in the m ountain s of easte rn San Diego Co un ty . Barona Speedway's quarter-mile cl ay ova l
start ed out in great sha pe, but th e heat soo n
had the tra ck dried to conc rete, leaving a ti resqu ealing groove all the way around .
Joe Steffen grabbed the lead on his Yama ha in the Vinta ge 250cc race, tr ailed by Bultaco joc k ey s Bru ce Reynolds and Craig Johnson . Jo hnson w o rked p a st Re y n o l d s and
pulled in beh ind Steffe n, looking for a m istak e
that came in tum two , where Steffen slid wid e
wh ile Johnson drove up the inside. Ron Garci a
m ad e h is way into fou r th, d ro p p in g B y ron
Kuk la and Richard Fox each back a pos ilion.
Ste ffen's mistak e seemed to take the wind out
of his sa ils, a nd he dropped back to fourth ,
beh ind Johnso n , Reynold s and Garcia , at the
fi nish. Kukla and Fox trai led in fift h and sixth .
John Perez led th e 250cc Amateurs off the
line . but J ames Wo od soon took th e lead ,
ah ead of Perez, Gabe Slatton and Kuk la. Perez
went off the t rac k with an un kn own pro ble m,
leav ing Slatto n and Kuk la batt ling for seco nd,
Kukla tried to sli p in sid e Slatton in turn two ,
but both riders we re alm o st running in th e
golf-ba ll-sized rock s insi de th e rida ble groove.
Kuk la held a tig hter lin e com ing out of four to
stea l seco nd . but Wo od was too far out front
to c a tc h, W o od too k th e win b y J 0 bik e
lengths. Kukla held off Slatton for secon d. Ian
Fo ulds and Al ex Wood brought up the rear.
Th e Bomber class left the line with David
Johnso n out front of Keith Br adford . Geo rge
Fox , Jo e Steff en and David Zand er . Br adford
liked the high line thr ough three and fo ur, but
it too k seve ral lap s for him to get pa st .John so n f o r t he l ead . A t a b o u t h a l fwa y . F o x
dropped his bik e i n turn tw o. digging the
frame int o th e cl ay , but he managed to kee p it
running and got ba ck up to rej o in the race .
Brad ford took the win ; J oh nson was second ,
ah ead of Steffen and Zander. Fox gath ered it
ba ck up to keep fifth .
Steve Fo rt un e p ulled the ho les hot in th e
Open Pro m ain , leading the pack aro und to
tum three. Fo rtu ne slowe d fo r th e dust and dirt
du mped o n the oil stripe left b y one of the
tw in s in an earlier race, and John Dupree had
nowhere to go bu t into Fortune' s back. Bot h
went down, and Bra dfo rd le ft tire m arks o n
Dupree' s back . boun ced up to the wall hi m self , fell , and lay th ere, dazed . Steff en laid it
Clarke County Fairgrounds: J e rry
Turnbu ll (5) rode t o t he Over 30 A v ictory
at MX K ingdom' s event in Osceola, Iowa.
OPEN AM : I. Elli ott Iverson (W- R): 2. D avid Zander (Yam); 3
Richr Beebe: 2 . Kurt OhnSOfg: 3 . Claylon
Chllp l_ski: 4. Aus tin Teague ; 5. Kyle Ohnsorg .
MICRO MINI (7. 8): 1. Col t> Seaton ; 2. Dusnn Ov erb y; 3 .Justm
Regensneld; 4. Brandon Bartdds : 5. Chus Peutrke
MICRO MINI (4- 8): I. AflClrt!w Lathe: 2 . Jeremy Nathe; 3 . J ordan
Kemmt'fer; 4. Ty ler Lathe: 5. Mike Slagel .
P(W : I. Jesse Ka nglls; 2. Nick Jackson; 3 Nic k Bracken; 4
Ptulip Nesk 5. NICkBartz.
e,
MINI JR (7- 11): I. Trevor Tume : 2. Ni ck Ja ckson; 3 . Jt>remy
Johnson; 4 De rek Olson ; 5 . Mikf' fl\alach~n.
MINI JR (9· 12 ): 1. Jesse Aane rud : 2. Mati Ah ler s: 3. T revor
TurM: 4 Jeremy Johnson ; 5. Derek Olson .
MINI SR (12· 15): I. Scott Ehl en/ddt; 2. Jeremy GIrard ; 3. J eremy Share: 4 . Steven l.orr: 5. Craig Rad le.
