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DuVarney on his Big Base Indian holding the lead ove r Remo on the TDC 45inch Ha rley-Davidson.
Castro, however, was far from dead ,
as he started his charge fro m the back,
passing Rick Reed on another Do d ge
Brothers Indi an o n la p tw o , Ron
Cochad's Indian on lap three and Randy
Smith 's The Shop-backed Harley on lap
four . Dubb Ferrell fell victim to Castro's
ad vances on the nex t lap. Remo gave
Castro a figh t for two laps, but by the
seventh lap leader DuVarney knew the
ra ce was on. Cas tro went on to pass
DuVarney and reach the checkered flag
first, ov er Du Var ney, Remo, Ferrell an d
Smith. Castro later said that as he operated the foot clu tch, his leg bumped the
hand shifter an d knocked the bike ou t of
gear. Still, he was very confident that be
would ge t to the fro nt.
McBee a nd A.J. Herr era rode To ny
Gutierrez's Aztec Racing XR 750s to first
and second in the highest hor sep ow er
race of night. 'Mu lder was on The Shop's
XR750 once aga in , and he pl ayed tag
with th e young guys until the racing go t
serio us. Mu lder said that he w ishes he'd
ha d that kind of power when he was
racing for real.
The 500cc Su ppo rt class was won by
Pau l Colston, who claimed it via a flag-toflag victory. Larry Earh art passed Johnson for second, and Keith Brad ford finished fourth after a seventh-place start.
To n y H err era a nd Brand on Ke n t
swapped the lead numerous times in the
600cc Su p port ma in , bu t Herrer a had
trouble getting through turn th ree, and
Ken t cou ld s tick it under him . O n th e
las t la p , th ey go t tan gled u p in th ree,
and Jerry You ng who was in third pla ce,
watchin g the race, di ved under both of
them for the win .
John Du p ree go t the ho leshot in th e
600cc Pro main, wit h Brown 's Cy cle s'
Danny Richie in close pursuit, but thir dp laced rid er A.J. Herrera , on an Az tec
Racing Rotax, dived ins ide Dupree and
Richie out of turn fou r an d led the first
lap. 'Herr era and Dup ree pulled a fou rbike lead over Richie, w ho was bein g
push ed by Bob Cobb. The nin th lap saw
Dupree nip Herrer a for th e first p osi tion , which he then held to the fini sh .
Th ird p la ce went to Richie, fou r th to
Rob He n ton an d fifth to James Street. CI/I
Ventura County Fairgrounds
Ventura, California
Results : J une 26, 1999 (Round 3 of 4)
PRE-1936: 1. Kenny Remo (Jnd ); 2. JOt' Camero n (H·
D); 3, Dale Roll (tod).
D INO: 1. Ke my Rem o (l nd) ; 2. Go rd on Me nzi e
(RnE); 3. Da ve DaVarney (lnd) ; 4. Rich Gill (lnd ); 5.
Richa rd Dya tt (VeD.
SR 50+: 1. Eddi e Mulder (H· D); 2. Jim McMurren
(H~D); 3. Rick Brewer (BSA); 4. Cordo n Menzi e (R·E); 5.
Ben Fakk eldy (Tri).
NOV 50+: 1. Mike Dual (Tri): 2. larry Harn ess
3. Ben Fakkc ld y (Tri): 4. Marsh all Je nnings (Yam); 5. Bob
Waller (T ri ).
450 AM/EU RO : 1. Jim McMu rr en (H·D) ; 2. Ryan
Ca me ron (Vel); 3. Ti m Do wd (H·D) ; 4: Mik e H unt
, (BSA); 5, Joe PapC