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(Above) Aaron Co x took first in the 125c c
Beginner class at a n AMP/GFI motocross
held at t he Hollister G P track in California.
(Left) Craig Smith was the 125cc Pr o
winner at Star West Cycle Park in Moreno
Valle y, Ca lifornia.
ret urn ed in the a ll-im porta n t second moto to
lead from the d ro p of th e ga te to the finis h lin e
to re
cord the mot o and overall victory in front o f
Hensley , Steven Eugenio, Bob Mora"l cs and Ric
Dinosaur win o ve r Wills. Dennis Clark put his
beautifu l 1948 H arle v- Da vid so n WR racer in
th ird , just ahead of a "
fast-closing Beno Rodi on
onships wit h very close con tests in the Dinosaur,
Sportsman 250cc, Classic 250cc and Spor ts ma n
600cc classes.
an Enfield.
Results
Rusty Lowry used an aggressive move to
d ive to the ins id e of tum three on the first lap
and grab the to p spot in the Classic 5OO/750cc
class away from Wills and Mike Metzler. Lowry
drove a wa v to an u nco ntested win, w ith Brecko n r id in g 'a Ha rl ey KR (b o rrowed from Bob
Ho g h) to second over Metz ler's Tri umph.
The C la ss ic 250cc contes t p roved to be a
good , rac e-long battle over the to p s pot, with
poin ts lea der Jo hn Bova hou nd ing Ca lifo rn ia's
Maurice Ortega th ro ughou t the eig h t-la p event
while Carl Forkey chased the Bultaco pair on his
Harley Spri nt. Den nis Burroughs stayed close
for s ix laps before slipping back a bit to ta ke
fourt h 10 lengths behind the lead trio.
Th e Sports ma n feat ures for 1974-and-earlier
bikes tu rn ed in to' some real ca t fig hts, sta rti ng
o ut with C h ris Hem phill's 'struggle w ith pri or
class cha mpion Joh n Pl u mb in the 250cc fina l.
Fo r the fi rst laps, Plu m b wou ld r epea tedl y
sq ua re off tu rn four and su rge past Hem phi ll on
the insid e, only to be repassed a t the en d of the
fron t straig ht. Hemphill fina lly pulled a slight
lead a fter the ha lfway flag and St.lyl.""Ci ahead to
win by fh'e leng ths.
Th e Sportsman 600cc race featu red a pair o f
red fla g~ for ju m pt.. star ts, with' some of tht~ Sl..'C-'d
ond·row riders gt't ting t rcmen~ ous hC~ld sta rts
(a nd an im p n:ss ive whed it' or h\'o ) off of the
novict' flagm an . Tht'ir a n tic:-; were to no a va il,
however, ,l S a ll w ere sent back , a nd the th ird
s ta rt worh-d successfully, w it h th e pack thu n·
dering off into tum one. ReV\-'t'd u p from a ll of
the starts, sev eral riders o vercoo ked the comers
on th e firs t lap and Breckon w as fo rced o u t wide
in tu m fou r. Th e Michig an rider appeared to be
headed ou t the track exit as he dropped his BSA
and di~ppeart'd brit'fly up into the pit ga te area
w hile th e res t of t he pack s u rge d onto the
straigh t. Fortunately he wa~ u nhurt, and he
picked the bike back up to rejoi n the race half a
lap down. In the meantime, Yamaha-m o unted
Sco tt Ca m p bell wo rked hi~ way a head of Brad
Hol t' s Bu lta co a nd took the w in while Richm ond, Virg in ia, rider Jack So u thall edged o ut
David Rhynehart for third .
Plumb avenged h is 250cc- class lo s s b y
s torming to th e (ront o( the Sp o rtsman 750cc
cla:-;s and stayi ng just ahead of Darrell Brya nt' s
Ya ma ha twin. Savan na h wi n ner Joh n Skin ne r
trifti hard to improve o n h is fo u rth- p l act~ running ord er , unsu ccess full y hou nd ing fellow Tri u m ph rid er James Tu mli n all th e way to th e flag .
Local talent Duwayn e Mon tg om ery won th e
Senior class , w hile class cham pio n Gary Brenn an
ba rely held o n to sec o nd ahead of Charles Pickren <1 fter his Triu m ph ' s m egaph o ne fell off early
in th e cu n test. The Veterans cla ss wa s wo n by
Skin nt'T.
All in all, AHR.\1 A Vintage Racing's retu rn
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to L.wo n ia Spt't-'li way w as well-received by th e
local fans , and the track m ana gemen t see med to
enjoy the change o f pa ce associa ted w ith the
motorcvcles. Promises we re ma de for a return in
1999, aild the vintage circuit ride rs left town to
p u r s ue the fina l races in thi s year's cha m pi -
n'n--
DlNO: I. Crolig Bn.'Ckon (Tri ); 2. Ceoeg c Wi1b (H- D); 3_
nJS a ,u k (B -D); 4. Rt.-no RoJi (£nO; 5. Ch.u l,,· C.onwn (M.l t).
s
250 : I. Mau ri ce Ortega (8ul); 2. Joh n 80" <1 ( Bu ll; 3 . Carl
ForM'Y n t-O l; 4 . Dt."I1ni!' Burroughs (BuD; 5. C'hdrle!oGnman l~) .
