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Two Great RaciIg EventI at Pomona! MARCH 31 thruAPRIL 1,1995 mOTORCYCLt I ·E E TS VN PRESENTED B Y \ 1 \ 1 . \ / 1"-1 TheT iders challengethe1/2 M opR ile dirttrackat Pomona! POMONA 1/1 MILE SATURDAY 1m OilY! April lst, 7:30 p.m . SECOND ANNUAL L.A. SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP Jim Kapitan (5) scored wins in the 250Cc Expe rt and Vet Expert divis ions at the . Bridgehampton MX open er. (Yam); 3. Q!orgt" Rosenba um (Hoo); 4. Jim Calkim (Hon); S. Dana S1att"r (Hon). VET 250 BEG: 1. Mel Mitchell (Hon); 2.. Ron.lll Uppie (Yam); 3. Ch uck Willt ots (Kaw); 4. Grt"gory P. Ell"" (Hon); 5. 8iI1 Vandt'T'- by! (Hon~ VET OPEN AM: 1. Todd Bro uMIoa rd (Ka w); 2. KPn Tom eo (Hon ); 3. Nathan Davi s (Hon); 4. Dav e Mulk-n (H on ); 5. Dev in CaI"!'JDrt(Hon). VET OrEN NOV: 1. Ken Pciner (Hon); 2. Dun Pastel! (H on ); 3. Jack Pow ..U (Hon ); .ol. Mike Nichols (Yam ); S. Stevt."'f\ Tay lo r (H on). • VET OPE." BEG: 1. Ted m und Ha ll (Hon ); 2. David Powd l ' (Hon); 3. Curtis Peteer (Yam ); 4. Robert St".Ilcup (Ka w t; 5. Eric Krau...-r (Kaw ). Kapitan commands Bridgehampton Motocross opener, By Jim and Carolyn Simpson BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY, MAR. 4 Jim Kapitan rod e to the 250cc Expert an d Vet Expert overall titles during the kicko ff of the Long Island Sports Committee's 1995 season at Bridgehampton MX. Kapi tan and Danny O'Keefe set th e first moto pace through tum one and into the wood s. Jerr y Seip joi ne d the lead fray as th e rid er s passed ove r the Hid d en Valley tabletop and heated up the ba ttle by passing O'Keefe for second place . O'Keefe then fell to the pre ssure of 1994 LISC 250cc Champion Joh n Laurin e. who passed O'Keefe to take third place in the moto. Kapitan maintained his pace to claim the victory w hile Sei p nailed d own the seco nd position. Laurine rounded out the top three. Kapitan jumped into the lead again to start mot o two w ith Laurine and Scip givin g chase as . the field negotiated the Parachute Jump, Seip then mad e a mo ve on the back secti on to pass Laurine for the second spo t. As the moto wore on. Seip could not overta ke Kapitan, who stayed on the gas and maintained his lead positi on. At the checkered flag it was th~ Woodbridge Power Sportsl Pro Pilot corp .! Thor I Arai I FMFI Klotz l EBC/Renthal /Ceet /Dunlop /SplitFire /Smith l Tsubaki -sponsored Kapitan taking the win and cementing the overall with 5eip second and Laurine third in the final standings. Kapitan 'w en t on to win ano ther o verall in the Vet Expert class after battling with 5eip and John Franco in both motos. Results P / W : 1. Brian Murphy (Yam ~ 2. Mark R.um~ (Ya m); 3. Ricky Comt.>tt . (Yam ). . MI!'I (7-11): 1. Olarln Ellis (Kawl; 2. Jowph Merrill (Kaw); 3. 1 Mich.wl 81 y {Kaw l; 4. G n-gory M~it .. (Kaw). ach SR MINI : 1. Ch ristil n Topping (B on ); 2. jeron Anthon y (Ka w); 3. Wayne Frie (Yam );"4. Kenihel Anthony (!Caw ); 5. Dennis Sommtino (Suz) . JR MINI : 1. Brandon G.rrett (Yam ); 2. David Dipirlro (Kaw); 3. Ryan O' Ma lley (}(aw l; 4. Sean Donndlan (Yam ); S. Charl~ Ellis (Hon ). 125 NOV: 1. Brian Minnick (Suz ); 2. Frank Patmella (K.1w); 3. Anthony Ceegcee (Ha n); 4. Justin Lapalo (Ho n); 5. Kt-ith C rimm (Hon ~ 250 NOV : I. Pa ul Ca p pem .'lli (H o n ); 2. Vin cent Sa tano ne (Kaw); 3, [im Pop" (Han); 4, Ch ri!l Riccardi (Hon ); 5. Billy Ferna ndez (Ha n). 125 AM: 1. John Jasinski (Hon); 2. Ke vin No wa k (K.1w); 3. Rob Abra m (Hon); 4. Craig Sisino (Kaw); 5. JO!ICph Bisbee (Suz). 