,.EVE~TS
250 c: 1. Mark Bazint't; 2. Za nt> Wh ite; 3. Mike Od ana; 4.
Tank ; 5. Sean Howard.
Ju ~ti n
250 B: 1. Mike Bra M: 2. De rri ck Janu sz )'ck ; 3. Da rren McEIhaUm; 4. Jdf Ndland er: 5. Scott Labt-rJ;e.
PRO 1. Kenn y Yahn; 2. Todd Cardt\l:"r; 3. Kenny Ke')'lon; 4.
J~~n Cl.ark; 5. Roo Purnell,
25+: I. Rkk y H amp!>hire; 2. Da ve Wincott; 3. Tim EAAen; " .
Todd Ca rdner ; 5. Mike Deland .
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15-24: 1. Scott Davis; 2. Darren McElhatttm; 3. Jeff Neil an de r.
... Mike 8ra~ 5. Rob St("\.l"n<;(lft
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30+: J. Willi:,> Brock; 2. Tim EAAen; 3. tee Walker; 4. Dea n
Dr"';
5. Mark B.1riJwt .
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35+ : 1. De an D)'l?55; 2. Dan Da vi s; 3. Barry ell ; 4. G ~
Bobk.; 5. Tom BraKl;.
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H ughe 'l; 4. To m
.ul+ : 1. Dan D a vi ". 2. G rt'K Bobk a ; 3 .
BraAA;5. Tom Fogg.
50+; 1. Frank Ca ri llo; 2. AI Ga rd rwr; 3. Tom Ni chol !iOO; 4. Wi ll
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WM:'\l: 1. Gin a Peny; 2. Tammy HiAAin 3. Brianna
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Mill sa~.
Rentzell roars at Road
Atlanta Road Race
By Jo hn Bla ckst ock
BRASELTON, GA, MAR 23-24
Acwo rth Georgia 's Ke vin Re ntz ell q uickl y
served notice to al l competitors th at he meant
bus iness at Road Atlanta's season-opener.
In his first race of the weekend, the Redline
oil-sponsored rider took his Kawasaki ZX 600 to
a convinci ng win in th e Su pe rst ock C final. Joey
Gilleland and Mark Reed gave chase but were
no ma tch for Rentze ll's spee d an d experience
tod ay. "Revvin' Kevin" was jus t getting wanned
u p and returned late r to take wins in Supcrbike
C and B finals.
A lso h ard o n th e gas thi s wee ke n d w as
another fast Georgian, Billy Eisan acher. Just like
Rentzell , Eisa nch e r is ve ry co n fide nt he re at
Road Atlanta an d it shows. The Yamaha pilot
was at or near the front of the pack all day, takin g fir st -place m on e y in Superstock B o \'e r
Patr ick Lu d wig an d a third in th e Superbike
Expe rt C final.
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The futu re looks bright for road racing in the
Southeas t. With 55 ent ries in th e Su perb ike
Novice C fina l and over 40 entries in the other
Novice ra ce s, anothe r Scott Russell or Mike
Smith could be in the ma king.
Creating the most cu rios ity tracksid e wa s
Ea r l' s Racing Tea m ou t o f Owen sb or o, Kentucky. For 1996 the Hayd ens have joined forces
with Johnn y Lan de rs' Lon gho rne Moto rsp ort s
ou t of Weathfo rd, Texas. The Redlin e Oil, EBC,
Aria-s po nsored team had someo ne on the gri d
for 'almost every final. Th e three yo ung Hayd en s, Tomm y, Nic ky , and 12-year-o ld Roge r
Lee, will also have Lande rs' son Ryan to make
an all-out assau lt on WERA Sp ortsman racing
tnis yea r. The team had a very successful debut
with tw o firsts, a third and a total of nine top-10
finishes between them .
Results
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t Bell (Suz).
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M/W SOLO 20 :'>lOV 1. Mikt' Cirono (H on); 2. William Tol :
y
lor (Han); 3. Grt'gof)" "'hite (Kaw).
