EVENTS
Edited by Scott-Rousseau
tance between himse lf an d the rest of the field .
Owen looked to have the win in the bag until he
bobbled ju st prior to the white flag. allowing
w atanabe to slip back into the lead. Watan abe
sa id thank you by pulling away on the final circuit to win the mot a . Buzz Moe ller pressu red
Ow en all the wav to the checkers for third .
Watanabe n~ i1ed his seco nd holesh ot of the
day in moto two, but John Fla n de rs ra iled
around him in a sweepe r to take control. Owen
got a better sta rt this time and also sho t around
Watanabe on lap one before latching on to Flanders' rear fende r as the du o quic kly d istan ced
themse lves from the others.
Flanders and Ow en fought for the lead with
Owe n ge tting the up per h a nd just pas t th e
halfway po int. How ell a ppeared to be the fastest
rider in the rnoto, coming from a last -place start
to press ure Flande rs for secon d towa rd the end
of the race. Howell ou tjumped Fland er s at the
wh ite fla g for second, then dove u nde rne at h
Ow en a few turns later to grab the lead wher e
he wo uld s tay un t il t he fi n ish. Owe n Cam e
acro ss a d ose seco nd, whic h was good eno ugh
for the ove rall. Even though Watan abe faded to
finish sixth, he still ea rned third overa ll behi nd
the 4-1 finishes of How ell.
Results
P!W 8-2; I. Cory Rt"dt"niu~ (Yam ); 2. Bryn ' Tt"rri .ln (Suz); 3.
Edwa rd Hl"'TTin~ (Ya m); 4 . Eddil." Wond.mt (KTM ); 5. David Carter
(Yam).
Schmidt smokes 'em
at Elk Lake ice race
By Tim McBride
A
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ZIMMERMAN. MN, JAN. 15
Arm ed with a pai r of cu stom-prepared La rson's Cy cle ice raci ng ti res, tw o-time Wo rld ,
MX Cha mp ion and Bob's Cy cle Su pply-spon - '
so re d Donny Sc h mi d t p il o te d h is Ya ma h a
YZ250 to vic to ry in the 250cc P ro a n d Vet
cla sses d urin g the op eni ng round of th e Di rt
Track Riders Association's ice racing season on
Elk Lake .
The event mark ed the first time Schmid t had
ever competed on the ice, an d he certainly d isplayed his versati lity by d efeati ng some of Minnesota's finest ice racers.
.
" I' ve been pra ct icin g for th e la st couple
weeks," Sch m idt said. "It's a lot of fun , and I
hope to be ab le to come out and race with my
frie nd s ag ain sometime."
The Vet class saw Dan Zitu r out front a t the
start of the m ai n event w hite le a d in g Mark
Deal, Jo h n Larso n , Sch mi dt , Joe Tromburg,
Rocky Erickson and the rest of the pack into the
first tu r n of the scra m b le s -ty p e race tra ck .
Schmidt made quick work of Larson and Deal
in th e fir st of th e two h a ir p in sect io ns and
ca ug h t Zit u r a t th e end o f th e lo n g b a ck
st raig ht. The late-brak ing Schmidt then slid to
the inside of Zi tu r to mak e the pass and tuml.-d
up the wick.
On the seco nd lap , Deal slipped past Zitur
a lso but th ere was no ca tch ing Schm id t. Th e
on ly inciden t of the race ca me on lap four when
Erick son cras hed ou t of co ntention while run ning in fifth. Schmi d t went on to score the win
wit h Deal J d istant second . Larson mad e a la5tlap move past Zitu r to earn third place. The 250cc Pro class saw Schm id t and Darrin
Chelin go toe-to-toe in a close battle that went
the distance. The duo traded the lead on seve ra l
occas ions, bu t Schmi d t made the winn ing pa ss
on the penultimate lap to pick up his seco nd victory of the afte rnoo n.
Mark Dea l an d Dav e Jend ro won the two
Of'<'n B heat races. The six-lap final was a different story, how ever, as John Larson tu rne d the
tablt. s an d led the main eve nt uncontested from
sta rt to finish scoring th e upse t. Dea l fin ishe d
seco nd with Jeff Berg. Jendro, and Joe Tro mburg
roun ding ou t the top five pos itions.
(Top) Chr is Neitzel (2) ch ases Kevin
Tarwater (3L) through t he air du ring a
125cc Noy ice mota at LACR, Tarwa ter
won the class. Neitzel was the run ner-up.