S/MlNI: 1. Scott Ehlenfddt; 2. Jeremy Girard : 3. J.,son J ohn son :
4 Jeremy Skllllre ; 5 . JustI n Staudrnger .
YTR I. John Ddm; 2. Ton y Traxl er; 3. Brad GueUer; 4 T yler
Neese; 5. Ton y Mien.
16·24 A:. I. Mik e Evenson : 2. Brent Mason ; 3. Jay Schefbr:ing: 4.
Scott Meyer; 5. EnePadt>
lford.
16·24 B: I. lucas Koenig : 2. Adam Schn eider; 3. Br ian A.anerud;
4_Travis Pamow; 5. Jared Anderson.
16·24 C: 1. D aryl Sm ith: 2. Dou g Bakken; 3. Malt Elvaker; 4.
Ryan Zuege; 5. Scon Hogy .
25. A : I. Todd Lents: 2. Dana Hunt : 3. Roben. Kohl: 4 . Da rwin
Frideres 5. Ki rk Hangllle.
:
2s.. B: L Jeff Gru hlke; 2 . Ton y Ulrich; 3. Corey PeIt IS: 4. Ross
Thom pson ; 5. Scott Duda .
25. C: 1. Daniel Schmidt; 2. Bred John son; 3. Mark Ol son ; 4
J llson Den ne: 5. Lance Woodw ard
VET A ; I. Dana Hunt; 2. Kirk Hungate: 3. Todd Lentz 4 Scott
:
Ruegg: 5. Chuck Thompson.
VET B: \. Ton y Ulri ch; 2. RO!15Thom pson : 3. Bill Cunmng ham;
4, Chris Peterson; 5. Adem Grah" m
VET C: 1. Bred Jo hnso n: 2. Sean Robe rtson : 3. Greg Kali s: 4
Richard Sza rek: 5. Greg Trepanier.
SR 40 .. A: I. Scott Ruegg ; 2. Grey Gengt>l: 3. Dene Koen ig; 4.
Todd Rypk.!l: 5. Je rry Schulze.
SR 40 . B: I. Larry Ahler s; 2. Mik e Quinn : 3. Richar d Stell a: 4.
John J esse.
SR 40 . C: 1. De ne th .Jukulen : 2 . RlIndy Tieg s; 3 . J efl Coulson; 4 .
David Harri son; 5. Rolfe Otterness.
S/S R 50 ..: J. Mik l" Quinn : 2. Ri cha rd ve nbre mer: 3 . To m
ZWinger .
WMN : \. Tiffany Rcmpc e: 2 . S<'I m<'l lhi'l Hogy ; 3 . .Ienette Sutton.
n
125 A: I. Jay Schero ring : 2. Jam ey Grosser: 3. Raben. Kohl.
125 B: 1. To ny Trexler: 2. Luc as Koenig ; 3. Bra d Guetter: 4
Mikhll il Ove rby ; 5. Tr aVISPamo w.
125 C- L \. Je remy Barrett; 2. Thom as Emeke; 3 Tony Carme n:
4 An drew Welchel\; 5. Andy Lind beck .
125 C·2 : I. Brandon SlR
lOJl; 2. Doug Bakken ; 3. Mike Heeemne.
4 . Mark Olson; 5. Dere k HUM .
250 A : I. Robb ie Engstrom; 2. MIk e Evenson: 3. Ene PlIdelford:
4. Scott Meyer ; 5 . Brent Mason .
250 B: I. Jeff Gru hlke; 2. Joh n Carlson ; 3. Josh Overb y; 4. Scot t
Dude 5. Kurt Fosberg.
;
250 C: I. Da ry l Smi th; 2.. Ryan Zuege: 3. Matt E1vake!"; 4. Selin
Robe1tson: 5. Lance Woodward.
4 . Michod Frogg e.
80 SR: I. Jason Smart; 2. ROM Vanderheyden : 3. Jesse Gilde a:
dow n to avoid the ca rnag e. Dupree's bike was
bent, and Br ad ford had the win d knocked out
of him , but the re were no m ajor injuries. Brad ford pic k ed him self up to join th e restart, m ak ing up for hi s tu rn -three ac ro ba t i cs with a
hol eshot. A ll the rid ers gave it abo ut 90 per cent fo r the fi rst co uple of lap s. Bradford held
on for the win, ahea d of Steffen and Fo rtu ne.
Results
YTH 80-125: I. Ian Fould s (Yam); 2. Akx Wood (Hon ); 3. R~
4. Willy Bnggs ( Han ); 5. And y Wood ( Kaw).
250 N'I:. I. James Wood (Yam); 2. Byron Kukla (Hen) ; 3. Gabe
Gutie rre z ( KTM );
Slatton ( Yam ): 4. John Perez ( Hen ).
