Events
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(Le ft) S hane McAfee h ig h-sides in the first he a t race at Salmon
Speedway in Idaho, as Tom Sherma n , Da n P ignotti and Dan
Knudsen motor under him. Mc Afee won t he re s t of the h e a t s on
h is way to th e Division One v ictory.
(Ab o ve ) Patrick Carroll won the 60 c c Be g in ne r contest during
CRC 's S a t u rda y nig ht moto cross at Los Angeles County Race wa y.
McAfee, McKenzie McWinners
at Salmon Speedway
By S hane McA fe e
Photo by Carol Sheft s
SALMON,ro, JUNE 19
The sixth round of the Bud w eiser Intermountai n
Speed way Racers Associa tio n Dirt Tra ck Series
was held on a warm Saturday evening a t the
Salmo n, Idah o, Fairgrounds, a nd Sha ne McAfee,
on his fres h-ou t-o f-t he-crate, uprigh t, Castle
C ree k O utfitters /Cycle Sleds & Saws / lntermountain-sponsored 884 [awa, took the overall
Division One wi n.
After high -sid ing the bike on the seco nd lap
of the firs t heat while trying to get around Jeff
Watters. McAfee we nt on to win in the remaining
heats to take the overall win. Watters had a consis tent night of raci ng . fin ishi ng just one poi nt
behind McA fee for seco nd place. Third p lace
we nt to weslakc rid er Dan Pign ott i. Hom etown
rider an d trac k-prep ma n Tom Sherman cap tured
fourth place, and Da n Knudsen took fifth.
Ran d y Mck e nzi e, fro m Th om p so n Falls ,
Mon tana, fres h off a win at Merid ian Speedway
in Bo ise, took th e ove rall wi n o f the eveni ng .
Randy was consisten t through the w hole evening
of racing. ftnishing no less tha n third in any of his
races . With a p it crew that co ns ists of five kid s
and a bea utiful wife , Mck en zie can ' t lose ! Pas t
Salmo n Division Tw o winner Marty Shefts corrailed second place after his bike q uit in the first
heat. Mon tana's Mike Hanso n took third . Fourth
w en t to Herb Worford. Cod y Stone took fifth .
In the Ope n Expe rt CIass C race, " O ldTimer" Tom Sherma n, o n his 600cc Rotax, won
th e exciting main ev ent on the quar ter-mi le
track. Hon da-mo unted Dan Knudsen was leadin g the ma in until he go t loose comi ng o u t of
tum tw o and almost did the top tank-slapper of
the nig ht, jus t barely straigh tening it out fo r tum
three. Knudsen fin is hed second to Sherman,
with Cod y Stone taking third. Fourth went to
Carley Sherman, Tom 's d aughter, on her Honda,
a nd ftfth went to Yamaha-mounted Rich Clark.
The 250cc cla.ss wa s wo n by mot ocross speci.l list Tom Dolan. SL
'COnd went to Montana Vintage rider Ron Fenner on his Bulta co, third. went
to Division One speedwa y w inner Sh ane
McA fee on hi s Triumph, a nd fourth went to
Honda-mounted Tyson Sustaire.
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Results
[)"l: t. Sh.anco McAfe.:"~wl; 2. Jrtf W.uten O.lw );3. o.n PiRnotti (Wn); 4. Tom $hmn.ln OolW); S. Dan I Jt ud<;t O.w).
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0-2: I. Randv McKrn m- (jolW); 2. Mdrtv Shdt!; (J.lwl ; J. Mike
H.l nson (JilW); t . Ht.-rbWor ford OolW); 5. Cody Sront· O,1w).
250 : J. To m Dolan (Ho n ); 2. Ro n Fen nl"r (BuB ; 3. Sh.ne
McAft'E'(T ri) ; 4 T)'l"m SU..ta i.... (Hu n).
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OPEN EX: 1. Tom Sho.-nl\oIn OO: I. Jl' hn StTt~iM (Hun); 2. Duug C.lmpbell (J(.J,w ); 3.