(Above) Dan Zitur (48K) leads the pack
through the first tum of the Vet main
event at the DTRA ice race on Elk Lake.
Forme r World MX Champion Donny
Schm idt (3) went on to score the win .
Results
r:>onny
VET: 1.
Schmi dt (Yam ): 2. Mark [)(o (Hon); 3. John
al
Lar!lOl'l (Jher (BSA); 4. C ary CoudM1 (H -D); 5. DOIve Pl."tl."rson
(Hon).
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8(); 1. Addm ~al (Yolm 2. Adam Hennchs (Hon ).
);
50: 1. Travi H,,""
richll (Yam); 2. Cod y $wt'mon (Yam ).
Owen overalls LACR
Old TImers Motocross
By Greg Robertson
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PALMDALE.CA.JAN.15
Han k Owen came away the O ld Ti mers MX
Associ a tion ' s Amate u r cl ass ove rall wi n ner
withou t winn ing eithe r mot a during the Ca rifor·
nia Radng Club's first Sunday motocross of the
new year at Los Angeles County Raceway .
Cha rles Wat anab e roosted h is brand -n ew
CR250 to th e fro n t of the pack as m ot o o ne
beg an. Charles How ell and Fred Kalmaick ga ted
in seco nd a nd th ird plJ.ces, respective ly, a nd
both found a way a ro und Wata nabe on th e
opening lap . Watanabe we nt down a short time
later a t the base of the over-a nd-u nder jum p,
han d ing the lea d back to Wata nabe, w ho had
rep assed Kalmick.
Watanabe's lead las ted just over a lap before
Owen, who h ad bee n charging from a sixt hp lace sta rt, mad e h is move into th e to p spo t.
Once out front, Qv-'en star ted to pu t so me d is-
P /W 8 -1 ; I. T immy McO .nit"! (Ya m); 2. 8r~1I Saunder s
(Yam); 3. Mdtt Con t reras (l(TM ).
P!W A: 1. J.lnod Tl'bo (Yam); 2. Chari Mt'!I'It'r (Yam).
eo BEC: 1. Fra nk.il' Pint"da (Kaw).
eo (0-8): I. Billy Bloom (Ka w); 2. 8 t1."tt Mounl"in ( K.aw ); 3.
M.J.tt Contrnob (Ka w ).
He BEG : 1. Kit Kun ath (Yam ); 2 . Mlll~ Buck IKa w); 3. JOl'
Nl."i tzrl (~w ).
HO(7- 11): I. Don nie Durrer (SUl ); 2. Sh~ nl' Smith (Suz ); 3.
Gl."rard P,ltin (Yolm).
MO (12-13) : 1. aiff knnin~ (IC.-IW); 2. Ktovin knl1lngli (Ka w).
!to ( 14- lb): 1. Ito POl'iOI (Y.1m); 2. Georgl· I....1Mun te (Suz ).
125 BEC : 1. Dav e Pt'd row (Ka w ); 2. Tr,lvi Smi th (Y.m); 3.
jl."nmv Chau.... (K.l w); 4 . Eddie L.am (Suz).
125 NOV: 1. QUb Nc-ittel (Suz ); 2. Kl"Vin T.lrw.ltM' (Suz~ 3.
1 y"'" Buck (Su.l).
1251:-..'1 1. L.mny Tumc1' (Suz).
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2."iO BEG: 1. uny TumtT (K.aw); 2. Mich.td ~utz (Hon).
250 l!'l'T: I. JWbbHo Dunh.un (Yamt 2. Mikl'G.alleplli (Hon).
JR VETNOV: 1. lt"l"SoIul (Suz).
VET BEG: 1. Bill Graham (Suz); 2. Rr!>s Benso n (H'Mlj; 3.
Frank Pino.-dol(Yam); of. So.'UU Mountain (Ya m).
VET NO\': 1. Jon H.all(Hon).
VET EX: I. Lt'oSotul (Yam).
SR NOV : 1. Mich.wl Bumo.ott (Suz) .
SR EX: I. Bub Dunh.1m (Yol ).
m
OT NOV : 1. John Webb (Hon); 2. Bub Klatt (lCaw); 3. Joh n
Cr.1ft (K.-iwl; 4 . Fra nk 0I."rby (Yam).
O!T AM: 1. H.ln k Owton (Hon); 2. OIolrll. HuWt.'JI (Yaml; 3.
"!io
Ch.uleto. Wat.-mabl-(Hun); 4. Fred Kalmic k (Kaw); S. BULl MOI."III."t
rBon).
