King cou ld n't pull away, and tha t's how they
fini sh ed . Buck ' s th ird-p lace fin ish gave h im
third on the da y over Townsend an d M e ~er.
Results
the le,1d both days, taki ng the win s flag-to-flag.
In Tu esd ay 's main event. Steve Lon go got by
John Blackstock in a ra ce-lon g du el for seco nd
wh ile Geor ge Richtm eyer wo rked h imself from
a third -row pen alty ~tart all the way up to fourth
in a thri llin g effort . John Vander kooi roun d ed
out the top five with a solid performance.
Wednesd ay's Pro-twin main was a repe at for
Ra gan and Ste ve Lon go wi th j oh nn y Isaa cs
moving into th ird and Vand erk ooi fourth. James
Vaught had a goo d run go ing on his Triumph
from seve nt h up to fifth, bu t slid down on the
slip pery su rface on lap six. john Hildebrand
filled out the to p five.
lac Donald of Winter Park, Colorado , scored
a d ouble-double, takin g bot h 600cc Amate u r
and Op en -twin ma ins both d ays.
Tony Ne il raced to a pai r of 600cc Pro wins
whil e Fred Sch ritt and Bill Burr tra de d top Masters honors. Schritt mad e a tremendous effort to
ge t by Bu rr on We d nesda y, bu t Schritt' s Tr iump h was n ot u p to the Yamah a po w e r o f
Burr 's big tw in. The two nea rly 60-year-old men
pu t on quite a show , and if the track anJlOuncer
had n't give n their ages away , one would have
though t mu ch-younger lions were scrapp ing.
The River City Speed wa y proved a worthy
venue for two fine afternoon s. an d the ride rs
fr om a ll over the U.S. w ho came to com pete
there will not soo n for get their Bike Week '96
ad ven ture.
Results
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Tu t'lldol
y
f>OO: 1. Ja c Dofr.ald (Ya m ); 2. Mik~ Zb role k; 3. J.e. C lar k
. (Ya m ); 4. Ro y Rd int"9(Bu l); 5. Bo b Lou cks (Bu l).
O P EN·lW: 1. Jac Don .lId (Ya m); 2. Jam ~ Ea ~l ll'l" (Va m); 3.
Duu J;SIt'wa rt (D ue) ; 4. Bill Stt"phens (Tri); 5. Ron Stone (Tri ).
MSTR: I. FI't'd Sch ritt (Tri ); 2. Ma rvin Ltmg; 3. J.lmt>"i RilPf.
SR: 1. Juhn H ild t'brand (Tri); 2. Bill Sny d t.*r (Bul); 3. Rubt ·n
Ju h n'llon (Vam); 4. J.e Cla rk (Ya m); 5. Bob Lou cks. (Bu l).
500-75005SC: 1. Gt'(l~ Richtmt")'("I'(Tri); 2. Ch arlt'!> Sou thga t.. (BSA); 3. Mike Zbwv>k (BSA); 4. Ge rald J~!>up (Tri); 5. Jame!!
Hen ry (DSA ).
noo PRO I. Ton y N t'i11 (Yam); 2. John Fikt" (BSA); 3. Bill Sny d ("l' (Bu l); ';. Dillt, Buck (Bu l); 5. Roboon Jo hn!>
ttm (Yam ).
MSTR PRO 1. Joh n Fike (BSA ); 2. u.-e r ark t'r (Yam ); 3. Gt'r aid JelOSUP (T ri); 4. Bill BUIT(Yam ).
O PEN PRQ-TW: 1. Mic h ael Ra gan (Va m) ; 2. Ste ve Lon ~o
(Tri ); 3. luh n B1a
wlock (Tri ); 4. George Richtmeyer (Tri); 5. luhn
Van dt"rkOt.i (Tri) .
W ..d nl"tod.y
tifMlVINT: 1. Jac Dona ld (Vam); 2. Mike Zbro;r:ek (Tri); 3. J.e.
Cla rk (Yam); 4. Bob Lt' uc k!O (Bu l); 5. Ro y Haim-s (Bul).
OPEN-TW: 1. Jac Donald, (Ya m ); 2. Dou g Stew arl; 3. Mik E'
Zbro7.ek (Tri ); 4. Ron S to n~' (Tri) ; 5. Brian Ho lzigal (T ri).
