from Brea, California, to capture the
400cc Modified class. Hirao captured the
IT and ran second and third in the short
track and half mile. Lonnie Wadle
slipped by Hirao on the last lap to win
the short track. John Belliel was the
half-mile winner.
Former AMA Pro-Expert, Canadian
Royal Adderson defended his Senior 40+
year title by sweeping all three mains.
Six-year-Qld Devin Wenz came all the
way from Howard, South Dakota, to
win the SOcc Junior title. A second to
Sammy Hitchcock on the half mile was
the only blemish on Wenrs record.
The SOcc Senior class wins were split
three ways, but Michigan's Wayne Dennis was the most consistent. The eightyear-old also chalked up two seconds.
Taylor Knapp and George Baker ill also
scored wins.
illinois' Rob Pearson is the 6Scc Modified Champion, as the nine-year-old
captured both the IT and the half mile.
Logan Myers topped the short track.
The 6Scc DTX ended in a tie. Michigan's Tom Link and Ohio's Charlie
Hilla ended the week with identical one,
two, three finishes. The results from the
IT were used to break the tie of the two
nine-year-olds. Link won the IT there
by the overall. Italia topped the half
mile, with Logan Myers back with
another short-track win.
Fifteen-year-old Dan Kauffman won
the 125cc IT and, with a fourth and second, won the overall. Roger Lee Hayden
won the half mile and Brian Shirley Jr.
was the short-track victor, but it was not
enough to stop the Michigan native
Kauffman.
It was another Michigan winner in
the Senior 30+ class as Mike Babka Jr.
repeated his 1994 performance. Bill Snyder took the IT with Pro-Am rider Brian
Hewson winning the half mile. Babka
topped the short track.
Merlyn Wertz captured the Open
Vintage class with wins on the short
track and TT. Long-time National
Number 66, John Skinner, rode his Triumph to victory on the half mile.
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1-96 Speedway
Lake Odessa, Michigan
Results: JUly 4-6
SHORT TRACK
PIW JR: 1. Devin Wenz (LEM); 2. Corey Lovell
(LEM); 3. Sammy Hitchcock (KTM); 4. T'arn My""
(Yam); S. Travis Henrichs (Yam).
P/W SR: 1. Wayne Dennis (Cob); 2. Taylor Knapp
(Cob); 3. Blake Young (Cob); 4. Cart.. Myel'S (LEM); 5.
Ceo'S< Bak.. m(Cob).
6S (7-11): 1. Logan Myers (Kaw); 2. Rob Pearson
(!i5. Steve Murray (Kaw).
85 (7-11): 1. Jake Holden (Hon); 2. Henry Wiles
(Yam); 3. Rob Pearson (!
