(Lell) Win ner Thad Wotlt (37)
prepares to pass Don Canet at
the Return of the Superblkers
race at Willow Spr ings.
(Right) Erne sto Fonseca
dominated the Loretta Lynn' s
qualifier held at the Devils Ridge
MX Park in sanford, North
Carolina, winning t he 125 and
2SOCc Stock and Modified
classes.
(Below) Kevin Helms (780) held
oil Matt Whiteside (22) t o w in the
Unlimited div is ion at the Dixie
Classic Fairgrounds in Winston·
Salem. New York..
than-perfect form on the short tra ck, and soo n
found himself behind Cha rlie Simas going int o
'the firs t turn . Per sist e nce pa ld off, as Anse lmi
passed Sima s on the o u tsid e and took the lead
on the b ack stretch to snare the victory .
"I wan ted to go real fast: ' said Anselmi following the race. '1 was n't su re if it wa s be tter to
pass him on the ou tside or the inside. I chose the
outside bt.'CDU SC it wa s the easiest; then I kep t
.
p ushing so I could win the race."
The Pee Wee Stock class was a vir tual runaway for Anselmi, who off ere d the following
stra teg y: "Go fas t, put your foot down in the
tu rns , and go full-throttle."
Matt Gomez Sr. and Matt Gom ez Jr. won
four races collec ti vely, with the junior Go mez
acing wins in the 80 an d 250cc Short Track, an d
250ccIT class. Go mez Sr. won the Vet IT afte r a
dogfigh t with local favorite Eric Weisler.
"We were just ha ving fun ," sai d Go mez of
W~ler. "After he beat me o f{ the line, I'd yell at
him aro und the tree turn. to break his concentration. Finally, I got him on the infield ."
"It w as t he first time bac k on the Rotax in a
whil e," reflected. Weisler. '1 knew I' d have to
1'),
work my butt off to beet him (Go mt" but hE'
beat me fair and square."
Results
(4)- ): 1. o.nny MdMl'IId IV....nl; 2. Cody LunboIt
S
f'on5 (YAm).
P/ W 'fTl(; 1. Cooy A.....lmi (K'l').I); .2.OwrliP 5;....... (Ya ml .
prw MOD; 1 . ~ I Inn.ndon (tnn ).
60: 1. Ryan KIlIttt l K,ww ); Z. Drrridr. f'l;w,too lK,ww).
Ill); 1. MoIrt
Jr. (Horl); 2. ~ 1.. .. (Suzl.
230 B, I . Ma tt Cornn Jr. (Y.aml ; 2. J."""'" MA
ht-t ( ICT'M); 3.
Billy I Wn (Y.un l.
K..'IOlIBY: 1. &It,' Gny (lb\).
VINT2-ST1l.K.: 1. Bally HIJ- (Yun).
P/ W
~TK
(YamJ: J . AnIhony
c.orr-
vn-.,'T"'5TKK:1. s.- tun CHon).
VEI'; 1. Mo." Gun.-1. 51-. (RId . 2. J~ Maher (ltt. l; 3. au.
foRi
H~1ms
( Han).
rRQ.AM NOV: I. Robftt Gnnt t K-R); 2. Mati GomC'z Sr. (WR); 3. Ftic Wnud (Rn l; 4 Rru brn Mat.K\Wnn (Rn l; 5. Shrldnn
Wauz IRD) .
IT
F/W STX ((l.S): 1. Ja",," t..mbott (YA 2. o.nn y McOarueI
m);
(Ya m) ; 3. An lhu ny Fong (ya m) .
r /w STK: 1. Cc..Jy Anwlmi (KTMl ;.2. CNrlW: Simas CUm)••
P/ W MOD:1.'« t!o:mln.kz {Lem,.
60: 1. Ky.n Kun ll. (Kl w); 2. 0Prndc. Ponton (Klw ); J. J»On
Cnowt' (Kl w) .
IlOA,; 1. M..II Gu m. '.! Ir. II tem l; 2. ]'l.,un G rt'~ a L. ); 3. IJtc.r.
m
rid POf\lon (lion).
250: 1. Mol l Gc m..z It , IV.m).
l
KNO BBY: 1. Billy Gra y (Ha n).
Vf.T , 1. M..n C.........! Sr ~ .2. f'rl c Wt'i.Io.r (Rbl.
·
OrEN B: 1. Jam n M.oht"f( KTM ).
Wolff wins
Return of the Superbikers
Photo by Bill McMillan
ROSAMOND CA. )l!JI,'E29
,
For mer AMA For m u la O n(l road racer Th ad
Wolff pruvt.'d h", cou ld alw do it in th", dirt by
takin g top honors in the Cycle World ma gazinesponsor~ , CMRRA-sanctiom.od Ret urn o f the
Su pe r biken a t Willow Sp ri ngs Int ernational
Racewa y.
