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Out law Dirt Track Races Seaside Park -- S T O RY A N D P HOTO S Bv D E N N IS S UT ER VENTURA, CA, JUNE 24 - -- After o n e l ap , Pa ul H er m an wa s in f ift h . Herr er a har assed Th ie ba ud a ll ove r th e tr ack bu t co uld not find an ~ h e Sh op " and Eddie M uld er ope ning . Herm an m ov ed past Ho ward pres en t ed t h e ei g h t h an nual Outlaw Dirt Tra ck Rac es at Sea sid e Park ' s quarter -mil e o v a l. Pl en t y o f t rack time was enjoye d b y all, as lots o f pr ac t ic e and t w o f u l l r ounds o f h eats w er e held befo re th e 18 ma in eve nts . o n th e fourth la p and J eff J ohn son . iI All en M cBee was fi rst away from th e fiel d in th e Fl a n d er s /M o ore 's Cy c le Center D i n o sa u r (1 9 5 1 and ea rlier) rac e. Th e beaut iful, blac k Tri umph Twin owned b y Pat Hicks was nev er he ade d . Kenn y Remo, on Top Dead Center 's 1940 Sc ou t , pressured Mc Bee u n ti l Re m o d ro p p e d h is m o t or c y cl e in t u rn three . Re m o somehow k ept th e foot -cl utc h b ik e r u n ni n g and f ini sh e d fo u r t h . Th e Dodge Br others Indian ridden by Rick Hock in g was m ov i n g t hro u g h th e pack when a big slide co ming out o f t wo pu t Hocking o n th e gr o und hard. Ronnie Br own , o n a 1948 WR Har ley David son , r ode t o seco n d place . Roy al En field -m o unted Go rdon Men zie c aught th e leaders at th e fin ish fo r third . Son ny Nutt er absc ond ed wi th the holeshot in the J RC Distributing Senior Over 50 race. Nutter's Triu mp h led Jim McMurren 's A erm acchi Harley -Davidson until Muld er, on Th e Sh o p' s XR750 , dropped McMurren to third. Nutter and Mulder th en battled f or t he le ad all around th e tr ack . Mulder reta ined first. Nutter bobbled, and McMurren took second at the checkers. T he Continenta l T ir es main event for Super Seniors and Novi c e Over 50 racers was a ra c e - l ong du el be tween Ron Gould and M ickey Al zo la . Over 60 rider Gou ld won th e troph y and a new Conti nental tire . Larry Madrigal was third . Asian -manufactur ed m otorc yc le s u nder 450cc ra c ed in th e Maxima Racing Oi ls / K£,N F i l t e r s co n t e s t. Brad Spen c er laun ch ed o ff the li n e, with John Lu ndgren in close purs uit . Lun dg ren pu ll ed enough lead d own th e b ack ch u te o n t he last l ap a nd beat Spencer to th e line fo r the wi n. Ke n Thi eb aud and A .J. Herrera led the 650 -900cc Progres siv e Suspensio n /A£'A Racing M od e rn Vintage c lass bikes to th e first turn o n their 750cc T riu m p hs, fo ll o wed b y Harl ey ri d ers Gary White and Donny Howard . put How ard down to fifth in th e last tw o tur n s . Th e f in al o rd er w a s Sp en cer pu sh ed Larry Earhart to sec ond plac e b y lap four, and o n lap he fi v e pas sed Earh art to ru b Herman 's r ear t ire, Spenc er d iv ed un d er Herman in t hr ee on the next lap and was