAle. CA, DEC. 18
With the Supercross season around the comer,
to p pri vateers ca me out to battle at Castaic's
Supercross track, and following a heated figh t in
the 12Scc Pro class, FMF-backed Co ry Keen ey
took a well-deserved win at the sse motocross.
At th e sta rt o f th e first 125cc Pro moto it
looked as if Team Green 's jeff Willoh wo uld be
the dominant rider of the day. Willoh ga ted perfectly to lead the pack into the first tum with Jeff
Ti e a rney and Keen ey followi ng s u it. Will oh
qu ickly put some distance on the field as Keeney
b attl ed on with his re lati vely stoc k Ya ma ha.
Keeney mad e the pass on Tieamey, but continued mistakes made him un abl e to pu ll wi thi n
striking distance of Willoh .
Back in the field, Tieamey a nd Travi s Presta n went a t it for th ird until the clos in g lap s
when Pre ston fell off the pa ce. When the race
was over, Willoh cruised in with the convi ncing
win, while Keeney and Tiearn ey held the run ner -u p spo ts.
In the second moto, Shane Trittler pu lled the
ea rly lead ove r Keeney and Mat Bateman. Trit tler looked strong after a poor finish in the moto,
but a miscalculated tu m put him on the ground
and out of the battle for the lead at aro und the
ha lfway poi n t. Kee ney in herited the lead as
WiII,?h, .the Hrst-moto winner, wa s on the gas
following a poor start. WiJlo h reel ed in th e
leader with a few laps remaining and rode with
all h is heart. Willoh went in for the kill, but
lapped ri ders created problem s a n d he wa s
unable to make the pass.
When the race was over, Keeney gra bbed the
cash for the overall whi le .Willoh and Preston
had to settle for seco n d and th ird o ve r a ll,
respectively.
In oth er race action, Geo rge LaMont e put in
strong moto finishes to claim the win in the 80cc
Novice class. Lamonte battled w ith Richard
Sazama in the first mote, with Sazama taking
the win at the flag. In the second moto, laMonte
took the win and claimed the victory. Sazama
had problems in the second race and never cornpleted the moto .
Results
F~I : 1. Ch uc k Gra ves (SUZ); 2. Cur ns Ad" m ll (Su z); 3. Joh n
H ilto n (Hu n ); 4. Nic k Il-nat sch (Yam): 5. Jdfrl'Y Stem (Ka w ).
F·2; 1. Nick lena:lJlch (Yol ): 2. WoJ!I Du~ (Hun ); 3. Rubhi t"
m
Dnw it· (H on ); 4. Lan ce H oI'll (Hun l; 5. Fra n k Ar.lgaki (Y"m)
F·J : I. Wesley Totsabo (H,m ); 2. Willi.1m SyfoJ n (Suz); 3. Davy
Widio1ja (Hon); 4. Jon Tu kulTlulO (H un ); 5. John Ul rich (Yam ~
F-&O: L JOM Hilton (Hu n); 2. Joji To ku moto (Hu n); 3. Tom
Ser a (Hon); 4. Larry Schnur (Du e); 5. Stepht-nHan..... n (Ya m ).
500 S /STK 1. Bn an Garbellin i (Yol ); 2. John Rea rdon (y.l m );
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J. Maurin-Marascio (K.aw); 4. Dani el Equihw (Yam); 5. Mar k Stcnt'T(Ya m ).
bOO S /STK: 1. J.Andrew M il lo n (Han); 2. K.tr l Lowry Jr.
(Hun); 3. Robert Ya mpobk y (Ho n); 4. Jim ~Il'r (H o n ); 5 . Rob
At"tmer(Hon).
750 S /STK: 1. J. A nd re w Mih on (Hon); 2. IWnjam in Welch
(Yam ); 3. Kiko Serna (Suz); 4. Maklyn r ena CSuz); 5. PoJul W right
(Suz).
OPEN S /STK: 1. Rich.ud Munn (Suz ); 2. 51"", R..pp (Suz.);3 .
CurtilO AddlTll> (Suz );;4. (hm Voe llu-r Sr. (Hon); 5. BOO Sirbl-nlwar
(Han,
S50 S/8K: 1. F,...nk Ar,ll ;aki (Yolm);2. Bri.Jn Carbt;>11irU (Yam);
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3 . Maurie.- Ma ra'lCio (Kaw); 4. Ke n n y Ca nedo (Yam); 5. Dan iel
Equihua (Yam).
lL50 S/8K: 1. Wa lt Dorsch(Hon); 2.J . Andrew Mi lton (Hon); 3.
Karl Lowry Jr. (H on ); 4. larry ra'i