fo u nd too much tra ctio n a nd brought
the fro n t end o f his Ja wa in to th e air,
and Faria and Hedden q uickly swarmed
th eir wa y arou nd . By th is point in th e
race, Schwa rtz was d ialed in and all bu t
gone. Fari a and Hedden both moved up
and cut d own on Schwartz's lead so mew ha t bu t, after swapping second p lace
on lap thr e there was not enough time
e,
left to mount a challenge. Schwartz go t
his third win o f the se ries. Faria finished
seco nd (h is worst fin is h of the d a v),
while Hedden main tained th ird over a
clea rly d isappointed Bast, in fou rt h. '"
U.S. National Speedway Qualifier Se ries
Dixon. Californ ia
Results: Ju ly 26 , 1997 (Round 4 Of 4)
MAI N EVE NT: I. Bobby Schwartz (eM ); 2. Mike
Faria (Jaw); 3. Subtly Hedden (Jaw ); Ban Bd"t Oaw ).
U.S. NATIO N AL S PEEDWAY QUALI FIE R r OI NT
TOTA L (After .a o( 4 rnu nd!il r. 1. BubbySchwartr: (n (Kawl .
110 A: I , Br.m d.. n IIllI.'Tt>rm n (Hon ); 2. Dt. nic k Plm lu n (Hon )
110 R. 1. FrllnJ,.jt> Lun- (Sul.); 2. )11-"" 11 GR''''t' {Ilonl.
100 , 1. c"R'Y r", lIm (l ion ); 2. o.vi,J Muq ::lI (Uonl .
n
250:1. Tony M"lrJ n~ (Hon)
250 5CHB Y: 1. Tony Mci~ (J-10f» ; 2. SfI'P".nie Welch (Suzl .
KNO RRY: 1. J. mno I.rw i.. ly .. m) ; 2. SentI T. vlnr (Y.. m ); 3.
Fisher flies at Lodi ST and IT
By MikeLaw
Gt-wgc:CUOpt'T (V.m l.
I.OD~ CA,jULY19
Oregon's Re x Fisher. Nationa l n um ber 12. wa w
the big winner at round seven of the Coo rs Cu tte r Sho ot-Out Series at th e Lod i Cycle Bow l.
Country Club Hardware of Stockt on ponied up
$100 t o the w inner o f th e O pe n Ex pe rt main
event, and w hen all was said and d one, it wa s
Oregon 's Fisher who walked a way wit h a wireto-wire win.
With sev en races o n the books. and three
remaining. Stock to n's Mark Key lead s the series
w ith three victories, fo llo w ed by To by jorgereen. abo of Stoc kton , with tw o, end Morgan
Hill 's Rob Da mron an d O reg on's Fisher with
one each. At thi s poi n t in time, it is extremely
concei v ab le t ha t K ey , jorgensen or Damron
could walk awa y wi th th e M.-n\.'S title.
Fisher aced "the hole-hot . wit h To nv Souza.
Key an d Damron in tow. Consis tency was the
name of the ga me a s F isher rode smoothly. wi thou t so m uch as a bobble. Dam ro n wo r ked his
w ay through the pa d . a nd sett led in beh ind
Fisher in the late stages of the race.
"These guyllo ran" hcr~ t."Vcry wt't.'k and have
an ad van tage ," Fish er sa id following his victory
lap . "I planned m y s ta rt a nd ran it real ha rd.
Th is is a gn'a t trac k to ru n o n ."
"I go t him (Fishl'r) in the hl',:lt ra ce, and again
in the Pro Am raCt"," refleclt'd Ddm ron. "I w as
ru nning rCill f.lst ,l nd rl'Clin g him in, A no the r
co u ple of lap!> an d I ftc't;'l I wll u hJ have ca ught
him . But I didn 't hav e a no the r cou p le o f lilpS,
and he ran real good. TI lh; is w hy he is a Na tio nal num ber ."
Eight -yea r-old Pet.' Wt,t··dass hotshoe Al ys sa
Jt'n ~ SlOTt"d wins o n ho th th p sho rt tr ack and
IT. Jen se n has no w wo n 10 racl'S in a row.
Knobby-class rid ers J "m~ Lewis a nd Scott
T.lylo r battk-d o n bo th the sho rt track a nd IT,
w ith kwis ~lil1g Tay lor in both even ts.
