Club act ion at Los Angeles Count y Raceway's
annua l Lab or Day running of the Leo 's Ou tl aw
Racin g -spon sored O utlaw Gra nd Prix .
When sta rte r Do n Gos sett wave d the green
fla g for the dead- eng ine start. CR250 -m ount e d J i m my Rob e r t s a bs co n de d w i t h th e
ho leshot . foli owed cl osely by T roy Welt y , J on
Za hrt and Sciacq ua. Ab o ut one-thi rd of the
way throu gh th e o pening lap. Welt y used an
inside lin e in an extreme ly sandy turn on th e
Sad dle Glen port ion of the layout to grab the
lead . Sci acq ua di dn 't have as much luck in
the sa me tu rn and went down , all owing the
leaders to get away.
By lap two , Sciecqua was back up into fourth
place, and shortly thereafter he got aro und Zahrt
for thir d. Sciac qua continued his ma rch forward,
pick ing off Rob ert s fo r seco nd p lace afte r 15
mi nutes of the race were co m pleted.
It took Sciec que anothe r three laps to slowly
reel in Welty. who put up a good fight. but with
almos t 30 m inutes of the 45 ·minute race now
history, Sciacqua fin ally took over the lead once
and fo r all. Sciac qua weaved his way in and out
of lapped riders during the fin al 15 mi nutes to
easily tak e th e win aboard hi s F&L Fuel/Sim i
Cycl es/O' Nea l-back ed RM250. Welt y fini shed
all alone in second place, over Roberts . Frank
Costanzo cros sed the lin e in fo urt h, ahead of
Darren Stoffer and Norm Schie l.
Shawn Cha mblerii n led the fi rst half a iap
o f th e 250 c c N o v i c e r a c e b efore N eii
Chi sho lm to o k charge o ut fron t. C h is holm
then co ntr o lle d the pace a ll the way to the
checke rs to take the wi n by a good ma rg in
over Grant Moor e. Cham berli n actua lly k ept
Chisholm in his sigh ts for m or e than ha lf th e
race befor e having probl em s and record ing a
D NF . Ky le Pue rn er and Bryan Wa rd wo rk ed
their way up through the fie id to finish in third
and fourt h , respecti vely .
easily h ave wo n th e 250c c M odi f ied cl as s.
Dou g Campbell cla imed seco nd with a 4.3 54 sec ond ru n on h is YZ4 00 F thump e r, w h il e
Richard A llen top ped the hill in 4.380 seco nds
(which wa s also faster than th e 25 0 cc- c1ass
win ner) on his CR25 0 for third . Nick Mayo and
Chad Barnett were fou rt h and fifth .
Cam pbell extended his already domina ting
points lead in the Senior class with an im pressive
3 . 18 -second win ning ride on his KX500 , wi th
Kevin McKay, also on a KX5 00 , running seco nd
in 4.4 15 seconds. Cam pbell was not happy with
his evening, however, as his Kawasa ki literally
blew apart at the line as he was preparing for his
second run, and he rolled the bike back to the
pits with the crank and rod hanging through the
botto m of the cases. He clai med his second win
in the 600cc Four-Stroke class on his YZ400 F,
beating Da ve Pierson o n his YZ426F and Bud
Northrup on his TI500.
R e sults
50 AUT O: 1. Donnie Robbins (Co b); 2. Dytan Brady (Pol); 3. Chris
Peters (KTM ); 4 . J ake Hunsaker (Pol); 5. Aa ron William son (Suz).
85 J R: I. Sleven Joe Weaver (Kalil ): 2. Cortney Bales (Suz): 3.
Bobby Senn (K Schultz ( H~ D): 2. Scott Sheets J r. ( H-D): 3. Lane
Schultz (No r) ; 4. Mike Kessel (Kaw); 5 . J osh Cli m er (TrJ).
SR: 1. Doug Campbe ll (Kaw) : 2. Kevin McKoy (Kaw) ; 3. Kevin
weaver (Han) : 4. Boo ts Weber (Yam ): 5. Randy Trosper (Hon).
PSHRD: 1. Scott Sheets Jr. (H·D ); 2. Wade Sc hu ltz (H.D) ; 3 .
Lane Sch ultz (No r) ; 4 , Butch Fetters (H-D): 5. Jo sh Carrier (T ri) .
