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Lett to right: Bobby Decker, Alan
Weinberg and Kanny Parker occupied the
top three slots In the 600cc Pro class at
the newly renovated Orange County
Raceway.
holeshot at the start of the 16-lap main event
with Davis. Varnes, Pegram and Camlin in a
tight battle for position coming out of tum two.
Davis got under Morehead in tum one on the
second lap as he and Hacker pulled away from
the rest of the field. Unfortunately, Hacker started to fade with mechanical problems on lap five,
which allowed Davis to get by and pull away.
The race was then for second place as Morehead,
Varnes, Pegram and Camlin all passed the fading Hacker. Varnes then pulled off with
mechanical ills of his own on lap eight, while
Camlin passed Pegram to challenge Morehead
alone for second. Morehead used the same inlow, out-high line to hold Camlin at bay as
Davis took the checkered flag. Morehead followe', at a distance of some IS-bike lengths, and
a determined, but fru tr.ted Camlin finished
third. After the podium champagne shower,
Camlin exclaimed, "That old dog is hard to
pass!"
Results
600 MAIN' 1. Will DaVl5 (H-D); 2. Steve Morehead (W.R); 3Davey Camlln (Rbc); 4. Brett Landes (Rtx); 5. Larry Pegram (Hon).
883 MAIN: 1. Mike Hacker; 2. Matt Wait; 3. Nate Wail; 4.
Lance Jones; 5. Alan Eadie.
Decker reels Orange
County Short Track
By Bonnie Denning
Photo By Bill Dowdy
ORLANDO, FL. NOV. 4
Bobby Decker won the 600cc Pro class during
the fir t round of the Florida Motorcycle Flat
Trackers Series at Orange County Raceway.
The 600 Semi-Pro clas aw Bobby Decker
power his Classic Window Tinting/Seminole
Power Sports-backed Honda to the checkers first
in the heat race. However, the final took a tittle
more work. After getting off the line in the middle of the pack for the final, Decker was in third
after one lap.
For the next three laps, Decker followed
Alan Weinberg with Kenny Parker leading.
After looking to the outside a number of times,
Decker found his line to be occupied. He took to
the inside entrance in turn one to overtake
Weinberg for second. With Parker leading,
Decker got a good drive off tum two and pulled
up next to Parker down the back straight to take
the lead by tum three. Decker was then able to
build a comfortable lead while Weinberg was
able to pass Parker for second.
Results
600 PRO: I. Bobby Dtcket' (Hon): 2. Alan Weinberg: 3. Kenny
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prizes from various event sponsors. Eran
Ezerins in 125cc A and Brad jerominski in 250cc
A got the goods in their respective classes as
they rode away from the pack.
In both motos of the uSec A class, these two
riders waged a head-to-head battle far in front of
the rest of the pack. Ezerins grabbed the
holeshot in mota one, followed by Karter Busse.
jerominski went to work, carving through the
pack and eventually settling for second place
behind Ezerins. After going down in the early
laps, Bus e finishe.d third, followed by Ken
Masch and jason Warner.
In the second mota, jerominski took his Tom
Zont-tuned Kawasaki to the front, followed by
Ezerins, Jerominski
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50: I. Travis Trammell; 2. Doug BawdCT; 3. Tyler Tumer; 4.
Gregory Oiaz; 5. Brice Feagin.
80 BEG: 1. Chad MC<:right; 2. David Jen.n Hale (Yam); 3
Ryan Abm (Hon); 4 TyLer KaVUW)' (y;lml; 5. NathAn McOona1d
(K.ow~
S/ML~I
1 G.1rhett Cuter (Yam); 2. Ketth Ford (Kaw); 3.
H~k!! (Yam); 5. Tyler Kavaney
Shawn McDougall (Yam); 4 Ben
(Yom).
125 BEG: I. Pat Camell (Suz); 2. Jemmah Mwphy (Hon); 3.
Aaron SmIth (Hon); 4. Brad 5wftney (Yam); 5. l.orelJones (Hon).
125 jR; I. Michael Lankhau (Hon); 2. Jason Fm\dt (Hon); 3
Dan St\lrrock (Hon); 4 Nathan McComuck (Hon); 5. Kyle Van
Oyken (Yam).
1251NT: I. Jason Ikmpsey (Kaw); 2. Man: Henderson (Suz);
3. Jeremy Welcome (Hon); 4 Tra\'is Gage (Suz); 5. Mitch Merritt
(Hon).
125 PRO: I. Michael York (Hon); 2. Chllun McAlister (Suzl;
3. Jimmy leMastus (Hon); 4. Lance Smail (Suz); 5. Jay Whippl~
(Hon).
250 BEG: I, Steven Swanm (Hon); 2. Eric Bltiley (Hon); 3.
Travis HaMOn (yam); 4. Troy Pettinger (Kaw); 5. Dale Gaves
(SU%~
250 JR: I. Brian Speer (Hon); 2. Sean Kavanagh (Yam); 3.
Russ VaulZman (Yam); 4. Jason French (Hon); 5. Sieve Eilers
(Hon).
250 INT: 1. T...avil'l Cage (5oz); 2. Ryan Van Dyken (Hon); 3.
jeremy Kirk (Hon); 4. Darryl West (Hon); 5. Jeff Conway (Hon).
250 PRO: I. Lance Small (Hon); 2. Chaun McAlister (Suz); 3.
Billy Binckley (Yam); 4. Brell Devries (Yam); 5. Jay Whipple
(Hon).
