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Jackson, Ezerins win
Pro Challenge MX
By Dave Deringer
LAKE GENEVA. WlJUNE 27
(Left) Paul Blnnqulst w on the
SCratch ma in event at The
Track At Victorville In
cal ifornia.
(Above) Kurt Hawk won the
250Cc A ma in althe AMA
District 27 TT at Castle Rock,
Washington.
W
eidman wastes
Las Vegas Motocross
By Dick Good win
Binnquist bags
Victorville Speedway
By Mike Maher
VICTORVILLE, CA JULY25
.
With ma ny o f th e top riders a bsent d u e to a
nation a l q ua lifier in Nort he rn Ca liforn ia. Coat
Breke r a nd his G Fl cre w maxi mized the potenual of those riders who attended by creating a
forma t tha t allowed the lo p riders to rare several
times. and in the end it was Paul Binnquis t w ho
ma de the mos t of the new format to beco me the
night's scratch-main-event winner at "The Track
.It Victo rville" .
Taking a hint from European speedway, the
riders were teamed up in pairs. yvith the pairs
racing eac h other, and the standard speedway
points system of 3-2-1-0 being utilized; the top
fou r points scorers of the night the n go on to the
main event. The individual races were' some of
the best of the season, but when the dust settled.
the top four seeds were local hero M icha el H ull.
Bria n Pappa lardo. Kon Baur and Paul Bin nquis t.
In the mai n event, Bau r and Pa ppa lard o
blasted into the first tum side by sid e, with Baur
e merging with the ea rly advantage. Binnqui st
and HuU began to move up a s they both passed
Pappa lardo, and then Binnq uisr took over the
lead frum Bau r. Hull the n dosed on Baur a nd
the tw o drag ran-d nff the fina l tu rn , with Hu ll
just nipping Baur at the line fo r seco nd place.
In th e su p port-cla s s ma in event, Rich ard
Jo nes took the lead into th e first tum . Marvin
Sonn ier closed u p to wa rd the end, bu t Jo nes led
wire to wire to score the win over Sonnie r, Sean
Lemed an d Gerry Du nweiler.
T ht' sidt"car main eve n t ~(lW the teams of
Pt'ler Lewis & Jamie Macy a nd Dale u.>t.>r &
Ross Milie ch,uge throu gh the fir:-t lap in do~
U
quar ters before u.'t.
ad van t.lge. Then u~'Wis and Macy's luck ra n out
as their rig let o u t a lo ud rong a nd slow ed., and
they we re then clobbered by o ne of the followin g co m p t> tito r s, t u rni n g the bike ove r and
thr owing the riders off. It.oedcr and MULlr too k
the win, with Josef Petraglovic and Brian Sc ip
ending up scoon d and Ra nd y Mcin tyre and Jeff
Mo.'db.rry taking third .
The even ing ended wit h an appearance by
the "'Wlu;.-elie King.." Doug Do mokos, w ho set a
new rt"Cord for con~tive roll-overs o n his spe-cial thrcc-whccler with five stra igh t rolls.
configu ration, with their first main-even t ba ttle
coming in the 2SOcc DTX final. Hold en he ld off
all of Ha wk 's ad van ces to earn a narrow w in .
Ho ld en, wh o hulesho t a ll nig ht long, ra n well
ah ead of the 250cc A main, while Hawk, w ho
sta rted poorly, overtook Nathan Whartun and,
fina lly, Eric Beers to close in on Hold en , ma king
. a last-la p mov e that ea rned Hawk the win.
J.P. Si monsen con tinu ed his current hot
streak after a w in in t he Exper t main even t .
Simonsen, how ev er, was the recipient of a midpac k start in the IS-la p final, but carved throug h
traffic to na b 5h..'VC 5mith and Ryan Anderson at
the mid way poi nt. Del Schnitzer. the crafty TI
veteran, had a bi g lead up fro nt, but his lea d
evaporated in the late r stages as Simo nsen na rrowed the gap. Simonsen eventually clawed his
way past Schnitzer for the win, his third in a s
many weeks. Schnitzer, Smith, Anderson, Ro n
Waters and Iason Enderson foll owed, in that
order.
An overflow of vintage ma chinery was o n
hand, with the ma jori ty being Vintage Twins.
Mike Harritt and Willie Ward, both aboard
7500:' Yamahas, were the heat- race winners, bu t
Tri umph rider Mike Stertng separated the two in
the- main event, whi ch Harritt won . Trov Renfro
won the Vinta g e 2SOcc fin a l. ah ead ;' f Ja son
Ros ie, while in the Vintage O~ class, Garry
Roller was a winner, ahead of Allen Morrinville.
