os
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Tommy Hedden (cent er) raced t o w ins In
both the Scra t c h and Hand icap ma in
events a t t h e Cal Expo Rodeo Arena in
Auburn, Ca lifo rn ia .
rid er Aly ssa Brionez absolutely rocke ted into
th e lead 01 th e heat, ahead 01 lell ow B riders
Ryan Law and Frankie Garcia . Dann y
McDaniel, an A-class rid er. gave ch ase. The
three junior riders se t a hot pace as they fin ished a he ad 01 McDaniel in tha t ord er at the
chec kered lIa g. McDanid, back lor blood, had
his revenge as he hand ily w on th e co m b ined
main ahead of Lauren w alla ce, Garda, Ryan
Law , and Rebecca Law .
Vetera n Lod i spe ctators wer e trea ted to a
d ir t track deja vu as Woodland 's Rvan Kuntz
ca me o u t of ret irement in th e 6Occ·co m bined
class, wi nn ing o n bo th th e sho r t track and IT.
Ku ntz topped bo th cla sses, a hea d 01 Joe H erna ndez and Bobby Fcng. Anothe r former Lodlfavo rite , a lso co mi ng out o f re tir em en t, w as
Kawasa ki-mo u n ted N ick Moore, wh o re turned
to the bl u e g roove an d fin ish ed a well d ese rv ed four th in the 80cc TT b ehi nd fast
g uys Bra nd on Ind e rb it z in, Ja so n G rewe and
Ste wa rt Barbe r.
Back from a roa d -r acing hiatus wa s To by
Jo rgensen, who im m ediately ma de u p for lost
time as he chased holes hot ace Bob Ca sev in the
Pro Spo rt main fo r severa l laps be fore passing
the cra fty vet eran a nd cr u is ing h om e to th e
checkered flag on a beaut ifull y prepar ed CCM
mot orcycle. Fell ow first -yea r Pro Tony Souza
finis hed th ird beh ind Ca sey as he almost took
the runner-up spo t on the w hite-flag lap.
Th e O pe n B class saw 10 rid er s ta ke to the
sta rting line in the sho rt-trac k main event, only
to have two rid ers fall in the nor th turn with red
flags flying everywhere. Paul Sand bu m clawed
his way to the holeshot a head 01 Micha el Cordoza and Scott Whittaker as the pack bunched
up just inch es apart. Sandbum rod e in a calcu la ting mann er, s lo w ing o n ly sligh tly on th e
wh ite-flag lap, an d he lin ished ahead 01 th e
rapidly closin g Yamaha 01 Cordoza and Hondamounted Whittaker.
Re sults
Short T9dr.
PP: 1. u urt'n WolILa~ (Vam); 2. " lyaw Bn o n t'z (Ya m) ; 3.
A
RebKa L.,t,w (Y" m) ; 4. Da n'eIk.·C"ki""a (Yam).
P/ W srK A 10-5): 1. An thon y Fung (YAm) .
P/ WSTK 8(0-5): I. KykoA n'W.·l m i (Yam ).
P/W STK C (0-5): 1. DAnteU", C"ldt.T" (Y..m ); 2. In!> G.Jm..
(Ya m ); 3. Brad Strobhng (Vam) ; .f" MlChMI Dallara (Ya m).
r/WS'TX A; 1. D.\nny McDa nid (Ya m ).
P/ W 5TK 8 : 1. A I~ 8rionn (Yam ); 2. Ryan Law (Yam ); 3.
Fra nkie Gam. ("(am ); 4. Lal.lreR W.l llok~ (Ya m ); 5. Rt·bt....-ca L1w
(Ya m ).
P/W ~I O{); 1. L.auren WalJ~ (Y. m) ; 2. Ju st:ln Jorgensen
lYam); ) . OlInx-lwukkn (Yam) .
•
bO COMB: I. Ry.n Kuntz (K.iw ); 2.1~ Hernandn ()(.aw) ; ) .
Bobby Fong (Kaw); 4. Chm BorjaS (Kaw); 5. SeanJoneslK.1w).
MO: I. Br..ndun Ind t"rlJitzin n·lo n); 2. Ja red McWhirter (Han);
3. Strw a rt Barber (Ha n) ; 4. Ju on G rll'w e (Ho n) ; 5. Mi lu: Ru sh
(Htln).
100 A; 1. Corey Eaton ; 3. 1 'OC'
t"!l.
Va nko l (Hon); 4. Da ryl Nus lo (Hon ); S. C.. ry Bud IBun .
or EN A : t. Rob Da m ro n 1t"
V.. nkuIIYoOi m) .
