-'-EVENTS
gra ve had gated poorly after arrivin g to the stag-
there, only dr opping tw o points. Scharphorn
ing are a o nly seco nds before the start of the race.
As they came arou nd at the end of lap one, it
wa s Kra use in co ntro l. with Tilley sec o nd and
On das in third . TIlley made his move early and
went aro und Krause on the back section o f th e
co u r se d u r in g lap two , then immediat el y
w as next q uickest with a four, while Bersano
a nd Bassett ca rd ed fives . Lohman fell an othe
r
point off the pace with a six. This section ended
opened a five-second lead .
At t he halfwa y signal, Mu sgra ve had
at the second gas with Lipovsky hold ing a threepoint lead over Scharphorn. Bersan o was four in
back of the leader, with Bassett five and Lohman
six behind , respectively.
After the second gas, the riders were trea ted
worked throug h the pack and wa s now pres sur-
to a reversal of the firs t section as they co m plet-
ing Onda s fo r third . Aft er finding his w a y
ed the loop . Here the heat and hum idity of the
around Ondas . Musgrave went after Krau but
se,
t hi s Team Green rid er wou ld p rove to be no
easy mar k. Mu sgrav e see med to get fru stra ted
a fter bein g unable to pass Krause, d espite rid ing
a ll o ve r th e tr ack u sing "crea tive" li nes, a nd
d ay be gan to ca tch u p with th e mere morta ls
while the A riders co ntin ued to blaze through
the woods as if on fire .
There wer e two checks in th is sec tion. One
was abou t at the halfwa y point, while the other
was to signal the end of the race. Bersano ca me
through her e with the fas tes t time . H e zeroed
often being able to p ull alongsi de th e big 500
Kawasaki - o nly to be beaten to the ne t comer.
x
A t o ne point in th e batt le, Musgra ve had to
rid e a sma ll sec tio n o f th e co u rse o ne- ha nded
after being struck o n the hand by a rock thrown
fro m Kra use' s rear w hee l. Finall y, Mu sgrav e
wa s able to banza i by Krause o n the downhill
roll er coaster to mo ve into seco nd . By this tim e,
Tilley - who had been rid ing his "little" l 2S like
the lead ca t o n a do g team - enjoyed a In- sec-
o nd lead . Although Mu sgra ve rod e hard , he
O PEN TW: 1. Guy Brac h (T ri); 2. Did Slusher (NOf')
.
n
30+ A: 1. J
ohn Sp.-rry (Rt K); 2. Ron Eva M (Rtx); 3.O.1 Kirk
(Yllm ).
"0+ A : 1. M.n k Stud.. bak'TSr. (Ho n); 2. Ward
o
M cK~
(lCThU;
3. vtoce Holt (Rn).
EX: 1. Eli rna' (W· K); 2. Eric Rickma n (W-R): 3. Dav id
And~lO
{Rbd .
Simonsen rolls on
atThe Rock
By Clay Light
CA5llE R
OCK, WA.JUlY4
Cas tle Rock 's own J.P . Simonsen is qu ickl y
establishing himself as the Expert -class elite, as
40
the hometown hero posted another win in the
Expert main eve n t, providing most of the firework s at the AMA District 27 IT held at th e
Castle Rock Clubgrounds - the second race of a
doubleheader weekend.
Simo nsen 's winning ways started off with his
heat-ra ce win over th e rid er wh o wou ld gi ve
h im fits all ni ght - Eri c Rickm an. Simo ns e n
used the out sid e pole position on the front row
to trail Rickman for man y lap s befo re t he
BBRP / C VSG/ Bud w eise r-backed Simon sen
overtoo k the up-and-coming Rickman to net
w ha t would be his third win of the season, coming in Eli Price's abse nce.
