I ' · EV~NTS
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VET NOV: 1. Mark Neal (Yam).
VET INT : 1. Eric Casas (Hon); 2. Don Dina (Hon); 3. 'amea
Coppt'd~ (Yam).
VET EX: 1. l.t>oSaui(Volm).
SR BEG: 1. Bill Weltman (H on).:
SR NO V: I. Michdd Burnctt (Sur.); 2. Da vid Bu rson (Su z) .
SR INT ; 1. Layman Gattis (Han).
SR EX; 1. Bob Dunham {Ya m}.
(V·n
50+ INT : 1. J.K'k Monger
2. Dan Sm art (Hus); 3. Ken
Crnrd (Hon); 4 . Norm ShieIWi (Tri -BSA );:5. AI Sa ld iv;lf (Ya m ).
BMBR NOV: 1. Tim McEnti~ (Suz); 2. ltay Comer (Yam );: 3.
Don Mcil'W"f (Yam).
BMBR lNT : 1. Scutt Davis (Kaw); 2. Robert Lltt le (Y.am): 3.
Oon Dowding (yam).
BM8K EX: 1. Tim Nash (H Ull);2. Crai g N OIu (Yam).
Mot""""
PREM l/ W NOV : f. Bill So-ms tag (ere).
Vintage TTIMX doubleheader
runs atTulare
.
By Matt Hilgenberg
(Top) An oddly clad Rick Doughty topped
the new Premier Ultra lightweight II Expert
class at AHRMA 's Tulare MX.
(Above) Harold Smith hammered to the
Vet Beginner class win at the LACR MX.
Smith shines at LACR MX
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE. CA,FEB. 26
Nearly every weekend, Harold Smith b rings his
son , Chaz, out to the races to compete in the BOcc
class.
Apparently, Harold Smith was tired of Chaz
havi ng all the fun , so he went out bou ght a ne w
KTM for himself, and ended up winning both
Vet Beginner class motos during Califo rnia Racing Club's Sunday mo tocross at the Los Angeles
County Racewa y.
Smi th started the fun by getting the holeshot
in his first moto. Andy Flu m ran seco nd for a
short while befo re being passed by Rick Jurado
and Fra nk Pineda. Jurado was ru nni ng in second place an d a patt ern soon developed, with
Jura do closi ng in on Smit, as each lap progressed, o nly to h a ve Smith us e a h o t li ne
th ro ug h a long sectio n of whoops to pull away
again.
Sm ith upped the pace on the last couple of
laps to pull clear of Jurado, by 10 seconds, when
the checkers waved. Pineda stayed within striking d istance of Jurado for th ird . John Sullivan
worked up th rou gh the pack to finish fourth
ahead of Robert Miller.
Jerry Noone won the drag race to the first
tu m in moto two, but Smith was already in contro l as they exite d the tum. Jurado, who go t a
poor start and was buried at th e back of the pack
man aged to work all the way up to fourth with
ju s t a la p completed. Jurado conti n ued h is
charge up past Pineda and Sullivan and start ed
to close in on leader Smith. Jura do had his CR
125 at the back wheel of Smith's KTM 300, but
cou ld n' t overcome the hor sepower di sadvan tage to make the pa ss. The two ride rs diced for
most of the mo to, u n til Sm it h turn ed up the
wick o n the final circuit to secure th e w in .
" 1 wa s getting tired, then I saw the white flag
and kind of accelerated a little bit and tried to
put him away : ' sa id Smith afte r the race. "'Ir s
been a long, lon g tim e. I' ve raced on and o ff
when I've been ab le to bo rrow a bike. My new
"
bike is beautiful, the pl.'Oplc at KTM of Mojave
helped me out a lot: '
Results
I' / W 8-2: 1. Edwa rd H erring (yam ); 2. Bryo- Te rz ian (Su z) ; 3.
Ty lo r Pirwd a (Ya m ).
P /W B· 1: 1. Co ry Rt"CII"Rius ,(y am ).
P /W A : 1. Ricky Ht"m m l" (Ya m) ; 2. A ro n To m u t d; 3. J. ) .
