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Holt holds on at
Hensley Flat Track
(Left) Eventual winner Tom Horton (55)
trails Steve Monger (54) and Gary Davis
(89) In the Modem Vintage 600cc class at
the Rey Hensley Memorial Flat Track in
Lancaster, California.
(Below) Billy Rich (61) moved up to win
both 125cc C-class motos over Scott
.Mitchell (133) at Bremen MX In Georgia_
By Dennis Suter
LANCASTER. CA, APR. 6
Brad Holt fought off Tom Horton to win the
Modem Vintage 250cc event at the Ray Hensley
Memorial Vintage Flat Track at Antelope Valley
Fairgrounds.
Race promoter Horton led the race off the
line, Don Frauenberger and Holt following. Holt
got a great drive down the back straight and
passed Frauenberger in tum three on the second
lap. Holt slid under Horton in tum four on lap
five, and a drag race to tum one went in Holt's
favor. On the seventh go-round Horton tried
Holt on the outside of tum two, but Holt held on
for the checkers.
A full field of Modem Vintage 7SOs took the
starter's flag with Eddie Mulder getting a great
start on his Triwnph Trackmaster. jeff Johnson
from Rialto caught local rider Mulder on the
fourth lap and slipped under Mulder on lap
seven to win the eight-lap big-bore feature.
Another local, Pete Hames, won the large
Bomber class on a Harley~Davidson 600.
Classic 500 had nine machines on the line
and H appeared Gary Davis and his Gold Star
were in for some competition from the small Triumph twin of Tom Horton. After one lap of
side-by-side action the twin broke and Davis
had an easy time of it.
The Oassie 250cc race was easily the best
race of the day. Jim McMurren's Harley-Davidson led the field to tum one with Horton on a
four-stroke Honda twin next. Matt Hilgenberg
was next on a Suzuki X6, but Rich Trait on an
Ossa took that spot before turn three. Trait
passed Horton at the stripe on lap three and
Hilgenberg did the same on lap four. The fifth
lap found Trait on the outside of McMurren in
turns three and four but McMurren held into
one. where they were joined by Hilgenberg. On
lap seven the X6 pulled Hilgenberg down the
back straight past Trait's Ossa. Hjlgenberg slid
to the outside of McMurren in four and had his
front wheel up to the Harley-Davidson's seat at
the finish line.
After john Dupree slapped the back-straight
wall in the 250cc Pro heat race, most thought his
racing for the night was over. ·But Dupree borrowed another bike for the feature and passed
Don Frauenberger on the fifth lap for the lead.
The excitement was not over, though, as the
lights went out on lap 11 when the electric generating plant had a temporary malfunction. The
race was called with winner Dupree leading
Frau.enberger and Brad Holt.
Two fonner National regulars who competed at Ascot in the early '70s, Peluso and Horton,
renewed their rivalry in the Over 35 class. Peluso led from the line, with Horton dose behind.
Horton ducked inside on the eighth lap and held
on for the win over Peluso. Steve Hensley
brought a big Triumph twin in for a nice thirdplace finish.
Results
MORN VlNT250: 1. Tom Horton; 2. Brad Holt; 3. Gary Davis.
NOV 250: 1. Chris Apple; 2. John Garda Jr.; 3. Ronald Howell.
a.ssc 250: 1. Tom Horton; 2. Jim McMurren; 3. Matt Hllgen-
be