Na tiollt.ll number 39, Del Schnitzer, ran third
behind hi, fellow AMA veterans, but ahead of a
su r p ris ing ly fast Da vi d An derson. However,
Sch n itz e r aggravat e d h is inj u re d ank le a nd
d ropp<.'tl out, moving Ande""n to third . Up front,
it was SimOI1St.~ gra bbing the lead for keeps mid way through the 2O-Iapper to pick up win number
three and further his hopes for an Expert-d a..
title. Behin d Anderson were Ron Waters and St.'Cond -year Experts Joshua Currey and Beau Brown.
For the second nigh t in a row, a multi tude of
600cc Pro- Sport ride rs wer e in atte ndance. Bob
Mo ran and Pete Med calf won the firs t two hea t
races, but neither wou ld get the jump on the field
that George Prindiville and Tony Fox d id at the
u nl eas h ing . Moran clawed. h is wa y in to co ntenti o n af ter overco min g a mid pa ck s ta rt, firs t
ove rtaking Fox (w ho wa s th e previous nig ht 's
winner) and then finally Prindiville to open up a
big lead .
A crash brought the race to a premature halt
just when Moran looked as though he had a win
in the bag. On the sing le-file res tart, Mo ran wa s
faced with loomi ng adv ances from Fox, thou gh
Moran wou ld eventu ally s tretch o u t a decentsized lead.
He too k the ",,'in· his second win of the season
here - followed by Fox, who held off Prindiville
for seco nd . Fran k Marker , Aa ron Wes ton , Bob
Rosie and ML"Clcalf rounded out the top positions.
One of the evening's brightest perfonnances
ca me from Tro y R@ fro, a 16-year-old fr o m
n
Prospect , Oregon . Renfro, ridi ng the ex-Jeff Hars ha GNC Ro ta x, won his hea t race and ca me
back to battle off Jimmy Ragsdale for the entire
lO-lap finale. The lead seesawed back and forth
u ntil Renfro took it for keeps , earni ng his firstever Open A main-event wi n over Ragsd ale and
fellow heat-race wi nner Ricky Warmbo..Following the trio w ere Ray DeFo rd , Brian Wa lls a nd
d istrict cla ss champion Eric Beers, w ho wa s back
fro m a n injury-ind uced layoff.
Pro Sport rider Jeff Rister totall y obliterat.>d
th e 250cc A main event, beating former AMA
National Amateur Champion Scoo ter Vern on in
J_P. Simonsen won the Expert main event
at the Castle Rock Clubgrounds in Castle
Rock , Wash ington.
a sboo tou t. Beers finished third, followe d by
Jason Rosie and Phil Scott.
Results
r / w. I . Fra nkie Bona.; 2. o..nny Brown.
5O SRI . T.l.I\IW'I" ~
50 JR: I. En n Ahronson,; 2. JoIoIDCSI 8t'~ 3. JiICOb Lduna.n.
60 A: 1. Btm ton SduUtzt-r (K.lw ); 2. ChrU
( K. w ); 3.
Tylrr Andenon (K.l w).
go BEG: 1. joshu.a B.tker (Jion ); 2. H. fOId Lur.k (Suz).
80 A: I. MMk Studcbakct' .
VET BEG: 1. MiU M«hug.a (Hon); 2. Ma tt BunuugM (Hon);
3. M ike Pb ttra th (ICThO.
BM BR A:. l. Rid Doughty (M.Li); 2. Rich Smi th (Mai); 3. GrTz
c.rtn" (M.ad.
OMBR 8: 1. Rich Yd kin (}ius); 2. Troy Smith (Hord.
125 JR: 1. Brian Stonn' (JCTM ); 2. 8onn i~ Warch (Ya m ); 3 .
I'hilli p A1arn.J n@:05(Suz).
'R:
so 1. Chris Thorp (Suz); 2. Ikbeca Kuk.LI ( K,i w l.
40+ MSTR: 1. M.. r k Brook~ (S uz J; Z. A la n Ohio n (Hon) ; 3.
D.vid fuhrt' (K.l w ).
4()4. EX: 1. Dan Stonn (KT'M ); 2. Ted Kulla (Yam ); 3. Gary
Scott (Yam) .