M /W SOLO 20 NO V: 1. David Boo!>ales. (Yam ); 2. Kevi n
Vance (Kaw); 3. Will iam lea~t" (H(m).
L/ W SOLO 20: 1. Bill St. John (Due); 2. Dani e l JOlWph!l (Yam );
3. Bria n Surtee> (Yam ).
S /STK EX A: I. Ja m it' Hdckin~ (Suz); 2. Pa t rick Lu d w i ~
(Yam) ; 3. ~rek u>!i1il' (Kaw) .
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S/BK EX D: 1. Mich ael Holuskn t"Ch t (Yam); 2. Danili'l JotOeph.~
(Yam ); 3. Brian Su rh.~!O (Yam ).
S IBK NOV : 1. Da vid BooIlales(Yam) ; 2. Carl Peltzer (Hon); 3.
Tommy Ca mpbell (Yam).
S /STK EX: 1. Kt'vin Rt"fltzell (Kaw); 2. Joey G illeland (Kaw);
3. Ma rk Reed (Kaw).
PROD NOV C: 1. Luu Yarbrough (Ho n ); 2. Gregory \\'h ite
(Kaw); 3. Rocky G ravley (Hon).
CLBMN NOV : 1. Dank-I McAllisn-r (Sw: ); 2. Sta cy Hadaway
(Kaw); 3. Scott Haves (5uz. ).
CLBMN EX: " Brioln Surtt'n (Yam~ 2. Mark Morrow (YoUn)
1.
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3. Rich G rave!" (Suz~
125 GP : 1. Nick.y H.yd~ (H on ); 2. Chri s P y ln (H o n) ; 3.
~ l..- H OiI yd m; (Hon); 4.Ryan Landen.
5 / STK EX B; 1. Biil y EiSflnache r (Yam) ; 2. Pa t rick Lu d w ip;
(Yam) ; 3. Scott Brown (Ka w ).
PROD NOV B: I. Lu ke Yarbrou~h (H on); 2. Da rr en Beh rn
(H on); 3. Da vid Moser (Suz).
F-2. EX: 1. Lee ACTt't'(Yam); 2. Terry Evans (Yam); 3. Willi am
H au slt>r(Yam ).
F-2 I\:OV: 1. David Boosales (Yam); 2. Rick Buylt '!' (Yam ); 3.
Kt>ntMatte rn (H OIl).
5 , BK EX C: 1. J(t>vi Rt'rltull (Kaw); 2. Scott Brown (Ka w ); 3.
n
Billy Ei!ioM1ac htoT (Yam) .
5 , BK NOV C: 1. Mike Cirotto (Hun); 2..Bud u\\o-re r (Hun); 3.
Lu ke Yarbrough (H lm).
F-l :"JOV: I. Mik r Cirotto (Ho n ); 2. Bud uw tt"r (H o n ); 3.
Roger Bdl (Suz).
F- l EX: 1. N icky Ha yden (Yam); 2. Lee AC1l"E' (Yam );.l. Dtorek
L.es1it"(Kaw).
Asher tops vets at
Glen Helen GP
By Greg Robe rtso n
SAN BERNARDI."JO, CA, MAR. 31'
Jerry Asher emerged victorious in the Vet Novice
class during the first round of California Racing
Club's ann ual Tri-Race Series, the Golden Bear
Grand Prix, held at Glen Helen Raceway.
Mike DeStefano grabbed the early lead from
the dead-engine start and was soon being pressured by Asher, Walt Bennett and Mike Dunlap.
