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Th e Cycle Gear-sponsored ri der took his
black Kaw asaki ZX-7R across the line nearly ~alf
a lap ahead of his nearest competitor, beginni ng
h is defen se o f the AFM number -one plate in
decisive style.
The only rider wh o could have challenged
Rayborn for the win, Mark McDanie l, suffered
a horr endous sta rt and had to work his way
through the field for severa l lap s before moving
into the trophy position. McDani el moved into
second ahea d o f Robe rt Mesa o n th e back
st ra ig h t just be fo re th e wh it e fla g, but any
attempt to catch Rayborn was halted prema tur ely when the thro ttle cable broke on McDaniel's
GSX-R . Mesa retoo k second, and Da rre ll
Clingerman was res tore d to th ird position by
McDaniel's mechanical failure.
Mesa's second place, his best-ever in Formula Pacific, was complemen ted by a win in Open
Gra nd P rix and anot he r secon d beh ind
McDaniel in Open Superbike.
McDaniel nearl y made a race of it in th e
750cc Supe rbike contest as well but crashed out
harml essly while attempting to ride around the
outside of his compe titors in Tum 11. That left
Dav id Sta n to n and Anthony Lupo to sw a p
places for th e lead throughout the race , with
Stanton capitalizing on a slight bobble by Lupo
coming out of the chica ne to take the lead for
good. Lupo finished in second, with jesse Broad way third and Glenn Filshie fourth.
The 600cc Superbike race gave Todd Hoeft a
chan ce to show his stuff, sho wing superb fonn
in getting the best of veteran Tom Montano, Ron
Chiaralti and Robert Nunez. Montano brought
his Yamaha home first in the 600cc Production
class after fending off challenges from Chiaralti
and Kawasaki -moun ted Robbie Dowie.
Guy Celestre had a fine d ay on his FZR400,
scoring decisive wins in both 450cc Produ ction
and 450cc Superbike divisions. Ross Wells came
acr oss the line second in the Production class,
wit h David Colye r third . Darrell Parker took
second in Supe rbike class ah ead of the third ;
place Wells.
Results
(Top) Suzuki-mounted Anthony Pocorobba
(701) passes Tracy Asher (39) on his way
to winn ing the 250cc Pro class at the LACR
MX. (Above) Defending AFM Champion Cal
Rayborn romped to the Formula Pacific win
at the Sears Point Road Race,
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125cc Beginner race with Howey Erikson hot on
Friston's heels in second. Erikson didn't waste
any time and passed Friston before the start of
the second lap. Fris ta n be gan to u nrave l and
was soon feeling the pressu re from the Kawasa~
ki-mou n ted Orr.
Friston's duration do ubled when his handlebars came loose and began to move forward and
backward, causing him to flounder about the .
track. Orr slipped past Friston and took over the
second spot but was well beh ind Erikson. who
was up front and cruising .
Just after .the halfway point in the race Erikso n went down and opened the door for Orr,
who glady accep ted the lead . Orr went on for
the mota win while Erikson settled for second.
Friston had a wild ride and managed to han g on
for third while Hideaki Suzuki and August Culver rounded out the top five.
"Frista n pulled a repeat holeshot in the second mota but gave up the lead on the second lap
to Bren t Paulson . Erikson forgot to tum on his
gas and stalled his machine just after the start of
the race, which left him to battle from the back
of the pack. Orr was aga in on the cha rge and
passed Friston the sixth lap of the la-lap race.
Orr p ut gro und between himself and Friston
but was una ble to catch Paulso n, who scored the
mota win . Bu t a disappointing 11th-place finish
in the first mota left him fifth for the day behind .
Erikson, Suzuki, Fristan and ov era ll winner
Ryan Orr.
Results
so (4-6)STK: 1. Jt.>ff AkssJ.(Yam) ; 2. Wl"!ton Peick (Yam); 3. Pat
Pennington (Iii); 4. Mike AIe.i (J<"Wl):5. JONtNn McUrthy (Yam).