50+ MSTR; 1. ~ Mio.loJl..-ton ( Hon); 2. 'ody W","" (K,i w );
3 . Ceorgt' Sprari nK (KJIw l.
ob
40+ 11\07 : I. Phil Bo.dman (Suzl; 2. Mar\; HotU (YlIm) ; 3. B
&ml'tt ("-"w i.
40+ fR: 1. Mikco Machug.. (lion); 2. Jclfnoy Arzou m.1n (Y.. m );
3. Ruben Alvarado (K.1w).
50+ ll'\'T : I. G.1be G u herrez (Y..m ); 2. ~ Be..ch (YAm); 3
.
DNa' Comtll (Ya m) .
50+ JR:1. Ma lcolm McCa!O!;y (Ho n); 2. John Fridl und (Ho n); 3.
rctt' G.t:ipaud (Suzl.
70+ JR: 1. Iuhn Wt' bb tlhm ); 2. A~kn I....lI m kja.."f (Suz).
.Lipovsky bags Bear Track Run
By Kern Burden
TROUT LAKE, Ml. JUNE 21
David Lipovsky 11 of Harri son, Michigan, too k
By Rocky Hash
d ense fo res t su r ro u nd ing T ro u t Lak e to g ra b
the vi ct o ry wi th a sc o re o f 13. Sec o nd pl ace
w e nt to ha re scram bles wi za rd Blair Bersano,
w ho raged to a sco re of 15 aboa rd his Ka wasa -
the ov erall w in a t the second annual Bea r Tra ck
Run . Lipovs ky blasted his KTM th ro ug h the
of Motocro ss Act io n ' s Will y M u sg ra ve a nd
ki. Third went to Ron Scharphorn. who carded
a 16 on his KTM. Brian Lohman an d his KTM
edged Sco tt Basset and his Honda by four sec-
Team Green's off-road / desert specialists Paul
o nds to ta ke fo u r th p la ce , w ith bot h ri d e rs
Kra use a nd Da ve O ndas.
At the s tart of mo to o ne , it wa s
"" rd ing a 20.
rode his TM 125 to victory in the combined Pro
race at REM's Glen Helen MX, besting the likes
Mu sg ra\'~
grabbing the holesh ot, executi ng a nice "lu.u eoff mO\'e in the firs t tu m to cu t und er Krause for
pace to a fou r at the last chec k. N eith er effo rt
was good eno ug h to catch Lipovsky, who ran a
"sa fe" section - card ing a o ne a nd a thr ee on the
chec ks to ho ld o n for the overall wi n . Lohman
caugh t Basset t a t the la st chec k to s nea k past
into fo ur th.
TIle Distri ct 14 End uro Series has now had a
different winner for eac h of the three races held
to date, leaving the chas e for the se aso n tit le
wi de open as the series heads west fo r the next .
ro und in Marquett e.
Results
GRAND C H AMMON: D avid u J'0V5ky n (KTIA).
A J-I·PT: Rob Howery (Kl"M).
B H-IT: Dua ne LernotlW' (KlM ).
C H-PT: Ric....rd uu~ (lion).
AA : 1. Blair 8enano f K.1w) ; 2. Ron Sc h.Jrphom IKTM); 3.
Bria n Loh man (KTM ); 4. Scott & s wtt ( Ho n); 5. Todd w ea ver
( KT'M ).
A 200: I. CluU c..Ut (KJIw ); Z. Bri..ln SouthW(l("lh (KTM); 1.
KThU; -I. Leo na rd Austi n (K.1w); S. Jeff Hunt
St cphnt Co mbs C
( lUw ).
A 250: 1. Robm Cook Jr. UCTM); 2. ~ Vollmar (5uz); 3.
To m }onc lhe.m- (K'Thf) ; 4_ Scott 8.Jrday (Hon l; 5. M.Jrk Beckr
(YilIm) .
IM); Z. Kirk Toay IKTId);).
A OrEN: 1. RuMdl Norman (x
Dou SL t.. yman (Hun>; 4. Neil Scha.rphom (JCT~f).
oI5
A 4-STRK : I. O.vc Hutc hinson (H o n) ; 2. Ju . t ln Conyt'n
(H on) ; 3. D.an H~ (Hbl; l.
