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(Top) The team of Dean Steele and
Dwayne King garnered the USA Speedway
Sidecar National Champlonahlp at
Victorville's Speedway USA aboard their
radical Godden V1000. (Lett) Nell Alonzo
_red to the head of the 125cc Noylce
class In the final round of the Shoel
HelmatlOakley Goggle S8r1as In Moreno
Valley, California.
the top five. Once he did he was able to reel in
LaPlante, but catching up to and getting by him
were two different things.
LaPlante guarded his lines as Lavorcie stuck
a wheel in on the Kawasaki rider at every
opportu.nity for the next two laps. Then Lavorcie
carried a little too much speed onto the hairpin
comer before the big tabletop: Lavorci attempted to dive under LaPlante, but his excessive
speed forced him to drift wide. At the apex of
the turn, he clipped LaPlante's rear tire and
high-sided his Honda. Fortunately, he was able
to step off the bike, pick it back up and get going
before anyone else could get by.
Up front, a jubilant Alonzo took the checkered. The best Lavorcie was able to do was to
close some of the gap up to LaPlante and
exchange a few words with the KX rider after
the checkered. Polesek and Cavanaugh again
rounded out the top-five positions.
In the 125cc Beginners class, the series winner was decided in the second moto as the
series-long battle between Richard Wickham
and Justin Cutierrez came down to a single
. point. When the checkered flag fell for the last
time, i.t was Suzuki RMl25 rider Wickham winning his first-ever series along with the Shoei
Helmet.
Gutierrez had purchased a '96 CRl25 for the
final round and did not look as comfortable
aboard the Honda as he had on his YZ, and in
the second moto Wickham left him far behind.
Rounding out the top-five overall positions for
the evening were Corey Oayton, jeremy Mead
and David Hutchison.
Results
Pet Wet Track
STKA: I. Michael Parker O;2.JU!tin Workman (yam).
STK B: I. B~ Terzian (KTM); 2. Brandon MiUion OCTM>; 3.
SNn Borkenhag~ (KTM); 4. Chad Cores (K1M); S. Sean Colrman
(KlM).
USA Speedway Sidecar National Championship
Steele, King land
the big one in
Victorville
By Michael Maher
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VICTORVILLE, CA, SEPT. 2
-Ji2ter one of the most tumultuous
weeks in the history of speedway
otorcyde racing, Speedway USA
fans needed to have a good night, and
they got it with the running of the 1995
Speedway Sidecar National Championships.
An estimated crowd of 3800· turned
out to watch the three-wheeled monsters determine which of them was the
best, and when the dust settled the team
of Dean Steele and Dwayne King, a pair
of Kiwis who were part of the original
group that brought the sport to California from New Zealand, captured the
title with a perfect score of 15 points on
their radical Godden VI000, which is
made from two speedway engines.
Steele and King's main competition
for the crown came from the team of
Peter Lewis and Jamie Macy, who
matched "Deano and Kingo" win for
win throughout the evening's heat races
and ended up facing Steele and King in
the final race of the evening, which also
included defending National Champions Dirk Gardner and Doug Lynch, who
were two points behind and could only
move into second overall with a win.
When the starter's tapes went up it
was Gardner and Lynch who took the
lead but Steele and King quickly reeled
them in and took over the top spot.
Lewis and Macy then passed Gardner
and Lynch and the battle began, but
while Lewis and Macy were able to
dose in, they were unable to pass Steele
and King, who rocketed across the finish line to become the new champions.
Gardner and Lynch's third-place finish tied them in points with the team of
Ian Stewart and Boo Mixon, forcing a
runoff for third overalL But the issue
became moot when the Stewart/Mixon
rig sputtered to a stop and pulled into
the infield, settling for fourth place overall.
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Ruulta
1. Dean Steele/Dwayne King 05 points); 2. Peter
Lewis/Jamie
Macy (14); 3. Dirk Gardner/Doug Lynch
(13); 4.lan Stewart/Boo Mixon (13); 5. Don Horsley/Jeff
Mooberry (10).
Alonzo on top again
at Starwest Supercross
By David A. Procida
MORENO VALLEY, CA, SEPT. 2
Neil Alonzo bested rival Billy Lavorci in the
125cc Novice competition at the final round of
the Shoei Helmet/Oakley Goggle Series.
Alonzo and Lavorcie had been going back
and forth in the number-one slot for the entire
series. 1n mote one Lavorcie took advantage of a
first-lap spill involving josh Cavanaugh and
Alonzo to take the win. Alonzo picked himself
up and charged through the pack, working his
\"{ay up to second, but Lavorcie was gone, Klint
laPlante, riding out of Tucson, Arizona, held on
for thjrd with jose Polasek and Cavanaugh
rounding out the top five.
Neither of the front runners grabbed the
holeshot in the second moto as laPlante surprised both of them and led the pack through
the dou.ble~horseshoestart chute. Polasek and
Intermediate rider Matt Puccio were the next
riders in line.
Alonzo was on the gas, and on lap three
worked his way by Puccio and closed on
laPlante. Alonzo tested and teased laPlante for
the next three laps before powering his way past
the Arizona rider in a chicane. It took a spill by
Puccio before Lavorcie was able to break into
BEG STK (4-6): 1. Cody Longnecket' {KThO; 2. Mikr Meade
(KTM); 3. David Hough (lEM); 4.. David G~ (KTM); 5. Phillip
Aube (KrM).
