Events
f
way to a co m man di ng victo ry in the seco nd
moto.
TIle start of the first mo to saw KTM ride r Eric
H ja lma rson grab the ttea d , ahead of Rich ard
Albach and Robert Tron. The action-was tig ht, as
the whole pa ck circu la ted the trac k in unison.
H jalmarso n was looking comfortable ou t fro nt as
he pull ed a slight ma rgin ove r Alba ch. bu t Albach
must have bt>en sizing up his riva l, as he took the
lead on the thi rd lap an d ne ver looked back. The
rider ,vho was on the move through the pack was
..
Juan Saffon : He moved from fifth up to third in
two laps. p.lssing Tro n and Chip Morton with rcla tive ease. Also moving through the pack was
Bacon. whose a trocious start had left him in last
place on the first lap . By lap three , however, he
was fourth on the track an d second in his class.
The actio n got tight by the end of the moto ,
wi th lapped traffic sig nificant ly slowing Hja lma rson 's pace. Saffon a nd Bacon closed up in a
hu rr y, bu t ne ith er cou ld mak e a pa s ~ . Albach
was long gone in the lead . Hjalmar son wa s second in the mo to and first in his class. He wa s follow ed by Saffou and Bacon.
The sec ond mo te was looking good for Hjalmars on . He left the pack behin d in the first turn .
Bacon was in second and set sail after the KTM
pi lot. Albach had the ca rds stacked again st him
in th e seco nd moto du e to a d ea d- last s ta r t.
Bacon wa s ra iling and he pu lled a consid erable
lea d a ft e r p as sin g Hj a lm arso n o n la p two .
Alba c h wa s also b lasting th rou g h the pa c k,
going from last to fourth in one la p on a one-line
track. Bacon wa s o u t fro nt and cruis ing, with
Hjalma rson in seco nd . Albach and Cra ig Smith
di ce it out for third through the infield .
d
Bacon took the overall with his 2~1 tally, and
Hjalrna rson ca me in second in the moto and Sl.'Cond overa ll. Albach recei ved thi rd in the mo to
and the 125cc Intermediate overall via his 1·1 in
the class.
KlJ 0 -11): I . Attcn Rl> 2.' r.,t M.lSSll·; 3. T'ly lor t Iarmon .
ssi;
Sk.,~!,":" ; 3. Dillin n
Rhn.lde l-'
.
SCHBY : I. David W hiter"ft; 2. Cory Sm ith ; 3. Na than Skil~S
125 A : 1. JM t' d Wo lft"; 2. A n th o nv Atwood : 3. Richa rd
Pra ther .
.
125 B: 1. Ch,lrlit· ra! TbompI.u n.
:!50 A : I. Mikl' Clm pbdl; 2. Richard Prather: 3. Dou g CIII.
25118 : 1. Jill" Pr,lthl'f; 2. Dil\'iJ Rifl'; 3. L.ll'K'\.· Kid ...
2.iOC: 1. Ti mot hy Su hr; 2. jason Wl..,:ks; 3. Bry.,n w ouord .
'
1~24 : 1. Dl,u!,": ('", II; 2. Mik elvers. 3. JI>!'o(.-ph l'T. tlwr .
1
25+A : 1. Matt r(lWI.'~; 2. Erillt"onard; 3. rat Thrall .
25-+B 1. Ton v McNdiilll,;2. Brva"t To rres . 3 . loev Fun.!.
:
30+8: 1. JOt Dd 'd ice; 2. Ric~rd Robill.-.on; 3. H..I Comb:' III
.
40+; 1. H" I Combs; 2. (",,-TTYBt.."I'iI1l'tt; 3. R<>d Corn er .
o rEN B: 1. Richa rd Sp.-.ngl ...r ; 2. Bart B.1N1k; 3. r l-tt' H,' p RlT.
, MO 1I2-151: l. Mic hael WillolfJ ; 2. N,lt l", n
.y
1. Ciuw k\' Moc a ~l"l'i (y.lm); 2. Chad Bohna (Yam) .
HO NOV: I. Coeey Gw- ta f:iOfl(Yam ); 2. Aaron Breiu (yam); 3.
TyilT Kl'l·fl"(Y.lm).
!Co I ~: 1. ZM:W ray (y.lm).
125 BEG : 1. jdf Va u!,":hn (K",w l; 2. M",J"C'O!,. Rc ee (Ya m) ; 3.
y
Shd rli n It umph~ (Ya m l.