600 4 -STRK: I . Doug Campbell (Yam ): 2. David Pierson (Yam );
3. Bud Northru p ( Yam) .
4 00 STK : 1. An dy Fortne r (Han); 2. Doug Campbe ll ( Yom) ; 3.
Richard All en (Han ); 4, Nick MlI Yo (Han ); 5. Chad Barnett (Kalil) .
OPEN STK : I. Kevin Ceppetlc (Kaw); 2. David Pierson (Yam ); 3.
Scott Pelly (Hon ); 4 . Kelly Brady (Hon) ; 5. .Jemrrne Bro wn (Hon ).
FA ST TIME: Sco tt Sheets .Jr., 3.956 (H-D) .
Electric City Riders
Varnes Takes
Dagostino Cup
By JIM
M OLLOY
SCHENECTADY, NY, SEPT . 10
Pen nsyl vani a' s Mike Varn es m ad e hi s tr ip to
New York a succe ssful one , fini shin g ] 1th at
Vernon Dow ns and th en taking the win at the
Electri c City Rider s' eigh th an nual Dagosti no
Cup raee, wh ich is ECR' s bi gge st race of the
year, honoring one of the cl ub's foun ding m em bers. With $4 00 to win and $4 00 in lap money
up fo r gra bs , 29 of the Northeast' s best Pro
short -trac kers were on hand to try fo r th e prize.
The action sta rte d with four heat races to
qualify rid er s for the m ain . Dua ne Veed er ,
Georg ie Pric e, Will iam Ad am s and Rog er Dur kee each won their heat races , w ith Pric e get ting th e pole posit ion in th e m ain .
In front of a pa ck ed hou se, 14 riders bl asted off th e lin e, only to brin g out a red flag fo r a
cras h in turn on e in vol vin g Shane Liv ing ston
a n d J ar ed Mee s. Li v in g st on was sh a k en;
th rou gh fo r th e da y .
Electric City Riders: Georgie Price (71U), Roger Durkee (98), William Adams (56B ),
Duane Veeder (92B), George Richtmeyer ( 11 B) and Mike Varnes (24) lin e up for
th e eighth annual Dagostino Cup race in Schenectady, New York.
On th e re star t , Va rnes go t the hol eshot,
w ith Geo rg e Ric ht m eyer and Veeder in tow.
With Va rnes hol d ing th e lead , Veed er we nt
do w n o n lap se v en in t u rn fou r, co ll ec ti ng
Price . Price fell hard ; a bit banged up, he wa s
do ne for the day .
In the single -file restart , Varn es co ntinued
to show the fast way around the tr ack , wi th
Ric ht m ey er and Ad am s clo se behind . T hen,
on lap 10 , Durk ee had j ust m ade th e pass for
third and was try ing to go und er Rich tmeyer
when he lost th e fro nt end, and do wn he went,
bri ngin g out the third red fla g and endin g any
cha nce the four -tim e Dag ostin o Cup win ner
had of w inning thi s year's pri ze.
In ye t another sing le-fil e resta rt , Varnes led
the remaining 10 lap s pull ing away . Th e race
for seco nd wa s a battle bet ween Richtme yer,
Adam s, Do nald Mu lle n. and 14-year-ol d Mees.
Wh en t h e c h ec kere d fi a g fell , t h e o r de r
remain ed th e same .
In Victor y Lan e, Varne s was thrilled wi th
the win , as th is was the fir st time he had rld den at ECR' s sho rt tr ack .
" It' s go od to be in New York !" he said , and
thanked White's Harl ey -D avid son and Sc haeffer ' s Har ley -D avi d son for th eir su p po rt. He
ai so thanked the fans, ECR, and the Dagostino famil y fo r a great afte rno on . "I can't wai t to
com e back here to race again."
The aft erno on wa s als o a Distr ict 3 race.
Th ere wer e 12 8 ent ries in th e rem ain ing 13
cla sses.
Ma tt Weid m an got th e 60 cc holeshot and
led the enti re way . Th ere wa s a wa r for second
betw een T o by St ay and Tro y Est ab ro ok; it
was Stay by a nose.