50 (7-8) STK: l.Oris Nihan(ydm);2. Bry an M intrr (KTM). •
60 FIT: 1. Justi n WU'JOn (Ka w); 2. Holli s lusk (Kaw); 3. f.non
Domann (yam);.f...Dallas Pcidr. (Kaw); 5. IUf.iet Inqui ~ ~w ).
60 BEG: 1. T yler Duncan (Kaw l; 2. Mick y G riffin (Y.lm); 3.
Jimmy Soliz (Kaw); 4. Kevin Hunter (Yam); 5 . JMf AI~i (Kaw).
60 NO V: 1. Mike Alessi (Kaw).
60 !NT: 1. Ouis Nih an (JlI Oingt'ffll.an (K.1w); 4. Mikt> Smi th (Su z ); 5. G lnm Fils hie
(Suz) .
250 PROD : 1. Do nny Sancnn (KdW); 2. Fra nk Mazu r (Kaw);
3. Tom Dorsey (K.1w).
450 PROD: 1. C uy Ce lestre (V.am) ; Ross Wt"lb (Yam); 3.
Dav id Colyer (Yam ~
600 PROD: 1. Tom Mo nt.Jno (ya m); 2. Ron Chiaratti Jr. (Ho n);
3 . Robb ie Dowie (l<.J
w).
750 PROD : l , Anthon y Lupo (Yam); 2. Glen n Filllhif' (Su z); 3.
G uy Cdestre (Suz~
OPEN PROD: 1. Gary [aehne (Hon); 2. Fle tch er Wi l!lOn 3 .
Brok McA llistt"r (Hon).
250 S / BK: 1. JOt"Drrillo Jr. (Yam ); 2. Ken Cohen (Yam); 3 .
Mark. Anolik (Y.un) .
450 S /BK: 1. Guy Cl!'leI't"' (Yam); 2. Da rn>1I Park ..,. (Yam); 3.
Ross Wel ls (Yam) .
600 S / BKo: 1. Todd Hoe rt (Hon); 2. Tom Mon ta no (Yam); 3.
Ron dUaratti Jr. (Hon).
750 S / BK: I. David Sta nton (Suz ); 2. Anthony Lupo (Yam); 3.
Jesse Bto.ldway (Suz).
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O PEN S / BK: 1. M.ark McOanit"! (Suz); 2. Robert MI.SiI (Yam);
3. O ris VOt"l e r Sr. (Hon).
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500 rw . 1. Kt'R Ban (~w); 2. Bri.an Long (Ka w) ; 3. AI"n
Kcl90 (~W).
650 lW: 1. Mik Summef'l (Hon); 2. D"n Reest>r (Hon); Jam t"S
Llckw ar . .
OPEN lW: 1. Jamn Coda (Duc); 2. Paul Orl andi (Duc); 3 .
Kim LtoBaron (Ouc~
f-SCl.: 1, Bill Giltner ($po ); 2. Brian Brown (Spo); 3. Joe Abe)' .
b(Yam).
F·l : 1. Jd f Sh o rt (Y.am ); 2. BI"k e LawllOn (H o n ); 3. Billy
V.a
sslliou .
F·2: 1. Jeff Leggitt (Hon ); 2. Brian Lt>Fev re (Yam ); 3 . Don Cri ~
;a lva (Yam).
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F·3: 1. Rick Kle in (H on); 2. Mik t' Mo nd o (H on) ; 3. C a r los
Nl"Ve5(H on) .
O P EN Gft: I. Robe rt Ml'501 (ya m ); 2. Do ug o..·Ryk e (Ya m);
Denn y Do hmy (yam) .
V1NT: 1. Eric Swomfigure (Nor); 2. Steve Stone (BMW).
F-4O; 1. Mik e SummMS (Hon); 2. Ca ry JaeMe (H on) ; 3. Motrk
In gal ls (Y.am ).
2SO PRo. 1. Soottg,.01< (SuL~ 2. Anthony J'omrobb,o (SuL); 3.
Malcolm Wat:;on(Suz); 4. [).;ana Wiggln.oI (Ydml;5. StE-ve Drew (Suz) .