MSTR: 1. Bill BUIT (Vam) ; 2. Fred Sch ri tt erri); 3. U>e Park t'r
(Yam ); 4. Tuny r ino (Yam).
500-750 CLSSC: 1. Joh n ny l!iaacs (Tri); 2. Jo~h Ga tely (Tri);
3. Roy Hain o (Bu l); 4. Mikl"Zbroze k (BSA); 5. Thorn 5l>arch (Tri).
600 PRO: 1. Ton y Ne ill (Vam); 2. Johnny Isaaa (Tn) ; 3. John
Fike (BSA); 4. Bill Sny dL'r" (Bu l).
O PEN rRo-lW lN.= 1. Michael Ragan (Yam) ; 2. Ste vt' LonJ;o
(Tri ); 3. Johnn)' Isa acs (T ri); 4. John Vanderkooi ; 5. John Hilde brand (Tri) .
(Top) Bryan Lamborn' (135) and Dan King
(3X) battled It out In both motos of 2S0cc
Novice racing dur ing the CRC Motocross
at Los Angeles County Raceway . King
grabbed first place both ti mes.
(Above) Brock Sellards led the pack at
round two of the AMA USA MegaSerles at
Muddy Creek Raceway in Blou ntville,
Tennessee. Sellards took overa ll wins In
t he 125cc A and 250cc A clas ses.
P /W (O-fi : 1. T.A. Wal k..r (Ya m); 2. Sha wn Butler (Yam); 3 .
)
Bryan H atch itt (Yam ); 4. David Med ma Clam); 5. Ju stin Enbanb
(Yam ).
P /W (7-9): I. A dam Milll'r (Yam ); 2. Ralphit' Spi ne lli (Yam ).
5/ STK (O-f>): J. Duugl,,~ Ca rtt.'r (KTht) ; 2. \\'t'S Parri sh (U M);
3. An drew CDUto (lEM); 4. Brian Sta m bac}. (KTM).
S /STK (7·9): 1. Scott Stam back (K T M) ; 2. Ty lor Pi ne da
(KTh 1); 3. Bradl ey H.lt ch llt (KTM); 4. Co lto n Jam es (KTM); 5. Cory
Rona ld (Hun ).
IM ).
MOD: I . Kyll' Jmkin!> (lEM); 2. Bryce Terzian (J...
60 BEG: 1. Sco tt Sta m back (Kaw); 2. Tylo r Pin eda {K aw ]: 3
Bry ce Tenian (KTM ).
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60 (0·8): 1. Ed w ard He r ring (Kaw); 2. J.J. Noo ne (Ka w); 3.
Rya n Roy ba l (K.1W); 4. Dow Cart er (Kaw) .
f>O (9· 11): 1. An thony Ba rbaco vi (Kaw); 2. Jared Tebo (Ka w );
3. Troy Titl lt'fYlit'r (Kaw) ; 4. M.ltt CI'"trPra~ (Kaw) .
80 BEG: 1. Kit Kunath (Yam) ; 2. Richard Eu ba nks (Yam ); 3.
Brad H o we (Yam) ; 4. Donovan Elliott; 5. Do nn y Wigg ins (Ya m ).
80 (7-U ): 1. Sh a ne Sm ith (Hon); 2. Scott H ow e (Yam); 3. Daryl
Ecklu nd (Suz); 4. Garard Patin Jr. (Yam) ; 5. vmoent Rhoads (Yam ).
NO (12· 13): 1. Todd GOIl!Oe!ur (Hon); 2. T yson T itt lE' ie r
m
(H o n ); 3. Brad Rob inso n (Hu n); 4. Bl't'nl G illia m (Yam); 5. Mari e
Spil'lL'lIi{Yam).
RO (14-16): I. Chri!itophtoTGosSt'laar (Hun).
125 BEG: 1. Charles Cook (SUz); 2. Mike Mille r (H on); 3. Lee
Saul (Suz ); 4. O iff lm nin g!!(Suz);5. lWn'Stuel ke (Suz) .
125 NOV: I. Ke vi n Townsen d (H o n ); 2. Chri!l T h nm p'lon
(Su z ); 3. Dean O str a nd er (S uz ); 4. Brya n La n K (H a n ); 5. Jos e
Polasek (Hon ).
125 INT : I. C h rilO Nenzel (Ka w ); 2. Scot t y Wa lker (Suz ); 3.
Mi kt' Gibooon(Hun); 4. Randy Sidfan (Suz) .