A fte r a thre e -week hiatus at th e amat eu r
na tional s, loca l fav o rite To ny Mt;>iring retumt'd
to hi'! hom e track with wi ns on th e sho rt track
250cc and 250cc Schoo lboy cla ss . Af te r miss ing
thE' n umber-ontc" a ma tt"'Ur plate at Ind y by om·
poin t to Ste pha nie Wl'lch o f Beaver Da m, W isconsin, Meirin g !!oCOrt"d a victory ov e r his riva l;
Welch is cu rrently o n sa b batical an d raci ng here
a t th l:! Bow l for SI:!..\ ·l:!ra l ww Ju..
"This W "l :"' a lo t d ifferen t than the tra cks ba ck
homl:!,- re flectt"d Wt,kh. 'The groove w as m uch
b ig g t'r a nd wid er. Ho pefu lly, I' ll ra ce a fe w
more tim.. :>here bt.ofo re hl:!ading bac k home,"
Pro-Am Nuv~ bmu~hl th t;> crowd to its ft"rl
in the sho rt trac k C'vtc'rtt, as Bob Ca:>ey, Robert
Pichuto , Jeff Gabhart, C r~ Riddle a nd Ru be n
M.llagut.TtO staged thei r own Waf. I...1.p after lap,
C db ha rt mo voo h i", wa y u p front an d in to the
lea d aftt"f' tradin g paint with the o ther fou r.
- I' m jus l fina lly grlting my 600 b.lck tog t.>the r," Ga b ha rt sai d . 'T vfl' bfl'.t>n w o rk in g o n the
sus pt.Ils ion an d getting it d ialed in, a nd tonight
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it rea lly pdid off . We workt-"d redl hdrd and ra n
real ronsis ten tly.Resu lts
Shol1 TrAC.
I'/ W "'aK 1()..5): I. A nthonv Fonll: (Y.lm); 2. Cody u mbott
(Y.mI ); 3. Danny MdlInioPl O'. m).
P/ W 'IT'K 1_AI r - J'",,-,"I (Y. m l. 2. Fr." kirC
:
..rcia (Y. m); 3 .
rrUcillIl Brionez: (Y . m); <4 . o.vld Ro (Y. m ); S. lwobn J~I'1\IlI. Il
_
'
(Y olIYl).
vucr
.
A; 1. 0..... p""" (YlItI'I); 2. SCCVl' HlIl1 (YlI l; 3. Bill Hctt
m
ty.l. m) .
V1 S/ C: 1. &1
"''T
nyOlWfllHon);2. J-;c:V.nkoi O'a m)
V1 2.~J(; J. Billy Ii i..... 0' ,lin ); 2. o. ryl ~lrOtm (Bull.
"''T
VETA; J. Rt.>bm MeDonndl (YlIm); 2. Gf<'J, R>dJ.l. (Hbg); 3.
.
o.nk' o.rntm.to 0'.am).
VET B/e: 1. Rrlt.Ird Arnold (Yun); 2. raul 50Indbu rn CHonl.
O rEN A: 1. Roo. FWlrT (W· K); 2. Rub Oommrt M ·· R);3. M.o
n.
Kry M '-R); <4 , Ton y 5ou.z.I (RW; 5. Mic::hdlrIJiS,Uvo(W· RI.
OPE.,,"B: 1. M.olt Proto (V. m.; 2. r aul S&noJbum (Rbi).
0I-'1:N C: I. .t-e- V.anlwl (YoI m); 2. "Thornu BooUt lY.m); J.
JoooCft'TO(Yun );<4 EJbon Rutlfd~ O'.m.l.
PItO-A M 250 : J.!ih.....,., R.llQI;io (YAm); 2.
kif Glbh.ort CY.m);
Jimmy Sma rjef f (1(,01"., ; 2. ""..- Guyton (Suzl
)
rR O M~ t . Rill v.... (Sud ; 2. J Ma r.......' (Su:,<\.
...
rR O STK: I. r aul e...t (Sud; 2. Al r.pitto lSuz).
TOl'SPThM ~ : 1. llmll'lyScN.rjcff lS (K;.w); 2. Mike CoIbbl ly.
S/CA'" I P"u l Mil'"" (511Z); 2. T.. m Sud"""n
S/ EllM. J. lutm W• .".... lKA wl; 2. Sc:ott Ctil{.olliww.a..
I'KOFT: 1. Rid MeW.Im; 2. John PotkT.
McGonigal, Lenz land
Oly Short Track wins
3. ShdOOn W ftllz ( Rb".
P'KO-AM NOV: 1.}df Gabhart (Yam); 2. Roboettf'K:hoto (RbJ;
1. Bob e-y (W·R); • GRg RxIdIe (Hbg); S. R\lbt>n M....guerro
By Clay Light
( Rnt)
MCClEARY, WA.jUlY27
MtO-A~
EX J. Rob Damron IW-R). 2. Rr:s. Fisha (W.R); 3G<-T..1d Tt"nrrt Oibd: S. MlChclk t>iSaJvo
EddKo DllUXl IV.m); 4.