PRO-Sl"T: 1. Toby JorgenM."f'l (CCM); 2. Bub u~ (W· R); 3.
Tlmy Souu C
Rb.): -t. Tony ~oiring lW· R); S. Da nny Ritch ie-(Yam) .
PRO- AM : 1. Rob Damro n (H bg); 2. Je!>l>t" Sanch ..z IRul; 3.
Alla n Mc.<:Idla.n (KTM t
TT
Pr: 1. A Ir-- Brilm e:z (Ya m) ; 2. Rebecca I...1w(Yam) ; 3. Lauren
wensee(Y.un).
P/W ST K 10-5): 1. Kylr A n~lmi (Ya m ); 2. Antho n y Fong
(Yam) ; 3. J.,.
(Ya m) ; 4. Dan»t.-IIrCald l"f"a IY. m ).
P / WSTX A ; 1. Da nny Mee.nid (Yam).
P/ W STK B: 1. Lauren W...II.a~ (Ya m) ; 2. Frankie Garcia
c..ra.
(Yam) ; 3. Ro.-bt.-cc Law (Y.m) ; 4. Ryan Law (Ya m ).
a
60; I. Rya n Kun tz UC. w ); 2. Joe Ht'tt\andl"Z IlYiw); 3. Bobby
Fong (Kaw); " Chm Borjas (Kaw); 5. Fra nkie G.uci.l f'I); 2. Jason Gn"~ (Hon ); 3.
Ba rber (Ho n ); 4 . • ' ick Moo ", CK
aw); 5. M~tt Tu d.d t
St_~ rt
(lion).
100 A; 1. Corry Faron h l Hu n); 2. Frrdd y Poli (Hon); 3 , Ma ti
C fOlOII( Hon ).
125; I . Frank Ny e (lion); 2. Davld D<:.J.mp lHol'l)
250: 1. FTt'ddy Poh (Y.m); 2 Cony Eaton (Hon); 3. HL
"",yoMU
K.awahar. (H onl.
KNBY A:. I. Orornoy Ingoli. tH o n); 2 Damn Gibion IHon).
K.'l8Y B: 1. 5cortT"yior (Bon); 2. David ~(l~n tH lm ).
VET: 1. Str'Vt." H.. II (YoOim ); 2. Tony Mt.-i in g (Hun); 3. John
r
Pnllo (Yol ): 4. H.lr1und Johnson (H on ).
m
Hedden doubles
at Cal Expo Speedway
By M. S o ber
P hoto by Gen Moore
AUB
URN, CA,JUNE 20
In just the second week of racing at the newl y
re pe ned Ca l Expo Rod eo Arena, Tommy Hed o
den ma de it th rou gh a ve ry biz arre n ight of
Speed way racin g, even tua lly walking away with
both the Ha ndicap and Scratch main-event wins. •
Sha wn Eldrid ge led w ire to wire in the Second
Division fina l, while the Thi rd Division victory
went to Mike Browne.
The Handicap main event started ou t innoce n tly eno ug h, Ian Ferris assumed th e in itial
lead from the 2().yard line, followed by 4().yardliners Tommy Hed d en and Pat Linn, Mike Faria
was th e first 01 the th ree 5Q..yarders away and
fell in beh ind Linn, with Jimmy Sisemore and
Bob H icks on his tail . A t the completi on 01 two
la ps, not a single position had changed and it
looked as il the rou gh , sing le-trac k line wo uld
red uce the Handicap main to a freight-tra in run.
Ferris tu rned that scenario onto its ea r w hen he
inexplicably augu red his Jawa into the tum one
gmove, lea vin g Hedden an d Linn wit h n ov...·here
to go bu t th e tu rn-two cus hion . Refer ee Dane
Bes ne all e fli p ped up h is red cli p board , but
s~l rter Mar k Joiner missed the clue a nd lai led to
prod uc e the red lIag. With H edden a nd Linn
lying d eep in turn tw o a nd Ferris scra mbli ng
onto the infield , Faria cranked up his GM and
res umed the race, wi th Sisemore and Hicks in
tow. The three took the checkered in tha t ord er.
Amid heavy pr otest s from th e Hedden and
Linn camps, the releree op led to rerun the en tire
race . Faria and Sisemo re claimed that they complet ed th e ra ce, too k t he ch ec kered lIa g a n d
were don e with the Ha nd icap main . In response
to Faria and Sisemore's clai m that the race was
completed , the decision wa s ma de to back the
result s up to the last lu U ru nning la p, w hich wa s
la p two. Ferris was dee med to be the ca use 01
Ihe re d Ilag a nd was rightfully d isq u ali lied .