250 NOV : 1. l.!In Fould s (Yam ); 2. Al ex Wood (Y.!I ).
m
400 AM; I. Bruce Reynolds ( Bul); 2. Byron Kuk l.!l (Hon): 3. J im
Wood (Y.!I ) .
m
BMB R; I. Keith Brad ford (Yll m) ; 2. Devid Johnson ( Y.!I ); 3. Joe
m
Steffen (Yam) ; 4. DlIvid Zander ( Yam ); 5. George Fox (Yam ).
YlNT 250; I . Craig Joh nMlll (B uO: 2. Bruc e Reynolds (B ul); 3.
Ron Garcia (YlIm) ; 4. Joe Steffen ( Yllm ); 5. By ron Kukla (Hon) .
YlNT 750: I. To m Ferguson (T Ii) ; 2. Jo hn Gllrc:ia (T rl) ; 3. Chris
Wll k ulll (T d ); 4. Chri s A pple (Tn) ; 5. Dick Fox ( YlIm) .
CLSC VIN T : 1. Go rdon Me nzie ( R-E) : 2. J oe Pepe (H- D ). 3 .
Lenny Rodrigue z (H-D); 4 . Chns Waku lll (T n ).
VET I. Keith Bradfo rd ( Yam ); 2. J ohn Dupree (W. R); 3. El liott
:
Iverson (W- R); 4 . Ron Garcia (W- R).
SR: I. Vince Grav es (W -R); 2. Bill Silverthorn (W -R); 3 . Dick Fox
(Yam): 4. David Molitor (YlI m ); 5. Gordon Menzie (R· E).
I
S/SR: I. Marsh all Jennings (W -R); 2. Ron Gould (W-R ) ; 3. A.!an
Gird ler (H·C ).
OPEN NOV : 1. GlIbe Slatton (Yam) ; 2 . Bob Grav es ( Yam ); 3 .
J im ~ (Hen): 4 . Chris Robertson ( Yam ).
80
S EPT EMBER 13, 2000
4. Olad Toth .
80 OPEN: 1. J ason Smart; 2. Hoglln Hutch in son : 3.
Micha~
Cha mpa ign County Fair
Frogge .
125 A ; I. Dusty McDonald 2. Tony Wenck; 3. Russell Spencer.
;
4. Rick Spencer, 5. Justin Van MMren.
125 B: I. Kristopher St0p6; 2. Garrett Shetterly;
3. GanonVan
4. Burt Murph y ; 5. •hli1\e·sMundorl.
125 C: I. MiChM l Harmon; 2. larry Chubbic : 3. Qu.entm Van
Dyke: 4 . Bobby Petty: 5 . Dan Lohrenz.
250 A.:. I. Dusty McDona ld; 2. Tony Wenck.
250 B: I . Burt Murphy: 2. JesseBlum.
250 C: I. MichItd Harmon; 2. ~rrick Hicks; 3. K yle Colema n; 4
Troy Ball; 5. Geor ge RlnneT'
.
Dyke ;
16-24 A : 1. Tony Wench ; 2. Du sty McDonald.
16-24 B; I. fI'1.lItt Kruse ; 2. Chad KlImens: 3. Ja mes Mundorf; 4.
Ganon Van Dyke .
25 + A : I. Andrew Cou lter.
30+A: I. JffTy TumbulJ.
30. B: 1. Pat Nickel.
YlNT: I . Rick McDowell: 2. Steven Porter .
BMBR : 1. DavidOsbom Downey.
M idway MX
Smith Sneaks In
a Win
By G EORGE AND KAREN H ODKINSON
KELLOGG, MN ,AUG.6
Daryl Sm ith was th e winner of the day in the
16 -24 C cla ss, using a rath er od d 6 -1 sco re to
cue. e
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O 'Brien Flyin'
at Champaign
B y B uo N ORTHRUP
CHAMP A IGN , n, J ULY 26
Mike " Bart" O 'Brien from Urban a, Illino is, won
t wo classes i n co n vi nci n g fa shi on at th e
Cham pa ign County Fair . O 'Br ien is a 43 -year old servi ce manager fo r Spo rt land Motorsport s
of Urbana, and he rid es a Rota x.
O 'Brien 's first w in came in th e Vet eran s
c lass . He shot o u t into th e l ea d w it h t he
holeshot in both the heat race and feature. and
was never seriou sly ch all enged in either event.
Mike Bu ckl es fro m T olono, Illinois, wa s h is
clo sest co m petition, with Dale Anderson from
Tu sco la , Illino is, fo llo wi ng . Colon a , Illinois'
Ro ber t Ad am s a nd M ah om et , Illinois' Eri c
Th or sland fill ed out the top fiv e in th e feature.