Noon.- (Iij).
60 BEQ 1. Aron Boy Tom o ta (Kilw); 2. Troy Ti lt lt'fRi.... (Ka w) .
60 (0-8) : 1. VinC'C'rlt Rht...d s (JU w); 2. Billy Bloo m (Ka w ); 3 .
);
Rick y Hemme (Ka w) ; 4. Ricky O live r (K OIw S. Bn ott Mountai n
(Kaw).
.
gheim (Ka w); 3.
60 (9--11): I . N kk BUl'llUn (Ka w); 2. Blak .... M.1r
Frankie Pint'da (Yam); 4 . Tay lor Sta tterfi l"ld (Yam).
80 BEG : 1. Eri c Du rrer (S uz); 2. Vi n t"t"nt Rh Orman (Yam); 4. Stan ley Fra nks (Hon ); 5. 5t"an Troll" (YOl m ).
2SO NOV : 1. Colby 8t"gi n (JU w ); 2. Don Biav a (Hon); 3. Tim
Konkol (Yam ); 4. Jason Trobqr (Ka w ); 5. Doll Trubt-y ' r. (Y"'m ).
250 rNT: 1. Km Rt"'-"CI (Kaw); 2. Robbie Dunham (Vilm ).
250 PRO: 1. !'iI Ma in _ (Su z) .
ick
JR VET BEG: 1. Sh an no n Hu dson (ATK) ; 2. Ga ry Ivan (Suz);
3. dudes Shannon (Hon ); 4. Mi ke Brad y (Hon l.
JR V ET N O V: 1. D aniel Batt a gli a (Ya m) ; 2 . Tim Ko nko l
(Ya m) ; 3 . Lee Sa u l (Suz): 4. F~o Bt>rmm an (Hi m); 5. Randa ll
UppiE'(Yam).
.
VET BEC : 1. Ha ro ld Sm ith (KTM ); 2. Rick Ju rad o (Hon ); 3.
John Sullivan (H un); 4. Frank Pindea (Ya m ); 5. Robl"rt P~r MiUn
(Kaw) .
TULARE. CA,FEB.:5-26
The 1995 American Historic Racing Motorcycle
Associ ation (AHRMA) West Region MX Series
got u n d e rw a y last weekend, with a record
turnout of riders for Tulare Cycle Par k. The 270
entries , co m b ine d with 125 for Saturda y ' s
AHRMA Regional IT. made for a full weekend
of vinta ge bike competitloriin central California.
As usual. promoter gro up Trip le M Racing did a
grea t job, which ha s res ult ed in th e increased
popularity of the eve nt.
Th e IT co u rse, thi s tim e, wa s laid out in
more of a traditi onal TT sh a pe than a t pa st
events, but wa s quite sm all, which mad e for
clos e ra cing. One of the day's closest contest s
ca me in th e 250cc Expert class, between John
Ha teley and Tim Nash. Hatele y led from th e
start, then missed a shift headi ng onto the front
straig hta way nea r the mid way poi nt in the 12lap eve nt. This allowed Nash to pull alo ngside,
then ba rely squeeze past hea ding into tum one.
A few laps later, the tab les were turned. as Nash
erred and the two ran sid e by sid e down the
straigh t, with Hateley half-a -wheel behind.
'"I cou ld feel him rubbing against my side:'
Nash said afterward. And I didn't want to tum
d own on hi m a nd make him high-si de. So, I
went in as deep as I cou ld to give him room so
he would n't crash:'
That bit of room was enough to allow Hateley through into the lead , and the win. Brian
Shives was third , a distance back.
Dennis Spence and To m Horton also had a
pair of g re a t races in 500cc Expert and 40+
Expe rt, racing all 24 laps within a bike length of
each other, trading the lead several tim es. In the
e nd , Sp ence ca me out o n top in both main
eve nts.