BEQ (0-25): 1. Steve Sawnen (Han); 2. Eric Balley (Hon); 3.
Jeremiah Murphy (Hon); 4. josh Bailey (1-1on); .5. Ryan HogeMOn
(Kaw).
SPTSMN (0·25): 1. Jason Dempsey (Kew): 2. Man: Hende:rson (Suz); 3. TrevOf" Oeyo (Hon); .. Matt AxellOR (Suz); 5. Sean
Kavanagh (Hon).
25+ BEC: 1. Dan Gates (Suz); 2. Eric Dexter (Kaw); 3. james
Daniel (Kaw): 4. Scott WiJ5Ol'l (Kaw); S. Dan Edwards (Kaw),
25+ INT, I. Greg Wall (Hon); 2. Ted Devol; 3. Bobby
Frankhauser (Hon); 4. Cary Strode (Hon).
JI}.6. BEG: I. Darin Vanderpol (Yam); 2.. Dale Evanger (Kaw);
3. Mike Stem (Suz); 4. Mark Hoffman (Kaw); 5. Russel Bench
(Yam).
JO. SP'TSMN' 1. Bob Nietfeib (Kaw); 2.. Kevin Lonptrom; 3.
Ted Devol; 4. Scott Keiman; 5. Ed. Wagstaft (Yam).
3(}0. PRO: 1. Stacey Thornton (Yam); 2. Tom P~e (Yam~
4(). OPEN: t Terry Gillesp;e (Hen); 2. John Murphy (Ves); 3.
Todd Wolfe (K;lW); 4. Jack Hanson (Yam); 5. Bob Meltdows
(Hon).
WMN: 1. Emily Norton (Yam); 2. Tammy Ingraham (Suz); 3.
Sommer Beatley (Yam); 4. Kri!ti Hayes (k'TM); 5. Oenmce Brown
(Suz~
4-STRK: 1. Gary Strode (Hon); 2. Stetn Stnume (Hon); 3Chris Kdsder (Hon); .. Ene Bro\lo'1\ (Hon); 5. Jack Miller (Hon).
Woods tough at GFTL ST
By John Blackstock
CARNESVlU.E, GA, NOV. 5
The final round of the GfTL short track series at
the Carnesville Karting Komplex had both
something new and something old. The old part
was the weather which, as at almost every other
round of the series this season, threatened to
force the racing to be stopped. Fortunately the
really foul weather eventually abated, and those
who hung on through the rain and sleet were
treated to something new as Virginia resident
Travis Wl)Ods and his son Aaron topped a few
classes in their first visit to the series.
The older Woods rode a neat-looking DTXstyle Husky to a convincing win in the 251-500
class, then returned to fight to a second-place
finish in the Semi Pro trophy class. Woods' son
Aaron made a real impression on the locals in
the 50cc 7-S-year-<>ld dass as he blasted around
the track to greet the checkered flag first. The
Woodses' performance was especially impressive by virtue of the fact that this was their
debut ride and most of the competition they
faced had been competing in the series all year.
ln other action, Chase Pickren took full
advantage of a couple of no--shows to walk away
with the 200cc-dass win. Bruce Dexter and joe
Sabin had a nice battle for second with Dexter
edging Sabin and Rick Matheny at the finish.
An added attraction for the season finale
was a Women's race. It was quite a show with
young Merritt Johnson riding her KXBO to victory, despite a displacement disadvantage, over
Melanie Keith, Phyllis Barnett and Amy Weaver,
all of whom were riding XR200 Hondas.
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Results
50 (4-6): 1. Eddie Tumlin II (Yam); 2. Oayton Sims (Yam); 3,
Patrick Johnson (Suz).
50 (7-8)~ 1 Aaron Woods (Yam); 2. Brian Su~derth (Han); 3.
Anthony Craft (Hon); 4. &arron Behanna Jr. (Yam).
80: I. Ca.rrett WeavCT (Hon); 2. Merrit JohMOn (Kaw); 3. Barron Behanna Jr. (Yam).
200: 1. Oase Pickren (Hon); 2. Burce: Dexter (Hon); J. Joel
Sabm (Hon); 4. Rick Matheny (Hon).
250: 1: Scott Kay (Sui); 2. David Keith (Yam); 3. Kirk Johnson
(Yam).
251-500: 1. Travi~ Wood!; (Hus); 2. Gary Weaver (yam); 3.
Denms Borroughs (Bul); 4. Scott Fluck (Ynm).
VINT: 1. Dennis Borroughs (Bul); 2. Wade O'Conner (Tri~ 3.1
Scott Ruck (Yarn); 4. David Keith (Yam); 5. Kirk Johnson (yam).
SR: 1. Billy Campbell (Rtx): 2. Dennis Borroughs (Bul); 3.
Duwayne MontS9mcry (Yam); 4. Gary Weaver (Yam).
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ADULT MINI: l. Rod Burr (Hon); 2. Joel Sabin (Han); 3.
Bruce Dexter (Hon); 4. Rick Matheny (Hon).
SEMI-PRO: I. John Blackstock (Yam); 2. Travis Woods
(Huys); 3. Darrell BrY;lnt (Hon); 4. Billy Campbt'll (RtlC); 5.
Duwayne Montgomery (Yarn).
SEMJ·PRQ MONEY: 1. Tom Sisson (Yam);; 2.. John B1ackstock
(Yam); 3. ~ris Hemphill (Yam); •. IArTell Bryant (Hon); 5. Eddie
Twnhn (BSA).