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OIT EX: 1. Rich.1rd fko.llt'T (Y.lm); 2. Cworv Spt"arinp; (Hoc.);
3. Bob SlllorJ'l"d. (Hon); 4 . Jim McCon,·III.'U (Kdw); 5. StlOVI." Il"'l'1 n in S!'
(A 'n).
O IT MSTR: 1. Jol k Kell (Ho n); 2. Bill Cot"' (Ya m); 3. Cary
c
Willison (KolWj; " . Mikl." Cht.'Sbro (fion); 5. Kl."i th Ph illip!" (K.1w).
Gaddis tops Cow
Palace Arenacross
the lead . The first two spo ts were then set, but
still to be determined was how fa r Pederson
cou ld m ove u p. By the three-q uarter mark he
had secured fifth and he used his ability to dear
th e mammo th infiel d d oubl e on every. la p to
pick up time, even tu ally finis hing third.
Saturday night's racing ma y hav e lacked the
exciteme nt of the previou s night, as Gaddis was follow ed across th e finish lin e by Coo pe r and
Ped erson in bo th Pro main eve n ts.
Results
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Frida y
1:5 MAL'\! : I. Jimmy G.lddi (KoI l; 2. J.oftn-y ~ ...""' (Honi
w
3. I...ownl Moural (Hun );". Owd Pt"dl"nOn(Iiort ); S. Jdfr~ Willob
(K>w ~
2SOMAIN : 1. Guy Coopn (Sw: ): 2. Jimmy Gdddis (K.:aw); J.
Cud Pt'dtT'ollO(Hon); " Oo- 1n M..htJf1 (Y,lml; S. Kkk Ky." (y,1m ).
o
$.lturd.ly
125,MAL\l: I . Jimmy Gaddi.'l(K.1w ): 2. Chad Pl"dt>non (Hont
3. Gu y Coopt!f (Suz ); .(. Jrff~
r~l.m.l
(Hon); S. Jf'ffrry Willow
(Kaw}.
250 MAIN: 1. Jimmy c...Jdlll (K.Jw ); 2. Qwd,' Pederson (Hon~
3. Guy Cooper (Su z ); 4. Id fn")' Pt"lItan.. (Ho n ); 5. Dt-an M oIhM,)1I
(yam).
Demaris doubles at Woodland
Vintage Motocross
By Clay Light
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WOODLAND, WA,)AN. 14
CZ -mounted Da le Dem aris bes ted the muddv
conditions to post an incredi ble do uble class "~
during th e Vi ntage Dirt-san cti oned vint age
motocross at Wood land Motocross Park.
The storm that ha m mere d Cal ifornia a n d
m o v e d to t he Nor t h wes t dumped hu g e
amo unts of rain, makin g for a mudd y mess for
th e rid ers on hand fro m Washi ngt on , Orego n
and Canad a. Dem ari s, though. took th e conditions to his liking by winn ing the Open an d oWExpert classes.
Dem a ris had only fellow CZ rider Monty
Price to contend with in the Open class . Even 50, th e Northwes t Ma ico / C Z· b a ck ed Dem aris
stre tched out his leads in both motos for a I-I
sweep to relegate Price to 2-2 sta tus . The number-three spot we n t to Amateu r winner Rob
Iverso n, while Tom McFar la ne and Ken Burningham followed.
Win num be r two for Demaris came after a
second se t of incr edible motos th at carried the
him to victory ove r Hond a-mounted Bill Row in
the 40+ class, which also ran in an Expert ! Ama teur configuration . Top Amateur positi on went
to Bu ltaco rider Charles Dow ling .
On e of the day's bes t races came in the 250cc
Expert class, Hon da-moun ted Joe Casey made a
s lick, las t-la p p ass o n Rickm an rid er Shawn
Brown to pick up the mota win, bu t Brown won
the second mot o to take the overall victory .
Results
OPEN EX: 1. Datl" O" m,l ris (CZ ); 2. Mon ty Price (CZ ); 3.
Craig Fam .'
.worth (CZ) .
O PEN AM: 1. Rob Iverson (Ya m); 2. To m McFarl.ult" (Crt') ; 3Kl"n 8 um ing h.1m (Cre).
By David Lutz
SAN FRANOSCO, CA. JAN ..7
.
Team SplitFire / Kawasaki's Jim my Gadd is wa s
the big winner at the Western ro und four of the
AMA Arc across Series in the Cow Palace.
n
Gadd is won the 125cc ma in event on Frid ay
night and the 125 and 250cc main events on Sat- urday night , not to men tion the "Dash for Cash "
on both nights. Gad dis ' wors t finish was a seco n d pl a ce to Tea m Su z uki Off Road ' s G u y
Cooper in Frida y night' s 250cc main.