2S+ BEG: 1. Ma tt Burroughs (Kaw); 2. Danid Mu noz (Suz); 3.
John Hackett (Kaw);4. Robert Hu td u ll5 (Suz); S. J 4., " , Otism (Suz ).
2S+ NOV: 1. Jamie Young (Yam); 2. Henry Ko~ (Hon);
3. Cary Ha ra d.a (Yam) .
25+ !NT : 1. Robb Mewcher (Kaw); 2. Ron La~ (Y.am).
30+ BEG: 1. Ma tt G inmereau (Yam ); 2. Fred W illis (Ka w ); 3.
G . Pagan; {, Grtg McCarthy (Hon); 5. Glenn PnT)' (Hon~
30+ NOV; 1. G~ Coy (Hon); 2. Louie Pcick (Ho n); 3. Bill
Reimer (Yam); • . Hnuy KokotM:-n8ld (Hon); S.J ;tm il!'You ng (yain) .
30+ INT: 1. Ton y Spear 2. Robb Mesecht.--r(Kaw); 3. Caugan
McGruder (Hon); • . Ran dy Sidnner 5. Ron La wlO n (yam) .
35+ NOV : 1. Pete' VctrallO (Yam); 2. Jdck Phlnn (Hon); 3. Gn.'g
Whi tfield (H on ); • . Dtobbie Matthtows (Ka w); 5. Mark Moo ", (Su z ).
35+ rNT: 1. Jim Dom ann (K" w ); 2. F.L. Nichols (Hon).
40+ NOV : 1. Robby Bland (Ho n).
40+ INT: 1. Vincent Clilr k (Hon); 2. Gnog Erlcbon (Kaw).
40+ EX: 1. G ary Jon " (KTM ); 2. Alim O lso n (TM); 3. Mik e
Marion (Yam); 4. Skid Rowe (H on); 5. Rilndy Mn ter (Suz~
VET PRQ 1. Willy Mus gr avt' (Hon)
By Jacq ueline Jouret
Photo by Nick Cedar
SO
NOMA, CA. APR. 9
Cal Rayborn grabbed the holesho~ rocketed 10 a
h uge lead, and went virtuall y u nchallenged
in the opening round of the AFM's 1995 Fonnula Pacific serie s at Sears Point International
Raceway.
Pocorobba, Priputen prevail
at CRC Motocross
By Greg Roberts on
PALMDALE, CA. APR. 2
Los Angeles County Raceway was the site of the
opening round of California Racing Dub's 18th
annual Tri Race Series. Anthony Pocorobba and
Scott Priputen each used perfect I-I sco res to
top the 250cc Pro and 125cc Begi nner classes,
repectively.
Tracy Ashe r edged ou t Pocorobba, Malcolm
Watson and Ty Kady for the first250cc Pro malo
hole shot, bu t Pocorobba mad e his inten tio ns
clear by taking control only four turns into the
race. Watson and Katy tangled in a comer and
went down, handing third place to BillSauro.
Pocorobba wo uld end up leading every lap
and taking the checkered flag going away, leaving the only real racing on the track for second
place. Sauro was pressuring Asher for second
and mad e his bid for the position on the final
lap . Sauro dived underneath Asher in a left·
hand sweeper, but Ashe r retaliated by keeping
the th rottle pinned down for the length of the
followi ng straight to regain the position. Two
turns later Sauro literally slammed his way past
Asher to once again move into second . where he
would stay until the finish. Nick Mairose took
fourth while Katy recovered to eam fifth.
Asher duplicat ed his first-moto start wit h
Pocorobba on his rear fender ready to pounce.
Pocorobba wasted lit tle tim e a nd shot aroun d
As her on t he ope ni ng lap. Ash er go t ou t o f
shape in so me wh oop s caus ing him to over shoo t th e follo w ing turn and allow Katy to
mov e in to the ru nner-up position . The Smith
FMF/SN R/ Race Tech /Bi effe-backed Pocorobba look ed to ha ve the sa nd tr ack wired as he
grad ua lly pull ed away fro m Katy to gree t the
checkers first to take home the first place cash .