The d eb ut of AHRM A's newest mot ocross
class, Premier Ultra·Light weight Il, featured 11
machin es, includ in g ex a m p les produced by
Hodaka, Rickma n-Zundapp, Van -Tech , Puch ,
Carabela, CZ and Honda (four-stroke). Interme- .
d iate Ken Gerard showed the way in mot o one,
leading from start to fin ish over the " Frito Bandito," Rick Doughty, who co mp le me nte d his
Mexican-built Carabela with appropriate southof-the-borde r garb. Doughty turned the tables in
mot o two, en rou te to takin g th e Expe rt class
win . Gera rd was seco nd overall and first Intermediate, w~iJe the Novice victory went to Mike
Folen a.
In an effort to enco urag e more fem ale riders,
the Women 's class finally got a moto a ll to them selves, instead of d odging oth er rid ers constantly . The brainchild of Debbie Poole, the separate
race was popula r with the lad ies, who had to
wat ch as Debbie Kan e mot or ed her RickmanMontesa to a pair of relativeJy easy wins, taki ng
Interm edi ate class honors over Candy Hat clcy.
Wendy Mahan topped the Novi ce d ivision over
Poole and Ellen Voermans .
Results
IT
PR EM 4·STRK N OV : 1. SIt"v e Bibb (BSA); 2. Cary Bil'h op
(BSA );3. GarY E,;loff (USA); 4. Jim H o lb roo..1""(AIS).
PR EM 4-SfRK INT : 1. Norm Sh it"lds (Tn); 2. Hl"'I\ry Non lW'l'l·
machl"r (l-l -D ); 3. L...rry Madri,;al (BSA); 4. Gl"T ld Rogers (Tn).
a
t bt.-r1;
PREM 4-STR K EX:: 1. Rick Dou J;hty (Ric); 2. M.1tt Hil l/;"R
(Ric).
125 NOV: 1. Mi ke Folena (Ric) .
125 INT : 1. Bry a n Da vis (Hon); 2. Ric RWiollCIJ (H on )
125 EX: 1. Scon D av is (H on ); 2. Ken GrTard (Hon); 3 . How a rd
Rantz (Hon ).
250 NOV: 1. Rid1.ard Yelk in (Du l).
250 INT: 1. Brad Hal l (Bu l); 2. Keith Lynas (Oss); 3. Bill WC'IIt
(Oss); 4. C u rt Lan ge (Hon~ 5. [krek Allen (Bul ).
2SO EX: 1. Joh n HiltE'll")' (Bul ); 2. Tim Nash (H us ); 3 . Bri an
Sh iVI'll(Hon); 4 . Marty T riF- (OlIoS); S. Dnid Fi~ (Oss~
.500 N O V: I. T im M cEnti..... (Su z ); 2. Oon Meiner (Suz ); 3.
Kt"Vin fOlIC!! CCZ); 4; Chris Fm (Ho n ); 5. S teve Bibb (BSA ).
500 INT : 1. Robert U ltl .... (Yam ); 2. Jl"ff Rn uff (CZ ); 3. Pt"t~
Bid d y (HIm ); 4. Rich Domingueit (CZ); 5. AI SAld ivar (Vam).
500 EX: 1. Dnlnis Spence (Ya m); 2. Tom Horton (Ya m) ; 3.
Go Da vis (Hon).
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...
OPE N lWlN NOV: 1. Stu Ca rdott (Tri).
Of'EN TWIN INT: 1. Mi ke Johnson (Ya m); 2. P~ul Andt-'r.'lOI1
(Tri ); 3. JueI Swt"erM"f(T ri ); 4. Ra y Comt-r (Tri ); 5. Da vid Nicholson
(Tri).
OPEN lWlN EX: 1. John Ha tt.4t.-y (Tri ); 2. Matt Rohr (~).
30+ NOV: I. Gary Eglo ff (M a i); 2. Kt'Vin JOM'S (CZ); 3. Mol....
vi n Davis (H on ); 4 . Ti m McEnti re (SuzJ
30+ INT: I. O a rk Sumner (SIU:); 2. Brad H olt (8 ul) ; 3 . Bill
OC'm (H on ); rard (Ric); 2. Pau l
Du Oll.-n " (H od); 3. Joe Lorenzen (CZ); 4. Lee Fabry (H od).
