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I·EVENTS
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Travi s Petton (82E) pressures David
Pelton (22) In a heat race at Southern
californ ia's Barona Speedway,
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held on to third an d Hedden made su re no one
got beh ind him in the wrap-up spot.
Rick Scha mbe rs, who dri ves 170 miles eve ry
Frid ay from Ukiah, started the Handicap main
on th e lO-yard lin e, but after his fine runaway
w in on hi s Factory P ip e P rod u cts I S treet
Bike / Watertrough Saloon [awe, ma y be reward ed in coming weeks with a move to the Zo-yard
stripe. Hedden, who is bound for Coven try Englan d as an American Final rep lacem ent for the
ever-gracious Bobby Schwartz, tried to move up
on Scha mbers from his SO-yard line starti ng spot
but could not iind the same tra ction in the outside dirt tha t Bast woul d find in the Scratch main
and even tua lly fell back to fifth. Bast, who also
started from the SO, mad e good use of th e low
bluegr oove, pushing up thro ugh the field to finish in seco nd . Du stin Schroed er rode a stea dy
race from th e 40-y ard line fo ll o w in g Bast
through to ga ther third place, while fourth wen t
to Jim Sisemore in a ra re off night .
Garcia takes Barona
Speedway win
By Wayne Hosaka.
.SAN DIEGO, CA,MAY25
John Gar cia on hi s H onda was com p letely in
charge from th e star t as he took the Op en Pro
final at Sarona Speed way for his second win of
the season .
The an ticipated battl e between Ga rcia and
Travis Pettan was intensified when David Pelton
ven tured down from Costa Mesa and won the preliminary. Off the start, Garcia held a slim lead over
Pelton with Perry Proiette, another Los Angeles.
area rider, in third place and Pettcn in fourth.
On the thi rd lap Petton passed Proiette and
pressu red Pelton for se cond . The stage was set
for ano the r one of those dirt track duel so man y
of us old-tim ers miss from the days of Ascot and
Southba y Speedwa y. With Ga rcia ri d in g his
usu al smoo th line, Pelton tried the low gro ove
wh ile Petton attempte d the tacky but rou gh top
o f th e trac k . Pr oi ette stayed close but ou t of
striking d istan ce in fourth.
On lap five, Pett an slowed with mechan
1cal
problems and faded, leavin g Garcia to stave off
the invad er s from the north. With tw o lap s to
go , Pelt on dosed to wi thin three bike leng ths
bu t Ga rcia held stea dy and too k the win with
Proiett e finishing a commendable thi rd . Sportsman winner David Johnson was fourth.
The 2S0cc Pro final was aga in a Brad Holt
a ffair as he has wo n all five fina ls thi s year on
his Bultaco . The su rp rise of the night wa s whe n
Sp ort sm an -class w inne r Chuc k Clayd on, also
on a Bul ta co, wo n th e prelimina ry race over
Holt. lt wa s a diffe rent st ory in th e final as Holt
took th e lead o ff th e sta rt an d brok e co nta ct
from the field an d won eas ily . Clayd on finis hed
seco n d ove ra ll to w in th e Spor tsman cl ass
ah ead of Pros Pat Dwyer and Steve Go rby.
Results
250 rRO: 1. Brad H oU (Bu l); 2. Pa t Dwyer (Yam) ; 3 . Stf'Ve
GorlJ (Kaw); 3. Ma rk
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Stu dl"bake r (Kaw) .
80 DTX: 1. To ny Mit>ri g (Hlm); 2. O ldy Tho mp!"oO'/l (Hon); 3.
n
Matt C'lOma (H on ); 4. Sfoan Ligh t (Su7.); 5. Jf'TI'Y Ha nsen (Han).
50 MO D: 1. Mlrk StudeNkt-r (Yam); 2. Amanda Kau tz.
50 JR: 1. Brt"f1t 5d m it7.t'f; 2. Ou ~tin Pru crin.'iki; 3. Jo rdan SL
Cll"1'ma
in.
TW: 1. M ike Ha ritt; 2. PoJ ul Pei ro li.