Tony Fox continued his reign of terror on the
Tf track by p lacing hi!' Rota x into the winner's
circle in two classes. Fox picked up 01 win in the
Open A main, ahead uf Beers and Kris Anderson, then s to rm ed back to do lik ewise in th e
Over 30 Open final , getting his to ug hest challengcs fro m fellow Pro-Am rider Ma rk Stud ebaker and Expert Bruce Scott.
Chris Wait e, the new ly crowned 80cc Amateur Nati(lIlal Ch.\mpio n, followlod Scoot\.~ Verno n a nd Nick St-l1efS to a th ird-place fin ish in
the BOcc A mOl in , a head of Michael Rocheste r
an d Jerry Ha nsen . Wa it£> convincingly won the
125cc A ma in - the eveni ng's largcst class, with
11 rid e cs - tu be dt j a re d S1. C e r m dine, Bra d
Smi th, ScOln Ught and Del Po well for th e clas s
win.
Results
P/ W: I. Tua T~ klo;2.JD. a-:~3. A.U. fkor];;m.In.
!IO JR~ I. R..by tuyrock ( loom): 2. Jonb n St. Gemuo~; 3. Jor...1.&11 BnoilUaT; 4. Goarril.i. ~ s. fJ liutl OIjui.-ot.
SOSR: 1. ChrisCC'!o,w (KTMl; 2. Du.ootin ~ (KTht) ; J.
J~eom.~
in action a t Las Ve ga s MX o n Sa tu rday nig h t,
and G lenn Weid man domina ted the fu ll ga te
wit h a wi n an d a dose second to ca p tu re th e
overa ll hono rs.
Sha wn Sze p jus t edged Rick Esse x to sta rt
the ac tion in race one. E.. .sex stayed close a nd
.
passed for firs t in the back sec tion . We idma n
made h is move on Szep in the roc kers a n d
moved into second . Essex, Weid ma n, Szep, Paul
Hemsley, Dave Gifford an d Dusty Schaller ran
nose to tail for the next lap. Weid man utilized
his skill in the rocke r section again, this time
passing Essex for first. Weidma n conti nued his
blazing pare an d held off Essex for the wi n. Gifford mo'red up in the later stages to fini..h third .
Sup, C a se y Rob ison, Charley Rennie and
Waylon Sh aw were all involved in a first-lap
dogfight for the lead at the start of th e second
mota. Szep won the battle and pu lled away to a
sizeable lead. Weidman battled his wa y into second with just a fey,' comers to go, bu t had to se ttle for second at the finish. Weidman 's secondplace finish was enough to ea rn him.the overall
wi n in the 250cc Novice division, while Szep's
seco nd -mo te win captured second overall. Hem..le y su rvive d th e rest of th e ca rn a ge to na il
d own third.
DJOt! Patao, visiting from Hawaii, dusted the
locals and walked away wi th both wins in the
co mbined 80cc races. Patao hcleshot rac e o ne,
just ahead of Kellon Walch and Derek Cos tella.
Wa lch passed him quickl y hut Patao repassed
on the big back jum p, only to go o ve r the bars in
the follow ing corner. Patao picked himself up in
sixth pla ce and started th e lon g charge to th e
front. Rick Scha ffne c ro ttled in to the leild , a nd
he and Walch wt'nt at it for several laps. By.the
100st Lap Po1Llo had wo rked his wa y up to seco nd
,
and just man'lgt.'d to nip Scha ffne r a t the line for
the win.
PaLlo, ra cin g in the Super Mini class , stuck
his big bike o u t in front again to sta rt mo to two.
ntis timt> he di d n' t go down and raced. wire to
wire for th e victo!)', sewing up the overall w in.
Iong
Sd41ffne r and Walch p u t o n another raet.-d uel, wi th Scha ffner takin); the nod a t the cheders.
tlO A: 1. Timmy tu ycnck (lUIw); 2. Muir. Stu~ (~w); 3.
t""'w); 5. Chri'l Cri.. r....
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rown; 2. Or oJ lr.-y HoInrujy 3. Chru Rid·
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hoT, 4. kff ~ S.
n Campbo:U.
f /W A: I. Matt H. rri :"(>l\; 2. C hn. r c:ruw:wd l; J. Ronnie
Coodw~
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I. Scoofcor v~ CHon); 2. Nick Sdkrs (Su,t); 3. <:hri.
(l-ion); 4. MIIChwI ~ (Hnn); 5. ~ Han...< OWn) .
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