A VET ; I. J
ohn Love (Han); 2. Owrln M iller (IC
ThI); 3. leo
Schw. b (KThI); of. D.-no SkoLu (Hun ); 5. Sll"ftnis Prochnow (KT MJ.
A SR 1. Bill Holow es ki (Kn.I) ; 2. Mi lt' MArlin ( KT M) ; 1
Rich.rd K.ltm IKT MJ; 4. TnT)' Pe..n k ~ (Ya m) ; 5. T~rry Wil ton
( K'TM).
B 200; I. 8m n I..i~ht (Y.. m ); 2. KII"f'tI Burdl"" (K.Jw l; 3 . Stl"W
Gruber 1
KT'M1
.
B 250: I. Brya n Kryunowia: (Su z) ; Z. RAndy
(KTM); 3.
Ja.-.onRocrig (KT'M); 4. Bri.tn Bukwich (SuzJ ; 5. Chri~ G ru"C' (Suz).
B orE.
~: I . Rid. ~ ( J('Th().
B -I-S11t K: I . '.R Gino (Y.. ml ; 2. Robnt Eva n.' CHon); 3 . W.. r.
nTl Hil lll (Yam l.
B SR: t. Jerry rekd ("''TM); 2. Go rdon Dulow~ki (V..m); 3.
'
' ilI mC'S rAyne- (K1"M ).
S/SR: I. Co r nel ius Sc h .. r phor n ( KT M ); 2 . John Bo mbyk
(KTMl; 3. Char lMl Wnnd ll (Yam); 4. C u I 5dtiIrph.... U<
m
TM) ; S. Pt'!"
a o...-n
Lillemo t."I\ (Stu).
M~
TR : I. Ro n 5.lp!' (ICTM 2. Edwa rd Dt"l\ ..mun· (KTMl; 1
);
Jrl!lt'ph Kenty (KTM l; 4.
De l Sola r (r l·n).
'red
W MN: 1. Lolu rie r u ckt·tt (H n n ); 2. Dl"iia GOl't z ISu:d; 3.
Sle p h,tnie Jord on (Hon) .
.
C SR: 1. Ko.·n n,·th G rah.l m tKTM ); 2. Kl'vin Ko lbu :i (A TK}; 3.
Tilley tops in
Fourth of July Motocross
SAN B
ERNARDINO,CA,JUlY4
C rea ting so me fireworks of his o wn, Ma rk Tille y
the first one and only dr opped two at the final.
Scharp horn also zeroed check five but fell off the
.
Perennia l race-da y favori te a nd d efen di ng
Di s tr ict 14 se ries cham p io n Scott Luca s ta ye d
home wit h a broken collarbo ne .
Matthew Elw l'l' (KTM l; 4 . nuolnl" Pleva (Hun); 5. Go rd o n R.... .1re
b
(Hn n).
C JR 1. N k ho las Trave. (Ho n); 2. J.unn Ce hri ng rr (Htm l; J.
C.l. lo•• Alv"r.tdt~ O<.l W); 4. Du:'ltin PuCkl'!:l (Ho n); 5. Richa rd Bd li:i
r
(kIM ).
