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(Above) Willie Phee charges down
Ca rlsbad's drag strip en route to the Over
40 Expert-class win at the SRA GP .
(Left) Mike Campbell c lears a big step-up
ju mp in the 125 and 250cc B c lass at the
Sunday Creek MX in Millfie ld , Ohio.
heatin g up even mor e, onl y now they we re
a rg u ing over th e seco nd po sition beca use o f
Diez's crash. Dilkey seemed to ou tlast David, as
he wa s able to go back around the Kawasaki
rider and put himself into the second position .
Diez had also rem ounted q uickly and was rid -
ing hard, trying to get back into the fray. As the
w hite flag ca me o u t, Dan iel was still out front,
although Dilkey was starting to make a move
and was gaining g round . Diez had sunk a hook
in to David an d was trying to reel him in for the
thi rd spot. At the chec kers, it was Dani el takin g
the w in, w it h Dilk ey ru nning ou t of tim e a nd
settling for the second-place position. Diez.iwho
ma de a last-lap pass on David , rode in for third .
Th e second moto a ga in sa w th e H onda of
Dani el o u t front a t th e s tart. Th is tim e, Da vid
had ga ted much better and occupied. the second
spo t, w ith-Diez in third . Dani el see me d to relish
th e hea t and the roug hersecond-m o to tr ack ,
beca use he sim p ly checked o ut from the rest of
125 JR: 1. Brian Stoner (KTM ); 2. C liff Jen ni ng, (So2 ); 3 . Max
Ed dy (H on l,
250 JR; 1. Tom Melor (Kaw); 2. Dave Riley (Kaw ); 3. Alle n
McKa y (Yam) .
40+ JR: 1. Steve Roark (Ya m ); 2. Scott Ma ys (J.,."TM); 3 . lee
Ama radio (Yam).
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41) INT: 1. Mar k Ha ll (Yam); 2. Mark Moor t' (V,1m ); 3. Mike
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Rigdon (Yam) .
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40+ EX: 1. Too Ku kla (Yam l; 2. Den nis McAdam (Ka w ); 3,
Gary Sco tt (Yam) .
40+ MST R: 1. Georg e Koh ler (Su z ); 2. Tom White (Yam); 3.
Alan Olson (H e n).
50+ MSTR 1. Bt-ngt Joha nson (Yam ); 2. Horst Leitner (Ya m );
3. Geo rge Lazenby (Ye m ].
VET JR: I. C huc k W ll1t·tts (Kaw l; 2. Rock y Ha sh (rlo n); 3.
Keith Stoner (KTM ).
VET INT: 1. Bryan Daniel (H nn ); 2. Dan Dilkey (Ya rn]: 3.
Mich ael David (Ka w).
Reed wins Sunday Creek MX
By Ru pe rt X. Pell ett
Photo by Mike Le wis
the pack, bu ild ing up a 20-second lead by lap
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three . With Daniel lon g go ne, the rest of the rid er s were le ft to argue over seco nd . Da vid sti ll
held the position, but Diez was righ t on his rea r
w hee l, app ly ing the p ress ure . Jus t a fte r th ey
rece ive d th e ha lfw a y sig na l, Di ez m ad e hi s
move and pa ssed David for the seco nd pos ition.
Dilkey, mea nwh ile, had been rid ing hard after a
bad start and closed to mak e the battle a threeway one. Diez aga in was bitten by the crashing
With the firework s from the nigh t befor e still
smolderi ng in ne ar by fields , the firs t ro un d of
the Buckeye MX Series w ent off w ith a bang as a
hearty field of m ore tha n 300 Midwes t ri d er s
ra ced fo r fac to ry co n ti ngency bu ck s at th is
So u the rn O hio race tr a ck. Race p ro mo te r Je ff
bug, and he got off in the back section of the
track, taking himself out of the race and giv ing
second ba ck to Da vid . When the white flag came
ou t, it was Dan iel wa y out front, with David still
in secon d and Dilkey in third . The la st lap S< W
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no changes, and at the finish it wa s Daniel with
th e w in , fo ll o w ed b y Da vid in sec o nd, and
Dilkey hold ing dow n the third position. With
his d ou ble mot o victo ry, it wa s Daniel wi th the
overall win on the day. Dilkey. by virtue of his -,
2-3 scores, finished second, and David, with a 42 sco re, netted third.
Results '
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PRO: 1. Willy Musg ra ve (Ya m ); 2. Ma rk Tilley (TM) .
MI N I JR: L Jeffre y Ha rris (Yam) .
125 BEG: I. A nd y Bakken (Yam); 2. Robert Skin ne r (Ya m ).
Russell had his hand s full as he carefu lly jugg led
a fu ll-blow n har e scrambles in the nea rby woods
of the Russell family farm, w hile he concu rre ntly
ad mi nistered the lar ge-scale mo tocro ss race.
C h uc k Reed w as phenom en a l in bo th th e
125cc A and Over 25 A classes, w here the "farm
bo y" hus tled his Su zuk is in to the mon ey wi th
so me very in tense rid in g. In th e 125cc A di visia n, he stole the second -mo te win from Tommy
Co llier to tak e the overa ll over Collier's 1-2 fin-
ishes. In Over 25 action, he fought off Pe'm sylvan ia' s Ca ylon Dickson to go 1-1 ahead of the
Kawasaki-mou nted Dickson's 2-2 postings.
Dicks on came out the winner in the Over 30
A clas s, however , as he storm ed aro und the ve ry
length y circui t to 1-1 finishes over second-placed
Mike Mor gan fro m West Virginia . An d Co llier
got.his revenge in the 250cc A class, in w hich the
ama teur astronom er flew his RM250 to the front,
finis hi ng w ith 1-2 pos tin gs to ta ke the overa ll
mo ney.·
W e st e r v i ll e , O h io ' s Ky le Pre s to n wa s
un stopp ab le on the d ay in the 65cc and Mini
Junior classes as the speed y you th wo n all four
mot os on the challenging course. Medi na's Ken
Frankenb e rry w hip pe d up o n the O ld- Timers
with tw o d o m ina nt w ins over seco n d -pla ced
local Gerry Bennett, with Sunbury' s Mark Matheis screaming his Yamaha in for a s teady third
place ove rall.
Whi le M ike Ca mp bell wa s the fastes t B rider
o n th e tr a ck, hi s sec o nd - mo to D NF a llowed
Mar k Bosn ic to take the overall wi th 3- 1 finis hes
over J.C. "H am me rhead " C ra'vens ' 2-2 per fo rman ce. With six ro unds rem ainin g in th is prestigio us serie s, many of the area 's top riders are
excited abo ut the challe nge these events present
for the local racers.
Results
50 P /W· 1. Jo rd,111 Strickland (Ya m); 2. A.I. Rlttcr bcck (Ya m );
J. An thony Ben tley (Ya m ); 4. Justin Sh an no n (Yam ); 5. Eli Keren s
(Suz ).
50 (4-tll: 1. Rya n Ive rs (Cu b); 2. N