5(Xl/1SO: 1. Ru ..ty Lowry fU-D}; 2. C raig Beeckon {H -D ); 3.
Mlk Mt'tz..l't' ITri) ; 4. 8t'no Rodi ( En£) ; 5. Scott Ruck (HSA).
t
SR. 1. Duw<1yno.· Mon tj.;{"mery (V..m ); 2. {".try 8n"1ln.m (Tri); J .
.
Ch.uk~ Nduot'1\ n lon}; 4. fk.no Rnd i (Wt·s); 5. lolrnt. Hit er (Tri ).
...
250 SrTS MN: 1. e hri.. Hl'mphill O'<1m J;2. Jotm f'Ium b {Y.. m r.
.
3. Brad Holt (BuD; -I Russ Coldman (Yam l; 5. Keith Bryant (Yam) .
NIlI SM'SM~ : I. Scott Campbell (Yolm) ; 2. Br.ld Hol t lOu!); 3.
I.\l;k Sc>ulh.111 (Bull ; 4. David Rhyn,·h.art (Yam); 5. C lAy rkk rl'n
(Hun ),
750 Sn'SM.'\I 1. joh n f'lu mb
;
2. Darn'\ Brvan t (Yam ) 3.
Jdmt.'ST um lin (Tri); 4. John Sk~r (Tri ): 5 , Wa lt But.·t,· IYam) .
VET (NON-C'SHlrl; I. jo hn SklOnl' r (Tn ); 2. Mike lJ. bt.·r
u
(Y.1m); 3. Bri.ln Hoo ~t'!I (T ri) ; 4 Bruce Kin~ ilion); 5 . Scott Fluck
(Y,lml.
rr-n.
Weed whacks Star West MX
By To n y Alessi
MORENO VALLEY. CA. AUG. 29
Mike Wl.t'd ha d the wi nning ingn--dients tonight
'
afte r he uSt...'CI true grit a nd d eterm in.l tio n to w in
the 125cc N ovice class d u rin g Sat u rda y ni ght
mo tocross held a t Star We;t Cy cle Pa rk.
Wee d 's n igh t didn 't start out as g ood as it
endt"d: He suffer ed .. mid pack sta rt in the first
12Scc Novice-elass moto.
Up fro nt was hard-hitti ng Billy Walls a nd
Nicho las Hens le y . Hensle y was ma king his
12Sec debut, having grown too old to ride minis.
Gabe Obt..'M) was mo\ing up fast aftt~r a topfiv e s tart,.a n d he passed Hen sl ey fo r second
pla ce just a fter th e haltv.:ay poi nt in the moto.
Obese ha d his sights set on the It.' d er, W~lll s,
a
and late in the race Walls hit the dl'Ck and hand l.-d the lead o ver to Obt.-so.
Wa lls wou ld rem ount in th ird , ju st.ahea d of
Mik e Weed, but as fat e would hav e it. time had
~lU but run out as the checkered flag waved for
Obeso .
Hens le y recorded a se cond -pla ce fi n is h
while Wall s, Weed and Rvan &l con round ed o ut
.
the top five .
Th e second mot o so,w Ht:'nsley g ra b a handful of th rott le a t the start and roc ket to th e lead
aboard h is new Y~lmaha of Rt'dlands-sponsored
yz.
Hensley att empted to set th e pa re , but Walls
was just too fast an d took over th e lea d ~ fore
th e start of the sl.'Clmd lap. Mike Wt'l.-d was next
in line as he, too, was around Hensley and se tting sai l after Wa lls. As in the first moto , W~llls
again m ad e a critical mi s take and ha nd ed the
le.ld to Weed . Once o u t fro nt, Weed took off and
wen t o n to scorto' the v ictorY in fro n t o f Wa lb
and Hen sley.
'
When the dust se ttled ; \Vt"e'd 's seco nd-moto
win sctt k-d th e tie breaker an d he was d eclar ed
the w in ner with his 4-1 fini sh es, which topped
Walls' 3-2 and
H ~n sl cy' s
2-3.
Mikt· Davis a nd Jerrod H~nsley w~lged fu llout wa r to nig h t in the 125cc Begin ner cla ~s .
Hcn sley took ad vant age o f a first-moto m istake
by D ~lv i s to po st t he moto win . But Davi s
Wetzel.
Res ults
SmollllTrM:k
50 STRTR (4 -6 ): 1. Dere k Fe w (Le m) : 2. Nichol.l!> w ood
(Yam).
50 STRTR (7 -B): 1. Co rev Tal bott (Cobl; 2. Evan Ruecau
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