125 f\;OV : 1. lva n N ,w"nl·tl' I H{ln) ; 2. Alfn.·do C{ln tn'r "'!tn Hu m phTryli (Yam ).
i
125 INT: 1. Rich .uJ A lbach (Yd m ); 2. Ju",n Oit'go S",ifon
IY.1 }.
m
2511 BEG: 1. Tim lyons (H u n l; 2. RYdn Wilson (Hu n) ; J.Chri..
CUITC (Y.lm).
II
2Sll NO V: I . Swu S... lu:l\'ic (H.;m); 2. Ryan ScenblTg (Yaml ; 3.
p
Ed G.l itl'!o(Y. m )
1
2S01NT: I. Jush Tu p.1 (Y" m) ; 2. O.R. Ol'flll"flt lHon); 3 , Kirk
C h.md ltT (Hu nl .
2';(1 r RO: 1. Ti m Do.."t ty (Yaml ; 2. Stt' n Ra!.l n~
(Y;l m) ; 3. Alll'n Ortiz (Htm) .
VET -tll + EX: 1. 101.' P,1l1i11il (H lml
·);
VET 50... orEN : 1. D.wt.' Jacobus (Y,l m) ; 2. Tim Da ily (K.l....
3. ltlhn Knl/; ht (Y.lm) .
4-STRK NOV: I. Ryan Stt.'1lbl'T}; (Y.l m ); 2. Mikol Aill'n (V., m );
·
J. Rya n Stl'n blTJ; (Y.l m l.
BMBR NOV : 1. loh n Elliu n (Hus); 2. Rro Connus (Hu s l.
n
BMBR E.X: 1. Gary Dt.· fort'st (Hun); 2. Ru d y C.lstdlll'tb (H, m).
Old Town Park MX
Spangler's banner day
By Ru pert X. P e lle tt
FRA1',KroRT, OH,AUG. 15
Per fect pr e-r ace co nd itions, 345 en tries and a
well-Iaid-out motocross track we re the o rd ~r of
the d ay a t this South Ce nt ra l Oh io' mot ocross
fac ilit y out s idt! Fra n k fo rt. Me ch an icsburg ,
O h io '~ .Ric ha rd Spa ng le r twis ted th e th ro ttl e
wid e opt!l1 from the sta rt to the checkers in both
motos of the Open B class, a nd the K a w asaki~
.mounted thirty-something speedster sim ply ou tran the n . st of the field to tak e the O\rera ll.
Bart Barok ra n well, and his cons isten t 2-2
finishes ne tted him second over all, while Pete
Ha pner took thir d- p lace hono rs wi th 3-l po stings on his M J ~s pon so red KaW35aki .
David Wh itcraft do m ina ted the Sc h oo l boy~
class action . The F&S Suzuk i-sp onsored teenage
ph eno m ~ n on sa iled hi s RM125 to both w ins
a hea d of the 20· rider field . Yama ha-mounted
Cor y Smith ran well for seco nd overall with 2-4
po stings, while Natha n Skaggs took his Suzuki
to third via 5 ~3 finishes.
Results
58
P / W 50: 1. Mat ttw w Cllt lf'l T; 2. All'" R.l t.li ; 3. To mm y Ml-;l'fS.
50 (7·K): 1. A..I Mok-r; 2. Sha w n Lu ns lurd ; 3. Eric Denny .
1'15: 1. Pat !l.t.ls!. i... 2. AIlt.· Ros.'>i 3. Kyl...Smi th
;
n
;
t he wa y . Th e two ba ttled a ll t he w a y to th e
checkers, bu t for the second week the win went
to Nor thru p . Hicks held off McConnell for second, a nd Oxley t a me away with fourth. Finishing out the field were Aden. Ackroyd and . y.
Results
SCR 1. SJ't<1wn ,\ -tc " f1tlI (GM); 2. Brd<.-l Oxk")' (Wes); 3. [obn
Cf1 '
Results
~18 FG :
(Above le ft) Shawn " Ma d Dog" Mc Con nell p oi nt s th e way ahe a d of J o h n " Bo y" Aden en
route t o th e Scra t c h main vic to ry at Costa Mesa Speedway in S o ut h e rn Ca lifo rn ia .
(Ab ove right) G reg You ng beca me the aocc Beginner w in ner by swee ping the cl a s s despite
the Hig h De s ert hea t at Los Angele s County Raceway in Palmda le , Ca liforn ia.
Ad.."I'i
Cost! Mesa S
peedway
McConnell, Northrup tear
up Harley Night
By Ela ine Jones
Photo by Mike Basso
COSTAMESA, CA AUG 21
,
It was Harley Night a t Costa Mesa Speedway.
and tht.j' ca me from far a nd ne~lr for a chance to
race aro und the famous Bullri ng. Sha wn "Mad
Dog" McConnell wa s the big d og in the Scra tch
Main, a nd Andy "The Enforcer" No rth rup, still
on th~ mend with a brok~n foot. too k gold in the
Han d icap ma in.