Saturday
EX: 1. Dan Sta nley (Rtx) ; 2. Micky Fay (Rtx ); 3. Ron waters
(Rb); 4. De l Schn itze r (Rtx); 5. Rt>x Fi!iMr (Rn).
PRO- AM: 1. Ch rilltlan Vernon (ATK); 2. Man Co rnea (Rb); 3.
s teve Arn d t (Hon) ; 4. Beau Brown (Rtx) ; 5. JU'Ih Cu m-y (KIM).
250 A: 1. Pete Mtodcalf (Kaw ); 2. Kurt H aw k (Hun); 3. Jak e
Ho lden (H an); 4. Srook Co ffel (KT M) ; 5. Scoo tt'r ve rnon (Ho n ).
125 A: 1. Ton y M it>rinR (Hon); 2. Dan Adk ms (Hon ); 3. Ch ris
Wa itt- (Hon).
RO A: 1. jak e H old en (H on ); 2. Cody ThomP'"U'1 (H on) ; 3. Kurt
Ha wk (Suz i.
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RO DTX: 1. Ch ris Waitt>(Hon ); 2. Tony Mirrinp;(Hon ); 3 . Matt
Comez(H on ).
1225 B: 1. Ja mt'!l Mt"dca lf (K.1w); 2. Jacob C u rrey (Hon); 3.
r .lllul Dsti llo (Hon).
flO B: 1. Anthony Kautz (Hon); 2. Kyle R..~lld a le ( Hon); 3.
Sean ligh t (Suz ).
60 A: 1. Ma tt Go m"- (Kaw); 2. Mar k Studt'b& kl"r (Ka w ).
50 JR: 1. Co le Wahl; 2. Brt"f1t Sch n itzer; 3 . Jo rda n St. Gt-r·
maine_
40+ : I. Allen Morinvill e (Rtx); 2. Dick S1u.Jler (N o r); 3. Dan
IGrk (H on ).
250 MNY: 1. Joe Lenz (Ya m );:z. Eri c Beef!l (H onl .
Stanley stunning at Castle
RockTT
By Clay Light
50
Bast batters Auburn Speedway
AUBURN, CA, MAY31
Northern California' s winnin gest Speedway
rid er Bart Bast took the win in the Scratch ma in
eve nt at Auburn Speedway.
The former British League rider drew th e
outside starting position. To Bast' s right sat Bob
Hicks in grid thr ee, Bobb y Hedden in two and
th e e ve ni ng's $100 Scra tch Challenge winner
Louis ~osauth on the pole. Hicks was the first
away with Kossuth just inches beh ind lookin g
for a way around on his Rose Racing Jawa . Du ring the first lap and a half H icks and Kossuth
argued over the low line with Hicks stubbornly
holding off the faster Kossuth. Meanwhile Bast
uncharacteristically went to work in the outside
dirt, with the cr owd in full su p port . Bart got
hooked up on the d irt ed ge and flew past both
Kossu th and Hicks.
• After I didn't get the start I was hoping that
some of that ou tside line wa s stilt there, and I
used it,· the softspoken Bast sai d after the race.
Once in the lead Bast sailed to victory abo ard
hi s Auburn Toyota /Petrich Cycl e /Scott Au to
Trim/ Arai Jawa . Kossuth eventually put Hicks
away and drove to a second-p lace finish. Hicks
CASTI.E ROCK, WA, MAY24-25
Bellingham's Dan Stanley on ce a ga in p ro ved
that he is, ind eed, the King of Castle Rock IT, as
he stormed away with im pressive runaway wins
in the Expert main events both Friday and Saturday nigh ts during Castle Rock's memorial weekend IT triple-header .
While Sta nley stole th e weekend's spotlight.
se vera l other ama teu r riders scored impressive
wins. Jak e Holden, SOee national champ, won
th e 80cc A ma in ev ents both n ights despite
tough competition from Californian Tony Miering on Friday night. Cod y Thompson wa s run ner-up to Holden during Saturday's acti on. Kurt
Hawk took third places in the class both nights.