CW-IU.
TT
PJW srK (1 ): 1. Anlhuny "-'5 Noam); 2. DIann,. McD.nid
)oS
(Yam) ; J. Cody t..mbott (Vaml.
PJ WSTK: I .~J~ IY. ml;2. rnnkwCan;:LIlYarn); J.
Justin ~ (y .. m ); 4 0IIvk1 IOJ$ (yolIm) 5. rnKilb Bnonez
;
(Y.. m )
r / w ST"
"T M. J. Bobb y Fon,.
(Act);
2. C od y
A~IDU
(ICJM) .
btl: l.Chn. B&ju. {J<:.".,);2. Rv.an Kuntz ('(.1m).
IlO: J. 8rMldon Indl'rt>l trin l H~wV; 2,)...- Gnow.. l",on)
un 1. C.....,.
E.otuflll lon).
2SO: I. I'hillip Scott(V. m).
KNQ HiN: I. J.l1TIeI Lo ,. \l(.Iw); 2.!'o«>It T..vloT\Va m ).
.....
VL'IT: I. M.ln. Biscardi C m).
h
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. VET: I . EriI; W";~I, ... (Rid.
OI'f.N A , J.Eri<: W<'iakr{Rllr.);2. Mil.:hrlkD&lvoM'·R l.
orEN B; I , M.ork Bi...... rd i (Yt m) .
Round five o f the No rt hwes t Dea It.TS' Challen ge
Cham p ionship Series, hel d on th e l iS-mile oval
at th e Thursto n Co untv D RV Pa rk, saw Brian
McGo niga l an d Jo e l enz sco r in g impre ss ive
ma in-event vict o ries in the Open a nd ZSOcc A
main even ts. respecti vely.
Lenz, a Pro - A m r id e r , ro d e a b o rro w e d
Yam aha to a Win in the heat ra ce to si t o n the
po le position fo r the main eve n t, a spot which he
used to g rab the lead in the fina l - a nd he was
nc vcr to be cha lle nged . Fello w Pr o- A m rid er
C h ris Ku ck lid.. ran in th e ..eco nd spot, with
t h re (' riders - Eric Beers , Aa ro n Westo n a nd
S(,"(xlh..r Vl;"mon • hot lm hi~ htc"t.'ls, b ut ht> mdn·
'
ag ed to han g on for the posi tio n, be hin d w inner
Lenz.
Vose voracious at
Firecracker Nationals
By Matt Polito
COLUMBUS, OH,JULY1 1lJ
9Al though he so ld his cha m pio ns hip Pro Modi ·
fil:'li Suzu ki in April, Billy Vo!'>", i ~ ~ t ill unstuppa blf-"_ Borrowin g rid eol o n a race- by-race basis,
Vos e took Berna rd Johnl'On's Suz uki to th t.' title
at round thrt>e o ~ the ID BA Fltf"Cl"acker a tiana ls
at Na tio n,)l Trail R."1Cl"Way,
Vust' q ua tiCit.'d nu m be r one w ith a 7 .00
elapsed tim e a t 190 mph. and was nevcr reall y
ch alle ng ed in climinatiom. Aftt'f running a pair
o f ~vfl'n-'!t"'COn d ru n" in thE" first tw o ro u nd :"',
Vase turnt.>d in a 7.18 in the fina l to o utpace Joe
Mara !'oCO's 7.4 1 effort _The win was VOSt" .. sec o nd IDBA raCt-" in a row.
Ke ith Lyn n led a thin Fun ny Bile field with a
lacklus ter 7.56-sccond q ualifying effort a nd took
hi s fi rs t win u f th t! ..tc"a~ u n o n t he Sf;" h n it z
ga '!/ ni tmus ma ch in e . Lyn n g o t Wildly o u t of
s ha pe i n th e final a nd cO.Js tt'd to an u ncha lIt'nged H.4J-:'le'COnd run a .. his o pponent Ja mt"S
C uyton fell ou t o f gea r jus t off the line .
Pa ul Gast co n ti n ued his d u mina nce of th e
Pr o Stock class with his second str a igh t ID BA
win. Cast qua lifit.lI nwnber ont> with a 7.72 and
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ha d a clear a d va n tage o n th e res t o f the fiel d ,
running as q uick a s 7.60 in e liminatio ns . C a st
bea t d efending "t"
ri..... champion AI Papitt o in thp
final, 7.74 to 7.88, res pectively.