Sa u ro w or ke d up from a p o or start t o ge t
around Asher at the halfwa y point for a thirdplace fin ish, good eno ugh for second overall on
the da y.
Priputen nailed the first 12Sec Beginner class
mota holeshot but had a tr oubl esome first lap
and would end up d ropping back to sixth place.
Kevin Townsend inherited the lead and looked
to be running away from a good battle for second betw een Jason D ark and Jay Schreffler until '
his bike broke with a couple of laps remaining.
Prip u ten kept charging throughout the mo ta
and eventually passed both Clark and Schreffler
to take over the lead . On ce ou t front, Priputen
ea sily pulled aw ay to take the win by a 15second margin over Clark.
The se cond mot o wa s all Priput en 's, as he
went wire-to-wir e for the convincing win. Clark
and Jeff Nolan argue d ove r second place for
much of the race with Dark coming out on top
in the end. Schreffler came back frem a first-lap
crash to finish fou rth and fourth overall behind
the 4-3 SCore of Nolan.
Resu lts
Pee w~ B-2: 1. Dave C.u 1t-"r (Yam ); 2. Ht'.a ~ Dubi n (KTM );
3. Tanner Langham (Yam); 4. Tylor l"ineda; 5. Bryce Terzian (5uz).
Pet" wee B-1: 1. Edward HI. rring(KT'M).
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Pee Wee A: 1. Jared Trixl (yam); 2. Ryan Roybal (Yam); 3. J.I
N ooee (Itj ); 4. OUIlit."! Ml'Sl\le'l' (Yam ).
60cc BEG: 1. Tro y Tlttlermer (Kaw ); 2. Aron Tomola (Kaw); 3.
So Wi11iolmsi • . Co ry Rodenius (Ka w ); 5. Prankje Pineda (Yam) .
60 (O-S 1. Vincmt Rhoads (Kaw ).
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60 (9-11): I. Daryl Ecklu nd (Kaw); 2. Gtora ld Pati n (Kawl; 3.
An thony Barbecovt (KaW)i 4. An drew Rt>nsholW (Ka w ); 5. Rich ard
En ba nk /i(Kaw).
80 BEC: 1. G ran t Lee Moore (Ho n ); 2. John Gro ver (Yam )i 3.
v tncen t Rhoads (S uz ); 4. Nath an Pa mi n uta n (Suz); 5. G regory
Fre ier (Yam ).
80 (7-11 ): 1. Scott Howl'(Suz); 2. Sha m' Sm ith (Suz) ; 3. Da ry l
Ecklund (Suz); 4. Kurt Ca~lIi (Ka w) ; 5. Ge ra ld Patin (Ya m).
80 (12-13):1. Ch ristophe r c..:.s.·.d.aar (Kaw); 2. Doe me Du rrer
(Suz); 3. Todd Gosst.-laa (K.aW) 4. JU!ilin Komo ff (Yam); 5. L U5
r
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Undstrom (Hon).
80 (14-16); 1. JoIIOn WriJb (Suz); 2. Mich ael Young (Ho n); 3.
l
D.J. Prip uten (Yam ).
80 OPEN: 1. Mich ee1 You ng (Hon); 2. Scott Howe (Su z ); 3.
D.J. Pri puten (Yam ); 4. TY!KmTittlcmier (Suz); 5. Gr an t Lee- MClCIre
(Hon).
125 BEC: 1. Scott Pri pu ten (Yam); 2. Ja.'IOI1 Dark (K.a 3. Jeff
w);
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No lan (Ka w); • . JilYSchrdfler (y am); 5. A rtS... aza r (K.aw).
125 NO V: 1. Jak t' Gribbon (Ya m); 2. Ch ris Nei tze l (Suz); 3.
Kevi n Tarwa te r (Suz) ; • . Brit Jacbon (Ka w); 5. Chris Honnold
(~ w).