Miering d id, though. run aw ay with 12Sec A
main wins both nigh ts, beating Hawk and James
Medcalf Friday, and coming back to fend off
number-one plate hold er Dan Adkins and Chris
Waite on Saturday night.
Stan ley had an easy time with Frida y night's
Expert main . The Brian Billings-backed rider just
keeps reeling in the wins in the early portion of
By M. Sober
Results
SCR: I. Bart 8&s1 Oaw) :z. Loub ~uth Oaw ) J. Bub Hi du;
(Jaw ); 4. Bobby Hed d en OdW).
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HD C P: 1. R ick Sc h .lllm ben ij aw); 2. Bart Ba i t 3. D u att n
Schrotoder (Cd n); 4. Jim Si.o;emore(Jaw ); 5. Bobby Hed den .
0.2: 1. JO"'h Wt'llt; 2. Fra n k Cranl"; 3. Kim Darw auh; 4. Chris
Nev es; 5. Chri s Heym a n.
0-3: 1. Mole 80i1~1l!'}'; 2. Shawn Eld ridge; 3. Mi u GilO:'llpie ; 4.
Bill Dixlm; 5. Rich Mi~ no.
JR; 1. Ma tt Proto; 2. Bryan Yarro w; 3. Tony Martinl" :t; 4. Jim
Mal"tinl"z
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JR 0-2: 1. Jt-romy Ma rtyn!iol'; 2. Ch ris KPIT 3. Ja y He id t; 4. Ray
;
Linn .
Tierney triumphs at
Silverstate Motocross
By Betty Cor dle
CARSON CITY, NY, MAY31
Justin Tieam ey was the top Pro aboa rd his Holley Racin g / FMF /Get Bu sy / O' Neal Yamaha in
the 125cc Pro class as Silvers tate Motocro ss and
On Trac Events launched another season of Friday night racing.
In Mota one, Tieamey we nt down in the first
turn bu t quickly re mou nte d an d wa s able to
catch up with the combined Pro an d In terme d iate field. Tiea m ey took over the lead on lap five
of the l a-lap race from Intermed iate rid er John
DeP auw, w ho ha d taken th e h olesh ot. With
Tieam ey lead ing, DePauw rcmmned on his tail
till the end . DePau w held off the othe r Pro rid ers, giving Tieamey an easy win , wh ile Pro rider
Ken ny Lash tried dili gently to pass DePauw on
the tight track bu t was un able, finishing second
in the Pro class for mota one wi th Tim O'Brien
finish ing th ird and DePauw finishing first in the
Intermed ia te class.
Moto two was all Tieam ey's as he gra bbed
the holeshot and a giant lead. Tim O'Brien and
Lash d iced un til Lash passed and mad e it stick
on lap four . Tieamey kept his pace, lapping the
In term ediates, a nd br eezed to the ch ec ke re d,
Lash finishing in seco nd ahead of DePau w .
Results
50 P / W: I. RyoJ FPrTis (LE M); 2. T h"vo r Hukill (KTM); 3 .
n
Ky le SU mback (t..
IM); 4. Joel Gros.~ kopf (KIM); 5 . No nna -Jea n
Jean (I.EM).
60: 1. Ji m m y H az e l (Ka w) ; 2. Ry an Ferri s ( Kaw); 3 . JI)PI
GMI"ikopf; 4. Wall WiIlia m."l(K.lw ).
80 BEG: 1. Dered Biagini (Ka w ); 2. Just in ToJ ylo r (Kaw ); 3 .
Mawl.. &.lca (Su z ).
80 JR: 1. Bria n FO!il"r (H on ); 2. Tommy Jean (Suz); 3. Anthun y
t
Bailey (Suz l; 4. Jimn y H.aU' 1(Hon); 5. Ken n y lk'1I(Yilm ).
