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(Abo ve) Bobby Schwartz was on fire as he
t ook first in the Sc ratch semi In Riverside ,
California.
(Left ) Bill Silverthorn t ook the win in the
Seniors Over 50 class at the new
Temecula Speedway In Califo rn ia.
ers ga ve it all they had . Pett on got to the line just
a he ad of Reed , followe d by Kes ler , Proiette,
Dupree and Schroed er.
Results
VINT 25t1: 1. Ch uck Cl ay d o n (VaTTlI; 2. Mau rlcc Ortcg, m u D;
3. nru ce Reynol dli (Bul); 4. Steve Go rby (CZ); 5. C hris Ap p te (Bu n.
SPTSM N 250: 1 Do n Fra uenberger (Ya m ); 2. lo c Steff"n
(Ya m ); 3. Brad Wuoto n; 4. Ma rk Prescot (Yaml ; 5 . Ron H ow el l
(S uz).
ca me in the 250cc class, in w hic h he nailed a
4.050-second tim e o n hi s Suzu ki, ove rta king
Kevin Cappe llo, who hod token the firs t-ro und
lead wit h a 4.16-St:c"Cond run on his KX250. Fortner 's se co nd w in ca me in th e 750cc cla ss , in
wh ich he d elivered a th ird 4.0-second run on his
Kawa saki triple. His 4.058-second firs t-rou nd
rid e wa s go od fo r th e win, we ll ahead of Jim
Red path a nd his Yama ha w ith a 4.834-secon d
second -place time.
Rand y "Buz z" Green a pparen tly has all the
bugs wor ked out of his newl y built Harley Openclass mach ine, as he rod e it to two class wi ns.
Green tu rned an excellent 3.998-seco nd time on
his firs t ride in the Open class an d skipped his
seco nd, as no one cou ld top him . "Flyin'" Bob
Fis her ca me clos e, rid in g h is Superior Cy cle
Sportster over the top in 4.067 seco nds for second
place. Steve Shafer claimed third on his Ha rley in
4.216 seconds. The I'u shrod class wa s a near
repeat of the Open class, as Green posted a good
4.015-second time on his first ru n. Fisher aga in
cha llenged ha rd, nailing a fine 4.088-second time
on his Sportster, but he had to sett le for second
place. Steve Shafe r too k the third-pla ce trophy
with a 4.146-second ru n on his Harley.
Becky Williams from Georgetown, Illinois, was
also a double class winner. Her first win came in
the 8..'icc Youth class, in which she padded her substanti al points lead with a 5.443-second 'win ning
O.
ru n on her KXH Billy Short was the only oth er
mini rider to clear the top, taking the second -place
trop hy with a 6.625-seco nd time on his Ho nda .
w illiams' second victory came in the 200ce class, in
which she cu rren tly hold s se cond p lace in the
points sta ndi ngs. This win wasn' t as e..'lsy JS her
first, how ever , as her first-round time of 5.54 seco nds had her in fo u rth p lace at intermissio n,
behind Scott Sheets, Mark Good man and Ryan
Duff. In second-round action , how ever, Williams
flew her KXI2..'i over the top in 0 blazing 4.45 SL'Conds to ta ke the lead . Shee ts respo nd ed with 0
good 4.705-second ru n to take the second- place
.
trophy on his KDX200
Results
FAST TIME: joh n Scro~ il\.'l (Ho n).
so AUTO: 1. BIl' ke Cappt'lIo (I..e m); 2. Nic hul.ls Bur kt, (KTM ),
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85 YTH :, I. Bt.ck y Willi a m s (K.l w) ; 2. Billy Shu lt (H un); J .
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Ra ndy W illia m s (Kilw ); 4. Jacob T a ckl'tt (Ya m) ; 5. S...a n
Em me nd er fer ( Ka w ).
2lXl: 1. Becky Wi lliam ~ (Ka w l; 2. Scoet 5h~b Jr. (K,lw); 3.
David Summl'N (Hu nl; 4. Mark Goodman Jr. (K.1W ); 5. Richa rd
~rgott
(K aw) .
250: I. And y Fortm.T (Stu); 2. Kl"Vin Cappello (K",w ); 3. J,,·.un
Lemo n CKaw ); 4. Roy 5t' na ldi (Y",m); 5. C urt Adam.o;lK.Jw l.