O 'B rien also led th e Seni or -class heat race
fro m w ire to wire. but he had to wo rk a bi t
har de r to w in the feeture, He pull ed a sho rt
wheelie off the lin e, and both Gran it e Cit y, ill inoi s' Rod Hartz el and Bett end orf , Iow a's Rog er
Champaign County Fair: M ike " B a rt "
O 'Brien (44) fl ew 10 t h e Vet· an d Seniorc lass win s in C ham p aign , Illinois.
Johnson led him into the fi rst t urn. O 'Brie n
did n't waste any time asserti ng him self. how eve r; he stu ck hi s nose betw een the two lead ers on th e second turn an d split the m apart,
sho oli ng int o the lead . which he held for the
rest of the race. Hartzel o utdueled Johnson for
seco nd , and Phil Eil ken fi nished fourth.
Fou rt een -y ear -old Rob " Bu g s" Pearson
was the best of th e large and fast Op en cla ss.
Riding a m odifi ed 60 0cc Rotax, Chillicothe,
Illinois' Pearson wa s an impressiv e winner of
both hi s h eat rac e and th e feature . J a son
Goodwin from Dawson Springs . K entucky ,
was second . Ch ris Boone fro m Na shville. Ten nessee' was th e winn er of th e second Op en clas s heat race , but he co uldn' t stay wi th Pearson or Goodwin i n th e feature and had to
settle for thi rd pla ce.
Pearson also rides in the 125cc class , bu t
he had to ru n his sma ller bike wi th the 250cc
class. as that was the sma lles t class run . He
did very well with the li ttl e bik e, ho wever, fin ishing third against th e b igger m otor s. Co ry
West o f Eur ek a Sp rings, Arkan sas, was th e
w inne r of both his hea t race and th e 25 0cc
fea ture , whil e Bl ak e Yo ung from Waunak ee ,
Wiscon sin , was the win ner of the seco nd heat
and fini shed seco nd in th e featu re.
Young d id add a win to hi s th ir d in t he
250cc cl ass, ho w ev er. as he gra bbed t h e
chec ke red nag in the 500cc cla ss aft er a ve ry
goo d race. Roger J ohn son from Rock Island,
Illin ois , to ok second , w it h Da le M cPh er son .
from nearby Mattson , Illinoi s, claimi ng th ird .
R e sults
250: 1. Cory
West;
2. Blak e Young : 3. Rob Pearson.
500: 1. BI<'Ik e Young ; 2. Roger .Jchnscn: 3. Dale McPheu on .
VET ; I. MIke O'Brien: 2. Mike Buck les: 3. D ale Anderse n; 4
Robert Ad am s; 5. Er ic Thcrslend
SR: I. Mike O'Bnen : 2. Rod Hart zel; 3. Roger J oh nson; 4 Phil
Eilken.
O PEN: 1. Rob Peerson; 2 . JllSOOGood wi n; 3 . Chr is Boone .
O ra nge S h o w Fairgroun d s
Speedway Returns
to Inland Empire
B y ELAINE J ONES
SAN BERNARDINO, CA , JULY 27
Thanks to a g reat eff ort by Ch arlie Ven egas
and Dukie Ermolenko, under the au spices of
CSC Promotions, speedway return ed to the
Ora nge Show in San Bernard ino in what ma ny
hop e w ill become a week ly event . Th e track
was built on th e inside of the asphalt oval used
by th e stoc k cars. Brad Ox ley of Internalional
Speedwa y and the Sh o e Man , K en Maely ,
helped out; Ma ely hoo k ed the drag to his truck
and Oxl ey got on th e blade and they tumed a
mighty rough surface in to an okay trac k , and
altho ug h it was not what m any had hoped for ,
it was a start .
The boy s from No rt hern Cali forni a ca m e
down to show the ir sup po rt , and it was their
night, as Billy J an niro and Jim Ferris cam e
away with th e Scratch and Handi cap m ain victories.
Bobb y Hed d en too k c ha rge of th e fi rst
Scra tch semi;' Josh Larsen wa s seco nd, and
they m oved to the m ain . Gary Hick s and Ed
Castro were don e for the eve ning .
Th e second Scr atch sem i was Janniro' s.
Ryan Fisher took second, also movin g to the
m ain . Chris Man ch ester took th ird , and Randy
DiFrancesco was fourth.
J an niro d rew t he pole for th e Scra tc h
m ain. Larsen was in tw o , wi th Hedden and