But ch Motk'11l (i ion) ; 4. Mark r t.· k"l'S (Int. The former Juni or Spt.-cdway Champ ion ou tl a sted five of Speedway'S be s t backyardage race rs to clai m the Han d ica p mai n win
at Lowell Morrell's legen d.lfy CycleLand S!""odway. Not one to be left a t the gate, "R yin' " Mike
Faria ma tched Fis he r' s streak in the Scra tch
ma in, tak ing the night's richest payday for the
second nigh t in a ro w.
Robert Curry lin,od up for the Handicap main
o n the 3O-yard line, jus t outside of Fisher . Faria,
Bobby Hed den , fl.lrt fl." t and Billy Janniro were
all sF',ced ou t across the SO-yard line. Curry got
the start from the 30, but the red flag cam e out
and warnings were issued to the 5O--yarders. On
the next try , both Curry and Faria-- slowed up
immedia tely af ter the start, sensing the uneven
s ta rt and eXJX'Cting , red flag , w hich they got.
The thi rd try was indeed a charm and Curry was
again th e firs t rider to tum o nc. Fis her s tayed
rig ht w it h C u rry 3S th e six rid er s ci rcled th e
tricky, clay-banked ova l for the first time . Faria
was the first of th e bac k-ya rdage guys to get
away an d he soo n attacked the outs ide d irt line,
loo king to pull aro und Fis her and then Curry .
Hedden also tried the outside but wasn' t mak ing
u p much ground, and eventually finished sixth .
At the com pletion of the firs t turns of the third
la p, [anniro s uddenly s ho t up be tween C urry
and Fisher, splitting the tw o an d sen di ng Curry
toward th e o utsi de hay-bal e line. Fish er bare ly
held the lead , and [a nniro conti nued the attack. as
the two too k the w hi te flag. Co ming out of tum
two for the fina l time, Jan niro hit a dry spot and
had to send his Jawa into save mod e, w hich left
FIs her clearly in the lead . Fisher di d n't fa lter the
res t of the way a n d ha d t he wi n o n his
RMC / T ho mpson Plati ng / Bill Cody / A ubu rn
Outdoor Sports [awa, Janniro held on to seco nd .
Faria ga rne red th ird . C urry reco vered to finish
fourth, aod Bast was fifth.
In the Scratch main , Fa ria dre w t he pole.
Curry, w ho was awa rd ed a s po t in th e ma in
after Janniro lost the tran sfer spo t wh en his mu ffler came loose in the Scra tch se mi, lined u p to
Faria's rig ht in lan e tw o. Hedden was sta tioned
in lan e th ree , and Fish er drew the outside. Wh en
the sta rt ing tapes flew , so di d Faria. The cagey
ve te ra n was o u t to a multip le -b ik e -Ie n gt h
advantage before the race reached the seco nd set
of turns. Curry was seco nd off the line a nd held
the runner -up spo t until midway th ro ug h the
seco nd lap, when he parked coming ou t of tu m
tw o, allowing Fish er to tak e o ver th e pu rsuit.
Bu t Faria was gone aboa rd hi s BZ H onda o f
Reno / Oi Iz., lII1RM / S11' GM. Hed de n sta rted in
three and rod e the outsi de line to a third -p lace
finish. Fisher held o n to seco nd p lace, a nd Curry
took fou rth.
Results
SCR: I. Mlkt' Faria (GMI; 2. Ryan Fishrr (j.w); 3. Bobby Hed den (jolwl; 4. RoIx-rtCurry (jolW).
t;l0CP: 1. Ryan Fb hrr; 2. BiUy J.mni ro (ja w); 3. Mik Fa ria ;o4.
Roht'l1 C urry: 5. R.tr Ddst (JilW).
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D-2: I. Don WrbM rT (ja w); 2. Tom Adam!! (jaw); 3. Ceo rge
Snodgr.ls!l (Wt~); 4 . Harlan BaoJ: (We!!>).
0-3: I. Tom Od ek irk (j.lw) ; 2. Iva n S--art {We'!l ; 3. Vince
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Bmolucd (Jolwl.
j R: I. A.J. Jont'S (Wn); 2. Bry.n Y.lm.rw (jaw); J. ).T. Ma bry
(Jaw )
ha ve to wai t. Pu gmire tip ped over in a rutt ed cor- .
ner on lap tw o, and by the time he go t restarted ,
he was buried in the mid dle of the 9- to j t -yearold age gro u p, an d Gonza lez was lon g gone .