BEG STK (7-8): I. Mikal O....erman (lCTM)'
MOO BEG (4-6): I. Cody Longneckrr CKThO; 2. Mike Made
(KTM); 3. Eddie Woodard (KTM).
MOD B: 1. Sean Borkenhage.n (KTM); 2. Brandon MUion
(Kl'M); 3. Chad Gores (KTM);4.. TmoenctSchoelen (Yunl.
STRTR (4-6): J. Koapono Patrick (Suz>.
STRTR 0-8): I, David Burns (yam); 2. Usa Saul (Yam).
SupercroN Track
SOSTK (4-6): t. Bryct Te.n:ian (LEM); 2. Chad Gores (XTM); 3.
Brandon Million (laM); 4.. Mike Meade (KTM); 5. Travis O\ris~
tiansen (KTM).
50 STK (7-8): 1. Michael Parket' (KTM); 2. Justin Workman
(Yam); 3. Sean Borkmhagen ocrM>; 4. Sean Coleman (J("ThI).
SO (7-8) MOO: t. Jeff Loop (Yam).
60 (6-8): I. Tommy Cochran (Kaw); 2. jeff Loop (Kaw); 3,
OJIne jackson (Kaw); c.. Michael Parke OCaw); S. Michael Birsehied
(K,aw).
60 (9-11): t. jason Medina (Kaw); 2. Adam Brnavide (Kaw).
80 BEG (12·16): 1. Cody Knauss (J+ NOV: 1. jim Lavorcie (Kaw); 2. Frank 0eTby (Yam).
on his bike. Zach Huler settled into second,
while Bachman led the 250cc cla s home in
third overall. In spite of a serious lack of saddle time in recent months, Hain nabbed fourth
in the 125cc division behind third-placed Murinchack.
Moto two was a carbon copy of the first,
only Ford started better in the second go-round.
Ford gained control of the lead position on lap
one and was off to another resounding win.
Murinchack rode a steady race aboard his
Kawasaki and came home second in the moto
and in the overall tally, while Hain greeted the
checkered flag in third. Bachman was fourth
across the line and the first 250.
Results
80 BEG: 1, Brandon Hamlett (Kaw); 2. Kevin Jenning$, (Kaw);
3. Ben Stuelko (Kaw).
80 !NT: 1. Mike Sleeter (Yam),
80 JR: t. Cole Sleeter (Yam); 2. Cliff Jenning, (Kaw).
125 BEG: 1. Todd Ford (Kaw); 2. David Murinch~ck: (Kaw); 3.
Jeff Hain OCaw); 4. Zach Hulcer (Hon); 5. Frank Aragaki (Kaw).
125 IR: 1. Tim Olson (Suz): 2. Manny Arias (Hon); 3. Brad
White (Kilw); 4. Ryan MauhiJi (yam); 5. Zach Hul~ (Hon),
125 PRO: t. Ty Kady (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. Ole Bacjrn.an (Kaw); 2. Ricky Le:!ter (Suz); 3. Jet·
Iffy Lamy (Yom).
250 JR: I. Curt jablonski Oion); 2. John TookQ' (Hon).
2SO 1NT: 1. Kurt Rood (Kaw); 2. Ryan Pursley (Knw), _
250 PRO: 1. Gavin Ringle (Kaw).
25+ !NT: t. Eric Hjalmarson (Is to slice
through the field as quickly as possible, then
pull away," said Ford.
And pull away he did. Ford set a blistering
pace for four of the seven laps before settling
into a pace and sitting straight up and down
SR NOV: 1. Steve Wylte (Bd).
ELITE: 1, Tim Steffen (Bet); 2. Lowell MUlet' (Yam).
INT: I. Pal Prollser (Bet); 2. jesseGIftn (Bef)
SR lNT: 1, Will Terriek (Bd).
ADV: 1. Tim HilJ.samer (G-G); 2. JerflrlY Patrick (GoG); 3.
Doug GeshaU (G-G).
SR ADV: 1. Roger Green (G-G>; 2. MArk: Sutton (Bet).
SPTSMN: 1. Greg Campegnone «(;.G); 2. Bob Grant (G-G); 3.
Wayne Myers (Fan).
EX: t. Carl Miller (Bet); 2. Mike Carllon (Fan).
C'SHlP: t. Andy SGum (G-G); 2. Greg Jones (Apr).
Rood dogs 'em at Carlsbad MX
By seymour Bettys
CARLSBAD, CA, SEPT. 9
Kurt Rood decimated the competition in the
250cc rntermediate dass at the Racing Enterprises-promoted Saturday MX at Carlsbad Raceway, .
despite having not been ahoard a motorcycle for
several months prior. Rood, who works as a factory mechanic for Team Kawasaki Jet Skier
Derek Punchard, had spent his en tire summer
on the road, but had little trouble finding his
pace aboard his Enzo Racing/Xtreme/Quicksilver-sponsored KX25O.
KTM's Eric Hjalmarson snared the holeshot
in the opening moto ahead of Rood and Don
~ce, but it was only a matter of seconds before
