Even ts
every race at the California high desert track tha t
his schedule has pe rmitted him to ente r this year.
In the Formul a One event, Graves was the first racer off the line on his M ich e lin -s hod
Yamaha YZP-Rl. Curtis Adams emerged in seco nd and Lu cio N ico lodai in thi rd . Howev er ,
midway throu gh lap two, N icolodai crashed in
tum four , bringing out the red flags.
. In the res tart , Graves o nce again powered
into the lea d, wi th Ada ms aga in in seco nd and
Ken Chase in third. Rou nding tu m two, Chase
was able to maneuver aro und Adams to move
into seco nd , but Ad ams powered past Chase in
the back straight on the same lap.
Starting lap two, Mark Mill ei had set his
sights on Chase and w as abl e to momentarily
mov e int o th ird . However, a mechan ical problem quickly developed o n Mi ller's mo to rcycle,
forcing him o ut of the race and movi ng Vincent
Haskovec int o third.
Halfwa y throu gh th e eight-l ap eve n t,
picked off Steven to capture the lead , which he
ma intained to the fin ish for the ov erall wi n,
ahead of Stevens (2-2) and Rogers (6-3).
Casey, w ho for the pas t severa l ye a rs has
been a consistent Expert-class winner, picked up
a win in the 250cc Expert Vintage class, lead ing
Hond a-m ounted Jim Row, the top Interm ed iate
rider, and fellow Exper t Dennis Sweeten to the
finish in bo th mot os for his only win of the day.
Row , by vi rtue of h is sec o nd -plac e fini shes to
Cas ev, was the overall Intermediate winner, finishing ahead of Sweeten each time out. Sweet en
was the recipient of poor starts all day long and
worked to third, second -placed Expert, ahead of
th e seco nd- a nd th ird-placed Intermediates
David Chappel and Jeff Gleason .
Ca nad a's Ken Bur ningham, winner of the
com bined O ver SO Expert /Intermed iate mot os ,
was a three-class wi nner, posting victories in the
Over 50, Pr lt-1970 and Fo u r-Stroke Vinta ge
classes a board his BSA. Burningham was
pushed hard in his Over 50 race by Rick Down ing and George Eadie, the top Intermediate riders in mo tos one an d two, respectively.
Results
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XR 75: 1. ~arkWl StL"VCM; 2. Rvan Wadsworth; 3. Mt.X Ad a ms .
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XR 7511'\'T: 1. Ryan Yo rk; 2. J~hn Trudeau.
PRE- IWO EX: 1. Ken Burning ha m (BSA ); 2. Jay lad (Mol .
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PR E-1m 1m : 1. Darrel Kilgore ClI!It"Y {Hon); 2. Dermis Sweeten (l lcnl.
O PEN AM : 1. Bria n Wry (CZ> ; 2. Ddn iel Vin ci (Suz ); 3. Di no
Medina (Cz>.
O PEN INT : 1. Juh n Ad. lms (Ya m ); 2. Ma rty Welt er (Hu n ); 3.
[).m Fuger ty (CZ) .
OPE N EX: 1. Ch ri~ C.ls tl... (CZ ); 2. [ohn Ulver (CZ) ; 3. Chri~
s
CI.l rk(CZ ).
JO+ AM : 1. And y McK ea y (H u!!); 2. Bill Metca lf (Su z); 3.
Da vid M.lCKillop CBu
ll.
30+ INT : I. john Ad a ms (Yam); 2. Ray H o rton (Ho n); J. Jeff
Pug h (Hon) .
.30+ EX: 1. Juh n Ulver (Ka w ).
40 + AM : 1. Dirk Wi1l i.tm ~ (H u!l); 2. Bria n Wry (CZ ); J. Jay
Ha mi lto n (Hu n).
40+ Iro.'T: 1. Juhn M.lltl 'OIl (CZ ); 2. Rt'L'Ct' Dcn ~"-'r (CZ); 3. Bill
Bm wn (Yam ).
41J+ EX: 1. Charlie Bro wn (Puc ); 2. Chris u stl c:; (CZ).
50. A M: 1. [o hn Cd ld ""'e ll (Mili ); 2. Bu d Abbolt (Ya m); 3.
Dav id MacKillo p (Bu ll.
50+ L''T : 1. Ge0'K t" Eoldle (Yarn ); 2. Rick Do wning ( Bu )); J.
Stet'e Satt"'rlund (CZ ).
50+ EX: I. Kt"n Burningham (BSAl.