Rick Ryan h o lesho t th e 125c c Pro m ai n
event, wit h Gaddis an d Jeff Willoh in dose pu rsuit. Within a few laps Ryan an d Willoh began
to fall off the pace, turning the lead ove r to Gadd is, with Jefferey Pes tan a an d Low ell Moural
hold ing d own se cond and third . Seri es points
lead er Chad Pederson had his hands full after
reco vering from a poor start, but in the seco nd
h alf o f the ra ce Pederson fo u n d a fast li ne
th rou gh the wh oop sectio n and bega n to make
up gro und . It !Vas too little, too late. how ever,
an d Pederson was unable to make the move on
Mou ral for th ird. Gad d is took th e victory, followed by Pestan a and Moura\.
Afte r losing his 125cc bik e to a cras h earli er
in th e eve ni ng, Cooper rea p peared fo r th e
2SOcc main eve nt but had to sett le for a seco nd ·
place start ~hind Gadd is. Pt-derson loo ked to
have a decen t sta rt, e n tering th e fir st turn in
third, but h is bad luck continued whe n he slid
in the swee per and en de d up next-to-last. Ped erson was up quickly and set out after the lead ers.
Th e p ack soo n s p re a d o ut, wit h Gaddis
mai n tai n ing a th ree-seco n d ad van tage o ve r
Coo f'<'r, wh o in tum had 11 seco nds over third placed Rick Ryan. Ped erson rod e like a man possessed to pass riders .
By the halfw ay ma rk, Ped e rson was u p to
se ve n th p lace an d st ill mo vin g . Mean wh il e,
-d
Ga d dis bumped a lapper an d a ppea r< to hit
neutra l, allowing Coo pe r by on th e outside for
250 EX: 1. Shdwn Brown (Ric ); 2. Jl1t Ca",'Y (Hon); 3. John
:
Sm ith (Ric).
250 AM : I. )t>ramit· H olm..•• (C· A) ; 2 . G uy Hau ge (Su z); 3.
Dean Newton (RSA).
125 EX! AM : L LA
Fayl" McC a rw r (Hon); 2.. John B.1var k.1s
(Hon ); 3. Rick Sipp.
30+ EX! AM: L '01." c.....'Y (Hun) ; 2. Bill Brown (Suz); 3. Km
Burni ngham (Cre) .
40+ EX! AM : 1. Da le o.·mari ~ (CZ) ; 2. Bill Row (H on ); 3.
Garies Dowling (Bu l).
OPEN 8 M8R: 1. Monty Ptia- (Yam); 2. Juhn Bdva rkas (Yan);
3. Jeff FII'\!itMI (Hon ).
250 BM BR; 1. Don Darby (Hon): 2. Rid Craff (Hon); 3 . J.x:l.
RWI(lion).
Truhn tramples Carlsbad MX
By Kyle C. Parsons
CARLSBAD, CA. JAN. 14
The "Over The HiJI Gan g" motocross opene r 3t
Ca rlsbad Raceway wa s more like a ho meco mirg
than a visit for Michigan nativ e Doug Truhn.
But with th e fab led fo rmer U.s. GP t ra ck
receiving a recor d amou nt of rainfall, cond itiollS
resem bled that of a mud bog. and played rig,t
in to Truhn's ha nds as he stormed to the Expcrt
class win.
As the flag fell for th e first Expe rt mot o )f
th e d ay, Duane Q uay le sho t to the fro nt of the
pack, with Tru hn in ho t pu rsuit. By the end of
the seco nd lap, Quayle and Truhn had extended
the ir le ad ove r the rest of th e pack w ith Dol n
Townsen d a dis tant third . By lap thrt.>e Quay le
and Tr u hn wer e locked in a fierce battlc, with
Tnih n mak ing the p as s on a mu dd y, ru tt ed
straig ht. Tru hn held on for the win with Qu ayle
in runner -up position .
The secon d moto st a rted the way the first
one ended, with Truhn pulli ng the holeshot. In
pursuit, Carl Powell and Quayle atte mpted to
keep Truhn in si~ t , as the Michigan mud specialist had a fu ll head of steam an d was on the
move. As the pack came aro und for the first lap ,
Pow ell cross- ru t ted and we n t d own, handin g
second place to Qu ayle who set h is sig hts on