ab le to hol d t he top spo t to th e finish. Herman bobbl ed o n th e last lap a nd relinqu ish ed sec ond to Ea rh art. Th e 600 cc Sup port ra ce wa s Br ad Spen c er 's second w in of t he evening . T h e W o r k s S h o c k s event wa s S id Pay ne's un til lap six , wh en Spe ncer' s rele ntl ess pre s sure f o r ce d a sm all o p eni ng and Sp en cer go t under Payne in turn three. On t he fi nal go around , Payne dropped hi s m o unt in turn four, allow in g Dave Al exander to fin i sh se cond and Shawn Kump to take th ird. eN (Above ) At the Out la w D irt Trac k Races in Ventura, Ca lifo rn ia , Ken Thiebaud (6 3Y) t ook the w in in t he 6 5 0cc to 900cc Modem Vi ntage A c la ss , a head of A.J. Herrera a nd Paul He nnan; J eff Johnson (3 5 ) wa s fourth a nd Do nny Howard (2 2) w as fifth. ILeft) Brad Spenc e r 17 M) t ook the 600c c Support-c lass victory. Dave Ale xander (3 7) was the ru nner-up, ah ead of Wayne Warrington; Sid Payne 1 3 E) placed fifth , behin d 2 Shawn Kump Ibehind Payne). IBe low ) Brad Spencer 17M) battles eventual w inner John Lundgren (4 5) In the contest for Asian-manufa.ctured, 450cc-and-under motorcycles. T hiebaud , Herre ra , Herman , Johnson and Ho ward. Hoo lig an ra ces are always c rowd -p lea sers , and th i s yea r's N e sb it In ns con tes t was no di fferent. Rick " F lintsto ne" Stec sco red from th e sta rt l in e on h i s 19 6 8 H- D 1200 in the ea rl y laps. O rig i nal B o oze F i g h t e r me m ber Johnny Camer on , o n his H a r l e y , passed S tec and scored h is second victory of th e night. Jimmy Raymond drifted hi s chop pe r in the dirt an d wa ved to th e v er y apprec iative c r o w d down th e front straight. The M otion Pro/Contin ental T ir es Class C Foot Shift is a brakeless c lass f or v i n t a ge bik es . In th e A mai n , McMurren 's A ermac ch i Harley -D avid son was again in th e lead , ahea d of M cB ee' s T riumph . M cMurren held on f or the win and a new Co ntinental tire : McBee finished sec ond , with Bill K iriakidis th ird . T he Class C Hand Shift event was spo nso red by Dodge Brothers Raci ng , which also p ro vi ded t he 1936 Ind ian Scout on wh ich Eddie Cast ro snared th e ho leshot. Du bb Farrell , also on an Indian , cha rged hard after Castro and showed how ill hand ling a Springer Hardt ail ca n be. Kenny Rem o , o n T op Dead C enter 's Indian , passed Far rell on th e th ird lap and set sail after Ca s- Seaside Park Ventura, California Results: June Z4, ZOOO DI NO : 1. Allen McBee (T ri) ; 2 . Ronnie Brown ( HD ); 3. Gordon Menzie ( R-E ); 4 . Kenny Remo ( Ind) ; 5 . Bill Kiriaki dis ( Ind) . PRE-1 935 : 1. Johnny Cameron (H-D ); 2. Dave A lexander (S un) ; 3 . Vi cto r Co hen (H - D ); 4 . Dee Cam eron (H- D ). CL·C HND SHIFT BRKLSS : 1. Eddie Cas tro (Ind) ; 2 . Kenny Remo (H-D ); 3. Ron Cochard (Ind); 4 . Dubb Farrell (Ind); 5. Tom Hensley (Ind). CL-C Ff SH IFT BRK LS S A : 1. Jim McMurren (H-D ): 2 . Allen McBee (T ri) ; 3 . Bill Kiriakidis (T ri) ; 4 . Larry Madr igal (T ri); 5 . David Brown (BSA) . CL-C FT S HIFT BRK LSS B: I . Mall Ca m pbell (Tri) : 2 . Joe Pa pe (H -D) ; 3 . Gordon Menzie (R-E); 4 . Robert Fisher (Tri); 5 . Stu Campos (Tri ). 