(,{H. AM : 1. Norm De vall (Ya m); 2. Ralp h Clark (H an).
60 + I:'IIT I. George Eadie (Yam ); 2. Ed Pdr.iOJlS fBSA).
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tlO+EX: 1. Dick Stidl\dm ( Han).
WMS A M: I. TiN H..rl,ln (Ya ml; 2. Debbie WelitT (Puel; J.
Ali ), Saario (CZ) .
\VMS INT; 1.jul ieSw.. eeen (HoJd;2. Vollt"rieL'l vnOColwl.
4-STRJ( [l'I.'T; 1. M,lrty welter (Han); 2. Dean Newton (BSAI;
3. LaF"yJ-' M cCu'Yft" (H- Dl.
4-STRK EX: I. Ken Burningham (asAl .
I:::vol u tion
125 AM : 1. Chdrles ~brtin fl (Sun; 3.
am
Dav id McDt.Tmt. :(Kaw l.
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125 l!'o ': 1. Nobby To lalo (Hon).
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2SO AM; 1. Richa rd Pick nL'l (Yam); 2. Colby Ca mpbell ey (Ho n ); 3. Mike
Bnnoci ni (Ka w).
O PEN AM : 1. Paul RON.>flOW(Ma i); 2. Marvin :-.it'\tftun (Mail ;
3. Ray Fisht'l (Bul).
O PEN tNT : 1. JR . Neu m im (Suz) ; 2. Ken ny Brynn (Ma i); 3.
Fr"'ll. Ca mp be ll (Ma il.
O PEN EX: 1. Scott Ty ler (Mail ; 2. Ku rt Stev erul (Yam) ; J. G reg
Rud~er.l (Mai).
0-40 AM : 1. Kt'n Ha rlan (Yam); 2. Jo h n Wind.!!ur (Su z); 3 .
Ch,lrlt'S M.utin (Yam ).
0-411 INT : 1. 1.R. Nl'uman (Suz ); 2. Jonathan Stu a rt (Hu n); J .
Sco tt McA lIi!!h'l tBu n.
{).40 EX: 1. Kurt St{'wns (Y.-tm); 2. T ruy Folck (Hon); 3 . Veri
tl am ilton (Yam ).
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40+ AM : 1. Ray F'1,..hL (Mail; 2. Robert Sch u ltz (H u.·d; 3. Han...
Ma y (H u!ol.
40+ INT: 1. Frank Ca m p bt"ll (Mail ; 2. Bill Brown (Yam l; 3.
D.l le Ja cobus (Ya m ).
40 + EX: 1. G reg Rod g t'rs (Ma D; 2. Jl"6. Bucklq thWhi te (H un); 4. Lonnil' Evans (Y.lm); 5. D:wid Rl'a~lnll (Suz)
40+: 1. Ronnil' R.IY{tI o n l; 2. Da rrt'll Bil;ha m (Suz l; 3. KC'nn..th
Wh itl'( Hon).
W MN: 1. Ml'1i !'~ Bailey {Kca w l; 2. Sh erry C ri ttL
wo n ( I<.lw).
12.1i A: I. Dolt c ll Bla nk en sh ip (Su z l: 2. De n ·k Smith (Ya m ); J.
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D.l mlln Prin ce (Su z l; 4. C h ris Brisendint" (Su z ); 5. Mik e Brand on
(Yam ).
125 B: I. Chris Bu rk l'l' n (Y., m l; 2. Chris Brill (Yam ); 3. Eric
Kli"kh,'mmtT (Suz ); 4. Alan We a trn.· ford (Yam ); 5. S!l.,nL Kis..
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(Kaw ).
125 C: I. JO!Jl C roley (Yam ); 2. Josh Burress (Yam); 3. Kt·...in
Burkhart (Yam ); 4. Gn"g Ham m und (Ho n ); 5. KL
-vin Field s (Ya m).
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250 A: 1. J(lrd a n \1 oneym.ker (Kcaw 2. M.lTk Ga.rrison (Suz );
J. Dar n ·1 Blanken , hi p (Suz l; 4. Jason Perry {Suz l; 5. Puoh Bear
Gu iden (Yam).
250 B: I. Wil liam Smallwood (Suz ); 2. M ike Moo re (HIlr'\); 3.
jam es Ge rner (Hon); 4. Russ Blankenship (Suz).