Asher wasted little time and made his way to the
front of the pack 'by lap two with Dunlap hot on
his heels. The ensuing battle for the lead between
Asher and Dunlap had them slowly pulling awa y
from third- place Benn ett, who had his han ds full
holding off DeStefano and Darre ll Sanders . Ten
m inute.... in to the 45-minute race, Du nlap ma de
his way past Asher for the top spot. Asher wasn' t
giving up that easily and got back around Dun lap a couple of laps later. Once out front again,
Ash er wo u ld inch away from Du nlap as they
worked through groups of lapped riders during
the second half of the race. Bennett faded back to
finish an even tual seventh. allov..:ing DeStefano to
rou nd ou t the top three at the checkers . Rick Jurado kep t charging the en tire 45-minutes from his
midpack start and passed Sanders late in the race
for a well-deserved fourth .
Orey Dircks was untouchable in th e Vet
Expert-Pro class. The Hond a CRSOO-mounted
Dircks used his horsepower advantage on the
very fast course to walk away with the biggest
portion of the 200-perce ntpayback. YZI25 rid er
Eric Casas put in a fantas tic opening-lap charge,
comi ng from a last-p lace sta rt all the way u p
into second place, where he woul d stay to finish
ahead of Scotty Walker and Matt Tedder.
Ron O ement got by fast star ter Steve Dalton
to claim the Vet Interm ediate win . Dean Ostrand er also wo rked up from a disastrous sta rt to
fin ish in th e runne r- u p p osi t io n ove r Da ve
Simon, Dalton and Randy Wilkins .
Results .
P /W (1)-6): 1. T.A. WalkeT (yam) ; 2. Bry an H at dnn (Yam ); 3.
Sh.mf.BUtiET (Yam).
P /W (7-9): 1. Andrew Yarnell (Yam) .
S ISTI< (1)-6): 1. Dou~ldS Ca rt" (KlMl.
S/ST'K (7-9}: 1. Tye Haffit'S (KTht); 2. Robert Mt'moli (ICTM );
3. Bradlt>y Hat chitt (KTIA) .
MOD (Q..6) 1. Kyle}lITIkiru> (LEM ).
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60 BEC : 1. Ty lt' r Browden (Ka w ); 2. An thony Ca,; ta n t"d a
(Ka w) .
60 (0-8 ): 1. Dav e Carter «Kaw).
60 (9-11): 1. A nt ho nv Barba covi (Ka w); 2. N ich o lM Burson
_ n~aw ); 3. Troy Titt l~mi~r {Ka w ); 4. Cody Sandt'!""r (Ka w ).
RO REG: 1. Rubrrt Blan d (Hon ); 2. Donn y WiP;Kinll (Yam ); 3.
Jaso n Bli'auc he snl:' (Ya m) ; 4. D a v id Dt"luda (Ya m) ; S. Ch t"y n t>
Rl"}'nold,; (Hlm).
80 (7·11) : 1. Dy lan lord (Hon ); 2. N ichol.l s BUf'lOn(SUl ).
. 80 (12-13) : 1. Ty llo n TiU le mi@'r (Hon); 2, Robf'rt Moro ni
(Yam ); 3. Bre nt G ill iam (Yam ); 4. Kit Kunolth (Ya m); 5. Wi lli am
Arthur (Suz ).
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80 (14- 16): 1. Mi chael Young (Ho n) ; 2. Matt A rms tro n g
(Yam ).
B/W: 1. Jed Herring (Hon); 2. Brae Wall ace-(Kaw).
VL"'T : 1. Gary Egloff (Mai ); 2. Chris Fn>i (H nn ).
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DEC: 1. Gf't"g Roberbmt (Hon).
125 BEG: I. Jenomy Hril (Suz ); 2.1...et" Sdul (Su z ); 3. Juhn But ler (Hon); 4. Chu Smith (Suz); S. Tran" Anwa y (H on).
125 NOV : I. Oris Thom~ (Suz ); 2. Cody Knauss (Sw: ); 3.
Kevin Townsmd (H,m);: 4 . Nid Butterworth (Suz ).
J25 (NT: 1. Chrill Ne ua e l (KlIw ); 2. Mik e Gibso n (H o n); 3.