The first sem i on the Scratch side of the pro-gram wa s headed by Charlie "The Edge" Venega s a nd Bobby " Booga loo" Sch wart z. "Du kic"
Er m o le n ko a nd Nor thrup w e n t to t he ld
On the St.'COnd try, Schw artz a nticipatL the ga te
and the red ca me ou t again . Schwa rtz we nt to
the 20-yard line a nd th ey Jinlo.d up again. This
tim e it wa s a ll syste ms go . Ve negas tried to
make th e outsi de work, a nd McCo n ne ll a n'd
Oxley took the low line. locking up the top run ning spots. It was McConnell all the way, and a ll
Ox ley could d o wa s follow him hom e. Aden d id
a great job ho lding off Schwartz an d Ven.ogas for
thi rd .
The first se m i on the Ha nd ica p side of the
pr og ram saw "Sm o kin"-' Joe Win st on overhau led by Ve negas . who came flying throu gh
the field from the 5O-y rd line to take the lead by
a
the t h ir d la p . " Go rg eo u s" Ga ry Hi ck s ,
McConnell and No rthru p a lso tran sferred to the
mai n.
The second Ha nd ica p sem i was a batt le of
a tt r it io n . T he four who ca m e t hrou gh it
un scathed were Oxley, Ad en. Kit Nay and Ga ry
Ackro yd .
The lineu p for the Hand icap main had Nay
a ll alo m~ on the lO-ya rd line. Ackroyd was next,
on the 40. Venl1;3s, No rthrup and Aden wer e on
the 50, and on the 60 were Hicks, McCo n nell
and O xley. On the first try a t a start, Venegas got
caught rolling , and w hen the ref se nt him back,
he refused to go an d instead wen t to the pits.
Every one got off clean on the second try and
Nay held the lead for three J.1PS before No rthru p
and Hicks mow d bo th Ackroyd and Na y out of
(JAW );
4. Bob by 5chw<1rtz (GM );5. Ourlit. Vt'1lt.-gas(jaw).
·
HOCP: 1. Andy Nort hrup (Jaw l; 2. C"ry Hick!! (C M ); 3.
Sh.awn M((:()nl1I;'1I (GMI; 4. Brad ChJ..-v (Wl'S); S. Joh n Aden (jaw).
SDCR 1. B. Brayton /D. King (Ho n); 2. S. Mo rrow / C. Ch.1pmoln (Su zl; 3. S. GLa"l'I/D. SCo~l'S ( Due); " . S. C o ll"/ L. Cra vens
(Y" m) .
s ur; 1. R.mdy Ski nlll"l" (ja w) ; 2 . Tim TucM-r (jdW ); 3. M.nk
Ad-1m!> (j.,w) ; 4. o.l\'id Lynch O",w); 5. Ct.ony Duttwt-illT O",w)
Los Angeles County Raceway
Young, Harada scorch
the desert
By G reg Robertson
PA LMDA LE, CA,AUG. 21
Greg Young and Gary Ha rada put in a couple of
scorching rides to rival the triple-d igit tcmpcra ~
lur es of the High Desert as they domina ted the
80cc Beginner and Vet Novice classes, respcc ·
tively, during the VSK Racingsponsor ed ro und
o f Ca lif o rnia Raci ng C lu b's Sa turday ni ght
motocross a t Los Angeles County Raceway.
Th e firs t .BOcc Beginner , mo to be longt'd to
Young righ t from the drop of the gate, as he led
Ta nn er Lan gham, Mik e Garcia a n d Michael
Covelli. Llngham kept Youn g in sight for a couple of lap s be fore go ing dow n and finishing an
ev entua l sixth. Covelli got a ro u nd Ga rcia , but
Ga rcia retalia ted a short time later to finish the
moto in second. Za ch Reese and Daniel Cag le Jr.
ov e rca me mi d pack sta rts to e nd up third a nd
fourth, respectively. just a head of Cowlli.
Yo u ng w as o n t he m a rk as h e p ut hi s
Axo /ZLT I FMF-sponsored CR80 into an i mm.~
d iate lead in the seco nd muto, a nd then he simply wa lkt>d away with a 1-1 ~ Wl't." of the c1ass_
·
N ick Simpson he ld off Jesse Bt.rg for th e first
half of the moto un til he gol a little too up d~
a nd pe rso nal with the LACR sa nd. Covelli came
fn)m out of the fit'ld to pass Berg for st.."COnd to
go 5-2 for the second- place trop hy. Cag le used a
cons isten t 4-4 score to ed ge out the 3-5 of Reese
~l nd the 2-6 of Ga rcia for third o\'t'T ll.
a
Like You ng , Harad a u sed a p.li r of good
starts to control the pace out fro nt in bo th Vet
Novice races.