0 -4 5 0 ASIAN : 1. John Lundgren (Han); 2. Brad Spencer (Ha n); 3 _Thad Wolff (Han ); 4 . Jay Johnson (Han) ; 5. Guy Duckett (Han) . 0 ·450 AMER/E URO: I. J im MeMurren (H·D): 2. Ti m Dowd (Tri); 3 . Ryan Cameron (H -D); 4 . Lenny Rodriguez (BSA) : 5. Joe Pape (BSA). 650 -90 0 A : 1. Ke n Thiebaud ( T ri) ; 2 . A .J . Herrera (T ri); 3 . Paul Herma n (T ri); 4 . Jeff Johnson (T ri); 5 . Donny Howard (H-D) . 650 -900 B : 1. John Garci a ( T ri ) ; 2 . Jo hn Lundgren (Tn ); 3 . Craig Furman (Tri): 4 . Stu Ca rdott {T ri) : 5 . David Brown (BSA) . HQQUGAN: I. John Cameron ( H -D ); 2 . Ric k Stec ( H- D ) ; 3 . D a ve F re ston (H -D ) ; 4 . J imm y Raymond (H- D) ; 5 . Jam es Barnes (BMW ). KR7 50/B83 H-D: I. Don Howard (XLR); 2. Eddie Mu lder(XR ) ; 3 . Allen McBee (Xl) ; 4 . Larry W hite (XR); 5. Ji m Meduetz (883 ). 50+ NO V / 60+: I. Ron Gould (BSA); 2 . Mickey Alzo la (BSA) ; 3 . Larry Ma drigal (T ri) ; 4 . Ma rsha ll Jennings (Han). SR: 1. Eddie Mu lder (H ·D ); 2. Jim McMu rren (HD); 3 . Sonny Nutter (Tri) ; 4 . T ony Herrera (AJS ) ; 5. John Fritz (T ri). I R O C I ND IA N : 1. E d d ie M u lde r; 2 . D av e D uVa rney; 3 . Ro n Gould ; 4 . Mik e O 'N eil; 5 . Gary Stark. 5 0 0 sap A : 1. Brad Spenc er (Ha n) ; 2 . Larry Ea rhart (Ha n); 3 . Paul Herman (Han); 4 . Joe Steffen (Yam ): 5. Jeff Johnson (Yam) . 500 sap B: I . Keith Bradford (Y am ); 2 . Jo hn Garcia J r. (Yam); 3 . Bill Kiriakidis (Yam ); 4 . John Rudder (Han) ; 5 . Masahiro Keshiba (Ya m) . 600 S UP: I . Br ad Spe nce r ( Ya m ) ; 2 . D a ve Alexander (Y am ); 3 . Way ne War rington ( Ha n) ; 4. Shawn Kump (Yam ); 5 . Sid Payne (Yam ). 600 P RO : 1. Ro n Bro w n (Rtx); 2 . Ra ndy Bereman (Rtx): 3 . Jim Kesler (W -R) ; 4 . Merle Burnett (Yam) ; 5 . Joe Steffen (Yam) . tro . Reno applied hea vy pr essure, but Castro 's spe edw ay expe rie nce m ade th e o l d H ardtai l very w ide . Ron Co c h a r d finish ed th ird o n Ken Elfo rd 's 193 5 Scou t. In th e Bartels' H-D 883/The Shop XR7 50 -s ponso red race , eight bi g V T w ins took the green flag . The Aztec Ra c in g/Feul ing R&D /Pat Hi c ks XR rid de n by McBee t ook the lead . Mul der, on The Shop/Aztec Rac ing XR, was c lose behi nd , follow ed b y Gary Wh ite and Don ny Howard o n Marsh Runyan 's flathead Go li at h . Howard passed Wh ite on la p tw o and M ulde r o n l a p th ree . Laps fou r t h rough six had three d iffe ren t l ead er s, but t he order at th e chec ke rs was Howa rd , Mulder and McBee. Paul H e r m a n ' s Br own Cy cle s Yamaha rocketed into th e lead of th e F eu ling R£,D 500 c c Support c l ass . Fro m hi s fifth -pla ce s ta r t, B rad cycle n e vv S • J ULY 26 ,2000 59