In sportsman <
lelian, Juhn Wa l..;on took ou t
number-o nE" pla te ho lder Sco tt C ri gal iu nas in
the fina l of tht! Su per Elimina to r cla ss, and Rick
McW a tN'!' turned b.l ck a stro ng bB-bike field in
Pro lIT, taking the wi n with a final· ro un d victory o ver John PoU t"r. Ol hl!'r winner5 i ncludpd
.
McGon igid , who at th e pa st twn mund~ h,l S
wo n tw o d J s~ , camc u p sho rt o f such a pe rfo rITlit nce, bu t d id car d d win in the 2-'lOcc A main.
McConig.ll ran o u t fru n t nf &>ers' Honda, fend ·
in g l Jff tilt.' forme r minicycle spt":'ds.ler 10 g ra b a
victo ry abo..ud his vin ta ge Yamaha. Bt crs nctt l-d
:
Sl:!Coud, ah ccld o f JaslJn Rusil;", Ekn Bushnell a nd
Can-Am rid er Laurie Bu~hn eJl .
Wh ile the EX ·rt a nd Pro-Am tu rnout wa s a
JX
bit ligh t due to tht" Spokilllt' Na tio na l the prl"'vi·
o us d a y, it d id fea tu re so me dose racing. lone
Ex r e r t J .P . S imon",en tangle d wi th George
Prindiville in the heat race, which Pri nd iville
won, but it wa~ Suzuki ri der Robert Rosie lead .
ing PrindivillE", SimonSt"n and Terry Aki n in thl'"
12-11 p final. Simon~n go t around Pri nd ivi lle to
ch dst' down ~osie, grabbing th"" lE"a d several
laps later to win aboard his Ho nd a .
Atwthtc"r d~ betttle occurn-od in the Over 40
final , between Dl5tri Ct C ha m pion Vince H o lt ,
Pm-Am rider Bob Mo ra n, and Rick Wes te nd o rf .
Holt put hi.~ Ho nda out front, .....hile Mo ran a nd
Westendorf battl ed for second. Mora n got a
good dri\'f" that pushed him pas t not o nly W~t
\-'n
don but also Ho lt at the fmis h fo r the ",,in .
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Th""only rider in the d ay's pmgt"i'lm to ca rd a
d ou ble win wa s CR jockey Ch ris Waite. Waite
wo n thE' 80cc A mdin dfter a clo~ battle w ith
~ ick Sellers, wh u wo n the 80cc DTX class ea rlie r. He WdS th e second- p lace fini sht!'r , ahead of
A nd y Fay a nd Vf'rno n . Waite , who won t hf'
125cc qualifier, tra iled Sea n Ligh t o n the o pening la p, but a lap I,l ter had a Itc"dd he nt'Vf'r re linqUishl>d, bt..'a ting Bra d Sm it h a nd light fo r a
double win.
(Above) BItI Vose (near side) look
Bernard Johnson 's Suzuk i to the
win in the Pro Modified class o ve r
Joe Ma ras c o at ro und three of the
IOB A F irecracker Natio nals In
Columbus, Ohio.
.
so SR. J. C1rm CrI...lie (KTh! l; 2. M io.:h....1 Joohn,."n (Cub); J .
Tyler Thompooon.
bOA: 1. Andy hy (1(.1.... ); 2.
E1It5 (J(.I w ); 3. En.: ~~
,.roto
( 1<.1 .
".,)
M A; J. Oui.. Wai tt· (Hun ); 2. I'o:.. i. 5..IM..,.lSuzl; 3. And y Fay
(HoIll; ., So;oom- Vm'IOIl (J-k>n) ; S. JoeDd\'w Qionl.
eo urx. 1. :"lIck ~lIo:T1 CSm W. itr tttltn); 2.. Br...t Smit h ( JU w ); 3. Sr. n
'>
Ugh! alon); <4 . Tyln p~n Ilion);S. Cd I'owdJ (K.w).
250 A: 1. Brian ~cGoni~a1 tY..ml; 2. 1:ric: ~Uion) ; J.I.-ot\
~
Q-Ioa); 4 . 800Il 8wJuW'U(Y. m l; S. t-uw ~ (C · A ).
1 Rnt> MonIn (HoWl ); 2. V'nA' Holt (",on ); 3. Rrl WP!ot.
-4(1..:
ntJorf IRh ).
30. 25l), 1. Robm RONC' tSuz.l; 2. 8n.m MnI~1 ( y urt).