PREM ULTRA L/ W II EX: 1. Rick Dough ty (Ca r); 2. Tim
H("fu y (Pucl.
PREM L/W II NOV; l.BiIIS.lm~tag(GI'\").
('R EM L/ W U INT: 1. Kci th Lyn~ s (Oss); 2. Jot' Lort'TlU11
(AJS); 3. John Fo rd (Ric ); 4. DaVl' [ amec (AJS) .
PREM L / W IJ EX 1. D avid Fis her (Oss); 2. Robert 1'001
:
1'
(BSA I; 3. John Lc Pev re [Hus).
PREM 500 II NOV: 1. Ed Reed y (Tri ); 2. Nield Parry (Tri); 3.
Mike Ligh tfo ul (Ric ).
PREM 500 II INT: I. Charlie Beck (Mai ); 2. M.utin Dahlquillt
(Gre ).
PRE M 500 JJ EX: 1. John Le Fevre (H u s) ; 2. Mike Atk in s
(Tri ); 3. Rick Do ughty (Mo n l.
125 NOV: l. Chris Fm (ya m) ; 2. Jod H an.'lOn (H on).
125 INT: l. Run H arriso n (Hon); 2. Armt.>n OaW1tOn (Ka w);
'T\4Iult (Hon); 4. Bry an D av ili (Hon); S. La rry H ipp
3. Mark Anw.
(H Ull).
125 EX 1. Jot." Ca.o;ey(Hon); 2. Howard R.Jnt it (Honl.
:
250 N OV: 1. Daved Kuns (M"l ); 2. StCV(Ol\ Sa gdy (Yam); 3.
D.-re k AII(OI\ (Dul); 4. Leo Tidwl"l1(H on); S. Don B..~ (Hon).
2SO 1NT : 1. Kri lh Lyn as (Oss); 2. Tim Sa rgl mon (H on ); 3.
. Jo hn Grise (Hon); 4. RJckPriC'e(MolIl); S. Paul Mi ller(Hon).
2SOEX: 1. John G reenway (Hon ); 2. John Haleley (8ul); 3.
joe Ceeey (H o n ); 4. Gn-g Blazt'k (Hon) ; S. Bria n Shins (Hon).
500 N O V: 1. Tim McE ntif1." (S uz); 2. Don Mi t"nn (Suz ); 3.
Du n Kelly (CZ ); 4. Jam es Howard (BuI ); S. Jim Stone (Bu l).
500 INT : 1. Rich Smi th (Mai); 2. Larry Hipp (Mai); 3. Louis
H a rk er (CZ); 4. Joh n Figas (Hon); S. MaSCW'l BUIIf'r (ez).
500 EX: I. T im Nash (H us); 2. Kell y Ow e n (Hon ); 3 . GITg
Blau 'k {Ma il; 4. John Lundgren (Bu l); S. Ron Mdton (Bu l).
O PEN TW INT: 1. Matt Ro hr (o,l"); 2. Myron Lapka (Tri); 3.
[uc 1Sweeney (Tri); 4 . Ton y McDowt>!1 (Ric); 5. H l"m Wolff (Tri).
O P EN TW EX: 1. Jo h n Hat d e y (Tn); 2. Scot! Dunlav ey
(Cwo ); 3. John Lu n dgf'f"ll (Ric) .
.
W MN NOV: 1. Wt!'Ildy Mahan (H u s ); 2. Deb bie Poole (CZ);
3. Ellm v oerma ns (Ric ); 4. Debbie IWilm (Han); 5. Sa ra Lightfoot
(Ric-Bon ).
WOMEN tNT; 1. Dt-bbi e Ka nt" (Ric ); 2. Candy Ha te ley (CZ).
30+ NOV: 1. Tim McEnti re (Su z) ; 2. Do n Beese (H o n ); 3.
Jolnu.'S Howa rd (Bu ll; 4. Leo T id we 11 (Hon); 5. o..-bb ie Kane (RicMu n) .