4(X): I. Jo hn Potter (Suz) ; 2. Ryan Duff t Husl; 3. Bill Sta r k
(IIonl.
blkJ: I. ' t)h" ~m" (f·lo n); 2. M'l r k Shaft"f U(.Jw); 3. Andy
Fo rtnt"f (H on) ; 4. Bri"'" Wlos
lon (Hon); 5. Molrk SiLodge (H un)
751 1. A ndy Fort ", .'" (Kawl; 2. Jim Rlodp.lth (Ya ml; 3. Brl'nt
):
L md Ulon); 4. IJ" b Filling (Yam).
O PEN : 1. R"'ndy G n -en {ii -D); 2. Bub Fi" ho:r (H- m ; 3. Slt·w
S Il.lh.·r (H · D ); 4 . IL
'lTnd Lin d qu b t (K,l W); S. To m Cu m p to n ()(, lW).
SR: 1. Rid",rd Po lt t'r (V'lm l; 2. Ga y l~ J ~nkin~ (H un); 3. T im
Wi gg ins (T ril ; 4. Tllm Cu m p to n ( K ,l W); 5, Mar k GI K ld m d ll Sr.
(Kol ).
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PSHKD : I. R.1ndy G l"('Cn IH-D I; 2. Bob Fis ht·r n 1-0 ); 3. SI... l ·
V
Shaf'T (11·0 1 4. John 'ulllff (H -DI; 5. Tim Wiggin :; (Tri) .
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Third time's a charm
for San Diego Flat Track
By FredWindum
54
TEMECULA, CA, AUG. 15
Th e Sa n Diego Fla t Tra ck As soc ia tio n 's third
AMA Distr ict 37/38 race at the new Temecula
Speedway came off unde r the lights wi th a track
that got fas ter a nd smoother as the night wo re
on .
Maurice O rtega led the brakeless Cl ass ic
2..'iOs a head of Vince Graves, Jeff App le a nd John
Lefevre. G raves go t by on the back straig h t,
only to have Ortega pass insid e to take the lead
back. Groves pu lle up side by side with Or tega
d
in tu rn on e, the two Bultaco riders stay ing there
thre e-qua r te rs of th e way a roun d the tra ck .
Gra ves had speed on Ort ega everywhere excep t
where it counted : across the finish str ipe. Ortega
held on to the lead ahead of Graves, Apple and
Lefevre.
Yam aha rider Don Frau enber ger left the line
in fro nt of the 250cc Pro-Spor t race, never looking back to see the fight behin d him. Joe Steffen
pull ed in behind for a sho rt-lived trip in secon d,
ge tting za p pe d in tu rn two. Rich ard Poll ock
went so wide and fast that he was using the outside grade r berm to get arou nd Steffen and into
t he runn er-up po sition. Jo h n Du p re e, o n a
Hond a 3..'i0 thumper, hu gged the pol e to d rive
in side for th ir d . Ste ffe n pu lled ba ck u p on
Dupree , pa ssing ou tside in turn fou r to take
bock the third spot. Pollock was slow ly ga ining
on Frau en berger , but he go t excited and di ved
e
int o tum thre way too hot a nd wide. Frau en berger held the lead , ahea d of Pollock's Kawasaki, while Dupree worked bock by Steffen for
third . Ryan Fishe r a nd Ron Garcia tra iled in fifth
and sixth.
TIle Bomber class is home to the bikes too
new to be vintage but not quite up to the task of
co mpe ting with the curren t 600ccs. Still, wh en
you p u t eigh t or 10 of them togeth er , ther e is
usuall y a batt le. Tem ecul a wa s no exc ep tio n.
Os
Dove Johnso n led the herd of IT..'i O int o turn
on e for his tu rn in th e lead. Bill Formby went
w id e a nd ou ts ide to charge a hea d d own the
back straight. Formby had Steve Kukla, Johnson
a n d th e lon e Hon d a of Ma rk Ar agon on his
heels. Kuk la tri ed a move for the lead ins id e
For mby. As both rider s dri fted wid e, Arago n
shot inside to pa ss both and move to the front.
Kukla settled into second , with Formby, Johnson
and Richar d Fox in tow .
.
The Pro-Spor t 600cc contes t was sched uled as
the final race of the nigh t. After a qu ick drag a nd
a sprinkle of wat er, the fast guys lined up two
row s de p, facing the bes t racing surface of the
e
night. With the toss of the green flag, the racers
were three dee p going into turn one. Jim Kesler
led Tra vis Petton, John Dupree an d Rick Reed
down the back chute and a round to lead lap one.
Petton stu ffed insid e Kesler in tum three to take
the po int, while Reed wen t flying high a nd wide
into the corne r to P