125 L'\lT: 1. David EviW ur (Suz); 2. Loren Jenkins (Hon); 3.
ScottJohruKJn (Su:r:); • . Ken Reed (Ka w); 5. David H u gbn (Kaw~
125 PRO: 1. Tr a v is P re st on (Suz); 2. A n th ony Pocorobba
(S uz); 3. Jimm y Lav ord (Ya m) ; 4. T r.acy As h er (Suz ); 5. Nick
Mai rose (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. Ethan Dall y; 2. Ron CR"t'g (Ya m); 3. Don RobinllOn(Suz ~
250 NOV : 1. MikL' Tomlinson (Yam): 2. Shawne Chamberlin
(Kaw); 3. Cole ToWfllK'nd (Hon); t . Dan M"lloy (Soz); S. Ch.ad Hill
(H on).
250 11\.'1': I. Sh.awn O'Brien (Su z); 2. Ken Reed (Kaw); 3. Robbie Dunham (Yam ); 4. Pa u l Gilmartin (H on); 5. M lch d Beck e
(Yam ).
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250 PR 1. An thony Pocorobba (Suz); 2. Bill Sa uro (Hon); 3.
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Ty Katy (Su Z); 4. T racy Ash er (Su z); 5. Nic k Mail'Otill' (Suz ~
500 BEC: 1. KessIknson (H on).
500 NOV : 1. Jon Hall (Hon).
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JR VET BEC : 1. C r.aig Ru saell (H o n); 2. Shannon Hudson
(ATK) ; 3. Jus ti n t.-d s (Ho n ); 4. Cabi Ab .ayou (Ho n ); 5. Dan
Bemadickt (H on).
JR VET NOV : 1. Q uit> R.1iy (Hon); 2. Jeff Finch (H on); 3. Mike
Udtn (Suz ); • . M.ikL' LuCii (Kaw ); 5. C raig WirtM (y.am ).
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VET BEG: 1. Tim McEn tee CHon); 2. M ich.n" Kmnedy (Yam );
3. Da rre ll Sanden (H on); 4. Ress IkIllIon (Hon); 5 . Ow.rl es Shannon (Hon).
VET NO V: 1. Bru ce Teba (Hon); 2. Harold Smith (Suz ); 3 .
Bruce Rich ards (K.aw ); 4. t.- S.ul (S uz ); 5. Mik e O l"'St faro
e
(Ka w) .
VET INT : 1. Sttove Williams (Hon); 2. JalllL'liCoppedge (Y.tm );
3. Randy And t"nlOl\(Yam~
VET EX: 1. Rodney M orri son (Hon); 2. Scotty Wa lke r Jr.
(Suz ); 3. 1.eo SauJ (Y.un); • . Ml rk Horton (Yam).
SR BEG: 1. Dav e Meinn' (Yam) .
SR EX: 1. Mike Wt-bb (Su z); 2. Bob Dtmham (yam).
or NOV : 1. Joh n Webb (Hon); 2. Do n Meiner (Yam); 3. John
Craft (Kaw ); 4. Bar ry Simon (Hon); 5. Bill Lombard (Han).
or AM: 1. o.arlf'!l Howell (Yam); 2. Bob Lu cas (Kaw ); 3. Phil
Black (Ho n); 4. o.ud Rowe (Yam); 5. Jack 5.tbint' (H on ).
or EX: 1. John Chapman (Kaw ); 2. Bob Shem'd (Yam ); 3. JO!It"
Rodrigue z (Hon); 4. Rand y W ~s!Ot"ls (Hon); 5 . Rich.ard Be.aler
(Yam~
or
MS: 1. Mike Webb (Suz ); 2. Jt-"rOmt' Cibllon (Hon); 3. Ken
Renau ll.(Hon); 4. W.G . WUllOn (K.1 5. J
w);
ack Kell (H on) .
Dirt track returns to
San Jose Fairgrounds
By Scott Rousseau
SAN JOSE. CA. APR. 9
lt was as if a Phoenix had risen from the ashes
when Johnny Murphree scored his biggest racing payda y when professional d irt track racing
returned to the Santa Clara Cou nty Fairgrounds .