80 INT: 1. M ik e Ma !OOn (Suz); 2. D Ulili n Miller (Hon) ; 3 .
Na tha n T iea mey (Su z ); 4. Matt Kn l"1it'K (H o n ); 5. Bob Beaupre
(Su z );
125 BEG: 1. Brian Fo!Itt"l" (H on ); 2. Ktmn y Bd l (Yam ); 3. Billy
St. Ct>Tma illf' (K.lw); 4. Tom m y '~an (Suz).
125 JR: 1. Michael Oil..oreto (Yam ); 2. Dale Lundet"D (Hon); 3.
. Du s tin Mill e r ( H o n); 4. Ad dm Portue (Suz); 5. D an Co r d le Jr.
(Suz,
125 lrIo'T: 1. John DeP au w (Yam); :z. Mi b- S1ipc'f"lic (Hon); 3.
Cody KiIli.Jm (K.lw).
125 PRO: 1. Ju sti n Tit'anwy (Yam ); 2. Kt-nny lash (H on); 3.
Tim O' Brien (H on ); 4. John Leddy (Kaw ).
250 BEG; 1. Je ff W lI ~n (Kilw ); 2. Re id Jil mi~ (Ho n) ; 3 .
ll10 mu Jt-an (Suz); 4. Darr H oldt'fN.n (Han); .5. Eric k Wipf (Han).
2SO fR: 1. Todd Davl ' (Ya m); 2. Darin Ern st (Ka w); 3. Diln
G allifott (Hon) ; 4. Tim Cohee (Yam ).
250 tNT: I. John Dt.Pa u w (Yam ); 2. Justin Malltalk a (Suz); 3 .
'
Ch ri!!Pon llOCk (Suz).
VETJR, : 1. Cu rtis Wmhtte (K.aw ); 2. T im w ht-t-(Ya m ); 3. Jroff
Co vin gton (Hon).
VET lrIo 1. Richa rd M ilnn~ rt'Ck (Hon).
'T:
VET PRO : 1. Jon Varner (Hon); 2. Rod Ginn (H lm ); 3. Rich
lMrwald !ltJll (Hon); 4. Marty Pisano(Hon); 5. Eric Scha cht (Suz).
aT ln t: 1. Pat Du nl ap (H on ).
Thompson tames Dunestown
Novices
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE. CA,MAY 26
Chri s Thompson came back from a fourth-place
mo to-one finish to claim the overall win in the
125cc Novice class during round four of California Racing Club's 19th annual Dunestown Series
at Los Angeles County Racewa y.
A large boul der containing a plaqu e honoring the late Jeff Barbacovi was un veiled prio r to
the start of toda y's racin g as th e JB Mem or ia l
tra ck was officially dedi cated . Jeff's father, Jack,
and br oth er, Greg, each spoke a few word s to
the large crowd on hand. It was an emotional
mo me nt for fam ily and frie nd s as we rem em..
bered a fellow racer .
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Brian Reichel got ihe jump on Tra vis Smith,
Dusty Walt ers and Ryan O rr as the first moto
bega n. Reichel wa s look ing sm ooth as he qu ickIy es tablished a fou r-second lead over Walters,
wh o had pushed Smi th back to third . Walters
q u ic k e n e d hi s pa ce a n d st a r t e d r e el in g in
Re ich el. Meanw hile, Jason Du b in was .slicing
hi s wa y up fro m a 14th- p lace sta rt to hound
Th om pson, who w as runnin g fou rth . Dub in
wa s tr ip lin g a series of jumps th at everyo ne
else was only dou b ling, an d zap ped Thompson
and Smith at the same time wi th the move. On
the last lap Du bin caug ht the tw o front -run ners
a nd was ab le to pass W al t e r s . Re ic hel an d
Du b in took the fin ish lin e jump side by side,
with the score kee p ers givi ng Dubi n the win .
Wa lters wa s a close th ird ove r Tho mpson and
Smith.
Th ompson beat out Wal ters and Smi th for
th e seco nd-mote holesh ot . Walters got sideways
in a sma ll jump section an d Sm ith nailed him in
th e air with both ri ders cra sh ing. Dubin tried
hi s trip le-ju mp line on th e ope ning lap while
runnin g fou rth, a nd he to o went down hard .