250 AM : 1. Richo1rdCoar'lll' (Han ); 2. Dave Co lds tri n (Suz); 3. Andrt"w Signoriello (Kaw); 4. Pe er Des tt-fano (Kaw); 5. Da rren t Cenga relli (Yam) ; 6. William DroskoslJ. ( Hon ~ O PEN AM : 1. Richa rd Coa ne (Ha n); 2..JOt"Bisbl'1." (Su z); 3. An d re w Sig no re lli (Kaw ); 4. Dave Cold l td n (S uz); 5. r..u l Werthrimer (H on) . SR AM; 1. Robert Jarv is (H an );: 2. Krvtn BI.mc (Hon ); 3. Don R.J!'imUSM'll (Han}; 4. Frank Sisino (KaW}; 5 , Michat"!Cibbons (Hon). S/SR: 1. John Ferrentino (Han); 2. john San uth (Hon); 3. Ca ry D;pietro (Kaw); 4. Arthur Andt.'!'5On (Hon); 5. nwodore Squires (Hon l· 125 EX: 1. Jer ry Se ip (K ol ); 2. Joh n Prance (5uz); 3 . Cl int W Roon ey (Ha n); 4. Ed FOt'dish (Ho n); S. Brain Haddow (Suz). 250 EX: 1. J,lmt." Kap itan (Hon); 2. [erry So.>ip (Kaw ); 3 . John ' Laurine (Ho n); 4. Chri!! Pn-'T1de rvill e (Suz); 5. Jar Me rrill (H on). VET EX: 1. Ja ml~ Kap itan (Hon ); 2. ' l' rry Seip (Kaw); 3. Joh n Franco (Suz); 4. Rich Cacc ava no (Yam); 5. Ed Foedbh (Ha n). LT MOL : 1. Ma r k weenofske (Su z); 2. An t ho ny C angone (Han); 3 . Chris Read (Hon); 4 . Byron TerTlf> (Yam ); 5. Peeee Bellezza (Suz). SCH BY: 1. Ton y Pedone (Kaw); 2. Bill Burgrr (Suz); 3. Davi d Dipietro (}(aw ); 4. WalTn1 Frk> (Yam) . a.cBY; 1. O inl Rooney (Hon); 2. John Laurinr (Hon); 3. Rob Abram (Hon);: 4. Brian ~ (Hon ); 5. David MiloJN (Hon). 25+ : 1. Danny O' Keoek (Hon); 2..John ~ (Kawl; 3. Creg Murphy [Hon]; 4 . Jeff rey Ste mpel (Ho n ); 5 . Dmnis Ro binson (Hon> 25. NOV : 1. Chris Ricca rdi (Hon); 2. VinCt"'nt Salamone (Kaw ); 3. Richa rd Ag05 IiJ1l:"IIi (Suz); 4. Billy n-m.andez (Hon); 5. Jerome Smi th (Suz ). Keating cashes in atClovis MX By P.A. Johnson UOVlS, NM. FEB. 26 Michael Kea tin g pocket ed the majority of the money at round three of the CSA Winter Series MX by sweep ing the 125 and 250cc Pro classes at the Clovis Sport cycle Complex. In the first 125cc Pro rnoto, Keating faced s tiff co mpe titio n from " Bear" Hen sley. The . Suzuki-mounted Hen sley grabbed the holeshot and distanoed him self from the rest of the pack . Keati ng gated poorly and wa s forced to work his way through traffic, At the end of lap one, Keating managed to move up to third but trailed Hensley by almos t eight secon ds. On lap two, Keating sliced u nderneath Eric Breden to take over second and set his sights on Hensley, who was now 12 seconds ahead. Keating started closing the gap on the third lap by outbraking Hensley at every com er. "The motor in my '92 RM was no match for h is '95's so I had to stay on the gas longer to catch him." Keating said. On the final lap, Keating mad e his move on Hensley by d riving underneath on a downhill right -hand tum and holding on to the checkers . In the second mot o, Hensle y got ou t first again, but Keating was in close pursuit. The duo pulled awa y from Zach White. who was running a d istant third , and contin ued to run wheel-towheel for four laps, Keating pulled awa y on the final two laps to take the win . In 250cc Pro action. Keating totally dominated th e competition by lak ing his 95 Sharps I FMF I Maxim a l Krau se I Brid gest one-supported RM to a pair of wire-to-wire wins Results 250 PRO: 1. Michael Keati ng (Suz); 2. Cary SAlter (Yam); 3. No C.alia (Hon ); 4. Brian Bowers (K.tw).. 2SO AM: 1. Rogrr L.nnom (}(on ); 2. McMUlTOUgh (H oo ); 3. O uis CoIem.ln (Hon) ; 4. Da vid Tolnn.an (H on ). _ 250 NOV: 1. Kelly K.trns (J

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