troJ in the first tum, taking out three other riders. Former Suzuki Superbike ace Tommy Lynch
took over the lead on his Wax Shop CR250 cowtrailer. Lynch led the first three laps with ease
until Sun caught up.
Working his way through the pack again
after a nother bad start, Sun made a great pass on
the outside of Lynch to take the lead and the
win.
"I was riding pretty good on this old cowtrailer of mine when he came by," Lynch said
about giving up the lead to Sun. "I was pretty
surprised; he rode well"
Sun and Lynch put on a grea t show the last
three laps, negotiating lapped traffic and passing one another back and forth, mud, to the
delight of the fans.
Hart took third on his CRSOO, followed by
Shane Scott, Canet and Ed Stovin.
Results
M/W S/MTRD: I Don Howard (Suz); 2. Don Canel (yam);
3. AI Yilrrow (Yam); 4. Mark C{!rnick (Yam); 5, CASt-')' Yarrow
(Yam).
SPTSMN: I. C~y Ya.rrow (Yam); 2. Al Yarrow (Yom); 3. Ed
Stovin (Hon); 4. Torqvll ROS!>-MlIrtin (Hon); 5. Brok McAlIilltcr
(Hon).
SlIT: 1. roul Hart (Hon); 2. Chuck Sun (Hbgl; 3. Rick Peartt
(lion); 4. Eddie L,.,w50n (ATK); 5. Rolllnd Sands (Yam).
KN8Y~ 1. Chuck Sun (jibg); 2. Tommy Lynch (lion); 3. PlIul
Hort (lIon); 4. han\! Scou (yAm); 5. Don Canet (I-Ion).
Green grabs the gold at
AMP/GFI Octoberfest Series MX
By Jim & Valerie Enos
Maschino. "Halfway through the lap, I was in a
rut behjnd a lapper, and that's where Blair
(Bersano) got by me." _
Bersano continued in third place all the way
to the finish, leaving Maschino in fourth.
Heading up the Vet A class, Robert Patterson
took fifth overall. He was followed by Mark
Hyde, who also competed in the Vet A class.
Chad Froman, who claimed yet another
200cc A-cla s victory, claimed eighth overall.
Gary Hendricks and john Roth rounded out the
top 10.
B-class honors went to 200cc-mounted Alan
Westerfield, who finished in an impressive 21st
overall, followed by 2500c B rider jason Dickey.
Top C riders included Eric Chapell, Brian
Taylor and Joel Gibson, who all won their
respective classes.
Results
0/A. 1. Mike 5.lmpson ; 4. John M.lSChlno (TM); 5. Robert Patterson (Suz); 6.
Mark Wade (Suz); 7. Chris Nesbitt (Yam); 8. Chad FromM (!(aw);
9. Gary Hcndrlckll (K3w); 10. Harvey Whitaket" (K.lwl.
AA. I. Mike 5.1mf'llOn (TM); 2. Shad Ricketts (Yam); 3. Blair
Ikrsaoo (Suz); 4 John Mnschino (TM); 5. Chri" Nl'Sbilt (V.1m).
!SO/OPEN A' J. Cnry Hendricks (Kaw); 2. John Roth (Yllm);
3. David McWiUiAn18 ; 3. K(....ry
Cn.:.'Cn (SUZ); 4, M.ulr. Fly (K1"M); S. Andy Moye (K"ThU.
4·SfRK C: I. Joel Gibson (Kawl; 2. Ryan Shepard (Hon); 3.
Micilh Topley (I-Ion): 4. Ja1'(.'<1 Everly (Yam); 5. Terry Russell (Yam).
BEG: I. Bob Nlcewintcr (Kaw); 2. David HlIwkins (Suz); 3.
Holly Jonl'S (YlIm); 4,Jcff Kromer (Hon); 5. Mark KramL'" (Suz).
Sun rises at Buttonwillow
By W.H, Spencer
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BUTTONWILLOW, CA, DEC. 13
The final race of the Super IT/Motard season at
Buttonwillow Raceway saw the largest turnout
in the series, and though the year has come to a
close, organizers have already scheduled three
more races at tlle popular site for 1999. 'Hus-
Chuck Sun (63) passes Roland Sands en
route to a second-place finish in the Super
TT main event at Buttonwillow, California.
Later, Sun came from behind tp win the
Knobby class.
aberg's Chuck Sun turned in the best record of
all the racers by winning the Knobby dass and
finishing second in the Super IT main event.