With so me o f hi s m ain com p e t ition on the
gro u nd, Thompson w ould conti nue on un con tested for the seco nd-mota win. Orr man aged to
stay upri ght to finish seco nd . Dan Eckma n came .
from a ninth-place sta rt to finish third and second ove rall with a 6-3 score. Orr' s 9-2 finishes
ea rn ed him the third- place trophy.
Ty Kady used a couple of good starts to run
away wi th bo th 2S0cc Pro moto w ins . Donald
Upton held off Bill Sauro for se cond p lace in
mo to one, but Sau ro got the upper ha nd in round
two to g r ab th e se co n d- p lace ca sh. Up to n
retu rned to defeat Kady with a 2-1 pu nch in the
l-X
125cc Pro ran ks.
Results
P / W (4--6): 1. Drew ("
IO!I.~ldd r (Ya m );:L Sha w n Bu tle r (Yam );
ee
3 . Dav id Mt"dina (Yam); 4. William Ballestero (Yam); 5. L Sau l Jr
(Ya m).
P /W (1-9): 1. R.dphie Spinelli (Yam); 2. Troy Greta (Yam).
S /STK (4-6): 1. Tanner Lang ha m (KIM); 2. Doup;lar Carter
(KTM); 3. Kevin Nicho l!lOT\ (KTM); 4. And n>w Couto (L EM ).
5 /STK (1-9): I. Tft' Ha mes (KIM ); 2.. Kyle Jenkin.r lan~h"lm (KTM ).
60 BEG: 1. Rya n weoer (Kaw); 2. Garwtt No n (Hon); 3. Tylor
Pin f'da (~w); 4. Robffi: Mt"fllo li (Kaw ); 5. Ti m McDa n iel (Kaw ).
60 (0-8 ): 1. Edward Herring (Kaw); 2. Dav e Carter (Kaw ).
60 (9-11): 1. Chris Nihan (Kaw); 2. Nicholas Burson (KaW)i 3.
Ant ho ny Barbe co vi (Kaw ); 4. Cory Rtoden iu li (Kaw ); 5. Harty
legowski (Kaw)
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80 BEG: I. John Simd RUvich (Suz) ; 2. Ch ris No rr (Y.IIIm ); 3.
Donny W iJ;gins (Yam ); 4. Jared Tebo (Kaw) ; 5. Brad How e (Suz).
80 (0- 11): 1. Sco tt H o w e (Ya m) ; 2. Call' W a lla ce (Yam); ;3.
Ch rill N ihan (Suz) ; 4. Jo shu a C ra n t (Hem ); 5. Sco tt Simon (Suz ).
80 (12-16): 1. o.ri.<;top iwr C'IO!I!ioI'laar (H on ); 2. R.J. Thom pso,n
(Ka w); 3. Kit KUN th (Yam ); 4. Kev in Jenninp;!1 (Kaw); 5. Michael
Young (H on ).
125 BEG: 1. Brian G.l rdon (Su z ); 2. Je remy Ferro (Hon); 3 .
Lars Ltnd strom (H on) ; 4. Charlt'll Coull. (Suz); 5. Justin Scott (Hon ).
125 NOV: 1. Chris Thom plOf\ (Suz); 2. Dan Edman (Hon ); 3 .
Rya n Orr (Ya m) ; .c. Chri!io Ho n nol d ( Ka w ); 5 . Kevin Townwnd
(Hon ).
125 Ll\IT: I. Jiri Dostal (Suz) ;:z. Brian Swftny (Hon).
125 PRO: I. Donald Upton (Ho n); 2. Ty Kad y (Suz); 3. It'X
Malan (Suz); 4. D.J. Sweany (Hon); 5. Nick Mai fO!lE' (Suz) .
250 BEG: 1. Rick An tle! (Suz ); 2. Jam t'!l M orsaridge (Kaw};-J.
Rick No ire (Suz) ; 4. Robe rt Schowfkr(H on); 5. Tim Wattmo IK&w).