30+ INT : t . Bill Wt'St (0'1.) ; 2. Mollt Ro hr(Chl" l;3. Rick Pri ce
.'
(Mai); 4 . C la rk Su m m> (Suz); 5 . Ra nd l Perkins (H on).
r
30+ EX: I. John G rffnw "y (Uo n) ; 2. Scott Du nl avey (0K0); 3.
Gn-g C art e r (M a i); 4. David Fishe r (Oss); 5. Ra n dy Bolbit"1l (Ya m ).
40+ NOV: I. Mike Bergan tz (Hon ); 2. Don M il"ner (Suit) ; 3.
Ot"Rn is Moore (CZ); 4. Mi ke Full"Ra (H o n ); 5. John Koch (H us ).
40+ INT : 1. Ch.>r!il" Beck (Mai); 2. Rich Smit h (Ma i); 3. Rt'X
P"w cil (Pen ); 4. Bob Spicer (CZ); 5. Vic Curti (Ois).
40+ EX: 1. Randy l.t>wi.'!(o....); 2. Ru ss Powell (Pt"Jl); 3. Ca ry
Dolv ls (Hon ); " . Robert Doran (CCM); S. Robert Poole (BSA ).
50+ N O V: 1. John Ha ins (Hun); 2. Waynt' Ra nt z (Su.z); 3. Jim
Coo l.e (Bu l); 4 . La ne A llton (BuI ); S. Mil.e Ea5tman (CZ).
50+ t NT : 1. Run Clawso n (Ma i); 2. Da n Sma rt (H u s); 3. Ja ck
Monger (V.n; 4. AI Sa ldivar (Ya m ); 5. Ken Oer.. rd (Ha n) .
50+ EX: J. D.1nn y Da vi es (Tn ).
60 + N OV : 1. Me l v in S h a p ir o (Oss ); 2. Norm Blilck mt'r
(K.iw ~
BMBR NOV: I. Tim McE nt i re (SIa): 2. Rod c....ntry (Bu l); 3.
Do n Mi l"ner ( Ya m ); 4. Denn is Graha m (H u s) ; 5. Willie Nash
(Kaw).
BMC R (N T : I. Ma so n But le r (CZ ); 2. H o w a rd Di s h moln
(Bul) .
BMBR EX: 1. R.mdy Lt-wi s (Mon).
Duprel devast~tes Wausau MX
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By Mike Williams
WAUSAU FL. FEB. 12
,
Ala ba ma resid ent Davie Dupre l in v a ded
Wau s au -Mot ocros s toda y and le ft w ith the
first·place honors in the 250ce B class.
The Mo ntgomery Kawas aki -Su zuki /
Afa m/ Reg in a -s po nso re d p il ot mo tored hi s
Kawas aki to a co ns isten t pair of sec ond -place
sho w ings to beat th e up-and-d own finish es of
his competition.
When th e gate dropped for th e first combined 125/250cc B moto, Dell Ellanson put his
Kawa saki into th e lead and se t it on the cruise
m od e.. Whil e Ellanson wa s pulling away out
fro nt wi th ease, lo ts of action wa s go ing on
behind hi m . Early fro nt- ru n ner Ti m Stokes
crashed and rem ount ed in sixth, and teen sen~
satian Ricky Carmichael ran off th e track and
reg ro upe d dead last. Carmichael took a couple
laps to cl ear o ut the cob we bs, and then
showed the fa ns w hy he is con s id er e d the
fas test m ini·pitot in the world. With · surgeon~
like precision, Carmichael cut through the
pack u si ng every li ne possib le to carve h is
way into the lead .
In Carmichael's wake, an intense battle was
fo rm ing w ith the le adi ng 125 rid e rs as Bria n
Poggie and Nick Morris traded pai nt on their
KX125s.
Meanw hile, the battle up front began to heat
up. With Carmichael out fro nt and lon g go ne,
Duprel began to reel in Ellanson. On the last lap,
the riders were no more than a bike length a part
as their battle went do wn the wire. Ellanson prevai led over a hard-charging Duprel to take th e
250cc B clasS win. The 125cc B battle was just as