Former ~irt tracker Donny Howard was
right at home on the freshly watered infield dirt
section of the course, while most of the other
racers had problems on the slick mud. National
250 GP champ Roland Sands, who sat on the
pole of the Middleweight Super-Motard class,
crashed in the muddy infield seclion of the
track. Howard, however, prepped his RM250 for
the Cowtrailing class perfectly and won easily,
despite being chased by Don Canet. Canet could
close the gap on the'road racing portion of the
track, but on the dirt it was all Howard,
The Yarrow family team dominated th.e
Sportsman eight-lap main. The elder Yarrow led
his son around for the first four lops before finally giving way to his offspring.
001 held him off as long as I could, but that little YZ250 has a bit more top end," said AI
Yarrow. "But I kept him honest."
Casey Yarrow, 19, won 11 of 12 main events
at the Lodi Cycle Bowl this season, but he had
ne.ver raced a Motard track before. Bolli father
and son are now converts, and they plan to ride
all the races in 1999, which might include a 10race series.
Ed Stoving took third place in the Sportsman
race. On a XR600, Stoving went head to head
with TorqviJ Ross-Matrin, who settled for fourth
on an older XR600 of hi own. Brok McAllister
finished fifth over Paul Shillito and Pete ielson.
The lO-lap Super IT main bad more than 30
entries, including former World Road Racing
champ Eddie Law n. Lawson rode an AT!< 600
but was not as fast as Paul Hart and Ricky
Pearce. Both Pearce and Hart rode aggressively
and muscled by the former World champ, fighting over the lead. Pearce eventually had rearbrake problems and had to slow his pace, allowing Hart to run away with the win.
The eorly laps saw former National M~
champ Chuck Sun mired in trafJic, but by lap six
he was moving through the pack at a rapid pace,
passing Lawson over the popular IT jump.
"1 putted around ea rlyon," Sc' id Sun about
his race. '1 finally got with it and started moving
forward, but it was too late. Lf it had gone the
original 12 laps, I would have been closer."
Sun still managed to finish second. Pearce
hung on for third over Lawson and Roland
5.,nds, who was still trying fix a brake problem
that h..:,d developed from earlier crashes.
Gary Jones, another former motocross
champ, finished sixth, and Mark Cernicky placed
seventh on an MZ Mastif. Shane Scott, Mike
Mraz and Carl Blake rounded out the top 10.
After fixing his brakes, Pearce changed the
rear tire on his CR500 and remounted to race the
Knobby-class main event. Pearce obviously £orgotthal he was riding on knobbies and lost con-
TRACY, CA, DEC. 6
Kevin Green turned in a 1-] moto score to secure
an overall on the day and, more importantly, a
series championship in the 250cc Beginner class
at the final round of the 1998 AMP/GFI Octoberfest Gold Cup Series, presented by Parts
Unlimited &: Yamaha of Modesto. Green, along
with all the other series champions crowned in
each division, received gold trophy cups for
their efforts in the five-race series.
When the gate dropped for moto one, it was
Green grabbing the holeshot ahead of Craig
Conrad, john Delbridge, jeremy Weatherly and
Ed Rogers. Green promptly opened up a sizable
lead over the field and set out to tum consistent
laps on a somewhat muddy track. Delbridge
passed Conrad on the first uphill to take over
second, while We.:1therly maintained a comfortable f urth. Rogers had problems in the mud
and fell off the pace back to fifth. As the laps
wore on, positions stayed the same until Conrad
went down over a tabletop, allowing Weatherly
and Rogers to scoot by. As the checkered £lag
waved, Green cruised in with a huge cushion for
the win, followed by Delbridge, Weatherly,
Rogers and Conrad.
Moto two had the makings of a repeat of moto
one, with Green once again grabbing a huge
holeshot ahead of the field. Delbridge did his best
to keep Green in his sights - with no success.
Inst""d, Delbridge battled with Conrad for second
place. As the. two riders came to the first uphill
section, Delbridge bobbled and Conrad seized tl,e
opportunity to take over the second position.
Rogers once again had his problems in the
mud: He went down, handing over the fourth
position to Weatherly. With Conrad going down
in the back section of the track, Weatherly quickly moved up to challenge Delbridge for second.
In fact, Weatherly showed good speed in the
turns and was right on the Delbridge's tail. Delbridge, however, hung tough and held off the
challenge all the way to the checkers. In the end,
it was Green taking an easy victory, followed by
Delbridge, Weatherly, Conrad and Rogers.
Results
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