EVENTS .
laun ch at the start only to experience braking
probl ems in between turns three and four . After
a quic k trip down to the river and a rid e through
the weed s, Smith was back on track and making
up for lost time.
When the w hite flag flew Smith had not only
mad e up the dis tance passing riders inside an d
out, but had managed to pu t a n extra 10 lengt hs
on the field for the checkered flag.
Heat tw o saw Mike Robinson bla st off th e
line at the gree n light and nev er look back , finishing the hea t in style with a confident wheelie
at the wire.
Heat th ree wa s a ca ke walk for Po lka Dot
Club member Dean Mayer . who would ha ve to
wait for the Combo cla ss before getting cha llcn ged in any race and won the heat handily.
Mayer would duplicate his win in the final
with his closest challenger. Chuck Smith. nev er
co m ing any closer th a n six lengths behind
Mayer's rear wheel. Daniel Fortner. Lyle Barber
and Brad O'Boyle rounded out the top five.
Th e Combo class wo uld see Ma yer and
everyo ne els e in the class hu mbl ed by Bria n
Mille r who op ened up a hu ge stre tch of tra ck
tha t proved impossible for any of his competitors to close. Miller, wh o was ma king one of his
once-every-other-year appearances annihilated
the field in the Pro-A m class as well. The secret
to his success seems to be sleeping between
heats only to be awakened by Referee Duane
Stanick just in time to make the start line.
Results
(Top) In Polka Dots M.C. TT racing, Bob
Russell (2) leads leads the Senio r class on
hi s way to victory. Glen O'Boyle (08) .
fi nished second. (Abo ve) Damif,"
Saltzman (40) battles Sean Light (9W) for
second place In the aocc Expert main at
the Diamond Raceway ST. Saltzman
prevailed with Light finishing third.
ENDR /NON C URRENT: 1. K. Michae l Ha rkt>e (Ha n); 2.
Wilyne E. Moore (KTM) ; 3. Cliffo rd Jacobs (Han); 4. Tf'rry W.
alan (Hon) ; S. CharlMl F. Howard ( KT'M) .
U/L C-D; 1. D.wid Bum (Hon) ; 2. G.1ryW. Hinkko (Yam); 3.
Keith Cottongim .
40+ : 1. Rick0dPy ( HoI\); 2. Ternill WdIbom (Suz); 3. Johnny
L. Gi~ n evilm ); 4. EuglPnlP Shorty GoodIP (Su .z); 5. Fruk S.
RoMigu (K.1w).
OPEN : 1. Ron Jonn (Hord; 2. Larry R. Sparks CHon>; 3. Bill R.
Hutings (Hon); 4.
E. Tomlin5on (Hon); 5. Barry Ogan ; 3. [limn
SoltzDun CHonl
80 A: 1. 80 Ingk (Suz); 2. Darnie'n Saltz:m.ln (Hon); 1 Snn
Ughl ~w); 4. !kandon Urbach (Kaw); 5. Billy ConnrT (Hon).
50 A: 1. BDd Strong (Suz); 2. Erics.u)'" (Sud.
'df
Brown bests Diamond
Raceway Short Track
By Clay U ght
56
ROSEBURG, OR. JUNE 4
After spending much of the past several months
successfully racing in Northern California, Beau
Brown re tu mt.>d to the Northwest and stormed
away with a 125cc and 250cc class win at the sec~
ond race of the Diamond Racewa y Short Track
Series .
Kawasaki·mounted Brown won both heat
ra ces in 125cc action to sit in po le position for
the A mai n. The competition. though, probably
wis hed he was still racing in California after wit nessing his lat est ra m page. Brown, riding the
Mayer Mashes Polka Dots TT
By Grace DIBenedetto
Photo by .Gordon DeVries
MIDLAND, ML JUNE 3
A larg e field of 113 entries showed up for District 14's first IT race of th e season. held at the
Polka Dots Club grounds in Midland, Missouri.
a nd Dean Mayer came out on top in the 500cc
cI;sss . A moment of silence was observed for
foundi ng member l ack Mayer Sr. who died earlier this yea r. Sma ll stickers with Ma yer Sr:s
name and racing nu mber on them were give n
out at sign- up for riders to place on thcir bikes
in memory of him .
The large 500cc class needed three hea ts and
a semi to weed the field down to 14 finalists.
Heat one saw C h uck Smith get a grea t
50\1-8): t. Ca rter Meyn"S (lEM).
50 (4-6): 1. BMlI Dawe (Ya m); 2. Tr a v is MCYlP (Yam); 3.
nJ
And n.-w IWnlwtt (Yam); 4. Ryiln Uoyd (V. at); S. 5I:yde Meyeon
O'"m); 6. Drew Sla nick (Yam).
65: 1. 'J'hony, Link (J(aw); 2. SI~ Murny (K.1",.); 3. Logan
Mrytn (J(aw); 4. Patrick Hawkoy(JYw); 5. Ca I'tlPf" Mt')'!'f'5(K.1w).
&S: 1. fWnry Wiles tSuz); 2. Tom UnIr. O'am); 3. De'rft. R.:(Han); 4_8r&ndon La~ (Hon); S. Logan Mt'Y"'f" (K,aw).
:zoo: 1. JustinGibson CK.1w); 3. Brandon LaUf'!lt'n (Kaw), 4. Sh.lwn CoIhon (1 Ion ).