Crea ted in homage" to the ABC-1V t"Vnlt hE'ld
at Carlsbad Raceway th rou gh th e 19705 a nd
early '80s, the Return of the Su~rbi ken was run
on a l .5-mile. 16--tu m , half-dirt /haU-street course
. tha t u tilizt'd th", Stn't'b of Willow Springs road
roUTSoe and the !iourrounding hillside5. Nineteen
riders entered the run -what-ya-b rung event on a
vaTi E-ty of ma ch in ery ranging fTom 125cc
motoer055ers to 600cc dirt-trackers - though the
latlfor"~ short-travel . u. J"t""-""ion wasn 't up to the
rigOTS of the rocky, ru tt ed. d irt section of th e
course. Track.management has pro ven willin~ to
work with the p romot er s, ho wev er, so fu ture
such ~venb should ~ improved track co ndi tiom.
Rid ing a relatively stock Hond a XR600 !ihod
with Pirelli Mf60 dual sport tires, Wolff pos ted
~1 finishes in the two-moto forma t to claim the
ovf'lC\ll win. Moto ont' ~ w 15-year-old mad racin g sensatio n John Hopkins grab the holeshot on
his Suzuki RMl 25, bu t Wolff rockE-ted from his
1Z5 B ~ O~ 1. Ettlt',10 Fon5t'Ca (Yam'; 2. Clw t l<:, Duffy
(Y.uni; 3. llwtlt.")' ~linlt" (V.un ); 4. J.uonFIIIk ( KuZ) ; 2. J.:lll'lt'l' Wt'b b (Yam) ;
3. M"'lth..w l oh l\llOn (Hon); 4 _ M.t1 Hu n l~'1' (Va m ); S. Thom..
~metI (Yam ).
12!! C MO D: 1. JAme- W. b b (Yam ); 2. C._y 8 u ll in g lnn
(Va m ); 3 . Rube," C"h. m t.-,.. (Heml; 4 , T rav!" Rl"a g.n (J(d W); S.
Tht>lT\ll~
Epp" (SuJ:l.
2SOA STK: 1. 51101111. B..ntlt·y (K.iw l; 2, A!.onAndll:" t:her all t~ of rid ",rs from different disci pli nes," said Wolff, the only competitor who had
als(.) participa ted in the original ABC-TV event.
Wolff will have ample opportunity to prove
himself again in th", futuJ"e, as p lans are un derwa y for ad d itiona lSuperbikers ev enb\ at Butto nwillow Rarewa y Park, as well as at tht" Streets of
Willow Springs .
Results :
evnc.nn
S / BJKERSo 1. TlYJ Wolff C n); Z.
Ho
a ltll\l.;3.-D
ri.m
Ca ttcnon (KlM); 4. FrAnk AtaK&lri ("-wi; S. Dllvid Dial: oc. w); 6..
A.Lan H riI""",n (Hon ); 7. Jo hn Hopkin. fSu); ll. P~ N~
(Yam); 9. MArk Von Aklmbrudr. tAn:>: 10. Tyler s..nden (K.1 l;
w
11.)rny MrnWrt (Ya..,,); l.2..Idm Dry ..., (Y..m ); 13. FJli...I I W'r.IUIl
(W-IU; 14. WAr - w~ lHon) ; 15. lad<& kr (Y.antl 16. Stu;
art StnfU' (Hon,l.
£l\,'DJt I . John o.y..... (Yam>; 2. C.arwt/Catm"JDn CJC'TM) 3.
;
Jnry twIrndzn- (YAmI 4. Ch.u ·.... Cuny ; 5. S irkll\/Soondrfl
;
(YamI; 6. Mar k Von AIdrnbnKl (Ana.
By Jay and Sharon Hauser
5ANRJRD, NC,JUNE28
Qu alifyin g for the Lore lla Lyn n' S AMA Amateur Na tiona ls can be grueling on many of the.
rid ers; the pr~...ur e is intense. Almos t more than
in the case of the Pro rid ers, the competition is
u su ally the m~t intense in the B ran b : One B
rid er who can hand le the pn"'Ssure without any
problems is BSY Yamaha team ace Emesto fonseca. Fonseca entered fou r different classes - the
125cc B Stock and Modified, and the 250cc Stock
and Modified - 'a nd all races ended with the
sam e ou tcome: total domination.
After worki ng through the week, the track
w as in perfect cond ition for the almost 4(X) riders who signed up to try and make the Amateur
s how, but, as track p ro moter Ken Cameron
explained: " All I had to do was top it off with a
little water on Frida y and it would have been
perfect, but a big old cloud came an d the bottom
fell out. It was a mess on Saturday mornin g."