Pugmire d id an ad mira ble job of slicing up
thro ug h the o lder riders to ca tch Go nza lez by
th e wh it e fla g . Pu gmire loo ked to ha ve the
speed to ge t arou nd Go nza lez, bu t Gonzalez put
his IMS/PAX/ AC Racing Kawasaki int o block ing mod e on the last lap to hold him off for the
o vera ll win.
In t h e fi rst 60cc Beg in ne r m o t o , G ra nt
Phillips gra bbed the ea rly lead o ver the allKaw asa ki field . Phillips ' lead las ted half a lap
before Ca r roll too k cha r ge and imme di a tel y
sta rt ed to pull away. By th e halfwa y point, Ca rroll had a co mfortable tu-seco nd lead , onlv to
stall his bike, which allowed Jam es Jenkins 'and
J.B. Pee k to run one-two. Jen kins we nt down a
sho rt time later, wi th Peek glad ly acce pti ng the
lea d , a nd the firs t mo to win . Ca rroll go t bac k
around Jenkins to finis h seco nd .
Phillips ree le off a no ther holeshot to lead
d
round two, bu t by the end of the o pening lap it
was a battle between Jen kin s and Ca rro ll for the
top spot. Jenk ins a nd Carro ll wer e insepara ble
until mid way, wh en Ca rro ll found a little SOffit.
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th ing extra and pull ed away for the win. Pee k
overca me a bad sta rt to go 1-3 to ed ge ou t the 32 of Jen kins, for seco nd overa ll.
Results
P/W YAM BEG: I. Louis Smith Jr. ('{,1 2. AOOh."W
m);
('{am) .
Ot>1~ o
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P/ W BEG: 1. Z lChSprinf;l"f CHM): 2. Bryon How ell.. (~l.
P/ W ADV: 1. C hri..han Hard ing C
HM).
S/P / W (4-6): I . Chri!l r1uufft. (KlMl; 2. Cudv Farrar (K"fMI; 3.
Ki.oilh Rubin.o.un (Cobl ; 4. Ch ri.. Dt'lodl;UCTMl.
S/ P / W (7· lJ): 1. M ~h,1d Tru~lioJ (KTMI ; 2. Tommy Aquino
lCob) ; 3. Ann.1 nd o Agu ilar (KTM); 4 . Max LtdK .... (Cobl ; 5. Ch~
phc:-r Brad.t'l (KlMl.
flO BEG: 1. Po.tricl. Carroll (Kaw); 2. lB . PM (Kaw); 3. JanR'li
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jt.-nluns ( K,aw); 4. Culton Ja mes (Kol w); 5. Grant Phillips ( I<.lw).
flO (4--8) I. Da nny Gol\Zilll"Z (Ka w); 2. Tn.'t'I PuJ;fllino (Kolw ); 3.
:
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c.lm"" Lily (K'ThII.
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so (9- 11) : 1. Bryre Te
rzian (KTM); 2. Ni ck 5.tnchn (K.l w) ; 3.
Dou~s Ca rtl"f
Kt,," SI. lt"T Jr. (KTMI; 4. Preston Lundin (KTM); 5.
I
(Ka w).
flOBEG: 1. Nid. 5.lnchl"z (Sux.); 2. Nk-k Stmch (Hu nl ; 3. Tlmothy McCaN"; (YoIml; .a Travis Fo... (Kaw) ; 5. Justin HiIlif;("f{Yam ).
1ll (7·11): I. Tye lurr- (K,aw) ; 2. Kyle JenkiM (K.tw l; 3. 0...,..
reck Murphy (Su.d.
80 (12·13): I . Rv.. n Ruvbal (Hon) : 2. Jmuny Gonukoz (Yam); 3.
David i'ionU
Don Meiner (y.l m ); 4. Hank Owen (K.1W); S. Rot nd..I11 So1nd.. jrT
(Y. m ).
OfT EX: I. Greg R..~m (Hun ); 2. Bob Duntwm (Y.lm); 3.
Kirk Fn"'t"man (YoI m) ; 4. H .. rbl"rt AII...n ( Kolw); 5. Sco tt McOonall
o
(f-tun).
O fT MSTR B: I. C .L William... (Yam); 2. Nunn Schk-I (HQrd .