250; 1. RU$ly SWilin (Suz);.2. Eric Fro,,",k (Kaw); 3. 8,.. d
Juhh O'a m); 4. Dan icl Kauffman O'am); S. William Ste"VeN(Sw).
400: l. Glen O' Boyie (Hun); 2. Rkh Sri lterlrin (1-ion); 3. 51{"\'("
Seiffmrin (Hon); 4. ThorN!>Sugu (Sud; 5. J.a!lOnGit-Tman (V I:m).
SO>: 1. [)eo.ut Ma~ (Yam); 2. Chudr. Snulh (Y. m); 3. Dan,,"
formt.r (Yun ); 4. Lyw BarbIPr(lC.aw); S. Bu d 0"8oyie- (Hon).
TW: l. Danid Stauffet" (Tri): 2. TIm McGra th ITri); 3. Tom
McKnight (Tri).
orEN: 1. P.l May (Y.am) 2. ' I:rvis K.pphnger (Hon); 3. Kev1n
;
Klnw(Yilm) .
"
VET; I. M.ih- B.tbk.a (Hon); 2. DlPilnMayer (Yam) ; 3. J.. "Y
I...ev.J.ny (K.1w) 4. Lyle 8arbIPrO::.aw); S. TOUI 8ftttra~ (Yam).
;
SR: 1. Bob Ru.->n Oi on>; 2. Gene 0"00yL.- (Hon); 3. Pat MilY
(Yam); 4. Jor Troya~Jcj (y . m); S. M.u k Frudkh (Rb:).
PRO/ A.\1.; 1. Bria n Miller (Yam); 2. Eric O'Boyle (Hon ); 3.
Dnmon O"Soyie- (Rtx); 4_Doug O"80yk>0 Ion).
Y
CO MB: 1. Brian Miller (Yam); 2. Dtoan Mil IP' O'am r. 3. Mike
Babka CHon);' 4_Eric 0'8oy 11P Shiplt")'(lC.aw ); 2. Jl."fl."mY Boohn uCaw);
);
3. Rind y SlNIllwood lSuz); 4. Ronny Btogert (lC.aw S. Michae l
Bowt."nOl( own Oni.iko (Hun ); 2. Matt Minym (K.aw); 3.
'
ALl 8onamo CHon); 4. p,hua SNlfeor(Hun); 5. Mike Sgiunbili (lbO.
n
t
Sundoy
SO \1-8): 1. Ton y H.u ( laM); 2. SIuIwn Striffter (Yam); 3.
Andrew KromeI O'amJ.
65 0-11) MOD: I. om. Qu.tnzkr (K.1 w); 2. Mattht"w c.wdily (K,aw); 3. funmy Oa.If'PIPD (1C.iIIw)
85 0-11) MOD: 1. Br.d McOd t.n r & .d; 4. Jonatha n c..lk.t (J(aw ); 5. ChriMor hlPr Clrnah.ln oc.w).
S/MINl: 1. & Bowman (Kaw).
125 (12-15) MOD: 1. StIPYl"n Oni~ Oionl; 2. Ridw-d. W. tJon
(Suz); 3. o.rnlP l Rudolph (Kaw ); -i. Ry. n oPwtoy {)(aw l; 5. LukIP
Muua-rs (Yam).
Q.CBY: 1. JWttin Pa&eno.tr (Suz).
125 C MOD: , . Ch ris N r-wan lPf (Ho n); 2. Man Mi.nyuk
'>bn
(K.Jw); 3. DamlP Rudolph (K.1w) ; 4. Gary Dodson (Hon ); 5. Ju..
l
Stew art (Hon ).
250 C MOD : 1. Haro ld Good ma n (Hon ); 2. Run Dto VOfl'
(Suz); 3. Matt Minyark Ou w ); 4. Aldn Std7.1g (Suz); 5. Richard
Pierptti IHon ).
t25 B MOD: 1. Chd rh. 5 Dunaway (K.1w ); 2. Jl.'t1."IT'C y Booher
"
(Kaw); 3. Eric N.-poddl (Sud; 4. Ha r~ M£Crackcft (Suz); 5. Chris
Torr ance (Kaw ).
250 B MO D; 1. Ch l:f l~ Du nil w.y 11C.lw ); Shilnt" Ship ley
(K.1 w); 3. Jeremy Booher (l'Aw); 4. Michdel Std m.lO.: k (Hon); 5.
o
Ja!tOn5i. Jcr (Hon).
VET B 30+: 1. Tim Do.1n (KIM ); 2. Bob Bian co (KIM ); 3.
JOIloe'ph Javersa ck (Hon); 4. SIl!Ve Wilmi np;ton (Kaw); 5. Mark Bau·
nun (Hon).
125 A MOD: 1. Johnn y On isko (Hon); 2. Tony Wau gaman
(Suz); 3. Chris Bed1n lon (Kaw); 4. Shane' McMillin (J(a w) ; S. 5l'an
Hogan (5u.z).
250 A MOD: I.SluInt' McMillin (K.1w 2. Sean Hogan (Suz).
);
25+ : 1. G~ory F....."(Y. m); 2. Michilel Stt"imack (Hon) ; 3.
R.!.ndySmallwood lSuz); 4. HMwy AruIell (Yam).
VET A 30+ : 1. Kennt-th Fr.nbnbeny (Hon ); 2. o.vid CaJMnlP
(Kaw ).
SR40+: 1. H.-nry Hoiul'nSleln (}(aw); 2. Dennis RokaJr.y (Suz);
3. John Mills (KTM); 4. Da_ U1izio