Of Fonseca's eight-mote sweep, four of those
mot es came on the rough and mu dd y race track
on Satu rd ay - which p roves he can adjust to
extre me co nditions wi th case. Whe n Su nd ay
rolled arou nd, the track had again been prepped
and was perfect. Fonseca answered the ca ll and
wa lked off with over-a-minute leads aboard his
BSY-backed Yamahas for the remainder o f the
event.
Although FonSt."'Ca may have been long gone,
that was not to say the ba ttle for the res t of the
eight qualifying positions wasn't fantas tic.
At the end of a lon g wee ken d , it wou ld be
Mega -Po we r rider Jaso n Fink securing a se t of
strong runner-up fin ishes be h ind Fonseca in
both the 250cc B Stock and Modified classes . The
bo ys mad E' it a Florida s wee p o f the 250cc B
ra nks , with Derrick Januszyk making up for a
15th in the first Stock mot o by comin g ba ck with
a pair of seconds, giving him thi rd overall. Forrest Butler rode his Honda to third in the 250cc B
Modified cia:'! with 2-7-2 mo to fini"lhE.'S, then he
ca me back .to take th e Open BIC ti tle with a
third in moto one and a ::oet of mot o wins in the
last two mot as.
Fonk"Ca aga in led a to ta l s w~ of Flori da
riders for the top three in the 125cc B Stock class,
with And rei Bolom taking a SE'COnd over Marcus
Ped rero. Charley KE'pJinger w as th E' rid er to
break the Aorida hold in B racing as he round ed
out the top ~ in 12Sec B Modified action on
his Geo rgia-based Yama ha, finishing just behind
. Chari.,. Duffy.
Ju st as j m p~"I i v e as Fon~a wa s top Pr o
contend er Shae Ben tley. Bentley turned the same
trick as Fon~ and took the 125cc A Stock and
Modified wins, as well as both the 250cc A Stock
an d Modified wins." BenUey aced eight molos
aboard his Team Grec)).-backcd Kawasaki.
Results
us A STK: 1. ShAne- &nolle)'
(K,ww ); 2. Ic.:m Bond! (5 lU'; J.
DwaYM Bone (Mon); 4. Jelf C _ Ulon l; S. ,lame Joanc.f (Ya m l.
125 A MO~ 1 Sha n. Be n tl~ (KA W);
Rcmm . Rennet"
(Y .. m); 3. St."DCt PinIot... (Sud ; " ~ Til'l""S (SuI'); S.}arne'd run going..even lead ing at
on... time , but would slip back to fourth by the
end of tht" 1Z-lap main. That gave way for the
Honda of Alex Uttle and Yamah.1 rid er Ada m
Bryant to slip into second and third , respt."ctiwIy. Jason Sh,prrn,pr fo llowed Whiteside up with a
close rid e for fifth .
The al way~- fa s t Stephen Martin sto pped in
and tri oo hi ~ hand at running down MaH MiIIE'r'
in Junior Mini racing. but wound up the brid esmaid. Martin ga ve it his all to try to stay with
Miller' s R..\180 but, aboa rd his Kawa saki KX6O
,
he was und erpowered. Min er may have still
bee n untouchable as he put on a good show to
~re both th", heat and mairH.-vent wins, showing Martin he woul d hav e trouble even if on an
80cc bike. Sam Dixon filled. ou t the to p thre-e.
ove r Jessie Pres,sIcy and another KX60-moun ted
ridE'r', Robert Donnan.
t :"li
Results
65: 1. St.,n-n \tortm CXaw);.2. Rubrr1 Dumian (l(.aw).
JR Mu-.1. 1. Mi t! Miller (Suz); 2. Sk-phn'l Ma rti n (K,ww l; J.
s..n ~ a len); 4. JaM:rra.Jcy Qion); 5o Robnt Domian (""wi .
SR MI,..I: 1. BriAnWhiteside CH
onl.
IlOD: I. fftddy Ro-o (Hon); 2. J".,c ~ Qion); J. Soalfl
Duwn IHonJ; 4. J<-h til,.". U" w ).
..
US C: 1. ~ liebN <
HonJ;2. Min Wlu-.de (Horll.
125 0: I . IUckey HoL.k-l" tSuz); 2. J.uon ~ ( Hor\)
250C : 1. " run lfto Ham-.. (Kl w) .
2SO 0: 1. A),." U lI'" (H.nll; 2. Ad.om Bry..nt (Y.r.ml; 3. J4'>UI'I
Brow n CSu.z).
U/L I. Knill IkIm. U Ion) ; .2. Ale. Utile (Hon); 3 . Ad.oIm
BryAnI (Yam ' ; 4. MAli Whi tellide (Hon); S. JMCIII ~ ( lion).
2S+ C, 1. Bri.r.n Hatlnos ( Kl w); 2 . Kn th Carland (Kl w ); 3.
Toauny Shi m protd (Su.zJ,.
30+ C: 1. Keith Carl.lNl ():.a w); 2. Tommy Shilflpack (Swo:) .
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