VL'lT TW; I. WillW W.,.d (Yam); 2. Mib H.arn lt 0'_); 3.
G.uy 6Nd> (Tn l
vrvr 250 : I. J.mn Ki"," IY. tn); 2. Btiao Schilt (Yam); a.
J _ KoJotlK' (Hon}; 4. TOfIl~rd IBSA); S. 8I"r> tlusJmftl tY--:l .
Holt hammers Las Vegas MX
By Dick Goodwin
lASVEGAS. NY,jULY 19
Du an e Holt hammered o u t il w in in th e Over 30
No vice cla ss a t the Las Veg as Motocross Club's
Saturda y nigh t ra cr by turni ng the tables o n
firs t· moto winner Ma tt Herman, besting him in
rao:- tw o
Robert Werschey s luck his Yamaha o ut in
frunt to ~tart the race dctiOn. Herman, Ho lt dnd
Mike Walker blas ted by im rned i.ltc1y w hen he
bubbled ea rly (lO . O nce ou t in fron t, H e rm.ln
slict"d and dlC his w ay to an impressi ve lead .
t"d
lnely St.'COnd . The real ba ttl...
Holt hu ng o n in a l{
w dgt'd bt-"tw~n David Dutt, Mike Wa lker, Bria n
l u tz, Rust y Whipple and Werschey for the third
s pot. Hprmiln t' i1sily ""'on the ra re, fo llowf'd by
Du a ne Holt all a lonl:.' in second . Lu tz su rvivt. d
o
thl'" bat tle fo r thi rd w it h a cn mforta ble m,u g in
over Dun, Whipple, Steve Ski....i n and Walker.
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Mot u two feat uft. d a He nnan ho leshot, and
Wcrscht.')' and Ho lt we re th...only ones kt.'C'J'ing
hi m in sig ht. Holt pa ..!'it"li Wen;{;hey during the
firs t lap a nd, w hen Herman went d o wn in th e
back SWINper, Ho lt inherited the lead . ty rman
g o t hac k lip in six t h a nd mountE"d :l charge
tow ard the fmnt of tht> pack. H o lt kept up the
b li!ott' ri ng pa ce , ho w e ver, a nd co n tinued to
stretch his lead . He .....en t on to win the race bv a
Lu~e ITlitr~. Htc"rmdn had battled his way ~ck
to St."COnd by the race's ('nd , w ith lutz finis hing
th ird OI1l. ."tc" dgain . By virt ue of his :!>eCOnd-moto
win. Holt clai med the overall ....in in the OVCf 30
Novice cro wn . Ht'rman fmh.h t."l.l a wt'1 kl~rved
"Ot'<'Ond , w hilE" Lutz an d Du tt finis hed third a nd
fourth.
.
Local hoh hoe Ca rey H art d pcima led the
250cc Pro ra nks, g ra bbing tht-" holeshot and rac ing wire to \'\; re in bo th o f hi~ m ot os . Ha rt .wo n
'
by a large m.lrg in in race o ne, a nd by even mo re
in t~ !'o4:!CU nd over Fra n kie Vallegas..
Res ults
P/ W A ' 1, KiTio P. y_ I KTMI; 2. M.U tUrri..... (ICT\O; 3
RyAn Molitor; <4. RonnK- Coodwin; 5. CCltton Bowkr.
J'JW 1:1: 1. Tanl\l.T Thed (KTM); 2. DnTiek King; 3. Rocky
~ {KIM); • . ToroyC<1puto (),.IM); S. Olnn Ando:no.on( JaM).
flO "FG ' 1, Tim M.nnlllllltu"., l; 2, Cha'W' W.alkl'T (tu....l; 3
Anlhuny Il . rt ( K.a w); 4 J..rob Jonn ( JU .. ); 5. Vietor tk>n.oro
Resu lts
( K.aw )
£XII'RO-A M' t . J,P. SimollM'rI (ltu n) ; 2. R,>hPn Ro&ip (Slu);
:t, c
.n,~ l'r-inJivul .. 0'.", ); 4. Tnry Ak in (Rllr. I; 5. )01'" 1..o-Il.l. (Y. m ).
O P EN A' 1 Joelo:N: (Ya m) ; 2. Chris Kud J d IRr. ' ; 3. A.uon
"
Wl"S (tt on) ;
ton
1Io ~ .... (itl' d ; 5. SeooM' VI'I't>lJn {ATKl .
W"11!'f
fJ(J
".line
re JR: 1 Frtcllrown .
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(H,on) ; 4 "'bit Si l