125 PRO: 1. :(Kaw).
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VET BEG: 1. Mar k Testa (Hon); 2. Stanely Norwoods (Kaw );
3. Ma rk Jlmt>!I (y ol ); 4. Frank Pmeda (Yam); 5. Joh n Ad a ms (Suz ).
m
VET NOV : 1. Wf Pt'nnin~ttJn (H{m); 2. Fred Nicho ls (Ho n); 3.
Bryan Roht·n!> (Ho n ); 4. Evan t>.1McMil ll'l'l (Suz );
3. Jot'l H u rio n (ya m); 4. Jam~ C()ppt"d~ (Yam ); 5. A II'll Spillo'lli
(Yam) .
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VET EX/PRO: 1. Eric Ca sas (Va m); 2. Brad Mcleod (Hon); 3.
Edd ie D" vi. . (Yam); 4. Leo Saul (Ka w); 5. Ken Nt"it:rel (Ka w ).
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SR BEG: I . John Kin ~ (yam).
SR 1 : I . J. J. H arri.. (Su z).
m
SR EX: 1. Rand y And l'l'Slln (Yom); 2. Jim Bec k (Hon).
a T NOV : 1. Jo hn Webb (Hon ); 2. Da le Brock ett (Hun); 3.
Larry Kir.;ch (H on); 4. Fra nk J:>E.rby (Hon); 5. Jnhn Fam'l1 (Suz) .
aT AM: 1. Ruthann RE'n x (Hun); 2. Don Meinl:'r (Yam ); 3.
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Richard Bl:'ah' r (Vam ); 4. Rich St ut'lke (A TK); 5. H an k OWnl!O
(Ho n ).
O T EX: I. ·Jim Btock (Hon); 2. Ch ar ll."S How ell (Vam); 3. Ha l
Gr ad y (Hont 4. Kt'ith Ph illip!! (Ka w); 5. Robt:"ft Fi~1t>r (Ka w).
OT MSTR B: 1. K('n Rt'na u x (Ho n) ; ·2. Dennis Mc Adam
(Kaw ); 3. G~ WiIlidms (Suz); 4. Stev e Oark (Su z); 5. Mike Ches·
bro (Hon ).
Sellards soars at Muddy
Creek Motocross
By Barbara Will iams
Pho to by Loren Wil liams
Townsend, King rule CRC MX
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE, CA. MAR 24
Kevin Townsend and Dan "Sky" King p icked up
the 125cc an d 250cc Novice-class ove rall wins
d u ring Ca li forn ia Ra ci n g Club' s Su nday
motocross at Los Angeles County Racewa y.
In the first 12See mo ta Bryan Lang timed the
ga te d ro p to perfection an d grabbed the lead
over To,vn send a nd Jose Polasek. Lan g we nt
dgwn, h and ing th e lead to Townsend. Ch ris
Thompson came fro m a mid pack start to pass
Polasek for secon d place and catch the leader.
Th o mps on h ad m om e n tu m o n h is si de and
passed Tow nsend with two laps rema inin g to
pass
take the w in. Dean Ostrand er put a last
on Polasek for third.
Thom pson h olesh o t moto tw o, but a so il
sa mple on the openi ng lap dropped him back to
sixth. Lang took control until he ran off the track
aJlowi ng Townsend the opportun ity to lead .
Lead he did. slow ly pulli ng awa y from the field
for the second-moto win. Thompson battled his
way back up th rou gh the pack for seco nd at the
checkers and in the final standings.
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Round one in 250cc NO\· ce action saw Bryan
Lamborn pu ll out the early lead over Brett Bennett and Graham Howell. King came cha rging
up ou t of the pack to d isplace bOlh Bennett and
Howell by lap two . King cau ght Lamborn and
ate plenty of sand be fore find ing his way into
the lead on the white-flag lap . Lamborn stayed
glued to King's rear fender all the way to the finish. Howell was third over Cole Town'iend and
Tyler Buck. .
King got the start he needed in m ot a' tw o
ov er Lam born, Buck and Bennett. King and
Lamborn hoo ked up and separated them selves
from the others in the ir battl e for the lead . King
pu t a one- tu m advantage between himself and
La mborn . La mb orn couldn't catch King/but
8Iap
BLOUNTVIL TN, MAR. 23-2.
LE,
Brock Sellards flew to the overall w in in both
12Sec A and 250cc A d ivisions at ro und two of
th e AMA USA MegaSe ries a t Mu d dy Cr e ek
Raceway.