Mik t" H..rri s (Suz) .
250 BEG: 1. Eric G r af (Kaw); 2. Iason Heagst edt (Yam ); 3.
Rod!, ,,,r Leime r (Ho n); 4. Todd Hea~t.-dt (Yam ); S. Charles Gun z.alt"l'($uz).
2.'iO NO V: 1. Cole Townsend (Hon); 2. Brian Wa lkt-r (Kaw) ; 3.
Matthe w M urph y (H o n ); 4. Eric h Whitt"f nrd (Su z ) 5. lld et an so
Cas tmdol (Suz). ~
~ 11\'1": 1. PauJ G ilma rtin (Hon); 2. Robbi e Dunham (Yam);
3. An t huny Frt'n ch (H on ).
2.50 f"RQ; 1. Ty Kady (Suz); 2. Jimmy Lavorci (Suzl; 3. TIm
Sharp (Hon l; 4. Nic k Ma lroroiot' (Suz); 5. Ed R.-dma n (H on).
500 B[G: 1. Ga rdner Tarlow (Hu.~); 2. :\.tartm Fires tone (Han);
3. Kylr Fraz itof(Hon).
500 NOV : 1. Jon H...II (Han).
JR VET BEG: 1. Bnan McKinn pY (Yam); 2. Joe Ca ....~randt'
(Ya m); 3. Gfl?lo': W ilki ns (Suz ); 4 Larry Pag e (Yam); 5. Pa shi A~hir
(Yam).
JR VET NOV : 1. Mik e Ucitra (Sw: ); 2. Mik e John..;on (Suz); 3.
s tev e Hill (Kaw); 4. Sean Ha w orth (Yam) .
JR VET 1
l'.'1":1. Chris Ray (Hon).
VET BEG: J. Joh n M..cMiIler (Su z); 2. Gardner Tar low (H Ull);
3. Ric h a r d Mars hal l (Hon); 4. Flo yd Ma rtin (Ya m ); 5. Rand y
f!t'ilver s (Suz).
VET NOV : J. Je r ry Ash er (H un); 2. Mike Du nlap (Kaw ); 3.
Mikt' et.--5ft"fann (Kaw); 4. Rick Jur ad o (Ho n ); 5. Darrell San d t"r~
(Yam).
VET IJ\o'T: 1. Ron Cl em en t (H o n); 2. Dean Ostrander (H0Il); 3.
Da ve Simon (Hu n ); 4. Ste ve Dalt on (H on ); 5. Rand , · W ilkins (Su z ).
VET EX PRO: 1. Drey Dircks (Ho n); 2. Eric 'Casas (Yam ); 3.
ScottyWaiL" (Suz); 4. Man Tedder (HIm); 5. Doug Yal'Tlt' (y a m ).
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SR BEG: 1. Mel St. John (Kaw ).
SR S O\': I. Randall Sand dPr (Hem); 2. Pl"tPr Perry (Hem ).
SR [NT: 1. No rm Schie l (H u n); 2. Sco tt Smith (Kaw); J . J.J.
Ha rri!> {Suz ).
SR EX: 1. Randy A ndl!1!iOn (Yam ); 2. Stli'VPCWrk (Suz).
O tT :-':OV : 1. Bill Sta te v; 2. Bill Wel tman (Hon); 3. Asker
l.a r kjator(Suz ).
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O /T AM: 1. Joh n Flande rs (Ho n ); 2. Don M cint"r (Yam) ; 3.
Richard Bealer (Yam); 4. Don Buu rd",au; 5. Buzz Moeller (Hon).
O /T EX; 1. No rm Schit'l (Hon); 2. Jack AIlt"n (Kaw); 3. Da vid
Wallaa?; 4. Scott McDonaIl (H,m); 5. Bob Sherred (Hun).
O /T MSTR B: 1. Ken Eh lt"l"5; 2. Km Rl"I"I.lux (Hon ); 3. St~vr
Oolr k (Suz); 4. Dt-nn is McAdam (Ka w); S. Mlk'" C he!lbro (H on) .