250 NO V: 1. Dan Kin g (Ya m ); 2. Mi chael Da vis (Kaw); 3 .
Tra vis Sm ith (Kaw): 4. C hudl Kobt>r (Su z ); 5. Ke vin Co lema n
.
(Han).
250 INT: I, Bri an Sw ea ny (Hon );:z. Jon Za h rt (Yam ); 3. Coli n
Co u to (H on ); 4. Sco tt John !lOn(Suz) ; 5. Michel 8tde (Yam ).
250 PRO : 1. Ty Kady (Su z ); 2. Bill Sa uro (Hon); 3. Donald
Up ton (Hon); 4. Tim Tt-Uord (Ya m ); 5. Tony Su lt-k (Yam).
500 INT: I. raul C ilma rti n (H an).
JRVET BEG: 1. Brian Thomall (H on ); 2. Brad Pietro (Suz ); 3 .
Eric Lath rop (K.lw); 4. Ron G"'SI; (Suz).
JR VET NOV: 1. Chu ck. Kobt'r (Suz); z. Gn,; PieJn> (Yam); 3.
Tim Konkol (Yam ); 4. WilyneZah rt (Yam ); 5. JpffGi.lllnni (Suz).
JRVETLl\IT 1. Michel Becke(Yam ).
:
VET BEG: 1. Kirk IWmt."tt (Kaw); 2_ Fr..n k Pined a (Yam); 3.
Jo h n MacMiller (Suz); 01 . Robt'rt Crt'ftl (Ho n); 5. Rap hi KaliN"
(KiI w ).
VET NOV : 1. Jt>ff G ianni (Suz); 2. Brett Allen (Hon); 3. Eddie
Rea (Yam ); 4. Ma rv Oturcn (Yam ); 5. Bria n Hilt (Yam).
VET INT : 1. C ra ig Conwa y (Han); 2. Bru ce Teba (H on ); 3.
Ra nd y Titt le m ier (Hon); 4. n av e Sim on (Hon); 5. Dan it'l Schuf
(KiI w) .
VET EX-PRO: 1. Jon Za h rt (Ya m); 2. Eric Cuali (Yam); 3. Leo
Saul (Yam ); 4. Robtm Barn u m (Su z); 5. Bria n Myt'n'lCOUgh (Suz). ~
SR BEG: 1. Tim W illiam ll (Hon); 2. TN Elswick (Suz); 3. Den ·
ni s Kinzebach (H on).
SR NO V: 1. larry Thompton (Yarn ).
SR INT: 1. Pry or Ca m pl'lt' (Ya m ); 2. M ich ael Bumt'tt (Suz) .
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SR EX 1. earl Guafy (Hon); :z. Bob Sh im p (Yam); 3. G.L.
:
W illiam , (Suz); 01. R.a.nd And t'r'!lon (Ya m ); S. Bill Schultz (Yilm).
y
OT NOV : 1. Ph il Blol kbum (Hon); 2. John Webb (H on ); 3.
c
Frank DeTby (Han); 4. Larry Kinch (Hon); 5. Joh n Fridlund (Hon).
aT JRNOV : 1. Martin Firetone (Hon ); 2. Becky Gh"gg (Hon).
or AM: 1. Ph il Black (H on); :z. RuthoJnn Rt'noiI Ull (Suz); :3.
Sco tt Pelk ey (H o n ); 4. Stey~ Jmnings (ATK); 5. Ric ha r d 8t' al er
(Yam ). ..
aT EX: 1. Bub Sht'mod (Yam ); 2. Sco tt M cDonall (H on); 3. oJ,
Luca s (Ka w ); 4. Keith Phillip!! (Kaw); 5. Goorge Spea rin g (Hon )
aT MSTR B: 1. Mike Cht'sbro (Hlm ); 2. Greg WilUarM (50%
);
3. Bill Schultz (Yam ); 4. Gary Willi!Mm (HoD ).
or MSTR A: 1. Carl Gantfy (Hon); 2. Jerome Cibson (Hon!; 3.
Ken Rt>naux (Su7.)
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