The Yamaha Challe nge Weekend did dou ble
duty as a n area quali fier for Lorett a Lynn' s,
drawing 818 entries from 15 states.
Sellards ho leshot the first 12Sec A m ota, followe d by Scott Graves, Kevin Walker an d Cha rlie Dun away. Walk er overtook Sella rds by the
end of lap one, the n ga ined some room wh en
Sellar ds fell on the last lap . Sellar ds rem ounted
to finish seco nd . j im Chester stayed on the gas ·
to wo rk up to th ird from a fifth-place start, followed by James Evans and Duna way, Graves
crossed the line in sixth.
Sellards ow ned moto two, focusing att ention
on the ba ttle fo r second . Th e harder Chester
pre ssured from third, the closer Walker rode to
the ragged edge, unt ij"finally Walker spun ou t,
handing second to Chester. Wa lker recovered
still in third, pursued by Josh Sweat, Dunawa y
and Evans . They cros sed the line in that orde r.
Chester leaped to the fore on the start of the
first mot a of 250cc A, with Sellards and Sweat
sticking to him liKe duct tape. Sellards followed
Che ster for a lap and finall y powered into th e
lead com ing u p the sta irs tep se ctio n. Aft er a
couple of swaps, Sellards took the lead for good .
Walker had climbed from se venth to thi rd by
mid race, forang Chester to go faster so that the
p air pull ed a 10-second gap on fourth place
Sw eat . At th e b ase of the s ta irs tep s, Ches ter
appeared to have the advantage, but Walker
took the ou tsid e line and shot alongside Chester,
zapping him by half a wheel at the flag for second .
Wa lker holeshot th e secon d round, only to
fall less than a lap into the race and hand over
the lead, and th e win, to Sellards . Ches te r
hooked up with the Kawasaki jockey, letting
him set the pace. Florid.·s ja rrett Tipping an d
N orth Carolina's Ja cob Dombrosky clai med
third and fourth in the ma lo, followed by Wa lker in fifth for third overall.
Results .
Sa turday
50 STK (4 ..f»: 1. Co ry Stric.kland (KTM); 2. Dakot a Beavers
(KT M ); 3. Bria n r ace (KTM); 4. Brando n La r~t" (LEM) ; 5. Easton
H an kin.. (LEM).
50 STK (7-8): 1. Andl'('W Matu sek (LEM); 2. Ja kE'G n ffis (Cob);
3. Cha<;t;' Bl'C'k (Cob); 4. Michael Ridge (Cob); 5. j ake Posey (Cnb).
65 5T K (7·9 ): 1. A n d re w Matusek (K,aw ); 2. Jos h ua Ob vis
(Ka w ); 3. J (Yam); 4. Josh \\'hltJmre (SU7.) 5. Darrell m an ken sh ip
;
(Su7.I.
WM: (Ka w ); 5. Ja !lOn Will,,",
(Ho n).
Su n doly
50 (4 -t1) 1. Co ry Stric klan d (KTM); 2. Dakota lk-avt>1'1l (K1"M J;
:
f
3. Bra d lt"}' r aa- (KT M); 4. East lm Hankins (LEM ); 5. R. Ca mE' On
Sh me(LEM ).
50 (7-~) : 1. Jakt> G riffis (Co b); 2. Ju stin Sipes (Cob); 3. Mich.wl
Rid~e (Ct >b 4 . L.B. Home (Cob); 5. Ja kl' ro~y (Cc>b).
);
tiS (7-9): 1. Andrew Ma tu se k (Kaw); 2. Jo!>hua Da vis (Kaw) ; 3••
AII'l( Huntt'r (Ka w); 4. Jake Gri ffis (Kaw) ; 5. Jeffn-y Lu cidn (Kaw ).
65 (10-11) : 1 C h ris to p h e r Whi tcraft (Kaw ); 2. J(Offre y Field ~
(Kaw ); 3. Wa d E'Cur d t'll (Ka w ): 4. Olast" Robt"rts (Kaw ); 5. Bryan
Johnson Jr. (Ka w).
&I D: I . Sha un Hl'l'I"IOfl (Ho n ); 2. Jes se Mead (Hon); 3. Aaron
Cla rk (Ka w ); 4. Jeff Mead (Ho n ); 5. Jos hua Sutton (Yilm).