Tommy Hf'dd e n was award ed the w in . with
Linn moving u p to second pla ce, w hile Faria,
Si~more and Hicks were awarded third, fourth
a nd filth .
The g re e n lIa g s ig naled th e sl art of t he
Scra tc h main a nd N ati o na l Cha m p " Fly in '"
Mike Faria go t off th e po le a nd int o th e lea d ,
with Tom my Hedden righ t be hind him. To mm y
HPdden wa s followed even closer by lane- th ree
sta rte r Bart Bast. Bobby Hedden bega n t he fina l ·
in la ne fou r a nd en d ed his nigh t a few scan t
moments lat er in th e tu rn -o ne ma rbles . Fa ria
conti n ue d to lead the race as Bast tried to wo rk
p a st Hedd e n , wh o was keepi ng p a ce with
Fari a . Hedd en was drifting somewhat err a tically coming o ut 01 the turns - just e no ugh to keep
Bast thinki ng about his own saf e ty . Fa ria wa s
running a w ide line on the ru tted oval. w hile
Hed d en was movi ng u p next to him co ming
out of the turns and drifting back int o second at
the end 01 the stra ights.
In the last turn bef ore the chec ke red flag,
Faria followed his consi stent o u tside lin e , bu t
Hedden , in his desire to win th e race, d rifted
to o hi gh a nd all b u t deposite d Fa ri a in th e
heavy d irt aga ins t the tu m-lour boards. Hed den ha d his do uble wi n a nd Faria ended up in
the seco nd spot, wi th third place going to Bast. .
Tom my Hedde n was so excited wi th h is
third main-event win of th e weekend (he ha d
won the Handicap main the night prior) tha t he
fell on hi s check ered- fla g lap and just le lt his
Pet eri ch Cycle / Ca nfield Cycle Works /Ofl Beat
Production -ba cked lay-down jawa in the tumth re du st.
e
"I don' t know what to say right now," Hedd en sa id after th e podium ce lebra tion . "'I jus t
have to thank Jes sica a nd Kyle . With out th eir
support , I don't know where I'd be."
Ce rta inly not a d ouble w in ner in the fir st
episode 01 the "X-HIes," Speedway-style.
Results
SCR. 1. Tom m v Hedd t'R (J,i w ); 2. Mikto F. ria tG M); 3. BAn
Bout (JolW); 4 . Bobby ·Hed den (JoOiW).
HOCP : 1. Tommy Hl"ddl'R (JolW) 2. Pat Linn (Jaw ); 3. Mi},e
;
Faria (GM); " Jim my Sisemore (JdW ); 5. Bob I l ick (Jaw ).
0-2.; 1. Shdwn EJdridgt." ; z, Stt."\T AI'\'TIol; 3. Bill Nt"'lo·by .
[).3; 1. Mike 8m~ne; 2. I:>rl"rek Si)ya ;3.lv.n St-vart.
0-1 JR; 1. F.ric C~rillo; 2. Bry.n V.row; 3. J.I . Mll't}'f\l'r.
D-2 JR 1. Moltt8rowne; 2. fo';h SPWby ; 3. Scutt lhwkoy.
:
0.3 JR: 1. Ray
2. J.T. Mabry; 3. Alo ~\t.troucri.
won;
Snyder's the iron man
at VDTRA Dirt Track
By Mike Zb rozek
WICHITA. KS,JUNE 14
l
o rEN TW: 1. Bill Stll'h..·"t; (Tri ); 2 Fn-d C u ba ITri) : 3. krry
Hind!> (Yam) ; 4. Earl E. Smith }r. lYam ); 5. Kt"n AII.u n"n ITri l.
rR~MSTR: 1. Bill Snyder (Ya m ); 2. John Fikt' (BSA); 3. ~liJ..t'
MerwJl"l'lh.all (Yam); 4. BiUBurr (H· O); 5. M:ik Ml'Y'T (H- D l.
PR()..6OO: 1. Johnny L
-..wa IBSA); 2. R..~ Stniin,r; IBSAI 3
;
Bill Snyder (Ya m ); -I. John FiLlI' (BSAl; 5. Bill WalJuor (Yol ) .
m
rRD-TW: I. Bill Snydo.-r (Ya m); 2. M.u k GlbMm ITri); 3. John
File C
8$A); 4. J.ac Donald (Ya m) ; 5. Mike Blythe-(T ri ).