250 C: 1. Josh Bul'TeSS (Yam); 2. ) 01
....111 RicJ,:,.. tts (Suz) ; 3. H ea th
Ellu (Yam) ; 4. Mike Scha effer (Ka wl: 5. G"-"8 Lehman (Yam) .
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Costa Mesa F
airgrOUnds
Hart pumps 'em up
Ha skove c d ra fted and passed Adams to ta ke
over second . Coming past the s tart-finish line on
the next lap , Adams' mo torcycle clearl y sound ed as though a mechanica l problem had developed, an d was slowing hi m down. On lap six,
Chase caug ht and passed Ada ms dow n the back
s traigh t to m ove in to th ird. A t the line, it was
Graves with the w in, followed by Haskovec secan d and Chase third.
"I got really lucky today: ' said Graves after
th e ra ce . "My motorcycl e was r unn ing really
well and my Michelin tir es worked great."
Graves also won the Bridgestone/Racer's
Edge Formu la Two GP event, lead ing from the
d rop of the starter' s flag to the finish . Following
Graves off the lin e was Bryce Gr oss , with Bryan
Kovarick in thir d . However, o n lap two, Kovarick slowed drastically goin g into turn six, allowing Sam Camibucci to move into third .
Halfway throu gh the eigh t-lap race, three
riders closed up and began to challenge
Carnib ucci for thi rd . Going d own the front
By Chris Jonnum
Photo by Forrest Hayashi
straight to complete the lap, Haskovec d rafted
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multip le attem pts to recatch Haskovec, he held
on to finish third , beh ind Graves and Gross.
LaVaughn Daniel rode to victory in the Public Imaging/ Thousand Oaks Hond a HRC l2Scc
The anno uncer was rend er ed speechless a t the
end of the Free Rid e Mo to-X Cham p io ns hi ps '
firs t ro u n d , an d a lthough it was primarily
because he was left without a mic when the
event ran past its curfew , it was Ca rey H ar t's
aeria l maneuvers tha t had many ot her people
dumb founded. Said man euvers consis ted of his
trad e ma r k " H a rt Atta ck: ' an incredible o ne -
handed sea t-grab Superman hand stand (above),
but he also threw a few serious old-schoo l whi ps
in to his victorious fina l run.
Clifford Ad aptante was a lso im pressive as
the run ne r-up, pulling out a va riety o f tric ks,
including a Sara n Wrap; a Lazy-Boy; a sciss or kick, sea t-gra b, Su pe rm an; a whipped nac-nac: a
Cord ov a ; a tw o- foo ted, o ne- ha nded ca n-can;
a nd a twitch . H is candy ba r an d bar hop we re
fairly typical - except that he land ed both while
s till in position (one foo t over the bar for the
first, bot h over the ba r for the second).
Th e Meta l Mu lis ha ' .s Bria n Deegan a nd
La rry Linko gle w ere the ir typica l cheerful
se lves, "a ccid e n ta lly" sneaking sw ea r words
into int erviews and th reatening to have their
friends in the crowd beat up those who didn't
suppor t them . Deegan mad e the fina l and go t
third .
Frees tyle is usua lly a sid eshow, but here,
w here it was the main dish, downtime entertainm en t was provided by a hi gh -jump co n tes t
(which was won by Adam Pierce) and Speed &
Style . a timed ra ce that awards extra points for
ae rial tri cks . Other diversion was achi eved by
watching a fire-breather, and by star-spotting
(MX hero Jeff Em ig and w at ercr a ft sta r C hris
Fischetti were on hand).
Results
FIN A l: 1. un''Y H.... rt ; 2. Oifford Adopta nl'J-'; 3. Bria n 0.......ga n; 4. \1 ikc-Cinqrn.t~; 5. Rq;.1n Sicg; fl . Tommy ao~; 7. Ron nie Fa~t; 8. Kris Rou rke .
SEMlflNAl: 1. C arey HURl:J!' ;
J. Ch rist o p h J-' r Mo rrow ( KT M); 4. Sco tt Fabbn> (So z); 5. David
Dt.· t.On (Ya m l.
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f.SCl.: 1. Lloyd jl>
hn...,o n (J)ue) ; 2. C a rlin Du nne (Hon); 3. Ron
Tu d v.chmidt (Duel; 4. Scott Spt> (Hun); 5. Da nny Ayala (Yam).
ars
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L/W VL",,": 1. Jim Dob-ion (Ya m ); 2. CMhn Du n ne (H(>n) 3.
Scott Spears (Hon); 4. Kelly Nieben (Ho n); 5. 5t~ Al len (HonJ.