JR M I:J' (Yam ); 3. Jim
Ch e'ltl' r (SU7.); 4. Jam l'!l Eva n!! (Kaw); 5. Ch arl ie Dunaway (Kaw) .
125 B: 1. Jon Buruff (Hu n); 2. Jeffery Rya n (Suz); 3. Ja 'U.lfl
Th o m p so n (Ka w ); 4. Presion Ro St' (Kaw ); 5. C had An derso n
(Kaw).
125 C: 1. Eric Leu n ard (Kaw); 2. Zach YonCE" (Suz ); 3. JMSf'>
Aeminp;(Hon): 4. Tim Millip; n (Suz ); 5. Chdd Bu rb a (Kaw).
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125 D: 1. Ca'lt")' Stri ck la nd (H un ); 2. Don nie Bloyd (Suz ); 3.
Bobby Bund (Va m ); 4. Gl'ej:;ory Dial (Suz); 5. Jason Edding.'l(Kow) .
250 A: 1. Brock Sella rd .. (Kaw); 2. Jim Chl:"ster (Stn); 3. Kt>vin
Walkr (ya m ); 4. Jarrett Tippinp;(Suz ); 5. Jacob Dombrosky (5uz) .
250 B: 1. Jon Buruff (Hon); 2. Marrus Hedrick (Suzl; 3. Pre·
!!ton Rose (Ka w ); 4. Brian Latlf' (Yam ); 5. Bill Ca~"-l va u~h (Suz).
250 C: 1. Eric Leona rd (Ka w) ; 2. Matth(Ow Frl't'd (Suz); 3.
Robert And y Smith (Hon); 4. JL'S.."t.' flt'JTlin~ (Hon); 5. Jay Taylo r
(H on).
250 D : 1. Adilm FIt't"Ilor (H u n ); 2. A I(')l; Will iam !! (Yam ); 3.
M a r k Manue l (Su z) ; 4. Richa rd Ta ylor (Hon); 5. Ch uc k G r~ r '
(Suz) .
O r EN AM : 1. Darryl Ahon en (Ka w ); 2. Ron Jone!> (Hon) ; 3.
Nicho la'l Pin t'gar (Him ); 4. Wa yn .. H <1rrison (Hon); 5. Todd Ritchit'
IKTMj.
25+ A: 1. Jim Ches le r (Suz); 2. Kevin Wa lkl"r (Yam) ; 3. Rod
Mdl'1lh a ll (Suz ); 4. Mike Pa d~l"tt (Ya m); 5. Kirk John so n (Yam ).
2S+ R: 1. Jay Hayt"l (Hon); 2. Scott Linko us (Suz); 3. Furma n
Panon (Ho n ); 4. Travis Jon t' s (Suz) ; 5. Olris Shortridge (Hon).
25+ C: 1. Jimm y r ilcoc k (Suz); 2. Billy Ha r riso n (H un); 3.
Da vid Buis (Hem); 4. Larry De an Mit ch ell (Suz l: 5. Jimm y O pod enin Jr. (Hon).
30+ A: 1. Ron ' Iml'S (Hu n ); 2. Rry an Ada ms (Kaw); 3. Ma rk
Guy (Ya m ); 4. Rick W ri~ht (Suz); 5. Dann y Osborn (Vam) .
30+ B: 1. Da vid Sawyer (Kaw); 2. Rud n t")' Cuvt'l'\de r (Ka w ); 3.
A. Jamie McCoy (yr
(Suz ).
35+ : 1. Run lo nt'S (Hon); 2. M (H on );
ny
3. Terrt'll We lbllrn (Su z); 4. Joh nny G ibson (HIm); 5. Billy ~in!l
(SUl).
.
.ffl+: 1. Tern' lI Wt'l bu m (5u7.) 2. Eu ~t'Yle Shorty C,oudE' (Suz);
;
3. Pt·tl' t H1t ri so: m (Hun); 4 . Ted Shu rtri dge (Hon).
r
U /L A M: 1. J.1 H aye s (H o n); 2. We sley McCo y (Yum ); 3.
Y
Alan And t' NUn (Hun ); 4. Danny Lain IHu n ); 5. Tra vis l Imes (Suz).
Flesiaflies at Aztec
By Stacy Jen sen
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO MAR JO
,
Mark F1 es ~ a p roved he still has what it takes to
stay in the nu mb e r~ o ne spot after tak ing the