O /T MSTR A: 1. A lan Kmt (Yam ); 2. Rick lohnwn (Hon).
T "'olm R.lct'
BEG: I . Todd Ht'a)l;S
ledl /Jo 8un H l'agst t'dt (Yam).
IRO NM AN: 1. Sco tty Wa lkt"r (Su~); 2. J.J. Harri s (Suz).
Sarona Oaks MX draws
big crowd
By Homer Ebuan ks
RAMONA. CA,MAR. 31
A competitive field of 186 riders was on hand at
Barona Oaks for the second race of the 1996 season .
Gabe Bolivar walked away with the lio n' s
sh a re of the Pro -class 200- perce n t p a yb ack
purse. Shawn Ellis shined in the Int erm ed iate
division wh ile Jesus Casillas breezed to overa lls
in the 60cc Mod , Sup ermini and B
OccStock (9] 1) classes .
The eve nt began o n .:Ii so m be r n ot e as a
memorial was held for Old Phart rid er Randy
Elkins who was killed ea rlier in the week in a
rid ing accident.
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Bolivar holeshot both the Pro motos, bu t Jeff
Tilton was able to muscle his way arou nd in the
first mo to on lap four. Bolivar shadowed Tilton
throughout the moto , but Tilton was able to take
the checkered. In round two , Tilton dogged Bolivar and managed to get aro un d in a coupl e of
com ers, but Bolivar was able to slip right back
into the lead position and hold on for the win.
Sha un Ellis showed no mercy on the 250cc
Intermed iate-class rid ers. Ellis took off from the
gate in both motos an d headed str aight to the
checkered . Ellis also took the 125cc Intennedia te
crown but fqu nd com pe tition from Andy Harrington and John Emerson . Harrington led from
th e ga te an d ha d Ellis p ressur in g h is every
move. Then on the fourth lap Ellis dropped his
bike, and John Emerson too k over second . Ellis
remounted for third. Ha rrington di d n' t make
th e second mot o a n d Elli s domin a te d aft er
Emerso n dropped ou t on the second lap.
Jesus Camillas contro lled both the Supennini
motos with Jake Elkins taking secon d in both
races. CamiIlas was also able to dominate in the
BOcc Stock (9-11) class and the n remount to take
double wins in the 60cc Mod (9-11) class.
(Abov e left ) Kevin Rentze ll too k three
class win s at Road At lanta's seaso nopener, claim ing top honors in Superst ock C, Superbike C and Superblke B.
(Ab ov e) Drey Dircks (99) was th e king of
the Vet Expert class durin g th e CRC
Grand Prix at Glen Helen Raceway.
Results
NTRO MX; 1. Wa y ton Blocker (Suz); 2.. Steven Hau ghelshrw
(Yam); 3. Kevin Fava (Ka w ); 4. Brandon Md J Ofwld (Ya m ); 5. Kyle
Blsscnnette (Kaw).
P,W F I T: I. Chri~tian Cr a ig (KTM); 2. NolSas (Ya m ); 2. J o~ hu a Na v a rro
(Ka w ); 3. Johnn y Ho lmquist (Yam ); 4. Jaso n Car lton (Suz ); 5. Pl"teT
Scully (Yam ).
80 STK (9-11 ): J. Jt'N Ca m illas (Yam ); 2. A nthuny Bru scella
US
(Suz); 3. Ryan Bt!'at (H u n ); 4. Shaun Co nnd ly (Kaw); 5. Brian
Th llm a.<.on(Hnn).
HO MO D: 1. Gary Mot !lhagt'n (Ho n) .
RO NOV STK : 1. Billy Lan inovich (Ya m); 2. Ma ti Co n do n
(Yam ); 3. Jake ElkiN (Kaw); 4. Travi~ Bt'mis (H(ln ); 5. Dus!t'n Watson (Sw:).