Corder in order
at Washougal Motocross
By Pat Dougherty
WASHOU
GAl. WA.JULY j
Longview , Washington's Mike Corder rode his
Kawasakis to victories in both the 125cc B and
250cc B cl as ses o n a bea u tifu lly pr ep ar ed
Washou gal Nationa l race ITack. But the impres-
the lead. By the end of the firs t lap , Musgrave
The UP Jackpine Savage'S M/ C, the promot-
wa s s till lead in g th e charge, with Kra use and
On da s in tow . Tilley had faUen ea rly but ha d
ers of the event. chose to usc the infi nitely va rying terra in and un end ing fo res ts of Mic higan's
sive thing abou t Co rder's rid ing was that he was
r unnin g fa st er lap ti me s th an H e rb ' s Cycle
Town's "Toug h" To ny Grav es , who wa s busy
remo unted quickl y and was al rea d y u p to th e
fou rth positio n. As the mot o wore o n, Musgrave
looked co mfo rta ble o u t front, ridi ng fas t a nd
smooth . Tilley, meanwhile, was left to d o b.:
lttle
w ith th e b ig ·bore Kawa saki s of Onda s a nd
Eastern Up per Peninsula for the race, and they
did n't wast~ any time pu tting that variety of ter ra in to good use, as the first secti on of the race
se nt th e riders in to some tig h t, twi sty, g na rl y
and rock-in fested tra ils that would take the mos t
du ring the same moto winni ng the 125cc A class
Krau se. He dispa tched On das quickl y and was
points from the racers this day. Lipovsky, how-
righ t on Krause's fend er when Krau se handed
him the posi tio n by crashi ng in t h ~ sa me sec -
and Scharp ho rn both "" me throu gh with eights,
"bo ne stock" Vamaha VZ400 led all the Pro 250s
w ith Lohman and Bassett both droppin g nin e.
Thi s sectio n would take 20 points from man y
a rou nd the firs t turn, a nd o nly a brief cha rge
B and C riders, some of whom had already put
tion of the track that had claimed Tilley earlier
in the mot o. Till ey was now free to set sail for
Musg rav e a nd the lead. Out fro nt , Musgrave
ever, blitzed this section \\.;th a sev en. Bersano
o n his Yamaha. Co rder d issected every as pect of
the track, find in g pla ces to leave the th rottle on
longer.
Cotta ge Grov e, Oregon's Graves grabbed the
ho les ho t in ev ery mo to in w h ich he too k p art
and co nti n ued. his recent string of victories . Hi..
from Terry' s Cycle Center's Mike Hamn ess kept
started to come into lap ped traffic , and Tilley
themsel ves in "surv ival" mode. A 6-mile reset a t
w as able to use this to his ad va n tag e, cu tti ng
Musg rave's lead from 15 seconds to abo ut five
the 11.3-mil e mark pu t the fast boys back on
him from leading all his races.
.
Ot her impre ssive perfo rmances incl u ded
Dan's Top-Notch Shee t Meta l-spo nsored Dan
tim e and left the Band C riders still scra m bling
to make u p time as the w ho le fie ld headed for
Yamaha; and Jam es Miller from Beave rto n, 0re-
bike lengt hs.
Ju st as th e w h ite flag ca me o u t, t he d uo
clea red the tra ffic an d Musgrave wa s able to
mai n tain his advantage to the w ire. At the end
of moto one it wa s Mus gra ve with the wi n, fo llowed by Tilley , w ith Ondas claimin g th ird .
Moto tw o sa w Kra use pu t his big Kaw asaki
into the lead a t the s tart. Tilley secu red his TM
into the second position, wh ich wa s no sma ll feat
a msid ering he was riding a 125 aga inst a bunch
of 250s and more than a few Open bikes. Mus--
the first gas stop .
A 4-mile reset a fter the ga s s to p put most
racers back o n time, a nd those who w ere not
quite ca ug ht u p y et us ed th e o p en tra ils and
two-IT
ack roads of the beginning of this ...'Clion
to make it up . After getting checked back in to
the wood s, the riders were g n.>eted with so me
Ruede, who top ped all the 125ee Juniors on his
go n, wh o d id likewise o n h is Hond a XR400.
Miller plowed his way toward the front of the
Open class ahead of Aloha's Ken Palfenier, who
was riding a newer Yamaha YZ400. It w as an
interesting battle bt..~u.. of Palfenier' s noticeable
<>e
advantage in seve ral portions of the track w here
sandy, loam y single-ITack trails for which Michi-
the Vamaha would pull on the XR - like up the
Horsepower Hill and triplin g into the Hillsboro
gan is fam ous.
Lipovsky wa s o nce a ga in fas test through
Honda Hoops. But you won't find a more tenacious rider on an XR than Miller , and. through his