Trent's the fastest mudder
at CIMC Hillclimb
By Bud No rth rup
NEOGA, n, JUNE 13
The Cen tral Illinois Motorcy cl e Club o pened
their 1998 hillclimb season at the ir clu bgro und s,
but the we athe r had not bee n good to the club
a nd th eir hill wa s a muddy cha lle nge. Darr ell
T re nt, h o we ve r , didn't see m to m ind as h e
claimed his firs t fast -time award , a nd "Fly in '"
Bob Fisher d idn' t care as he celebrat ed his 44th
birthday with a perfect nigh t, claiming two wins
on his ho t Ha rley.
Trent's fas t time came in the 600cc class as he
lIew h is CR500 ove r th e first break er, stay ed
ligh t, sai led over the second jump and over the
top in 3.687 seconds on his first rid e. Trent o vertook Mark Shaler, wh o had posted a good 3.732second rid e to set th e ea r ly fast time. Sha fer ,
alread y holdi ng two last times in 1998, nearly
got his third as he flew his KXSOO over the top in
3.70 seco nds on his seco nd -ro und rid e. comin g
up only thirteen-thou sandths 01 a secon d sho rt
of Tren t' s mark. John Scro gg in s cra she d his
CR500 a t 76 feet on his first rid e, bu t tu rned in a
fine 4.114-seco nd , hill-topping el lort in the second ro und to cla im th ird pla ce. Hi s time wa s
o n ly o ne- h u nd red t h of a se co nd fas te r tha n
Kelly Brady, who to p pe d th e hill in 4.124 sec onds on his Honda. An thony DeHart was only
nine- thousa ndths of a second be hind Brad v on
his KX5-lO, pos ting a 4.133-second run lo ( filt h
place.
Fisher claimed his first win in the Open class
as h e p o wered his Su pe rior Cy cle Sports ter
stra ight up th e middle 01 the hill in 4.449 seco nds on his firs t ride, then sa t back to wat ch . No
o ne could bea t Fishe r' s firs t rid e, bu t Steve
Sha fer came the closes t o n his Harley, stopping
the clock in 4.693 seconds on his first ride. John
Hilla rd , a lso Harl ey-m ounted , pi cked up third
place wit h a 4.825-second, hill-top ping time . jerro d Lind quist flew hi s 1270cc Kawasaki fo u rbang er over the first jump but lost it on the second br eak er and had to se ttle fo r a fou rth-place,
72-foot rid e. Rand y Green unveiled his new rid e,
a big Harley r unn ing in a be au tifully se t-up
KT M 250 Ira m e , bu t he buri e d t he mean
mach ine in the softes t par t 01 the hill a t 60 feet,
ea rn ing filt h place.
Fisher only ne
eded one ride to take the wi n
in th e l'ushrod class as well, postin g an excellent
4.344 -second time o n h is lir st a tt e mpt. Mark
Shafer was the o nly other rid er to dear the hill
in first-rou nd action in the class, cardi ng a 5.711second -time on his H arley for seco nd place a t
the break . In seco nd -ro und action, Steve Sha ler
chall en ged Fisher' s time on hi Harl ey bu t ca me
s
up sho rt aga in. Steve Shaler's 4.885-seco nd run
m ov ed h im into se co nd place , a he ad of hi s
brother Mark. Tim Wiggins cla imed the lourth
spot on his Triumph, while Green and his new
Har ley / KTM finished filth .
The Su nday portio n 01 this weekend d oubl ehead er was wa shed ou t by he avy sto rms , and as
of th is wri ting the d at e has not been resched·
uled . It ma y be ad d ed to th e cl ub' s July I Ilh
da te o r perha ps th e Sep tember 26th da te, so rid ers may wa nt to check with the clu b o r d istrict
hillclimb director for verifi cati on of the date and
time.
Bill Snyder too k the Pro Tw in and Pro Mast er
w i n s a t round fiv e o f t h e VD TR A Pro -A m
National at Wichita's '81 Spee d way. The C. Ray
H a ll /Mi d Co n ti ne n t Harley-D av id son -spon so red event was the fina l race of a Kansas tri ple
head er weekend th a t visi ted the Th und er H ill
Sp e edway a nd Je eps Cl u b Sp ee d w a y before
coming to the '81 Speedway .