51MINI : 1. Jl:'SUS Ca...illa!i (y am ); 2. Jake Elkin.. (Kaw), 3. Billy
uninovich (Yarn); 4. Du!ltt>n Watson (Suz) ; 5. Anthony Bru.<;Celia
(Suz ).
125 BEG: 1. Todd C a yton (H em); 2. Gt>r.1rdo RoI.~ (Honl; 3.
Molki Ush iroy ama (Kaw) ; 4. N ick Ca. .ellas (yam); 5. Byron Kulla
(Ka w ).
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125 (12-15): 1. Ronnie Lol tin (Hon); 2. Trllvis Frink (Kawl; 3.
Dru Blockt'r (Suz); 4. Todd O a yt on (Hon); S. Co rt>y O.a)·ton
(Hon).
125-(16-21): 1. Sha wn EIIi~ (Yam). 2. Tim Clayton (Han); 3.
Andy Harrington (Kaw).
125 NOV STK: 1. Michat'l Fox (Kaw); 2. Cra ig Rood (Kaw ); 3.
~ffWaltt'n (5u.t); 4. Tim C ayt on (Hon); 5. Travis Frink (Kaw).
125 NOV MO D: 1. Stevt" Yurko vic ( Ka w); 2. Kt"vin Roya l
(H on); 3. Craig Sm ith (SuL).
125 INT : 1. Sh awn Elliot(Ya m); 2. Wilson Nic ho ls (Hon); 3.
Co lin Ebt'rl y (Hlm); 4. Daniel N icho ls (Suz); 5. Fran k Ddto (Suz ).
250 BEG: 1. Joa qu in Can d ia (Kaw).
250 NOV : 1. Ma rk Vande r Du!>SDn (H o n ); 2. Aa ron McDo mJU~h (H un ).
250 INT : 1. Sh" w n Elli s (Ya m ); 2. C o h n Ebt"r1y (Hon ); 3.
Shawn I",land (Hon); 4. Danny Wa lsh (Ho n ).
OP B (26-29): 1. Don Brow (Ka w ); 2. Juhn Washburn (Knw); 3.
Robert KircheT (Ka w1 4. l'.aul KIMn (Suz).
OP B (30- 34): 1. l.es Abt-ma th y (H o n). 2. Dav id Reyno ld s
(Yam ); 3. Chrill St-mnn (H em); 4. Oay John50n (KTM).
O P B (~39): 1. Troy Ltat> (Ka w); 2. Bill KM"t" (Yam) ; 3. Ron
Panl"l"!"oOT1 (Hon); 4. Rldwrd Town!'ot'nd(H on); 5. Dav t" l'aV('(Hon).
B 40+ : 1. 1. Owclr. Fo lo; (Suz). 2. Tom fhtorlv (Hun); 3. It'e
Hoffinan C
Hon); 4. Wil!lOn:'>licho ls (Suz). 5. Pa tlrda·nd (Yam).
O P A (26-29): 1. Roy Basin (Yam)."
OP A (30- 34 ): 1. Don Co n n f"lIy (5 uz); 2. Danny A lm ond
(Hon). 3. Scott uRosh (Hon}; 4_Chris Swi h (Hon); 5. Scott Riche!lOll (Kaw ).
PRO: 1. Gabe Bolivar (Yam); 2. Je ff Tilton (Yam ); 3. Timmy
Stau fenbill (Suz).
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Mattson strikes it rich at
Gold Rush Enduro
By Ron Pocher
RED MOUNTAL,,<, CA, MAR 24
VCMC membe r Erik Matts on turn ed in a stellar
pe rf orman ce b y w inning th e 41s t ann u al
Prosp ect ors M.e. Gold Rush Enduro near Red
Mountain.
Matt son outlasted the competition in a brutal
B6-mi le race th rough the Sp an gler Hills ridin g
area.
The annual Prospe ctors event can always be