Pas ha Afshar ga ted in Sl"COnd place in round
one and held the position throughou t the race to
finis h ahead of a har d-char ging Derr ick Arnold.
Jeff Hall and Ray Ritzier ro und .>(! ou t th e top
five.
The second moto two was a repeat of the
first, wi th the KX250-mounted Ha rad a lead ing
Afshar for the first five la ps. This time aro un d,
Arno ld was ab le to p ut the p ass on Afs ha r
befor e time ran ou t to ea rn second overall on a
3-2 night. Ritzier slipped past Shy Moshe on the
final circu it to lock up fourth overall.
Results
r /w YA M BEG: 1. A nd n ...... O"'·l~d<.-I o Jr . (Y. m ).
1
r /w BEC ; 1. Kvll' Prin ce (H MI; 2. Cu lcun S.' nl.kT~ (KTM); 3.
Z.lChdry ,Gra nd mai sa n (HM ); 4. Cary St.tC)'("'TM1 .
'
r / W ADV : 1. Eric Kahl er ("'IM).
P/ W 60: 1. O ""ldllT Quiml'ttt' ( KTht I; 2. Co n' y T.l lhol t (Cob ).
•
P/ W 70 : 1. Chcl,....aCillld ido ( Hon).
s ir/ \\, (4 -h ): 1. Kl'lth R"bin.,.;," ICt >b 2. C h.m d ll'r Quimette
);
(KThn .
• S/P /W (7.111: 1.1.lm ... H ill (A TK); 2. David Hi ll (AT K); 3 .
'S
Cun")' Talbolt (Cobl; 4 . Erit' Kalhl'r fKTM l.
bO BEG ; 1. Ma r lL Brewer (K. w ); 2_ Tun y Not.uo (,, " w ); 3.
,
Sht"ITiCruse ( KTM).
bO (4-8) : 1. Sh.twn Butlt 'r 1)(., W).
t>O (Q..ll): 1. Tn '1lt Pu~min' (" a w ); 2. f'rt-ston l.u lld in (Ka w);
3. Ken Sle ter Jr . (J; 5. C.ulll'run G.'ld'oby
(K..,W) .
80 BEG : 1. Gn-g Young ( Ho " ); 2. ~ichdd Coveth (Suz); 3.
Oa nid Cagle Jr . (H,m) ; -I,
Rl'1. ·IK.t w ); 5. Milt' Garcia \Yaml .
80 (7-1U: I. TYl" 1I.,m ~ Ow ); 2. Kyle ....n ki n !> (Kaw); 3.
Sh"Wtl Mohr (Yam) ; 4. ~ i ("" Sanchloz (Su7.); ~. Timochy McD,m id
(Yam ),
.... SO0 2-13): I. An thl1ny fLlrb.ic1wi (Ya m) ; 2. Brrtt Mounta.in
(Yam ); 3. D,wid Norris (H I' n ); 4. Bn·rm .l n Ml'G inrn !> (Yam) .
SO (14-10): 1. G.lm.'tt fh.'1"lt' (Y",m); 2. Mlch.l d Bfl'Wt.'f (Htm);
3. Jim my ra tric k (Yam)
S/ M INI; 1. An tho nv B.u"b.I U (Yol ); 2. Mik E ~ tl';n (Ya m );
C \·j
m
.
3. Mitchdl Abobn'o~ (11 m ); -t. Bn"l'iMn McCinni'l (Ya m ); 5. TImo·
th y Md },m id (Yam)
125 BEG: I. Ni ck J' 'P'''m (hm) ; 2. o., ri n Ch ishl1lm C n); 3 .
Ho
Ryan C rig.<>by (Hon); 4. Cudy Sp.l uldi ng (Kaw) ; 5. G1l" n H" nis
n
(Hun ).
125 HON: 1. Sh au n Tr.1hcrt (K,l w l; 2. CI1n.-yMu rp hy (Hon); 3.
o..· uce RUtil-dJ;1. ( Ho"); 4. G l' r",rd r .ltlT (Y.lm) ; 5. D.m n v Moh r
·
l
(Y.lm) .
.
125 ll'o 1. Ottis Tucro (Y.lm ); 2. Bn'n t Gi lli., m (Ydm ); J. jdf
'T:
Eid ...(Yam); -I Juna th an Shi mp (Yol ) ; 5. Juh n..'1" Fau lklll."I' (Y<1 m) .
m
250 BEG : 1. C.ulin c...,.-