Fou rteen riders took the green fo r th e BOcc
contest , wit h fiv e riders raci ng for first. O n la p
th ree, Gary Conklin took com m and o ut front,
w hiie W ay ne Wag ner, J o sep h An ge lo , Matt
Weid ma n and Jeff Di ckinson fou gh t for sec o nd . T aking the whi te flag , W eid m an had a
vi cio us tank- slap per and went do wn ente ring
turn one. Weid man was batt ered and bruised
but ok ay . Co nk lin went on for the win .
Da v ey Sc he ffe r co ntinu ed h i s win n i ng
way s in Vintage Ught co m petitio n.
Results
50 STK: 1. J ak e Quic k (Yam ): 2. Di llion Veeder (Yam); 3. Travis
Riedy (Suz).
V1NT UGHT : I . Dave Scheffer (H-D) : 2. Sieve Flach (Yam ): 3.
Glenn Neels (Bul); 4. Mark Zimmerman (Bul): 5. J im Moll oy (K alil ).
125 AM: I. J oseph A ngelo (Han); 2. Chris Strong (Han) ; 3 . Craig
Sterzynsk ! (Yam ): 4 . Mic hae l Burakausk i (Kaw ).
SR B: 1. Derrick Knoeppel (S uz); 2. Thom as Norton (Hon ): 3.
Dean Sullivan (Han): 4 . Stew art Stay (Rill): 5 . Bry an Sey lried (Hon ).
65: 1. Patr ick Ja cobsen (Yam ); 2. Ja ke Q uick (Yam); 3. Dustin
Nesbitt ( Yt.l ) .
m
SPTSMN: I. Th om as BUZZ (Rtx ): 2. Will iam Ada ms (Rtll): 3.
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Roneld Hall (Rtx ): 4 . Ja red Mees (Rtx]: 5. Robert Weiss (Rtx ) .
60 : I. Mli tt We idman ( Ka w) : 2. To by Stay ( KlI w) ; 3. Troy
Estabrook (Yam); 4. J ohn Long (KTM) ; 5 . J ames Rispoli (Kaw).
.
SR A : 1. Joe Dement o (Hon); 2. Steve Flach (Yam): 3 . Guy Dlck inson (Hon) ; 4. J ohn Hildebrll nd (Hon) ; 5. Mark Korytkowski (Yam) .
OPEN AM : I. Leste r Livermo re (Yam ); 2. Tom Newell (A T K); 3.
Bryo n Seyfried (H on): 4. Dean Sulli van (Han): 5. Timothy .Je cksco
(Yam) .
80: I . Gery Conk lin (Hen): 2. Wayne Wagner (Hon) ; 3. Jo seph
An gelo ( Yam): 4. Je ff Dickinson (KlIw) ; 5. Alli n HIl Y (Han) .
HVY VtNT : 1. Wli rr en Wa lte r s ( Yam ); 2. Ma rk Koryt kowakl
( Yam ): 3. Jo hn Hild eb rand ( Tri ); 4 . J am es Mi ll er (H· D ): 5 . Steve
Flach (T ri) .
250 AM : I . Eric Kvin laug (Han ): 2. Ro bert Burekcw skr (Yam) ; 3.
Mark Proct or (Han); 4. Ju stin Dickin son (Kalil ); 5. Bryan A rms tro ng .
250 EX : 1. Dona ld Mulll'fl (Yam ): 2. Craig Estell e (Hon) ; 3. J ack
Wagner (Han): 4. Jared Mees (Han); 5. Thom es Buzzl (Han) .
OPEN EX DAGOSTINO CUP: 1, Mike Varnes (Ri ll) ; 2. George
Richuneyer (Rtx); 3. WilJllim Adams (Rtll): 4. Donald Mullen (Rtx): 5 .
Jar ed Mel'S (Rtll) .
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Los An geles County Rac eway
Sciacqua Captures
Outlaw GP Win
By GREG
Los Angeles County Raceway: Nell
Chisholm (2) blazed a tra il t o the 250cc
Novi ce w in at the Outlaw Grand Prix in
Palmdale, Californ ia.
R OBERTSON
PALMDALE, CA ,SEPT.4
T ad Sci acq ua o vercam e a first -lap fall and
charged hi s wa y to th e fron t of th e field to earn
the Vet Pro -cl ass win du rin g California Racin g
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