The Pro Mas ters class started out as ano the r
Johnny Isa acs rou t as he raced his TPR-support·
ed BSA int o a comma nd ing lead o n th e high banked oval leaving Bill Snyd er , Danny Hammond, Roger Sterling and Mik e Mend enhall to
so rt out the runner- up po sition, But on la p six,
Isaa cs wa s lorced to pull 011 with a problem, giving Snyder th e lead , Sterling second an d Mik e
Mendenh all third with lour la ps to go. Whil e no
one could adva nce th eir position into the top
th re e , Hamm ond b roke o n la p e ig h t a n d
d ropped o u t w hile running lourth. As the final
la p came to a dose, a Harley XR d rag race for
fo urth e ns ued be tween Roede r H- D /J on es HD/ Shoei -s po nsored Mik e Meyer a nd Bill Burr ,
a nd Burr go t the nod by inches as they ra ced
across the line .
In t h e Pr o T w i n d ivi si on , Snyd e r o nce
a gai n took to p h onors a s he be s ted So nn y
An derson / South C ity Cy cle-sponsored Mark
Gibson in the 10-lap leature. Sn yder seemed to
b e a b le to m ake th e hi gh li n e wo r k to hi s
a d va ntage in th re e and four, while G ibso n
handled the lIat- sp otted turn .tw o to reg a in
gro u nd. Jo h n Fike rolled his BSA in to third
a lter ge tti ng by Col orado's Jac Do na ld a t the
mi d point 01 the race. Mike Blythe a nd Fra nk
Ba rd ar o raced their Triumphs to fift h a nd six th
in a good , close ba Ule.
In an iron-man ellort, Sny der also too k the
win in the Sen ior clas s over Larry Ken nedy and
Jell Ga rla ch Sr. Garlac h rebounded to tak e the
vic to ry in 600cc Ama teur class, lead ing from
lIag to lIag ov er Ear l E. Smith and J.c. Clark.
Open Tw in Amateur Bill Ste p hens head ed
a ll co me rs in h is main-event w in, with Fred
Cuba and Jerry H ind s seve ral bike lengths back
in second and third.
Re sults
50 A lJTQ; 1. Blake Ca ppt"Ilo; 2. Holl y Ha yes.
H5 YTH ; 1. Jared H a y" ; 2. Eric Skaggs; 3. ' oOi ro b Tac kt.'tt; 4.
IWcky Williolm!l; 5. Zacha ry Dunclln.
• 200: 1. Ktovin Ryan ; 2. M.nk Goodm an ; 3. A nthony DeHart; 4.
Matt WeaVl"l' 5. Tim L.,t,mbt.'Tt.
:
250;: 1. Mark r.ood;m.1 n Jr .; 2. And y Fortn er; 3. Tom o.,n ie ls; "
Kevin Capf'l"llo; 5. T im La mbl'11.
400 : 1. SIt."ve Shotfe r ; 2. Doug C ..mpbt. U; 3. r au l H ill ard ; 4
·
Mik e Mol lor: 5. Bill Stolrl<..
y
000 ; 1. D;lrrt· 1I TlTnt·; 2. Mar k Sha ft'r; 3. Jo h n Scr llAAin8; 4 .
Kelly BroOid y; 5. An tho ny Ddfolrt.
150: 1. A nd y Fo rtn er ; 2. Joh n H111lrd ; 3. Tu m o., nil'!~; 4. Jim
Redpath .
OPEN : I. Bob mher; 2. St" r Shafer; 3. John MiIl.lrd; 4. Jt' rrod Lindqui..t; S. Rand y GI't't."Jl
.
SR: 1. I(evin We a\ 'er ; 2. Tom Rol lin"! 3. Bob C ll'l\fl; 4. Molrk
;
Goodman Sr.; 5. Keith JClett.
PSHRD: 1. Bob FWK-r; 2. SCl"Vt' Sh.t fer ; 3 . M.u l<. ShotftT; 4_Tim
SR A M . 1. 8 1
11Sny d er (Yam l; 2 Larry Ken~y (Yam) ; 3. Jdf
C.arlach Sr . (Yam ); 4. Jnry H inds ('(..m ); 5. I.R. Sm ith Jr. (Yam).
600 AM : I. }loft GarLtch Sr. (Yam ); 2. Eari E. Sm ith (Yam ); 3.
J.e. Clark (YoOim); 4. Tim W" lkt' r (Y..m).
STK: 1. JonMCJI'\f("It"; 2. M.1rk GoodINn Jr .; 3 . Bt..d MiUo.-r;"
Tad Hu bner; 5 . Doug C.ampbdl.
- FAST TIME: Da m-ll Tmtl. 3.bli7 (H o n).
Re s u lts
Wi~
-R
8
e
5. Randy Gn-en.
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